commit 97ab66d0cc4608fc3bafa1f5cf722f35f474659a Author: Anson Biggs Date: Thu Mar 10 15:00:22 2022 -0700 Initial commit diff --git a/2001 Conspiracy.png b/2001 Conspiracy.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fba4df Binary files /dev/null and b/2001 Conspiracy.png differ diff --git a/2001.txt b/2001.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49ab998 --- /dev/null +++ b/2001.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4708 @@ +INTRODUCTION +As the Author of Gontierism, It is my endeavour to introduce You to the +structure of our collapsing society and the reconstruction of *A New World +Order. Since the dawn of *Consciousness, Man has gone in search of Truth...only +to find His way blocked by some measure of control. The forms of Control that +stood to boycott the revelation of His search was wide and varied. Those who +were in Control of His Social Structure had a Psychological method in curbing +all endeavours to the success of His conscious awakening of a new dawn. +Where-ever His search for Truth and Justice led Him...He would be confronted by +some psycholological obstacle under the guise and pretention of, inter alia, +Science, Religion, Judicial Laws and Secular Hospitals. Although all these +disguises of so-called Knowlegeable Truth Wore the same fashion{They all +dress-up looking like Mother Grundy in her Black or White Night-gown and expect +the members of their respective Society to address them as either, Father, Your +Honour, My Worship, Honourable Doctor and so on.} of attirement. His search +for Truth and enlightment through the medium of His own religion proved +fruitless...unless He was expected to recall to memory and count...the one fruit +of Eden...which was nothing more than Two-Bites of the Whole. +His religious search for God was always met with..."It is a Mortal Sin to +question the Mysteries of God". Even though God only became a Mystery by choice +of their own perverted Teachings. For that which was Pure and most conducive to +the Creative forces of Life was cut-off from the mind's of men and allowed to be +swept under the carpet of Lies...where it was intended by those in control to +allow sleeping dogs to lie. However, unbeknown to them...the sleeping dog has +long awoken and His bite is the sounding of their own barking. It suffice to +say...Unless You forget all the Worldly Knowlege You have Acquired in Your own +Life-time and become as ignorant as a Child...You shall never ever attain the +Divine Wisdom and Knowledge of the Almighty Creator who resides in the Kingdom +of all the GODS. +It Has been written: +"Those who do not Know, and Know that they do not Know, Help them...for they +are..but a child in arms. +Those who know, but know not that They Know...awaken them...for They are...but +asleep. +Those who do not know and Know not that They do not know...avoid them...for they +are...but the fools of yester-year. +Those who know and know that They know...follow them...for They are the real +Masters of Our Universe". +CHAPTER ONE +THE BASIC CONCEPT OF LIFE: +In all of Life, there exist two fundamental principles of existence, the one +principle is Negative(-), whilst the other is Positive(+), To cancel either +'One' of these Divine principle is paramount to the destruction of our whole +existence. Although the Negative principle is always concealed by the shadow of +its own nature, it does in Truth, share a most harmonious relationship of +intercourse with the Positive principle. For the 'One'(1) is the Light, while +the 'Other'(0) is the Shadow of that same Light. No Shadow can exist without a +Light, No Light can exist without a Shadow. If the Light was indeed Superior to +the Shadow, the Light would have eliminated the Shadow a long time ago. +Likewise, if the Shadow was Superior to the Light, the Shadow would have also +extinguished the Light, a long time ago.However, Neither the Light nor the +Shadow endeavour to eliminate 'one-another', as They are Harmonically eclipsed +in the romance of their own union. This statement will be attested to...during +the pages of this book and all other books that is bound to follow the release +of this publication, ...via the internet. +THE PERVERTS OF SCIENCE: +They have the tendency of making the Negative look like the Positive...whilst +making the Positive look like an optical illusion. They will argue that +Scientific-Truth is the debatable and contestable proposition expressed in +Mathematical Terms while maintaining that Nonsense is the debatable and +contestable proposition expressed in every-day languages. They insinuate that +all Truth and Justice can be calculated and expressed in terms of FIGURES, as +FIGURES never lie. What They don't tell You...is that although FIGURES never +lie...Liars can FIGURE. +THE PERVERTS OF RELIGION: +They will stand up-high amongst their congregation and propound the WORD of God. +Knowing all the Time...that They know very little about the WORD that They are +propounding. Every Religion will claim that their respective Spiritual Leader is +the True "Son-of-God" and it is their religion that shows the way of the Light. +Yet none can define the Physical form of Light. They call their Gods By many +names...so as to cause confusion amongst the mass. Even though the Almighty +Creator had "One Son"...only!. They will play around with the Sacred Vowels and +Consonant of His Name in order to mispronounce and misspell His True Name, in +the "false hope" that HE HIMSELF will not recognise HIS OWN DESTINY. + +EXAMPLES: +CHRISTIAN Names applicable to God: +1) Iesous, Jesu, Jesus, Messiah, Immanuel, Christ, Begotten, The Omega, Jehovah, + Jehowa, Yahveh and so on. +Moslems / Muslims Names applicable to their "ONE" True Prophet. +2) Muhamad, Muhammad, Mohamad, Mohomet, Mahomet, Mahommet, and so on +And so it goes with all the Sciences, Philosophies and Religions of our Planet +Earth. Therefore, In order to overcome our chains of Antiquity and gain the +self realization of Truth, Justice, Love and God, We have to rediscover the +missing link between Man and His Creator. Although in the very beginning their +was the WORD and the WORD...WAS GOD, it is difficult to explain God to You in +terms of our everyday Vernacular{**Mother's Tongue}, as Both Science and +Religion will contest any proposition of Truth. To Define the WORD, "GOD" in +terms of Mathematics will only add to Your Confusion while at the same Time +enhance the Control of Science over Society which will eventually lead to the +destruction of planet Earth. What we need is a new standard of communication +that will allow us to define the WORD and its very beginning in terms of GODS +and DEVILS. Although this study is not about religion...but rather about TRUTH +and JUSTICE, it is impossible to define TRUTH with the exclusion of the Creative +Principle...universally refered to as GOD. +THE CREATIVE PRINCIPLE:{Scientific Symbols of the Logo} +Creation began from the void of Nothingness. Therefore, Symbolically Speaking, +the Creative force is best represented by the Logo symbol of Zero{0}. From +Nothing{0}, came Something, now what ever that something was, It was Part and +Parcel of that Nothingness{0} that came from the Void{0}. As this Something was +the First-thing that came out of the Void{0} of Nothingness, It is best +represented by the Logo symbol of One{1}. Both together{0+1), They represent +"The Whole" of Life. +However, there is much more behind the TRUTH of "Zero and One", for besides +being the Binary-code, of our Inter-web, They are also the tools of Scientific +Manipulation of our own Genetic-code. +THE ALPHA AND OMEGA{AW}:{Religious Symbols of the Logo}. + The Symbol of Alpha{A} and Omega{O}, are the Sacred Logo of the WORD...of GOD, +incarnate.There is no difference between the Symbolic Logos of "O+1" or "A & O", +They are both the same Divine Entity of the same Creative Force that came into +existence out of Nothingness{o}. +Although the "A & O" Symbols are Secular(*Words), and the "0+1" are +Judicial{*Numerical}, both sets of Logos are applicable to the same "Law & +Order" of Control. It must be borne in mind, that the Symbol of "1 + 0" are only +Numerical in terms of the Mathematical Logos. However, In terms of the +Logo-word, They represent the Letter 'I' and the Letter 'O', and are the +Soul-Mate of "A & O". +For over Two-thousand years, Ancient man has manipulated the physical constant +of both Logos{"A & O and 1+ 0" } in order to maintain the continuous existence +of their own so-called Superior race. In the beginning of our Language{Logo}, +Our Vocabulary was very Limited as our Needs and Wants were very basic. A simple +'Yes or No' was more than sufficient to maintain the existence of our everyday +requirement. As our Needs and Wants began to increase, so did the physical +constant of our Alphabet{**Roman Alphabet}. The Sacred Logos continued their +extension of growth with the progressive growth of Consciousness. Once *Ancient +man{*Dual-man/*Cain and Abel} discovered that His own likeness was the Semblance +of the Logo-Image{*God Science} He became resentful of His own inferior-being. +His endeavour to become like God...was the beginning of His own undoing. He +Bit-off God from His Umbilical-Being...not knowing that His Superior Endeavour +of being like God was the destruction of His own Consciousness as well as the +reduction of His own Image. Hence, the birth of the Beast...in the form-image of +Dog was born. Instead of being like GOD, He became the reversal of His own +Thoughts. I believe that it is Time for the Beast to rise from sleep, and become +the entity of His own potentiality. + +THE SECRET OF LIFE:( - ><+ ) or E=(M/c)2 +Many modern Physicist, Scientist, Mathematicians, Occultist and so on, have gone +in search of Life. Their motivating factor for finding Life...was to manipulate +Life, for Their own selfish needs. However, Life being Life, Life learns from +its own tragic experiences of Truth. Life can never allow modern scientific +mad-men to discover the realities of Her Majestic Simplicity; as Life is well +aware of its own beginnings and ends without allowing the Evil-Cycle of +existence to continue on its monotonous Historical cycle of evil repetition. It +is for this reason alone that the TEXT you are reading, was designed. The +Simplicity of the reconstruction of the Lost Logos(*The Skeleton) of Alpha & +Omega will allow You to see what our Scientific Society has been doing with our +Genetic-Roots(*Codex Nasaraeus). +THE ALPHA AND OMEGA: +The Alpha and Omega are Symbolic Symbols which refers to, inter alia, The +existing Alphabetical Order{*Codex Nasaraeus} of any Alphabetical Order and not +exclusive to the Greek Alphabet...as Science and its associated philosophies +would like You to believe. The Letter{s} pertaining to the sound of any +Language{s}, is the Metamorphosis of That related Alphabet to that particular +Vernacular. Therefore, as not everybody can speak Greek nor Aramaic...but many +can speak English...I have chosen to use the Roman Alphabet to demonstrate to +You...the Power of Gematria. +THE ROMAN ALPHABET:(*Word for Word). +The 26 Letters of the Roman Alphabet, are The 26 Soldiers of Our Universe. They +Protect Mankind from Destroying the Evidence of Their Own History. Their Purpose +and Function is to stand Up-Right in the face of God...so that when Judgement +Over Mankind is Pronounced...They can swiftly seal-off the Gates of Hell. +A = 1 N = 14 +B = 2 O = 15 +C = 3 P = 16 +D = 4 Q = 17 +E = 5 R = 18 +F = 6 S = 19 +G = 7 T = 20 +H = 8 U = 21 +I = 9 V = 22 +J =10 W = 23 +K =11 X = 24 +L =12 Y = 25 +M=13 Z = 26 +NOTAS: +The Relationship shared between Numbers and The Letters of the Alphabet is +called Numerology {*Natural Science}. The Greeks and Jews (Modern & Ancient) +refer to this ART as "GEMATRIA". The Science Works as Follows. Choose any WORD, +NAME, or SENTENCE. Allocate each Letter of Your Chosen WORD, NAME or SENTENCE, +with the Number Value applicable to the Above Key. Add the total up and compare +the Number Value of Your Total to the Number Value of the Numerical Dictionary. +This will define the meaning to You...as all WORDS are relative to God Himself. +Please remember, that a "Single Asterix{*}" Symbol next to any WORD, NAME, +SENTENCE{s} or NUMBER{s} in- dicates that You will find the Numerical Value +defined for You in the NUMERICAL DICTIONARY that Comes with this TEXT. You May +Increase its Numerical Vocabulary by inserting Your own Calculation along the +same Line of interpretation. A "Double Asterix{**}" indicates that the WORD has +been defined by means of our everyday usage of an English Dictionary. This is to +indicate to You wether the WORD defined is applicable to either the NUMERICAL +DICTIONARY{*} or The Oxford Dictionary, The Collins English Thesaurus, and The +Etymological Dictionary{**}. +EXAMPLE No: 1 + +A= 1 T=20 G= 7 +L=12 H= 8 O=15 +P=16 E= 5 D= 4 +H= 8 +A= 1 A= 1 H= 8 + L= 12 I= 9 + P=16 M=13 + H= 8 S=19 +D= 4 A= 1 E= 5 + B= 2 L=12 +O=15 E= 5 F= 6 +M=13 T=20 *98 +E= 5 *98 +G= 7 +A= 1 +*98 + + +TRY TO DECIPHER THE FOLLOWING *24 TASK-LIST BY YOUR-SELF: +1}*THE CENTRE 10}*NUCLEAR ACT 19}*NEWS DEMO +2}*PROPHET 11}*BIBLE LOGOS 20}*NEWS BEGIN +3}*A STORY 12}*BIBLE ATOMS 21}*HADE'S NEWS +4}*SCROLLS 13}*BIBLE LANGUAGE 22}*NEWS PLACE +5}*DELIVERER 14}*LIFE-and-TIME 23}*NEWS HEX +6}*SYMBOLIC 15}*LIFE-and-THE DEAD 24}*NEWS FEED- +7}*GEMATRIA ACT 16}*AGELESS BIBLE BACK 8}*JEWISH ACT + 17}*AGELESS ARK 9}*ENERGY ACT 18}*A NUCLEAR END After +having decipherd the above *24 "TASK- LIST" the observant Student of this Study +will Notice that everything is *RELATIVE.(*NUMBERS). Therefore, when Albert +Einstein Splitted The ATOM...all He really did...was to split the LOGO. By +Splitting an *ATOM or *LOGO you create another *ATOM/*LOGO. This is how current +News is produced by N.A.S.A Example: L=12 A= 1 . +O=15 T=20 G= 7 O=15 + O=15 M=13 *49 + *49 = *98 + x 2 x 2 *98 *98 + +NOTAS: + +"I Am GOD" = *49 and 4 x 9 = *36{*Lode/*Field/*OHM/*Law/*ANU{**Sanskrit WORD +for *ATOMS}. When an Atom(*Logo) gets splitted from its natural state of +rest...it screams out..."A...God Died". or "Deal-a-God". Every Time that a +Scientist Splits an Atom Cell, They are crucifying the God-head a Thousand +Times. If You think that that, is funny...or perhaps Something...to sweep under +the carpets...then just You wait for the return of that Atomic Image which is +non other than the *LORD, Himself. To calculate every letter of the +Logo for You...would turn this TEXT into a monotonous study. Therefore, where +any calculation is required, I shall place an Asterix (*) Symbol to indicate its +respective Numerical Value. You may refer to the NUMERICAL DICTIONARY for the +extension of that definition. I trust You will find the latter N/Dictionary most +enlightening. + +RELATIVITY{*Imaginary Sace/*Imaginary Brain}: +As Albert Einstein was the First Physcist to Split an Atom Cell which resulted +in Him being Blown-up by His own Petard, allow me to reconstruct the "Same +Albert", for You, out of the remains of a *BOMB-PETARD=*96 and see if I can +relate Him to the *Metaphor of *HIS NAME=69, in terms of *RELATIVITY or the +*RE-INCARNATION of *EINSTEIN-BODY/* A. FRANKINSTEIN. +*A. EINSTEIN, *ALBERT'S IDEA, *BOMB PETARD, *AN ATOM BOMB, *AN ATOM CELL, +*HYDROGEN, *NEW CHEMICAL, *SELF CHEMICAL, *WAR CHEMICAL, *THALLIUM(**a Highly +Poisonous, Colourless and Tasteless Chemical dubbed the "Homicide's Dream"), +*MUSTARD, *TINIEST, *DUST-CELL, *BIGGEST RACE, *TRUE LIFE, *A REAL BOMB GAS, +*REALISTIC, *NAZI'S GAS, *NAZI'S RACE, *NAZI'S CODE, *THE ODESSA, *GERMAN S.S., +*GERMAN BALANCE, *GERMAN DEATH. *ADOLF SCIENCE, *FATHER CHANGE, *SAME FATHER, +*JEW FATHER, *A GERMAN SEAL, *JEW SCIENCE, *GOLD SCIENCE, *COAL & FIRE GAS, +*THE RECORD, *THE GENETIC, *HUMAN MEAT, *MOON TEAM, *MOON ANGLE, *NET and +GRID, *SHARK-NET, *HUMAN-NET, * INTER-WEB, *WEB-NET CODE, *ON-LINE CODE, +*BINARY-CODE, *W.W.W.-CODE, +To continue along this vien of thought...would be a never ending Story. However, +a quick calculation of the above, will confirm the true definition of +RELATIVITY. The name, *RELATIVE-ATOM, or RELATIVE-LOGO, indicates the direct +relationship shared between each aspect of life. Irrespective of whether that +aspect can be viewed objectively or subjectively...all things...all matter...and +all of Life, is attached to the *UMBILICAL-CORD/*UMBILICAL MIND...of GOD. +*THE MIRACLE OF LIFE:( *147) +*THE PLANT=*96 + Consider the Following. It takes an Oak-tree Fifty-Years before She Bares Her +First Fruits. In the First Year of Her FRUITAGE, She bares FIFTY-THOUSAND +ACORNS. Out of all these thousands of Acorns...only "ONE", will be allowed to +Germinate itself into a full grown Oak-Tree. In order to do this, the +Acorn...falling off its MOTHER'S Tree, must land directly on its MOTHER'S leaf, +in order to Germinate. Should The falling Acorn Hit a foreign object, such as +the ground, the soil, a stone, and so on, before...landing on its MOTHER'S leaf, +then Her Chances of being Germinated, has been ruined. Out of the Fifty Thousand +Acorn..."ONE", does get to fall-off the TREE and land on its MOTHER'S Leaf. +However, this is not the end of the Story, as there is still more to follow. +After falling-off the ACORN TREE, all the acorns on the ground are subjected to +becoming food for the scavengers that live off acorns, such as Squirrels, Foxes, +Bears and so on. These scavengers arrive and eat every Acorn that is laying on +the ground...except, that isolated "ONE" that made a direct landing on its +Mother's Leaf. Its survival was not determined by the survival of the fittest, +but rather by the protection of "Mother-Nature"{*North & South}. As for all the +scavengers who did come to dine on the fallen acorns, not one of them could +see... that "ONE" acorn laying on its Mother's Leaf. As it was afforded +Protection by *MOTHER-NATURE Her-self {*Organic Growth}. +*THE CHILD=*69 + +Consider the *MIRACLE of Your own Birth. As You know, the Moon has a direct +influence over a females periodic cycle. Although, the Moon takes exactly "27 +Day...7 Hours...42 Minutes" to circumnavigate Planet Earth...Science stumbles +over accurate calculation and prefers to round off Truth with so-called +*ROUND-FIGURES...that have no-bearing on the narrow guages of Life itself. +They choose to say that it takes approximately "28 days Only". However, after +completing a full Ratio of its given orbit, it inserminates all existing life +with a seed of its own Nature. Should this egg be fertilised within "27 +Hours...7Minutes...and 42 Seconds after its arrival in the female's womb, the +*Pattern of Life, will begin its course of Life until its state of maturity, +where delivery of birth takes place. However, Should the seed within the +Female's womb remain unfertilised after the pre-scribed period of fertilisation( +* 27 Hrs...7 Min...42 Sec.), then the Womb will reopen itself and dispose of its +unwanted *Gift-of-Seed. This means that that, disposed seed, will never ever +experience the blessed joys of Life...with all its Ups and Downs. Now, imagine +that that, seed, was You. And Your Mother-can-be, decides to bluff Your +Father-can-be, that She had a Splitting Head-ache and was in no mood for +sex...and decides to retire early to bed that Night...without sex. That would +mean that Your chance of ever being born would amount to nothing more than +awash-away +dream. However, Imagine on that same Night You were waiting to be conceived, and +Your Father-can-be, tells Your Mother-can-be, that He has to work the Night +Shift Train...but decides to skip work and visit the Ladies of the Night at some +Brothel. You Would Have Lost Another Chance at seeing Life. However, Once +again...lets imagine that both Mom-and-Dad-can-be, retires to bed in the full +union of thier romance. Now, here is the conclusion of Your Miracle Birth. Every +Time a male{Your Dad-can-be) ejaculates His Semen, He ejaculates approximately +"250 Million Cell-eggs" that want to mate With You(The *Other / *Twin , half of +You)...sitting in the Womb. Unfortunately, out of these eager "250 Million +Cell-Eggs" Only "ONE" can touch You. As soon as the Touch takes place, a +chemical reaction takes place simultaneously...and seals-off Your Egg-Union, +from the rest of the eager cells of ejaculation. This means, that on You +Father's side alone, You had to fight "250 Million other cells" in order to +unite with Your Soul-mate, which is the composition of: ½ Mom + ½ Dad = YOU. +Although in all truth, You are half of Your Mom and half of Your Dad, THEY are +not You. You are *AN INDIVIDUAL within Your own Rights. Therefore, You can not +be divided. As Your Soul-Mate is the Shadow of Your *OWN EXISTENCE{ *Atomic +Nucleus, *Characteristics, *The Dead Activity, *Radio-Activity, *Polarization, +*Self-Realisation, *New Realisation,}. + + +*THE RELATIVITY OF BIRTH:(*252)*Mathematical Consistancy/*Natal Blood +Transfusion. + + +PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING RHYTHM OF: *69---cum---96* . + +*A PLUS(+)...*HUSBAND...*AND A MINUS(-)...*EACH MOTHER...*WAS GOD...*TO YOU... +*THE CHILD...*FROM SPACE...*THE WOMB-BAG...*HER EGGS...*HIS SEED, *HER +ORIFICE... *THE PENIS. *THE COME...*A REAL +LIFE...*REALISTIC...*LIFE-MODE...*BEGIN-LIFE CODE... *MEDICAL DANGER...*DR. +DOOM...*NURSES...MIDWIFE...*NURSE-AIDE...*CLINIC-BODY...*CLINICAL-AIDS...*DEATH'S +TEAM...*BIRTH TEAM...*HUMAN TEAM...*UMBILICAL-ACT... *A UMBILICAL END...*LIFE +MODE...*LIFE BEGIN...*LIFE UP...*H.I.V. Bug...*FLU-BUG BASE...*RED +H.I.V.BUG...*FAT FLU-BUG, +*CODE OF BLOOD:*96( *LUMINOL**Chemical Agent used to trace-Blood during +*Forensic Test(*153). +There are Four(4) *Groups ...*Of Blood. Viz., A + B + AB + O.; +There is also *THE FACTOR=Rh. This factor is medically referred to as:*The +Rhesus Factor, Which is none other than the *Electro-Magnetic-Field. All of +Life, comes equipped with the Latter "Rh-Factor". This Factor, is a Negative(-) +and Positive(+) Current. It's the "A and O" of our *Blood-Cycle( *96). The +First(i) and the Last(o) *OF RED BLOOD( *96). +*RED BLOOD CELLS( *126). They carry the Oxygen of the Blood, providing *THE +WHOLE(*96) body with *THE CLEAN-AIR( *96). +*WHITE BLOOD CELLS( *164). They are the Completed *Alphabetical Nuclear, often +referred to as:*THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA. They constitute the Beginning and the +end of our 'A + O' Blood Symbols. If You remove either "ONE" of the Symbols +from the *Blood-Cycle, You instantaneously destroy the *BODIES IMMUNE SYTEM( +*230) which is the *AIDS ELECTRICAL SUPPLY; or if You Prefer me to be more +direct, it's *THE BLUE-BLOOD SUPPLY...*THE MIND BLOOD SUPPLY...THE LIVE PAIN +SUPPLY...*THE BINARY MIND VISION...and so on. Ref: *230. The White Blood Cells +are the *26 Soldiers( *Rh Soldiers) of our Blood's Circulation System. Their +Function is to *Combat-New...*Bacteria >E=(M/C)2, such as the Viruses of the +"H.I.V. Classifi- cation". + +THE INTRODUCTION OF AIDS: +In the Western parts of *SOCIETY, *THE PUBLIC, were requested to donate their +Blood "Once" in every Three(3) Months. Due to a sudden Blood Shortage...*Members +of...*Society are now requested to donate "Once" every Second(2nd) Month. +However, in the poorer parts of the World, such as Africa, You cannot persuade a +Black-man to give anything away for free...let alone His Blood. Therefore, the +'only' way to obtain Blood from a Black-man, was to purchase it from Him. Hence, +the beginning of the *BLOOD-TRADE( *96). Offering a Black-man Money, in exchange +for His Blood, led the Black-man into the false belief that *GOLD ran through +His *VEINS( *69). Instead of going back to the Blood Bank after the +pre-scribed period of Two(2) Months, to donate more Blood, He preferred to +*RETURN( *96) immediately, to the back of the *QUEUE( *69), so as to sell more +of His Blood while the going was good...on the *Sale of Blood/*AIDS in VEIN. The +Members of the Blood Bank, who were collecting the Blood, did not seem to mind +this most 'unethical practice' of continuously returning back to the +queue...after each donation. Instead of refusing their repeated Blood Sale and +sending them home until Two(2) Months had expired, They chose to keep a +"blind-eye" and exacerbate the pending disaster. The Members of the Blood-Bank +would drain their required amount of Blood from the respective donor...place the +donated Blood on *A VIBRATOR and allow the Blood to separate itself in it's +*Mathematical order of pure *ARITHMETIC. That is to say, that when Blood is +placed on a *SEPARATOR(*113), the *SIX-and-NINE(*113) *SYNDROME(*113) of the +*H.I.V.-NUCLEAR(*113) begins it's *STANDARD-CELL(*113) *RESISTANCE(*113). + When blood is Vibrated, it separates itself into its respective Colour +Composition. The Red Blood is *RETURNED DEAD....back into the *VEINS of the +African Blood Donor, minus His *White Blood Cells(*Human Aids Cross). You can +well imagine for Yourself what the end result has on the Donor's Immune System. +If You continually remove the *WHITE CELLS(*Polarity), from the Natural flow of +Blood, You remove its *Polarity and *Cancel its Resistance to Foreign Cells. In +short, By removing Your White Blood Cells, You remove Your *Bodies +Soldiers...thus allowing diseases to attack the *Human Meat(*96). As for the +*White Blood Cells...which was removed from its Natural *Life Orbit(*96), well +that, simply gets converted into *New Chemical(*96) *Drugs (*69) for resale +as,...inter Alia, +HERE IS YOUR *TASK-LIST(*Calculation). 1) The Dead Pill(*The Dead Clone) + 2) Doom Pill(*Medical Pill) 3)Time Pill(or,...*Pill Time) +4) Aspro Base 5)AZT Pill(*Genetic Name) + 6)M.K.Ultra + 7)H.I.V.Vaccine + 8)The Aids Bible(*Dr Doom) + 9)The Aids Baby(*Sarafina) + 10)Aids Genetic + 11)Genetic Seed(*An Apple a Day...?) The Tree of LIFE(*The Skeleton). +& *THE TREE of KNOWLEDGE. There are Two Trees in Life that have existed +since *Eden's Garden. Many Books have been written on *THE TREE of LIFE...and +very little on the *TREE of...KNOWLEDGE. A quick calculation of the latter & +Former will tell You why. While The Tree of Life provides *INFORMATION,... *THE +TREE of KNOWLEDGE provides *THE RESURRECTION of *The Whole Dimension. The +Tree of Life is better known as the *CABALA(*20)...whilst the Tree of Knowledge +is better known as *DAGGA(*20). Together, They create the *MIND(*40...as +2x20=40). Many Masters of the *Occult(*74 x 9 = ?) have written an account of +the CABALA. Their so-called KNOWLEDGE on the subject is based on pure hearsay. +They speak about meeting *THE HIGH PRIEST(*The Devil's Son)...along the way, as +well as *THE DEVIL HIMSELF(*The Son of Satan). Had They actually climbed-up the +Tree, Themselves, They would have known better, for the Devil Himself awaits +"No-Man" along the path of Life. In Life, the Devil awaits You, at the +*BOTTOM(*THE DEVIL) of His Tree, and not on Top, nor half-way up. It must be +borne in mind, that *THE DEVIL OF LIFE was *THE DEVIL of EVE(*BIOLOGY of LIFE). + *DR. DOOM: Consider the Following; You are feeling +Sick, so You go and pay *Dr.Doom a Medical Visit in Order to find out, what is +'medically wrong', with You. Instead of *Doc Doom giving You a +'full-medical-check-up', as You were expecting him to do, He catches You +'off-guard' on Your arrival, with the following statement. "Good morning, and +what seems to be the matter with You.? This question has the ability to +*Over-ride Your *Cerebellum, Where the Brains Stores its information. You +suddenly forget that You are there to be examined, by Dr Doom and not there for +a "self-diagnosis" in order to determine Your condition of Health. However, +after having completed Your "self-diagnosis" on His behalf,(even though You may +not be really ill...but just went there in order to score a few days off-work +and obtain a so-called *DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE...for the days off-work.} Dr Doom +will now approach You with His stethoscope...wrapped around *His Neck(*69) in +order to appear *Medically Official*145 in Your Sight. (This type of *Psycho- +logy*145 is most conducive in re-establishing His control over You...once +You've completed Your "self-diagnosis" of poor health. Due to His own lack of +*Knowledge *96 pertaining to *Human Vice*96.. He will now begin to probe +You..here and there, with His stethoscope (pretending to be a sound specialist,) +Dr Doom Will *Medically Confirm(*162)" that You are indeed, very sick and +require a few days off-work. He will then *Reward(*69) You for *Each Visit(*96) +with a *Listed-code(*96) of *Drugs(*69), as well as the *Solicited (*96) *Sick +Note(*96), as required *By-Labour(*96). The Whole Medical Profession is a +Psychological game of *Mind over Matter/*Matter over Pain. They play games with +Your mind as They Know that any *Message(*(69) received by the *Faculties(*96) +of *The Brains(*96), via the *Audios(*69) of Your *Basic-Sense(*96), is +*Conducive(*96) to the *Metaphor(*96) of a *Sick-Voice(*96)...*In Sound(*96). +What this teaches *Us(*40), the *Mind(*40) of *Pain(*40), is that if Your *Free +Sense(*96) allows Dr Doom to convince You that You are indeed unwell and +suffering from some *Basic Disease(*96), then that exact disease wll befall You, +on the following grounds: +a) *I Believe +b) *Message +c)*Doc Doom +d)*Prints +e)*In Voices +f)*Pictured g)*On Mind There is no difference between a +so-called *Modern(*69) *Medical Pill(*96) to that of *Basic Medicine(*96) handed +*To You(*96) by *A Witch-Doctor(*139) who knows all about the *Chemical +Reaction(*139) of the *Pituitary(*139) Gland caused by *The Genetic(*96) of any +*Plant Seed(*96) placed within a body of *Human Meat(*96). Death is nothing +more than the Psychological changes pertaining to the Pituitary Changes of Body +Chemistry. The Changes Occurring in one body within the presence of a foreign +body is totally conducive to *The Sight of the *Beholder(*69). If I Kill You, in +the presence of others, then those who saw You Die, will Except the *Message of +Death Mode(*165...69 + 96= *165) and You will therefore remain *Invisible(*101) +to them all...who saw You Die. You, on the other hand, will immediately wake up +in Bed, in another Time Frame of mind. You will believe that You had just +suffered from *A Nightmare(*96) or a *Dreamless Night. I Shall continue the +story of *Mr Death(*69) beyond the Forbidden Page of Wisdom, as Death and Life +has been my companion since my Birth, I TO BE CONTINUED +... + + +NUM'EROLOGY + +THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS: +In the Kingdom of Numbers, the "Life Aspect" of 'zero'(0) is *Primal...*In +Number. +It is the foundation and head of all calculations. Without "0", there would have +been no Genesis to Life. In the beginning...there was 'nothing'("0"), and from +'nothing'...there came 'something', and from that 'something', came +'Something-else'. Whatever came first, second or third...out of 'nothing', does +not really matter. What does matter is the undenying fact...that when "They" +did come,"They" came in a Numerical order from the first "0" to the last "9", +and anything else beyond that, was 'nothing' more than a repetition of the same +order. Hence, History...repeats itself, in a Numerical order. +SATANISM & VOODOO +TRACING THE "I.D." OF 'THE BEAST OF REVELATION[*666/616]. +We are now dealing with the TREE-of-LIFE (Cabala Master): + "O" + G + THE DIETY + ? ? H +U ? +N ? + ? ? ? O +H ? +O ? ? + ? ? L +L ? +Y ? ? + ? ? Y + _______ + *45 GODS...'Zen' +NOTAS: +DIVISION of the TRINITY: The Symbol of *3, 6 + 9 is the Occult Symbol +representing the Holy TRINITY of: Father, Son and Holy "Ghost". They are Holy on +account of Their ability to remain in Their NUMERICAL order of Birth. However, +the same cannot be said about the Symbol of *3, 9 + 6., as They represent all +the Fallen Sons of GoD. +They fell by the Wisdom of Their own stupidity, for They tried to play +GOD...over 'all' of Man-kind. Their Divinity can be attested to by "The +Genetic-of-Blood" ...which was simply Mathematical and Divine. +*Test: TRINITY + Un-Holy HOLY + 3 + 3 .....................= 6 + 9 + 6 = 15 and 1+ 5 = 6 6 + 9 = +15 and 1+ 5 = 6 +1 + 2 .....................= 3 +4 + 5 .................... = 9 TRINITY = *115 X 9 =*1035 +1035 +7 + 8 =15 and 1 + 5 = 6 + minus 369 or - 666 + ------ ------- + 666 369 + T = 20 + R = 18 + I = 9 + N = 14 + I = 9 + T = 20 + Y = 25 + ------- + 115 + x 9 (No:"9" represents SIN.) + ------- + N.B. *369 + 666 = 1035 + ------- + +THE POPE'S MOTTO {*Symbol of the Beast...*Pyramid of the Dead} +VICARIUS = 102 The = 33 The = 33 +FiLii = 45 Three = 56 Triple = 80 +Dei = 18 Sixes = 76 Six = 52 + __________ __________ ________________ + *165 165 165 + __________ __________ ________________ + +THE NUMERICAL DICTIONARY: + +* 9 = Dad, +*10 = Dada, +*11 = Bi, Fad, +*12 = Bee, +*13 = Age, 'I.D.', He, +*14 = Ma, Dead, Fag, Dia[**Irish & Scotch for God] +*15 = Face, A Dead, +*16 = Deaf, Cage, +*17 = Acid, Ice, Back, El, Aged, +*18 = Head, Hade, Mad, Dam, Me, Die, +*19 = Adam, And, 'D.N.A.', Jah, Idea, Egg, Ra[**God of Ancient Egypt], +*20 = Abel, Able, Dagga, Cabala, Caged, +*21 = 'I.C.I.', Edge, Beam, +*22 = Alah, Ali, Arab, Ape, Fig, Coca, Died, "Im"{**plural of respect in +Hebrew}, +*23 = End, I am, In, Ago, Re, Deck, +*24 = Cat, Act, Chaff, Blade, +*25 = Sea, "Pi", All, Area, A Act, A Chaff, Mecca, +*26 = GOD, Eli, Mega, Och, Elah, 'I.Q.', Card, Flag, Lie, Aud, Bear, Mid, Data, +Hide, + Eat, Dog +*27 = Cain, Fu, Job, Code, Race, Lama, Red, Gas, Hand, Bike, Mahe, Hod{**8 in +Cabala's Tree of Life}, Off, Headed, +*28 = "OM", Man, We, Air, Call, Lamb, Is, Case, Read, A Code, Dio, Eden, Race, +*29 = See, A Man, Black, Page, Bind, Ref, Lake, It, +*30 = Bible, Baby, Day, Ark, Arch, Peace, Bread, Mamba, Him, Map, +*31 = Dagne, Old, Cash, Land, Jacob, Rage, Abijah, Safe, Her, Bell, Echo, Coal, +Fall, +*32 = Life, Eve, M/C2, Bomb, Leo, Cock, Madam, She, Ram, Again, Cell, Jail, +Arabia, Rabbi, Pig, +*33 = Aids, Gay, Fags,Find, Cheap, Magic, Bird, Seed, Rama, Amen, 'A life', +"A-Cell", "A-Bomb", +*34 = Allah, One, Free, Dark, Fair, Faces, Hate, Cold, Grace, Basic, Binah, 'A +Gay', +*35 = Image, Eye, Naked, Abram, Hagar, Rice, Aum, Atma(**Soul in Hindi & +Sanskrit), +*36 = Law, 'OHM', Child, Come, Lode, Field, "S.A.P", 'S.o.B', Oil, His, Chip, +Here, + Heer, Juda, Feet, Hair, Coco, Anu(**Sanskrit word for Atoms), +*37 = Hell, Hades, Begin, Up, Side Cheat, Seal, Rand, Called, Hex, Edom, Place, +Dies, Demo, "E-M/C2", Feed-Back, Flame, +*38 = Death, Late, Dood, Same, Alike, Change, Balance, Adolf, Hated, Jew, Fire, + Africa, Gold, Rich, Road, Plead, Alpha, Boat, Noah, Gland, +*39 = Ten, Angel, Angle, Vice, Dieu, May, Belt, Cobra, Belief, Cried, +*40 = David, Buddha, Mind, Hole, Pain, Food, Rape, Idol, Eloh, Dead-Data, Liar, + Seek, Film, Nile, Dumb, Dogma, Bow, Blue, Obadiah, Jude, Harm, +*41 = Mom, Home, Key, Lock, Clue, Omega, King, Alien, Fuck, Apes, "U.S.A", +Abaddon, Cow, Figs, Defeat, Awake, He-man, Dream, Good, Fun, Joke, Box, Blind, +A liar, +*42 = Sin, New, Bitch, Lady, Boy, Fish, Nine, Five, Self, Hemp, Female, War, +Gun, "U.F.O", 'A-Alien', Rebel, Radar, Tele, T.V., Rain, Aleph, +*43 = Mark, Wife, Goat, Arse, Was, Saw, Ears, March, Harp, Book, Choice, Define, + Charm, Manna, "R.I.P", Left, False, Hot, +*44 = Abraham, Talk, Shake, Brain, Anno, Faith, Hope, Set, Week, Anti, Space, +Cut, Kill, Judah, Old-age, Adonai, Hidden, Mask, Oath, A Choice, A Book, A +Mark, Cancer, +*45 = GODS, Zen, Path, Bridge, Knife, East, Daniel, Shem, Anger, Fox, Lies, +Filii, Bears, Flags, Leader, Wail, Milk, Cards, A cut, +*46 = Papal, Branch, Body, Drain, "G.S.T", Hands, Pipe, Hero, Dove, Deceased, +Cry, + Mad-man, "S.A.R.& H", Greek, Aramaic, Bladder, Apex, +*47 = John, Seer, Time, Omen, Monad, Doom, Beast, Tri, Judge, Rock, Calls, +Force, + Save, Isaiah, Sarah, Yang, Legend, Dios, Caesar, Malachi, Lot, Middle, Radio, + The Dead, Epoch, +*48 = James, Yin, Son, Cycle, Blood, Sex, Evil, Live, Tree, Ring, Craft, Thief, +Long, Rude, Chord, Build, Wall, Veil, Pages, Pole, Amos, +*49 = Atom, Lord, "I am God", Danger, Green, Pro, Luke, Days, Tit, Aaron, +Garden, + Deus, Caffeine, Born, Poem, Sing, Sign, Logo, God-Made, In God, God-end, + Apogee, Phase, Eight, Model, +*50 = Ma and Pa, Sacred, Circle, Vein, "I.N.R.I", Bells, Drug, Graph, Chart, +Lands, Nato, Tomb, Paul, Ezra, June, Lion, America, Bush, Fight, Judo, Wind, +Snake, +*51 = Reader, "A.E.I.O.U", The C.N.A, "The A.N.C", Michael, Homo, Mars, Indian, + Top, Lent, Daily, Rome, Falcon, Preach, Avoid, Great, Fuse, Insha, Wave, +Rise, Wine, Gifted, Feast, Issac, Seder, 'A circle', +*52 = Devil, Lived, Pope, Earth, Six, Xis, Seth, Heart, Form, Last, Flood, +Terah, Salt, + Birds, Names, Pride, Mass, Alter, Ship, Speak, Door, "Eli-Eli", "GOD-GOD", + Seeds, "The Egg", Riddle, Pesach, Abracadabra, Nero, African, +*53 = Look, Nose, Run, Chicken, Basic Egg,Sheep, Velma, Womb, Blur, Mirage, Zol, + Dagga-name, Dagga-seed, Magic-dagga, The Dagga, The "D.P", Grave, Coffin, +Atlas, Saul, Many, Divide, Sabbath, Axis, One Egg, Free Adam, One "D.N.A", +One Adam, One Idea, Cyber, Free Idea, Basic Idea, +*54 = Sun, Chemical, Love, Play, Eyes, Voice, Roof, Vagina, Rider, Ants, Tribe, + Islam, Geneva, Man-God, French, Note, The Edge, Race-bike, Hand-bike, +Gas-bike, Allon, Search, Trek, Bodies, "Acid-Head", Fanatic, Mind-dead, +*55 = Sky, Cloud, Grey, Less, Heaven, Satan, Watch, Pass, Diabolic, Laws, +Awaken, + The Ape, Trap, Escom, Wages, Fields, "Ohms", Dead-key, Dead-lock, Dead Clue, +Dead Mom, Dead Home, Dead Fuck, A dead hole, A dead mind, Burn, Wire, Fused, A +chemical, +*56 = Friend, Wolf, Shock, The end, Three, Light, Equal, Shell, Yoke, Seals, +Ether, Rule, Created, Will, Poet, Paper, Attack, Member, Drink, Hindu, Alert, +Karate, Index, Down, April, Deaf & Dumb, Sides, Comet, Flames, Black-Ball, +Latin, A dead-lock, + +*57 = Mandy, Human, Moon, Birth, Shark, Xmas, Bless, Mary, Ascribed, Wheat, +Gemini, Lingo, Jews, Balances, Changes, The Act, The Cat, Divided, Roll, +Steal, Boast, Sore, Dagne Aud, Nahum, Quod, Deaths, Sleep, Alight, + +*58 = Science, Micro, Scope, Father, Albert, Night, Star, Two, Angles, Angels, +Muse, + Exit, Steam, Adult, God-Life, God-men, Abimelech, Zodiac, Roy, Ampere, +Phone, Penned, Mudra(**Indian-dance), Sedated, A Human, +*59 = Dragon, Sickle, Slave, Shiva{**Lord of the Dance}, Koran, Donate, Minds, + Dogmas, Copy, Double, Direct, Tasbih, Brass, Idols, Finger, Solid, Bicycle +*60 = Pray, Holy, Pure, Verbal, Vow, Believe, Word, Magnet, Order, Police, +Battle, + Robber, Peace-day, Mob Peace, Mafia Peace, Bible Peace, Baby peace, Tune, +Desire, Four, Diocese, Active, +*61 = N.E.W.S., Roman, Church, Anglican, Heathen, Miracle, Atomic, Mush, Room, + News, Ascribed, Sins, "U.F.O's", Chakras, To Mega, God-Image, You, God- Eye, +*62 = Papacy, Jehowa, Cardinal, Hebron, Queen, Sense, Black-magic, Black-seed, +Ruin, Looked, Hour, Forehead, Action, Rest, Vote, Ballot, Books, Torah, Gloria, +Gott, Adonis, Elohim, Critic, All Failed, Doubt, Medicine, Mauve, Plasma, +Cosmic, Digital, Signal, Pause, +*63 = Divine, Diety, Godly, Plant, Saint, Roger, Genetic, Penis, Eleven, Friday, + Konrad, Nehemiah, Crowd, Public, Trip, Flash-Back, Record, Brains, Cancer +D.N.A., Shakes, Weeks, The Bible, "Y.H.W.H", The Map, Aids-Baby, Baby- Seed, +Porn, Obscene, Witch, Stare, Smoke, Backward, Whole, Mahadevi, Pilate, Limit, + +*64 = Peter, Coward, Dust, Zero, Israel, Poor, Lazy, True, Sammael, Domini, +Zion, Watt, Unit, Bright, Ohmere, Infant, Piggy, Anti-dagga, Dagga-brain, +Cabala- brain, Captain, Dagga-oath, Cabala-oath, A-limit, A stain, A dagga +mark, +*65 = Solar, Centre, Seven, White, Horse, Cosmo, The Life, Token, Show, Music, +Breast, Alphabet, Finish, Mental, State, Beyond, Perigee, Life Seed, Magic Life, + +*66 = Queer, Judges, Women, Neron, Mankind, Cain and Abel, Wedding, Curse, +Swear, Bury, Ancient, Envy, Alcohol, Sugar, Saves, Times, Monads, Legends, +Pro-acid, Green-acid, Atom acid, Acid-danger, Lost, Liver, Forces, Family, +Figure, Twin, Freedom, Mad cycle, Head cycle, Crime Head, Back-a-Crime, Evil +Hade, Radium, Fishes, Length, Dual-man, Ammonia, +*67 = Water, Urine, Alchemy, Good and Bad, Evidence, Hurt, Mantra, Soul, +Recieve, + Copies, Theos, Netsah(**7 In the Cabala Tree of Life), Mediaval, Touch, Ruth, +Ishmael, West, Parole, Trees, Cycles, Blood-D.N.A., Mandrake, Honey, Pinis, +*68 = Diabolical, Language, Quella, Eminence, Pardon, Tixo, July, Nuns, Married, + Atoms, Quark, Yesod[9], Decipher, Signs, Albumen, Ageless, X-ray, The Eye, +The Image, Agrippa, Sweat, +*69 = Bishop, Knight, Check-mate, Jigsaw, Husband, Whore, Archangel, Message, +Text, Red-tape, Released, Pandora, Ghost, "O.T./N.T", Jehovah, Yahveh, +People, Animals, Darwin, Jungle, The Law, The S.A.P., The S.O.B., Piglet, + Cat and Dog, Pedigree, Tombs, Tuth, Snakes, 'I Believe', Mom and Dad, Worm, +Graphs, Circles, Drugs, Heroin, Modern, Mechanical, Labour, Fatigue, Broker, +Forks, Umbilic, Dynamic, Antenna, Arsenic, Helium, Spacing, Rifles, All Space, + Sea Space, Modimo, Volt, Primal, Brain Area, Jeremiah, Hand-gun, +*70 = Darrell, Shadow, Adam and Eve, Lilith, Yahweh, Homo-Adam, Incest, +Anti-Och, + Proof, Suicide, Readers, Fig tree, Galaxy, Naked Image, Naked Eye, Eye- +Image, Post, A Red-Tape, Stop, Robot, Falcons, Essence, The being, Demons, +*71 = Temple, "I Think", "I Doubt", Zeus, Moses, Talmud, Qur'an, Googol, The +Balance, The Change, The Same, The Jew, The Fire, The Gold, The Alpha, Orion, +Ovum, Sperm, Chapter, Tear-gas, Popes, Devils, Celebrate, Catholic, Babylon, +Desert, Bowls, Barrier, Tube-End, Blood End, In Blood, Crime End, Sex-End, +In-Sex, Recycle, Tree-end, In-Ring, Ring-in, Crime-end, +*72 = First, Origin, World, Money, Hitler, Reborn, Chickens, Looks, Slut, The +Cobra, The Vice, The Angle, Live cat, Evil cat, Sex cat, Tom cat, Marriage, +School, Hashish, The Dead Sea, Radius, Magnetic, Moody, Gentile, Monday, +Shaitan, A Barrier, The Team, The Meat, Aids Team, One Jew, Free Adolf, Jew +Hate, Dark Jew, Fair Jew, +*73 = Number, Count, Sacrifice, Children, Paradise, Kingdom, The Mind, Stone, +The Buddha, The Food, The Pain, Life Key, Home Life, The Hole, Sexy, Orgasm, +Living, Sound, Good Life, Circus, Unbalance, Eye Balance, Empiric, Ezekiel, +Joseph, Egypt, Front, Shrine, Perfect, Prefect, Lungs, Vaginas, Commit, +Flying, Surface +*74 = God Son, The King, The Omega, Jesus, Messiah, Muhammad, Lucifer, Duiwel, +Escom's, Nuclear, Energy, Burns, The Clue, The Home, The Key, the lock, + Cross, Point, Donkey, The Joke, "I.V.X.L.C.D", Joshua, Hazrat, The Dream, + Bitter, Occult, Heavens, Clouds, Traps, Photo, Moves, The Cow, The Tika, + Gematria, Parables, New Life, Fish Life, Self-life, Sin life, War life, +Gun-cock, + Jewish, English, Eighty, Between, Dialogue, Drug act, Opium, The Wide, +Preacher, Hexagon, Ruler, Proud, Hippy, Families, Fruit, Tempt, The Fuck, + Refuse, Parent, Gospel, Hade's Seal, Elohite, Queen bee, Angular, Aurora, + Stuck, Aids Fuck, +*75 = Diameter, Doctor, Madness, Suffer, Eternal, Paranoia, Distance, Critical, + Nobody, Analogy, Analogical, Infra red, A cross, One King, Sun beam, Electric, + Reform, The New, The Self, Mandrax, Hari-kari, Marry, Lawful, Law Vice, Law +Team, Deaf and Dumb, Death seal, Death & Hades, Death & Hell, Fire & Hell, +Octagon, Poets, Write, Cults, The Sin, Comets, Lights, Spiral, Immune, +*76 = Master, A Doctor, Divorce, Split, Salary, Scholar, Invoke, Anti-bomb, +Anti-Life, Anti-jail, Xmas, Revenge, Driver, Addition, Safety, Graffiti, +Magazine, Contact, Moon Egg, Human-Egg, Birth Egg, Prick Egg, A Puss, +Human Adam, Kosher, Human D.N.A., Human Idea, A Human Head, +Prove, Humans, Exotic,The Book, Divided D.N.A., Inertia, Analogue, Lingual, +*77 = Adam Kadmon, The God-Head, Christ, God's Life, God's Agenda, Yehowa, +Power, Disciple, Identical, Hexagram, Glory, Taught, Elixir, Zaboor, Allegany, + Atnatu, Moslem, Rehoboam, Zodiacs, Forbidden, Judaism, Muses, Valley, +Fathers, The Oath, The Mask, The Hidden, Court, Scopes, Nights, Stars, +Things, Matter, Stands, The Week, The Brain, Rama Karma, Law Key, Law Home, +Law Clue, Law Lock, "Mind-a-Law", Mind-a-Child, Child Dream, Child Key, Home +Child, Mom & Child, Funeral, Exist, Orbital, Chemist, Vibrate, Known, +*78 = Genesis, Start, Embryo, Hade's Home, Earth God, Devil God, God Lived, +Porno, Pope God, Pope Lie, Pope Dog, "I am Satan", Crucified, The Path, +God's Name, Sabachtani, Mental-age, White I.D., Slaves, Rouse, God's Aids, +Acquired, Alcoholic, October, Calculate, Mistake, Accessible, Repent, Selfish, +A Chemist, Lock-up, Fuck-up, Hannukah, Ellipse, Galaxies, Solids, Electro, +*79 = Mother, Nature, Moeders, Mommy, Granny, Virgin, Words, Sword, Scroll, +Listen, Hymns, Magnets, Navigate, Nirvana, "In the End", Murder, Secular, +Mortal, Zechariah, My Dream, Same Dream, Dream Alike, Begin a Dream, Begin a +Home, Stomach, Cyber-God, My Home, My Key, My Lock, My Clue, My Mom, Holy Ra, +Believes, Alpha & Omega, Flower, Super, Loving, Your, Disobey, Death Dream, +Death Home, Death Key, A Death Hole, Balance a Mind, Change a Mind, Yahuwa, +Bacillus, Dead-Centre, Life of God, +*82 = Saints, Records, Minute, Rainbow, Sexual, Clothes, Free-Sex, Plants, Free + Blood, Erudite, Tauraat, Revised, Young, Tongue, Innocence, Apartheid, +Backwards, Genetics, Utopia, Life-Span, Image of God, Eye of God, Hippies, +Echo-Wave, Crowds, Public-Idea, Sacred Life, Bush Life, Life Circle, Primate, +*83 = Wisdom, Dowism, Bhagavad Gita, Sabbath Day, Bible Sabbath, Bread +Sabbath, The Hadith, Faithful, Spring, Book of Adam, Mark of Adam, Book of +D.N.A., Author, Monkey, Psychic, Perceive, Circuit, Creative, Gifted Life, +Gifted Eve, Narcotic, South, Negative, Divine Dagga, Dagga Plant, Cabala Plant, + The Circle, Deficiency, The Lion, The I Ching, Germany, Gestapo, Concrete, +Real Time, Real Monad, Time Law, Time Field, Law Legend, Law Judge, S.A.P. +Judge, S.A.P. Monad, S.A.P. Force, The Dead-Law, +*84 = God Father, God Science, God Star, Dog Star, Hade's Time, Begin Time, +Time-Up, A Real Time, A Real Legend, A Law Judge, A Real Judge, Hell Judge, +Al Qur'an, Sunday, Cosmos, Moabites, Pluto, Centres, Whites, Horses, Tokens, +Colour, Catatonia, Invent, Lawyer, Half Moon, Half Human, Human Race, Human +Hand, Harness, Human Code, A Law of God, A Child of God, Cronos, Forward, +Repeats, Lecture, Abstract, Chlorine, +*85 = The Pope, The Devil, The Earth, The Six, The Xis, Insha Allah, Sentence, + Biology, Bi-energy, Nought, Bottom, Creation, Malkuth[10], Churches, "I Split", + Burning, The Riddle, Aids Riddle, Name Riddle, Magic Riddle, God Shiva, +Circular, Matrix, Sacred Image, Sacred Eye, Naked Circle, Script, Presence, +Identified, Biological, +*86 = Brother, Voodoo, Compass, Pyramid, Tri-angle, Trigram, Symbol, Formula, +Souls, God's Key, God's Home, Holy God, Pure God, Magnet God, Pharaohs, +Mantras, Convict, The Black Cat, Infinite, Omega Path, Home Path, The Atlas, +Key Leader, Home Leader, A Mind Leader, Temurah, Oppose, Fraction, Above Key, +Statue, King Above, Above Home, Mom Above, The Sabbath, Chicken Seed, The +Chicken, The Run, The Look, Free Salt, One Earth, Allah Lived, Lived Free, One +Pope, One Devil, The Blur, The Mirage, The Grave, Epistle, Anabolism(**The +constructive processes within the Protoplasm...which eventually becomes a +Living Matter), Police Dog, Blind's Dog, Pure Dog, Roman Sea, News Area, All +News, Hade's Logo, Logo Feed-Back, Atom Feed- Back, Logo Seal, Hell Born, Begin +a Crime,Crime Balance, Death Crime, Same crime, Gold Crime, Crime Change, +Blood-Change, Blood Balance, Sex Change, My Son?, For a Girl?, Like-a-Son?, +Diabolical Head, Death Trade, Gold Trade, Trade Balance, 'Exchanged a Dead' +*87 = Justice, Nothing, Twelve, The Sun, The Chemical, The Love, The Eyes, +Priest, The Images, Natural, Donour, The Search, The Trek, The Knock, The +Voice, Muslim, Birthday, Birth-date, Baby Birth, Moon Day, Mad People, Unique, + Lotus, Initiate, In-breeding, Different, Person, Languages, Russia, Time +Scale, Mind of God, Church God, Mind the Dead, Mind Judge, Mind Monad, +*88 = Gontier, Guldvog, Begotten, Iesous, Immanuel, Dream of God, Vision, Life & + Light, Hormone, A Priest, Sanity, Smoking, Marijuana, Cigarette, Inflammable, + Volts, Electrical, Apostle, Empathy, The Laws, Policeman, Thieves, Left Path, +Volume, Crime Scale, Crime Mind, Sex Mind, Evil Mind, Live Mind, Eclipses, +Kometes, Doctrine, One Sun, One Love, One Voice, Free Voice, +*89 = Solveig, Life and Death, Unity, Therion, Titus, August, The Hindu, Hindu +Seed, Religion, Fig Trees, Regulate, The Black Race, Summer, Winter, Provide, + Yesus, The attack, The Past, The Light, The Friend, The Wolf, The Yoke, The +Will, Shadows, Memory, A holy Man, Tribune, Anatomy, Incubus, Study, A +Cigarette, Nicotine, Complete, "I Love God", Wycliffe, Musician, Alleluya, +Mystic, Osiris, Virus, Parasite, Insects, Sequence, A Police man, Church Man, +News Man, Key of God, Di-Electric, Dynamics, Photon, Complex, Massive, +Nameless, Fungus, Hologram, +*90 = The Moon, The Birth, Human Name, Human Seed, Human AIDS, One Light, + Dark Light, Fair Light, Holy Bible, Holy Baby, Holy Map, Holy Day, Holy Date, + Matthews, January, Sister, Thunder, Locust, Opposed, Sphinx, The Naked +lead, The Naked Ape, Book of God, Epilogue, Missing, Mosque, Oxygen, Autumn, +Vertical, Genetic Code, Brethren, Object Image, Eye Object, +*91 = Radiation, Fission, Formulae, Theory, Darkness, Future, Objective, +Honour, Creature, Phoenix, Live Charm, Evil Charm, War Lord, New Lord, New +Atom, New Danger, War Danger, Self Danger, Mirror, Men's Mind, Life's Mind, +Life's Hole, Life's Food, The Star, The Father, The Science, THe Scope, The +Micro, The Zodiac, Tattoo, Genealogy, Glitter, Prison, New Born, Born New, Self +- Born, War Born, Fish Atom, Spirit, Emotion, Delirium, Democratic, Asteroid, + Change of Life, Death of Life, Balance of Life, The Calendar, +*92 = 'I am who I am', "Am I who I Am", Numbers, Counts, Identify, Picture, +Life's Key, Life's Clue, Life's Home, Mom's Life, King's Life, Electron, +Horror, Reverse, Latitude, Altitude, Circulate, Sea-water, Pentagon, +Nakedness, Heavenly, The Koran, Yellow, Telegraph, Rhythm, The Copy, The +Double, The Third, The Dragon, The Slave, Philemon, Messianic, Celeritas, +*93 = Sacred Book, Sacred Mark, Child Birth, Law Birth, Human Law, Editorial, +Saturn, Harvest, Parents, Regulated, Love Angle, Love Team, Love Mate, Chemical + Team, Voltare, Lost race, Disturb, Coloured, Physical, Penalty, Convent, +The Vow, The Word, The Pure, The Holy, Holy Name, Holy Seed, Gospels, Errors, +Propaganda, News Media, News Life, News Agenda, Conquer, Nazareth, Lived and +Died, Died and Lived, Angel Gabriel, +*94 = Unicorn, Black & White, Six & Nine, Nine & Six, Six & Five, Third Eye, +Third Image, Eight Fold, Esoteric, Guilty, Likeness, Relation, Inspired, +Churchill, The News, Micro Chip, Science Law, Science Field, Micro-Ohm, Death +and Hades, Death and Hell, Fire and Hell, The Old Bible, Maximum, Human +being, Human Hell, A Human Child, A Human Law, Doctors, Cemetary, Friction, +November, Reforms, Harmony, Matzos, Uranus, Covenant, Iscariot, Appolos, Mind's +Eye; Mind's Image, Man & Woman, Jehovite, Passive, Distances, Bull- Shit, The +Eye God, The God Image, The Naked God, Resonance, Vertex, Magnitude, +*95 = Tribute, Life Record, The Bible Life, Divine Life, Diety Life, Godly Life, +Saint Life, Bomb Record, Plant Life, Plant Cell, The Baby Life, The Baby cell, +Life- Trip, Love Key, Love Clue, Love Fuck, Pregnant, Sun Key, Sun Home, A Sun + Hole, Chemical Key, Chemical Lock, Fanaticism, Pentagram, Hierachy, +Hierarchical, Invokes, The Black Magic, The Black Name, The Black Bird, +Halloween, Flash-back Life, Tuesday, Drivers, Convicted, Revenges, Scholars, +Result, Masters, The Action, Proves, Neptune, Promise, Gomorrah, Almighty, +Whole Life, Whole-cell, Nucleus, Discover, Magnet image, Magnet eye, Holy +image, Holy eye, Naked word, Active image, Geometric, Number Deal, +*96 = Freemason, Satanism, Courts, Judicial Code, Judicial Race, Judicial Job, + The S.A.P. Code, The S.A.P. Race, Blue Light, Uniform, Whistle, Gun Hand +Code, The Public, Society, Moslems, Star Balance, Death Science, Gold +Science, Same Science, Same Father, Father Alike, A. Einstein, Same Albert, +Hydrogen,War Chemical, New Chemical, Mustard, An Atom Bomb, An Atom cell, Jew +Father, Jew Science, Jewish Lead, Cross Lead, Messiah Deal, "I'm Jesus", "I'm +Messiah", "I'm Lucifer", "I'm Energy", "I'm The Omega", Father Alpha, "A Son +of God", "I'm God Son", Code of Crime, Code of Blood, The Genetic, Blood +Cycle, Live-Blood, Evil Blood, Race of Blood, Groups, "A,B,A+B,O-Blood Code", + 'H.I.V. Map Code', H.I.V.Vaccine, "M.K. Ultra, 'A.Z.T. Pill', Doom Pill, +Drugs Code, Dr. Doom Code, Mr Death Code, Funerals, Stella Base, Durban C.B.D. +Code, Mr. Rich Hand, Mr Africa Code, Rhodes Code, Smith Code, Hendrik Code, +Timol Code, Hector Code, Mandela's Code, "A 27 Years", "A Long Time", Madiba's +Time, Madiba's Legend, Madiba's Omen, S.A. Master,The Naked Man, Double +Mode, Stores, Knowledge, Faculties, The Brains, Cerebellum, A medulla base, A +Root Base, The Spine, The Butt, The Bum Base, Male Orifice, The Penis, The +Bone Base, In Muscle, Sacred Branch, The Limb Base, The Feet Base, +Back-ground, Home-Soil, Mom's Child, Mom's Law, Numerical, In Number, Worded +Code, In Stone, Text Hand, Was God Hand, Oscillate, Look Left, Left Wing, +Divided Angle, Kyk Tyd, Doing Time, Oos & Wes, Ons Son, Ons Wet, Red Sun +Face, Sun Tail, Sun's End, Doom's Day, "Y.2.K. Science", 'Y.2.K. Calendar', + "Y.2.K. Star", Alpha-Bravo, Noah's Team, Team's Boat, Doom's Ark, Hot and +Cold, Atlantis, Return, A Promise, February, Boastful, Pymander, The Avatar, +The Medusa, Snakes Code, The Hair Base, Snake Park, "A Snake Pit", A-Black +Cobra Code, Fat Worm, Fat Red Lady, Fat Whore, Play-Boy, Play Bitch, Play +Lady, Singable Code, Operama-Code, Beethoven, Musical Head, Off-Beat Key, +Music Echo,Time's Atom, Time Speed, Speed Monad, High Revs, Slow Code, Slow +Race, Model "T" Race, "T"-Shape Base, Hand Cart Race, New Engine,Toyota, +Isuzu, Fairmont, Auto Team, Auto Vice, Auto Garage, Hoopers, Barons, Samcor +Code, Auto-Net, Human Net, Shark Net, Web-Net Base, "Inter-Web", Binary-Code, +W.W.W.-Code, Digital-C.D. Code, Density, Vibrates, Invariance, Coincident, +Conjugate, Adam in Love, Chemical in Idea, Danie Craven, Mind Light, A +Hierarchy, A Dog Pedigree, + +*97 = Supreme, Control, Over-Hell, Begin-Over, Red Stop, Serpent, Injury, Fuse +Link, Police Hell, A Police Law, Blood of Man, Man of Crime, Born Thief, A +Police Child, Crime Born, Son of Man, Sex Atom, Sex Lord, Foreskin, Protect, +Nuntis, A Liars Seal, Gene Marker, Broad-Sheet, The Zero, The Unit, Fair Ratio, +Godly One, Divine Allah, Rouses, Hinduism, Hindu King, Scandinavia, Gethsemane, + Holy Hell, Holy Hades, Man Prayed, Orderly, Equator, Kyrios, Sukkot, Mangu- +Mola, Yu Huang, Present, A Date and Time, Protein, Uranium, Atom Cycle, Blood +Born, A Playboy, A Fat whore, A Sexist, A Red Bishop, A Red Knight, +Plagiarise, The American, American Name, American Seed, American Aids, +*98 = Alpha and Omega, The Alphabet, The Centre, Prophet, God Himself, Life and + Time, Life and the Dead, The Dead's Agenda, Life's Monad, Muhummed, +Deliverer, A Serpent, Angel of Death, Angle of Death, Balance of Angle, +Change of Angle, Balance of Ten, Change of Ten, Change of Team, Police Change, +Police alike, Police Death, Same Police, Same Order, Change Order, Balance +Word, Change Word, Death Vow, Holy Death, A balance of balance, Symbolic, +Criminals, Mission, Scrolls, Lysergic, Mortals, Rosetta, Virgins, Chosen One, +Chosen Fair, Free chosen, Exorcise, Film Star, Film Science, Film's Team, +Aryan-Team, Falsetto, Soprano, Crystal, The Head of God, +*99 = Judgement, Nero Caesar, Up-right, Thirteen, Letters, Mustapha, Ascension, + The Octave, Current, Minarets, Bhagavat Gita, The Woman, The Queer, The +Judges, The Twin, The Dual Man, Atristic, The Fishes, Cain and Abel seed, The +Ancient, The Times, The Curse, The Wedding, Sun Path, Love Path, +Chemical-path, God's Love, East Sun, Green Bush, Green Circle, Danger Circle, +Atom Circle, Sacred Atom, Atom Graph, Logo Chart, Sacred Logo, Sacred Lord, +Sacred...I am God, "I'm a sacred God", Elliptical, Fossils, Thought, + One Centre, Free Centre, One Alphabet, Dark Centre, One White, Dark White, + White Hate, +*100= Star War, Science War, New Science, New Star, New Father, Father Self, +Sin Father, God and Satan, God's Sky, God's Heaven, God Jesus, Messiah God, +The Omega God, The God King, The God Mom, God and Heaven, Star Fish, Analysis, +Styles, Holy Buddha, Holy David, Mind Word, Magnet Mind, Pure Mind, Holy Food, +Pure Food, Inflation, Mezuzah, Breviary{**Roman Mass Book},Hospital, +Wednesday, Parousia, Holograph, Telescope, Primary, Time- Machine, The Dead +Machine, Machine Monad, Boundary, Sacred Circle, A Sacred Lord, +*101= Skeleton, Immortal, Invisible, Calcination, Compound, Vis-a-Vis, Body and + Bone, Division, Suction, Magnetism, M/C Squared, Nuclear Code, Energy +Code, Gospel Code, Nuclear Gas, Side-by-Side, Both-Sides, Hade's by Hell, +Grave-Yard, Dogmatism, Blasphemy, Last Days, Ultimate, Minutes, Interval, +Doubtful, Gateways, In-accessible, Lock and Key, Home and Key, Mom's Home, +Mom's Key, Mom's Lock, Mom's Clue, Omega Key, King Omega, Offer & Wave, +Vertices, Identikit, Melchizedek, Magnet Key, Magnet Lock, Magnet Clue, +Singular, An Angel of God, The Albumen, Blood of Life, Cycle of life, Tree of +Life, Tree of Eve, Sex of Eve, Life of Sex, Red Cross, Cross Base, Hand-Cross, +The Market, Full Circle, Three Gods, God's Light, God's Past, Three Path, The +Dead Race Code, Time Race Code, Race Time Code, Sun Time, The Married, The +Dead Love, Chemical Monad, The Icon Code, Lingulate, English Code, +*102= Vicarius, Name in Papal, Seed in Papal, Said in Aramaic, Said in Greek, + Name in Greek, Seed in Branch, Branch in Name, Aids in Greek, Evil Love, + Sex Love, Sex Chemical, Love Cycle, Blood Chemical, Sun Cycle, Love Evil, + Love Tree, Love Ring, Geography, Inn er-Self, Lecturer, Version, Authors, +Grammaton, Time's Law, Time's Child, Ancient Child, Ancient Law, Judges Law, +Judges Child, Queer Child, Queer Law, Doom's Law, The Snakes, The Worm, The +Husband, Principle, Space Warp, Brain Warp, Brain Science, Cancer Science, A +Book Science, Gravity, Dimension, Voltaire, The Drugs, The Law Aids, Sacred +Heart, Scared Heart, Slavery, Exorcised, Flash-Light, Straight, Nitrogen, +*103= Diffusion, Satellite, Moon-Body, Human-Body, Birth-Body, Solomon, +Mercury, Apocrypha, Student, Politics, Swatsika, East Star, Star-path, God's +Science, Star Gods, The Fig-Tree, Adam and Eve Seed, The Naked Image, The Eye- +Image, Sun Atom, Chemical Atom, Chemical Danger, Green Sun, Green Chemical, +New News, War News, New Church, Church War, Church Sin, Church Boy, Church +Lady, News Lady, News Bitch, New News, Circumcise, Love Lord, Love Danger, +Numbering, Numerals, Enlightened, The Naked Eye, Colours, Fussion, Blown-up, +Hell Blown, Sun Sign, Love Sign, A Cupid Sign, The Demons, Time Flow, The Dead +Flow, Wolf Monad, The Dead Wolf, The Dead Past, Past Time, The Dead Will, +Free Wealth, Wealthy Dad, +*104= Big-Brother, Marxist, Head Brother, Mad Brother, Brother Hade, +Anti-Word, Anti-Vow, Anti-Order, Anti-Police, Police Brain, Police Cancer, +Experience, The Googol,Subtract, Last Flood, Earth Flood, Last Pope, Devil +Pope, The Aids Death, The Said Death, The Amen Balance, The Name Change, +Pervert, Pope's Name, Pope's Seed, Pope's Aids, Jerusalem, Integrated, +Scripts, Blue Movie, In the Blood, In the Sex, Aids in Sex, The Sex-end, End the + Cycle, In the Son, The in-Sex, Observer, A Pope's Life, Electronic, Digital +T.V., Digital War, War Signal, New Signal, T.V.Signal, Tele-Signal, +Signalling, Mafia Cross, Mafia Energy, Baby Cross, Baby Messiah, Baby Jesus, +The Bible King, The Bible Key, The Bible Clue, A Devil's Life, Eve's a Devil, +Life's a Devil, Back To Earth, +*105= Pyramids, Tri-angels,Tri-angles, Time's Angle, Formulas, Fractions, Times + Ten, Chapter-One, One Chapter, Free Chapter, Desert Camel, One Desert, +Cold-Desert, Desert Hate, Free Desert, Desert Allah, Allah Temple, Camel +Temple,Opposes, Plagiarism, The Evil Act, The Live Act, The Blood Act, The +Crime Act, The Sex Act. The Sex Cat, The TOM cat, Hierograph, Pantheism, +Neurotic, The Black Book, The Book Ref., See the Book, The Book Page, The Page +Mark, Mark the page, The Black Mark, Mark one man, Free Man March, Mad person, +Saviour, God in Three, Horizon, The Mirages, The Looks, The Chickens, The +First, The Origin, The World, Free the Eggs, Free the Adam Egg, The one D.N.A. +egg, Radio-Star, Radio Science, The Dead Star, The Dead Father, Monad Father, +Science Monad, Father Time, Time Science, Time Scope, Time Star, Time Warp, +Time Loop, A body warp, Wrap a body,Nano meter, Man Power, Bureacracies, "A +BIG-bother", Brother Adam, God in Light, Light Lord, Light Atom, +*106= Human Lord, Human Atom, Birth Atom, Human Danger, A Human Cycle, +"A-Human Crime", A Human Blood, A Moon Cycle, Musical Beat, Musical Air, +Musical Man, Genesis Man, A Christ Man, Ref. Adam Kadmon, Identity, +Chronicles, Arithmetic, Mathematical, The Number, The Children, Name +Sacrifice, The Kingdom, Name in Vein, Aids in vein, Persons, Birthdays, Birth +dates, Name Number, Century, Muslims, Adultery, A Life Number, Infinity, Holy +Body, Holy Dove, Holy Branch, Holy Pipe, Pure Body, Magnet body, Police Body, +Police Hero, Police Girl, News Path, God's News, Bridge- News, News Fox, Times +Table, Collective, His Man hood, Pendulum, Initiates, Exorcism, Acceleration, +Air Travel, Travel Man, Born Human, A Travel Race, + Al'uzzas, Shavuot, +*107= Circumcised, Penis Cut, Divine Cut, Vow of God, Word of God, The Messiah, + The Omega Name,The God Son, The Live God, The God Tree, The God Cycle, +Jesus Name, The Cross, Energy name, Energy seed, The Energy, Aids Cross, +Hormones, Breath of Life, Doctrines, Cross Name, Cross Seed, Treasure, +Atonement, Eternal Life, Theology, Theological, God the Son, Second Time, +Second Beast, Holy Monad, Magnet monad, The Dead Word, Police Force, Magnet +Force, Pure Force, Holy Force, A Slave Force, Right Path, Under-dogs, +Photons, Quantum, Nuclear Aids, Nuclear Seed, Nuclear- Name, Repellent, Begin +Man-hood, +*108= Holy Vehm{**Freemason's order of Initiation}, Police Cycle, Police Son, +Police Crime, Police Sex, Police Blood, Police Tree, Police Ring, Evil Police, +A Police Monad, A Police Judge, A Police Legend, One Dead Police, Police Yard, + Funerary, Sin Figure, Self Figure, Judges Self, New Judges, War Judges, Lady +Judges, Sun Rider, Fish-Figure, Figure-Nine, Five Figure, Sequences, +Rastafarian, Descendants, Worship, Religion, "Oikoumene", Anno Domini, The +Diameter, Interior, The Distance, The Arrow, The Skull, The Doctor, Geometry, +Geometrical, Invariant, Full-Moon, Seychells, 'I am The Pope', + 'I am the Earth', 'I am Earth Seed', "Am I the Devil?", God created God, +Instinct, The Deaf and Dumb, Good and Evil, The Lord God, The God Atom, The +North, Live Magnet, Magnet Cycle, Word Cycle, Magnet Blood, Musicians, +Friendship, Generation, Magnetic Field, Magnetic Ohm, World Field, World Law, +First Law, + Law Origin, Bi-direction, Collision, +*109= The Hidden Life, The Hidden Agenda, Hidden Centre, Omni-Star, Omni +Science, Omni Father, Light of Life, Life of Light, Life Matter, Christ Life, +Adam Kadmon Life, The God Head Life, Binary Mind, The Brain Cell, The Brain +Life, Cell Matter, Life's Stand, Sun shine, Sun Burn, Star wave, Science Wave, + The C.N.A. Science, Homo Star, Homo Science, Homo Father, Saturday, +Ammonites, Magnet Atom, Lode Stone, Mosques, Written, Rasoldavel, Inspires, +Purity, Word Atom, Holy Atom, Pure Atom, Police Lord, Police a crime, +Scorpion, Mulungu, Locusts, Court-Agenda, Court-Cell, Taught again, The Deaf +and Blind, Child Sacrifice, Child Count, Law Count, Law Paradise, Child +Paradise, Umbilic-cord, Jehovah Mind, The Law Mind, Mind on-line, The Driver, +Buddha on-line, Food on Mind, Food on-line, Pain on mind, Mind on Mind, Mind +see Mind, Mind Page Mind, Mind-ref.-Mind, *110= The Christ, The +God-Head Name, Adolf Hitler, Sun Light, Chemical Life, Chemical Agenda, Fish +eat Fish, Fish eat Self, Self eat Self, Self ate Fish, Dawn of Time, Dawn of +the Dead, New Logo D.N.A., NEWS LOGO, The Dead Diety, News Atom, New Language, +War Language, Self Language, A Language Key, "A Language Omega", A Home +Language, Saint John, Young-Man, Tradition, Something, Father Earth, Earth +Science, Pope Father, Timothy,Summary, Vibration, Mirrors, The Moslems, The +Scopes, The Power, + The Glory, The Zodiacs, The Sciences, Father's Name, Apollyon, Meteorite, The +Forbidden, The Said Oath, The Aids Oath, The Magic Oath, Such is Life, Space +and Time, Godly of God, Area of Zero, All of Zero, Pi of Zero, Sea of Israel, +Zero Body, Israel Branch, God's Centre, God's Alphabet, Centre Path, Centre +Bridge, God in You, The Muses, The Identical, Time-Trax, Tritium, Meditation, +News Atom, Lie in News, Asteroids, Partless, The Light Beam, The Light Edge, +*111= Computer, The Crucified, The Genesis, The Start, Electrons, Life's Keys, +News Circle, Life's Locks, Under Danger, Under Atom, Life's Dreams, Eve's Vow, + Life's Word, Life's Omegas, Witchcraft, Divine Craft, Diety Craft, Godly +Craft, Diety Cycle, Diety Blood, Divine Blood, Divine Son, Diety Tree, Divine +Sex, Godly Thief, Police Cells, A Police Circle, Homo Police, Kaffir Police, +Kaffir Vow, Kaffir Word, Pure Kaffir, A Kaffir Slave, Indian Police, +African-Coolie, African Liars, A Indian Slave, African Makula, Split Image, +"Who's Who?", White Body, White Hero, White Branch, White Girl, White Dove, +Body Centre, Obituary{**Relating to the Death of a Person...a Death Register}, +Illusion, Number Balance, Number Change, Same Number, Perfect Balance, +Perfect Change, Perfect Death, Death Sacrifice, Death Count, Gold Count, Rich +Count, Number Africa, Count Africa, Count Balance , Perfect Alike, Count Alpha, + Sacrifice Change, Sacrifice Africa, Gymnastic, The Mental Age, The White Age, + The White I.D., Strength, Sorceries, Calculation, The Devil God, The Earth +God, The African God, The Pope God, The Pope Lie, The Pope Flag, God Name +Lived, AIDS Lie Lived, African Aids Lie, The African Dog, African Bark code, +Insanity, Pictures, "Here and There", Exotic-Image, Exotic-Eye, Master Eye, +Master Image, A Free Master, Free-a-Master, A Fair Master, Master Aum, Rice +Master, Heaven and Hell, Formulate, Death Sacrifice, Late Sacrifice, Dodo +Sacrifice, The Aids Path, Queer Path, Judges Bridge, Judge's Lies, The +Embryo, Human Chemical, Birth Chemical, Human-Love, Moon & Sun, Human Voice, +Rhythms, Book of the Dead, Mark of the Dead,'Mark-of- Beast'{*111 x 6 = 666}, +Mark of Time, March of Time, March of The Dead, Mark of Monad, Greek +Alphabet{"A & O"}, Alpha and Omega 'I.D.', Alpha and Omega Age, Zero Time, +Israel Time, Sun Birth, Chemical Birth, Moon's Image, Human Chemical, +Oxidation, Free Christ, One Christ, Allah Christ, Stands Free, Stands One, Free +Matter, Coat of Arms, Linguist, +*112= Christ Image, Christ Eye, Glory Image, Victory, Imagination, Delirious, +Potential, Eternally, Coloureds, Dichotomy{**A division into two parts}, +Door-Keeper, 'A place called Hell', A place called Hades, Rotation, +Propagandas, Telepathy, Mathematics, Liturgical, Divinity, Our Father, Our +Star, Our Scope, Our Micro, Our Science, Chemical Science, Chemical Father, A +Chemical Birth, A Prick Chemical, A Human Chemical, Alpha-Omega Name, +Alpha-Omega Seed, Alpha-Omega Aids, Aids Nature, Gay Nature, Nature Seed, +Secular Aids, Magic Words, Magic Nature, Nature's Dead, Dead Mothers, Ma's +Mother, Granny Name, Earth Magnet, Pope Vow, Change Jesus, Alike Jesus, Jesus + Death, Moves Alike, Death Cross, Messiah Death, Nuclear Balance, Nuclear +Fire, Energy Balance, Energy Fire, "Escom's Fire", East and West, Cross +change, Electric Hell, Electric's Head, Hade's Diameter, Critical Balance, +Critical-Side, Critical Seal, Distance Flame, Critical Feed-Back, Doctor Dies, +Doctor Hell, Hex-Doctor, Doctor Edom, Suffer Hell, The Dead Centre, The Dead +White, White Monad, White Doom, Time Centre, Doom Centre, The Dead Alphabet, +Alphabet Monad, The Life of God, Pyramid God, Mega Pyramid, Pharoah's God, +Pharoah's Data, Holographic, Unknown, The Hidden Image, The Hidden Eye, The +Mega Mirage, The Mirage lie, The mirage data, +*113= Six and Nine, Black and White, Patterns, Human Past, Moon-Light, +Apocalypse, Prediction, Exorcist, Resistance, Standard Cell, Life Standard, +Solar Pole, Petro-Net, Petro-Team, Petro-vice, Centre Ring, Ring Centre, +Alphabet Cycle, White Blood, White Son, Centre Cycle, Crime Centre, Blood +Centre, World Key, World Lock, World Clue, First King, Magnetic Key, Mom +First, Salvation, Universe, Inquiry, Dagne and Roger, Sacred Diety, Godly +Circle, Historian, Ten Horns, Third Eyes, Third Images, Liars Images, Mind's +Images, Mind's Eye, The Buddha Mind, The Mind-Mind, Zero Speed, Dust Atom, +Green Dust, Lord Israel, Earth's Sin, Earth News, Devil's Sin' , Dying Love, +Dying Sun, Three in one, Mutation, Perverted, The Sixth, The Pope Man, Call the +Pope, Call the Devil, The Earth Air, Iron Oxide, Adversary, The re- birth, The +Entrance, The Baptism, Lingually, +*114= Yin-and-Yang, The Faces of God, Your Image, Your Eye, God meets God, +Nature Image, Magnets Eye, Mother Image, Mother Eye, Naked nature, Virgin +Image, Naked Virgin, Earth Queen, Queen Lived, Queen & Pope, Pope Queen, Under +Pope, Under Earth, Lived Under, Devil Under, First Lady, First Bitch, First +War, Fish First, New World, World War, Hitler War, A Hitler Dream, First Gun, +New Money, Life Bag Money, Bag Life First, War Origin, Second Love, Love Word, +Police Chemical, Word Chemical, Magnetic fish, Self First, + Birth and Death, Moon Birth, Human Birth, A Human Light, History, Perpetual, +History, Ancestors, Family Tree, Family Cycle, Family Blood, Family Sex, +Family Son, A Family Time, A Family Legend, A Family monad, Free Dead Family, +Spitting, The End of Hell, The End Of Up, Begin of the end, End of Hade's +Name, End of Hade's Aids, The Lost Face, Dead Lost One, Lost one Dead, The +Beginning, A Zulu Name, A Zulu Magic, A Zulu Aids, Turn a Deaf Ear, The Aids +Ring, The Aids crime, The Natal Aids, The Blood Aids, Prisoner, Frequency, +Conquest, Horoscope, Cavitation, Continent, Synagogue, Holy Islam, Allah +Entrance, One Entrance, Free Entrance, Dark Entrance, Free The Beast, +*115= Trinity, Combination, The Image of God, The Eye of God, Genetic Coding, + Figure Eight, Twin Atom, Ancient Atom, Ancient Lord, Number Nine, Number + Five, New Number, New Sacrifice, New Kingdom, God is a Word, God is a + Vow, God is You, Church is God, God is News, God is a Magnet, God is a + Police, Consonant, Living Fish, Self Living, New Living , New Paradise, New + Sound, Self sacrifice, Homo Sapien, West Pole, Water Cycle, Water & Blood, + Blood Water, Occultism, Messiahism, Energy Key, Nuclear Home, Escom's Key, +Positive, Negative Life, Negative M/C 2, Crucifying, The Anointed, Anointed +Seed, Anointed Name, Flower Child, Flower Law, Secular Law, Nature Law, +Nature Child, Mother & Child, Child Mother, Child Nature, + Virgin Child, Virgin Law, The Free Sex, The Fair Sex, Aids Free Blood, Free + Gay Blood, Alchemy Blood, Oscillates, The Life Span, Satanic Sex, Satanic + Blood, Satanic Craft, Satanic Crime, Satanic Son, Sulpher, Proverbs, + Commandment, The Denied Dream, The Denied Key, Denied the Clue, + Denied Aids Clue, Robben Island, Star Birth, Human Science, Human Father, + Human Scope, Human Micro, Moon Science, +*116= Jesus is Dead, The King is Dead, Don King is Dead, Muhammad is Dead, +The Boxer's D.N.A., Messiah is Dead, Mom is the King, The Child of God, The +Child of Aud, The Law of God, The God of Law, No Justice, New Messiah, Survive, +Holy-Attack, Thursday, The Holy End, The Magent End, "I Am The Word, Serpents, +Laws of David, The Magic Circle, Deaf...Dumb and ... 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Holy +Christ, Word Matter, Holy Matter, The Holy God Head, Active Adam Kad- mon, +Active Matter, Police Matter, Police Court, Anonymous, Non-descript, Name of +Wisdom, Hall of Wisdom, Characteristics, Electric Train, Under Electric, +Authority, God Created Heaven, God Created Satan, Satan Created God, The Birth +of God, Nought & Six, Washington D.C., God's Sacrifices, Turn Back Time, Turn +Time Back, The Dead Turn Back, The Human Time, The Human Monad, The Human +Beast, The Human Judge, Judge The Human, Human Aids Doom, Human Aids Epoch, +Human Aids Legend, Human Aids Monad, +*138= Train Driver, Digital Addition, Digital Split, Digital Analogue, Analogue +Signal, Distance Signal, Train Safety, Cosmic Safety, Astronomer, Your +Finger, Your Toes, Horizontal, "I am Trinity", The Life Sacrifice, The +Children Life, The Children Agenda, White Children, White Sacrifice, +Artificial Genes, Blue Blood Genes, Witch-Doctor, Plant Doctor, All Bush +Plant, All Drug Plant, Marijuana Bush, Mandrax Plant, Sea-Bush Plant, Genetic +Doctor, Obscene Doctor, Diplomatic Law, The Snake's Law, The Snake's Bone, +The Snake's Ohm, The Snake's Lode, The Snake's Field, Snake Poison, +Electrical Circle, Limit Distance, Plant Members, Poison Bush, Bone Principle, +Child Slavery, Gravity Field, Vicarius Law, A Body and Bone Law, A Body and +Bone Field, Human Body Image, Naked Human Body, Missing Son, Missing Blood, +Missing Sex, Evil Missing, Missing Chord, Missing Trade, The Human Trade, The +Human Blood, The Human Tree, The Live Human, The Moon Cycle, The Birth Cycle, + The Birth Trade, The Birth Crime, The Birth Blood, The Natal Birth, Human Sex +Seed, Human sex, The Human craft, The Monad Science, Aids Monad Micro, Aids +Monad Science, Aids Doom Science, The Dead Aids Science, The Micro Monad, The +Micro Beast, The Science Omen, Seed Science Monad, The Holy Bridge, The Holy +Path, In the Image of God, The Sacred Laws, The Laws Circle, Symmetry, The +American Dream, The American Key, The 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Genetic Code, Perpetual Code, Ancestor's code, History Code, A History +Data, A History Lie, Birth and Death Code, Frequency Code, Yin and Yang Code, +Time and Crime Code, Prisoner Code, Genetic Data Coding, Data Combination, The +Life Span Data, "26 Sacred Alphabet", A '26' Alphabet Logo, Alpha and Omega +Mark, Books Words, Books Nature, Nature's Book, Mother's Book, Mother's +Choice, Nature's Choice, Free Printing, Basic Printing, News after Date, Day +after News, +*142= Cross of Time, Cross of the Dead, The Key of the Dead, The Home of the +Dead, The Clue of the Dead, Energy of the Dead, Force of Energy, Energy of +Radio, The Home of Radio, Diabolical Energy, Language Energy, Jewish +Language, English language, Diabolical Cross, Language Cross, Jewish Logos, +English Logos, Nuclear atoms, Nuclear Logos, Unclear Atoms, Unclear Language, +Nuclear Quark, Decipher Unclear, Unclear Signs, Signs Energy, X-Ray Energy, +Nuclear X-Ray, Alpha and Omega Ray, The end of the Ages, The Pure Atom, The +Holy Atom, The Word Atom, The Danger Word, The Word Logo, The Magnet Logo, The +Pure Green, The Magnet Atom, Two Centres, Sciences Centre, Stars Centre, White +Matter, Centre Matter, Christ Centre, The God Head Centre, White Christ, The +Empiric Law, Seven Stars, Circumferences, The Deaf and the Blind, Justice in +Life, Sky Justice, Nothing in Life, Subtraction, The Kingdom Law, Life Time +Record, In and Out a Book, Current Book, Book Thought, The Original Act, Book +Current, Judgement Book, The Ancient Book, The Judge's Book, A New Thought, +Records Word, Divine Words, Divine Nature, Godly Words, Divine Vows, One New +Octave, One New Octave, New Octave Free, One News Judge, Free News Monad, +Free News Time, One Church Monad, The Public Body, The Public branch, The +Public Hero, The Diety Body, The Godly Body, The Public mad-Man, Freemason +Body, Freemason's Code, A Freemason's Data, A Freemason's Lie, A Human's +Centre, Skeleton Key, A Skeleton Hole, Body and Bone Key, Immortal Key, +Immortal King, Red Cross Key, Bone, Body and a Mind, The Perfect Law, The +Children Law, One School Law, One World Law, One Magnetic Field, One Origin +Law, One Origin Child, Iron Curtain, Pyramid Light, Light Symbol, Iron Statue, +Pharaoh's Past, Sixth Sense, World Web-Line, World Web-Mind, First Baby-Mind, +Adam and Eve Origin, World Stop, First Stop, World Robot, Money Stop, World +Shadow, Magnetic Shadow, Magnetic Stop, Stop Hitler, Darrell's Cyber, A +Marijuana Zol, Date before News, Day before News, Linguistics, +143= The Dawn of Time, The Time of Sin, The Time of Self, The Monad of Self, + The Legend of Sin, The Beast of War, The Time of War, The Monad of War, The +Legend of War, Legend of the Gun, Doctor of Doom, Doctor of the Dead, +R.C.Doctor Monad, Ageless Skull, Diabolical Doctor, Doctor Language, Root +Doctor, The Eye Doctor, The Naked Doctor, Nun's Doctor, Nun's Suffer, Ageless +Doctor, Nun's Paranoia, Nun's Madness, No Girl Nuns?, Girl Nuns See?, A +Nun's Man-Body, A Nun's Cross, Bishop Cross, Knight Cross, Jigsaw Cross, +Check-mate Cross, Stale-mate Monad, The Dead Stale-mate, Life and Death Chess, +Religion Chess, Chess Sequence, Chemical Sequence, Love Sequence, Catholic +World, First Catholic, Catholic Origin, Catholic Money, Temple Money, Money +Temple, First Babylon, Temple Marriage, Nun's Death Seal, Nun's Change Mode, +Nun's Cheat Death, Nun's Death Cheat, Nun's Begin Change, Black and White +Mob, Black and White Mafia, Nuns Marry, Mafia's Relation, Mafia's Likeness, A +Gang's Likeness, A Pagad's Likeness, The News Logo, The Mafia's News, Mafia +Bull-Shit-Bag, The Mafia's Church, Man and Woman Mob, Mafia's Pattern, Donkey +Knight, The Donkey Bone, The Nun's Sin, The Boy Nuns, The New Nuns, The War +Nuns, Nun's Immune, Deaf and Dumb Language, The Nun's Gun, The Nun's War, The +Husband Joke, The Nun's Lady, The Lady Nuns, Fuck the Husband, Fuck the Bishop, +Fuck the Romance, Fuck the Knight, Fuck the Whore, Fuck the Fat Bitch, Fuck +the Fat Lady, Fuck the Red Lady, Fuck the Lady Red, Fuck the Fat Boy, Nun's +Puss, Critical Language, Language Analogy, Logo's Analogy, Analogical Logos, + Analogical Language, Analogical Signs, Atom D.N.A. Analogy, Maximum Speed, +Speed Resonance, Speed Pattern, Maximum Phase, Maximum Apogee, + The God in You, David & Solomon, Mercury Mind, Human mind Body, First and +Last, The Chicken and Eggs, The Human Chicken, The Chickens Eggs, The Dodo +Chicken, The Dodo Chicken Egg, The Same Chicken Egg, Change The Chicken Egg, +Changes The Chick Egg, Changes the Chick D.N.A., Changes Chicken R.N.A., +Changes Dead Chicken Egg, Earth's Origin, Earth and World, Earth's World, +Oscillate the Dead, Oscillate Time, Oscillate Omen, Oscillate Beast, Oscillate +Monad, The Face of Jesus, The Face of Messiah, The Face of Lucifer, Duiwel Van +die Ma, Ouma's Duiwel, Vader's Duiwel, Son Kyk Ons, Blood of Jesus, Crime of +Lucifer, Craft of Lucifer, Son of Lucifer, Cycle of Energy, Ring of Energy, +Trade of Nuclear, Nuclear War-Code, Japan...Nuclear Code, Japan's Armageddon, +An Atom Bomb Monad, Mustard Omen, Hydrogen Force, Force...Time...Speed, +Density Force, The Dead Speed Time, Monad Speed Time, Brain Current, Brain +Thought, The Brain Octave, Artistic Brain, Logo Brain Chart, Logo Pattern, +Atom Pattern, Speed Pattern, Danger Pattern, Green Pattern, Garden Pattern, A +Blood Pattern, Pattern Phase, Apogee Pattern, God-made Pattern, Model +Pattern, pattern Sign, Born Pattern, Born Black & White, Doctor's Logo, End +Doctor's Lie, End Doctor's Data, End Mega Doctors, A Doctor's Blood , A +Doctor's Crime' A Doctor's Sex, A Doctor's Abuse, Playboy Monad, Playboy +Legend, Self-Love Monad, Mechanical Energy, Modern Energy, Modern Lucifer, +The Devil Father, Atlantis Monad, Return The Dead, Dead Aids To You, Doom To +You, Serpent Body, Serpent Branch, Body Control, Body Gene Marker, Ancient +Body Gene, Queer Matter, The Queer Brain, Court Judges, Court Woman, Dualman +Matter, Man+Wo Matter, Adam Kadmon Curse, The God Head Curse, The God Head +Twin, The Mad God Twin, Adam Kadmon Twin, Family Court, Family Matter, Freedom + Matter, Christ Freedom, The God Head Freedom, Ancient Christ, Christ Twin, +Ancient Forces, Lamentations, The Forbidden Name, Secret Number, +Hethgrammaton, Secret Children, Killing People, English People, Jewish +People, Secret Sacrifice, Children Stop, Secret Kingdom, Robot Children, +Robot Number, Identical Twin, The Closed Door, Sidereal Month, Honoris +Causa{**An Hon. 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However, It is best left alone +for this moment in Time, as there is a Special *Tree-of-Knowledge for our +so-called Scientific Experts to endeavour its climb at their own detriment. +There will be *A BLACK-PAGE STOP, *See a Page STOP, to prevent Your own +Venture into the "FORBIDDEN ZONE OF THE BRAINS MEMORY". Anybody, who goes +beyond that "Black-Page" will find their *RETURN(*96), totally +non-negotiable. 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Travel, The +Change of Matter, Messianic Christ, The Balance of Celeritas, +*170= Genetic Engineering, World Wide Web Code, The Dead Sea Scrolls, All the +Dead Scrolls, All the Dead Magic Alphabet, All the Dead Prophet, Human +Mutation, Birth Mutation, Gemini Mutation, Seventy-four, The Numerical Key, +Numerical Energy, Numerical Cross, Primus Energy, Number Crunching, Children +Control, Sound Control, Voices Control, Chemicals Control, Letter of Text, The +Omen of Text, Letter of the Law, Turn Back the Time, Turn back the Monad, The +Chaos Theory, God walked with Man, To Serve and Obey, Joseph of Arimathea, +Doctor's Master, The Enlightened One, The Holy christ, The Pure Disciple, The +Disciple Vow, The Electric Train, The Eye of Horus, The Great Pyramid, Pyramid +Particle, Angular Rhombus, The Eye of King David, Lord God Almighty, Geography +of Time, Lecturer of Time, Lecture of the Dead, Space Time Warp, The Message +of The Dead, The Verse of the Dead, Monad of Inner-self, Dimension 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Micro- chip Control, Micro-chip Story, Black +& White Story, A Editorial Story, A Editorial Control, A Human Law Control, A +Physical Control, A Propaganda Story, A Story Lived and Died, A Sacred Book +Story, The Old Bible Story, The C.N.A. Book Story, Relation Story, Esoteric +Control, Doctor's Story, Doctor's Control, Cemetery Control, Controls Death and +Hade, Human-being Control, Story Resonance, Reforms Story, Reforms Control, +Informs Control, Nile Paper Hierarchy, Mind Light Nucleus, Geometric +Knowledge, Freemason's Master, Divine Life Knowledge, Number-22 Knowledge, The +Number-22 Ratio, The Catch- 22 Division, The Catch-22 Skeleton, The Vis-a-Vis +catch-22, The Human Skeleton, A Freemason's Doctor, A Freemason's Diameter, A +Freemason's Madness, A Freemason's Paranoia, Nobody's a Freemason, The +Analogical Law of God, No Justice Analogy, Black justice Analogy, See +Analogical Justice, Natural Black Analogy, See Different Analogy, See Different +Diameter, See A Unique Energy, One Serving Whole, Intense Suffering, The +African Century, The Earth's Chronicles, The Collective Names, The Collective +Earth, Mathematical Biology, Biological Acceleration, Matrix Infinity, The +Musical African Beat, The African Genesis Eden, Times Biological Table, +Ancient Biological Mind, Earth Chemical Reaction, Earth & Sun Reaction, Earth +& Sun Biology, Biological Arithmetic, Birthdays Biology, Birthdays begin all +end, Birthdays Feed-back Cycle, The Whole Process, Soul Unfoldment, Old-age +vivi-section, Cancer Vivi-section. Cut Vivi-section, Brain Vivi-section, +Anti-Vivi-section, Week Vivi-section, Kill Biological Sense, Cut Biological +Signal, Brain Plasma Biology, Brain Signal Biology, Biological Brain Medicine, +Biological Digital Brain, Biological Brain-Pause, Brain matrix Signal, +Biological Brain signal, Bottom Brain Plasma, Bottom Space Plasma, Anti-Space +Home-Signal, Hollywood Signal, Pandora's Home Signal, Pandora's Camera Signal, +Holy Ghost Signal, Holy Text Signal, Holy Message Signal, Pure Text Plasma, +Audios Digital Tune, The Christmas Tree, The Christmas Cycle, Holy Crucifixion, + The Ancient Numbers, The Twin Numbers, Current Numbers, Current Electron, +Current Picture, Picture Thought, Judgement Numbers, The Two-edge Sword, The +Two-edge Words, The Two-edge Nature, The Secular Nature, The Words Nature, +The Mother's Vow, The Serpent's Tail, Self's the Serpent, The News Serpent, +Control the News, Red-Tape Prophesy, The Ten Sacred Text, The Umbilic Unity, +Umbilical Cord text, Umbilical mind Message, Umbilical Language Key, Mom's +Armegeddon Son, Comes like a Biblical Thief, Comes Like Current, The +Millennium Law, The Millennium Child, The Key of Knowledge, The Key of Society, + The Joke of Society, The King of Playboy, The Home of Economics, The Key of +satanism, The Omega of satanism, Black-magic Repulsion, Cosmic Repulsion, +Television News, Heads of Government, National Parks Board, Digital repulsion, +Lap Top Computer, +*192= Magnetic Inter-play, Inter-magnetic Chemical, Ancient World Chemical, The +Brains Faculties, Numerical Knowledge, Primus Knowledge, Satanism Knowledge, +Voodoo Arithmetic, Pyramid Century, Collective Symbol, Collective Formula, +Collective Souls, The Grave's Time Scale, Mind the Grave's Omen, For His Own +Release, Release His own Team, World of Thought, Computer Graphics, Editorial +Thought, Editorial Judgement, Origin of Thought, Dance of the Electrons, +Christ's Disciples, The Church of Christ, Christ's Knowledge, The God Eye of +Christ, The Christ Image of God, The God Image of the God head, Faithful +Witness, The New Testament, The New Statement, The Self Torture, The War +Torture, Torture the New, The News Prophet, The New Publishing, The New +Newspaper, The Twist of Time, The Twist of the Dead, The Coming of Christ, +Personal Formulae, Personal Theory, The Knowledge of Sin, The Knowledge of Self, + The Knowledge of Nine, The Brains of the Fish, The Genetic of the Self, The +Genetic of the New, Philosophical Taoism, Philosophical Buddahism, +Philosophical Mind Key, Symbol of Creation, Symbol of Biology, Unorthodox +Jew, God in Three Person, The Coming of the God Head, Uniform Knowledge, +Spherical Skeleton, Skeleton Change of Life, Skeleton Balance of Life, Dodo +Chicken Skeleton, The War Newspaper, The New Film Stars, The Lady Film Stars, +The New mathematician. Conscious Energy, Nuclear Scientist, Messianic Star +War, English Scientist, A Number Scientist, +*193= The False Prophets, The Books Prophet, Compound Numbers, The +Philosophers, The Prophet's Book, The Prophet's Mark, The Language Numbers, +The Logos Rhythm, The Numbers Language, Multiplications, The Number of Times, +The Judges of Number, The Reverse of Time, The Reverse of the Dead, The +Reverse of Doom, Reverse of the Monad, The Omen of Horror, The Beast of +Horror, The Legend of Horror, The judge of Horror, Destiny Control, Modern +Technology, Mechanical Technology, Dynamic Technology, The Law Technology, +Judicial Technology, The Face of the Future, Cycle of the Future, Cycle of the +Theory, Virtual Reality, On mind Technology, Technology on-Line, W.W.W. +Technology, Binary Technology, The Bone Technology, Worded Technology, +Infra-structure, The African Renaissance, God of the Universe, The Man without a +face, Blue blood Cell Count, Begotten Life Number, Inverted Knowledge +*194= Labore et Constantia, Honour of the Lord, Honour of the Logo, Theory of +the Logo, Theory of the Atom, Reconstruction, "I am Your Partner", Spirit of +the Lord, Fission of the Logo, Fission of the Atom, Electric Magnetic Force, +Critical Magnetic Force, Critical World Time, Mystic Symbols, Mystic's Formula, +Mystic's Pyramid, Pharoah's Mystic, Genetic Diversity, Plant Diversity, +Genetic Development, Divine Development, Divine Crucifixion, Genetic +Corpuscles, The Divine Garden of Eden, The Plant Garden of Eden, The Genetic +Pill of Man, The Genetic Atom of Man, The Genetic Logo Atom, The Genetic God +Himself, The Godly God Himself, Hydrogen Smoke bond, Plant hydrogen bond, +Genetic Hydrogen Bond, Whole Hydrogen Bond, Created in the Image of God, +Living Principles, The Holy Voice of God, The Pure Voice of God, The Chemical +word of God, The Pure Love of God, "I Think...therefore...I am", The begotten +Kingdom, The Begotten Number, The Number Vision, The Sacrifice Vision, The +Children Vision, The Empiric Vision, Revelation Shrine, Lateral inversion, The +Outer limits, The Splitting Image, Splitting The Image, Splitting the Eye, +Splitting Atoms, Splitting Logos, Language Splitting, Yellow Sub-marine, A +Skeleton Celeritas, A Messianic Skeleton, A Skeleton Picture, A Skeleton +Pentagon, Religious Time Bomb, The President's Men, The President's Agenda, The +President's Cell, The President's Jail, The President's Life, A Theory of +Service, A Honour of Service, Magnetic Star Dust, World Star Dust, Magnetic +Dust Micro, General George Meiring, Human Medicine Doctor, Science Doctor of +Mind, Science Doctor of Pain, Doctor of pain micro, The New Star of David, The +New Science of Mind, +*195= The Hippocratic Oath("Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them +of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord +thine oaths: But I say unto You, 'Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it +is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by +Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by +thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your +communication be, Yea; yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh +of evil. St Matthew. 5: 33-37.). The Identical twins, Christ Lives in Man, The +Secret Numbers, The Secret Sacrifices, Darrell and his Shadow, South African +Police, Synoptic Cross, Synoptic Gospel, Synoptic Dialogue, Revelation +Dialogue, The Begotten dialogue, The Synoptic Key, Left Path & Right Path, The +Black Cross of Death, See the Cross of Death, See the Liars Cross, See the +Liars Nuclear, See the Mind's Energy, Lies of Hollywood, The Hollywood Fox, +The great Illusion, Computer Harness, The Crucified Harness, Crucified the +God Father, The Genesis God Father, Contemplative Mind, Contemplative Buddah, +The ultimate miracle, The ultimate News, Numbers and Alphabets, Begotten Word +of God, The Trinity of God, The Genetic coding of God, The Crucifying Omen, +The anointed name of God, The Armageddon name of God, The Primate name of God, +The Omega Revelation, The Begotten Messiah, The Begotten Lucifer, The Immanuel +Cross, The Inflammable Nuclear, The inflammable energy, The Electrical Cross, +The Electrical Energy, The messiah Hormone, The Parent Hormone, Christ +Conscious, Christ's Current, Christ Thoughts, Computer's Jargon, The Ford +foundation, Darrell's Arithmetic, It is for Judgement, Darrell's Century, +Darrell's Identity, Darrell's Chronicles, Darrell's Musical beat, +*196= The Lord's Pentagram, The Pyramid of Light, The end of the Pyramid, The +end of the time Angle, The compass of the end, The true Judgement, The true +current, The Israel Judgement, Rabbi Israel Star War, The end of the infinite, +My own soul mate, My earth soul mate, Triumph of Darrell, The Pope's numbers, +The Pope's Sacrifices, Paths that lead to God, Bridges that lead to God, Ships +of the Desert, Temple of the Desert, Personal Knowledge, Synthetic Sound, The +Hierarchy Language, The Hierarchy Logos, The Diabolical Hierarchy, The nuns +Hierarchy, The planet Hierarchy, A Temple of all the Gods, Origin of all the +Gods, Digital Information, The Skeleton Signal, The Skeleton plasma, The +Cosmic Skeleton, The Cosmic Magnetism, Cosmic gravity cell, Mind...body and +spirit, Body's Mind Spirit, The Reverse stages, Reverses the Earth, The African + witch craft, Witch craft biology, + +*197= The Pope meets Mandela, Turning the Clock back?, Turning back the brain, +Compendium of the Bible, Remain anonymous, Anonymous Vow, Anonymous police, +Anonymous robber, Anonymous order, Freedom of the Press, Judgement of Christ, +Judgement of Character, Character of Thought, Divine magnet Energy, Agent of +repulsion, Active Saint Lucifer, Rose Croix chapter, The Human law Chapter, +Omen of Gontierism, Pandora's language key, Technique of sound, Technique of +Living, Techniques of chemical, Symbolic Thought, The Holy Bible count, The +chronological ages, The everlasting ages, The Septuagint ages, A synthetic +sound, Synthetic songs, The explosive Law, The Island of Patmos, The +everlasting Life, The Adam Structure, The Egg Structure, The D.N.A. Structure, +"R.N.A. & D.N.A. Structure", Seed & Egg Structure, Seed & Egg Cell-Mutation, +Everlasting Alphabet, Everlasting Centre, Everlasting Cosmo, The Prophets of +God, Science of the Presence, Genetic Information, The Skeleton Saint, +Magnetism Knowledge, Immortal Knowledge, Invisible Knowledge, The Invisible +Sight, Pictured Side-by-Side, The Brains Compound, Offer oscillate Wave, +In-accessible Binary-code, The Brains M/C Squared, The Brain's Nuclear-deal, +Numerical Body and Bone, The Brain's a Time Machine, Modern Machinery M/C2, +"Mechanical Machinery M/C2" + Human-cell-meat People, Human meat labour Life, Human Team jail Labour, Grave +Yard Society, Chicken Blood Society, Chicken Satanism Craft, Inter-web Cyber +Cycle, Live Blood Suction, Live Sex Suction, Playboy Identikit, President +Clinton, +*198= The Tree of Knowledge, The Tree of the Cannabis, The Tree of Freemason, A +Genetic- Information, The Tree of satanism, The Editorial World, The Holy +Brothers, The Words Symbol, The Magnet Pyramids, The Verbal D.N.A. Formula, +The Key of Solomon, Gematria of Solomon, The Key of Apocrypha, The Key of +Politics, The Key of the Demons, The Serpent of Time, The Serpent of Doom, +The Control of Time, The Control of the Dead, Story of the Time, The Story of +the Dead, The Icon of Politics, Magnetic Repelltion, Mirror Reflection, World +Repelltion, The Resurrection, The News Observer, The Computer Voice, The +Shooting Star, The Self Realisation, The new realisation, The Digital Human +Body, The Human Body Signal, The Human Body Plasma, The Digital Satellite, The +Digital Moon-Body, The Divine Principle, The Godly Principle, The Principle +Plant, The Hours of the Day, The Hours of the Bible, The Electrical Power, The +Begotten Power, The Future Energy, The Future Unclear, The Living Numbers, +Nought is Creation, The Principle Ratio, The Principle Diety, Nought is +Biological, Creation is Biological, The Earth is Biological, The Whole +Principle, The Skeleton Zero, The Skeleton Dust, The Whole Dimension, "I am +the Holy Image of God", Talking in Tongues, Synchronisity, Hydrogen & +Nitrogen, Virtual Hierarchy, A Virtual Third Image, A Virtual Aryan Image, +Adolf Hitler's Message, Adolf Hitler's Nazis, Adolf Hitler's People, Adolf +Hitler's Ghost, Virtual Process, Moon's Prophesy, Moon's Umbilical Cord, +Human's Umbilical Cord, Birth's Umbilical Cord, Human's Umbilical Mind, +Phases of the Moon, Tomorrow's War, Human Transport, Auto Transport, Human +Relativity, A Relativity Past, A Relativity Light, Aids Retro Virus, +Cutting edge of Medicine, Cutting edge of Black magic, The October Project, +Solveig Walking Again, +*199= The Words of the Amen, The Nature of the Name, The Name of the Mother, The +Seed of the Nature, The Seed of the Virgin, The Name of the Virgin, Nuclear +Mystery, Jesus Mystery, Messiah Mystery, Occult Mystery, Lucifer Mystery, The +Omega Mystery, Parent Mystery, A Children mystery, God Son Mystery, Cross +Mystery, The Omega Solution, The Key Solution, Nuclear Solution, Jesus...the +only God, Ancient Mysteries, Masters of Wisdom, Masters of Dowism, Mode of +Relativity, Science Relativity, Micro Relativity, Lord's Crucifixion, Atoms +Combustion, Logos Combustion, Hydrogen Particles, Language Combustion, +Language Development, Logos Development, West and East languages, Language +Diversity, The Garden of Eden's Logo, Hydrogen Atom Bond, Hydrogen Logo Bond, +Published Logo Bond, The Alpha and Omega Logos, The Alpha and Omega Language, +Decipher the Alpha and Omega, The Alpha and Omega Signs(AW), The Alpha and +Omega Quark, Hollywood Heroes, Virtual Society, Hollywood Hero-act, Hollywood +Girl Act, Pandora's Computer, Computer Vision, The Crucified Vision, The +Genesis Vision, Computer's Text, Computer's Digital C.D., Washington's +Circle, Washington's America, Washington People, Washington Text, The +Washington Law, A Washington House, A Washington Logos, Telvision People, +Television V.I.P. Deal, Digital Television C.D., Digital C.D. Illusions, The +Story Text, The Red-tape Story, The Death Land Story, Control the Death Echo, +Change the Echo Control, Balance the Echo Control, God's Language Symbol, +God's Ageless Symbol, God's Ageless Pyramid, Future Generation, Developed +Computer, The Inner Ghost Being, The Holy Ghost Being, Begin the Pure Text, +Information Today, Alphabet Information, Information Centre, The Skeleton +Alphabet, The White Skeleton, The Cosmo Skeleton, The Skeleton Token, +Complementary Angle(><), Complementary Ten(1+0), Fanatical Propaganda Team, +Computer Logo Ten(1+0), Ten Ones and Zeroes, Propagandist's Dogma, Free and +Dynamic Press?, Basics Heavenly Bodies, Original History, History Biology, +Historical Biology, Birth and Death Biology, False Prophet's Team, Book +Prophet's Vice, Veils of Illusion, Sight Distinction, Allah's Press Text, +*200= The Words of the Allah, Mosques Theory,The Words of the Free, The Nature +of the Free, The Basic Chemical Nature, The Basic Chemical Words, The Basic +Islam Words, Moslem's Big Brother, Red-Tape by Big Brother, Big Brother's +Print, The Holy Bible Print, The Genetic Code Print, The Divine Character +Code, The Diety Character Race, Souls in Prison, Brother in Prison, +Time-angle in Prison, The Dead Team in Prison, The Dead Meat in Prison, The +Dead Ten In Prison, Doom Team in Prison, Back Prison Numbers, The Faces of the +Virgin, The Face of Christ's Image, The Naked Face of Society, The Naked Face +of Freemason, Lode Stone Theory, Written Theory, Omni-Science Theory, The +Prison Master, Logo Word Fission, Sun-shine Theory, The Making of the Science, +The Making of the Star, The Making of the Micro, The Judge of Judgement, The +Time of Judgement, The Omen of Judgement, The Beast of Judgement, The +Judgement of the Dead, Number Judah and Israel, Count Judah and Israel, +Sacrifice Saint Peter, Saint Peter's Chemical, Zeus and the Muses, The State +of being Hidden, Catch-Twenty-Two, Catch The Triple Six, Catch the Three +Sixes, Catch Neil Armstrong, Catch David Wolf on Mir, Catch Miller by the +Feet, Alien Man catch Space Ship, Alien Man Catch Moon Team, America's Moon +Team Catch, America's Moon Team Image, Pictured Naked on Film, The Theory of +Satan, Computer Virus, Computer's Secret, Darrell's Computer, The Computer +Light, The Computer Yoke, The Computer Past, A Begotten Computer, A Computer +Vision, A Computer Policeman, The Mount of Olive, The Original Earth Date, The +Biological Earth Date, The Biological Records, +*201= Born again Christians, The Theory of Light, Theory of the Past, Darkness +of the Past, Desk Top Computer, Prints God's Word, Published God's Word, +Released by God's Order, Proclaimed God's Word, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, South +African Judges, +*202= Letters Come to Life, Magnetism System, Skeleton System, Viv-a-Vis System, +Skeleton Skeleton, Skeleton Identikit, Skeleton Grave Yard, Chicken Skeleton +Yard, Christian Skeleton, Christian Dogmatism, Red Cross Skeleton, Ultimate +Tree of Life, Ultimate Trade of Life, Ultimate Blood of Life, The Market +System, The Diabolical System, Full Circle Division, Skeleton Lock and Key, +New Science of Service, War Science of Service, Service of War Scope, Service +of Star War, Service of God and Satan, Thirty Nine Step, Thirty New Step, Veil +of Government, Cycle of Goverment, Sex of Goverment, Blood of Government, +Crime of Government, Tree of Government, Government of Evil, Veil of +Symbology, Text Symbology, Worded Symbology, Collective Society, Collective +Knowledge, Collective faculties, World's Computer, Magnetic Computers, +Mathematical Knowledge, The Mathematical Brains, The Brain's Arithmetic, The +Forbidden Numbers(1+0), The Cross of Jesus, Nuclear Chemical Energy, The +Applicable Numbers, The C.N.A. Nuclear Print, Total Solar Eclipse, Alphabet +Language Text, Eclipse Alphabet Logos, Unite Alphabet Atoms, Nuclear War +Missile, Inflammable Air Missile, New Pyramid Energy, Egyptians Pyramid, +Egyptians Missile, Egyptians' Pharoahs, Ra's Egyptian Soul, Ra's Egyptian +Mantra, The Last Born of the Dead, The Last Logo of the Dead, The Last Atom of +Time, The Pope logo of the Dead, The Devil logo of the Dead, The Logo of the +Dead Lived, The Lord of the Dead Lived, "I am God of the Up-right", 'I am God of +the Judgement', The Lord of Judgement, The Logo of Judgement, Human Body +Judgement, The Year of Judgement, An Equal Development, Catholic Development, +Catholic Crucifixion, An Optical Illusion, Diabolic Passion Play, Diabolic +Editorial Play, The Christ's Sacrifice, The Published Sacrifice, The Christ's +Kingdom, The Christ's Children, The Heavenly Christ, The Heavenly Power, The +Heavenly Glory, The New Life of Messiah, The New Life of Jesus, The New Life +of Lucifer, The New Life of the Omega, Only Begotten Son, Only Begotten Tree, +The Parables of Jesus, Doctrines of Jesus, Eternal Life of Jesus, Eternal +Life of Lucifer, Eternal Life of Energy, Atonement of Lucifer, The Key of the +God Son, Theological Hierarchy, Master's Theology, Nuclear Physicist, English +Physicist, A Number Physicist, Physicist Dialogue, A Sound Physicist, Photo +Physicist, Atomic Plant Mistake, Mandela's Government, Ghost Government, +Digital C.D. Government, Mafia Team Government, Web-Net Government, Government + Text, Mechanical Government, Modern Government, Government Spacing, Government + Space Area, A Government Space Act, "All A Book Government", The Government +Law, Judicial Government, Bishop Government, Knight Government, Check-Mate +Govern- ment, Nazi's Government, Ancient Text Evidence, Text Number Order, +People Number Order, Nazi's Sacrifice Order, Count Text Order, Judicial Count +Order, Judicial Police Sacrifice, The C.N.A. Government Head, The A.N.C. +Government Head, Kaffir-Head Government, Mad Kaffir Government, Rome +Government Head, Nazi's Prisoners, A Catholic Church Bishop, +*203= King David and Solomon, The Holy Spirits, The Magnets Theory, The Life of +God the Father, The Reflection of Self, Reversed Engineering, The Genetic +Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering the Brains, A Total Solar +Eclipse, A Total Solar Romance, King Solomon's Mind, Begotten Intelligence, +Gontier Intelligence, Guldvog Intelligence, Blue Blood Intelligence, Marijuana +Intelligence, Electrical Intelligence, Umbilic D.N.A. Intelligence, Mom and +Dad's Intelligence, Policeman Intelligence, On Mind Information, On Line +Information, Binary Information, The Law Information, The Skeleton Name Law, +The Magic Skeleton Bone, The Skeleton Ghost, The Snakes Skeleton, The Web-Net +Skeleton, The Skeleton's Cobweb, The World Wide Web Code, The Magnetic Web-Key +Code, The Magnetic Web-Lock Code, The First Catholic Race, Original Catholic +Omen, Original Catholic Monad, The Realisation of God, Gravity System, Christian + Authors, +*204= The Anti-Christ Circle, Doctor's of Religion, Doctor's of the Light, +Doctor's of the Past, The Old Bible of Religion, The Sacred Anti-Christ, The +Sacred Christ Brain, The Sacred Revelation, The Biblical Revelation, The +Revelation Chart, Violent Earth Quake, Resonance of the Past, Adolf Hitler's +Skull, Adolf Hitler's Human Head, Adolf Hitler's Paranoia, Adolf Hitler's +Hari-Kari?, Adolf Hitler's Death Seal, "A Adolf Hitler Head...No Body"?, Adolf +Hitler's Madsness, Pandora's Death and Head Key, Pandora's Death & Hades Box, +Hollywood Analogy, Analogical Hollywood, Resonance of the Light, Sex-body of +Religion, Blood-body of Religion, Blood-body of Life and Death, Live-body of the +Light, Live-body of the Past, Blood-body of Mystic, Live-body of Osiris, Live +Branch of Memory, Tree-branch of Anatomy, Live-body of Anatomy, Virus of +Doctors, A Fungus of Doctors, Doctors of a Doctrine, Doctrines of a Doctor, +Sequence of Doctors, Sequence of D.N.A. Doctor, D.N.A. Sequence of Doctor, +Insect's D.N.A. of Doctor, Mind Parasite Doctor, Doctor Parasite Mind, +Genetic Lie of Doctors, Genetic Code of Head-Doctor, Head Doctor of Genetic +Race, Parasites of Doctor, The Attack of Doctors, The Yoke of Doctors, Semen +Aids of Doctors, Medical Aids Dad of Doctors, The Dead Aids of Mercury, Freddy +Mercury H.I.V., Monad of Mercury Aids, Aids Doom of Mercury, Aids Omen of +Human Body, Aids of Medical Human-body, Medical Aids of Human-body, Passive +Resistance, New Pill Resistance, A Genetic Code Resistance, A Resistance of +the Bone, A Divine Code Resistance, Formulae Resistance, Resistance of Death +Agenda, A Resistance of Drugs, Self Preservation, Resistance of Suicide, The +Micro Resistance, The Science Resistance, A Resistance of Volt, A Resistance +of the Ohm, A Resistance of People, A Resistance of Animals, Anarchy of +Resistance, A Resistance of the Law, Resistance of a Ghost, Stop of +Resistance, Standard Cell of a H.I.V. Bug, Standard Cell of a Digital C.D., +Standard Cell of A Volt, A Life Standard of People, Battery Resistance, +Resistance of Batterd, Battery Chickens Home, Slowing Light Speed, Current +Light Speed, Johnson Space Centre, Johnson Brain Centre, Johnson Cancer +Centre, Current Light Atom, Computer Brain Logo, A Nuclear Reactor Logo, A +Nuclear Reactor Pill, Compound Pill Chemical, Compound Logo Chemical, +Physician's Aids Trade, Physician's Medicines, Vocational Training, A +Computer Training, Group Integrity, Disciple Integrity, Christ Integrity, +Christ Enlightment, The Intelligent Brain, Known Symbolism, Identical +Symbolism, Court Symbolism, The Synoptic Chart, The Synoptic Circle, The +Bi-directional Chart, The Bi-directional Circle, The Bi-directional Bush, The +Intergrated Circle, The Equilateral Circle, The Bi-directional Snake, The +Rosetta Stone, The Rosetta Number, Children's Door-Keeper, The Genetic +Decoding of God, +*205= Hand Written Text, Code Message Written, Hand Written OT/NT, Written By +Jehovah, One with all Souls, Fair with all Souls, Free with all Time Angle, +Manifested Omni-Science, Omni-Science Knowledge, A Sacred Science Knowledge, +The C.N.A. Published Science, The C.N.A. Society Science, The C.N.A. 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index 0000000..03142a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Sentiment Analysis Test + +Ran sentiment analysis on a every sentence of a few books and other long pieces of text trying to see if there were any cool visualizations to be made. Project didn't turn out as well as I thought but the work is done so here is the final product. + +![](2001%20Conspiracy.png) + +![](Alice%20in%20Wonderland.png) + +![](Moby%20Dick.png) + +![](The%20King%20James%20Bible.png) + +![](Thomas%20Jefferson.png) + +![](Unofficial%20Bush%20Biography.png) + +![](War%20and%20Peace.png) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/The King James Bible.png b/The King James Bible.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c33418 Binary files /dev/null and b/The King James Bible.png differ diff --git a/Thomas Jefferson.png b/Thomas Jefferson.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5655eb Binary files /dev/null and b/Thomas Jefferson.png differ diff --git a/Unofficial Bush Biography.png b/Unofficial Bush Biography.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4fd6999 Binary files /dev/null and b/Unofficial Bush Biography.png differ diff --git a/War and Peace.png b/War and Peace.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb5c520 Binary files /dev/null and b/War and Peace.png differ diff --git a/alicewonder.txt b/alicewonder.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d89a2e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/alicewonder.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3611 @@ +[pg/etext91/alice29.txt] + + + + + + ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND + + Lewis Carroll + + THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION 2.9 + + + + + CHAPTER I + + Down the Rabbit-Hole + + + Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister +on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had +peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no +pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' +thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?' + + So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, +for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether +the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble +of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White +Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. + + There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice +think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to +itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought +it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have +wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); +but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- +POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to +her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never +before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to +take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the +field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop +down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. + + In another moment down went Alice after it, never once +considering how in the world she was to get out again. + + The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, +and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a +moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself +falling down a very deep well. + + Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she +had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to +wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look +down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to +see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and +noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; +here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She +took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was +labelled `ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it +was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing +somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she +fell past it. + + `Well!' thought Alice to herself, `after such a fall as this, I +shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll +all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, +even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely +true.) + + Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end! `I +wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. +`I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let +me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--' (for, +you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her +lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good +opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to +listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) `--yes, +that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude +or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, +or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to +say.) + + Presently she began again. `I wonder if I shall fall right +THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the +people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I +think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this +time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) `--but I shall +have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. +Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried +to curtsey as she spoke--fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling +through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) `And what +an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll +never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.' + + Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon +began talking again. `Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I +should think!' (Dinah was the cat.) `I hope they'll remember +her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were +down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but +you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. +But do cats eat bats, I wonder?' And here Alice began to get +rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of +way, `Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, `Do +bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either +question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt +that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she +was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very +earnestly, `Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a +bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of +sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over. + + Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a +moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her +was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in +sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: +away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it +say, as it turned a corner, `Oh my ears and whiskers, how late +it's getting!' She was close behind it when she turned the +corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found +herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps +hanging from the roof. + + There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; +and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the +other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, +wondering how she was ever to get out again. + + Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of +solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, +and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the +doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or +the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of +them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low +curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little +door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key +in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted! + + Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small +passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and +looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. +How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about +among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but +she could not even get her head though the doorway; `and even if +my head would go through,' thought poor Alice, `it would be of +very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish +I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only +know how to begin.' For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things +had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few +things indeed were really impossible. + + There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she +went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on +it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like +telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (`which +certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck +of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' +beautifully printed on it in large letters. + + It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little +Alice was not going to do THAT in a hurry. `No, I'll look +first,' she said, `and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; +for she had read several nice little histories about children who +had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant +things, all because they WOULD not remember the simple rules +their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker +will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your +finger VERY deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had +never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked +`poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or +later. + + However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured +to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort +of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast +turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished +it off. + + * * * * * * * + + * * * * * * + + * * * * * * * + + `What a curious feeling!' said Alice; `I must be shutting up +like a telescope.' + + And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and +her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right +size for going though the little door into that lovely garden. +First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was +going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about +this; `for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, `in my +going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be +like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is +like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember +ever having seen such a thing. + + After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided +on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when +she got to the door, she found he had forgotten the little golden +key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she +could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly +through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the +legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had +tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and +cried. + + `Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to +herself, rather sharply; `I advise you to leave off this minute!' +She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very +seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so +severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered +trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game +of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious +child was very fond of pretending to be two people. `But it's no +use now,' thought poor Alice, `to pretend to be two people! Why, +there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable +person!' + + Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under +the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on +which the words `EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants. +`Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, `and if it makes me grow larger, +I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep +under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I +don't care which happens!' + + She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, `Which +way? Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to +feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to +find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally +happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the +way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, +that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the +common way. + + So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake. + + * * * * * * * + + * * * * * * + + * * * * * * * + + + + + CHAPTER II + + The Pool of Tears + + + `Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much +surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good +English); `now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that +ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her +feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so +far off). `Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on +your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure _I_ shan't +be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself +about you: you must manage the best way you can; --but I must be +kind to them,' thought Alice, `or perhaps they won't walk the +way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of +boots every Christmas.' + + And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. +`They must go by the carrier,' she thought; `and how funny it'll +seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the +directions will look! + + ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ. + HEARTHRUG, + NEAR THE FENDER, + (WITH ALICE'S LOVE). + +Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!' + + Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in +fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took +up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door. + + Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, lying down on one +side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get +through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to +cry again. + + `You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' said Alice, `a great +girl like you,' (she might well say this), `to go on crying in +this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!' But she went on all +the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool +all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the +hall. + + After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the +distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. +It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a +pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the +other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to +himself as he came, `Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she +be savage if I've kept her waiting!' Alice felt so desperate +that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit +came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, `If you please, +sir--' The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid +gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard +as he could go. + + Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very +hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: +`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday +things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in +the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this +morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little +different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in +the world am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!' And she began +thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age +as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of +them. + + `I'm sure I'm not Ada,' she said, `for her hair goes in such +long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm +sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, +oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, SHE'S she, and I'm I, +and--oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all the +things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, +and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is--oh dear! +I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the +Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography. +London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, +and Rome--no, THAT'S all wrong, I'm certain! I must have been +changed for Mabel! I'll try and say "How doth the little--"' +and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, +and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and +strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:-- + + `How doth the little crocodile + Improve his shining tail, + And pour the waters of the Nile + On every golden scale! + + `How cheerfully he seems to grin, + How neatly spread his claws, + And welcome little fishes in + With gently smiling jaws!' + + `I'm sure those are not the right words,' said poor Alice, and +her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, `I must be Mabel +after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little +house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so +many lessons to learn! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm +Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their +heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look +up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I +like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down +here till I'm somebody else"--but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a +sudden burst of tears, `I do wish they WOULD put their heads +down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone here!' + + As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was +surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit's little +white kid gloves while she was talking. `How CAN I have done +that?' she thought. `I must be growing small again.' She got up +and went to the table to measure herself by it, and found that, +as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet high, +and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the +cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it +hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether. + +`That WAS a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at +the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in +existence; `and now for the garden!' and she ran with all speed +back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut +again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as +before, `and things are worse than ever,' thought the poor child, +`for I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare +it's too bad, that it is!' + + As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another +moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. He first +idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, `and in that +case I can go back by railway,' she said to herself. (Alice had +been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general +conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find +a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in +the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and +behind them a railway station.) However, she soon made out that +she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine +feet high. + + `I wish I hadn't cried so much!' said Alice, as she swam about, +trying to find her way out. `I shall be punished for it now, I +suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That WILL be a queer +thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day.' + + Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a +little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at +first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then +she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that +it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself. + + `Would it be of any use, now,' thought Alice, `to speak to this +mouse? Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should +think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in +trying.' So she began: `O Mouse, do you know the way out of +this pool? I am very tired of swimming about here, O Mouse!' +(Alice thought this must be the right way of speaking to a mouse: +she had never done such a thing before, but she remembered having +seen in her brother's Latin Grammar, `A mouse--of a mouse--to a +mouse--a mouse--O mouse!' The Mouse looked at her rather +inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little +eyes, but it said nothing. + + `Perhaps it doesn't understand English,' thought Alice; `I +daresay it's a French mouse, come over with William the +Conqueror.' (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had +no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she +began again: `Ou est ma chatte?' which was the first sentence in +her French lesson-book. The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the +water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright. `Oh, I beg +your pardon!' cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the +poor animal's feelings. `I quite forgot you didn't like cats.' + + `Not like cats!' cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate +voice. `Would YOU like cats if you were me?' + + `Well, perhaps not,' said Alice in a soothing tone: `don't be +angry about it. And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: +I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. +She is such a dear quiet thing,' Alice went on, half to herself, +as she swam lazily about in the pool, `and she sits purring so +nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face--and +she is such a nice soft thing to nurse--and she's such a capital +one for catching mice--oh, I beg your pardon!' cried Alice again, +for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt +certain it must be really offended. `We won't talk about her any +more if you'd rather not.' + + `We indeed!' cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end +of his tail. `As if I would talk on such a subject! Our family +always HATED cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don't let me hear +the name again!' + + `I won't indeed!' said Alice, in a great hurry to change the +subject of conversation. `Are you--are you fond--of--of dogs?' +The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: `There is +such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you! +A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly +brown hair! And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and +it'll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things--I +can't remember half of them--and it belongs to a farmer, you +know, and he says it's so useful, it's worth a hundred pounds! +He says it kills all the rats and--oh dear!' cried Alice in a +sorrowful tone, `I'm afraid I've offended it again!' For the +Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and +making quite a commotion in the pool as it went. + + So she called softly after it, `Mouse dear! Do come back +again, and we won't talk about cats or dogs either, if you don't +like them!' When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam +slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice +thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, `Let us get to +the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, and you'll +understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.' + + It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded +with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a +Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious +creatures. Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the +shore. + + + + CHAPTER III + + A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale + + + They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the +bank--the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their +fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and +uncomfortable. + + The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they +had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed +quite natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with +them, as if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had +quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, +and would only say, `I am older than you, and must know better'; +and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, +and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no +more to be said. + + At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among +them, called out, `Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL +soon make you dry enough!' They all sat down at once, in a large +ring, with the Mouse in the middle. Alice kept her eyes +anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad +cold if she did not get dry very soon. + + `Ahem!' said the Mouse with an important air, `are you all ready? +This is the driest thing I know. Silence all round, if you please! +"William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was +soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been +of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and +Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria--"' + + `Ugh!' said the Lory, with a shiver. + + `I beg your pardon!' said the Mouse, frowning, but very +politely: `Did you speak?' + + `Not I!' said the Lory hastily. + + `I thought you did,' said the Mouse. `--I proceed. "Edwin and +Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: +and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found +it advisable--"' + + `Found WHAT?' said the Duck. + + `Found IT,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: `of course you +know what "it" means.' + + `I know what "it" means well enough, when I find a thing,' said +the Duck: `it's generally a frog or a worm. The question is, +what did the archbishop find?' + + The Mouse did not notice this question, but hurriedly went on, +`"--found it advisable to go with Edgar Atheling to meet William +and offer him the crown. William's conduct at first was +moderate. But the insolence of his Normans--" How are you +getting on now, my dear?' it continued, turning to Alice as it +spoke. + + `As wet as ever,' said Alice in a melancholy tone: `it doesn't +seem to dry me at all.' + + `In that case,' said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, `I +move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more +energetic remedies--' + + `Speak English!' said the Eaglet. `I don't know the meaning of +half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do +either!' And the Eaglet bent down its head to hide a smile: +some of the other birds tittered audibly. + + `What I was going to say,' said the Dodo in an offended tone, +`was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.' + + `What IS a Caucus-race?' said Alice; not that she wanted much +to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that SOMEBODY +ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. + + `Why,' said the Dodo, `the best way to explain it is to do it.' +(And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter +day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.) + + First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (`the +exact shape doesn't matter,' it said,) and then all the party +were placed along the course, here and there. There was no `One, +two, three, and away,' but they began running when they liked, +and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know +when the race was over. However, when they had been running half +an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called +out `The race is over!' and they all crowded round it, panting, +and asking, `But who has won?' + + This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of +thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon +its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, +in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At +last the Dodo said, `EVERYBODY has won, and all must have +prizes.' + + `But who is to give the prizes?' quite a chorus of voices +asked. + + `Why, SHE, of course,' said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with +one finger; and the whole party at once crowded round her, +calling out in a confused way, `Prizes! Prizes!' + + Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand +in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt +water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. +There was exactly one a-piece all round. + + `But she must have a prize herself, you know,' said the Mouse. + + `Of course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. `What else have +you got in your pocket?' he went on, turning to Alice. + + `Only a thimble,' said Alice sadly. + + `Hand it over here,' said the Dodo. + + Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo +solemnly presented the thimble, saying `We beg your acceptance of +this elegant thimble'; and, when it had finished this short +speech, they all cheered. + + Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked +so grave that she did not dare to laugh; and, as she could not +think of anything to say, she simply bowed, and took the thimble, +looking as solemn as she could. + + The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise +and confusion, as the large birds complained that they could not +taste theirs, and the small ones choked and had to be patted on +the back. However, it was over at last, and they sat down again +in a ring, and begged the Mouse to tell them something more. + + `You promised to tell me your history, you know,' said Alice, +`and why it is you hate--C and D,' she added in a whisper, half +afraid that it would be offended again. + + `Mine is a long and a sad tale!' said the Mouse, turning to +Alice, and sighing. + + `It IS a long tail, certainly,' said Alice, looking down with +wonder at the Mouse's tail; `but why do you call it sad?' And +she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking, so +that her idea of the tale was something like this:-- + + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' + + + `You are not attending!' said the Mouse to Alice severely. +`What are you thinking of?' + + `I beg your pardon,' said Alice very humbly: `you had got to +the fifth bend, I think?' + + `I had NOT!' cried the Mouse, sharply and very angrily. + + `A knot!' said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and +looking anxiously about her. `Oh, do let me help to undo it!' + + `I shall do nothing of the sort,' said the Mouse, getting up +and walking away. `You insult me by talking such nonsense!' + + `I didn't mean it!' pleaded poor Alice. `But you're so easily +offended, you know!' + + The Mouse only growled in reply. + + `Please come back and finish your story!' Alice called after +it; and the others all joined in chorus, `Yes, please do!' but +the Mouse only shook its head impatiently, and walked a little +quicker. + + `What a pity it wouldn't stay!' sighed the Lory, as soon as it +was quite out of sight; and an old Crab took the opportunity of +saying to her daughter `Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you +never to lose YOUR temper!' `Hold your tongue, Ma!' said the +young Crab, a little snappishly. `You're enough to try the +patience of an oyster!' + + `I wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!' said Alice aloud, +addressing nobody in particular. `She'd soon fetch it back!' + + `And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask the question?' +said the Lory. + + Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about +her pet: `Dinah's our cat. And she's such a capital one for +catching mice you can't think! And oh, I wish you could see her +after the birds! Why, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look +at it!' + + This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. +Some of the birds hurried off at once: one the old Magpie began +wrapping itself up very carefully, remarking, `I really must be +getting home; the night-air doesn't suit my throat!' and a Canary +called out in a trembling voice to its children, `Come away, my +dears! It's high time you were all in bed!' On various pretexts +they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone. + + `I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!' she said to herself in a +melancholy tone. `Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm +sure she's the best cat in the world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I +wonder if I shall ever see you any more!' And here poor Alice +began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited. +In a little while, however, she again heard a little pattering of +footsteps in the distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping +that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was coming back to +finish his story. + + + + CHAPTER IV + + The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill + + + It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and +looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; +and she heard it muttering to itself `The Duchess! The Duchess! +Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She'll get me +executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where CAN I have +dropped them, I wonder?' Alice guessed in a moment that it was +looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she +very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were +nowhere to be seen--everything seemed to have changed since her +swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and +the little door, had vanished completely. + + Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, +and called out to her in an angry tone, `Why, Mary Ann, what ARE +you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of +gloves and a fan! Quick, now!' And Alice was so much frightened +that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without +trying to explain the mistake it had made. + + `He took me for his housemaid,' she said to herself as she ran. +`How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am! But I'd +better take him his fan and gloves--that is, if I can find them.' +As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door +of which was a bright brass plate with the name `W. RABBIT' +engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried +upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, +and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and +gloves. + + `How queer it seems,' Alice said to herself, `to be going +messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on +messages next!' And she began fancying the sort of thing that +would happen: `"Miss Alice! Come here directly, and get ready +for your walk!" "Coming in a minute, nurse! But I've got to see +that the mouse doesn't get out." Only I don't think,' Alice went +on, `that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering +people about like that!' + + By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with +a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two +or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and +a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when +her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking- +glass. There was no label this time with the words `DRINK ME,' +but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. `I know +SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, +`whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this +bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for +really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!' + + It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: +before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing +against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being +broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself +`That's quite enough--I hope I shan't grow any more--As it is, I +can't get out at the door--I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so +much!' + + Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and +growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in +another minute there was not even room for this, and she tried +the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the +other arm curled round her head. Still she went on growing, and, +as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one +foot up the chimney, and said to herself `Now I can do no more, +whatever happens. What WILL become of me?' + + Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full +effect, and she grew no larger: still it was very uncomfortable, +and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting +out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy. + + `It was much pleasanter at home,' thought poor Alice, `when one +wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about +by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that +rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet--it's rather curious, you know, +this sort of life! I do wonder what CAN have happened to me! +When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing +never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There +ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when +I grow up, I'll write one--but I'm grown up now,' she added in a +sorrowful tone; `at least there's no room to grow up any more +HERE.' + + `But then,' thought Alice, `shall I NEVER get any older than I +am now? That'll be a comfort, one way--never to be an old woman- +-but then--always to have lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like +THAT!' + + `Oh, you foolish Alice!' she answered herself. `How can you +learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardly room for YOU, and no +room at all for any lesson-books!' + + And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, +and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few +minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen. + + `Mary Ann! Mary Ann!' said the voice. `Fetch me my gloves +this moment!' Then came a little pattering of feet on the +stairs. Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her, and +she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she +was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no +reason to be afraid of it. + + Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; +but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice's elbow was pressed +hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it +say to itself `Then I'll go round and get in at the window.' + + `THAT you won't' thought Alice, and, after waiting till she +fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly +spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air. She did not +get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, +and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was +just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something +of the sort. + + Next came an angry voice--the Rabbit's--`Pat! Pat! Where are +you?' And then a voice she had never heard before, `Sure then +I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour!' + + `Digging for apples, indeed!' said the Rabbit angrily. `Here! +Come and help me out of THIS!' (Sounds of more broken glass.) + + `Now tell me, Pat, what's that in the window?' + + `Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!' (He pronounced it `arrum.') + + `An arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that size? Why, it +fills the whole window!' + + `Sure, it does, yer honour: but it's an arm for all that.' + + `Well, it's got no business there, at any rate: go and take it +away!' + + There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear +whispers now and then; such as, `Sure, I don't like it, yer +honour, at all, at all!' `Do as I tell you, you coward!' and at +last she spread out her hand again, and made another snatch in +the air. This time there were TWO little shrieks, and more +sounds of broken glass. `What a number of cucumber-frames there +must be!' thought Alice. `I wonder what they'll do next! As for +pulling me out of the window, I only wish they COULD! I'm sure I +don't want to stay in here any longer!' + + She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at +last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a +good many voice all talking together: she made out the words: +`Where's the other ladder?--Why, I hadn't to bring but one; +Bill's got the other--Bill! fetch it here, lad!--Here, put 'em up +at this corner--No, tie 'em together first--they don't reach half +high enough yet--Oh! they'll do well enough; don't be particular- +-Here, Bill! catch hold of this rope--Will the roof bear?--Mind +that loose slate--Oh, it's coming down! Heads below!' (a loud +crash)--`Now, who did that?--It was Bill, I fancy--Who's to go +down the chimney?--Nay, I shan't! YOU do it!--That I won't, +then!--Bill's to go down--Here, Bill! the master says you're to +go down the chimney!' + + `Oh! So Bill's got to come down the chimney, has he?' said +Alice to herself. `Shy, they seem to put everything upon Bill! +I wouldn't be in Bill's place for a good deal: this fireplace is +narrow, to be sure; but I THINK I can kick a little!' + + She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and +waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn't guess of what +sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close +above her: then, saying to herself `This is Bill,' she gave one +sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next. + + The first thing she heard was a general chorus of `There goes +Bill!' then the Rabbit's voice along--`Catch him, you by the +hedge!' then silence, and then another confusion of voices--`Hold +up his head--Brandy now--Don't choke him--How was it, old fellow? +What happened to you? Tell us all about it!' + + Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (`That's Bill,' +thought Alice,) `Well, I hardly know--No more, thank ye; I'm +better now--but I'm a deal too flustered to tell you--all I know +is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes +like a sky-rocket!' + + `So you did, old fellow!' said the others. + + `We must burn the house down!' said the Rabbit's voice; and +Alice called out as loud as she could, `If you do. I'll set +Dinah at you!' + + There was a dead silence instantly, and Alice thought to +herself, `I wonder what they WILL do next! If they had any +sense, they'd take the roof off.' After a minute or two, they +began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, `A +barrowful will do, to begin with.' + + `A barrowful of WHAT?' thought Alice; but she had not long to +doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came +rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face. +`I'll put a stop to this,' she said to herself, and shouted out, +`You'd better not do that again!' which produced another dead +silence. + + Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all +turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright +idea came into her head. `If I eat one of these cakes,' she +thought, `it's sure to make SOME change in my size; and as it +can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I +suppose.' + + So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find +that she began shrinking directly. As soon as she was small +enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house, and +found quite a crowd of little animals and birds waiting outside. +The poor little Lizard, Bill, was in the middle, being held up by +two guinea-pigs, who were giving it something out of a bottle. +They all made a rush at Alice the moment she appeared; but she +ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a +thick wood. + + `The first thing I've got to do,' said Alice to herself, as she +wandered about in the wood, `is to grow to my right size again; +and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. +I think that will be the best plan.' + + It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and +simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the +smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering +about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over +her head made her look up in a great hurry. + + An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round +eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. +`Poor little thing!' said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried +hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the +time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it +would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing. + + Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of +stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped +into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, +and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice +dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run +over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy +made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in +its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very +like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every +moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle +again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the +stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long +way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat +down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its +mouth, and its great eyes half shut. + + This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; +so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out +of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the +distance. + + `And yet what a dear little puppy it was!' said Alice, as she +leant against a buttercup to rest herself, and fanned herself +with one of the leaves: `I should have liked teaching it tricks +very much, if--if I'd only been the right size to do it! Oh +dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let +me see--how IS it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or +drink something or other; but the great question is, what?' + + The great question certainly was, what? Alice looked all round +her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see +anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under +the circumstances. There was a large mushroom growing near her, +about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under +it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her +that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it. + + She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of +the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large +caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, +quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice +of her or of anything else. + + + + CHAPTER V + + Advice from a Caterpillar + + + The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in +silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its +mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. + + `Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar. + + This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice +replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- +at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think +I must have been changed several times since then.' + + `What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. +`Explain yourself!' + + `I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, `because +I'm not myself, you see.' + + `I don't see,' said the Caterpillar. + + `I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very +politely, `for I can't understand it myself to begin with; and +being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.' + + `It isn't,' said the Caterpillar. + + `Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet,' said Alice; `but +when you have to turn into a chrysalis--you will some day, you +know--and then after that into a butterfly, I should think you'll +feel it a little queer, won't you?' + + `Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar. + + `Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' said Alice; +`all I know is, it would feel very queer to ME.' + + `You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously. `Who are YOU?' + + Which brought them back again to the beginning of the +conversation. Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar's +making such VERY short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, +very gravely, `I think, you ought to tell me who YOU are, first.' + + `Why?' said the Caterpillar. + + Here was another puzzling question; and as Alice could not +think of any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in +a VERY unpleasant state of mind, she turned away. + + `Come back!' the Caterpillar called after her. `I've something +important to say!' + + This sounded promising, certainly: Alice turned and came back +again. + + `Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar. + + `Is that all?' said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as +she could. + + `No,' said the Caterpillar. + + Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else +to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth +hearing. For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but +at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth +again, and said, `So you think you're changed, do you?' + + `I'm afraid I am, sir,' said Alice; `I can't remember things as +I used--and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!' + + `Can't remember WHAT things?' said the Caterpillar. + + `Well, I've tried to say "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE," but it +all came different!' Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. + + `Repeat, "YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,"' said the Caterpillar. + + Alice folded her hands, and began:-- + + `You are old, Father William,' the young man said, + `And your hair has become very white; + And yet you incessantly stand on your head-- + Do you think, at your age, it is right?' + + `In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, + `I feared it might injure the brain; + But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, + Why, I do it again and again.' + + `You are old,' said the youth, `as I mentioned before, + And have grown most uncommonly fat; + Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-- + Pray, what is the reason of that?' + + `In my youth,' said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, + `I kept all my limbs very supple + By the use of this ointment--one shilling the box-- + Allow me to sell you a couple?' + + `You are old,' said the youth, `and your jaws are too weak + For anything tougher than suet; + Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-- + Pray how did you manage to do it?' + + `In my youth,' said his father, `I took to the law, + And argued each case with my wife; + And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, + Has lasted the rest of my life.' + + `You are old,' said the youth, `one would hardly suppose + That your eye was as steady as ever; + Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-- + What made you so awfully clever?' + + `I have answered three questions, and that is enough,' + Said his father; `don't give yourself airs! + Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? + Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!' + + + `That is not said right,' said the Caterpillar. + + `Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; `some of the +words have got altered.' + + `It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar +decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes. + + The Caterpillar was the first to speak. + + `What size do you want to be?' it asked. + + `Oh, I'm not particular as to size,' Alice hastily replied; +`only one doesn't like changing so often, you know.' + + `I DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar. + + Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in +her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper. + + `Are you content now?' said the Caterpillar. + + `Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you +wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched +height to be.' + + `It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar +angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three +inches high). + + `But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. +And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so +easily offended!' + + `You'll get used to it in time,' said the Caterpillar; and it +put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. + + This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. +In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its +mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then it got +down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely +remarking as it went, `One side will make you grow taller, and +the other side will make you grow shorter.' + + `One side of WHAT? The other side of WHAT?' thought Alice to +herself. + + `Of the mushroom,' said the Caterpillar, just as if she had +asked it aloud; and in another moment it was out of sight. + + Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a +minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as +it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question. +However, at last she stretched her arms round it as far as they +would go, and broke off a bit of the edge with each hand. + + `And now which is which?' she said to herself, and nibbled a +little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment +she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her +foot! + + She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but +she felt that there was no time to be lost, as she was shrinking +rapidly; so she set to work at once to eat some of the other bit. +Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was +hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and +managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit. + + + * * * * * * * + + * * * * * * + + * * * * * * * + + `Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice in a tone of +delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she +found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could +see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which +seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay +far below her. + + `What CAN all that green stuff be?' said Alice. `And where +HAVE my shoulders got to? And oh, my poor hands, how is it I +can't see you?' She was moving them about as she spoke, but no +result seemed to follow, except a little shaking among the +distant green leaves. + + As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her +head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted +to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, +like a serpent. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a +graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which +she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she +had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a +hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating +her violently with its wings. + + `Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon. + + `I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!' + + `Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more +subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, `I've tried every +way, and nothing seems to suit them!' + + `I haven't the least idea what you're talking about,' said +Alice. + + `I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks, and I've +tried hedges,' the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; `but +those serpents! There's no pleasing them!' + + Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no +use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished. + + `As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the eggs,' said the +Pigeon; `but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and +day! Why, I haven't had a wink of sleep these three weeks!' + + `I'm very sorry you've been annoyed,' said Alice, who was +beginning to see its meaning. + + `And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued +the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek, `and just as I was +thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come +wriggling down from the sky! Ugh, Serpent!' + + `But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' said Alice. `I'm a--I'm +a--' + + `Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pigeon. `I can see you're +trying to invent something!' + + `I--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she +remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day. + + `A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the +deepest contempt. `I've seen a good many little girls in my +time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a +serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be +telling me next that you never tasted an egg!' + + `I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very +truthful child; `but little girls eat eggs quite as much as +serpents do, you know.' + + `I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why +then they're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.' + + This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent +for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of +adding, `You're looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; and +what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a +serpent?' + + `It matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; `but I'm +not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't +want YOURS: I don't like them raw.' + + `Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it +settled down again into its nest. Alice crouched down among the +trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled +among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and +untwist it. After a while she remembered that she still held the +pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very +carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other, and +growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had +succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height. + + It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, +that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a +few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. `Come, +there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes +are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to +another! However, I've got back to my right size: the next +thing is, to get into that beautiful garden--how IS that to be +done, I wonder?' As she said this, she came suddenly upon an +open place, with a little house in it about four feet high. +`Whoever lives there,' thought Alice, `it'll never do to come +upon them THIS size: why, I should frighten them out of their +wits!' So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did +not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself +down to nine inches high. + + + + CHAPTER VI + + Pig and Pepper + + + For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and +wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came +running out of the wood--(she considered him to be a footman +because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, +she would have called him a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door +with his knuckles. It was opened by another footman in livery, +with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, +Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their +heads. She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and +crept a little way out of the wood to listen. + + The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great +letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to +the other, saying, in a solemn tone, `For the Duchess. An +invitation from the Queen to play croquet.' The Frog-Footman +repeated, in the same solemn tone, only changing the order of the +words a little, `From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess +to play croquet.' + + Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled +together. + + Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into +the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped +out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the +ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky. + + Alice went timidly up to the door, and knocked. + + `There's no sort of use in knocking,' said the Footman, `and +that for two reasons. First, because I'm on the same side of the +door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a noise +inside, no one could possibly hear you.' And certainly there was +a most extraordinary noise going on within--a constant howling +and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish +or kettle had been broken to pieces. + + `Please, then,' said Alice, `how am I to get in?' + + `There might be some sense in your knocking,' the Footman went +on without attending to her, `if we had the door between us. For +instance, if you were INSIDE, you might knock, and I could let +you out, you know.' He was looking up into the sky all the time +he was speaking, and this Alice thought decidedly uncivil. `But +perhaps he can't help it,' she said to herself; `his eyes are so +VERY nearly at the top of his head. But at any rate he might +answer questions.--How am I to get in?' she repeated, aloud. + + `I shall sit here,' the Footman remarked, `till tomorrow--' + + At this moment the door of the house opened, and a large plate +came skimming out, straight at the Footman's head: it just +grazed his nose, and broke to pieces against one of the trees +behind him. + + `--or next day, maybe,' the Footman continued in the same tone, +exactly as if nothing had happened. + + `How am I to get in?' asked Alice again, in a louder tone. + + `ARE you to get in at all?' said the Footman. `That's the +first question, you know.' + + It was, no doubt: only Alice did not like to be told so. +`It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, `the way all the +creatures argue. It's enough to drive one crazy!' + + The Footman seemed to think this a good opportunity for +repeating his remark, with variations. `I shall sit here,' he +said, `on and off, for days and days.' + + `But what am I to do?' said Alice. + + `Anything you like,' said the Footman, and began whistling. + + `Oh, there's no use in talking to him,' said Alice desperately: +`he's perfectly idiotic!' And she opened the door and went in. + + The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of +smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a +three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was +leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to +be full of soup. + + `There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to +herself, as well as she could for sneezing. + + There was certainly too much of it in the air. Even the +Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for the baby, it was +sneezing and howling alternately without a moment's pause. The +only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook, +and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from +ear to ear. + + `Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for +she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to +speak first, `why your cat grins like that?' + + `It's a Cheshire cat,' said the Duchess, `and that's why. +Pig!' + + She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice +quite jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed +to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and went on +again:-- + + `I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I +didn't know that cats COULD grin.' + + `They all can,' said the Duchess; `and most of 'em do.' + + `I don't know of any that do,' Alice said very politely, +feeling quite pleased to have got into a conversation. + + `You don't know much,' said the Duchess; `and that's a fact.' + + Alice did not at all like the tone of this remark, and thought +it would be as well to introduce some other subject of +conversation. While she was trying to fix on one, the cook took +the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work +throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby +--the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, +plates, and dishes. The Duchess took no notice of them even when +they hit her; and the baby was howling so much already, that it +was quite impossible to say whether the blows hurt it or not. + + `Oh, PLEASE mind what you're doing!' cried Alice, jumping up +and down in an agony of terror. `Oh, there goes his PRECIOUS +nose'; as an unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very +nearly carried it off. + + `If everybody minded their own business,' the Duchess said in a +hoarse growl, `the world would go round a deal faster than it +does.' + + `Which would NOT be an advantage,' said Alice, who felt very +glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her +knowledge. `Just think of what work it would make with the day +and night! You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn +round on its axis--' + + `Talking of axes,' said the Duchess, `chop off her head!' + + Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant +to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and +seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: `Twenty-four +hours, I THINK; or is it twelve? I--' + + `Oh, don't bother ME,' said the Duchess; `I never could abide +figures!' And with that she began nursing her child again, +singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a +violent shake at the end of every line: + + `Speak roughly to your little boy, + And beat him when he sneezes: + He only does it to annoy, + Because he knows it teases.' + + CHORUS. + + (In which the cook and the baby joined):-- + + `Wow! wow! wow!' + + While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept +tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing +howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:-- + + `I speak severely to my boy, + I beat him when he sneezes; + For he can thoroughly enjoy + The pepper when he pleases!' + + CHORUS. + + `Wow! wow! wow!' + + `Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!' the Duchess said +to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke. `I must go and +get ready to play croquet with the Queen,' and she hurried out of +the room. The cook threw a frying-pan after her as she went out, +but it just missed her. + + Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer- +shaped little creature, and held out its arms and legs in all +directions, `just like a star-fish,' thought Alice. The poor +little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, +and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again, +so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much +as she could do to hold it. + + As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, +(which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep +tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its +undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air. `IF I +don't take this child away with me,' thought Alice, `they're sure +to kill it in a day or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it +behind?' She said the last words out loud, and the little thing +grunted in reply (it had left off sneezing by this time). `Don't +grunt,' said Alice; `that's not at all a proper way of expressing +yourself.' + + The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into +its face to see what was the matter with it. There could be no +doubt that it had a VERY turn-up nose, much more like a snout +than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for +a baby: altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at +all. `But perhaps it was only sobbing,' she thought, and looked +into its eyes again, to see if there were any tears. + + No, there were no tears. `If you're going to turn into a pig, +my dear,' said Alice, seriously, `I'll have nothing more to do +with you. Mind now!' The poor little thing sobbed again (or +grunted, it was impossible to say which), and they went on for +some while in silence. + + Alice was just beginning to think to herself, `Now, what am I +to do with this creature when I get it home?' when it grunted +again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some +alarm. This time there could be NO mistake about it: it was +neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be +quite absurd for her to carry it further. + + So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to +see it trot away quietly into the wood. `If it had grown up,' +she said to herself, `it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: +but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.' And she began +thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as +pigs, and was just saying to herself, `if one only knew the right +way to change them--' when she was a little startled by seeing +the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. + + The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good- +natured, she thought: still it had VERY long claws and a great +many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect. + + `Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at +all know whether it would like the name: however, it only +grinned a little wider. `Come, it's pleased so far,' thought +Alice, and she went on. `Would you tell me, please, which way I +ought to go from here?' + + `That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said +the Cat. + + `I don't much care where--' said Alice. + + `Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. + + `--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation. + + `Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk +long enough.' + + Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another +question. `What sort of people live about here?' + + `In THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, +`lives a Hatter: and in THAT direction,' waving the other paw, +`lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.' + + `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. + + `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. +I'm mad. You're mad.' + + `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. + + `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.' + + Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on +`And how do you know that you're mad?' + + `To begin with,' said the Cat, `a dog's not mad. You grant +that?' + + `I suppose so,' said Alice. + + `Well, then,' the Cat went on, `you see, a dog growls when it's +angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm +pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.' + + `I call it purring, not growling,' said Alice. + + `Call it what you like,' said the Cat. `Do you play croquet +with the Queen to-day?' + + `I should like it very much,' said Alice, `but I haven't been +invited yet.' + + `You'll see me there,' said the Cat, and vanished. + + Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used +to queer things happening. While she was looking at the place +where it had been, it suddenly appeared again. + + `By-the-bye, what became of the baby?' said the Cat. `I'd +nearly forgotten to ask.' + + `It turned into a pig,' Alice quietly said, just as if it had +come back in a natural way. + + `I thought it would,' said the Cat, and vanished again. + + Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it +did not appear, and after a minute or two she walked on in the +direction in which the March Hare was said to live. `I've seen +hatters before,' she said to herself; `the March Hare will be +much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be +raving mad--at least not so mad as it was in March.' As she said +this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a +branch of a tree. + + `Did you say pig, or fig?' said the Cat. + + `I said pig,' replied Alice; `and I wish you wouldn't keep +appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.' + + `All right,' said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite +slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the +grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. + + `Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice; +`but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever +say in my life!' + + She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the +house of the March Hare: she thought it must be the right house, +because the chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was +thatched with fur. It was so large a house, that she did not +like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand +bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even +then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself +`Suppose it should be raving mad after all! I almost wish I'd +gone to see the Hatter instead!' + + + + CHAPTER VII + + A Mad Tea-Party + + + There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, +and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a +Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two +were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and the +talking over its head. `Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' +thought Alice; `only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.' + + The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded +together at one corner of it: `No room! No room!' they cried +out when they saw Alice coming. `There's PLENTY of room!' said +Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one +end of the table. + + `Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. + + Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it +but tea. `I don't see any wine,' she remarked. + + `There isn't any,' said the March Hare. + + `Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,' said Alice +angrily. + + `It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being +invited,' said the March Hare. + + `I didn't know it was YOUR table,' said Alice; `it's laid for a +great many more than three.' + + `Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. He had been +looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was +his first speech. + + `You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said +with some severity; `it's very rude.' + + The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all +he SAID was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?' + + `Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I'm glad +they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she +added aloud. + + `Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' +said the March Hare. + + `Exactly so,' said Alice. + + `Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. + + `I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what +I say--that's the same thing, you know.' + + `Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just +as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat +what I see"!' + + `You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I +like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!' + + `You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to +be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the +same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!' + + `It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the +conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, +while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and +writing-desks, which wasn't much. + + The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of +the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his +watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking +it every now and then, and holding it to his ear. + + Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.' + + `Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter +wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March +Hare. + + `It was the BEST butter,' the March Hare meekly replied. + + `Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter +grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.' + + The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then +he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he +could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It +was the BEST butter, you know.' + + Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. +`What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the +month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!' + + `Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does YOUR watch tell +you what year it is?' + + `Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's +because it stays the same year for such a long time together.' + + `Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter. + + Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to +have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. +`I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she +could. + + `The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured +a little hot tea upon its nose. + + The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without +opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to +remark myself.' + + `Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to +Alice again. + + `No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?' + + `I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter. + + `Nor I,' said the March Hare. + + Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better +with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that +have no answers.' + + `If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you +wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.' + + `I don't know what you mean,' said Alice. + + `Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head +contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!' + + `Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to +beat time when I learn music.' + + `Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand +beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do +almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose +it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: +you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the +clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!' + + (`I only wish it was,' the March Hare said to itself in a +whisper.) + + `That would be grand, certainly,' said Alice thoughtfully: +`but then--I shouldn't be hungry for it, you know.' + + `Not at first, perhaps,' said the Hatter: `but you could keep +it to half-past one as long as you liked.' + + `Is that the way YOU manage?' Alice asked. + + The Hatter shook his head mournfully. `Not I!' he replied. +`We quarrelled last March--just before HE went mad, you know--' +(pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) `--it was at the +great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing + + "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! + How I wonder what you're at!" + +You know the song, perhaps?' + + `I've heard something like it,' said Alice. + + `It goes on, you know,' the Hatter continued, `in this way:-- + + "Up above the world you fly, + Like a tea-tray in the sky. + Twinkle, twinkle--"' + +Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep +`Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--' and went on so long that +they had to pinch it to make it stop. + + `Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse,' said the Hatter, +`when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, "He's murdering the +time! Off with his head!"' + + `How dreadfully savage!' exclaimed Alice. + + `And ever since that,' the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, +`he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.' + + A bright idea came into Alice's head. `Is that the reason so +many tea-things are put out here?' she asked. + + `Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh: `it's always +tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.' + + `Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice. + + `Exactly so,' said the Hatter: `as the things get used up.' + + `But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice +ventured to ask. + + `Suppose we change the subject,' the March Hare interrupted, +yawning. `I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady +tells us a story.' + + `I'm afraid I don't know one,' said Alice, rather alarmed at +the proposal. + + `Then the Dormouse shall!' they both cried. `Wake up, +Dormouse!' And they pinched it on both sides at once. + + The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes. `I wasn't asleep,' he +said in a hoarse, feeble voice: `I heard every word you fellows +were saying.' + + `Tell us a story!' said the March Hare. + + `Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice. + + `And be quick about it,' added the Hatter, `or you'll be asleep +again before it's done.' + + `Once upon a time there were three little sisters,' the +Dormouse began in a great hurry; `and their names were Elsie, +Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well--' + + `What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great +interest in questions of eating and drinking. + + `They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a +minute or two. + + `They couldn't have done that, you know,' Alice gently +remarked; `they'd have been ill.' + + `So they were,' said the Dormouse; `VERY ill.' + + Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways +of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went +on: `But why did they live at the bottom of a well?' + + `Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very +earnestly. + + `I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, `so +I can't take more.' + + `You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hatter: `it's very +easy to take MORE than nothing.' + + `Nobody asked YOUR opinion,' said Alice. + + `Who's making personal remarks now?' the Hatter asked +triumphantly. + + Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped +herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the +Dormouse, and repeated her question. `Why did they live at the +bottom of a well?' + + The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and +then said, `It was a treacle-well.' + + `There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning very angrily, but +the Hatter and the March Hare went `Sh! sh!' and the Dormouse +sulkily remarked, `If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the +story for yourself.' + + `No, please go on!' Alice said very humbly; `I won't interrupt +again. I dare say there may be ONE.' + + `One, indeed!' said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he +consented to go on. `And so these three little sisters--they +were learning to draw, you know--' + + `What did they draw?' said Alice, quite forgetting her promise. + + `Treacle,' said the Dormouse, without considering at all this +time. + + `I want a clean cup,' interrupted the Hatter: `let's all move +one place on.' + + He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the +March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather +unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the +only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a +good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset +the milk-jug into his plate. + + Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began +very cautiously: `But I don't understand. Where did they draw +the treacle from?' + + `You can draw water out of a water-well,' said the Hatter; `so +I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well--eh, +stupid?' + + `But they were IN the well,' Alice said to the Dormouse, not +choosing to notice this last remark. + + `Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.' + + This answer so confused poor Alice, that she let the Dormouse +go on for some time without interrupting it. + + `They were learning to draw,' the Dormouse went on, yawning and +rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; `and they drew +all manner of things--everything that begins with an M--' + + `Why with an M?' said Alice. + + `Why not?' said the March Hare. + + Alice was silent. + + The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going +off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up +again with a little shriek, and went on: `--that begins with an +M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness-- +you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever +see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?' + + `Really, now you ask me,' said Alice, very much confused, `I +don't think--' + + `Then you shouldn't talk,' said the Hatter. + + This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got +up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep +instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her +going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that +they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were +trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. + + `At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she +picked her way through the wood. `It's the stupidest tea-party I +ever was at in all my life!' + + Just as she said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a +door leading right into it. `That's very curious!' she thought. +`But everything's curious today. I think I may as well go in at +once.' And in she went. + + Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the +little glass table. `Now, I'll manage better this time,' she +said to herself, and began by taking the little golden key, and +unlocking the door that led into the garden. Then she went to +work nibbling at the mushroom (she had kept a piece of it in her +pocked) till she was about a foot high: then she walked down the +little passage: and THEN--she found herself at last in the +beautiful garden, among the bright flower-beds and the cool +fountains. + + + + CHAPTER VIII + + The Queen's Croquet-Ground + + + A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the +roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at +it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very curious +thing, and she went nearer to watch them, and just as she came up +to them she heard one of them say, `Look out now, Five! Don't go +splashing paint over me like that!' + + `I couldn't help it,' said Five, in a sulky tone; `Seven jogged +my elbow.' + + On which Seven looked up and said, `That's right, Five! Always +lay the blame on others!' + + `YOU'D better not talk!' said Five. `I heard the Queen say only +yesterday you deserved to be beheaded!' + + `What for?' said the one who had spoken first. + + `That's none of YOUR business, Two!' said Seven. + + `Yes, it IS his business!' said Five, `and I'll tell him--it +was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.' + + Seven flung down his brush, and had just begun `Well, of all +the unjust things--' when his eye chanced to fall upon Alice, as +she stood watching them, and he checked himself suddenly: the +others looked round also, and all of them bowed low. + + `Would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, `why you are +painting those roses?' + + Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a +low voice, `Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to +have been a RED rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; +and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads +cut off, you know. So you see, Miss, we're doing our best, afore +she comes, to--' At this moment Five, who had been anxiously +looking across the garden, called out `The Queen! The Queen!' +and the three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon +their faces. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice +looked round, eager to see the Queen. + + First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped +like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and +feet at the corners: next the ten courtiers; these were +ornamented all over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the +soldiers did. After these came the royal children; there were +ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand +in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts. Next +came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them Alice +recognised the White Rabbit: it was talking in a hurried nervous +manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without +noticing her. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the +King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this +grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. + + Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on +her face like the three gardeners, but she could not remember +every having heard of such a rule at processions; `and besides, +what would be the use of a procession,' thought she, `if people +had all to lie down upon their faces, so that they couldn't see +it?' So she stood still where she was, and waited. + + When the procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped +and looked at her, and the Queen said severely `Who is this?' +She said it to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in +reply. + + `Idiot!' said the Queen, tossing her head impatiently; and, +turning to Alice, she went on, `What's your name, child?' + + `My name is Alice, so please your Majesty,' said Alice very +politely; but she added, to herself, `Why, they're only a pack of +cards, after all. I needn't be afraid of them!' + + `And who are THESE?' said the Queen, pointing to the three +gardeners who were lying round the rosetree; for, you see, as +they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs +was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether +they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her +own children. + + `How should I know?' said Alice, surprised at her own courage. +`It's no business of MINE.' + + The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her +for a moment like a wild beast, screamed `Off with her head! +Off--' + + `Nonsense!' said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the +Queen was silent. + + The King laid his hand upon her arm, and timidly said +`Consider, my dear: she is only a child!' + + The Queen turned angrily away from him, and said to the Knave +`Turn them over!' + + The Knave did so, very carefully, with one foot. + + `Get up!' said the Queen, in a shrill, loud voice, and the +three gardeners instantly jumped up, and began bowing to the +King, the Queen, the royal children, and everybody else. + + `Leave off that!' screamed the Queen. `You make me giddy.' +And then, turning to the rose-tree, she went on, `What HAVE you +been doing here?' + + `May it please your Majesty,' said Two, in a very humble tone, +going down on one knee as he spoke, `we were trying--' + + `I see!' said the Queen, who had meanwhile been examining the +roses. `Off with their heads!' and the procession moved on, +three of the soldiers remaining behind to execute the unfortunate +gardeners, who ran to Alice for protection. + + `You shan't be beheaded!' said Alice, and she put them into a +large flower-pot that stood near. The three soldiers wandered +about for a minute or two, looking for them, and then quietly +marched off after the others. + + `Are their heads off?' shouted the Queen. + + `Their heads are gone, if it please your Majesty!' the soldiers +shouted in reply. + + `That's right!' shouted the Queen. `Can you play croquet?' + + The soldiers were silent, and looked at Alice, as the question +was evidently meant for her. + + `Yes!' shouted Alice. + + `Come on, then!' roared the Queen, and Alice joined the +procession, wondering very much what would happen next. + + `It's--it's a very fine day!' said a timid voice at her side. +She was walking by the White Rabbit, who was peeping anxiously +into her face. + + `Very,' said Alice: `--where's the Duchess?' + + `Hush! Hush!' said the Rabbit in a low, hurried tone. He +looked anxiously over his shoulder as he spoke, and then raised +himself upon tiptoe, put his mouth close to her ear, and +whispered `She's under sentence of execution.' + + `What for?' said Alice. + + `Did you say "What a pity!"?' the Rabbit asked. + + `No, I didn't,' said Alice: `I don't think it's at all a pity. +I said "What for?"' + + `She boxed the Queen's ears--' the Rabbit began. Alice gave a +little scream of laughter. `Oh, hush!' the Rabbit whispered in a +frightened tone. `The Queen will hear you! You see, she came +rather late, and the Queen said--' + + `Get to your places!' shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, +and people began running about in all directions, tumbling up +against each other; however, they got settled down in a minute or +two, and the game began. Alice thought she had never seen such a +curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and +furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live +flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to +stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches. + + The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her +flamingo: she succeeded in getting its body tucked away, +comfortably enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging down, +but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened +out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it +WOULD twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a +puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing: +and when she had got its head down, and was going to begin again, +it was very provoking to find that the hedgehog had unrolled +itself, and was in the act of crawling away: besides all this, +there was generally a ridge or furrow in the way wherever she +wanted to send the hedgehog to, and, as the doubled-up soldiers +were always getting up and walking off to other parts of the +ground, Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very +difficult game indeed. + + The players all played at once without waiting for turns, +quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in +a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went +stamping about, and shouting `Off with his head!' or `Off with +her head!' about once in a minute. + + Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as +yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might +happen any minute, `and then,' thought she, `what would become of +me? They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great +wonder is, that there's any one left alive!' + + She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering +whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a +curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at +first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to +be a grin, and she said to herself `It's the Cheshire Cat: now I +shall have somebody to talk to.' + + `How are you getting on?' said the Cat, as soon as there was +mouth enough for it to speak with. + + Alice waited till the eyes appeared, and then nodded. `It's no +use speaking to it,' she thought, `till its ears have come, or at +least one of them.' In another minute the whole head appeared, +and then Alice put down her flamingo, and began an account of the +game, feeling very glad she had someone to listen to her. The +Cat seemed to think that there was enough of it now in sight, and +no more of it appeared. + + `I don't think they play at all fairly,' Alice began, in rather +a complaining tone, `and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't +hear oneself speak--and they don't seem to have any rules in +particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them--and +you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; +for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next +walking about at the other end of the ground--and I should have +croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it +saw mine coming!' + + `How do you like the Queen?' said the Cat in a low voice. + + `Not at all,' said Alice: `she's so extremely--' Just then +she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening: so +she went on, `--likely to win, that it's hardly worth while +finishing the game.' + + The Queen smiled and passed on. + + `Who ARE you talking to?' said the King, going up to Alice, and +looking at the Cat's head with great curiosity. + + `It's a friend of mine--a Cheshire Cat,' said Alice: `allow me +to introduce it.' + + `I don't like the look of it at all,' said the King: `however, +it may kiss my hand if it likes.' + + `I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked. + + `Don't be impertinent,' said the King, `and don't look at me +like that!' He got behind Alice as he spoke. + + `A cat may look at a king,' said Alice. `I've read that in +some book, but I don't remember where.' + + `Well, it must be removed,' said the King very decidedly, and +he called the Queen, who was passing at the moment, `My dear! I +wish you would have this cat removed!' + + The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great +or small. `Off with his head!' she said, without even looking +round. + + `I'll fetch the executioner myself,' said the King eagerly, and +he hurried off. + + Alice thought she might as well go back, and see how the game +was going on, as she heard the Queen's voice in the distance, +screaming with passion. She had already heard her sentence three +of the players to be executed for having missed their turns, and +she did not like the look of things at all, as the game was in +such confusion that she never knew whether it was her turn or +not. So she went in search of her hedgehog. + + The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, +which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one +of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her +flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where +Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up +into a tree. + + By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, +the fight was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: +`but it doesn't matter much,' thought Alice, `as all the arches +are gone from this side of the ground.' So she tucked it away +under her arm, that it might not escape again, and went back for +a little more conversation with her friend. + + When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to +find quite a large crowd collected round it: there was a dispute +going on between the executioner, the King, and the Queen, who +were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, +and looked very uncomfortable. + + The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to +settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, +though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed +to make out exactly what they said. + + The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a +head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had +never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin +at HIS time of life. + + The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be +beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense. + + The Queen's argument was, that if something wasn't done about +it in less than no time she'd have everybody executed, all round. +(It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so +grave and anxious.) + + Alice could think of nothing else to say but `It belongs to the +Duchess: you'd better ask HER about it.' + + `She's in prison,' the Queen said to the executioner: `fetch +her here.' And the executioner went off like an arrow. + + The Cat's head began fading away the moment he was gone, and, +by the time he had come back with the Dutchess, it had entirely +disappeared; so the King and the executioner ran wildly up and +down looking for it, while the rest of the party went back to the game. + + + + CHAPTER IX + + The Mock Turtle's Story + + + `You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old +thing!' said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately +into Alice's, and they walked off together. + + Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and +thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had +made her so savage when they met in the kitchen. + + `When I'M a Duchess,' she said to herself, (not in a very +hopeful tone though), `I won't have any pepper in my kitchen AT +ALL. Soup does very well without--Maybe it's always pepper that +makes people hot-tempered,' she went on, very much pleased at +having found out a new kind of rule, `and vinegar that makes them +sour--and camomile that makes them bitter--and--and barley-sugar +and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish +people knew that: then they wouldn't be so stingy about it, you +know--' + + She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a +little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear. +`You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you +forget to talk. I can't tell you just now what the moral of that +is, but I shall remember it in a bit.' + + `Perhaps it hasn't one,' Alice ventured to remark. + + `Tut, tut, child!' said the Duchess. `Everything's got a +moral, if only you can find it.' And she squeezed herself up +closer to Alice's side as she spoke. + + Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, +because the Duchess was VERY ugly; and secondly, because she was +exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice's shoulder, +and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin. However, she did not +like to be rude, so she bore it as well as she could. + + `The game's going on rather better now,' she said, by way of +keeping up the conversation a little. + + `'Tis so,' said the Duchess: `and the moral of that is--"Oh, +'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round!"' + + `Somebody said,' Alice whispered, `that it's done by everybody +minding their own business!' + + `Ah, well! It means much the same thing,' said the Duchess, +digging her sharp little chin into Alice's shoulder as she added, +`and the moral of THAT is--"Take care of the sense, and the +sounds will take care of themselves."' + + `How fond she is of finding morals in things!' Alice thought to +herself. + + `I dare say you're wondering why I don't put my arm round your +waist,' the Duchess said after a pause: `the reason is, that I'm +doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the +experiment?' + + `HE might bite,' Alice cautiously replied, not feeling at all +anxious to have the experiment tried. + + `Very true,' said the Duchess: `flamingoes and mustard both +bite. And the moral of that is--"Birds of a feather flock +together."' + + `Only mustard isn't a bird,' Alice remarked. + + `Right, as usual,' said the Duchess: `what a clear way you +have of putting things!' + + `It's a mineral, I THINK,' said Alice. + + `Of course it is,' said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree +to everything that Alice said; `there's a large mustard-mine near +here. And the moral of that is--"The more there is of mine, the +less there is of yours."' + + `Oh, I know!' exclaimed Alice, who had not attended to this +last remark, `it's a vegetable. It doesn't look like one, but it +is.' + + `I quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; `and the moral of +that is--"Be what you would seem to be"--or if you'd like it put +more simply--"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than +what it might appear to others that what you were or might have +been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared +to them to be otherwise."' + + `I think I should understand that better,' Alice said very +politely, `if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it +as you say it.' + + `That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,' the Duchess +replied, in a pleased tone. + + `Pray don't trouble yourself to say it any longer than that,' +said Alice. + + `Oh, don't talk about trouble!' said the Duchess. `I make you +a present of everything I've said as yet.' + + `A cheap sort of present!' thought Alice. `I'm glad they don't +give birthday presents like that!' But she did not venture to +say it out loud. + + `Thinking again?' the Duchess asked, with another dig of her +sharp little chin. + + `I've a right to think,' said Alice sharply, for she was +beginning to feel a little worried. + + `Just about as much right,' said the Duchess, `as pigs have to +fly; and the m--' + + But here, to Alice's great surprise, the Duchess's voice died +away, even in the middle of her favourite word `moral,' and the +arm that was linked into hers began to tremble. Alice looked up, +and there stood the Queen in front of them, with her arms folded, +frowning like a thunderstorm. + + `A fine day, your Majesty!' the Duchess began in a low, weak +voice. + + `Now, I give you fair warning,' shouted the Queen, stamping on +the ground as she spoke; `either you or your head must be off, +and that in about half no time! Take your choice!' + + The Duchess took her choice, and was gone in a moment. + + `Let's go on with the game,' the Queen said to Alice; and Alice +was too much frightened to say a word, but slowly followed her +back to the croquet-ground. + + The other guests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, +and were resting in the shade: however, the moment they saw her, +they hurried back to the game, the Queen merely remarking that a +moment's delay would cost them their lives. + + All the time they were playing the Queen never left off +quarrelling with the other players, and shouting `Off with his +head!' or `Off with her head!' Those whom she sentenced were +taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave +off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour +or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the +King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of +execution. + + Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to +Alice, `Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?' + + `No,' said Alice. `I don't even know what a Mock Turtle is.' + + `It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from,' said the Queen. + + `I never saw one, or heard of one,' said Alice. + + `Come on, then,' said the Queen, `and he shall tell you his +history,' + + As they walked off together, Alice heard the King say in a low +voice, to the company generally, `You are all pardoned.' `Come, +THAT'S a good thing!' she said to herself, for she had felt quite +unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered. + + They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the +sun. (IF you don't know what a Gryphon is, look at the picture.) +`Up, lazy thing!' said the Queen, `and take this young lady to +see the Mock Turtle, and to hear his history. I must go back and +see after some executions I have ordered'; and she walked off, +leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon. Alice did not quite like +the look of the creature, but on the whole she thought it would +be quite as safe to stay with it as to go after that savage +Queen: so she waited. + + The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: then it watched the +Queen till she was out of sight: then it chuckled. `What fun!' +said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice. + + `What IS the fun?' said Alice. + + `Why, SHE,' said the Gryphon. `It's all her fancy, that: they +never executes nobody, you know. Come on!' + + `Everybody says "come on!" here,' thought Alice, as she went +slowly after it: `I never was so ordered about in all my life, +never!' + + They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the +distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, +as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart +would break. She pitied him deeply. `What is his sorrow?' she +asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the +same words as before, `It's all his fancy, that: he hasn't got +no sorrow, you know. Come on!' + + So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who looked at them with +large eyes full of tears, but said nothing. + + `This here young lady,' said the Gryphon, `she wants for to +know your history, she do.' + + `I'll tell it her,' said the Mock Turtle in a deep, hollow +tone: `sit down, both of you, and don't speak a word till I've +finished.' + + So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minutes. Alice +thought to herself, `I don't see how he can EVEN finish, if he +doesn't begin.' But she waited patiently. + + `Once,' said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh, `I was +a real Turtle.' + + These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only +by an occasional exclamation of `Hjckrrh!' from the Gryphon, and +the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle. Alice was very +nearly getting up and saying, `Thank you, sir, for your +interesting story,' but she could not help thinking there MUST be +more to come, so she sat still and said nothing. + + `When we were little,' the Mock Turtle went on at last, more +calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, `we went to +school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle--we used to call +him Tortoise--' + + `Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. + + `We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock +Turtle angrily: `really you are very dull!' + + `You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple +question,' added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and +looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth. At +last the Gryphon said to the Mock Turtle, `Drive on, old fellow! +Don't be all day about it!' and he went on in these words: + + `Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe +it--' + + `I never said I didn't!' interrupted Alice. + + `You did,' said the Mock Turtle. + + `Hold your tongue!' added the Gryphon, before Alice could speak +again. The Mock Turtle went on. + + `We had the best of educations--in fact, we went to school +every day--' + + `I'VE been to a day-school, too,' said Alice; `you needn't be +so proud as all that.' + + `With extras?' asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously. + + `Yes,' said Alice, `we learned French and music.' + + `And washing?' said the Mock Turtle. + + `Certainly not!' said Alice indignantly. + + `Ah! then yours wasn't a really good school,' said the Mock +Turtle in a tone of great relief. `Now at OURS they had at the +end of the bill, "French, music, AND WASHING--extra."' + + `You couldn't have wanted it much,' said Alice; `living at the +bottom of the sea.' + + `I couldn't afford to learn it.' said the Mock Turtle with a +sigh. `I only took the regular course.' + + `What was that?' inquired Alice. + + `Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,' the Mock +Turtle replied; `and then the different branches of Arithmetic-- +Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.' + + `I never heard of "Uglification,"' Alice ventured to say. `What +is it?' + + The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. `What! Never +heard of uglifying!' it exclaimed. `You know what to beautify +is, I suppose?' + + `Yes,' said Alice doubtfully: `it means--to--make--anything-- +prettier.' + + `Well, then,' the Gryphon went on, `if you don't know what to +uglify is, you ARE a simpleton.' + + Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about +it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said `What else had you +to learn?' + + `Well, there was Mystery,' the Mock Turtle replied, counting +off the subjects on his flappers, `--Mystery, ancient and modern, +with Seaography: then Drawling--the Drawling-master was an old +conger-eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us +Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.' + + `What was THAT like?' said Alice. + + `Well, I can't show it you myself,' the Mock Turtle said: `I'm +too stiff. And the Gryphon never learnt it.' + + `Hadn't time,' said the Gryphon: `I went to the Classics +master, though. He was an old crab, HE was.' + + `I never went to him,' the Mock Turtle said with a sigh: `he +taught Laughing and Grief, they used to say.' + + `So he did, so he did,' said the Gryphon, sighing in his turn; +and both creatures hid their faces in their paws. + + `And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a +hurry to change the subject. + + `Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: `nine the +next, and so on.' + + `What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice. + + `That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon +remarked: `because they lessen from day to day.' + + This was quite a new idea to Alice, and she thought it over a +little before she made her next remark. `Then the eleventh day +must have been a holiday?' + + `Of course it was,' said the Mock Turtle. + + `And how did you manage on the twelfth?' Alice went on eagerly. + + `That's enough about lessons,' the Gryphon interrupted in a +very decided tone: `tell her something about the games now.' + + + + CHAPTER X + + The Lobster Quadrille + + + The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper +across his eyes. He looked at Alice, and tried to speak, but for +a minute or two sobs choked his voice. `Same as if he had a bone +in his throat,' said the Gryphon: and it set to work shaking him +and punching him in the back. At last the Mock Turtle recovered +his voice, and, with tears running down his cheeks, he went on +again:-- + + `You may not have lived much under the sea--' (`I haven't,' +said Alice)--`and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster--' +(Alice began to say `I once tasted--' but checked herself hastily, +and said `No, never') `--so you can have no idea what a delightful +thing a Lobster Quadrille is!' + + `No, indeed,' said Alice. `What sort of a dance is it?' + + `Why,' said the Gryphon, `you first form into a line along the +sea-shore--' + + `Two lines!' cried the Mock Turtle. `Seals, turtles, salmon, +and so on; then, when you've cleared all the jelly-fish out of +the way--' + + `THAT generally takes some time,' interrupted the Gryphon. + + `--you advance twice--' + + `Each with a lobster as a partner!' cried the Gryphon. + + `Of course,' the Mock Turtle said: `advance twice, set to +partners--' + + `--change lobsters, and retire in same order,' continued the +Gryphon. + + `Then, you know,' the Mock Turtle went on, `you throw the--' + + `The lobsters!' shouted the Gryphon, with a bound into the air. + + `--as far out to sea as you can--' + + `Swim after them!' screamed the Gryphon. + + `Turn a somersault in the sea!' cried the Mock Turtle, +capering wildly about. + + `Back to land again, and that's all the first figure,' said the +Mock Turtle, suddenly dropping his voice; and the two creatures, +who had been jumping about like mad things all this time, sat +down again very sadly and quietly, and looked at Alice. + + `It must be a very pretty dance,' said Alice timidly. + + `Would you like to see a little of it?' said the Mock Turtle. + + `Very much indeed,' said Alice. + + `Come, let's try the first figure!' said the Mock Turtle to the +Gryphon. `We can do without lobsters, you know. Which shall +sing?' + + `Oh, YOU sing,' said the Gryphon. `I've forgotten the words.' + + So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now +and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and +waving their forepaws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle +sang this, very slowly and sadly:-- + + +`"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail. +"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my + tail. +See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! +They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the +dance? + +Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the +dance? +Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the +dance? + + +"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be +When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to + sea!" +But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look + askance-- +Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the + dance. + Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join + the dance. + Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join + the dance. + +`"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied. +"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side. +The further off from England the nearer is to France-- +Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance. + + Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the + dance? + Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the + dance?"' + + + + `Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch,' said +Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last: `and I do so +like that curious song about the whiting!' + + `Oh, as to the whiting,' said the Mock Turtle, `they--you've +seen them, of course?' + + `Yes,' said Alice, `I've often seen them at dinn--' she +checked herself hastily. + + `I don't know where Dinn may be,' said the Mock Turtle, `but +if you've seen them so often, of course you know what they're +like.' + + `I believe so,' Alice replied thoughtfully. `They have their +tails in their mouths--and they're all over crumbs.' + + `You're wrong about the crumbs,' said the Mock Turtle: +`crumbs would all wash off in the sea. But they HAVE their tails +in their mouths; and the reason is--' here the Mock Turtle +yawned and shut his eyes.--`Tell her about the reason and all +that,' he said to the Gryphon. + + `The reason is,' said the Gryphon, `that they WOULD go with +the lobsters to the dance. So they got thrown out to sea. So +they had to fall a long way. So they got their tails fast in +their mouths. So they couldn't get them out again. That's all.' + + `Thank you,' said Alice, `it's very interesting. I never knew +so much about a whiting before.' + + `I can tell you more than that, if you like,' said the +Gryphon. `Do you know why it's called a whiting?' + + `I never thought about it,' said Alice. `Why?' + + `IT DOES THE BOOTS AND SHOES.' the Gryphon replied very +solemnly. + + Alice was thoroughly puzzled. `Does the boots and shoes!' she +repeated in a wondering tone. + + `Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said the Gryphon. `I +mean, what makes them so shiny?' + + Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she +gave her answer. `They're done with blacking, I believe.' + + `Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon went on in a deep +voice, `are done with a whiting. Now you know.' + + `And what are they made of?' Alice asked in a tone of great +curiosity. + + `Soles and eels, of course,' the Gryphon replied rather +impatiently: `any shrimp could have told you that.' + + `If I'd been the whiting,' said Alice, whose thoughts were +still running on the song, `I'd have said to the porpoise, "Keep +back, please: we don't want YOU with us!"' + + `They were obliged to have him with them,' the Mock Turtle +said: `no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.' + + `Wouldn't it really?' said Alice in a tone of great surprise. + + `Of course not,' said the Mock Turtle: `why, if a fish came +to ME, and told me he was going a journey, I should say "With +what porpoise?"' + + `Don't you mean "purpose"?' said Alice. + + `I mean what I say,' the Mock Turtle replied in an offended +tone. And the Gryphon added `Come, let's hear some of YOUR +adventures.' + + `I could tell you my adventures--beginning from this morning,' +said Alice a little timidly: `but it's no use going back to +yesterday, because I was a different person then.' + + `Explain all that,' said the Mock Turtle. + + `No, no! The adventures first,' said the Gryphon in an +impatient tone: `explanations take such a dreadful time.' + + So Alice began telling them her adventures from the time when +she first saw the White Rabbit. She was a little nervous about +it just at first, the two creatures got so close to her, one on +each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so VERY wide, but she +gained courage as she went on. Her listeners were perfectly +quiet till she got to the part about her repeating `YOU ARE OLD, +FATHER WILLIAM,' to the Caterpillar, and the words all coming +different, and then the Mock Turtle drew a long breath, and said +`That's very curious.' + + `It's all about as curious as it can be,' said the Gryphon. + + `It all came different!' the Mock Turtle repeated +thoughtfully. `I should like to hear her try and repeat +something now. Tell her to begin.' He looked at the Gryphon as +if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice. + + `Stand up and repeat "'TIS THE VOICE OF THE SLUGGARD,"' said +the Gryphon. + + `How the creatures order one about, and make one repeat +lessons!' thought Alice; `I might as well be at school at once.' +However, she got up, and began to repeat it, but her head was so +full of the Lobster Quadrille, that she hardly knew what she was +saying, and the words came very queer indeed:-- + + `'Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare, + "You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair." + As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose + Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.' + + [later editions continued as follows + When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, + And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, + But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, + His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.] + + `That's different from what I used to say when I was a child,' +said the Gryphon. + + `Well, I never heard it before,' said the Mock Turtle; `but it +sounds uncommon nonsense.' + + Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her +hands, wondering if anything would EVER happen in a natural way +again. + + `I should like to have it explained,' said the Mock Turtle. + + `She can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. `Go on with +the next verse.' + + `But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. `How COULD +he turn them out with his nose, you know?' + + `It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was +dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the +subject. + + `Go on with the next verse,' the Gryphon repeated impatiently: +`it begins "I passed by his garden."' + + Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would +all come wrong, and she went on in a trembling voice:-- + + `I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye, + How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie--' + + [later editions continued as follows + The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat, + While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat. + When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon, + Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon: + While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl, + And concluded the banquet--] + + `What IS the use of repeating all that stuff,' the Mock Turtle +interrupted, `if you don't explain it as you go on? It's by far +the most confusing thing I ever heard!' + + `Yes, I think you'd better leave off,' said the Gryphon: and +Alice was only too glad to do so. + + `Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?' the +Gryphon went on. `Or would you like the Mock Turtle to sing you +a song?' + + `Oh, a song, please, if the Mock Turtle would be so kind,' +Alice replied, so eagerly that the Gryphon said, in a rather +offended tone, `Hm! No accounting for tastes! Sing her "Turtle +Soup," will you, old fellow?' + + The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes +choked with sobs, to sing this:-- + + + `Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, + Waiting in a hot tureen! + Who for such dainties would not stoop? + Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! + Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! + Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! + Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! + Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, + Beautiful, beautiful Soup! + + `Beautiful Soup! Who cares for fish, + Game, or any other dish? + Who would not give all else for two p + ennyworth only of beautiful Soup? + Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? + Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! + Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! + Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, + Beautiful, beauti--FUL SOUP!' + + `Chorus again!' cried the Gryphon, and the Mock Turtle had +just begun to repeat it, when a cry of `The trial's beginning!' +was heard in the distance. + + `Come on!' cried the Gryphon, and, taking Alice by the hand, +it hurried off, without waiting for the end of the song. + + `What trial is it?' Alice panted as she ran; but the Gryphon +only answered `Come on!' and ran the faster, while more and more +faintly came, carried on the breeze that followed them, the +melancholy words:-- + + `Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, + Beautiful, beautiful Soup!' + + + + CHAPTER XI + + Who Stole the Tarts? + + + The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when +they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them--all sorts +of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: +the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on +each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, +with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the +other. In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large +dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice +quite hungry to look at them--`I wish they'd get the trial done,' +she thought, `and hand round the refreshments!' But there seemed +to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about +her, to pass away the time. + + Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had +read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that +she knew the name of nearly everything there. `That's the +judge,' she said to herself, `because of his great wig.' + + The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown +over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he +did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly +not becoming. + + `And that's the jury-box,' thought Alice, `and those twelve +creatures,' (she was obliged to say `creatures,' you see, because +some of them were animals, and some were birds,) `I suppose they +are the jurors.' She said this last word two or three times over +to herself, being rather proud of it: for she thought, and +rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew the +meaning of it at all. However, `jury-men' would have done just +as well. + + The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. +`What are they doing?' Alice whispered to the Gryphon. `They +can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun.' + + `They're putting down their names,' the Gryphon whispered in +reply, `for fear they should forget them before the end of the +trial.' + + `Stupid things!' Alice began in a loud, indignant voice, but +she stopped hastily, for the White Rabbit cried out, `Silence in +the court!' and the King put on his spectacles and looked +anxiously round, to make out who was talking. + + Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their +shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down `stupid things!' +on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them +didn't know how to spell `stupid,' and that he had to ask his +neighbour to tell him. `A nice muddle their slates'll be in +before the trial's over!' thought Alice. + + One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, +Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got +behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it +away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror (it was +Bill, the Lizard) could not make out at all what had become of +it; so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write +with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very +little use, as it left no mark on the slate. + + `Herald, read the accusation!' said the King. + + On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and +then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:-- + + `The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, + All on a summer day: + The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, + And took them quite away!' + + `Consider your verdict,' the King said to the jury. + + `Not yet, not yet!' the Rabbit hastily interrupted. `There's +a great deal to come before that!' + + `Call the first witness,' said the King; and the White Rabbit +blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, `First +witness!' + + The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a teacup in +one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other. `I beg +pardon, your Majesty,' he began, `for bringing these in: but I +hadn't quite finished my tea when I was sent for.' + + `You ought to have finished,' said the King. `When did you +begin?' + + The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into +the court, arm-in-arm with the Dormouse. `Fourteenth of March, I +think it was,' he said. + + `Fifteenth,' said the March Hare. + + `Sixteenth,' added the Dormouse. + + `Write that down,' the King said to the jury, and the jury +eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then +added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence. + + `Take off your hat,' the King said to the Hatter. + + `It isn't mine,' said the Hatter. + + `Stolen!' the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who +instantly made a memorandum of the fact. + + `I keep them to sell,' the Hatter added as an explanation; +`I've none of my own. I'm a hatter.' + + Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the +Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted. + + `Give your evidence,' said the King; `and don't be nervous, or +I'll have you executed on the spot.' + + This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept +shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the +Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his +teacup instead of the bread-and-butter. + + Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which +puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was +beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she +would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she +decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for +her. + + `I wish you wouldn't squeeze so.' said the Dormouse, who was +sitting next to her. `I can hardly breathe.' + + `I can't help it,' said Alice very meekly: `I'm growing.' + + `You've no right to grow here,' said the Dormouse. + + `Don't talk nonsense,' said Alice more boldly: `you know +you're growing too.' + + `Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said the Dormouse: +`not in that ridiculous fashion.' And he got up very sulkily +and crossed over to the other side of the court. + + All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the +Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to +one of the officers of the court, `Bring me the list of the +singers in the last concert!' on which the wretched Hatter +trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off. + + `Give your evidence,' the King repeated angrily, `or I'll have +you executed, whether you're nervous or not.' + + `I'm a poor man, your Majesty,' the Hatter began, in a +trembling voice, `--and I hadn't begun my tea--not above a week +or so--and what with the bread-and-butter getting so thin--and +the twinkling of the tea--' + + `The twinkling of the what?' said the King. + + `It began with the tea,' the Hatter replied. + + `Of course twinkling begins with a T!' said the King sharply. +`Do you take me for a dunce? Go on!' + + `I'm a poor man,' the Hatter went on, `and most things +twinkled after that--only the March Hare said--' + + `I didn't!' the March Hare interrupted in a great hurry. + + `You did!' said the Hatter. + + `I deny it!' said the March Hare. + + `He denies it,' said the King: `leave out that part.' + + `Well, at any rate, the Dormouse said--' the Hatter went on, +looking anxiously round to see if he would deny it too: but the +Dormouse denied nothing, being fast asleep. + + `After that,' continued the Hatter, `I cut some more bread- +and-butter--' + + `But what did the Dormouse say?' one of the jury asked. + + `That I can't remember,' said the Hatter. + + `You MUST remember,' remarked the King, `or I'll have you +executed.' + + The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, +and went down on one knee. `I'm a poor man, your Majesty,' he +began. + + `You're a very poor speaker,' said the King. + + Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately +suppressed by the officers of the court. (As that is rather a +hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had +a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: +into this they slipped the guinea-pig, head first, and then sat +upon it.) + + `I'm glad I've seen that done,' thought Alice. `I've so often +read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, "There was some +attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the +officers of the court," and I never understood what it meant +till now.' + + `If that's all you know about it, you may stand down,' +continued the King. + + `I can't go no lower,' said the Hatter: `I'm on the floor, as +it is.' + + `Then you may SIT down,' the King replied. + + Here the other guinea-pig cheered, and was suppressed. + + `Come, that finished the guinea-pigs!' thought Alice. `Now we +shall get on better.' + + `I'd rather finish my tea,' said the Hatter, with an anxious +look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers. + + `You may go,' said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the +court, without even waiting to put his shoes on. + + `--and just take his head off outside,' the Queen added to one +of the officers: but the Hatter was out of sight before the +officer could get to the door. + + `Call the next witness!' said the King. + + The next witness was the Duchess's cook. She carried the +pepper-box in her hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before +she got into the court, by the way the people near the door began +sneezing all at once. + + `Give your evidence,' said the King. + + `Shan't,' said the cook. + + The King looked anxiously at the White Rabbit, who said in a +low voice, `Your Majesty must cross-examine THIS witness.' + + `Well, if I must, I must,' the King said, with a melancholy +air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till +his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, `What +are tarts made of?' + + `Pepper, mostly,' said the cook. + + `Treacle,' said a sleepy voice behind her. + + `Collar that Dormouse,' the Queen shrieked out. `Behead that +Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of court! Suppress him! Pinch +him! Off with his whiskers!' + + For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the +Dormouse turned out, and, by the time they had settled down +again, the cook had disappeared. + + `Never mind!' said the King, with an air of great relief. +`Call the next witness.' And he added in an undertone to the +Queen, `Really, my dear, YOU must cross-examine the next witness. +It quite makes my forehead ache!' + + Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, +feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like, +`--for they haven't got much evidence YET,' she said to herself. +Imagine her surprise, when the White Rabbit read out, at the top +of his shrill little voice, the name `Alice!' + + + + CHAPTER XII + + Alice's Evidence + + + `Here!' cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the +moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she +jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with +the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads +of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding +her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset +the week before. + + `Oh, I BEG your pardon!' she exclaimed in a tone of great +dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, +for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and +she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once +and put back into the jury-box, or they would die. + + `The trial cannot proceed,' said the King in a very grave +voice, `until all the jurymen are back in their proper places-- +ALL,' he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as +he said do. + + Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she +had put the Lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thing +was waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unable +to move. She soon got it out again, and put it right; `not that +it signifies much,' she said to herself; `I should think it +would be QUITE as much use in the trial one way up as the other.' + + As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of +being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and +handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write +out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed +too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, +gazing up into the roof of the court. + + `What do you know about this business?' the King said to +Alice. + + `Nothing,' said Alice. + + `Nothing WHATEVER?' persisted the King. + + `Nothing whatever,' said Alice. + + `That's very important,' the King said, turning to the jury. +They were just beginning to write this down on their slates, when +the White Rabbit interrupted: `UNimportant, your Majesty means, +of course,' he said in a very respectful tone, but frowning and +making faces at him as he spoke. + + `UNimportant, of course, I meant,' the King hastily said, and +went on to himself in an undertone, `important--unimportant-- +unimportant--important--' as if he were trying which word +sounded best. + + Some of the jury wrote it down `important,' and some +`unimportant.' Alice could see this, as she was near enough to +look over their slates; `but it doesn't matter a bit,' she +thought to herself. + + At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily +writing in his note-book, cackled out `Silence!' and read out +from his book, `Rule Forty-two. ALL PERSONS MORE THAN A MILE +HIGH TO LEAVE THE COURT.' + + Everybody looked at Alice. + + `I'M not a mile high,' said Alice. + + `You are,' said the King. + + `Nearly two miles high,' added the Queen. + + `Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: `besides, +that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.' + + `It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the King. + + `Then it ought to be Number One,' said Alice. + + The King turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily. +`Consider your verdict,' he said to the jury, in a low, trembling +voice. + + `There's more evidence to come yet, please your Majesty,' said +the White Rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry; `this paper has +just been picked up.' + + `What's in it?' said the Queen. + + `I haven't opened it yet,' said the White Rabbit, `but it seems +to be a letter, written by the prisoner to--to somebody.' + + `It must have been that,' said the King, `unless it was +written to nobody, which isn't usual, you know.' + + `Who is it directed to?' said one of the jurymen. + + `It isn't directed at all,' said the White Rabbit; `in fact, +there's nothing written on the OUTSIDE.' He unfolded the paper +as he spoke, and added `It isn't a letter, after all: it's a set +of verses.' + + `Are they in the prisoner's handwriting?' asked another of +they jurymen. + + `No, they're not,' said the White Rabbit, `and that's the +queerest thing about it.' (The jury all looked puzzled.) + + `He must have imitated somebody else's hand,' said the King. +(The jury all brightened up again.) + + `Please your Majesty,' said the Knave, `I didn't write it, and +they can't prove I did: there's no name signed at the end.' + + `If you didn't sign it,' said the King, `that only makes the +matter worse. You MUST have meant some mischief, or else you'd +have signed your name like an honest man.' + + There was a general clapping of hands at this: it was the +first really clever thing the King had said that day. + + `That PROVES his guilt,' said the Queen. + + `It proves nothing of the sort!' said Alice. `Why, you don't +even know what they're about!' + + `Read them,' said the King. + + The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. `Where shall I begin, +please your Majesty?' he asked. + + `Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, `and go on +till you come to the end: then stop.' + + These were the verses the White Rabbit read:-- + + `They told me you had been to her, + And mentioned me to him: + She gave me a good character, + But said I could not swim. + + He sent them word I had not gone + (We know it to be true): + If she should push the matter on, + What would become of you? + + I gave her one, they gave him two, + You gave us three or more; + They all returned from him to you, + Though they were mine before. + + If I or she should chance to be + Involved in this affair, + He trusts to you to set them free, + Exactly as we were. + + My notion was that you had been + (Before she had this fit) + An obstacle that came between + Him, and ourselves, and it. + + Don't let him know she liked them best, + For this must ever be + A secret, kept from all the rest, + Between yourself and me.' + + `That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet,' +said the King, rubbing his hands; `so now let the jury--' + + `If any one of them can explain it,' said Alice, (she had +grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn't a bit +afraid of interrupting him,) `I'll give him sixpence. _I_ don't +believe there's an atom of meaning in it.' + + The jury all wrote down on their slates, `SHE doesn't believe +there's an atom of meaning in it,' but none of them attempted to +explain the paper. + + `If there's no meaning in it,' said the King, `that saves a +world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. And +yet I don't know,' he went on, spreading out the verses on his +knee, and looking at them with one eye; `I seem to see some +meaning in them, after all. "--SAID I COULD NOT SWIM--" you +can't swim, can you?' he added, turning to the Knave. + + The Knave shook his head sadly. `Do I look like it?' he said. +(Which he certainly did NOT, being made entirely of cardboard.) + + `All right, so far,' said the King, and he went on muttering +over the verses to himself: `"WE KNOW IT TO BE TRUE--" that's +the jury, of course-- "I GAVE HER ONE, THEY GAVE HIM TWO--" why, +that must be what he did with the tarts, you know--' + + `But, it goes on "THEY ALL RETURNED FROM HIM TO YOU,"' said +Alice. + + `Why, there they are!' said the King triumphantly, pointing to +the tarts on the table. `Nothing can be clearer than THAT. +Then again--"BEFORE SHE HAD THIS FIT--" you never had fits, my +dear, I think?' he said to the Queen. + + `Never!' said the Queen furiously, throwing an inkstand at the +Lizard as she spoke. (The unfortunate little Bill had left off +writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no +mark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that was +trickling down his face, as long as it lasted.) + + `Then the words don't FIT you,' said the King, looking round +the court with a smile. There was a dead silence. + + `It's a pun!' the King added in an offended tone, and +everybody laughed, `Let the jury consider their verdict,' the +King said, for about the twentieth time that day. + + `No, no!' said the Queen. `Sentence first--verdict afterwards.' + + `Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. `The idea of having +the sentence first!' + + `Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple. + + `I won't!' said Alice. + + `Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. +Nobody moved. + + `Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had grown to her full +size by this time.) `You're nothing but a pack of cards!' + + At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying +down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half +of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on +the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently +brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the +trees upon her face. + + `Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; `Why, what a long +sleep you've had!' + + `Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told +her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange +Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and +when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It WAS a +curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's +getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she +ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been. + + But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her +head on her hand, watching the setting sun, and thinking of +little Alice and all her wonderful Adventures, till she too began +dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream:-- + + First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the +tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes +were looking up into hers--she could hear the very tones of her +voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back +the wandering hair that WOULD always get into her eyes--and +still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place +around her became alive the strange creatures of her little +sister's dream. + + The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried +by--the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the +neighbouring pool--she could hear the rattle of the teacups as +the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, +and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate +guests to execution--once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the +Duchess's knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it--once +more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard's +slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, +filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable +Mock Turtle. + + So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in +Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and +all would change to dull reality--the grass would be only +rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the +reeds--the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep- +bells, and the Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd +boy--and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and +all thy other queer noises, would change (she knew) to the +confused clamour of the busy farm-yard--while the lowing of the +cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle's +heavy sobs. + + Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of +hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how +she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and +loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about +her other little children, and make THEIR eyes bright and eager +with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of +Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their +simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, +remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. + + THE END + diff --git a/autobio.txt b/autobio.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43c4fe8 --- /dev/null +++ b/autobio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3899 @@ + AUTOBIOGRAPHY + by Thomas Jefferson + + + + + AUTOBIOGRAPHY + + 1743 -- 1790 + + _With the Declaration of Independence_ + + January 6, 1821 + + At the age of 77, I begin to make some memoranda and state some +recollections of dates & facts concerning myself, for my own more +ready reference & for the information of my family. + + The tradition in my father's family was that their ancestor +came to this country from Wales, and from near the mountain of +Snowdon, the highest in Gr. Br. I noted once a case from Wales in the +law reports where a person of our name was either pl. or def. and one +of the same name was Secretary to the Virginia company. These are +the only instances in which I have met with the name in that country. +I have found it in our early records, but the first particular +information I have of any ancestor was my grandfather who lived at +the place in Chesterfield called Ozborne's and ownd. the lands +afterwards the glebe of the parish. He had three sons, Thomas who +died young, Field who settled on the waters of Roanoke and left +numerous descendants, and Peter my father, who settled on the lands I +still own called Shadwell adjoining my present residence. He was +born Feb. 29, 1707/8, and intermarried 1739. with Jane Randolph, of +the age of 19. daur of Isham Randolph one of the seven sons of that +name & family settled at Dungeoness in Goochld. They trace their +pedigree far back in England & Scotland, to which let every one +ascribe the faith & merit he chooses. + + My father's education had been quite neglected; but being of a +strong mind, sound judgment and eager after information, he read much +and improved himself insomuch that he was chosen with Joshua Fry +professor of Mathem. in W. & M. college to continue the boundary line +between Virginia & N. Caroline which had been begun by Colo Byrd, and +was afterwards employed with the same Mr. Fry to make the 1st map of +Virginia which had ever been made, that of Capt Smith being merely a +conjectural sketch. They possessed excellent materials for so much +of the country as is below the blue ridge; little being then known +beyond that ridge. He was the 3d or 4th settler of the part of the +country in which I live, which was about 1737. He died Aug. 17. +1757, leaving my mother a widow who lived till 1776, with 6 daurs & +2. sons, myself the elder. To my younger brother he left his estate +on James river called Snowden after the supposed birth-place of the +family. To myself the lands on which I was born & live. He placed +me at the English school at 5. years of age and at the Latin at 9. +where I continued until his death. My teacher Mr. Douglas a +clergyman from Scotland was but a superficial Latinist, less +instructed in Greek, but with the rudiments of these languages he +taught me French, and on the death of my father I went to the revd +Mr. Maury a correct classical scholar, with whom I continued two +years, and then went to Wm. and Mary college, to wit in the spring of +1760, where I continued 2. years. It was my great good fortune, and +what probably fixed the destinies of my life that Dr. Wm. Small of +Scotland was then professor of Mathematics, a man profound in most of +the useful branches of science, with a happy talent of communication, +correct and gentlemanly manners, & an enlarged & liberal mind. He, +most happily for me, became soon attached to me & made me his daily +companion when not engaged in the school; and from his conversation I +got my first views of the expansion of science & of the system of +things in which we are placed. Fortunately the Philosophical chair +became vacant soon after my arrival at college, and he was appointed +to fill it per interim: and he was the first who ever gave in that +college regular lectures in Ethics, Rhetoric & Belles lettres. He +returned to Europe in 1762, having previously filled up the measure +of his goodness to me, by procuring for me, from his most intimate +friend G. Wythe, a reception as a student of law, under his +direction, and introduced me to the acquaintance and familiar table +of Governor Fauquier, the ablest man who had ever filled that office. +With him, and at his table, Dr. Small & Mr. Wythe, his amici omnium +horarum, & myself, formed a partie quarree, & to the habitual +conversations on these occasions I owed much instruction. Mr. Wythe +continued to be my faithful and beloved Mentor in youth, and my most +affectionate friend through life. In 1767, he led me into the +practice of the law at the bar of the General court, at which I +continued until the revolution shut up the courts of justice. [For a +sketch of the life & character of Mr. Wythe see my letter of Aug. 31. +20. to Mr. John Saunderson] + + In 1769, I became a member of the legislature by the choice of +the county in which I live, & continued in that until it was closed +by the revolution. I made one effort in that body for the permission +of the emancipation of slaves, which was rejected: and indeed, during +the regal government, nothing liberal could expect success. Our +minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief +that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country in all +matters of government, to direct all our labors in subservience to +her interests, and even to observe a bigoted intolerance for all +religions but hers. The difficulties with our representatives were +of habit and despair, not of reflection & conviction. Experience +soon proved that they could bring their minds to rights on the first +summons of their attention. But the king's council, which acted as +another house of legislature, held their places at will & were in +most humble obedience to that will: the Governor too, who had a +negative on our laws held by the same tenure, & with still greater +devotedness to it: and last of all the Royal negative closed the last +door to every hope of amelioration. + + On the 1st of January, 1772 I was married to Martha Skelton +widow of Bathurst Skelton, & daughter of John Wayles, then 23. years +old. Mr. Wayles was a lawyer of much practice, to which he was +introduced more by his great industry, punctuality & practical +readiness, than to eminence in the science of his profession. He was +a most agreeable companion, full of pleasantry & good humor, and +welcomed in every society. He acquired a handsome fortune, died in +May, 1773, leaving three daughters, and the portion which came on +that event to Mrs. Jefferson, after the debts should be paid, which +were very considerable, was about equal to my own patrimony, and +consequently doubled the ease of our circumstances. + + When the famous Resolutions of 1765, against the Stamp-act, +were proposed, I was yet a student of law in Wmsbg. I attended the +debate however at the door of the lobby of the H. of Burgesses, & +heard the splendid display of Mr. Henry's talents as a popular +orator. They were great indeed; such as I have never heard from any +other man. He appeared to me to speak as Homer wrote. Mr. Johnson, +a lawyer & member from the Northern Neck, seconded the resolns, & by +him the learning & the logic of the case were chiefly maintained. My +recollections of these transactions may be seen pa. 60, Wirt's life +of P. H., to whom I furnished them. + + In May, 1769, a meeting of the General Assembly was called by +the Govr., Ld. Botetourt. I had then become a member; and to that +meeting became known the joint resolutions & address of the Lords & +Commons of 1768 -- 9, on the proceedings in Massachusetts. +Counter-resolutions, & an address to the King, by the H. of Burgesses +were agreed to with little opposition, & a spirit manifestly +displayed of considering the cause of Massachusetts as a common one. +The Governor dissolved us: but we met the next day in the Apollo of +the Raleigh tavern, formed ourselves into a voluntary convention, +drew up articles of association against the use of any merchandise +imported from Gr. Britain, signed and recommended them to the people, +repaired to our several counties, & were re elected without any other +exception than of the very few who had declined assent to our +proceedings. + + Nothing of particular excitement occurring for a considerable +time our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to +our situation. The duty on tea not yet repealed & the Declaratory +act of a right in the British parl to bind us by their laws in all +cases whatsoever, still suspended over us. But a court of inquiry +held in R. Island in 1762, with a power to send persons to England to +be tried for offences committed here was considered at our session of +the spring of 1773. as demanding attention. Not thinking our old & +leading members up to the point of forwardness & zeal which the times +required, Mr. Henry, R. H. Lee, Francis L. Lee, Mr. Carr & myself +agreed to meet in the evening in a private room of the Raleigh to +consult on the state of things. There may have been a member or two +more whom I do not recollect. We were all sensible that the most +urgent of all measures was that of coming to an understanding with +all the other colonies to consider the British claims as a common +cause to all, & to produce an unity of action: and for this purpose +that a commee of correspondce in each colony would be the best +instrument for intercommunication: and that their first measure would +probably be to propose a meeting of deputies from every colony at +some central place, who should be charged with the direction of the +measures which should be taken by all. We therefore drew up the +resolutions which may be seen in Wirt pa 87. The consulting members +proposed to me to move them, but I urged that it should be done by +Mr. Carr, my friend & brother in law, then a new member to whom I +wished an opportunity should be given of making known to the house +his great worth & talents. It was so agreed; he moved them, they +were agreed to nem. con. and a commee of correspondence appointed of +whom Peyton Randolph, the Speaker, was chairman. The Govr. (then Ld. +Dunmore) dissolved us, but the commee met the next day, prepared a +circular letter to the Speakers of the other colonies, inclosing to +each a copy of the resolns and left it in charge with their chairman +to forward them by expresses. + + The origination of these commees of correspondence between the +colonies has been since claimed for Massachusetts, and Marshall II. +151, has given into this error, altho' the very note of his appendix +to which he refers, shows that their establmt was confined to their +own towns. This matter will be seen clearly stated in a letter of +Samuel Adams Wells to me of Apr. 2., 1819, and my answer of May 12. +I was corrected by the letter of Mr. Wells in the information I had +given Mr. Wirt, as stated in his note, pa. 87, that the messengers of +Massach. & Virga crossed each other on the way bearing similar +propositions, for Mr. Wells shows that Mass. did not adopt the +measure but on the receipt of our proposn delivered at their next +session. Their message therefore which passed ours, must have +related to something else, for I well remember P. Randolph's +informing me of the crossing of our messengers. + + The next event which excited our sympathies for Massachusets +was the Boston port bill, by which that port was to be shut up on the +1st of June, 1774. This arrived while we were in session in the +spring of that year. The lead in the house on these subjects being +no longer left to the old members, Mr. Henry, R. H. Lee, Fr. L. Lee, +3. or 4. other members, whom I do not recollect, and myself, agreeing +that we must boldly take an unequivocal stand in the line with +Massachusetts, determined to meet and consult on the proper measures +in the council chamber, for the benefit of the library in that room. +We were under conviction of the necessity of arousing our people from +the lethargy into which they had fallen as to passing events; and +thought that the appointment of a day of general fasting & prayer +would be most likely to call up & alarm their attention. No example +of such a solemnity had existed since the days of our distresses in +the war of 55. since which a new generation had grown up. With the +help therefore of Rushworth, whom we rummaged over for the +revolutionary precedents & forms of the Puritans of that day, +preserved by him, we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing +their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the Port +bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation & prayer, to +implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us +with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the +King & parliament to moderation & justice. To give greater emphasis +to our proposition, we agreed to wait the next morning on Mr. +Nicholas, whose grave & religious character was more in unison with +the tone of our resolution and to solicit him to move it. We +accordingly went to him in the morning. He moved it the same day; +the 1st of June was proposed and it passed without opposition. The +Governor dissolved us as usual. We retired to the Apollo as before, +agreed to an association, and instructed the commee of correspdce to +propose to the corresponding commees of the other colonies to appoint +deputies to meet in Congress at such place, _annually_, as should be +convenient to direct, from time to time, the measures required by the +general interest: and we declared that an attack on any one colony +should be considered as an attack on the whole. This was in May. We +further recommended to the several counties to elect deputies to meet +at Wmsbg the 1st of Aug ensuing, to consider the state of the colony, +& particularly to appoint delegates to a general Congress, should +that measure be acceded to by the commees of correspdce generally. +It was acceded to, Philadelphia was appointed for the place, and the +5th of Sep. for the time of meeting. We returned home, and in our +several counties invited the clergy to meet assemblies of the people +on the 1st of June, to perform the ceremonies of the day, & to +address to them discourses suited to the occasion. The people met +generally, with anxiety & alarm in their countenances, and the effect +of the day thro' the whole colony was like a shock of electricity, +arousing every man & placing him erect & solidly on his centre. They +chose universally delegates for the convention. Being elected one +for my own county I prepared a draught of instructions to be given to +the delegates whom we should send to the Congress, and which I meant +to propose at our meeting. In this I took the ground which, from the +beginning I had thought the only one orthodox or tenable, which was +that the relation between Gr. Br. and these colonies was exactly the +same as that of England & Scotland after the accession of James & +until the Union, and the same as her present relations with Hanover, +having the same Executive chief but no other necessary political +connection; and that our emigration from England to this country gave +her no more rights over us, than the emigrations of the Danes and +Saxons gave to the present authorities of the mother country over +England. In this doctrine however I had never been able to get any +one to agree with me but Mr. Wythe. He concurred in it from the +first dawn of the question What was the political relation between us +& England? Our other patriots Randolph, the Lees, Nicholas, +Pendleton stopped at the half-way house of John Dickinson who +admitted that England had a right to regulate our commerce, and to +lay duties on it for the purposes of regulation, but not of raising +revenue. But for this ground there was no foundation in compact, in +any acknowledged principles of colonization, nor in reason: +expatriation being a natural right, and acted on as such, by all +nations, in all ages. I set out for Wmsbg some days before that +appointed for our meeting, but was taken ill of a dysentery on the +road, & unable to proceed. I sent on therefore to Wmsbg two copies +of my draught, the one under cover to Peyton Randolph, who I knew +would be in the chair of the convention, the other to Patrick Henry. +Whether Mr. Henry disapproved the ground taken, or was too lazy to +read it (for he was the laziest man in reading I ever knew) I never +learned: but he communicated it to nobody. Peyton Randolph informed +the convention he had received such a paper from a member prevented +by sickness from offering it in his place, and he laid it on the +table for perusal. It was read generally by the members, approved by +many, but thought too bold for the present state of things; but they +printed it in pamphlet form under the title of "A Summary view of the +rights of British America." It found its way to England, was taken up +by the opposition, interpolated a little by Mr. Burke so as to make +it answer opposition purposes, and in that form ran rapidly thro' +several editions. This information I had from Parson Hurt, who +happened at the time to be in London, whether he had gone to receive +clerical orders. And I was informed afterwards by Peyton Randolph +that it had procured me the honor of having my name inserted in a +long list of proscriptions enrolled in a bill of attainder commenced +in one of the houses of parliament, but suppressed in embryo by the +hasty step of events which warned them to be a little cautious. +Montague, agent of the H. of Burgesses in England made extracts from +the bill, copied the names, and sent them to Peyton Randolph. The +names I think were about 20 which he repeated to me, but I recollect +those only of Hancock, the two Adamses, Peyton Randolph himself, +Patrick Henry, & myself. (* 1) The convention met on the 1st of Aug, +renewed their association, appointed delegates to the Congress, gave +them instructions very temperately & properly expressed, both as to +style & matter; and they repaired to Philadelphia at the time +appointed. The splendid proceedings of that Congress at their 1st +session belong to general history, are known to every one, and need +not therefore be noted here. They terminated their session on the +26th of Octob, to meet again on the 10th May ensuing. The convention +at their ensuing session of Mar, '75, approved of the proceedings of +Congress, thanked their delegates and reappointed the same persons to +represent the colony at the meeting to be held in May: and foreseeing +the probability that Peyton Randolph their president and Speaker also +of the H. of B. might be called off, they added me, in that event to +the delegation. + + (* 1) See Girardin's _History of Virginia,_ Appendix No. 12, +note. + + Mr. Randolph was according to expectation obliged to leave the +chair of Congress to attend the Gen. Assembly summoned by Ld. +Dunmore to meet on the 1st day of June 1775. Ld. North's +conciliatory propositions, as they were called, had been received by +the Governor and furnished the subject for which this assembly was +convened. Mr. Randolph accordingly attended, and the tenor of these +propositions being generally known, as having been addressed to all +the governors, he was anxious that the answer of our assembly, likely +to be the first, should harmonize with what he knew to be the +sentiments and wishes of the body he had recently left. He feared +that Mr. Nicholas, whose mind was not yet up to the mark of the +times, would undertake the answer, & therefore pressed me to prepare +an answer. I did so, and with his aid carried it through the house +with long and doubtful scruples from Mr. Nicholas and James Mercer, +and a dash of cold water on it here & there, enfeebling it somewhat, +but finally with unanimity or a vote approaching it. This being +passed, I repaired immediately to Philadelphia, and conveyed to +Congress the first notice they had of it. It was entirely approved +there. I took my seat with them on the 21st of June. On the 24th, a +commee which had been appointed to prepare a declaration of the +causes of taking up arms, brought in their report (drawn I believe by +J. Rutledge) which not being liked they recommitted it on the 26th, +and added Mr. Dickinson and myself to the committee. On the rising +of the house, the commee having not yet met, I happened to find +myself near Govr W. Livingston, and proposed to him to draw the +paper. He excused himself and proposed that I should draw it. On my +pressing him with urgency, "we are as yet but new acquaintances, sir, +said he, why are you so earnest for my doing it?" "Because, said I, +I have been informed that you drew the Address to the people of Gr. +Britain, a production certainly of the finest pen in America." "On +that, says he, perhaps sir you may not have been correctly informed." +I had received the information in Virginia from Colo Harrison on his +return from that Congress. Lee, Livingston & Jay had been the commee +for that draught. The first, prepared by Lee, had been disapproved & +recommitted. The second was drawn by Jay, but being presented by +Govr Livingston, had led Colo Harrison into the error. The next +morning, walking in the hall of Congress, many members being +assembled but the house not yet formed, I observed Mr. Jay, speaking +to R. H. Lee, and leading him by the button of his coat, to me. "I +understand, sir, said he to me, that this gentleman informed you that +Govr Livingston drew the Address to the people of Gr Britain." I +assured him at once that I had not received that information from Mr. +Lee & that not a word had ever passed on the subject between Mr. Lee +& myself; and after some explanations the subject was dropt. These +gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever +very hostile to each other. + + I prepared a draught of the Declaration committed to us. It +was too strong for Mr. Dickinson. He still retained the hope of +reconciliation with the mother country, and was unwilling it should +be lessened by offensive statements. He was so honest a man, & so +able a one that he was greatly indulged even by those who could not +feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and +put it into a form he could approve. He did so, preparing an entire +new statement, and preserving of the former only the last 4. +paragraphs & half of the preceding one. We approved & reported it to +Congress, who accepted it. Congress gave a signal proof of their +indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their great desire not to go too +fast for any respectable part of our body, in permitting him to draw +their second petition to the King according to his own ideas, and +passing it with scarcely any amendment. The disgust against this +humility was general; and Mr. Dickinson's delight at its passage was +the only circumstance which reconciled them to it. The vote being +passed, altho' further observn on it was out of order, he could not +refrain from rising and expressing his satisfaction and concluded by +saying "there is but one word, Mr. President, in the paper which I +disapprove, & that is the word _Congress_," on which Ben Harrison +rose and said "there is but on word in the paper, Mr. President, of +which I approve, and that is the word _Congress._" + + On the 22d of July Dr. Franklin, Mr. Adams, R. H. Lee, & +myself, were appointed a commee to consider and report on Ld. North's +conciliatory resolution. The answer of the Virginia assembly on that +subject having been approved I was requested by the commee to prepare +this report, which will account for the similarity of feature in the +two instruments. + + + On the 15th of May, 1776, the convention of Virginia instructed +their delegates in Congress to propose to that body to declare the +colonies independent of G. Britain, and appointed a commee to prepare +a declaration of rights and plan of government. + + In Congress, Friday June 7. 1776. The delegates from Virginia +moved in obedience to instructions from their constituents that the +Congress should declare that these United colonies are & of right +ought to be free & independent states, that they are absolved from +all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political +connection between them & the state of Great Britain is & ought to +be, totally dissolved; that measures should be immediately taken for +procuring the assistance of foreign powers, and a Confederation be +formed to bind the colonies more closely together. + + The house being obliged to attend at that time to some other +business, the proposition was referred to the next day, when the +members were ordered to attend punctually at ten o'clock. + + Saturday June 8. They proceeded to take it into consideration +and referred it to a committee of the whole, into which they +immediately resolved themselves, and passed that day & Monday the +10th in debating on the subject. + + It was argued by Wilson, Robert R. Livingston, E. Rutledge, +Dickinson and others + + That tho' they were friends to the measures themselves, and saw +the impossibility that we should ever again be united with Gr. +Britain, yet they were against adopting them at this time: + + That the conduct we had formerly observed was wise & proper +now, of deferring to take any capital step till the voice of the +people drove us into it: + + That they were our power, & without them our declarations could +not be carried into effect; + + That the people of the middle colonies (Maryland, Delaware, +Pennsylva, the Jerseys & N. York) were not yet ripe for bidding adieu +to British connection, but that they were fast ripening & in a short +time would join in the general voice of America: + + That the resolution entered into by this house on the 15th of +May for suppressing the exercise of all powers derived from the +crown, had shown, by the ferment into which it had thrown these +middle colonies, that they had not yet accommodated their minds to a +separation from the mother country: + + That some of them had expressly forbidden their delegates to +consent to such a declaration, and others had given no instructions, +& consequently no powers to give such consent: + + That if the delegates of any particular colony had no power to +declare such colony independant, certain they were the others could +not declare it for them; the colonies being as yet perfectly +independant of each other: + + That the assembly of Pennsylvania was now sitting above stairs, +their convention would sit within a few days, the convention of New +York was now sitting, & those of the Jerseys & Delaware counties +would meet on the Monday following, & it was probable these bodies +would take up the question of Independance & would declare to their +delegates the voice of their state: + + That if such a declaration should now be agreed to, these +delegates must retire & possibly their colonies might secede from the +Union: + + That such a secession would weaken us more than could be +compensated by any foreign alliance: + + That in the event of such a division, foreign powers would +either refuse to join themselves to our fortunes, or, having us so +much in their power as that desperate declaration would place us, +they would insist on terms proportionably more hard and prejudicial: + + That we had little reason to expect an alliance with those to +whom alone as yet we had cast our eyes: + + That France & Spain had reason to be jealous of that rising +power which would one day certainly strip them of all their American +possessions: + + That it was more likely they should form a connection with the +British court, who, if they should find themselves unable otherwise +to extricate themselves from their difficulties, would agree to a +partition of our territories, restoring Canada to France, & the +Floridas to Spain, to accomplish for themselves a recovery of these +colonies: + + That it would not be long before we should receive certain +information of the disposition of the French court, from the agent +whom we had sent to Paris for that purpose: + + That if this disposition should be favorable, by waiting the +event of the present campaign, which we all hoped would be +successful, we should have reason to expect an alliance on better +terms: + + That this would in fact work no delay of any effectual aid from +such ally, as, from the advance of the season & distance of our +situation, it was impossible we could receive any assistance during +this campaign: + + That it was prudent to fix among ourselves the terms on which +we should form alliance, before we declared we would form one at all +events: + + And that if these were agreed on, & our Declaration of +Independance ready by the time our Ambassador should be prepared to +sail, it would be as well as to go into that Declaration at this day. + + On the other side it was urged by J. Adams, Lee, Wythe, and +others + + That no gentleman had argued against the policy or the right of +separation from Britain, nor had supposed it possible we should ever +renew our connection; that they had only opposed its being now +declared: + + That the question was not whether, by a declaration of +independance, we should make ourselves what we are not; but whether +we should declare a fact which already exists: + + That as to the people or parliament of England, we had alwais +been independent of them, their restraints on our trade deriving +efficacy from our acquiescence only, & not from any rights they +possessed of imposing them, & that so far our connection had been +federal only & was now dissolved by the commencement of hostilities: + + That as to the King, we had been bound to him by allegiance, +but that this bond was now dissolved by his assent to the late act of +parliament, by which he declares us out of his protection, and by his +levying war on us, a fact which had long ago proved us out of his +protection; it being a certain position in law that allegiance & +protection are reciprocal, the one ceasing when the other is +withdrawn: + + That James the IId. never declared the people of England out of +his protection yet his actions proved it & the parliament declared +it: + + No delegates then can be denied, or ever want, a power of +declaring an existing truth: + + That the delegates from the Delaware counties having declared +their constituents ready to join, there are only two colonies +Pennsylvania & Maryland whose delegates are absolutely tied up, and +that these had by their instructions only reserved a right of +confirming or rejecting the measure: + + That the instructions from Pennsylvania might be accounted for +from the times in which they were drawn, near a twelvemonth ago, +since which the face of affairs has totally changed: + + That within that time it had become apparent that Britain was +determined to accept nothing less than a carte-blanche, and that the +King's answer to the Lord Mayor Aldermen & common council of London, +which had come to hand four days ago, must have satisfied every one +of this point: + + That the people wait for us to lead the way: + + That _they_ are in favour of the measure, tho' the instructions +given by some of their _representatives_ are not: + + That the voice of the representatives is not always consonant +with the voice of the people, and that this is remarkably the case in +these middle colonies: + + That the effect of the resolution of the 15th of May has proved +this, which, raising the murmurs of some in the colonies of +Pennsylvania & Maryland, called forth the opposing voice of the freer +part of the people, & proved them to be the majority, even in these +colonies: + + That the backwardness of these two colonies might be ascribed +partly to the influence of proprietary power & connections, & partly +to their having not yet been attacked by the enemy: + + That these causes were not likely to be soon removed, as there +seemed no probability that the enemy would make either of these the +seat of this summer's war: + + That it would be vain to wait either weeks or months for +perfect unanimity, since it was impossible that all men should ever +become of one sentiment on any question: + + That the conduct of some colonies from the beginning of this +contest, had given reason to suspect it was their settled policy to +keep in the rear of the confederacy, that their particular prospect +might be better, even in the worst event: + + That therefore it was necessary for those colonies who had +thrown themselves forward & hazarded all from the beginning, to come +forward now also, and put all again to their own hazard: + + That the history of the Dutch revolution, of whom three states +only confederated at first proved that a secession of some colonies +would not be so dangerous as some apprehended: + + That a declaration of Independence alone could render it +consistent with European delicacy for European powers to treat with +us, or even to receive an Ambassador from us: + + That till this they would not receive our vessels into their +ports, nor acknowledge the adjudications of our courts of admiralty +to be legitimate, in cases of capture of British vessels: + + That though France & Spain may be jealous of our rising power, +they must think it will be much more formidable with the addition of +Great Britain; and will therefore see it their interest to prevent a +coalition; but should they refuse, we shall be but where we are; +whereas without trying we shall never know whether they will aid us +or not: + + That the present campaign may be unsuccessful, & therefore we +had better propose an alliance while our affairs wear a hopeful +aspect: + + That to await the event of this campaign will certainly work +delay, because during this summer France may assist us effectually by +cutting off those supplies of provisions from England & Ireland on +which the enemy's armies here are to depend; or by setting in motion +the great power they have collected in the West Indies, & calling our +enemy to the defence of the possessions they have there: + + That it would be idle to lose time in settling the terms of +alliance, till we had first determined we would enter into alliance: + + That it is necessary to lose no time in opening a trade for our +people, who will want clothes, and will want money too for the +paiment of taxes: + + And that the only misfortune is that we did not enter into +alliance with France six months sooner, as besides opening their +ports for the vent of our last year's produce, they might have +marched an army into Germany and prevented the petty princes there +from selling their unhappy subjects to subdue us. + + It appearing in the course of these debates that the colonies +of N. York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South +Carolina were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem, but +that they were fast advancing to that state, it was thought most +prudent to wait a while for them, and to postpone the final decision +to July 1. but that this might occasion as little delay as possible a +committee was appointed to prepare a declaration of independence. +The commee were J. Adams, Dr. Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert R. +Livingston & myself. Committees were also appointed at the same time +to prepare a plan of confederation for the colonies, and to state the +terms proper to be proposed for foreign alliance. The committee for +drawing the declaration of Independence desired me to do it. It was +accordingly done, and being approved by them, I reported it to the +house on Friday the 28th of June when it was read and ordered to lie +on the table. On Monday, the 1st of July the house resolved itself +into a commee of the whole & resumed the consideration of the +original motion made by the delegates of Virginia, which being again +debated through the day, was carried in the affirmative by the votes +of N. Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, N. Jersey, +Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, & Georgia. S. Carolina and +Pennsylvania voted against it. Delaware having but two members +present, they were divided. The delegates for New York declared they +were for it themselves & were assured their constituents were for it, +but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth +before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were +enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They +therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either +side, and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given +them. The commee rose & reported their resolution to the house. Mr. +Edward Rutledge of S. Carolina then requested the determination might +be put off to the next day, as he believed his colleagues, tho' they +disapproved of the resolution, would then join in it for the sake of +unanimity. The ultimate question whether the house would agree to +the resolution of the committee was accordingly postponed to the next +day, when it was again moved and S. Carolina concurred in voting for +it. In the meantime a third member had come post from the Delaware +counties and turned the vote of that colony in favour of the +resolution. Members of a different sentiment attending that morning +from Pennsylvania also, their vote was changed, so that the whole 12 +colonies who were authorized to vote at all, gave their voices for +it; and within a few days, the convention of N. York approved of it +and thus supplied the void occasioned by the withdrawing of her +delegates from the vote. + + Congress proceeded the same day to consider the declaration of +Independance which had been reported & lain on the table the Friday +preceding, and on Monday referred to a commee of the whole. The +pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms +with, still haunted the minds of many. For this reason those +passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck +out, lest they should give them offence. The clause too, reprobating +the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa, was struck out in +complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted +to restrain the importation of slaves, and who on the contrary still +wished to continue it. Our northern brethren also I believe felt a +little tender under those censures; for tho' their people have very +few slaves themselves yet they had been pretty considerable carriers +of them to others. The debates having taken up the greater parts of +the 2d 3d & 4th days of July were, in the evening of the last, closed +the declaration was reported by the commee, agreed to by the house +and signed by every member present except Mr. Dickinson. As the +sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what +they reject also, I will state the form of the declaration as +originally reported. The parts struck out by Congress shall be +distinguished by a black line drawn under them; & those inserted by +them shall be placed in the margin or in a concurrent column. + + + A Declaration by the Representatives of the + United States of America, in General + Congress Assembled. + + When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one +people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with +another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate & +equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle +them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they +should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. + + We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are +created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with *inherent +and* [certain] inalienable rights; that among these are life, +liberty, & the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, +governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from +the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government +becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to +alter or abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it's +foundation on such principles, & organizing it's powers in such form, +as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness. +Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should +not be changed for light & transient causes; and accordingly all +experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while +evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the +forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses +& usurpations *begun at a distinguished period and* pursuing +invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under +absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off +such government, & to provide new guards for their future security. +Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; & such is now +the necessity which constrains them to *expunge* [alter] their former +systems of government. The history of the present king of Great +Britain is a history of *unremitting* [repeated] injuries & +usurpations, *among which appears no solitary fact to contradict the +uniform tenor of the rest but all have* [all having] in direct object +the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove +this let facts be submitted to a candid world *for the truth of which +we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.* + + He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome & +necessary for the public good. + + He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate & +pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his +assent should be obtained; & when so suspended, he has utterly +neglected to attend to them. + + He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of +large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the +right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to +them, & formidable to tyrants only. + + He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, +uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public +records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with +his measures. + + He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly *& +continually* for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the +rights of the people. + + He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions to cause +others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers, incapable of +annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their +exercise, the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the +dangers of invasion from without & convulsions within. + + He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; +for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of +foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations +hither, & raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. + + He has *suffered* [obstructed] the administration of justice +*totally to cease in some of these states* [by] refusing his [assent +to laws for establishing judiciary powers. + + He has made *our* judges dependant on his will alone, for the +tenure of their offices, & the amount & paiment of their salaries. + + He has erected a multitude of new offices *by a self assumed +power* and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people +and eat out their substance. + + He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies *and +ships of war* without the consent of our legislatures. + + He has affected to render the military independant of, & +superior to the civil power. + + He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction +foreign to our constitutions & unacknowledged by our laws, giving his +assent to their acts of pretended legislation for quartering large +bodies of armed troops among us; for protecting them by a mock-trial +from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the +inhabitants of these states; for cutting off our trade with all parts +of the world; for imposing taxes on us without our consent; for +depriving us [ ] [in many cases] of the benefits of trial by jury; +for transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences; +for abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring +province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging +it's boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit +instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these *states* +[colonies]; for taking away our charters, abolishing our most +valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our +governments; for suspending our own legislatures, & declaring +themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases +whatsoever. + + He has abdicated government here *withdrawing his governors, +and declaring us out of his allegiance & protection*. [by declaring +us out of his protection, and waging war against us.] + + He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, +& destroyed the lives of our people. + + He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign +mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation & tyranny +already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy [ ] [scarcely +paralleled in the most barbarous ages, & totally] unworthy the head +of a civilized nation. + + He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the +high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the +executioners of their friends & brethren, or to fall themselves by +their hands. + + He has [excited domestic insurrection among us, & has] +endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless +Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished +destruction of all ages, sexes, & conditions *of existence.* + + *He has incited treasonable insurrections of our +fellow-citizens, with the allurements of forfeiture & confiscation of +our property.* + + *He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating +it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a +distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them +into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in +their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobium +of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great +Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought +& sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every +legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable +commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of +distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in +arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived +them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them: thus +paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one +people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES +of another.* + + In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for +redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been +answered only by repeated injuries. + + A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may +define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a [ ] [free] people *who +mean to be free. Future ages will scarcely believe that the +hardiness of one man adventured, within the short compass of twelve +years only, to lay a foundation so broad & so undisguised for tyranny +over a people fostered & fixed in principles of freedom.* + + Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. +We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their +legislature to extend *a* [an unwarrantable] jurisdiction over *these +our states* [us]. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our +emigration & settlement here, *no one of which could warrant so +strange a pretension: that these were effected at the expense of our +own blood & treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of +Great Britain: that in constituting indeed our several forms of +government, we had adopted one common king, thereby laying a +foundation for perpetual league & amity with them: but that +submission to their parliament was no part of our constitution, nor +ever in idea, if history may be credited: and*, we [ ] [have] +appealed to their native justice and magnanimity *as well as to* [and +we have conjured them by] the ties of our common kindred to disavow +these usurpations which *were likely to* [would inevitably] interrupt +our connection and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the +voice of justice & of consanguinity, *and when occasions have been +given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from +their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their +free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too +they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only +soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch & foreign mercenaries to +invade & destroy us. These facts have given the last stab to +agonizing affection, and manly spirit bids us to renounce forever +these unfeeling brethren. We must [We must therefore] endeavor to +forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of +mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been a free +and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur & of +freedom it seems is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will +have it. The road to happiness & to glory is open to us too. We +will tread it apart from them, and* acquiesce in the necessity which +denounces our *eternal* separation [ ] [and hold them as we hold the +rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.]! + + We therefore the representatives We therefore the +representatives + of the United States of of the United States of + America in General Congress America in General Congress + assembled do in the name & assembled, appealing to the + by authority of the good supreme judge of the world + people of these *states reject for the rectitude of our + & renounce all allegiance & intentions, do in the name, & by + subjection to the kings of the authority of the good + Great Britain & all others people of these colonies, + who may hereafter claim by, solemnly publish & declare that + through or under them: we these united colonies are & + utterly dissolve all political* of right ought to be free & + + *connection which may independent states; that they + heretofore have subsisted are absolved from all allegiance + between us & the people or to the British crown, + parliament of Great Britain: and that all political + & finally we do assert & connection between them & the + declare these colonies to be free state of Great Britain is, & + & independent states,* & that ought to be, totally + as free & independent states, dissolved; & that as free & + they have full power to levy independent states they have + war, conclude peace, contract full power to levy war, + alliances, establish commerce, conclude peace, contract + & to do all other acts & alliances, establish commerce & + things which independent to do all other acts & things + states may of right do. which independent states + may of right do. + + And for the support of And for the support of this + this declaration we mutually declaration, with a firm + pledge to each other our reliance on the protection of + lives, our fortunes, & our divine providence we mutually + sacred honor. pledge to each other our + lives, our fortunes, & our + sacred honor. + + + The Declaration thus signed on the 4th, on paper was engrossed +on parchment, & signed again on the 2d. of August. + + + Some erroneous statements of the proceedings on the declaration +of independence having got before the public in latter times, Mr. +Samuel A. Wells asked explanations of me, which are given in my +letter to him of May 12. 19. before and now again referred to. I +took notes in my place while these things were going on, and at their +close wrote them out in form and with correctness and from 1 to 7 of +the two preceding sheets are the originals then written; as the two +following are of the earlier debates on the Confederation, which I +took in like manner. + + On Friday July 12. the Committee appointed to draw the articles +of confederation reported them, and on the 22d. the house resolved +themselves into a committee to take them into consideration. On the +30th. & 31st. of that month & 1st. of the ensuing, those articles +were debated which determined the proportion or quota of money which +each state should furnish to the common treasury, and the manner of +voting in Congress. The first of these articles was expressed in the +original draught in these words. "Art. XI. All charges of war & all +other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence, or +general welfare, and allowed by the United States assembled, shall be +defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the +several colonies in proportion to the number of inhabitants of every +age, sex & quality, except Indians not paying taxes, in each colony, +a true account of which, distinguishing the white inhabitants, shall +be triennially taken & transmitted to the Assembly of the United +States." + + Mr. [Samuel] Chase moved that the quotas should be fixed, not +by the number of inhabitants of every condition, but by that of the +"white inhabitants." He admitted that taxation should be alwais in +proportion to property, that this was in theory the true rule, but +that from a variety of difficulties, it was a rule which could never +be adopted in practice. The value of the property in every State +could never be estimated justly & equally. Some other measure for +the wealth of the State must therefore be devised, some standard +referred to which would be more simple. He considered the number of +inhabitants as a tolerably good criterion of property, and that this +might alwais be obtained. He therefore thought it the best mode +which we could adopt, with one exception only. He observed that +negroes are property, and as such cannot be distinguished from the +lands or personalities held in those States where there are few +slaves, that the surplus of profit which a Northern farmer is able to +lay by, he invests in cattle, horses, &c. whereas a Southern farmer +lays out that same surplus in slaves. There is no more reason +therefore for taxing the Southern states on the farmer's head, & on +his slave's head, than the Northern ones on their farmer's heads & +the heads of their cattle, that the method proposed would therefore +tax the Southern states according to their numbers & their wealth +conjunctly, while the Northern would be taxed on numbers only: that +negroes in fact should not be considered as members of the state more +than cattle & that they have no more interest in it. + + Mr. John Adams observed that the numbers of people were taken +by this article as an index of the wealth of the state, & not as +subjects of taxation, that as to this matter it was of no consequence +by what name you called your people, whether by that of freemen or of +slaves. That in some countries the labouring poor were called +freemen, in others they were called slaves; but that the difference +as to the state was imaginary only. What matters it whether a +landlord employing ten labourers in his farm, gives them annually as +much money as will buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them +those necessaries at short hand. The ten labourers add as much +wealth annually to the state, increase it's exports as much in the +one case as the other. Certainly 500 freemen produce no more +profits, no greater surplus for the paiment of taxes than 500 slaves. +Therefore the state in which are the labourers called freemen should +be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose +by any extraordinary operation of nature or of law one half the +labourers of a state could in the course of one night be transformed +into slaves: would the state be made the poorer or the less able to +pay taxes? That the condition of the laboring poor in most +countries, that of the fishermen particularly of the Northern states, +is as abject as that of slaves. It is the number of labourers which +produce the surplus for taxation, and numbers therefore +indiscriminately, are the fair index of wealth. That it is the use +of the word "property" here, & it's application to some of the people +of the state, which produces the fallacy. How does the Southern +farmer procure slaves? Either by importation or by purchase from his +neighbor. If he imports a slave, he adds one to the number of +labourers in his country, and proportionably to it's profits & +abilities to pay taxes. If he buys from his neighbor it is only a +transfer of a labourer from one farm to another, which does not +change the annual produce of the state, & therefore should not change +it's tax. That if a Northern farmer works ten labourers on his farm, +he can, it is true, invest the surplus of ten men's labour in cattle: +but so may the Southern farmer working ten slaves. That a state of +one hundred thousand freemen can maintain no more cattle than one of +one hundred thousand slaves. Therefore they have no more of that +kind of property. That a slave may indeed from the custom of speech +be more properly called the wealth of his master, than the free +labourer might be called the wealth of his employer: but as to the +state, both were equally it's wealth, and should therefore equally +add to the quota of it's tax. + + Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison proposed as a compromise, that two +slaves should be counted as one freeman. He affirmed that slaves did +not do so much work as freemen, and doubted if two effected more than +one. That this was proved by the price of labor. The hire of a +labourer in the Southern colonies being from 8 to pound 12. while in +the Northern it was generally pound 24. + + Mr. [James] Wilson said that if this amendment should take +place the Southern colonies would have all the benefit of slaves, +whilst the Northern ones would bear the burthen. That slaves +increase the profits of a state, which the Southern states mean to +take to themselves; that they also increase the burthen of defence, +which would of course fall so much the heavier on the Northern. That +slaves occupy the places of freemen and eat their food. Dismiss your +slaves & freemen will take their places. It is our duty to lay every +discouragement on the importation of slaves; but this amendment would +give the jus trium liberorum to him who would import slaves. That +other kinds of property were pretty equally distributed thro' all the +colonies: there were as many cattle, horses, & sheep, in the North as +the South, & South as the North; but not so as to slaves. That +experience has shown that those colonies have been alwais able to pay +most which have the most inhabitants, whether they be black or white, +and the practice of the Southern colonies has alwais been to make +every farmer pay poll taxes upon all his labourers whether they be +black or white. He acknowledges indeed that freemen work the most; +but they consume the most also. They do not produce a greater +surplus for taxation. The slave is neither fed nor clothed so +expensively as a freeman. Again white women are exempted from labor +generally, but negro women are not. In this then the Southern states +have an advantage as the article now stands. It has sometimes been +said that slavery is necessary because the commodities they raise +would be too dear for market if cultivated by freemen; but now it is +said that the labor of the slave is the dearest. + + Mr. Payne urged the original resolution of Congress, to +proportion the quotas of the states to the number of souls. + + Dr. [John] Witherspoon was of opinion that the value of lands & +houses was the best estimate of the wealth of a nation, and that it +was practicable to obtain such a valuation. This is the true +barometer of wealth. The one now proposed is imperfect in itself, +and unequal between the States. It has been objected that negroes +eat the food of freemen & therefore should be taxed. Horses also eat +the food of freemen; therefore they also should be taxed. It has +been said too that in carrying slaves into the estimate of the taxes +the state is to pay, we do no more than those states themselves do, +who alwais take slaves into the estimate of the taxes the individual +is to pay. But the cases are not parallel. In the Southern colonies +slaves pervade the whole colony; but they do not pervade the whole +continent. That as to the original resolution of Congress to +proportion the quotas according to the souls, it was temporary only, +& related to the monies heretofore emitted: whereas we are now +entering into a new compact, and therefore stand on original ground. + + Aug 1. The question being put the amendment proposed was +rejected by the votes of N. Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode island, +Connecticut, N. York, N. Jersey, & Pennsylvania, against those of +Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North & South Carolina. Georgia was +divided. + + The other article was in these words. "Art. XVII. In +determining questions each colony shall have one vote." + + + July 30. 31. Aug 1. Present 41. members. Mr. Chase observed +that this article was the most likely to divide us of any one +proposed in the draught then under consideration. That the larger +colonies had threatened they would not confederate at all if their +weight in congress should not be equal to the numbers of people they +added to the confederacy; while the smaller ones declared against a +union if they did not retain an equal vote for the protection of +their rights. That it was of the utmost consequence to bring the +parties together, as should we sever from each other, either no +foreign power will ally with us at all, or the different states will +form different alliances, and thus increase the horrors of those +scenes of civil war and bloodshed which in such a state of separation +& independance would render us a miserable people. That our +importance, our interests, our peace required that we should +confederate, and that mutual sacrifices should be made to effect a +compromise of this difficult question. He was of opinion the smaller +colonies would lose their rights, if they were not in some instances +allowed an equal vote; and therefore that a discrimination should +take place among the questions which would come before Congress. +That the smaller states should be secured in all questions concerning +life or liberty & the greater ones in all respecting property. He +therefore proposed that in votes relating to money, the voice of each +colony should be proportioned to the number of its inhabitants. + + Dr. Franklin thought that the votes should be so proportioned +in all cases. He took notice that the Delaware counties had bound up +their Delegates to disagree to this article. He thought it a very +extraordinary language to be held by any state, that they would not +confederate with us unless we would let them dispose of our money. +Certainly if we vote equally we ought to pay equally; but the smaller +states will hardly purchase the privilege at this price. That had he +lived in a state where the representation, originally equal, had +become unequal by time & accident he might have submitted rather than +disturb government; but that we should be very wrong to set out in +this practice when it is in our power to establish what is right. +That at the time of the Union between England and Scotland the latter +had made the objection which the smaller states now do. But +experience had proved that no unfairness had ever been shown them. +That their advocates had prognosticated that it would again happen as +in times of old, that the whale would swallow Jonas, but he thought +the prediction reversed in event and that Jonas had swallowed the +whale, for the Scotch had in fact got possession of the government +and gave laws to the English. He reprobated the original agreement +of Congress to vote by colonies and therefore was for their voting in +all cases according to the number of taxables. + + + Dr. Witherspoon opposed every alteration of the article. All +men admit that a confederacy is necessary. Should the idea get +abroad that there is likely to be no union among us, it will damp the +minds of the people, diminish the glory of our struggle, & lessen +it's importance; because it will open to our view future prospects of +war & dissension among ourselves. If an equal vote be refused, the +smaller states will become vassals to the larger; & all experience +has shown that the vassals & subjects of free states are the most +enslaved. He instanced the Helots of Sparta & the provinces of Rome. +He observed that foreign powers discovering this blemish would make +it a handle for disengaging the smaller states from so unequal a +confederacy. That the colonies should in fact be considered as +individuals; and that as such, in all disputes they should have an +equal vote; that they are now collected as individuals making a +bargain with each other, & of course had a right to vote as +individuals. That in the East India company they voted by persons, & +not by their proportion of stock. That the Belgic confederacy voted +by provinces. That in questions of war the smaller states were as +much interested as the larger, & therefore should vote equally; and +indeed that the larger states were more likely to bring war on the +confederacy in proportion as their frontier was more extensive. He +admitted that equality of representation was an excellent principle, +but then it must be of things which are coordinate; that is, of +things similar & of the same nature: that nothing relating to +individuals could ever come before Congress; nothing but what would +respect colonies. He distinguished between an incorporating & a +federal union. The union of England was an incorporating one; yet +Scotland had suffered by that union: for that it's inhabitants were +drawn from it by the hopes of places & employments. Nor was it an +instance of equality of representation; because while Scotland was +allowed nearly a thirteenth of representation they were to pay only +one fortieth of the land tax. He expressed his hopes that in the +present enlightened state of men's minds we might expect a lasting +confederacy, if it was founded on fair principles. + + John Adams advocated the voting in proportion to numbers. He +said that we stand here as the representatives of the people. That +in some states the people are many, in others they are few; that +therefore their vote here should be proportioned to the numbers from +whom it comes. Reason, justice, & equity never had weight enough on +the face of the earth to govern the councils of men. It is interest +alone which does it, and it is interest alone which can be trusted. +That therefore the interests within doors should be the mathematical +representatives of the interests without doors. That the +individuality of the colonies is a mere sound. Does the +individuality of a colony increase it's wealth or numbers. If it +does, pay equally. If it does not add weight in the scale of the +confederacy, it cannot add to their rights, nor weigh in argument. +A. has pound 50. B. pound 500. C. pound 1000. in partnership. Is it +just they should equally dispose of the monies of the partnership? +It has been said we are independent individuals making a bargain +together. The question is not what we are now, but what we ought to +be when our bargain shall be made. The confederacy is to make us one +individual only; it is to form us, like separate parcels of metal, +into one common mass. We shall no longer retain our separate +individuality, but become a single individual as to all questions +submitted to the confederacy. Therefore all those reasons which +prove the justice & expediency of equal representation in other +assemblies, hold good here. It has been objected that a proportional +vote will endanger the smaller states. We answer that an equal vote +will endanger the larger. Virginia, Pennsylvania, & Massachusetts +are the three greater colonies. Consider their distance, their +difference of produce, of interests & of manners, & it is apparent +they can never have an interest or inclination to combine for the +oppression of the smaller. That the smaller will naturally divide on +all questions with the larger. Rhode isld, from it's relation, +similarity & intercourse will generally pursue the same objects with +Massachusetts; Jersey, Delaware & Maryland, with Pennsylvania. + + Dr. [Benjamin] Rush took notice that the decay of the liberties +of the Dutch republic proceeded from three causes. 1. The perfect +unanimity requisite on all occasions. 2. Their obligation to consult +their constituents. 3. Their voting by provinces. This last +destroyed the equality of representation, and the liberties of great +Britain also are sinking from the same defect. That a part of our +rights is deposited in the hands of our legislatures. There it was +admitted there should be an equality of representation. Another part +of our rights is deposited in the hands of Congress: why is it not +equally necessary there should be an equal representation there? +Were it possible to collect the whole body of the people together, +they would determine the questions submitted to them by their +majority. Why should not the same majority decide when voting here +by their representatives? The larger colonies are so providentially +divided in situation as to render every fear of their combining +visionary. Their interests are different, & their circumstances +dissimilar. It is more probable they will become rivals & leave it +in the power of the smaller states to give preponderance to any scale +they please. The voting by the number of free inhabitants will have +one excellent effect, that of inducing the colonies to discourage +slavery & to encourage the increase of their free inhabitants. + + Mr. [Stephen] Hopkins observed there were 4 larger, 4 smaller, +& 4 middle-sized colonies. That the 4 largest would contain more +than half the inhabitants of the confederated states, & therefore +would govern the others as they should please. That history affords +no instance of such a thing as equal representation. The Germanic +body votes by states. The Helvetic body does the same; & so does the +Belgic confederacy. That too little is known of the ancient +confederations to say what was their practice. + + Mr. Wilson thought that taxation should be in proportion to +wealth, but that representation should accord with the number of +freemen. That government is a collection or result of the wills of +all. That if any government could speak the will of all, it would be +perfect; and that so far as it departs from this it becomes +imperfect. It has been said that Congress is a representation of +states; not of individuals. I say that the objects of its care are +all the individuals of the states. It is strange that annexing the +name of "State" to ten thousand men, should give them an equal right +with forty thousand. This must be the effect of magic, not of +reason. As to those matters which are referred to Congress, we are +not so many states, we are one large state. We lay aside our +individuality, whenever we come here. The Germanic body is a +burlesque on government; and their practice on any point is a +sufficient authority & proof that it is wrong. The greatest +imperfection in the constitution of the Belgic confederacy is their +voting by provinces. The interest of the whole is constantly +sacrificed to that of the small states. The history of the war in +the reign of Q. Anne sufficiently proves this. It is asked shall +nine colonies put it into the power of four to govern them as they +please? I invert the question, and ask shall two millions of people +put it in the power of one million to govern them as they please? It +is pretended too that the smaller colonies will be in danger from the +greater. Speak in honest language & say the minority will be in +danger from the majority. And is there an assembly on earth where +this danger may not be equally pretended? The truth is that our +proceedings will then be consentaneous with the interests of the +majority, and so they ought to be. The probability is much greater +that the larger states will disagree than that they will combine. I +defy the wit of man to invent a possible case or to suggest any one +thing on earth which shall be for the interests of Virginia, +Pennsylvania & Massachusetts, and which will not also be for the +interest of the other states. + + * * * + + These articles reported July 12. 76 were debated from day to +day, & time to time for two years, were ratified July 9, '78, by 10 +states, by N. Jersey on the 26th. of Nov. of the same year, and by +Delaware on the 23d. of Feb. following. Maryland alone held off 2 +years more, acceding to them Mar 1, 81. and thus closing the +obligation. + + Our delegation had been renewed for the ensuing year commencing +Aug. 11. but the new government was now organized, a meeting of the +legislature was to be held in Oct. and I had been elected a member by +my county. I knew that our legislation under the regal government +had many very vicious points which urgently required reformation, and +I thought I could be of more use in forwarding that work. I +therefore retired from my seat in Congress on the 2d. of Sep. +resigned it, and took my place in the legislature of my state, on the +7th. of October. + + On the 11th. I moved for leave to bring in a bill for the +establishmt of courts of justice, the organization of which was of +importance; I drew the bill it was approved by the commee, reported +and passed after going thro' it's due course. + + On the 12th. I obtained leave to bring in a bill declaring +tenants in tail to hold their lands in fee simple. In the earlier +times of the colony when lands were to be obtained for little or +nothing, some provident individuals procured large grants, and, +desirous of founding great families for themselves, settled them on +their descendants in fee-tail. The transmission of this property +from generation to generation in the same name raised up a distinct +set of families who, being privileged by law in the perpetuation of +their wealth were thus formed into a Patrician order, distinguished +by the splendor and luxury of their establishments. From this order +too the king habitually selected his Counsellors of State, the hope +of which distinction devoted the whole corps to the interests & will +of the crown. To annul this privilege, and instead of an aristocracy +of wealth, of more harm and danger, than benefit, to society, to make +an opening for the aristocracy of virtue and talent, which nature has +wisely provided for the direction of the interests of society, & +scattered with equal hand through all it's conditions, was deemed +essential to a well ordered republic. To effect it no violence was +necessary, no deprivation of natural right, but rather an enlargement +of it by a repeal of the law. For this would authorize the present +holder to divide the property among his children equally, as his +affections were divided; and would place them, by natural generation +on the level of their fellow citizens. But this repeal was strongly +opposed by Mr. Pendleton, who was zealously attached to ancient +establishments; and who, taken all in all, was the ablest man in +debate I have ever met with. He had not indeed the poetical fancy of +Mr. Henry, his sublime imagination, his lofty and overwhelming +diction; but he was cool, smooth and persuasive; his language +flowing, chaste & embellished, his conceptions quick, acute and full +of resource; never vanquished; for if he lost the main battle, he +returned upon you, and regained so much of it as to make it a drawn +one, by dexterous man;oeuvres, skirmishes in detail, and the recovery +of small advantages which, little singly, were important altogether. +You never knew when you were clear of him, but were harassed by his +perseverance until the patience was worn down of all who had less of +it than himself. Add to this that he was one of the most virtuous & +benevolent of men, the kindest friend, the most amiable & pleasant of +companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from +him. Finding that the general principle of entails could not be +maintained, he took his stand on an amendment which he proposed, +instead of an absolute abolition, to permit the tenant in tail to +convey in fee simple, if he chose it: and he was within a few votes +of saving so much of the old law. But the bill passed finally for +entire abolition. + + In that one of the bills for organizing our judiciary system +which proposed a court of chancery, I had provided for a trial by +jury of all matters of fact in that as well as in the courts of law. +He defeated it by the introduction of 4. words only, _"if either +party chuse."_ The consequence has been that as no suitor will say to +his judge, "Sir, I distrust you, give me a jury" juries are rarely, I +might say perhaps never seen in that court, but when called for by +the Chancellor of his own accord. + + The first establishment in Virginia which became permanent was +made in 1607. I have found no mention of negroes in the colony until +about 1650. The first brought here as slaves were by a Dutch ship; +after which the English commenced the trade and continued it until +the revolutionary war. That suspended, ipso facto, their further +importation for the present, and the business of the war pressing +constantly on the legislature, this subject was not acted on finally +until the year 78. when I brought in a bill to prevent their further +importation. This passed without opposition, and stopped the +increase of the evil by importation, leaving to future efforts its +final eradication. + + The first settlers of this colony were Englishmen, loyal +subjects to their king and church, and the grant to Sr. Walter +Raleigh contained an express Proviso that their laws "should not be +against the true Christian faith, now professed in the church of +England." As soon as the state of the colony admitted, it was divided +into parishes, in each of which was established a minister of the +Anglican church, endowed with a fixed salary, in tobacco, a glebe +house and land with the other necessary appendages. To meet these +expenses all the inhabitants of the parishes were assessed, whether +they were or not, members of the established church. Towards Quakers +who came here they were most cruelly intolerant, driving them from +the colony by the severest penalties. In process of time however, +other sectarisms were introduced, chiefly of the Presbyterian family; +and the established clergy, secure for life in their glebes and +salaries, adding to these generally the emoluments of a classical +school, found employment enough, in their farms and schoolrooms for +the rest of the week, and devoted Sunday only to the edification of +their flock, by service, and a sermon at their parish church. Their +other pastoral functions were little attended to. Against this +inactivity the zeal and industry of sectarian preachers had an open +and undisputed field; and by the time of the revolution, a majority +of the inhabitants had become dissenters from the established church, +but were still obliged to pay contributions to support the Pastors of +the minority. This unrighteous compulsion to maintain teachers of +what they deemed religious errors was grievously felt during the +regal government, and without a hope of relief. But the first +republican legislature which met in 76. was crowded with petitions to +abolish this spiritual tyranny. These brought on the severest +contests in which I have ever been engaged. Our great opponents were +Mr. Pendleton & Robert Carter Nicholas, honest men, but zealous +churchmen. The petitions were referred to the commee of the whole +house on the state of the country; and after desperate contests in +that committee, almost daily from the 11th of Octob. to the 5th of +December, we prevailed so far only as to repeal the laws which +rendered criminal the maintenance of any religious opinions, the +forbearance of repairing to church, or the exercise of any mode of +worship: and further, to exempt dissenters from contributions to the +support of the established church; and to suspend, only until the +next session levies on the members of that church for the salaries of +their own incumbents. For although the majority of our citizens were +dissenters, as has been observed, a majority of the legislature were +churchmen. Among these however were some reasonable and liberal men, +who enabled us, on some points, to obtain feeble majorities. But our +opponents carried in the general resolutions of the commee of Nov. +19. a declaration that religious assemblies ought to be regulated, +and that provision ought to be made for continuing the succession of +the clergy, and superintending their conduct. And in the bill now +passed was inserted an express reservation of the question Whether a +general assessment should not be established by law, on every one, to +the support of the pastor of his choice; or whether all should be +left to voluntary contributions; and on this question, debated at +every session from 76 to 79 (some of our dissenting allies, having +now secured their particular object, going over to the advocates of a +general assessment) we could only obtain a suspension from session to +session until 79. when the question against a general assessment was +finally carried, and the establishment of the Anglican church +entirely put down. In justice to the two honest but zealous +opponents, who have been named I must add that altho', from their +natural temperaments, they were more disposed generally to acquiesce +in things as they are, than to risk innovations, yet whenever the +public will had once decided, none were more faithful or exact in +their obedience to it. + + The seat of our government had been originally fixed in the +peninsula of Jamestown, the first settlement of the colonists; and +had been afterwards removed a few miles inland to Williamsburg. But +this was at a time when our settlements had not extended beyond the +tide water. Now they had crossed the Alleghany; and the center of +population was very far removed from what it had been. Yet +Williamsburg was still the depository of our archives, the habitual +residence of the Governor & many other of the public functionaries, +the established place for the sessions of the legislature, and the +magazine of our military stores: and it's situation was so exposed +that it might be taken at any time in war, and, at this time +particularly, an enemy might in the night run up either of the rivers +between which it lies, land a force above, and take possession of the +place, without the possibility of saving either persons or things. I +had proposed it's removal so early as Octob. 76. but it did not +prevail until the session of May. '79. + + Early in the session of May 79. I prepared, and obtained leave +to bring in a bill declaring who should be deemed citizens, asserting +the natural right of expatriation, and prescribing the mode of +exercising it. This, when I withdrew from the house on the 1st of +June following, I left in the hands of George Mason and it was passed +on the 26th of that month. + + In giving this account of the laws of which I was myself the +mover & draughtsman, I by no means mean to claim to myself the merit +of obtaining their passage. I had many occasional and strenuous +coadjutors in debate, and one most steadfast, able, and zealous; who +was himself a host. This was George Mason, a man of the first order +of wisdom among those who acted on the theatre of the revolution, of +expansive mind, profound judgment, cogent in argument, learned in the +lore of our former constitution, and earnest for the republican +change on democratic principles. His elocution was neither flowing +nor smooth, but his language was strong, his manner most impressive, +and strengthened by a dash of biting cynicism when provocation made +it seasonable. + + Mr. Wythe, while speaker in the two sessions of 1777. between +his return from Congress and his appointment to the Chancery, was an +able and constant associate in whatever was before a committee of the +whole. His pure integrity, judgment and reasoning powers gave him +great weight. Of him see more in some notes inclosed in my letter of +August 31. 1821, to Mr. John Saunderson. + + Mr. Madison came into the House in 1776. a new member and +young; which circumstances, concurring with his extreme modesty, +prevented his venturing himself in debate before his removal to the +Council of State in Nov. 77. From thence he went to Congress, then +consisting of few members. Trained in these successive schools, he +acquired a habit of self-possession which placed at ready command the +rich resources of his luminous and discriminating mind, & of his +extensive information, and rendered him the first of every assembly +afterwards of which he became a member. Never wandering from his +subject into vain declamation, but pursuing it closely in language +pure, classical, and copious, soothing always the feelings of his +adversaries by civilities and softness of expression, he rose to the +eminent station which he held in the great National convention of +1787. and in that of Virginia which followed, he sustained the new +constitution in all its parts, bearing off the palm against the logic +of George Mason, and the fervid declamation of Mr. Henry. With these +consummate powers were united a pure and spotless virtue which no +calumny has ever attempted to sully. Of the powers and polish of his +pen, and of the wisdom of his administration in the highest office of +the nation, I need say nothing. They have spoken, and will forever +speak for themselves. + + So far we were proceeding in the details of reformation only; +selecting points of legislation prominent in character & principle, +urgent, and indicative of the strength of the general pulse of +reformation. When I left Congress, in 76. it was in the persuasion +that our whole code must be reviewed, adapted to our republican form +of government, and, now that we had no negatives of Councils, +Governors & Kings to restrain us from doing right, that it should be +corrected, in all it's parts, with a single eye to reason, & the good +of those for whose government it was framed. Early therefore in the +session of 76. to which I returned, I moved and presented a bill for +the revision of the laws; which was passed on the 24th. of October, +and on the 5th. of November Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Wythe, George Mason, +Thomas L. Lee and myself were appointed a committee to execute the +work. We agreed to meet at Fredericksburg to settle the plan of +operation and to distribute the work. We met there accordingly, on +the 13th. of January 1777. The first question was whether we should +propose to abolish the whole existing system of laws, and prepare a +new and complete Institute, or preserve the general system, and only +modify it to the present state of things. Mr. Pendleton, contrary to +his usual disposition in favor of antient things, was for the former +proposition, in which he was joined by Mr. Lee. To this it was +objected that to abrogate our whole system would be a bold measure, +and probably far beyond the views of the legislature; that they had +been in the practice of revising from time to time the laws of the +colony, omitting the expired, the repealed and the obsolete, amending +only those retained, and probably meant we should now do the same, +only including the British statutes as well as our own: that to +compose a new Institute like those of Justinian and Bracton, or that +of Blackstone, which was the model proposed by Mr. Pendleton, would +be an arduous undertaking, of vast research, of great consideration & +judgment; and when reduced to a text, every word of that text, from +the imperfection of human language, and it's incompetence to express +distinctly every shade of idea, would become a subject of question & +chicanery until settled by repeated adjudications; that this would +involve us for ages in litigation, and render property uncertain +until, like the statutes of old, every word had been tried, and +settled by numerous decisions, and by new volumes of reports & +commentaries; and that no one of us probably would undertake such a +work, which, to be systematical, must be the work of one hand. This +last was the opinion of Mr. Wythe, Mr. Mason & myself. When we +proceeded to the distribution of the work, Mr. Mason excused himself +as, being no lawyer, he felt himself unqualified for the work, and he +resigned soon after. Mr. Lee excused himself on the same ground, and +died indeed in a short time. The other two gentlemen therefore and +myself divided the work among us. The common law and statutes to the +4. James I. (when our separate legislature was established) were +assigned to me; the British statutes from that period to the present +day to Mr. Wythe, and the Virginia laws to Mr. Pendleton. As the law +of Descents, & the criminal law fell of course within my portion, I +wished the commee to settle the leading principles of these, as a +guide for me in framing them. And with respect to the first, I +proposed to abolish the law of primogeniture, and to make real estate +descendible in parcenary to the next of kin, as personal property is +by the statute of distribution. Mr. Pendleton wished to preserve the +right of primogeniture, but seeing at once that that could not +prevail, he proposed we should adopt the Hebrew principle, and give a +double portion to the elder son. I observed that if the eldest son +could eat twice as much, or do double work, it might be a natural +evidence of his right to a double portion; but being on a par in his +powers & wants, with his brothers and sisters, he should be on a par +also in the partition of the patrimony, and such was the decision of +the other members. + + On the subject of the Criminal law, all were agreed that the +punishment of death should be abolished, except for treason and +murder; and that, for other felonies should be substituted hard labor +in the public works, and in some cases, the Lex talionis. How this +last revolting principle came to obtain our approbation, I do not +remember. There remained indeed in our laws a vestige of it in a +single case of a slave. It was the English law in the time of the +Anglo-Saxons, copied probably from the Hebrew law of "an eye for an +eye, a tooth for a tooth," and it was the law of several antient +people. But the modern mind had left it far in the rear of it's +advances. These points however being settled, we repaired to our +respective homes for the preparation of the work. + + Feb. 6. In the execution of my part I thought it material not +to vary the diction of the antient statutes by modernizing it, nor to +give rise to new questions by new expressions. The text of these +statutes had been so fully explained and defined by numerous +adjudications, as scarcely ever now to produce a question in our +courts. I thought it would be useful also, in all new draughts, to +reform the style of the later British statutes, and of our own acts +of assembly, which from their verbosity, their endless tautologies, +their involutions of case within case, and parenthesis within +parenthesis, and their multiplied efforts at certainty by _saids_ and +_aforesaids_, by _ors_ and by _ands_, to make them more plain, do +really render them more perplexed and incomprehensible, not only to +common readers, but to the lawyers themselves. We were employed in +this work from that time to Feb. 1779, when we met at Williamsburg, +that is to say, Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Wythe & myself, and meeting day by +day, we examined critically our several parts, sentence by sentence, +scrutinizing and amending until we had agreed on the whole. We then +returned home, had fair copies made of our several parts, which were +reported to the General Assembly June 18. 1779. by Mr. Wythe and +myself, Mr. Pendleton's residence being distant, and he having +authorized us by letter to declare his approbation. We had in this +work brought so much of the Common law as it was thought necessary to +alter, all the British statutes from Magna Charta to the present day, +and all the laws of Virginia, from the establishment of our +legislature, in the 4th. Jac. 1. to the present time, which we +thought should be retained, within the compass of 126 bills, making a +printed folio of 90 pages only. Some bills were taken out +occasionally, from time to time, and passed; but the main body of the +work was not entered on by the legislature until after the general +peace, in 1785. when by the unwearied exertions of Mr. Madison, in +opposition to the endless quibbles, chicaneries, perversions, +vexations and delays of lawyers and demi-lawyers, most of the bills +were passed by the legislature, with little alteration. + + The bill for establishing religious freedom, the principles of +which had, to a certain degree, been enacted before, I had drawn in +all the latitude of reason & right. It still met with opposition; +but, with some mutilations in the preamble, it was finally passed; +and a singular proposition proved that it's protection of opinion was +meant to be universal. Where the preamble declares that coercion is +a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an +amendment was proposed, by inserting the word "Jesus Christ," so that +it should read "a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy +author of our religion." The insertion was rejected by a great +majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle +of it's protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and +Mahometan, the Hindoo, and infidel of every denomination. + + Beccaria and other writers on crimes and punishments had +satisfied the reasonable world of the unrightfulness and inefficacy +of the punishment of crimes by death; and hard labor on roads, canals +and other public works, had been suggested as a proper substitute. +The Revisors had adopted these opinions; but the general idea of our +country had not yet advanced to that point. The bill therefore for +proportioning crimes and punishments was lost in the House of +Delegates by a majority of a single vote. I learnt afterwards that +the substitute of hard labor in public was tried (I believe it was in +Pennsylvania) without success. Exhibited as a public spectacle, with +shaved heads and mean clothing, working on the high roads produced in +the criminals such a prostration of character, such an abandonment of +self-respect, as, instead of reforming, plunged them into the most +desperate & hardened depravity of morals and character. -- Pursue the +subject of this law. -- I was written to in 1785 (being then in +Paris) by Directors appointed to superintend the building of a +Capitol in Richmond, to advise them as to a plan, and to add to it +one of a prison. Thinking it a favorable opportunity of introducing +into the state an example of architecture in the classic style of +antiquity, and the Maison quarree of Nismes, an antient Roman temple, +being considered as the most perfect model existing of what may be +called Cubic architecture, I applied to M. Clerissault, who had +published drawings of the Antiquities of Nismes, to have me a model +of the building made in stucco, only changing the order from +Corinthian to Ionic, on account of the difficulty of the Corinthian +capitals. I yielded with reluctance to the taste of Clerissault, in +his preference of the modern capital of Scamozzi to the more noble +capital of antiquity. This was executed by the artist whom Choiseul +Gouffier had carried with him to Constantinople, and employed while +Ambassador there, in making those beautiful models of the remains of +Grecian architecture which are to be seen at Paris. To adapt the +exterior to our use, I drew a plan for the interior, with the +apartments necessary for legislative, executive & judiciary purposes, +and accommodated in their size and distribution to the form and +dimensions of the building. These were forwarded to the Directors in +1786. and were carried into execution, with some variations not for +the better, the most important to which however admit of future +correction. With respect of the plan of a Prison, requested at the +same time, I had heard of a benevolent society in England which had +been indulged by the government in an experiment of the effect of +labor in _solitary confinement_ on some of their criminals, which +experiment had succeeded beyond expectation. The same idea had been +suggested in France, and an Architect of Lyons had proposed a plan of +a well contrived edifice on the principle of solitary confinement. I +procured a copy, and as it was too large for our purposes, I drew one +on a scale, less extensive, but susceptible of additions as they +should be wanting. This I sent to the Directors instead of a plan of +a common prison, in the hope that it would suggest the idea of labor +in solitary confinement instead of that on the public works, which we +had adopted in our Revised Code. It's principle accordingly, but not +it's exact form, was adopted by Latrobe in carrying the plan into +execution, by the erection of what is now called the Penitentiary, +built under his direction. In the meanwhile the public opinion was +ripening by time, by reflection, and by the example of Pensylva, +where labor on the highways had been tried without approbation from +1786 to 89. & had been followed by their Penitentiary system on the +principle of confinement and labor, which was proceeding +auspiciously. In 1796. our legislature resumed the subject and +passed the law for amending the Penal laws of the commonwealth. They +adopted solitary, instead of public labor, established a gradation in +the duration of the confinement, approximated the style of the law +more to the modern usage, and instead of the settled distinctions of +murder & manslaughter, preserved in my bill, they introduced the new +terms of murder in the 1st & 2d degree. Whether these have produced +more or fewer questions of definition I am not sufficiently informed +of our judiciary transactions to say. I will here however insert the +text of my bill, with the notes I made in the course of my researches +into the subject. + + Feb. 7. The acts of assembly concerning the College of Wm. & +Mary, were properly within Mr. Pendleton's portion of our work. But +these related chiefly to it's revenue, while it's constitution, +organization and scope of science were derived from it's charter. We +thought, that on this subject a systematical plan of general +education should be proposed, and I was requested to undertake it. I +accordingly prepared three bills for the Revisal, proposing three +distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary +schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a +middle degree of instruction, calculated for the common purposes of +life, and such as would be desirable for all who were in easy +circumstances. And 3d. an ultimate grade for teaching the sciences +generally, & in their highest degree. The first bill proposed to lay +off every county into Hundreds or Wards, of a proper size and +population for a school, in which reading, writing, and common +arithmetic should be taught; and that the whole state should be +divided into 24 districts, in each of which should be a school for +classical learning, grammar, geography, and the higher branches of +numerical arithmetic. The second bill proposed to amend the +constitution of Wm. & Mary College, to enlarge it's sphere of +science, and to make it in fact an University. The third was for the +establishment of a library. These bills were not acted on until the +same year '96. and then only so much of the first as provided for +elementary schools. The College of Wm. & Mary was an establishment +purely of the Church of England, the Visitors were required to be all +of that Church; the Professors to subscribe it's 39 Articles, it's +Students to learn it's Catechism, and one of its fundamental objects +was declared to be to raise up Ministers for that church. The +religious jealousies therefore of all the dissenters took alarm lest +this might give an ascendancy to the Anglican sect and refused acting +on that bill. Its local eccentricity too and unhealthy autumnal +climate lessened the general inclination towards it. And in the +Elementary bill they inserted a provision which completely defeated +it, for they left it to the court of each county to determine for +itself when this act should be carried into execution, within their +county. One provision of the bill was that the expenses of these +schools should be borne by the inhabitants of the county, every one +in proportion to his general tax-rate. This would throw on wealth +the education of the poor; and the justices, being generally of the +more wealthy class, were unwilling to incur that burthen, and I +believe it was not suffered to commence in a single county. I shall +recur again to this subject towards the close of my story, if I +should have life and resolution enough to reach that term; for I am +already tired of talking about myself. + + The bill on the subject of slaves was a mere digest of the +existing laws respecting them, without any intimation of a plan for a +future & general emancipation. It was thought better that this +should be kept back, and attempted only by way of amendment whenever +the bill should be brought on. The principles of the amendment +however were agreed on, that is to say, the freedom of all born after +a certain day, and deportation at a proper age. But it was found +that the public mind would not yet bear the proposition, nor will it +bear it even at this day. Yet the day is not distant when it must +bear and adopt it, or worse will follow. Nothing is more certainly +written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. +Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live +in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible +lines of distinction between them. It is still in our power to +direct the process of emancipation and deportation peaceably and in +such slow degree as that the evil will wear off insensibly, and their +place be pari passu filled up by free white laborers. If on the +contrary it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at +the prospect held up. We should in vain look for an example in the +Spanish deportation or deletion of the Moors. This precedent would +fall far short of our case. + + I considered 4 of these bills, passed or reported, as forming a +system by which every fibre would be eradicated of antient or future +aristocracy; and a foundation laid for a government truly republican. +The repeal of the laws of entail would prevent the accumulation and +perpetuation of wealth in select families, and preserve the soil of +the country from being daily more & more absorbed in Mortmain. The +abolition of primogeniture, and equal partition of inheritances +removed the feudal and unnatural distinctions which made one member +of every family rich, and all the rest poor, substituting equal +partition, the best of all Agrarian laws. The restoration of the +rights of conscience relieved the people from taxation for the +support of a religion not theirs; for the establishment was truly of +the religion of the rich, the dissenting sects being entirely +composed of the less wealthy people; and these, by the bill for a +general education, would be qualified to understand their rights, to +maintain them, and to exercise with intelligence their parts in +self-government: and all this would be effected without the violation +of a single natural right of any one individual citizen. To these +too might be added, as a further security, the introduction of the +trial by jury, into the Chancery courts, which have already ingulfed +and continue to ingulf, so great a proportion of the jurisdiction +over our property. + + On the 1st of June 1779. I was appointed Governor of the +Commonwealth and retired from the legislature. Being elected also +one of the Visitors of Wm. & Mary college, a self-electing body, I +effected, during my residence in Williamsburg that year, a change in +the organization of that institution by abolishing the Grammar +school, and the two professorships of Divinity & Oriental languages, +and substituting a professorship of Law & Police, one of Anatomy +Medicine and Chemistry, and one of Modern languages; and the charter +confining us to six professorships, we added the law of Nature & +Nations, & the Fine Arts to the duties of the Moral professor, and +Natural history to those of the professor of Mathematics and Natural +philosophy. + + Being now, as it were, identified with the Commonwealth itself, +to write my own history during the two years of my administration, +would be to write the public history of that portion of the +revolution within this state. This has been done by others, and +particularly by Mr. Girardin, who wrote his Continuation of Burke's +history of Virginia while at Milton, in this neighborhood, had free +access to all my papers while composing it, and has given as faithful +an account as I could myself. For this portion therefore of my own +life, I refer altogether to his history. From a belief that under +the pressure of the invasion under which we were then laboring the +public would have more confidence in a Military chief, and that the +Military commander, being invested with the Civil power also, both +might be wielded with more energy promptitude and effect for the +defence of the state, I resigned the administration at the end of my +2d. year, and General Nelson was appointed to succeed me. + + Soon after my leaving Congress in Sep. '76, to wit on the last +day of that month, I had been appointed, with Dr. Franklin, to go to +France, as a Commissioner to negotiate treaties of alliance and +commerce with that government. Silas Deane, then in France, acting +as agent (* 2) for procuring military stores, was joined with us in +commission. But such was the state of my family that I could not +leave it, nor could I expose it to the dangers of the sea, and of +capture by the British ships, then covering the ocean. I saw too +that the laboring oar was really at home, where much was to be done +of the most permanent interest in new modelling our governments, and +much to defend our fanes and fire-sides from the desolations of an +invading enemy pressing on our country in every point. I declined +therefore and Dr. Lee was appointed in my place. On the 15th. of +June 1781. I had been appointed with Mr. Adams, Dr. Franklin, Mr. +Jay, and Mr. Laurens a Minister plenipotentiary for negotiating +peace, then expected to be effected thro' the mediation of the +Empress of Russia. The same reasons obliged me still to decline; and +the negotiation was in fact never entered on. But, in the autumn of +the next year 1782 Congress receiving assurances that a general peace +would be concluded in the winter and spring, they renewed my +appointment on the 13th. of Nov. of that year. I had two months +before that lost the cherished companion of my life, in whose +affections, unabated on both sides, I had lived the last ten years in +unchequered happiness. With the public interests, the state of my +mind concurred in recommending the change of scene proposed; and I +accepted the appointment, and left Monticello on the 19th. of Dec. +1782. for Philadelphia, where I arrived on the 27th. The Minister of +France, Luzerne, offered me a passage in the Romulus frigate, which I +accepting. But she was then lying a few miles below Baltimore +blocked up in the ice. I remained therefore a month in Philadelphia, +looking over the papers in the office of State in order to possess +myself of the general state of our foreign relations, and then went +to Baltimore to await the liberation of the frigate from the ice. +After waiting there nearly a month, we received information that a +Provisional treaty of peace had been signed by our Commissioners on +the 3d. of Sept. 1782. to become absolute on the conclusion of peace +between France and Great Britain. Considering my proceeding to +Europe as now of no utility to the public, I returned immediately to +Philadelphia to take the orders of Congress, and was excused by them +from further proceeding. I therefore returned home, where I arrived +on the 15th. of May, 1783. + + (* 2) His ostensible character was to be that of a merchant, +his real one that of agent for military supplies, and also for +sounding the dispositions of the government of France, and seeing how +far they would favor us, either secretly or openly. His appointment +had been by the Committee of Foreign Correspondence, March, 1776. + + On the 6th. of the following month I was appointed by the +legislature a delegate to Congress, the appointment to take place on +the 1st. of Nov. ensuing, when that of the existing delegation would +expire. I accordingly left home on the 16th. of Oct. arrived at +Trenton, where Congress was sitting, on the 3d. of Nov. and took my +seat on the 4th., on which day Congress adjourned to meet at +Annapolis on the 26th. + + Congress had now become a very small body, and the members very +remiss in their attendance on it's duties insomuch that a majority of +the states, necessary by the Confederation to constitute a house even +for minor business did not assemble until the 13th. of December. + + They as early as Jan. 7. 1782. had turned their attention to +the monies current in the several states, and had directed the +Financier, Robert Morris, to report to them a table of rates at which +the foreign coins should be received at the treasury. That officer, +or rather his assistant, Gouverneur Morris, answered them on the 15th +in an able and elaborate statement of the denominations of money +current in the several states, and of the comparative value of the +foreign coins chiefly in circulation with us. He went into the +consideration of the necessity of establishing a standard of value +with us, and of the adoption of a money-Unit. He proposed for the +Unit such a fraction of pure silver as would be a common measure of +the penny of every state, without leaving a fraction. This common +divisor he found to be 1 -- 1440 of a dollar, or 1 -- 1600 of the +crown sterling. The value of a dollar was therefore to be expressed +by 1440 units, and of a crown by 1600. Each Unit containing a +quarter of a grain of fine silver. Congress turning again their +attention to this subject the following year, the financier, by a +letter of Apr. 30, 1783. further explained and urged the Unit he had +proposed; but nothing more was done on it until the ensuing year, +when it was again taken up, and referred to a commee of which I was a +member. The general views of the financier were sound, and the +principle was ingenious on which he proposed to found his Unit. But +it was too minute for ordinary use, too laborious for computation +either by the head or in figures. The price of a loaf of bread 1 -- +20 of a dollar would be 72. units. + + A pound of butter 1 -- 5 of a dollar 288. units. + + A horse or bullock of 80. D value would require a notation of +6. figures, to wit 115,200, and the public debt, suppose of 80. +millions, would require 12. figures, to wit 115,200,000,000 units. +Such a system of money-arithmetic would be entirely unmanageable for +the common purposes of society. I proposed therefore, instead of +this, to adopt the Dollar as our Unit of account and payment, and +that it's divisions and sub-divisions should be in the decimal ratio. +I wrote some Notes on the subject, which I submitted to the +consideration of the financier. I received his answer and adherence +to his general system, only agreeing to take for his Unit 100. of +those he first proposed, so that a Dollar should be 14 40 -- 100 and +a crown 16. units. I replied to this and printed my notes and reply +on a flying sheet, which I put into the hands of the members of +Congress for consideration, and the Committee agreed to report on my +principle. This was adopted the ensuing year and is the system which +now prevails. I insert here the Notes and Reply, as shewing the +different views on which the adoption of our money system hung. The +division into dimes, cents & mills is now so well understood, that it +would be easy of introduction into the kindred branches of weights & +measures. I use, when I travel, an Odometer of Clarke's invention +which divides the mile into cents, and I find every one comprehend a +distance readily when stated to them in miles & cents; so they would +in feet and cents, pounds & cents, &c. + + The remissness of Congress, and their permanent session, began +to be a subject of uneasiness and even some of the legislatures had +recommended to them intermissions, and periodical sessions. As the +Confederation had made no provision for a visible head of the +government during vacations of Congress, and such a one was necessary +to superintend the executive business, to receive and communicate +with foreign ministers & nations, and to assemble Congress on sudden +and extraordinary emergencies, I proposed early in April the +appointment of a commee to be called the Committee of the states, to +consist of a member from each state, who should remain in session +during the recess of Congress: that the functions of Congress should +be divided into Executive and Legislative, the latter to be reserved, +and the former, by a general resolution to be delegated to that +Committee. This proposition was afterwards agreed to; a Committee +appointed, who entered on duty on the subsequent adjourn-ment of +Congress, quarrelled very soon, split into two parties, abandoned +their post, and left the government without any visible head until +the next meeting in Congress. We have since seen the same thing take +place in the Directory of France; and I believe it will forever take +place in any Executive consisting of a plurality. Our plan, best I +believe, combines wisdom and practicability, by providing a plurality +of Counsellors, but a single Arbiter for ultimate decision. I was in +France when we heard of this schism, and separation of our Committee, +and, speaking with Dr. Franklin of this singular disposition of men +to quarrel and divide into parties, he gave his sentiments as usual +by way of Apologue. He mentioned the Eddystone lighthouse in the +British channel as being built on a rock in the mid-channel, totally +inaccessible in winter, from the boisterous character of that sea, in +that season. That therefore, for the two keepers employed to keep up +the lights, all provisions for the winter were necessarily carried to +them in autumn, as they could never be visited again till the return +of the milder season. That on the first practicable day in the +spring a boat put off to them with fresh supplies. The boatmen met +at the door one of the keepers and accosted him with a How goes it +friend? Very well. How is your companion? I do not know. Don't +know? Is not he here? I can't tell. Have not you seen him to-day? +No. When did you see him? Not since last fall. You have killed +him? Not I, indeed. They were about to lay hold of him, as having +certainly murdered his companion; but he desired them to go up stairs +& examine for themselves. They went up, and there found the other +keeper. They had quarrelled it seems soon after being left there, +had divided into two parties, assigned the cares below to one, and +those above to the other, and had never spoken to or seen one another +since. + + But to return to our Congress at Annapolis, the definitive +treaty of peace which had been signed at Paris on the 3d. of Sep. +1783. and received here, could not be ratified without a House of 9. +states. On the 23d. of Dec. therefore we addressed letters to the +several governors, stating the receipt of the definitive treaty, that +7 states only were in attendance, while 9. were necessary to its +ratification, and urging them to press on their delegates the +necessity of their immediate attendance. And on the 26th. to save +time I moved that the Agent of Marine (Robert Morris) should be +instructed to have ready a vessel at this place, at N. York, & at +some Eastern port, to carry over the ratification of the treaty when +agreed to. It met the general sense of the house, but was opposed by +Dr. Lee on the ground of expense which it would authorize the agent +to incur for us; and he said it would be better to ratify at once & +send on the ratification. Some members had before suggested that 7 +states were competent to the ratification. My motion was therefore +postponed and another brought forward by Mr. Read of S. C. for an +immediate ratification. This was debated the 26th. and 27th. Reed, +Lee, [Hugh] Williamson & Jeremiah Chace urged that ratification was a +mere matter of form, that the treaty was conclusive from the moment +it was signed by the ministers; that although the Confederation +requires the assent of 9. _states_ to _enter into_ a treaty, yet that +it's conclusion could not be called _entrance into it_; that +supposing 9. states requisite, it would be in the power of 5. states +to keep us always at war; that 9. states had virtually authorized the +ratifion having ratified the provisional treaty, and instructed their +ministers to agree to a definitive one in the same terms, and the +present one was in fact substantially and almost verbatim the same; +that there now remain but 67. days for the ratification, for it's +passage across the Atlantic, and it's exchange; that there was no +hope of our soon having 9. states present; in fact that this was the +ultimate point of time to which we could venture to wait; that if the +ratification was not in Paris by the time stipulated, the treaty +would become void; that if ratified by 7 states, it would go under +our seal without it's being known to Gr. Britain that only 7. had +concurred; that it was a question of which they had no right to take +cognizance, and we were only answerable for it to our constituents; +that it was like the ratification which Gr. Britain had received from +the Dutch by the negotiations of Sr. Wm. Temple. + + On the contrary, it was argued by Monroe, Gerry, Howel, Ellery +& myself that by the modern usage of Europe the ratification was +considered as the act which gave validity to a treaty, until which it +was not obligatory. (* 3) That the commission to the ministers +reserved the ratification to Congress; that the treaty itself +stipulated that it should be ratified; that it became a 2d. question +who were competent to the ratification? That the Confederation +expressly required 9 states to enter into any treaty; that, by this, +that instrument must have intended that the assent of 9. states +should be necessary as well to the _completion_ as to the +_commencement_ of the treaty, it's object having been to guard the +rights of the Union in all those important cases where 9. states are +called for; that, by the contrary construction, 7 states, containing +less than one third of our whole citizens, might rivet on us a +treaty, commenced indeed under commission and instructions from 9. +states, but formed by the minister in express contradiction to such +instructions, and in direct sacrifice of the interests of so great a +majority; that the definitive treaty was admitted not to be a verbal +copy of the provisional one, and whether the departures from it were +of substance or not, was a question on which 9. states alone were +competent to decide; that the circumstances of the ratification of +the provisional articles by 9. states, the instructions to our +ministers to form a definitive one by them, and their actual +agreement in substance, do not render us competent to ratify in the +present instance; if these circumstances are in themselves a +ratification, nothing further is requisite than to give attested +copies of them, in exchange for the British ratification; if they are +not, we remain where we were, without a ratification by 9. states, +and incompetent ourselves to ratify; that it was but 4. days since +the seven states now present unanimously concurred in a resolution to +be forwarded to the governors of the absent states, in which they +stated as a cause for urging on their delegates, that 9. states were +necessary to ratify the treaty; that in the case of the Dutch +ratification, Gr. Britain had courted it, and therefore was glad to +accept it as it was; that they knew our constitution, and would +object to a ratification by 7. that if that circumstance was kept +back, it would be known hereafter, & would give them ground to deny +the validity of a ratification into which they should have been +surprised and cheated, and it would be a dishonorable prostitution of +our seal; that there is a hope of 9. states; that if the treaty would +become null if not ratified in time, it would not be saved by an +imperfect ratification; but that in fact it would not be null, and +would be placed on better ground, going in unexceptionable form, tho' +a few days too late, and rested on the small importance of this +circumstance, and the physical impossibilities which had prevented a +punctual compliance in point of time; that this would be approved by +all nations, & by Great Britain herself, if not determined to renew +the war, and if determined, she would never want excuses, were this +out of the way. Mr. Reade gave notice he should call for the yeas & +nays; whereon those in opposition prepared a resolution expressing +pointedly the reasons of the dissent from his motion. It appearing +however that his proposition could not be car-ried, it was thought +better to make no entry at all. Massa-chusetts alone would have been +for it; Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Virginia against it, Delaware, +Maryland & N. Carolina, would have been divided. + + (* 3) Vattel, L. 2, 156. L, 77. I. Mably Droit D'Europe, 86. + + Our body was little numerous, but very contentious. Day after +day was wasted on the most unimportant questions. My colleague +Mercer was one of those afflicted with the morbid rage of debate, of +an ardent mind, prompt imagination, and copious flow of words, he +heard with impatience any logic which was not his own. Sitting near +me on some occasion of a trifling but wordy debate, he asked how I +could sit in silence hearing so much false reasoning which a word +should refute? I observed to him that to refute indeed was easy, but +to silence impossible. That in measures brought forward by myself, I +took the laboring oar, as was incumbent on me; but that in general I +was willing to listen. If every sound argument or objection was used +by some one or other of the numerous debaters, it was enough: if not, +I thought it sufficient to suggest the omission, without going into a +repetition of what had been already said by others. That this was a +waste and abuse of the time and patience of the house which could not +be justified. And I believe that if the members of deliberative +bodies were to observe this course generally, they would do in a day +what takes them a week, and it is really more questionable, than may +at first be thought, whether Bonaparte's dumb legislature which said +nothing and did much, may not be preferable to one which talks much +and does nothing. I served with General Washington in the +legislature of Virginia before the revolution, and, during it, with +Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten +minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point which was to decide +the question. They laid their shoulders to the great points, knowing +that the little ones would follow of themselves. If the present +Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body +to which the people send 150. lawyers, whose trade it is to question +everything, yield nothing, & talk by the hour? That 150. lawyers +should do business together ought not to be expected. But to return +again to our subject. + + Those who thought 7. states competent to the ratification being +very restless under the loss of their motion, I proposed, on the 3d. +of January to meet them on middle ground, and therefore moved a +resolution which premising that there were but 7. states present, who +were unanimous for the ratification, but, that they differed in +opinion on the question of competency. That those however in the +negative were unwilling that any powers which it might be supposed +they possessed should remain unexercised for the restoration of +peace, provided it could be done saving their good faith, and without +importing any opinion of Congress that 7. states were competent, and +resolving that treaty be ratified so far as they had power; that it +should be transmitted to our ministers with instructions to keep it +uncommunicated; to endeavor to obtain 3. months longer for exchange +of ratifications; that they should be informed that so soon as 9. +states shall be present a ratification by 9. shall be sent them; if +this should get to them before the ultimate point of time for +exchange, they were to use it, and not the other; if not, they were +to offer the act of the 7. states in exchange, informing them the +treaty had come to hand while Congress was not in session, that but +7. states were as yet assembled, and these had unanimously concurred +in the ratification. This was debated on the 3d. and 4th. and on +the 5th. a vessel being to sail for England from this port +(Annapolis) the House directed the President to write to our +ministers accordingly. + + Jan. 14. Delegates from Connecticut having attended yesterday, +and another from S. Carolina coming in this day, the treaty was +ratified without a dissenting voice, and three instruments of +ratification were ordered to be made out, one of which was sent by +Colo. Harmer, another by Colo. Franks, and the 3d. transmitted to the +agent of Marine to be forwarded by any good opportunity. + + Congress soon took up the consideration of their foreign +relations. They deemed it necessary to get their commerce placed +with every nation on a footing as favorable as that of other nations; +and for this purpose to propose to each a distinct treaty of +commerce. This act too would amount to an acknowledgment by each of +our independance and of our reception into the fraternity of nations; +which altho', as possessing our station of right and in fact, we +would not condescend to ask, we were not unwilling to furnish +opportunities for receiving their friendly salutations & welcome. +With France the United Netherlands and Sweden we had already treaties +of commerce, but commissions were given for those countries also, +should any amendments be thought necessary. The other states to +which treaties were to be proposed were England, Hamburg, Saxony, +Prussia, Denmark, Russia, Austria, Venice, Rome, Naples, Tuscany, +Sardinia, Genoa, Spain, Portugal, the Porte, Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis +& Morocco. + + Mar. 16. On the 7th. of May Congress resolved that a Minister +Plenipotentiary should be appointed in addition to Mr. Adams & Dr. +Franklin for negotiating treaties of commerce with foreign nations, +and I was elected to that duty. I accordingly left Annapolis on the +11th. Took with me my elder daughter then at Philadelphia (the two +others being too young for the voyage) & proceeded to Boston in quest +of a passage. While passing thro' the different states, I made a +point of informing myself of the state of the commerce of each, went +on to New Hampshire with the same view and returned to Boston. From +thence I sailed on the 5th. of July in the Ceres a merchant ship of +Mr. Nathaniel Tracey, bound to Cowes. He was himself a passenger, +and, after a pleasant voyage of 19. days from land to land, we +arrived at Cowes on the 26th. I was detained there a few days by the +indisposition of my daughter. On the 30th. we embarked for Havre, +arrived there on the 31st. left it on the 3d. of August, and arrived +at Paris on the 6th. I called immediately on Doctr. Franklin at +Passy, communicated to him our charge, and we wrote to Mr. Adams, +then at the Hague to join us at Paris. + + Before I had left America, that is to say in the year 1781. I +had received a letter from M. de Marbois, of the French legation in +Philadelphia, informing me he had been instructed by his government +to obtain such statistical accounts of the different states of our +Union, as might be useful for their information; and addressing to me +a number of queries relative to the state of Virginia. I had always +made it a practice whenever an opportunity occurred of obtaining any +information of our country, which might be of use to me in any +station public or private, to commit it to writing. These memoranda +were on loose papers, bundled up without order, and difficult of +recurrence when I had occasion for a particular one. I thought this +a good occasion to embody their substance, which I did in the order +of Mr. Marbois' queries, so as to answer his wish and to arrange them +for my own use. Some friends to whom they were occasionally +communicated wished for copies; but their volume rendering this too +laborious by hand, I proposed to get a few printed for their +gratification. I was asked such a price however as exceeded the +importance of the object. On my arrival at Paris I found it could be +done for a fourth of what I had been asked here. I therefore +corrected and enlarged them, and had 200. copies printed, under the +title of Notes on Virginia. I gave a very few copies to some +particular persons in Europe, and sent the rest to my friends in +America. An European copy, by the death of the owner, got into the +hands of a bookseller, who engaged it's translation, & when ready for +the press, communicated his intentions & manuscript to me, without +any other permission than that of suggesting corrections. I never +had seen so wretched an attempt at translation. Interverted, +abridged, mutilated, and often reversing the sense of the original, I +found it a blotch of errors from beginning to end. I corrected some +of the most material, and in that form it was printed in French. A +London bookseller, on seeing the translation, requested me to permit +him to print the English original. I thought it best to do so to let +the world see that it was not really so bad as the French translation +had made it appear. And this is the true history of that +publication. + + Mr. Adams soon joined us at Paris, & our first employment was +to prepare a general form to be proposed to such nations as were +disposed to treat with us. During the negotiations for peace with +the British Commissioner David Hartley, our Commissioners had +proposed, on the suggestion of Doctr. Franklin, to insert an article +exempting from capture by the public or private armed ships of either +belligerent, when at war, all merchant vessels and their cargoes, +employed merely in carrying on the commerce between nations. It was +refused by England, and unwisely, in my opinion. For in the case of +a war with us, their superior commerce places infinitely more at +hazard on the ocean than ours; and as hawks abound in proportion to +game, so our privateers would swarm in proportion to the wealth +exposed to their prize, while theirs would be few for want of +subjects of capture. We inserted this article in our form, with a +provision against the molestation of fishermen, husbandmen, citizens +unarmed and following their occupations in unfortified places, for +the humane treatment of prisoners of war, the abolition of contraband +of war, which exposes merchant vessels to such vexatious & ruinous +detentions and abuses; and for the principle of free bottoms, free +goods. + + In a conference with the Count de Vergennes, it was thought +better to leave to legislative regulation on both sides such +modifications of our commercial intercourse as would voluntarily flow +from amicable dispositions. Without urging, we sounded the ministers +of the several European nations at the court of Versailles, on their +dispositions towards mutual commerce, and the expediency of +encouraging it by the protection of a treaty. Old Frederic of +Prussia met us cordially and without hesitation, and appointing the +Baron de Thulemeyer, his minister at the Hague, to negotiate with us, +we communicated to him our Project, which with little alteration by +the King, was soon concluded. Denmark and Tuscany entered also into +negotiations with us. Other powers appearing indifferent we did not +think it proper to press them. They seemed in fact to know little +about us, but as rebels who had been successful in throwing off the +yoke of the mother country. They were ignorant of our commerce, +which had been always monopolized by England, and of the exchange of +articles it might offer advantageously to both parties. They were +inclined therefore to stand aloof until they could see better what +relations might be usefully instituted with us. The negotiations +therefore begun with Denmark & Tuscany we protracted designedly until +our powers had expired; and abstained from making new propositions to +others having no colonies; because our commerce being an exchange of +raw for wrought materials, is a competent price for admission into +the colonies of those possessing them: but were we to give it, +without price, to others, all would claim it without price on the +ordinary ground of gentis amicissimae. + + Mr. Adams being appointed Min. Pleny. of the U S. to London, +left us in June, and in July 1785. Dr. Franklin returned to America, +and I was appointed his successor at Paris. In Feb. 1786. Mr. Adams +wrote to me pressingly to join him in London immediately, as he +thought he discovered there some symptoms of better disposition +towards us. Colo. Smith, his Secretary of legation, was the bearer +of his urgencies for my immediate attendance. I accordingly left +Paris on the 1st. of March, and on my arrival in London we agreed on +a very summary form of treaty, proposing an exchange of citizenship +for our citizens, our ships, and our productions generally, except as +to office. On my presentation as usual to the King and Queen at +their levees, it was impossible for anything to be more ungracious +than their notice of Mr. Adams & myself. I saw at once that the +ulcerations in the narrow mind of that mulish being left nothing to +be expected on the subject of my attendance; and on the first +conference with the Marquis of Caermarthen, his Minister of foreign +affairs, the distance and disinclination which he betrayed in his +conversation, the vagueness & evasions of his answers to us, +confirmed me in the belief of their aversion to have anything to do +with us. We delivered him however our Projet, Mr. Adams not +despairing as much as I did of it's effect. We afterwards, by one or +more notes, requested his appointment of an interview and conference, +which, without directly declining, he evaded by pretences of other +pressing occupations for the moment. After staying there seven +weeks, till within a few days of the expiration of our commission, I +informed the minister by note that my duties at Paris required my +return to that place, and that I should with pleasure be the bearer +of any commands to his Ambassador there. He answered that he had +none, and wishing me a pleasant journey, I left London the 26th. +arrived at Paris on the 30th. of April. + + While in London we entered into negotiations with the Chevalier +Pinto, Ambassador of Portugal at that place. The only article of +difficulty between us was a stipulation that our bread stuff should +be received in Portugal in the form of flour as well as of grain. He +approved of it himself, but observed that several Nobles, of great +influence at their court, were the owners of wind mills in the +neighborhood of Lisbon which depended much for their profits on +manufacturing our wheat, and that this stipulation would endanger the +whole treaty. He signed it however, & it's fate was what he had +candidly portended. + + My duties at Paris were confined to a few objects; the receipt +of our whale-oils, salted fish, and salted meats on favorable terms, +the admission of our rice on equal terms with that of Piedmont, Egypt +& the Levant, a mitigation of the monopolies of our tobacco by the +Farmers-general, and a free admission of our productions into their +islands; were the principal commercial objects which required +attention; and on these occasions I was powerfully aided by all the +influence and the energies of the Marquis de La Fayette, who proved +himself equally zealous for the friendship and welfare of both +nations; and in justice I must also say that I found the government +entirely disposed to befriend us on all occasions, and to yield us +every indulgence not absolutely injurious to themselves. The Count +de Vergennes had the reputation with the diplomatic corps of being +wary & slippery in his diplomatic intercourse; and so he might be +with those whom he knew to be slippery and double-faced themselves. +As he saw that I had no indirect views, practised no subtleties, +meddled in no intrigues, pursued no concealed object, I found him as +frank, as honorable, as easy of access to reason as any man with whom +I had ever done business; and I must say the same for his successor +Montmorin, one of the most honest and worthy of human beings. + + Our commerce in the Mediterranean was placed under early alarm +by the capture of two of our vessels and crews by the Barbary +cruisers. I was very unwilling that we should acquiesce in the +European humiliation of paying a tribute to those lawless pirates, +and endeavored to form an association of the powers subject to +habitual depredations from them. I accordingly prepared and proposed +to their ministers at Paris, for consultation with their governments, +articles of a special confederation in the following form. + + * * * + + "Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with +the Piratical States of Barbary. + + 1. It is proposed that the several powers at war with the +Piratical States of Barbary, or any two or more of them who shall be +willing, shall enter into a convention to carry on their operations +against those states, in concert, beginning with the Algerines. + + 2. This convention shall remain open to any other power who +shall at any future time wish to accede to it; the parties reserving +a right to prescribe the conditions of such accession, according to +the circumstances existing at the time it shall be proposed. + + 3. The object of the convention shall be to compel the +piratical states to perpetual peace, without price, & to guarantee +that peace to each other. + + 4. The operations for obtaining this peace shall be constant +cruises on their coast with a naval force now to be agreed on. It is +not proposed that this force shall be so considerable as to be +inconvenient to any party. It is believed that half a dozen +frigates, with as many Tenders or Xebecs, one half of which shall be +in cruise, while the other half is at rest, will suffice. + + 5. The force agreed to be necessary shall be furnished by the +parties in certain quotas now to be fixed; it being expected that +each will be willing to contribute in such proportion as circumstance +may render reasonable. + + 6. As miscarriages often proceed from the want of harmony +among officers of different nations, the parties shall now consider & +decide whether it will not be better to contribute their quotas in +money to be employed in fitting out, and keeping on duty, a single +fleet of the force agreed on. + + 7. The difficulties and delays too which will attend the +management of these operations, if conducted by the parties +themselves separately, distant as their courts may be from one +another, and incapable of meeting in consultation, suggest a question +whether it will not be better for them to give full powers for that +purpose to their Ambassadors or other ministers resident at some one +court of Europe, who shall form a Committee or Council for carrying +this convention into effect; wherein the vote of each member shall be +computed in proportion to the quota of his sovereign, and the +majority so computed shall prevail in all questions within the view +of this convention. The court of Versailles is proposed, on account +of it's neighborhood to the Mediterranean, and because all those +powers are represented there, who are likely to become parties to +this convention. + + 8. To save to that council the embarrassment of personal +solicitations for office, and to assure the parties that their +contributions will be applied solely to the object for which they are +destined, there shall be no establishment of officers for the said +Council, such as Commis, Secretaries, or any other kind, with either +salaries or perquisites, nor any other lucrative appointments but +such whose functions are to be exercised on board the sd vessels. + + 9. Should war arise between any two of the parties to this +convention it shall not extend to this enterprise, nor interrupt it; +but as to this they shall be reputed at peace. + + 10. When Algiers shall be reduced to peace, the other +pyratical states, if they refuse to discontinue their pyracies shall +become the objects of this convention, either successively or +together as shall seem best. + + 11. Where this convention would interfere with treaties +actually existing between any of the parties and the sd states of +Barbary, the treaty shall prevail, and such party shall be allowed to +withdraw from the operations against that state." + + * * * + + Spain had just concluded a treaty with Algiers at the expense +of 3. millions of dollars, and did not like to relinquish the benefit +of that until the other party should fail in their observance of it. +Portugal, Naples, the two Sicilies, Venice, Malta, Denmark and Sweden +were favorably disposed to such an association; but their +representatives at Paris expressed apprehensions that France would +interfere, and, either openly or secretly support the Barbary powers; +and they required that I should ascertain the dispositions of the +Count de Vergennes on the subject. I had before taken occasion to +inform him of what we were proposing, and therefore did not think it +proper to insinuate any doubt of the fair conduct of his government; +but stating our propositions, I mentioned the apprehensions +entertained by us that England would interfere in behalf of those +piratical governments. "She dares not do it," said he. I pressed it +no further. The other agents were satisfied with this indication of +his sentiments, and nothing was now wanting to bring it into direct +and formal consideration, but the assent of our government, and their +authority to make the formal proposition. I communicated to them the +favorable prospect of protecting our commerce from the Barbary +depredations, and for such a continuance of time as, by an exclusion +of them from the sea, to change their habits & characters from a +predatory to an agricultural people: towards which however it was +expected they would contribute a frigate, and it's expenses to be in +constant cruise. But they were in no condition to make any such +engagement. Their recommendatory powers for obtaining contributions +were so openly neglected by the several states that they declined an +engagement which they were conscious they could not fulfill with +punctuality; and so it fell through. + + May 17. In 1786. while at Paris I became acquainted with John +Ledyard of Connecticut, a man of genius, of some science, and of +fearless courage, & enterprise. He had accompanied Capt Cook in his +voyage to the Pacific, had distinguished himself on several occasions +by an unrivalled intrepidity, and published an account of that voyage +with details unfavorable to Cook's deportment towards the savages, +and lessening our regrets at his fate. Ledyard had come to Paris in +the hope of forming a company to engage in the fur trade of the +Western coast of America. He was disappointed in this, and being out +of business, and of a roaming, restless character, I suggested to him +the enterprise of exploring the Western part of our continent, by +passing thro St. Petersburg to Kamschatka, and procuring a passage +thence in some of the Russian vessels to Nootka Sound, whence he +might make his way across the continent to America; and I undertook +to have the permission of the Empress of Russia solicited. He +eagerly embraced the proposition, and M. de Semoulin, the Russian +Ambassador, and more particularly Baron Grimm the special +correspondent of the Empress, solicited her permission for him to +pass thro' her dominions to the Western coast of America. And here I +must correct a material error which I have committed in another place +to the prejudice of the Empress. In writing some Notes of the life +of Capt Lewis, prefixed to his expedition to the Pacific, I stated +that the Empress gave the permission asked, & afterwards retracted +it. This idea, after a lapse of 26 years, had so insinuated itself +into my mind, that I committed it to paper without the least +suspicion of error. Yet I find, on recurring to my letters of that +date that the Empress refused permission at once, considering the +enterprise as entirely chimerical. But Ledyard would not relinquish +it, persuading himself that by proceeding to St. Petersburg he could +satisfy the Empress of it's practicability and obtain her permission. +He went accordingly, but she was absent on a visit to some distant +part of her dominions, (* 4) and he pursued his course to within 200. +miles of Kamschatka, where he was overtaken by an arrest from the +Empress, brought back to Poland, and there dismissed. I must +therefore in justice, acquit the Empress of ever having for a moment +countenanced, even by the indulgence of an innocent passage thro' her +territories this interesting enterprise. + + (* 4) The Crimea. + + May 18. The pecuniary distresses of France produced this year +a measure of which there had been no example for near two centuries, +& the consequences of which, good and evil, are not yet calculable. +For it's remote causes we must go a little back. + + Celebrated writers of France and England had already sketched +good principles on the subject of government. Yet the American +Revolution seems first to have awakened the thinking part of the +French nation in general from the sleep of despotism in which they +were sunk. The officers too who had been to America, were mostly +young men, less shackled by habit and prejudice, and more ready to +assent to the suggestions of common sense, and feeling of common +rights. They came back with new ideas & impressions. The press, +notwithstanding it's shackles, began to disseminate them. +Conversation assumed new freedoms. Politics became the theme of all +societies, male and female, and a very extensive & zealous party was +formed which acquired the appellation of the Patriotic party, who, +sensible of the abusive government under which they lived, sighed for +occasions of reforming it. This party comprehended all the honesty +of the kingdom sufficiently at it's leisure to think, the men of +letters, the easy Bourgeois, the young nobility partly from +reflection, partly from mode, for these sentiments became matter of +mode, and as such united most of the young women to the party. +Happily for the nation, it happened at the same moment that the +dissipations of the Queen and court, the abuses of the pension-list, +and dilapidations in the administration of every branch of the +finances, had exhausted the treasures and credit of the nation, +insomuch that it's most necessary functions were paralyzed. To +reform these abuses would have overset the minister; to impose new +taxes by the authority of the King was known to be impossible from +the determined opposition of the parliament to their enregistry. No +resource remained then but to appeal to the nation. He advised +therefore the call of an assembly of the most distinguished +characters of the nation, in the hope that by promises of various and +valuable improvements in the organization and regimen of the +government, they would be induced to authorize new taxes, to controul +the opposition of the parliament, and to raise the annual revenue to +the level of expenditures. An Assembly of Notables therefore, about +150. in number named by the King, convened on the 22d. of Feb. The +Minister (Calonne) stated to them that the annual excess of expenses +beyond the revenue, when Louis XVI. came to the throne, was 37. +millions of livres; that 440. millns. had been borrowed to +reestablish the navy; that the American war had cost them 1440. +millns. (256. mils. of Dollars) and that the interest of these sums, +with other increased expenses had added 40 millns. more to the annual +deficit. (But a subseqt. and more candid estimate made it 56. +millns.) He proffered them an universal redress of grievances, laid +open those grievances fully, pointed out sound remedies, and covering +his canvas with objects of this magnitude, the deficit dwindled to a +little accessory, scarcely attracting attention. The persons chosen +were the most able & independent characters in the kingdom, and their +support, if it could be obtained, would be enough for him. They +improved the occasion for redressing their grievances, and agreed +that the public wants should be relieved; but went into an +examination of the causes of them. It was supposed that Calonne was +conscious that his accounts could not bear examination; and it was +said and believed that he asked of the King to send 4. members to the +Bastile, of whom the M. de la Fayette was one, to banish 20. others, +& 2. of his Ministers. The King found it shorter to banish him. His +successor went on in full concert with the Assembly. The result was +an augmentation of the revenue, a promise of economies in it's +expenditure, of an annual settlement of the public accounts before a +council, which the Comptroller, having been heretofore obliged to +settle only with the King in person, of course never settled at all; +an acknowledgment that the King could not lay a new tax, a +reformation of the criminal laws, abolition of torture, suppression +of Corvees, reformation of the gabelles, removal of the interior +custom houses, free commerce of grain internal & external, and the +establishment of Provincial assemblies; which alltogether constituted +a great mass of improvement in the condition of the nation. The +establishment of the Provincial assemblies was in itself a +fundamental improvement. They would be of the choice of the people, +one third renewed every year, in those provinces where there are no +States, that is to say over about three fourths of the kingdom. They +would be partly an Executive themselves, & partly an Executive +council to the Intendant, to whom the Executive power, in his +province had been heretofore entirely delegated. Chosen by the +people, they would soften the execution of hard laws, & having a +right of representation to the King, they would censure bad laws, +suggest good ones, expose abuses, and their representations, when +united, would command respect. To the other advantages might be +added the precedent itself of calling the Assemblee des Notables, +which would perhaps grow into habit. The hope was that the +improvements thus promised would be carried into effect, that they +would be maintained during the present reign, & that that would be +long enough for them to take some root in the constitution, so that +they might come to be considered as a part of that, and be protected +by time, and the attachment of the nation. + + The Count de Vergennes had died a few days before the meeting +of the Assembly, & the Count de Montmorin had been named Minister of +foreign affairs in his place. Villedeuil succeeded Calonnes as +Comptroller general, & Lomenie de Bryenne, Archbishop of Thoulouse, +afterwards of Sens, & ultimately Cardinal Lomenie, was named Minister +principal, with whom the other ministers were to transact the +business of their departments, heretofore done with the King in +person, and the Duke de Nivernois, and M. de Malesherbes were called +to the Council. On the nomination of the Minister principal the +Marshals de Segur & de Castries retired from the departments of War & +Marine, unwilling to act subordinately, or to share the blame of +proceedings taken out of their direction. They were succeeded by the +Count de Brienne, brother of the Prime minister, and the Marquis de +la Luzerne, brother to him who had been Minister in the United +States. + + May 24. A dislocated wrist, unsuccessfully set, occasioned +advice from my Surgeon to try the mineral waters of Aix in Provence +as a corroborant. I left Paris for that place therefore on the 28th. +of Feb. and proceeded up the Seine, thro' Champagne & Burgundy, and +down the Rhone thro' the Beaujolais by Lyons, Avignon, Nismes to Aix, +where finding on trial no benefit from the waters, I concluded to +visit the rice country of Piedmont, to see if anything might be +learned there to benefit the rivalship of our Carolina rice with +that, and thence to make a tour of the seaport towns of France, along +it's Southern and Western coast, to inform myself if anything could +be done to favor our commerce with them. From Aix therefore I took +my route by Marseilles, Toulon, Hieres, Nice, across the Col de +Tende, by Coni, Turin, Vercelli, Novara, Milan, Pavia, Novi, Genoa. +Thence returning along the coast by Savona, Noli, Albenga, Oneglia, +Monaco, Nice, Antibes, Frejus, Aix, Marseilles, Avignon, Nismes, +Montpellier, Frontignan, Cette, Agde, and along the canal of +Languedoc, by Bezieres, Narbonne, Cascassonne, Castelnaudari, thro' +the Souterrain of St. Feriol and back by Castelnaudari, to Toulouse, +thence to Montauban & down the Garonne by Langon to Bordeaux. Thence +to Rochefort, la Rochelle, Nantes, L'Orient, then back by Rennes to +Nantes, and up the Loire by Angers, Tours, Amboise, Blois to New +Orleans, thence direct to Paris where I arrived on the 10th. of June. +Soon after my return from this journey to wit, about the latter part +of July, I received my younger daughter Maria from Virginia by the +way of London, the youngest having died some time before. + + The treasonable perfidy of the Prince of Orange, Stadtholder & +Captain General of the United Netherlands, in the war which England +waged against them for entering into a treaty of commerce with the U. +S. is known to all. As their Executive officer, charged with the +conduct of the war, he contrived to baffle all the measures of the +States General, to dislocate all their military plans, & played false +into the hands of England and against his own country on every +possible occasion, confident in her protection, and in that of the +King of Prussia, brother to his Princess. The States General +indignant at this patricidal conduct applied to France for aid, +according to the stipulations of the treaty concluded with her in 85. +It was assured to them readily, and in cordial terms, in a letter +from the Ct. de Vergennes to the Marquis de Verac, Ambassador of +France at the Hague, of which the following is an extract. + + "Extrait de la depeche de Monsr. le Comte de Vergennes a Monsr. +le Marquis de Verac, Ambassadeur de France a la Haye, du 1er Mars +1786. + + "Le Roi concourrera, autant qu'il sera en son pouvoir, au +succes de la chose, et vous inviterez de sa part les patriotes de lui +communiquer leurs vues, leurs plans, et leurs envieux. Vous les +assurerez que le roi prend un interet veritable a leurs personnes +comme a leur cause, et qu' ils peuvent compter sur sa protection. +Ils doivent y compter d' autant plus, Monsieur, que nous ne +dissimulons pas que si Monsr. le Stadhoulder reprend son ancienne +influence, le systeme Anglois ne tardera pas de prevaloir, et que +notre alliance deviendroit unetre de raison. Les Patriotes sentiront +facilement que cette position seroit incompatible avec la dignite, +comme avec la consideration de sa majeste. Mais dans le cas, +Monsieur, ou les chefs des Patriotes auroient a craindre une +scission, ils auroient le temps suffisant pour ramener ceux de leurs +amis que les Anglomanes ont egares, et preparer les choses de maniere +que la question de nouveau mise en deliberation soit decide selon +leurs desirs. Dans cette hypothese, le roi vous autorise a agir de +concert avec eux, de suivre la direction qu' ils jugeront devoir vous +donner, et d' employer tous les moyens pour augmenter le nombre des +partisans de la bonne cause. Il me reste, Monsieur, il me reste +Monsieur, de vous parler de la surete personelle des patriotes. Vous +les assurerez que dans tout etat de cause, le roi les prend sous sa +protection immediate, et vous ferez connoitre partout ou vous le +jugerez necessaire, que sa Majeste regarderoit comme une offense +personnelle tout ce qu' on entreprenderoit contre leur liberte. Il +est a presumer que ce langage, tenu avec energie, en imposera a +l'audace des Anglomanes et que Monsr. le Prince de Nassau croira +courir quelque risque en provoquant le ressentiment de sa Majeste." + + This letter was communicated by the Patriots to me when at +Amsterdam in 1788. and a copy sent by me to Mr. Jay in my letter to +him of Mar. 16. 1788. + + The object of the Patriots was to establish a representative +and republican government. The majority of the States general were +with them, but the majority of the populace of the towns was with the +Prince of Orange; and that populace was played off with great effect +by the triumvirate of Harris the English Ambassador afterwards Ld. +Malmesbury, the Prince of Orange a stupid man, and the Princess as +much a man as either of her colleagues, in audaciousness, in +enterprise, & in the thirst of domination. By these the mobs of the +Hague were excited against the members of the States general, their +persons were insulted & endangered in the streets, the sanctuary of +their houses was violated, and the Prince whose function & duty it +was to repress and punish these violations of order, took no steps +for that purpose. The States General, for their own protection were +therefore obliged to place their militia under the command of a +Committee. The Prince filled the courts of London and Berlin with +complaints at this usurpation of his prerogatives, and forgetting +that he was but the first servant of a republic, marched his regular +troops against the city of Utrecht, where the States were in session. +They were repulsed by the militia. His interests now became +marshalled with those of the public enemy & against his own country. +The States therefore, exercising their rights of sovereignty, +deprived him of all his powers. The great Frederic had died in +August 86. (* 5) He had never intended to break with France in +support of the Prince of Orange. During the illness of which he +died, he had thro' the Duke of Brunswick, declared to the Marquis de +la Fayette, who was then at Berlin, that he meant not to support the +English interest in Holland: that he might assure the government of +France his only wish was that some honorable place in the +Constitution should be reserved for the Stadtholder and his children, +and that he would take no part in the quarrel unless an entire +abolition of the Stadtholderate should be attempted. But his place +was now occupied by Frederic William, his great nephew, a man of +little understanding, much caprice, & very inconsiderate; and the +Princess his sister, altho' her husband was in arms against the +legitimate authorities of the country, attempting to go to Amsterdam +for the purpose of exciting the mobs of that place and being refused +permission to pass a military post on the way, he put the Duke of +Brunswick at the head of 20,000 men, and made demonstrations of +marching on Holland. The King of France hereupon declared, by his +Charge des Affaires in Holland that if the Prussian troops continued +to menace Holland with an invasion, his Majesty, in quality of Ally, +was determined to succor that province. (* 6) In answer to this Eden +gave official information to Count Montmorin, that England must +consider as at an end, it's convention with France relative to giving +notice of it's naval armaments and that she was arming generally. (* +7) War being now imminent, Eden questioned me on the effect of our +treaty with France in the case of a war, & what might be our +dispositions. I told him frankly and without hesitation that our +dispositions would be neutral, and that I thought it would be the +interest of both these powers that we should be so; because it would +relieve both from all anxiety as to feeding their W. India islands. +That England too, by suffering us to remain so, would avoid a heavy +land-war on our continent, which might very much cripple her +proceedings elsewhere; that our treaty indeed obliged us to receive +into our ports the armed vessels of France, with their prizes, and to +refuse admission to the prizes made on her by her enemies: that there +was a clause also by which we guaranteed to France her American +possessions, which might perhaps force us into the war, if these were +attacked. "Then it will be war, said he, for they will assuredly be +attacked." (* 8) Liston, at Madrid, about the same time, made the +same inquiries of Carmichael. The government of France then declared +a determination to form a camp of observation at Givet, commenced +arming her marine, and named the Bailli de Suffrein their +Generalissimo on the Ocean. She secretly engaged also in +negotiations with Russia, Austria, & Spain to form a quadruple +alliance. The Duke of Brunswick having advanced to the confines of +Holland, sent some of his officers to Givet to reconnoitre the state +of things there, and report them to him. He said afterwards that "if +there had been only a few tents at that place, he should not have +advanced further, for that the King would not merely for the interest +of his sister, engage in a war with France." But finding that there +was not a single company there, he boldly entered the country, took +their towns as fast as he presented himself before them, and advanced +on Utrecht. The States had appointed the Rhingrave of Salm their +Commander-in-chief, a Prince without talents, without courage, and +without principle. He might have held out in Utrecht for a +considerable time, but he surrendered the place without firing a gun, +literally ran away & hid himself so that for months it was not known +what had become of him. Amsterdam was then attacked and capitulated. +In the meantime the negotiations for the quadruple alliance were +proceeding favorably. But the secrecy with which they were attempted +to be conducted, was penetrated by Fraser, Charge des affaires of +England at St. Petersburg, who instantly notified his court, and +gave the alarm to Prussia. The King saw at once what would be his +situation between the jaws of France, Austria, and Russia. In great +dismay he besought the court of London not to abandon him, sent +Alvensleben to Paris to explain and soothe, and England thro' the D. +of Dorset and Eden, renewed her conferences for accommodation. The +Archbishop, who shuddered at the idea of war, and preferred a +peaceful surrender of right to an armed vindication of it, received +them with open arms, entered into cordial conferences, and a +declaration, and counter declaration were cooked up at Versailles and +sent to London for approbation. They were approved there, reached +Paris at 1 o'clock of the 27th. and were signed that night at +Versailles. It was said and believed at Paris that M. de Montmorin, +literally "pleuroit comme un enfant," when obliged to sign this +counter declaration; so distressed was he by the dishonor of +sacrificing the Patriots after assurances so solemn of protection, +and absolute encouragement to proceed. (* 9) The Prince of Orange +was reinstated in all his powers, now become regal. A great +emigration of the Patriots took place, all were deprived of office, +many exiled, and their property confiscated. They were received in +France, and subsisted for some time on her bounty. Thus fell +Holland, by the treachery of her chief, from her honorable +independence to become a province of England, and so also her +Stadtholder from the high station of the first citizen of a free +republic, to be the servile Viceroy of a foreign sovereign. And this +was effected by a mere scene of bullying & demonstration, not one of +the parties, France England or Prussia having ever really meant to +encounter actual war for the interest of the Prince of Orange. But +it had all the effect of a real and decisive war. + + (* 5) lre to Jay Aug. 6. 87. + + (* 6) My lre Sep. 22. 87. + + (* 7) My lre to J. Jay Sep.24. + + (* 8) lre to Carm. Dec. 15. + + (* 9) My lre to Jay Nov. 3. lre to J. Adams, Nov. 13. + + Our first essay in America to establish a federative government +had fallen, on trial, very short of it's object. During the war of +Independance, while the pressure of an external enemy hooped us +together, and their enterprises kept us necessarily on the alert, the +spirit of the people, excited by danger, was a supplement to the +Confederation, and urged them to zealous exertions, whether claimed +by that instrument, or not. But when peace and safety were restored, +and every man became engaged in useful and profitable occupation, +less attention was paid to the calls of Congress. The fundamental +defect of the Confederation was that Congress was not authorized to +act immediately on the people, & by it's own officers. Their power +was only requisitory, and these requisitions were addressed to the +several legislatures, to be by them carried into execution, without +other coercion than the moral principle of duty. This allowed in +fact a negative to every legislature, on every measure proposed by +Congress; a negative so frequently exercised in practice as to benumb +the action of the federal government, and to render it inefficient in +it's general objects, & more especially in pecuniary and foreign +concerns. The want too of a separation of the legislative, +executive, & judiciary functions worked disadvantageously in +practice. Yet this state of things afforded a happy augury of the +future march of our confederacy, when it was seen that the good sense +and good dispositions of the people, as soon as they perceived the +incompetence of their first compact, instead of leaving it's +correction to insurrection and civil war, agreed with one voice to +elect deputies to a general convention, who should peaceably meet and +agree on such a constitution as "would ensure peace, justice, +liberty, the common defence & general welfare." + + This Convention met at Philadelphia on the 25th. of May '87. +It sate with closed doors and kept all it's proceedings secret, until +it's dissolution on the 17th. of September, when the results of their +labors were published all together. I received a copy early in +November, and read and contemplated it's provisions with great +satisfaction. As not a member of the Convention however, nor +probably a single citizen of the Union, had approved it in all it's +parts, so I too found articles which I thought objectionable. The +absence of express declarations ensuring freedom of religion, freedom +of the press, freedom of the person under the uninterrupted +protection of the Habeas corpus, & trial by jury in civil as well as +in criminal cases excited my jealousy; and the re-eligibility of the +President for life, I quite disapproved. I expressed freely in +letters to my friends, and most particularly to Mr. Madison & General +Washington, my approbations and objections. How the good should be +secured, and the ill brought to rights was the difficulty. To refer +it back to a new Convention might endanger the loss of the whole. My +first idea was that the 9. states first acting should accept it +unconditionally, and thus secure what in it was good, and that the 4. +last should accept on the previous condition that certain amendments +should be agreed to, but a better course was devised of accepting the +whole and trusting that the good sense & honest intentions of our +citizens would make the alterations which should be deemed necessary. +Accordingly all accepted, 6. without objection, and 7. with +recommendations of specified amendments. Those respecting the press, +religion, & juries, with several others, of great value, were +accordingly made; but the Habeas corpus was left to the discretion of +Congress, and the amendment against the reeligibility of the +President was not proposed by that body. My fears of that feature +were founded on the importance of the office, on the fierce +contentions it might excite among ourselves, if continuable for life, +and the dangers of interference either with money or arms, by foreign +nations, to whom the choice of an American President might become +interesting. Examples of this abounded in history; in the case of +the Roman emperors for instance, of the Popes while of any +significance, of the German emperors, the Kings of Poland, & the Deys +of Barbary. I had observed too in the feudal History, and in the +recent instance particularly of the Stadtholder of Holland, how +easily offices or tenures for life slide into inheritances. My wish +therefore was that the President should be elected for 7. years & be +ineligible afterwards. This term I thought sufficient to enable him, +with the concurrence of the legislature, to carry thro' & establish +any system of improvement he should propose for the general good. +But the practice adopted I think is better allowing his continuance +for 8. years with a liability to be dropped at half way of the term, +making that a period of probation. That his continuance should be +restrained to 7. years was the opinion of the Convention at an early +stage of it's session, when it voted that term by a majority of 8. +against 2. and by a simple majority that he should be ineligible a +second time. This opinion &c. was confirmed by the house so late as +July 26. referred to the committee of detail, reported favorably by +them, and changed to the present form by final vote on the last day +but one only of their session. Of this change three states expressed +their disapprobation, N. York by recommending an amendment that the +President should not be eligible a third time, and Virginia and N. +Carolina that he should not be capable of serving more than 8. in any +term of 16. years. And altho' this amendment has not been made in +form, yet practice seems to have established it. The example of 4 +Presidents voluntarily retiring at the end of their 8th year, & the +progress of public opinion that the principle is salutary, have given +it in practice the force of precedent & usage; insomuch that should a +President consent to be a candidate for a 3d. election, I trust he +would be rejected on this demonstration of ambitious views. + + But there was another amendment of which none of us thought at +the time and in the omission of which lurks the germ that is to +destroy this happy combination of National powers in the General +government for matters of National concern, and independent powers in +the states for what concerns the states severally. In England it was +a great point gained at the Revolution, that the commissions of the +judges, which had hitherto been during pleasure, should thenceforth +be made during good behavior. A Judiciary dependent on the will of +the King had proved itself the most oppressive of all tools in the +hands of that Magistrate. Nothing then could be more salutary than a +change there to the tenure of good behavior; and the question of good +behavior left to the vote of a simple majority in the two houses of +parliament. Before the revolution we were all good English Whigs, +cordial in their free principles, and in their jealousies of their +executive Magistrate. These jealousies are very apparent in all our +state constitutions; and, in the general government in this instance, +we have gone even beyond the English caution, by requiring a vote of +two thirds in one of the Houses for removing a judge; a vote so +impossible where (* 10) any defence is made, before men of ordinary +prejudices & passions, that our judges are effectually independent of +the nation. But this ought not to be. I would not indeed make them +dependant on the Executive authority, as they formerly were in +England; but I deem it indispensable to the continuance of this +government that they should be submitted to some practical & +impartial controul: and that this, to be imparted, must be compounded +of a mixture of state and federal authorities. It is not enough that +honest men are appointed judges. All know the influence of interest +on the mind of man, and how unconsciously his judgment is warped by +that influence. To this bias add that of the esprit de corps, of +their peculiar maxim and creed that "it is the office of a good judge +to enlarge his jurisdiction," and the absence of responsibility, and +how can we expect impartial decision between the General government, +of which they are themselves so eminent a part, and an individual +state from which they have nothing to hope or fear. We have seen too +that, contrary to all correct example, they are in the habit of going +out of the question before them, to throw an anchor ahead and grapple +further hold for future advances of power. They are then in fact the +corps of sappers & miners, steadily working to undermine the +independant rights of the States, & to consolidate all power in the +hands of that government in which they have so important a freehold +estate. But it is not by the consolidation, or concentration of +powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected. +Were not this great country already divided into states, that +division must be made, that each might do for itself what concerns +itself directly, and what it can so much better do than a distant +authority. Every state again is divided into counties, each to take +care of what lies within it's local bounds; each county again into +townships or wards, to manage minuter details; and every ward into +farms, to be governed each by it's individual proprietor. Were we +directed from Washington when to sow, & when to reap, we should soon +want bread. It is by this partition of cares, descending in +gradation from general to particular, that the mass of human affairs +may be best managed for the good and prosperity of all. I repeat +that I do not charge the judges with wilful and ill-intentioned +error; but honest error must be arrested where it's toleration leads +to public ruin. As, for the safety of society, we commit honest +maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench, +whose erroneous biases are leading us to dissolution. It may indeed +injure them in fame or in fortune; but it saves the republic, which +is the first and supreme law. In the impeachment of judge Pickering +of New Hampshire, a habitual & maniac drunkard, no defence was made. +Had there been, the party vote of more than one third of the Senate +would have acquitted him. + + (* 10) In the impeachment of judge Pickering of New Hampsire, a +habitual & maniac drunkard, no defence was made. Had there been, the +party vote of more than one third of the Senate would have acquitted +him. + + Among the debilities of the government of the Confederation, no +one was more distinguished or more distressing than the utter +impossibility of obtaining, from the states, the monies necessary for +the payment of debts, or even for the ordinary expenses of the +government. Some contributed a little, some less, & some nothing, +and the last furnished at length an excuse for the first to do +nothing also. Mr. Adams, while residing at the Hague, had a general +authority to borrow what sums might be requisite for ordinary & +necessary expenses. Interest on the public debt, and the maintenance +of the diplomatic establishment in Europe, had been habitually +provided in this way. He was now elected Vice President of the U. S. +was soon to return to America, and had referred our bankers to me for +future councel on our affairs in their hands. But I had no powers, +no instructions, no means, and no familiarity with the subject. It +had always been exclusively under his management, except as to +occasional and partial deposits in the hands of Mr. Grand, banker in +Paris, for special and local purposes. These last had been exhausted +for some time, and I had fervently pressed the Treasury board to +replenish this particular deposit; as Mr. Grand now refused to make +further advances. They answered candidly that no funds could be +obtained until the new government should get into action, and have +time to make it's arrangements. Mr. Adams had received his +appointment to the court of London while engaged at Paris, with Dr. +Franklin and myself, in the negotiations under our joint commissions. +He had repaired thence to London, without returning to the Hague to +take leave of that government. He thought it necessary however to do +so now, before he should leave Europe, and accordingly went there. I +learned his departure from London by a letter from Mrs. Adams +received on the very day on which he would arrive at the Hague. A +consultation with him, & some provision for the future was +indispensable, while we could yet avail ourselves of his powers. For +when they would be gone, we should be without resource. I was daily +dunned by a company who had formerly made a small loan to the U S. +the principal of which was now become due; and our bankers in +Amsterdam had notified me that the interest on our general debt would +be expected in June; that if we failed to pay it, it would be deemed +an act of bankruptcy and would effectually destroy the credit of the +U S. and all future prospect of obtaining money there; that the loan +they had been authorized to open, of which a third only was filled, +and now ceased to get forward, and rendered desperate that hope of +resource. I saw that there was not a moment to lose, and set out for +the Hague on the 2d. morning after receiving the information of Mr. +Adams's journey. I went the direct road by Louvres, Senlis, Roye, +Pont St. Maxence, Bois le duc, Gournay, Peronne, Cambray, Bouchain, +Valenciennes, Mons, Bruxelles, Malines, Antwerp, Mordick, and +Rotterdam, to the Hague, where I happily found Mr. Adams. He +concurred with me at once in opinion that something must be done, and +that we ought to risk ourselves on doing it without instructions, to +save the credit of the U S. We foresaw that before the new +government could be adopted, assembled, establish it's financial +system, get the money into the treasury, and place it in Europe, +considerable time would elapse; that therefore we had better provide +at once for the years 88. 89. & 90. in order to place our government +at it's ease, and our credit in security, during that trying +interval. We set out therefore by the way of Leyden for Amsterdam, +where we arrived on the 10th. I had prepared an estimate showing +that + + Florins. + there would be necessary for the year 88 -- 531,937 -- 10 + 89 -- 538,540 + 90 -- 473,540 + -------------------- + Total, 1,544,017 -- 10 + Flor. + + to meet this the bankers had in hand 79,268 -- 2 -- 8 + & the unsold bonds would yield 542,800 622,068 -- 2 -- 8 + -------- ----------------- + we proposed then to borrow a million yielding. . . 900,000 + ----------------- + which would leave a small deficiency of. . . . . . 1,949 -- 7 -- 4 + + Mr. Adams accordingly executed 1000. bonds, for 1000. florins +each, and deposited them in the hands of our bankers, with +instructions however not to issue them until Congress should ratify +the measure. This done, he returned to London, and I set out for +Paris; and as nothing urgent forbade it, I determined to return along +the banks of the Rhine to Strasburg, and thence strike off to Paris. +I accordingly left Amsterdam on the 30th of March, and proceeded by +Utrecht, Nimeguen, Cleves, Duysberg, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonne, +Coblentz, Nassau, Hocheim, Frankfort, & made an excursion to Hanau, +thence to Mayence and another excursion to Rude-sheim, & Johansberg; +then by Oppenheim, Worms, and Manheim, and an excursion to +Heidelberg, then by Spire, Carlsruh, Rastadt & Kelh, to Strasburg, +where I arrived Apr. 16th, and proceeded again on the 18th, by +Phalsbourg, Fenestrange, Dieuze, Moyenvie, Nancy, Toul, Ligny, +Barleduc, St. Diziers, Vitry, Chalons sur Marne, Epernay, Chateau +Thierri, Meaux, to Paris where I arrived on the 23d. of April; and I +had the satisfaction to reflect that by this journey our credit was +secured, the new government was placed at ease for two years to come, +and that as well as myself were relieved from the torment of +incessant duns, whose just complaints could not be silenced by any +means within our power. + + A Consular Convention had been agreed on in 84. between Dr. +Franklin and the French government containing several articles so +entirely inconsistent with the laws of the several states, and the +general spirit of our citizens, that Congress withheld their +ratification, and sent it back to me with instructions to get those +articles expunged or modified so as to render them compatible with +our laws. The minister retired unwillingly from these concessions, +which indeed authorized the exercise of powers very offensive in a +free state. After much discussion it was reformed in a considerable +degree, and the Convention was signed by the Count Montmorin and +myself, on the 14th. of Nov. 88 not indeed such as I would have +wished; but such as could be obtained with good humor & friendship. + + On my return from Holland, I had found Paris still in high +fermentation as I had left it. Had the Archbishop, on the close of +the assembly of Notables, immediately carried into operation the +measures contemplated, it was believed they would all have been +registered by the parliament, but he was slow, presented his edicts, +one after another, & at considerable intervals of time, which gave +time for the feelings excited by the proceedings of the Notables to +cool off, new claims to be advanced, and a pressure to arise for a +fixed constitution, not subject to changes at the will of the King. +Nor should we wonder at this pressure when we consider the monstrous +abuses of power under which this people were ground to powder, when +we pass in review the weight of their taxes, and inequality of their +distribution; the oppressions of the tythes, of the tailles, the +corvees, the gabelles, the farms & barriers; the shackles on Commerce +by monopolies; on Industry by gilds & corporations; on the freedom of +conscience, of thought, and of speech; on the Press by the Censure; +and of person by lettres de Cachet; the cruelty of the criminal code +generally, the atrocities of the Rack, the venality of judges, and +their partialities to the rich; the Monopoly of Military honors by +the Noblesse; the enormous expenses of the Queen, the princes & the +Court; the prodigalities of pensions; & the riches, luxury, indolence +& immorality of the clergy. Surely under such a mass of misrule and +oppression, a people might justly press for a thoro' reformation, and +might even dismount their rough-shod riders, & leave them to walk on +their own legs. The edicts relative to the corvees & free +circulation of grain, were first presented to the parliament and +registered. But those for the impot territorial, & stamp tax, +offered some time after, were refused by the parliament, which +proposed a call of the States General as alone competent to their +authorization. Their refusal produced a Bed of justice, and their +exile to Troyes. The advocates however refusing to attend them, a +suspension in the administration of justice took place. The +Parliament held out for awhile, but the ennui of their exile and +absence from Paris begun at length to be felt, and some dispositions +for compromise to appear. On their consent therefore to prolong some +of the former taxes, they were recalled from exile, the King met them +in session Nov. 19. 87. promised to call the States General in the +year 92. and a majority expressed their assent to register an edict +for successive and annual loans from 1788. to 92. But a protest +being entered by the Duke of Orleans and this encouraging others in a +disposition to retract, the King ordered peremptorily the registry of +the edict, and left the assembly abruptly. The parliament +immediately protested that the votes for the enregistry had not been +legally taken, and that they gave no sanction to the loans proposed. +This was enough to discredit and defeat them. Hereupon issued +another edict for the establishment of a cour pleniere, and the +suspension of all the parliaments in the kingdom. This being opposed +as might be expected by reclamations from all the parliaments & +provinces, the King gave way and by an edict of July 5. 88 renounced +his cour pleniere, & promised the States General for the 1st. of May +of the ensuing year: and the Archbishop finding the times beyond his +faculties, accepted the promise of a Cardinal's hat, was removed +[Sep. 88] from the ministry, and Mr. Necker was called to the +department of finance. The innocent rejoicings of the people of Paris +on this change provoked the interference of an officer of the city +guards, whose order for their dispersion not being obeyed, he charged +them with fixed bayonets, killed two or three, and wounded many. +This dispersed them for the moment; but they collected the next day +in great numbers, burnt 10. or 12. guard houses, killed two or three +of the guards, & lost 6. or 8. more of their own number. The city was +hereupon put under martial law, and after awhile the tumult subsided. +The effect of this change of ministers, and the promise of the States +General at an early day, tranquillized the nation. But two great +questions now occurred. 1. What proportion shall the number of +deputies of the tiers etat bear to those of the Nobles and Clergy? +And 2. shall they sit in the same, or in distinct apartments? Mr. +Necker, desirous of avoiding himself these knotty questions, proposed +a second call of the same Notables, and that their advice should be +asked on the subject. They met Nov. 9. 88. and, by five bureaux +against one, they recommended the forms of the States General of +1614. wherein the houses were separate, and voted by orders, not by +persons. But the whole nation declaring at once against this, and +that the tiers etat should be, in numbers, equal to both the other +orders, and the Parliament deciding for the same proportion, it was +determined so to be, by a declaration of Dec. 27. 88. A Report of +Mr. Necker to the King, of about the same date, contained other very +important concessions. 1. That the King could neither lay a new tax, +nor prolong an old one. 2. It expressed a readiness to agree on the +periodical meeting of the States. 3. To consult on the necessary +restriction on lettres de Cachet. And 4. how far the Press might be +made free. 5. It admits that the States are to appropriate the +public money; and 6. that Ministers shall be responsible for public +expenditures. And these concessions came from the very heart of the +King. He had not a wish but for the good of the nation, and for that +object no personal sacrifice would ever have cost him a moment's +regret. But his mind was weakness itself, his constitution timid, +his judgment null, and without sufficient firmness even to stand by +the faith of his word. His Queen too, haughty and bearing no +contradiction, had an absolute ascendency over him; and around her +were rallied the King's brother d'Artois, the court generally, and +the aristocratic part of his ministers, particularly Breteuil, +Broglio, Vauguyon, Foulon, Luzerne, men whose principles of +government were those of the age of Louis XIV. Against this host the +good counsels of Necker, Montmorin, St. Priest, altho' in unison with +the wishes of the King himself, were of little avail. The +resolutions of the morning formed under their advice, would be +reversed in the evening by the influence of the Queen & court. But +the hand of heaven weighed heavily indeed on the machinations of this +junto; producing collateral incidents, not arising out of the case, +yet powerfully co-exciting the nation to force a regeneration of it's +government, and overwhelming with accumulated difficulties this +liberticide resistance. For, while laboring under the want of money +for even ordinary purposes, in a government which required a million +of livres a day, and driven to the last ditch by the universal call +for liberty, there came on a winter of such severe cold, as was +without example in the memory of man, or in the written records of +history. The Mercury was at times 50;dg below the freezing point of +Fahrenheit and 22;dg below that of Reaumur. All out-door labor was +suspended, and the poor, without the wages of labor, were of course +without either bread or fuel. The government found it's necessities +aggravated by that of procuring immense quantities of fire-wood, and +of keeping great fires at all the cross-streets, around which the +people gathered in crowds to avoid perishing with cold. Bread too +was to be bought, and distributed daily gratis, until a relax-ation +of the season should enable the people to work: and the slender stock +of bread-stuff had for some time threatened famine, and had raised +that article to an enormous price. So great indeed was the scarcity +of bread that from the highest to the lowest citizen, the bakers were +permitted to deal but a scanty allowance per head, even to those who +paid for it; and in cards of invitation to dine in the richest +houses, the guest was notified to bring his own bread. To eke out +the existence of the people, every person who had the means, was +called on for a weekly subscription, which the Cures collected and +employed in providing messes for the nourishment of the poor, and +vied with each other in devising such economical compositions of food +as would subsist the greatest number with the smallest means. This +want of bread had been foreseen for some time past and M. de +Montmorin had desired me to notify it in America, and that, in +addition to the market price, a premium should be given on what +should be brought from the U S. Notice was accordingly given and +produced considerable supplies. Subsequent information made the +importations from America, during the months of March, April & May, +into the Atlantic ports of France, amount to about 21,000 barrels of +flour, besides what went to other ports, and in other months, while +our supplies to their West-Indian islands relieved them also from +that drain. This distress for bread continued till July. + + Hitherto no acts of popular violence had been produced by the +struggle for political reformation. Little riots, on ordinary +incidents, had taken place, as at other times, in different parts of +the kingdom, in which some lives, perhaps a dozen or twenty, had been +lost, but in the month of April a more serious one occurred in Paris, +unconnected indeed with the revolutionary principle, but making part +of the history of the day. The Fauxbourg St. Antoine is a quarter of +the city inhabited entirely by the class of day-laborers and +journeymen in every line. A rumor was spread among them that a great +paper manufacturer, of the name of Reveillon, had proposed, on some +occasion, that their wages should be lowered to 15 sous a day. +Inflamed at once into rage, & without inquiring into it's truth, they +flew to his house in vast numbers, destroyed everything in it, and in +his magazines & work shops, without secreting however a pin's worth +to themselves, and were continuing this work of devastation when the +regular troops were called in. Admonitions being disregarded, they +were of necessity fired on, and a regular action ensued, in which +about 100. of them were killed, before the rest would disperse. +There had rarely passed a year without such a riot in some part or +other of the Kingdom; and this is distinguished only as cotemporary +with the revolution, altho' not produced by it. + + The States General were opened on the 5th. of May 89. by +speeches from the King, the Garde des Sceaux Lamoignon, and Mr. +Necker. The last was thought to trip too lightly over the +constitutional reformations which were expected. His notices of them +in this speech were not as full as in his previous `Rapport au Roi.' +This was observed to his disadvantage. But much allowance should +have been made for the situation in which he was placed between his +own counsels, and those of the ministers and party of the court. +Overruled in his own opinions, compelled to deliver, and to gloss +over those of his opponents, and even to keep their secrets, he could +not come forward in his own attitude. + + The composition of the assembly, altho' equivalent on the whole +to what had been expected, was something different in it's elements. +It has been supposed that a superior education would carry into the +scale of the Commons a respectable portion of the Noblesse. It did +so as to those of Paris, of it's vicinity and of the other +considerable cities, whose greater intercourse with enlightened +society had liberalized their minds, and prepared them to advance up +to the measure of the times. But the Noblesse of the country, which +constituted two thirds of that body, were far in their rear. +Residing constantly on their patrimonial feuds, and familiarized by +daily habit with Seigneurial powers and practices, they had not yet +learned to suspect their inconsistence with reason and right. They +were willing to submit to equality of taxation, but not to descend +from their rank and prerogatives to be incorporated in session with +the tiers etat. Among the clergy, on the other hand, it had been +apprehended that the higher orders of the hierarchy, by their wealth +and connections, would have carried the elections generally. But it +proved that in most cases the lower clergy had obtained the popular +majorities. These consisted of the Cures, sons of the peasantry who +had been employed to do all the drudgery of parochial services for +10. 20. or 30 Louis a year; while their superiors were consuming +their princely revenues in palaces of luxury & indolence. + + The objects for which this body was convened being of the first +order of importance, I felt it very interesting to understand the +views of the parties of which it was composed, and especially the +ideas prevalent as to the organization contemplated for their +government. I went therefore daily from Paris to Versailles, and +attended their debates, generally till the hour of adjournment. +Those of the Noblesse were impassioned and tempestuous. They had +some able men on both sides, and actuated by equal zeal. The debates +of the Commons were temperate, rational and inflexibly firm. As +preliminary to all other business, the awful questions came on, Shall +the States sit in one, or in distinct apartments? And shall they +vote by heads or houses? The opposition was soon found to consist of +the Episcopal order among the clergy, and two thirds of the Noblesse; +while the tiers etat were, to a man, united and determined. After +various propositions of compromise had failed, the Commons undertook +to cut the Gordian knot. The Abbe Sieyes, the most logical head of +the nation, (author of the pamphlet Qu'est ce que le tiers etat? +which had electrified that country, as Paine's Common sense did us) +after an impressive speech on the 10th of June, moved that a last +invitation should be sent to the Nobles and Clergy, to attend in the +Hall of the States, collectively or individually for the verification +of powers, to which the commons would proceed immediately, either in +their presence or absence. This verification being finished, a +motion was made, on the 15th. that they should constitute themselves +a National assembly; which was decided on the 17th. by a majority of +four fifths. During the debates on this question, about twenty of +the Cures had joined them, and a proposition was made in the chamber +of the clergy that their whole body should join them. This was +rejected at first by a small majority only; but, being afterwards +somewhat modified, it was decided affirmatively, by a majority of +eleven. While this was under debate and unknown to the court, to +wit, on the 19th. a council was held in the afternoon at Marly, +wherein it was proposed that the King should interpose by a +declaration of his sentiments, in a _seance royale._ A form of +declaration was proposed by Necker, which, while it censured in +general the proceedings both of the Nobles and Commons, announced the +King's views, such as substantially to coincide with the Commons. It +was agreed to in council, the _seance_ was fixed for the 22d. the +meetings of the States were till then to be suspended, and +everything, in the meantime, kept secret. The members the next +morning (20th.) repairing to their house as usual, found the doors +shut and guarded, a proclamation posted up for a seance royale on the +22d. and a suspension of their meetings in the meantime. Concluding +that their dissolution was now to take place, they repaired to a +building called the "Jeu de paume" (or Tennis court) and there bound +themselves by oath to each other, never to separate of their own +accord, till they had settled a constitution for the nation, on a +solid basis, and if separated by force, that they would reassemble in +some other place. The next day they met in the church of St. Louis, +and were joined by a majority of the clergy. The heads of the +Aristocracy saw that all was lost without some bold exertion. The +King was still at Marly. Nobody was permitted to approach him but +their friends. He was assailed by falsehoods in all shapes. He was +made to believe that the Commons were about to absolve the army from +their oath of fidelity to him, and to raise their pay. The court +party were now all rage and desperate. They procured a committee to +be held consisting of the King and his ministers, to which Monsieur & +the Count d'Artois should be admitted. At this committee the latter +attacked Mr. Necker personally, arraigned his declaration, and +proposed one which some of his prompters had put into his hands. Mr. +Necker was brow-beaten and intimidated, and the King shaken. He +determined that the two plans should be deliberated on the next day +and the seance royale put off a day longer. This encouraged a +fiercer attack on Mr. Necker the next day. His draught of a +declaration was entirely broken up, & that of the Count d'Artois +inserted into it. Himself and Montmorin offered their resignation, +which was refused, the Count d'Artois saying to Mr. Necker "No sir, +you must be kept as the hostage; we hold you responsible for all the +ill which shall happen." This change of plan was immediately +whispered without doors. The Noblesse were in triumph; the people in +consternation. I was quite alarmed at this state of things. The +soldiery had not yet indicated which side they should take, and that +which they should support would be sure to prevail. I considered a +successful reformation of government in France, as ensuring a general +reformation thro Europe, and the resurrection, to a new life, of +their people, now ground to dust by the abuses of the governing +powers. I was much acquainted with the leading patriots of the +assembly. Being from a country which had successfully passed thro' a +similar reformation, they were disposed to my acquaintance, and had +some confidence in me. I urged most strenuously an immediate +compromise; to secure what the government was now ready to yield, and +trust to future occasions for what might still be wanting. It was +well understood that the King would grant at this time 1. Freedom of +the person by Habeas corpus. 2. Freedom of conscience. 3. Freedom +of the press. 4. Trial by jury. 5. A representative legislature. +6. Annual meetings. 7. The origination of laws. 8. The exclusive +right of taxation and appropriation. And 9. The responsibility of +ministers; and with the exercise of these powers they would obtain in +future whatever might be further necessary to improve and preserve +their constitution. They thought otherwise however, and events have +proved their lamentable error. For after 30. years of war, foreign +and domestic, the loss of millions of lives, the prostration of +private happiness, and foreign subjugation of their own country for a +time, they have obtained no more, nor even that securely. They were +unconscious of (for who could foresee?) the melancholy sequel of +their well-meant perseverance; that their physical force would be +usurped by a first tyrant to trample on the independance, and even +the existence, of other nations: that this would afford fatal example +for the atrocious conspiracy of Kings against their people; would +generate their unholy and homicide alliance to make common cause +among themselves, and to crush, by the power of the whole, the +efforts of any part, to moderate their abuses and oppressions. + + When the King passed, the next day, thro' the lane formed from +the Chateau to the Hotel des etats, there was a dead silence. He was +about an hour in the House delivering his speech & declaration. On +his coming out a feeble cry of "Vive le Roy" was raised by some +children, but the people remained silent & sullen. In the close of +his speech he had ordered that the members should follow him, & +resume their deliberations the next day. The Noblesse followed him, +and so did the clergy, except about thirty, who, with the tiers, +remained in the room, and entered into deliberation. They protested +against what the King had done, adhered to all their former +proceedings, and resolved the inviolability of their own persons. An +officer came to order them out of the room in the King's name. "Tell +those who sent you, said Mirabeau, that we shall not move hence but +at our own will, or the point of the bayonet." In the afternoon the +people, uneasy, began to assemble in great numbers in the courts, and +vicinities of the palace. This produced alarm. The Queen sent for +Mr. Necker. He was conducted amidst the shouts and acclamations of +the multitude who filled all the apartments of the palace. He was a +few minutes only with the queen, and what passed between them did not +transpire. The King went out to ride. He passed thro' the crowd to +his carriage and into it, without being in the least noticed. As Mr. +Neckar followed him universal acclamations were raised of "vive +Monsr. Neckar, vive le sauveur de la France opprimee." He was +conducted back to his house with the same demonstrations of affection +and anxiety. About 200. deputies of the Tiers, catching the +enthusiasm of the moment, went to his house, and extorted from him a +promise that he would not resign. On the 25th. 48. of the Nobles +joined the tiers, & among them the D. of Orleans. There were then +with them 164 members of the Clergy, altho' the minority of that body +still sat apart & called themselves the chamber of the clergy. On +the 26th. the Archbp. of Paris joined the tiers, as did some others +of the clergy and of the Noblesse. + + These proceedings had thrown the people into violent ferment. +It gained the souldiery, first of the French guards, extended to +those of every other denomination, except the Swiss, and even to the +body guards of the King. They began to quit their barracks, to +assemble in squads, to declare they would defend the life of the +King, but would not be the murderers of their fellow-citizens. They +called themselves the souldiers _of the nation_, and left now no +doubt on which side they would be, in case of rupture. Similar +accounts came in from the troops in other parts of the kingdom, +giving good reason to believe they would side with their fathers and +brothers rather than with their officers. The operation of this +medicine at Versailles was as sudden as it was powerful. The alarm +there was so compleat that in the afternoon of the 27th. the King +wrote with his own hand letters to the Presidents of the clergy and +Nobles, engaging them immediately to join the Tiers. These two +bodies were debating & hesitating when notes from the Ct. d'Artois +decided their compliance. They went in a body and took their seats +with the tiers, and thus rendered the union of the orders in one +chamber compleat. + + The Assembly now entered on the business of their mission, and +first proceeded to arrange the order in which they would take up the +heads of their constitution, as follows: + + First, and as Preliminary to the whole a general Declaration of +the Rights of Man. Then specifically the Principles of the Monarchy; +rights of the Nation; rights of the King; rights of the citizens; +organization & rights of the National assembly; forms necessary for +the enactment of laws; organization & functions of the provincial & +municipal assemblies; duties and limits of the Judiciary power; +functions & duties of the military power. + + A declaration of the rights of man, as the preliminary of their +work, was accordingly prepared and proposed by the Marquis de la +Fayette. + + But the quiet of their march was soon disturbed by information +that troops, and particularly the foreign troops, were advancing on +Paris from various quarters. The King had been probably advised to +this on the pretext of preserving peace in Paris. But his advisers +were believed to have other things in contemplation. The Marshal de +Broglio was appointed to their command, a high flying aristocrat, +cool and capable of everything. Some of the French guards were soon +arrested, under other pretexts, but really on account of their +dispositions in favor of the National cause. The people of Paris +forced their prison, liberated them, and sent a deputation to the +Assembly to solicit a pardon. The Assembly recommended peace and +order to the people of Paris, the prisoners to the king, and asked +from him the removal of the troops. His answer was negative and dry, +saying they might remove themselves, if they pleased, to Noyons or +Soissons. In the meantime these troops, to the number of twenty or +thirty thousand, had arrived and were posted in, and between Paris +and Versailles. The bridges and passes were guarded. At three +o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th July the Count de la Luzerne was +sent to notify Mr. Neckar of his dismission, and to enjoin him to +retire instantly without saying a word of it to anybody. He went +home, dined, and proposed to his wife a visit to a friend, but went +in fact to his country house at St. Ouen, and at midnight set out for +Brussels. This was not known until the next day, 12th when the whole +ministry was changed, except Villedeuil, of the Domestic department, +and Barenton, Garde des sceaux. The changes were as follows. + + The Baron de Breteuil, president of the council of finance; de +la Galaisiere, Comptroller general in the room of Mr. Neckar; the +Marshal de Broglio, minister of War, & Foulon under him in the room +of Puy-Segur; the Duke de la Vauguyon, minister of foreign affairs +instead of the Ct. de Montmorin; de La Porte, minister of Marine, in +place of the Ct. de la Luzerne; St. Priest was also removed from the +council. Luzerne and Puy-Segur had been strongly of the Aristocratic +party in the Council, but they were not considered as equal to the +work now to be done. The King was now compleatly in the hands of +men, the principal among whom had been noted thro' their lives for +the Turkish despotism of their characters, and who were associated +around the King as proper instruments for what was to be executed. +The news of this change began to be known at Paris about 1. or 2. +o'clock. In the afternoon a body of about 100 German cavalry were +advanced and drawn up in the Place Louis XV. and about 200. Swiss +posted at a little distance in their rear. This drew people to the +spot, who thus accidentally found themselves in front of the troops, +merely at first as spectators; but as their numbers increased, their +indignation rose. They retired a few steps, and posted themselves on +and behind large piles of stones, large and small, collected in that +Place for a bridge which was to be built adjacent to it. In this +position, happening to be in my carriage on a visit, I passed thro' +the lane they had formed, without interruption. But the moment after +I had passed, the people attacked the cavalry with stones. They +charged, but the advantageous position of the people, and the showers +of stones obliged the horse to retire, and quit the field altogether, +leaving one of their number on the ground, & the Swiss in their rear +not moving to their aid. This was the signal for universal +insurrection, and this body of cavalry, to avoid being massacred, +retired towards Versailles. The people now armed themselves with +such weapons as they could find in armorer's shops and private +houses, and with bludgeons, and were roaming all night thro' all +parts of the city, without any decided object. The next day (13th.) +the assembly pressed on the king to send away the troops, to permit +the Bourgeoisie of Paris to arm for the preservation of order in the +city, and offer to send a deputation from their body to tranquillize +them; but their propositions were refused. A committee of +magistrates and electors of the city are appointed by those bodies to +take upon them it's government. The people, now openly joined by the +French guards, force the prison of St. Lazare, release all the +prisoners, and take a great store of corn, which they carry to the +Corn-market. Here they get some arms, and the French guards begin to +form & train them. The City-committee determined to raise 48.000. +Bourgeoise, or rather to restrain their numbers to 48.000. On the +14th. they send one of their members (Mons. de Corny) to the Hotel +des Invalides, to ask arms for their Garde-Bourgeoise. He was +followed by, and he found there a great collection of people. The +Governor of the Invalids came out and represented the impossibility +of his delivering arms without the orders of those from whom he +received them. De Corny advised the people then to retire, and +retired himself; but the people took possession of the arms. It was +remarkable that not only the Invalids themselves made no opposition, +but that a body of 5000. foreign troops, within 400. yards, never +stirred. M. de Corny and five others were then sent to ask arms of +M. de Launay, governor of the Bastile. They found a great collection +of people already before the place, and they immediately planted a +flag of truce, which was answered by a like flag hoisted on the +Parapet. The deputation prevailed on the people to fall back a +little, advanced themselves to make their demand of the Governor, and +in that instant a discharge from the Bastile killed four persons, of +those nearest to the deputies. The deputies retired. I happened to +be at the house of M. de Corny when he returned to it, and received +from him a narrative of these transactions. On the retirement of the +deputies, the people rushed forward & almost in an instant were in +possession of a fortification defended by 100. men, of infinite +strength, which in other times had stood several regular sieges, and +had never been taken. How they forced their entrance has never been +explained. They took all the arms, discharged the prisoners, and +such of the garrison as were not killed in the first moment of fury, +carried the Governor and Lt. Governor to the Place de Greve (the +place of public execution) cut off their heads, and sent them thro' +the city in triumph to the Palais royal. About the same instant a +treacherous correspondence having been discovered in M. de +Flesselles, prevot des marchands, they seized him in the Hotel de +Ville where he was in the execution of his office, and cut off his +head. These events carried imperfectly to Versailles were the +subject of two successive deputations from the assembly to the king, +to both of which he gave dry and hard answers for nobody had as yet +been permitted to inform him truly and fully of what had passed at +Paris. But at night the Duke de Liancourt forced his way into the +king's bed chamber, and obliged him to hear a full and animated +detail of the disasters of the day in Paris. He went to bed +fearfully impressed. The decapitation of de Launai worked powerfully +thro' the night on the whole aristocratic party, insomuch that, in +the morning, those of the greatest influence on the Count d'Artois +represented to him the absolute necessity that the king should give +up everything to the Assembly. This according with the dispositions +of the king, he went about 11. o'clock, accompanied only by his +brothers, to the Assembly, & there read to them a speech, in which he +asked their interposition to re-establish order. Altho' couched in +terms of some caution, yet the manner in which it was delivered made +it evident that it was meant as a surrender at discretion. He +returned to the Chateau afoot, accompanied by the assembly. They +sent off a deputation to quiet Paris, at the head of which was the +Marquis de la Fayette who had, the same morning, been named +Commandant en chef of the Milice Bourgeoise, and Mons Bailly, former +President of the States General, was called for as Prevot des +marchands. The demolition of the Bastile was now ordered and begun. +A body of the Swiss guards of the regiment of Ventimille, and the +city horse guards joined the people. The alarm at Versailles +increased. The foreign troops were ordered off instantly. Every +minister resigned. The king confirmed Bailly as Prevot des +Marchands, wrote to Mr. Neckar to recall him, sent his letter open to +the assembly, to be forwarded by them, and invited them to go with +him to Paris the next day, to satisfy the city of his dispositions; +and that night, and the next morning the Count D'Artois and M. de +Montesson a deputy connected with him, Madame de Polignac, Madame de +Guiche, and the Count de Vaudreuil, favorites of the queen, the Abbe +de Vermont her confessor, the Prince of Conde and Duke of Bourbon +fled. The king came to Paris, leaving the queen in consternation for +his return. Omitting the less important figures of the procession, +the king's carriage was in the center, on each side of it the +assembly, in two ranks afoot, at their head the M. de la Fayette, as +Commander-in-chief, on horseback, and Bourgeois guards before and +behind. About 60.000 citizens of all forms and conditions, armed +with the muskets of the Bastile and Invalids, as far as they would +go, the rest with pistols, swords, pikes, pruning hooks, scythes &c. +lined all the streets thro' which the procession passed, and with the +crowds of people in the streets, doors & windows, saluted them +everywhere with cries of "vive la nation," but not a single "vive le +roy" was heard. The King landed at the Hotel de Ville. There M. +Bailly presented and put into his hat the popular cockade, and +addressed him. The King being unprepared, and unable to answer, +Bailly went to him, gathered from him some scraps of sentences, and +made out an answer, which he delivered to the audience as from the +king. On their return the popular cries were "vive le roy et la +nation." He was conducted by a garde bourgeoise to his palace at +Versailles, & thus concluded an amende honorable as no sovereign ever +made, and no people ever received. + + And here again was lost another precious occasion of sparing to +France the crimes and cruelties thro' which she has since passed, and +to Europe, & finally America the evils which flowed on them also from +this mortal source. The king was now become a passive machine in the +hands of the National assembly, and had he been left to himself, he +would have willingly acquiesced in whatever they should devise as +best for the nation. A wise constitution would have been formed, +hereditary in his line, himself placed at it's head, with powers so +large as to enable him to do all the good of his station, and so +limited as to restrain him from it's abuse. This he would have +faithfully administered, and more than this I do not believe he ever +wished. But he had a Queen of absolute sway over his weak mind, and +timid virtue; and of a character the reverse of his in all points. +This angel, as gaudily painted in the rhapsodies of the Rhetor Burke, +with some smartness of fancy, but no sound sense was proud, +disdainful of restraint, indignant at all obstacles to her will, +eager in the pursuit of pleasure, and firm enough to hold to her +desires, or perish in their wreck. Her inordinate gambling and +dissipations, with those of the Count d'Artois and others of her +clique, had been a sensible item in the exhaustion of the treasury, +which called into action the reforming hand of the nation; and her +opposition to it her inflexible perverseness, and dauntless spirit, +led herself to the Guillotine, & drew the king on with her, and +plunged the world into crimes & calamities which will forever stain +the pages of modern history. I have ever believed that had there +been no queen, there would have been no revolution. No force would +have been provoked nor exercised. The king would have gone hand in +hand with the wisdom of his sounder counsellors, who, guided by the +increased lights of the age, wished only, with the same pace, to +advance the principles of their social institution. The deed which +closed the mortal course of these sovereigns, I shall neither approve +nor condemn. I am not prepared to say that the first magistrate of a +nation cannot commit treason against his country, or is unamenable to +it's punishment: nor yet that where there is no written law, no +regulated tribunal, there is not a law in our hearts, and a power in +our hands, given for righteous employment in maintaining right, and +redressing wrong. Of those who judged the king, many thought him +wilfully criminal, many that his existence would keep the nation in +perpetual conflict with the horde of kings, who would war against a +regeneration which might come home to themselves, and that it were +better that one should die than all. I should not have voted with +this portion of the legislature. I should have shut up the Queen in +a Convent, putting harm out of her power, and placed the king in his +station, investing him with limited powers, which I verily believe he +would have honestly exercised, according to the measure of his +understanding. In this way no void would have been created, courting +the usurpation of a military adventurer, nor occasion given for those +enormities which demoralized the nations of the world, and destroyed, +and is yet to destroy millions and millions of it's inhabitants. +There are three epochs in history signalized by the total extinction +of national morality. The first was of the successors of Alexander, +not omitting himself. The next the successors of the first Caesar, +the third our own age. This was begun by the partition of Poland, +followed by that of the treaty of Pilnitz; next the conflagration of +Copenhagen; then the enormities of Bonaparte partitioning the earth +at his will, and devastating it with fire and sword; now the +conspiracy of kings, the successors of Bonaparte, blasphemously +calling themselves the Holy Alliance, and treading in the footsteps +of their incarcerated leader, not yet indeed usurping the government +of other nations avowedly and in detail, but controuling by their +armies the forms in which they will permit them to be governed; and +reserving in petto the order and extent of the usurpations further +meditated. But I will return from a digression, anticipated too in +time, into which I have been led by reflection on the criminal +passions which refused to the world a favorable occasion of saving it +from the afflictions it has since suffered. + + M. Necker had reached Basle before he was overtaken by the +letter of the king, inviting him back to resume the office he had +recently left. He returned immediately, and all the other ministers +having resigned, a new administration was named, to wit St. Priest & +Montmorin were restored; the Archbishop of Bordeaux was appointed +Garde des sceaux; La Tour du Pin Minister of War; La Luzerne Minister +of Marine. This last was believed to have been effected by the +friendship of Montmorin; for altho' differing in politics, they +continued firm in friendship, & Luzerne, altho' not an able man was +thought an honest one. And the Prince of Bauvau was taken into the +Council. + + Seven princes of the blood royal, six ex-ministers, and many of +the high Noblesse having fled, and the present ministers, except +Luzerne, being all of the popular party, all the functionaries of +government moved for the present in perfect harmony. + + In the evening of Aug. 4. and on the motion of the Viscount de +Noailles brother in law of La Fayette, the assembly abolished all +titles of rank, all the abusive privileges of feudalism, the tythes +and casuals of the clergy, all provincial privileges, and, in fine, +the Feudal regimen generally. To the suppression of tythes the Abbe +Sieyes was vehemently opposed; but his learned and logical arguments +were unheeded, and his estimation lessened by a contrast of his +egoism (for he was beneficed on them) with the generous abandonment +of rights by the other members of the assembly. Many days were +employed in putting into the form of laws the numerous demolitions of +ancient abuses; which done, they proceeded to the preliminary work of +a Declaration of rights. There being much concord of sentiment on +the elements of this instrument, it was liberally framed, and passed +with a very general approbation. They then appointed a Committee for +the reduction of a projet of a Constitution, at the head of which was +the Archbishop of Bordeaux. I received from him, as Chairman of the +Committee a letter of July 20. requesting me to attend and assist at +their deliberations; but I excused myself on the obvious +considerations that my mission was to the king as Chief Magistrate of +the nation, that my duties were limited to the concerns of my own +country, and forbade me to intermeddle with the internal transactions +of that in which I had been received under a specific character only. +Their plan of a constitution was discussed in sections, and so +reported from time to time, as agreed to by the Committee. The first +respected the general frame of the government; and that this should +be formed into three departments, Executive, Legislative and +Judiciary was generally agreed. But when they proceeded to +subordinate developments, many and various shades of opinion came +into conflict, and schism, strongly marked, broke the Patriots into +fragments of very discordant principles. The first question Whether +there should be a king, met with no open opposition, and it was +readily agreed that the government of France should be monarchical & +hereditary. Shall the king have a negative on the laws? shall that +negative be absolute, or suspensive only? Shall there be two +chambers of legislation? or one only? If two, shall one of them be +hereditary? or for life? or for a fixed term? and named by the king? +or elected by the people? These questions found strong differences +of opinion, and produced repulsive combinations among the Patriots. +The Aristocracy was cemented by a common principle of preserving the +ancient regime, or whatever should be nearest to it. Making this +their Polar star, they moved in phalanx, gave preponderance on every +question to the minorities of the Patriots, and always to those who +advocated the least change. The features of the new constitution +were thus assuming a fearful aspect, and great alarm was produced +among the honest patriots by these dissensions in their ranks. In +this uneasy state of things, I received one day a note from the +Marquis de la Fayette, informing me that he should bring a party of +six or eight friends to ask a dinner of me the next day. I assured +him of their welcome. When they arrived, they were La Fayette +himself, Duport, Barnave, Alexander La Meth, Blacon, Mounier, +Maubourg, and Dagout. These were leading patriots, of honest but +differing opinions sensible of the necessity of effecting a coalition +by mutual sacrifices, knowing each other, and not afraid therefore to +unbosom themselves mutually. This last was a material principle in +the selection. With this view the Marquis had invited the conference +and had fixed the time & place inadvertently as to the embarrassment +under which it might place me. The cloth being removed and wine set +on the table, after the American manner, the Marquis introduced the +objects of the conference by summarily reminding them of the state of +things in the Assembly, the course which the principles of the +constitution were taking, and the inevitable result, unless checked +by more concord among the Patriots themselves. He observed that +altho' he also had his opinion, he was ready to sacrifice it to that +of his brethren of the same cause: but that a common opinion must now +be formed, or the Aristocracy would carry everything, and that +whatever they should now agree on, he, at the head of the National +force, would maintain. The discussions began at the hour of four, +and were continued till ten o'clock in the evening; during which time +I was a silent witness to a coolness and candor of argument unusual +in the conflicts of political opinion; to a logical reasoning, and +chaste eloquence, disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or +declamation, and truly worthy of being placed in parallel with the +finest dialogues of antiquity, as handed to us by Xenophon, by Plato +and Cicero. The result was an agreement that the king should have a +suspensive veto on the laws, that the legislature should be composed +of a single body only, & that to be chosen by the people. This +Concordate decided the fate of the constitution. The Patriots all +rallied to the principles thus settled, carried every question +agreeably to them, and reduced the Aristocracy to insignificance and +impotence. But duties of exculpation were now incumbent on me. I +waited on Count Montmorin the next morning, and explained to him with +truth and candor how it had happened that my house had been made the +scene of conferences of such a character. He told me he already knew +everything which had passed, that, so far from taking umbrage at the +use made of my house on that occasion, he earnestly wished I would +habitually assist at such conferences, being sure I should be useful +in moderating the warmer spirits, and promoting a wholesome and +practicable reformation only. I told him I knew too well the duties +I owed to the king, to the nation, and to my own country to take any +part in councils concerning their internal government, and that I +should persevere with care in the character of a neutral and passive +spectator, with wishes only and very sincere ones, that those +measures might prevail which would be for the greatest good of the +nation. I have no doubt indeed that this conference was previously +known and approved by this honest minister, who was in confidence and +communication with the patriots, and wished for a reasonable reform +of the Constitution. + + Here I discontinue my relation of the French revolution. The +minuteness with which I have so far given it's details is +disproportioned to the general scale of my narrative. But I have +thought it justified by the interest which the whole world must take +in this revolution. As yet we are but in the first chapter of it's +history. The appeal to the rights of man, which had been made in the +U S. was taken up by France, first of the European nations. From her +the spirit has spread over those of the South. The tyrants of the +North have allied indeed against it, but it is irresistible. Their +opposition will only multiply it's millions of human victims; their +own satellites will catch it, and the condition of man thro' the +civilized world will be finally and greatly ameliorated. This is a +wonderful instance of great events from small causes. So inscrutable +is the arrangement of causes & consequences in this world that a +two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, +changes the condition of all it's inhabitants. I have been more +minute in relating the early transactions of this regeneration +because I was in circumstances peculiarly favorable for a knowledge +of the truth. Possessing the confidence and intimacy of the leading +patriots, & more than all of the Marquis Fayette, their head and +Atlas, who had no secrets from me, I learnt with correctness the +views & proceedings of that party; while my intercourse with the +diplomatic missionaries of Europe at Paris, all of them with the +court, and eager in prying into it's councils and proceedings, gave +me a knolege of these also. My information was always and +immediately committed to writing, in letters to Mr. Jay, and often to +my friends, and a recurrence to these letters now insures me against +errors of memory. + + These opportunities of information ceased at this period, with +my retirement from this interesting scene of action. I had been more +than a year soliciting leave to go home with a view to place my +daughters in the society & care of their friends, and to return for a +short time to my station at Paris. But the metamorphosis thro' which +our government was then passing from it's Chrysalid to it's Organic +form suspended it's action in a great degree; and it was not till the +last of August that I received the permission I had asked. -- And +here I cannot leave this great and good country without expressing my +sense of it's preeminence of character among the nations of the +earth. A more benevolent people, I have never known, nor greater +warmth & devotedness in their select friendships. Their kindness and +accommodation to strangers is unparalleled, and the hospitality of +Paris is beyond anything I had conceived to be practicable in a large +city. Their eminence too in science, the communicative dispositions +of their scientific men, the politeness of the general manners, the +ease and vivacity of their conversation, give a charm to their +society to be found nowhere else. In a comparison of this with other +countries we have the proof of primacy, which was given to +Themistocles after the battle of Salamis. Every general voted to +himself the first reward of valor, and the second to Themistocles. +So ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, In what country on +earth would you rather live? -- Certainly in my own, where are all my +friends, my relations, and the earliest & sweetest affections and +recollections of my life. Which would be your second choice? +France. + + On the 26th. of Sep. I left Paris for Havre, where I was +detained by contrary winds until the 8th. of Oct. On that day, and +the 9th. I crossed over to Cowes, where I had engaged the Clermont, +Capt. Colley, to touch for me. She did so, but here again we were +detained by contrary winds until the 22d. when we embarked and landed +at Norfolk on the 23d. of November. On my way home I passed some +days at Eppington in Chesterfield, the residence of my friend and +connection, Mr. Eppes, and, while there, I received a letter from the +President, Genl. Washington, by express, covering an appointment to +be Secretary of State. I received it with real regret. My wish had +been to return to Paris, where I had left my household establishment, +as if there myself, and to see the end of the Revolution, which, I +then thought would be certainly and happily closed in less than a +year. I then meant to return home, to withdraw from Political life, +into which I had been impressed by the circumstances of the times, to +sink into the bosom of my family and friends, and devote myself to +studies more congenial to my mind. In my answer of Dec. 15. I +expressed these dispositions candidly to the President, and my +preference of a return to Paris; but assured him that if it was +believed I could be more useful in the administration of the +government, I would sacrifice my own inclinations without hesitation, +and repair to that destination; this I left to his decision. I +arrived at Monticello on the 23d. of Dec. where I received a second +letter from the President, expressing his continued wish that I +should take my station there, but leaving me still at liberty to +continue in my former office, if I could not reconcile myself to that +now proposed. This silenced my reluctance, and I accepted the new +appointment. + + In the interval of my stay at home my eldest daughter had been +happily married to the eldest son of the Tuckahoe branch of +Randolphs, a young gentleman of genius, science and honorable mind, +who afterwards filled a dignified station in the General Government, +& the most dignified in his own State. I left Monticello on the 1st +of March 1790. for New York. At Philadelphia I called on the +venerable and beloved Franklin. He was then on the bed of sickness +from which he never rose. My recent return from a country in which +he had left so many friends, and the perilous convulsions to which +they had been exposed, revived all his anxieties to know what part +they had taken, what had been their course, and what their fate. He +went over all in succession, with a rapidity and animation almost too +much for his strength. When all his inquiries were satisfied, and a +pause took place, I told him I had learnt with much pleasure that, +since his return to America, he had been occupied in preparing for +the world the history of his own life. I cannot say much of that, +said he; but I will give you a sample of what I shall leave: and he +directed his little grandson (William Bache) who was standing by the +bedside, to hand him a paper from the table to which he pointed. He +did so; and the Doctr. putting it into my hands, desired me to take +it and read it at my leisure. It was about a quire of folio paper, +written in a large and running hand very like his own. I looked into +it slightly, then shut it and said I would accept his permission to +read it and would carefully return it. He said, "no, keep it." Not +certain of his meaning, I again looked into it, folded it for my +pocket, and said again, I would certainly return it. "No," said he, +"keep it." I put it into my pocket, and shortly after took leave of +him. He died on the 17th. of the ensuing month of April; and as I +understood that he had bequeathed all his papers to his grandson +William Temple Franklin, I immediately wrote to Mr. Franklin to +inform him I possessed this paper, which I should consider as his +property, and would deliver to his order. He came on immediately to +New York, called on me for it, and I delivered it to him. As he put +it into his pocket, he said carelessly he had either the original, or +another copy of it, I do not recollect which. This last expression +struck my attention forcibly, and for the first time suggested to me +the thought that Dr. Franklin had meant it as a confidential deposit +in my hands, and that I had done wrong in parting from it. I have +not yet seen the collection he published of Dr. Franklin's works, and +therefore know not if this is among them. I have been told it is +not. It contained a narrative of the negotiations between Dr. +Franklin and the British Ministry, when he was endeavoring to prevent +the contest of arms which followed. The negotiation was brought +about by the intervention of Ld. Howe and his sister, who, I believe, +was called Lady Howe, but I may misremember her title. Ld. Howe +seems to have been friendly to America, and exceedingly anxious to +prevent a rupture. His intimacy with Dr. Franklin, and his position +with the Ministry induced him to undertake a mediation between them; +in which his sister seemed to have been associated. They carried +from one to the other, backwards and forwards, the several +propositions and answers which past, and seconded with their own +intercessions the importance of mutual sacrifices to preserve the +peace & connection of the two countries. I remember that Ld. North's +answers were dry, unyielding, in the spirit of unconditional +submission, and betrayed an absolute indifference to the occurrence +of a rupture; and he said to the mediators distinctly, at last that +"a rebellion was not to be deprecated on the part of Great Britain; +that the confiscations it would produce would provide for many of +their friends." This expression was reported by the mediators to Dr. +Franklin, and indicated so cool and calculated a purpose in the +Ministry, as to render compromise hopeless, and the negotiation was +discontinued. If this is not among the papers published, we ask what +has become of it? I delivered it with my own hands into those of +Temple Franklin. It certainly established views so atrocious in the +British government that it's suppression would to them be worth a +great price. But could the grandson of Dr. Franklin be in such +degree an accomplice in the parricide of the memory of his immortal +grandfather? The suspension for more than 20. years of the general +publication bequeathed and confided to him, produced for awhile hard +suspicions against him: and if at last all are not published, a part +of these suspicions may remain with some. + + I arrived at New York on the 21st. of Mar. where Congress was +in session. + + So far July 29. 21. diff --git a/bible10.txt b/bible10.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1b8d84 --- /dev/null +++ b/bible10.txt @@ -0,0 +1,114112 @@ +The King James Bible + +(Second Version, 10th Edition) + +Book 01 Genesis + +001:001 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. + +001:002 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was + upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon + the face of the waters. + +001:003 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. + +001:004 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the + light from the darkness. + +001:005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called + Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. + +001:006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the + waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. + +001:007 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were + under the firmament from the waters which were above the + firmament: and it was so. + +001:008 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the + morning were the second day. + +001:009 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered + together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it + was so. + +001:010 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together + of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. + +001:011 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb + yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his + kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. + +001:012 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed + after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in + itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +001:013 And the evening and the morning were the third day. + +001:014 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the + heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for + signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: + +001:015 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to + give light upon the earth: and it was so. + +001:016 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the + day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars + also. + +001:017 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light + upon the earth, + +001:018 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the + light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. + +001:019 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. + +001:020 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving + creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth + in the open firmament of heaven. + +001:021 And God created great whales, and every living creature that + moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their + kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that + it was good. + +001:022 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and + fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the + earth. + +001:023 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. + +001:024 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature + after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the + earth after his kind: and it was so. + +001:025 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle + after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth + after his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +001:026 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our + likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, + and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over + all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth + upon the earth. + +001:027 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God + created he him; male and female created he them. + +001:028 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and + multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have + dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the + air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. + +001:029 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing + seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, + in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it + shall be for meat. + +001:030 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, + and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there + is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was + so. + +001:031 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was + very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. + +002:001 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host + of them. + +002:002 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; + and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he + had made. + +002:003 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because + that in it he had rested from all his work which God created + and made. + +002:004 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when + they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth + and the heavens, + +002:005 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and + every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had + not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man + to till the ground. + +002:006 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole + face of the ground. + +002:007 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and + breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became + a living soul. + +002:008 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there + he put the man whom he had formed. + +002:009 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree + that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of + life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of + knowledge of good and evil. + +002:010 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from + thence it was parted, and became into four heads. + +002:011 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth + the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; + +002:012 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the + onyx stone. + +002:013 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that + compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. + +002:014 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which + goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is + Euphrates. + +002:015 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of + Eden to dress it and to keep it. + +002:016 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of + the garden thou mayest freely eat: + +002:017 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt + not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou + shalt surely die. + +002:018 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be + alone; I will make him an help meet for him. + +002:019 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the + field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam + to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called + every living creature, that was the name thereof. + +002:020 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, + and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not + found an help meet for him. + +002:021 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he + slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh + instead thereof; + +002:022 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a + woman, and brought her unto the man. + +002:023 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my + flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of + Man. + +002:024 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and + shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. + +002:025 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not + ashamed. + +003:001 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field + which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, + hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? + +003:002 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit + of the trees of the garden: + +003:003 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the + garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall + ye touch it, lest ye die. + +003:004 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: + +003:005 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your + eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good + and evil. + +003:006 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and + that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to + make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and + gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. + +003:007 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they + were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made + themselves aprons. + +003:008 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden + in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves + from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the + garden. + +003:009 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where + art thou? + +003:010 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was + afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. + +003:011 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou + eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou + shouldest not eat? + +003:012 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, + she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. + +003:013 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou + hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I + did eat. + +003:014 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done + this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast + of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt + thou eat all the days of thy life: + +003:015 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between + thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou + shalt bruise his heel. + +003:016 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and + thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and + thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over + thee. + +003:017 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the + voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I + commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is + the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all + the days of thy life; + +003:018 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and + thou shalt eat the herb of the field; + +003:019 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou + return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for + dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. + +003:020 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the + mother of all living. + +003:021 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of + skins, and clothed them. + +003:022 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, + to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, + and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: + +003:023 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, + to till the ground from whence he was taken. + +003:024 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the + garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned + every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. + +004:001 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, + and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. + +004:002 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of + sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. + +004:003 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of + the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. + +004:004 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and + of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to + his offering: + +004:005 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain + was very wroth, and his countenance fell. + +004:006 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is + thy countenance fallen? + +004:007 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou + doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be + his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. + +004:008 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, + when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel + his brother, and slew him. + +004:009 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he + said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? + +004:010 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's + blood crieth unto me from the ground. + +004:011 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her + mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; + +004:012 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield + unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou + be in the earth. + +004:013 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I + can bear. + +004:014 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the + earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a + fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to + pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. + +004:015 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, + vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a + mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. + +004:016 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in + the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. + +004:017 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and + he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the + name of his son, Enoch. + +004:018 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and + Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. + +004:019 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was + Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. + +004:020 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in + tents, and of such as have cattle. + +004:021 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all + such as handle the harp and organ. + +004:022 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every + artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was + Naamah. + +004:023 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my + voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have + slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. + +004:024 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and + sevenfold. + +004:025 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called + his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another + seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. + +004:026 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called + his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the + LORD. + +005:001 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that + God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; + +005:002 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called + their name Adam, in the day when they were created. + +005:003 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in + his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name + Seth: + +005:004 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight + hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: + +005:005 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty + years: and he died. + +005:006 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: + +005:007 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven + years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:008 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: + and he died. + +005:009 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: + +005:010 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen + years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:011 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and + he died. + +005:012 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: + +005:013 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and + forty years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:014 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: + and he died. + +005:015 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: + +005:016 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and + thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:017 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and + five years: and he died. + +005:018 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat + Enoch: + +005:019 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters: + +005:020 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two + years: and he died. + +005:021 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: + +005:022 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three + hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:023 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five + years: + +005:024 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. + +005:025 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and + begat Lamech. + +005:026 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred + eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:027 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and + nine years: and he died. + +005:028 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a + son: + +005:029 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort + us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the + ground which the LORD hath cursed. + +005:030 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and + five years, and begat sons and daughters: + +005:031 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and + seven years: and he died. + +005:032 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, + and Japheth. + +006:001 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of + the earth, and daughters were born unto them, + +006:002 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were + fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. + +006:003 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, + for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred + and twenty years. + +006:004 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after + that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, + and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men + which were of old, men of renown. + +006:005 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, + and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was + only evil continually. + +006:006 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, + and it grieved him at his heart. + +006:007 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from + the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping + thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I + have made them. + +006:008 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. + +006:009 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and + perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. + +006:010 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + +006:011 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was + filled with violence. + +006:012 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; + for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. + +006:013 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before + me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, + behold, I will destroy them with the earth. + +006:014 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the + ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. + +006:015 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The + length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth + of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. + +006:016 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou + finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the + side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou + make it. + +006:017 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the + earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, + from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall + die. + +006:018 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt + come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy + sons' wives with thee. + +006:019 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort + shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; + they shall be male and female. + +006:020 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of + every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every + sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. + +006:021 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou + shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, + and for them. + +006:022 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did + he. + +007:001 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into + the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this + generation. + +007:002 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the + male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, + the male and his female. + +007:003 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; + to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. + +007:004 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth + forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I + have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. + +007:005 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. + +007:006 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters + was upon the earth. + +007:007 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' + wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the + flood. + +007:008 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of + fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, + +007:009 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and + the female, as God had commanded Noah. + +007:010 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the + flood were upon the earth. + +007:011 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, + the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the + fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of + heaven were opened. + +007:012 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. + +007:013 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and + Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three + wives of his sons with them, into the ark; + +007:014 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after + their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the + earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every + bird of every sort. + +007:015 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all + flesh, wherein is the breath of life. + +007:016 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, + as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. + +007:017 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters + increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the + earth. + +007:018 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the + earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. + +007:019 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all + the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were + covered. + +007:020 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the + mountains were covered. + +007:021 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, + and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that + creepeth upon the earth, and every man: + +007:022 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was + in the dry land, died. + +007:023 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the + face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping + things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed + from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that + were with him in the ark. + +007:024 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty + days. + +008:001 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the + cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to + pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; + +008:002 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were + stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; + +008:003 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and + after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were + abated. + +008:004 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth + day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. + +008:005 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in + the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops + of the mountains seen. + +008:006 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened + the window of the ark which he had made: + +008:007 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until + the waters were dried up from off the earth. + +008:008 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were + abated from off the face of the ground; + +008:009 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she + returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the + face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took + her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. + +008:010 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth + the dove out of the ark; + +008:011 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her + mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the + waters were abated from off the earth. + +008:012 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; + which returned not again unto him any more. + +008:013 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in + the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were + dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of + the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was + dry. + +008:014 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the + month, was the earth dried. + +008:015 And God spake unto Noah, saying, + +008:016 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy + sons' wives with thee. + +008:017 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of + all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping + thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed + abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon + the earth. + +008:018 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' + wives with him: + +008:019 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and + whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went + forth out of the ark. + +008:020 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every + clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt + offerings on the altar. + +008:021 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his + heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's + sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his + youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, + as I have done. + +008:022 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and + heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not + cease. + +009:001 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be + fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. + +009:002 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every + beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all + that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the + sea; into your hand are they delivered. + +009:003 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as + the green herb have I given you all things. + +009:004 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, + shall ye not eat. + +009:005 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the + hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; + at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of + man. + +009:006 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: + for in the image of God made he man. + +009:007 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly + in the earth, and multiply therein. + +009:008 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, + +009:009 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your + seed after you; + +009:010 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, + of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from + all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. + +009:011 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all + flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither + shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. + +009:012 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make + between me and you and every living creature that is with you, + for perpetual generations: + +009:013 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a + covenant between me and the earth. + +009:014 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the + earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: + +009:015 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you + and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall + no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. + +009:016 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, + that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and + every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. + +009:017 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, + which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon + the earth. + +009:018 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, + and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. + +009:019 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole + earth overspread. + +009:020 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: + +009:021 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was + uncovered within his tent. + +009:022 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his + father, and told his two brethren without. + +009:023 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both + their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness + of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw + not their father's nakedness. + +009:024 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son + had done unto him. + +009:025 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he + be unto his brethren. + +009:026 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall + be his servant. + +009:027 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of + Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. + +009:028 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. + +009:029 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: + and he died. + +010:001 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, + and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. + +010:002 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, + and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. + +010:003 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. + +010:004 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and + Dodanim. + +010:005 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their + lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in + their nations. + +010:006 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. + +010:007 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and + Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and + Dedan. + +010:008 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the + earth. + +010:009 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, + Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. + +010:010 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and + Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. + +010:011 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and + the city Rehoboth, and Calah, + +010:012 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. + +010:013 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and + Naphtuhim, + +010:014 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and + Caphtorim. + +010:015 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, + +010:016 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, + +010:017 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, + +010:018 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and + afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. + +010:019 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou + comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and + Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. + +010:020 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their + tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. + +010:021 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the + brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. + +010:022 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, + and Aram. + +010:023 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. + +010:024 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. + +010:025 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; + for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name + was Joktan. + +010:026 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and + Jerah, + +010:027 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, + +010:028 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, + +010:029 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of + Joktan. + +010:030 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a + mount of the east. + +010:031 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their + tongues, in their lands, after their nations. + +010:032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their + generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations + divided in the earth after the flood. + +011:001 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. + +011:002 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that + they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt + there. + +011:003 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and + burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime + had they for morter. + +011:004 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, + whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, + lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. + +011:005 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which + the children of men builded. + +011:006 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have + all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing + will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. + +011:007 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that + they may not understand one another's speech. + +011:008 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of + all the earth: and they left off to build the city. + +011:009 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did + there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence + did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the + earth. + +011:010 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years + old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: + +011:011 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters. + +011:012 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: + +011:013 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +011:014 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: + +011:015 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +011:016 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: + +011:017 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +011:018 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: + +011:019 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, + and begat sons and daughters. + +011:020 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: + +011:021 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +011:022 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: + +011:023 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters. + +011:024 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: + +011:025 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +011:026 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and + Haran. + +011:027 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, + Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. + +011:028 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his + nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. + +011:029 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife + was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter + of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. + +011:030 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. + +011:031 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his + son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's + wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, + to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and + dwelt there. + +011:032 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and + Terah died in Haran. + +012:001 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, + and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land + that I will shew thee: + +012:002 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, + and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: + +012:003 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that + curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be + blessed. + +012:004 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot + went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when + he departed out of Haran. + +012:005 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and + all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that + they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the + land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. + +012:006 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, + unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the + land. + +012:007 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will + I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, + who appeared unto him. + +012:008 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of + Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and + Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, + and called upon the name of the LORD. + +012:009 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. + +012:010 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into + Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the + land. + +012:011 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into + Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know + that thou art a fair woman to look upon: + +012:012 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see + thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will + kill me, but they will save thee alive. + +012:013 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with + me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. + +012:014 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the + Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. + +012:015 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before + Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. + +012:016 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, + and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and + she asses, and camels. + +012:017 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues + because of Sarai Abram's wife. + +012:018 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast + done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy + wife? + +012:019 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her + to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go + thy way. + +012:020 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent + him away, and his wife, and all that he had. + +013:001 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that + he had, and Lot with him, into the south. + +013:002 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. + +013:003 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, + unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, + between Bethel and Hai; + +013:004 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the + first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. + +013:005 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, + and tents. + +013:006 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell + together: for their substance was great, so that they could + not dwell together. + +013:007 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle + and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the + Perizzite dwelled then in the land. + +013:008 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, + between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; + for we be brethren. + +013:009 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray + thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go + to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will + go to the left. + +013:010 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of + Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD + destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, + like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. + +013:011 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed + east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. + +013:012 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the + cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. + +013:013 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD + exceedingly. + +013:014 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated + from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place + where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and + westward: + +013:015 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and + to thy seed for ever. + +013:016 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if + a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed + also be numbered. + +013:017 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the + breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. + +013:018 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain + of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto + the LORD. + +014:001 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, + Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal + king of nations; + +014:002 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha + king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of + Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. + +014:003 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is + the salt sea. + +014:004 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth + year they rebelled. + +014:005 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings + that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth + Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh + Kiriathaim, + +014:006 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by + the wilderness. + +014:007 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and + smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the + Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. + +014:008 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of + Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and + the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle + with them in the vale of Siddim; + +014:009 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of + nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of + Ellasar; four kings with five. + +014:010 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of + Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that + remained fled to the mountain. + +014:011 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all + their victuals, and went their way. + +014:012 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, + and his goods, and departed. + +014:013 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the + Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, + brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were + confederate with Abram. + +014:014 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he + armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three + hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. + +014:015 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by + night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is + on the left hand of Damascus. + +014:016 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his + brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the + people. + +014:017 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return + from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were + with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. + +014:018 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: + and he was the priest of the most high God. + +014:019 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most + high God, possessor of heaven and earth: + +014:020 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine + enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. + +014:021 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, + and take the goods to thyself. + +014:022 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand + unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and + earth, + +014:023 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and + that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou + shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: + +014:024 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion + of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let + them take their portion. + +015:001 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a + vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy + exceeding great reward. + +015:002 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go + childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of + Damascus? + +015:003 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, + lo, one born in my house is mine heir. + +015:004 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This + shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of + thine own bowels shall be thine heir. + +015:005 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward + heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: + and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. + +015:006 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for + righteousness. + +015:007 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of + Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. + +015:008 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall + inherit it? + +015:009 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, + and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years + old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. + +015:010 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, + and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided + he not. + +015:011 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove + them away. + +015:012 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; + and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. + +015:013 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall + be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve + them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; + +015:014 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and + afterward shall they come out with great substance. + +015:015 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be + buried in a good old age. + +015:016 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for + the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. + +015:017 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was + dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed + between those pieces. + +015:018 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, + Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt + unto the great river, the river Euphrates: + +015:019 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, + +015:020 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, + +015:021 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and + the Jebusites. + +016:001 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an + handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. + +016:002 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath + restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; + it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram + hearkened to the voice of Sarai. + +016:003 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after + Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her + to her husband Abram to be his wife. + +016:004 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw + that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. + +016:005 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given + my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had + conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between + me and thee. + +016:006 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; + do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly + with her, she fled from her face. + +016:007 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in + the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. + +016:008 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and + whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my + mistress Sarai. + +016:009 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy + mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. + +016:010 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy + seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. + +016:011 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with + child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; + because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. + +016:012 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, + and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the + presence of all his brethren. + +016:013 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou + God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him + that seeth me? + +016:014 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is + between Kadesh and Bered. + +016:015 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, + which Hagar bare, Ishmael. + +016:016 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare + Ishmael to Abram. + +017:001 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD + appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; + walk before me, and be thou perfect. + +017:002 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will + multiply thee exceedingly. + +017:003 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, + +017:004 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be + a father of many nations. + +017:005 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name + shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made + thee. + +017:006 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make + nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. + +017:007 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy + seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting + covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. + +017:008 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the + land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for + an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. + +017:009 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant + therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. + +017:010 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you + and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be + circumcised. + +017:011 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it + shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. + +017:012 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, + every man child in your generations, he that is born in the + house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of + thy seed. + +017:013 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy + money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in + your flesh for an everlasting covenant. + +017:014 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is + not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; + he hath broken my covenant. + +017:015 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt + not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. + +017:016 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I + will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of + people shall be of her. + +017:017 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his + heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years + old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? + +017:018 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before + thee! + +017:019 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and + thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my + covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his + seed after him. + +017:020 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed + him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him + exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make + him a great nation. + +017:021 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall + bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. + +017:022 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from + Abraham. + +017:023 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in + his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male + among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of + their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. + +017:024 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +017:025 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +017:026 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his + son. + +017:027 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought + with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. + +018:001 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he + sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; + +018:002 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood + by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the + tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, + +018:003 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, + pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: + +018:004 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your + feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: + +018:005 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your + hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come + to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. + +018:006 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make + ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make + cakes upon the hearth. + +018:007 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and + good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. + +018:008 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had + dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under + the tree, and they did eat. + +018:009 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, + Behold, in the tent. + +018:010 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to + the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. + And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. + +018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and + it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. + +018:012 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am + waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? + +018:013 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, + saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? + +018:014 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I + will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and + Sarah shall have a son. + +018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. + And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. + +018:016 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and + Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. + +018:017 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which + I do; + +018:018 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty + nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in + him? + +018:019 For I know him, that he will command his children and his + household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, + to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon + Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. + +018:020 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is + great, and because their sin is very grievous; + +018:021 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether + according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, + I will know. + +018:022 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward + Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. + +018:023 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the + righteous with the wicked? + +018:024 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt + thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty + righteous that are therein? + +018:025 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the + righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as + the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all + the earth do right? + +018:026 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within + the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. + +018:027 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon + me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: + +018:028 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: + wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, + If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. + +018:029 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there + shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for + forty's sake. + +018:030 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will + speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he + said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. + +018:031 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto + the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And + he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. + +018:032 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak + yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And + he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. + +018:033 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing + with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. + +019:001 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the + gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and + he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; + +019:002 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into + your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, + and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they + said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. + +019:003 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, + and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did + bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. + +019:004 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of + Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the + people from every quarter: + +019:005 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men + which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that + we may know them. + +019:006 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door + after him, + +019:007 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. + +019:008 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let + me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as + is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for + therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. + +019:009 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one + fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now + will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed + sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. + +019:010 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the + house to them, and shut to the door. + +019:011 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with + blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied + themselves to find the door. + +019:012 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in + law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast + in the city, bring them out of this place: + +019:013 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is + waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath + sent us to destroy it. + +019:014 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which + married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this + place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as + one that mocked unto his sons in law. + +019:015 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, + saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are + here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. + +019:016 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and + upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two + daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought + him forth, and set him without the city. + +019:017 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, + that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, + neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, + lest thou be consumed. + +019:018 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: + +019:019 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and + thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me + in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest + some evil take me, and I die: + +019:020 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little + one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and + my soul shall live. + +019:021 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning + this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the + which thou hast spoken. + +019:022 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou + be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called + Zoar. + +019:023 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. + +019:024 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone + and fire from the LORD out of heaven; + +019:025 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the + inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the + ground. + +019:026 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a + pillar of salt. + +019:027 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he + stood before the LORD: + +019:028 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the + land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the + country went up as the smoke of a furnace. + +019:029 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the + plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the + midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the + which Lot dwelt. + +019:030 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and + his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: + and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. + +019:031 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, + and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after + the manner of all the earth: + +019:032 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with + him, that we may preserve seed of our father. + +019:033 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the + firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived + not when she lay down, nor when she arose. + +019:034 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said + unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: + let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, + and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. + +019:035 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the + younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she + lay down, nor when she arose. + +019:036 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their + father. + +019:037 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the + same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. + +019:038 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name + Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto + this day. + +020:001 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, + and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. + +020:002 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and + Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. + +020:003 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to + him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou + hast taken; for she is a man's wife. + +020:004 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt + thou slay also a righteous nation? + +020:005 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she + herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart + and innocency of my hands have I done this. + +020:006 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst + this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee + from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to + touch her. + +020:007 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, + and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou + restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, + and all that are thine. + +020:008 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all + his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the + men were sore afraid. + +020:009 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast + thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou + hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast + done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. + +020:010 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou + hast done this thing? + +020:011 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is + not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. + +020:012 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my + father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my + wife. + +020:013 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my + father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness + which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall + come, say of me, He is my brother. + +020:014 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and + womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him + Sarah his wife. + +020:015 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell + where it pleaseth thee. + +020:016 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a + thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of + the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: + thus she was reproved. + +020:017 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his + wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. + +020:018 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of + Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. + +021:001 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did + unto Sarah as he had spoken. + +021:002 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at + the set time of which God had spoken to him. + +021:003 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, + whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. + +021:004 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as + God had commanded him. + +021:005 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was + born unto him. + +021:006 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that + hear will laugh with me. + +021:007 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah + should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in + his old age. + +021:008 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great + feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. + +021:009 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had + born unto Abraham, mocking. + +021:010 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and + her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with + my son, even with Isaac. + +021:011 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of + his son. + +021:012 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight + because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that + Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in + Isaac shall thy seed be called. + +021:013 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, + because he is thy seed. + +021:014 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and + a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her + shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, + and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. + +021:015 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child + under one of the shrubs. + +021:016 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way + off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the + death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up + her voice, and wept. + +021:017 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God + called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth + thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad + where he is. + +021:018 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will + make him a great nation. + +021:019 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she + went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad + drink. + +021:020 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the + wilderness, and became an archer. + +021:021 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took + him a wife out of the land of Egypt. + +021:022 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol + the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God + is with thee in all that thou doest: + +021:023 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not + deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: + but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou + shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. + +021:024 And Abraham said, I will swear. + +021:025 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, + which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. + +021:026 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; + neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to + day. + +021:027 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; + and both of them made a covenant. + +021:028 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. + +021:029 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe + lambs which thou hast set by themselves? + +021:030 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my + hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged + this well. + +021:031 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they + sware both of them. + +021:032 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose + up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they + returned into the land of the Philistines. + +021:033 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on + the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. + +021:034 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. + +022:001 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt + Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here + I am. + +022:002 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou + lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him + there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I + will tell thee of. + +022:003 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, + and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and + clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went + unto the place of which God had told him. + +022:004 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the + place afar off. + +022:005 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the + ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come + again to you. + +022:006 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it + upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a + knife; and they went both of them together. + +022:007 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: + and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire + and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? + +022:008 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for + a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. + +022:009 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and + Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and + bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. + +022:010 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to + slay his son. + +022:011 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and + said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. + +022:012 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou + any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, + seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. + +022:013 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind + him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went + and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in + the stead of his son. + +022:014 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it + is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be + seen. + +022:015 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven + the second time, + +022:016 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because + thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, + thine only son: + +022:017 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will + multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand + which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the + gate of his enemies; + +022:018 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; + because thou hast obeyed my voice. + +022:019 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and + went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. + +022:020 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told + Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children + unto thy brother Nahor; + +022:021 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father + of Aram, + +022:022 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. + +022:023 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to + Nahor, Abraham's brother. + +022:024 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, + and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. + +023:001 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these + were the years of the life of Sarah. + +023:002 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land + of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep + for her. + +023:003 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the + sons of Heth, saying, + +023:004 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession + of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my + sight. + +023:005 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, + +023:006 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the + choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall + withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury + thy dead. + +023:007 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the + land, even to the children of Heth. + +023:008 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I + should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for + me to Ephron the son of Zohar, + +023:009 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, + which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is + worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace + amongst you. + +023:010 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the + Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of + Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, + saying, + +023:011 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave + that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons + of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. + +023:012 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. + +023:013 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the + land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: + I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I + will bury my dead there. + +023:014 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, + +023:015 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred + shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury + therefore thy dead. + +023:016 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to + Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the + sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money + with the merchant. + +023:017 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was + before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and + all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the + borders round about, were made sure + +023:018 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children + of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. + +023:019 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of + the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the + land of Canaan. + +023:020 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure + unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of + Heth. + +024:001 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD + had blessed Abraham in all things. + +024:002 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that + ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under + my thigh: + +024:003 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and + the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my + son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: + +024:004 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take + a wife unto my son Isaac. + +024:005 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not + be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy + son again unto the land from whence thou camest? + +024:006 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my + son thither again. + +024:007 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, + and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and + that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this + land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take + a wife unto my son from thence. + +024:008 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou + shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son + thither again. + +024:009 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his + master, and sware to him concerning that matter. + +024:010 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, + and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his + hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of + Nahor. + +024:011 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a + well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that + women go out to draw water. + +024:012 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send + me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master + Abraham. + +024:013 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters + of the men of the city come out to draw water: + +024:014 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, + Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she + shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let + the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant + Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness + unto my master. + +024:015 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, + behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of + Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher + upon her shoulder. + +024:016 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither + had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and + filled her pitcher, and came up. + +024:017 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray + thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. + +024:018 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her + pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. + +024:019 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw + water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. + +024:020 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and + ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his + camels. + +024:021 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether + the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. + +024:022 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the + man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two + bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; + +024:023 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is + there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? + +024:024 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of + Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. + +024:025 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender + enough, and room to lodge in. + +024:026 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. + +024:027 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who + hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: + I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my + master's brethren. + +024:028 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these + things. + +024:029 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban + ran out unto the man, unto the well. + +024:030 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets + upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of + Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that + he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at + the well. + +024:031 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore + standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room + for the camels. + +024:032 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, + and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash + his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. + +024:033 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will + not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. + +024:034 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. + +024:035 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become + great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, + and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and + asses. + +024:036 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she + was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. + +024:037 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a + wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose + land I dwell: + +024:038 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, + and take a wife unto my son. + +024:039 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not + follow me. + +024:040 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send + his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take + a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: + +024:041 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest + to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be + clear from my oath. + +024:042 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my + master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: + +024:043 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to + pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I + say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy + pitcher to drink; + +024:044 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for + thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath + appointed out for my master's son. + +024:045 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah + came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down + unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me + drink, I pray thee. + +024:046 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her + shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink + also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. + +024:047 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she + said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare + unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the + bracelets upon her hands. + +024:048 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed + the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the + right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. + +024:049 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell + me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or + to the left. + +024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth + from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. + +024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her + be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. + +024:052 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their + words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. + +024:053 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of + gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to + her brother and to her mother precious things. + +024:054 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, + and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he + said, Send me away unto my master. + +024:055 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with + us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. + +024:056 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath + prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. + +024:057 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her + mouth. + +024:058 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with + this man? And she said, I will go. + +024:059 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and + Abraham's servant, and his men. + +024:060 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our + sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let + thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. + +024:061 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the + camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, + and went his way. + +024:062 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt + in the south country. + +024:063 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: + and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels + were coming. + +024:064 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she + lighted off the camel. + +024:065 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that + walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It + is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. + +024:066 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. + +024:067 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took + Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac + was comforted after his mother's death. + +025:001 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. + +025:002 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, + and Ishbak, and Shuah. + +025:003 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were + Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. + +025:004 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and + Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. + +025:005 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. + +025:006 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, + Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, + while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. + +025:007 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he + lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. + +025:008 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an + old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. + +025:009 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of + Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the + Hittite, which is before Mamre; + +025:010 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there + was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. + +025:011 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God + blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. + +025:012 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom + Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: + +025:013 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their + names, according to their generations: the firstborn of + Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, + +025:014 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, + +025:015 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: + +025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by + their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to + their nations. + +025:017 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and + thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and + was gathered unto his people. + +025:018 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, + as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of + all his brethren. + +025:019 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham + begat Isaac: + +025:020 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, + the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to + Laban the Syrian. + +025:021 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was + barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his + wife conceived. + +025:022 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, + If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the + LORD. + +025:023 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and + two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and + the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and + the elder shall serve the younger. + +025:024 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, + there were twins in her womb. + +025:025 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; + and they called his name Esau. + +025:026 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on + Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was + threescore years old when she bare them. + +025:027 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the + field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. + +025:028 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but + Rebekah loved Jacob. + +025:029 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he + was faint: + +025:030 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same + red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called + Edom. + +025:031 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. + +025:032 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what + profit shall this birthright do to me? + +025:033 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: + and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. + +025:034 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did + eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau + despised his birthright. + +026:001 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine + that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech + king of the Philistines unto Gerar. + +026:002 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into + Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: + +026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless + thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these + countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto + Abraham thy father; + +026:004 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, + and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy + seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; + +026:005 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my + commandments, my statutes, and my laws. + +026:006 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: + +026:007 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, + She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, + said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; + because she was fair to look upon. + +026:008 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that + Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and + saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. + +026:009 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she + is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac + said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. + +026:010 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one + of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou + shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. + +026:011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth + this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. + +026:012 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year + an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. + +026:013 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he + became very great: + +026:014 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and + great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. + +026:015 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in + the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped + them, and filled them with earth. + +026:016 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much + mightier than we. + +026:017 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley + of Gerar, and dwelt there. + +026:018 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had + digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines + had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called + their names after the names by which his father had called + them. + +026:019 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a + well of springing water. + +026:020 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, + saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well + Esek; because they strove with him. + +026:021 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he + called the name of it Sitnah. + +026:022 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for + that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; + and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we + shall be fruitful in the land. + +026:023 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. + +026:024 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am + the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, + and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant + Abraham's sake. + +026:025 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the + LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants + digged a well. + +026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his + friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. + +026:027 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye + hate me, and have sent me away from you? + +026:028 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: + and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt + us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; + +026:029 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and + as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee + away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. + +026:030 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. + +026:031 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to + another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him + in peace. + +026:032 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, + and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and + said unto him, We have found water. + +026:033 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is + Beersheba unto this day. + +026:034 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the + daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of + Elon the Hittite: + +026:035 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. + +027:001 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes + were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest + son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, + here am I. + +027:002 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my + death: + +027:003 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and + thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; + +027:004 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, + that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. + +027:005 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau + went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. + +027:006 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard + thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, + +027:007 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, + and bless thee before the LORD before my death. + +027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I + command thee. + +027:009 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of + the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, + such as he loveth: + +027:010 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and + that he may bless thee before his death. + +027:011 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother + is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: + +027:012 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him + as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a + blessing. + +027:013 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: + only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. + +027:014 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and + his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. + +027:015 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which + were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her + younger son: + +027:016 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, + and upon the smooth of his neck: + +027:017 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had + prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. + +027:018 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, + Here am I; who art thou, my son? + +027:019 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I + have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit + and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. + +027:020 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it + so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God + brought it to me. + +027:021 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may + feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. + +027:022 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, + and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the + hands of Esau. + +027:023 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his + brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. + +027:024 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. + +027:025 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's + venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near + to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. + +027:026 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss + me, my son. + +027:027 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of + his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my + son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: + +027:028 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness + of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: + +027:029 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord + over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: + cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that + blesseth thee. + +027:030 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of + blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the + presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in + from his hunting. + +027:031 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his + father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat + of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. + +027:032 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, + I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. + +027:033 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is + he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have + eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, + and he shall be blessed. + +027:034 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a + great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, + Bless me, even me also, O my father. + +027:035 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken + away thy blessing. + +027:036 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath + supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; + and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, + Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? + +027:037 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him + thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for + servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and + what shall I do now unto thee, my son? + +027:038 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my + father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted + up his voice, and wept. + +027:039 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy + dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of + heaven from above; + +027:040 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; + and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, + that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. + +027:041 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his + father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of + mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my + brother Jacob. + +027:042 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: + and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto + him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort + himself, purposing to kill thee. + +027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to + Laban my brother to Haran; + +027:044 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn + away; + +027:045 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget + that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch + thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in + one day? + +027:046 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of + the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters + of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, + what good shall my life do me? + +028:001 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and + said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of + Canaan. + +028:002 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's + father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of + Laban thy mother's brother. + +028:003 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and + multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; + +028:004 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy + seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou + art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. + +028:005 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto + Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, + Jacob's and Esau's mother. + +028:006 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away + to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he + blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take + a wife of the daughers of Canaan; + +028:007 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone + to Padanaram; + +028:008 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac + his father; + +028:009 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he + had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister + of Nebajoth, to be his wife. + +028:010 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. + +028:011 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all + night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of + that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that + place to sleep. + +028:012 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and + the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God + ascending and descending on it. + +028:013 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD + God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land + whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; + +028:014 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt + spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, + and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the + families of the earth be blessed. + +028:015 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places + whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; + for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have + spoken to thee of. + +028:016 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the + LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. + +028:017 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this + is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of + heaven. + +028:018 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone + that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, + and poured oil upon the top of it. + +028:019 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of + that city was called Luz at the first. + +028:020 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and + will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to + eat, and raiment to put on, + +028:021 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall + the LORD be my God: + +028:022 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's + house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give + the tenth unto thee. + +029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the + people of the east. + +029:002 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there + were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well + they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's + mouth. + +029:003 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the + stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put + the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. + +029:004 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they + said, Of Haran are we. + +029:005 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And + they said, We know him. + +029:006 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: + and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. + +029:007 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that + the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, + and go and feed them. + +029:008 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered + together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; + then we water the sheep. + +029:009 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her + father's sheep; for she kept them. + +029:010 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of + Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his + mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone + from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his + mother's brother. + +029:011 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. + +029:012 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and + that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. + +029:013 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his + sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and + kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban + all these things. + +029:014 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. + And he abode with him the space of a month. + +029:015 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, + shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what + shall thy wages be? + +029:016 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, + and the name of the younger was Rachel. + +029:017 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well + favoured. + +029:018 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven + years for Rachel thy younger daughter. + +029:019 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than + that I should give her to another man: abide with me. + +029:020 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto + him but a few days, for the love he had to her. + +029:021 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are + fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. + +029:022 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made + a feast. + +029:023 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his + daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. + +029:024 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an + handmaid. + +029:025 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: + and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did + not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou + beguiled me? + +029:026 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give + the younger before the firstborn. + +029:027 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the + service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. + +029:028 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him + Rachel his daughter to wife also. + +029:029 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to + be her maid. + +029:030 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more + than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. + +029:031 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: + but Rachel was barren. + +029:032 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name + Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my + affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. + +029:033 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the + LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this + son also: and she called his name Simeon. + +029:034 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this + time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born + him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. + +029:035 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now + will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; + and left bearing. + +030:001 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel + envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or + else I die. + +030:002 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am + I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the + womb? + +030:003 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she + shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by + her. + +030:004 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went + in unto her. + +030:005 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. + +030:006 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my + voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name + Dan. + +030:007 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a + second son. + +030:008 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my + sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name + Naphtali. + +030:009 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her + maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. + +030:010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. + +030:011 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. + +030:012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. + +030:013 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me + blessed: and she called his name Asher. + +030:014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found + mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. + Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's + mandrakes. + +030:015 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast + taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's + mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with + thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. + +030:016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went + out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for + surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay + with her that night. + +030:017 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob + the fifth son. + +030:018 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given + my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. + +030:019 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. + +030:020 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will + my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: + and she called his name Zebulun. + +030:021 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. + +030:022 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and + opened her womb. + +030:023 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken + away my reproach: + +030:024 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add + to me another son. + +030:025 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob + said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own + place, and to my country. + +030:026 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, + and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done + thee. + +030:027 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour + in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that + the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. + +030:028 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. + +030:029 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and + how thy cattle was with me. + +030:030 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is + now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee + since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own + house also? + +030:031 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou + shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for + me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. + +030:032 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence + all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle + among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: + and of such shall be my hire. + +030:033 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when + it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is + not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the + sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. + +030:034 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy + word. + +030:035 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and + spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, + and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown + among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. + +030:036 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and + Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. + +030:037 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and + chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the + white appear which was in the rods. + +030:038 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in + the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to + drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. + +030:039 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth + cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. + +030:040 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the + flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock + of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put + them not unto Laban's cattle. + +030:041 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did + conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the + cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the + rods. + +030:042 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the + feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. + +030:043 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and + maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. + +031:001 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath + taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was + our father's hath he gotten all this glory. + +031:002 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was + not toward him as before. + +031:003 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy + fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. + +031:004 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto + his flock, + +031:005 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it + is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been + with me. + +031:006 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. + +031:007 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten + times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. + +031:008 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the + cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked + shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. + +031:009 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given + them to me. + +031:010 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, + that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, + the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, + speckled, and grisled. + +031:011 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: + And I said, Here am I. + +031:012 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams + which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and + grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. + +031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and + where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from + this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. + +031:014 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet + any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? + +031:015 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and + hath quite devoured also our money. + +031:016 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that + is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath + said unto thee, do. + +031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon + camels; + +031:018 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he + had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in + Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of + Canaan. + +031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the + images that were her father's. + +031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he + told him not that he fled. + +031:021 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed + over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. + +031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. + +031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven + days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. + +031:024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said + unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good + or bad. + +031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in + the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of + Gilead. + +031:026 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast + stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as + captives taken with the sword? + +031:027 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from + me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away + with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? + +031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? + thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. + +031:029 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of + your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed + that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. + +031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore + longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou + stolen my gods? + +031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: + for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy + daughters from me. + +031:032 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: + before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and + take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen + them. + +031:033 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and + into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then + went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. + +031:034 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's + furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, + but found them not. + +031:035 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that + I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon + me. And he searched but found not the images. + +031:036 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered + and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that + thou hast so hotly pursued after me? + +031:037 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found + of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and + thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. + +031:038 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she + goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock + have I not eaten. + +031:039 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare + the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether + stolen by day, or stolen by night. + +031:040 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost + by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. + +031:041 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee + fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy + cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. + +031:042 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear + of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now + empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my + hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. + +031:043 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my + daughters, and these children are my children, and these + cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and + what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their + children which they have born? + +031:044 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; + and let it be for a witness between me and thee. + +031:045 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. + +031:046 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took + stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the + heap. + +031:047 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it + Galeed. + +031:048 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee + this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; + +031:049 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, + when we are absent one from another. + +031:050 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take + other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God + is witness betwixt me and thee. + +031:051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this + pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: + +031:052 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will + not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass + over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. + +031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their + father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his + father Isaac. + +031:054 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his + brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all + night in the mount. + +031:055 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons + and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and + returned unto his place. + +032:001 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. + +032:002 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he + called the name of that place Mahanaim. + +032:003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto + the land of Seir, the country of Edom. + +032:004 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my + lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with + Laban, and stayed there until now: + +032:005 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and + womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may + find grace in thy sight. + +032:006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy + brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four + hundred men with him. + +032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided + the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and + the camels, into two bands; + +032:008 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then + the other company which is left shall escape. + +032:009 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my + father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy + country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: + +032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all + the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with + my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two + bands. + +032:011 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the + hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, + and the mother with the children. + +032:012 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed + as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for + multitude. + +032:013 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which + came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; + +032:014 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, + and twenty rams, + +032:015 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten + bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. + +032:016 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every + drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over + before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. + +032:017 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother + meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and + whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? + +032:018 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a + present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind + us. + +032:019 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that + followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak + unto Esau, when ye find him. + +032:020 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. + For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth + before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he + will accept of me. + +032:021 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that + night in the company. + +032:022 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two + womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford + Jabbok. + +032:023 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over + that he had. + +032:024 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him + until the breaking of the day. + +032:025 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched + the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was + out of joint, as he wrestled with him. + +032:026 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I + will not let thee go, except thou bless me. + +032:027 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. + +032:028 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but + Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, + and hast prevailed. + +032:029 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. + And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? + And he blessed him there. + +032:030 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen + God face to face, and my life is preserved. + +032:031 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he + halted upon his thigh. + +032:032 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which + shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: + because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew + that shrank. + +033:001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau + came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the + children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two + handmaids. + +033:002 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah + and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. + +033:003 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the + ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. + +033:004 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his + neck, and kissed him: and they wept. + +033:005 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; + and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children + which God hath graciously given thy servant. + +033:006 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and + they bowed themselves. + +033:007 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed + themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they + bowed themselves. + +033:008 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? + And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. + +033:009 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast + unto thyself. + +033:010 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in + thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I + have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and + thou wast pleased with me. + +033:011 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; + because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have + enough. And he urged him, and he took it. + +033:012 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I + will go before thee. + +033:013 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are + tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and + if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. + +033:014 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I + will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before + me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my + lord unto Seir. + +033:015 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk + that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find + grace in the sight of my lord. + +033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. + +033:017 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and + made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is + called Succoth. + +033:018 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the + land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his + tent before the city. + +033:019 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his + tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, + for an hundred pieces of money. + +033:020 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. + +034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, + went out to see the daughters of the land. + +034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the + country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled + her. + +034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he + loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. + +034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this + damsel to wife. + +034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now + his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his + peace until they were come. + +034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune + with him. + +034:007 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard + it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, + because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's + daughter: which thing ought not to be done. + +034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son + Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to + wife. + +034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto + us, and take our daughters unto you. + +034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; + dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. + +034:011 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me + find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will + give. + +034:012 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according + as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. + +034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father + deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their + sister: + +034:014 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our + sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach + unto us: + +034:015 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, + that every male of you be circumcised; + +034:016 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take + your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will + become one people. + +034:017 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then + will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. + +034:018 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. + +034:019 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had + delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than + all the house of his father. + +034:020 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their + city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, + +034:021 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in + the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large + enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, + and let us give them our daughters. + +034:022 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, + to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as + they are circumcised. + +034:023 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of + their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will + dwell with us. + +034:024 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that + went out of the gate of his city; and every male was + circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. + +034:025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, + that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's + brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city + boldly, and slew all the males. + +034:026 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the + sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. + +034:027 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, + because they had defiled their sister. + +034:028 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and + that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, + +034:029 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their + wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the + house. + +034:030 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make + me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the + Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they + shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and + I shall be destroyed, I and my house. + +034:031 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an + harlot? + +035:001 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell + there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto + thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. + +035:002 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with + him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be + clean, and change your garments: + +035:003 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there + an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, + and was with me in the way which I went. + +035:004 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in + their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; + and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. + +035:005 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities + that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the + sons of Jacob. + +035:006 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, + Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. + +035:007 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: + because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the + face of his brother. + +035:008 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath + Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called + Allonbachuth. + +035:009 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of + Padanaram, and blessed him. + +035:010 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not + be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he + called his name Israel. + +035:011 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and + multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, + and kings shall come out of thy loins; + +035:012 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will + give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. + +035:013 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with + him. + +035:014 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with + him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering + thereon, and he poured oil thereon. + +035:015 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with + him, Bethel. + +035:016 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way + to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard + labour. + +035:017 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the + midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son + also. + +035:018 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she + died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called + him Benjamin. + +035:019 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which + is Bethlehem. + +035:020 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of + Rachel's grave unto this day. + +035:021 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of + Edar. + +035:022 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that + Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and + Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: + +035:023 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and + Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: + +035:024 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: + +035:025 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: + +035:026 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these + are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. + +035:027 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city + of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. + +035:028 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. + +035:029 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto + his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and + Jacob buried him. + +036:001 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. + +036:002 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the + daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of + Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; + +036:003 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. + +036:004 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; + +036:005 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are + the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of + Canaan. + +036:006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and + all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his + beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of + Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother + Jacob. + +036:007 For their riches were more than that they might dwell + together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not + bear them because of their cattle. + +036:008 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. + +036:009 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the + Edomites in mount Seir: + +036:010 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah + the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. + +036:011 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, + and Kenaz. + +036:012 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to + Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. + +036:013 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, + and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. + +036:014 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah + the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau + Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. + +036:015 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the + firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke + Kenaz, + +036:016 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes + that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons + of Adah. + +036:017 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke + Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that + came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of + Bashemath Esau's wife. + +036:018 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, + duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of + Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. + +036:019 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their + dukes. + +036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; + Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, + +036:021 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the + Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. + +036:022 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's + sister was Timna. + +036:023 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, + and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. + +036:024 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: + this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as + he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. + +036:025 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah + the daughter of Anah. + +036:026 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and + Ithran, and Cheran. + +036:027 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. + +036:028 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. + +036:029 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke + Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, + +036:030 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that + came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. + +036:031 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, + before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. + +036:032 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his + city was Dinhabah. + +036:033 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in + his stead. + +036:034 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in + his stead. + +036:035 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian + in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of + his city was Avith. + +036:036 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. + +036:037 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in + his stead. + +036:038 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his + stead. + +036:039 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his + stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name + was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of + Mezahab. + +036:040 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, + according to their families, after their places, by their + names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, + +036:041 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, + +036:042 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, + +036:043 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according + to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is + Esau the father of the Edomites. + +037:001 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, + in the land of Canaan. + +037:002 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen + years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the + lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, + his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their + evil report. + +037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he + was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many + colours. + +037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more + than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak + peaceably unto him. + +037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and + they hated him yet the more. + +037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I + have dreamed: + +037:007 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my + sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves + stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. + +037:008 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? + or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him + yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. + +037:009 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, + and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, + the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to + me. + +037:010 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his + father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that + thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren + indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? + +037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the + saying. + +037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. + +037:013 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the + flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he + said to him, Here am I. + +037:014 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well + with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word + again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came + to Shechem. + +037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in + the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? + +037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where + they feed their flocks. + +037:017 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them + say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, + and found them in Dothan. + +037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto + them, they conspired against him to slay him. + +037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. + +037:020 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into + some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: + and we shall see what will become of his dreams. + +037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; + and said, Let us not kill him. + +037:022 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into + this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; + that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to + his father again. + +037:023 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, + that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many + colours that was on him; + +037:024 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was + empty, there was no water in it. + +037:025 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes + and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from + Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, + going to carry it down to Egypt. + +037:026 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay + our brother, and conceal his blood? + +037:027 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our + hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his + brethren were content. + +037:028 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and + lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the + Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought + Joseph into Egypt. + +037:029 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not + in the pit; and he rent his clothes. + +037:030 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; + and I, whither shall I go? + +037:031 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, + and dipped the coat in the blood; + +037:032 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to + their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether + it be thy son's coat or no. + +037:033 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast + hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. + +037:034 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, + and mourned for his son many days. + +037:035 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; + but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go + down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept + for him. + +037:036 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an + officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. + +038:001 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from + his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose + name was Hirah. + +038:002 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose + name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. + +038:003 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. + +038:004 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his + name Onan. + +038:005 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his + name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. + +038:006 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was + Tamar. + +038:007 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the + LORD; and the LORD slew him. + +038:008 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and + marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. + +038:009 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to + pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled + it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his + brother. + +038:010 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he + slew him also. + +038:011 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow + at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he + said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And + Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. + +038:012 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife + died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his + sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the + Adullamite. + +038:013 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth + up to Timnath to shear his sheep. + +038:014 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her + with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, + which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was + grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. + +038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because + she had covered her face. + +038:016 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray + thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was + his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, + that thou mayest come in unto me? + +038:017 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she + said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? + +038:018 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy + signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine + hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she + conceived by him. + +038:019 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, + and put on the garments of her widowhood. + +038:020 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the + Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but + he found her not. + +038:021 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the + harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There + was no harlot in this place. + +038:022 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and + also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in + this place. + +038:023 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: + behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. + +038:024 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told + Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the + harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And + Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. + +038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, + saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she + said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and + bracelets, and staff. + +038:026 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more + righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my + son. And he knew her again no more. + +038:027 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, + twins were in her womb. + +038:028 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out + his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a + scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. + +038:029 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, + his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken + forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called + Pharez. + +038:030 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet + thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. + +039:001 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer + of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of + the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down + thither. + +039:002 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and + he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. + +039:003 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the + LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. + +039:004 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he + made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put + into his hand. + +039:005 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him + overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD + blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the + blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, + and in the field. + +039:006 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not + ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was + a goodly person, and well favoured. + +039:007 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife + cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. + +039:008 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my + master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath + committed all that he hath to my hand; + +039:009 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he + kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his + wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against + God? + +039:010 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that + he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. + +039:011 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the + house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the + house there within. + +039:012 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he + left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. + +039:013 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment + in her hand, and was fled forth, + +039:014 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto + them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to + mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a + loud voice: + +039:015 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice + and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got + him out. + +039:016 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. + +039:017 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The + Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto + me to mock me: + +039:018 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that + he left his garment with me, and fled out. + +039:019 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his + wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did + thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. + +039:020 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a + place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there + in the prison. + +039:021 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave + him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. + +039:022 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all + the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did + there, he was the doer of it. + +039:023 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was + under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which + he did, the LORD made it to prosper. + +040:001 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the + king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king + of Egypt. + +040:002 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the + chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. + +040:003 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the + guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. + +040:004 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he + served them: and they continued a season in ward. + +040:005 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in + one night, each man according to the interpretation of his + dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which + were bound in the prison. + +040:006 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon + them, and, behold, they were sad. + +040:007 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward + of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to + day? + +040:008 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is + no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not + interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. + +040:009 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to + him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; + +040:010 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it + budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof + brought forth ripe grapes: + +040:011 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and + pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into + Pharaoh's hand. + +040:012 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: + The three branches are three days: + +040:013 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and + restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's + cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his + butler. + +040:014 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew + kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto + Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: + +040:015 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: + and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into + the dungeon. + +040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he + said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had + three white baskets on my head: + +040:017 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of + bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the + basket upon my head. + +040:018 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation + thereof: The three baskets are three days: + +040:019 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off + thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat + thy flesh from off thee. + +040:020 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's + birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he + lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker + among his servants. + +040:021 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; + and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: + +040:022 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to + them. + +040:023 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. + +041:001 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh + dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. + +041:002 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well + favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. + +041:003 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the + river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other + kine upon the brink of the river. + +041:004 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven + well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. + +041:005 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven + ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. + +041:006 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind + sprung up after them. + +041:007 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. + And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. + +041:008 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was + troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of + Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his + dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto + Pharaoh. + +041:009 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do + remember my faults this day: + +041:010 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the + captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: + +041:011 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each + man according to the interpretation of his dream. + +041:012 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to + the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted + to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did + interpret. + +041:013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he + restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. + +041:014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him + hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed + his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. + +041:015 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and + there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of + thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. + +041:016 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God + shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. + +041:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood + upon the bank of the river: + +041:018 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, + fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: + +041:019 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and + very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all + the land of Egypt for badness: + +041:020 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first + seven fat kine: + +041:021 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that + they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at + the beginning. So I awoke. + +041:022 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one + stalk, full and good: + +041:023 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the + east wind, sprung up after them: + +041:024 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told + this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare + it to me. + +041:025 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God + hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. + +041:026 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears + are seven years: the dream is one. + +041:027 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after + them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with + the east wind shall be seven years of famine. + +041:028 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God + is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. + +041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all + the land of Egypt: + +041:030 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and + all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and + the famine shall consume the land; + +041:031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of + that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. + +041:032 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is + because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly + bring it to pass. + +041:033 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, + and set him over the land of Egypt. + +041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the + land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the + seven plenteous years. + +041:035 And let them gather all the food of those good years that + come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them + keep food in the cities. + +041:036 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven + years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the + land perish not through the famine. + +041:037 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes + of all his servants. + +041:038 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as + this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? + +041:039 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed + thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: + +041:040 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall + all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater + than thou. + +041:041 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all + the land of Egypt. + +041:042 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon + Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and + put a gold chain about his neck; + +041:043 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; + and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler + over all the land of Egypt. + +041:044 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee + shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of + Egypt. + +041:045 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave + him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. + And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. + +041:046 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh + king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of + Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. + +041:047 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by + handfuls. + +041:048 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were + in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the + food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he + up in the same. + +041:049 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, + until he left numbering; for it was without number. + +041:050 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine + came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On + bare unto him. + +041:051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, + said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's + house. + +041:052 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath + caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. + +041:053 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of + Egypt, were ended. + +041:054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as + Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all + the land of Egypt there was bread. + +041:055 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried + to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, + Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. + +041:056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph + opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and + the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. + +041:057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; + because that the famine was so sore in all lands. + +042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said + unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? + +042:002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: + get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may + live, and not die. + +042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. + +042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his + brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. + +042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: + for the famine was in the land of Canaan. + +042:006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that + sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren + came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to + the earth. + +042:007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made + himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he + said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land + of Canaan to buy food. + +042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. + +042:009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and + said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land + ye are come. + +042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy + servants come. + +042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are + no spies. + +042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the + land ye are come. + +042:013 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of + one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is + this day with our father, and one is not. + +042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, + saying, Ye are spies: + +042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not + go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. + +042:016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall + be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether + there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh + surely ye are spies. + +042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days. + +042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; + for I fear God: + +042:019 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the + house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your + houses: + +042:020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words + be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. + +042:021 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning + our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he + besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress + come upon us. + +042:022 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, + saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? + therefore, behold, also his blood is required. + +042:023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake + unto them by an interpreter. + +042:024 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned + to them again, and communed with them, and took from them + Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. + +042:025 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to + restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them + provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. + +042:026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. + +042:027 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender + in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his + sack's mouth. + +042:028 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, + it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they + were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath + done unto us? + +042:029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, + and told him all that befell unto them; saying, + +042:030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and + took us for spies of the country. + +042:031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: + +042:032 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the + youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. + +042:033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby + shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren + here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, + and be gone: + +042:034 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know + that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I + deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. + +042:035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, + every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both + they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were + afraid. + +042:036 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of + my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will + take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. + +042:037 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if + I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will + bring him to thee again. + +042:038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his + brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him + by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my + gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. + +043:001 And the famine was sore in the land. + +043:002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which + they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go + again, buy us a little food. + +043:003 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest + unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother + be with you. + +043:004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy + thee food: + +043:005 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the + man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your + brother be with you. + +043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell + the man whether ye had yet a brother? + +043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of + our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another + brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these + words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your + brother down? + +043:008 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, + and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both + we, and thou, and also our little ones. + +043:009 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: + if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then + let me bear the blame for ever: + +043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this + second time. + +043:011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, + do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, + and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little + honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: + +043:012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was + brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in + your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: + +043:013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: + +043:014 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may + send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved + of my children, I am bereaved. + +043:015 And the men took that present, and they took double money in + their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, + and stood before Joseph. + +043:016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler + of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; + for these men shall dine with me at noon. + +043:017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men + into Joseph's house. + +043:018 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into + Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was + returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; + that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and + take us for bondmen, and our asses. + +043:019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they + communed with him at the door of the house, + +043:020 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy + food: + +043:021 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened + our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of + his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it + again in our hand. + +043:022 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: + we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. + +043:023 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God + of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had + your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. + +043:024 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them + water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses + provender. + +043:025 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: + for they heard that they should eat bread there. + +043:026 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which + was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him + to the earth. + +043:027 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father + well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? + +043:028 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, + he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made + obeisance. + +043:029 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his + mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom + ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my + son. + +043:030 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his + brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his + chamber, and wept there. + +043:031 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, + and said, Set on bread. + +043:032 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by + themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by + themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the + Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. + +043:033 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his + birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the + men marvelled one at another. + +043:034 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but + Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And + they drank, and were merry with him. + +044:001 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the + men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put + every man's money in his sack's mouth. + +044:002 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the + youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word + that Joseph had spoken. + +044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they + and their asses. + +044:004 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, + Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and + when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye + rewarded evil for good? + +044:005 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed + he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. + +044:006 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. + +044:007 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? + God forbid that thy servants should do according to this + thing: + +044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we + brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then + should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? + +044:009 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, + and we also will be my lord's bondmen. + +044:010 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he + with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be + blameless. + +044:011 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, + and opened every man his sack. + +044:012 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the + youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. + +044:013 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and + returned to the city. + +044:014 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was + yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. + +044:015 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have + done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? + +044:016 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we + speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the + iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, + both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. + +044:017 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in + whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as + for you, get you up in peace unto your father. + +044:018 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy + servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let + not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as + Pharaoh. + +044:019 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a + brother? + +044:020 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a + child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, + and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. + +044:021 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, + that I may set mine eyes upon him. + +044:022 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for + if he should leave his father, his father would die. + +044:023 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest + brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. + +044:024 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my + father, we told him the words of my lord. + +044:025 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. + +044:026 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be + with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's + face, except our youngest brother be with us. + +044:027 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife + bare me two sons: + +044:028 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in + pieces; and I saw him not since: + +044:029 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye + shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. + +044:030 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the + lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the + lad's life; + +044:031 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with + us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the + gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. + +044:032 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, + saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the + blame to my father for ever. + +044:033 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of + the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his + brethren. + +044:034 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with + me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my + father. + +045:001 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that + stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. + And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself + known unto his brethren. + +045:002 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh + heard. + +045:003 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father + yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were + troubled at his presence. + +045:004 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray + you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your + brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. + +045:005 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that + ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve + life. + +045:006 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet + there are five years, in the which there shall neither be + earing nor harvest. + +045:007 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the + earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. + +045:008 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he + hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, + and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. + +045:009 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith + thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down + unto me, tarry not: + +045:010 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be + near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's + children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou + hast: + +045:011 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of + famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, + come to poverty. + +045:012 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother + Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. + +045:013 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of + all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my + father hither. + +045:014 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and + Benjamin wept upon his neck. + +045:015 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and + after that his brethren talked with him. + +045:016 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, + Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and + his servants. + +045:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do + ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; + +045:018 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: + and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye + shall eat the fat of the land. + +045:019 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the + land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and + bring your father, and come. + +045:020 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of + Egypt is your's. + +045:021 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them + wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them + provision for the way. + +045:022 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to + Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five + changes of raiment. + +045:023 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden + with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with + corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. + +045:024 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said + unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. + +045:025 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of + Canaan unto Jacob their father, + +045:026 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor + over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he + believed them not. + +045:027 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said + unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to + carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: + +045:028 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I + will go and see him before I die. + +046:001 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to + Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father + Isaac. + +046:002 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and + said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. + +046:003 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go + down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: + +046:004 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely + bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine + eyes. + +046:005 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel + carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their + wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. + +046:006 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had + gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and + all his seed with him: + +046:007 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his + sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into + Egypt. + +046:008 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came + into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. + +046:009 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and + Carmi. + +046:010 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and + Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. + +046:011 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +046:012 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, + and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the + sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. + +046:013 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and + Shimron. + +046:014 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. + +046:015 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in + Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons + and his daughters were thirty and three. + +046:016 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, + Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. + +046:017 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and + Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, + and Malchiel. + +046:018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his + daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. + +046:019 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. + +046:020 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and + Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On + bare unto him. + +046:021 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, + Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. + +046:022 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all + the souls were fourteen. + +046:023 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. + +046:024 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and + Shillem. + +046:025 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his + daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were + seven. + +046:026 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out + of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were + threescore and six; + +046:027 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two + souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into + Egypt, were threescore and ten. + +046:028 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face + unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. + +046:029 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel + his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he + fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. + +046:030 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen + thy face, because thou art yet alive. + +046:031 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's + house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My + brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of + Canaan, are come unto me; + +046:032 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed + cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, + and all that they have. + +046:033 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and + shall say, What is your occupation? + +046:034 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle + from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: + that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is + an abomination unto the Egyptians. + +047:001 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my + brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they + have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they + are in the land of Goshen. + +047:002 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented + them unto Pharaoh. + +047:003 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? + And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both + we, and also our fathers. + +047:004 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are + we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; + for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, + we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. + +047:005 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy + brethren are come unto thee: + +047:006 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make + thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let + them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among + them, then make them rulers over my cattle. + +047:007 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before + Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. + +047:008 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? + +047:009 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my + pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have + the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained + unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the + days of their pilgrimage. + +047:010 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. + +047:011 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a + possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in + the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. + +047:012 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his + father's household, with bread, according to their families. + +047:013 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was + very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of + Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. + +047:014 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the + land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which + they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's + house. + +047:015 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of + Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us + bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money + faileth. + +047:016 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for + your cattle, if money fail. + +047:017 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave + them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for + the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them + with bread for all their cattle for that year. + +047:018 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, + and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that + our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; + there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our + bodies, and our lands: + +047:019 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our + land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will + be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, + and not die, that the land be not desolate. + +047:020 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the + Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine + prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. + +047:021 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end + of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. + +047:022 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests + had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their + portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their + lands. + +047:023 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you + this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, + and ye shall sow the land. + +047:024 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give + the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, + for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your + households, and for food for your little ones. + +047:025 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in + the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. + +047:026 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, + that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of + the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. + +047:027 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of + Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and + multiplied exceedingly. + +047:028 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the + whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. + +047:029 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his + son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in + thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal + kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: + +047:030 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of + Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will + do as thou hast said. + +047:031 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel + bowed himself upon the bed's head. + +048:001 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, + Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, + Manasseh and Ephraim. + +048:002 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh + unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the + bed. + +048:003 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at + Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, + +048:004 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and + multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; + and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an + everlasting possession. + +048:005 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born + unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into + Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. + +048:006 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be + thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in + their inheritance. + +048:007 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in + the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little + way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of + Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. + +048:008 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? + +048:009 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God + hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray + thee, unto me, and I will bless them. + +048:010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not + see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, + and embraced them. + +048:011 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy + face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. + +048:012 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he + bowed himself with his face to the earth. + +048:013 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward + Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward + Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. + +048:014 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon + Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon + Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was + the firstborn. + +048:015 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers + Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life + long unto this day, + +048:016 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and + let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers + Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the + midst of the earth. + +048:017 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon + the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his + father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto + Manasseh's head. + +048:018 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this + is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. + +048:019 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know + it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: + but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and + his seed shall become a multitude of nations. + +048:020 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel + bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and + he set Ephraim before Manasseh. + +048:021 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be + with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. + +048:022 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, + which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and + with my bow. + +049:001 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves + together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in + the last days. + +049:002 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and + hearken unto Israel your father. + +049:003 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of + my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of + power: + +049:004 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest + up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to + my couch. + +049:005 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in + their habitations. + +049:006 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their + assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger + they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a + wall. + +049:007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for + it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in + Israel. + +049:008 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand + shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children + shall bow down before thee. + +049:009 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone + up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; + who shall rouse him up? + +049:010 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from + between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the + gathering of the people be. + +049:011 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the + choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes + in the blood of grapes: + +049:012 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with + milk. + +049:013 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be + for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. + +049:014 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: + +049:015 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was + pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant + unto tribute. + +049:016 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. + +049:017 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that + biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. + +049:018 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. + +049:019 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the + last. + +049:020 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal + dainties. + +049:021 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. + +049:022 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; + whose branches run over the wall: + +049:023 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and + hated him: + +049:024 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were + made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from + thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) + +049:025 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the + Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, + blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the + breasts, and of the womb: + +049:026 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings + of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting + hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown + of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. + +049:027 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour + the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. + +049:028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that + their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one + according to his blessing he blessed them. + +049:029 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered + unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in + the field of Ephron the Hittite, + +049:030 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before + Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the + field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a + buryingplace. + +049:031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they + buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. + +049:032 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was + from the children of Heth. + +049:033 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he + gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, + and was gathered unto his people. + +050:001 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and + kissed him. + +050:002 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his + father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. + +050:003 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled + the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians + mourned for him threescore and ten days. + +050:004 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto + the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in + your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, + +050:005 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which + I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou + bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my + father, and I will come again. + +050:006 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he + made thee swear. + +050:007 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up + all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all + the elders of the land of Egypt, + +050:008 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his + father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and + their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. + +050:009 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it + was a very great company. + +050:010 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond + Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore + lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. + +050:011 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the + mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous + mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called + Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. + +050:012 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: + +050:013 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried + him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham + bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of + Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. + +050:014 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all + that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried + his father. + +050:015 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, + they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will + certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. + +050:016 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did + command before he died, saying, + +050:017 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the + trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto + thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the + servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they + spake unto him. + +050:018 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and + they said, Behold, we be thy servants. + +050:019 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of + God? + +050:020 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it + unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much + people alive. + +050:021 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little + ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. + +050:022 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and + Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. + +050:023 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the + children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up + upon Joseph's knees. + +050:024 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely + visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which + he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. + +050:025 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God + will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from + hence. + +050:026 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they + embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. + +Book 02 Exodus + +001:001 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came + into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. + +001:002 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, + +001:003 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, + +001:004 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. + +001:005 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were + seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. + +001:006 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that + generation. + +001:007 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased + abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and + the land was filled with them. + +001:008 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not + Joseph. + +001:009 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the + children of Israel are more and mightier than we: + +001:010 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and + it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they + join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get + them up out of the land. + +001:011 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them + with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure + cities, Pithom and Raamses. + +001:012 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and + grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. + +001:013 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with + rigour: + +001:014 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, + and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all + their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. + +001:015 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which + the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other + Puah: + +001:016 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew + women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye + shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. + +001:017 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt + commanded them, but saved the men children alive. + +001:018 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto + them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men + children alive? + +001:019 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women + are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are + delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. + +001:020 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people + multiplied, and waxed very mighty. + +001:021 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he + made them houses. + +001:022 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is + born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall + save alive. + +002:001 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a + daughter of Levi. + +002:002 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him + that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. + +002:003 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an + ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and + put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the + river's brink. + +002:004 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to + him. + +002:005 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the + river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and + when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to + fetch it. + +002:006 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, + the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This + is one of the Hebrews' children. + +002:007 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and + call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse + the child for thee? + +002:008 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and + called the child's mother. + +002:009 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, + and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the + women took the child, and nursed it. + +002:010 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's + daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name + Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. + +002:011 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that + he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: + and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his + brethren. + +002:012 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that + there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the + sand. + +002:013 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the + Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the + wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? + +002:014 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? + intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And + Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. + +002:015 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. + But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land + of Midian: and he sat down by a well. + +002:016 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came + and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's + flock. + +002:017 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up + and helped them, and watered their flock. + +002:018 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it + that ye are come so soon to day? + +002:019 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the + shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the + flock. + +002:020 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it + that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. + +002:021 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses + Zipporah his daughter. + +002:022 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he + said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. + +002:023 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt + died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the + bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by + reason of the bondage. + +002:024 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant + with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. + +002:025 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had + respect unto them. + +003:001 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the + priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the + desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. + +003:002 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire + out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the + bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. + +003:003 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great + sight, why the bush is not burnt. + +003:004 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called + unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. + And he said, Here am I. + +003:005 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off + thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. + +003:006 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of + Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid + his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. + +003:007 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my + people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason + of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; + +003:008 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the + Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good + land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; + unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the + Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the + Jebusites. + +003:009 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is + come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith + the Egyptians oppress them. + +003:010 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that + thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out + of Egypt. + +003:011 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto + Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel + out of Egypt? + +003:012 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be + a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast + brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon + this mountain. + +003:013 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children + of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers + hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his + name? what shall I say unto them? + +003:014 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus + shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me + unto you. + +003:015 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the + children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of + Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me + unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial + unto all generations. + +003:016 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto + them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of + Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely + visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: + +003:017 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of + Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and + the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the + Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. + +003:018 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou + and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall + say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: + and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into + the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. + +003:019 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, + not by a mighty hand. + +003:020 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my + wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that + he will let you go. + +003:021 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the + Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye + shall not go empty. + +003:022 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that + sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, + and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon + your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. + +004:001 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not + believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The + LORD hath not appeared unto thee. + +004:002 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he + said, A rod. + +004:003 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the + ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before + it. + +004:004 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take + it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and + it became a rod in his hand: + +004:005 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the + God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath + appeared unto thee. + +004:006 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand + into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when + he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. + +004:007 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put + his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his + bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. + +004:008 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, + neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will + believe the voice of the latter sign. + +004:009 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these + two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt + take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: + and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become + blood upon the dry land. + +004:010 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, + neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy + servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. + +004:011 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who + maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have + not I the LORD? + +004:012 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee + what thou shalt say. + +004:013 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him + whom thou wilt send. + +004:014 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he + said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can + speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: + and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. + +004:015 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and + I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach + you what ye shall do. + +004:016 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall + be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou + shalt be to him instead of God. + +004:017 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou + shalt do signs. + +004:018 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and + said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my + brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet + alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. + +004:019 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: + for all the men are dead which sought thy life. + +004:020 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an + ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the + rod of God in his hand. + +004:021 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into + Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, + which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, + that he shall not let the people go. + +004:022 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel + is my son, even my firstborn: + +004:023 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and + if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, + even thy firstborn. + +004:024 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met + him, and sought to kill him. + +004:025 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of + her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody + husband art thou to me. + +004:026 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, + because of the circumcision. + +004:027 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet + Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and + kissed him. + +004:028 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent + him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. + +004:029 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders + of the children of Israel: + +004:030 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto + Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. + +004:031 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had + visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon + their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. + +005:001 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus + saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may + hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. + +005:002 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his + voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I + let Israel go. + +005:003 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us + go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and + sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with + pestilence, or with the sword. + +005:004 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses + and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your + burdens. + +005:005 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, + and ye make them rest from their burdens. + +005:006 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the + people, and their officers, saying, + +005:007 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as + heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. + +005:008 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye + shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for + they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and + sacrifice to our God. + +005:009 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour + therein; and let them not regard vain words. + +005:010 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their + officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith + Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. + +005:011 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of + your work shall be diminished. + +005:012 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of + Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. + +005:013 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, + your daily tasks, as when there was straw. + +005:014 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's + taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, + Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both + yesterday and to day, as heretofore? + +005:015 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried + unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy + servants? + +005:016 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, + Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the + fault is in thine own people. + +005:017 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let + us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. + +005:018 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given + you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. + +005:019 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they + were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish + ought from your bricks of your daily task. + +005:020 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they + came forth from Pharaoh: + +005:021 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; + because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of + Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in + their hand to slay us. + +005:022 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore + hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou + hast sent me? + +005:023 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done + evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at + all. + +006:001 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will + do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, + and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. + +006:002 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: + +006:003 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by + the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not + known to them. + +006:004 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give + them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein + they were strangers. + +006:005 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, + whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my + covenant. + +006:006 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and + I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, + and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you + with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: + +006:007 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a + God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which + bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. + +006:008 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I + did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I + will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. + +006:009 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they + hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel + bondage. + +006:010 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:011 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the + children of Israel go out of his land. + +006:012 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children + of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh + hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? + +006:013 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a + charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of + Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of + Egypt. + +006:014 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of + Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and + Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. + +006:015 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and + Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: + these are the families of Simeon. + +006:016 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their + generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of + the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. + +006:017 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their + families. + +006:018 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and + Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred + thirty and three years. + +006:019 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the + families of Levi according to their generations. + +006:020 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and + she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of + Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. + +006:021 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. + +006:022 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. + +006:023 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of + Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, + and Ithamar. + +006:024 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these + are the families of the Korhites. + +006:025 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of + Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads + of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. + +006:026 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring + out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to + their armies. + +006:027 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring + out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses + and Aaron. + +006:028 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses + in the land of Egypt, + +006:029 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak + thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. + +006:030 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised + lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? + +007:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to + Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. + +007:002 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy + brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of + Israel out of his land. + +007:003 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and + my wonders in the land of Egypt. + +007:004 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand + upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the + children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great + judgments. + +007:005 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I + stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children + of Israel from among them. + +007:006 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did + they. + +007:007 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and + three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. + +007:008 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +007:009 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for + you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it + before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. + +007:010 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as + the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before + Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. + +007:011 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now + the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with + their enchantments. + +007:012 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became + serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. + +007:013 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto + them; as the LORD had said. + +007:014 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he + refuseth to let the people go. + +007:015 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto + the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against + he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou + take in thine hand. + +007:016 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath + sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may + serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou + wouldest not hear. + +007:017 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the + LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand + upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be + turned to blood. + +007:018 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river + shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the + water of the river. + +007:019 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, + and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon + their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and + upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and + that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both + in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. + +007:020 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he + lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the + river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his + servants; and all the waters that were in the river were + turned to blood. + +007:021 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, + and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; + and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. + +007:022 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and + Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto + them; as the LORD had said. + +007:023 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set + his heart to this also. + +007:024 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water + to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. + +007:025 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten + the river. + +008:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto + him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may + serve me. + +008:002 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all + thy borders with frogs: + +008:003 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall + go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and + upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy + people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: + +008:004 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, + and upon all thy servants. + +008:005 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth + thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and + over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of + Egypt. + +008:006 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and + the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. + +008:007 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought + up frogs upon the land of Egypt. + +008:008 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the + LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my + people; and I will let the people go, that they may do + sacrifice unto the LORD. + +008:009 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I + intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to + destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may + remain in the river only? + +008:010 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy + word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the + LORD our God. + +008:011 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and + from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in + the river only. + +008:012 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried + unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought + against Pharaoh. + +008:013 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs + died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the + fields. + +008:014 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land + stank. + +008:015 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his + heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. + +008:016 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy + rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice + throughout all the land of Egypt. + +008:017 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his + rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in + man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice + throughout all the land of Egypt. + +008:018 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring + forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, + and upon beast. + +008:019 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of + God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not + unto them; as the LORD had said. + +008:020 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, + and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; + and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that + they may serve me. + +008:021 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send + swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy + people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians + shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon + they are. + +008:022 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my + people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the + end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the + earth. + +008:023 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to + morrow shall this sign be. + +008:024 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies + into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and + into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason + of the swarm of flies. + +008:025 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, + sacrifice to your God in the land. + +008:026 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall + sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our + God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians + before their eyes, and will they not stone us? + +008:027 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and + sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. + +008:028 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to + the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very + far away: intreat for me. + +008:029 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat + the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, + from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not + Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go + to sacrifice to the LORD. + +008:030 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. + +008:031 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he + removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, + and from his people; there remained not one. + +008:032 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither + would he let the people go. + +009:001 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell + him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, + that they may serve me. + +009:002 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, + +009:003 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in + the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, + upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very + grievous murrain. + +009:004 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the + cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is + the children's of Israel. + +009:005 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD + shall do this thing in the land. + +009:006 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle + of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel + died not one. + +009:007 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle + of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, + and he did not let the people go. + +009:008 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you + handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it + toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. + +009:009 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and + shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon + beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. + +009:010 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; + and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil + breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. + +009:011 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the + boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the + Egyptians. + +009:012 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened + not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. + +009:013 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, + and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the + LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve + me. + +009:014 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, + and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest + know that there is none like me in all the earth. + +009:015 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and + thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the + earth. + +009:016 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to + shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared + throughout all the earth. + +009:017 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt + not let them go? + +009:018 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a + very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the + foundation thereof even until now. + +009:019 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou + hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be + found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail + shall come down upon them, and they shall die. + +009:020 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of + Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: + +009:021 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his + servants and his cattle in the field. + +009:022 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward + heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon + man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, + throughout the land of Egypt. + +009:023 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD + sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; + and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. + +009:024 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very + grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of + Egypt since it became a nation. + +009:025 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that + was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every + herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. + +009:026 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, + was there no hail. + +009:027 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said + unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and + I and my people are wicked. + +009:028 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more + mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye + shall stay no longer. + +009:029 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, + I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder + shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou + mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. + +009:030 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet + fear the LORD God. + +009:031 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in + the ear, and the flax was bolled. + +009:032 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not + grown up. + +009:033 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad + his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and + the rain was not poured upon the earth. + +009:034 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the + thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his + heart, he and his servants. + +009:035 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let + the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. + +010:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have + hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I + might shew these my signs before him: + +010:002 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy + son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs + which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am + the LORD. + +010:003 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, + Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou + refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that + they may serve me. + +010:004 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow + will I bring the locusts into thy coast: + +010:005 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be + able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that + which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and + shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: + +010:006 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy + servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither + thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day + that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned + himself, and went out from Pharaoh. + +010:007 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man + be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the + LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? + +010:008 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he + said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they + that shall go? + +010:009 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, + with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with + our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. + +010:010 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will + let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is + before you. + +010:011 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that + ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's + presence. + +010:012 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the + land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the + land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that + the hail hath left. + +010:013 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and + the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and + all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought + the locusts. + +010:014 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested + in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before + them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them + shall be such. + +010:015 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land + was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all + the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there + remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of + the field, through all the land of Egypt. + +010:016 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, + I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. + +010:017 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and + intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this + death only. + +010:018 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. + +010:019 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away + the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained + not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. + +010:020 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not + let the children of Israel go. + +010:021 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward + heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, + even darkness which may be felt. + +010:022 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there + was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: + +010:023 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for + three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their + dwellings. + +010:024 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the + LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your + little ones also go with you. + +010:025 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt + offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. + +010:026 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be + left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our + God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until + we come thither. + +010:027 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let + them go. + +010:028 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to + thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my + face thou shalt die. + +010:029 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face + again no more. + +011:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more + upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go + hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you + out hence altogether. + +011:002 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow + of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of + silver and jewels of gold. + +011:003 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the + Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land + of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight + of the people. + +011:004 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go + out into the midst of Egypt: + +011:005 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the + first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto + the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and + all the firstborn of beasts. + +011:006 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of + Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it + any more. + +011:007 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move + his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that + the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and + Israel. + +011:008 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow + down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the + people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he + went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. + +011:009 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto + you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. + +011:010 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and + the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let + the children of Israel go out of his land. + +012:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt + saying, + +012:002 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall + be the first month of the year to you. + +012:003 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the + tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a + lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an + house: + +012:004 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and + his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the + number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall + make your count for the lamb. + +012:005 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: + ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: + +012:006 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same + month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel + shall kill it in the evening. + +012:007 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two + side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein + they shall eat it. + +012:008 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, + and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. + +012:009 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast + with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance + thereof. + +012:010 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and + that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn + with fire. + +012:011 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes + on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it + in haste: it is the LORD's passover. + +012:012 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will + smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and + beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute + judgment: I am the LORD. + +012:013 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses + where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, + and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I + smite the land of Egypt. + +012:014 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall + keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye + shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. + +012:015 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day + ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever + eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh + day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. + +012:016 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and + in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; + no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every + man must eat, that only may be done of you. + +012:017 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in + this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land + of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your + generations by an ordinance for ever. + +012:018 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at + even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and + twentieth day of the month at even. + +012:019 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for + whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall + be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a + stranger, or born in the land. + +012:020 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall + ye eat unleavened bread. + +012:021 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto + them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, + and kill the passover. + +012:022 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood + that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side + posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you + shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. + +012:023 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and + when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side + posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer + the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. + +012:024 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and + to thy sons for ever. + +012:025 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which + the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye + shall keep this service. + +012:026 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto + you, What mean ye by this service? + +012:027 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, + who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, + when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the + people bowed the head and worshipped. + +012:028 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had + commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. + +012:029 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the + firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh + that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that + was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. + +012:030 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, + and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for + there was not a house where there was not one dead. + +012:031 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, + and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the + children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. + +012:032 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be + gone; and bless me also. + +012:033 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might + send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all + dead men. + +012:034 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their + kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their + shoulders. + +012:035 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; + and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and + jewels of gold, and raiment: + +012:036 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the + Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they + required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. + +012:037 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, + about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside + children. + +012:038 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and + herds, even very much cattle. + +012:039 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they + brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because + they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither + had they prepared for themselves any victual. + +012:040 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in + Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. + +012:041 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty + years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the + hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. + +012:042 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing + them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the + LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their + generations. + +012:043 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance + of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: + +012:044 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou + hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. + +012:045 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. + +012:046 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth + ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye + break a bone thereof. + +012:047 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. + +012:048 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the + passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and + then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one + that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall + eat thereof. + +012:049 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the + stranger that sojourneth among you. + +012:050 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded + Moses and Aaron, so did they. + +012:051 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring + the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their + armies. + +013:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +013:002 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the + womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: + it is mine. + +013:003 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye + came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by + strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: + there shall no leavened bread be eaten. + +013:004 This day came ye out in the month Abib. + +013:005 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land + of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the + Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to + give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt + keep this service in this month. + +013:006 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh + day shall be a feast to the LORD. + +013:007 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no + leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be + leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. + +013:008 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done + because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth + out of Egypt. + +013:009 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for + a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in + thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee + out of Egypt. + +013:010 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from + year to year. + +013:011 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land + of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, + and shall give it thee, + +013:012 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the + matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou + hast; the males shall be the LORD's. + +013:013 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; + and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his + neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt + thou redeem. + +013:014 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, + saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By + strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the + house of bondage: + +013:015 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that + the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the + firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I + sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being + males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. + +013:016 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets + between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought + us forth out of Egypt. + +013:017 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that + God led them not through the way of the land of the + Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest + peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they + return to Egypt: + +013:018 But God led the people about, through the way of the + wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up + harnessed out of the land of Egypt. + +013:019 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had + straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely + visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. + +013:020 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in + Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. + +013:021 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, + to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to + give them light; to go by day and night: + +013:022 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the + pillar of fire by night, from before the people. + +014:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +014:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp + before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against + Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. + +014:003 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are + entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. + +014:004 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after + them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his + host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they + did so. + +014:005 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and + the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against + the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have + let Israel go from serving us? + +014:006 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: + +014:007 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots + of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. + +014:008 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and + he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of + Israel went out with an high hand. + +014:009 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and + chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and + overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before + Baalzephon. + +014:010 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up + their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and + they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out + unto the LORD. + +014:011 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in + Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? + wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out + of Egypt? + +014:012 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, + Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been + better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die + in the wilderness. + +014:013 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and + see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to + day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see + them again no more for ever. + +014:014 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. + +014:015 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? + speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: + +014:016 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the + sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry + ground through the midst of the sea. + +014:017 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and + they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, + and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his + horsemen. + +014:018 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have + gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his + horsemen. + +014:019 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, + removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went + from before their face, and stood behind them: + +014:020 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of + Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave + light by night to these: so that the one came not near the + other all the night. + +014:021 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD + caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that + night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. + +014:022 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon + the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their + right hand, and on their left. + +014:023 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst + of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his + horsemen. + +014:024 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked + unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and + of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, + +014:025 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them + heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face + of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the + Egyptians. + +014:026 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the + sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon + their chariots, and upon their horsemen. + +014:027 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea + returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the + Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the + Egyptians in the midst of the sea. + +014:028 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the + horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea + after them; there remained not so much as one of them. + +014:029 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst + of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their + right hand, and on their left. + +014:030 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the + Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea + shore. + +014:031 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the + Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the + LORD, and his servant Moses. + +015:001 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the + LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he + hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he + thrown into the sea. + +015:002 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my + salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; + my father's God, and I will exalt him. + +015:003 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. + +015:004 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his + chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. + +015:005 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a + stone. + +015:006 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right + hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. + +015:007 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown + them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, + which consumed them as stubble. + +015:008 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered + together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths + were congealed in the heart of the sea. + +015:009 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide + the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw + my sword, my hand shall destroy them. + +015:010 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank + as lead in the mighty waters. + +015:011 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like + thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? + +015:012 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. + +015:013 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast + redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy + habitation. + +015:014 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold + on the inhabitants of Palestina. + +015:015 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of + Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants + of Canaan shall melt away. + +015:016 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine + arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass + over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast + purchased. + +015:017 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of + thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made + for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy + hands have established. + +015:018 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. + +015:019 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with + his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the + waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went + on dry land in the midst of the sea. + +015:020 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel + in her hand; and all the women went out after her with + timbrels and with dances. + +015:021 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath + triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown + into the sea. + +015:022 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out + into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the + wilderness, and found no water. + +015:023 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the + waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of + it was called Marah. + +015:024 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we + drink? + +015:025 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, + which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made + sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and + there he proved them, + +015:026 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the + LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, + and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his + statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I + have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that + healeth thee. + +015:027 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and + threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the + waters. + +016:001 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the + congregation of the children of Israel came unto the + wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the + fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of + the land of Egypt. + +016:002 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured + against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: + +016:003 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had + died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat + by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for + ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this + whole assembly with hunger. + +016:004 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from + heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a + certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they + will walk in my law, or no. + +016:005 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall + prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as + much as they gather daily. + +016:006 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At + even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out + from the land of Egypt: + +016:007 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; + for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what + are we, that ye murmur against us? + +016:008 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in + the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the + full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye + murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not + against us, but against the LORD. + +016:009 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of + the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath + heard your murmurings. + +016:010 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole + congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked + toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD + appeared in the cloud. + +016:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +016:012 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak + unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the + morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that + I am the LORD your God. + +016:013 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and + covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about + the host. + +016:014 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face + of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as + the hoar frost on the ground. + +016:015 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to + another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses + said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given + you to eat. + +016:016 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it + every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, + according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for + them which are in his tents. + +016:017 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, + some less. + +016:018 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much + had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; + they gathered every man according to his eating. + +016:019 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. + +016:020 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of + them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and + stank: and Moses was wroth with them. + +016:021 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his + eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. + +016:022 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice + as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of + the congregation came and told Moses. + +016:023 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, + To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake + that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will + seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be + kept until the morning. + +016:024 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it + did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. + +016:025 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto + the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. + +016:026 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is + the sabbath, in it there shall be none. + +016:027 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on + the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. + +016:028 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my + commandments and my laws? + +016:029 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore + he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye + every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the + seventh day. + +016:030 So the people rested on the seventh day. + +016:031 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it + was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like + wafers made with honey. + +016:032 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, + Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they + may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, + when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. + +016:033 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of + manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for + your generations. + +016:034 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the + Testimony, to be kept. + +016:035 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until + they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they + came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. + +016:036 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. + +017:001 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed + from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to + the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and + there was no water for the people to drink. + +017:002 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us + water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide + ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? + +017:003 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people + murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou + hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children + and our cattle with thirst? + +017:004 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto + this people? they be almost ready to stone me. + +017:005 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and + take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith + thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. + +017:006 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; + and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out + of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the + sight of the elders of Israel. + +017:007 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, + because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because + they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? + +017:008 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. + +017:009 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, + fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the + hill with the rod of God in mine hand. + +017:010 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with + Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the + hill. + +017:011 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel + prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. + +017:012 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it + under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his + hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other + side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the + sun. + +017:013 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of + the sword. + +017:014 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a + book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will + utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. + +017:015 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it + Jehovahnissi: + +017:016 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will + have war with Amalek from generation to generation. + +018:001 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard + of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, + and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; + +018:002 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, + after he had sent her back, + +018:003 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; + for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: + +018:004 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my + father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the + sword of Pharaoh: + +018:005 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his + wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the + mount of God: + +018:006 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come + unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. + +018:007 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did + obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their + welfare; and they came into the tent. + +018:008 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done + unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all + the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the + LORD delivered them. + +018:009 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had + done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the + Egyptians. + +018:010 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you + out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of + Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of + the Egyptians. + +018:011 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the + thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. + +018:012 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and + sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of + Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. + +018:013 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the + people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto + the evening. + +018:014 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the + people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the + people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people + stand by thee from morning unto even? + +018:015 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come + unto me to enquire of God: + +018:016 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge + between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes + of God, and his laws. + +018:017 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou + doest is not good. + +018:018 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is + with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not + able to perform it thyself alone. + +018:019 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God + shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that + thou mayest bring the causes unto God: + +018:020 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew + them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they + must do. + +018:021 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, + such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place + such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of + hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: + +018:022 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, + that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every + small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for + thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. + +018:023 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then + thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also + go to their place in peace. + +018:024 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did + all that he had said. + +018:025 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them + heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of + hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. + +018:026 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes + they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged + themselves. + +018:027 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way + into his own land. + +019:001 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone + forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into + the wilderness of Sinai. + +019:002 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the + desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there + Israel camped before the mount. + +019:003 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out + of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of + Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; + +019:004 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you + on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. + +019:005 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my + covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above + all people: for all the earth is mine: + +019:006 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy + nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the + children of Israel. + +019:007 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and + laid before their faces all these words which the LORD + commanded him. + +019:008 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the + LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of + the people unto the LORD. + +019:009 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick + cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and + believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people + unto the LORD. + +019:010 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify + them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, + +019:011 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD + will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount + Sinai. + +019:012 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, + Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or + touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be + surely put to death: + +019:013 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be + stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall + not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up + to the mount. + +019:014 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and + sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. + +019:015 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: + come not at your wives. + +019:016 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that + there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the + mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that + all the people that was in the camp trembled. + +019:017 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet + with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. + +019:018 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD + descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as + the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. + +019:019 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed + louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a + voice. + +019:020 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the + mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; + and Moses went up. + +019:021 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest + they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them + perish. + +019:022 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, + sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. + +019:023 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to + mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about + the mount, and sanctify it. + +019:024 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou + shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the + priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, + lest he break forth upon them. + +019:025 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. + +020:001 And God spake all these words, saying, + +020:002 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land + of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. + +020:003 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. + +020:004 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any + likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in + the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. + +020:005 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I + the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of + the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth + generation of them that hate me; + +020:006 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and + keep my commandments. + +020:007 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for + the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in + vain. + +020:008 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. + +020:009 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: + +020:010 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it + thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy + daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, + nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: + +020:011 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and + all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the + LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. + +020:012 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long + upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +020:013 Thou shalt not kill. + +020:014 Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +020:015 Thou shalt not steal. + +020:016 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +020:017 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not + covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his + maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is + thy neighbour's. + +020:018 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, + and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and + when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. + +020:019 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will + hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. + +020:020 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to + prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye + sin not. + +020:021 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the + thick darkness where God was. + +020:022 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the + children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you + from heaven. + +020:023 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye + make unto you gods of gold. + +020:024 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice + thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy + sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I + will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. + +020:025 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not + build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, + thou hast polluted it. + +020:026 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy + nakedness be not discovered thereon. + +021:001 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. + +021:002 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and + in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. + +021:003 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he + were married, then his wife shall go out with him. + +021:004 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him + sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her + master's, and he shall go out by himself. + +021:005 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my + wife, and my children; I will not go out free: + +021:006 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also + bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master + shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him + for ever. + +021:007 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall + not go out as the menservants do. + +021:008 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to + himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a + strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt + deceitfully with her. + +021:009 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with + her after the manner of daughters. + +021:010 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her + duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. + +021:011 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out + free without money. + +021:012 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to + death. + +021:013 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his + hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. + +021:014 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay + him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he + may die. + +021:015 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely + put to death. + +021:016 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found + in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. + +021:017 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be + put to death. + +021:018 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a + stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: + +021:019 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall + he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of + his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. + +021:020 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and + he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. + +021:021 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be + punished: for he is his money. + +021:022 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit + depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be + surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay + upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. + +021:023 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for + life, + +021:024 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, + +021:025 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. + +021:026 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his + maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's + sake. + +021:027 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his + maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's + sake. + +021:028 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox + shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but + the owner of the ox shall be quit. + +021:029 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, + and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept + him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall + be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. + +021:030 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for + the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. + +021:031 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, + according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. + +021:032 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall + give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox + shall be stoned. + +021:033 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, + and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; + +021:034 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto + the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. + +021:035 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they + shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the + dead ox also they shall divide. + +021:036 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, + and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for + ox; and the dead shall be his own. + +022:001 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell + it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a + sheep. + +022:002 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, + there shall no blood be shed for him. + +022:003 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for + him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, + then he shall be sold for his theft. + +022:004 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it + be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. + +022:005 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and + shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; + of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own + vineyard, shall he make restitution. + +022:006 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of + corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed + therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make + restitution. + +022:007 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to + keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be + found, let him pay double. + +022:008 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall + be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his + hand unto his neighbour's goods. + +022:009 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for + sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which + another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall + come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he + shall pay double unto his neighbour. + +022:010 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a + sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or + driven away, no man seeing it: + +022:011 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he + hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the + owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it + good. + +022:012 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto + the owner thereof. + +022:013 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, + and he shall not make good that which was torn. + +022:014 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or + die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make + it good. + +022:015 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it + good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. + +022:016 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with + her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. + +022:017 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall + pay money according to the dowry of virgins. + +022:018 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. + +022:019 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. + +022:020 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he + shall be utterly destroyed. + +022:021 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye + were strangers in the land of Egypt. + +022:022 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. + +022:023 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, + I will surely hear their cry; + +022:024 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the + sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children + fatherless. + +022:025 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, + thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay + upon him usury. + +022:026 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou + shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: + +022:027 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: + wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he + crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. + +022:028 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy + people. + +022:029 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, + and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give + unto me. + +022:030 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: + seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou + shalt give it me. + +022:031 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any + flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to + the dogs. + +023:001 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with + the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. + +023:002 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt + thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: + +023:003 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. + +023:004 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou + shalt surely bring it back to him again. + +023:005 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his + burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely + help with him. + +023:006 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. + +023:007 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and + righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. + +023:008 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, + and perverteth the words of the righteous. + +023:009 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart + of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. + +023:010 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the + fruits thereof: + +023:011 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; + that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the + beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal + with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. + +023:012 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou + shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son + of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. + +023:013 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: + and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it + be heard out of thy mouth. + +023:014 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. + +023:015 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat + unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time + appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from + Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) + +023:016 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, + which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of + ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast + gathered in thy labours out of the field. + +023:017 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the + LORD God. + +023:018 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened + bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the + morning. + +023:019 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into + the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in + his mother's milk. + +023:020 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, + and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. + +023:021 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he + will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. + +023:022 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I + speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an + adversary unto thine adversaries. + +023:023 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto + the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the + Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut + them off. + +023:024 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do + after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and + quite break down their images. + +023:025 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy + bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the + midst of thee. + +023:026 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy + land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. + +023:027 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the + people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine + enemies turn their backs unto thee. + +023:028 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the + Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. + +023:029 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest + the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply + against thee. + +023:030 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, + until thou be increased, and inherit the land. + +023:031 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea + of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I + will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and + thou shalt drive them out before thee. + +023:032 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. + +023:033 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin + against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a + snare unto thee. + +024:001 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and + Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; + and worship ye afar off. + +024:002 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not + come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. + +024:003 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, + and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one + voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will + we do. + +024:004 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early + in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and + twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. + +024:005 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered + burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto + the LORD. + +024:006 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and + half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. + +024:007 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience + of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will + we do, and be obedient. + +024:008 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and + said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath + made with you concerning all these words. + +024:009 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy + of the elders of Israel: + +024:010 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet + as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were + the body of heaven in his clearness. + +024:011 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his + hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. + +024:012 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, + and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, + and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach + them. + +024:013 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up + into the mount of God. + +024:014 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we + come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: + if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. + +024:015 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the + mount. + +024:016 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the + cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto + Moses out of the midst of the cloud. + +024:017 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire + on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. + +024:018 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up + into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and + forty nights. + +025:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +025:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an + offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart + ye shall take my offering. + +025:003 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, + and silver, and brass, + +025:004 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' + hair, + +025:005 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim + wood, + +025:006 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet + incense, + +025:007 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the + breastplate. + +025:008 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. + +025:009 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the + tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, + even so shall ye make it. + +025:010 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a + half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the + breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. + +025:011 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without + shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold + round about. + +025:012 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in + the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one + side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. + +025:013 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them + with gold. + +025:014 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of + the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. + +025:015 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be + taken from it. + +025:016 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall + give thee. + +025:017 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and + a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the + breadth thereof. + +025:018 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work + shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. + +025:019 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on + the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the + cherubims on the two ends thereof. + +025:020 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, + covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces + shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the + faces of the cherubims be. + +025:021 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in + the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. + +025:022 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee + from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims + which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I + will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. + +025:023 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall + be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a + cubit and a half the height thereof. + +025:024 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a + crown of gold round about. + +025:025 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round + about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border + thereof round about. + +025:026 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the + rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. + +025:027 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the + staves to bear the table. + +025:028 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay + them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. + +025:029 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, + and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of + pure gold shalt thou make them. + +025:030 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. + +025:031 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work + shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, + his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. + +025:032 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three + branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three + branches of the candlestick out of the other side: + +025:033 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower + in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other + branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that + come out of the candlestick. + +025:034 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto + almonds, with their knops and their flowers. + +025:035 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and + a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two + branches of the same, according to the six branches that + proceed out of the candlestick. + +025:036 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it + shall be one beaten work of pure gold. + +025:037 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall + light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against + it. + +025:038 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be + of pure gold. + +025:039 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these + vessels. + +025:040 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was + shewed thee in the mount. + +026:001 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of + fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with + cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. + +026:002 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, + and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of + the curtains shall have one measure. + +026:003 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; + and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. + +026:004 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one + curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt + thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the + coupling of the second. + +026:005 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty + loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in + the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one + of another. + +026:006 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the + curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one + tabernacle. + +026:007 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering + upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. + +026:008 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the + breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains + shall be all of one measure. + +026:009 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six + curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in + the forefront of the tabernacle. + +026:010 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain + that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge + of the curtain which coupleth the second. + +026:011 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches + into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be + one. + +026:012 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, + the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside + of the tabernacle. + +026:013 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of + that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the + tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this + side and on that side, to cover it. + +026:014 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins + dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. + +026:015 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood + standing up. + +026:016 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a + half shall be the breadth of one board. + +026:017 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one + against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of + the tabernacle. + +026:018 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty + boards on the south side southward. + +026:019 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty + boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and + two sockets under another board for his two tenons. + +026:020 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side + there shall be twenty boards: + +026:021 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one + board, and two sockets under another board. + +026:022 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make + six boards. + +026:023 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the + tabernacle in the two sides. + +026:024 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be + coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus + shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. + +026:025 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, + sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets + under another board. + +026:026 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards + of the one side of the tabernacle, + +026:027 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the + tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the + tabernacle, for the two sides westward. + +026:028 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from + end to end. + +026:029 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their + rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay + the bars with gold. + +026:030 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion + thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. + +026:031 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, + and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it + be made: + +026:032 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood + overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the + four sockets of silver. + +026:033 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou + mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the + testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy + place and the most holy. + +026:034 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the + testimony in the most holy place. + +026:035 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the + candlestick over against the table on the side of the + tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on + the north side. + +026:036 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of + blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought + with needlework. + +026:037 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim + wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of + gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. + +027:001 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits + long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: + and the height thereof shall be three cubits. + +027:002 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners + thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt + overlay it with brass. + +027:003 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his + shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: + all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. + +027:004 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and + upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four + corners thereof. + +027:005 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, + that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. + +027:006 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim + wood, and overlay them with brass. + +027:007 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves + shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. + +027:008 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee + in the mount, so shall they make it. + +027:009 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south + side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine + twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: + +027:010 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall + be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall + be of silver. + +027:011 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be + hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and + their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and + their fillets of silver. + +027:012 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be + hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets + ten. + +027:013 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall + be fifty cubits. + +027:014 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: + their pillars three, and their sockets three. + +027:015 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their + pillars three, and their sockets three. + +027:016 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty + cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined + linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be + four, and their sockets four. + +027:017 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with + silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of + brass. + +027:018 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the + breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine + twined linen, and their sockets of brass. + +027:019 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, + and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall + be of brass. + +027:020 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring + thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to + burn always. + +027:021 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which + is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it + from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute + for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children + of Israel. + +028:001 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with + him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister + unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, + Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. + +028:002 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for + glory and for beauty. + +028:003 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I + have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make + Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto + me in the priest's office. + +028:004 And these are the garments which they shall make; a + breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a + mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for + Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me + in the priest's office. + +028:005 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, + and fine linen. + +028:006 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, + of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. + +028:007 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two + edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. + +028:008 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall + be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, + of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. + +028:009 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the + names of the children of Israel: + +028:010 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of + the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. + +028:011 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of + a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of + the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in + ouches of gold. + +028:012 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the + ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and + Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two + shoulders for a memorial. + +028:013 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; + +028:014 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work + shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the + ouches. + +028:015 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning + work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, + of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined + linen, shalt thou make it. + +028:016 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the + length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. + +028:017 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of + stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a + carbuncle: this shall be the first row. + +028:018 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a + diamond. + +028:019 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. + +028:020 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they + shall be set in gold in their inclosings. + +028:021 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of + Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings + of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according + to the twelve tribes. + +028:022 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of + wreathen work of pure gold. + +028:023 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, + and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the + breastplate. + +028:024 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two + rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. + +028:025 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt + fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces + of the ephod before it. + +028:026 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them + upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, + which is in the side of the ephod inward. + +028:027 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put + them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the + forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, + above the curious girdle of the ephod. + +028:028 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto + the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be + above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the + breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. + +028:029 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in + the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in + unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD + continually. + +028:030 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and + the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he + goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of + the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD + continually. + +028:031 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. + +028:032 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst + thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the + hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be + not rent. + +028:033 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of + blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem + thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: + +028:034 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a + pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. + +028:035 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be + heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, + and when he cometh out, that he die not. + +028:036 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, + like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. + +028:037 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the + mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. + +028:038 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the + iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel + shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always + upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. + +028:039 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou + shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the + girdle of needlework. + +028:040 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt + make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, + for glory and for beauty. + +028:041 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons + with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and + sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's + office. + +028:042 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their + nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall + reach: + +028:043 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they + come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they + come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that + they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for + ever unto him and his seed after him. + +029:001 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow + them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one + young bullock, and two rams without blemish, + +029:002 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, + and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour + shalt thou make them. + +029:003 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the + basket, with the bullock and the two rams. + +029:004 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with + water. + +029:005 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, + and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, + and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: + +029:006 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy + crown upon the mitre. + +029:007 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his + head, and anoint him. + +029:008 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. + +029:009 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and + put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be + theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate + Aaron and his sons. + +029:010 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the + tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall + put their hands upon the head of the bullock. + +029:011 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door + of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +029:012 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it + upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the + blood beside the bottom of the altar. + +029:013 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and + the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the + fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. + +029:014 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, + shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin + offering. + +029:015 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put + their hands upon the head of the ram. + +029:016 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, + and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. + +029:017 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of + him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his + head. + +029:018 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a + burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an + offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +029:019 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons + shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. + +029:020 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put + it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of + the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right + hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle + the blood upon the altar round about. + +029:021 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and + of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his + garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons + with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his + sons, and his sons' garments with him. + +029:022 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the + fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, + and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the + right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: + +029:023 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one + wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before + the LORD: + +029:024 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands + of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before + the LORD. + +029:025 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon + the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the + LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +029:026 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's + consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: + and it shall be thy part. + +029:027 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and + the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which + is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that + which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: + +029:028 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever + from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and + it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of + the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave + offering unto the LORD. + +029:029 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, + to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. + +029:030 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on + seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the + congregation to minister in the holy place. + +029:031 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe + his flesh in the holy place. + +029:032 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the + bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of + the congregation. + +029:033 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was + made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall + not eat thereof, because they are holy. + +029:034 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the + bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the + remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is + holy. + +029:035 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according + to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt + thou consecrate them. + +029:036 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering + for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou + hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to + sanctify it. + +029:037 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and + sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever + toucheth the altar shall be holy. + +029:038 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two + lambs of the first year day by day continually. + +029:039 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other + lamb thou shalt offer at even: + +029:040 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the + fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an + hin of wine for a drink offering. + +029:041 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do + thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and + according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, + an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +029:042 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your + generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation + before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto + thee. + +029:043 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the + tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. + +029:044 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and + the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to + minister to me in the priest's office. + +029:045 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be + their God. + +029:046 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought + them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among + them: I am the LORD their God. + +030:001 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim + wood shalt thou make it. + +030:002 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth + thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the + height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. + +030:003 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and + the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou + shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. + +030:004 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of + it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt + thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to + bear it withal. + +030:005 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay + them with gold. + +030:006 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of + the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the + testimony, where I will meet with thee. + +030:007 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when + he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. + +030:008 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn + incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD + throughout your generations. + +030:009 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt + sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink + offering thereon. + +030:010 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in + a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once + in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your + generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. + +030:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +030:012 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their + number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul + unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no + plague among them, when thou numberest them. + +030:013 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that + are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: + (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the + offering of the LORD. + +030:014 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from + twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the + LORD. + +030:015 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less + than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, + to make an atonement for your souls. + +030:016 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of + Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle + of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the + children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for + your souls. + +030:017 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +030:018 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of + brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the + tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt + put water therein. + +030:019 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet + thereat: + +030:020 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they + shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come + near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire + unto the LORD: + +030:021 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die + not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him + and to his seed throughout their generations. + +030:022 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +030:023 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five + hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two + hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred + and fifty shekels, + +030:024 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the + sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: + +030:025 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment + compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy + anointing oil. + +030:026 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation + therewith, and the ark of the testimony, + +030:027 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his + vessels, and the altar of incense, + +030:028 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the + laver and his foot. + +030:029 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: + whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. + +030:030 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, + that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. + +030:031 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This + shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your + generations. + +030:032 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make + any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, + and it shall be holy unto you. + +030:033 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of + it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. + +030:034 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, + stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure + frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: + +030:035 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art + of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: + +030:036 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it + before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, + where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. + +030:037 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not + make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it + shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. + +030:038 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall + even be cut off from his people. + +031:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +031:002 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of + Hur, of the tribe of Judah: + +031:003 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and + in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of + workmanship, + +031:004 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and + in brass, + +031:005 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of + timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. + +031:006 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of + Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that + are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all + that I have commanded thee; + +031:007 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the + testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the + furniture of the tabernacle, + +031:008 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with + all his furniture, and the altar of incense, + +031:009 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and + the laver and his foot, + +031:010 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the + priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the + priest's office, + +031:011 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: + according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. + +031:012 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +031:013 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my + sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you + throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the + LORD that doth sanctify you. + +031:014 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: + every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for + whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off + from among his people. + +031:015 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath + of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the + sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. + +031:016 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to + observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a + perpetual covenant. + +031:017 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: + for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the + seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. + +031:018 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing + with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of + stone, written with the finger of God. + +032:001 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of + the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, + and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; + for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the + land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. + +032:002 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which + are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your + daughters, and bring them unto me. + +032:003 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in + their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. + +032:004 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a + graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they + said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out + of the land of Egypt. + +032:005 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron + made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. + +032:006 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt + offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat + down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. + +032:007 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy + people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have + corrupted themselves: + +032:008 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I + commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have + worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These + be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the + land of Egypt. + +032:009 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, + behold, it is a stiffnecked people: + +032:010 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against + them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a + great nation. + +032:011 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth + thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought + forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a + mighty hand? + +032:012 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief + did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to + consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce + wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. + +032:013 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom + thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will + multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land + that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they + shall inherit it for ever. + +032:014 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto + his people. + +032:015 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two + tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were + written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other + were they written. + +032:016 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the + writing of God, graven upon the tables. + +032:017 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, + he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. + +032:018 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for + mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being + overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. + +032:019 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, + that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed + hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them + beneath the mount. + +032:020 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the + fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, + and made the children of Israel drink of it. + +032:021 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, + that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? + +032:022 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou + knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. + +032:023 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: + for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the + land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. + +032:024 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break + it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and + there came out this calf. + +032:025 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had + made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) + +032:026 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on + the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of + Levi gathered themselves together unto him. + +032:027 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put + every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate + to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, + and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. + +032:028 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: + and there fell of the people that day about three thousand + men. + +032:029 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, + even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may + bestow upon you a blessing this day. + +032:030 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the + people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto + the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. + +032:031 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people + have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. + +032:032 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot + me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. + +032:033 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against + me, him will I blot out of my book. + +032:034 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I + have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before + thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their + sin upon them. + +032:035 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, + which Aaron made. + +033:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou + and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of + Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and + to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: + +033:002 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the + Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, + the Hivite, and the Jebusite: + +033:003 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up + in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest + I consume thee in the way. + +033:004 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: + and no man did put on him his ornaments. + +033:005 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of + Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the + midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put + off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto + thee. + +033:006 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their + ornaments by the mount Horeb. + +033:007 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the + camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of + the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which + sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the + congregation, which was without the camp. + +033:008 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, + that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent + door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the + tabernacle. + +033:009 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the + cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the + tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. + +033:010 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the + tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, + every man in his tent door. + +033:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh + unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his + servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out + of the tabernacle. + +033:012 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring + up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt + send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and + thou hast also found grace in my sight. + +033:013 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy + sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may + find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy + people. + +033:014 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give + thee rest. + +033:015 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us + not up hence. + +033:016 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have + found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with + us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the + people that are upon the face of the earth. + +033:017 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that + thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I + know thee by name. + +033:018 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. + +033:019 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and + I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be + gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on + whom I will shew mercy. + +033:020 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no + man see me, and live. + +033:021 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou + shalt stand upon a rock: + +033:022 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I + will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with + my hand while I pass by: + +033:023 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back + parts: but my face shall not be seen. + +034:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone + like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the + words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. + +034:002 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto + mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the + mount. + +034:003 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be + seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor + herds feed before that mount. + +034:004 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and + Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount + Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the + two tables of stone. + +034:005 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, + and proclaimed the name of the LORD. + +034:006 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, + The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and + abundant in goodness and truth, + +034:007 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and + transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the + guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the + children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and + to the fourth generation. + +034:008 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and + worshipped. + +034:009 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, + let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked + people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for + thine inheritance. + +034:010 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people + I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the + earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou + art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing + that I will do with thee. + +034:011 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I + drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the + Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. + +034:012 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the + inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a + snare in the midst of thee: + +034:013 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut + down their groves: + +034:014 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name + is Jealous, is a jealous God: + +034:015 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, + and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto + their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; + +034:016 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their + daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go + a whoring after their gods. + +034:017 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. + +034:018 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou + shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time + of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from + Egypt. + +034:019 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among + thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. + +034:020 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and + if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All + the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall + appear before me empty. + +034:021 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt + rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. + +034:022 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits + of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's + end. + +034:023 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before + the LORD God, the God of Israel. + +034:024 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy + borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou + shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the + year. + +034:025 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; + neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be + left unto the morning. + +034:026 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto + the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in + his mother's milk. + +034:027 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for + after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with + thee and with Israel. + +034:028 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he + did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the + tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. + +034:029 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai + with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came + down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his + face shone while he talked with him. + +034:030 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, + behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to + come nigh him. + +034:031 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of + the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with + them. + +034:032 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he + gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him + in mount Sinai. + +034:033 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on + his face. + +034:034 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he + took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and + spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. + +034:035 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the + skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his + face again, until he went in to speak with him. + +035:001 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of + Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which + the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. + +035:002 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there + shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: + whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. + +035:003 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the + sabbath day. + +035:004 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of + Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, + saying, + +035:005 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is + of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; + gold, and silver, and brass, + +035:006 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' + hair, + +035:007 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim + wood, + +035:008 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for + the sweet incense, + +035:009 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for + the breastplate. + +035:010 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that + the LORD hath commanded; + +035:011 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and + his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, + +035:012 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the + vail of the covering, + +035:013 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the + shewbread, + +035:014 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his + lamps, with the oil for the light, + +035:015 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, + and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the + entering in of the tabernacle, + +035:016 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his + staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, + +035:017 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and + the hanging for the door of the court, + +035:018 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and + their cords, + +035:019 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the + holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his + sons, to minister in the priest's office. + +035:020 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed + from the presence of Moses. + +035:021 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every + one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's + offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, + and for all his service, and for the holy garments. + +035:022 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing + hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and + tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered + offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. + +035:023 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and + scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of + rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. + +035:024 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass + brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was + found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. + +035:025 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their + hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and + of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. + +035:026 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun + goats' hair. + +035:027 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for + the ephod, and for the breastplate; + +035:028 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, + and for the sweet incense. + +035:029 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the + LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to + bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to + be made by the hand of Moses. + +035:030 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath + called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the + tribe of Judah; + +035:031 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in + understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of + workmanship; + +035:032 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, + and in brass, + +035:033 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of + wood, to make any manner of cunning work. + +035:034 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and + Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. + +035:035 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner + of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of + the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in + fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, + and of those that devise cunning work. + +036:001 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, + in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to + work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, + according to all that the LORD had commanded. + +036:002 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted + man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one + whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: + +036:003 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the + children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of + the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto + him free offerings every morning. + +036:004 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the + sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; + +036:005 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more + than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD + commanded to make. + +036:006 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be + proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor + woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So + the people were restrained from bringing. + +036:007 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make + it, and too much. + +036:008 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of + the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and + blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work + made he them. + +036:009 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the + breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of + one size. + +036:010 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the + other five curtains he coupled one unto another. + +036:011 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the + selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost + side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. + +036:012 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in + the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the + second: the loops held one curtain to another. + +036:013 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one + unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. + +036:014 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the + tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. + +036:015 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits + was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of + one size. + +036:016 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains + by themselves. + +036:017 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain + in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the + curtain which coupleth the second. + +036:018 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, + that it might be one. + +036:019 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, + and a covering of badgers' skins above that. + +036:020 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, + standing up. + +036:021 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a + board one cubit and a half. + +036:022 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: + thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. + +036:023 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the + south side southward: + +036:024 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; + two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two + sockets under another board for his two tenons. + +036:025 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the + north corner, he made twenty boards, + +036:026 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one + board, and two sockets under another board. + +036:027 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six + boards. + +036:028 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in + the two sides. + +036:029 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the + head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both + the corners. + +036:030 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen + sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. + +036:031 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the + one side of the tabernacle, + +036:032 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the + tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for + the sides westward. + +036:033 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from + the one end to the other. + +036:034 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of + gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with + gold. + +036:035 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine + twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. + +036:036 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and + overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast + for them four sockets of silver. + +036:037 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and + purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; + +036:038 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid + their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five + sockets were of brass. + +037:001 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a + half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth + of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: + +037:002 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made + a crown of gold to it round about. + +037:003 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four + corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two + rings upon the other side of it. + +037:004 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with + gold. + +037:005 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, + to bear the ark. + +037:006 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half + was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth + thereof. + +037:007 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece + made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; + +037:008 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the + other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the + cherubims on the two ends thereof. + +037:009 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered + with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to + another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the + cherubims. + +037:010 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the + length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit + and a half the height thereof: + +037:011 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown + of gold round about. + +037:012 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; + and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. + +037:013 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon + the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. + +037:014 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the + staves to bear the table. + +037:015 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with + gold, to bear the table. + +037:016 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, + and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, + of pure gold. + +037:017 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made + he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his + knops, and his flowers, were of the same: + +037:018 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three + branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and + three branches of the candlestick out of the other side + thereof: + +037:019 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a + knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in + another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six + branches going out of the candlestick. + +037:020 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his + knops, and his flowers: + +037:021 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under + two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the + same, according to the six branches going out of it. + +037:022 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was + one beaten work of pure gold. + +037:023 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his + snuffdishes, of pure gold. + +037:024 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels + thereof. + +037:025 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of + it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was + foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns + thereof were of the same. + +037:026 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the + sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made + unto it a crown of gold round about. + +037:027 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, + by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be + places for the staves to bear it withal. + +037:028 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with + gold. + +037:029 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of + sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. + +038:001 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five + cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth + thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height + thereof. + +038:002 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the + horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. + +038:003 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the + shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: + all the vessels thereof made he of brass. + +038:004 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the + compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. + +038:005 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of + brass, to be places for the staves. + +038:006 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with + brass. + +038:007 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the + altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with + boards. + +038:008 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, + of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled + at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +038:009 And he made the court: on the south side southward the + hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred + cubits: + +038:010 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; + the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. + +038:011 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, + their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; + the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. + +038:012 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their + pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars + and their fillets of silver. + +038:013 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. + +038:014 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; + their pillars three, and their sockets three. + +038:015 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and + that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars + three, and their sockets three. + +038:016 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined + linen. + +038:017 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of + the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of + their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court + were filleted with silver. + +038:018 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of + blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and + twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth + was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. + +038:019 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; + their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters + and their fillets of silver. + +038:020 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round + about, were of brass. + +038:021 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of + testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of + Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, + son to Aaron the priest. + +038:022 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of + Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. + +038:023 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of + Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in + blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. + +038:024 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of + the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and + nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the + shekel of the sanctuary. + +038:025 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation + was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and + threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the + sanctuary: + +038:026 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the + shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be + numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred + thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. + +038:027 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of + the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets + of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. + +038:028 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he + made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and + filleted them. + +038:029 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two + thousand and four hundred shekels. + +038:030 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the + brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, + +038:031 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of + the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all + the pins of the court round about. + +039:001 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of + service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy + garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +039:002 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, + and fine twined linen. + +039:003 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into + wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the + scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. + +039:004 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the + two edges was it coupled together. + +039:005 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of + the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and + purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +039:006 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, + graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children + of Israel. + +039:007 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they + should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as + the LORD commanded Moses. + +039:008 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of + the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine + twined linen. + +039:009 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span + was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being + doubled. + +039:010 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a + sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. + +039:011 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. + +039:012 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. + +039:013 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were + inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. + +039:014 And the stones were according to the names of the children of + Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings + of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve + tribes. + +039:015 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of + wreathen work of pure gold. + +039:016 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put + the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. + +039:017 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings + on the ends of the breastplate. + +039:018 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in + the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the + ephod, before it. + +039:019 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends + of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the + side of the ephod inward. + +039:020 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two + sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over + against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle + of the ephod. + +039:021 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings + of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the + curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might + not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +039:022 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. + +039:023 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of + an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should + not rend. + +039:024 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, + and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. + +039:025 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between + the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between + the pomegranates; + +039:026 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round + about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +039:027 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and + for his sons, + +039:028 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, + and linen breeches of fine twined linen, + +039:029 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and + scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +039:030 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and + wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, + HOLINESS TO THE LORD. + +039:031 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high + upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +039:032 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the + congregation finished: and the children of Israel did + according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. + +039:033 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all + his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his + pillars, and his sockets, + +039:034 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of + badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, + +039:035 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the + mercy seat, + +039:036 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, + +039:037 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the + lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the + oil for light, + +039:038 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet + incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, + +039:039 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all + his vessels, the laver and his foot, + +039:040 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and + the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and + all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent + of the congregation, + +039:041 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the + holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to + minister in the priest's office. + +039:042 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the + children of Israel made all the work. + +039:043 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had + done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: + and Moses blessed them. + +040:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +040:002 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the + tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. + +040:003 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover + the ark with the vail. + +040:004 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things + that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in + the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. + +040:005 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before + the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to + the tabernacle. + +040:006 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the + door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. + +040:007 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the + congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. + +040:008 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the + hanging at the court gate. + +040:009 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the + tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and + all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. + +040:010 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all + his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar + most holy. + +040:011 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. + +040:012 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. + +040:013 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint + him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the + priest's office. + +040:014 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: + +040:015 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, + that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for + their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood + throughout their generations. + +040:016 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, + so did he. + +040:017 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on + the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. + +040:018 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, + and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, + and reared up his pillars. + +040:019 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the + covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +040:020 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the + staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: + +040:021 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the + vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as + the LORD commanded Moses. + +040:022 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the + side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. + +040:023 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the + LORD had commanded Moses. + +040:024 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, + over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle + southward. + +040:025 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +040:026 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation + before the vail: + +040:027 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +040:028 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. + +040:029 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the + tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon + it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +040:030 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and + the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. + +040:031 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their + feet thereat: + +040:032 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when + they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +040:033 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the + altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses + finished the work. + +040:034 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the + glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. + +040:035 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the + congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory + of the LORD filled the tabernacle. + +040:036 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the + children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: + +040:037 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not + till the day that it was taken up. + +040:038 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and + fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of + Israel, throughout all their journeys. + +Book 03 Leviticus + +001:001 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the + tabernacle of the congregation, saying, + +001:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any + man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring + your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the + flock. + +001:003 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him + offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own + voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation before the LORD. + +001:004 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; + and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. + +001:005 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the + priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the + blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation. + +001:006 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his + pieces. + +001:007 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the + altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: + +001:008 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, + and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which + is upon the altar: + +001:009 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the + priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, + an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +001:010 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or + of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male + without blemish. + +001:011 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before + the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his + blood round about upon the altar. + +001:012 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his + fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that + is on the fire which is upon the altar: + +001:013 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the + priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a + burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour + unto the LORD. + +001:014 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of + fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of + young pigeons. + +001:015 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off + his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof + shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: + +001:016 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast + it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the + ashes: + +001:017 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not + divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the + altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt + sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto + the LORD. + +002:001 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his + offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon + it, and put frankincense thereon: + +002:002 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he + shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of + the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the + priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an + offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: + +002:003 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his + sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD + made by fire. + +002:004 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the + oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with + oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. + +002:005 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it + shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. + +002:006 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a + meat offering. + +002:007 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, + it shall be made of fine flour with oil. + +002:008 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these + things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the + priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. + +002:009 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial + thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering + made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +002:010 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's + and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the + LORD made by fire. + +002:011 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be + made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, + in any offering of the LORD made by fire. + +002:012 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them + unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a + sweet savour. + +002:013 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with + salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of + thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine + offerings thou shalt offer salt. + +002:014 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the + LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy + firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn + beaten out of full ears. + +002:015 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: + it is a meat offering. + +002:016 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the + beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the + frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the + LORD. + +003:001 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he + offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall + offer it without blemish before the LORD. + +003:002 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and + kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and + Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the + altar round about. + +003:003 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an + offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the + inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, + +003:004 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by + the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it + shall he take away. + +003:005 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt + sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is + an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +003:006 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the + LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it + without blemish. + +003:007 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it + before the LORD. + +003:008 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and + kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's + sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the + altar. + +003:009 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an + offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the + whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the + fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon + the inwards, + +003:010 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is + by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, + it shall he take away. + +003:011 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of + the offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +003:012 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before + the LORD. + +003:013 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it + before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of + Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round + about. + +003:014 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made + by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and + all the fat that is upon the inwards, + +003:015 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is + by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, + it shall he take away. + +003:016 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food + of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat + is the LORD's. + +003:017 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations + throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor + blood. + +004:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +004:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin + through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD + concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do + against any of them: + +004:003 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of + the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath + sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a + sin offering. + +004:004 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle + of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand + upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. + +004:005 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's + blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: + +004:006 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle + of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of + the sanctuary. + +004:007 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of + the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the + tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood + of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt + offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation. + +004:008 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for + the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all + the fat that is upon the inwards, + +004:009 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is + by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, + it shall he take away, + +004:010 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace + offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of + the burnt offering. + +004:011 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, + and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, + +004:012 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp + unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn + him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out + shall he be burnt. + +004:013 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, + and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they + have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD + concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; + +004:014 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, + then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, + and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:015 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon + the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall + be killed before the LORD. + +004:016 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's + blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: + +004:017 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and + sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. + +004:018 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar + which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the + congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom + of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of + the tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:019 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the + altar. + +004:020 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock + for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest + shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven + them. + +004:021 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and + burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering + for the congregation. + +004:022 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance + against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning + things which should not be done, and is guilty; + +004:023 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; + he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male + without blemish: + +004:024 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill + it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the + LORD: it is a sin offering. + +004:025 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering + with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of + burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of + the altar of burnt offering. + +004:026 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of + the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an + atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be + forgiven him. + +004:027 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, + while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the + LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be + guilty; + +004:028 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: + then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female + without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. + +004:029 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, + and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. + +004:030 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his + finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt + offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the + bottom of the altar. + +004:031 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is + taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the + priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto + the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and + it shall be forgiven him. + +004:032 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a + female without blemish. + +004:033 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, + and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill + the burnt offering. + +004:034 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering + with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of + burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at + the bottom of the altar: + +004:035 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the + lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; + and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to + the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall + make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it + shall be forgiven him. + +005:001 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a + witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not + utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. + +005:002 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase + of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the + carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from + him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. + +005:003 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness + it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from + him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. + +005:004 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or + to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with + an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then + he shall be guilty in one of these. + +005:005 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these + things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that + thing: + +005:006 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his + sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a + kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall + make an atonement for him concerning his sin. + +005:007 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for + his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two + young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the + other for a burnt offering. + +005:008 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that + which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head + from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: + +005:009 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon + the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be + wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. + +005:010 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according + to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him + for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven + him. + +005:011 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young + pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the + tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he + shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any + frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. + +005:012 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall + take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it + on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the + LORD: it is a sin offering. + +005:013 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his + sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be + forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat + offering. + +005:014 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +005:015 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the + holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass + unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with + thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the + sanctuary, for a trespass offering. + +005:016 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the + holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it + unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for + him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be + forgiven him. + +005:017 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are + forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though + he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. + +005:018 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, + with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: + and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his + ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be + forgiven him. + +005:019 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed + against the LORD. + +006:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:002 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie + unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or + in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath + deceived his neighbour; + +006:003 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, + and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, + sinning therein: + +006:004 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that + he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the + thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was + delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, + +006:005 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even + restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more + thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the + day of his trespass offering. + +006:006 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram + without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a + trespass offering, unto the priest: + +006:007 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the + LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that + he hath done in trespassing therein. + +006:008 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:009 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the + burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the + burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the + fire of the altar shall be burning in it. + +006:010 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen + breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes + which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the + altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. + +006:011 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, + and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. + +006:012 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall + not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every + morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he + shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. + +006:013 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never + go out. + +006:014 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron + shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. + +006:015 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat + offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense + which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the + altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the + LORD. + +006:016 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with + unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the + court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. + +006:017 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them + for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most + holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. + +006:018 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It + shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the + offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth + them shall be holy. + +006:019 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:020 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they + shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the + tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering + perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at + night. + +006:021 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou + shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering + shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +006:022 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall + offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be + wholly burnt. + +006:023 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: + it shall not be eaten. + +006:024 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:025 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of + the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is + killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is + most holy. + +006:026 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy + place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the + congregation. + +006:027 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and + when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, + thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy + place. + +006:028 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: + and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, + and rinsed in water. + +006:029 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most + holy. + +006:030 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into + the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the + holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. + +007:001 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most + holy. + +007:002 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they + kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he + sprinkle round about upon the altar. + +007:003 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and + the fat that covereth the inwards, + +007:004 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by + the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the + kidneys, it shall he take away: + +007:005 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering + made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. + +007:006 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be + eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. + +007:007 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is + one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith + shall have it. + +007:008 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even + the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt + offering which he hath offered. + +007:009 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all + that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the + priest's that offereth it. + +007:010 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all + the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. + +007:011 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which + he shall offer unto the LORD. + +007:012 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with + the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with + oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes + mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. + +007:013 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened + bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace + offerings. + +007:014 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an + heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's + that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. + +007:015 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for + thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; + he shall not leave any of it until the morning. + +007:016 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary + offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his + sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be + eaten: + +007:017 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third + day shall be burnt with fire. + +007:018 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace + offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be + accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth + it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it + shall bear his iniquity. + +007:019 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be + eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all + that be clean shall eat thereof. + +007:020 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of + peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his + uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his + people. + +007:021 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the + uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable + unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace + offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall + be cut off from his people. + +007:022 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +007:023 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no + manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. + +007:024 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of + that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: + but ye shall in no wise eat of it. + +007:025 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer + an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that + eateth it shall be cut off from his people. + +007:026 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of + fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. + +007:027 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even + that soul shall be cut off from his people. + +007:028 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +007:029 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth + the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring + his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace + offerings. + +007:030 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by + fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the + breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. + +007:031 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the + breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. + +007:032 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an + heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. + +007:033 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the + peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder + for his part. + +007:034 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the + children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace + offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto + his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of + Israel. + +007:035 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the + anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made + by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto + the LORD in the priest's office; + +007:036 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of + Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for + ever throughout their generations. + +007:037 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, + and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of + the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace + offerings; + +007:038 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that + he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations + unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. + +008:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +008:002 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the + anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two + rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; + +008:003 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of + the tabernacle of the congregation. + +008:004 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was + gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation. + +008:005 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which + the LORD commanded to be done. + +008:006 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with + water. + +008:007 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, + and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and + he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound + it unto him therewith. + +008:008 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the + breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. + +008:009 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even + upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy + crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +008:010 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle + and all that was therein, and sanctified them. + +008:011 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and + anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his + foot, to sanctify them. + +008:012 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and + anointed him, to sanctify him. + +008:013 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and + girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the + LORD commanded Moses. + +008:014 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and + his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the + sin offering. + +008:015 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the + horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified + the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, + and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. + +008:016 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the + caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and + Moses burned it upon the altar. + +008:017 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he + burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +008:018 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and + his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. + +008:019 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar + round about. + +008:020 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and + the pieces, and the fat. + +008:021 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses + burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice + for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the + LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +008:022 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and + Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. + +008:023 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it + upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his + right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. + +008:024 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon + the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right + hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses + sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. + +008:025 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was + upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two + kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: + +008:026 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the + LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, + and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right + shoulder: + +008:027 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, + and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. + +008:028 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on + the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for + a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +008:029 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering + before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' + part; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +008:030 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which + was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his + garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with + him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and + his sons' garments with him. + +008:031 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at + the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat + it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I + commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. + +008:032 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall + ye burn with fire. + +008:033 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation in seven days, until the days of your + consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate + you. + +008:034 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to + make an atonement for you. + +008:035 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of + the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. + +008:036 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded + by the hand of Moses. + +009:001 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron + and his sons, and the elders of Israel; + +009:002 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin + offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and + offer them before the LORD. + +009:003 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take + ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a + lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt + offering; + +009:004 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice + before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to + day the LORD will appear unto you. + +009:005 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the + tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew + near and stood before the LORD. + +009:006 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded + that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto + you. + +009:007 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy + sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement + for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the + people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. + +009:008 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the + sin offering, which was for himself. + +009:009 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he + dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of + the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the + altar: + +009:010 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of + the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +009:011 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the + camp. + +009:012 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented + unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the + altar. + +009:013 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the + pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the + altar. + +009:014 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon + the burnt offering on the altar. + +009:015 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which + was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered + it for sin, as the first. + +009:016 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to + the manner. + +009:017 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, + and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the + morning. + +009:018 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace + offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons + presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the + altar round about, + +009:019 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that + which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul + above the liver: + +009:020 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat + upon the altar: + +009:021 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave + offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. + +009:022 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed + them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the + burnt offering, and peace offerings. + +009:023 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the + congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the + glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. + +009:024 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed + upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all + the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. + +010:001 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them + his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and + offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them + not. + +010:002 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and + they died before the LORD. + +010:003 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, + saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and + before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his + peace. + +010:004 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the + uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your + brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. + +010:005 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the + camp; as Moses had said. + +010:006 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, + his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; + lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let + your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning + which the LORD hath kindled. + +010:007 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD + is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. + +010:008 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, + +010:009 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with + thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest + ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your + generations: + +010:010 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and + between unclean and clean; + +010:011 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes + which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. + +010:012 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, + his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth + of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without + leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: + +010:013 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, + and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: + for so I am commanded. + +010:014 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean + place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for + they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the + sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. + +010:015 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with + the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave + offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' + with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. + +010:016 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, + behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and + Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, + +010:017 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy + place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to + bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for + them before the LORD? + +010:018 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy + place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I + commanded. + +010:019 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered + their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; + and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin + offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of + the LORD? + +010:020 And when Moses heard that, he was content. + +011:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, + +011:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the + beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the + earth. + +011:003 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth + the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. + +011:004 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, + or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he + cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto + you. + +011:005 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not + the hoof; he is unclean unto you. + +011:006 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the + hoof; he is unclean unto you. + +011:007 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, + yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. + +011:008 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye + not touch; they are unclean to you. + +011:009 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever + hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the + rivers, them shall ye eat. + +011:010 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the + rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living + thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination + unto you: + +011:011 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat + of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in + abomination. + +011:012 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall + be an abomination unto you. + +011:013 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among + the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: + the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, + +011:014 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; + +011:015 Every raven after his kind; + +011:016 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk + after his kind, + +011:017 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, + +011:018 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, + +011:019 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and + the bat. + +011:020 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an + abomination unto you. + +011:021 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth + upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap + withal upon the earth; + +011:022 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and + the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, + and the grasshopper after his kind. + +011:023 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, + shall be an abomination unto you. + +011:024 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the + carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. + +011:025 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash + his clothes, and be unclean until the even. + +011:026 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is + not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: + every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. + +011:027 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts + that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso + toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. + +011:028 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his + clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto + you. + +011:029 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things + that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the + tortoise after his kind, + +011:030 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the + snail, and the mole. + +011:031 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth + touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the + even. + +011:032 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth + fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, + or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein + any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be + unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. + +011:033 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, + whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. + +011:034 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water + cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in + every such vessel shall be unclean. + +011:035 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth + shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they + shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be + unclean unto you. + +011:036 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of + water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase + shall be unclean. + +011:037 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed + which is to be sown, it shall be clean. + +011:038 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their + carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. + +011:039 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth + the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. + +011:040 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his + clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth + the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until + the even. + +011:041 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be + an abomination; it shall not be eaten. + +011:042 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all + four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things + that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are + an abomination. + +011:043 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping + thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean + with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. + +011:044 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify + yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall + ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that + creepeth upon the earth. + +011:045 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of + Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am + holy. + +011:046 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every + living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every + creature that creepeth upon the earth: + +011:047 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and + between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not + be eaten. + +012:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +012:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have + conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be + unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation + for her infirmity shall she be unclean. + +012:003 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be + circumcised. + +012:004 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying + three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor + come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be + fulfilled. + +012:005 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two + weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the + blood of her purifying threescore and six days. + +012:006 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, + or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year + for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for + a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation, unto the priest: + +012:007 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for + her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. + This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. + +012:008 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring + two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt + offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest + shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. + +013:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, + +013:002 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a + scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like + the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the + priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: + +013:003 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the + flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and + the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it + is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and + pronounce him unclean. + +013:004 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in + sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not + turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the + plague seven days: + +013:005 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, + if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread + not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days + more: + +013:006 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, + behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread + not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is + but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. + +013:007 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he + hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be + seen of the priest again. + +013:008 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the + skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a + leprosy. + +013:009 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be + brought unto the priest; + +013:010 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be + white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and + there be quick raw flesh in the rising; + +013:011 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest + shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he + is unclean. + +013:012 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy + cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head + even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; + +013:013 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy + have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that + hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. + +013:014 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. + +013:015 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to + be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. + +013:016 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he + shall come unto the priest; + +013:017 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be + turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean + that hath the plague: he is clean. + +013:018 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a + boil, and is healed, + +013:019 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a + bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to + the priest; + +013:020 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower + than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the + priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy + broken out of the boil. + +013:021 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white + hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be + somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: + +013:022 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest + shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. + +013:023 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it + is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. + +013:024 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot + burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright + spot, somewhat reddish, or white; + +013:025 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair + in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper + than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: + wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the + plague of leprosy. + +013:026 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white + hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other + skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up + seven days: + +013:027 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it + be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall + pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. + +013:028 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in + the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the + burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is + an inflammation of the burning. + +013:029 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; + +013:030 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in + sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin + hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry + scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. + +013:031 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, + behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that + there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up + him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: + +013:032 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: + and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no + yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the + skin; + +013:033 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the + priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: + +013:034 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: + and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in + sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce + him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. + +013:035 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; + +013:036 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall + be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow + hair; he is unclean. + +013:037 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is + black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: + and the priest shall pronounce him clean. + +013:038 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh + bright spots, even white bright spots; + +013:039 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots + in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled + spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. + +013:040 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet + is he clean. + +013:041 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head + toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. + +013:042 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white + reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or + his bald forehead. + +013:043 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising + of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald + forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; + +013:044 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce + him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. + +013:045 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be + rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his + upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. + +013:046 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be + defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp + shall his habitation be. + +013:047 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it + be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; + +013:048 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; + whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; + +013:049 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in + the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing + of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto + the priest: + +013:050 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that + hath the plague seven days: + +013:051 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the + plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the + woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the + plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. + +013:052 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in + woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague + is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the + fire. + +013:053 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not + spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or + in any thing of skin; + +013:054 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein + the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: + +013:055 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is + washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his + colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou + shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be + bare within or without. + +013:056 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat + dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the + garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the + woof: + +013:057 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or + in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading + plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. + +013:058 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of + skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed + from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall + be clean. + +013:059 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of + woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of + skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. + +014:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +014:002 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his + cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: + +014:003 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest + shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in + the leper; + +014:004 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be + cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and + scarlet, and hyssop: + +014:005 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed + in an earthen vessel over running water: + +014:006 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, + and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the + living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the + running water: + +014:007 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the + leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall + let the living bird loose into the open field. + +014:008 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and + shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may + be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and + shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. + +014:009 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all + his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all + his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, + also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. + +014:010 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without + blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, + and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, + mingled with oil, and one log of oil. + +014:011 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man + that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, + at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: + +014:012 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a + trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a + wave offering before the LORD: + +014:013 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill + the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: + for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass + offering: it is most holy: + +014:014 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass + offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the + right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of + his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: + +014:015 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it + into the palm of his own left hand: + +014:016 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is + in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his + finger seven times before the LORD: + +014:017 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the + priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be + cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the + great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass + offering: + +014:018 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he + shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and + the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. + +014:019 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an + atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; + and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: + +014:020 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat + offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an + atonement for him, and he shall be clean. + +014:021 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take + one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an + atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled + with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; + +014:022 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able + to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a + burnt offering. + +014:023 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing + unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation, before the LORD. + +014:024 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, + and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave + offering before the LORD: + +014:025 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the + priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, + and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be + cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the + great toe of his right foot: + +014:026 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own + left hand: + +014:027 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of + the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: + +014:028 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon + the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and + upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of + his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass + offering: + +014:029 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall + put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an + atonement for him before the LORD. + +014:030 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young + pigeons, such as he can get; + +014:031 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, + and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: + and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be + cleansed before the LORD. + +014:032 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose + hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his + cleansing. + +014:033 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +014:034 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you + for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house + of the land of your possession; + +014:035 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, + saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the + house: + +014:036 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, + before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that + is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest + shall go in to see the house: + +014:037 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be + in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or + reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; + +014:038 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the + house, and shut up the house seven days: + +014:039 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall + look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the + house; + +014:040 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones + in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an + unclean place without the city: + +014:041 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, + and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without + the city into an unclean place: + +014:042 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of + those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall + plaister the house. + +014:043 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, + after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath + scraped the house, and after it is plaistered; + +014:044 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the + plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the + house; it is unclean. + +014:045 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the + timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall + carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. + +014:046 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is + shut up shall be unclean until the even. + +014:047 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he + that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. + +014:048 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, + behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the + house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the + house clean, because the plague is healed. + +014:049 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar + wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: + +014:050 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel + over running water: + +014:051 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the + scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the + slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house + seven times: + +014:052 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and + with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the + cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: + +014:053 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the + open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall + be clean. + +014:054 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and + scall, + +014:055 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, + +014:056 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: + +014:057 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the + law of leprosy. + +015:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, + +015:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any + man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his + issue he is unclean. + +015:003 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his + flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his + issue, it is his uncleanness. + +015:004 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: + and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. + +015:005 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and + bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +015:006 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the + issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and + be unclean until the even. + +015:007 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue + shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be + unclean until the even. + +015:008 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; + then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, + and be unclean until the even. + +015:009 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue + shall be unclean. + +015:010 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be + unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those + things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and + be unclean until the even. + +015:011 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not + rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and + bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +015:012 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the + issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be + rinsed in water. + +015:013 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then + he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and + wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and + shall be clean. + +015:014 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or + two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of + the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the + priest: + +015:015 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, + and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make + an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. + +015:016 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he + shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the + even. + +015:017 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of + copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until + the even. + +015:018 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of + copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be + unclean until the even. + +015:019 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be + blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever + toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. + +015:020 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be + unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be + unclean. + +015:021 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and + bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +015:022 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash + his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until + the even. + +015:023 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, + when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. + +015:024 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon + him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon + he lieth shall be unclean. + +015:025 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the + time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her + separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall + be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. + +015:026 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be + unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she + sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her + separation. + +015:027 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and + shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be + unclean until the even. + +015:028 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to + herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. + +015:029 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or + two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door + of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +015:030 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the + other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an + atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her + uncleanness. + +015:031 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their + uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they + defile my tabernacle that is among them. + +015:032 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose + seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; + +015:033 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath + an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth + with her that is unclean. + +016:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons + of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; + +016:002 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, + that he come not at all times into the holy place within the + vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die + not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. + +016:003 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young + bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. + +016:004 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the + linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a + linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: + these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in + water, and so put them on. + +016:005 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of + Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram + for a burnt offering. + +016:006 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which + is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his + house. + +016:007 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the + LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +016:008 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the + LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. + +016:009 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, + and offer him for a sin offering. + +016:010 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall + be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with + him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. + +016:011 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which + is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and + for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering + which is for himself: + +016:012 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from + off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet + incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: + +016:013 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, + that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is + upon the testimony, that he die not: + +016:014 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it + with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the + mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger + seven times. + +016:015 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for + the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with + that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and + sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: + +016:016 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of + the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of + their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for + the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them + in the midst of their uncleanness. + +016:017 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the + congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy + place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for + himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation + of Israel. + +016:018 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, + and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of + the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the + horns of the altar round about. + +016:019 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger + seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the + uncleanness of the children of Israel. + +016:020 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, + and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he + shall bring the live goat: + +016:021 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live + goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children + of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, + putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him + away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: + +016:022 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a + land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the + wilderness. + +016:023 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, + and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he + went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: + +016:024 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and + put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt + offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an + atonement for himself, and for the people. + +016:025 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. + +016:026 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his + clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into + the camp. + +016:027 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin + offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the + holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they + shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their + dung. + +016:028 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his + flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. + +016:029 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the + seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict + your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your + own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: + +016:030 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to + cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before + the LORD. + +016:031 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict + your souls, by a statute for ever. + +016:032 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall + consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's + stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen + clothes, even the holy garments: + +016:033 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he + shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the + congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an + atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the + congregation. + +016:034 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an + atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a + year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. + +017:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +017:002 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children + of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD + hath commanded, saying, + +017:003 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth + an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out + of the camp, + +017:004 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the + tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; + he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among + his people: + +017:005 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their + sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they + may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle + of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace + offerings unto the LORD. + +017:006 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the + LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and + burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +017:007 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, + after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute + for ever unto them throughout their generations. + +017:008 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the + house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, + that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, + +017:009 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall + be cut off from among his people. + +017:010 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the + strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of + blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth + blood, and will cut him off from among his people. + +017:011 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it + to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for + it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. + +017:012 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you + shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth + among you eat blood. + +017:013 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of + the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and + catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even + pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. + +017:014 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the + life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye + shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all + flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut + off. + +017:015 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that + which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own + country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and + bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then + shall he be clean. + +017:016 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall + bear his iniquity. + +018:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +018:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the + LORD your God. + +018:003 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall + ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither + I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their + ordinances. + +018:004 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk + therein: I am the LORD your God. + +018:005 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which + if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. + +018:006 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, + to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. + +018:007 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, + shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not + uncover her nakedness. + +018:008 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it + is thy father's nakedness. + +018:009 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or + daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born + abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. + +018:010 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's + daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for + theirs is thine own nakedness. + +018:011 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy + father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her + nakedness. + +018:012 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: + she is thy father's near kinswoman. + +018:013 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: + for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. + +018:014 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, + thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. + +018:015 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: + she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. + +018:016 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it + is thy brother's nakedness. + +018:017 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her + daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her + daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are + her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. + +018:018 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to + uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. + +018:019 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her + nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. + +018:020 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's + wife, to defile thyself with her. + +018:021 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire + to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I + am the LORD. + +018:022 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is + abomination. + +018:023 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself + therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie + down thereto: it is confusion. + +018:024 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all + these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: + +018:025 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity + thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her + inhabitants. + +018:026 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and + shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of + your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: + +018:027 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, + which were before you, and the land is defiled;) + +018:028 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it + spued out the nations that were before you. + +018:029 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the + souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their + people. + +018:030 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any + one of these abominable customs, which were committed before + you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD + your God. + +019:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +019:002 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and + say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am + holy. + +019:003 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep + my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. + +019:004 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I + am the LORD your God. + +019:005 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, + ye shall offer it at your own will. + +019:006 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: + and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in + the fire. + +019:007 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; + it shall not be accepted. + +019:008 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, + because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and + that soul shall be cut off from among his people. + +019:009 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not + wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou + gather the gleanings of thy harvest. + +019:010 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou + gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for + the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. + +019:011 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to + another. + +019:012 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou + profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. + +019:013 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the + wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night + until the morning. + +019:014 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before + the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. + +019:015 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not + respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the + mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. + +019:016 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy + people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy + neighbour; I am the LORD. + +019:017 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in + any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. + +019:018 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the + children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as + thyself: I am the LORD. + +019:019 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle + gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with + mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and + woollen come upon thee. + +019:020 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, + betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom + given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to + death, because she was not free. + +019:021 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto + the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for + a trespass offering. + +019:022 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of + the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he + hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven + him. + +019:023 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted + all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit + thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as + uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. + +019:024 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to + praise the LORD withal. + +019:025 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that + it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your + God. + +019:026 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye + use enchantment, nor observe times. + +019:027 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt + thou mar the corners of thy beard. + +019:028 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor + print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. + +019:029 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; + lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of + wickedness. + +019:030 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am + the LORD. + +019:031 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after + wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. + +019:032 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face + of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. + +019:033 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not + vex him. + +019:034 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as + one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye + were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +019:035 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in + weight, or in measure. + +019:036 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, + shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out + of the land of Egypt. + +019:037 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my + judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. + +020:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +020:002 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he + be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn + in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall + surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him + with stones. + +020:003 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off + from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto + Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. + +020:004 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from + the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him + not: + +020:005 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his + family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after + him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. + +020:006 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, + and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set + my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his + people. + +020:007 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the + LORD your God. + +020:008 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD + which sanctify you. + +020:009 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be + surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; + his blood shall be upon him. + +020:010 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, + even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, + the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. + +020:011 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered + his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to + death; their blood shall be upon them. + +020:012 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall + surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their + blood shall be upon them. + +020:013 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both + of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be + put to death; their blood shall be upon them. + +020:014 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: + they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be + no wickedness among you. + +020:015 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to + death: and ye shall slay the beast. + +020:016 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, + thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be + put to death; their blood shall be upon them. + +020:017 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or + his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his + nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in + the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's + nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. + +020:018 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and + shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, + and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of + them shall be cut off from among their people. + +020:019 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's + sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near + kin: they shall bear their iniquity. + +020:020 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath + uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; + they shall die childless. + +020:021 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean + thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall + be childless. + +020:022 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, + and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell + therein, spue you not out. + +020:023 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I + cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and + therefore I abhorred them. + +020:024 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I + will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with + milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated + you from other people. + +020:025 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and + unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not + make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any + manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I + have separated from you as unclean. + +020:026 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have + severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. + +020:027 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a + wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them + with stones: their blood shall be upon them. + +021:001 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons + of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for + the dead among his people: + +021:002 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his + mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his + daughter, and for his brother. + +021:003 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath + had no husband; for her may he be defiled. + +021:004 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his + people, to profane himself. + +021:005 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall + they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any + cuttings in their flesh. + +021:006 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of + their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the + bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be + holy. + +021:007 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; + neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for + he is holy unto his God. + +021:008 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread + of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which + sanctify you, am holy. + +021:009 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by + playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be + burnt with fire. + +021:010 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose + head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to + put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his + clothes; + +021:011 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself + for his father, or for his mother; + +021:012 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the + sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of + his God is upon him: I am the LORD. + +021:013 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. + +021:014 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these + shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own + people to wife. + +021:015 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the + LORD do sanctify him. + +021:016 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +021:017 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their + generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to + offer the bread of his God. + +021:018 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not + approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, + or any thing superfluous, + +021:019 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, + +021:020 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, + or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; + +021:021 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest + shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by + fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the + bread of his God. + +021:022 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and + of the holy. + +021:023 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the + altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my + sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. + +021:024 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all + the children of Israel. + +022:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +022:002 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate + themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and + that they profane not my holy name in those things which they + hallow unto me: I am the LORD. + +022:003 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your + generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the + children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his + uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my + presence: I am the LORD. + +022:004 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a + running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he + be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the + dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; + +022:005 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be + made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, + whatsoever uncleanness he hath; + +022:006 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until + even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his + flesh with water. + +022:007 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall + afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. + +022:008 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall + not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. + +022:009 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin + for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do + sanctify them. + +022:010 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of + the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy + thing. + +022:011 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of + it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his + meat. + +022:012 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she + may not eat of an offering of the holy things. + +022:013 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have + no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her + youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be + no stranger eat thereof. + +022:014 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall + put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the + priest with the holy thing. + +022:015 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of + Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; + +022:016 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat + their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. + +022:017 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +022:018 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children + of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of + Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his + oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, + which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; + +022:019 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the + beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. + +022:020 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it + shall not be acceptable for you. + +022:021 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the + LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves + or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be + no blemish therein. + +022:022 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or + scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an + offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. + +022:023 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or + lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill + offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. + +022:024 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or + crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering + thereof in your land. + +022:025 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of + your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, + and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. + +022:026 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +022:027 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then + it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day + and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by + fire unto the LORD. + +022:028 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her + young both in one day. + +022:029 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the + LORD, offer it at your own will. + +022:030 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of + it until the morrow: I am the LORD. + +022:031 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the + LORD. + +022:032 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed + among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, + +022:033 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I + am the LORD. + +023:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +023:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, + Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to + be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. + +023:003 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the + sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work + therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. + +023:004 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, + which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. + +023:005 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's + passover. + +023:006 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of + unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat + unleavened bread. + +023:007 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall + do no servile work therein. + +023:008 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD + seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye + shall do no servile work therein. + +023:009 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +023:010 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap + the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the + firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: + +023:011 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted + for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave + it. + +023:012 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb + without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto + the LORD. + +023:013 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine + flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD + for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of + wine, the fourth part of an hin. + +023:014 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green + ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering + unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your + generations in all your dwellings. + +023:015 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, + from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; + seven sabbaths shall be complete: + +023:016 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number + fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the + LORD. + +023:017 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two + tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken + with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. + +023:018 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish + of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they + shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat + offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by + fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. + +023:019 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin + offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of + peace offerings. + +023:020 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the + firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two + lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. + +023:021 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an + holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work + therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings + throughout your generations. + +023:022 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make + clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, + neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou + shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the + LORD your God. + +023:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +023:024 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh + month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, + a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. + +023:025 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an + offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +023:026 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +023:027 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a + day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; + and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by + fire unto the LORD. + +023:028 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of + atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your + God. + +023:029 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that + same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. + +023:030 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same + day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. + +023:031 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever + throughout your generations in all your dwellings. + +023:032 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict + your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even + unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. + +023:033 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +023:034 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day + of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for + seven days unto the LORD. + +023:035 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no + servile work therein. + +023:036 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the + LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; + and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it + is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. + +023:037 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to + be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto + the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, + and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: + +023:038 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and + beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, + which ye give unto the LORD. + +023:039 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have + gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto + the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and + on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. + +023:040 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly + trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, + and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD + your God seven days. + +023:041 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the + year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye + shall celebrate it in the seventh month. + +023:042 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites + born shall dwell in booths: + +023:043 That your generations may know that I made the children of + Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land + of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +023:044 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of + the LORD. + +024:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +024:002 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure + oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn + continually. + +024:003 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the + congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the + morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for + ever in your generations. + +024:004 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the + LORD continually. + +024:005 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: + two tenth deals shall be in one cake. + +024:006 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the + pure table before the LORD. + +024:007 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it + may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by + fire unto the LORD. + +024:008 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD + continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an + everlasting covenant. + +024:009 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it + in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the + offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. + +024:010 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an + Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son + of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together + in the camp; + +024:011 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the + Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his + mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the + tribe of Dan:) + +024:012 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be + shewed them. + +024:013 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +024:014 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all + that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the + congregation stone him. + +024:015 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, + Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. + +024:016 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely + be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly + stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the + land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put + to death. + +024:017 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. + +024:018 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for + beast. + +024:019 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath + done, so shall it be done to him; + +024:020 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath + caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. + +024:021 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that + killeth a man, he shall be put to death. + +024:022 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as + for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. + +024:023 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should + bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him + with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +025:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, + +025:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep + a sabbath unto the LORD. + +025:003 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt + prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; + +025:004 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the + land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy + field, nor prune thy vineyard. + +025:005 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt + not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for + it is a year of rest unto the land. + +025:006 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, + and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired + servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. + +025:007 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, + shall all the increase thereof be meat. + +025:008 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven + times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of + years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. + +025:009 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on + the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement + shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. + +025:010 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty + throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it + shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto + his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. + +025:011 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not + sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor + gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. + +025:012 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat + the increase thereof out of the field. + +025:013 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his + possession. + +025:014 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of + thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: + +025:015 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt + buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years + of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: + +025:016 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the + price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou + shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of + the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. + +025:017 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt + fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God. + +025:018 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and + do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. + +025:019 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your + fill, and dwell therein in safety. + +025:020 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? + behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: + +025:021 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, + and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. + +025:022 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit + until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of + the old store. + +025:023 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for + ye are strangers and sojourners with me. + +025:024 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a + redemption for the land. + +025:025 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his + possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then + shall he redeem that which his brother sold. + +025:026 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to + redeem it; + +025:027 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore + the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may + return unto his possession. + +025:028 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is + sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until + the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he + shall return unto his possession. + +025:029 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he + may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a + full year may he redeem it. + +025:030 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, + then the house that is in the walled city shall be established + for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it + shall not go out in the jubile. + +025:031 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about + them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may + be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. + +025:032 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of + the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any + time. + +025:033 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was + sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year + of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are + their possession among the children of Israel. + +025:034 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; + for it is their perpetual possession. + +025:035 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with + thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a + stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. + +025:036 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that + thy brother may live with thee. + +025:037 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy + victuals for increase. + +025:038 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the + land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your + God. + +025:039 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be + sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a + bondservant: + +025:040 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with + thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile. + +025:041 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children + with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the + possession of his fathers shall he return. + +025:042 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the + land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. + +025:043 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy + God. + +025:044 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, + shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them + shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. + +025:045 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn + among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that + are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be + your possession. + +025:046 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children + after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be + your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of + Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. + +025:047 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy + brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto + the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the + stranger's family: + +025:048 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his + brethren may redeem him: + +025:049 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any + that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or + if he be able, he may redeem himself. + +025:050 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year + that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price + of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, + according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with + him. + +025:051 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he + shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money + that he was bought for. + +025:052 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, + then he shall count with him, and according unto his years + shall he give him again the price of his redemption. + +025:053 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the + other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. + +025:054 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out + in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. + +025:055 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my + servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am + the LORD your God. + +026:001 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you + up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of + stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD + your God. + +026:002 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am + the LORD. + +026:003 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do + them; + +026:004 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall + yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield + their fruit. + +026:005 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the + vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat + your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. + +026:006 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and + none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of + the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. + +026:007 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before + you by the sword. + +026:008 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you + shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall + before you by the sword. + +026:009 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and + multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. + +026:010 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of + the new. + +026:011 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor + you. + +026:012 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall + be my people. + +026:013 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the + land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have + broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. + +026:014 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these + commandments; + +026:015 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my + judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but + that ye break my covenant: + +026:016 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you + terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume + the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your + seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. + +026:017 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain + before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; + and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. + +026:018 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I + will punish you seven times more for your sins. + +026:019 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your + heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: + +026:020 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall + not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land + yield their fruits. + +026:021 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; + I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to + your sins. + +026:022 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of + your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in + number; and your high ways shall be desolate. + +026:023 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will + walk contrary unto me; + +026:024 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you + yet seven times for your sins. + +026:025 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the + quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together + within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and + ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. + +026:026 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women + shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you + your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be + satisfied. + +026:027 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk + contrary unto me; + +026:028 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even + I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. + +026:029 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your + daughters shall ye eat. + +026:030 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, + and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my + soul shall abhor you. + +026:031 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries + unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet + odours. + +026:032 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies + which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. + +026:033 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a + sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your + cities waste. + +026:034 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth + desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the + land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. + +026:035 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not + rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. + +026:036 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a + faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and + the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall + flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none + pursueth. + +026:037 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a + sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand + before your enemies. + +026:038 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your + enemies shall eat you up. + +026:039 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their + iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of + their fathers shall they pine away with them. + +026:040 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of + their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed + against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; + +026:041 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have + brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their + uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the + punishment of their iniquity: + +026:042 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my + covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I + remember; and I will remember the land. + +026:043 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her + sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they + shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, + even because they despised my judgments, and because their + soul abhorred my statutes. + +026:044 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their + enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, + to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: + for I am the LORD their God. + +026:045 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their + ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in + the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the + LORD. + +026:046 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD + made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by + the hand of Moses. + +027:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +027:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a + man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the + LORD by thy estimation. + +027:003 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old + even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty + shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. + +027:004 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty + shekels. + +027:005 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, + then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and + for the female ten shekels. + +027:006 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then + thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, + and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of + silver. + +027:007 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, + then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the + female ten shekels. + +027:008 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present + himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; + according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value + him. + +027:009 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the + LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be + holy. + +027:010 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a + bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, + then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. + +027:011 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a + sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast + before the priest: + +027:012 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as + thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. + +027:013 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth + part thereof unto thy estimation. + +027:014 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the + LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or + bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. + +027:015 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he + shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto + it, and it shall be his. + +027:016 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field + of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to + the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at + fifty shekels of silver. + +027:017 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to + thy estimation it shall stand. + +027:018 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest + shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that + remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be + abated from thy estimation. + +027:019 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem + it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy + estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. + +027:020 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the + field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. + +027:021 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy + unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof + shall be the priest's. + +027:022 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath + bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; + +027:023 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy + estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall + give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the + LORD. + +027:024 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of + whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the + land did belong. + +027:025 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of + the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. + +027:026 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's + firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or + sheep: it is the LORD's. + +027:027 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it + according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of + it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold + according to thy estimation. + +027:028 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto + the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of + the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every + devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. + +027:029 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be + redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. + +027:030 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the + land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy + unto the LORD. + +027:031 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall + add thereto the fifth part thereof. + +027:032 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of + whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto + the LORD. + +027:033 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall + he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the + change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. + +027:034 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for + the children of Israel in mount Sinai. + +Book 04 Numbers + +001:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in + the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the + second month, in the second year after they were come out of + the land of Egypt, saying, + +001:002 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of + Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, + with the number of their names, every male by their polls; + +001:003 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go + forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by + their armies. + +001:004 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one + head of the house of his fathers. + +001:005 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: + of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +001:006 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. + +001:007 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. + +001:008 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +001:009 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. + +001:010 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of + Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +001:011 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +001:012 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +001:013 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +001:014 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +001:015 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. + +001:016 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the + tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. + +001:017 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by + their names: + +001:018 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first + day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees + after their families, by the house of their fathers, according + to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, + by their polls. + +001:019 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the + wilderness of Sinai. + +001:020 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their + generations, after their families, by the house of their + fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, + every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were + able to go forth to war; + +001:021 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, + were forty and six thousand and five hundred. + +001:022 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, those that were + numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by + their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:023 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, + were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. + +001:024 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:025 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, + were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. + +001:026 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:027 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, + were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. + +001:028 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:029 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. + +001:030 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:031 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. + +001:032 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, + by their generations, after their families, by the house of + their fathers, according to the number of the names, from + twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to + war; + +001:033 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. + +001:034 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:035 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. + +001:036 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:037 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. + +001:038 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:039 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, + were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. + +001:040 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their + families, by the house of their fathers, according to the + number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all + that were able to go forth to war; + +001:041 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, + were forty and one thousand and five hundred. + +001:042 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, + after their families, by the house of their fathers, according + to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, + all that were able to go forth to war; + +001:043 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of + Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. + +001:044 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron + numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each + one was for the house of his fathers. + +001:045 So were all those that were numbered of the children of + Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old + and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; + +001:046 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and + three thousand and five hundred and fifty. + +001:047 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not + numbered among them. + +001:048 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, + +001:049 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the + sum of them among the children of Israel: + +001:050 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of + testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all + things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and + all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and + shall encamp round about the tabernacle. + +001:051 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall + take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the + Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh + shall be put to death. + +001:052 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man + by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout + their hosts. + +001:053 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of + testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the + children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of + the tabernacle of testimony. + +001:054 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD + commanded Moses, so did they. + +002:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +002:002 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own + standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off + about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. + +002:003 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they + of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their + armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of + the children of Judah. + +002:004 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were + threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. + +002:005 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of + Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of + the children of Issachar. + +002:006 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty + and four thousand and four hundred. + +002:007 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be + captain of the children of Zebulun. + +002:008 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty + and seven thousand and four hundred. + +002:009 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred + thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four + hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. + +002:010 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben + according to their armies: and the captain of the children of + Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +002:011 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty + and six thousand and five hundred. + +002:012 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and + the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the + son of Zurishaddai. + +002:013 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty + and nine thousand and three hundred. + +002:014 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad + shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. + +002:015 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty + and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. + +002:016 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred + thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and + fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in + the second rank. + +002:017 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with + the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they + encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by + their standards. + +002:018 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim + according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of + Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. + +002:019 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty + thousand and five hundred. + +002:020 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of + the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of + Pedahzur. + +002:021 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were + thirty and two thousand and two hundred. + +002:022 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of + Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +002:023 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were + thirty and five thousand and four hundred. + +002:024 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred + thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their + armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. + +002:025 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by + their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be + Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +002:026 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were + threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. + +002:027 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and + the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son + of Ocran. + +002:028 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty + and one thousand and five hundred. + +002:029 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of + Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. + +002:030 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty + and three thousand and four hundred. + +002:031 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred + thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They + shall go hindmost with their standards. + +002:032 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel + by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of + the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and + three thousand and five hundred and fifty. + +002:033 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of + Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +002:034 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD + commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so + they set forward, every one after their families, according to + the house of their fathers. + +003:001 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day + that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. + +003:002 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the + firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +003:003 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which + were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's + office. + +003:004 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered + strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and + they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in + the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. + +003:005 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +003:006 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron + the priest, that they may minister unto him. + +003:007 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole + congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do + the service of the tabernacle. + +003:008 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of + the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to + do the service of the tabernacle. + +003:009 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: + they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. + +003:010 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait + on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh + shall be put to death. + +003:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +003:012 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the + children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth + the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites + shall be mine; + +003:013 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I + smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto + me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall + they be: I am the LORD. + +003:014 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, + saying, + +003:015 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, + by their families: every male from a month old and upward + shalt thou number them. + +003:016 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as + he was commanded. + +003:017 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and + Kohath, and Merari. + +003:018 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their + families; Libni, and Shimei. + +003:019 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, + Hebron, and Uzziel. + +003:020 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. + These are the families of the Levites according to the house + of their fathers. + +003:021 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of + the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. + +003:022 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of + all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that + were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. + +003:023 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the + tabernacle westward. + +003:024 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites + shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. + +003:025 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the + congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the + covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation, + +003:026 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of + the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round + about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. + +003:027 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family + of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the + family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the + Kohathites. + +003:028 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, + were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the + sanctuary. + +003:029 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of + the tabernacle southward. + +003:030 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of + the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. + +003:031 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the + candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary + wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service + thereof. + +003:032 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over + the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that + keep the charge of the sanctuary. + +003:033 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of + the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. + +003:034 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number + of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six + thousand and two hundred. + +003:035 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of + Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the + side of the tabernacle northward. + +003:036 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall + be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the + pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels + thereof, and all that serveth thereto, + +003:037 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, + and their pins, and their cords. + +003:038 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, + even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall + be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the + sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the + stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. + +003:039 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron + numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their + families, all the males from a month old and upward, were + twenty and two thousand. + +003:040 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the + males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, + and take the number of their names. + +003:041 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead + of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the + cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the + cattle of the children of Israel. + +003:042 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the + firstborn among the children of Israel. + +003:043 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a + month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, + were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and + thirteen. + +003:044 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +003:045 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the + children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of + their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. + +003:046 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and + threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of + Israel, which are more than the Levites; + +003:047 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after + the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel + is twenty gerahs:) + +003:048 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of + them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. + +003:049 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and + above them that were redeemed by the Levites: + +003:050 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; + a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, + after the shekel of the sanctuary: + +003:051 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron + and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the + LORD commanded Moses. + +004:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +004:002 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of + Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, + +004:003 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, + all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle + of the congregation. + +004:004 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the + tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: + +004:005 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his + sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover + the ark of testimony with it: + +004:006 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and + shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in + the staves thereof. + +004:007 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of + blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the + bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread + shall be thereon: + +004:008 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover + the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in + the staves thereof. + +004:009 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick + of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his + snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they + minister unto it: + +004:010 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a + covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. + +004:011 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, + and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put + to the staves thereof: + +004:012 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith + they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of + blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and + shall put them on a bar: + +004:013 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread + a purple cloth thereon: + +004:014 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith + they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and + the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and + they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and + put to the staves of it. + +004:015 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the + sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp + is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come + to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they + die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the + tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:016 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest + pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and + the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the + oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, + in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. + +004:017 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, + +004:018 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites + from among the Levites: + +004:019 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when + they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons + shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to + his burden: + +004:020 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are + covered, lest they die. + +004:021 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +004:022 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the + houses of their fathers, by their families; + +004:023 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt + thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to + do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:024 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to + serve, and for burdens: + +004:025 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the + tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering + of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging + for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, + +004:026 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of + the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the + altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of + their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they + serve. + +004:027 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the + service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, + and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in + charge all their burdens. + +004:028 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in + the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be + under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. + +004:029 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their + families, by the house of their fathers; + +004:030 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old + shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the + service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:031 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their + service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of + the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, + and sockets thereof, + +004:032 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, + and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, + and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the + instruments of the charge of their burden. + +004:033 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, + according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the + congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the + priest. + +004:034 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered + the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the + house of their fathers, + +004:035 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, + every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the + tabernacle of the congregation: + +004:036 And those that were numbered of them by their families were + two thousand seven hundred and fifty. + +004:037 These were they that were numbered of the families of the + Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the + congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to + the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +004:038 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, + throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, + +004:039 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, + every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the + tabernacle of the congregation, + +004:040 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their + families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and + six hundred and thirty. + +004:041 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons + of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of + the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to + the commandment of the LORD. + +004:042 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of + Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their + fathers, + +004:043 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, + every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the + tabernacle of the congregation, + +004:044 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, + were three thousand and two hundred. + +004:045 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons + of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word + of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +004:046 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and + Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, + and after the house of their fathers, + +004:047 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, + every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the + service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation. + +004:048 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and + five hundred and fourscore, + +004:049 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by + the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and + according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as + the LORD commanded Moses. + +005:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +005:002 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp + every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever + is defiled by the dead: + +005:003 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall + ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst + whereof I dwell. + +005:004 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without + the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of + Israel. + +005:005 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +005:006 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall + commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the + LORD, and that person be guilty; + +005:007 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he + shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and + add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him + against whom he hath trespassed. + +005:008 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass + unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to + the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an + atonement shall be made for him. + +005:009 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of + Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. + +005:010 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any + man giveth the priest, it shall be his. + +005:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +005:012 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any + man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, + +005:013 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes + of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and + there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the + manner; + +005:014 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of + his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy + come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not + defiled: + +005:015 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he + shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah + of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put + frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an + offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. + +005:016 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the + LORD: + +005:017 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and + of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest + shall take, and put it into the water: + +005:018 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and + uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in + her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest + shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the + curse: + +005:019 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the + woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not + gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, + be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: + +005:020 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, + and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee + beside thine husband: + +005:021 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of + cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD + make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD + doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; + +005:022 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy + bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And + the woman shall say, Amen, amen. + +005:023 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he + shall blot them out with the bitter water: + +005:024 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that + causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall + enter into her, and become bitter. + +005:025 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the + woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and + offer it upon the altar: + +005:026 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the + memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward + shall cause the woman to drink the water. + +005:027 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall + come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass + against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse + shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall + swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse + among her people. + +005:028 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall + be free, and shall conceive seed. + +005:029 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to + another instead of her husband, and is defiled; + +005:030 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be + jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the + LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. + +005:031 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman + shall bear her iniquity. + +006:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When + either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of + a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: + +006:003 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and + shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, + neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist + grapes, or dried. + +006:004 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is + made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. + +006:005 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor + come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which + he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and + shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. + +006:006 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall + come at no dead body. + +006:007 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his + mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: + because the consecration of his God is upon his head. + +006:008 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. + +006:009 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled + the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in + the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave + it. + +006:010 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young + pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the + congregation: + +006:011 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the + other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for + that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that + same day. + +006:012 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his + separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a + trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be + lost, because his separation was defiled. + +006:013 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his + separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of + the tabernacle of the congregation: + +006:014 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of + the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one + ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, + and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, + +006:015 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled + with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, + and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. + +006:016 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall + offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: + +006:017 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings + unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest + shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +006:018 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the + door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the + hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire + which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. + +006:019 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and + one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened + wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, + after the hair of his separation is shaven: + +006:020 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the + LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and + heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. + +006:021 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his + offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that + his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he + must do after the law of his separation. + +006:022 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +006:023 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye + shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, + +006:024 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: + +006:025 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto + thee: + +006:026 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee + peace. + +006:027 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I + will bless them. + +007:001 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the + tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all + the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels + thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; + +007:002 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their + fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over + them that were numbered, offered: + +007:003 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered + wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and + for each one an ox: and they brought them before the + tabernacle. + +007:004 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +007:005 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the + tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto + the Levites, to every man according to his service. + +007:006 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the + Levites. + +007:007 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, + according to their service: + +007:008 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of + Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of + Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. + +007:009 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service + of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear + upon their shoulders. + +007:010 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day + that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering + before the altar. + +007:011 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, + each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. + +007:012 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the + son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: + +007:013 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof + was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were + full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:014 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: + +007:015 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:016 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:017 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. + +007:018 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of + Issachar, did offer: + +007:019 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight + whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of + seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of + them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:020 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:021 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:022 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:023 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +007:024 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the + children of Zebulun, did offer: + +007:025 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:026 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:027 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:028 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:029 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Eliab the son of Helon. + +007:030 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the + children of Reuben, did offer: + +007:031 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:032 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:033 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:034 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:035 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +007:036 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of + the children of Simeon, did offer: + +007:037 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:038 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:039 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:040 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:041 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. + +007:042 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the + children of Gad, offered: + +007:043 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an + hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, + after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine + flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:044 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:045 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:046 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:047 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +007:048 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the + children of Ephraim, offered: + +007:049 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:050 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:051 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:052 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:053 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. + +007:054 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince + of the children of Manasseh: + +007:055 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:056 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:057 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:058 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:059 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +007:060 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the + children of Benjamin, offered: + +007:061 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:062 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:063 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:064 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:065 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +007:066 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the + children of Dan, offered: + +007:067 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:068 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:069 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:070 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:071 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +007:072 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the + children of Asher, offered: + +007:073 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:074 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:075 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:076 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:077 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +007:078 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the + children of Naphtali, offered: + +007:079 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an + hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full + of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: + +007:080 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: + +007:081 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a + burnt offering: + +007:082 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: + +007:083 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, + five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the + offering of Ahira the son of Enan. + +007:084 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was + anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, + twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: + +007:085 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, + each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand + and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: + +007:086 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten + shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the + gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. + +007:087 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the + rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their + meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering + twelve. + +007:088 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were + twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, + the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of + the altar, after that it was anointed. + +007:089 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the + congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one + speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the + ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake + unto him. + +008:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +008:002 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the + lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the + candlestick. + +008:003 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against + the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +008:004 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the + shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: + according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so + he made the candlestick. + +008:005 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +008:006 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and + cleanse them. + +008:007 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle + water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their + flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves + clean. + +008:008 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, + even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock + shalt thou take for a sin offering. + +008:009 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the + congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the + children of Israel together: + +008:010 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the + children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: + +008:011 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an + offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the + service of the LORD. + +008:012 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the + bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and + the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an + atonement for the Levites. + +008:013 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his + sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. + +008:014 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children + of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. + +008:015 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of + the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse + them, and offer them for an offering. + +008:016 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of + Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of + the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them + unto me. + +008:017 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both + man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the + land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. + +008:018 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the + children of Israel. + +008:019 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his + sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of + the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, + and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that + there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the + children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. + +008:020 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children + of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD + commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of + Israel unto them. + +008:021 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; + and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and + Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. + +008:022 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the + tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his + sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, + so did they unto them. + +008:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +008:024 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and + five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the + service of the tabernacle of the congregation: + +008:025 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon + the service thereof, and shall serve no more: + +008:026 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of + the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. + Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. + +009:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in + the first month of the second year after they were come out of + the land of Egypt, saying, + +009:002 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his + appointed season. + +009:003 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it + in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and + according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. + +009:004 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should + keep the passover. + +009:005 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first + month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all + that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. + +009:006 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body + of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: + and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: + +009:007 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body + of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an + offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the + children of Israel? + +009:008 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what + the LORD will command concerning you. + +009:009 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +009:010 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you + or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead + body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the + passover unto the LORD. + +009:011 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep + it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. + +009:012 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any + bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover + they shall keep it. + +009:013 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and + forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be + cut off from among his people: because he brought not the + offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall + bear his sin. + +009:014 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the + passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the + passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: + ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for + him that was born in the land. + +009:015 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud + covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and + at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the + appearance of fire, until the morning. + +009:016 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the + appearance of fire by night. + +009:017 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then + after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place + where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched + their tents. + +009:018 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel + journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as + long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in + their tents. + +009:019 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, + then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and + journeyed not. + +009:020 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the + tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they + abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the + LORD they journeyed. + +009:021 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the + morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then + they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the + cloud was taken up, they journeyed. + +009:022 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the + cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the + children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: + but when it was taken up, they journeyed. + +009:023 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and + at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the + charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand + of Moses. + +010:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +010:002 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou + make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the + assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. + +010:003 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall + assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of + the congregation. + +010:004 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which + are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves + unto thee. + +010:005 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east + parts shall go forward. + +010:006 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie + on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an + alarm for their journeys. + +010:007 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall + blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. + +010:008 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the + trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever + throughout your generations. + +010:009 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that + oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; + and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye + shall be saved from your enemies. + +010:010 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and + in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the + trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of + your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial + before your God: I am the LORD your God. + +010:011 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, + in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the + tabernacle of the testimony. + +010:012 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the + wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of + Paran. + +010:013 And they first took their journey according to the commandment + of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +010:014 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the + children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host + was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. + +010:015 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was + Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +010:016 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was + Eliab the son of Helon. + +010:017 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and + the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. + +010:018 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according + to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of + Shedeur. + +010:019 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was + Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. + +010:020 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was + Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +010:021 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the + other did set up the tabernacle against they came. + +010:022 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set + forward according to their armies: and over his host was + Elishama the son of Ammihud. + +010:023 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was + Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +010:024 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was + Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +010:025 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set + forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout + their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of + Ammishaddai. + +010:026 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was + Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +010:027 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was + Ahira the son of Enan. + +010:028 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according + to their armies, when they set forward. + +010:029 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, + Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of + which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, + and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good + concerning Israel. + +010:030 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine + own land, and to my kindred. + +010:031 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou + knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou + mayest be to us instead of eyes. + +010:032 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that + what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do + unto thee. + +010:033 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' + journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before + them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place + for them. + +010:034 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went + out of the camp. + +010:035 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses + said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and + let them that hate thee flee before thee. + +010:036 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many + thousands of Israel. + +011:001 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and + the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of + the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the + uttermost parts of the camp. + +011:002 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto + the LORD, the fire was quenched. + +011:003 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire + of the LORD burnt among them. + +011:004 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and + the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall + give us flesh to eat? + +011:005 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the + cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and + the garlick: + +011:006 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, + beside this manna, before our eyes. + +011:007 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as + the colour of bdellium. + +011:008 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in + mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made + cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh + oil. + +011:009 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna + fell upon it. + +011:010 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, + every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD + was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. + +011:011 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted + thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy + sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? + +011:012 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that + thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a + nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which + thou swarest unto their fathers? + +011:013 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for + they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. + +011:014 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too + heavy for me. + +011:015 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of + hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see + my wretchedness. + +011:016 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of + the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of + the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the + tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with + thee. + +011:017 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take + of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; + and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that + thou bear it not thyself alone. + +011:018 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to + morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears + of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it + was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you + flesh, and ye shall eat. + +011:019 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither + ten days, nor twenty days; + +011:020 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, + and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised + the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, + Why came we forth out of Egypt? + +011:021 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred + thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, + that they may eat a whole month. + +011:022 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice + them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together + for them, to suffice them? + +011:023 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? + thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto + thee or not. + +011:024 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, + and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and + set them round about the tabernacle. + +011:025 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and + took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the + seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit + rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. + +011:026 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the + one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit + rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but + went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the + camp. + +011:027 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and + Medad do prophesy in the camp. + +011:028 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his + young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. + +011:029 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God + that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD + would put his spirit upon them! + +011:030 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. + +011:031 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails + from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a + day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on + the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two + cubits high upon the face of the earth. + +011:032 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and + all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that + gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all + abroad for themselves round about the camp. + +011:033 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was + chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, + and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. + +011:034 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because + there they buried the people that lusted. + +011:035 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; + and abode at Hazeroth. + +012:001 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the + Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an + Ethiopian woman. + +012:002 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath + he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. + +012:003 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were + upon the face of the earth.) + +012:004 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and + unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the + congregation. And they three came out. + +012:005 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood + in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: + and they both came forth. + +012:006 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among + you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, + and will speak unto him in a dream. + +012:007 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. + +012:008 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not + in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he + behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my + servant Moses? + +012:009 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he + departed. + +012:010 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, + Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon + Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. + +012:011 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay + not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and + wherein we have sinned. + +012:012 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed + when he cometh out of his mother's womb. + +012:013 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I + beseech thee. + +012:014 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in + her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be + shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be + received in again. + +012:015 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the + people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. + +012:016 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in + the wilderness of Paran. + +013:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +013:002 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which + I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their + fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. + +013:003 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the + wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children + of Israel. + +013:004 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua + the son of Zaccur. + +013:005 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. + +013:006 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. + +013:007 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. + +013:008 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. + +013:009 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. + +013:010 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. + +013:011 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, + Gaddi the son of Susi. + +013:012 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. + +013:013 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. + +013:014 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. + +013:015 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. + +013:016 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the + land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. + +013:017 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said + unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the + mountain: + +013:018 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth + therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; + +013:019 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or + bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in + tents, or in strong holds; + +013:020 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there + be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring + of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the + firstripe grapes. + +013:021 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of + Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. + +013:022 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where + Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now + Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) + +013:023 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from + thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it + between two upon a staff; and they brought of the + pomegranates, and of the figs. + +013:024 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster + of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. + +013:025 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. + +013:026 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the + congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of + Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto + all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. + +013:027 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither + thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; + and this is the fruit of it. + +013:028 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and + the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the + children of Anak there. + +013:029 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the + Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the + mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the + coast of Jordan. + +013:030 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go + up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome + it. + +013:031 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go + up against the people; for they are stronger than we. + +013:032 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had + searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, + through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth + up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in + it are men of a great stature. + +013:033 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of + the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and + so we were in their sight. + +014:001 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and + the people wept that night. + +014:002 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and + against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, + Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God + we had died in this wilderness! + +014:003 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall + by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a + prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? + +014:004 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let + us return into Egypt. + +014:005 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the + assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. + +014:006 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, + which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: + +014:007 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, + saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an + exceeding good land. + +014:008 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this + land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and + honey. + +014:009 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people + of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is + departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. + +014:010 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the + glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the + congregation before all the children of Israel. + +014:011 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people + provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for + all the signs which I have shewed among them? + +014:012 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, + and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. + +014:013 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear + it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from + among them;) + +014:014 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for + they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that + thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth + over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a + pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. + +014:015 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the + nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, + +014:016 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the + land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in + the wilderness. + +014:017 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, + according as thou hast spoken, saying, + +014:018 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving + iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the + guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children + unto the third and fourth generation. + +014:019 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according + unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven + this people, from Egypt even until now. + +014:020 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: + +014:021 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the + glory of the LORD. + +014:022 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my + miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have + tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my + voice; + +014:023 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their + fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: + +014:024 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, + and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land + whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. + +014:025 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) + Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way + of the Red sea. + +014:026 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +014:027 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which + murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children + of Israel, which they murmur against me. + +014:028 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have + spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: + +014:029 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were + numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty + years old and upward which have murmured against me. + +014:030 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I + sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of + Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. + +014:031 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them + will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have + despised. + +014:032 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this + wilderness. + +014:033 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, + and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the + wilderness. + +014:034 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, + even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your + iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of + promise. + +014:035 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil + congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this + wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. + +014:036 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who + returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, + by bringing up a slander upon the land, + +014:037 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the + land, died by the plague before the LORD. + +014:038 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, + which were of the men that went to search the land, lived + still. + +014:039 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: + and the people mourned greatly. + +014:040 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into + the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go + up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have + sinned. + +014:041 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment + of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. + +014:042 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not + smitten before your enemies. + +014:043 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, + and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away + from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. + +014:044 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the + ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out + of the camp. + +014:045 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt + in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto + Hormah. + +015:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +015:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto + you, + +015:003 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt + offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill + offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour + unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: + +015:004 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a + meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth + part of an hin of oil. + +015:005 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering + shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for + one lamb. + +015:006 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth + deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. + +015:007 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an + hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +015:008 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for + a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the + LORD: + +015:009 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three + tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. + +015:010 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, + for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +015:011 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for + a lamb, or a kid. + +015:012 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do + to every one according to their number. + +015:013 All that are born of the country shall do these things after + this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet + savour unto the LORD. + +015:014 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you + in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, + of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. + +015:015 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and + also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance + for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger + be before the LORD. + +015:016 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger + that sojourneth with you. + +015:017 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +015:018 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + come into the land whither I bring you, + +015:019 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, + ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. + +015:020 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an + heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the + threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. + +015:021 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an + heave offering in your generations. + +015:022 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, + which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, + +015:023 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of + Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and + henceforward among your generations; + +015:024 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without + the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation + shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a + sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his + drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the + goats for a sin offering. + +015:025 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the + congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be + forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their + offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their + sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: + +015:026 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children + of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing + all the people were in ignorance. + +015:027 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a + she goat of the first year for a sin offering. + +015:028 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that + sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the + LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven + him. + +015:029 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, + both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and + for the stranger that sojourneth among them. + +015:030 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be + born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the + LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. + +015:031 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken + his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his + iniquity shall be upon him. + +015:032 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they + found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. + +015:033 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto + Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. + +015:034 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what + should be done to him. + +015:035 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to + death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones + without the camp. + +015:036 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and + stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +015:037 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +015:038 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make + them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their + generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders + a ribband of blue: + +015:039 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon + it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do + them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own + eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: + +015:040 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy + unto your God. + +015:041 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of + Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. + +016:001 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of + Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the + son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: + +016:002 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of + Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous + in the congregation, men of renown: + +016:003 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and + against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, + seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and + the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves + above the congregation of the LORD? + +016:004 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: + +016:005 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even + to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and + will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath + chosen will he cause to come near unto him. + +016:006 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; + +016:007 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD + to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth + choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons + of Levi. + +016:008 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: + +016:009 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel + hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring + you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the + LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto + them? + +016:010 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the + sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? + +016:011 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered + together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur + against him? + +016:012 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: + which said, We will not come up: + +016:013 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land + that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the + wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over + us? + +016:014 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth + with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and + vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will + not come up. + +016:015 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not + thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, + neither have I hurt one of them. + +016:016 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before + the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: + +016:017 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and + bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and + fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. + +016:018 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and + laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle + of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. + +016:019 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the + door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of + the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. + +016:020 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +016:021 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may + consume them in a moment. + +016:022 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of + the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be + wroth with all the congregation? + +016:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +016:024 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the + tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. + +016:025 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the + elders of Israel followed him. + +016:026 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray + you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of + their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. + +016:027 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and + Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and + stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their + sons, and their little children. + +016:028 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent + me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own + mind. + +016:029 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be + visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath + not sent me. + +016:030 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her + mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, + and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand + that these men have provoked the LORD. + +016:031 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all + these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under + them: + +016:032 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and + their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and + all their goods. + +016:033 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into + the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished + from among the congregation. + +016:034 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of + them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. + +016:035 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two + hundred and fifty men that offered incense. + +016:036 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +016:037 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take + up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire + yonder; for they are hallowed. + +016:038 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them + make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they + offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and + they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. + +016:039 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they + that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates + for a covering of the altar: + +016:040 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no + stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to + offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as + his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. + +016:041 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of + Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye + have killed the people of the LORD. + +016:042 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered + against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the + tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered + it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. + +016:043 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the + congregation. + +016:044 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +016:045 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume + them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. + +016:046 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein + from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto + the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is + wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. + +016:047 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of + the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the + people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the + people. + +016:048 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague + was stayed. + +016:049 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and + seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of + Korah. + +016:050 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle + of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. + +017:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +017:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of + them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all + their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve + rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. + +017:003 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for + one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. + +017:004 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the + congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. + +017:005 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall + choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the + murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur + against you. + +017:006 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of + their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, + according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the + rod of Aaron was among their rods. + +017:007 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle + of witness. + +017:008 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the + tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the + house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed + blossoms, and yielded almonds. + +017:009 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto + all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every + man his rod. + +017:010 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before + the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and + thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they + die not. + +017:011 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. + +017:012 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, + we die, we perish, we all perish. + +017:013 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the + LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? + +018:001 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy + father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the + sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the + iniquity of your priesthood. + +018:002 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy + father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto + thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee + shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. + +018:003 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the + tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the + sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. + +018:004 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the + tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the + tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. + +018:005 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge + of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the + children of Israel. + +018:006 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from + among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift + for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the + congregation. + +018:007 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's + office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and + ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as + a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be + put to death. + +018:008 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee + the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things + of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by + reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for + ever. + +018:009 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the + fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of + their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass + offering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall be + most holy for thee and for thy sons. + +018:010 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat + it: it shall be holy unto thee. + +018:011 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all + the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given + them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with + thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy + house shall eat of it. + +018:012 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of + the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto + the LORD, them have I given thee. + +018:013 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall + bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean + in thine house shall eat of it. + +018:014 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. + +018:015 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they + bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be + thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely + redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. + +018:016 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou + redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five + shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty + gerahs. + +018:017 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or + the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: + thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn + their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour + unto the LORD. + +018:018 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and + as the right shoulder are thine. + +018:019 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children + of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons + and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a + covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy + seed with thee. + +018:020 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance + in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I + am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of + Israel. + +018:021 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth + in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they + serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +018:022 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the + tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. + +018:023 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the + congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be + a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the + children of Israel they have no inheritance. + +018:024 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as + an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites + to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the + children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. + +018:025 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +018:026 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take + of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you + from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an + heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the + tithe. + +018:027 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as + though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the + fulness of the winepress. + +018:028 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of + all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; + and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron + the priest. + +018:029 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of + the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part + thereof out of it. + +018:030 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the + best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the + Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the + increase of the winepress. + +018:031 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: + for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of + the congregation. + +018:032 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved + from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy + things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. + +019:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, + +019:002 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath + commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that + they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no + blemish, and upon which never came yoke: + +019:003 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may + bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her + before his face: + +019:004 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his + finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the + tabernacle of the congregation seven times: + +019:005 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her + flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: + +019:006 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, + and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. + +019:007 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his + flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and + the priest shall be unclean until the even. + +019:008 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and + bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. + +019:009 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the + heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and + it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of + Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for + sin. + +019:010 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his + clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto + the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth + among them, for a statute for ever. + +019:011 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean + seven days. + +019:012 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the + seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself + the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. + +019:013 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and + purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; + and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water + of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; + his uncleanness is yet upon him. + +019:014 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come + into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean + seven days. + +019:015 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, + is unclean. + +019:016 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the + open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, + shall be unclean seven days. + +019:017 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the + burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall + be put thereto in a vessel: + +019:018 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, + and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and + upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a + bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: + +019:019 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the + third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he + shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself + in water, and shall be clean at even. + +019:020 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify + himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the + congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the + LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon + him; he is unclean. + +019:021 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that + sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and + he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean + until even. + +019:022 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; + and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. + +020:001 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, + into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people + abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. + +020:002 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered + themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. + +020:003 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God + that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! + +020:004 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into + this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? + +020:005 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to + bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or + of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any + water to drink. + +020:006 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly + unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they + fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto + them. + +020:007 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +020:008 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and + Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their + eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring + forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the + congregation and their beasts drink. + +020:009 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded + him. + +020:010 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before + the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we + fetch you water out of this rock? + +020:011 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the + rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the + congregation drank, and their beasts also. + +020:012 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed + me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, + therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land + which I have given them. + +020:013 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel + strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. + +020:014 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, + Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail + that hath befallen us: + +020:015 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in + Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our + fathers: + +020:016 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent + an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, + we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: + +020:017 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not + pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither + will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the + king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the + left, until we have passed thy borders. + +020:018 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come + out against thee with the sword. + +020:019 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the + high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I + will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go + through on my feet. + +020:020 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out + against him with much people, and with a strong hand. + +020:021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: + wherefore Israel turned away from him. + +020:022 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, + journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. + +020:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the + coast of the land of Edom, saying, + +020:024 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not + enter into the land which I have given unto the children of + Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of + Meribah. + +020:025 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount + Hor: + +020:026 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his + son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall + die there. + +020:027 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into + mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. + +020:028 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon + Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: + and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. + +020:029 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they + mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. + +021:001 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, + heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he + fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. + +021:002 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt + indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly + destroy their cities. + +021:003 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered + up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their + cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. + +021:004 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, + to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was + much discouraged because of the way. + +021:005 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore + have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? + for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our + soul loatheth this light bread. + +021:006 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they + bit the people; and much people of Israel died. + +021:007 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, + for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray + unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And + Moses prayed for the people. + +021:008 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and + set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one + that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. + +021:009 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and + it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he + beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. + +021:010 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. + +021:011 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in + the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. + +021:012 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. + +021:013 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of + Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the + coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, + between Moab and the Amorites. + +021:014 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What + he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, + +021:015 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the + dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. + +021:016 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof + the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I + will give them water. + +021:017 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto + it: + +021:018 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged + it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And + from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: + +021:019 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: + +021:020 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, + to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. + +021:021 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, + saying, + +021:022 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the + fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters + of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, + until we be past thy borders. + +021:023 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: + but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out + against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and + fought against Israel. + +021:024 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed + his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of + Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. + +021:025 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the + cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages + thereof. + +021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, + who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all + his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. + +021:027 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, + let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: + +021:028 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city + of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the + high places of Arnon. + +021:029 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he + hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into + captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. + +021:030 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and + we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto + Medeba. + +021:031 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. + +021:032 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages + thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. + +021:033 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the + king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, + to the battle at Edrei. + +021:034 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have + delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; + and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the + Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. + +021:035 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until + there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. + +022:001 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the + plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. + +022:002 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to + the Amorites. + +022:003 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were + many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of + Israel. + +022:004 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this + company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh + up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was + king of the Moabites at that time. + +022:005 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to + Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of + his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people + come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, + and they abide over against me: + +022:006 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for + they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that + we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: + for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom + thou cursest is cursed. + +022:007 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with + the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto + Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. + +022:008 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring + you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the + princes of Moab abode with Balaam. + +022:009 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with + thee? + +022:010 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of + Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, + +022:011 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth + the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I + shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. + +022:012 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou + shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. + +022:013 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes + of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to + give me leave to go with you. + +022:014 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and + said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. + +022:015 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable + than they. + +022:016 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the + son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from + coming unto me: + +022:017 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do + whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, + curse me this people. + +022:018 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If + Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I + cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or + more. + +022:019 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that + I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. + +022:020 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the + men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the + word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. + +022:021 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and + went with the princes of Moab. + +022:022 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of + the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he + was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. + +022:023 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and + his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of + the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to + turn her into the way. + +022:024 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a + wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. + +022:025 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself + unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and + he smote her again. + +022:026 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow + place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to + the left. + +022:027 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down + under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the + ass with a staff. + +022:028 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto + Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me + these three times? + +022:029 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I + would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill + thee. + +022:030 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which + thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I + ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. + +022:031 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel + of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his + hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. + +022:032 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou + smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to + withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: + +022:033 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: + unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain + thee, and saved her alive. + +022:034 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for + I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now + therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. + +022:035 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: + but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou + shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. + +022:036 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet + him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, + which is in the utmost coast. + +022:037 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee + to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able + indeed to promote thee to honour? + +022:038 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I + now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God + putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. + +022:039 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. + +022:040 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to + the princes that were with him. + +022:041 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and + brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he + might see the utmost part of the people. + +023:001 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and + prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. + +023:002 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam + offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. + +023:003 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I + will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and + whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an + high place. + +023:004 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared + seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock + and a ram. + +023:005 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return + unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. + +023:006 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt + sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. + +023:007 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab + hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, + saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. + +023:008 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I + defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? + +023:009 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I + behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be + reckoned among the nations. + +023:010 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth + part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let + my last end be like his! + +023:011 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I + took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast + blessed them altogether. + +023:012 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that + which the LORD hath put in my mouth? + +023:013 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto + another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt + see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: + and curse me them from thence. + +023:014 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of + Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a + ram on every altar. + +023:015 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, + while I meet the LORD yonder. + +023:016 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and + said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. + +023:017 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt + offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said + unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? + +023:018 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and + hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: + +023:019 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, + that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? + or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? + +023:020 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath + blessed; and I cannot reverse it. + +023:021 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen + perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the + shout of a king is among them. + +023:022 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength + of an unicorn. + +023:023 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there + any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall + be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! + +023:024 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up + himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of + the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. + +023:025 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor + bless them at all. + +023:026 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, + saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? + +023:027 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring + thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that + thou mayest curse me them from thence. + +023:028 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh + toward Jeshimon. + +023:029 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and + prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. + +023:030 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a + ram on every altar. + +024:001 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, + he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but + he set his face toward the wilderness. + +024:002 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in + his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God + came upon him. + +024:003 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor + hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: + +024:004 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the + vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his + eyes open: + +024:005 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O + Israel! + +024:006 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the + river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath + planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. + +024:007 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall + be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and + his kingdom shall be exalted. + +024:008 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the + strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his + enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through + with his arrows. + +024:009 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who + shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and + cursed is he that curseth thee. + +024:010 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his + hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to + curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed + them these three times. + +024:011 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote + thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back + from honour. + +024:012 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers + which thou sentest unto me, saying, + +024:013 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I + cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either + good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that + will I speak? + +024:014 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I + will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in + the latter days. + +024:015 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor + hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: + +024:016 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the + knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the + Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: + +024:017 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not + nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre + shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, + and destroy all the children of Sheth. + +024:018 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a + possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. + +024:019 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall + destroy him that remaineth of the city. + +024:020 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and + said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end + shall be that he perish for ever. + +024:021 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and + said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest + in a rock. + +024:022 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall + carry thee away captive. + +024:023 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live + when God doeth this! + +024:024 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall + afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall + perish for ever. + +024:025 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and + Balak also went his way. + +025:001 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit + whoredom with the daughters of Moab. + +025:002 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: + and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. + +025:003 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the + LORD was kindled against Israel. + +025:004 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the + people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that + the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. + +025:005 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one + his men that were joined unto Baalpeor. + +025:006 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought + unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, + and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of + Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of + the congregation. + +025:007 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the + priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and + took a javelin in his hand; + +025:008 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust + both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through + her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of + Israel. + +025:009 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four + thousand. + +025:010 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +025:011 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, + hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while + he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the + children of Israel in my jealousy. + +025:012 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: + +025:013 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the + covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous + for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. + +025:014 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was + slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, + a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. + +025:015 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was + Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of + a chief house in Midian. + +025:016 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +025:017 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: + +025:018 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have + beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of + Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which + was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. + +026:001 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto + Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, + +026:002 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of + Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their + fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. + +026:003 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains + of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, + +026:004 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; + as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which + went forth out of the land of Egypt. + +026:005 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; + Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, + the family of the Palluites: + +026:006 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family + of the Carmites. + +026:007 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were + numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven + hundred and thirty. + +026:008 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. + +026:009 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is + that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, + who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of + Korah, when they strove against the LORD: + +026:010 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together + with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire + devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. + +026:011 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. + +026:012 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family + of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of + Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: + +026:013 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of + the Shaulites. + +026:014 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two + thousand and two hundred. + +026:015 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the + family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the + Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: + +026:016 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the + Erites: + +026:017 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of + the Arelites. + +026:018 These are the families of the children of Gad according to + those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five + hundred. + +026:019 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in + the land of Canaan. + +026:020 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, + the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the + Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. + +026:021 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the + Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. + +026:022 These are the families of Judah according to those that were + numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five + hundred. + +026:023 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the + family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: + +026:024 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the + family of the Shimronites. + +026:025 These are the families of Issachar according to those that + were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three + hundred. + +026:026 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the + family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: + of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. + +026:027 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those + that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five + hundred. + +026:028 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and + Ephraim. + +026:029 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the + Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family + of the Gileadites. + +026:030 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the + Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: + +026:031 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, + the family of the Shechemites: + +026:032 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, + the family of the Hepherites. + +026:033 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: + and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and + Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. + +026:034 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were + numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. + +026:035 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of + Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the + family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the + Tahanites. + +026:036 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of + the Eranites. + +026:037 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to + those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and + five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their + families. + +026:038 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family + of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of + Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: + +026:039 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the + family of the Huphamites. + +026:040 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family + of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. + +026:041 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they + that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and + six hundred. + +026:042 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the + family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after + their families. + +026:043 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that + were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and + four hundred. + +026:044 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the + family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: + of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. + +026:045 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: + of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. + +026:046 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. + +026:047 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those + that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand + and four hundred. + +026:048 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the + family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: + +026:049 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family + of the Shillemites. + +026:050 These are the families of Naphtali according to their + families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and + five thousand and four hundred. + +026:051 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred + thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. + +026:052 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +026:053 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance + according to the number of names. + +026:054 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou + shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his + inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of + him. + +026:055 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to + the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. + +026:056 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided + between many and few. + +026:057 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after + their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of + Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of + the Merarites. + +026:058 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the + Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the + Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the + Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. + +026:059 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of + Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto + Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. + +026:060 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and + Ithamar. + +026:061 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire + before the LORD. + +026:062 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three + thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were + not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was + no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. + +026:063 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the + priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of + Moab by Jordan near Jericho. + +026:064 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and + Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of + Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. + +026:065 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the + wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb + the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. + +027:001 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the + son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the + families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the + names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, + and Tirzah. + +027:002 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, + and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door + of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, + +027:003 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the + company of them that gathered themselves together against the + LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had + no sons. + +027:004 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his + family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a + possession among the brethren of our father. + +027:005 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. + +027:006 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +027:007 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely + give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's + brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father + to pass unto them. + +027:008 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a + man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance + to pass unto his daughter. + +027:009 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance + unto his brethren. + +027:010 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance + unto his father's brethren. + +027:011 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his + inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his + family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the + children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD + commanded Moses. + +027:012 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount + Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children + of Israel. + +027:013 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto + thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. + +027:014 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, + in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water + before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in + the wilderness of Zin. + +027:015 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, + +027:016 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man + over the congregation, + +027:017 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, + and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that + the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no + shepherd. + +027:018 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, + a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; + +027:019 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the + congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. + +027:020 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the + congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. + +027:021 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask + counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at + his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come + in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all + the congregation. + +027:022 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, + and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the + congregation: + +027:023 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the + LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. + +028:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +028:002 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My + offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a + sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in + their due season. + +028:003 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by + fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the + first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt + offering. + +028:004 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other + lamb shalt thou offer at even; + +028:005 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, + mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. + +028:006 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount + Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the + LORD. + +028:007 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an + hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the + strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. + +028:008 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat + offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, + thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet + savour unto the LORD. + +028:009 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without + spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, + mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: + +028:010 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the + continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. + +028:011 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt + offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven + lambs of the first year without spot; + +028:012 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled + with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a + meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; + +028:013 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat + offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet + savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. + +028:014 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a + bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth + part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of + every month throughout the months of the year. + +028:015 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD + shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his + drink offering. + +028:016 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover + of the LORD. + +028:017 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven + days shall unleavened bread be eaten. + +028:018 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no + manner of servile work therein: + +028:019 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt + offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and + seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without + blemish: + +028:020 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: + three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth + deals for a ram; + +028:021 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, + throughout the seven lambs: + +028:022 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. + +028:023 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, + which is for a continual burnt offering. + +028:024 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven + days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet + savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual + burnt offering, and his drink offering. + +028:025 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye + shall do no servile work. + +028:026 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat + offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have + an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: + +028:027 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto + the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the + first year; + +028:028 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth + deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, + +028:029 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven + lambs; + +028:030 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. + +028:031 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and + his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) + and their drink offerings. + +029:001 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye + shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: + it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. + +029:002 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto + the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the + first year without blemish: + +029:003 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, + three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a + ram, + +029:004 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: + +029:005 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an + atonement for you: + +029:006 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, + and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their + drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet + savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. + +029:007 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an + holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall + not do any work therein: + +029:008 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet + savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the + first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: + +029:009 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, + three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one + ram, + +029:010 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: + +029:011 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin + offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and + the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. + +029:012 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an + holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall + keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: + +029:013 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, + of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two + rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be + without blemish: + +029:014 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, + three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, + two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, + +029:015 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: + +029:016 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the + continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink + offering. + +029:017 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, + two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: + +029:018 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:019 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the + continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and + their drink offerings. + +029:020 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs + of the first year without blemish; + +029:021 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:022 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt + offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +029:023 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen + lambs of the first year without blemish: + +029:024 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:025 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the + continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink + offering. + +029:026 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen + lambs of the first year without spot: + +029:027 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:028 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt + offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +029:029 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen + lambs of the first year without blemish: + +029:030 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:031 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt + offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +029:032 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen + lambs of the first year without blemish: + +029:033 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the + bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according + to their number, after the manner: + +029:034 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt + offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +029:035 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do + no servile work therein: + +029:036 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, + of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven + lambs of the first year without blemish: + +029:037 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, + for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their + number, after the manner: + +029:038 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt + offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +029:039 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, + beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt + offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink + offerings, and for your peace offerings. + +029:040 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that + the LORD commanded Moses. + +030:001 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the + children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD + hath commanded. + +030:002 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his + soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do + according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. + +030:003 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a + bond, being in her father's house in her youth; + +030:004 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath + bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; + then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she + hath bound her soul shall stand. + +030:005 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not + any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her + soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her + father disallowed her. + +030:006 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered + ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; + +030:007 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day + that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds + wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. + +030:008 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; + then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she + uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none + effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. + +030:009 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, + wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against + her. + +030:010 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by + a bond with an oath; + +030:011 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and + disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every + bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. + +030:012 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he + heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips + concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall + not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall + forgive her. + +030:013 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her + husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. + +030:014 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day + to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, + which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his + peace at her in the day that he heard them. + +030:015 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath + heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. + +030:016 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, + between a man and his wife, between the father and his + daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. + +031:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +031:002 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward + shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. + +031:003 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of + yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the + Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. + +031:004 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of + Israel, shall ye send to the war. + +031:005 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a + thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. + +031:006 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, + them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, + with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his + hand. + +031:007 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded + Moses; and they slew all the males. + +031:008 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them + that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and + Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they + slew with the sword. + +031:009 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian + captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all + their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. + +031:010 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all + their goodly castles, with fire. + +031:011 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and + of beasts. + +031:012 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, + unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation + of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of + Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. + +031:013 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the + congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. + +031:014 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the + captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which + came from the battle. + +031:015 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? + +031:016 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the + counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the + matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation + of the LORD. + +031:017 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill + every woman that hath known man by lying with him. + +031:018 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying + with him, keep alive for yourselves. + +031:019 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath + killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, + purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and + on the seventh day. + +031:020 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, + and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. + +031:021 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to + the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD + commanded Moses; + +031:022 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, + and the lead, + +031:023 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go + through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall + be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth + not the fire ye shall make go through the water. + +031:024 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye + shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. + +031:025 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +031:026 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of + beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of + the congregation: + +031:027 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the + war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the + congregation: + +031:028 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went + out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, + and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: + +031:029 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, + for an heave offering of the LORD. + +031:030 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one + portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, + and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto + the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the + LORD. + +031:031 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +031:032 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war + had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and + five thousand sheep, + +031:033 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, + +031:034 And threescore and one thousand asses, + +031:035 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had + not known man by lying with him. + +031:036 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to + war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty + thousand and five hundred sheep: + +031:037 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and + threescore and fifteen. + +031:038 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the + LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve. + +031:039 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which + the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. + +031:040 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's + tribute was thirty and two persons. + +031:041 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave + offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +031:042 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from + the men that warred, + +031:043 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three + hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and + five hundred sheep, + +031:044 And thirty and six thousand beeves, + +031:045 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, + +031:046 And sixteen thousand persons;) + +031:047 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion + of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the + Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; + as the LORD commanded Moses. + +031:048 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the + captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near + unto Moses: + +031:049 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of + the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh + not one man of us. + +031:050 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every + man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, + rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our + souls before the LORD. + +031:051 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even + all wrought jewels. + +031:052 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the + LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of + hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty + shekels. + +031:053 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) + +031:054 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains + of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the + tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the + children of Israel before the LORD. + +032:001 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very + great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of + Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a + place for cattle; + +032:002 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake + unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of + the congregation, saying, + +032:003 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and + Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, + +032:004 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation + of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: + +032:005 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let + this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and + bring us not over Jordan. + +032:006 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of + Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? + +032:007 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of + Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given + them? + +032:008 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to + see the land. + +032:009 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the + land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, + that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given + them. + +032:010 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, + saying, + +032:011 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty + years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto + Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not + wholly followed me: + +032:012 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the + son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. + +032:013 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made + them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the + generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was + consumed. + +032:014 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an + increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the + LORD toward Israel. + +032:015 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave + them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. + +032:016 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build + sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little + ones: + +032:017 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of + Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our + little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the + inhabitants of the land. + +032:018 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of + Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. + +032:019 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or + forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side + Jordan eastward. + +032:020 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will + go armed before the LORD to war, + +032:021 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, + until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, + +032:022 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye + shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before + Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the + LORD. + +032:023 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the + LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. + +032:024 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your + sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. + +032:025 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto + Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. + +032:026 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, + shall be there in the cities of Gilead: + +032:027 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, + before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. + +032:028 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and + Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of + the children of Israel: + +032:029 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the + children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man + armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be + subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead + for a possession: + +032:030 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have + possessions among you in the land of Canaan. + +032:031 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, + saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we + do. + +032:032 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of + Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side + Jordan may be our's. + +032:033 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to + the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh + the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, + and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the + cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country + round about. + +032:034 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, + +032:035 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, + +032:036 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for + sheep. + +032:037 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and + Kirjathaim, + +032:038 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and + Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they + builded. + +032:039 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, + and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. + +032:040 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he + dwelt therein. + +032:041 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns + thereof, and called them Havothjair. + +032:042 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and + called it Nobah, after his own name. + +033:001 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went + forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the + hand of Moses and Aaron. + +033:002 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys + by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys + according to their goings out. + +033:003 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the + fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the + passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in + the sight of all the Egyptians. + +033:004 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD + had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed + judgments. + +033:005 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched + in Succoth. + +033:006 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is + in the edge of the wilderness. + +033:007 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, + which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. + +033:008 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through + the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' + journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. + +033:009 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim + were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm + trees; and they pitched there. + +033:010 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. + +033:011 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the + wilderness of Sin. + +033:012 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and + encamped in Dophkah. + +033:013 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. + +033:014 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where + was no water for the people to drink. + +033:015 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness + of Sinai. + +033:016 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at + Kibrothhattaavah. + +033:017 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at + Hazeroth. + +033:018 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. + +033:019 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. + +033:020 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. + +033:021 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. + +033:022 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. + +033:023 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. + +033:024 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. + +033:025 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. + +033:026 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. + +033:027 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. + +033:028 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. + +033:029 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. + +033:030 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. + +033:031 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. + +033:032 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. + +033:033 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. + +033:034 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. + +033:035 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. + +033:036 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the + wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. + +033:037 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the + edge of the land of Edom. + +033:038 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment + of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the + children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the + first day of the fifth month. + +033:039 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when + he died in mount Hor. + +033:040 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the + land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. + +033:041 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. + +033:042 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. + +033:043 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. + +033:044 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the + border of Moab. + +033:045 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. + +033:046 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in + Almondiblathaim. + +033:047 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the + mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. + +033:048 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in + the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. + +033:049 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto + Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. + +033:050 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan + near Jericho, saying, + +033:051 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; + +033:052 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from + before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all + their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high + places: + +033:053 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell + therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. + +033:054 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among + your families: and to the more ye shall give the more + inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less + inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place + where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers + ye shall inherit. + +033:055 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from + before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye + let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in + your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. + +033:056 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I + thought to do unto them. + +034:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +034:002 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall + fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with + the coasts thereof:) + +034:003 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin + along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the + outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: + +034:004 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of + Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof + shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to + Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: + +034:005 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river + of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. + +034:006 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great + sea for a border: this shall be your west border. + +034:007 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye + shall point out for you mount Hor: + +034:008 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the + entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall + be to Zedad: + +034:009 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of + it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. + +034:010 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to + Shepham: + +034:011 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the + east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall + reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: + +034:012 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of + it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the + coasts thereof round about. + +034:013 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is + the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD + commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: + +034:014 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house + of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad + according to the house of their fathers, have received their + inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received + their inheritance: + +034:015 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their + inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward + the sunrising. + +034:016 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +034:017 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land + unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. + +034:018 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the + land by inheritance. + +034:019 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, + Caleb the son of Jephunneh. + +034:020 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of + Ammihud. + +034:021 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. + +034:022 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the + son of Jogli. + +034:023 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the + children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. + +034:024 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel + the son of Shiphtan. + +034:025 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, + Elizaphan the son of Parnach. + +034:026 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, + Paltiel the son of Azzan. + +034:027 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud + the son of Shelomi. + +034:028 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, + Pedahel the son of Ammihud. + +034:029 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the + inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. + +035:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan + near Jericho, saying, + +035:002 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the + Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell + in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the + cities round about them. + +035:003 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of + them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for + all their beasts. + +035:004 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the + Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a + thousand cubits round about. + +035:005 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side + two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand + cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the + north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the + midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. + +035:006 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites + there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint + for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye + shall add forty and two cities. + +035:007 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be + forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. + +035:008 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession + of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall + give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: + every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according + to his inheritance which he inheriteth. + +035:009 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, + +035:010 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye + be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; + +035:011 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for + you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any + person at unawares. + +035:012 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; + that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the + congregation in judgment. + +035:013 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye + have for refuge. + +035:014 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three + cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be + cities of refuge. + +035:015 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of + Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among + them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee + thither. + +035:016 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he + die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to + death. + +035:017 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may + die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely + be put to death. + +035:018 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he + may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall + surely be put to death. + +035:019 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he + meeteth him, he shall slay him. + +035:020 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of + wait, that he die; + +035:021 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that + smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: + the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth + him. + +035:022 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast + upon him any thing without laying of wait, + +035:023 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, + and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, + neither sought his harm: + +035:024 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the + revenger of blood according to these judgments: + +035:025 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand + of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore + him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he + shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was + anointed with the holy oil. + +035:026 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of + the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; + +035:027 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the + city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; + he shall not be guilty of blood: + +035:028 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge + until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the + high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his + possession. + +035:029 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you + throughout your generations in all your dwellings. + +035:030 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death + by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify + against any person to cause him to die. + +035:031 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a + murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put + to death. + +035:032 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the + city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the + land, until the death of the priest. + +035:033 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it + defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the + blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed + it. + +035:034 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein + I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. + +036:001 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of + Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the + families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before + Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the + children of Israel: + +036:002 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for + an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord + was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of + Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. + +036:003 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes + of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be + taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to + the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so + shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. + +036:004 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then + shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the + tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance + be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our + fathers. + +036:005 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the + word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath + said well. + +036:006 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the + daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they + think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father + shall they marry. + +036:007 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove + from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel + shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his + fathers. + +036:008 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any + tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the + family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel + may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. + +036:009 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another + tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel + shall keep himself to his own inheritance. + +036:010 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of + Zelophehad: + +036:011 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the + daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's + brothers' sons: + +036:012 And they were married into the families of the sons of + Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in + the tribe of the family of their father. + +036:013 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD + commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in + the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. + +Book 05 Deuteronomy + +001:001 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this + side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the + Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, + and Dizahab. + +001:002 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount + Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) + +001:003 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh + month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto + the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had + given him in commandment unto them; + +001:004 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt + in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth + in Edrei: + +001:005 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to + declare this law, saying, + +001:006 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt + long enough in this mount: + +001:007 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the + Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the + plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by + the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, + unto the great river, the river Euphrates. + +001:008 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the + land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, + and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. + +001:009 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to + bear you myself alone: + +001:010 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are + this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. + +001:011 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so + many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) + +001:012 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, + and your strife? + +001:013 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your + tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. + +001:014 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken + is good for us to do. + +001:015 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and + made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and + captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and + captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. + +001:016 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the + causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between + every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. + +001:017 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear + the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the + face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is + too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. + +001:018 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye + should do. + +001:019 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that + great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the + mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; + and we came to Kadeshbarnea. + +001:020 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the + Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. + +001:021 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up + and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto + thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. + +001:022 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will + send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and + bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what + cities we shall come. + +001:023 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, + one of a tribe: + +001:024 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto + the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. + +001:025 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and + brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, + It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. + +001:026 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the + commandment of the LORD your God: + +001:027 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD + hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, + to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. + +001:028 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our + heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the + cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have + seen the sons of the Anakims there. + +001:029 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. + +001:030 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for + you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your + eyes; + +001:031 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD + thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way + that ye went, until ye came into this place. + +001:032 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, + +001:033 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to + pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way + ye should go, and in a cloud by day. + +001:034 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and + sware, saying, + +001:035 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil + generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your + fathers. + +001:036 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him + will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his + children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. + +001:037 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou + also shalt not go in thither. + +001:038 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he + shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel + to inherit it. + +001:039 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and + your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good + and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give + it, and they shall possess it. + +001:040 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the + wilderness by the way of the Red sea. + +001:041 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the + LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD + our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his + weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. + +001:042 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither + fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your + enemies. + +001:043 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled + against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously + up into the hill. + +001:044 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out + against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in + Seir, even unto Hormah. + +001:045 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would + not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. + +001:046 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that + ye abode there. + +002:001 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by + the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we + compassed mount Seir many days. + +002:002 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, + +002:003 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you + northward. + +002:004 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through + the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell + in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed + unto yourselves therefore: + +002:005 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, + no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount + Seir unto Esau for a possession. + +002:006 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye + shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. + +002:007 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy + hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: + these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou + hast lacked nothing. + +002:008 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, + which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, + and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the + wilderness of Moab. + +002:009 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither + contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their + land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the + children of Lot for a possession. + +002:010 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and + many, and tall, as the Anakims; + +002:011 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the + Moabites called them Emims. + +002:012 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of + Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before + them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of + his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. + +002:013 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we + went over the brook Zered. + +002:014 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we + were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; + until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out + from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. + +002:015 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy + them from among the host, until they were consumed. + +002:016 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and + dead from among the people, + +002:017 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, + +002:018 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: + +002:019 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, + distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give + thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; + because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a + possession. + +002:020 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt + therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; + +002:021 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the + LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and + dwelt in their stead: + +002:022 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when + he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded + them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: + +002:023 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the + Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, + and dwelt in their stead.) + +002:024 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: + behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king + of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend + with him in battle. + +002:025 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of + thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who + shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in + anguish because of thee. + +002:026 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto + Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, + +002:027 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, + I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. + +002:028 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me + water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on + my feet; + +002:029 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites + which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over + Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. + +002:030 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for + the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart + obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as + appeareth this day. + +002:031 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon + and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest + inherit his land. + +002:032 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to + fight at Jahaz. + +002:033 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote + him, and his sons, and all his people. + +002:034 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed + the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we + left none to remain: + +002:035 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the + spoil of the cities which we took. + +002:036 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and + from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there + was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered + all unto us: + +002:037 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, + nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in + the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. + +003:001 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king + of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to + battle at Edrei. + +003:002 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver + him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou + shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the + Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. + +003:003 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king + of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was + left to him remaining. + +003:004 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city + which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region + of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. + +003:005 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; + beside unwalled towns a great many. + +003:006 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of + Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of + every city. + +003:007 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a + prey to ourselves. + +003:008 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of + the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the + river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; + +003:009 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call + it Shenir;) + +003:010 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, + unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. + +003:011 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; + behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in + Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length + thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of + a man. + +003:012 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, + which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the + cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. + +003:013 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of + Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of + Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. + +003:014 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto + the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his + own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. + +003:015 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. + +003:016 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from + Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the + border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the + children of Ammon; + +003:017 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from + Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, + under Ashdothpisgah eastward. + +003:018 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God + hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over + armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that + are meet for the war. + +003:019 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I + know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities + which I have given you; + +003:020 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as + unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD + your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye + return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. + +003:021 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have + seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two + kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou + passest. + +003:022 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight + for you. + +003:023 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, + +003:024 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, + and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in + earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to + thy might? + +003:025 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is + beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. + +003:026 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not + hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak + no more unto me of this matter. + +003:027 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes + westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and + behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this + Jordan. + +003:028 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for + he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them + to inherit the land which thou shalt see. + +003:029 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. + +004:001 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto + the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may + live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of + your fathers giveth you. + +004:002 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither + shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the + commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. + +004:003 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for + all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath + destroyed them from among you. + +004:004 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every + one of you this day. + +004:005 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the + LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land + whither ye go to possess it. + +004:006 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your + understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear + all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a + wise and understanding people. + +004:007 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto + them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon + him for? + +004:008 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and + judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you + this day? + +004:009 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest + thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest + they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach + them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; + +004:010 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God + in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people + together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may + learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the + earth, and that they may teach their children. + +004:011 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the + mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with + darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. + +004:012 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye + heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye + heard a voice. + +004:013 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you + to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two + tables of stone. + +004:014 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes + and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go + over to possess it. + +004:015 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no + manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you + in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: + +004:016 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the + similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, + +004:017 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness + of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, + +004:018 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the + likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: + +004:019 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou + seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host + of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve + them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations + under the whole heaven. + +004:020 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the + iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of + inheritance, as ye are this day. + +004:021 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and + sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not + go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee + for an inheritance: + +004:022 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye + shall go over, and possess that good land. + +004:023 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the + LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven + image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God + hath forbidden thee. + +004:024 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. + +004:025 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and + ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt + yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any + thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to + provoke him to anger: + +004:026 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that + ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go + over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon + it, but shall utterly be destroyed. + +004:027 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall + be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD + shall lead you. + +004:028 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood + and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. + +004:029 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou + shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with + all thy soul. + +004:030 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come + upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD + thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; + +004:031 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake + thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy + fathers which he sware unto them. + +004:032 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, + since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask + from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath + been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard + like it? + +004:033 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the + midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? + +004:034 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst + of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, + and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, + and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God + did for you in Egypt before your eyes? + +004:035 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD + he is God; there is none else beside him. + +004:036 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might + instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; + and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. + +004:037 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their + seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his + mighty power out of Egypt; + +004:038 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier + than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for + an inheritance, as it is this day. + +004:039 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that + the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth + beneath: there is none else. + +004:040 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, + which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, + and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong + thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, + for ever. + +004:041 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the + sunrising; + +004:042 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his + neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that + fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: + +004:043 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the + Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in + Bashan, of the Manassites. + +004:044 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of + Israel: + +004:045 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the + judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, + after they came forth out of Egypt. + +004:046 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in + the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, + whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were + come forth out of Egypt: + +004:047 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of + Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side + Jordan toward the sunrising; + +004:048 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto + mount Sion, which is Hermon, + +004:049 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the + sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. + +005:001 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O + Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears + this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. + +005:002 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. + +005:003 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, + even us, who are all of us here alive this day. + +005:004 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the + midst of the fire, + +005:005 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you + the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the + fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, + +005:006 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of + Egypt, from the house of bondage. + +005:007 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. + +005:008 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of + any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth + beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: + +005:009 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for + I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of + the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth + generation of them that hate me, + +005:010 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep + my commandments. + +005:011 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for + the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in + vain. + +005:012 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath + commanded thee. + +005:013 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: + +005:014 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it + thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy + daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine + ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger + that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy + maidservant may rest as well as thou. + +005:015 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, + and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a + mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy + God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. + +005:016 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath + commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it + may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God + giveth thee. + +005:017 Thou shalt not kill. + +005:018 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. + +005:019 Neither shalt thou steal. + +005:020 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +005:021 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt + thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his + manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any + thing that is thy neighbour's. + +005:022 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount + out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick + darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he + wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. + +005:023 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst + of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that + ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and + your elders; + +005:024 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory + and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the + midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk + with man, and he liveth. + +005:025 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will + consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, + then we shall die. + +005:026 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of + the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we + have, and lived? + +005:027 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: + and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak + unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. + +005:028 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto + me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the + words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they + have well said all that they have spoken. + +005:029 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear + me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well + with them, and with their children for ever! + +005:030 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. + +005:031 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto + thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the + judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them + in the land which I give them to possess it. + +005:032 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath + commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to + the left. + +005:033 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath + commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with + you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye + shall possess. + +006:001 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the + judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, + that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: + +006:002 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his + statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and + thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that + thy days may be prolonged. + +006:003 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be + well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD + God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that + floweth with milk and honey. + +006:004 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: + +006:005 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and + with all thy soul, and with all thy might. + +006:006 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in + thine heart: + +006:007 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and + shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when + thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when + thou risest up. + +006:008 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they + shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. + +006:009 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on + thy gates. + +006:010 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee + into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to + Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, + which thou buildedst not, + +006:011 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, + and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive + trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten + and be full; + +006:012 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee + forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. + +006:013 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt + swear by his name. + +006:014 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people + which are round about you; + +006:015 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the + anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy + thee from off the face of the earth. + +006:016 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in + Massah. + +006:017 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your + God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath + commanded thee. + +006:018 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of + the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest + go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy + fathers. + +006:019 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD + hath spoken. + +006:020 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What + mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, + which the LORD our God hath commanded you? + +006:021 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in + Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty + hand: + +006:022 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon + Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our + eyes: + +006:023 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, + to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. + +006:024 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear + the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve + us alive, as it is at this day. + +006:025 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all + these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath + commanded us. + +007:001 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither + thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations + before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the + Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the + Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier + than thou; + +007:002 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou + shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no + covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: + +007:003 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou + shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take + unto thy son. + +007:004 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they + may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled + against you, and destroy thee suddenly. + +007:005 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their + altars, and break down their images, and cut down their + groves, and burn their graven images with fire. + +007:006 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD + thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, + above all people that are upon the face of the earth. + +007:007 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, + because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were + the fewest of all people: + +007:008 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the + oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD + brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of + the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. + +007:009 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful + God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him + and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; + +007:010 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy + them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will + repay him to his face. + +007:011 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, + and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. + +007:012 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these + judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall + keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto + thy fathers: + +007:013 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he + will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy + land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of + thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he + sware unto thy fathers to give thee. + +007:014 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be + male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. + +007:015 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will + put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, + upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. + +007:016 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God + shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: + neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare + unto thee. + +007:017 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than + I; how can I dispossess them? + +007:018 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what + the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; + +007:019 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and + the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, + whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD + thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. + +007:020 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, + until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be + destroyed. + +007:021 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is + among you, a mighty God and terrible. + +007:022 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by + little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest + the beasts of the field increase upon thee. + +007:023 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall + destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be + destroyed. + +007:024 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou + shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man + be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. + +007:025 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou + shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take + it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an + abomination to the LORD thy God. + +007:026 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest + thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest + it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. + +008:001 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye + observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and + possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. + +008:002 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led + thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and + to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou + wouldest keep his commandments, or no. + +008:003 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee + with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers + know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by + bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth + of the LORD doth man live. + +008:004 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot + swell, these forty years. + +008:005 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man + chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. + +008:006 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy + God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. + +008:007 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of + brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of + valleys and hills; + +008:008 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and + pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; + +008:009 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou + shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, + and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. + +008:010 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the + LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. + +008:011 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping + his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I + command thee this day: + +008:012 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly + houses, and dwelt therein; + +008:013 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and + thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; + +008:014 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy + God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from + the house of bondage; + +008:015 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, + wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where + there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the + rock of flint; + +008:016 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers + knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove + thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; + +008:017 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine + hand hath gotten me this wealth. + +008:018 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that + giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his + covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. + +008:019 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, + and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I + testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. + +008:020 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so + shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the + voice of the LORD your God. + +009:001 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go + in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, + cities great and fenced up to heaven, + +009:002 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom + thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand + before the children of Anak! + +009:003 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he + which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall + destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so + shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the + LORD hath said unto thee. + +009:004 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God + hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my + righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this + land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth + drive them out from before thee. + +009:005 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine + heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the + wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them + out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which + the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. + +009:006 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not + this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou + art a stiffnecked people. + +009:007 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God + to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst + depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this + place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. + +009:008 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD + was angry with you to have destroyed you. + +009:009 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of + stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made + with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty + nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: + +009:010 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written + with the finger of God; and on them was written according to + all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out + of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. + +009:011 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, + that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables + of the covenant. + +009:012 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from + hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of + Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside + out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a + molten image. + +009:013 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this + people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: + +009:014 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name + from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier + and greater than they. + +009:015 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned + with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two + hands. + +009:016 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your + God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside + quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. + +009:017 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, + and brake them before your eyes. + +009:018 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days + and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, + because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in + the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. + +009:019 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith + the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD + hearkened unto me at that time also. + +009:020 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: + and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. + +009:021 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it + with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even + until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof + into the brook that descended out of the mount. + +009:022 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye + provoked the LORD to wrath. + +009:023 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go + up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye + rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye + believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. + +009:024 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I + knew you. + +009:025 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, + as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he + would destroy you. + +009:026 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, + destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast + redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth + out of Egypt with a mighty hand. + +009:027 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not + unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, + nor to their sin: + +009:028 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the + LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he + promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them + out to slay them in the wilderness. + +009:029 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou + broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out + arm. + +010:001 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of + stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, + and make thee an ark of wood. + +010:002 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the + first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in + the ark. + +010:003 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of + stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having + the two tables in mine hand. + +010:004 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, + the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the + mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: + and the LORD gave them unto me. + +010:005 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the + tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the + LORD commanded me. + +010:006 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of + the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there + he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's + office in his stead. + +010:007 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to + Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. + +010:008 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the + ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to + minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. + +010:009 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; + the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God + promised him. + +010:010 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty + days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that + time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. + +010:011 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the + people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I + sware unto their fathers to give unto them. + +010:012 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, + but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to + love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and + with all thy soul, + +010:013 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which + I command thee this day for thy good? + +010:014 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy + God, the earth also, with all that therein is. + +010:015 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and + he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as + it is this day. + +010:016 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no + more stiffnecked. + +010:017 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a + great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not + persons, nor taketh reward: + +010:018 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and + loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. + +010:019 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the + land of Egypt. + +010:020 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to + him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. + +010:021 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee + these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. + +010:022 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten + persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars + of heaven for multitude. + +011:001 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his + charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his + commandments, alway. + +011:002 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which + have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of + the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his + stretched out arm, + +011:003 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of + Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; + +011:004 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and + to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to + overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath + destroyed them unto this day; + +011:005 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into + this place; + +011:006 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the + son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed + them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the + substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all + Israel: + +011:007 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which + he did. + +011:008 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command + you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the + land, whither ye go to possess it; + +011:009 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD + sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a + land that floweth with milk and honey. + +011:010 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as + the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst + thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of + herbs: + +011:011 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills + and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: + +011:012 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD + thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year + even unto the end of the year. + +011:013 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto + my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD + your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all + your soul, + +011:014 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, + the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in + thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. + +011:015 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou + mayest eat and be full. + +011:016 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and + ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; + +011:017 And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut + up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield + not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good + land which the LORD giveth you. + +011:018 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in + your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they + may be as frontlets between your eyes. + +011:019 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when + thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, + when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. + +011:020 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, + and upon thy gates: + +011:021 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your + children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers + to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. + +011:022 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I + command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in + all his ways, and to cleave unto him; + +011:023 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before + you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than + yourselves. + +011:024 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall + be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the + river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast + be. + +011:025 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD + your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon + all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto + you. + +011:026 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; + +011:027 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, + which I command you this day: + +011:028 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD + your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you + this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. + +011:029 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought + thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that + thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse + upon mount Ebal. + +011:030 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the + sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in + the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? + +011:031 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land + which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, + and dwell therein. + +011:032 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments + which I set before you this day. + +012:001 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe + to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth + thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. + +012:002 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations + which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high + mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: + +012:003 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, + and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the + graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out + of that place. + +012:004 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. + +012:005 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of + all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his + habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: + +012:006 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your + sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, + and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings + of your herds and of your flocks: + +012:007 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall + rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your + households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. + +012:008 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, + every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. + +012:009 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, + which the LORD your God giveth you. + +012:010 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the + LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you + rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in + safety; + +012:011 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall + choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye + bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your + sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, + and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: + +012:012 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your + sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your + maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; + forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. + +012:013 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings + in every place that thou seest: + +012:014 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy + tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there + thou shalt do all that I command thee. + +012:015 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy + gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the + blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the + unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and + as of the hart. + +012:016 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the + earth as water. + +012:017 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or + of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or + of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy + freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: + +012:018 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place + which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and + thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the + Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before + the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. + +012:019 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long + as thou livest upon the earth. + +012:020 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath + promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because + thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, + whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. + +012:021 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his + name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy + herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I + have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates + whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. + +012:022 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat + them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. + +012:023 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the + life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. + +012:024 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as + water. + +012:025 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with + thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is + right in the sight of the LORD. + +012:026 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt + take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: + +012:027 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the + blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of + thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD + thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. + +012:028 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it + may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for + ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the + sight of the LORD thy God. + +012:029 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before + thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest + them, and dwellest in their land; + +012:030 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following + them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that + thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these + nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. + +012:031 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every + abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto + their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have + burnt in the fire to their gods. + +012:032 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt + not add thereto, nor diminish from it. + +013:001 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, + and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, + +013:002 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto + thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not + known, and let us serve them; + +013:003 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that + dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know + whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with + all your soul. + +013:004 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep + his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, + and cleave unto him. + +013:005 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to + death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD + your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and + redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out + of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. + So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. + +013:006 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy + daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as + thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and + serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy + fathers; + +013:007 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, + nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the + earth even unto the other end of the earth; + +013:008 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither + shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither + shalt thou conceal him: + +013:009 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon + him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the + people. + +013:010 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he + hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which + brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of + bondage. + +013:011 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any + such wickedness as this is among you. + +013:012 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD + thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, + +013:013 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among + you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, + Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; + +013:014 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; + and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such + abomination is wrought among you; + +013:015 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the + edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is + therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. + +013:016 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of + the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all + the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it + shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. + +013:017 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine + hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, + and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and + multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; + +013:018 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to + keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do + that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. + +014:001 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut + yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the + dead. + +014:002 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the + LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, + above all the nations that are upon the earth. + +014:003 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. + +014:004 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, + and the goat, + +014:005 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild + goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. + +014:006 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft + into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye + shall eat. + +014:007 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, + or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the + hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the + hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. + +014:008 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not + the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their + flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. + +014:009 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that + have fins and scales shall ye eat: + +014:010 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is + unclean unto you. + +014:011 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. + +014:012 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and + the ossifrage, and the ospray, + +014:013 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, + +014:014 And every raven after his kind, + +014:015 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk + after his kind, + +014:016 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, + +014:017 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, + +014:018 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, + and the bat. + +014:019 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they + shall not be eaten. + +014:020 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. + +014:021 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt + give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may + eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an + holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid + in his mother's milk. + +014:022 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the + field bringeth forth year by year. + +014:023 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which + he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy + corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy + herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the + LORD thy God always. + +014:024 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able + to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the + LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD + thy God hath blessed thee: + +014:025 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in + thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God + shall choose: + +014:026 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul + lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for + strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou + shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt + rejoice, thou, and thine household, + +014:027 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not + forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. + +014:028 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe + of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within + thy gates: + +014:029 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with + thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, + which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be + satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the + work of thine hand which thou doest. + +015:001 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. + +015:002 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that + lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall + not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it + is called the LORD's release. + +015:003 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is + thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; + +015:004 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall + greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth + thee for an inheritance to possess it: + +015:005 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy + God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command + thee this day. + +015:006 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and + thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; + and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not + reign over thee. + +015:007 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within + any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth + thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand + from thy poor brother: + +015:008 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely + lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. + +015:009 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, + saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and + thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest + him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be + sin unto thee. + +015:010 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be + grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing + the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all + that thou puttest thine hand unto. + +015:011 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I + command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy + brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. + +015:012 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold + unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year + thou shalt let him go free from thee. + +015:013 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not + let him go away empty: + +015:014 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of + thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the + LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. + +015:015 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land + of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I + command thee this thing to day. + +015:016 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from + thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is + well with thee; + +015:017 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear + unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also + unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. + +015:018 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away + free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant + to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall + bless thee in all that thou doest. + +015:019 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock + thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no + work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the + firstling of thy sheep. + +015:020 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the + place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. + +015:021 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or + blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it + unto the LORD thy God. + +015:022 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean + person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. + +015:023 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it + upon the ground as water. + +016:001 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD + thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought + thee forth out of Egypt by night. + +016:002 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy + God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD + shall choose to place his name there. + +016:003 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt + thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of + affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in + haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest + forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. + +016:004 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy + coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, + which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all + night until the morning. + +016:005 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy + gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: + +016:006 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place + his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, + at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest + forth out of Egypt. + +016:007 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD + thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and + go unto thy tents. + +016:008 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh + day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt + do no work therein. + +016:009 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the + seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle + to the corn. + +016:010 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God + with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which + thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD + thy God hath blessed thee: + +016:011 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy + son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy + maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the + stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among + you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place + his name there. + +016:012 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and + thou shalt observe and do these statutes. + +016:013 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after + that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: + +016:014 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and + thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the + Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that + are within thy gates. + +016:015 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy + God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD + thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the + works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. + +016:016 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the + LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast + of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the + feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the + LORD empty: + +016:017 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing + of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. + +016:018 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, + which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and + they shall judge the people with just judgment. + +016:019 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, + neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the + wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. + +016:020 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou + mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God + giveth thee. + +016:021 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the + altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. + +016:022 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy + God hateth. + +017:001 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or + sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that + is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +017:002 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the + LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought + wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing + his covenant, + +017:003 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, + either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I + have not commanded; + +017:004 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired + diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, + that such abomination is wrought in Israel: + +017:005 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have + committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or + that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. + +017:006 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he + that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of + one witness he shall not be put to death. + +017:007 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him + to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou + shalt put the evil away from among you. + +017:008 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between + blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and + stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then + shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the + LORD thy God shall choose; + +017:009 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the + judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall + shew thee the sentence of judgment: + +017:010 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of + that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and + thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform + thee: + +017:011 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach + thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell + thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence + which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the + left. + +017:012 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken + unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the + LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and + thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. + +017:013 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more + presumptuously. + +017:014 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth + thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt + say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that + are about me; + +017:015 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD + thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou + set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, + which is not thy brother. + +017:016 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the + people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply + horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall + henceforth return no more that way. + +017:017 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart + turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself + silver and gold. + +017:018 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his + kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book + out of that which is before the priests the Levites: + +017:019 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the + days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, + to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do + them: + +017:020 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that + he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or + to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his + kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. + +018:001 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have + no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the + offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. + +018:002 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: + the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. + +018:003 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them + that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they + shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, + and the maw. + +018:004 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine + oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give + him. + +018:005 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to + stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons + for ever. + +018:006 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, + where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind + unto the place which the LORD shall choose; + +018:007 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all + his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the + LORD. + +018:008 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh + of the sale of his patrimony. + +018:009 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth + thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of + those nations. + +018:010 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son + or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth + divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a + witch. + +018:011 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a + wizard, or a necromancer. + +018:012 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: + and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive + them out from before thee. + +018:013 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. + +018:014 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto + observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the + LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. + +018:015 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the + midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye + shall hearken; + +018:016 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in + Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear + again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this + great fire any more, that I die not. + +018:017 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which + they have spoken. + +018:018 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like + unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall + speak unto them all that I shall command him. + +018:019 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken + unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require + it of him. + +018:020 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my + name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall + speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. + +018:021 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word + which the LORD hath not spoken? + +018:022 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing + follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD + hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it + presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. + +019:001 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the + LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and + dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; + +019:002 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy + land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. + +019:003 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy + land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into + three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. + +019:004 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, + that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom + he hated not in time past; + +019:005 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew + wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down + the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth + upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of + those cities, and live: + +019:006 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his + heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and + slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he + hated him not in time past. + +019:007 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three + cities for thee. + +019:008 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn + unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised + to give unto thy fathers; + +019:009 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I + command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk + ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for + thee, beside these three: + +019:010 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD + thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon + thee. + +019:011 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, + and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, + and fleeth into one of these cities: + +019:012 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, + and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he + may die. + +019:013 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the + guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with + thee. + +019:014 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of + old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt + inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to + possess it. + +019:015 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, + or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of + two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the + matter be established. + +019:016 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against + him that which is wrong; + +019:017 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall + stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, + which shall be in those days; + +019:018 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, + if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely + against his brother; + +019:019 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto + his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. + +019:020 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall + henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. + +019:021 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye + for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. + +020:001 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest + horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not + afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which + brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. + +020:002 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that + the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, + +020:003 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day + unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, + fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because + of them; + +020:004 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for + you against your enemies, to save you. + +020:005 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man + is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated + it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the + battle, and another man dedicate it. + +020:006 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not + yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, + lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. + +020:007 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not + taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die + in the battle, and another man take her. + +020:008 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they + shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? + let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's + heart faint as well as his heart. + +020:009 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of + speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the + armies to lead the people. + +020:010 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then + proclaim peace unto it. + +020:011 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open + unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found + therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve + thee. + +020:012 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war + against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: + +020:013 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, + thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the + sword: + +020:014 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all + that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou + take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine + enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. + +020:015 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off + from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. + +020:016 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth + give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing + that breatheth: + +020:017 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and + the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, + and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: + +020:018 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, + which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against + the LORD your God. + +020:019 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war + against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees + thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of + them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the + field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: + +020:020 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for + meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt + build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, + until it be subdued. + +021:001 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God + giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not + known who hath slain him: + +021:002 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they + shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that + is slain: + +021:003 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain + man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which + hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the + yoke; + +021:004 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a + rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall + strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: + +021:005 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the + LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in + the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every + controversy and every stroke be tried: + +021:006 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain + man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded + in the valley: + +021:007 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this + blood, neither have our eyes seen it. + +021:008 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast + redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of + Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. + +021:009 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among + you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of + the LORD. + +021:010 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the + LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou + hast taken them captive, + +021:011 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a + desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; + +021:012 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall + shave her head, and pare her nails; + +021:013 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, + and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her + mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, + and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. + +021:014 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou + shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her + at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, + because thou hast humbled her. + +021:015 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and + they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; + and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: + +021:016 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that + which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved + firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the + firstborn: + +021:017 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the + firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: + for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the + firstborn is his. + +021:018 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not + obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and + that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto + them: + +021:019 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and + bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate + of his place; + +021:020 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son + is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is + a glutton, and a drunkard. + +021:021 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that + he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all + Israel shall hear, and fear. + +021:022 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be + to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: + +021:023 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou + shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is + accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD + thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. + +022:001 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, + and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them + again unto thy brother. + +022:002 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him + not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it + shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou + shalt restore it to him again. + +022:003 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou + do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, + which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do + likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. + +022:004 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by + the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help + him to lift them up again. + +022:005 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, + neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do + so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +022:006 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any + tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, + and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou + shalt not take the dam with the young: + +022:007 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young + to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest + prolong thy days. + +022:008 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a + battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine + house, if any man fall from thence. + +022:009 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the + fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy + vineyard, be defiled. + +022:010 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. + +022:011 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen + and linen together. + +022:012 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy + vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. + +022:013 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, + +022:014 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil + name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to + her, I found her not a maid: + +022:015 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and + bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the + elders of the city in the gate: + +022:016 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my + daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; + +022:017 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, + saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the + tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the + cloth before the elders of the city. + +022:018 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise + him; + +022:019 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and + give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath + brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall + be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. + +022:020 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not + found for the damsel: + +022:021 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her + father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with + stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, + to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put + evil away from among you. + +022:022 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, + then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with + the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from + Israel. + +022:023 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and + a man find her in the city, and lie with her; + +022:024 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, + and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, + because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because + he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away + evil from among you. + +022:025 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man + force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with + her shall die. + +022:026 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the + damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth + against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this + matter: + +022:027 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, + and there was none to save her. + +022:028 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not + betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be + found; + +022:029 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's + father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; + because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his + days. + +022:030 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his + father's skirt. + +023:001 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut + off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. + +023:002 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; + even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the + congregation of the LORD. + +023:003 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation + of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not + enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: + +023:004 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, + when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired + against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, + to curse thee. + +023:005 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; + but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto + thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. + +023:006 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy + days for ever. + +023:007 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou + shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in + his land. + +023:008 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the + congregation of the LORD in their third generation. + +023:009 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep + thee from every wicked thing. + +023:010 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of + uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go + abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: + +023:011 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself + with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the + camp again. + +023:012 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou + shalt go forth abroad: + +023:013 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, + when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, + and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: + +023:014 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to + deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; + therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing + in thee, and turn away from thee. + +023:015 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is + escaped from his master unto thee: + +023:016 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which + he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: + thou shalt not oppress him. + +023:017 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a + sodomite of the sons of Israel. + +023:018 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a + dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even + both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +023:019 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, + usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: + +023:020 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy + brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God + may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the + land whither thou goest to possess it. + +023:021 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt + not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require + it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. + +023:022 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. + +023:023 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and + perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast + vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy + mouth. + +023:024 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou + mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou + shalt not put any in thy vessel. + +023:025 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then + thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not + move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. + +024:001 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to + pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath + found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill + of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of + his house. + +024:002 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be + another man's wife. + +024:003 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of + divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of + his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be + his wife; + +024:004 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her + again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is + abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land + to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. + +024:005 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, + neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be + free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he + hath taken. + +024:006 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: + for he taketh a man's life to pledge. + +024:007 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children + of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then + that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among + you. + +024:008 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe + diligently, and do according to all that the priests the + Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall + observe to do. + +024:009 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, + after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. + +024:010 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go + into his house to fetch his pledge. + +024:011 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend + shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. + +024:012 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: + +024:013 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the + sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and + bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the + LORD thy God. + +024:014 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and + needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that + are in thy land within thy gates: + +024:015 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun + go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon + it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto + thee. + +024:016 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, + neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: + every man shall be put to death for his own sin. + +024:017 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of + the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: + +024:018 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and + the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command + thee to do this thing. + +024:019 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast + forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch + it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for + the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the + work of thine hands. + +024:020 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the + boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the + fatherless, and for the widow. + +024:021 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not + glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the + fatherless, and for the widow. + +024:022 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land + of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. + +025:001 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto + judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall + justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. + +025:002 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, + that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten + before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. + +025:003 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he + should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, + then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. + +025:004 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. + +025:005 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no + child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a + stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take + her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's + brother unto her. + +025:006 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall + succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his + name be not put out of Israel. + +025:007 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let + his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, + My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a + name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's + brother. + +025:008 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto + him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; + +025:009 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of + the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in + his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto + that man that will not build up his brother's house. + +025:010 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that + hath his shoe loosed. + +025:011 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the + one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of + him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh + him by the secrets: + +025:012 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity + her. + +025:013 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a + small. + +025:014 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great + and a small. + +025:015 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and + just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened + in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +025:016 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, + are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +025:017 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were + come forth out of Egypt; + +025:018 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, + even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint + and weary; and he feared not God. + +025:019 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee + rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the + LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, + that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under + heaven; thou shalt not forget it. + +026:001 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the + LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest + it, and dwellest therein; + +026:002 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the + earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy + God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go + unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place + his name there. + +026:003 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, + and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, + that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our + fathers for to give us. + +026:004 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and + set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. + +026:005 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian + ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, + and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, + great, mighty, and populous: + +026:006 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and + laid upon us hard bondage: + +026:007 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD + heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, + and our oppression: + +026:008 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, + and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and + with signs, and with wonders: + +026:009 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this + land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. + +026:010 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, + which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it + before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: + +026:011 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy + God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the + Levite, and the stranger that is among you. + +026:012 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine + increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and + hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, + and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be + filled; + +026:013 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought + away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have + given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the + fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy + commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not + transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. + +026:014 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken + away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought + thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the + LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast + commanded me. + +026:015 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy + people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou + swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and + honey. + +026:016 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these + statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them + with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. + +026:017 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to + walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his + commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his + voice: + +026:018 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar + people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep + all his commandments; + +026:019 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in + praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an + holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. + +027:001 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, + saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this + day. + +027:002 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto + the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt + set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: + +027:003 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when + thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land + which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with + milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised + thee. + +027:004 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye + shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in + mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. + +027:005 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an + altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon + them. + +027:006 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole + stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the + LORD thy God: + +027:007 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and + rejoice before the LORD thy God. + +027:008 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law + very plainly. + +027:009 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, + saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art + become the people of the LORD thy God. + +027:010 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and + do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee + this day. + +027:011 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, + +027:012 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when + ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and + Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: + +027:013 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, + and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. + +027:014 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of + Israel with a loud voice, + +027:015 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an + abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the + craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the + people shall answer and say, Amen. + +027:016 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. + And all the people shall say, Amen. + +027:017 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all + the people shall say, Amen. + +027:018 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. + And all the people shall say, Amen. + +027:019 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, + fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. + +027:020 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he + uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, + Amen. + +027:021 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the + people shall say, Amen. + +027:022 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his + father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people + shall say, Amen. + +027:023 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the + people shall say, Amen. + +027:024 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the + people shall say, Amen. + +027:025 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. + And all the people shall say, Amen. + +027:026 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to + do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. + +028:001 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently + unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all + his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD + thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: + +028:002 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, + if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. + +028:003 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be + in the field. + +028:004 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy + ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, + and the flocks of thy sheep. + +028:005 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. + +028:006 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt + thou be when thou goest out. + +028:007 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee + to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against + thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. + +028:008 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy + storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and + he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth + thee. + +028:009 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as + he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments + of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. + +028:010 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by + the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. + +028:011 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit + of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit + of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy + fathers to give thee. + +028:012 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to + give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all + the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, + and thou shalt not borrow. + +028:013 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and + thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if + that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, + which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: + +028:014 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I + command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to + go after other gods to serve them. + +028:015 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the + voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his + commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; + that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: + +028:016 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in + the field. + +028:017 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. + +028:018 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy + land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. + +028:019 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt + thou be when thou goest out. + +028:020 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, + in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou + be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the + wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. + +028:021 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he + have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to + possess it. + +028:022 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a + fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, + and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and + they shall pursue thee until thou perish. + +028:023 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the + earth that is under thee shall be iron. + +028:024 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from + heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. + +028:025 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: + thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways + before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the + earth. + +028:026 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and + unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. + +028:027 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the + emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou + canst not be healed. + +028:028 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and + astonishment of heart: + +028:029 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in + darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou + shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall + save thee. + +028:030 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: + thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: + thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes + thereof. + +028:031 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not + eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from + before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep + shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to + rescue them. + +028:032 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, + and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all + the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. + +028:033 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation + which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only + oppressed and crushed alway: + +028:034 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which + thou shalt see. + +028:035 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with + a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot + unto the top of thy head. + +028:036 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set + over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers + have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and + stone. + +028:037 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a + byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. + +028:038 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt + gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. + +028:039 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither + drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall + eat them. + +028:040 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but + thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive + shall cast his fruit. + +028:041 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy + them; for they shall go into captivity. + +028:042 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. + +028:043 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very + high; and thou shalt come down very low. + +028:044 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he + shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. + +028:045 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall + pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; + because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy + God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he + commanded thee: + +028:046 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and + upon thy seed for ever. + +028:047 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, + and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; + +028:048 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall + send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, + and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron + upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. + +028:049 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the + end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose + tongue thou shalt not understand; + +028:050 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the + person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: + +028:051 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy + land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee + either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or + flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. + +028:052 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and + fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all + thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates + throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given + thee. + +028:053 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of + thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath + given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith + thine enemies shall distress thee: + +028:054 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, + his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife + of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he + shall leave: + +028:055 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his + children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him + in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies + shall distress thee in all thy gates. + +028:056 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not + adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for + delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the + husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her + daughter, + +028:057 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her + feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she + shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege + and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in + thy gates. + +028:058 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that + are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious + and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; + +028:059 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues + of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and + sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. + +028:060 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, + which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. + +028:061 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in + the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, + until thou be destroyed. + +028:062 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the + stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey + the voice of the LORD thy God. + +028:063 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you + to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice + over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye + shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to + possess it. + +028:064 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one + end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt + serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have + known, even wood and stone. + +028:065 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall + the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee + there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of + mind: + +028:066 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt + fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: + +028:067 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at + even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear + of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of + thine eyes which thou shalt see. + +028:068 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by + the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more + again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for + bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. + +029:001 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded + Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, + beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. + +029:002 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have + seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of + Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all + his land; + +029:003 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, + and those great miracles: + +029:004 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes + to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. + +029:005 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes + are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon + thy foot. + +029:006 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong + drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. + +029:007 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, + and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, + and we smote them: + +029:008 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto + the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of + Manasseh. + +029:009 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that + ye may prosper in all that ye do. + +029:010 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your + captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with + all the men of Israel, + +029:011 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy + camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: + +029:012 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, + and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee + this day: + +029:013 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, + and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, + and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, + and to Jacob. + +029:014 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; + +029:015 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the + LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this + day: + +029:016 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how + we came through the nations which ye passed by; + +029:017 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and + stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) + +029:018 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or + tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our + God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there + should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; + +029:019 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, + that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have + peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add + drunkenness to thirst: + +029:020 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD + and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the + curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and + the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. + +029:021 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the + tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant + that are written in this book of the law: + +029:022 So that the generation to come of your children that shall + rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far + land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and + the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; + +029:023 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and + burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass + groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, + Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and + in his wrath: + +029:024 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus + unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? + +029:025 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of + the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he + brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: + +029:026 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods + whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: + +029:027 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to + bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: + +029:028 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in + wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another + land, as it is this day. + +029:029 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those + things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children + for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. + +030:001 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon + thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before + thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, + whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, + +030:002 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his + voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and + thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; + +030:003 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have + compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all + the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. + +030:004 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of + heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and + from thence will he fetch thee: + +030:005 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy + fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do + thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. + +030:006 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the + heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine + heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. + +030:007 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine + enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. + +030:008 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do + all his commandments which I command thee this day. + +030:009 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of + thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy + cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD + will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy + fathers: + +030:010 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to + keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in + this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God + with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. + +030:011 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not + hidden from thee, neither is it far off. + +030:012 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up + for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, + and do it? + +030:013 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who + shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we + may hear it, and do it? + +030:014 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy + heart, that thou mayest do it. + +030:015 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death + and evil; + +030:016 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to + walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his + statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and + multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land + whither thou goest to possess it. + +030:017 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but + shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; + +030:018 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and + that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither + thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. + +030:019 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I + have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: + therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: + +030:020 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest + obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he + is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest + dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to + Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. + +031:001 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. + +031:002 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old + this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath + said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. + +031:003 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will + destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess + them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD + hath said. + +031:004 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, + kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he + destroyed. + +031:005 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may + do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have + commanded you. + +031:006 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of + them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; + he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. + +031:007 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight + of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must + go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn + unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to + inherit it. + +031:008 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be + with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear + not, neither be dismayed. + +031:009 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests + the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the + LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. + +031:010 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven + years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast + of tabernacles, + +031:011 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in + the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law + before all Israel in their hearing. + +031:012 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and + thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and + that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe + to do all the words of this law: + +031:013 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may + hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live + in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. + +031:014 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that + thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the + tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. + And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the + tabernacle of the congregation. + +031:015 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a + cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the + tabernacle. + +031:016 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with + thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring + after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go + to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant + which I have made with them. + +031:017 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I + will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they + shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall + them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils + come upon us, because our God is not among us? + +031:018 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils + which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto + other gods. + +031:019 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the + children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may + be a witness for me against the children of Israel. + +031:020 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware + unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they + shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then + will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke + me, and break my covenant. + +031:021 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are + befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a + witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of + their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, + even now, before I have brought them into the land which I + sware. + +031:022 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it + the children of Israel. + +031:023 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be + strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the + children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and + I will be with thee. + +031:024 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the + words of this law in a book, until they were finished, + +031:025 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the + covenant of the LORD, saying, + +031:026 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark + of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for + a witness against thee. + +031:027 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I + am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious + against the LORD; and how much more after my death? + +031:028 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your + officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call + heaven and earth to record against them. + +031:029 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt + yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded + you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye + will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger + through the work of your hands. + +031:030 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel + the words of this song, until they were ended. + +032:001 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, + the words of my mouth. + +032:002 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as + the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the + showers upon the grass: + +032:003 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye + greatness unto our God. + +032:004 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are + judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right + is he. + +032:005 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of + his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. + +032:006 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is + not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made + thee, and established thee? + +032:007 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many + generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy + elders, and they will tell thee. + +032:008 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, + when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the + people according to the number of the children of Israel. + +032:009 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his + inheritance. + +032:010 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling + wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him + as the apple of his eye. + +032:011 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, + spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her + wings: + +032:012 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god + with him. + +032:013 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he + might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck + honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; + +032:014 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams + of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of + wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. + +032:015 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou + art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he + forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of + his salvation. + +032:016 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with + abominations provoked they him to anger. + +032:017 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they + knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers + feared not. + +032:018 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast + forgotten God that formed thee. + +032:019 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the + provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. + +032:020 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what + their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, + children in whom is no faith. + +032:021 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; + they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will + move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I + will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. + +032:022 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the + lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, + and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. + +032:023 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon + them. + +032:024 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning + heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth + of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. + +032:025 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the + young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of + gray hairs. + +032:026 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the + remembrance of them to cease from among men: + +032:027 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their + adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they + should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all + this. + +032:028 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any + understanding in them. + +032:029 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they + would consider their latter end! + +032:030 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to + flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut + them up? + +032:031 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves + being judges. + +032:032 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of + Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are + bitter: + +032:033 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of + asps. + +032:034 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my + treasures? + +032:035 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall + slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, + and the things that shall come upon them make haste. + +032:036 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for + his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and + there is none shut up, or left. + +032:037 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom + they trusted, + +032:038 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine + of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and + be your protection. + +032:039 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I + kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there + any that can deliver out of my hand. + +032:040 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. + +032:041 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on + judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will + reward them that hate me. + +032:042 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall + devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the + captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. + +032:043 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the + blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his + adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his + people. + +032:044 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the + ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. + +032:045 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all + Israel: + +032:046 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words + which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command + your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. + +032:047 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: + and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, + whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. + +032:048 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, + +032:049 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which + is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and + behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of + Israel for a possession: + +032:050 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered + unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and + was gathered unto his people: + +032:051 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel + at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; + because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of + Israel. + +032:052 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go + thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. + +033:001 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God + blessed the children of Israel before his death. + +033:002 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir + unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with + ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law + for them. + +033:003 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and + they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy + words. + +033:004 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the + congregation of Jacob. + +033:005 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and + the tribes of Israel were gathered together. + +033:006 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. + +033:007 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, + the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his + hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from + his enemies. + +033:008 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy + holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou + didst strive at the waters of Meribah; + +033:009 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen + him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own + children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy + covenant. + +033:010 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they + shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon + thine altar. + +033:011 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; + smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of + them that hate him, that they rise not again. + +033:012 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell + in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day + long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. + +033:013 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for + the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep + that coucheth beneath, + +033:014 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for + the precious things put forth by the moon, + +033:015 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the + precious things of the lasting hills, + +033:016 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, + and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the + blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the + head of him that was separated from his brethren. + +033:017 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns + are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the + people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten + thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. + +033:018 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; + and, Issachar, in thy tents. + +033:019 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall + offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the + abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. + +033:020 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he + dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the + head. + +033:021 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in + a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the + heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and + his judgments with Israel. + +033:022 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from + Bashan. + +033:023 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, + and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west + and the south. + +033:024 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let + him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in + oil. + +033:025 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall + thy strength be. + +033:026 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon + the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. + +033:027 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the + everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from + before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. + +033:028 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob + shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall + drop down dew. + +033:029 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people + saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the + sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found + liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. + +034:001 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of + Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And + the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, + +034:002 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and + all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, + +034:003 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the + city of palm trees, unto Zoar. + +034:004 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware + unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give + it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine + eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. + +034:005 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of + Moab, according to the word of the LORD. + +034:006 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over + against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto + this day. + +034:007 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: + his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. + +034:008 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of + Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for + Moses were ended. + +034:009 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; + for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of + Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded + Moses. + +034:010 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, + whom the LORD knew face to face, + +034:011 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to + do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, + and to all his land, + +034:012 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which + Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. + +Book 06 Joshua + +001:001 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came + to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, + Moses' minister, saying, + +001:002 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this + Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do + give to them, even to the children of Israel. + +001:003 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that + have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. + +001:004 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great + river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and + unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be + your coast. + +001:005 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the + days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: + I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. + +001:006 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt + thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto + their fathers to give them. + +001:007 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest + observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant + commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the + left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. + +001:008 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but + thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest + observe to do according to all that is written therein: for + then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt + have good success. + +001:009 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be + not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is + with thee whithersoever thou goest. + +001:010 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, + +001:011 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare + you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this + Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God + giveth you to possess it. + +001:012 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the + tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, + +001:013 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD + commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, + and hath given you this land. + +001:014 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in + the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye + shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of + valour, and help them; + +001:015 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given + you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your + God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your + possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave + you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. + +001:016 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us + we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. + +001:017 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we + hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he + was with Moses. + +001:018 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and + will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest + him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good + courage. + +002:001 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy + secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they + went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged + there. + +002:002 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there + came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to + search out the country. + +002:003 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth + the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine + house: for they be come to search out all the country. + +002:004 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, + There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: + +002:005 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, + when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went + I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake + them. + +002:006 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid + them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon + the roof. + +002:007 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the + fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone + out, they shut the gate. + +002:008 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the + roof; + +002:009 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you + the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all + the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. + +002:010 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red + sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto + the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side + Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. + +002:011 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, + neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because + of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and + in earth beneath. + +002:012 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I + have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto + my father's house, and give me a true token: + +002:013 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my + brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver + our lives from death. + +002:014 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not + this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given + us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. + +002:015 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her + house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. + +002:016 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the + pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until + the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. + +002:017 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine + oath which thou hast made us swear. + +002:018 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line + of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down + by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy + brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. + +002:019 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of + thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, + and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in + the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon + him. + +002:020 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of + thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. + +002:021 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she + sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet + line in the window. + +002:022 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there + three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers + sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. + +002:023 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and + passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him + all things that befell them: + +002:024 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into + our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the + country do faint because of us. + +003:001 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from + Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of + Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. + +003:002 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went + through the host; + +003:003 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of + the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites + bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after + it. + +003:004 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two + thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may + know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this + way heretofore. + +003:005 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to + morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. + +003:006 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of + the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took + up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. + +003:007 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to + magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know + that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. + +003:008 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the + covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water + of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. + +003:009 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and + hear the words of the LORD your God. + +003:010 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is + among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before + you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the + Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the + Jebusites. + +003:011 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth + passeth over before you into Jordan. + +003:012 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, + out of every tribe a man. + +003:013 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of + the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the + earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of + Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from + above; and they shall stand upon an heap. + +003:014 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, + to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the + covenant before the people; + +003:015 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the + feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim + of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the + time of harvest,) + +003:016 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up + upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside + Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, + even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people + passed over right against Jericho. + +003:017 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD + stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the + Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people + were passed clean over Jordan. + +004:001 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed + over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, + +004:002 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a + man, + +004:003 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst + of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood + firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, + and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this + night. + +004:004 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the + children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: + +004:005 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the + LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every + man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the + number of the tribes of the children of Israel: + +004:006 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask + their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these + stones? + +004:007 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut + off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed + over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these + stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for + ever. + +004:008 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and + took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD + spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of + the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto + the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. + +004:009 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the + place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the + covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. + +004:010 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of + Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded + Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses + commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. + +004:011 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed + over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, + in the presence of the people. + +004:012 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half + the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children + of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: + +004:013 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the + LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. + +004:014 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all + Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the + days of his life. + +004:015 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, + +004:016 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that + they come up out of Jordan. + +004:017 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out + of Jordan. + +004:018 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the + covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, + and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry + land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and + flowed over all his banks, as they did before. + +004:019 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the + first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of + Jericho. + +004:020 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did + Joshua pitch in Gilgal. + +004:021 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your + children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What + mean these stones? + +004:022 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over + this Jordan on dry land. + +004:023 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from + before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God + did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we + were gone over: + +004:024 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the + LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God + for ever. + +005:001 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which + were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the + Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had + dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of + Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, + neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the + children of Israel. + +005:002 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp + knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second + time. + +005:003 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children + of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. + +005:004 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the + people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the + men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came + out of Egypt. + +005:005 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the + people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they + came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. + +005:006 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the + wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which + came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the + voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not + shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers + that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and + honey. + +005:007 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them + Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they + had not circumcised them by the way. + +005:008 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the + people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they + were whole. + +005:009 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the + reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the + place is called Gilgal unto this day. + +005:010 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the + passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the + plains of Jericho. + +005:011 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow + after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the + selfsame day. + +005:012 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the + old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna + any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan + that year. + +005:013 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he + lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man + over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua + went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our + adversaries? + +005:014 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I + now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did + worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his + servant? + +005:015 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy + shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is + holy. And Joshua did so. + +006:001 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of + Israel: none went out, and none came in. + +006:002 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine + hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of + valour. + +006:003 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round + about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. + +006:004 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of + rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city + seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. + +006:005 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast + with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the + trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and + the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people + shall ascend up every man straight before him. + +006:006 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto + them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests + bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. + +006:007 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, + and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. + +006:008 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, + that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' + horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: + and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. + +006:009 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the + trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests + going on, and blowing with the trumpets. + +006:010 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not + shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any + word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; + then shall ye shout. + +006:011 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it + once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. + +006:012 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up + the ark of the LORD. + +006:013 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before + the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the + trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward + came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and + blowing with the trumpets. + +006:014 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned + into the camp: so they did six days. + +006:015 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early + about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the + same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the + city seven times. + +006:016 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew + with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the + LORD hath given you the city. + +006:017 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are + therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she + and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the + messengers that we sent. + +006:018 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, + lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed + thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. + +006:019 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, + are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the + treasury of the LORD. + +006:020 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: + and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the + trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the + wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, + every man straight before him, and they took the city. + +006:021 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man + and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the + edge of the sword. + +006:022 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the + country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the + woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. + +006:023 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out + Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and + all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and + left them without the camp of Israel. + +006:024 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: + only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of + iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. + +006:025 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's + household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel + even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which + Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. + +006:026 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the + man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city + Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, + and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. + +006:027 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised + throughout all the country. + +007:001 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the + accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, + the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed + thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the + children of Israel. + +007:002 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside + Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, + Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. + +007:003 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all + the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go + up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour + thither; for they are but few. + +007:004 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand + men: and they fled before the men of Ai. + +007:005 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for + they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and + smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the + people melted, and became as water. + +007:006 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his + face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the + elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. + +007:007 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all + brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand + of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been + content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! + +007:008 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs + before their enemies! + +007:009 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall + hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name + from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? + +007:010 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest + thou thus upon thy face? + +007:011 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my + covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of + the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, + and they have put it even among their own stuff. + +007:012 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their + enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because + they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, + except ye destroy the accursed from among you. + +007:013 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against + to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an + accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not + stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed + thing from among you. + +007:014 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your + tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh + shall come according to the families thereof; and the family + which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the + household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. + +007:015 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing + shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he + hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he + hath wrought folly in Israel. + +007:016 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by + their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: + +007:017 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of + the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by + man; and Zabdi was taken: + +007:018 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of + Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of + Judah, was taken. + +007:019 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory + to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and + tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. + +007:020 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned + against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: + +007:021 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and + two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty + shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, + behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and + the silver under it. + +007:022 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, + behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. + +007:023 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought + them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and + laid them out before the LORD. + +007:024 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of + Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, + and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, + and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they + brought them unto the valley of Achor. + +007:025 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall + trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, + and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with + stones. + +007:026 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. + So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore + the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto + this day. + +008:001 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou + dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go + up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and + his people, and his city, and his land: + +008:002 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto + Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle + thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an + ambush for the city behind it. + +008:003 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against + Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, + and sent them away by night. + +008:004 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait + against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from + the city, but be ye all ready: + +008:005 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto + the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out + against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, + +008:006 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from + the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the + first: therefore we will flee before them. + +008:007 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the + city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. + +008:008 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall + set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD + shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. + +008:009 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in + ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of + Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. + +008:010 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the + people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the + people to Ai. + +008:011 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, + went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched + on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them + and Ai. + +008:012 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in + ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. + +008:013 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was + on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west + of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the + valley. + +008:014 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they + hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out + against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time + appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were + liers in ambush against him behind the city. + +008:015 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before + them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. + +008:016 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to + pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were + drawn away from the city. + +008:017 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not + out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued + after Israel. + +008:018 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is + in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And + Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward + the city. + +008:019 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran + as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered + into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on + fire. + +008:020 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, + behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they + had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that + fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. + +008:021 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken + the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they + turned again, and slew the men of Ai. + +008:022 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they + were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on + that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them + remain or escape. + +008:023 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. + +008:024 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying + all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness + wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the + edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the + Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the + sword. + +008:025 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and + women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. + +008:026 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out + the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants + of Ai. + +008:027 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a + prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD + which he commanded Joshua. + +008:028 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a + desolation unto this day. + +008:029 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as + soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should + take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the + entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great + heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. + +008:030 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in + mount Ebal, + +008:031 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of + Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an + altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any + iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, + and sacrificed peace offerings. + +008:032 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, + which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. + +008:033 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their + judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the + priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the + LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; + half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over + against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had + commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. + +008:034 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings + and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of + the law. + +008:035 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua + read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the + women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were + conversant among them. + +009:001 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this + side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the + coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and + the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the + Jebusite, heard thereof; + +009:002 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua + and with Israel, with one accord. + +009:003 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done + unto Jericho and to Ai, + +009:004 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been + ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine + bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; + +009:005 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments + upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and + mouldy. + +009:006 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto + him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: + now therefore make ye a league with us. + +009:007 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye + dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? + +009:008 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua + said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? + +009:009 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants + are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have + heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, + +009:010 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that + were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king + of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. + +009:011 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country + spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, + and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: + therefore now make ye a league with us. + +009:012 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses + on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it + is dry, and it is mouldy: + +009:013 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, + behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are + become old by reason of the very long journey. + +009:014 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at + the mouth of the LORD. + +009:015 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, + to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware + unto them. + +009:016 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had + made a league with them, that they heard that they were their + neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. + +009:017 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their + cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and + Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. + +009:018 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes + of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of + Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. + +009:019 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have + sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we + may not touch them. + +009:020 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest + wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto + them. + +009:021 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be + hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; + as the princes had promised them. + +009:022 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, + Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from + you; when ye dwell among us? + +009:023 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be + freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of + water for the house of my God. + +009:024 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly + told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his + servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the + inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were + sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this + thing. + +009:025 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and + right unto thee to do unto us, do. + +009:026 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of + the children of Israel, that they slew them not. + +009:027 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of + water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, + even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. + +010:001 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had + heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; + as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai + and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace + with Israel, and were among them; + +010:002 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as + one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, + and all the men thereof were mighty. + +010:003 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king + of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia + king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, + +010:004 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it + hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. + +010:005 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of + Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king + of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, + and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before + Gibeon, and made war against it. + +010:006 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, + saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us + quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the + Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together + against us. + +010:007 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war + with him, and all the mighty men of valour. + +010:008 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have + delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them + stand before thee. + +010:009 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from + Gilgal all night. + +010:010 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them + with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the + way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and + unto Makkedah. + +010:011 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were + in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great + stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they + were more which died with hailstones than they whom the + children of Israel slew with the sword. + +010:012 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD + delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and + he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon + Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. + +010:013 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people + had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written + in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of + heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. + +010:014 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the + LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought + for Israel. + +010:015 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to + Gilgal. + +010:016 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at + Makkedah. + +010:017 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid + in a cave at Makkedah. + +010:018 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, + and set men by it for to keep them: + +010:019 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the + hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: + for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. + +010:020 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel + had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, + till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them + entered into fenced cities. + +010:021 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah + in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of + Israel. + +010:022 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out + those five kings unto me out of the cave. + +010:023 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him + out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, + the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of + Eglon. + +010:024 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto + Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said + unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come + near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they + came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. + +010:025 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be + strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all + your enemies against whom ye fight. + +010:026 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged + them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until + the evening. + +010:027 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, + that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, + and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and + laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this + very day. + +010:028 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge + of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, + and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and + he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of + Jericho. + +010:029 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, + unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: + +010:030 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the + hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, + and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; + but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of + Jericho. + +010:031 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto + Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: + +010:032 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which + took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the + sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all + that he had done to Libnah. + +010:033 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua + smote him and his people, until he had left him none + remaining. + +010:034 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with + him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: + +010:035 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of + the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly + destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to + Lachish. + +010:036 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto + Hebron; and they fought against it: + +010:037 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and + the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the + souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to + all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and + all the souls that were therein. + +010:038 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and + fought against it: + +010:039 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities + thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and + utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left + none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, + and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to + her king. + +010:040 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the + south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their + kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that + breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. + +010:041 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and + all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. + +010:042 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one + time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. + +010:043 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to + Gilgal. + +011:001 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those + things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king + of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, + +011:002 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and + of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in + the borders of Dor on the west, + +011:003 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the + Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite + in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land + of Mizpeh. + +011:004 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much + people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in + multitude, with horses and chariots very many. + +011:005 And when all these kings were met together, they came and + pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against + Israel. + +011:006 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: + for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain + before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their + chariots with fire. + +011:007 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against + them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. + +011:008 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote + them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto + Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and + they smote them, until they left them none remaining. + +011:009 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed + their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. + +011:010 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote + the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the + head of all those kingdoms. + +011:011 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge + of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left + to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. + +011:012 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, + did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, + and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the + LORD commanded. + +011:013 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, + Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua + burn. + +011:014 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the + children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every + man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had + destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. + +011:015 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command + Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that + the LORD commanded Moses. + +011:016 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south + country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the + plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; + +011:017 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto + Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all + their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. + +011:018 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. + +011:019 There was not a city that made peace with the children of + Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other + they took in battle. + +011:020 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they + should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy + them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he + might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +011:021 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the + mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all + the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: + Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. + +011:022 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children + of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there + remained. + +011:023 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD + said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto + Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the + land rested from war. + +012:001 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of + Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side + Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto + mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: + +012:002 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled + from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and + from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto + the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of + Ammon; + +012:003 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and + unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the + way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: + +012:004 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant + of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, + +012:005 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, + unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and + half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. + +012:006 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of + Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a + possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half + tribe of Manasseh. + +012:007 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the + children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from + Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, + that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of + Israel for a possession according to their divisions; + +012:008 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and + in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south + country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the + Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: + +012:009 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside + Bethel, one; + +012:010 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; + +012:011 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; + +012:012 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; + +012:013 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; + +012:014 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; + +012:015 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; + +012:016 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; + +012:017 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; + +012:018 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; + +012:019 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; + +012:020 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; + +012:021 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; + +012:022 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; + +012:023 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the + nations of Gilgal, one; + +012:024 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. + +013:001 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said + unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there + remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. + +013:002 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the + Philistines, and all Geshuri, + +013:003 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of + Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords + of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the + Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the + Avites: + +013:004 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah + that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the + Amorites: + +013:005 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the + sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering + into Hamath. + +013:006 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto + Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out + from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot + unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded + thee. + +013:007 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the + nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, + +013:008 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their + inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, + even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; + +013:009 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the + city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of + Medeba unto Dibon; + +013:010 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which + reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; + +013:011 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, + and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; + +013:012 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth + and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for + these did Moses smite, and cast them out. + +013:013 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the + Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the + Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. + +013:014 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the + sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their + inheritance, as he said unto them. + +013:015 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben + inheritance according to their families. + +013:016 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the + river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, + and all the plain by Medeba; + +013:017 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and + Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, + +013:018 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, + +013:019 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of + the valley, + +013:020 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, + +013:021 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon + king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses + smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and + Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the + country. + +013:022 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children + of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by + them. + +013:023 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the + border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of + Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages + thereof. + +013:024 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto + the children of Gad according to their families. + +013:025 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and + half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is + before Rabbah; + +013:026 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from + Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; + +013:027 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and + Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, + Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of + Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. + +013:028 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their + families, the cities, and their villages. + +013:029 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: + and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children + of Manasseh by their families. + +013:030 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom + of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in + Bashan, threescore cities: + +013:031 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the + kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of + Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the + children of Machir by their families. + +013:032 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for + inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, + by Jericho, eastward. + +013:033 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the + LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto + them. + +014:001 And these are the countries which the children of Israel + inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and + Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the + tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance + to them. + +014:002 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the + hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. + +014:003 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half + tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave + none inheritance among them. + +014:004 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and + Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the + land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their + cattle and for their substance. + +014:005 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, + and they divided the land. + +014:006 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and + Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou + knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God + concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. + +014:007 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent + me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him + word again as it was in mine heart. + +014:008 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart + of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. + +014:009 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon + thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy + children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the + LORD my God. + +014:010 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, + these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this + word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the + wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five + years old. + +014:011 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses + sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, + for war, both to go out, and to come in. + +014:012 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in + that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were + there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the + LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, + as the LORD said. + +014:013 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of + Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. + +014:014 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of + Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly + followed the LORD God of Israel. + +014:015 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was + a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. + +015:001 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by + their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of + Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. + +015:002 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, + from the bay that looketh southward: + +015:003 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and + passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto + Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, + and fetched a compass to Karkaa: + +015:004 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the + river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the + sea: this shall be your south coast. + +015:005 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of + Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay + of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: + +015:006 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the + north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of + Bohan the son of Reuben: + +015:007 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, + and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the + going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: + and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the + goings out thereof were at Enrogel: + +015:008 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto + the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the + border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before + the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the + valley of the giants northward: + +015:009 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the + fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities + of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is + Kirjathjearim: + +015:010 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, + and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is + Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and + passed on to Timnah: + +015:011 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and + the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount + Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the + border were at the sea. + +015:012 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast + thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round + about according to their families. + +015:013 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the + children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to + Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city + is Hebron. + +015:014 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and + Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. + +015:015 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the + name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. + +015:016 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, + to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. + +015:017 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: + and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. + +015:018 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him + to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and + Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? + +015:019 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a + south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the + upper springs, and the nether springs. + +015:020 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah + according to their families. + +015:021 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah + toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and + Jagur, + +015:022 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, + +015:023 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, + +015:024 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, + +015:025 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, + +015:026 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, + +015:027 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, + +015:028 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, + +015:029 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, + +015:030 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, + +015:031 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, + +015:032 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities + are twenty and nine, with their villages: + +015:033 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, + +015:034 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, + +015:035 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, + +015:036 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; + fourteen cities with their villages: + +015:037 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, + +015:038 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, + +015:039 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, + +015:040 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, + +015:041 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen + cities with their villages: + +015:042 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, + +015:043 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, + +015:044 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their + villages: + +015:045 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: + +015:046 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with + their villages: + +015:047 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns + and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, + and the border thereof: + +015:048 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, + +015:049 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, + +015:050 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, + +015:051 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their + villages: + +015:052 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, + +015:053 And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, + +015:054 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine + cities with their villages: + +015:055 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, + +015:056 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, + +015:057 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: + +015:058 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, + +015:059 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their + villages: + +015:060 Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities + with their villages: + +015:061 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, + +015:062 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with + their villages. + +015:063 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the + children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites + dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. + +016:001 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by + Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the + wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, + +016:002 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the + borders of Archi to Ataroth, + +016:003 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the + coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings + out thereof are at the sea. + +016:004 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their + inheritance. + +016:005 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their + families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the + east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; + +016:006 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the + north side; and the border went about eastward unto + Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; + +016:007 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and + came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. + +016:008 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river + Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the + inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their + families. + +016:009 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among + the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities + with their villages. + +016:010 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but + the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and + serve under tribute. + +017:001 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the + firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of + Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, + therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. + +017:002 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh + by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the + children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the + children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for + the children of Shemida: these were the male children of + Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. + +017:003 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son + of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: + and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, + Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. + +017:004 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before + Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The + LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our + brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD + he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their + father. + +017:005 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of + Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; + +017:006 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his + sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. + +017:007 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that + lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right + hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. + +017:008 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the + border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; + +017:009 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the + river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of + Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of + the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: + +017:010 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, + and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on + the north, and in Issachar on the east. + +017:011 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her + towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor + and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and + the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants + of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. + +017:012 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the + inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in + that land. + +017:013 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen + strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not + utterly drive them out. + +017:014 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast + thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I + am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me + hitherto? + +017:015 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get + thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in + the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim + be too narrow for thee. + +017:016 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for + us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the + valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean + and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. + +017:017 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and + to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great + power: thou shalt not have one lot only: + +017:018 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou + shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for + thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron + chariots, and though they be strong. + +018:001 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled + together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the + congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. + +018:002 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, + which had not yet received their inheritance. + +018:003 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye + slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your + fathers hath given you? + +018:004 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will + send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and + describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they + shall come again to me. + +018:005 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide + in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall + abide in their coasts on the north. + +018:006 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and + bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for + you here before the LORD our God. + +018:007 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of + the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half + the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond + Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave + them. + +018:008 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that + went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the + land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here + cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. + +018:009 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it + by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua + to the host at Shiloh. + +018:010 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and + there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel + according to their divisions. + +018:011 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up + according to their families: and the coast of their lot came + forth between the children of Judah and the children of + Joseph. + +018:012 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the + border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and + went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out + thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. + +018:013 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side + of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended + to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of + the nether Bethhoron. + +018:014 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of + the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron + southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, + which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this + was the west quarter. + +018:015 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and + the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of + waters of Nephtoah: + +018:016 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth + before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the + valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley + of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended + to Enrogel, + +018:017 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and + went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up + of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of + Reuben, + +018:018 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah + northward, and went down unto Arabah: + +018:019 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah + northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north + bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the + south coast. + +018:020 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the + inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof + round about, according to their families. + +018:021 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin + according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and + the valley of Keziz, + +018:022 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, + +018:023 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, + +018:024 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with + their villages: + +018:025 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, + +018:026 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, + +018:027 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, + +018:028 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and + Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the + inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their + families. + +019:001 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of + the children of Simeon according to their families: and their + inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of + Judah. + +019:002 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and + Moladah, + +019:003 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, + +019:004 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, + +019:005 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, + +019:006 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their + villages: + +019:007 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their + villages: + +019:008 And all the villages that were round about these cities to + Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of + the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their + families. + +019:009 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the + inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the + children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the + children of Simeon had their inheritance within the + inheritance of them. + +019:010 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun + according to their families: and the border of their + inheritance was unto Sarid: + +019:011 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and + reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before + Jokneam; + +019:012 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the + border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and + goeth up to Japhia, + +019:013 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, + to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; + +019:014 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: + and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: + +019:015 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and + Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. + +019:016 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according + to their families, these cities with their villages. + +019:017 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of + Issachar according to their families. + +019:018 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and + Shunem, + +019:019 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, + +019:020 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, + +019:021 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; + +019:022 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and + Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: + sixteen cities with their villages. + +019:023 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of + Issachar according to their families, the cities and their + villages. + +019:024 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of + Asher according to their families. + +019:025 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and + Achshaph, + +019:026 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel + westward, and to Shihorlibnath; + +019:027 And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to + Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side + of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left + hand, + +019:028 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great + Zidon; + +019:029 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city + Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings + thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: + +019:030 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with + their villages. + +019:031 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher + according to their families, these cities with their villages. + +019:032 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for + the children of Naphtali according to their families. + +019:033 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and + Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings + thereof were at Jordan: + +019:034 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth + out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the + south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to + Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. + +019:035 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, + and Chinnereth, + +019:036 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, + +019:037 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, + +019:038 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; + nineteen cities with their villages. + +019:039 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of + Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their + villages. + +019:040 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of + Dan according to their families. + +019:041 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and + Irshemesh, + +019:042 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, + +019:043 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, + +019:044 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, + +019:045 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, + +019:046 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. + +019:047 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for + them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against + Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, + and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, + after the name of Dan their father. + +019:048 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan + according to their families, these cities with their villages. + +019:049 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance + by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to + Joshua the son of Nun among them: + +019:050 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which + he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the + city, and dwelt therein. + +019:051 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and + Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the + tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance + by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the + tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of + dividing the country. + +020:001 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, + +020:002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you + cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of + Moses: + +020:003 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and + unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge + from the avenger of blood. + +020:004 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall + stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall + declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they + shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, + that he may dwell among them. + +020:005 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall + not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his + neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. + +020:006 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the + congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high + priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer + return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, + unto the city from whence he fled. + +020:007 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and + Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in + the mountain of Judah. + +020:008 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they + assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the + tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, + and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. + +020:009 These were the cities appointed for all the children of + Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that + whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, + and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he + stood before the congregation. + +021:001 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto + Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto + the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of + Israel; + +021:002 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, + saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us + cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. + +021:003 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their + inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and + their suburbs. + +021:004 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and + the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, + had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of + Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. + +021:005 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the + families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, + and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. + +021:006 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of + the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out + of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of + Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. + +021:007 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe + of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe + of Zebulun, twelve cities. + +021:008 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these + cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand + of Moses. + +021:009 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and + out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which + are here mentioned by name. + +021:010 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the + Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs + was the first lot. + +021:011 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which + city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs + thereof round about it. + +021:012 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave + they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. + +021:013 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with + her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah + with her suburbs, + +021:014 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, + +021:015 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, + +021:016 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and + Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two + tribes. + +021:017 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, + Geba with her suburbs, + +021:018 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:019 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were + thirteen cities with their suburbs. + +021:020 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which + remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities + of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. + +021:021 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, + to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her + suburbs, + +021:022 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; + four cities. + +021:023 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, + Gibbethon with her suburbs, + +021:024 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:025 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her + suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. + +021:026 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of + the children of Kohath that remained. + +021:027 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the + Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave + Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for + the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. + +021:028 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, + Dabareh with her suburbs, + +021:029 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:030 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon + with her suburbs, + +021:031 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:032 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her + suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor + with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. + +021:033 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families + were thirteen cities with their suburbs. + +021:034 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of + the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her + suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, + +021:035 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:036 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and + Jahazah with her suburbs, + +021:037 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four + cities. + +021:038 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her + suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim + with her suburbs, + +021:039 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities + in all. + +021:040 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their + families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, + were by their lot twelve cities. + +021:041 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the + children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their + suburbs. + +021:042 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about + them: thus were all these cities. + +021:043 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to + give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt + therein. + +021:044 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that + he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all + their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their + enemies into their hand. + +021:045 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had + spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. + +022:001 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the + half tribe of Manasseh, + +022:002 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of + the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I + commanded you: + +022:003 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, + but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your + God. + +022:004 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, + as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto + your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses + the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. + +022:005 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, + which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the + LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his + commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with + all your heart and with all your soul. + +022:006 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto + their tents. + +022:007 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given + possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave + Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And + when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he + blessed them, + +022:008 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto + your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with + gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much + raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. + +022:009 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the + half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the + children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of + Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their + possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word + of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +022:010 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the + land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad + and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, + a great altar to see to. + +022:011 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of + Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh + have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the + borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. + +022:012 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole + congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves + together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. + +022:013 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, + and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, + into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the + priest, + +022:014 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince + throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head + of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. + +022:015 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children + of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of + Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, + +022:016 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass + is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to + turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have + builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the + LORD? + +022:017 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are + not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in + the congregation of the LORD, + +022:018 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? + and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that + to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of + Israel. + +022:019 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, + then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, + wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession + among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against + us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our + God. + +022:020 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the + accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of + Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. + +022:021 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the + half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of + the thousands of Israel, + +022:022 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and + Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in + transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) + +022:023 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the + LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, + or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself + require it; + +022:024 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, + saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our + children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of + Israel? + +022:025 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye + children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the + LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from + fearing the LORD. + +022:026 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, + not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: + +022:027 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our + generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD + before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, + and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say + to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. + +022:028 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say + to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say + again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our + fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but + it is a witness between us and you. + +022:029 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn + this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt + offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the + altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. + +022:030 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the + congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were + with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the + children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased + them. + +022:031 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the + children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the + children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is + among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against + the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of + the hand of the LORD. + +022:032 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, + returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of + Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to + the children of Israel, and brought them word again. + +022:033 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children + of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against + them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of + Reuben and Gad dwelt. + +022:034 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the + altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD + is God. + +023:001 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given + rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that + Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. + +023:002 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and + for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, + and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: + +023:003 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all + these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that + hath fought for you. + +023:004 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that + remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, + with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great + sea westward. + +023:005 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, + and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess + their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. + +023:006 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is + written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not + aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; + +023:007 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among + you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause + to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto + them: + +023:008 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this + day. + +023:009 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and + strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before + you unto this day. + +023:010 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, + he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. + +023:011 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the + LORD your God. + +023:012 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant + of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall + make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to + you: + +023:013 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive + out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be + snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and + thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land + which the LORD your God hath given you. + +023:014 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and + ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one + thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your + God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and + not one thing hath failed thereof. + +023:015 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are + come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall + the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have + destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God + hath given you. + +023:016 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, + which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, + and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD + be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off + the good land which he hath given unto you. + +024:001 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and + called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for + their judges, and for their officers; and they presented + themselves before God. + +024:002 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God + of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood + in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father + of Nachor: and they served other gods. + +024:003 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the + flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and + multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. + +024:004 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau + mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went + down into Egypt. + +024:005 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to + that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. + +024:006 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the + sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with + chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. + +024:007 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you + and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered + them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and + ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. + +024:008 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt + on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave + them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I + destroyed them from before you. + +024:009 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred + against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to + curse you: + +024:010 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you + still: so I delivered you out of his hand. + +024:011 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men + of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the + Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the + Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered + them into your hand. + +024:012 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from + before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with + thy sword, nor with thy bow. + +024:013 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and + cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the + vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. + +024:014 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in + truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the + other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. + +024:015 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you + this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your + fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or + the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for + me and my house, we will serve the LORD. + +024:016 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should + forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; + +024:017 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our + fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, + and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us + in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people + through whom we passed: + +024:018 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the + Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve + the LORD; for he is our God. + +024:019 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for + he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive + your transgressions nor your sins. + +024:020 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will + turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done + you good. + +024:021 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the + LORD. + +024:022 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against + yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And + they said, We are witnesses. + +024:023 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are + among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. + +024:024 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we + serve, and his voice will we obey. + +024:025 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set + them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. + +024:026 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, + and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that + was by the sanctuary of the LORD. + +024:027 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall + be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the + LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness + unto you, lest ye deny your God. + +024:028 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his + inheritance. + +024:029 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of + Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten + years old. + +024:030 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in + Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of + the hill of Gaash. + +024:031 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the + days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known + all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. + +024:032 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought + up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground + which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem + for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance + of the children of Joseph. + +024:033 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a + hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him + in mount Ephraim. + +Book 07 Judges + +001:001 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the + children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for + us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? + +001:002 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered + the land into his hand. + +001:003 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into + my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I + likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with + him. + +001:004 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and + the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek + ten thousand men. + +001:005 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against + him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. + +001:006 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught + him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. + +001:007 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their + thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under + my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they + brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. + +001:008 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and + had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and + set the city on fire. + +001:009 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against + the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, + and in the valley. + +001:010 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: + (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew + Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. + +001:011 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and + the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: + +001:012 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, + to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. + +001:013 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took + it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. + +001:014 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him + to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her + ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? + +001:015 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given + me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave + her the upper springs and the nether springs. + +001:016 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up + out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into + the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and + they went and dwelt among the people. + +001:017 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the + Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. + And the name of the city was called Hormah. + +001:018 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with + the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. + +001:019 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants + of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of + the valley, because they had chariots of iron. + +001:020 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he + expelled thence the three sons of Anak. + +001:021 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites + that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the + children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. + +001:022 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and + the LORD was with them. + +001:023 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name + of the city before was Luz.) + +001:024 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they + said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the + city, and we will shew thee mercy. + +001:025 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote + the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man + and all his family. + +001:026 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a + city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name + thereof unto this day. + +001:027 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean + and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants + of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her + towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the + Canaanites would dwell in that land. + +001:028 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the + Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. + +001:029 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in + Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. + +001:030 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor + the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among + them, and became tributaries. + +001:031 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the + inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of + Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: + +001:032 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants + of the land: for they did not drive them out. + +001:033 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, + nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the + Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the + inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries + unto them. + +001:034 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: + for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: + +001:035 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in + Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so + that they became tributaries. + +001:036 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to + Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. + +002:001 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and + said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you + unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I + will never break my covenant with you. + +002:002 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; + ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my + voice: why have ye done this? + +002:003 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before + you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods + shall be a snare unto you. + +002:004 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these + words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted + up their voice, and wept. + +002:005 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they + sacrificed there unto the LORD. + +002:006 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel + went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. + +002:007 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all + the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all + the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. + +002:008 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, + being an hundred and ten years old. + +002:009 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in + Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of + the hill Gaash. + +002:010 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: + and there arose another generation after them, which knew not + the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. + +002:011 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, + and served Baalim: + +002:012 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought + them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the + gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed + themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. + +002:013 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. + +002:014 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he + delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, + and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, + so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. + +002:015 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against + them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn + unto them: and they were greatly distressed. + +002:016 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them + out of the hand of those that spoiled them. + +002:017 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they + went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto + them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers + walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did + not so. + +002:018 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was + with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their + enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD + because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed + them and vexed them. + +002:019 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they + returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in + following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; + they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn + way. + +002:020 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, + Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I + commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; + +002:021 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of + the nations which Joshua left when he died: + +002:022 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep + the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep + it, or not. + +002:023 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them + out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of + Joshua. + +003:001 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel + by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars + of Canaan; + +003:002 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might + know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew + nothing thereof; + +003:003 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, + and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount + Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. + +003:004 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they + would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he + commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. + +003:005 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, + Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and + Jebusites: + +003:006 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave + their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. + +003:007 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, + and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the + groves. + +003:008 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he + sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of + Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served + Chushanrishathaim eight years. + +003:009 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD + raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered + them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. + +003:010 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged + Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered + Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his + hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. + +003:011 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of + Kenaz died. + +003:012 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the + LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against + Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. + +003:013 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and + went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. + +003:014 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab + eighteen years. + +003:015 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD + raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, + a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a + present unto Eglon the king of Moab. + +003:016 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit + length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right + thigh. + +003:017 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon + was a very fat man. + +003:018 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away + the people that bare the present. + +003:019 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by + Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: + who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out + from him. + +003:020 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer + parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have + a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. + +003:021 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his + right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: + +003:022 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed + upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of + his belly; and the dirt came out. + +003:023 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of + the parlour upon him, and locked them. + +003:024 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw + that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, + Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. + +003:025 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he + opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a + key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down + dead on the earth. + +003:026 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the + quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. + +003:027 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet + in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went + down with him from the mount, and he before them. + +003:028 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath + delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they + went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, + and suffered not a man to pass over. + +003:029 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all + lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. + +003:030 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the + land had rest fourscore years. + +003:031 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the + Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also + delivered Israel. + +004:001 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the + LORD, when Ehud was dead. + +004:002 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, + that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, + which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. + +004:003 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had + nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily + oppressed the children of Israel. + +004:004 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged + Israel at that time. + +004:005 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and + Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to + her for judgment. + +004:006 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of + Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of + Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and + take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali + and of the children of Zebulun? + +004:007 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the + captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; + and I will deliver him into thine hand. + +004:008 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will + go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. + +004:009 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the + journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for + the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And + Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. + +004:010 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went + up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with + him. + +004:011 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the + father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, + and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by + Kedesh. + +004:012 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone + up to mount Tabor. + +004:013 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine + hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with + him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. + +004:014 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which + the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the + LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount + Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. + +004:015 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all + his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that + Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his + feet. + +004:016 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto + Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell + upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. + +004:017 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the + wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin + the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. + +004:018 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, + my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in + unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. + +004:019 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to + drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and + gave him drink, and covered him. + +004:020 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it + shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, + Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. + +004:021 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an + hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the + nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he + was fast asleep and weary. So he died. + +004:022 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet + him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man + whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, + Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. + +004:023 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the + children of Israel. + +004:024 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and + prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had + destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. + +005:001 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, + saying, + +005:002 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people + willingly offered themselves. + +005:003 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing + unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. + +005:004 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out + of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens + dropped, the clouds also dropped water. + +005:005 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai + from before the LORD God of Israel. + +005:006 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, + the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked + through byways. + +005:007 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, + until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. + +005:008 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a + shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? + +005:009 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered + themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. + +005:010 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, + and walk by the way. + +005:011 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the + places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the + righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the + inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people + of the LORD go down to the gates. + +005:012 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, + Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. + +005:013 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles + among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the + mighty. + +005:014 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after + thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down + governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the + writer. + +005:015 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, + and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the + divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. + +005:016 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings + of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great + searchings of heart. + +005:017 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? + Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. + +005:018 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives + unto the death in the high places of the field. + +005:019 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in + Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. + +005:020 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought + against Sisera. + +005:021 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the + river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. + +005:022 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, + the pransings of their mighty ones. + +005:023 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly + the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of + the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. + +005:024 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite + be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. + +005:025 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth + butter in a lordly dish. + +005:026 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the + workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she + smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through + his temples. + +005:027 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he + bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. + +005:028 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through + the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry + the wheels of his chariots? + +005:029 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to + herself, + +005:030 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every + man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a + prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of + needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take + the spoil? + +005:031 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that + love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And + the land had rest forty years. + +006:001 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: + and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven + years. + +006:002 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because + of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens + which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. + +006:003 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came + up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even + they came up against them; + +006:004 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of + the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance + for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. + +006:005 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they + came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their + camels were without number: and they entered into the land to + destroy it. + +006:006 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; + and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. + +006:007 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto + the LORD because of the Midianites, + +006:008 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, + which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I + brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the + house of bondage; + +006:009 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out + of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from + before you, and gave you their land; + +006:010 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods + of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not + obeyed my voice. + +006:011 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak + which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: + and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it + from the Midianites. + +006:012 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto + him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. + +006:013 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, + why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his + miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the + LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken + us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. + +006:014 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, + and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: + have not I sent thee? + +006:015 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save + Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the + least in my father's house. + +006:016 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and + thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. + +006:017 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, + then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. + +006:018 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and + bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I + will tarry until thou come again. + +006:019 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes + of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put + the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, + and presented it. + +006:020 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the + unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out + the broth. And he did so. + +006:021 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that + was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened + cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed + the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD + departed out of his sight. + +006:022 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, + Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an + angel of the LORD face to face. + +006:023 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou + shalt not die. + +006:024 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it + Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the + Abiezrites. + +006:025 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto + him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock + of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy + father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: + +006:026 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this + rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and + offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou + shalt cut down. + +006:027 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD + had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his + father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not + do it by day, that he did it by night. + +006:028 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, + behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut + down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon + the altar that was built. + +006:029 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And + when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of + Joash hath done this thing. + +006:030 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, + that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, + and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. + +006:031 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead + for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let + him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, + let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his + altar. + +006:032 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let + Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. + +006:033 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of + the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in + the valley of Jezreel. + +006:034 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a + trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. + +006:035 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was + gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and + unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet + them. + +006:036 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine + hand, as thou hast said, + +006:037 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the + dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth + beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine + hand, as thou hast said. + +006:038 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust + the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a + bowl full of water. + +006:039 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against + me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, + but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the + fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. + +006:040 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece + only, and there was dew on all the ground. + +007:001 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were + with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: + so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of + them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. + +007:002 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee + are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, + lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand + hath saved me. + +007:003 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, + saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and + depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the + people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten + thousand. + +007:004 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; + bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee + there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This + shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of + whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the + same shall not go. + +007:005 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD + said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his + tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; + likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. + +007:006 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to + their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the + people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. + +007:007 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that + lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine + hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his + place. + +007:008 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: + and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, + and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian + was beneath him in the valley. + +007:009 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto + him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered + it into thine hand. + +007:010 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant + down to the host: + +007:011 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine + hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he + down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men + that were in the host. + +007:012 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of + the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for + multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand + by the sea side for multitude. + +007:013 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a + dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, + and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of + Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and + overturned it, that the tent lay along. + +007:014 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save + the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for + into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. + +007:015 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and + the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned + into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath + delivered into your hand the host of Midian. + +007:016 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and + he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and + lamps within the pitchers. + +007:017 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, + behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be + that, as I do, so shall ye do. + +007:018 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then + blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and + say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. + +007:019 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto + the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; + and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the + trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. + +007:020 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the + pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the + trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, + The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. + +007:021 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; + and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. + +007:022 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set + every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the + host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the + border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. + +007:023 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of + Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and + pursued after the Midianites. + +007:024 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, + saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them + the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of + Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto + Bethbarah and Jordan. + +007:025 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; + and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at + the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the + heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. + +008:001 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us + thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight + with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. + +008:002 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of + you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than + the vintage of Abiezer? + +008:003 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb + and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then + their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. + +008:004 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three + hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. + +008:005 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves + of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, + and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. + +008:006 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and + Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto + thine army? + +008:007 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah + and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with + the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. + +008:008 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: + and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had + answered him. + +008:009 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come + again in peace, I will break down this tower. + +008:010 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with + them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all + the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an + hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. + +008:011 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on + the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the + host was secure. + +008:012 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and + took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and + discomfited all the host. + +008:013 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the + sun was up, + +008:014 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of + him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the + elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. + +008:015 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah + and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the + hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should + give bread unto thy men that are weary? + +008:016 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the + wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of + Succoth. + +008:017 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the + city. + +008:018 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were + they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so + were they; each one resembled the children of a king. + +008:019 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my + mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I + would not slay you. + +008:020 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But + the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was + yet a youth. + +008:021 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for + as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew + Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on + their camels' necks. + +008:022 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, + both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast + delivered us from the hand of Midian. + +008:023 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither + shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. + +008:024 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, + that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For + they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) + +008:025 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they + spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings + of his prey. + +008:026 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a + thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, + and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of + Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' + necks. + +008:027 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even + in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: + which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. + +008:028 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that + they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in + quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. + +008:029 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own + house. + +008:030 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: + for he had many wives. + +008:031 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a + son, whose name he called Abimelech. + +008:032 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was + buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the + Abiezrites. + +008:033 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the + children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after + Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. + +008:034 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, + who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies + on every side: + +008:035 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, + namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had + shewed unto Israel. + +009:001 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his + mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the + family of the house of his mother's father, saying, + +009:002 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, + Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of + Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over + you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your + bone and your flesh. + +009:003 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the + men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to + follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. + +009:004 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of + the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and + light persons, which followed him. + +009:005 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his + brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten + persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the + youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. + +009:006 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the + house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the + plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. + +009:007 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top + of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said + unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may + hearken unto you. + +009:008 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and + they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. + +009:009 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, + wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted + over the trees? + +009:010 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over + us. + +009:011 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my + sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the + trees? + +009:012 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over + us. + +009:013 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which + cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? + +009:014 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign + over us. + +009:015 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me + king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and + if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the + cedars of Lebanon. + +009:016 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye + have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with + Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to + the deserving of his hands; + +009:017 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, + and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: + +009:018 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and + have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one + stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, + king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) + +009:019 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and + with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let + him also rejoice in you: + +009:020 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the + men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out + from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and + devour Abimelech. + +009:021 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt + there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. + +009:022 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, + +009:023 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of + Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with + Abimelech: + +009:024 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of + Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech + their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, + which aided him in the killing of his brethren. + +009:025 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of + the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by + them: and it was told Abimelech. + +009:026 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over + to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in + him. + +009:027 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their + vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into + the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed + Abimelech. + +009:028 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is + Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of + Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the + father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? + +009:029 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I + remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine + army, and come out. + +009:030 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal + the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. + +009:031 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, + Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, + behold, they fortify the city against thee. + +009:032 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with + thee, and lie in wait in the field: + +009:033 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is + up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, + when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, + then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. + +009:034 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, + by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four + companies. + +009:035 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering + of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people + that were with him, from lying in wait. + +009:036 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there + come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said + unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they + were men. + +009:037 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by + the middle of the land, and another company come along by the + plain of Meonenim. + +009:038 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith + thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is + not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray + now, and fight with them. + +009:039 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with + Abimelech. + +009:040 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many + were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the + gate. + +009:041 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and + his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. + +009:042 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out + into the field; and they told Abimelech. + +009:043 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, + and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the + people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against + them, and smote them. + +009:044 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed + forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: + and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were + in the fields, and slew them. + +009:045 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he + took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat + down the city, and sowed it with salt. + +009:046 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they + entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. + +009:047 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of + Shechem were gathered together. + +009:048 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the + people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his + hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and + laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were + with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I + have done. + +009:049 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and + followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold + on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem + died also, about a thousand men and women. + +009:050 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, + and took it. + +009:051 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled + all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it + to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. + +009:052 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and + went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. + +009:053 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon + Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. + +009:054 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, + and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say + not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him + through, and he died. + +009:055 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they + departed every man unto his place. + +009:056 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did + unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: + +009:057 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon + their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of + Jerubbaal. + +010:001 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son + of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in + Shamir in mount Ephraim. + +010:002 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was + buried in Shamir. + +010:003 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel + twenty and two years. + +010:004 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they + had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, + which are in the land of Gilead. + +010:005 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. + +010:006 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the + LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, + and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of + the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and + forsook the LORD, and served not him. + +010:007 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold + them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of + the children of Ammon. + +010:008 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: + eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the + other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in + Gilead. + +010:009 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight + also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the + house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. + +010:010 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We + have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our + God, and also served Baalim. + +010:011 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I + deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from + the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? + +010:012 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did + oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of + their hand. + +010:013 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I + will deliver you no more. + +010:014 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them + deliver you in the time of your tribulation. + +010:015 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: + do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us + only, we pray thee, this day. + +010:016 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served + the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. + +010:017 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and + encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled + themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. + +010:018 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What + man is he that will begin to fight against the children of + Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. + +011:001 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he + was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. + +011:002 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, + and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt + not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a + strange woman. + +011:003 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of + Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went + out with him. + +011:004 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of + Ammon made war against Israel. + +011:005 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war + against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah + out of the land of Tob: + +011:006 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we + may fight with the children of Ammon. + +011:007 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate + me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come + unto me now when ye are in distress? + +011:008 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn + again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight + against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the + inhabitants of Gilead. + +011:009 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me + home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the + LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? + +011:010 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be + witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. + +011:011 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people + made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all + his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. + +011:012 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of + Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art + come against me to fight in my land? + +011:013 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the + messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when + they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and + unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again + peaceably. + +011:014 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the + children of Ammon: + +011:015 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away + the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: + +011:016 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the + wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; + +011:017 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let + me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom + would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto + the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode + in Kadesh. + +011:018 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the + land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side + of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, + but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the + border of Moab. + +011:019 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, + the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we + pray thee, through thy land into my place. + +011:020 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but + Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, + and fought against Israel. + +011:021 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people + into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel + possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of + that country. + +011:022 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon + even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. + +011:023 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites + from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? + +011:024 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee + to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out + from before us, them will we possess. + +011:025 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of + Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or + did he ever fight against them, + +011:026 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and + her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts + of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not + recover them within that time? + +011:027 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me + wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day + between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. + +011:028 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto + the words of Jephthah which he sent him. + +011:029 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed + over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, + and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of + Ammon. + +011:030 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou + shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine + hands, + +011:031 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of + my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children + of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up + for a burnt offering. + +011:032 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight + against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. + +011:033 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, + even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with + a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were + subdued before the children of Israel. + +011:034 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his + daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: + and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor + daughter. + +011:035 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his + clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me + very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have + opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. + +011:036 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy + mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath + proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken + vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of + Ammon. + +011:037 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: + let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the + mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. + +011:038 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she + went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the + mountains. + +011:039 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she + returned unto her father, who did with her according to his + vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a + custom in Israel, + +011:040 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the + daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. + +012:001 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went + northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou + over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not + call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee + with fire. + +012:002 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great + strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye + delivered me not out of their hands. + +012:003 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my + hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the + LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come + up unto me this day, to fight against me? + +012:004 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and + fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, + because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim + among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. + +012:005 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the + Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which + were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said + unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; + +012:006 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said + Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then + they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and + there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two + thousand. + +012:007 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the + Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. + +012:008 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. + +012:009 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent + abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. + And he judged Israel seven years. + +012:010 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. + +012:011 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged + Israel ten years. + +012:012 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the + country of Zebulun. + +012:013 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged + Israel. + +012:014 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on + threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight + years. + +012:015 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was + buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the + Amalekites. + +013:001 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the + LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the + Philistines forty years. + +013:002 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the + Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and + bare not. + +013:003 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said + unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but + thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. + +013:004 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor + strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: + +013:005 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor + shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto + God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of + the hand of the Philistines. + +013:006 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God + came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of + an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he + was, neither told he me his name: + +013:007 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a + son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any + unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from + the womb to the day of his death. + +013:008 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the + man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach + us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. + +013:009 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God + came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah + her husband was not with her. + +013:010 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and + said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that + came unto me the other day. + +013:011 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the + man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the + woman? And he said, I am. + +013:012 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we + order the child, and how shall we do unto him? + +013:013 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said + unto the woman let her beware. + +013:014 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither + let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: + all that I commanded her let her observe. + +013:015 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let + us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. + +013:016 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain + me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a + burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah + knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. + +013:017 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, + that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? + +013:018 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus + after my name, seeing it is secret? + +013:019 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon + a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and + Manoah and his wife looked on. + +013:020 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from + off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the + flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and + fell on their faces to the ground. + +013:021 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to + his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. + +013:022 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we + have seen God. + +013:023 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill + us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat + offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all + these things, nor would as at this time have told us such + things as these. + +013:024 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the + child grew, and the LORD blessed him. + +013:025 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the + camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. + +014:001 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of + the daughters of the Philistines. + +014:002 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, + I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the + Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. + +014:003 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a + woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my + people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised + Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; + for she pleaseth me well. + +014:004 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the + LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for + at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. + +014:005 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to + Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a + young lion roared against him. + +014:006 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent + him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his + hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had + done. + +014:007 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased + Samson well. + +014:008 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside + to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm + of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. + +014:009 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came + to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: + but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the + carcase of the lion. + +014:010 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there + a feast; for so used the young men to do. + +014:011 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought + thirty companions to be with him. + +014:012 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto + you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days + of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty + sheets and thirty change of garments: + +014:013 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty + sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, + Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. + +014:014 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and + out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in + three days expound the riddle. + +014:015 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto + Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us + the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with + fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? + +014:016 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but + hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto + the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he + said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my + mother, and shall I tell it thee? + +014:017 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast + lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told + her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to + the children of her people. + +014:018 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day + before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what + is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not + plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. + +014:019 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to + Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, + and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the + riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his + father's house. + +014:020 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used + as his friend. + +015:001 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat + harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, + I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would + not suffer him to go in. + +015:002 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly + hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her + younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead + of her. + +015:003 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless + than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. + +015:004 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took + firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in + the midst between two tails. + +015:005 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into + the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the + shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and + olives. + +015:006 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they + answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he + had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the + Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. + +015:007 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will + I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. + +015:008 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he + went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. + +015:009 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread + themselves in Lehi. + +015:010 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And + they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as + he hath done to us. + +015:011 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock + Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the + Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast + done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so + have I done unto them. + +015:012 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we + may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson + said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me + yourselves. + +015:013 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee + fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not + kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought + him up from the rock. + +015:014 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against + him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and + the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was + burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. + +015:015 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, + and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. + +015:016 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, + with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. + +015:017 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that + he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that + place Ramathlehi. + +015:018 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, + Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy + servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the + hand of the uncircumcised? + +015:019 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there + came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came + again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof + Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. + +015:020 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty + years. + +016:001 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in + unto her. + +016:002 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. + And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in + the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In + the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. + +016:003 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took + the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went + away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, + and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before + Hebron. + +016:004 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the + valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. + +016:005 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said + unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength + lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we + may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one + of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. + +016:006 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy + great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to + afflict thee. + +016:007 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green + withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as + another man. + +016:008 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven + green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with + them. + +016:009 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the + chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, + Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken + when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. + +016:010 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and + told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou + mightest be bound. + +016:011 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that + never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another + man. + +016:012 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and + said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there + were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them + from off his arms like a thread. + +016:013 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, + and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. + And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my + head with the web. + +016:014 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The + Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his + sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the + web. + +016:015 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when + thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three + times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. + +016:016 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her + words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; + +016:017 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath + not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite + unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my + strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like + any other man. + +016:018 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she + sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come + up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the + lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money + in their hand. + +016:019 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a + man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his + head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from + him. + +016:020 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he + awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other + times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD + was departed from him. + +016:021 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and + brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; + and he did grind in the prison house. + +016:022 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was + shaven. + +016:023 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for + to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to + rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our + enemy into our hand. + +016:024 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they + said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the + destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. + +016:025 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they + said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they + called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them + sport: and they set him between the pillars. + +016:026 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer + me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, + that I may lean upon them. + +016:027 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of + the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about + three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made + sport. + +016:028 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, + remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only + this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the + Philistines for my two eyes. + +016:029 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the + house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his + right hand, and of the other with his left. + +016:030 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed + himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, + and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which + he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his + life. + +016:031 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, + and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah + and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he + judged Israel twenty years. + +017:001 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. + +017:002 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of + silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, + and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with + me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the + LORD, my son. + +017:003 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver + to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the + silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven + image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto + thee. + +017:004 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took + two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, + who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they + were in the house of Micah. + +017:005 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and + teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his + priest. + +017:006 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did + that which was right in his own eyes. + +017:007 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family + of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. + +017:008 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to + sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount + Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. + +017:009 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto + him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn + where I may find a place. + +017:010 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a + father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of + silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. + So the Levite went in. + +017:011 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the + young man was unto him as one of his sons. + +017:012 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his + priest, and was in the house of Micah. + +017:013 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, + seeing I have a Levite to my priest. + +018:001 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days + the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell + in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen + unto them among the tribes of Israel. + +018:002 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from + their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to + spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, + Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to + the house of Micah, they lodged there. + +018:003 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of + the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said + unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in + this place? and what hast thou here? + +018:004 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, + and hath hired me, and I am his priest. + +018:005 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, + that we may know whether our way which we go shall be + prosperous. + +018:006 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is + your way wherein ye go. + +018:007 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the + people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the + manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no + magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any + thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no + business with any man. + +018:008 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and + their brethren said unto them, What say ye? + +018:009 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we + have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye + still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the + land. + +018:010 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large + land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where + there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. + +018:011 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out + of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with + weapons of war. + +018:012 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: + wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: + behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. + +018:013 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the + house of Micah. + +018:014 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of + Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is + in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, + and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. + +018:015 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the + young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and + saluted him. + +018:016 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, + which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of + the gate. + +018:017 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and + came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and + the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in + the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were + appointed with weapons of war. + +018:018 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved + image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then + said the priest unto them, What do ye? + +018:019 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon + thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: + is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one + man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in + Israel? + +018:020 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and + the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of + the people. + +018:021 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the + cattle and the carriage before them. + +018:022 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men + that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered + together, and overtook the children of Dan. + +018:023 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their + faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest + with such a company? + +018:024 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the + priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what + is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? + +018:025 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be + heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou + lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. + +018:026 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw + that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back + unto his house. + +018:027 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest + which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at + quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the + sword, and burnt the city with fire. + +018:028 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and + they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley + that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt + therein. + +018:029 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of + Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name + of the city was Laish at the first. + +018:030 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, + the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were + priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of + the land. + +018:031 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all + the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. + +019:001 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in + Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side + of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of + Bethlehemjudah. + +019:002 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away + from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was + there four whole months. + +019:003 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly + unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, + and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's + house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced + to meet him. + +019:004 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and + he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and + lodged there. + +019:005 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early + in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's + father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a + morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. + +019:006 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them + together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be + content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart + be merry. + +019:007 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged + him: therefore he lodged there again. + +019:008 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; + and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray + thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both + of them. + +019:009 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and + his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto + him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you + tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge + here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you + early on your way, that thou mayest go home. + +019:010 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and + departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and + there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was + with him. + +019:011 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the + servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us + turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. + +019:012 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither + into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of + Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. + +019:013 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to + one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in + Ramah. + +019:014 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down + upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to + Benjamin. + +019:015 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in + Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of + the city: for there was no man that took them into his house + to lodging. + +019:016 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the + field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he + sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. + +019:017 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in + the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest + thou? and whence comest thou? + +019:018 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah + toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went + to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the + LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. + +019:019 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there + is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for + the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of + any thing. + +019:020 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all + thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. + +019:021 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the + asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. + +019:022 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of + the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, + and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, + the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine + house, that we may know him. + +019:023 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and + said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so + wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not + this folly. + +019:024 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them + I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them + what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a + thing. + +019:025 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his + concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, + and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the + day began to spring, they let her go. + +019:026 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down + at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was + light. + +019:027 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of + the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman + his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and + her hands were upon the threshold. + +019:028 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none + answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man + rose up, and gat him unto his place. + +019:029 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid + hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her + bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of + Israel. + +019:030 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such + deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel + came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of + it, take advice, and speak your minds. + +020:001 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation + was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, + with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. + +020:002 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of + Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of + God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. + +020:003 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of + Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of + Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? + +020:004 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, + answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to + Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. + +020:005 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house + round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: + and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. + +020:006 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her + throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for + they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. + +020:007 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice + and counsel. + +020:008 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any + of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his + house. + +020:009 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we + will go up by lot against it; + +020:010 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the + tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand + out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that + they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according + to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. + +020:011 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit + together as one man. + +020:012 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of + Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among + you? + +020:013 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, + which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put + away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not + hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. + +020:014 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out + of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the + children of Israel. + +020:015 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of + the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside + the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred + chosen men. + +020:016 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men + lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, + and not miss. + +020:017 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four + hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of + war. + +020:018 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of + God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go + up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And + the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. + +020:019 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and + encamped against Gibeah. + +020:020 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and + the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against + them at Gibeah. + +020:021 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and + destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty + and two thousand men. + +020:022 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and + set their battle again in array in the place where they put + themselves in array the first day. + +020:023 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD + until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go + up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my + brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) + +020:024 And the children of Israel came near against the children of + Benjamin the second day. + +020:025 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second + day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of + Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. + +020:026 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, + and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before + the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt + offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. + +020:027 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark + of the covenant of God was there in those days, + +020:028 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood + before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to + battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I + cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver + them into thine hand. + +020:029 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. + +020:030 And the children of Israel went up against the children of + Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against + Gibeah, as at other times. + +020:031 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and + were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the + people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which + one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in + the field, about thirty men of Israel. + +020:032 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down + before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, + Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. + +020:033 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put + themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of + Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows + of Gibeah. + +020:034 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of + all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that + evil was near them. + +020:035 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of + Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five + thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. + +020:036 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for + the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they + trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside + Gibeah. + +020:037 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the + liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city + with the edge of the sword. + +020:038 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and + the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with + smoke rise up out of the city. + +020:039 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin + began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty + persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before + us, as in the first battle. + +020:040 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a + pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, + behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. + +020:041 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin + were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. + +020:042 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel + unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; + and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the + midst of them. + +020:043 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased + them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward + the sunrising. + +020:044 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these + were men of valour. + +020:045 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock + of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five + thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew + two thousand men of them. + +020:046 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and + five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of + valour. + +020:047 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the + rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. + +020:048 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of + Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well + the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to + hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. + +021:001 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall + not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. + +021:002 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till + even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; + +021:003 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in + Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in + Israel? + +021:004 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, + and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and + peace offerings. + +021:005 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the + tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto + the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that + came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be + put to death. + +021:006 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their + brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this + day. + +021:007 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have + sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters + to wives? + +021:008 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that + came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came + none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. + +021:009 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of + the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. + +021:010 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the + valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the + inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with + the women and the children. + +021:011 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly + destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. + +021:012 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four + hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any + male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is + in the land of Canaan. + +021:013 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children + of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call + peaceably unto them. + +021:014 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives + which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and + yet so they sufficed them not. + +021:015 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the + LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. + +021:016 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for + wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out + of Benjamin? + +021:017 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be + escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of + Israel. + +021:018 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the + children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that + giveth a wife to Benjamin. + +021:019 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh + yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the + east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, + and on the south of Lebonah. + +021:020 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go + and lie in wait in the vineyards; + +021:021 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to + dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch + you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to + the land of Benjamin. + +021:022 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come + unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable + unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man + his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this + time, that ye should be guilty. + +021:023 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, + according to their number, of them that danced, whom they + caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and + repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. + +021:024 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every + man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from + thence every man to his inheritance. + +021:025 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that + which was right in his own eyes. + +Book 08 Ruth + +001:001 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that + there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of + Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and + his wife, and his two sons. + +001:002 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his + wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, + Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country + of Moab, and continued there. + +001:003 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her + two sons. + +001:004 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the + one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they + dwelled there about ten years. + +001:005 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman + was left of her two sons and her husband. + +001:006 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might + return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the + country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in + giving them bread. + +001:007 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and + her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to + return unto the land of Judah. + +001:008 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each + to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye + have dealt with the dead, and with me. + +001:009 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the + house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up + their voice, and wept. + +001:010 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto + thy people. + +001:011 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with + me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be + your husbands? + +001:012 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to + have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should + have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; + +001:013 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay + for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it + grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is + gone out against me. + +001:014 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah + kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. + +001:015 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her + people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in + law. + +001:016 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from + following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and + where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my + people, and thy God my God: + +001:017 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the + LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee + and me. + +001:018 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, + then she left speaking unto her. + +001:019 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to + pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was + moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? + +001:020 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for + the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. + +001:021 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: + why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified + against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? + +001:022 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in + law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and + they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. + +002:001 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of + wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. + +002:002 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the + field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall + find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. + +002:003 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the + reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field + belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. + +002:004 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the + reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD + bless thee. + +002:005 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, + Whose damsel is this? + +002:006 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and + said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out + of the country of Moab: + +002:007 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the + reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued + even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in + the house. + +002:008 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go + not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but + abide here fast by my maidens: + +002:009 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou + after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall + not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the + vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. + +002:010 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, + and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that + thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? + +002:011 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed + me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the + death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and + thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a + people which thou knewest not heretofore. + +002:012 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee + of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to + trust. + +002:013 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for + that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken + friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of + thine handmaidens. + +002:014 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat + of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat + beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she + did eat, and was sufficed, and left. + +002:015 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young + men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and + reproach her not: + +002:016 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and + leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. + +002:017 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she + had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. + +002:018 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in + law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave + to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. + +002:019 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned + to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take + knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom + she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought + to day is Boaz. + +002:020 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the + LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to + the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto + us, one of our next kinsmen. + +002:021 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt + keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my + harvest. + +002:022 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my + daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet + thee not in any other field. + +002:023 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end + of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her + mother in law. + +003:001 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall + I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? + +003:002 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou + wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the + threshingfloor. + +003:003 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment + upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not + thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating + and drinking. + +003:004 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the + place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover + his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou + shalt do. + +003:005 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. + +003:006 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all + that her mother in law bade her. + +003:007 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he + went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came + softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. + +003:008 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and + turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. + +003:009 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine + handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for + thou art a near kinsman. + +003:010 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for + thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the + beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether + poor or rich. + +003:011 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that + thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that + thou art a virtuous woman. + +003:012 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there + is a kinsman nearer than I. + +003:013 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he + will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do + the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a + kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, + as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. + +003:014 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up + before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be + known that a woman came into the floor. + +003:015 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and + hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of + barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. + +003:016 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art + thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done + to her. + +003:017 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he + said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. + +003:018 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the + matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he + have finished the thing this day. + +004:001 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, + behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he + said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned + aside, and sat down. + +004:002 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit + ye down here. And they sat down. + +004:003 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of + the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our + brother Elimelech's: + +004:004 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the + inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt + redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then + tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it + beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem + it. + +004:005 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of + Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife + of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his + inheritance. + +004:006 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I + mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for + I cannot redeem it. + +004:007 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning + redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; + a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and + this was a testimony in Israel. + +004:008 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he + drew off his shoe. + +004:009 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are + witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was + Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the + hand of Naomi. + +004:010 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I + purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon + his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from + among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are + witnesses this day. + +004:011 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, + said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come + into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did + build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, + and be famous in Bethlehem: + +004:012 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare + unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this + young woman. + +004:013 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in + unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. + +004:014 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath + not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be + famous in Israel. + +004:015 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a + nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which + loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath + born him. + +004:016 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became + nurse unto it. + +004:017 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is + a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the + father of Jesse, the father of David. + +004:018 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, + +004:019 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, + +004:020 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, + +004:021 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, + +004:022 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. + +Book 09 1 Samuel + +001:001 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount + Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son + of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: + +001:002 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the + name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but + Hannah had no children. + +001:003 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to + sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons + of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were + there. + +001:004 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to + Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, + portions: + +001:005 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: + but the LORD had shut up her womb. + +001:006 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her + fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. + +001:007 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house + of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did + not eat. + +001:008 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest + thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? + am not I better to thee than ten sons? + +001:009 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after + they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post + of the temple of the LORD. + +001:010 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, + and wept sore. + +001:011 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt + indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember + me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine + handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all + the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his + head. + +001:012 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, + that Eli marked her mouth. + +001:013 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but + her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been + drunken. + +001:014 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away + thy wine from thee. + +001:015 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a + sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, + but have poured out my soul before the LORD. + +001:016 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of + the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken + hitherto. + +001:017 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel + grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. + +001:018 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So + the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was + no more sad. + +001:019 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before + the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and + Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. + +001:020 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after + Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name + Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. + +001:021 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto + the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. + +001:022 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will + not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring + him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for + ever. + +001:023 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee + good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD + establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck + until she weaned him. + +001:024 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with + three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, + and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the + child was young. + +001:025 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. + +001:026 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am + the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. + +001:027 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my + petition which I asked of him: + +001:028 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he + liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the + LORD there. + +002:001 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, + mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over + mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. + +002:002 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: + neither is there any rock like our God. + +002:003 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out + of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him + actions are weighed. + +002:004 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled + are girded with strength. + +002:005 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and + they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born + seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. + +002:006 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the + grave, and bringeth up. + +002:007 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and + lifteth up. + +002:008 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the + beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to + make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the + earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. + +002:009 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be + silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. + +002:010 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of + heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the + ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, + and exalt the horn of his anointed. + +002:011 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did + minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. + +002:012 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the + LORD. + +002:013 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any + man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the + flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his + hand; + +002:014 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; + all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. + So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came + thither. + +002:015 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and + said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the + priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. + +002:016 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the + fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; + then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: + and if not, I will take it by force. + +002:017 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the + LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. + +002:018 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded + with a linen ephod. + +002:019 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to + him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to + offer the yearly sacrifice. + +002:020 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give + thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the + LORD. And they went unto their own home. + +002:021 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare + three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before + the LORD. + +002:022 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all + Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the + door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +002:023 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of + your evil dealings by all this people. + +002:024 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make + the LORD's people to transgress. + +002:025 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but + if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? + Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their + father, because the LORD would slay them. + +002:026 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the + LORD, and also with men. + +002:027 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus + saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy + father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? + +002:028 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my + priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an + ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father + all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? + +002:029 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which + I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons + above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the + offerings of Israel my people? + +002:030 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy + house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for + ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that + honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be + lightly esteemed. + +002:031 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the + arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man + in thine house. + +002:032 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the + wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an + old man in thine house for ever. + +002:033 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine + altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine + heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the + flower of their age. + +002:034 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy + two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die + both of them. + +002:035 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do + according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I + will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine + anointed for ever. + +002:036 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in + thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver + and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, + into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of + bread. + +003:001 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And + the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no + open vision. + +003:002 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in + his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not + see; + +003:003 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, + where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; + +003:004 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. + +003:005 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst + me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and + lay down. + +003:006 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and + went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And + he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. + +003:007 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of + the LORD yet revealed unto him. + +003:008 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose + and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. + And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. + +003:009 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, + if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy + servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. + +003:010 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, + Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant + heareth. + +003:011 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in + Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it + shall tingle. + +003:012 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have + spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an + end. + +003:013 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for + the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made + themselves vile, and he restrained them not. + +003:014 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the + iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor + offering for ever. + +003:015 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the + house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. + +003:016 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he + answered, Here am I. + +003:017 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto + thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and + more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things + that he said unto thee. + +003:018 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And + he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. + +003:019 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none + of his words fall to the ground. + +003:020 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was + established to be a prophet of the LORD. + +003:021 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed + himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. + +004:001 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out + against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside + Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. + +004:002 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: + and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the + Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four + thousand men. + +004:003 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of + Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before + the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the + LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it + may save us out of the hand of our enemies. + +004:004 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from + thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which + dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, + Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant + of God. + +004:005 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the + camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth + rang again. + +004:006 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they + said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp + of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD + was come into the camp. + +004:007 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come + into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not + been such a thing heretofore. + +004:008 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these + mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with + all the plagues in the wilderness. + +004:009 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that + ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: + quit yourselves like men, and fight. + +004:010 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they + fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great + slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. + +004:011 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni + and Phinehas, were slain. + +004:012 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to + Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon + his head. + +004:013 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside + watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when + the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried + out. + +004:014 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What + meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, + and told Eli. + +004:015 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, + that he could not see. + +004:016 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, + and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there + done, my son? + +004:017 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the + Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among + the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are + dead, and the ark of God is taken. + +004:018 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, + that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the + gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, + and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. + +004:019 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near + to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark + of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband + were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came + upon her. + +004:020 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her + said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she + answered not, neither did she regard it. + +004:021 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed + from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of + her father in law and her husband. + +004:022 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark + of God is taken. + +005:001 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from + Ebenezer unto Ashdod. + +005:002 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into + the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. + +005:003 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, + Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of + the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. + +005:004 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon + was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the + LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands + were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was + left to him. + +005:005 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into + Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto + this day. + +005:006 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he + destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and + the coasts thereof. + +005:007 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The + ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand + is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. + +005:008 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the + Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark + of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the + God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the + ark of the God of Israel about thither. + +005:009 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand + of the LORD was against the city with a very great + destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and + great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. + +005:010 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to + pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites + cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God + of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. + +005:011 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the + Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, + and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and + our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all + the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. + +005:012 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and + the cry of the city went up to heaven. + +006:001 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines + seven months. + +006:002 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, + saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us + wherewith we shall send it to his place. + +006:003 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, + send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass + offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to + you why his hand is not removed from you. + +006:004 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we + shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and + five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the + Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. + +006:005 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of + your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the + God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off + you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. + +006:006 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and + Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully + among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? + +006:007 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on + which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, + and bring their calves home from them: + +006:008 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and + put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass + offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, + that it may go. + +006:009 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to + Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, + then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it + was a chance that happened to us. + +006:010 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to + the cart, and shut up their calves at home: + +006:011 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the + coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. + +006:012 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, + and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned + not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of + the Philistines went after them unto the border of + Bethshemesh. + +006:013 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in + the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, + and rejoiced to see it. + +006:014 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and + stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the + wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto + the LORD. + +006:015 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer + that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put + them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered + burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto + the LORD. + +006:016 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they + returned to Ekron the same day. + +006:017 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines + returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod + one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron + one; + +006:018 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities + of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced + cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of + Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone + remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the + Bethshemite. + +006:019 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked + into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty + thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, + because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great + slaughter. + +006:020 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before + this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? + +006:021 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, + saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the + LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. + +007:001 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of + the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the + hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the + LORD. + +007:002 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, + that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the + house of Israel lamented after the LORD. + +007:003 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye + do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away + the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare + your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will + deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. + +007:004 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, + and served the LORD only. + +007:005 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray + for you unto the LORD. + +007:006 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and + poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and + said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged + the children of Israel in Mizpeh. + +007:007 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel + were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines + went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard + it, they were afraid of the Philistines. + +007:008 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry + unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the + hand of the Philistines. + +007:009 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt + offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD + for Israel; and the LORD heard him. + +007:010 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the + Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD + thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the + Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten + before Israel. + +007:011 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the + Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. + +007:012 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, + and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the + LORD helped us. + +007:013 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into + the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the + Philistines all the days of Samuel. + +007:014 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel + were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the + coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the + Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the + Amorites. + +007:015 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. + +007:016 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and + Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. + +007:017 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and + there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the + LORD. + +008:001 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his + sons judges over Israel. + +008:002 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his + second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. + +008:003 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after + lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. + +008:004 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, + and came to Samuel unto Ramah, + +008:005 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not + in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the + nations. + +008:006 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a + king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. + +008:007 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the + people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not + rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not + reign over them. + +008:008 According to all the works which they have done since the day + that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, + wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do + they also unto thee. + +008:009 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest + solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that + shall reign over them. + +008:010 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that + asked of him a king. + +008:011 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall + reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for + himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some + shall run before his chariots. + +008:012 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains + over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap + his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and + instruments of his chariots. + +008:013 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to + be cooks, and to be bakers. + +008:014 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your + oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his + servants. + +008:015 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your + vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. + +008:016 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and + your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his + work. + +008:017 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his + servants. + +008:018 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye + shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that + day. + +008:019 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; + and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; + +008:020 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king + may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. + +008:021 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed + them in the ears of the LORD. + +008:022 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and + make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go + ye every man unto his city. + +009:001 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son + of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of + Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. + +009:002 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and + a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a + goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was + higher than any of the people. + +009:003 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said + to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and + arise, go seek the asses. + +009:004 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the + land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed + through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he + passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them + not. + +009:005 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his + servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my + father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. + +009:006 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man + of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh + surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can + shew us our way that we should go. + +009:007 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what + shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, + and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what + have we? + +009:008 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have + here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will + I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. + +009:009 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus + he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now + called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) + +009:010 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So + they went unto the city where the man of God was. + +009:011 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young + maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the + seer here? + +009:012 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before + you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there + is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: + +009:013 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find + him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people + will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the + sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now + therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. + +009:014 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into + the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up + to the high place. + +009:015 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul + came, saying, + +009:016 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the + land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over + my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand + of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because + their cry is come unto me. + +009:017 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the + man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my + people. + +009:018 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, + I pray thee, where the seer's house is. + +009:019 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up + before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to + day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all + that is in thine heart. + +009:020 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not + thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the + desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's + house? + +009:021 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the + smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of + all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then + speakest thou so to me? + +009:022 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into + the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among + them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. + +009:023 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave + thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. + +009:024 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, + and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is + left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it + been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So + Saul did eat with Samuel that day. + +009:025 And when they were come down from the high place into the + city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. + +009:026 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of + the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, + saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and + they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. + +009:027 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel + said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he + passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee + the word of God. + +010:001 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, + and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath + anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? + +010:002 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find + two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at + Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou + wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the + care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I + do for my son? + +010:003 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come + to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men + going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and + another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a + bottle of wine: + +010:004 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; + which thou shalt receive of their hands. + +010:005 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the + garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when + thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a + company of prophets coming down from the high place with a + psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; + and they shall prophesy: + +010:006 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt + prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. + +010:007 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou + do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. + +010:008 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I + will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to + sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou + tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. + +010:009 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from + Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came + to pass that day. + +010:010 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of + prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he + prophesied among them. + +010:011 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw + that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the + people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the + son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? + +010:012 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their + father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the + prophets? + +010:013 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the + high place. + +010:014 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither + went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that + they were no where, we came to Samuel. + +010:015 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said + unto you. + +010:016 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the + asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof + Samuel spake, he told him not. + +010:017 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; + +010:018 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God + of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you + out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all + kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: + +010:019 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you + out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have + said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore + present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your + thousands. + +010:020 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come + near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. + +010:021 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their + families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of + Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be + found. + +010:022 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should + yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid + himself among the stuff. + +010:023 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among + the people, he was higher than any of the people from his + shoulders and upward. + +010:024 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD + hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? + And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. + +010:025 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and + wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel + sent all the people away, every man to his house. + +010:026 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a + band of men, whose hearts God had touched. + +010:027 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? + And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held + his peace. + +011:001 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against + Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make + a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. + +011:002 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will + I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your + right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. + +011:003 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' + respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of + Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come + out to thee. + +011:004 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the + tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted + up their voices, and wept. + +011:005 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and + Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they + told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. + +011:006 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those + tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. + +011:007 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent + them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of + messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and + after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear + of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one + consent. + +011:008 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel + were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty + thousand. + +011:009 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say + unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun + be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed + it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. + +011:010 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out + unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto + you. + +011:011 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three + companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the + morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the + day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were + scattered, so that two of them were not left together. + +011:012 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall + Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to + death. + +011:013 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: + for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. + +011:014 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, + and renew the kingdom there. + +011:015 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul + king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed + sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul + and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. + +012:001 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto + your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king + over you. + +012:002 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and + grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have + walked before you from my childhood unto this day. + +012:003 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and + before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have + I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or + of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes + therewith? and I will restore it you. + +012:004 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, + neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. + +012:005 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and + his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought + in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. + +012:006 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced + Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the + land of Egypt. + +012:007 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before + the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did + to you and to your fathers. + +012:008 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto + the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought + forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this + place. + +012:009 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the + hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the + hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of + Moab, and they fought against them. + +012:010 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, + because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and + Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, + and we will serve thee. + +012:011 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and + Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on + every side, and ye dwelled safe. + +012:012 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon + came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign + over us: when the LORD your God was your king. + +012:013 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye + have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. + +012:014 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, + and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall + both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue + following the LORD your God: + +012:015 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel + against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of + the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. + +012:016 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD + will do before your eyes. + +012:017 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and + he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see + that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight + of the LORD, in asking you a king. + +012:018 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and + rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and + Samuel. + +012:019 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants + unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto + all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. + +012:020 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all + this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, + but serve the LORD with all your heart; + +012:021 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain + things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. + +012:022 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's + sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. + +012:023 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the + LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good + and the right way: + +012:024 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your + heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. + +012:025 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both + ye and your king. + +013:001 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over + Israel, + +013:002 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two + thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a + thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the + rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. + +013:003 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in + Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the + trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. + +013:004 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of + the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination + with the Philistines. And the people were called together + after Saul to Gilgal. + +013:005 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with + Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, + and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: + and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from + Bethaven. + +013:006 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for + the people were distressed,) then the people did hide + themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in + high places, and in pits. + +013:007 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad + and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the + people followed him trembling. + +013:008 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that + Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the + people were scattered from him. + +013:009 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace + offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. + +013:010 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of + offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul + went out to meet him, that he might salute him. + +013:011 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I + saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou + camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines + gathered themselves together at Michmash; + +013:012 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me + to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I + forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. + +013:013 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast + not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he + commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy + kingdom upon Israel for ever. + +013:014 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought + him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him + to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that + which the LORD commanded thee. + +013:015 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of + Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with + him, about six hundred men. + +013:016 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were + present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the + Philistines encamped in Michmash. + +013:017 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in + three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth + to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: + +013:018 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another + company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the + valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. + +013:019 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of + Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them + swords or spears: + +013:020 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to + sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and + his mattock. + +013:021 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, + and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. + +013:022 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was + neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people + that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with + Jonathan his son was there found. + +013:023 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of + Michmash. + +014:001 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul + said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us + go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other + side. But he told not his father. + +014:002 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a + pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were + with him were about six hundred men; + +014:003 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of + Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing + an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. + +014:004 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over + unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the + one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of + the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. + +014:005 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against + Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. + +014:006 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, + and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: + it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no + restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. + +014:007 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine + heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy + heart. + +014:008 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, + and we will discover ourselves unto them. + +014:009 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we + will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. + +014:010 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for + the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be + a sign unto us. + +014:011 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of + the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews + come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. + +014:012 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his + armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a + thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after + me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. + +014:013 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and + his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and + his armourbearer slew after him. + +014:014 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer + made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of + land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. + +014:015 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among + all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also + trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great + trembling. + +014:016 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, + behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating + down one another. + +014:017 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, + and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, + behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. + +014:018 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the + ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. + +014:019 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that + the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and + increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. + +014:020 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled + themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every + man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great + discomfiture. + +014:021 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before + that time, which went up with them into the camp from the + country round about, even they also turned to be with the + Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. + +014:022 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in + mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even + they also followed hard after them in the battle. + +014:023 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over + unto Bethaven. + +014:024 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had + adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any + food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So + none of the people tasted any food. + +014:025 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey + upon the ground. + +014:026 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey + dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people + feared the oath. + +014:027 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with + the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was + in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand + to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. + +014:028 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly + charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man + that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. + +014:029 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I + pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I + tasted a little of this honey. + +014:030 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of + the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not + been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? + +014:031 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to + Aijalon: and the people were very faint. + +014:032 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, + and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did + eat them with the blood. + +014:033 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against + the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye + have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. + +014:034 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say + unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his + sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the + LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought + every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. + +014:035 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first + altar that he built unto the LORD. + +014:036 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, + and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a + man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto + thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. + +014:037 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the + Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? + But he answered him not that day. + +014:038 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the + people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. + +014:039 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in + Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man + among all the people that answered him. + +014:040 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and + Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said + unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. + +014:041 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a + perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people + escaped. + +014:042 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And + Jonathan was taken. + +014:043 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And + Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey + with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must + die. + +014:044 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt + surely die, Jonathan. + +014:045 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath + wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the + LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the + ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people + rescued Jonathan, that he died not. + +014:046 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the + Philistines went to their own place. + +014:047 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all + his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the + children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of + Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he + turned himself, he vexed them. + +014:048 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and + delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. + +014:049 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: + and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the + firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: + +014:050 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of + Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, + the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. + +014:051 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner + was the son of Abiel. + +014:052 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of + Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he + took him unto him. + +015:001 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to + be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken + thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. + +015:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did + to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came + up from Egypt. + +015:003 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they + have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant + and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. + +015:004 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in + Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of + Judah. + +015:005 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the + valley. + +015:006 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from + among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye + shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came + up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the + Amalekites. + +015:007 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest + to Shur, that is over against Egypt. + +015:008 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly + destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. + +015:009 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the + sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, + and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but + every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed + utterly. + +015:010 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, + +015:011 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is + turned back from following me, and hath not performed my + commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the + LORD all night. + +015:012 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was + told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set + him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone + down to Gilgal. + +015:013 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be + thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the + LORD. + +015:014 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep + in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? + +015:015 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for + the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to + sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly + destroyed. + +015:016 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what + the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say + on. + +015:017 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, + wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the + LORD anointed thee king over Israel? + +015:018 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly + destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them + until they be consumed. + +015:019 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but + didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the + LORD? + +015:020 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the + LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have + brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed + the Amalekites. + +015:021 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of + the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to + sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. + +015:022 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt + offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? + Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than + the fat of rams. + +015:023 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is + as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word + of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. + +015:024 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have + transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: + because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. + +015:025 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with + me, that I may worship the LORD. + +015:026 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for + thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath + rejected thee from being king over Israel. + +015:027 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the + skirt of his mantle, and it rent. + +015:028 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of + Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of + thine, that is better than thou. + +015:029 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for + he is not a man, that he should repent. + +015:030 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, + before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn + again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. + +015:031 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the + LORD. + +015:032 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the + Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, + Surely the bitterness of death is past. + +015:033 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so + shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed + Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. + +015:034 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to + Gibeah of Saul. + +015:035 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his + death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD + repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. + +016:001 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for + Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? + fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse + the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his + sons. + +016:002 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill + me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am + come to sacrifice to the LORD. + +016:003 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what + thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name + unto thee. + +016:004 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to + Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, + and said, Comest thou peaceably? + +016:005 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: + sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he + sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the + sacrifice. + +016:006 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on + Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. + +016:007 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or + on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for + the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the + outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. + +016:008 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. + And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. + +016:009 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath + the LORD chosen this. + +016:010 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And + Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. + +016:011 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he + said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he + keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch + him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. + +016:012 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal + of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the + LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. + +016:013 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the + midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon + David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to + Ramah. + +016:014 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil + spirit from the LORD troubled him. + +016:015 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit + from God troubleth thee. + +016:016 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, + to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it + shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon + thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be + well. + +016:017 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can + play well, and bring him to me. + +016:018 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have + seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in + playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and + prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with + him. + +016:019 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me + David thy son, which is with the sheep. + +016:020 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, + and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. + +016:021 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him + greatly; and he became his armourbearer. + +016:022 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand + before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. + +016:023 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon + Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so + Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed + from him. + +017:001 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, + and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to + Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. + +017:002 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and + pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array + against the Philistines. + +017:003 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and + Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a + valley between them. + +017:004 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the + Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six + cubits and a span. + +017:005 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed + with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five + thousand shekels of brass. + +017:006 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of + brass between his shoulders. + +017:007 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his + spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one + bearing a shield went before him. + +017:008 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said + unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am + not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man + for you, and let him come down to me. + +017:009 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we + be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, + then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. + +017:010 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; + give me a man, that we may fight together. + +017:011 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, + they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. + +017:012 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, + whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went + among men for an old man in the days of Saul. + +017:013 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to + the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the + battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, + and the third Shammah. + +017:014 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed + Saul. + +017:015 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's + sheep at Bethlehem. + +017:016 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and + presented himself forty days. + +017:017 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren + an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run + to the camp of thy brethren; + +017:018 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their + thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their + pledge. + +017:019 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the + valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. + +017:020 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep + with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; + and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the + fight, and shouted for the battle. + +017:021 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, + army against army. + +017:022 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the + carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his + brethren. + +017:023 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the + champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the + armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same + words: and David heard them. + +017:024 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from + him, and were sore afraid. + +017:025 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come + up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that + the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great + riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's + house free in Israel. + +017:026 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What + shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and + taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this + uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of + the living God? + +017:027 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So + shall it be done to the man that killeth him. + +017:028 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; + and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why + camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those + few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the + naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou + mightest see the battle. + +017:029 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? + +017:030 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the + same manner: and the people answered him again after the + former manner. + +017:031 And when the words were heard which David spake, they + rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. + +017:032 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of + him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. + +017:033 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this + Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he + a man of war from his youth. + +017:034 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, + and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the + flock: + +017:035 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out + of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by + his beard, and smote him, and slew him. + +017:036 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this + uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he + hath defied the armies of the living God. + +017:037 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw + of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver + me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto + David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. + +017:038 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of + brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. + +017:039 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to + go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I + cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David + put them off him. + +017:040 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth + stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag + which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: + and he drew near to the Philistine. + +017:041 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the + man that bare the shield went before him. + +017:042 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he + disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a + fair countenance. + +017:043 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou + comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by + his gods. + +017:044 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give + thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the + field. + +017:045 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a + sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee + in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of + Israel, whom thou hast defied. + +017:046 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will + smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the + carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the + fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that + all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. + +017:047 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with + sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will + give you into our hands. + +017:048 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and + drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward + the army to meet the Philistine. + +017:049 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, + and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that + the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to + the earth. + +017:050 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a + stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was + no sword in the hand of David. + +017:051 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took + his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew + him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines + saw their champion was dead, they fled. + +017:052 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and + pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to + the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell + down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. + +017:053 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the + Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. + +017:054 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to + Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. + +017:055 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he + said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is + this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I + cannot tell. + +017:056 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. + +017:057 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, + Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of + the Philistine in his hand. + +017:058 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And + David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the + Bethlehemite. + +018:001 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto + Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of + David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. + +018:002 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home + to his father's house. + +018:003 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him + as his own soul. + +018:004 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, + and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and + to his bow, and to his girdle. + +018:005 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved + himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he + was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the + sight of Saul's servants. + +018:006 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from + the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of + all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, + with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. + +018:007 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, + Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. + +018:008 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he + said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me + they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more + but the kingdom? + +018:009 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. + +018:010 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from + God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the + house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and + there was a javelin in Saul's hand. + +018:011 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David + even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his + presence twice. + +018:012 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, + and was departed from Saul. + +018:013 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain + over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the + people. + +018:014 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD + was with him. + +018:015 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, + he was afraid of him. + +018:016 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and + came in before them. + +018:017 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her + will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and + fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be + upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. + +018:018 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my + father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the + king? + +018:019 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter + should have been given to David, that she was given unto + Adriel the Meholathite to wife. + +018:020 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, + and the thing pleased him. + +018:021 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to + him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. + Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in + law in the one of the twain. + +018:022 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David + secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and + all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in + law. + +018:023 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. + And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's + son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? + +018:024 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner + spake David. + +018:025 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth + not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to + be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make + David fall by the hand of the Philistines. + +018:026 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David + well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not + expired. + +018:027 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of + the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their + foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that + he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal + his daughter to wife. + +018:028 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that + Michal Saul's daughter loved him. + +018:029 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became + David's enemy continually. + +018:030 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to + pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more + wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was + much set by. + +019:001 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, + that they should kill David. + +019:002 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan + told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now + therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the + morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: + +019:003 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field + where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and + what I see, that I will tell thee. + +019:004 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and + said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, + against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and + because his works have been to thee-ward very good: + +019:005 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, + and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou + sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin + against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? + +019:006 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, + As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. + +019:007 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those + things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his + presence, as in times past. + +019:008 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with + the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and + they fled from him. + +019:009 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in + his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with + his hand. + +019:010 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the + javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he + smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped + that night. + +019:011 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, + and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told + him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow + thou shalt be slain. + +019:012 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and + fled, and escaped. + +019:013 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a + pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a + cloth. + +019:014 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is + sick. + +019:015 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring + him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. + +019:016 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an + image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his + bolster. + +019:017 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and + sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered + Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? + +019:018 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and + told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went + and dwelt in Naioth. + +019:019 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in + Ramah. + +019:020 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the + company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as + appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers + of Saul, and they also prophesied. + +019:021 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they + prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third + time, and they prophesied also. + +019:022 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is + in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? + And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. + +019:023 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God + was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he + came to Naioth in Ramah. + +019:024 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before + Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all + that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the + prophets? + +020:001 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before + Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is + my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? + +020:002 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, + my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he + will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from + me? it is not so. + +020:003 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly + knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, + Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as + the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step + between me and death. + +020:004 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I + will even do it for thee. + +020:005 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new + moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but + let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third + day at even. + +020:006 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked + leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there + is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. + +020:007 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but + if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by + him. + +020:008 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou + hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with + thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me + thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? + +020:009 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew + certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon + thee, then would not I tell it thee? + +020:010 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy + father answer thee roughly? + +020:011 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the + field. And they went out both of them into the field. + +020:012 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I + have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third + day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then + send not unto thee, and shew it thee; + +020:013 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my + father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send + thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with + thee, as he hath been with my father. + +020:014 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness + of the LORD, that I die not: + +020:015 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for + ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David + every one from the face of the earth. + +020:016 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, + Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. + +020:017 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved + him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. + +020:018 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and + thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. + +020:019 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down + quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself + when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone + Ezel. + +020:020 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I + shot at a mark. + +020:021 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the + arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows + are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there + is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. + +020:022 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are + beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. + +020:023 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, + behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. + +020:024 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was + come, the king sat him down to eat meat. + +020:025 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a + seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's + side, and David's place was empty. + +020:026 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he + thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely + he is not clean. + +020:027 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of + the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto + Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to + meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? + +020:028 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me + to go to Bethlehem: + +020:029 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a + sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to + be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let + me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he + cometh not unto the king's table. + +020:030 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said + unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I + know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own + confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? + +020:031 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou + shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send + and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. + +020:032 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, + Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? + +020:033 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan + knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. + +020:034 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat + no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for + David, because his father had done him shame. + +020:035 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out + into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little + lad with him. + +020:036 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I + shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. + +020:037 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which + Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is + not the arrow beyond thee? + +020:038 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. + And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his + master. + +020:039 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew + the matter. + +020:040 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto + him, Go, carry them to the city. + +020:041 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place + toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and + bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and + wept one with another, until David exceeded. + +020:042 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have + sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be + between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for + ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the + city. + +021:001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech + was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art + thou alone, and no man with thee? + +021:002 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath + commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man + know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and + what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants + to such and such a place. + +021:003 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of + bread in mine hand, or what there is present. + +021:004 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common + bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the + young men have kept themselves at least from women. + +021:005 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth + women have been kept from us about these three days, since I + came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the + bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified + this day in the vessel. + +021:006 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread + there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, + to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. + +021:007 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, + detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, + the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. + +021:008 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under + thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword + nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required + haste. + +021:009 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom + thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped + in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: + for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is + none like that; give it me. + +021:010 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went + to Achish the king of Gath. + +021:011 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David + the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him + in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David + his ten thousands? + +021:012 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore + afraid of Achish the king of Gath. + +021:013 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself + mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, + and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. + +021:014 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: + wherefore then have ye brought him to me? + +021:015 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to + play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into + my house? + +022:001 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave + Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house + heard it, they went down thither to him. + +022:002 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in + debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves + unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were + with him about four hundred men. + +022:003 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the + king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come + forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. + +022:004 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt + with him all the while that David was in the hold. + +022:005 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; + depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David + departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. + +022:006 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that + were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in + Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were + standing about him;) + +022:007 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear + now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of + you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of + thousands, and captains of hundreds; + +022:008 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none + that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of + Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or + sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against + me, to lie in wait, as at this day? + +022:009 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the + servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to + Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. + +022:010 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, + and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. + +022:011 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of + Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in + Nob: and they came all of them to the king. + +022:012 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, + Here I am, my lord. + +022:013 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou + and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a + sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise + against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? + +022:014 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so + faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's + son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in + thine house? + +022:015 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: + let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all + the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all + this, less or more. + +022:016 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and + all thy father's house. + +022:017 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, + and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is + with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not + shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put + forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. + +022:018 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the + priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the + priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that + did wear a linen ephod. + +022:019 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of + the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and + oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. + +022:020 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named + Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. + +022:021 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's + priests. + +022:022 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg + the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have + occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. + +022:023 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life + seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. + +023:001 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight + against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. + +023:002 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and + smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and + smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. + +023:003 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in + Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the + armies of the Philistines? + +023:004 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD + answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will + deliver the Philistines into thine hand. + +023:005 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the + Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them + with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of + Keilah. + +023:006 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled + to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his + hand. + +023:007 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul + said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut + in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. + +023:008 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to + Keilah, to besiege David and his men. + +023:009 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against + him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the + ephod. + +023:010 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath + certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to + destroy the city for my sake. + +023:011 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul + come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I + beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will + come down. + +023:012 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men + into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver + thee up. + +023:013 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose + and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could + go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; + and he forbare to go forth. + +023:014 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and + remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul + sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. + +023:015 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and + David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. + +023:016 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the + wood, and strengthened his hand in God. + +023:017 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father + shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I + shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. + +023:018 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode + in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. + +023:019 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not + David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the + hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? + +023:020 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire + of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him + into the king's hand. + +023:021 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have + compassion on me. + +023:022 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where + his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me + that he dealeth very subtilly. + +023:023 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places + where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the + certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, + if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout + all the thousands of Judah. + +023:024 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and + his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the + south of Jeshimon. + +023:025 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; + wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the + wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after + David in the wilderness of Maon. + +023:026 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his + men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get + away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David + and his men round about to take them. + +023:027 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and + come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. + +023:028 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went + against the Philistines: therefore they called that place + Selahammahlekoth. + +023:029 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at + Engedi. + +024:001 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the + Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in + the wilderness of Engedi. + +024:002 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, + and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild + goats. + +024:003 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; + and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men + remained in the sides of the cave. + +024:004 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which + the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy + into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem + good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of + Saul's robe privily. + +024:005 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, + because he had cut off Saul's skirt. + +024:006 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do + this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch + forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the + LORD. + +024:007 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered + them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the + cave, and went on his way. + +024:008 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and + cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul + looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, + and bowed himself. + +024:009 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, + saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? + +024:010 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had + delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some + bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I + will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the + LORD's anointed. + +024:011 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my + hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed + thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor + transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against + thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. + +024:012 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of + thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. + +024:013 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth + from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. + +024:014 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost + thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. + +024:015 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, + and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. + +024:016 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking + these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my + son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. + +024:017 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou + hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. + +024:018 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well + with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into + thine hand, thou killedst me not. + +024:019 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? + wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done + unto me this day. + +024:020 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, + and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine + hand. + +024:021 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not + cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my + name out of my father's house. + +024:022 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and + his men gat them up unto the hold. + +025:001 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered + together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at + Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of + Paran. + +025:002 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; + and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, + and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. + +025:003 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife + Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a + beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in + his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. + +025:004 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his + sheep. + +025:005 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the + young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet + him in my name: + +025:006 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace + be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be + unto all that thou hast. + +025:007 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy + shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was + there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in + Carmel. + +025:008 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the + young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good + day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto + thy servants, and to thy son David. + +025:009 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according + to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. + +025:010 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? + and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days + that break away every man from his master. + +025:011 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I + have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know + not whence they be? + +025:012 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and + came and told him all those sayings. + +025:013 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. + And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded + on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred + men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. + +025:014 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, + Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute + our master; and he railed on them. + +025:015 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, + neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant + with them, when we were in the fields: + +025:016 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while + we were with them keeping the sheep. + +025:017 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is + determined against our master, and against all his household: + for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to + him. + +025:018 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two + bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five + measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, + and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. + +025:019 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I + come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. + +025:020 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by + the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came + down against her; and she met them. + +025:021 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this + fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of + all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for + good. + +025:022 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave + of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that + pisseth against the wall. + +025:023 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the + ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to + the ground, + +025:024 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let + this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak + in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. + +025:025 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even + Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and + folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men + of my lord, whom thou didst send. + +025:026 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul + liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to + shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now + let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as + Nabal. + +025:027 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto + my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow + my lord. + +025:028 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the + LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord + fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found + in thee all thy days. + +025:029 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but + the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with + the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall + he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. + +025:030 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my + lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning + thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; + +025:031 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart + unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or + that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall + have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. + +025:032 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, + which sent thee this day to meet me: + +025:033 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast + kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging + myself with mine own hand. + +025:034 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath + kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and + come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by + the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. + +025:035 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, + and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have + hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. + +025:036 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his + house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry + within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him + nothing, less or more, until the morning light. + +025:037 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out + of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his + heart died within him, and he became as a stone. + +025:038 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote + Nabal, that he died. + +025:039 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be + the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the + hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the + LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. + And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him + to wife. + +025:040 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, + they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take + thee to him to wife. + +025:041 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and + said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet + of the servants of my lord. + +025:042 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five + damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the + messengers of David, and became his wife. + +025:043 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of + them his wives. + +025:044 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to + Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. + +026:001 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not + David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before + Jeshimon? + +026:002 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, + having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek + David in the wilderness of Ziph. + +026:003 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before + Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and + he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. + +026:004 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was + come in very deed. + +026:005 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: + and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son + of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, + and the people pitched round about him. + +026:006 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to + Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will + go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will + go down with thee. + +026:007 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, + Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in + the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round + about him. + +026:008 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy + into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I + pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I + will not smite him the second time. + +026:009 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can + stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be + guiltless? + +026:010 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall + smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend + into battle, and perish. + +026:011 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against + the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear + that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. + +026:012 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's + bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew + it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep + sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. + +026:013 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top + of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: + +026:014 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, + saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and + said, Who art thou that criest to the king? + +026:015 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who + is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept + thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to + destroy the king thy lord. + +026:016 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD + liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your + master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's + spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. + +026:017 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my + son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. + +026:018 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his + servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? + +026:019 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the + words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against + me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of + men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me + out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, + saying, Go, serve other gods. + +026:020 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the + face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a + flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. + +026:021 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I + will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in + thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have + erred exceedingly. + +026:022 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let + one of the young men come over and fetch it. + +026:023 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his + faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, + but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's + anointed. + +026:024 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine + eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, + and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. + +026:025 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou + shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So + David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. + +027:001 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the + hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I + should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and + Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of + Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. + +027:002 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men + that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of + Gath. + +027:003 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man + with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the + Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. + +027:004 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he + sought no more again for him. + +027:005 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine + eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, + that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in + the royal city with thee? + +027:006 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag + pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. + +027:007 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the + Philistines was a full year and four months. + +027:008 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and + the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of + old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even + unto the land of Egypt. + +027:009 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman + alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, + and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to + Achish. + +027:010 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David + said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the + Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. + +027:011 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings + to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did + David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in + the country of the Philistines. + +027:012 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people + Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant + for ever. + +028:001 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines + gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with + Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that + thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. + +028:002 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy + servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I + make thee keeper of mine head for ever. + +028:003 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and + buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put + away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of + the land. + +028:004 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and + pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and + they pitched in Gilboa. + +028:005 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, + and his heart greatly trembled. + +028:006 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, + neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. + +028:007 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a + familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And + his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a + familiar spirit at Endor. + +028:008 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he + went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by + night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the + familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto + thee. + +028:009 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul + hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar + spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then + layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? + +028:010 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, + there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. + +028:011 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he + said, Bring me up Samuel. + +028:012 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: + and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived + me? for thou art Saul. + +028:013 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest + thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out + of the earth. + +028:014 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old + man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul + perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to + the ground, and bowed himself. + +028:015 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring + me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the + Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, + and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: + therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto + me what I shall do. + +028:016 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing + the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? + +028:017 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD + hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy + neighbour, even to David: + +028:018 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor + executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the + LORD done this thing unto thee this day. + +028:019 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the + hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons + be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel + into the hand of the Philistines. + +028:020 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was + sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no + strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor + all the night. + +028:021 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore + troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath + obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have + hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. + +028:022 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice + of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before + thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest + on thy way. + +028:023 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, + together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto + their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. + +028:024 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and + killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake + unleavened bread thereof: + +028:025 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and + they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. + +029:001 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to + Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in + Jezreel. + +029:002 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by + thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward + with Achish. + +029:003 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these + Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the + Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king + of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, + and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto + this day? + +029:004 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and + the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow + return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast + appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest + in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should + he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with + the heads of these men? + +029:005 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, + saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? + +029:006 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the + LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy + coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have + not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me + unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. + +029:007 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not + the lords of the Philistines. + +029:008 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what + hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with + thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the + enemies of my lord the king? + +029:009 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art + good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the + princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with + us to the battle. + +029:010 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's + servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up + early in the morning, and have light, depart. + +029:011 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, + to return into the land of the Philistines. And the + Philistines went up to Jezreel. + +030:001 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to + Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the + south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with + fire; + +030:002 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew + not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and + went on their way. + +030:003 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was + burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their + daughters, were taken captives. + +030:004 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their + voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. + +030:005 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the + Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. + +030:006 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of + stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, + every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David + encouraged himself in the LORD his God. + +030:007 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray + thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither + the ephod to David. + +030:008 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after + this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, + Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail + recover all. + +030:009 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, + and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind + stayed. + +030:010 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred + abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over + the brook Besor. + +030:011 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to + David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him + drink water; + +030:012 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters + of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to + him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three + days and three nights. + +030:013 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence + art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to + an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone + I fell sick. + +030:014 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and + upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of + Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. + +030:015 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this + company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt + neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, + and I will bring thee down to this company. + +030:016 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread + abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, + because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the + land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. + +030:017 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening + of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save + four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. + +030:018 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: + and David rescued his two wives. + +030:019 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor + great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any + thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. + +030:020 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave + before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. + +030:021 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint + that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to + abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, + and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came + near to the people, he saluted them. + +030:022 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those + that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, + we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have + recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that + they may lead them away, and depart. + +030:023 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that + which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and + delivered the company that came against us into our hand. + +030:024 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part + is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that + tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. + +030:025 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute + and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. + +030:026 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the + elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present + for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; + +030:027 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south + Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, + +030:028 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in + Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, + +030:029 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in + the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the + cities of the Kenites, + +030:030 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in + Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, + +030:031 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where + David himself and his men were wont to haunt. + +031:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of + Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain + in mount Gilboa. + +031:002 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; + and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and + Melchishua, Saul's sons. + +031:003 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit + him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. + +031:004 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and + thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and + thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would + not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and + fell upon it. + +031:005 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell + likewise upon his sword, and died with him. + +031:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and + all his men, that same day together. + +031:007 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the + valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that + the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, + they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came + and dwelt in them. + +031:008 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came + to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons + fallen in mount Gilboa. + +031:009 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and + sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish + it in the house of their idols, and among the people. + +031:010 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they + fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. + +031:011 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which + the Philistines had done to Saul; + +031:012 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the + body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of + Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. + +031:013 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at + Jabesh, and fasted seven days. + +Book 10 2 Samuel + +001:001 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was + returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had + abode two days in Ziklag; + +001:002 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man + came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and + earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, + that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. + +001:003 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said + unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. + +001:004 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, + tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the + battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and + Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. + +001:005 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest + thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? + +001:006 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance + upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, + lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. + +001:007 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. + And I answered, Here am I. + +001:008 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an + Amalekite. + +001:009 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay + me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole + in me. + +001:010 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he + could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown + that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, + and have brought them hither unto my lord. + +001:011 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and + likewise all the men that were with him: + +001:012 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, + and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and + for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the + sword. + +001:013 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art + thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an + Amalekite. + +001:014 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch + forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? + +001:015 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and + fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. + +001:016 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy + mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the + LORD's anointed. + +001:017 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over + Jonathan his son: + +001:018 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the + bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) + +001:019 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are + the mighty fallen! + +001:020 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; + lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the + daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. + +001:021 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there + be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the + shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, + as though he had not been anointed with oil. + +001:022 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the + bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul + returned not empty. + +001:023 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and + in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than + eagles, they were stronger than lions. + +001:024 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in + scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold + upon your apparel. + +001:025 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O + Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. + +001:026 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant + hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing + the love of women. + +001:027 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! + +002:001 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the + LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? + And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither + shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. + +002:002 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the + Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. + +002:003 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man + with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. + +002:004 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king + over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the + men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. + +002:005 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and + said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed + this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried + him. + +002:006 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also + will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this + thing. + +002:007 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye + valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of + Judah have anointed me king over them. + +002:008 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took + Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; + +002:009 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and + over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over + all Israel. + +002:010 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to + reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of + Judah followed David. + +002:011 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of + Judah was seven years and six months. + +002:012 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the + son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. + +002:013 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went + out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat + down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on + the other side of the pool. + +002:014 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play + before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. + +002:015 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, + which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of + the servants of David. + +002:016 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust + his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: + wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in + Gibeon. + +002:017 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was + beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. + +002:018 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, + and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. + +002:019 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to + the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. + +002:020 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And + he answered, I am. + +002:021 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to + thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take + thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from + following of him. + +002:022 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following + me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then + should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? + +002:023 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the + hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that + the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and + died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as + came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. + +002:024 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went + down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth + before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. + +002:025 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together + after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an + hill. + +002:026 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour + for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the + latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people + return from following their brethren? + +002:027 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely + then in the morning the people had gone up every one from + following his brother. + +002:028 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and + pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. + +002:029 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, + and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they + came to Mahanaim. + +002:030 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had + gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's + servants nineteen men and Asahel. + +002:031 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of + Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. + +002:032 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of + his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went + all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. + +003:001 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house + of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house + of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. + +003:002 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was + Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; + +003:003 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the + Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the + daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; + +003:004 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, + Shephatiah the son of Abital; + +003:005 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born + to David in Hebron. + +003:006 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of + Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong + for the house of Saul. + +003:007 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter + of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou + gone in unto my father's concubine? + +003:008 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and + said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness + this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, + and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand + of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning + this woman? + +003:009 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath + sworn to David, even so I do to him; + +003:010 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up + the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even + to Beersheba. + +003:011 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared + him. + +003:012 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, + Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, + behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel + unto thee. + +003:013 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one + thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, + except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou + comest to see my face. + +003:014 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, + Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an + hundred foreskins of the Philistines. + +003:015 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from + Phaltiel the son of Laish. + +003:016 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to + Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he + returned. + +003:017 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, + Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: + +003:018 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By + the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out + of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all + their enemies. + +003:019 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went + also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed + good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of + Benjamin. + +003:020 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And + David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. + +003:021 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will + gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a + league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that + thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went + in peace. + +003:022 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing + a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was + not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was + gone in peace. + +003:023 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they + told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and + he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. + +003:024 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? + behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent + him away, and he is quite gone? + +003:025 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive + thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know + all that thou doest. + +003:026 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers + after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: + but David knew it not. + +003:027 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in + the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under + the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his + brother. + +003:028 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom + are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner + the son of Ner: + +003:029 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's + house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that + hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, + or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. + +003:030 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had + slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. + +003:031 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with + him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn + before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. + +003:032 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his + voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people + wept. + +003:033 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a + fool dieth? + +003:034 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a + man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the + people wept again over him. + +003:035 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while + it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more + also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. + +003:036 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as + whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. + +003:037 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it + was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. + +003:038 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is + a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? + +003:039 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men + the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward + the doer of evil according to his wickedness. + +004:001 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his + hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. + +004:002 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the + name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, + the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: + (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin. + +004:003 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there + until this day.) + +004:004 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. + He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and + Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: + and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, + and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. + +004:005 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, + went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of + Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. + +004:006 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though + they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the + fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. + +004:007 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his + bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded + him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain + all night. + +004:008 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, + and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of + Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath + avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. + +004:009 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of + Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, + who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, + +004:010 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to + have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in + Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for + his tidings: + +004:011 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person + in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now + require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the + earth? + +004:012 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut + off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the + pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and + buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. + +005:001 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and + spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. + +005:002 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he + that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said + to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a + captain over Israel. + +005:003 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and + king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: + and they anointed David king over Israel. + +005:004 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned forty years. + +005:005 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: + and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all + Israel and Judah. + +005:006 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, + the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, + Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not + come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. + +005:007 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is + the city of David. + +005:008 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the + gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind + that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. + Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come + into the house. + +005:009 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. + And David built round about from Millo and inward. + +005:010 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts + was with him. + +005:011 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar + trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an + house. + +005:012 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king + over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his + people Israel's sake. + +005:013 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, + after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and + daughters born to David. + +005:014 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in + Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, + +005:015 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, + +005:016 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. + +005:017 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David + king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; + and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. + +005:018 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley + of Rephaim. + +005:019 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the + Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the + LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the + Philistines into thine hand. + +005:020 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and + said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, + as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that + place Baalperazim. + +005:021 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned + them. + +005:022 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves + in the valley of Rephaim. + +005:023 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not + go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them + over against the mulberry trees. + +005:024 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the + tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir + thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite + the host of the Philistines. + +005:025 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the + Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. + +006:001 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, + thirty thousand. + +006:002 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with + him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of + God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts + that dwelleth between the cherubims. + +006:003 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it + out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and + Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. + +006:004 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at + Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the + ark. + +006:005 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD + on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, + and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on + cymbals. + +006:006 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth + his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen + shook it. + +006:007 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God + smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of + God. + +006:008 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach + upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to + this day. + +006:009 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall + the ark of the LORD come to me? + +006:010 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into + the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house + of Obededom the Gittite. + +006:011 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the + Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all + his household. + +006:012 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the + house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because + of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God + from the house of Obededom into the city of David with + gladness. + +006:013 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD + had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. + +006:014 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David + was girded with a linen ephod. + +006:015 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the + LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. + +006:016 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal + Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David + leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in + her heart. + +006:017 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his + place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched + for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings + before the LORD. + +006:018 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt + offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the + name of the LORD of hosts. + +006:019 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole + multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one + a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of + wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. + +006:020 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the + daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How + glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself + to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of + the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! + +006:021 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which + chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to + appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: + therefore will I play before the LORD. + +006:022 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in + mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken + of, of them shall I be had in honour. + +006:023 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the + day of her death. + +007:001 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the + LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; + +007:002 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell + in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within + curtains. + +007:003 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine + heart; for the LORD is with thee. + +007:004 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came + unto Nathan, saying, + +007:005 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou + build me an house for me to dwell in? + +007:006 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I + brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this + day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. + +007:007 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children + of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, + whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build + ye not me an house of cedar? + +007:008 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus + saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from + following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: + +007:009 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut + off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a + great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in + the earth. + +007:010 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will + plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and + move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict + them any more, as beforetime, + +007:011 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my + people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine + enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an + house. + +007:012 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy + fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall + proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. + +007:013 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the + throne of his kingdom for ever. + +007:014 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit + iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the + stripes of the children of men: + +007:015 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from + Saul, whom I put away before thee. + +007:016 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever + before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. + +007:017 According to all these words, and according to all this + vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. + +007:018 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, + Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast + brought me hitherto? + +007:019 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but + thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while + to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? + +007:020 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, + knowest thy servant. + +007:021 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast + thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know + them. + +007:022 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like + thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all + that we have heard with our ears. + +007:023 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like + Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and + to make him a name, and to do for you great things and + terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou + redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their + gods? + +007:024 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a + people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their + God. + +007:025 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning + thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, + and do as thou hast said. + +007:026 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of + hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant + David be established before thee. + +007:027 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy + servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath + thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. + +007:028 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, + and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: + +007:029 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy + servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, + O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the + house of thy servant be blessed for ever. + +008:001 And after this it came to pass that David smote the + Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out + of the hand of the Philistines. + +008:002 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them + down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to + death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the + Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. + +008:003 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, + as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. + +008:004 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred + horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all + the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred + chariots. + +008:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer + king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty + thousand men. + +008:006 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians + became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD + preserved David whithersoever he went. + +008:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants + of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. + +008:008 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king + David took exceeding much brass. + +008:009 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the + host of Hadadezer, + +008:010 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, + and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and + smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram + brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and + vessels of brass: + +008:011 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the + silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he + subdued; + +008:012 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of + the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, + son of Rehob, king of Zobah. + +008:013 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the + Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. + +008:014 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he + garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And + the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. + +008:015 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment + and justice unto all his people. + +008:016 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat + the son of Ahilud was recorder; + +008:017 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of + Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; + +008:018 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites + and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. + +009:001 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of + Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? + +009:002 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was + Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said + unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. + +009:003 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, + that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said + unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his + feet. + +009:004 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto + the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of + Ammiel, in Lodebar. + +009:005 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of + Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. + +009:006 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, + was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. + And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy + servant! + +009:007 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee + kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee + all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at + my table continually. + +009:008 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou + shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? + +009:009 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto + him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to + Saul and to all his house. + +009:010 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the + land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy + master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy + master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had + fifteen sons and twenty servants. + +009:011 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord + the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. + As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, + as one of the king's sons. + +009:012 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And + all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto + Mephibosheth. + +009:013 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually + at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. + +010:001 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children + of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. + +010:002 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of + Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent + to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And + David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. + +010:003 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their + lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he + hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his + servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and + to overthrow it? + +010:004 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one + half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the + middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. + +010:005 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because + the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at + Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. + +010:006 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before + David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of + Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, + and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve + thousand men. + +010:007 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of + the mighty men. + +010:008 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in + array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, + and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in + the field. + +010:009 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him + before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, + and put them in array against the Syrians: + +010:010 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of + Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against + the children of Ammon. + +010:011 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou + shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for + thee, then I will come and help thee. + +010:012 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, + and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which + seemeth him good. + +010:013 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto + the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. + +010:014 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, + then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. + So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to + Jerusalem. + +010:015 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, + they gathered themselves together. + +010:016 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were + beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the + captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. + +010:017 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, + and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set + themselves in array against David, and fought with him. + +010:018 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of + seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand + horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who + died there. + +010:019 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw + that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with + Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the + children of Ammon any more. + +011:001 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time + when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his + servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the + children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried + still at Jerusalem. + +011:002 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from + off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and + from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman + was very beautiful to look upon. + +011:003 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is + not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah + the Hittite? + +011:004 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto + him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her + uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. + +011:005 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I + am with child. + +011:006 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And + Joab sent Uriah to David. + +011:007 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how + Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. + +011:008 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy + feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there + followed him a mess of meat from the king. + +011:009 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the + servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. + +011:010 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto + his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy + journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? + +011:011 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, + abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, + are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine + house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou + livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. + +011:012 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow + I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, + and the morrow. + +011:013 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before + him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on + his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to + his house. + +011:014 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter + to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. + +011:015 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the + forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that + he may be smitten, and die. + +011:016 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he + assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men + were. + +011:017 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and + there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and + Uriah the Hittite died also. + +011:018 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the + war; + +011:019 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end + of telling the matters of the war unto the king, + +011:020 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto + thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye + did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? + +011:021 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman + cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he + died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy + servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. + +011:022 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab + had sent him for. + +011:023 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed + against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were + upon them even unto the entering of the gate. + +011:024 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and + some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the + Hittite is dead also. + +011:025 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto + Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword + devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong + against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. + +011:026 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was + dead, she mourned for her husband. + +011:027 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to + his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But + the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. + +012:001 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and + said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, + and the other poor. + +012:002 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: + +012:003 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which + he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with + him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and + drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him + as a daughter. + +012:004 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to + take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the + wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's + lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. + +012:005 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he + said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done + this thing shall surely die: + +012:006 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this + thing, and because he had no pity. + +012:007 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the + LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I + delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; + +012:008 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives + into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of + Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have + given unto thee such and such things. + +012:009 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to + do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with + the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast + slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. + +012:010 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; + because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of + Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. + +012:011 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee + out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine + eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with + thy wives in the sight of this sun. + +012:012 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before + all Israel, and before the sun. + +012:013 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. + And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy + sin; thou shalt not die. + +012:014 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion + to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that + is born unto thee shall surely die. + +012:015 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the + child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. + +012:016 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, + and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. + +012:017 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise + him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat + bread with them. + +012:018 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. + And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child + was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet + alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our + voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the + child is dead? + +012:019 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David + perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto + his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. + +012:020 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed + himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of + the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and + when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. + +012:021 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou + hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it + was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and + eat bread. + +012:022 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: + for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, + that the child may live? + +012:023 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him + back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. + +012:024 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, + and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name + Solomon: and the LORD loved him. + +012:025 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called + his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. + +012:026 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and + took the royal city. + +012:027 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought + against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. + +012:028 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and + encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, + and it be called after my name. + +012:029 And David gathered all the people together, and went to + Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. + +012:030 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight + whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it + was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the + city in great abundance. + +012:031 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put + them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of + iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did + he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and + all the people returned unto Jerusalem. + +013:001 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David + had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of + David loved her. + +013:002 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister + Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him + to do anything to her. + +013:003 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of + Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. + +013:004 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean + from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto + him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. + +013:005 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make + thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto + him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, + and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it + at her hand. + +013:006 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king + was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, + let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my + sight, that I may eat at her hand. + +013:007 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother + Amnon's house, and dress him meat. + +013:008 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid + down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in + his sight, and did bake the cakes. + +013:009 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he + refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And + they went out every man from him. + +013:010 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, + that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which + she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her + brother. + +013:011 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of + her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. + +013:012 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no + such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. + +013:013 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, + thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I + pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me + from thee. + +013:014 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being + stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. + +013:015 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith + he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved + her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. + +013:016 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending + me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But + he would not hearken unto her. + +013:017 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, + Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. + +013:018 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with + such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins + apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the + door after her. + +013:019 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of + divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, + and went on crying. + +013:020 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother + been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy + brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in + her brother Absalom's house. + +013:021 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very + wroth. + +013:022 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: + for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister + Tamar. + +013:023 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had + sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and + Absalom invited all the king's sons. + +013:024 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy + servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and + his servants go with thy servant. + +013:025 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now + go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: + howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. + +013:026 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon + go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with + thee? + +013:027 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's + sons go with him. + +013:028 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now + when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto + you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I + commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. + +013:029 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had + commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat + him up upon his mule, and fled. + +013:030 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings + came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, + and there is not one of them left. + +013:031 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the + earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. + +013:032 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and + said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the + young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the + appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day + that he forced his sister Tamar. + +013:033 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his + heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon + only is dead. + +013:034 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted + up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people + by the way of the hill side behind him. + +013:035 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: + as thy servant said, so it is. + +013:036 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of + speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up + their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants + wept very sore. + +013:037 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king + of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. + +013:038 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three + years. + +013:039 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: + for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. + +014:001 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart + was toward Absalom. + +014:002 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and + said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and + put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, + but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: + +014:003 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So + Joab put the words in her mouth. + +014:004 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on + her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O + king. + +014:005 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she + answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. + +014:006 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in + the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote + the other, and slew him. + +014:007 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, + and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may + kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we + will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal + which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name + nor remainder upon the earth. + +014:008 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I + will give charge concerning thee. + +014:009 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, + the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king + and his throne be guiltless. + +014:010 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to + me, and he shall not touch thee any more. + +014:011 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy + God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to + destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As + the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to + the earth. + +014:012 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak + one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. + +014:013 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a + thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this + thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch + home again his banished. + +014:014 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, + which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect + any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not + expelled from him. + +014:015 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my + lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: + and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may + be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. + +014:016 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the + hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out + of the inheritance of God. + +014:017 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall + now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the + king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will + be with thee. + +014:018 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from + me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the + woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. + +014:019 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all + this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my + lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left + from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant + Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of + thine handmaid: + +014:020 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done + this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an + angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. + +014:021 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this + thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. + +014:022 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, + and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant + knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, + in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. + +014:023 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to + Jerusalem. + +014:024 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him + not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw + not the king's face. + +014:025 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as + Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the + crown of his head there was no blemish in him. + +014:026 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end + that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, + therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at + two hundred shekels after the king's weight. + +014:027 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, + whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. + +014:028 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the + king's face. + +014:029 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; + but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the + second time, he would not come. + +014:030 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near + mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And + Absalom's servants set the field on fire. + +014:031 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said + unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? + +014:032 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, + Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, + Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to + have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's + face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. + +014:033 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called + for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his + face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed + Absalom. + +015:001 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him + chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. + +015:002 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the + gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy + came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, + and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is + of one of the tribes of Israel. + +015:003 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and + right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. + +015:004 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, + that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto + me, and I would do him justice! + +015:005 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him + obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed + him. + +015:006 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the + king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of + Israel. + +015:007 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto + the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have + vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. + +015:008 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, + saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, + then I will serve the LORD. + +015:009 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went + to Hebron. + +015:010 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, + saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye + shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. + +015:011 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that + were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew + not any thing. + +015:012 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's + counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered + sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people + increased continually with Absalom. + +015:013 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the + men of Israel are after Absalom. + +015:014 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at + Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else + escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us + suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the + edge of the sword. + +015:015 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy + servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall + appoint. + +015:016 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And + the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the + house. + +015:017 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and + tarried in a place that was far off. + +015:018 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the + Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six + hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before + the king. + +015:019 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou + also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: + for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. + +015:020 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee + go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return + thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with + thee. + +015:021 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and + as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the + king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will + thy servant be. + +015:022 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the + Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones + that were with him. + +015:023 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people + passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook + Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the + wilderness. + +015:024 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing + the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of + God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done + passing out of the city. + +015:025 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into + the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he + will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: + +015:026 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am + I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. + +015:027 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? + return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, + Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. + +015:028 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there + come word from you to certify me. + +015:029 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to + Jerusalem: and they tarried there. + +015:030 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as + he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: + and all the people that was with him covered every man his + head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. + +015:031 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the + conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray + thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. + +015:032 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of + the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite + came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: + +015:033 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou + shalt be a burden unto me: + +015:034 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will + be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant + hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou + for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. + +015:035 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the + priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou + shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to + Zadok and Abiathar the priests. + +015:036 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz + Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall + send unto me every thing that ye can hear. + +015:037 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came + into Jerusalem. + +016:001 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, + Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of + asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and + an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer + fruits, and a bottle of wine. + +016:002 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And + Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; + and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and + the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. + +016:003 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba + said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he + said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom + of my father. + +016:004 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that + pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech + thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. + +016:005 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a + man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, + the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. + +016:006 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king + David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his + right hand and on his left. + +016:007 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou + bloody man, and thou man of Belial: + +016:008 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of + Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath + delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, + behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a + bloody man. + +016:009 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should + this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray + thee, and take off his head. + +016:010 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of + Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto + him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done + so? + +016:011 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my + son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much + more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him + curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. + +016:012 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that + the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. + +016:013 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on + the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and + threw stones at him, and cast dust. + +016:014 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came + weary, and refreshed themselves there. + +016:015 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to + Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. + +016:016 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, + was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save + the king, God save the king. + +016:017 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy + friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? + +016:018 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this + people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and + with him will I abide. + +016:019 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the + presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's + presence, so will I be in thy presence. + +016:020 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what + we shall do. + +016:021 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's + concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all + Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then + shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. + +016:022 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and + Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of + all Israel. + +016:023 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those + days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so + was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with + Absalom. + +017:001 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out + twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David + this night: + +017:002 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, + and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him + shall flee; and I will smite the king only: + +017:003 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom + thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be + in peace. + +017:004 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of + Israel. + +017:005 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let + us hear likewise what he saith. + +017:006 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, + saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do + after his saying? if not; speak thou. + +017:007 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath + given is not good at this time. + +017:008 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that + they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a + bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a + man of war, and will not lodge with the people. + +017:009 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and + it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the + first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a + slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. + +017:010 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a + lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy + father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant + men. + +017:011 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto + thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the + sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own + person. + +017:012 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be + found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the + ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there + shall not be left so much as one. + +017:013 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel + bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, + until there be not one small stone found there. + +017:014 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of + Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. + For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of + Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon + Absalom. + +017:015 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus + and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of + Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. + +017:016 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not + this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass + over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that + are with him. + +017:017 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not + be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; + and they went and told king David. + +017:018 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went + both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in + Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went + down. + +017:019 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's + mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not + known. + +017:020 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, + they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said + unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they + had sought and could not find them, they returned to + Jerusalem. + +017:021 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came + up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said + unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus + hath Ahithophel counselled against you. + +017:022 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and + they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not + one of them that was not gone over Jordan. + +017:023 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he + saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to + his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, + and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. + +017:024 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, + he and all the men of Israel with him. + +017:025 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: + which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an + Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, + sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. + +017:026 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. + +017:027 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that + Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, + and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the + Gileadite of Rogelim, + +017:028 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and + barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, + and parched pulse, + +017:029 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for + David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they + said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the + wilderness. + +018:001 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set + captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. + +018:002 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand + of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of + Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of + Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will + surely go forth with you myself also. + +018:003 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we + flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us + die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten + thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour + us out of the city. + +018:004 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. + And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came + out by hundreds and by thousands. + +018:005 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, + Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. + And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains + charge concerning Absalom. + +018:006 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the + battle was in the wood of Ephraim; + +018:007 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of + David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of + twenty thousand men. + +018:008 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the + country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the + sword devoured. + +018:009 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a + mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, + and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up + between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under + him went away. + +018:010 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I + saw Absalom hanged in an oak. + +018:011 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou + sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the + ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and + a girdle. + +018:012 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand + shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine + hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king + charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none + touch the young man Absalom. + +018:013 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own + life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou + thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. + +018:014 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took + three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of + Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. + +018:015 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and + smote Absalom, and slew him. + +018:016 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from + pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. + +018:017 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the + wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all + Israel fled every one to his tent. + +018:018 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for + himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I + have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the + pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, + Absalom's place. + +018:019 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear + the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his + enemies. + +018:020 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, + but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou + shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. + +018:021 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. + And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. + +018:022 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But + howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab + said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast + no tidings ready? + +018:023 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. + Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. + +018:024 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up + to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his + eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. + +018:025 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, + If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came + apace, and drew near. + +018:026 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman + called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running + alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. + +018:027 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost + is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king + said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. + +018:028 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And + he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and + said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the + men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. + +018:029 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz + answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy + servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. + +018:030 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he + turned aside, and stood still. + +018:031 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the + king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that + rose up against thee. + +018:032 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? + And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all + that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man + is. + +018:033 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over + the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son + Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for + thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! + +019:001 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth + for Absalom. + +019:002 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the + people: for the people heard say that day how the king was + grieved for his son. + +019:003 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as + people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. + +019:004 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud + voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! + +019:005 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast + shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day + have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy + daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy + concubines; + +019:006 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For + thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither + princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom + had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased + thee well. + +019:007 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy + servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there + will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be + worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy + youth until now. + +019:008 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto + all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. + And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled + every man to his tent. + +019:009 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of + Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our + enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the + Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. + +019:010 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now + therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? + +019:011 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, + saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the + last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of + all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. + +019:012 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore + then are ye the last to bring back the king? + +019:013 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? + God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the + host before me continually in the room of Joab. + +019:014 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the + heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, + Return thou, and all thy servants. + +019:015 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to + Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over + Jordan. + +019:016 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, + hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. + +019:017 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba + the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his + twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the + king. + +019:018 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's + household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son + of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; + +019:019 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto + me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did + perversely the day that my lord the king went out of + Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. + +019:020 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, + behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of + Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. + +019:021 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not + Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's + anointed? + +019:022 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of + Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall + there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I + know that I am this day king over Israel? + +019:023 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And + the king sware unto him. + +019:024 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, + and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor + washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the + day he came again in peace. + +019:025 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the + king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou + with me, Mephibosheth? + +019:026 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for + thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride + thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. + +019:027 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but + my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is + good in thine eyes. + +019:028 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord + the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did + eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry + any more unto the king? + +019:029 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy + matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. + +019:030 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, + forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his + own house. + +019:031 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went + over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. + +019:032 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: + and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at + Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. + +019:033 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and + I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. + +019:034 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, + that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? + +019:035 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between + good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I + drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and + singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a + burden unto my lord the king? + +019:036 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: + and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? + +019:037 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die + in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and + of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over + with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto + thee. + +019:038 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I + will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and + whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. + +019:039 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was + come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he + returned unto his own place. + +019:040 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: + and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half + the people of Israel. + +019:041 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said + unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen + thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and + all David's men with him, over Jordan? + +019:042 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because + the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for + this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath + he given us any gift? + +019:043 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We + have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in + David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice + should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the + words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the + men of Israel. + +020:001 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was + Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, + and said, We have no part in David, neither have we + inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O + Israel. + +020:002 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed + Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their + king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. + +020:003 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took + the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the + house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in + unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, + living in widowhood. + +020:004 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah + within three days, and be thou here present. + +020:005 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried + longer than the set time which he had appointed him. + +020:006 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri + do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's + servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, + and escape us. + +020:007 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, + and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out + of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. + +020:008 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa + went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was + girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened + upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it + fell out. + +020:009 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And + Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. + +020:010 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: + so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his + bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. + So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of + Bichri. + +020:011 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that + favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after + Joab. + +020:012 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And + when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed + Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon + him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. + +020:013 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on + after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. + +020:014 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to + Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered + together, and went also after him. + +020:015 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and + they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the + trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the + wall, to throw it down. + +020:016 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I + pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with + thee. + +020:017 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou + Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear + the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. + +020:018 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, + saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they + ended the matter. + +020:019 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: + thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why + wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? + +020:020 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that + I should swallow up or destroy. + +020:021 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the + son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the + king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart + from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head + shall be thrown to thee over the wall. + +020:022 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And + they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it + out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the + city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem + unto the king. + +020:023 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son + of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: + +020:024 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of + Ahilud was recorder: + +020:025 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: + +020:026 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. + +021:001 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year + after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD + answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he + slew the Gibeonites. + +021:002 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now + the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the + remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn + unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the + children of Israel and Judah.) + +021:003 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for + you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may + bless the inheritance of the LORD? + +021:004 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor + gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill + any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I + do for you. + +021:005 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that + devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining + in any of the coasts of Israel, + +021:006 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will + hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD + did choose. And the king said, I will give them. + +021:007 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son + of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, + between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. + +021:008 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, + whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five + sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for + Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: + +021:009 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and + they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell + all seven together, and were put to death in the days of + harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley + harvest. + +021:010 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it + for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until + water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither + the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of + the field by night. + +021:011 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the + concubine of Saul, had done. + +021:012 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of + Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had + stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines + had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in + Gilboa: + +021:013 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones + of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that + were hanged. + +021:014 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the + country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his + father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And + after that God was intreated for the land. + +021:015 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and + David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against + the Philistines: and David waxed faint. + +021:016 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight + of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in + weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have + slain David. + +021:017 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the + Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto + him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that + thou quench not the light of Israel. + +021:018 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle + with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite + slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. + +021:019 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, + where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the + brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was + like a weaver's beam. + +021:020 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great + stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot + six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to + the giant. + +021:021 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the + brother of David slew him. + +021:022 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the + hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. + +022:001 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the + day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his + enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: + +022:002 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my + deliverer; + +022:003 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and + the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my + saviour; thou savest me from violence. + +022:004 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall + I be saved from mine enemies. + +022:005 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly + men made me afraid; + +022:006 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death + prevented me; + +022:007 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: + and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did + enter into his ears. + +022:008 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven + moved and shook, because he was wroth. + +022:009 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his + mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. + +022:010 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was + under his feet. + +022:011 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon + the wings of the wind. + +022:012 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, + and thick clouds of the skies. + +022:013 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. + +022:014 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his + voice. + +022:015 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and + discomfited them. + +022:016 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the + world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the + blast of the breath of his nostrils. + +022:017 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; + +022:018 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated + me: for they were too strong for me. + +022:019 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was + my stay. + +022:020 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, + because he delighted in me. + +022:021 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according + to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. + +022:022 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly + departed from my God. + +022:023 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, + I did not depart from them. + +022:024 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine + iniquity. + +022:025 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my + righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. + +022:026 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with + the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. + +022:027 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the + froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. + +022:028 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are + upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. + +022:029 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my + darkness. + +022:030 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I + leaped over a wall. + +022:031 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: + he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. + +022:032 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our + God? + +022:033 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. + +022:034 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my + high places. + +022:035 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken + by mine arms. + +022:036 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy + gentleness hath made me great. + +022:037 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not + slip. + +022:038 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned + not again until I had consumed them. + +022:039 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could + not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. + +022:040 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that + rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. + +022:041 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I + might destroy them that hate me. + +022:042 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, + but he answered them not. + +022:043 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did + stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them + abroad. + +022:044 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, + thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I + knew not shall serve me. + +022:045 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they + hear, they shall be obedient unto me. + +022:046 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of + their close places. + +022:047 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the + God of the rock of my salvation. + +022:048 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people + under me. + +022:049 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast + lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou + hast delivered me from the violent man. + +022:050 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the + heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. + +022:051 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy + to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. + +023:001 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse + said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of + the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, + +023:002 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my + tongue. + +023:003 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He + that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. + +023:004 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun + riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass + springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. + +023:005 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me + an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for + this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make + it not to grow. + +023:006 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust + away, because they cannot be taken with hands: + +023:007 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and + the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with + fire in the same place. + +023:008 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The + Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the + same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight + hundred, whom he slew at one time. + +023:009 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of + the three mighty men with David, when they defied the + Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and + the men of Israel were gone away: + +023:010 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, + and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a + great victory that day; and the people returned after him only + to spoil. + +023:011 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And + the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was + a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from + the Philistines. + +023:012 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and + slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. + +023:013 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in + the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of + the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. + +023:014 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the + Philistines was then in Bethlehem. + +023:015 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of + the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! + +023:016 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the + Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that + was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: + nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out + unto the LORD. + +023:017 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: + is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of + their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did + these three mighty men. + +023:018 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was + chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three + hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. + +023:019 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their + captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. + +023:020 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of + Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of + Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit + in time of snow: + +023:021 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a + spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and + plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him + with his own spear. + +023:022 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name + among three mighty men. + +023:023 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to + the first three. And David set him over his guard. + +023:024 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the + son of Dodo of Bethlehem, + +023:025 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, + +023:026 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, + +023:027 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, + +023:028 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, + +023:029 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of + Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, + +023:030 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, + +023:031 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, + +023:032 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, + +023:033 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, + +023:034 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, + Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, + +023:035 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, + +023:036 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, + +023:037 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to + Joab the son of Zeruiah, + +023:038 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, + +023:039 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. + +024:001 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, + and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and + Judah. + +024:002 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was + with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan + even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know + the number of the people. + +024:003 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the + people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the + eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the + king delight in this thing? + +024:004 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and + against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of + the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the + people of Israel. + +024:005 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the + right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of + Gad, and toward Jazer: + +024:006 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and + they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, + +024:007 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of + the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the + south of Judah, even to Beersheba. + +024:008 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to + Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. + +024:009 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the + king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant + men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five + hundred thousand men. + +024:010 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the + people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in + that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away + the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. + +024:011 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD + came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, + +024:012 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three + things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. + +024:013 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall + seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou + flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue + thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now + advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent + me. + +024:014 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall + now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and + let me not fall into the hand of man. + +024:015 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning + even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from + Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. + +024:016 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to + destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the + angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine + hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of + Araunah the Jebusite. + +024:017 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote + the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done + wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine + hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's + house. + +024:018 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear + an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the + Jebusite. + +024:019 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD + commanded. + +024:020 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming + on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before + the king on his face upon the ground. + +024:021 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his + servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to + build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed + from the people. + +024:022 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and + offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for + burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other + instruments of the oxen for wood. + +024:023 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. + And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. + +024:024 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it + of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto + the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David + bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of + silver. + +024:025 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered + burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated + for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. + +Book 11 1 Kings + +001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered + him with clothes, but he gat no heat. + +001:002 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for + my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the + king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, + that my lord the king may get heat. + +001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of + Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the + king. + +001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and + ministered to him: but the king knew her not. + +001:005 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I + will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and + fifty men to run before him. + +001:006 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, + Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and + his mother bare him after Absalom. + +001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with + Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. + +001:008 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and + Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men + which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. + +001:009 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone + of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren + the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: + +001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and + Solomon his brother, he called not. + +001:011 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, + saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith + doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? + +001:012 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, + that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son + Solomon. + +001:013 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst + not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, + Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall + sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? + +001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also + will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. + +001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the + king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto + the king. + +001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the + king said, What wouldest thou? + +001:017 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy + God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son + shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. + +001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, + thou knowest it not: + +001:019 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, + and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the + priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy + servant hath he not called. + +001:020 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon + thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the + throne of my lord the king after him. + +001:021 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall + sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be + counted offenders. + +001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the + prophet also came in. + +001:023 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And + when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before + the king with his face to the ground. + +001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah + shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? + +001:025 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat + cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's + sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; + and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save + king Adonijah. + +001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah + the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not + called. + +001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not + shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my + lord the king after him? + +001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she + came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. + +001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath + redeemed my soul out of all distress, + +001:030 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, + Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall + sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do + this day. + +001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did + reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live + for ever. + +001:032 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the + prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before + the king. + +001:033 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of + your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own + mule, and bring him down to Gihon: + +001:034 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him + there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, + God save king Solomon. + +001:035 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon + my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have + appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. + +001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, + Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. + +001:037 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he + with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of + my lord king David. + +001:038 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the + son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went + down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and + brought him to Gihon. + +001:039 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the + tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; + and all the people said, God save king Solomon. + +001:040 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped + with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth + rent with the sound of them. + +001:041 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as + they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound + of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city + being in an uproar? + +001:042 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar + the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou + art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. + +001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord + king David hath made Solomon king. + +001:044 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan + the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the + Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to + ride upon the king's mule: + +001:045 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him + king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so + that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have + heard. + +001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. + +001:047 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king + David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy + name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the + king bowed himself upon the bed. + +001:048 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of + Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, + mine eyes even seeing it. + +001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and + rose up, and went every man his way. + +001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, + and caught hold on the horns of the altar. + +001:051 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king + Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the + altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he + will not slay his servant with the sword. + +001:052 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there + shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness + shall be found in him, he shall die. + +001:053 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the + altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and + Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. + +002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he + charged Solomon his son, saying, + +002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and + shew thyself a man; + +002:003 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, + to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, + and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, + that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and + whithersoever thou turnest thyself: + +002:004 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning + me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk + before me in truth with all their heart and with all their + soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne + of Israel. + +002:005 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to + me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of + Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of + Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and + put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, + and in his shoes that were on his feet. + +002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar + head go down to the grave in peace. + +002:007 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, + and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they + came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. + +002:008 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a + Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in + the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me + at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not + put thee to death with the sword. + +002:009 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, + and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar + head bring thou down to the grave with blood. + +002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of + David. + +002:011 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: + seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years + reigned he in Jerusalem. + +002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his + kingdom was established greatly. + +002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother + of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, + Peaceably. + +002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she + said, Say on. + +002:015 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that + all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit + the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for + it was his from the LORD. + +002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said + unto him, Say on. + +002:017 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for + he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the + Shunammite to wife. + +002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. + +002:019 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him + for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed + himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a + seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right + hand. + +002:020 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray + thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my + mother: for I will not say thee nay. + +002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah + thy brother to wife. + +002:022 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why + dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him + the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, + and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. + +002:023 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, + and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against + his own life. + +002:024 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, + and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made + me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death + this day. + +002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of + Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. + +002:026 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to + Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: + but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou + barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and + because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was + afflicted. + +002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the + LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he + spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. + +002:028 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, + though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the + tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the + altar. + +002:029 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the + tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then + Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall + upon him. + +002:030 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto + him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I + will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, + saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. + +002:031 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon + him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent + blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my + father. + +002:032 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who + fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew + them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to + wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and + Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. + +002:033 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and + upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon + his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there + be peace for ever from the LORD. + +002:034 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and + slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the + wilderness. + +002:035 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over + the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of + Abiathar. + +002:036 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, + Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not + forth thence any whither. + +002:037 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest + over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou + shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. + +002:038 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord + the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt + in Jerusalem many days. + +002:039 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the + servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of + Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in + Gath. + +002:040 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to + Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his + servants from Gath. + +002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to + Gath, and was come again. + +002:042 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, + Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto + thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, + and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? + and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. + +002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the + commandment that I have charged thee with? + +002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the + wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to + David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy + wickedness upon thine own head; + +002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David + shall be established before the LORD for ever. + +002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went + out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was + established in the hand of Solomon. + +003:001 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took + Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, + until he had made an end of building his own house, and the + house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. + +003:002 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was + no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. + +003:003 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David + his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high + places. + +003:004 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was + the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon + offer upon that altar. + +003:005 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: + and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. + +003:006 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my + father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in + truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with + thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that + thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this + day. + +003:007 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king + instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I + know not how to go out or come in. + +003:008 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast + chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted + for multitude. + +003:009 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy + people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is + able to judge this thy so great a people? + +003:010 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this + thing. + +003:011 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and + hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked + riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; + but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; + +003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given + thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none + like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like + unto thee. + +003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, + both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among + the kings like unto thee all thy days. + +003:014 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my + commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will + lengthen thy days. + +003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to + Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the + LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace + offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. + +003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, + and stood before him. + +003:017 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in + one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the + house. + +003:018 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, + that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; + there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the + house. + +003:019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid + it. + +003:020 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, + while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid + her dead child in my bosom. + +003:021 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, + it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, + behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. + +003:022 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and + the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy + son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the + king. + +003:023 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, + and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son + is the dead, and my son is the living. + +003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword + before the king. + +003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give + half to the one, and half to the other. + +003:026 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, + for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, + give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the + other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. + +003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, + and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. + +003:028 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had + judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom + of God was in him, to do judgment. + +004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. + +004:002 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of + Zadok the priest, + +004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat + the son of Ahilud, the recorder. + +004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok + and Abiathar were the priests: + +004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud + the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's + friend: + +004:006 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of + Abda was over the tribute. + +004:007 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which + provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his + month in a year made provision. + +004:008 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: + +004:009 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, + and Elonbethhanan: + +004:010 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all + the land of Hepher: + +004:011 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had + Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: + +004:012 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, + and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from + Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond + Jokneam: + +004:013 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns + of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also + pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore + great cities with walls and brasen bars: + +004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: + +004:015 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of + Solomon to wife: + +004:016 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: + +004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: + +004:018 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: + +004:019 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the + country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of + Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. + +004:020 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in + multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. + +004:021 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the + land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they + brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. + +004:022 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of + fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, + +004:023 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an + hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and + fatted fowl. + +004:024 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the + river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this + side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. + +004:025 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine + and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the + days of Solomon. + +004:026 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his + chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. + +004:027 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for + all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his + month: they lacked nothing. + +004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought + they unto the place where the officers were, every man + according to his charge. + +004:029 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, + and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea + shore. + +004:030 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children + of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. + +004:031 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and + Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame + was in all nations round about. + +004:032 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a + thousand and five. + +004:033 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon + even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake + also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of + fishes. + +004:034 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, + from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. + +005:001 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he + had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his + father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. + +005:002 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, + +005:003 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house + unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were + about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the + soles of his feet. + +005:004 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so + that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. + +005:005 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the + LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, + Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall + build an house unto my name. + +005:006 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of + Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto + thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that + thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among + us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. + +005:007 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, + that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this + day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great + people. + +005:008 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the + things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy + desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of + fir. + +005:009 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: + and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that + thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged + there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish + my desire, in giving food for my household. + +005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to + all his desire. + +005:011 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for + food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus + gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. + +005:012 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and + there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a + league together. + +005:013 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy + was thirty thousand men. + +005:014 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: + a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and + Adoniram was over the levy. + +005:015 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, + and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; + +005:016 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the + work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the + people that wrought in the work. + +005:017 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly + stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. + +005:018 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and + the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build + the house. + +006:001 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year + after the children of Israel were come out of the land of + Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in + the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to + build the house of the LORD. + +006:002 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the + length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof + twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. + +006:003 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits + was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; + and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. + +006:004 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. + +006:005 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round + about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the + temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: + +006:006 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle + was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: + for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests + round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the + walls of the house. + +006:007 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone + made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was + neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the + house, while it was in building. + +006:008 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the + house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle + chamber, and out of the middle into the third. + +006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house + with beams and boards of cedar. + +006:010 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits + high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. + +006:011 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, + +006:012 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt + walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my + commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with + thee, which I spake unto David thy father: + +006:013 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not + forsake my people Israel. + +006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. + +006:015 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of + cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the + ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and + covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. + +006:016 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the + floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them + for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy + place. + +006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits + long. + +006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and + open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. + +006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there + the ark of the covenant of the LORD. + +006:020 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, + and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height + thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the + altar which was of cedar. + +006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he + made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and + he overlaid it with gold. + +006:022 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had + finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the + oracle he overlaid with gold. + +006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, + each ten cubits high. + +006:024 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five + cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part + of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten + cubits. + +006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were + of one measure and one size. + +006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of + the other cherub. + +006:027 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they + stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing + of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other + cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one + another in the midst of the house. + +006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. + +006:029 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with + carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, + within and without. + +006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and + without. + +006:031 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive + tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. + +006:032 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them + carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and + overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, + and upon the palm trees. + +006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive + tree, a fourth part of the wall. + +006:034 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one + door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were + folding. + +006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open + flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved + work. + +006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, + and a row of cedar beams. + +006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD + laid, in the month Zif: + +006:038 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the + eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts + thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he + seven years in building it. + +007:001 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he + finished all his house. + +007:002 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length + thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty + cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows + of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. + +007:003 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay + on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. + +007:004 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against + light in three ranks. + +007:005 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and + light was against light in three ranks. + +007:006 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty + cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch + was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were + before them. + +007:007 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even + the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one + side of the floor to the other. + +007:008 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the + porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house + for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto + this porch. + +007:009 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of + hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from + the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward + the great court. + +007:010 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, + stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. + +007:011 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed + stones, and cedars. + +007:012 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed + stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of + the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. + +007:013 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. + +007:014 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father + was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with + wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in + brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. + +007:015 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high + apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them + about. + +007:016 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the + tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five + cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: + +007:017 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the + chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for + the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. + +007:018 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one + network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with + pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. + +007:019 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were + of lily work in the porch, four cubits. + +007:020 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also + above, over against the belly which was by the network: and + the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the + other chapiter. + +007:021 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he + set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: + and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof + Boaz. + +007:022 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work + of the pillars finished. + +007:023 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the + other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: + and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. + +007:024 And under the brim of it round about there were knops + compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: + the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. + +007:025 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and + three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the + south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set + above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. + +007:026 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was + wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it + contained two thousand baths. + +007:027 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of + one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three + cubits the height of it. + +007:028 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had + borders, and the borders were between the ledges: + +007:029 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, + oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base + above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions + made of thin work. + +007:030 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: + and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver + were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. + +007:031 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: + but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a + cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings + with their borders, foursquare, not round. + +007:032 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of + the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel + was a cubit and half a cubit. + +007:033 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot + wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, + and their spokes, were all molten. + +007:034 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one + base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. + +007:035 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a + cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and + the borders thereof were of the same. + +007:036 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders + thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according + to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. + +007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one + casting, one measure, and one size. + +007:038 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty + baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of + the ten bases one laver. + +007:039 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five + on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right + side of the house eastward over against the south. + +007:040 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So + Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king + Solomon for the house of the LORD: + +007:041 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were + on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover + the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the + pillars; + +007:042 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two + rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls + of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; + +007:043 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; + +007:044 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; + +007:045 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these + vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the + LORD, were of bright brass. + +007:046 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay + ground between Succoth and Zarthan. + +007:047 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were + exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. + +007:048 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house + of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, + whereupon the shewbread was, + +007:049 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and + five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the + lamps, and the tongs of gold, + +007:050 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the + spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, + both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, + and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. + +007:051 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house + of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his + father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the + vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the + LORD. + +008:001 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads + of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of + Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring + up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of + David, which is Zion. + +008:002 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king + Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the + seventh month. + +008:003 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the + ark. + +008:004 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of + the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the + tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring + up. + +008:005 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that + were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, + sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor + numbered for multitude. + +008:006 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD + unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy + place, even under the wings of the cherubims. + +008:007 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place + of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves + thereof above. + +008:008 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were + seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were + not seen without: and there they are unto this day. + +008:009 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, + which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant + with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of + Egypt. + +008:010 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the + holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, + +008:011 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the + cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the + LORD. + +008:012 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the + thick darkness. + +008:013 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place + for thee to abide in for ever. + +008:014 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the + congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel + stood;) + +008:015 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake + with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand + fulfilled it, saying, + +008:016 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of + Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to + build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose + David to be over my people Israel. + +008:017 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house + for the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +008:018 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in + thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well + that it was in thine heart. + +008:019 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that + shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house + unto my name. + +008:020 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am + risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne + of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for + the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +008:021 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the + covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he + brought them out of the land of Egypt. + +008:022 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence + of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands + toward heaven: + +008:023 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in + heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and + mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their + heart: + +008:024 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou + promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast + fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. + +008:025 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David + my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not + fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so + that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk + before me as thou hast walked before me. + +008:026 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be + verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. + +008:027 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and + heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this + house that I have builded? + +008:028 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to + his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and + to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: + +008:029 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, + even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall + be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy + servant shall make toward this place. + +008:030 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of + thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and + hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, + forgive. + +008:031 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid + upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine + altar in this house: + +008:032 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, + condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and + justifying the righteous, to give him according to his + righteousness. + +008:033 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, + because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to + thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication + unto thee in this house: + +008:034 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people + Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest + unto their fathers. + +008:035 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they + have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and + confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou + afflictest them: + +008:036 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, + and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way + wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which + thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. + +008:037 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, + blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their + enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever + plague, whatsoever sickness there be; + +008:038 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by + all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague + of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this + house: + +008:039 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and + do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart + thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of + all the children of men;) + +008:040 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the + land which thou gavest unto our fathers. + +008:041 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people + Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; + +008:042 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong + hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and + pray toward this house; + +008:043 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to + all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of + the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people + Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have + builded, is called by thy name. + +008:044 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, + whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the + LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the + house that I have built for thy name: + +008:045 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, + and maintain their cause. + +008:046 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth + not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the + enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of + the enemy, far or near; + +008:047 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they + were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto + thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, + We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed + wickedness; + +008:048 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all + their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away + captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou + gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, + and the house which I have built for thy name: + +008:049 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven + thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, + +008:050 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all + their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against + thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them + captive, that they may have compassion on them: + +008:051 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou + broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace + of iron: + +008:052 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy + servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to + hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. + +008:053 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the + earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of + Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of + Egypt, O LORD God. + +008:054 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying + all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from + before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with + his hands spread up to heaven. + +008:055 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with + a loud voice, saying, + +008:056 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people + Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not + failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by + the hand of Moses his servant. + +008:057 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let + him not leave us, nor forsake us: + +008:058 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his + ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his + judgments, which he commanded our fathers. + +008:059 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication + before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, + that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of + his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: + +008:060 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is + God, and that there is none else. + +008:061 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to + walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this + day. + +008:062 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice + before the LORD. + +008:063 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he + offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an + hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the + children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. + +008:064 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that + was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt + offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace + offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD + was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat + offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. + +008:065 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with + him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto + the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and + seven days, even fourteen days. + +008:066 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed + the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart + for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his + servant, and for Israel his people. + +009:001 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of + the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's + desire which he was pleased to do, + +009:002 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had + appeared unto him at Gibeon. + +009:003 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy + supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed + this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for + ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. + +009:004 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, + in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to + all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and + my judgments: + +009:005 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel + for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There + shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. + +009:006 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your + children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes + which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and + worship them: + +009:007 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given + them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will + I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a + byword among all people: + +009:008 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it + shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why + hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? + +009:009 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their + God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, + and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, + and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all + this evil. + +009:010 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon + had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the + king's house, + +009:011 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar + trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his + desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in + the land of Galilee. + +009:012 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon + had given him; and they pleased him not. + +009:013 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, + my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this + day. + +009:014 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. + +009:015 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; + for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and + Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and + Gezer. + +009:016 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and + burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the + city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's + wife. + +009:017 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, + +009:018 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, + +009:019 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for + his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which + Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in + all the land of his dominion. + +009:020 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, + Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the + children of Israel, + +009:021 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the + children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon + those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. + +009:022 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but + they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and + his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. + +009:023 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's + work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people + that wrought in the work. + +009:024 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto + her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build + Millo. + +009:025 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings + and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the + LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the + LORD. So he finished the house. + +009:026 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is + beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of + Edom. + +009:027 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had + knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. + +009:028 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four + hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. + +010:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon + concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with + hard questions. + +010:002 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels + that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and + when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all + that was in her heart. + +010:003 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any + thing hid from the king, which he told her not. + +010:004 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and + the house that he had built, + +010:005 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, + and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and + his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the + house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. + +010:006 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in + mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. + +010:007 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes + had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom + and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. + +010:008 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand + continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. + +010:009 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set + thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel + for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and + justice. + +010:010 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, + and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there + came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen + of Sheba gave to king Solomon. + +010:011 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, + brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and + precious stones. + +010:012 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of + the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries + for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen + unto this day. + +010:013 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, + whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of + his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, + she and her servants. + +010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was + six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, + +010:015 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of + the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of + the governors of the country. + +010:016 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six + hundred shekels of gold went to one target. + +010:017 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound + of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house + of the forest of Lebanon. + +010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid + it with the best gold. + +010:019 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round + behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of + the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. + +010:020 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other + upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any + kingdom. + +010:021 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all + the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure + gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the + days of Solomon. + +010:022 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of + Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, + bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. + +010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches + and for wisdom. + +010:024 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which + God had put in his heart. + +010:025 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and + vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, + and mules, a rate year by year. + +010:026 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he + had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand + horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and + with the king at Jerusalem. + +010:027 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and + cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the + vale, for abundance. + +010:028 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: + the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. + +010:029 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred + shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and + so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of + Syria, did they bring them out by their means. + +011:001 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the + daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, + Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: + +011:002 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the + children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall + they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your + heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. + +011:003 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred + concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. + +011:004 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives + turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not + perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his + father. + +011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, + and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. + +011:006 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not + fully after the LORD, as did David his father. + +011:007 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the + abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and + for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. + +011:008 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt + incense and sacrificed unto their gods. + +011:009 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was + turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto + him twice, + +011:010 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should + not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD + commanded. + +011:011 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is + done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my + statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the + kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. + +011:012 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy + father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. + +011:013 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give + one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for + Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. + +011:014 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the + Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. + +011:015 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the + captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he + had smitten every male in Edom; + +011:016 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until + he had cut off every male in Edom:) + +011:017 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's + servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little + child. + +011:018 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took + men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto + Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed + him victuals, and gave him land. + +011:019 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that + he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of + Tahpenes the queen. + +011:020 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom + Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in + Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. + +011:021 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his + fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad + said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own + country. + +011:022 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, + that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he + answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. + +011:023 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of + Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: + +011:024 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, + when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and + dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. + +011:025 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, + beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, + and reigned over Syria. + +011:026 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, + Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow + woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. + +011:027 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the + king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the + city of David his father. + +011:028 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon + seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him + ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. + +011:029 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of + Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in + the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they + two were alone in the field: + +011:030 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it + in twelve pieces: + +011:031 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith + the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom + out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: + +011:032 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and + for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all + the tribes of Israel:) + +011:033 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped + Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the + Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and + have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine + eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David + his father. + +011:034 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but + I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my + servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments + and my statutes: + +011:035 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will + give it unto thee, even ten tribes. + +011:036 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant + may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which + I have chosen me to put my name there. + +011:037 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all + that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. + +011:038 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command + thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my + sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my + servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure + house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. + +011:039 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for + ever. + +011:040 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, + and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in + Egypt until the death of Solomon. + +011:041 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and + his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of + Solomon? + +011:042 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel + was forty years. + +011:043 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city + of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his + stead. + +012:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to + Shechem to make him king. + +012:002 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was + yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence + of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) + +012:003 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the + congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, + +012:004 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the + grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he + put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. + +012:005 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come + again to me. And the people departed. + +012:006 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood + before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do + ye advise that I may answer this people? + +012:007 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant + unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer + them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy + servants for ever. + +012:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had + given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up + with him, and which stood before him: + +012:009 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer + this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke + which thy father did put upon us lighter? + +012:010 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, + saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto + thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it + lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little + finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. + +012:011 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I + will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with + whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. + +012:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, + as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third + day. + +012:013 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old + men's counsel that they gave him; + +012:014 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, + My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: + my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise + you with scorpions. + +012:015 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the + cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, + which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the + son of Nebat. + +012:016 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, + the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in + David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to + your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So + Israel departed unto their tents. + +012:017 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of + Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. + +012:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and + all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore + king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee + to Jerusalem. + +012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. + +012:020 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was + come again, that they sent and called him unto the + congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was + none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah + only. + +012:021 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the + house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and + fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight + against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to + Rehoboam the son of Solomon. + +012:022 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, + +012:023 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and + unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant + of the people, saying, + +012:024 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against + your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his + house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to + the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the + word of the LORD. + +012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt + therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. + +012:026 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return + to the house of David: + +012:027 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD + at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again + unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they + shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. + +012:028 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, + and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to + Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up + out of the land of Egypt. + +012:029 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. + +012:030 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship + before the one, even unto Dan. + +012:031 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the + lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. + +012:032 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the + fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in + Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, + sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in + Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. + +012:033 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the + fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he + had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the + children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt + incense. + +013:001 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word + of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to + burn incense. + +013:002 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and + said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child + shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and + upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that + burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon + thee. + +013:003 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign + which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, + and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. + +013:004 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of + the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, + that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on + him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, + so that he could not pull it in again to him. + +013:005 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the + altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by + the word of the LORD. + +013:006 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat + now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my + hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the + LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became + as it was before. + +013:007 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and + refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. + +013:008 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me + half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I + eat bread nor drink water in this place: + +013:009 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat + no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that + thou camest. + +013:010 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he + came to Bethel. + +013:011 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came + and told him all the works that the man of God had done that + day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, + them they told also to their father. + +013:012 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his + sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from + Judah. + +013:013 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled + him the ass: and he rode thereon, + +013:014 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an + oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest + from Judah? And he said, I am. + +013:015 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. + +013:016 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: + neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this + place: + +013:017 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat + no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the + way that thou camest. + +013:018 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an + angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him + back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and + drink water. But he lied unto him. + +013:019 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and + drank water. + +013:020 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word + of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: + +013:021 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, + Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the + mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the + LORD thy God commanded thee, + +013:022 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the + place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, + and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the + sepulchre of thy fathers. + +013:023 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he + had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the + prophet whom he had brought back. + +013:024 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: + and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, + the lion also stood by the carcase. + +013:025 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the + way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and + told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. + +013:026 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard + thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient + unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered + him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, + according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. + +013:027 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they + saddled him. + +013:028 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass + and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten + the carcase, nor torn the ass. + +013:029 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and + laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet + came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. + +013:030 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned + over him, saying, Alas, my brother! + +013:031 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to + his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the + sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones + beside his bones: + +013:032 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against + the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high + places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come + to pass. + +013:033 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but + made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high + places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one + of the priests of the high places. + +013:034 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to + cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. + +014:001 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. + +014:002 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and + disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of + Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the + prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. + +014:003 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of + honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of + the child. + +014:004 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and + came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his + eyes were set by reason of his age. + +014:005 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam + cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: + thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when + she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another + woman. + +014:006 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she + came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of + Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am + sent to thee with heavy tidings. + +014:007 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, + Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made + thee prince over my people Israel, + +014:008 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it + thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept + my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do + that only which was right in mine eyes; + +014:009 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou + hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to + provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: + +014:010 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of + Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth + against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, + and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a + man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. + +014:011 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and + him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: + for the LORD hath spoken it. + +014:012 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when + thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. + +014:013 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only + of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is + found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the + house of Jeroboam. + +014:014 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who + shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even + now. + +014:015 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the + water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, + which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond + the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the + LORD to anger. + +014:016 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, + who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. + +014:017 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: + and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child + died; + +014:018 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according + to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his + servant Ahijah the prophet. + +014:019 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how + he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the + chronicles of the kings of Israel. + +014:020 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: + and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in + his stead. + +014:021 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was + forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned + seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did + choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. + And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. + +014:022 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked + him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, + above all that their fathers had done. + +014:023 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, + on every high hill, and under every green tree. + +014:024 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did + according to all the abominations of the nations which the + LORD cast out before the children of Israel. + +014:025 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that + Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: + +014:026 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and + the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and + he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. + +014:027 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and + committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which + kept the door of the king's house. + +014:028 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, + that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard + chamber. + +014:029 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +014:030 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their + days. + +014:031 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his + fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah + an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. + +015:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat + reigned Abijam over Judah. + +015:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was + Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. + +015:003 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done + before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his + God, as the heart of David his father. + +015:004 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a + lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to + establish Jerusalem: + +015:005 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the + LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded + him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah + the Hittite. + +015:006 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days + of his life. + +015:007 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. + +015:008 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the + city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. + +015:009 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned + Asa over Judah. + +015:010 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his + mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. + +015:011 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as + did David his father. + +015:012 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed + all the idols that his fathers had made. + +015:013 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being + queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa + destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. + +015:014 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart + was perfect with the LORD all his days. + +015:015 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, + and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of + the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. + +015:016 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all + their days. + +015:017 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built + Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to + Asa king of Judah. + +015:018 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in + the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of + the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his + servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of + Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at + Damascus, saying, + +015:019 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father + and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of + silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of + Israel, that he may depart from me. + +015:020 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of + the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote + Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with + all the land of Naphtali. + +015:021 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left + off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. + +015:022 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none + was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the + timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa + built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. + +015:023 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all + that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his + feet. + +015:024 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his + fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his + son reigned in his stead. + +015:025 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in + the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel + two years. + +015:026 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the + way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to + sin. + +015:027 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, + conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, + which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel + laid siege to Gibbethon. + +015:028 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay + him, and reigned in his stead. + +015:029 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the + house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, + until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the + LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: + +015:030 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he + made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the + LORD God of Israel to anger. + +015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Israel? + +015:032 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all + their days. + +015:033 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of + Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four + years. + +015:034 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the + way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to + sin. + +016:001 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani + against Baasha, saying, + +016:002 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee + prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way + of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke + me to anger with their sins; + +016:003 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the + posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house + of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. + +016:004 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and + him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air + eat. + +016:005 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his + might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of + the kings of Israel? + +016:006 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: + and Elah his son reigned in his stead. + +016:007 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani + came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his + house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the + LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in + being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. + +016:008 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah + the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. + +016:009 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired + against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in + the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. + +016:010 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty + and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his + stead. + +016:011 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat + on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left + him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his + kinsfolks, nor of his friends. + +016:012 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to + the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu + the prophet. + +016:013 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by + which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in + provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. + +016:014 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Israel? + +016:015 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri + reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped + against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. + +016:016 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath + conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel + made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day + in the camp. + +016:017 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and + they besieged Tirzah. + +016:018 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, + that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt + the king's house over him with fire, and died. + +016:019 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the + LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which + he did, to make Israel to sin. + +016:020 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he + wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of + the kings of Israel? + +016:021 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of + the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; + and half followed Omri. + +016:022 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people + that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri + reigned. + +016:023 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri + to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in + Tirzah. + +016:024 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of + silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city + which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, + Samaria. + +016:025 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse + than all that were before him. + +016:026 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and + in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the + LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. + +016:027 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might + that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the + chronicles of the kings of Israel? + +016:028 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and + Ahab his son reigned in his stead. + +016:029 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began + Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of + Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. + +016:030 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD + above all that were before him. + +016:031 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him + to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took + to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, + and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. + +016:032 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which + he had built in Samaria. + +016:033 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD + God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were + before him. + +016:034 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the + foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the + gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word + of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. + +017:001 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, + said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom + I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but + according to my word. + +017:002 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, + +017:003 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by + the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. + +017:004 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I + have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. + +017:005 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he + went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. + +017:006 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and + bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. + +017:007 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, + because there had been no rain in the land. + +017:008 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, + +017:009 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and + dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to + sustain thee. + +017:010 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the + gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering + of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray + thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. + +017:011 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, + Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. + +017:012 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, + but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a + cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go + in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and + die. + +017:013 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast + said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it + unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. + +017:014 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal + shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until + the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. + +017:015 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and + she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. + +017:016 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of + oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by + Elijah. + +017:017 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the + woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness + was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. + +017:018 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou + man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to + remembrance, and to slay my son? + +017:019 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of + her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and + laid him upon his own bed. + +017:020 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou + also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by + slaying her son? + +017:021 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried + unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this + child's soul come into him again. + +017:022 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the + child came into him again, and he revived. + +017:023 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the + chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and + Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. + +017:024 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art + a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is + truth. + +018:001 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD + came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself + unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. + +018:002 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a + sore famine in Samaria. + +018:003 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. + (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: + +018:004 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, + that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty + in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) + +018:005 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all + fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may + find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose + not all the beasts. + +018:006 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: + Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by + himself. + +018:007 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he + knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my + lord Elijah? + +018:008 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah + is here. + +018:009 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver + thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? + +018:010 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, + whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they + said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and + nation, that they found thee not. + +018:011 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is + here. + +018:012 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, + that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know + not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find + thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from + my youth. + +018:013 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the + prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's + prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and + water? + +018:014 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is + here: and he shall slay me. + +018:015 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I + stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. + +018:016 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to + meet Elijah. + +018:017 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto + him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? + +018:018 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy + father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of + the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. + +018:019 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount + Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and + the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at + Jezebel's table. + +018:020 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the + prophets together unto mount Carmel. + +018:021 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt + ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but + if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a + word. + +018:022 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a + prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and + fifty men. + +018:023 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose + one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it + on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other + bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: + +018:024 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the + name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him + be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well + spoken. + +018:025 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one + bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; + and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. + +018:026 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they + dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even + until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, + nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which + was made. + +018:027 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and + said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he + is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he + sleepeth, and must be awaked. + +018:028 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner + with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. + +018:029 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied + until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that + there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that + regarded. + +018:030 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And + all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar + of the LORD that was broken down. + +018:031 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the + tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD + came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: + +018:032 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: + and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would + contain two measures of seed. + +018:033 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, + and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with + water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. + +018:034 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second + time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the + third time. + +018:035 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the + trench also with water. + +018:036 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening + sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD + God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day + that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and + that I have done all these things at thy word. + +018:037 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou + art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back + again. + +018:038 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt + sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and + licked up the water that was in the trench. + +018:039 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and + they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. + +018:040 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not + one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought + them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. + +018:041 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for + there is a sound of abundance of rain. + +018:042 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the + top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and + put his face between his knees, + +018:043 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And + he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he + said, Go again seven times. + +018:044 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, + there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's + hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, + and get thee down that the rain stop thee not. + +018:045 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was + black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And + Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. + +018:046 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his + loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. + +019:001 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how + he had slain all the prophets with the sword. + +019:002 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the + gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the + life of one of them by to morrow about this time. + +019:003 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and + came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his + servant there. + +019:004 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and + came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for + himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O + LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. + +019:005 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an + angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. + +019:006 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the + coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and + drink, and laid him down again. + +019:007 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and + touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is + too great for thee. + +019:008 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength + of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount + of God. + +019:009 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, + behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto + him, What doest thou here, Elijah? + +019:010 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of + hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, + thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the + sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to + take it away. + +019:011 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the + LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong + wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before + the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind + an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: + +019:012 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the + fire: and after the fire a still small voice. + +019:013 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face + in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of + the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, + What doest thou here, Elijah? + +019:014 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of + hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy + covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets + with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my + life, to take it away. + +019:015 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the + wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to + be king over Syria: + +019:016 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over + Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt + thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. + +019:017 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of + Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword + of Jehu shall Elisha slay. + +019:018 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees + which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not + kissed him. + +019:019 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, + who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he + with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his + mantle upon him. + +019:020 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, + I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will + follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what + have I done to thee? + +019:021 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and + slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the + oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he + arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. + +020:001 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: + and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and + chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred + against it. + +020:002 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, + and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, + +020:003 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy + children, even the goodliest, are mine. + +020:004 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, + according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. + +020:005 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh + Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou + shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and + thy children; + +020:006 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this + time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy + servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in + thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. + +020:007 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and + said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: + for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for + my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. + +020:008 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken + not unto him, nor consent. + +020:009 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my + lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at + the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the + messengers departed, and brought him word again. + +020:010 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, + and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for + handfuls for all the people that follow me. + +020:011 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not + him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that + putteth it off. + +020:012 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he + was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said + unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set + themselves in array against the city. + +020:013 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, + saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great + multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; + and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. + +020:014 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even + by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he + said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. + +020:015 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the + provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after + them he numbered all the people, even all the children of + Israel, being seven thousand. + +020:016 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself + drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two + kings that helped him. + +020:017 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out + first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There + are men come out of Samaria. + +020:018 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them + alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. + +020:019 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of + the city, and the army which followed them. + +020:020 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and + Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on + an horse with the horsemen. + +020:021 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and + chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. + +020:022 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, + Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for + at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up + against thee. + +020:023 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their + gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than + we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we + shall be stronger than they. + +020:024 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his + place, and put captains in their rooms: + +020:025 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, + horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight + against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger + than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. + +020:026 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad + numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against + Israel. + +020:027 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all + present, and went against them: and the children of Israel + pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the + Syrians filled the country. + +020:028 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of + Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians + have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of + the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude + into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +020:029 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so + it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the + children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand + footmen in one day. + +020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall + fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. + And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner + chamber. + +020:031 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that + the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I + pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our + heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will + save thy life. + +020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on + their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy + servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, + Is he yet alive? he is my brother. + +020:033 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would + come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy + brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then + Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into + the chariot. + +020:034 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took + from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets + for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said + Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a + covenant with him, and sent him away. + +020:035 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his + neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And + the man refused to smite him. + +020:036 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice + of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a + lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, + a lion found him, and slew him. + +020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. + And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. + +020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, + and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. + +020:039 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he + said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, + behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and + said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall + thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of + silver. + +020:040 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And + the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; + thyself hast decided it. + +020:041 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the + king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. + +020:042 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast + let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter + destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy + people for his people. + +020:043 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, + and came to Samaria. + +021:001 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the + Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the + palace of Ahab king of Samaria. + +021:002 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that + I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto + my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than + it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of + it in money. + +021:003 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should + give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. + +021:004 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of + the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he + had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. + And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, + and would eat no bread. + +021:005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is + thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? + +021:006 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the + Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; + or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard + for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. + +021:007 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the + kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart + be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the + Jezreelite. + +021:008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his + seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles + that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. + +021:009 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set + Naboth on high among the people: + +021:010 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness + against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. + And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. + +021:011 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who + were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto + them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent + unto them. + +021:012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the + people. + +021:013 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before + him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against + Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did + blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of + the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. + +021:014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is + dead. + +021:015 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was + stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take + possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he + refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but + dead. + +021:016 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, + that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the + Jezreelite, to take possession of it. + +021:017 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, + +021:018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in + Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he + is gone down to possess it. + +021:019 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, + Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt + speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place + where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy + blood, even thine. + +021:020 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And + he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself + to work evil in the sight of the LORD. + +021:021 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy + posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against + the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, + +021:022 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son + of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for + the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and + made Israel to sin. + +021:023 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat + Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. + +021:024 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him + that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. + +021:025 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to + work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his + wife stirred up. + +021:026 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to + all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before + the children of Israel. + +021:027 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent + his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and + lay in sackcloth, and went softly. + +021:028 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, + +021:029 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he + humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his + days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his + house. + +022:001 And they continued three years without war between Syria and + Israel. + +022:002 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the + king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. + +022:003 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that + Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out + of the hand of the king of Syria? + +022:004 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle + to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I + am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy + horses. + +022:005 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray + thee, at the word of the LORD to day. + +022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about + four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against + Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go + up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. + +022:007 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD + besides, that we might enquire of him? + +022:008 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one + man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the + LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning + me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. + +022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten + hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. + +022:010 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat + each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place + in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets + prophesied before them. + +022:011 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and + he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the + Syrians, until thou have consumed them. + +022:012 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to + Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into + the king's hand. + +022:013 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto + him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare + good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, + be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. + +022:014 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto + me, that will I speak. + +022:015 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, + shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we + forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD + shall deliver it into the hand of the king. + +022:016 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee + that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name + of the LORD? + +022:017 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as + sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have + no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. + +022:018 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell + thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? + +022:019 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw + the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven + standing by him on his right hand and on his left. + +022:020 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up + and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and + another said on that manner. + +022:021 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and + said, I will persuade him. + +022:022 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go + forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his + prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail + also: go forth, and do so. + +022:023 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the + mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil + concerning thee. + +022:024 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah + on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD + from me to speak unto thee? + +022:025 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when + thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. + +022:026 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back + unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's + son; + +022:027 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, + and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of + affliction, until I come in peace. + +022:028 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD + hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every + one of you. + +022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went + up to Ramothgilead. + +022:030 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise + myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. + And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the + battle. + +022:031 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains + that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with + small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. + +022:032 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw + Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. + And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat + cried out. + +022:033 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots + perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned + back from pursuing him. + +022:034 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king + of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said + unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me + out of the host; for I am wounded. + +022:035 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up + in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the + blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. + +022:036 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the + going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and + every man to his own country. + +022:037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried + the king in Samaria. + +022:038 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the + dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; + according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. + +022:039 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the + ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, + are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the + kings of Israel? + +022:040 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in + his stead. + +022:041 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in + the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. + +022:042 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to + reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And + his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. + +022:043 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not + aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the + LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for + the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. + +022:044 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. + +022:045 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he + shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of + the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + +022:046 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days + of his father Asa, he took out of the land. + +022:047 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. + +022:048 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: + but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. + +022:049 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my + servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat + would not. + +022:050 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with + his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his + son reigned in his stead. + +022:051 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria + the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned + two years over Israel. + +022:052 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the + way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the + way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: + +022:053 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger + the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had + done. + +Book 12 2 Kings + +001:001 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. + +001:002 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber + that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and + said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron + whether I shall recover of this disease. + +001:003 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, + go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say + unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, + that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? + +001:004 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down + from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. + And Elijah departed. + +001:005 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto + them, Why are ye now turned back? + +001:006 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and + said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and + say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is + not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub + the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that + bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. + +001:007 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up + to meet you, and told you these words? + +001:008 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a + girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah + the Tishbite. + +001:009 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. + And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an + hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath + said, Come down. + +001:010 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be + a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume + thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and + consumed him and his fifty. + +001:011 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his + fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus + hath the king said, Come down quickly. + +001:012 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, + let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy + fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed + him and his fifty. + +001:013 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. + And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on + his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, + O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these + fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. + +001:014 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two + captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore + let my life now be precious in thy sight. + +001:015 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: + be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him + unto the king. + +001:016 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou + hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, + is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his + word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which + thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. + +001:017 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had + spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of + Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had + no son. + +001:018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? + +002:001 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into + heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from + Gilgal. + +002:002 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the + LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the + LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So + they went down to Bethel. + +002:003 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to + Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will + take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I + know it; hold ye your peace. + +002:004 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for + the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD + liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they + came to Jericho. + +002:005 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to + Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will + take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, + Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. + +002:006 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the + LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, + and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two + went on. + +002:007 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to + view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. + +002:008 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote + the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that + they two went over on dry ground. + +002:009 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah + said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be + taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a + double portion of thy spirit be upon me. + +002:010 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if + thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto + thee; but if not, it shall not be so. + +002:011 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, + behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, + and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a + whirlwind into heaven. + +002:012 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the + chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no + more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in + two pieces. + +002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and + went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; + +002:014 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote + the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and + when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and + thither: and Elisha went over. + +002:015 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at + Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on + Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the + ground before him. + +002:016 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants + fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy + master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken + him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. + And he said, Ye shall not send. + +002:017 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. + They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but + found him not. + +002:018 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) + he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? + +002:019 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, + the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but + the water is naught, and the ground barren. + +002:020 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And + they brought it to him. + +002:021 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the + salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed + these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or + barren land. + +002:022 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the + saying of Elisha which he spake. + +002:023 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up + by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, + and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go + up, thou bald head. + +002:024 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the + name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of + the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. + +002:025 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he + returned to Samaria. + +003:001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in + Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and + reigned twelve years. + +003:002 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his + father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal + that his father had made. + +003:003 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of + Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. + +003:004 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto + the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred + thousand rams, with the wool. + +003:005 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab + rebelled against the king of Israel. + +003:006 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and + numbered all Israel. + +003:007 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, + The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with + me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as + thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy + horses. + +003:008 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The + way through the wilderness of Edom. + +003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the + king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' + journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the + cattle that followed them. + +003:010 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called + these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of + Moab! + +003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, + that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of + Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of + Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. + +003:012 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the + king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down + to him. + +003:013 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do + with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the + prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, + Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to + deliver them into the hand of Moab. + +003:014 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I + stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of + Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, + nor see thee. + +003:015 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the + minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. + +003:016 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of + ditches. + +003:017 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall + ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that + ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. + +003:018 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he + will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. + +003:019 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, + and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, + and mar every good piece of land with stones. + +003:020 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was + offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, + and the country was filled with water. + +003:021 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to + fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on + armour, and upward, and stood in the border. + +003:022 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon + the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as + red as blood: + +003:023 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and + they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the + spoil. + +003:024 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose + up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but + they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. + +003:025 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land + cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all + the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in + Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers + went about it, and smote it. + +003:026 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for + him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to + break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. + +003:027 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his + stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And + there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed + from him, and returned to their own land. + +004:001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of + the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is + dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and + the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be + bondmen. + +004:002 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, + what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath + not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. + +004:003 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy + neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. + +004:004 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee + and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, + and thou shalt set aside that which is full. + +004:005 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her + sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. + +004:006 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said + unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, + There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. + +004:007 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell + the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of + the rest. + +004:008 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was + a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it + was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat + bread. + +004:009 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that + this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. + +004:010 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and + let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and + a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he + shall turn in thither. + +004:011 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into + the chamber, and lay there. + +004:012 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And + when he had called her, she stood before him. + +004:013 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been + careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for + thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the + captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own + people. + +004:014 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi + answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. + +004:015 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood + in the door. + +004:016 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, + thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man + of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. + +004:017 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that + Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. + +004:018 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went + out to his father to the reapers. + +004:019 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to + a lad, Carry him to his mother. + +004:020 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he + sat on her knees till noon, and then died. + +004:021 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, + and shut the door upon him, and went out. + +004:022 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray + thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may + run to the man of God, and come again. + +004:023 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is + neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. + +004:024 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and + go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. + +004:025 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And + it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he + said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: + +004:026 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it + well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with + the child? And she answered, It is well: + +004:027 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught + him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And + the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed + within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not + told me. + +004:028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, + Do not deceive me? + +004:029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff + in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute + him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay + my staff upon the face of the child. + +004:030 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as + thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and + followed her. + +004:031 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the + face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. + Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The + child is not awaked. + +004:032 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was + dead, and laid upon his bed. + +004:033 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and + prayed unto the LORD. + +004:034 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon + his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his + hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of + the child waxed warm. + +004:035 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went + up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed + seven times, and the child opened his eyes. + +004:036 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he + called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take + up thy son. + +004:037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to + the ground, and took up her son, and went out. + +004:038 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the + land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: + and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe + pottage for the sons of the prophets. + +004:039 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a + wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and + came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew + them not. + +004:040 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as + they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and + said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they + could not eat thereof. + +004:041 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and + he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there + was no harm in the pot. + +004:042 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of + God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and + full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto + the people, that they may eat. + +004:043 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an + hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may + eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave + thereof. + +004:044 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, + according to the word of the LORD. + +005:001 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a + great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the + LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty + man in valour, but he was a leper. + +005:002 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought + away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she + waited on Naaman's wife. + +005:003 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with + the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of + his leprosy. + +005:004 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said + the maid that is of the land of Israel. + +005:005 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a + letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with + him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, + and ten changes of raiment. + +005:006 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now + when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith + sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him + of his leprosy. + +005:007 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the + letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill + and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover + a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see + how he seeketh a quarrel against me. + +005:008 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the + king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, + saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now + to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. + +005:009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood + at the door of the house of Elisha. + +005:010 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in + Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, + and thou shalt be clean. + +005:011 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I + thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on + the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the + place, and recover the leper. + +005:012 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all + the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So + he turned and went away in a rage. + +005:013 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My + father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, + wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he + saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? + +005:014 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, + according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came + again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. + +005:015 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and + came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know + that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now + therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. + +005:016 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will + receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. + +005:017 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given + to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant + will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice + unto other gods, but unto the LORD. + +005:018 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master + goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he + leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: + when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon + thy servant in this thing. + +005:019 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a + little way. + +005:020 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, + Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not + receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD + liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. + +005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him + running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet + him, and said, Is all well? + +005:022 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, + Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two + young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, + a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. + +005:023 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged + him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two + changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; + and they bare them before him. + +005:024 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, + and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and + they departed. + +005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said + unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant + went no whither. + +005:026 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the + man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time + to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and + vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and + maidservants? + +005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and + unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a + leper as white as snow. + +006:001 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the + place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. + +006:002 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every + man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may + dwell. And he answered, Go ye. + +006:003 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy + servants. And he answered, I will go. + +006:004 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut + down wood. + +006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the + water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was + borrowed. + +006:006 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the + place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and + the iron did swim. + +006:007 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his + hand, and took it. + +006:008 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel + with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be + my camp. + +006:009 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, + Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the + Syrians are come down. + +006:010 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God + told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once + nor twice. + +006:011 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for + this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, + Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? + +006:012 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but + Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of + Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. + +006:013 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch + him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. + +006:014 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great + host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. + +006:015 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and + gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with + horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my + master! how shall we do? + +006:016 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more + than they that be with them. + +006:017 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, + that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young + man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses + and chariots of fire round about Elisha. + +006:018 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, + and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And + he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. + +006:019 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is + this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom + ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. + +006:020 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that + Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may + see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, + behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. + +006:021 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My + father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? + +006:022 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou + smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and + with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may + eat and drink, and go to their master. + +006:023 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had + eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their + master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of + Israel. + +006:024 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria + gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. + +006:025 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they + besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces + of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for + five pieces of silver. + +006:026 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there + cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. + +006:027 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help + thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? + +006:028 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she + answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may + eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. + +006:029 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on + the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath + hid her son. + +006:030 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the + woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the + wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth + within upon his flesh. + +006:031 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of + Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. + +006:032 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and + the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger + came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a + murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the + messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the + door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? + +006:033 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came + down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; + what should I wait for the LORD any longer? + +007:001 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the + LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour + be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, + in the gate of Samaria. + +007:002 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of + God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in + heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt + see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. + +007:003 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the + gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we + die? + +007:004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in + the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we + die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of + the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they + kill us, we shall but die. + +007:005 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the + Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the + camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. + +007:006 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise + of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great + host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel + hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings + of the Egyptians, to come upon us. + +007:007 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their + tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it + was, and fled for their life. + +007:008 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, + they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried + thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and + came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence + also, and went and hid it. + +007:009 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a + day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till + the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now + therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. + +007:010 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they + told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, + behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but + horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. + +007:011 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's + house within. + +007:012 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I + will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know + that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to + hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of + the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. + +007:013 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I + pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in + the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel + that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the + multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us + send and see. + +007:014 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent + after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. + +007:015 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was + full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away + in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the + king. + +007:016 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. + So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two + measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the + LORD. + +007:017 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to + have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in + the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake + when the king came down to him. + +007:018 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, + saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of + fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in + the gate of Samaria: + +007:019 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, + if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing + be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, + but shalt not eat thereof. + +007:020 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in + the gate, and he died. + +008:001 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to + life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and + sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath + called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land + seven years. + +008:002 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of + God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the + land of the Philistines seven years. + +008:003 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman + returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went + forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. + +008:004 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, + saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha + hath done. + +008:005 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had + restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose + son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house + and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is + the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. + +008:006 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king + appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that + was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that + she left the land, even until now. + +008:007 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria + was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come + hither. + +008:008 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, + and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, + saying, Shall I recover of this disease? + +008:009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even + of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and + came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of + Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this + disease? + +008:010 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest + certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he + shall surely die. + +008:011 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was + ashamed: and the man of God wept. + +008:012 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because + I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: + their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men + wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, + and rip up their women with child. + +008:013 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he + should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath + shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. + +008:014 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said + to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me + that thou shouldest surely recover. + +008:015 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, + and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he + died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. + +008:016 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, + Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je + hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. + +008:017 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he + reigned eight years in Jerusalem. + +008:018 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the + house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he + did evil in the sight of the LORD. + +008:019 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's + sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his + children. + +008:020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and + made a king over themselves. + +008:021 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and + he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him + about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled + into their tents. + +008:022 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. + Then Libnah revolted at the same time. + +008:023 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +008:024 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his + fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in + his stead. + +008:025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel + did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. + +008:026 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; + and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name + was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. + +008:027 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in + the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was + the son in law of the house of Ahab. + +008:028 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against + Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded + Joram. + +008:029 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds + which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought + against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram + king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in + Jezreel, because he was sick. + +009:001 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the + prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this + box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: + +009:002 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of + Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise + up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; + +009:003 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, + Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. + Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. + +009:004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to + Ramothgilead. + +009:005 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were + sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And + Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O + captain. + +009:006 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil + on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of + Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, + even over Israel. + +009:007 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may + avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of + all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. + +009:008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off + from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is + shut up and left in Israel: + +009:009 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam + the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of + Ahijah: + +009:010 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and + there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and + fled. + +009:011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said + unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? + And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. + +009:012 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and + thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have + anointed thee king over Israel. + +009:013 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it + under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, + saying, Jehu is king. + +009:014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired + against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all + Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. + +009:015 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the + wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with + Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, + then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to + tell it in Jezreel. + +009:016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay + there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. + +009:017 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he + spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a + company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet + them, and let him say, Is it peace? + +009:018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus + saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to + do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, + saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. + +009:019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, + and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, + What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. + +009:020 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and + cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu + the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. + +009:021 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. + And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, + each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met + him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. + +009:022 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it + peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the + whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so + many? + +009:023 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, + There is treachery, O Ahaziah. + +009:024 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram + between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he + sunk down in his chariot. + +009:025 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in + the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for + remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab + his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; + +009:026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the + blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in + this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him + into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. + +009:027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the + way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and + said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the + going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, + and died there. + +009:028 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and + buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of + David. + +009:029 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began + Ahaziah to reign over Judah. + +009:030 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and + she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a + window. + +009:031 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, + who slew his master? + +009:032 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on + my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three + eunuchs. + +009:033 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some + of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and + he trode her under foot. + +009:034 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, + see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's + daughter. + +009:035 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than + the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. + +009:036 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is + the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the + Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the + flesh of Jezebel: + +009:037 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of + the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not + say, This is Jezebel. + +010:001 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, + and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the + elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, + +010:002 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's + sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, + a fenced city also, and armour; + +010:003 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and + set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's + house. + +010:004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings + stood not before him: how then shall we stand? + +010:005 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, + the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to + Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou + shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is + good in thine eyes. + +010:006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye + be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the + heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel + by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy + persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought + them up. + +010:007 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they + took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their + heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. + +010:008 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have + brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them + in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. + +010:009 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and + stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I + conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all + these? + +010:010 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the + word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of + Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his + servant Elijah. + +010:011 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in + Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his + priests, until he left him none remaining. + +010:012 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was + at the shearing house in the way, + +010:013 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, + Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; + and we go down to salute the children of the king and the + children of the queen. + +010:014 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and + slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty + men; neither left he any of them. + +010:015 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the + son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said + to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? + And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. + And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the + chariot. + +010:016 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So + they made him ride in his chariot. + +010:017 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto + Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the + saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. + +010:018 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, + Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. + +010:019 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his + servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have + a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, + he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent + that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. + +010:020 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they + proclaimed it. + +010:021 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of + Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And + they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was + full from one end to another. + +010:022 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth + vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them + forth vestments. + +010:023 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house + of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and + look that there be here with you none of the servants of the + LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. + +010:024 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, + Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the + men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that + letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. + +010:025 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering + the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the + captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they + smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the + captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of + Baal. + +010:026 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, + and burned them. + +010:027 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the + house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. + +010:028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. + +010:029 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made + Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the + golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. + +010:030 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in + executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto + the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy + children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of + Israel. + +010:031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of + Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins + of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. + +010:032 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael + smote them in all the coasts of Israel; + +010:033 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and + the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by + the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. + +010:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all + his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles + of the kings of Israel? + +010:035 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in + Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. + +010:036 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was + twenty and eight years. + +011:001 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was + dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. + +011:002 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, + took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the + king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and + his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not + slain. + +011:003 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. + And Athaliah did reign over the land. + +011:004 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over + hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to + him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, + and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed + them the king's son. + +011:005 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall + do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall + even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; + +011:006 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part + at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of + the house, that it be not broken down. + +011:007 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even + they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the + king. + +011:008 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his + weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let + him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as + he cometh in. + +011:009 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things + that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man + his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that + should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. + +011:010 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king + David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the + LORD. + +011:011 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, + round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to + the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the + temple. + +011:012 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon + him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and + anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save + the king. + +011:013 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the + people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. + +011:014 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as + the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the + king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with + trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, + Treason. + +011:015 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the + hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have + her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill + with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain + in the house of the LORD. + +011:016 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the + which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she + slain. + +011:017 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and + the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the + king also and the people. + +011:018 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, + and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in + pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before + the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house + of the LORD. + +011:019 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and + the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought + down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way + of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on + the throne of the kings. + +011:020 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in + quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's + house. + +011:021 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. + +012:001 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty + years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was + Zibiah of Beersheba. + +012:002 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD + all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. + +012:003 But the high places were not taken away: the people still + sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. + +012:004 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the + dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, + even the money of every one that passeth the account, the + money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh + into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, + +012:005 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his + acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, + wheresoever any breach shall be found. + +012:006 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king + Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the + house. + +012:007 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the + other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the + breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of + your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the + house. + +012:008 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the + people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. + +012:009 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the + lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as + one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that + kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into + the house of the LORD. + +012:010 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the + chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and + they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the + house of the LORD. + +012:011 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them + that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the + LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, + that wrought upon the house of the LORD, + +012:012 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and + hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, + and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. + +012:013 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of + silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or + vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the + house of the LORD: + +012:014 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the + house of the LORD. + +012:015 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they + delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt + faithfully. + +012:016 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the + house of the LORD: it was the priests'. + +012:017 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, + and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. + +012:018 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that + Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of + Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the + gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, + and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: + and he went away from Jerusalem. + +012:019 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +012:020 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash + in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. + +012:021 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of + Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried + him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son + reigned in his stead. + +013:001 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah + king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over + Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. + +013:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and + followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made + Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. + +013:003 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he + delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into + the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. + +013:004 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto + him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of + Syria oppressed them. + +013:005 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out + from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel + dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. + +013:006 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of + Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there + remained the grove also in Samaria.) + +013:007 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty + horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the + king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the + dust by threshing. + +013:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and + his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles + of the kings of Israel? + +013:009 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in + Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. + +013:010 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began + Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, + and reigned sixteen years. + +013:011 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he + departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, + who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. + +013:012 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and + his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, + are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the + kings of Israel? + +013:013 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his + throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of + Israel. + +013:014 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. + And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over + his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of + Israel, and the horsemen thereof. + +013:015 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took + unto him bow and arrows. + +013:016 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the + bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands + upon the king's hands. + +013:017 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then + Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the + LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: + for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have + consumed them. + +013:018 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said + unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote + thrice, and stayed. + +013:019 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou + shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou + smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou + shalt smite Syria but thrice. + +013:020 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the + Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. + +013:021 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, + they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the + sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and + touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his + feet. + +013:022 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of + Jehoahaz. + +013:023 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on + them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with + Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither + cast he them from his presence as yet. + +013:024 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in + his stead. + +013:025 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of + Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out + of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did + Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. + +014:001 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel + reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. + +014:002 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and + reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. + +014:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet + not like David his father: he did according to all things as + Joash his father did. + +014:004 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people + did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. + +014:005 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in + his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king + his father. + +014:006 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto + that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein + the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to + death for the children, nor the children be put to death for + the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own + sin. + +014:007 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took + Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this + day. + +014:008 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz + son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one + another in the face. + +014:009 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, + saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that + was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: + and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and + trode down the thistle. + +014:010 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted + thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest + thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, + and Judah with thee? + +014:011 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel + went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another + in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. + +014:012 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled + every man to their tents. + +014:013 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son + of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to + Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate + of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. + +014:014 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that + were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of + the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. + +014:015 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his + might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they + not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Israel? + +014:016 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria + with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his + stead. + +014:017 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the + death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. + +014:018 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in + the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + +014:019 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he + fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew + him there. + +014:020 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem + with his fathers in the city of David. + +014:021 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen + years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. + +014:022 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king + slept with his fathers. + +014:023 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of + Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign + in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. + +014:024 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he + departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, + who made Israel to sin. + +014:025 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath + unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD + God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant + Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of + Gathhepher. + +014:026 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very + bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any + helper for Israel. + +014:027 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of + Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of + Jeroboam the son of Joash. + +014:028 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and + his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and + Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? + +014:029 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of + Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. + +015:001 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel + began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. + +015:002 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he + reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. + +015:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his father Amaziah had done; + +015:004 Save that the high places were not removed: the people + sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. + +015:005 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the + day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the + king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. + +015:006 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +015:007 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with + his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned + in his stead. + +015:008 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did + Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six + months. + +015:009 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as + his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of + Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. + +015:010 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote + him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. + +015:011 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. + +015:012 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, + saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the + fourth generation. And so it came to pass. + +015:013 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and + thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full + month in Samaria. + +015:014 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to + Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and + slew him, and reigned in his stead. + +015:015 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which + he made, behold, they are written in the book of the + chronicles of the kings of Israel. + +015:016 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the + coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, + therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were + with child he ripped up. + +015:017 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began + Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten + years in Samaria. + +015:018 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he + departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of + Nebat, who made Israel to sin. + +015:019 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem + gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be + with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. + +015:020 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the + mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to + give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned + back, and stayed not there in the land. + +015:021 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Israel? + +015:022 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son + reigned in his stead. + +015:023 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son + of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned + two years. + +015:024 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he + departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who + made Israel to sin. + +015:025 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired + against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the + king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of + the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. + +015:026 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, + behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the + kings of Israel. + +015:027 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah + the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and + reigned twenty years. + +015:028 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he + departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who + made Israel to sin. + +015:029 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king + of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, + and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land + of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. + +015:030 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the + son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in + his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. + +015:031 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, + behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the + kings of Israel. + +015:032 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel + began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. + +015:033 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and + he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name + was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. + +015:034 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he + did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. + +015:035 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people + sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He + built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. + +015:036 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +015:037 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the + king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. + +015:038 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his + fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son + reigned in his stead. + +016:001 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the + son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. + +016:002 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned + sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right + in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. + +016:003 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made + his son to pass through the fire, according to the + abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from + before the children of Israel. + +016:004 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on + the hills, and under every green tree. + +016:005 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of + Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, + but could not overcome him. + +016:006 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and + drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and + dwelt there unto this day. + +016:007 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, + saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out + of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the + king of Israel, which rise up against me. + +016:008 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house + of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and + sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. + +016:009 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of + Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the + people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. + +016:010 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of + Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz + sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the + pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. + +016:011 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that + king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it + against king Ahaz came from Damascus. + +016:012 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the + altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered + thereon. + +016:013 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and + poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his + peace offerings, upon the altar. + +016:014 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the + LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar + and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the + altar. + +016:015 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the + great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening + meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat + offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the + land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and + sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all + the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for + me to enquire by. + +016:016 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz + commanded. + +016:017 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed + the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the + brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement + of stones. + +016:018 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the + house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house + of the LORD for the king of Assyria. + +016:019 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + +016:020 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his + fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in + his stead. + +017:001 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son + of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. + +017:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but + not as the kings of Israel that were before him. + +017:003 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea + became his servant, and gave him presents. + +017:004 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had + sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to + the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore + the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. + +017:005 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and + went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. + +017:006 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, + and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah + and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the + Medes. + +017:007 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against + the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land + of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and + had feared other gods, + +017:008 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast + out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of + Israel, which they had made. + +017:009 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were + not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high + places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to + the fenced city. + +017:010 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and + under every green tree: + +017:011 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did + the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and + wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: + +017:012 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye + shall not do this thing. + +017:013 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by + all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from + your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, + according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and + which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. + +017:014 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, + like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the + LORD their God. + +017:015 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made + with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified + against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and + went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning + whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like + them. + +017:016 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and + made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, + and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. + +017:017 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through + the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold + themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him + to anger. + +017:018 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed + them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of + Judah only. + +017:019 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, + but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. + +017:020 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted + them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he + had cast them out of his sight. + +017:021 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made + Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from + following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. + +017:022 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam + which he did; they departed not from them; + +017:023 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said + by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away + out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. + +017:024 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from + Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, + and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the + children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in + the cities thereof. + +017:025 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that + they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among + them, which slew some of them. + +017:026 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The + nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of + Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore + he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, + because they know not the manner of the God of the land. + +017:027 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one + of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go + and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God + of the land. + +017:028 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from + Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they + should fear the LORD. + +017:029 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in + the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, + every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. + +017:030 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth + made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, + +017:031 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites + burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, + the gods of Sepharvaim. + +017:032 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the + lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed + for them in the houses of the high places. + +017:033 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the + manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. + +017:034 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not + the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their + ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD + commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; + +017:035 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, + saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to + them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: + +017:036 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with + great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and + him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. + +017:037 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the + commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do + for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. + +017:038 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not + forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. + +017:039 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you + out of the hand of all your enemies. + +017:040 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former + manner. + +017:041 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven + images, both their children, and their children's children: as + did their fathers, so do they unto this day. + +018:001 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah + king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah + began to reign. + +018:002 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and + he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's + name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. + +018:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that David his father did. + +018:004 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down + the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses + had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn + incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. + +018:005 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was + none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were + before him. + +018:006 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, + but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. + +018:007 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he + went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and + served him not. + +018:008 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders + thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. + +018:009 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which + was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, + that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and + besieged it. + +018:010 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth + year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of + Israel, Samaria was taken. + +018:011 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, + and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and + in the cities of the Medes: + +018:012 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but + transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of + the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. + +018:013 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib + king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of + Judah, and took them. + +018:014 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to + Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which + thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria + appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of + silver and thirty talents of gold. + +018:015 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the + house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. + +018:016 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of + the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah + king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of + Assyria. + +018:017 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh + from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against + Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when + they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the + upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. + +018:018 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them + Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and + Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. + +018:019 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus + saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is + this wherein thou trustest? + +018:020 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and + strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou + rebellest against me? + +018:021 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised + reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into + his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all + that trust on him. + +018:022 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not + that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath + taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall + worship before this altar in Jerusalem? + +018:023 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king + of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if + thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. + +018:024 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the + least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for + chariots and for horsemen? + +018:025 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to + destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and + destroy it. + +018:026 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, + unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the + Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in + the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the + wall. + +018:027 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy + master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me + to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own + dung, and drink their own piss with you? + +018:028 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' + language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, + the king of Assyria: + +018:029 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he + shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: + +018:030 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The + LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be + delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +018:031 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, + Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, + and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of + his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his + cistern: + +018:032 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a + land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land + of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and + hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The + LORD will deliver us. + +018:033 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land + out of the hand of the king of Assyria? + +018:034 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods + of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out + of mine hand? + +018:035 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have + delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should + deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? + +018:036 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: + for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. + +018:037 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the + household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph + the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told + him the words of Rabshakeh. + +019:001 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent + his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into + the house of the LORD. + +019:002 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna + the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with + sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. + +019:003 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day + of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are + come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. + +019:004 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of + Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to + reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the + LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the + remnant that are left. + +019:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. + +019:006 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, + Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou + hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria + have blasphemed me. + +019:007 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a + rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him + to fall by the sword in his own land. + +019:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring + against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from + Lachish. + +019:009 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he + is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again + unto Hezekiah, saying, + +019:010 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not + thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem + shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +019:011 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to + all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be + delivered? + +019:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers + have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the + children of Eden which were in Thelasar? + +019:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the + king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? + +019:014 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the + messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house + of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. + +019:015 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of + Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the + God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou + hast made heaven and earth. + +019:016 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, + and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent + him to reproach the living God. + +019:017 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the + nations and their lands, + +019:018 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, + but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they + have destroyed them. + +019:019 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us + out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know + that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. + +019:020 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus + saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to + me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. + +019:021 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The + virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed + thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head + at thee. + +019:022 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom + hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? + even against the Holy One of Israel. + +019:023 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast + said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the + height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut + down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees + thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, + and into the forest of his Carmel. + +019:024 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of + my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. + +019:025 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of + ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to + pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into + ruinous heaps. + +019:026 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were + dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, + and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as + corn blasted before it be grown up. + +019:027 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, + and thy rage against me. + +019:028 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into + mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my + bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by + which thou camest. + +019:029 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year + such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that + which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and + reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. + +019:030 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall + yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. + +019:031 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that + escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall + do this. + +019:032 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, + He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, + nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. + +019:033 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and + shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. + +019:034 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, + and for my servant David's sake. + +019:035 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD + went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred + fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the + morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. + +019:036 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and + returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. + +019:037 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of + Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote + him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. + And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. + +020:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet + Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus + saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, + and not live. + +020:002 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, + saying, + +020:003 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before + thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that + which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. + +020:004 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle + court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, + +020:005 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus + saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy + prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on + the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. + +020:006 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver + thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and + I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant + David's sake. + +020:007 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid + it on the boil, and he recovered. + +020:008 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the + LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of + the LORD the third day? + +020:009 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that + the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the + shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? + +020:010 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to + go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward + ten degrees. + +020:011 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the + shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the + dial of Ahaz. + +020:012 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of + Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had + heard that Hezekiah had been sick. + +020:013 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the + house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and + the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of + his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was + nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah + shewed them not. + +020:014 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto + him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? + And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from + Babylon. + +020:015 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah + answered, All the things that are in mine house have they + seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not + shewed them. + +020:016 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. + +020:017 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and + that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, + shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith + the LORD. + +020:018 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt + beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the + palace of the king of Babylon. + +020:019 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD + which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace + and truth be in my days? + +020:020 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and + how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the + city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of + the kings of Judah? + +020:021 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son + reigned in his stead. + +021:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and + reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Hephzibah. + +021:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after + the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before + the children of Israel. + +021:003 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his + father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and + made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all + the host of heaven, and served them. + +021:004 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the + LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. + +021:005 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two + courts of the house of the LORD. + +021:006 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, + and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and + wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, + to provoke him to anger. + +021:007 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the + house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his + son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out + of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: + +021:008 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of + the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe + to do according to all that I have commanded them, and + according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. + +021:009 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more + evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the + children of Israel. + +021:010 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, + +021:011 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, + and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which + were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his + idols: + +021:012 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am + bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever + heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. + +021:013 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the + plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a + man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. + +021:014 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and + deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall + become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; + +021:015 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and + have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came + forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. + +021:016 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had + filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin + wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil + in the sight of the LORD. + +021:017 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and + his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of + the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + +021:018 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the + garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his + son reigned in his stead. + +021:019 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and + he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was + Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. + +021:020 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as + his father Manasseh did. + +021:021 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and + served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: + +021:022 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in + the way of the LORD. + +021:023 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the + king in his own house. + +021:024 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired + against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his + son king in his stead. + +021:025 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not + written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? + +021:026 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and + Josiah his son reigned in his stead. + +022:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. + +022:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and + walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not + aside to the right hand or to the left. + +022:003 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, + that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of + Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, + +022:004 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver + which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers + of the door have gathered of the people: + +022:005 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the + work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and + let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the + house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, + +022:006 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber + and hewn stone to repair the house. + +022:007 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money + that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt + faithfully. + +022:008 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I + have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And + Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. + +022:009 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king + word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money + that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the + hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the + house of the LORD. + +022:010 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the + priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before + the king. + +022:011 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the + book of the law, that he rent his clothes. + +022:012 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son + of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the + scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, + +022:013 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for + all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: + for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, + because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this + book, to do according unto all that which is written + concerning us. + +022:014 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, + and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of + Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the + wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and + they communed with her. + +022:015 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, + Tell the man that sent you to me, + +022:016 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this + place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of + the book which the king of Judah hath read: + +022:017 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto + other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the + works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled + against this place, and shall not be quenched. + +022:018 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the + LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of + Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; + +022:019 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself + before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this + place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should + become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, + and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. + +022:020 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and + thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes + shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. + And they brought the king word again. + +023:001 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders + of Judah and of Jerusalem. + +023:002 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the + men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, + and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both + small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of + the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the + LORD. + +023:003 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the + LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and + his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all + their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were + written in this book. And all the people stood to the + covenant. + +023:004 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the + priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to + bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that + were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of + heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of + Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. + +023:005 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of + Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the + cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them + also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the + moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. + +023:006 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, + without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the + brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the + powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. + +023:007 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by + the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the + grove. + +023:008 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and + defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, + from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the + gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the + governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the + gate of the city. + +023:009 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the + altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the + unleavened bread among their brethren. + +023:010 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children + of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to + pass through the fire to Molech. + +023:011 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given + to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by + the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the + suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. + +023:012 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of + Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which + Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, + did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and + cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. + +023:013 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on + the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the + king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of + the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the + Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of + Ammon, did the king defile. + +023:014 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, + and filled their places with the bones of men. + +023:015 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place + which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had + made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and + burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and + burned the grove. + +023:016 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that + were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of + the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted + it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God + proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. + +023:017 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of + the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, + which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou + hast done against the altar of Bethel. + +023:018 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they + let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came + out of Samaria. + +023:019 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the + cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to + provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them + according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. + +023:020 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there + upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and + returned to Jerusalem. + +023:021 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the + passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book + of this covenant. + +023:022 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of + the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the + kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; + +023:023 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this + passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. + +023:024 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, + and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that + were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah + put away, that he might perform the words of the law which + were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the + house of the LORD. + +023:025 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to + the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with + all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither + after him arose there any like him. + +023:026 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his + great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, + because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him + withal. + +023:027 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, + as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city + Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, + My name shall be there. + +023:028 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are + they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of + Judah? + +023:029 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the + king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went + against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. + +023:030 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, + and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own + sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of + Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's + stead. + +023:031 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to + reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his + mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +023:032 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his fathers had done. + +023:033 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of + Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land + to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of + gold. + +023:034 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the + room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, + and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. + +023:035 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he + taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment + of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people + of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give + it unto Pharaohnechoh. + +023:036 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to + reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his + mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. + +023:037 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his fathers had done. + +024:001 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and + Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and + rebelled against him. + +024:002 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands + of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the + children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, + according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his + servants the prophets. + +024:003 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to + remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, + according to all that he did; + +024:004 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled + Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not + pardon. + +024:005 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, + are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the + kings of Judah? + +024:006 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son + reigned in his stead. + +024:007 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: + for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto + the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. + +024:008 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and + he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name + was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. + +024:009 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his father had done. + +024:010 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon + came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. + +024:011 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and + his servants did besiege it. + +024:012 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of + Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his + princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in + the eighth year of his reign. + +024:013 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of + the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in + pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel + had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. + +024:014 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and + all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and + all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest + sort of the people of the land. + +024:015 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's + mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty + of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to + Babylon. + +024:016 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen + and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, + even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. + +024:017 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother + king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. + +024:018 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, + and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +024:019 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that Jehoiakim had done. + +024:020 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem + and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that + Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. + +025:001 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the + tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, + against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built + forts against it round about. + +025:002 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king + Zedekiah. + +025:003 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed + in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the + land. + +025:004 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by + night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by + the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city + round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. + +025:005 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and + overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were + scattered from him. + +025:006 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of + Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. + +025:007 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put + out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, + and carried him to Babylon. + +025:008 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which + is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, + came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king + of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: + +025:009 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and + all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt + he with fire. + +025:010 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain + of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. + +025:011 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the + fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the + remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the + guard carry away. + +025:012 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of + the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. + +025:013 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, + and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the + LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass + of them to Babylon. + +025:014 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the + spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they + ministered, took they away. + +025:015 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of + gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the + guard took away. + +025:016 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made + for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was + without weight. + +025:017 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the + chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter + three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the + chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had + the second pillar with wreathen work. + +025:018 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, + and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the + door: + +025:019 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the + men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's + presence, which were found in the city, and the principal + scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and + threescore men of the people of the land that were found in + the city: + +025:020 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought + them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: + +025:021 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in + the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their + land. + +025:022 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he + made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. + +025:023 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, + heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, + there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of + Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son + of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a + Maachathite, they and their men. + +025:024 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto + them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in + the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well + with you. + +025:025 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son + of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, + and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and + the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. + +025:026 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of + the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of + the Chaldees. + +025:027 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the + captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, + on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach + king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up + the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; + +025:028 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the + throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; + +025:029 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread + continually before him all the days of his life. + +025:030 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the + king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. + +Book 13 1 Chronicles + +001:001 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, + +001:002 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, + +001:003 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, + +001:004 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + +001:005 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, + and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. + +001:006 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. + +001:007 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and + Dodanim. + +001:008 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. + +001:009 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and + Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and + Dedan. + +001:010 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. + +001:011 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and + Naphtuhim, + +001:012 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) + and Caphthorim. + +001:013 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, + +001:014 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, + +001:015 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, + +001:016 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. + +001:017 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and + Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. + +001:018 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. + +001:019 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was + Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his + brother's name was Joktan. + +001:020 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and + Jerah, + +001:021 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, + +001:022 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, + +001:023 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of + Joktan. + +001:024 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, + +001:025 Eber, Peleg, Reu, + +001:026 Serug, Nahor, Terah, + +001:027 Abram; the same is Abraham. + +001:028 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. + +001:029 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, + Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, + +001:030 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, + +001:031 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. + +001:032 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, + and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And + the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. + +001:033 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and + Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. + +001:034 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. + +001:035 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and + Korah. + +001:036 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, + and Timna, and Amalek. + +001:037 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. + +001:038 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, + and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. + +001:039 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's + sister. + +001:040 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and + Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. + +001:041 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and + Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. + +001:042 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of + Dishan; Uz, and Aran. + +001:043 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom + before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the + son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. + +001:044 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah + reigned in his stead. + +001:045 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites + reigned in his stead. + +001:046 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote + Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the + name of his city was Avith. + +001:047 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his + stead. + +001:048 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river + reigned in his stead. + +001:049 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned + in his stead. + +001:050 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and + the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was + Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. + +001:051 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke + Aliah, duke Jetheth, + +001:052 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, + +001:053 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, + +001:054 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. + +002:001 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, + Issachar, and Zebulun, + +002:002 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. + +002:003 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were + born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, + the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and + he slew him. + +002:004 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All + the sons of Judah were five. + +002:005 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. + +002:006 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and + Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. + +002:007 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who + transgressed in the thing accursed. + +002:008 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. + +002:009 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, + and Ram, and Chelubai. + +002:010 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince + of the children of Judah; + +002:011 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, + +002:012 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, + +002:013 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, + and Shimma the third, + +002:014 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, + +002:015 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: + +002:016 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of + Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. + +002:017 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the + Ishmeelite. + +002:018 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, + and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and + Ardon. + +002:019 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which + bare him Hur. + +002:020 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. + +002:021 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the + father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years + old; and she bare him Segub. + +002:022 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the + land of Gilead. + +002:023 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from + them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore + cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of + Gilead. + +002:024 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah + Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. + +002:025 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram + the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. + +002:026 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she + was the mother of Onam. + +002:027 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and + Jamin, and Eker. + +002:028 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of + Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. + +002:029 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare + him Ahban, and Molid. + +002:030 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died + without children. + +002:031 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. + And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. + +002:032 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and + Jonathan: and Jether died without children. + +002:033 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the + sons of Jerahmeel. + +002:034 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a + servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. + +002:035 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; + and she bare him Attai. + +002:036 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, + +002:037 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, + +002:038 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, + +002:039 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, + +002:040 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, + +002:041 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. + +002:042 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his + firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of + Mareshah the father of Hebron. + +002:043 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and + Shema. + +002:044 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat + Shammai. + +002:045 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of + Bethzur. + +002:046 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: + and Haran begat Gazez. + +002:047 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and + Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. + +002:048 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. + +002:049 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father + of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of + Caleb was Achsa. + +002:050 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of + Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. + +002:051 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. + +002:052 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and + half of the Manahethites. + +002:053 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the + Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came + the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites, + +002:054 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, + the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. + +002:055 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the + Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the + Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of + Rechab. + +003:001 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in + Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the + second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: + +003:002 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai + king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: + +003:003 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah + his wife. + +003:004 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned + seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty + and three years. + +003:005 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, + and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of + Ammiel: + +003:006 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, + +003:007 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, + +003:008 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. + +003:009 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the + concubines, and Tamar their sister. + +003:010 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, + Jehoshaphat his son, + +003:011 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, + +003:012 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, + +003:013 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, + +003:014 Amon his son, Josiah his son. + +003:015 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second + Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. + +003:016 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. + +003:017 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, + +003:018 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, + and Nedabiah. + +003:019 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the + sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith + their sister: + +003:020 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, + Jushabhesed, five. + +003:021 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of + Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of + Shechaniah. + +003:022 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of + Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and + Shaphat, six. + +003:023 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, + three. + +003:024 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and + Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, + seven. + +004:001 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and + Shobal. + +004:002 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat + Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. + +004:003 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and + Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: + +004:004 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. + These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the + father of Bethlehem. + +004:005 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. + +004:006 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and + Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. + +004:007 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. + +004:008 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel + the son of Harum. + +004:009 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his + mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with + sorrow. + +004:010 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou + wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine + hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from + evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that + which he requested. + +004:011 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the + father of Eshton. + +004:012 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the + father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. + +004:013 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of + Othniel; Hathath. + +004:014 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father + of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. + +004:015 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and + Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. + +004:016 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and + Asareel. + +004:017 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and + Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father + of Eshtemoa. + +004:018 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and + Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. + And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, + which Mered took. + +004:019 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the + father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. + +004:020 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and + Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. + +004:021 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of + Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of + the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of + Ashbea, + +004:022 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who + had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are + ancient things. + +004:023 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and + hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. + +004:024 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and + Shaul: + +004:025 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. + +004:026 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, + Shimei his son. + +004:027 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his + brethren had not many children, neither did all their family + multiply, like to the children of Judah. + +004:028 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, + +004:029 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, + +004:030 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, + +004:031 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at + Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. + +004:032 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, + and Ashan, five cities: + +004:033 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, + unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. + +004:034 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, + +004:035 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, + the son of Asiel, + +004:036 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and + Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, + +004:037 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of + Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; + +004:038 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: + and the house of their fathers increased greatly. + +004:039 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east + side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. + +004:040 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, + and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of + old. + +004:041 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of + Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were + found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and + dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for + their flocks. + +004:042 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred + men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, + and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. + +004:043 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, + and dwelt there unto this day. + +005:001 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was + the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, + his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of + Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the + birthright. + +005:002 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the + chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) + +005:003 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, + Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. + +005:004 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his + son, + +005:005 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, + +005:006 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried + away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. + +005:007 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of + their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and + Zechariah, + +005:008 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, + who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: + +005:009 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the + wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were + multiplied in the land of Gilead. + +005:010 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who + fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout + all the east land of Gilead. + +005:011 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land + of Bashan unto Salcah: + +005:012 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat + in Bashan. + +005:013 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, + Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and + Zia, and Heber, seven. + +005:014 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of + Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of + Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; + +005:015 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of + their fathers. + +005:016 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in + all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. + +005:017 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham + king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. + +005:018 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of + Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, + and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty + thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the + war. + +005:019 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, + and Nodab. + +005:020 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were + delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for + they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; + because they put their trust in him. + +005:021 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty + thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of + asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. + +005:022 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. + And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. + +005:023 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the + land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, + and unto mount Hermon. + +005:024 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even + Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and + Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and + heads of the house of their fathers. + +005:025 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and + went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom + God destroyed before them. + +005:026 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of + Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, + and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the + Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto + Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this + day. + +006:001 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +006:002 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. + +006:003 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The + sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +006:004 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, + +006:005 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, + +006:006 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, + +006:007 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, + +006:008 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, + +006:009 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, + +006:010 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the + priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in + Jerusalem:) + +006:011 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, + +006:012 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, + +006:013 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, + +006:014 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, + +006:015 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away + Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. + +006:016 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. + +006:017 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and + Shimei. + +006:018 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and + Uzziel. + +006:019 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the + families of the Levites according to their fathers. + +006:020 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, + +006:021 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. + +006:022 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir + his son, + +006:023 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, + +006:024 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his + son. + +006:025 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. + +006:026 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and + Nahath his son, + +006:027 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. + +006:028 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. + +006:029 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza + his son, + +006:030 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. + +006:031 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in + the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. + +006:032 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the + tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had + built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited + on their office according to their order. + +006:033 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the + sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the + son of Shemuel, + +006:034 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the + son of Toah, + +006:035 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the + son of Amasai, + +006:036 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the + son of Zephaniah, + +006:037 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the + son of Korah, + +006:038 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son + of Israel. + +006:039 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph + the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, + +006:040 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, + +006:041 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, + +006:042 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, + +006:043 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. + +006:044 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: + Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, + +006:045 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, + +006:046 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, + +006:047 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son + of Levi. + +006:048 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner + of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. + +006:049 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt + offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for + all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement + for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had + commanded. + +006:050 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his + son, Abishua his son, + +006:051 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, + +006:052 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, + +006:053 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. + +006:054 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles + in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the + Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. + +006:055 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the + suburbs thereof round about it. + +006:056 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they + gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. + +006:057 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, + namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her + suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, + +006:058 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, + +006:059 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: + +006:060 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and + Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All + their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. + +006:061 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of + that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, + out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. + +006:062 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of + the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out + of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in + Bashan, thirteen cities. + +006:063 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their + families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of + Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. + +006:064 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities + with their suburbs. + +006:065 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of + Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out + of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which + are called by their names. + +006:066 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had + cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. + +006:067 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in + mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her + suburbs, + +006:068 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, + +006:069 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: + +006:070 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, + and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of + the sons of Kohath. + +006:071 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the + half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and + Ashtaroth with her suburbs: + +006:072 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, + Daberath with her suburbs, + +006:073 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: + +006:074 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and + Abdon with her suburbs, + +006:075 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: + +006:076 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her + suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her + suburbs. + +006:077 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the + tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her + suburbs: + +006:078 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of + Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in + the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, + +006:079 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: + +006:080 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her + suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, + +006:081 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. + +007:001 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and + Shimrom, four. + +007:002 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and + Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's + house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in + their generations; whose number was in the days of David two + and twenty thousand and six hundred. + +007:003 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; + Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them + chief men. + +007:004 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their + fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty + thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. + +007:005 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were + valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies + fourscore and seven thousand. + +007:006 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. + +007:007 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and + Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, + mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies + twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. + +007:008 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and + Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and + Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. + +007:009 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their + generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men + of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. + +007:010 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; + Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and + Tharshish, and Ahishahar. + +007:011 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, + mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred + soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. + +007:012 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the + sons of Aher. + +007:013 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and + Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. + +007:014 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his + concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: + +007:015 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, + whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second + was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. + +007:016 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his + name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his + sons were Ulam and Rakem. + +007:017 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, + the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. + +007:018 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and + Mahalah. + +007:019 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, + and Aniam. + +007:020 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and + Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, + +007:021 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, + whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because + they came down to take away their cattle. + +007:022 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren + came to comfort him. + +007:023 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a + son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with + his house. + +007:024 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, + and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) + +007:025 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and + Tahan his son. + +007:026 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. + +007:027 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. + +007:028 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the + towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with + the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto + Gaza and the towns thereof: + +007:029 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and + her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor + and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son + of Israel. + +007:030 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, + and Serah their sister. + +007:031 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father + of Birzavith. + +007:032 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua + their sister. + +007:033 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. + These are the children of Japhlet. + +007:034 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. + +007:035 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and + Shelesh, and Amal. + +007:036 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, + and Imrah, + +007:037 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and + Beera. + +007:038 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. + +007:039 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. + +007:040 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's + house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. + And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt + to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. + +008:001 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and + Aharah the third, + +008:002 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. + +008:003 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, + +008:004 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, + +008:005 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. + +008:006 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the + fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to + Manahath: + +008:007 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat + Uzza, and Ahihud. + +008:008 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he + had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. + +008:009 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, + and Malcham, + +008:010 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads + of the fathers. + +008:011 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. + +008:012 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built + Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: + +008:013 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the + inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of + Gath: + +008:014 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, + +008:015 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, + +008:016 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; + +008:017 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, + +008:018 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; + +008:019 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, + +008:020 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, + +008:021 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; + +008:022 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, + +008:023 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, + +008:024 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, + +008:025 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; + +008:026 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, + +008:027 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. + +008:028 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief + men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. + +008:029 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name + was Maachah: + +008:030 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and + Nadab, + +008:031 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. + +008:032 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their + brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. + +008:033 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat + Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. + +008:034 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat + Micah. + +008:035 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and + Ahaz. + +008:036 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and + Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, + +008:037 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel + his son: + +008:038 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, + Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. + All these were the sons of Azel. + +008:039 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, + Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. + +008:040 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and + had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these + are of the sons of Benjamin. + +009:001 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they + were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who + were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. + +009:002 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in + their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and + the Nethinims. + +009:003 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the + children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and + Manasseh; + +009:004 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, + the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. + +009:005 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. + +009:006 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six + hundred and ninety. + +009:007 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the + son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, + +009:008 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the + son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son + of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; + +009:009 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine + hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the + fathers in the house of their fathers. + +009:010 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, + +009:011 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son + of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of + the house of God; + +009:012 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of + Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, + the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of + Immer; + +009:013 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a + thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for + the work of the service of the house of God. + +009:014 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of + Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; + +009:015 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of + Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; + +009:016 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of + Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, + that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. + +009:017 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and + Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; + +009:018 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were + porters in the companies of the children of Levi. + +009:019 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of + Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the + Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the + gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the + host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. + +009:020 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in + time past, and the LORD was with him. + +009:021 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of + the tabernacle of the congregation. + +009:022 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were + two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy + in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain + in their set office. + +009:023 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of + the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by + wards. + +009:024 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, + north, and south. + +009:025 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come + after seven days from time to time with them. + +009:026 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set + office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house + of God. + +009:027 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the + charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning + pertained to them. + +009:028 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, + that they should bring them in and out by tale. + +009:029 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and + all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and + the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. + +009:030 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the + spices. + +009:031 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of + Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that + were made in the pans. + +009:032 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, + were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. + +009:033 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the + Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they + were employed in that work day and night. + +009:034 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their + generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. + +009:035 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's + name was Maachah: + +009:036 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and + Ner, and Nadab. + +009:037 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. + +009:038 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their + brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. + +009:039 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat + Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. + +009:040 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat + Micah. + +009:041 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, + and Ahaz. + +009:042 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, + and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; + +009:043 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, + Azel his son. + +009:044 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, + Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: + these were the sons of Azel. + +010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of + Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain + in mount Gilboa. + +010:002 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his + sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and + Malchishua, the sons of Saul. + +010:003 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit + him, and he was wounded of the archers. + +010:004 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust + me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse + me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So + Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. + +010:005 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell + likewise on the sword, and died. + +010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died + together. + +010:007 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw + that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then + they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came + and dwelt in them. + +010:008 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came + to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen + in mount Gilboa. + +010:009 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his + armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, + to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. + +010:010 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and + fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. + +010:011 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had + done to Saul, + +010:012 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of + Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, + and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted + seven days. + +010:013 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against + the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept + not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar + spirit, to enquire of it; + +010:014 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and + turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. + +011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, + saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. + +011:002 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast + he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy + God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou + shalt be ruler over my people Israel. + +011:003 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; + and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; + and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the + word of the LORD by Samuel. + +011:004 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; + where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. + +011:005 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not + come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which + is the city of David. + +011:006 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be + chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, + and was chief. + +011:007 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the + city of David. + +011:008 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round + about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. + +011:009 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was + with him. + +011:010 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who + strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all + Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD + concerning Israel. + +011:011 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; + Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted + up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. + +011:012 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who + was one of the three mighties. + +011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were + gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full + of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. + +011:014 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and + delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved + them by a great deliverance. + +011:015 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to + David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the + Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. + +011:016 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison + was then at Bethlehem. + +011:017 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of + the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! + +011:018 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and + drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, + and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not + drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. + +011:019 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: + shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives + in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought + it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these + three mightiest. + +011:020 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: + for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, + and had a name among the three. + +011:021 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was + their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. + +011:022 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of + Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of + Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy + day. + +011:023 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits + high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's + beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the + spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own + spear. + +011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name + among the three mighties. + +011:025 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not + to the first three: and David set him over his guard. + +011:026 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of + Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, + +011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, + +011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, + +011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, + +011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the + Netophathite, + +011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the + children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, + +011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, + +011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, + +011:034 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the + Hararite, + +011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, + +011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, + +011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, + +011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, + +011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of + Joab the son of Zeruiah, + +011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, + +011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, + +011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the + Reubenites, and thirty with him, + +011:043 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, + +011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan + the Aroerite, + +011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, + +011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of + Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, + +011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. + +012:001 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet + kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they + were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. + +012:002 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand + and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a + bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. + +012:003 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the + Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and + Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite. + +012:004 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and + over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and + Josabad the Gederathite, + +012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and + Shephatiah the Haruphite, + +012:006 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, + the Korhites, + +012:007 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. + +012:008 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into + the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit + for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose + faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the + roes upon the mountains; + +012:009 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, + +012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, + +012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, + +012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, + +012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. + +012:014 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of + the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a + thousand. + +012:015 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when + it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all + them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the + west. + +012:016 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the + hold unto David. + +012:017 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto + them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart + shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine + enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of + our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. + +012:018 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the + captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, + thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to + thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received + them, and made them captains of the band. + +012:019 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with + the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them + not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him + away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy + of our heads. + +012:020 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, + and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, + and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. + +012:021 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they + were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. + +012:022 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, + until it was a great host, like the host of God. + +012:023 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed + to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom + of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. + +012:024 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six + thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. + +012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, + seven thousand and one hundred. + +012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. + +012:027 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him + were three thousand and seven hundred; + +012:028 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's + house twenty and two captains. + +012:029 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three + thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the + ward of the house of Saul. + +012:030 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight + hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of + their fathers. + +012:031 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which + were expressed by name, to come and make David king. + +012:032 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had + understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; + the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren + were at their commandment. + +012:033 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with + all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: + they were not of double heart. + +012:034 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield + and spear thirty and seven thousand. + +012:035 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and + six hundred. + +012:036 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, + forty thousand. + +012:037 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the + Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of + instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty + thousand. + +012:038 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a + perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: + and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make + David king. + +012:039 And there they were with David three days, eating and + drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. + +012:040 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and + Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, + and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and + bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep + abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. + +013:001 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and + hundreds, and with every leader. + +013:002 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem + good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send + abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the + land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites + which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather + themselves unto us: + +013:003 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we + enquired not at it in the days of Saul. + +013:004 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the + thing was right in the eyes of all the people. + +013:005 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt + even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from + Kirjathjearim. + +013:006 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to + Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the + ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, + whose name is called on it. + +013:007 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house + of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. + +013:008 And David and all Israel played before God with all their + might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, + and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. + +013:009 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put + forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. + +013:010 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he + smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he + died before God. + +013:011 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach + upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this + day. + +013:012 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I + bring the ark of God home to me? + +013:013 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of + David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the + Gittite. + +013:014 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his + house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of + Obededom, and all that he had. + +014:001 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of + cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. + +014:002 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over + Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his + people Israel. + +014:003 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more + sons and daughters. + +014:004 Now these are the names of his children which he had in + Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, + +014:005 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, + +014:006 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, + +014:007 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. + +014:008 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king + over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. + And David heard of it, and went out against them. + +014:009 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley + of Rephaim. + +014:010 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the + Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And + the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into + thine hand. + +014:011 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. + Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine + hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called + the name of that place Baalperazim. + +014:012 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a + commandment, and they were burned with fire. + +014:013 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the + valley. + +014:014 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, + Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them + over against the mulberry trees. + +014:015 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the + tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to + battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of + the Philistines. + +014:016 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the + host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. + +014:017 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD + brought the fear of him upon all nations. + +015:001 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a + place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. + +015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the + Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of + God, and to minister unto him for ever. + +015:003 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring + up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared + for it. + +015:004 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: + +015:005 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an + hundred and twenty: + +015:006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two + hundred and twenty: + +015:007 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an + hundred and thirty: + +015:008 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren + two hundred: + +015:009 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren + fourscore: + +015:010 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren + an hundred and twelve. + +015:011 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for + the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, + and Amminadab, + +015:012 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the + Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that + ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the + place that I have prepared for it. + +015:013 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made + a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due + order. + +015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring + up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. + +015:015 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their + shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded + according to the word of the LORD. + +015:016 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their + brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, + psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the + voice with joy. + +015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his + brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of + Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; + +015:018 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, + Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, + Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and + Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. + +015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to + sound with cymbals of brass; + +015:020 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and + Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on + Alamoth; + +015:021 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and + Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. + +015:022 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he + instructed about the song, because he was skilful. + +015:023 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. + +015:024 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and + Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow + with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and + Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. + +015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over + thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the + LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. + +015:026 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the + ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven + bullocks and seven rams. + +015:027 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the + Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the + master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him + an ephod of linen. + +015:028 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD + with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with + trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and + harps. + +015:029 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD + came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul + looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: + and she despised him in her heart. + +016:001 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the + tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt + sacrifices and peace offerings before God. + +016:002 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings + and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of + the LORD. + +016:003 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to + every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a + flagon of wine. + +016:004 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the + ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the + LORD God of Israel: + +016:005 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and + Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and + Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with + harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; + +016:006 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets + continually before the ark of the covenant of God. + +016:007 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the + LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. + +016:008 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his + deeds among the people. + +016:009 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his + wondrous works. + +016:010 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that + seek the LORD. + +016:011 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. + +016:012 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, + and the judgments of his mouth; + +016:013 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his + chosen ones. + +016:014 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. + +016:015 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he + commanded to a thousand generations; + +016:016 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his + oath unto Isaac; + +016:017 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel + for an everlasting covenant, + +016:018 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of + your inheritance; + +016:019 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. + +016:020 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom + to another people; + +016:021 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings + for their sakes, + +016:022 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. + +016:023 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day + his salvation. + +016:024 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works + among all nations. + +016:025 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is + to be feared above all gods. + +016:026 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made + the heavens. + +016:027 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness + are in his place. + +016:028 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the + LORD glory and strength. + +016:029 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an + offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty + of holiness. + +016:030 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be + stable, that it be not moved. + +016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let + men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. + +016:032 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields + rejoice, and all that is therein. + +016:033 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of + the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. + +016:034 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy + endureth for ever. + +016:035 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us + together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give + thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. + +016:036 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all + the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. + +016:037 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD + Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark + continually, as every day's work required: + +016:038 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; + Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: + +016:039 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the + tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, + +016:040 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the + burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do + according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which + he commanded Israel; + +016:041 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were + chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the + LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; + +016:042 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for + those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments + of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. + +016:043 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David + returned to bless his house. + +017:001 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David + said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, + but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under + curtains. + +017:002 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; + for God is with thee. + +017:003 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came + to Nathan, saying, + +017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt + not build me an house to dwell in: + +017:005 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought + up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and + from one tabernacle to another. + +017:006 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to + any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my + people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? + +017:007 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus + saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even + from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my + people Israel: + +017:008 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and + have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made + thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the + earth. + +017:009 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will + plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be + moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste + them any more, as at the beginning, + +017:010 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my + people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. + Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an + house. + +017:011 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou + must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed + after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish + his kingdom. + +017:012 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for + ever. + +017:013 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not + take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was + before thee: + +017:014 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for + ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. + +017:015 According to all these words, and according to all this + vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. + +017:016 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who + am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast + brought me hitherto? + +017:017 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou + hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to + come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of + high degree, O LORD God. + +017:018 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy + servant? for thou knowest thy servant. + +017:019 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own + heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all + these great things. + +017:020 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God + beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our + ears. + +017:021 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, + whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a + name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations + from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? + +017:022 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for + ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. + +017:023 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken + concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established + for ever, and do as thou hast said. + +017:024 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for + ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a + God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be + established before thee. + +017:025 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build + him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to + pray before thee. + +017:026 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness + unto thy servant: + +017:027 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy + servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou + blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. + +018:001 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the + Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out + of the hand of the Philistines. + +018:002 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, + and brought gifts. + +018:003 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he + went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. + +018:004 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven + thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also + houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an + hundred chariots. + +018:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king + of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand + men. + +018:006 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians + became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD + preserved David whithersoever he went. + +018:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants + of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. + +018:008 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, + brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the + brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. + +018:009 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all + the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; + +018:010 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his + welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought + against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war + with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and + silver and brass. + +018:011 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver + and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from + Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from + the Philistines, and from Amalek. + +018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in + the valley of salt eighteen thousand. + +018:013 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became + David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever + he went. + +018:014 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and + justice among all his people. + +018:015 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat + the son of Ahilud, recorder. + +018:016 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of + Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; + +018:017 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and + the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the + king. + +019:001 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the + children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. + +019:002 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of + Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David + sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the + servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon + to Hanun, to comfort him. + +019:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, + Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath + sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee + for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? + +019:004 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and + cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, + and sent them away. + +019:005 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were + served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly + ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards + be grown, and then return. + +019:006 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made + themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon + sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and + horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out + of Zobah. + +019:007 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king + of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. + And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from + their cities, and came to battle. + +019:008 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of + the mighty men. + +019:009 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in + array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were + come were by themselves in the field. + +019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before + and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put + them in array against the Syrians. + +019:011 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of + Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against + the children of Ammon. + +019:012 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou + shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for + thee, then I will help thee. + +019:013 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for + our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do + that which is good in his sight. + +019:014 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the + Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. + +019:015 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, + they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered + into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. + +019:016 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse + before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the + Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain + of the host of Hadarezer went before them. + +019:017 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed + over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array + against them. So when David had put the battle in array + against the Syrians, they fought with him. + +019:018 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the + Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty + thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. + +019:019 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to + the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and + became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the + children of Ammon any more. + +020:001 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the + time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of + the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and + came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And + Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. + +020:002 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and + found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious + stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought + also exceeding much spoil out of the city. + +020:003 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them + with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so + dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And + David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. + +020:004 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer + with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite + slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they + were subdued. + +020:005 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the + son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, + whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. + +020:006 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great + stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on + each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the + giant. + +020:007 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's + brother slew him. + +020:008 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the + hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. + +021:001 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to + number Israel. + +021:002 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, + number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number + of them to me, that I may know it. + +021:003 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times + so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not + all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this + thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? + +021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore + Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to + Jerusalem. + +021:005 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. + And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred + thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred + threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. + +021:006 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the + king's word was abominable to Joab. + +021:007 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote + Israel. + +021:008 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have + done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity + of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. + +021:009 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, + +021:010 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee + three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto + thee. + +021:011 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, + Choose thee + +021:012 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed + before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies + overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, + even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD + destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore + advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent + me. + +021:013 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall + now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: + but let me not fall into the hand of man. + +021:014 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of + Israel seventy thousand men. + +021:015 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he + was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the + evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay + now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the + threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. + +021:016 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD + stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword + in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the + elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon + their faces. + +021:017 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people + to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil + indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine + hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's + house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. + +021:018 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that + David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the + threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. + +021:019 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the + name of the LORD. + +021:020 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons + with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. + +021:021 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and + went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David + with his face to the ground. + +021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this + threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the + LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the + plague may be stayed from the people. + +021:023 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord + the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee + the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing + instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I + give it all. + +021:024 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it + for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine + for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. + +021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of + gold by weight. + +021:026 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered + burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; + and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of + burnt offering. + +021:027 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword + again into the sheath thereof. + +021:028 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in + the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed + there. + +021:029 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the + wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that + season in the high place at Gibeon. + +021:030 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was + afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. + +022:001 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this + is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. + +022:002 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were + in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones + to build the house of God. + +022:003 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the + doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in + abundance without weight; + +022:004 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of + Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. + +022:005 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the + house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding + magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I + will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared + abundantly before his death. + +022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build + an house for the LORD God of Israel. + +022:007 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my + mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: + +022:008 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed + blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not + build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood + upon the earth in my sight. + +022:009 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of + rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round + about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace + and quietness unto Israel in his days. + +022:010 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, + and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of + his kingdom over Israel for ever. + +022:011 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and + build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. + +022:012 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give + thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law + of the LORD thy God. + +022:013 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the + statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with + concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, + nor be dismayed. + +022:014 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of + the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand + thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without + weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I + prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. + +022:015 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and + workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for + every manner of work. + +022:016 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is + no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with + thee. + +022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon + his son, saying, + +022:018 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you + rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the + land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, + and before his people. + +022:019 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; + arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, + to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy + vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name + of the LORD. + +023:001 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his + son king over Israel. + +023:002 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the + priests and the Levites. + +023:003 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and + upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was + thirty and eight thousand. + +023:004 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the + work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers + and judges: + +023:005 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised + the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to + praise therewith. + +023:006 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, + namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +023:007 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. + +023:008 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and + Joel, three. + +023:009 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. + These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. + +023:010 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and + Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. + +023:011 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and + Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one + reckoning, according to their father's house. + +023:012 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. + +023:013 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, + that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons + for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto + him, and to bless in his name for ever. + +023:014 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of + the tribe of Levi. + +023:015 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. + +023:016 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. + +023:017 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer + had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. + +023:018 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. + +023:019 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, + Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. + +023:020 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. + +023:021 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; + Eleazar, and Kish. + +023:022 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their + brethren the sons of Kish took them. + +023:023 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. + +023:024 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; + even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number + of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of + the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and + upward. + +023:025 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto + his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: + +023:026 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the + tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. + +023:027 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from + twenty years old and above: + +023:028 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the + service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the + chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the + work of the service of the house of God; + +023:029 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat + offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is + baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all + manner of measure and size; + +023:030 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and + likewise at even: + +023:031 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the + sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, + according to the order commanded unto them, continually before + the LORD: + +023:032 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the + congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge + of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the + house of the LORD. + +024:001 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of + Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +024:002 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no + children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's + office. + +024:003 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, + and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their + offices in their service. + +024:004 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar + than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among + the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house + of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar + according to the house of their fathers. + +024:005 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the + governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, + were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. + +024:006 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the + Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and + Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and + before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: + one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken + for Ithamar. + +024:007 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to + Jedaiah, + +024:008 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, + +024:009 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, + +024:010 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, + +024:011 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, + +024:012 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, + +024:013 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, + +024:014 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, + +024:015 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, + +024:016 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, + +024:017 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to + Gamul, + +024:018 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to + Maaziah. + +024:019 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into + the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron + their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. + +024:020 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of + Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. + +024:021 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was + Isshiah. + +024:022 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. + +024:023 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, + Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. + +024:024 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. + +024:025 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; + Zechariah. + +024:026 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; + Beno. + +024:027 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, + and Ibri. + +024:028 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. + +024:029 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. + +024:030 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These + were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. + +024:031 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons + of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and + Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and + Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger + brethren. + +025:001 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the + service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, + who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with + cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their + service was: + +025:002 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and + Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which + prophesied according to the order of the king. + +025:003 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and + Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of + their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give + thanks and to praise the LORD. + +025:004 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, + Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, + and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and + Mahazioth: + +025:005 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words + of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen + sons and three daughters. + +025:006 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the + house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for + the service of the house of God, according to the king's order + to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. + +025:007 So the number of them, with their brethren that were + instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were + cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. + +025:008 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as + the great, the teacher as the scholar. + +025:009 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second + to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: + +025:010 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:011 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:012 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:013 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:014 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:015 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:016 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:017 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:018 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:019 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:020 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:021 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:022 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:023 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:024 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his + brethren, were twelve: + +025:025 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were + twelve: + +025:026 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:027 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, + were twelve: + +025:028 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his + brethren, were twelve: + +025:029 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his + brethren, were twelve: + +025:030 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his + brethren, were twelve: + +025:031 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his + brethren, were twelve. + +026:001 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was + Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. + +026:002 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, + Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, + +026:003 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. + +026:004 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, + Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, + and Nethaneel the fifth. + +026:005 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: + for God blessed him. + +026:006 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled + throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men + of valour. + +026:007 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, + whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. + +026:008 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and + their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were + threescore and two of Obededom. + +026:009 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. + +026:010 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the + chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father + made him the chief;) + +026:011 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: + all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. + +026:012 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the + chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in + the house of the LORD. + +026:013 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according + to the house of their fathers, for every gate. + +026:014 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his + son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out + northward. + +026:015 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. + +026:016 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the + gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward + against ward. + +026:017 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward + four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. + +026:018 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. + +026:019 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, + and among the sons of Merari. + +026:020 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house + of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. + +026:021 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite + Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were + Jehieli. + +026:022 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were + over the treasures of the house of the LORD. + +026:023 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the + Uzzielites: + +026:024 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of + the treasures. + +026:025 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah + his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith + his son. + +026:026 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures + of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief + fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the + captains of the host, had dedicated. + +026:027 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain + the house of the LORD. + +026:028 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and + Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had + dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under + the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. + +026:029 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward + business over Israel, for officers and judges. + +026:030 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of + valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them + of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of + the LORD, and in the service of the king. + +026:031 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the + Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In + the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, + and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer + of Gilead. + +026:032 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven + hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the + Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for + every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. + +027:001 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the + chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and + their officers that served the king in any matter of the + courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout + all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and + four thousand. + +027:002 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the + son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four + thousand. + +027:003 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of + the host for the first month. + +027:004 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, + and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course + likewise were twenty and four thousand. + +027:005 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah + the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were + twenty and four thousand. + +027:006 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and + above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. + +027:007 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother + of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course + were twenty and four thousand. + +027:008 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the + Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. + +027:009 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of + Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four + thousand. + +027:010 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the + Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were + twenty and four thousand. + +027:011 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the + Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and + four thousand. + +027:012 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the + Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty + and four thousand. + +027:013 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the + Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty + and four thousand. + +027:014 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the + Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course + were twenty and four thousand. + +027:015 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the + Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and + four thousand. + +027:016 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the + Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, + Shephatiah the son of Maachah: + +027:017 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, + Zadok: + +027:018 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, + Omri the son of Michael: + +027:019 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth + the son of Azriel: + +027:020 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the + half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: + +027:021 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of + Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: + +027:022 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of + the tribes of Israel. + +027:023 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old + and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel + like to the stars of the heavens. + +027:024 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, + because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was + the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. + +027:025 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: + and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in + the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of + Uzziah: + +027:026 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of + the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: + +027:027 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the + increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the + Shiphmite: + +027:028 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in + the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the + cellars of oil was Joash: + +027:029 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the + Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was + Shaphat the son of Adlai: + +027:030 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the + asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: + +027:031 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the + rulers of the substance which was king David's. + +027:032 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and + a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's + sons: + +027:033 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the + Archite was the king's companion: + +027:034 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and + Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. + +028:001 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of + the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered + to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, + and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the + substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with + the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the + valiant men, unto Jerusalem. + +028:002 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, + my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to + build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the + LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for + the building: + +028:003 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my + name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed + blood. + +028:004 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house + of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath + chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the + house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked + me to make me king over all Israel: + +028:005 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he + hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the + kingdom of the LORD over Israel. + +028:006 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house + and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will + be his father. + +028:007 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be + constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this + day. + +028:008 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of + the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for + all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess + this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your + children after you for ever. + +028:009 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and + serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for + the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the + imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be + found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off + for ever. + +028:010 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house + for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. + +028:011 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, + and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and + of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours + thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, + +028:012 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the + courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round + about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the + treasuries of the dedicated things: + +028:013 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for + all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for + all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. + +028:014 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all + instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all + instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every + kind of service: + +028:015 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their + lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the + lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, + both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, + according to the use of every candlestick. + +028:016 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for + every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: + +028:017 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the + cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for + every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of + silver: + +028:018 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold + for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread + out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the + LORD. + +028:019 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing + by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. + +028:020 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good + courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD + God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, + nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for + the service of the house of the LORD. + +028:021 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even + they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of + God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of + workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of + service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at + thy commandment. + +029:001 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, + Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and + tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, + but for the LORD God. + +029:002 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God + the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for + things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron + for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, + and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers + colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones + in abundance. + +029:003 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my + God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which + I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I + have prepared for the holy house. + +029:004 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and + seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls + of the houses withal: + +029:005 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of + silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of + artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service + this day unto the LORD? + +029:006 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of + Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the + rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, + +029:007 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five + thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten + thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and + one hundred thousand talents of iron. + +029:008 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the + treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the + Gershonite. + +029:009 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, + because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: + and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. + +029:010 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: + and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our + father, for ever and ever. + +029:011 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, + and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the + heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O + LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. + +029:012 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over + all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand + it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. + +029:013 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious + name. + +029:014 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to + offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of + thee, and of thine own have we given thee. + +029:015 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all + our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there + is none abiding. + +029:016 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build + thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is + all thine own. + +029:017 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast + pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine + heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have + I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer + willingly unto thee. + +029:018 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep + this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart + of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: + +029:019 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy + commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all + these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have + made provision. + +029:020 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD + your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of + their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the + LORD, and the king. + +029:021 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered + burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, + even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand + lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance + for all Israel: + +029:022 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great + gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the + second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief + governor, and Zadok to be priest. + +029:023 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of + David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. + +029:024 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons + likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the + king. + +029:025 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all + Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not + been on any king before him in Israel. + +029:026 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. + +029:027 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; + seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years + reigned he in Jerusalem. + +029:028 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and + honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. + +029:029 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they + are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of + Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, + +029:030 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over + him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the + countries. + +Book 14 2 Chronicles + +001:001 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, + and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him + exceedingly. + +001:002 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of + thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every + governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. + +001:003 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the + high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of + the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD + had made in the wilderness. + +001:004 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to + the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched + a tent for it at Jerusalem. + +001:005 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the + son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the + LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. + +001:006 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the + LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and + offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. + +001:007 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, + Ask what I shall give thee. + +001:008 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto + David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. + +001:009 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be + established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the + dust of the earth in multitude. + +001:010 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come + in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that + is so great? + +001:011 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and + thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of + thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast + asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge + my people, over whom I have made thee king: + +001:012 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give + thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings + have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any + after thee have the like. + +001:013 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was + at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the + congregation, and reigned over Israel. + +001:014 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a + thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand + horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the + king at Jerusalem. + +001:015 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as + stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are + in the vale for abundance. + +001:016 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: + the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. + +001:017 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot + for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred + and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of + the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. + +002:001 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the + LORD, and an house for his kingdom. + +002:002 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear + burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and + three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. + +002:003 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou + didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to + build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. + +002:004 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to + dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and + for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings + morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, + and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an + ordinance for ever to Israel. + +002:005 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God + above all gods. + +002:006 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and + heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I + should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before + him? + +002:007 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in + silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, + and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men + that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my + father did provide. + +002:008 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of + Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber + in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy + servants, + +002:009 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I + am about to build shall be wonderful great. + +002:010 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut + timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty + thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of + wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. + +002:011 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent + to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath + made thee king over them. + +002:012 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that + made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise + son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build + an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. + +002:013 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, + of Huram my father's, + +002:014 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was + a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in + brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, + and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of + graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to + him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord + David thy father. + +002:015 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the + wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his + servants: + +002:016 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt + need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; + and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. + +002:017 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land + of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had + numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty + thousand and three thousand and six hundred. + +002:018 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers + of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the + mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set + the people a work. + +003:001 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem + in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his + father, in the place that David had prepared in the + threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. + +003:002 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, + in the fourth year of his reign. + +003:003 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for + the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after + the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth + twenty cubits. + +003:004 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length + of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty + cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he + overlaid it within with pure gold. + +003:005 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he + overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and + chains. + +003:006 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: + and the gold was gold of Parvaim. + +003:007 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the + walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved + cherubims on the walls. + +003:008 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was + according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the + breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine + gold, amounting to six hundred talents. + +003:009 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he + overlaid the upper chambers with gold. + +003:010 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image + work, and overlaid them with gold. + +003:011 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one + wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall + of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, + reaching to the wing of the other cherub. + +003:012 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to + the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits + also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. + +003:013 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty + cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were + inward. + +003:014 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and + fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. + +003:015 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five + cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of + them was five cubits. + +003:016 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the + heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and + put them on the chains. + +003:017 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the + right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of + that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the + left Boaz. + +004:001 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length + thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits + the height thereof. + +004:002 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, + round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a + line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. + +004:003 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it + round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. + Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. + +004:004 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and + three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the + south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set + above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. + +004:005 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it + like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; + and it received and held three thousand baths. + +004:006 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and + five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered + for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was + for the priests to wash in. + +004:007 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, + and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five + on the left. + +004:008 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five + on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an + hundred basons of gold. + +004:009 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great + court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them + with brass. + +004:010 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over + against the south. + +004:011 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And + Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon + for the house of God; + +004:012 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters + which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths + to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the + top of the pillars; + +004:013 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of + pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the + chapiters which were upon the pillars. + +004:014 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; + +004:015 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. + +004:016 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all + their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon + for the house of the LORD of bright brass. + +004:017 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay + ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. + +004:018 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for + the weight of the brass could not be found out. + +004:019 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of + God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the + shewbread was set; + +004:020 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should + burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; + +004:021 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of + gold, and that perfect gold; + +004:022 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the + censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner + doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the + house of the temple, were of gold. + +005:001 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD + was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David + his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and + all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house + of God. + +005:002 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads + of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of + Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of + the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. + +005:003 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the + king in the feast which was in the seventh month. + +005:004 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the + ark. + +005:005 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the + congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the + tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. + +005:006 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that + were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and + oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. + +005:007 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD + unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy + place, even under the wings of the cherubims: + +005:008 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of + the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves + thereof above. + +005:009 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the + staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were + not seen without. And there it is unto this day. + +005:010 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses + put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the + children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. + +005:011 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the + holy place: (for all the priests that were present were + sanctified, and did not then wait by course: + +005:012 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, + of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, + being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries + and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them + an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) + +005:013 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as + one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking + the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the + trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised + the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for + ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the + house of the LORD; + +005:014 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of + the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of + God. + +006:001 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in + the thick darkness. + +006:002 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place + for thy dwelling for ever. + +006:003 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole + congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel + stood. + +006:004 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with + his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my + father David, saying, + +006:005 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land + of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to + build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose + I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: + +006:006 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and + have chosen David to be over my people Israel. + +006:007 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house + for the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +006:008 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in + thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in + that it was in thine heart: + +006:009 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son + which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the + house for my name. + +006:010 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath + spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and + am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have + built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +006:011 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the + LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. + +006:012 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of + all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: + +006:013 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, + and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it + in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled + down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and + spread forth his hands toward heaven. + +006:014 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in + the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and + shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with + all their hearts: + +006:015 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that + which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and + hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. + +006:016 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant + David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, + There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the + throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their + way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. + +006:017 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, + which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. + +006:018 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, + heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much + less this house which I have built! + +006:019 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to + his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and + the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: + +006:020 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, + upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put + thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant + prayeth toward this place. + +006:021 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and + of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: + hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when + thou hearest, forgive. + +006:022 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon + him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in + this house; + +006:023 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by + requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own + head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according + to his righteousness. + +006:024 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, + because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and + confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee + in this house; + +006:025 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy + people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou + gavest to them and to their fathers. + +006:026 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they + have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, + and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost + afflict them; + +006:027 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy + servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them + the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy + land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an + inheritance. + +006:028 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if + there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if + their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; + whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: + +006:029 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of + any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall + know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth + his hands in this house: + +006:030 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, + and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose + heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the + children of men:) + +006:031 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they + live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. + +006:032 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people + Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's + sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they + come and pray in this house; + +006:033 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, + and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; + that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, + as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which + I have built is called by thy name. + +006:034 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way + that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this + city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built + for thy name; + +006:035 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their + supplication, and maintain their cause. + +006:036 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth + not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over + before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a + land far off or near; + +006:037 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are + carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of + their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, + and have dealt wickedly; + +006:038 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their + soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried + them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest + unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast + chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: + +006:039 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, + their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their + cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. + +006:040 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let + thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this + place. + +006:041 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, + and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be + clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in + goodness. + +006:042 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember + the mercies of David thy servant. + +007:001 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came + down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the + sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. + +007:002 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, + because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. + +007:003 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came + down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed + themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, + and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; + for his mercy endureth for ever. + +007:004 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the + LORD. + +007:005 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two + thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so + the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. + +007:006 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with + instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had + made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, + when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded + trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. + +007:007 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was + before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt + offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the + brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive + the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. + +007:008 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and + all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the + entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. + +007:009 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they + kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast + seven days. + +007:010 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he + sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart + for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to + Solomon, and to Israel his people. + +007:011 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's + house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the + house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously + effected. + +007:012 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, + I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself + for an house of sacrifice. + +007:013 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the + locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my + people; + +007:014 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble + themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their + wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive + their sin, and will heal their land. + +007:015 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the + prayer that is made in this place. + +007:016 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name + may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be + there perpetually. + +007:017 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy + father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded + thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; + +007:018 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I + have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not + fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. + +007:019 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my + commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and + serve other gods, and worship them; + +007:020 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I + have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for + my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a + proverb and a byword among all nations. + +007:021 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to + every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath + the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? + +007:022 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of + their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of + Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and + served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon + them. + +008:001 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein + Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, + +008:002 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon + built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. + +008:003 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. + +008:004 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store + cities, which he built in Hamath. + +008:005 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, + fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; + +008:006 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and + all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and + all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in + Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. + +008:007 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the + Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the + Jebusites, which were not of Israel, + +008:008 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, + whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon + make to pay tribute until this day. + +008:009 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for + his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, + and captains of his chariots and horsemen. + +008:010 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two + hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. + +008:011 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city + of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he + said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of + Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the + LORD hath come. + +008:012 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the + altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, + +008:013 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the + commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, + and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the + feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in + the feast of tabernacles. + +008:014 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, + the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites + to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, + as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their + courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God + commanded. + +008:015 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto + the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning + the treasures. + +008:016 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the + foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was + finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. + +008:017 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side + in the land of Edom. + +008:018 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and + servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the + servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and + fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. + +009:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she + came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a + very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in + abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to + Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. + +009:002 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing + hid from Solomon which he told her not. + +009:003 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, + and the house that he had built, + +009:004 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, + and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his + cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he + went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit + in her. + +009:005 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard + in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: + +009:006 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine + eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness + of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame + that I heard. + +009:007 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which + stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. + +009:008 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set + thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because + thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore + made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. + +009:009 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, + and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither + was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king + Solomon. + +009:010 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, + which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and + precious stones. + +009:011 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of + the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries + for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land + of Judah. + +009:012 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, + whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto + the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she + and her servants. + +009:013 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was + six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; + +009:014 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the + kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and + silver to Solomon. + +009:015 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six + hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. + +009:016 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three + hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put + them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. + +009:017 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid + it with pure gold. + +009:018 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of + gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each + side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the + stays: + +009:019 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other + upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any + kingdom. + +009:020 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and + all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of + pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted + of in the days of Solomon. + +009:021 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of + Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish + bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. + +009:022 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches + and wisdom. + +009:023 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, + to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. + +009:024 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and + vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and + mules, a rate year by year. + +009:025 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, + and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot + cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. + +009:026 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the + land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. + +009:027 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar + trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains + in abundance. + +009:028 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of + all lands. + +009:029 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they + not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the + prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo + the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? + +009:030 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. + +009:031 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the + city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his + stead. + +010:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel + come to make him king. + +010:002 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was + in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the + king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. + +010:003 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came + and spake to Rehoboam, saying, + +010:004 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou + somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy + yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. + +010:005 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. + And the people departed. + +010:006 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood + before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What + counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? + +010:007 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this + people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they + will be thy servants for ever. + +010:008 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and + took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, + that stood before him. + +010:009 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return + answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease + somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? + +010:010 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto + him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto + thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it + somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My + little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. + +010:011 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put + more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I + will chastise you with scorpions. + +010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third + day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third + day. + +010:013 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook + the counsel of the old men, + +010:014 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, + My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my + father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with + scorpions. + +010:015 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was + of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake + by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of + Nebat. + +010:016 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto + them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have + we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: + every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to + thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. + +010:017 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of + Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. + +010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and + the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. + But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to + flee to Jerusalem. + +010:019 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. + +011:001 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the + house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand + chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that + he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. + +011:002 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, + saying, + +011:003 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to + all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, + +011:004 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against + your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing + is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and + returned from going against Jeroboam. + +011:005 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence + in Judah. + +011:006 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, + +011:007 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, + +011:008 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, + +011:009 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, + +011:010 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in + Benjamin fenced cities. + +011:011 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, + and store of victual, and of oil and wine. + +011:012 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made + them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. + +011:013 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel + resorted to him out of all their coasts. + +011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and + came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had + cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the + LORD: + +011:015 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the + devils, and for the calves which he had made. + +011:016 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set + their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, + to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. + +011:017 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam + the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they + walked in the way of David and Solomon. + +011:018 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the + son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the + son of Jesse; + +011:019 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. + +011:020 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which + bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. + +011:021 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all + his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and + threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and + threescore daughters.) + +011:022 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be + ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. + +011:023 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children + throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every + fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he + desired many wives. + +012:001 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the + kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of + the LORD, and all Israel with him. + +012:002 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam + Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they + had transgressed against the LORD, + +012:003 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand + horsemen: and the people were without number that came with + him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the + Ethiopians. + +012:004 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and + came to Jerusalem. + +012:005 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes + of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of + Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have + forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of + Shishak. + +012:006 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled + themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. + +012:007 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word + of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled + themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will + grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured + out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. + +012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my + service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. + +012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took + away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures + of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the + shields of gold which Solomon had made. + +012:010 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and + committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that + kept the entrance of the king's house. + +012:011 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the + guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the + guard chamber. + +012:012 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from + him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in + Judah things went well. + +012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and + reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he + began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, + the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of + Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was + Naamah an Ammonitess. + +012:014 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the + LORD. + +012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written + in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer + concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam + and Jeroboam continually. + +012:016 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the + city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. + +013:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to + reign over Judah. + +013:002 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also + was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was + war between Abijah and Jeroboam. + +013:003 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men + of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also + set the battle in array against him with eight hundred + thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. + +013:004 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount + Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; + +013:005 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the + kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his + sons by a covenant of salt? + +013:006 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son + of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. + +013:007 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of + Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the + son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and + could not withstand them. + +013:008 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the + hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and + there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for + gods. + +013:009 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of + Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the + manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh + to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the + same may be a priest of them that are no gods. + +013:010 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken + him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the + sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: + +013:011 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening + burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set + they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold + with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the + charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. + +013:012 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his + priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O + children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your + fathers; for ye shall not prosper. + +013:013 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: + so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. + +013:014 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and + behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded + with the trumpets. + +013:015 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah + shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all + Israel before Abijah and Judah. + +013:016 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God + delivered them into their hand. + +013:017 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so + there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen + men. + +013:018 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, + and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon + the LORD God of their fathers. + +013:019 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, + Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns + thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. + +013:020 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of + Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. + +013:021 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat + twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. + +013:022 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his + sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. + +014:001 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the + city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his + days the land was quiet ten years. + +014:002 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the + LORD his God: + +014:003 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high + places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: + +014:004 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and + to do the law and the commandment. + +014:005 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high + places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. + +014:006 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, + and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given + him rest. + +014:007 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and + make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the + land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our + God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every + side. So they built and prospered. + +014:008 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out + of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that + bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore + thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. + +014:009 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an + host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and + came unto Mareshah. + +014:010 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in + array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. + +014:011 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is + nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them + that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on + thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, + thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee. + +014:012 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; + and the Ethiopians fled. + +014:013 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto + Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not + recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, + and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. + +014:014 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear + of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; + for there was exceeding much spoil in them. + +014:015 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep + and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. + +015:001 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: + +015:002 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, + Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while + ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; + but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. + +015:003 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, + and without a teaching priest, and without law. + +015:004 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of + Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. + +015:005 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, + nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the + inhabitants of the countries. + +015:006 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God + did vex them with all adversity. + +015:007 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for + your work shall be rewarded. + +015:008 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the + prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols + out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the + cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the + altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. + +015:009 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with + them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they + fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the + LORD his God was with him. + +015:010 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third + month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. + +015:011 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil + which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand + sheep. + +015:012 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their + fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; + +015:013 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be + put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. + +015:014 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with + shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. + +015:015 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with + all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and + he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. + +015:016 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he + removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in + a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt + it at the brook Kidron. + +015:017 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: + nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. + +015:018 And he brought into the house of God the things that his + father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, + silver, and gold, and vessels. + +015:019 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of + the reign of Asa. + +016:001 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king + of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the + intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of + Judah. + +016:002 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of + the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to + Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, + +016:003 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my + father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and + gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he + may depart from me. + +016:004 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of + his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, + and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. + +016:005 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off + building of Ramah, and let his work cease. + +016:006 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the + stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was + building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. + +016:007 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, + and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of + Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the + host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. + +016:008 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very + many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on + the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. + +016:009 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole + earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose + heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: + therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. + +016:010 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison + house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. + And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. + +016:011 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are + written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. + +016:012 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased + in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his + disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. + +016:013 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and + fortieth year of his reign. + +016:014 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made + for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed + which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices + prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great + burning for him. + +017:001 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened + himself against Israel. + +017:002 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and + set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of + Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. + +017:003 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the + first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; + +017:004 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his + commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. + +017:005 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all + Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and + honour in abundance. + +017:006 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover + he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. + +017:007 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, + even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to + Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. + +017:008 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, + and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and + Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them + Elishama and Jehoram, priests. + +017:009 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the + LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of + Judah, and taught the people. + +017:010 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the + lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war + against Jehoshaphat. + +017:011 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and + tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven + thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven + hundred he goats. + +017:012 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah + castles, and cities of store. + +017:013 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men + of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. + +017:014 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of + their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the + chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred + thousand. + +017:015 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two + hundred and fourscore thousand. + +017:016 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly + offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred + thousand mighty men of valour. + +017:017 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him + armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. + +017:018 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and + fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. + +017:019 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in + the fenced cities throughout all Judah. + +018:001 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined + affinity with Ahab. + +018:002 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And + Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the + people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with + him to Ramothgilead. + +018:003 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, + Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I + am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be + with thee in the war. + +018:004 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray + thee, at the word of the LORD to day. + +018:005 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets + four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to + Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go + up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. + +018:006 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD + besides, that we might enquire of him? + +018:007 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one + man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for + he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is + Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the + king say so. + +018:008 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and + said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. + +018:009 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat + either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they + sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; + and all the prophets prophesied before them. + +018:010 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, + and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push + Syria until they be consumed. + +018:011 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to + Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into + the hand of the king. + +018:012 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, + saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the + king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be + like one of their's, and speak thou good. + +018:013 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, + that will I speak. + +018:014 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, + Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I + forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be + delivered into your hand. + +018:015 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee + that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the + LORD? + +018:016 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the + mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, + These have no master; let them return therefore every man to + his house in peace. + +018:017 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell + thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? + +018:018 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the + LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven + standing on his right hand and on his left. + +018:019 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that + he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying + after this manner, and another saying after that manner. + +018:020 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and + said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, + Wherewith? + +018:021 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth + of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, + and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. + +018:022 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the + mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil + against thee. + +018:023 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote + Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of + the LORD from me to speak unto thee? + +018:024 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou + shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. + +018:025 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him + back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's + son; + +018:026 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, + and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of + affliction, until I return in peace. + +018:027 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath + not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye + people. + +018:028 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went + up to Ramothgilead. + +018:029 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise + myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy + robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went + to the battle. + +018:030 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the + chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small + or great, save only with the king of Israel. + +018:031 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw + Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. + Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat + cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to + depart from him. + +018:032 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots + perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back + again from pursuing him. + +018:033 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king + of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said + to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me + out of the host; for I am wounded. + +018:034 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel + stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the + even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. + +019:001 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in + peace to Jerusalem. + +019:002 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and + said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and + love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee + from before the LORD. + +019:003 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou + hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared + thine heart to seek God. + +019:004 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again + through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and + brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. + +019:005 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities + of Judah, city by city, + +019:006 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not + for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. + +019:007 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed + and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor + respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. + +019:008 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and + of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for + the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they + returned to Jerusalem. + +019:009 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of + the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. + +019:010 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that + dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and + commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them + that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come + upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not + trespass. + +019:011 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all + matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the + ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also + the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, + and the LORD shall be with the good. + +020:001 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, + and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the + Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. + +020:002 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There + cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on + this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which + is Engedi. + +020:003 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and + proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. + +020:004 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the + LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek + the LORD. + +020:005 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and + Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, + +020:006 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in + heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the + heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so + that none is able to withstand thee? + +020:007 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of + this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed + of Abraham thy friend for ever? + +020:008 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary + therein for thy name, saying, + +020:009 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or + pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy + presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee + in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. + +020:010 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount + Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came + out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and + destroyed them not; + +020:011 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of + thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. + +020:012 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might + against this great company that cometh against us; neither + know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. + +020:013 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, + their wives, and their children. + +020:014 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, + the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons + of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the + congregation; + +020:015 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of + Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto + you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great + multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. + +020:016 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the + cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, + before the wilderness of Jeruel. + +020:017 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, + stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O + Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go + out against them: for the LORD will be with you. + +020:018 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: + and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the + LORD, worshipping the LORD. + +020:019 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the + children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of + Israel with a loud voice on high. + +020:020 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the + wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood + and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; + Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; + believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. + +020:021 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed + singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of + holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise + the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. + +020:022 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set + ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount + Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. + +020:023 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the + inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: + and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, + every one helped to destroy another. + +020:024 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, + they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead + bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. + +020:025 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the + spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches + with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped + off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they + were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. + +020:026 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley + of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the + name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, + unto this day. + +020:027 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and + Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem + with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their + enemies. + +020:028 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and + trumpets unto the house of the LORD. + +020:029 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those + countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against + the enemies of Israel. + +020:030 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him + rest round about. + +020:031 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five + years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and + five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the + daughter of Shilhi. + +020:032 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not + from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. + +020:033 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the + people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their + fathers. + +020:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, + behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of + Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. + +020:035 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with + Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: + +020:036 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to + Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. + +020:037 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against + Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with + Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were + broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. + +021:001 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with + his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned + in his stead. + +021:002 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and + Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and + Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of + Israel. + +021:003 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, + and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the + kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. + +021:004 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he + strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the + sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. + +021:005 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, + and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. + +021:006 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did + the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: + and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. + +021:007 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because + of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he + promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. + +021:008 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of + Judah, and made themselves a king. + +021:009 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots + with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites + which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. + +021:010 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto + this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his + hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. + +021:011 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and + caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and + compelled Judah thereto. + +021:012 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, + saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because + thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, + nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, + +021:013 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast + made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, + like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast + slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better + than thyself: + +021:014 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, + and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: + +021:015 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, + until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by + day. + +021:016 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the + Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the + Ethiopians: + +021:017 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried + away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and + his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son + left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. + +021:018 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an + incurable disease. + +021:019 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of + two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so + he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for + him, like the burning of his fathers. + +021:020 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he + reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being + desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not + in the sepulchres of the kings. + +022:001 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son + king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the + Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the + son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. + +022:002 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, + and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also + was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. + +022:003 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his + mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. + +022:004 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house + of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his + father to his destruction. + +022:005 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the + son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria + at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. + +022:006 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds + which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king + of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went + down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was + sick. + +022:007 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: + for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu + the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the + house of Ahab. + +022:008 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment + upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and + the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to + Ahaziah, he slew them. + +022:009 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in + Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain + him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of + Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the + house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. + +022:010 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was + dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house + of Judah. + +022:011 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son + of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were + slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So + Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of + Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid + him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. + +022:012 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and + Athaliah reigned over the land. + +023:001 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and + took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and + Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and + Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, + into covenant with him. + +023:002 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of + all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of + Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. + +023:003 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the + house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son + shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. + +023:004 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you + entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, + shall be porters of the doors; + +023:005 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third + part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall + be in the courts of the house of the LORD. + +023:006 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the + priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go + in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch + of the LORD. + +023:007 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man + with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into + the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king + when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. + +023:008 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that + Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men + that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go + out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the + courses. + +023:009 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of + hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king + David's, which were in the house of God. + +023:010 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his + hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of + the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king + round about. + +023:011 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the + crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And + Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the + king. + +023:012 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and + praising the king, she came to the people into the house of + the LORD: + +023:013 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at + the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: + and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with + trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and + such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, + and said, Treason, Treason. + +023:014 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds + that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her + forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain + with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house + of the LORD. + +023:015 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the + entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her + there. + +023:016 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the + people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's + people. + +023:017 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it + down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew + Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. + +023:018 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD + by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had + distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt + offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, + with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. + +023:019 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, + that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. + +023:020 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the + governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and + brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they + came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the + king upon the throne of the kingdom. + +023:021 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was + quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. + +024:001 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was + Zibiah of Beersheba. + +024:002 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD + all the days of Jehoiada the priest. + +024:003 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and + daughters. + +024:004 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to + repair the house of the LORD. + +024:005 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said + to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all + Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to + year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites + hastened it not. + +024:006 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, + Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of + Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the + commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the + congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? + +024:007 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the + house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house + of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. + +024:008 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it + without at the gate of the house of the LORD. + +024:009 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to + bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of + God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. + +024:010 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought + in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. + +024:011 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought + unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when + they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the + high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, + and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, + and gathered money in abundance. + +024:012 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of + the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and + carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as + wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. + +024:013 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, + and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened + it. + +024:014 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the + money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels + for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to + offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And + they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD + continually all the days of Jehoiada. + +024:015 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an + hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. + +024:016 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, + because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and + toward his house. + +024:017 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and + made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. + +024:018 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and + served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and + Jerusalem for this their trespass. + +024:019 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the + LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give + ear. + +024:020 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada + the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, + Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the + LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the + LORD, he hath also forsaken you. + +024:021 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at + the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the + LORD. + +024:022 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada + his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he + died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. + +024:023 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of + Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and + Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from + among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king + of Damascus. + +024:024 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, + and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, + because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So + they executed judgment against Joash. + +024:025 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in + great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for + the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on + his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of + David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. + +024:026 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son + of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a + Moabitess. + +024:027 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid + upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they + are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah + his son reigned in his stead. + +025:001 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, + and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his + mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. + +025:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but + not with a perfect heart. + +025:003 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, + that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. + +025:004 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in + the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, + saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither + shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall + die for his own sin. + +025:005 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them + captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according + to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and + Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and + above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able + to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. + +025:006 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of + Israel for an hundred talents of silver. + +025:007 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not + the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with + Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. + +025:008 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God + shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to + help, and to cast down. + +025:009 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for + the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? + And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee + much more than this. + +025:010 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to + him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger + was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in + great anger. + +025:011 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, + and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of + Seir ten thousand. + +025:012 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah + carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, + and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all + were broken in pieces. + +025:013 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that + they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of + Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three + thousand of them, and took much spoil. + +025:014 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the + slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the + children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed + down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. + +025:015 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, + and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast + thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not + deliver their own people out of thine hand? + +025:016 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said + unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why + shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, + I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou + hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. + +025:017 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the + son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, + Come, let us see one another in the face. + +025:018 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, + saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that + was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: + and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and + trode down the thistle. + +025:019 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine + heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why + shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, + even thou, and Judah with thee? + +025:020 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might + deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they + sought after the gods of Edom. + +025:021 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another + in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at + Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. + +025:022 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled + every man to his tent. + +025:023 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the + son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought + him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from + the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. + +025:024 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels + that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the + treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned + to Samaria. + +025:025 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the + death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. + +025:026 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, + are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and + Israel? + +025:027 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following + the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and + he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and + slew him there. + +025:028 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his + fathers in the city of Judah. + +026:001 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen + years old, and made him king in the room of his father + Amaziah. + +026:002 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king + slept with his fathers. + +026:003 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he + reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name + also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. + +026:004 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his father Amaziah did. + +026:005 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had + understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought + the LORD, God made him to prosper. + +026:006 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and + brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the + wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the + Philistines. + +026:007 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the + Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. + +026:008 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread + abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened + himself exceedingly. + +026:009 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, + and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and + fortified them. + +026:010 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for + he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the + plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, + and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. + +026:011 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to + war by bands, according to the number of their account by the + hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the + hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. + +026:012 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men + of valour were two thousand and six hundred. + +026:013 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and + seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty + power, to help the king against the enemy. + +026:014 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, + and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings + to cast stones. + +026:015 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to + be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and + great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he + was marvellously helped, till he was strong. + +026:016 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his + destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and + went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the + altar of incense. + +026:017 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him + fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: + +026:018 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It + appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the + LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are + consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou + hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the + LORD God. + +026:019 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn + incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy + even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house + of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. + +026:020 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon + him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they + thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go + out, because the LORD had smitten him. + +026:021 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and + dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off + from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the + king's house, judging the people of the land. + +026:022 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah + the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. + +026:023 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his + fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the + kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son + reigned in his stead. + +027:001 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, + and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name + also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. + +027:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he + entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did + yet corruptly. + +027:003 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the + wall of Ophel he built much. + +027:004 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the + forests he built castles and towers. + +027:005 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed + against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year + an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of + wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of + Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. + +027:006 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before + the LORD his God. + +027:007 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his + ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel + and Judah. + +027:008 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and + reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. + +027:009 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the + city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. + +028:001 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which + was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: + +028:002 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made + also molten images for Baalim. + +028:003 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, + and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of + the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of + Israel. + +028:004 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and + on the hills, and under every green tree. + +028:005 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the + king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great + multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And + he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who + smote him with a great slaughter. + +028:006 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and + twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; + because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. + +028:007 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's + son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that + was next to the king. + +028:008 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their + brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and + took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to + Samaria. + +028:009 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and + he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said + unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was + wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and + ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. + +028:010 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and + Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there + not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? + +028:011 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which + ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath + of the LORD is upon you. + +028:012 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah + the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and + Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, + stood up against them that came from the war, + +028:013 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: + for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye + intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our + trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. + +028:014 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the + princes and all the congregation. + +028:015 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the + captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among + them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat + and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of + them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm + trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. + +028:016 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to + help him. + +028:017 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried + away captives. + +028:018 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low + country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, + and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages + thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and + the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. + +028:019 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; + for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the + LORD. + +028:020 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and + distressed him, but strengthened him not. + +028:021 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and + out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it + unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. + +028:022 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more + against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. + +028:023 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: + and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, + therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But + they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. + +028:024 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, + and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up + the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in + every corner of Jerusalem. + +028:025 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn + incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of + his fathers. + +028:026 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, + behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and + Israel. + +028:027 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the + city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the + sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son + reigned in his stead. + +029:001 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, + and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his + mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. + +029:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, + according to all that David his father had done. + +029:003 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened + the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. + +029:004 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered + them together into the east street, + +029:005 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now + yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your + fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. + +029:006 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil + in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and + have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, + and turned their backs. + +029:007 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the + lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings + in the holy place unto the God of Israel. + +029:008 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, + and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to + hissing, as ye see with your eyes. + +029:009 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons + and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. + +029:010 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God + of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. + +029:011 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to + stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister + unto him, and burn incense. + +029:012 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the + son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons + of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of + Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and + Eden the son of Joah: + +029:013 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the + sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: + +029:014 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons + of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. + +029:015 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, + and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the + words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. + +029:016 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the + LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that + they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the + house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out + abroad into the brook Kidron. + +029:017 Now they began on the first day of the first month to + sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the + porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in + eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they + made an end. + +029:018 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have + cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt + offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread + table, with all the vessels thereof. + +029:019 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did + cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and + sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the + LORD. + +029:020 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of + the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. + +029:021 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven + lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, + and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the + priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the + LORD. + +029:022 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the + blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had + killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they + killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the + altar. + +029:023 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering + before the king and the congregation; and they laid their + hands upon them: + +029:024 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with + their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all + Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the + sin offering should be made for all Israel. + +029:025 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, + with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment + of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: + for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. + +029:026 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the + priests with the trumpets. + +029:027 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the + altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD + began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments + ordained by David king of Israel. + +029:028 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and + the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt + offering was finished. + +029:029 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all + that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. + +029:030 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the + Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, + and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, + and they bowed their heads and worshipped. + +029:031 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated + yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and + thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the + congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as + many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. + +029:032 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation + brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and + two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the + LORD. + +029:033 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three + thousand sheep. + +029:034 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all + the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did + help them, till the work was ended, and until the other + priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more + upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. + +029:035 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat + of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every + burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was + set in order. + +029:036 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had + prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. + +030:001 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters + also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the + house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the + LORD God of Israel. + +030:002 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the + congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second + month. + +030:003 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests + had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the + people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. + +030:004 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. + +030:005 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout + all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come + to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: + for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was + written. + +030:006 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his + princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the + commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn + again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he + will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the + hand of the kings of Assyria. + +030:007 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which + trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who + therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. + +030:008 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield + yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which + he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that + the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. + +030:009 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your + children shall find compassion before them that lead them + captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the + LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away + his face from you, if ye return unto him. + +030:010 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of + Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them + to scorn, and mocked them. + +030:011 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun + humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. + +030:012 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do + the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of + the LORD. + +030:013 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast + of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great + congregation. + +030:014 And they arose and took away the altars that were in + Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and + cast them into the brook Kidron. + +030:015 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the + second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, + and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings + into the house of the LORD. + +030:016 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to + the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the + blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. + +030:017 For there were many in the congregation that were not + sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the + killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to + sanctify them unto the LORD. + +030:018 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and + Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, + yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. + But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon + every one + +030:019 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his + fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the + purification of the sanctuary. + +030:020 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. + +030:021 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept + the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: + and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, + singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. + +030:022 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that + taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat + throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and + making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. + +030:023 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: + and they kept other seven days with gladness. + +030:024 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a + thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes + gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand + sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. + +030:025 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the + Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and + the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that + dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. + +030:026 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of + Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like + in Jerusalem. + +030:027 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and + their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy + dwelling place, even unto heaven. + +031:001 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present + went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in + pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high + places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in + Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed + them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man + to his possession, into their own cities. + +031:002 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the + Levites after their courses, every man according to his + service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for + peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to + praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. + +031:003 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the + burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt + offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for + the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the + law of the LORD. + +031:004 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to + give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they + might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. + +031:005 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of + Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and + oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the + tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. + +031:006 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in + the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen + and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated + unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. + +031:007 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the + heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. + +031:008 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they + blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. + +031:009 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites + concerning the heaps. + +031:010 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered + him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings + into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and + have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and + that which is left is this great store. + +031:011 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of + the LORD; and they prepared them, + +031:012 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated + things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, + and Shimei his brother was the next. + +031:013 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, + and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and + Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei + his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and + Azariah the ruler of the house of God. + +031:014 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the + east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute + the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. + +031:015 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and + Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the + priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by + courses, as well to the great as to the small: + +031:016 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and + upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of + the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges + according to their courses; + +031:017 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their + fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in + their charges by their courses; + +031:018 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, + and their sons, and their daughters, through all the + congregation: for in their set office they sanctified + themselves in holiness: + +031:019 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the + fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, + the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all + the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by + genealogies among the Levites. + +031:020 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that + which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. + +031:021 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of + God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, + he did it with all his heart, and prospered. + +032:001 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib + king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped + against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for + himself. + +032:002 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he + was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, + +032:003 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop + the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and + they did help him. + +032:004 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all + the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the + land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find + much water? + +032:005 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that + was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall + without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made + darts and shields in abundance. + +032:006 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them + together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and + spake comfortably to them, saying, + +032:007 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the + king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: + for there be more with us than with him: + +032:008 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God + to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested + themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. + +032:009 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants + to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and + all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto + all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, + +032:010 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, + that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? + +032:011 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die + by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall + deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? + +032:012 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his + altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall + worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? + +032:013 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the + people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those + lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? + +032:014 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my + fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out + of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out + of mine hand? + +032:015 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you + on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any + nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine + hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall + your God deliver you out of mine hand? + +032:016 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and + against his servant Hezekiah. + +032:017 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and + to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of + other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, + so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of + mine hand. + +032:018 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the + people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, + and to trouble them; that they might take the city. + +032:019 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the + gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the + hands of man. + +032:020 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah + the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. + +032:021 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men + of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the + king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own + land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they + that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the + sword. + +032:022 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem + from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the + hand of all other, and guided them on every side. + +032:023 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and + presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified + in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. + +032:024 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto + the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. + +032:025 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done + unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was + wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. + +032:026 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his + heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the + wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. + +032:027 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made + himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious + stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of + pleasant jewels; + +032:028 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; + and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. + +032:029 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and + herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. + +032:030 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of + Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the + city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. + +032:031 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of + Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was + done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know + all that was in his heart. + +032:032 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, + behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, + the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and + Israel. + +032:033 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in + the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all + Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his + death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. + +033:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: + +033:002 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like + unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast + out before the children of Israel. + +033:003 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father + had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made + groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served + them. + +033:004 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the + LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. + +033:005 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two + courts of the house of the LORD. + +033:006 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the + valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used + enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar + spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of + the LORD, to provoke him to anger. + +033:007 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the + house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon + his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen + before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: + +033:008 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of + the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they + will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according + to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the + hand of Moses. + +033:009 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to + err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had + destroyed before the children of Israel. + +033:010 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they + would not hearken. + +033:011 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host + of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, + and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. + +033:012 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, + and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, + +033:013 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard + his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his + kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. + +033:014 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on + the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in + at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up + a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced + cities of Judah. + +033:015 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the + house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the + mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast + them out of the city. + +033:016 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon + peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to + serve the LORD God of Israel. + +033:017 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high + places, yet unto the LORD their God only. + +033:018 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his + God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name + of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the + book of the kings of Israel. + +033:019 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his + sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high + places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was + humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the + seers. + +033:020 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his + own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. + +033:021 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and + reigned two years in Jerusalem. + +033:022 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as + did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the + carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served + them; + +033:023 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his + father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. + +033:024 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his + own house. + +033:025 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired + against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his + son king in his stead. + +034:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. + +034:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and + walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither + to the right hand, nor to the left. + +034:003 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, + he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the + twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the + high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the + molten images. + +034:004 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and + the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the + groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake + in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the + graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. + +034:005 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and + cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. + +034:006 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and + Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. + +034:007 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had + beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the + idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to + Jerusalem. + +034:008 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged + the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, + and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of + Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. + +034:009 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered + the money that was brought into the house of God, which the + Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of + Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of + all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. + +034:010 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the + oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the + workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and + amend the house: + +034:011 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn + stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which + the kings of Judah had destroyed. + +034:012 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them + were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; + and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to + set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill + of instruments of musick. + +034:013 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers + of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of + the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. + +034:014 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the + house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law + of the LORD given by Moses. + +034:015 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have + found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And + Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. + +034:016 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king + word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy + servants, they do it. + +034:017 And they have gathered together the money that was found in + the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of + the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. + +034:018 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the + priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the + king. + +034:019 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the + law, that he rent his clothes. + +034:020 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, + and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah + a servant of the king's, saying, + +034:021 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in + Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is + found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out + upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the + LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. + +034:022 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to + Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, + the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in + Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that + effect. + +034:023 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell + ye the man that sent you to me, + +034:024 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this + place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses + that are written in the book which they have read before the + king of Judah: + +034:025 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto + other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the + works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out + upon this place, and shall not be quenched. + +034:026 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the + LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of + Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; + +034:027 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself + before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, + and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself + before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I + have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. + +034:028 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be + gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see + all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the + inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. + +034:029 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of + Judah and Jerusalem. + +034:030 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the + men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the + priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: + and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the + covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. + +034:031 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before + the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his + commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all + his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the + covenant which are written in this book. + +034:032 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin + to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according + to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. + +034:033 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the + countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made + all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the + LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from + following the LORD, the God of their fathers. + +035:001 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: + and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the + first month. + +035:002 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them + to the service of the house of the LORD, + +035:003 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were + holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which + Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall + not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your + God, and his people Israel, + +035:004 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after + your courses, according to the writing of David king of + Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. + +035:005 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the + families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after + the division of the families of the Levites. + +035:006 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare + your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the + LORD by the hand of Moses. + +035:007 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, + all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to + the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: + these were of the king's substance. + +035:008 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the + priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, + rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the + passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle + and three hundred oxen. + +035:009 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and + Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave + unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small + cattle, and five hundred oxen. + +035:010 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their + place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the + king's commandment. + +035:011 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the + blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. + +035:012 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give + according to the divisions of the families of the people, to + offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. + And so did they with the oxen. + +035:013 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the + ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and + in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all + the people. + +035:014 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the + priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in + offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore + the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the + sons of Aaron. + +035:015 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, + according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, + and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every + gate; they might not depart from their service; for their + brethren the Levites prepared for them. + +035:016 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to + keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar + of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. + +035:017 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover + at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. + +035:018 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the + days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of + Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, + and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, + and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +035:019 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this + passover kept. + +035:020 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho + king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by + Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. + +035:021 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with + thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, + but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded + me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is + with me, that he destroy thee not. + +035:022 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but + disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened + not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to + fight in the valley of Megiddo. + +035:023 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his + servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. + +035:024 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put + him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to + Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the + sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned + for Josiah. + +035:025 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and + the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to + this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, + they are written in the lamentations. + +035:026 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, + according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, + +035:027 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the + book of the kings of Israel and Judah. + +036:001 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, + and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. + +036:002 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to + reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. + +036:003 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned + the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. + +036:004 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah + and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho + took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. + +036:005 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to + reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did + that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. + +036:006 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound + him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. + +036:007 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the + LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. + +036:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations + which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they + are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and + Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. + +036:009 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he + reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did + that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. + +036:010 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and + brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house + of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and + Jerusalem. + +036:011 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, + and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. + +036:012 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his + God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet + speaking from the mouth of the LORD. + +036:013 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made + him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his + heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. + +036:014 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, + transgressed very much after all the abominations of the + heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had + hallowed in Jerusalem. + +036:015 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his + messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had + compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: + +036:016 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, + and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose + against his people, till there was no remedy. + +036:017 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who + slew their young men with the sword in the house of their + sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old + man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his + hand. + +036:018 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and + the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of + the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. + +036:019 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of + Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and + destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. + +036:020 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to + Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until + the reign of the kingdom of Persia: + +036:021 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until + the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay + desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. + +036:022 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word + of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be + accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of + Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his + kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, + +036:023 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth + hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me + to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is + there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with + him, and let him go up. + +Book 15 Ezra + +001:001 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word + of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the + LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he + made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it + also in writing, saying, + +001:002 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath + given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me + to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. + +001:003 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, + and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build + the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is + in Jerusalem. + +001:004 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let + the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and + with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for + the house of God that is in Jerusalem. + +001:005 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, + and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit + God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which + is in Jerusalem. + +001:006 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands + with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with + beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was + willingly offered. + +001:007 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of + the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of + Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; + +001:008 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of + Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, + the prince of Judah. + +001:009 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a + thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, + +001:010 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four + hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. + +001:011 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and + four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of + the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto + Jerusalem. + +002:001 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of + the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom + Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto + Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one + unto his city; + +002:002 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, + Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. + The number of the men of the people of Israel: + +002:003 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and + two. + +002:004 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. + +002:005 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. + +002:006 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and + Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. + +002:007 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. + +002:008 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. + +002:009 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. + +002:010 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. + +002:011 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. + +002:012 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. + +002:013 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. + +002:014 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. + +002:015 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. + +002:016 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. + +002:017 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. + +002:018 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. + +002:019 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. + +002:020 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. + +002:021 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. + +002:022 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. + +002:023 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. + +002:024 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. + +002:025 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven + hundred and forty and three. + +002:026 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. + +002:027 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. + +002:028 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. + +002:029 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. + +002:030 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. + +002:031 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty + and four. + +002:032 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. + +002:033 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and + five. + +002:034 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. + +002:035 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and + thirty. + +002:036 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, + nine hundred seventy and three. + +002:037 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. + +002:038 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and + seven. + +002:039 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. + +002:040 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the + children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. + +002:041 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and + eight. + +002:042 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the + children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of + Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all + an hundred thirty and nine. + +002:043 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, + the children of Tabbaoth, + +002:044 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of + Padon, + +002:045 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children + of Akkub, + +002:046 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children + of Hanan, + +002:047 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of + Reaiah, + +002:048 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of + Gazzam, + +002:049 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of + Besai, + +002:050 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children + of Nephusim, + +002:051 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children + of Harhur, + +002:052 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children + of Harsha, + +002:053 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children + of Thamah, + +002:054 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. + +002:055 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the + children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, + +002:056 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children + of Giddel, + +002:057 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the + children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. + +002:058 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, + were three hundred ninety and two. + +002:059 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, + Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their + father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: + +002:060 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children + of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. + +002:061 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, + the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a + wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was + called after their name: + +002:062 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by + genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as + polluted, put from the priesthood. + +002:063 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of + the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim + and with Thummim. + +002:064 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand + three hundred and threescore, + +002:065 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were + seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were + among them two hundred singing men and singing women. + +002:066 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, + two hundred forty and five; + +002:067 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six + thousand seven hundred and twenty. + +002:068 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the + house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for + the house of God to set it up in his place: + +002:069 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work + threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand + pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. + +002:070 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and + the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in + their cities, and all Israel in their cities. + +003:001 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of + Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves + together as one man to Jerusalem. + +003:002 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the + priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his + brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer + burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses + the man of God. + +003:003 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them + because of the people of those countries: and they offered + burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings + morning and evening. + +003:004 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and + offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the + custom, as the duty of every day required; + +003:005 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of + the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were + consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a + freewill offering unto the LORD. + +003:006 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer + burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the + temple of the LORD was not yet laid. + +003:007 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; + and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them + of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of + Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of + Persia. + +003:008 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God + at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of + Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of + their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that + were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed + the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward + the work of the house of the LORD. + +003:009 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and + his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the + workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their + sons and their brethren the Levites. + +003:010 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the + LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and + the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the + LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. + +003:011 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks + unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for + ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great + shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of + the house of the LORD was laid. + +003:012 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, + who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the + foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with + a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: + +003:013 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of + joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the + people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar + off. + +004:001 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the + children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God + of Israel; + +004:002 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, + and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your + God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of + Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. + +004:003 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the + fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with + us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together + will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king + of Persia hath commanded us. + +004:004 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people + of Judah, and troubled them in building, + +004:005 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their + purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the + reign of Darius king of Persia. + +004:006 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, + wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of + Judah and Jerusalem. + +004:007 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, + Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king + of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the + Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. + +004:008 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter + against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: + +004:009 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and + the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the + Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the + Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, + and the Elamites, + +004:010 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper + brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest + that are on this side the river, and at such a time. + +004:011 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even + unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side + the river, and at such a time. + +004:012 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from + thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious + and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and + joined the foundations. + +004:013 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, + and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, + tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of + the kings. + +004:014 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it + was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore + have we sent and certified the king; + +004:015 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy + fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and + know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto + kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within + the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. + +004:016 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and + the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no + portion on this side the river. + +004:017 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to + Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that + dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, + and at such a time. + +004:018 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before + me. + +004:019 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found + that this city of old time hath made insurrection against + kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. + +004:020 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have + ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, + and custom, was paid unto them. + +004:021 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that + this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be + given from me. + +004:022 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage + grow to the hurt of the kings? + +004:023 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before + Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they + went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to + cease by force and power. + +004:024 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at + Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of + Darius king of Persia. + +005:001 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son + of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and + Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. + +005:002 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the + son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is + at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping + them. + +005:003 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side + the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said + thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, + and to make up this wall? + +005:004 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names + of the men that make this building? + +005:005 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that + they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to + Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning + this matter. + +005:006 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the + river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, + which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: + +005:007 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto + Darius the king, all peace. + +005:008 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of + Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with + great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work + goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. + +005:009 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who + commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? + +005:010 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might + write the names of the men that were the chief of them. + +005:011 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants + of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was + builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel + builded and set up. + +005:012 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto + wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king + of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and + carried the people away into Babylon. + +005:013 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same + king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. + +005:014 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, + which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in + Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those + did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they + were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he + had made governor; + +005:015 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the + temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be + builded in his place. + +005:016 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the + house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even + until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not + finished. + +005:017 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be + search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at + Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the + king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king + send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. + +006:001 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the + house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in + Babylon. + +006:002 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the + province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus + written: + +006:003 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king + made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let + the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, + and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height + thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore + cubits; + +006:004 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and + let the expenses be given out of the king's house: + +006:005 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of + God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which + is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and + brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one + to his place, and place them in the house of God. + +006:006 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, + Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which + are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: + +006:007 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of + the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in + his place. + +006:008 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of + these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the + king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith + expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. + +006:009 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and + rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, + wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of + the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day + by day without fail: + +006:010 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God + of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. + +006:011 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this + word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set + up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a + dunghill for this. + +006:012 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy + all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter + and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I + Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. + +006:013 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, + and their companions, according to that which Darius the king + had sent, so they did speedily. + +006:014 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through + the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of + Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the + commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the + commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of + Persia. + +006:015 And this house was finished on the third day of the month + Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the + king. + +006:016 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and + the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication + of this house of God with joy. + +006:017 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred + bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin + offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the + number of the tribes of Israel. + +006:018 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites + in their courses, for the service of God, which is at + Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. + +006:019 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the + fourteenth day of the first month. + +006:020 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of + them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children + of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for + themselves. + +006:021 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of + captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them + from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the + LORD God of Israel, did eat, + +006:022 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: + for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the + king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the + work of the house of God, the God of Israel. + +007:001 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of + Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son + of Hilkiah, + +007:002 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, + +007:003 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, + +007:004 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, + +007:005 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, + the son of Aaron the chief priest: + +007:006 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in + the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and + the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of + the LORD his God upon him. + +007:007 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the + priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, + and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of + Artaxerxes the king. + +007:008 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the + seventh year of the king. + +007:009 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up + from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he + to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. + +007:010 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, + and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. + +007:011 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes + gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the + words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to + Israel. + +007:012 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of + the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a + time. + +007:013 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of + his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of + their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. + +007:014 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven + counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, + according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; + +007:015 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his + counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose + habitation is in Jerusalem, + +007:016 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the + province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, + and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their + God which is in Jerusalem: + +007:017 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, + lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, + and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which + is in Jerusalem. + +007:018 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, + to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after + the will of your God. + +007:019 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the + house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of + Jerusalem. + +007:020 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, + which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the + king's treasure house. + +007:021 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the + treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra + the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall + require of you, it be done speedily, + +007:022 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures + of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred + baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. + +007:023 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be + diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why + should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his + sons? + +007:024 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and + Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this + house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, + or custom, upon them. + +007:025 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine + hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the + people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of + thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. + +007:026 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of + the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether + it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of + goods, or to imprisonment. + +007:027 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a + thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of + the LORD which is in Jerusalem: + +007:028 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his + counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I + was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, + and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with + me. + +008:001 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the + genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the + reign of Artaxerxes the king. + +008:002 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; + Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. + +008:003 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: + and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an + hundred and fifty. + +008:004 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and + with him two hundred males. + +008:005 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him + three hundred males. + +008:006 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with + him fifty males. + +008:007 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and + with him seventy males. + +008:008 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, + and with him fourscore males. + +008:009 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him + two hundred and eighteen males. + +008:010 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with + him an hundred and threescore males. + +008:011 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with + him twenty and eight males. + +008:012 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and + with him an hundred and ten males. + +008:013 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, + Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore + males. + +008:014 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them + seventy males. + +008:015 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to + Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed + the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons + of Levi. + +008:016 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for + Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and + for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, + and for Elnathan, men of understanding. + +008:017 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the + place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto + Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place + Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the + house of our God. + +008:018 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man + of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the + son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, + eighteen; + +008:019 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, + his brethren and their sons, twenty; + +008:020 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had + appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and + twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. + +008:021 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we + might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right + way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our + substance. + +008:022 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers + and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because + we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is + upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his + wrath is against all them that forsake him. + +008:023 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was + intreated of us. + +008:024 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, + Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, + +008:025 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the + vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the + king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there + present, had offered: + +008:026 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents + of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold + an hundred talents; + +008:027 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two + vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. + +008:028 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels + are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill + offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. + +008:029 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief + of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of + Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the + LORD. + +008:030 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, + and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto + the house of our God. + +008:031 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of + the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God + was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, + and of such as lay in wait by the way. + +008:032 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. + +008:033 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the + vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of + Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar + the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of + Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; + +008:034 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was + written at that time. + +008:035 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which + were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto + the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and + six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin + offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. + +008:036 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's + lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and + they furthered the people, and the house of God. + +009:001 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, + saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the + Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the + lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the + Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the + Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. + +009:002 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for + their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with + the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and + rulers hath been chief in this trespass. + +009:003 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, + and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat + down astonied. + +009:004 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the + words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of + those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the + evening sacrifice. + +009:005 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and + having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, + and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, + +009:006 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face + to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our + head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. + +009:007 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass + unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and + our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the + lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to + confusion of face, as it is this day. + +009:008 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the + LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us + a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, + and give us a little reviving in our bondage. + +009:009 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our + bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the + kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of + our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us + a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. + +009:010 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have + forsaken thy commandments, + +009:011 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, + saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an + unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, + with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to + another with their uncleanness. + +009:012 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither + take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or + their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good + of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children + for ever. + +009:013 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for + our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us + less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such + deliverance as this; + +009:014 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity + with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be + angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there + should be no remnant nor escaping? + +009:015 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet + escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our + trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. + +010:001 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping + and casting himself down before the house of God, there + assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of + men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. + +010:002 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, + answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our + God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: + yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. + +010:003 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away + all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the + counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the + commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the + law. + +010:004 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be + with thee: be of good courage, and do it. + +010:005 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and + all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this + word. And they sware. + +010:006 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into + the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came + thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned + because of the transgression of them that had been carried + away. + +010:007 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto + all the children of the captivity, that they should gather + themselves together unto Jerusalem; + +010:008 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according + to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his + substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the + congregation of those that had been carried away. + +010:009 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves + together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth + month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people + sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of + this matter, and for the great rain. + +010:010 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have + transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the + trespass of Israel. + +010:011 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your + fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the + people of the land, and from the strange wives. + +010:012 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, + As thou hast said, so must we do. + +010:013 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we + are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one + day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this + thing. + +010:014 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all + them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at + appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and + the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this + matter be turned from us. + +010:015 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah + were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai + the Levite helped them. + +010:016 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, + with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their + fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and + sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the + matter. + +010:017 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange + wives by the first day of the first month. + +010:018 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had + taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of + Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, + and Gedaliah. + +010:019 And they gave their hands that they would put away their + wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for + their trespass. + +010:020 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. + +010:021 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, + and Jehiel, and Uzziah. + +010:022 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, + Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. + +010:023 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the + same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. + +010:024 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, + and Telem, and Uri. + +010:025 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, + and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and + Benaiah. + +010:026 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and + Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. + +010:027 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and + Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. + +010:028 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and + Athlai. + +010:029 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, + Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. + +010:030 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, + Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. + +010:031 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, + Shemaiah, Shimeon, + +010:032 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. + +010:033 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, + Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. + +010:034 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, + +010:035 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, + +010:036 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, + +010:037 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, + +010:038 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, + +010:039 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, + +010:040 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, + +010:041 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, + +010:042 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. + +010:043 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, + and Joel, Benaiah. + +010:044 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives + by whom they had children. + +Book 16 Nehemiah + +001:001 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to + pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in + Shushan the palace, + +001:002 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of + Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, + which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. + +001:003 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the + captivity there in the province are in great affliction and + reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the + gates thereof are burned with fire. + +001:004 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down + and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed + before the God of heaven, + +001:005 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and + terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that + love him and observe his commandments: + +001:006 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou + mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before + thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy + servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, + which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's + house have sinned. + +001:007 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept + the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which + thou commandedst thy servant Moses. + +001:008 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy + servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you + abroad among the nations: + +001:009 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; + though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of + the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring + them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. + +001:010 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast + redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. + +001:011 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the + prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who + desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant + this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I + was the king's cupbearer. + +002:001 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year + of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took + up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been + beforetime sad in his presence. + +002:002 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, + seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of + heart. Then I was very sore afraid, + +002:003 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should + not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my + fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are + consumed with fire? + +002:004 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? + So I prayed to the God of heaven. + +002:005 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy + servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest + send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, + that I may build it. + +002:006 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) + For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? + So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. + +002:007 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let + letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that + they may convey me over till I come into Judah; + +002:008 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that + he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the + palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the + city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king + granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. + +002:009 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them + the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army + and horsemen with me. + +002:010 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the + Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there + was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. + +002:011 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. + +002:012 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither + told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at + Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast + that I rode upon. + +002:013 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before + the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of + Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were + consumed with fire. + +002:014 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's + pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me + to pass. + +002:015 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, + and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so + returned. + +002:016 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither + had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to + the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the + work. + +002:017 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how + Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with + fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we + be no more a reproach. + +002:018 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; + as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they + said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their + hands for this good work. + +002:019 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the + Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to + scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye + do? will ye rebel against the king? + +002:020 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, + he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and + build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in + Jerusalem. + +003:001 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the + priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, + and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they + sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. + +003:002 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them + builded Zaccur the son of Imri. + +003:003 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also + laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the + locks thereof, and the bars thereof. + +003:004 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the + son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of + Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired + Zadok the son of Baana. + +003:005 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put + not their necks to the work of their LORD. + +003:006 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and + Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, + and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the + bars thereof. + +003:007 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon + the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the + throne of the governor on this side the river. + +003:008 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the + goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of + one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the + broad wall. + +003:009 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler + of the half part of Jerusalem. + +003:010 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even + over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the + son of Hashabniah. + +003:011 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, + repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. + +003:012 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the + ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. + +003:013 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; + they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks + thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the + wall unto the dung gate. + +003:014 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the + ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the + doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. + +003:015 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of + Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and + covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, + and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by + the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the + city of David. + +003:016 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the + half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the + sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto + the house of the mighty. + +003:017 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next + unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of + Keilah, in his part. + +003:018 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, + the ruler of the half part of Keilah. + +003:019 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of + Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury + at the turning of the wall. + +003:020 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the + other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the + house of Eliashib the high priest. + +003:021 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz + another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to + the end of the house of Eliashib. + +003:022 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. + +003:023 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their + house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son + of Ananiah by his house. + +003:024 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, + from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even + unto the corner. + +003:025 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, + and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that + was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of + Parosh. + +003:026 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over + against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that + lieth out. + +003:027 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against + the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. + +003:028 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over + against his house. + +003:029 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his + house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, + the keeper of the east gate. + +003:030 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun + the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired + Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. + +003:031 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place + of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate + Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. + +003:032 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate + repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. + +004:001 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded + the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked + the Jews. + +004:002 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and + said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? + will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they + revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are + burned? + +004:003 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that + which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down + their stone wall. + +004:004 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach + upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of + captivity: + +004:005 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted + out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger + before the builders. + +004:006 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together + unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. + +004:007 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the + Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that + the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches + began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, + +004:008 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight + against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. + +004:009 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch + against them day and night, because of them. + +004:010 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is + decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to + build the wall. + +004:011 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, + till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause + the work to cease. + +004:012 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them + came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye + shall return unto us they will be upon you. + +004:013 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on + the higher places, I even set the people after their families + with their swords, their spears, and their bows. + +004:014 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to + the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of + them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and + fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your + wives, and your houses. + +004:015 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known + unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we + returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. + +004:016 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my + servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held + both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the + habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. + +004:017 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, + with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought + in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. + +004:018 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, + and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. + +004:019 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest + of the people, The work is great and large, and we are + separated upon the wall, one far from another. + +004:020 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, + resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. + +004:021 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears + from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. + +004:022 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every + one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night + they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. + +004:023 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of + the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, + saving that every one put them off for washing. + +005:001 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives + against their brethren the Jews. + +005:002 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are + many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and + live. + +005:003 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, + vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the + dearth. + +005:004 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the + king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. + +005:005 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our + children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our + sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our + daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in + our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and + vineyards. + +005:006 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. + +005:007 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and + the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of + his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. + +005:008 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our + brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will + ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? + Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. + +005:009 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk + in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen + our enemies? + +005:010 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of + them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. + +005:011 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, + their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the + hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and + the oil, that ye exact of them. + +005:012 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing + of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the + priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do + according to this promise. + +005:013 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from + his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this + promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the + congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people + did according to this promise. + +005:014 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their + governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even + unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that + is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread + of the governor. + +005:015 But the former governors that had been before me were + chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and + wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants + bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the + fear of God. + +005:016 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought + we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto + the work. + +005:017 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the + Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the + heathen that are about us. + +005:018 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six + choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten + days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not + I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy + upon this people. + +005:019 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have + done for this people. + +006:001 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the + Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded + the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though + at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) + +006:002 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us + meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. + But they thought to do me mischief. + +006:003 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great + work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, + whilst I leave it, and come down to you? + +006:004 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I + answered them after the same manner. + +006:005 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the + fifth time with an open letter in his hand; + +006:006 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and + Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for + which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their + king, according to these words. + +006:007 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at + Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it + be reported to the king according to these words. Come now + therefore, and let us take counsel together. + +006:008 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as + thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. + +006:009 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be + weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O + God, strengthen my hands. + +006:010 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah + the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us + meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let + us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay + thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. + +006:011 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, + that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his + life? I will not go in. + +006:012 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he + pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat + had hired him. + +006:013 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, + and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, + that they might reproach me. + +006:014 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to + these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest + of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. + +006:015 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the + month Elul, in fifty and two days. + +006:016 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, + and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they + were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that + this work was wrought of our God. + +006:017 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters + unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. + +006:018 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was + the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son + Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of + Berechiah. + +006:019 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my + words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. + +007:001 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up + the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites + were appointed, + +007:002 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the + palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and + feared God above many. + +007:003 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened + until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut + the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the + inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every + one to be over against his house. + +007:004 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few + therein, and the houses were not builded. + +007:005 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, + and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by + genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them + which came up at the first, and found written therein, + +007:006 These are the children of the province, that went up out of + the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom + Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came + again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; + +007:007 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, + Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. + The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was + this; + +007:008 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and + two. + +007:009 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. + +007:010 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. + +007:011 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and + Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. + +007:012 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. + +007:013 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. + +007:014 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. + +007:015 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. + +007:016 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. + +007:017 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and + two. + +007:018 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. + +007:019 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. + +007:020 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. + +007:021 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. + +007:022 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. + +007:023 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. + +007:024 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. + +007:025 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. + +007:026 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and + eight. + +007:027 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. + +007:028 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. + +007:029 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven + hundred forty and three. + +007:030 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. + +007:031 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. + +007:032 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. + +007:033 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. + +007:034 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty + and four. + +007:035 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. + +007:036 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. + +007:037 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and + one. + +007:038 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and + thirty. + +007:039 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, + nine hundred seventy and three. + +007:040 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. + +007:041 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and + seven. + +007:042 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. + +007:043 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the + children of Hodevah, seventy and four. + +007:044 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and + eight. + +007:045 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, + the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of + Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. + +007:046 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, + the children of Tabbaoth, + +007:047 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of + Padon, + +007:048 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children + of Shalmai, + +007:049 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of + Gahar, + +007:050 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of + Nekoda, + +007:051 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of + Phaseah, + +007:052 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of + Nephishesim, + +007:053 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children + of Harhur, + +007:054 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children + of Harsha, + +007:055 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children + of Tamah, + +007:056 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. + +007:057 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the + children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, + +007:058 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of + Giddel, + +007:059 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the + children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. + +007:060 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, + were three hundred ninety and two. + +007:061 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, + Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew + their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of + Israel. + +007:062 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children + of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. + +007:063 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of + Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the + daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called + after their name. + +007:064 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by + genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as + polluted, put from the priesthood. + +007:065 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of + the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim + and Thummim. + +007:066 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand + three hundred and threescore, + +007:067 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there + were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they + had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. + +007:068 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two + hundred forty and five: + +007:069 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven + hundred and twenty asses. + +007:070 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The + Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty + basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. + +007:071 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of + the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and + two hundred pound of silver. + +007:072 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand + drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and + threescore and seven priests' garments. + +007:073 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the + singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all + Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month + came, the children of Israel were in their cities. + +008:001 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man + into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake + unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, + which the LORD had commanded to Israel. + +008:002 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation + both of men and women, and all that could hear with + understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. + +008:003 And he read therein before the street that was before the + water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and + the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of + all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. + +008:004 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they + had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and + Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on + his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, + and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and + Meshullam. + +008:005 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for + he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the + people stood up: + +008:006 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people + answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they + bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to + the ground. + +008:007 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, + Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, + Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to + understand the law: and the people stood in their place. + +008:008 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and + gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. + +008:009 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the + scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all + the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn + not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the + words of the law. + +008:010 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink + the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is + prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye + sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. + +008:011 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your + peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. + +008:012 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to + send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had + understood the words that were declared unto them. + +008:013 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the + fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto + Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. + +008:014 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded + by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths + in the feast of the seventh month: + +008:015 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, + and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch + olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and + palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as + it is written. + +008:016 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made + themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and + in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in + the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of + Ephraim. + +008:017 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of + the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since + the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the + children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. + +008:018 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read + in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven + days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according + unto the manner. + +009:001 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of + Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and + earth upon them. + +009:002 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all + strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the + iniquities of their fathers. + +009:003 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the + law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and + another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD + their God. + +009:004 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and + Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, + and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. + +009:005 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, + Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up + and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be + thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and + praise. + +009:006 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the + heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all + things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, + and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven + worshippeth thee. + +009:007 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and + broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him + the name of Abraham; + +009:008 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a + covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the + Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, + and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast + performed thy words; for thou art righteous: + +009:009 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and + heardest their cry by the Red sea; + +009:010 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his + servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest + that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a + name, as it is this day. + +009:011 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went + through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their + persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the + mighty waters. + +009:012 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and + in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the + way wherein they should go. + +009:013 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them + from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, + good statutes and commandments: + +009:014 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst + them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy + servant: + +009:015 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and + broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their + thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess + the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. + +009:016 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their + necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, + +009:017 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that + thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their + rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but + thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to + anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. + +009:018 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is + thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought + great provocations; + +009:019 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the + wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by + day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by + night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. + +009:020 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and + withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them + water for their thirst. + +009:021 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so + that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and + their feet swelled not. + +009:022 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst + divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, + and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king + of Bashan. + +009:023 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, + and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst + promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess + it. + +009:024 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou + subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the + Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their + kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with + them as they would. + +009:025 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed + houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and + oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and + were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy + great goodness. + +009:026 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, + and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets + which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they + wrought great provocations. + +009:027 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their + enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, + when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and + according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, + who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. + +009:028 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: + therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so + that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, + and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many + times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; + +009:029 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them + again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not + unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, + (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the + shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. + +009:030 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst + against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not + give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the + people of the lands. + +009:031 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not + utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a + gracious and merciful God. + +009:032 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the + terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the + trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on + our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our + prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the + time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. + +009:033 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou + hast done right, but we have done wickedly: + +009:034 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our + fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and + thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. + +009:035 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy + great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat + land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from + their wicked works. + +009:036 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou + gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good + thereof, behold, we are servants in it: + +009:037 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast + set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over + our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are + in great distress. + +009:038 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; + and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. + +010:001 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son + of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, + +010:002 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, + +010:003 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, + +010:004 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, + +010:005 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, + +010:006 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, + +010:007 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, + +010:008 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. + +010:009 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the + sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; + +010:010 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, + Hanan, + +010:011 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, + +010:012 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, + +010:013 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. + +010:014 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, + Bani, + +010:015 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, + +010:016 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, + +010:017 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, + +010:018 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, + +010:019 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, + +010:020 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, + +010:021 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, + +010:022 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, + +010:023 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, + +010:024 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, + +010:025 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, + +010:026 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, + +010:027 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. + +010:028 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the + porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had + separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law + of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every + one having knowledge, and having understanding; + +010:029 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a + curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given + by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the + commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his + statutes; + +010:030 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of + the land, not take their daughters for our sons: + +010:031 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on + the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on + the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the + seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. + +010:032 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly + with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house + of our God; + +010:033 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and + for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new + moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for + the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all + the work of the house of our God. + +010:034 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the + people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of + our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed + year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as + it is written in the law: + +010:035 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the + firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the + house of the LORD: + +010:036 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is + written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our + flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests + that minister in the house of our God: + +010:037 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our + offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and + of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our + God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the + same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our + tillage. + +010:038 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, + when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up + the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the + chambers, into the treasure house. + +010:039 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall + bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, + unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and + the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: + and we will not forsake the house of our God. + +011:001 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of + the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in + Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other + cities. + +011:002 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered + themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. + +011:003 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in + Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his + possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and + the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's + servants. + +011:004 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and + of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah + the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, + the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children + of Perez; + +011:005 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son + of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of + Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. + +011:006 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four + hundred threescore and eight valiant men. + +011:007 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of + Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of + Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of + Jesaiah. + +011:008 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. + +011:009 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the + son of Senuah was second over the city. + +011:010 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. + +011:011 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of + Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler + of the house of God. + +011:012 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight + hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son + of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of + Pashur, the son of Malchiah. + +011:013 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and + two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the + son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, + +011:014 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty + and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of + the great men. + +011:015 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of + Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; + +011:016 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had + the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. + +011:017 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of + Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: + and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son + of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. + +011:018 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore + and four. + +011:019 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that + kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. + +011:020 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, + were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. + +011:021 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over + the Nethinims. + +011:022 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son + of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son + of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the + business of the house of God. + +011:023 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a + certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. + +011:024 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah + the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters + concerning the people. + +011:025 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children + of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, + and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, + and in the villages thereof, + +011:026 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, + +011:027 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages + thereof, + +011:028 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, + +011:029 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, + +011:030 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the + fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And + they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. + +011:031 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and + Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. + +011:032 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, + +011:033 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, + +011:034 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, + +011:035 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. + +011:036 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. + +012:001 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with + Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, + Jeremiah, Ezra, + +012:002 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, + +012:003 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, + +012:004 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, + +012:005 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, + +012:006 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, + +012:007 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the + priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. + +012:008 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, + Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and + his brethren. + +012:009 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against + them in the watches. + +012:010 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and + Eliashib begat Joiada, + +012:011 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. + +012:012 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the + fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; + +012:013 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; + +012:014 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; + +012:015 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; + +012:016 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; + +012:017 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: + +012:018 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; + +012:019 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; + +012:020 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; + +012:021 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. + +012:022 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and + Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, + to the reign of Darius the Persian. + +012:023 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in + the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the + son of Eliashib. + +012:024 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua + the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to + praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of + David the man of God, ward over against ward. + +012:025 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, + were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. + +012:026 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son + of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of + Ezra the priest, the scribe. + +012:027 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the + Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, + to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, + and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. + +012:028 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both + out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the + villages of Netophathi; + +012:029 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba + and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round + about Jerusalem. + +012:030 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and + purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. + +012:031 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and + appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, + whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the + dung gate: + +012:032 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of + Judah, + +012:033 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, + +012:034 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, + +012:035 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, + Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of + Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of + Asaph: + +012:036 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, + Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical + instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe + before them. + +012:037 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they + went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of + the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate + eastward. + +012:038 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over + against them, and I after them, and the half of the people + upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto + the broad wall; + +012:039 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, + and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the + tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still + in the prison gate. + +012:040 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the + house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: + +012:041 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, + Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; + +012:042 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and + Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers + sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. + +012:043 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for + God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and + the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard + even afar off. + +012:044 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the + treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the + tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities + the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah + rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. + +012:045 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their + God, and the ward of the purification, according to the + commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. + +012:046 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of + the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. + +012:047 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of + Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, + every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto + the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children + of Aaron. + +013:001 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of + the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite + and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God + for ever; + +013:002 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and + with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should + curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. + +013:003 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they + separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. + +013:004 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of + the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: + +013:005 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime + they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the + vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the + oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the + singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. + +013:006 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two + and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto + the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: + +013:007 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that + Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the + courts of the house of God. + +013:008 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the + household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. + +013:009 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither + brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat + offering and the frankincense. + +013:010 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been + given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the + work, were fled every one to his field. + +013:011 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house + of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in + their place. + +013:012 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine + and the oil unto the treasuries. + +013:013 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the + priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and + next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of + Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office + was to distribute unto their brethren. + +013:014 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my + good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for + the offices thereof. + +013:015 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the + sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also + wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they + brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified + against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. + +013:016 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and + all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children + of Judah, and in Jerusalem. + +013:017 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, + What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath + day? + +013:018 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this + evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon + Israel by profaning the sabbath. + +013:019 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to + be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should + be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after + the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that + there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. + +013:020 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged + without Jerusalem once or twice. + +013:021 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge + ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. + From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. + +013:022 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse + themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to + sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning + this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy + mercy. + +013:023 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of + Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: + +013:024 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and + could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the + language of each people. + +013:025 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain + of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by + God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, + nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. + +013:026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among + many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of + his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless + even him did outlandish women cause to sin. + +013:027 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to + transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? + +013:028 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high + priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I + chased him from me. + +013:029 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the + priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the + Levites. + +013:030 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the + wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his + business; + +013:031 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the + firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. + +Book 17 Esther + +001:001 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is + Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over + an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) + +001:002 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne + of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, + +001:003 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his + princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the + nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: + +001:004 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the + honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and + fourscore days. + +001:005 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto + all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both + unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden + of the king's palace; + +001:006 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with + cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of + marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of + red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. + +001:007 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels + being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, + according to the state of the king. + +001:008 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: + for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his + house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. + +001:009 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal + house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. + +001:010 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with + wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and + Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that + served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, + +001:011 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown + royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she + was fair to look on. + +001:012 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment + by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and + his anger burned in him. + +001:013 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for + so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and + judgment: + +001:014 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, + Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of + Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the + first in the kingdom;) + +001:015 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, + because she hath not performed the commandment of the king + Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? + +001:016 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti + the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to + all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the + provinces of the king Ahasuerus. + +001:017 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, + so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when + it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the + queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. + +001:018 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day + unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of + the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. + +001:019 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from + him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and + the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more + before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate + unto another that is better than she. + +001:020 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be + published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all + the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great + and small. + +001:021 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king + did according to the word of Memucan: + +001:022 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every + province according to the writing thereof, and to every people + after their language, that every man should bear rule in his + own house, and that it should be published according to the + language of every people. + +002:001 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was + appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and + what was decreed against her. + +002:002 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let + there be fair young virgins sought for the king: + +002:003 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his + kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young + virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, + unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the + women; and let their things for purification be given them: + +002:004 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of + Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. + +002:005 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name + was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of + Kish, a Benjamite; + +002:006 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity + which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom + Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. + +002:007 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's + daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid + was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and + mother were dead, took for his own daughter. + +002:008 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree + was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto + Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was + brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, + keeper of the women. + +002:009 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; + and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with + such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were + meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he + preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house + of the women. + +002:010 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai + had charged her that she should not shew it. + +002:011 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's + house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. + +002:012 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king + Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to + the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their + purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of + myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things + for the purifying of the women;) + +002:013 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she + desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the + women unto the king's house. + +002:014 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into + the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, + the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in + unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and + that she were called by name. + +002:015 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle + of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to + go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the + king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And + Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked + upon her. + +002:016 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal + in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh + year of his reign. + +002:017 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she + obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the + virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and + made her queen instead of Vashti. + +002:018 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his + servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the + provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. + +002:019 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, + then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. + +002:020 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as + Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of + Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. + +002:021 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of + the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which + kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king + Ahasuerus. + +002:022 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther + the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's + name. + +002:023 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; + therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written + in the book of the chronicles before the king. + +003:001 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of + Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat + above all the princes that were with him. + +003:002 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, + bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded + concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. + +003:003 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said + unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? + +003:004 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he + hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether + Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he + was a Jew. + +003:005 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him + reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. + +003:006 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they + had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought + to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom + of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. + +003:007 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth + year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, + before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the + twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. + +003:008 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people + scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the + provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all + people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not + for the king's profit to suffer them. + +003:009 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be + destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to + the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to + bring it into the king's treasuries. + +003:010 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto + Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. + +003:011 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the + people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. + +003:012 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of + the first month, and there was written according to all that + Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the + governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of + every people of every province according to the writing + thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name + of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's + ring. + +003:013 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's + provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all + Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one + day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which + is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. + +003:014 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every + province was published unto all people, that they should be + ready against that day. + +003:015 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, + and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king + and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was + perplexed. + +004:001 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his + clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into + the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; + +004:002 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter + into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. + +004:003 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment + and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, + and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in + sackcloth and ashes. + +004:004 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. + Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment + to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: + but he received it not. + +004:005 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, + whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a + commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. + +004:006 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, + which was before the king's gate. + +004:007 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and + of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the + king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. + +004:008 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that + was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, + and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should + go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to + make request before him for her people. + +004:009 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. + +004:010 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto + Mordecai; + +004:011 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's + provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, + shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not + called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except + such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that + he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the + king these thirty days. + +004:012 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. + +004:013 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with + thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than + all the Jews. + +004:014 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then + shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from + another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be + destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the + kingdom for such a time as this? + +004:015 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, + +004:016 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, + and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, + night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so + will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: + and if I perish, I perish. + +004:017 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther + had commanded him. + +005:001 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her + royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's + house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon + his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of + the house. + +005:002 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in + the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king + held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So + Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. + +005:003 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and + what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half + of the kingdom. + +005:004 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the + king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have + prepared for him. + +005:005 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do + as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet + that Esther had prepared. + +005:006 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is + thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy + request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be + performed. + +005:007 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; + +005:008 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it + please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my + request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I + shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king + hath said. + +005:009 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: + but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood + not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against + Mordecai. + +005:010 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, + he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. + +005:011 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the + multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king + had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the + princes and servants of the king. + +005:012 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come + in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but + myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the + king. + +005:013 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai + the Jew sitting at the king's gate. + +005:014 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a + gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou + unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go + thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing + pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. + +006:001 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to + bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were + read before the king. + +006:002 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana + and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the + door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. + +006:003 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to + Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that + ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. + +006:004 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come + into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the + king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for + him. + +006:005 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth + in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. + +006:006 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be + done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now + Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to + do honour more than to myself? + +006:007 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king + delighteth to honour, + +006:008 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, + and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal + which is set upon his head: + +006:009 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one + of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man + withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on + horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before + him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth + to honour. + +006:010 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel + and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai + the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of + all that thou hast spoken. + +006:011 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed + Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of + the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done + unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. + +006:012 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted + to his house mourning, and having his head covered. + +006:013 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing + that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his + wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before + whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against + him, but shalt surely fall before him. + +006:014 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's + chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that + Esther had prepared. + +007:001 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. + +007:002 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the + banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it + shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall + be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. + +007:003 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found + favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my + life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: + +007:004 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be + slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and + bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not + countervail the king's damage. + +007:005 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the + queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his + heart to do so? + +007:006 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. + Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. + +007:007 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath + went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make + request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that + there was evil determined against him by the king. + +007:008 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place + of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed + whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the + queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of + king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. + +007:009 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, + Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had + made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in + the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. + +007:010 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for + Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. + +008:001 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the + Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before + the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. + +008:002 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, + and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the + house of Haman. + +008:003 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at + his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief + of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised + against the Jews. + +008:004 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So + Esther arose, and stood before the king, + +008:005 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his + sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be + pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters + devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he + wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's + provinces: + +008:006 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my + people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my + kindred? + +008:007 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to + Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of + Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he + laid his hand upon the Jews. + +008:008 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's + name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which + is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's + ring, may no man reverse. + +008:009 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third + month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth + day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai + commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the + deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto + Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every + province according to the writing thereof, and unto every + people after their language, and to the Jews according to + their writing, and according to their language. + +008:010 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with + the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and + riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: + +008:011 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to + gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to + destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the + people and province that would assault them, both little ones + and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, + +008:012 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, + upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the + month Adar. + +008:013 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every + province was published unto all people, and that the Jews + should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their + enemies. + +008:014 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being + hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the + decree was given at Shushan the palace. + +008:015 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal + apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and + with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of + Shushan rejoiced and was glad. + +008:016 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. + +008:017 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the + king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and + gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of + the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. + +009:001 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the + thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and + his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that + the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though + it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over + them that hated them;) + +009:002 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities + throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay + hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand + them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. + +009:003 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and + the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; + because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. + +009:004 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went + out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed + greater and greater. + +009:005 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the + sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would + unto those that hated them. + +009:006 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five + hundred men. + +009:007 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, + +009:008 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, + +009:009 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, + +009:010 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the + Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. + +009:011 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the + palace was brought before the king. + +009:012 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain + and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the + ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the + king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be + granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be + done. + +009:013 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to + the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according + unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged + upon the gallows. + +009:014 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was + given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. + +009:015 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together + on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three + hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their + hand. + +009:016 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered + themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest + from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five + thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, + +009:017 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth + day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and + gladness. + +009:018 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the + thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on + the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day + of feasting and gladness. + +009:019 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled + towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of + gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions + one to another. + +009:020 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the + Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, + both nigh and far, + +009:021 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the + fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the + same, yearly, + +009:022 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and + the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and + from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days + of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, + and gifts to the poor. + +009:023 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as + Mordecai had written unto them; + +009:024 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of + all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, + and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to + destroy them; + +009:025 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters + that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, + should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons + should be hanged on the gallows. + +009:026 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. + Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which + they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto + them, + +009:027 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, + and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it + should not fail, that they would keep these two days according + to their writing, and according to their appointed time every + year; + +009:028 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout + every generation, every family, every province, and every + city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among + the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. + +009:029 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai + the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second + letter of Purim. + +009:030 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred + twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with + words of peace and truth, + +009:031 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, + according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had + enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for + their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. + +009:032 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and + it was written in the book. + +010:001 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon + the isles of the sea. + +010:002 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the + declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king + advanced him, are they not written in the book of the + chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? + +010:003 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great + among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, + seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all + his seed. + +Book 18 Job + +001:001 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and + that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and + eschewed evil. + +001:002 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. + +001:003 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three + thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five + hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this + man was the greatest of all the men of the east. + +001:004 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his + day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to + drink with them. + +001:005 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone + about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in + the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the + number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have + sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job + continually. + +001:006 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present + themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. + +001:007 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan + answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the + earth, and from walking up and down in it. + +001:008 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant + Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and + an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? + +001:009 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for + nought? + +001:010 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, + and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed + the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the + land. + +001:011 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and + he will curse thee to thy face. + +001:012 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in + thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So + Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. + +001:013 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were + eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: + +001:014 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were + plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: + +001:015 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they + have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only + am escaped alone to tell thee. + +001:016 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, + The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the + sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am + escaped alone to tell thee. + +001:017 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, + The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, + and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with + the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell + thee. + +001:018 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, + Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in + their eldest brother's house: + +001:019 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and + smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the + young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to + tell thee. + +001:020 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and + fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, + +001:021 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked + shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken + away; blessed be the name of the LORD. + +001:022 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. + +002:001 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present + themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to + present himself before the LORD. + +002:002 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And + Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in + the earth, and from walking up and down in it. + +002:003 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant + Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and + an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and + still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me + against him, to destroy him without cause. + +002:004 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all + that a man hath will he give for his life. + +002:005 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his + flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. + +002:006 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but + save his life. + +002:007 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote + Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. + +002:008 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he + sat down among the ashes. + +002:009 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine + integrity? curse God, and die. + +002:010 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish + women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of + God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job + sin with his lips. + +002:011 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was + come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz + the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the + Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come + to mourn with him and to comfort him. + +002:012 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, + they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one + his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. + +002:013 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven + nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his + grief was very great. + +003:001 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. + +003:002 And Job spake, and said, + +003:003 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which + it was said, There is a man child conceived. + +003:004 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, + neither let the light shine upon it. + +003:005 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud + dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. + +003:006 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be + joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the + number of the months. + +003:007 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come + therein. + +003:008 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise + up their mourning. + +003:009 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for + light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the + day: + +003:010 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid + sorrow from mine eyes. + +003:011 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost + when I came out of the belly? + +003:012 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should + suck? + +003:013 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have + slept: then had I been at rest, + +003:014 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate + places for themselves; + +003:015 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with + silver: + +003:016 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants + which never saw light. + +003:017 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be + at rest. + +003:018 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of + the oppressor. + +003:019 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from + his master. + +003:020 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life + unto the bitter in soul; + +003:021 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more + than for hid treasures; + +003:022 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find + the grave? + +003:023 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God + hath hedged in? + +003:024 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured + out like the waters. + +003:025 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that + which I was afraid of is come unto me. + +003:026 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; + yet trouble came. + +004:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, + +004:002 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but + who can withhold himself from speaking? + +004:003 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened + the weak hands. + +004:004 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast + strengthened the feeble knees. + +004:005 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth + thee, and thou art troubled. + +004:006 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the + uprightness of thy ways? + +004:007 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or + where were the righteous cut off? + +004:008 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow + wickedness, reap the same. + +004:009 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his + nostrils are they consumed. + +004:010 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and + the teeth of the young lions, are broken. + +004:011 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's + whelps are scattered abroad. + +004:012 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received + a little thereof. + +004:013 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep + falleth on men, + +004:014 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to + shake. + +004:015 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh + stood up: + +004:016 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an + image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a + voice, saying, + +004:017 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more + pure than his maker? + +004:018 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he + charged with folly: + +004:019 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose + foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? + +004:020 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for + ever without any regarding it. + +004:021 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, + even without wisdom. + +005:001 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which + of the saints wilt thou turn? + +005:002 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly + one. + +005:003 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his + habitation. + +005:004 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the + gate, neither is there any to deliver them. + +005:005 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of + the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. + +005:006 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth + trouble spring out of the ground; + +005:007 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. + +005:008 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: + +005:009 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things + without number: + +005:010 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the + fields: + +005:011 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn + may be exalted to safety. + +005:012 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their + hands cannot perform their enterprise. + +005:013 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of + the froward is carried headlong. + +005:014 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the + noonday as in the night. + +005:015 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and + from the hand of the mighty. + +005:016 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. + +005:017 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore + despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: + +005:018 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands + make whole. + +005:019 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there + shall no evil touch thee. + +005:020 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the + power of the sword. + +005:021 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither + shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. + +005:022 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou + be afraid of the beasts of the earth. + +005:023 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and + the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. + +005:024 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and + thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. + +005:025 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine + offspring as the grass of the earth. + +005:026 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of + corn cometh in in his season. + +005:027 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou + it for thy good. + +006:001 But Job answered and said, + +006:002 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid + in the balances together! + +006:003 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: + therefore my words are swallowed up. + +006:004 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison + whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set + themselves in array against me. + +006:005 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox + over his fodder? + +006:006 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there + any taste in the white of an egg? + +006:007 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful + meat. + +006:008 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me + the thing that I long for! + +006:009 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let + loose his hand, and cut me off! + +006:010 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in + sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words + of the Holy One. + +006:011 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, + that I should prolong my life? + +006:012 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of + brass? + +006:013 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? + +006:014 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his + friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. + +006:015 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the + stream of brooks they pass away; + +006:016 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow + is hid: + +006:017 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are + consumed out of their place. + +006:018 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, + and perish. + +006:019 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for + them. + +006:020 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came + thither, and were ashamed. + +006:021 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are + afraid. + +006:022 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your + substance? + +006:023 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the + hand of the mighty? + +006:024 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to + understand wherein I have erred. + +006:025 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing + reprove? + +006:026 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that + is desperate, which are as wind? + +006:027 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your + friend. + +006:028 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto + you if I lie. + +006:029 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, + my righteousness is in it. + +006:030 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern + perverse things? + +007:001 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his + days also like the days of an hireling? + +007:002 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling + looketh for the reward of his work: + +007:003 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights + are appointed to me. + +007:004 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be + gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of + the day. + +007:005 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is + broken, and become loathsome. + +007:006 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent + without hope. + +007:007 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see + good. + +007:008 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine + eyes are upon me, and I am not. + +007:009 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth + down to the grave shall come up no more. + +007:010 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place + know him any more. + +007:011 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the + anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my + soul. + +007:012 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? + +007:013 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my + complaints; + +007:014 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through + visions: + +007:015 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my + life. + +007:016 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days + are vanity. + +007:017 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou + shouldest set thine heart upon him? + +007:018 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him + every moment? + +007:019 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I + swallow down my spittle? + +007:020 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of + men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am + a burden to myself? + +007:021 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away + my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt + seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. + +008:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, + +008:002 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the + words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? + +008:003 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert + justice? + +008:004 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them + away for their transgression; + +008:005 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy + supplication to the Almighty; + +008:006 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for + thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. + +008:007 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should + greatly increase. + +008:008 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare + thyself to the search of their fathers: + +008:009 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our + days upon earth are a shadow:) + +008:010 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out + of their heart? + +008:011 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without + water? + +008:012 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it + withereth before any other herb. + +008:013 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's + hope shall perish: + +008:014 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a + spider's web. + +008:015 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall + hold it fast, but it shall not endure. + +008:016 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in + his garden. + +008:017 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of + stones. + +008:018 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, + saying, I have not seen thee. + +008:019 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall + others grow. + +008:020 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he + help the evil doers: + +008:021 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with + rejoicing. + +008:022 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the + dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. + +009:001 Then Job answered and said, + +009:002 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with + God? + +009:003 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a + thousand. + +009:004 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened + himself against him, and hath prospered? + +009:005 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which + overturneth them in his anger. + +009:006 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars + thereof tremble. + +009:007 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up + the stars. + +009:008 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the + waves of the sea. + +009:009 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers + of the south. + +009:010 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders + without number. + +009:011 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but + I perceive him not. + +009:012 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto + him, What doest thou? + +009:013 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop + under him. + +009:014 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to + reason with him? + +009:015 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I + would make supplication to my judge. + +009:016 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not + believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. + +009:017 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds + without cause. + +009:018 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with + bitterness. + +009:019 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, + who shall set me a time to plead? + +009:020 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I + say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. + +009:021 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would + despise my life. + +009:022 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the + perfect and the wicked. + +009:023 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of + the innocent. + +009:024 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth + the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? + +009:025 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see + no good. + +009:026 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that + hasteth to the prey. + +009:027 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my + heaviness, and comfort myself: + +009:028 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold + me innocent. + +009:029 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? + +009:030 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so + clean; + +009:031 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes + shall abhor me. + +009:032 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we + should come together in judgment. + +009:033 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his + hand upon us both. + +009:034 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear + terrify me: + +009:035 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with + me. + +010:001 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon + myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. + +010:002 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou + contendest with me. + +010:003 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou + shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the + counsel of the wicked? + +010:004 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? + +010:005 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, + +010:006 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after + my sin? + +010:007 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can + deliver out of thine hand. + +010:008 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round + about; yet thou dost destroy me. + +010:009 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; + and wilt thou bring me into dust again? + +010:010 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like + cheese? + +010:011 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me + with bones and sinews. + +010:012 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath + preserved my spirit. + +010:013 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that + this is with thee. + +010:014 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me + from mine iniquity. + +010:015 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I + not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see + thou mine affliction; + +010:016 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again + thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. + +010:017 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine + indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. + +010:018 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh + that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! + +010:019 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have + been carried from the womb to the grave. + +010:020 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may + take comfort a little, + +010:021 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of + darkness and the shadow of death; + +010:022 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of + death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. + +011:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, + +011:002 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a + man full of talk be justified? + +011:003 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou + mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? + +011:004 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in + thine eyes. + +011:005 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; + +011:006 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they + are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth + of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. + +011:007 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the + Almighty unto perfection? + +011:008 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; + what canst thou know? + +011:009 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than + the sea. + +011:010 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can + hinder him? + +011:011 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not + then consider it? + +011:012 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild + ass's colt. + +011:013 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands + toward him; + +011:014 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not + wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. + +011:015 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou + shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: + +011:016 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as + waters that pass away: + +011:017 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt + shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. + +011:018 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou + shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. + +011:019 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; + yea, many shall make suit unto thee. + +011:020 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not + escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. + +012:001 And Job answered and said, + +012:002 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. + +012:003 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to + you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? + +012:004 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and + he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. + +012:005 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised + in the thought of him that is at ease. + +012:006 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God + are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. + +012:007 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the + fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: + +012:008 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes + of the sea shall declare unto thee. + +012:009 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath + wrought this? + +012:010 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the + breath of all mankind. + +012:011 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? + +012:012 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days + understanding. + +012:013 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and + understanding. + +012:014 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he + shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. + +012:015 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he + sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. + +012:016 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver + are his. + +012:017 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges + fools. + +012:018 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a + girdle. + +012:019 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. + +012:020 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the + understanding of the aged. + +012:021 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength + of the mighty. + +012:022 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out + to light the shadow of death. + +012:023 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth + the nations, and straiteneth them again. + +012:024 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the + earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there + is no way. + +012:025 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to + stagger like a drunken man. + +013:001 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and + understood it. + +013:002 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto + you. + +013:003 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason + with God. + +013:004 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. + +013:005 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be + your wisdom. + +013:006 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my + lips. + +013:007 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? + +013:008 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? + +013:009 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man + mocketh another, do ye so mock him? + +013:010 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. + +013:011 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall + upon you? + +013:012 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies + of clay. + +013:013 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come + on me what will. + +013:014 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in + mine hand? + +013:015 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will + maintain mine own ways before him. + +013:016 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come + before him. + +013:017 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. + +013:018 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be + justified. + +013:019 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my + tongue, I shall give up the ghost. + +013:020 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself + from thee. + +013:021 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me + afraid. + +013:022 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer + thou me. + +013:023 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my + transgression and my sin. + +013:024 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine + enemy? + +013:025 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue + the dry stubble? + +013:026 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to + possess the iniquities of my youth. + +013:027 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly + unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my + feet. + +013:028 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is + moth eaten. + +014:001 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of + trouble. + +014:002 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also + as a shadow, and continueth not. + +014:003 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest + me into judgment with thee? + +014:004 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. + +014:005 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are + with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; + +014:006 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as + an hireling, his day. + +014:007 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will + sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not + cease. + +014:008 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock + thereof die in the ground; + +014:009 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth + boughs like a plant. + +014:010 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, + and where is he? + +014:011 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and + drieth up: + +014:012 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no + more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. + +014:013 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest + keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest + appoint me a set time, and remember me! + +014:014 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my + appointed time will I wait, till my change come. + +014:015 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a + desire to the work of thine hands. + +014:016 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my + sin? + +014:017 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up + mine iniquity. + +014:018 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the + rock is removed out of his place. + +014:019 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which + grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the + hope of man. + +014:020 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou + changest his countenance, and sendest him away. + +014:021 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are + brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. + +014:022 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within + him shall mourn. + +015:001 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, + +015:002 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly + with the east wind? + +015:003 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches + wherewith he can do no good? + +015:004 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. + +015:005 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the + tongue of the crafty. + +015:006 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own + lips testify against thee. + +015:007 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before + the hills? + +015:008 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain + wisdom to thyself? + +015:009 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, + which is not in us? + +015:010 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder + than thy father. + +015:011 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any + secret thing with thee? + +015:012 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes + wink at, + +015:013 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such + words go out of thy mouth? + +015:014 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of + a woman, that he should be righteous? + +015:015 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens + are not clean in his sight. + +015:016 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh + iniquity like water? + +015:017 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will + declare; + +015:018 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid + it: + +015:019 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed + among them. + +015:020 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the + number of years is hidden to the oppressor. + +015:021 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer + shall come upon him. + +015:022 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he + is waited for of the sword. + +015:023 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth + that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. + +015:024 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail + against him, as a king ready to the battle. + +015:025 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth + himself against the Almighty. + +015:026 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses + of his bucklers: + +015:027 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh + collops of fat on his flanks. + +015:028 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man + inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. + +015:029 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, + neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the + earth. + +015:030 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up + his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. + +015:031 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall + be his recompence. + +015:032 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall + not be green. + +015:033 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall + cast off his flower as the olive. + +015:034 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire + shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. + +015:035 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their + belly prepareth deceit. + +016:001 Then Job answered and said, + +016:002 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye + all. + +016:003 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that + thou answerest? + +016:004 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's + stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head + at you. + +016:005 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my + lips should asswage your grief. + +016:006 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I + forbear, what am I eased? + +016:007 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my + company. + +016:008 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness + against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to + my face. + +016:009 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me + with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. + +016:010 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me + upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves + together against me. + +016:011 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into + the hands of the wicked. + +016:012 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also + taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up + for his mark. + +016:013 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins + asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the + ground. + +016:014 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me + like a giant. + +016:015 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in + the dust. + +016:016 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow + of death; + +016:017 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. + +016:018 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no + place. + +016:019 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on + high. + +016:020 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. + +016:021 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth + for his neighbour! + +016:022 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I + shall not return. + +017:001 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are + ready for me. + +017:002 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue + in their provocation? + +017:003 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that + will strike hands with me? + +017:004 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore + shalt thou not exalt them. + +017:005 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his + children shall fail. + +017:006 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I + was as a tabret. + +017:007 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members + are as a shadow. + +017:008 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall + stir up himself against the hypocrite. + +017:009 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath + clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. + +017:010 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot + find one wise man among you. + +017:011 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the + thoughts of my heart. + +017:012 They change the night into day: the light is short because of + darkness. + +017:013 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the + darkness. + +017:014 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, + Thou art my mother, and my sister. + +017:015 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? + +017:016 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest + together is in the dust. + +018:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, + +018:002 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and + afterwards we will speak. + +018:003 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your + sight? + +018:004 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken + for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? + +018:005 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark + of his fire shall not shine. + +018:006 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle + shall be put out with him. + +018:007 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own + counsel shall cast him down. + +018:008 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon + a snare. + +018:009 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall + prevail against him. + +018:010 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in + the way. + +018:011 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive + him to his feet. + +018:012 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be + ready at his side. + +018:013 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn + of death shall devour his strength. + +018:014 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it + shall bring him to the king of terrors. + +018:015 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: + brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. + +018:016 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his + branch be cut off. + +018:017 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have + no name in the street. + +018:018 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of + the world. + +018:019 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any + remaining in his dwellings. + +018:020 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they + that went before were affrighted. + +018:021 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the + place of him that knoweth not God. + +019:001 Then Job answered and said, + +019:002 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with + words? + +019:003 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that + ye make yourselves strange to me. + +019:004 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with + myself. + +019:005 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead + against me my reproach: + +019:006 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me + with his net. + +019:007 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, + but there is no judgment. + +019:008 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set + darkness in my paths. + +019:009 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my + head. + +019:010 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine + hope hath he removed like a tree. + +019:011 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me + unto him as one of his enemies. + +019:012 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, + and encamp round about my tabernacle. + +019:013 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are + verily estranged from me. + +019:014 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have + forgotten me. + +019:015 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a + stranger: I am an alien in their sight. + +019:016 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him + with my mouth. + +019:017 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the + children's sake of mine own body. + +019:018 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake + against me. + +019:019 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are + turned against me. + +019:020 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped + with the skin of my teeth. + +019:021 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the + hand of God hath touched me. + +019:022 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my + flesh? + +019:023 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed + in a book! + +019:024 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock + for ever! + +019:025 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at + the latter day upon the earth: + +019:026 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my + flesh shall I see God: + +019:027 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and + not another; though my reins be consumed within me. + +019:028 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of + the matter is found in me? + +019:029 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments + of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. + +020:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, + +020:002 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I + make haste. + +020:003 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my + understanding causeth me to answer. + +020:004 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, + +020:005 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the + hypocrite but for a moment? + +020:006 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head + reach unto the clouds; + +020:007 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which + have seen him shall say, Where is he? + +020:008 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he + shall be chased away as a vision of the night. + +020:009 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither + shall his place any more behold him. + +020:010 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands + shall restore their goods. + +020:011 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie + down with him in the dust. + +020:012 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it + under his tongue; + +020:013 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still + within his mouth: + +020:014 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps + within him. + +020:015 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up + again: God shall cast them out of his belly. + +020:016 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall + slay him. + +020:017 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey + and butter. + +020:018 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not + swallow it down: according to his substance shall the + restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. + +020:019 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because + he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; + +020:020 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not + save of that which he desired. + +020:021 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man + look for his goods. + +020:022 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: + every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. + +020:023 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of + his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is + eating. + +020:024 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall + strike him through. + +020:025 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering + sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. + +020:026 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not + blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left + in his tabernacle. + +020:027 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise + up against him. + +020:028 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall + flow away in the day of his wrath. + +020:029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage + appointed unto him by God. + +021:001 But Job answered and said, + +021:002 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. + +021:003 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock + on. + +021:004 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why + should not my spirit be troubled? + +021:005 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. + +021:006 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on + my flesh. + +021:007 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in + power? + +021:008 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their + offspring before their eyes. + +021:009 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God + upon them. + +021:010 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and + casteth not her calf. + +021:011 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their + children dance. + +021:012 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of + the organ. + +021:013 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to + the grave. + +021:014 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not + the knowledge of thy ways. + +021:015 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what + profit should we have, if we pray unto him? + +021:016 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked + is far from me. + +021:017 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft + cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows + in his anger. + +021:018 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the + storm carrieth away. + +021:019 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, + and he shall know it. + +021:020 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the + wrath of the Almighty. + +021:021 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the + number of his months is cut off in the midst? + +021:022 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that + are high. + +021:023 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and + quiet. + +021:024 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with + marrow. + +021:025 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never + eateth with pleasure. + +021:026 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall + cover them. + +021:027 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye + wrongfully imagine against me. + +021:028 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are + the dwelling places of the wicked? + +021:029 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know + their tokens, + +021:030 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they + shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. + +021:031 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him + what he hath done? + +021:032 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the + tomb. + +021:033 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man + shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. + +021:034 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there + remaineth falsehood? + +022:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, + +022:002 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be + profitable unto himself? + +022:003 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? + or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? + +022:004 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee + into judgment? + +022:005 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? + +022:006 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and + stripped the naked of their clothing. + +022:007 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast + withholden bread from the hungry. + +022:008 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the + honourable man dwelt in it. + +022:009 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the + fatherless have been broken. + +022:010 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear + troubleth thee; + +022:011 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters + cover thee. + +022:012 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of + the stars, how high they are! + +022:013 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the + dark cloud? + +022:014 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he + walketh in the circuit of heaven. + +022:015 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? + +022:016 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was + overflown with a flood: + +022:017 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty + do for them? + +022:018 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel + of the wicked is far from me. + +022:019 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh + them to scorn. + +022:020 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them + the fire consumeth. + +022:021 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good + shall come unto thee. + +022:022 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his + words in thine heart. + +022:023 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou + shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. + +022:024 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as + the stones of the brooks. + +022:025 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have + plenty of silver. + +022:026 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and + shalt lift up thy face unto God. + +022:027 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, + and thou shalt pay thy vows. + +022:028 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established + unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. + +022:029 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting + up; and he shall save the humble person. + +022:030 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is + delivered by the pureness of thine hands. + +023:001 Then Job answered and said, + +023:002 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than + my groaning. + +023:003 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even + to his seat! + +023:004 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with + arguments. + +023:005 I would know the words which he would answer me, and + understand what he would say unto me. + +023:006 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he + would put strength in me. + +023:007 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be + delivered for ever from my judge. + +023:008 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I + cannot perceive him: + +023:009 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: + he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: + +023:010 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I + shall come forth as gold. + +023:011 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not + declined. + +023:012 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I + have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary + food. + +023:013 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul + desireth, even that he doeth. + +023:014 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many + such things are with him. + +023:015 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am + afraid of him. + +023:016 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: + +023:017 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he + covered the darkness from my face. + +024:001 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they + that know him not see his days? + +024:002 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, + and feed thereof. + +024:003 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the + widow's ox for a pledge. + +024:004 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide + themselves together. + +024:005 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their + work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food + for them and for their children. + +024:006 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the + vintage of the wicked. + +024:007 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have + no covering in the cold. + +024:008 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace + the rock for want of a shelter. + +024:009 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge + of the poor. + +024:010 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take + away the sheaf from the hungry; + +024:011 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their + winepresses, and suffer thirst. + +024:012 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded + crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. + +024:013 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not + the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. + +024:014 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, + and in the night is as a thief. + +024:015 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, + saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. + +024:016 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for + themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. + +024:017 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one + know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. + +024:018 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the + earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. + +024:019 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave + those which have sinned. + +024:020 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; + he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken + as a tree. + +024:021 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not + good to the widow. + +024:022 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and + no man is sure of life. + +024:023 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; + yet his eyes are upon their ways. + +024:024 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought + low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off + as the tops of the ears of corn. + +024:025 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my + speech nothing worth? + +025:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, + +025:002 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high + places. + +025:003 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his + light arise? + +025:004 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean + that is born of a woman? + +025:005 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars + are not pure in his sight. + +025:006 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which + is a worm? + +026:001 But Job answered and said, + +026:002 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest + thou the arm that hath no strength? + +026:003 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast + thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? + +026:004 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from + thee? + +026:005 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the + inhabitants thereof. + +026:006 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. + +026:007 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth + the earth upon nothing. + +026:008 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is + not rent under them. + +026:009 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his + cloud upon it. + +026:010 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and + night come to an end. + +026:011 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his + reproof. + +026:012 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding + he smiteth through the proud. + +026:013 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath + formed the crooked serpent. + +026:014 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is + heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? + +027:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, + +027:002 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the + Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; + +027:003 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in + my nostrils; + +027:004 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter + deceit. + +027:005 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not + remove mine integrity from me. + +027:006 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart + shall not reproach me so long as I live. + +027:007 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against + me as the unrighteous. + +027:008 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, + when God taketh away his soul? + +027:009 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? + +027:010 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call + upon God? + +027:011 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the + Almighty will I not conceal. + +027:012 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus + altogether vain? + +027:013 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage + of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. + +027:014 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his + offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. + +027:015 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his + widows shall not weep. + +027:016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as + the clay; + +027:017 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the + innocent shall divide the silver. + +027:018 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the + keeper maketh. + +027:019 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he + openeth his eyes, and he is not. + +027:020 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him + away in the night. + +027:021 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a + storm hurleth him out of his place. + +027:022 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee + out of his hand. + +027:023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of + his place. + +028:001 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold + where they fine it. + +028:002 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the + stone. + +028:003 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all + perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. + +028:004 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters + forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away + from men. + +028:005 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is + turned up as it were fire. + +028:006 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust + of gold. + +028:007 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's + eye hath not seen: + +028:008 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion + passed by it. + +028:009 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the + mountains by the roots. + +028:010 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every + precious thing. + +028:011 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is + hid bringeth he forth to light. + +028:012 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of + understanding? + +028:013 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the + land of the living. + +028:014 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not + with me. + +028:015 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed + for the price thereof. + +028:016 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious + onyx, or the sapphire. + +028:017 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of + it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. + +028:018 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price + of wisdom is above rubies. + +028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be + valued with pure gold. + +028:020 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of + understanding? + +028:021 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close + from the fowls of the air. + +028:022 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with + our ears. + +028:023 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place + thereof. + +028:024 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the + whole heaven; + +028:025 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters + by measure. + +028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the + lightning of the thunder: + +028:027 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and + searched it out. + +028:028 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is + wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. + +029:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, + +029:002 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God + preserved me; + +029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I + walked through darkness; + +029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was + upon my tabernacle; + +029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about + me; + +029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out + rivers of oil; + +029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared + my seat in the street! + +029:008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, + and stood up. + +029:009 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their + mouth. + +029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the + roof of their mouth. + +029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye + saw me, it gave witness to me: + +029:012 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, + and him that had none to help him. + +029:013 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and + I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. + +029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as + a robe and a diadem. + +029:015 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. + +029:016 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I + searched out. + +029:017 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out + of his teeth. + +029:018 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my + days as the sand. + +029:019 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all + night upon my branch. + +029:020 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. + +029:021 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my + counsel. + +029:022 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped + upon them. + +029:023 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their + mouth wide as for the latter rain. + +029:024 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of + my countenance they cast not down. + +029:025 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in + the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. + +030:001 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, + whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs + of my flock. + +030:002 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in + whom old age was perished? + +030:003 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the + wilderness in former time desolate and waste. + +030:004 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their + meat. + +030:005 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them + as after a thief;) + +030:006 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, + and in the rocks. + +030:007 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were + gathered together. + +030:008 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they + were viler than the earth. + +030:009 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. + +030:010 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in + my face. + +030:011 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have + also let loose the bridle before me. + +030:012 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and + they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. + +030:013 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no + helper. + +030:014 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the + desolation they rolled themselves upon me. + +030:015 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: + and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. + +030:016 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction + have taken hold upon me. + +030:017 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews + take no rest. + +030:018 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it + bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. + +030:019 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and + ashes. + +030:020 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and + thou regardest me not. + +030:021 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou + opposest thyself against me. + +030:022 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon + it, and dissolvest my substance. + +030:023 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house + appointed for all living. + +030:024 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though + they cry in his destruction. + +030:025 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul + grieved for the poor? + +030:026 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I + waited for light, there came darkness. + +030:027 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction + prevented me. + +030:028 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in + the congregation. + +030:029 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. + +030:030 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. + +030:031 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the + voice of them that weep. + +031:001 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon + a maid? + +031:002 For what portion of God is there from above? and what + inheritance of the Almighty from on high? + +031:003 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to + the workers of iniquity? + +031:004 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? + +031:005 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to + deceit; + +031:006 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine + integrity. + +031:007 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked + after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; + +031:008 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be + rooted out. + +031:009 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid + wait at my neighbour's door; + +031:010 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down + upon her. + +031:011 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be + punished by the judges. + +031:012 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root + out all mine increase. + +031:013 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my + maidservant, when they contended with me; + +031:014 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, + what shall I answer him? + +031:015 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one + fashion us in the womb? + +031:016 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused + the eyes of the widow to fail; + +031:017 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath + not eaten thereof; + +031:018 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a + father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) + +031:019 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor + without covering; + +031:020 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed + with the fleece of my sheep; + +031:021 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw + my help in the gate: + +031:022 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be + broken from the bone. + +031:023 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of + his highness I could not endure. + +031:024 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, + Thou art my confidence; + +031:025 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine + hand had gotten much; + +031:026 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in + brightness; + +031:027 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath + kissed my hand: + +031:028 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I + should have denied the God that is above. + +031:029 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or + lifted up myself when evil found him: + +031:030 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to + his soul. + +031:031 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his + flesh! we cannot be satisfied. + +031:032 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my + doors to the traveller. + +031:033 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine + iniquity in my bosom: + +031:034 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families + terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? + +031:035 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the + Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written + a book. + +031:036 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a + crown to me. + +031:037 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince + would I go near unto him. + +031:038 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise + thereof complain; + +031:039 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have + caused the owners thereof to lose their life: + +031:040 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of + barley. The words of Job are ended. + +032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was + righteous in his own eyes. + +032:002 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the + Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath + kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. + +032:003 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because + they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. + +032:004 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were + elder than he. + +032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these + three men, then his wrath was kindled. + +032:006 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I + am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and + durst not shew you mine opinion. + +032:007 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach + wisdom. + +032:008 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the + Almighty giveth them understanding. + +032:009 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand + judgment. + +032:010 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine + opinion. + +032:011 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, + whilst ye searched out what to say. + +032:012 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you + that convinced Job, or that answered his words: + +032:013 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth + him down, not man. + +032:014 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I + answer him with your speeches. + +032:015 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off + speaking. + +032:016 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and + answered no more;) + +032:017 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine + opinion. + +032:018 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. + +032:019 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to + burst like new bottles. + +032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and + answer. + +032:021 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let + me give flattering titles unto man. + +032:022 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker + would soon take me away. + +033:001 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to + all my words. + +033:002 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in + my mouth. + +033:003 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips + shall utter knowledge clearly. + +033:004 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty + hath given me life. + +033:005 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, + stand up. + +033:006 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am + formed out of the clay. + +033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my + hand be heavy upon thee. + +033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the + voice of thy words, saying, + +033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is + there iniquity in me. + +033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for + his enemy, + +033:011 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. + +033:012 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that + God is greater than man. + +033:013 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of + any of his matters. + +033:014 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. + +033:015 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth + upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; + +033:016 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their + instruction, + +033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from + man. + +033:018 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from + perishing by the sword. + +033:019 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude + of his bones with strong pain: + +033:020 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. + +033:021 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his + bones that were not seen stick out. + +033:022 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the + destroyers. + +033:023 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a + thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: + +033:024 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from + going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. + +033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to + the days of his youth: + +033:026 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: + and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto + man his righteousness. + +033:027 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and + perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; + +033:028 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life + shall see the light. + +033:029 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, + +033:030 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with + the light of the living. + +033:031 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will + speak. + +033:032 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire + to justify thee. + +033:033 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach + thee wisdom. + +034:001 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, + +034:002 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that + have knowledge. + +034:003 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. + +034:004 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what + is good. + +034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my + judgment. + +034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without + transgression. + +034:007 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? + +034:008 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and + walketh with wicked men. + +034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should + delight himself with God. + +034:010 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it + from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, + that he should commit iniquity. + +034:011 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause + every man to find according to his ways. + +034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the + Almighty pervert judgment. + +034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath + disposed the whole world? + +034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his + spirit and his breath; + +034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto + dust. + +034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the + voice of my words. + +034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn + him that is most just? + +034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, + Ye are ungodly? + +034:019 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of + princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they + all are the work of his hands. + +034:020 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled + at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away + without hand. + +034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his + goings. + +034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers + of iniquity may hide themselves. + +034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should + enter into judgment with God. + +034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set + others in their stead. + +034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in + the night, so that they are destroyed. + +034:026 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; + +034:027 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any + of his ways: + +034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and + he heareth the cry of the afflicted. + +034:029 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when + he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be + done against a nation, or against a man only: + +034:030 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. + +034:031 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne + chastisement, I will not offend any more: + +034:032 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I + will do no more. + +034:033 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, + whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: + therefore speak what thou knowest. + +034:034 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken + unto me. + +034:035 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without + wisdom. + +034:036 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his + answers for wicked men. + +034:037 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands + among us, and multiplieth his words against God. + +035:001 Elihu spake moreover, and said, + +035:002 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My + righteousness is more than God's? + +035:003 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, + What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? + +035:004 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. + +035:005 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which + are higher than thou. + +035:006 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy + transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? + +035:007 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth + he of thine hand? + +035:008 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy + righteousness may profit the son of man. + +035:009 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the + oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the + mighty. + +035:010 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the + night; + +035:011 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh + us wiser than the fowls of heaven? + +035:012 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride + of evil men. + +035:013 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty + regard it. + +035:014 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is + before him; therefore trust thou in him. + +035:015 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; + yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: + +035:016 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth + words without knowledge. + +036:001 Elihu also proceeded, and said, + +036:002 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to + speak on God's behalf. + +036:003 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe + righteousness to my Maker. + +036:004 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in + knowledge is with thee. + +036:005 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in + strength and wisdom. + +036:006 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to + the poor. + +036:007 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings + are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, + and they are exalted. + +036:008 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of + affliction; + +036:009 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that + they have exceeded. + +036:010 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that + they return from iniquity. + +036:011 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in + prosperity, and their years in pleasures. + +036:012 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they + shall die without knowledge. + +036:013 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when + he bindeth them. + +036:014 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. + +036:015 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their + ears in oppression. + +036:016 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a + broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which + should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. + +036:017 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment + and justice take hold on thee. + +036:018 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his + stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. + +036:019 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of + strength. + +036:020 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. + +036:021 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen + rather than affliction. + +036:022 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? + +036:023 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast + wrought iniquity? + +036:024 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. + +036:025 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. + +036:026 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the + number of his years be searched out. + +036:027 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain + according to the vapour thereof: + +036:028 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. + +036:029 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the + noise of his tabernacle? + +036:030 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the + bottom of the sea. + +036:031 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in + abundance. + +036:032 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to + shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. + +036:033 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also + concerning the vapour. + +037:001 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his + place. + +037:002 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that + goeth out of his mouth. + +037:003 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto + the ends of the earth. + +037:004 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his + excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. + +037:005 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth + he, which we cannot comprehend. + +037:006 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to + the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. + +037:007 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his + work. + +037:008 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. + +037:009 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the + north. + +037:010 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the + waters is straitened. + +037:011 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth + his bright cloud: + +037:012 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do + whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in + the earth. + +037:013 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his + land, or for mercy. + +037:014 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the + wondrous works of God. + +037:015 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of + his cloud to shine? + +037:016 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous + works of him which is perfect in knowledge? + +037:017 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the + south wind? + +037:018 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as + a molten looking glass? + +037:019 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our + speech by reason of darkness. + +037:020 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he + shall be swallowed up. + +037:021 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: + but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. + +037:022 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible + majesty. + +037:023 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent + in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will + not afflict. + +037:024 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise + of heart. + +038:001 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, + +038:002 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? + +038:003 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, + and answer thou me. + +038:004 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? + declare, if thou hast understanding. + +038:005 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who + hath stretched the line upon it? + +038:006 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid + the corner stone thereof; + +038:007 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God + shouted for joy? + +038:008 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if + it had issued out of the womb? + +038:009 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness + a swaddlingband for it, + +038:010 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, + +038:011 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here + shall thy proud waves be stayed? + +038:012 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the + dayspring to know his place; + +038:013 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the + wicked might be shaken out of it? + +038:014 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. + +038:015 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high + arm shall be broken. + +038:016 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou + walked in the search of the depth? + +038:017 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou + seen the doors of the shadow of death? + +038:018 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou + knowest it all. + +038:019 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, + where is the place thereof, + +038:020 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that + thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? + +038:021 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the + number of thy days is great? + +038:022 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou + seen the treasures of the hail, + +038:023 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the + day of battle and war? + +038:024 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east + wind upon the earth? + +038:025 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, + or a way for the lightning of thunder; + +038:026 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the + wilderness, wherein there is no man; + +038:027 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud + of the tender herb to spring forth? + +038:028 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? + +038:029 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, + who hath gendered it? + +038:030 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep + is frozen. + +038:031 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the + bands of Orion? + +038:032 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou + guide Arcturus with his sons? + +038:033 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the + dominion thereof in the earth? + +038:034 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of + waters may cover thee? + +038:035 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto + thee, Here we are? + +038:036 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given + understanding to the heart? + +038:037 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the + bottles of heaven, + +038:038 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast + together? + +038:039 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of + the young lions, + +038:040 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie + in wait? + +038:041 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry + unto God, they wander for lack of meat. + +039:001 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring + forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? + +039:002 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou + the time when they bring forth? + +039:003 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they + cast out their sorrows. + +039:004 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; + they go forth, and return not unto them. + +039:005 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the + bands of the wild ass? + +039:006 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land + his dwellings. + +039:007 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he + the crying of the driver. + +039:008 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth + after every green thing. + +039:009 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy + crib? + +039:010 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or + will he harrow the valleys after thee? + +039:011 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt + thou leave thy labour to him? + +039:012 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and + gather it into thy barn? + +039:013 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and + feathers unto the ostrich? + +039:014 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, + +039:015 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild + beast may break them. + +039:016 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were + not her's: her labour is in vain without fear; + +039:017 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he + imparted to her understanding. + +039:018 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the + horse and his rider. + +039:019 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck + with thunder? + +039:020 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his + nostrils is terrible. + +039:021 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he + goeth on to meet the armed men. + +039:022 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he + back from the sword. + +039:023 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the + shield. + +039:024 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither + believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. + +039:025 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the + battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the + shouting. + +039:026 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward + the south? + +039:027 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on + high? + +039:028 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the + rock, and the strong place. + +039:029 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar + off. + +039:030 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, + there is she. + +040:001 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, + +040:002 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he + that reproveth God, let him answer it. + +040:003 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, + +040:004 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine + hand upon my mouth. + +040:005 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I + will proceed no further. + +040:006 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and + said, + +040:007 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and + declare thou unto me. + +040:008 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, + that thou mayest be righteous? + +040:009 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice + like him? + +040:010 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array + thyself with glory and beauty. + +040:011 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that + is proud, and abase him. + +040:012 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread + down the wicked in their place. + +040:013 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in + secret. + +040:014 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand + can save thee. + +040:015 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass + as an ox. + +040:016 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the + navel of his belly. + +040:017 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are + wrapped together. + +040:018 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like + bars of iron. + +040:019 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make + his sword to approach unto him. + +040:020 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the + beasts of the field play. + +040:021 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and + fens. + +040:022 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of + the brook compass him about. + +040:023 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth + that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. + +040:024 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. + +041:001 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with + a cord which thou lettest down? + +041:002 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through + with a thorn? + +041:003 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft + words unto thee? + +041:004 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a + servant for ever? + +041:005 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him + for thy maidens? + +041:006 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part + him among the merchants? + +041:007 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with + fish spears? + +041:008 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. + +041:009 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down + even at the sight of him? + +041:010 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to + stand before me? + +041:011 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is + under the whole heaven is mine. + +041:012 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely + proportion. + +041:013 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to + him with his double bridle? + +041:014 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible + round about. + +041:015 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close + seal. + +041:016 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. + +041:017 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they + cannot be sundered. + +041:018 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the + eyelids of the morning. + +041:019 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap + out. + +041:020 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or + caldron. + +041:021 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. + +041:022 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy + before him. + +041:023 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in + themselves; they cannot be moved. + +041:024 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of + the nether millstone. + +041:025 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason + of breakings they purify themselves. + +041:026 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, + the dart, nor the habergeon. + +041:027 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. + +041:028 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with + him into stubble. + +041:029 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a + spear. + +041:030 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things + upon the mire. + +041:031 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like + a pot of ointment. + +041:032 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep + to be hoary. + +041:033 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. + +041:034 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the + children of pride. + +042:001 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, + +042:002 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can + be withholden from thee. + +042:003 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore + have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for + me, which I knew not. + +042:004 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, + and declare thou unto me. + +042:005 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine + eye seeth thee. + +042:006 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. + +042:007 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto + Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is + kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have + not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job + hath. + +042:008 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and + go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt + offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will + I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye + have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my + servant Job. + +042:009 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the + Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: + the LORD also accepted Job. + +042:010 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for + his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had + before. + +042:011 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his + sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance + before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they + bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the + LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of + money, and every one an earring of gold. + +042:012 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his + beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six + thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand + she asses. + +042:013 He had also seven sons and three daughters. + +042:014 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of + the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. + +042:015 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the + daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among + their brethren. + +042:016 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his + sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. + +042:017 So Job died, being old and full of days. + +Book 19 Psalms + +001:001 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the + ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in + the seat of the scornful. + +001:002 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth + he meditate day and night. + +001:003 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, + that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also + shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. + +001:004 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind + driveth away. + +001:005 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor + sinners in the congregation of the righteous. + +001:006 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of + the ungodly shall perish. + +002:001 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? + +002:002 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take + counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, + saying, + +002:003 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords + from us. + +002:004 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall + have them in derision. + +002:005 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in + his sore displeasure. + +002:006 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. + +002:007 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou + art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. + +002:008 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine + inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy + possession. + +002:009 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them + in pieces like a potter's vessel. + +002:010 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of + the earth. + +002:011 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. + +002:012 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, + when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they + that put their trust in him. + +003:001 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they + that rise up against me. + +003:002 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him + in God. Selah. + +003:003 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the + lifter up of mine head. + +003:004 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of + his holy hill. Selah. + +003:005 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. + +003:006 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set + themselves against me round about. + +003:007 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all + mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth + of the ungodly. + +003:008 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy + people. Selah. + +004:001 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast + enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and + hear my prayer. + +004:002 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? + how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. + +004:003 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for + himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. + +004:004 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon + your bed, and be still. Selah. + +004:005 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in + the LORD. + +004:006 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift + thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. + +004:007 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that + their corn and their wine increased. + +004:008 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, + only makest me dwell in safety. + +005:001 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. + +005:002 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for + unto thee will I pray. + +005:003 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the + morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. + +005:004 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: + neither shall evil dwell with thee. + +005:005 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all + workers of iniquity. + +005:006 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will + abhor the bloody and deceitful man. + +005:007 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of + thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy + temple. + +005:008 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; + make thy way straight before my face. + +005:009 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part + is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they + flatter with their tongue. + +005:010 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; + cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for + they have rebelled against thee. + +005:011 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let + them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them + also that love thy name be joyful in thee. + +005:012 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt + thou compass him as with a shield. + +006:001 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in + thy hot displeasure. + +006:002 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; + for my bones are vexed. + +006:003 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? + +006:004 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' + sake. + +006:005 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who + shall give thee thanks? + +006:006 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to + swim; I water my couch with my tears. + +006:007 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because + of all mine enemies. + +006:008 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath + heard the voice of my weeping. + +006:009 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my + prayer. + +006:010 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them + return and be ashamed suddenly. + +007:001 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all + them that persecute me, and deliver me: + +007:002 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while + there is none to deliver. + +007:003 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my + hands; + +007:004 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; + (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) + +007:005 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him + tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the + dust. Selah. + +007:006 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the + rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that + thou hast commanded. + +007:007 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: + for their sakes therefore return thou on high. + +007:008 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according + to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is + in me. + +007:009 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but + establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts + and reins. + +007:010 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. + +007:011 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked + every day. + +007:012 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, + and made it ready. + +007:013 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he + ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. + +007:014 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived + mischief, and brought forth falsehood. + +007:015 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch + which he made. + +007:016 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent + dealing shall come down upon his own pate. + +007:017 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and + will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. + +008:001 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! + who hast set thy glory above the heavens. + +008:002 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained + strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still + the enemy and the avenger. + +008:003 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon + and the stars, which thou hast ordained; + +008:004 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, + that thou visitest him? + +008:005 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and + hast crowned him with glory and honour. + +008:006 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; + thou hast put all things under his feet: + +008:007 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; + +008:008 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever + passeth through the paths of the seas. + +008:009 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! + +009:001 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew + forth all thy marvellous works. + +009:002 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy + name, O thou most High. + +009:003 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish + at thy presence. + +009:004 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in + the throne judging right. + +009:005 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, + thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. + +009:006 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and + thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with + them. + +009:007 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his + throne for judgment. + +009:008 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall + minister judgment to the people in uprightness. + +009:009 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in + times of trouble. + +009:010 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for + thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. + +009:011 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare + among the people his doings. + +009:012 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he + forgetteth not the cry of the humble. + +009:013 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer + of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates + of death: + +009:014 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the + daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. + +009:015 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the + net which they hid is their own foot taken. + +009:016 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the + wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. + Selah. + +009:017 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that + forget God. + +009:018 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of + the poor shall not perish for ever. + +009:019 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged + in thy sight. + +009:020 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves + to be but men. Selah. + +010:001 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in + times of trouble? + +010:002 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be + taken in the devices that they have imagined. + +010:003 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth + the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. + +010:004 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not + seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. + +010:005 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out + of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. + +010:006 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall + never be in adversity. + +010:007 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his + tongue is mischief and vanity. + +010:008 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the + secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are + privily set against the poor. + +010:009 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in + wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he + draweth him into his net. + +010:010 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by + his strong ones. + +010:011 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his + face; he will never see it. + +010:012 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the + humble. + +010:013 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his + heart, Thou wilt not require it. + +010:014 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to + requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto + thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. + +010:015 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out + his wickedness till thou find none. + +010:016 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished + out of his land. + +010:017 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt + prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: + +010:018 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the + earth may no more oppress. + +011:001 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a + bird to your mountain? + +011:002 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their + arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the + upright in heart. + +011:003 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? + +011:004 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in + heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. + +011:005 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that + loveth violence his soul hateth. + +011:006 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and + an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. + +011:007 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance + doth behold the upright. + +012:001 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail + from among the children of men. + +012:002 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with + flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. + +012:003 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue + that speaketh proud things: + +012:004 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are + our own: who is lord over us? + +012:005 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, + now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety + from him that puffeth at him. + +012:006 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a + furnace of earth, purified seven times. + +012:007 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from + this generation for ever. + +012:008 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are + exalted. + +013:001 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt + thou hide thy face from me? + +013:002 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my + heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? + +013:003 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I + sleep the sleep of death; + +013:004 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those + that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. + +013:005 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy + salvation. + +013:006 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully + with me. + +014:001 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are + corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that + doeth good. + +014:002 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to + see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. + +014:003 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: + there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +014:004 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my + people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. + +014:005 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of + the righteous. + +014:006 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is + his refuge. + +014:007 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when + the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob + shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. + +015:001 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in + thy holy hill? + +015:002 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and + speaketh the truth in his heart. + +015:003 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his + neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. + +015:004 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth + them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and + changeth not. + +015:005 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward + against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never + be moved. + +016:001 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. + +016:002 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my + goodness extendeth not to thee; + +016:003 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, + in whom is all my delight. + +016:004 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another + god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take + up their names into my lips. + +016:005 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: + thou maintainest my lot. + +016:006 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a + goodly heritage. + +016:007 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins + also instruct me in the night seasons. + +016:008 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my + right hand, I shall not be moved. + +016:009 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh + also shall rest in hope. + +016:010 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou + suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. + +016:011 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness + of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. + +017:001 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my + prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. + +017:002 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes + behold the things that are equal. + +017:003 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the + night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am + purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. + +017:004 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have + kept me from the paths of the destroyer. + +017:005 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. + +017:006 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline + thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. + +017:007 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy + right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that + rise up against them. + +017:008 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of + thy wings, + +017:009 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who + compass me about. + +017:010 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they + speak proudly. + +017:011 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their + eyes bowing down to the earth; + +017:012 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a + young lion lurking in secret places. + +017:013 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul + from the wicked, which is thy sword: + +017:014 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, + which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou + fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and + leave the rest of their substance to their babes. + +017:015 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be + satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. + +018:001 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. + +018:002 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my + God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the + horn of my salvation, and my high tower. + +018:003 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so + shall I be saved from mine enemies. + +018:004 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly + men made me afraid. + +018:005 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death + prevented me. + +018:006 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: + he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before + him, even into his ears. + +018:007 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the + hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. + +018:008 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his + mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. + +018:009 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was + under his feet. + +018:010 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon + the wings of the wind. + +018:011 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about + him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. + +018:012 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, + hail stones and coals of fire. + +018:013 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave + his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. + +018:014 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot + out lightnings, and discomfited them. + +018:015 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of + the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast + of the breath of thy nostrils. + +018:016 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. + +018:017 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which + hated me: for they were too strong for me. + +018:018 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was + my stay. + +018:019 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, + because he delighted in me. + +018:020 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according + to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. + +018:021 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly + departed from my God. + +018:022 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away + his statutes from me. + +018:023 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine + iniquity. + +018:024 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my + righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his + eyesight. + +018:025 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an + upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; + +018:026 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the + froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. + +018:027 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down + high looks. + +018:028 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten + my darkness. + +018:029 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I + leaped over a wall. + +018:030 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: + he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. + +018:031 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? + +018:032 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way + perfect. + +018:033 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my + high places. + +018:034 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken + by mine arms. + +018:035 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy + right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me + great. + +018:036 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not + slip. + +018:037 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I + turn again till they were consumed. + +018:038 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are + fallen under my feet. + +018:039 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou + hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. + +018:040 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I + might destroy them that hate me. + +018:041 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the + LORD, but he answered them not. + +018:042 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did + cast them out as the dirt in the streets. + +018:043 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and + thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I + have not known shall serve me. + +018:044 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers + shall submit themselves unto me. + +018:045 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their + close places. + +018:046 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my + salvation be exalted. + +018:047 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. + +018:048 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up + above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me + from the violent man. + +018:049 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the + heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. + +018:050 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to + his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. + +019:001 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament + sheweth his handywork. + +019:002 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth + knowledge. + +019:003 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not + heard. + +019:004 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words + to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for + the sun, + +019:005 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and + rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. + +019:006 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit + unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat + thereof. + +019:007 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the + testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. + +019:008 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the + commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. + +019:009 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the + judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. + +019:010 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine + gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. + +019:011 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them + there is great reward. + +019:012 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret + faults. + +019:013 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them + not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I + shall be innocent from the great transgression. + +019:014 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be + acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. + +020:001 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God + of Jacob defend thee; + +020:002 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of + Zion; + +020:003 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; + Selah. + +020:004 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy + counsel. + +020:005 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God + we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. + +020:006 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him + from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right + hand. + +020:007 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will + remember the name of the LORD our God. + +020:008 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand + upright. + +020:009 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. + +021:001 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy + salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! + +021:002 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not + withholden the request of his lips. Selah. + +021:003 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou + settest a crown of pure gold on his head. + +021:004 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of + days for ever and ever. + +021:005 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast + thou laid upon him. + +021:006 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made + him exceeding glad with thy countenance. + +021:007 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of + the most High he shall not be moved. + +021:008 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand + shall find out those that hate thee. + +021:009 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine + anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the + fire shall devour them. + +021:010 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed + from among the children of men. + +021:011 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a + mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. + +021:012 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou + shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the + face of them. + +021:013 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing + and praise thy power. + +022:001 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far + from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? + +022:002 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in + the night season, and am not silent. + +022:003 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of + Israel. + +022:004 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst + deliver them. + +022:005 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in + thee, and were not confounded. + +022:006 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised + of the people. + +022:007 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the + lip, they shake the head, saying, + +022:008 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him + deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. + +022:009 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make + me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. + +022:010 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my + mother's belly. + +022:011 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to + help. + +022:012 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have + beset me round. + +022:013 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a + roaring lion. + +022:014 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: + my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. + +022:015 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue + cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of + death. + +022:016 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have + inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. + +022:017 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. + +022:018 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my + vesture. + +022:019 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee + to help me. + +022:020 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of + the dog. + +022:021 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the + horns of the unicorns. + +022:022 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the + congregation will I praise thee. + +022:023 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, + glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. + +022:024 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the + afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he + cried unto him, he heard. + +022:025 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will + pay my vows before them that fear him. + +022:026 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the + LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. + +022:027 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the + LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before + thee. + +022:028 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among + the nations. + +022:029 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all + they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none + can keep alive his own soul. + +022:030 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for + a generation. + +022:031 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a + people that shall be born, that he hath done this. + +023:001 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. + +023:002 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me + beside the still waters. + +023:003 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of + righteousness for his name's sake. + +023:004 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, + I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy + staff they comfort me. + +023:005 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine + enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. + +023:006 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my + life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. + +024:001 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, + and they that dwell therein. + +024:002 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon + the floods. + +024:003 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand + in his holy place? + +024:004 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not + lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. + +024:005 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness + from the God of his salvation. + +024:006 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy + face, O Jacob. Selah. + +024:007 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye + everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. + +024:008 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the + LORD mighty in battle. + +024:009 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye + everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. + +024:010 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King + of glory. Selah. + +025:001 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. + +025:002 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine + enemies triumph over me. + +025:003 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be + ashamed which transgress without cause. + +025:004 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. + +025:005 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my + salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. + +025:006 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; + for they have been ever of old. + +025:007 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: + according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' + sake, O LORD. + +025:008 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners + in the way. + +025:009 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach + his way. + +025:010 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as + keep his covenant and his testimonies. + +025:011 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is + great. + +025:012 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in + the way that he shall choose. + +025:013 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the + earth. + +025:014 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will + shew them his covenant. + +025:015 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet + out of the net. + +025:016 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate + and afflicted. + +025:017 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of + my distresses. + +025:018 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my + sins. + +025:019 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me + with cruel hatred. + +025:020 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I + put my trust in thee. + +025:021 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. + +025:022 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. + +026:001 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have + trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. + +026:002 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. + +026:003 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked + in thy truth. + +026:004 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with + dissemblers. + +026:005 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit + with the wicked. + +026:006 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine + altar, O LORD: + +026:007 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of + all thy wondrous works. + +026:008 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place + where thine honour dwelleth. + +026:009 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: + +026:010 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of + bribes. + +026:011 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and + be merciful unto me. + +026:012 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I + bless the LORD. + +027:001 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the + LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? + +027:002 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me + to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. + +027:003 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not + fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be + confident. + +027:004 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; + that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my + life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his + temple. + +027:005 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: + in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set + me up upon a rock. + +027:006 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round + about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices + of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. + +027:007 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon + me, and answer me. + +027:008 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, + Thy face, LORD, will I seek. + +027:009 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in + anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake + me, O God of my salvation. + +027:010 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will + take me up. + +027:011 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because + of mine enemies. + +027:012 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false + witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out + cruelty. + +027:013 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of + the LORD in the land of the living. + +027:014 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen + thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. + +028:001 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: + lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down + into the pit. + +028:002 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when + I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. + +028:003 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of + iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief + is in their hearts. + +028:004 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the + wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of + their hands; render to them their desert. + +028:005 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the + operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build + them up. + +028:006 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my + supplications. + +028:007 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in + him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; + and with my song will I praise him. + +028:008 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of + his anointed. + +028:009 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, + and lift them up for ever. + +029:001 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and + strength. + +029:002 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the + LORD in the beauty of holiness. + +029:003 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory + thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. + +029:004 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is + full of majesty. + +029:005 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD + breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. + +029:006 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion + like a young unicorn. + +029:007 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. + +029:008 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh + the wilderness of Kadesh. + +029:009 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and + discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one + speak of his glory. + +029:010 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King + for ever. + +029:011 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will + bless his people with peace. + +030:001 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and + hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. + +030:002 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. + +030:003 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast + kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. + +030:004 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the + remembrance of his holiness. + +030:005 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: + weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. + +030:006 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. + +030:007 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand + strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. + +030:008 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made + supplication. + +030:009 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? + Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? + +030:010 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. + +030:011 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast + put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; + +030:012 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be + silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. + +031:001 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: + deliver me in thy righteousness. + +031:002 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my + strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. + +031:003 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's + sake lead me, and guide me. + +031:004 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for + thou art my strength. + +031:005 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O + LORD God of truth. + +031:006 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in + the LORD. + +031:007 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast + considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; + +031:008 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast + set my feet in a large room. + +031:009 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is + consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. + +031:010 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my + strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are + consumed. + +031:011 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among + my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did + see me without fled from me. + +031:012 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken + vessel. + +031:013 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: + while they took counsel together against me, they devised to + take away my life. + +031:014 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. + +031:015 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine + enemies, and from them that persecute me. + +031:016 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy + mercies' sake. + +031:017 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: + let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the + grave. + +031:018 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous + things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. + +031:019 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them + that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in + thee before the sons of men! + +031:020 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the + pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from + the strife of tongues. + +031:021 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous + kindness in a strong city. + +031:022 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: + nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when + I cried unto thee. + +031:023 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth + the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. + +031:024 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye + that hope in the LORD. + +032:001 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is + covered. + +032:002 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, + and in whose spirit there is no guile. + +032:003 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all + the day long. + +032:004 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is + turned into the drought of summer. Selah. + +032:005 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not + hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; + and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. + +032:006 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a + time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great + waters they shall not come nigh unto him. + +032:007 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; + thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. + +032:008 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou + shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. + +032:009 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no + understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and + bridle, lest they come near unto thee. + +032:010 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in + the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. + +032:011 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for + joy, all ye that are upright in heart. + +033:001 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for + the upright. + +033:002 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and + an instrument of ten strings. + +033:003 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. + +033:004 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done + in truth. + +033:005 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the + goodness of the LORD. + +033:006 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the + host of them by the breath of his mouth. + +033:007 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he + layeth up the depth in storehouses. + +033:008 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of + the world stand in awe of him. + +033:009 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood + fast. + +033:010 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he + maketh the devices of the people of none effect. + +033:011 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his + heart to all generations. + +033:012 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people + whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. + +033:013 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of + men. + +033:014 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the + inhabitants of the earth. + +033:015 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their + works. + +033:016 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty + man is not delivered by much strength. + +033:017 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver + any by his great strength. + +033:018 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon + them that hope in his mercy; + +033:019 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in + famine. + +033:020 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. + +033:021 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in + his holy name. + +033:022 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in + thee. + +034:001 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall + continually be in my mouth. + +034:002 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall + hear thereof, and be glad. + +034:003 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name + together. + +034:004 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all + my fears. + +034:005 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were + not ashamed. + +034:006 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out + of all his troubles. + +034:007 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear + him, and delivereth them. + +034:008 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that + trusteth in him. + +034:009 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them + that fear him. + +034:010 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek + the LORD shall not want any good thing. + +034:011 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear + of the LORD. + +034:012 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that + he may see good? + +034:013 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. + +034:014 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. + +034:015 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are + open unto their cry. + +034:016 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off + the remembrance of them from the earth. + +034:017 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them + out of all their troubles. + +034:018 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and + saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. + +034:019 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD + delivereth him out of them all. + +034:020 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. + +034:021 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous + shall be desolate. + +034:022 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them + that trust in him shall be desolate. + +035:001 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight + against them that fight against me. + +035:002 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. + +035:003 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that + persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. + +035:004 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my + soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that + devise my hurt. + +035:005 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the + LORD chase them. + +035:006 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the + LORD persecute them. + +035:007 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, + which without cause they have digged for my soul. + +035:008 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net + that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let + him fall. + +035:009 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in + his salvation. + +035:010 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which + deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, + the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? + +035:011 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things + that I knew not. + +035:012 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. + +035:013 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: + I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into + mine own bosom. + +035:014 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I + bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. + +035:015 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves + together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together + against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased + not: + +035:016 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with + their teeth. + +035:017 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their + destructions, my darling from the lions. + +035:018 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will + praise thee among much people. + +035:019 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: + neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a + cause. + +035:020 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters + against them that are quiet in the land. + +035:021 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, + aha, our eye hath seen it. + +035:022 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not + far from me. + +035:023 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, + my God and my Lord. + +035:024 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and + let them not rejoice over me. + +035:025 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let + them not say, We have swallowed him up. + +035:026 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that + rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and + dishonour that magnify themselves against me. + +035:027 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous + cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be + magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his + servant. + +035:028 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy + praise all the day long. + +036:001 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that + there is no fear of God before his eyes. + +036:002 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity + be found to be hateful. + +036:003 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left + off to be wise, and to do good. + +036:004 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way + that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. + +036:005 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness + reacheth unto the clouds. + +036:006 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments + are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. + +036:007 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the + children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. + +036:008 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy + house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy + pleasures. + +036:009 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we + see light. + +036:010 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and + thy righteousness to the upright in heart. + +036:011 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the + hand of the wicked remove me. + +036:012 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, + and shall not be able to rise. + +037:001 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious + against the workers of iniquity. + +037:002 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as + the green herb. + +037:003 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the + land, and verily thou shalt be fed. + +037:004 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the + desires of thine heart. + +037:005 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall + bring it to pass. + +037:006 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and + thy judgment as the noonday. + +037:007 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself + because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man + who bringeth wicked devices to pass. + +037:008 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any + wise to do evil. + +037:009 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the + LORD, they shall inherit the earth. + +037:010 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou + shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. + +037:011 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight + themselves in the abundance of peace. + +037:012 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him + with his teeth. + +037:013 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is + coming. + +037:014 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, + to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of + upright conversation. + +037:015 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows + shall be broken. + +037:016 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches + of many wicked. + +037:017 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD + upholdeth the righteous. + +037:018 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their + inheritance shall be for ever. + +037:019 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of + famine they shall be satisfied. + +037:020 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall + be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall + they consume away. + +037:021 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous + sheweth mercy, and giveth. + +037:022 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and + they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. + +037:023 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he + delighteth in his way. + +037:024 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the + LORD upholdeth him with his hand. + +037:025 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the + righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. + +037:026 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. + +037:027 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. + +037:028 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; + they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall + be cut off. + +037:029 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for + ever. + +037:030 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue + talketh of judgment. + +037:031 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall + slide. + +037:032 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. + +037:033 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when + he is judged. + +037:034 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to + inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see + it. + +037:035 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself + like a green bay tree. + +037:036 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, + but he could not be found. + +037:037 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of + that man is peace. + +037:038 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of + the wicked shall be cut off. + +037:039 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their + strength in the time of trouble. + +037:040 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall + deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they + trust in him. + +038:001 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy + hot displeasure. + +038:002 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me + sore. + +038:003 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; + neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. + +038:004 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy + burden they are too heavy for me. + +038:005 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. + +038:006 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the + day long. + +038:007 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is + no soundness in my flesh. + +038:008 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the + disquietness of my heart. + +038:009 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid + from thee. + +038:010 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of + mine eyes, it also is gone from me. + +038:011 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my + kinsmen stand afar off. + +038:012 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they + that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine + deceits all the day long. + +038:013 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that + openeth not his mouth. + +038:014 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are + no reproofs. + +038:015 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. + +038:016 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over + me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. + +038:017 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before + me. + +038:018 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. + +038:019 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they + that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. + +038:020 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; + because I follow the thing that good is. + +038:021 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. + +038:022 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. + +039:001 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my + tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked + is before me. + +039:002 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and + my sorrow was stirred. + +039:003 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire + burned: then spake I with my tongue, + +039:004 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, + what it is: that I may know how frail I am. + +039:005 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age + is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state + is altogether vanity. Selah. + +039:006 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are + disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who + shall gather them. + +039:007 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. + +039:008 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the + reproach of the foolish. + +039:009 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. + +039:010 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of + thine hand. + +039:011 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou + makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every + man is vanity. Selah. + +039:012 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy + peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a + sojourner, as all my fathers were. + +039:013 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, + and be no more. + +040:001 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and + heard my cry. + +040:002 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry + clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. + +040:003 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our + God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. + +040:004 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and + respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. + +040:005 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast + done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be + reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak + of them, they are more than can be numbered. + +040:006 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast + thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not + required. + +040:007 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is + written of me, + +040:008 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my + heart. + +040:009 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I + have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. + +040:010 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have + declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not + concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great + congregation. + +040:011 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy + lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. + +040:012 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities + have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; + they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart + faileth me. + +040:013 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help + me. + +040:014 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my + soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to + shame that wish me evil. + +040:015 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto + me, Aha, aha. + +040:016 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let + such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be + magnified. + +040:017 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou + art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. + +041:001 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver + him in time of trouble. + +041:002 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall + be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto + the will of his enemies. + +041:003 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou + wilt make all his bed in his sickness. + +041:004 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have + sinned against thee. + +041:005 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name + perish? + +041:006 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart + gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth + it. + +041:007 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do + they devise my hurt. + +041:008 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now + that he lieth he shall rise up no more. + +041:009 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did + eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. + +041:010 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I + may requite them. + +041:011 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth + not triumph over me. + +041:012 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and + settest me before thy face for ever. + +041:013 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to + everlasting. Amen, and Amen. + +042:001 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul + after thee, O God. + +042:002 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I + come and appear before God? + +042:003 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they + continually say unto me, Where is thy God? + +042:004 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I + had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of + God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that + kept holyday. + +042:005 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted + in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the + help of his countenance. + +042:006 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I + remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, + from the hill Mizar. + +042:007 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all + thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. + +042:008 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, + and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto + the God of my life. + +042:009 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why + go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? + +042:010 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while + they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? + +042:011 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted + within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who + is the health of my countenance, and my God. + +043:001 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: + O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. + +043:002 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me + off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? + +043:003 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them + bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. + +043:004 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding + joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. + +043:005 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted + within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the + health of my countenance, and my God. + +044:001 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, + what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. + +044:002 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and + plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast + them out. + +044:003 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, + neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and + thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou + hadst a favour unto them. + +044:004 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. + +044:005 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name + will we tread them under that rise up against us. + +044:006 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save + me. + +044:007 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to + shame that hated us. + +044:008 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for + ever. Selah. + +044:009 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not + forth with our armies. + +044:010 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which + hate us spoil for themselves. + +044:011 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast + scattered us among the heathen. + +044:012 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy + wealth by their price. + +044:013 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a + derision to them that are round about us. + +044:014 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the + head among the people. + +044:015 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my + face hath covered me, + +044:016 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by + reason of the enemy and avenger. + +044:017 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, + neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. + +044:018 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined + from thy way; + +044:019 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and + covered us with the shadow of death. + +044:020 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our + hands to a strange god; + +044:021 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of + the heart. + +044:022 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are + counted as sheep for the slaughter. + +044:023 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for + ever. + +044:024 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction + and our oppression? + +044:025 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth + unto the earth. + +044:026 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. + +045:001 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things + which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a + ready writer. + +045:002 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into + thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. + +045:003 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory + and thy majesty. + +045:004 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and + meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach + thee terrible things. + +045:005 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; + whereby the people fall under thee. + +045:006 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy + kingdom is a right sceptre. + +045:007 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore + God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness + above thy fellows. + +045:008 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of + the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. + +045:009 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy + right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. + +045:010 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; + forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; + +045:011 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy + Lord; and worship thou him. + +045:012 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the + rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. + +045:013 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of + wrought gold. + +045:014 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: + the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought + unto thee. + +045:015 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall + enter into the king's palace. + +045:016 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest + make princes in all the earth. + +045:017 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: + therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. + +046:001 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in + trouble. + +046:002 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and + though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; + +046:003 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the + mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. + +046:004 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city + of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. + +046:005 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall + help her, and that right early. + +046:006 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his + voice, the earth melted. + +046:007 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. + Selah. + +046:008 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath + made in the earth. + +046:009 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh + the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the + chariot in the fire. + +046:010 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the + heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. + +046:011 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. + Selah. + +047:001 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the + voice of triumph. + +047:002 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over + all the earth. + +047:003 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our + feet. + +047:004 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of + Jacob whom he loved. Selah. + +047:005 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a + trumpet. + +047:006 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, + sing praises. + +047:007 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with + understanding. + +047:008 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of + his holiness. + +047:009 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the + people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth + belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. + +048:001 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of + our God, in the mountain of his holiness. + +048:002 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount + Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. + +048:003 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. + +048:004 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. + +048:005 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and + hasted away. + +048:006 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in + travail. + +048:007 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. + +048:008 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of + hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. + Selah. + +048:009 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of + thy temple. + +048:010 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends + of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. + +048:011 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, + because of thy judgments. + +048:012 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers + thereof. + +048:013 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may + tell it to the generation following. + +048:014 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our + guide even unto death. + +049:001 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the + world: + +049:002 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. + +049:003 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart + shall be of understanding. + +049:004 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark + saying upon the harp. + +049:005 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity + of my heels shall compass me about? + +049:006 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the + multitude of their riches; + +049:007 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to + God a ransom for him: + +049:008 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth + for ever:) + +049:009 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. + +049:010 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the + brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. + +049:011 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for + ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call + their lands after their own names. + +049:012 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the + beasts that perish. + +049:013 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve + their sayings. Selah. + +049:014 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on + them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the + morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from + their dwelling. + +049:015 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for + he shall receive me. Selah. + +049:016 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of + his house is increased; + +049:017 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall + not descend after him. + +049:018 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise + thee, when thou doest well to thyself. + +049:019 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never + see light. + +049:020 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the + beasts that perish. + +050:001 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the + earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. + +050:002 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. + +050:003 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall + devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round + about him. + +050:004 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, + that he may judge his people. + +050:005 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a + covenant with me by sacrifice. + +050:006 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is + judge himself. Selah. + +050:007 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will + testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. + +050:008 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt + offerings, to have been continually before me. + +050:009 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of + thy folds. + +050:010 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a + thousand hills. + +050:011 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of + the field are mine. + +050:012 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is + mine, and the fulness thereof. + +050:013 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? + +050:014 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most + High: + +050:015 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, + and thou shalt glorify me. + +050:016 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare + my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy + mouth? + +050:017 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind + thee. + +050:018 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and + hast been partaker with adulterers. + +050:019 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. + +050:020 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest + thine own mother's son. + +050:021 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou + thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I + will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. + +050:022 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in + pieces, and there be none to deliver. + +050:023 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth + his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. + +051:001 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: + according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my + transgressions. + +051:002 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my + sin. + +051:003 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before + me. + +051:004 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in + thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, + and be clear when thou judgest. + +051:005 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother + conceive me. + +051:006 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the + hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. + +051:007 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I + shall be whiter than snow. + +051:008 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou + hast broken may rejoice. + +051:009 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. + +051:010 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit + within me. + +051:011 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy + spirit from me. + +051:012 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with + thy free spirit. + +051:013 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be + converted unto thee. + +051:014 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my + salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy + righteousness. + +051:015 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy + praise. + +051:016 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou + delightest not in burnt offering. + +051:017 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a + contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. + +051:018 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls + of Jerusalem. + +051:019 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of + righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: + then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. + +052:001 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the + goodness of God endureth continually. + +052:002 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working + deceitfully. + +052:003 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to + speak righteousness. Selah. + +052:004 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. + +052:005 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee + away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee + out of the land of the living. Selah. + +052:006 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at + him: + +052:007 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but + trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened + himself in his wickedness. + +052:008 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust + in the mercy of God for ever and ever. + +052:009 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I + will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. + +053:001 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are + they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that + doeth good. + +053:002 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see + if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. + +053:003 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become + filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +053:004 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my + people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. + +053:005 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath + scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou + hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. + +053:006 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When + God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall + rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. + +054:001 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. + +054:002 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. + +054:003 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek + after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. + +054:004 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold + my soul. + +054:005 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy + truth. + +054:006 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O + LORD; for it is good. + +054:007 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath + seen his desire upon mine enemies. + +055:001 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my + supplication. + +055:002 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make + a noise; + +055:003 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression + of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath + they hate me. + +055:004 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death + are fallen upon me. + +055:005 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath + overwhelmed me. + +055:006 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I + fly away, and be at rest. + +055:007 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. + Selah. + +055:008 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. + +055:009 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen + violence and strife in the city. + +055:010 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: + mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. + +055:011 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart + not from her streets. + +055:012 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have + borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify + himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: + +055:013 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine + acquaintance. + +055:014 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of + God in company. + +055:015 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into + hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. + +055:016 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. + +055:017 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: + and he shall hear my voice. + +055:018 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was + against me: for there were many with me. + +055:019 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. + Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not + God. + +055:020 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with + him: he hath broken his covenant. + +055:021 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was + in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they + drawn swords. + +055:022 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he + shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. + +055:023 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of + destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half + their days; but I will trust in thee. + +056:001 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he + fighting daily oppresseth me. + +056:002 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that + fight against me, O thou most High. + +056:003 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. + +056:004 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I + will not fear what flesh can do unto me. + +056:005 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against + me for evil. + +056:006 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they + mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. + +056:007 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the + people, O God. + +056:008 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: + are they not in thy book? + +056:009 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this + I know; for God is for me. + +056:010 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his + word. + +056:011 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can + do unto me. + +056:012 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. + +056:013 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou + deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in + the light of the living? + +057:001 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul + trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make + my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. + +057:002 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all + things for me. + +057:003 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of + him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his + mercy and his truth. + +057:004 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set + on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and + arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. + +057:005 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be + above all the earth. + +057:006 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: + they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they + are fallen themselves. Selah. + +057:007 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and + give praise. + +057:008 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will + awake early. + +057:009 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto + thee among the nations. + +057:010 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto + the clouds. + +057:011 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be + above all the earth. + +058:001 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge + uprightly, O ye sons of men? + +058:002 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of + your hands in the earth. + +058:003 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon + as they be born, speaking lies. + +058:004 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like + the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; + +058:005 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming + never so wisely. + +058:006 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great + teeth of the young lions, O LORD. + +058:007 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he + bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in + pieces. + +058:008 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: + like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the + sun. + +058:009 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away + as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. + +058:010 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he + shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. + +058:011 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the + righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. + +059:001 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them + that rise up against me. + +059:002 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from + bloody men. + +059:003 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered + against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. + +059:004 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to + help me, and behold. + +059:005 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake + to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked + transgressors. Selah. + +059:006 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go + round about the city. + +059:007 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their + lips: for who, say they, doth hear? + +059:008 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the + heathen in derision. + +059:009 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my + defence. + +059:010 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my + desire upon mine enemies. + +059:011 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy + power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. + +059:012 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let + them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying + which they speak. + +059:013 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and + let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the + earth. Selah. + +059:014 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like + a dog, and go round about the city. + +059:015 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be + not satisfied. + +059:016 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy + mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge + in the day of my trouble. + +059:017 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, + and the God of my mercy. + +060:001 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou + hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. + +060:002 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal + the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. + +060:003 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to + drink the wine of astonishment. + +060:004 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may + be displayed because of the truth. Selah. + +060:005 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, + and hear me. + +060:006 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide + Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. + +060:007 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the + strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; + +060:008 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: + Philistia, triumph thou because of me. + +060:009 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into + Edom? + +060:010 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O + God, which didst not go out with our armies? + +060:011 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. + +060:012 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall + tread down our enemies. + +061:001 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. + +061:002 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart + is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. + +061:003 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from + the enemy. + +061:004 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the + covert of thy wings. Selah. + +061:005 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the + heritage of those that fear thy name. + +061:006 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many + generations. + +061:007 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, + which may preserve him. + +061:008 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily + perform my vows. + +062:001 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. + +062:002 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall + not be greatly moved. + +062:003 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be + slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a + tottering fence. + +062:004 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they + delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse + inwardly. Selah. + +062:005 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from + him. + +062:006 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall + not be moved. + +062:007 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, + and my refuge, is in God. + +062:008 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart + before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. + +062:009 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree + are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether + lighter than vanity. + +062:010 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if + riches increase, set not your heart upon them. + +062:011 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power + belongeth unto God. + +062:012 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to + every man according to his work. + +063:001 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul + thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and + thirsty land, where no water is; + +063:002 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the + sanctuary. + +063:003 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall + praise thee. + +063:004 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands + in thy name. + +063:005 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my + mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: + +063:006 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the + night watches. + +063:007 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy + wings will I rejoice. + +063:008 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth + me. + +063:009 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the + lower parts of the earth. + +063:010 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for + foxes. + +063:011 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by + him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall + be stopped. + +064:001 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear + of the enemy. + +064:002 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the + insurrection of the workers of iniquity: + +064:003 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to + shoot their arrows, even bitter words: + +064:004 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they + shoot at him, and fear not. + +064:005 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of + laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? + +064:006 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: + both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, + is deep. + +064:007 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they + be wounded. + +064:008 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: + all that see them shall flee away. + +064:009 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for + they shall wisely consider of his doing. + +064:010 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in + him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. + +065:001 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall + the vow be performed. + +065:002 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. + +065:003 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou + shalt purge them away. + +065:004 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach + unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be + satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy + temple. + +065:005 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God + of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of + the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: + +065:006 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded + with power: + +065:007 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their + waves, and the tumult of the people. + +065:008 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy + tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening + to rejoice. + +065:009 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly + enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: + thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. + +065:010 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the + furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou + blessest the springing thereof. + +065:011 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop + fatness. + +065:012 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little + hills rejoice on every side. + +065:013 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are + covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. + +066:001 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: + +066:002 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. + +066:003 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the + greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves + unto thee. + +066:004 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; + they shall sing to thy name. Selah. + +066:005 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing + toward the children of men. + +066:006 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood + on foot: there did we rejoice in him. + +066:007 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: + let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. + +066:008 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise + to be heard: + +066:009 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to + be moved. + +066:010 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver + is tried. + +066:011 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon + our loins. + +066:012 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through + fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a + wealthy place. + +066:013 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee + my vows, + +066:014 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I + was in trouble. + +066:015 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the + incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. + +066:016 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what + he hath done for my soul. + +066:017 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my + tongue. + +066:018 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: + +066:019 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of + my prayer. + +066:020 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his + mercy from me. + +067:001 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to + shine upon us; Selah. + +067:002 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among + all nations. + +067:003 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise + thee. + +067:004 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt + judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon + earth. Selah. + +067:005 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise + thee. + +067:006 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own + God, shall bless us. + +067:007 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear + him. + +068:001 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also + that hate him flee before him. + +068:002 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth + before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of + God. + +068:003 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: + yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. + +068:004 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth + upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. + +068:005 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God + in his holy habitation. + +068:006 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those + which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry + land. + +068:007 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou + didst march through the wilderness; Selah: + +068:008 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of + God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the + God of Israel. + +068:009 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst + confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. + +068:010 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast + prepared of thy goodness for the poor. + +068:011 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that + published it. + +068:012 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home + divided the spoil. + +068:013 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the + wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with + yellow gold. + +068:014 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow + in Salmon. + +068:015 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the + hill of Bashan. + +068:016 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God + desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. + +068:017 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of + angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy + place. + +068:018 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: + thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious + also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. + +068:019 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even + the God of our salvation. Selah. + +068:020 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the + Lord belong the issues from death. + +068:021 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy + scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. + +068:022 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my + people again from the depths of the sea: + +068:023 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and + the tongue of thy dogs in the same. + +068:024 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, + my King, in the sanctuary. + +068:025 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed + after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. + +068:026 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the + fountain of Israel. + +068:027 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of + Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the + princes of Naphtali. + +068:028 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that + which thou hast wrought for us. + +068:029 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents + unto thee. + +068:030 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, + with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself + with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in + war. + +068:031 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch + out her hands unto God. + +068:032 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto + the Lord; Selah: + +068:033 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of + old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. + +068:034 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, + and his strength is in the clouds. + +068:035 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of + Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. + Blessed be God. + +069:001 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. + +069:002 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come + into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. + +069:003 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail + while I wait for my God. + +069:004 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of + mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies + wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not + away. + +069:005 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid + from thee. + +069:006 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be + ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be + confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. + +069:007 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered + my face. + +069:008 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my + mother's children. + +069:009 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the + reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. + +069:010 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to + my reproach. + +069:011 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to + them. + +069:012 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song + of the drunkards. + +069:013 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an + acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, + in the truth of thy salvation. + +069:014 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be + delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. + +069:015 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep + swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. + +069:016 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me + according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. + +069:017 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: + hear me speedily. + +069:018 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of + mine enemies. + +069:019 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: + mine adversaries are all before thee. + +069:020 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and + I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for + comforters, but I found none. + +069:021 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave + me vinegar to drink. + +069:022 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which + should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. + +069:023 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their + loins continually to shake. + +069:024 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful + anger take hold of them. + +069:025 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their + tents. + +069:026 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk + to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. + +069:027 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into + thy righteousness. + +069:028 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be + written with the righteous. + +069:029 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me + up on high. + +069:030 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify + him with thanksgiving. + +069:031 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock + that hath horns and hoofs. + +069:032 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall + live that seek God. + +069:033 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his + prisoners. + +069:034 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing + that moveth therein. + +069:035 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: + that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. + +069:036 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that + love his name shall dwell therein. + +070:001 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O + LORD. + +070:002 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: + let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire + my hurt. + +070:003 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, + Aha, aha. + +070:004 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and + let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be + magnified. + +070:005 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art + my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. + +071:001 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to + confusion. + +071:002 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: + incline thine ear unto me, and save me. + +071:003 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually + resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art + my rock and my fortress. + +071:004 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of + the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. + +071:005 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my + youth. + +071:006 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that + took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be + continually of thee. + +071:007 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. + +071:008 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all + the day. + +071:009 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my + strength faileth. + +071:010 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for + my soul take counsel together, + +071:011 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for + there is none to deliver him. + +071:012 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. + +071:013 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my + soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that + seek my hurt. + +071:014 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and + more. + +071:015 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation + all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. + +071:016 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention + of thy righteousness, even of thine only. + +071:017 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I + declared thy wondrous works. + +071:018 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; + until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy + power to every one that is to come. + +071:019 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done + great things: O God, who is like unto thee! + +071:020 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt + quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths + of the earth. + +071:021 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every + side. + +071:022 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O + my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One + of Israel. + +071:023 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my + soul, which thou hast redeemed. + +071:024 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day + long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto + shame, that seek my hurt. + +072:001 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto + the king's son. + +072:002 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor + with judgment. + +072:003 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little + hills, by righteousness. + +072:004 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the + children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the + oppressor. + +072:005 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, + throughout all generations. + +072:006 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers + that water the earth. + +072:007 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of + peace so long as the moon endureth. + +072:008 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the + river unto the ends of the earth. + +072:009 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and + his enemies shall lick the dust. + +072:010 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: + the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. + +072:011 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall + serve him. + +072:012 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, + and him that hath no helper. + +072:013 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of + the needy. + +072:014 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and + precious shall their blood be in his sight. + +072:015 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of + Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and + daily shall he be praised. + +072:016 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of + the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and + they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. + +072:017 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as + long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations + shall call him blessed. + +072:018 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth + wondrous things. + +072:019 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole + earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. + +072:020 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. + +073:001 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean + heart. + +073:002 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well + nigh slipped. + +073:003 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of + the wicked. + +073:004 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is + firm. + +073:005 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued + like other men. + +073:006 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence + covereth them as a garment. + +073:007 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart + could wish. + +073:008 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: + they speak loftily. + +073:009 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue + walketh through the earth. + +073:010 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup + are wrung out to them. + +073:011 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the + most High? + +073:012 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they + increase in riches. + +073:013 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands + in innocency. + +073:014 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every + morning. + +073:015 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against + the generation of thy children. + +073:016 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; + +073:017 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I + their end. + +073:018 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst + them down into destruction. + +073:019 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are + utterly consumed with terrors. + +073:020 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, + thou shalt despise their image. + +073:021 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. + +073:022 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. + +073:023 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me + by my right hand. + +073:024 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me + to glory. + +073:025 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth + that I desire beside thee. + +073:026 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my + heart, and my portion for ever. + +073:027 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast + destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. + +073:028 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust + in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. + +074:001 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine + anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? + +074:002 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; + the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this + mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. + +074:003 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that + the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. + +074:004 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set + up their ensigns for signs. + +074:005 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the + thick trees. + +074:006 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with + axes and hammers. + +074:007 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by + casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. + +074:008 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they + have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. + +074:009 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is + there among us any that knoweth how long. + +074:010 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy + blaspheme thy name for ever? + +074:011 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it + out of thy bosom. + +074:012 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of + the earth. + +074:013 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the + heads of the dragons in the waters. + +074:014 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him + to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. + +074:015 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up + mighty rivers. + +074:016 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared + the light and the sun. + +074:017 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made + summer and winter. + +074:018 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and + that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. + +074:019 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of + the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. + +074:020 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the + earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. + +074:021 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy + praise thy name. + +074:022 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish + man reproacheth thee daily. + +074:023 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those + that rise up against thee increaseth continually. + +075:001 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give + thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. + +075:002 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. + +075:003 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I + bear up the pillars of it. Selah. + +075:004 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, + Lift not up the horn: + +075:005 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. + +075:006 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, + nor from the south. + +075:007 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up + another. + +075:008 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is + red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: + but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring + them out, and drink them. + +075:009 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of + Jacob. + +075:010 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns + of the righteous shall be exalted. + +076:001 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. + +076:002 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in + Zion. + +076:003 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the + sword, and the battle. Selah. + +076:004 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of + prey. + +076:005 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and + none of the men of might have found their hands. + +076:006 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are + cast into a dead sleep. + +076:007 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy + sight when once thou art angry? + +076:008 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth + feared, and was still, + +076:009 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. + Selah. + +076:010 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of + wrath shalt thou restrain. + +076:011 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round + about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. + +076:012 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the + kings of the earth. + +077:001 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; + and he gave ear unto me. + +077:002 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the + night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. + +077:003 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my + spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. + +077:004 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot + speak. + +077:005 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. + +077:006 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with + mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. + +077:007 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no + more? + +077:008 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for + evermore? + +077:009 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up + his tender mercies? Selah. + +077:010 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the + years of the right hand of the most High. + +077:011 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember + thy wonders of old. + +077:012 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. + +077:013 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as + our God? + +077:014 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy + strength among the people. + +077:015 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of + Jacob and Joseph. Selah. + +077:016 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were + afraid: the depths also were troubled. + +077:017 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine + arrows also went abroad. + +077:018 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings + lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. + +077:019 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and + thy footsteps are not known. + +077:020 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and + Aaron. + +078:001 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the + words of my mouth. + +078:002 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings + of old: + +078:003 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. + +078:004 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the + generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, + and his wonderful works that he hath done. + +078:005 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law + in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should + make them known to their children: + +078:006 That the generation to come might know them, even the children + which should be born; who should arise and declare them to + their children: + +078:007 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the + works of God, but keep his commandments: + +078:008 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious + generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and + whose spirit was not stedfast with God. + +078:009 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, + turned back in the day of battle. + +078:010 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his + law; + +078:011 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. + +078:012 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the + land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. + +078:013 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he + made the waters to stand as an heap. + +078:014 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the + night with a light of fire. + +078:015 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as + out of the great depths. + +078:016 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to + run down like rivers. + +078:017 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most + High in the wilderness. + +078:018 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their + lust. + +078:019 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a + table in the wilderness? + +078:020 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the + streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide + flesh for his people? + +078:021 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was + kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; + +078:022 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his + salvation: + +078:023 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the + doors of heaven, + +078:024 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them + of the corn of heaven. + +078:025 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. + +078:026 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power + he brought in the south wind. + +078:027 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls + like as the sand of the sea: + +078:028 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about + their habitations. + +078:029 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their + own desire; + +078:030 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat + was yet in their mouths, + +078:031 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, + and smote down the chosen men of Israel. + +078:032 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his + wondrous works. + +078:033 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years + in trouble. + +078:034 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and + enquired early after God. + +078:035 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God + their redeemer. + +078:036 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they + lied unto him with their tongues. + +078:037 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they + stedfast in his covenant. + +078:038 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and + destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, + and did not stir up all his wrath. + +078:039 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that + passeth away, and cometh not again. + +078:040 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him + in the desert! + +078:041 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy + One of Israel. + +078:042 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered + them from the enemy. + +078:043 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the + field of Zoan. + +078:044 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that + they could not drink. + +078:045 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; + and frogs, which destroyed them. + +078:046 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their + labour unto the locust. + +078:047 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees + with frost. + +078:048 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to + hot thunderbolts. + +078:049 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and + indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. + +078:050 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from + death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; + +078:051 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their + strength in the tabernacles of Ham: + +078:052 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided + them in the wilderness like a flock. + +078:053 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the + sea overwhelmed their enemies. + +078:054 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to + this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. + +078:055 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an + inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in + their tents. + +078:056 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not + his testimonies: + +078:057 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: + they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. + +078:058 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and + moved him to jealousy with their graven images. + +078:059 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred + Israel: + +078:060 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he + placed among men; + +078:061 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into + the enemy's hand. + +078:062 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth + with his inheritance. + +078:063 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not + given to marriage. + +078:064 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no + lamentation. + +078:065 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty + man that shouteth by reason of wine. + +078:066 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a + perpetual reproach. + +078:067 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not + the tribe of Ephraim: + +078:068 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. + +078:069 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth + which he hath established for ever. + +078:070 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the + sheepfolds: + +078:071 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to + feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. + +078:072 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and + guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. + +079:001 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy + temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. + +079:002 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat + unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the + beasts of the earth. + +079:003 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; + and there was none to bury them. + +079:004 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and + derision to them that are round about us. + +079:005 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy + jealousy burn like fire? + +079:006 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, + and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. + +079:007 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling + place. + +079:008 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender + mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. + +079:009 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: + and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. + +079:010 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him + be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of + the blood of thy servants which is shed. + +079:011 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to + the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are + appointed to die; + +079:012 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom + their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. + +079:013 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee + thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all + generations. + +080:001 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like + a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine + forth. + +080:002 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, + and come and save us. + +080:003 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we + shall be saved. + +080:004 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the + prayer of thy people? + +080:005 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them + tears to drink in great measure. + +080:006 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies + laugh among themselves. + +080:007 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; + and we shall be saved. + +080:008 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the + heathen, and planted it. + +080:009 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take + deep root, and it filled the land. + +080:010 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs + thereof were like the goodly cedars. + +080:011 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto + the river. + +080:012 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they + which pass by the way do pluck her? + +080:013 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of + the field doth devour it. + +080:014 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from + heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; + +080:015 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the + branch that thou madest strong for thyself. + +080:016 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the + rebuke of thy countenance. + +080:017 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son + of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. + +080:018 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call + upon thy name. + +080:019 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; + and we shall be saved. + +081:001 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the + God of Jacob. + +081:002 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp + with the psaltery. + +081:003 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on + our solemn feast day. + +081:004 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of + Jacob. + +081:005 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out + through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I + understood not. + +081:006 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were + delivered from the pots. + +081:007 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered + thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the + waters of Meribah. Selah. + +081:008 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if + thou wilt hearken unto me; + +081:009 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou + worship any strange god. + +081:010 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of + Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. + +081:011 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would + none of me. + +081:012 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked + in their own counsels. + +081:013 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked + in my ways! + +081:014 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand + against their adversaries. + +081:015 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto + him: but their time should have endured for ever. + +081:016 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and + with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. + +082:001 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth + among the gods. + +082:002 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the + wicked? Selah. + +082:003 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted + and needy. + +082:004 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the + wicked. + +082:005 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in + darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. + +082:006 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the + most High. + +082:007 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. + +082:008 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all + nations. + +083:001 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not + still, O God. + +083:002 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee + have lifted up the head. + +083:003 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and + consulted against thy hidden ones. + +083:004 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a + nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. + +083:005 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are + confederate against thee: + +083:006 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the + Hagarenes; + +083:007 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the + inhabitants of Tyre; + +083:008 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children + of Lot. Selah. + +083:009 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to + Jabin, at the brook of Kison: + +083:010 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. + +083:011 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their + princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: + +083:012 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in + possession. + +083:013 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the + wind. + +083:014 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the + mountains on fire; + +083:015 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with + thy storm. + +083:016 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O + LORD. + +083:017 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be + put to shame, and perish: + +083:018 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art + the most high over all the earth. + +084:001 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! + +084:002 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the + LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. + +084:003 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest + for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O + LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. + +084:004 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still + praising thee. Selah. + +084:005 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart + are the ways of them. + +084:006 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the + rain also filleth the pools. + +084:007 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion + appeareth before God. + +084:008 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. + Selah. + +084:009 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine + anointed. + +084:010 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had + rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell + in the tents of wickedness. + +084:011 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace + and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk + uprightly. + +084:012 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. + +085:001 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast + brought back the captivity of Jacob. + +085:002 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast + covered all their sin. Selah. + +085:003 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself + from the fierceness of thine anger. + +085:004 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward + us to cease. + +085:005 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine + anger to all generations? + +085:006 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in + thee? + +085:007 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. + +085:008 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak + peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not + turn again to folly. + +085:009 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory + may dwell in our land. + +085:010 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have + kissed each other. + +085:011 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall + look down from heaven. + +085:012 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land + shall yield her increase. + +085:013 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way + of his steps. + +086:001 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. + +086:002 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy + servant that trusteth in thee. + +086:003 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. + +086:004 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I + lift up my soul. + +086:005 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous + in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. + +086:006 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of + my supplications. + +086:007 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt + answer me. + +086:008 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither + are there any works like unto thy works. + +086:009 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before + thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. + +086:010 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God + alone. + +086:011 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my + heart to fear thy name. + +086:012 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I + will glorify thy name for evermore. + +086:013 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my + soul from the lowest hell. + +086:014 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of + violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee + before them. + +086:015 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, + longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. + +086:016 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto + thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. + +086:017 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, + and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and + comforted me. + +087:001 His foundation is in the holy mountains. + +087:002 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings + of Jacob. + +087:003 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. + +087:004 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: + behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born + there. + +087:005 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in + her: and the highest himself shall establish her. + +087:006 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this + man was born there. Selah. + +087:007 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be + there: all my springs are in thee. + +088:001 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before + thee: + +088:002 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; + +088:003 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto + the grave. + +088:004 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a + man that hath no strength: + +088:005 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, + whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy + hand. + +088:006 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the + deeps. + +088:007 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with + all thy waves. Selah. + +088:008 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast + made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot + come forth. + +088:009 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called + daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. + +088:010 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and + praise thee? Selah. + +088:011 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy + faithfulness in destruction? + +088:012 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness + in the land of forgetfulness? + +088:013 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall + my prayer prevent thee. + +088:014 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face + from me? + +088:015 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I + suffer thy terrors I am distracted. + +088:016 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. + +088:017 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me + about together. + +088:018 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine + acquaintance into darkness. + +089:001 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth + will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. + +089:002 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy + faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. + +089:003 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David + my servant, + +089:004 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to + all generations. Selah. + +089:005 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy + faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. + +089:006 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among + the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? + +089:007 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and + to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. + +089:008 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or + to thy faithfulness round about thee? + +089:009 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof + arise, thou stillest them. + +089:010 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou + hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. + +089:011 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the + world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. + +089:012 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and + Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. + +089:013 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy + right hand. + +089:014 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy + and truth shall go before thy face. + +089:015 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall + walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. + +089:016 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy + righteousness shall they be exalted. + +089:017 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour + our horn shall be exalted. + +089:018 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our + king. + +089:019 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I + have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one + chosen out of the people. + +089:020 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I + anointed him: + +089:021 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall + strengthen him. + +089:022 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness + afflict him. + +089:023 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them + that hate him. + +089:024 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my + name shall his horn be exalted. + +089:025 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the + rivers. + +089:026 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock + of my salvation. + +089:027 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of + the earth. + +089:028 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant + shall stand fast with him. + +089:029 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne + as the days of heaven. + +089:030 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; + +089:031 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; + +089:032 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their + iniquity with stripes. + +089:033 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from + him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. + +089:034 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone + out of my lips. + +089:035 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto + David. + +089:036 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun + before me. + +089:037 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a + faithful witness in heaven. Selah. + +089:038 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with + thine anointed. + +089:039 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast + profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. + +089:040 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his + strong holds to ruin. + +089:041 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his + neighbours. + +089:042 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast + made all his enemies to rejoice. + +089:043 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made + him to stand in the battle. + +089:044 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to + the ground. + +089:045 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered + him with shame. Selah. + +089:046 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy + wrath burn like fire? + +089:047 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all + men in vain? + +089:048 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he + deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. + +089:049 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou + swarest unto David in thy truth? + +089:050 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in + my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; + +089:051 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith + they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. + +089:052 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. + +090:001 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. + +090:002 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst + formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to + everlasting, thou art God. + +090:003 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye + children of men. + +090:004 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it + is past, and as a watch in the night. + +090:005 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: + in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. + +090:006 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening + it is cut down, and withereth. + +090:007 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we + troubled. + +090:008 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in + the light of thy countenance. + +090:009 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our + years as a tale that is told. + +090:010 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by + reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their + strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly + away. + +090:011 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy + fear, so is thy wrath. + +090:012 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts + unto wisdom. + +090:013 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning + thy servants. + +090:014 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be + glad all our days. + +090:015 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted + us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. + +090:016 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto + their children. + +090:017 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and + establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of + our hands establish thou it. + +091:001 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall + abide under the shadow of the Almighty. + +091:002 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my + God; in him will I trust. + +091:003 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and + from the noisome pestilence. + +091:004 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings + shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. + +091:005 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the + arrow that flieth by day; + +091:006 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the + destruction that wasteth at noonday. + +091:007 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy + right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. + +091:008 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of + the wicked. + +091:009 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the + most High, thy habitation; + +091:010 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come + nigh thy dwelling. + +091:011 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in + all thy ways. + +091:012 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy + foot against a stone. + +091:013 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and + the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. + +091:014 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver + him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. + +091:015 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with + him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. + +091:016 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. + +092:001 IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING + PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: + +092:002 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy + faithfulness every night, + +092:003 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon + the harp with a solemn sound. + +092:004 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will + triumph in the works of thy hands. + +092:005 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very + deep. + +092:006 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand + this. + +092:007 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers + of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed + for ever: + +092:008 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. + +092:009 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall + perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. + +092:010 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I + shall be anointed with fresh oil. + +092:011 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine + ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against + me. + +092:012 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow + like a cedar in Lebanon. + +092:013 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish + in the courts of our God. + +092:014 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be + fat and flourishing; + +092:015 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is + no unrighteousness in him. + +093:001 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is + clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the + world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. + +093:002 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. + +093:003 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up + their voice; the floods lift up their waves. + +093:004 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, + yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. + +093:005 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, + O LORD, for ever. + +094:001 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom + vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. + +094:002 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to + the proud. + +094:003 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked + triumph? + +094:004 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the + workers of iniquity boast themselves? + +094:005 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine + heritage. + +094:006 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the + fatherless. + +094:007 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of + Jacob regard it. + +094:008 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when + will ye be wise? + +094:009 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the + eye, shall he not see? + +094:010 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that + teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? + +094:011 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. + +094:012 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest + him out of thy law; + +094:013 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, + until the pit be digged for the wicked. + +094:014 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he + forsake his inheritance. + +094:015 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the + upright in heart shall follow it. + +094:016 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will + stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? + +094:017 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in + silence. + +094:018 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. + +094:019 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight + my soul. + +094:020 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which + frameth mischief by a law? + +094:021 They gather themselves together against the soul of the + righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. + +094:022 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my + refuge. + +094:023 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut + them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall + cut them off. + +095:001 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise + to the rock of our salvation. + +095:002 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a + joyful noise unto him with psalms. + +095:003 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. + +095:004 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of + the hills is his also. + +095:005 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry + land. + +095:006 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the + LORD our maker. + +095:007 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and + the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, + +095:008 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the + day of temptation in the wilderness: + +095:009 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. + +095:010 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, + It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not + known my ways: + +095:011 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into + my rest. + +096:001 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the + earth. + +096:002 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation + from day to day. + +096:003 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all + people. + +096:004 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be + feared above all gods. + +096:005 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made + the heavens. + +096:006 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in + his sanctuary. + +096:007 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the + LORD glory and strength. + +096:008 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an + offering, and come into his courts. + +096:009 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, + all the earth. + +096:010 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also + shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall + judge the people righteously. + +096:011 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the + sea roar, and the fulness thereof. + +096:012 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall + all the trees of the wood rejoice + +096:013 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the + earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the + people with his truth. + +097:001 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of + isles be glad thereof. + +097:002 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and + judgment are the habitation of his throne. + +097:003 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round + about. + +097:004 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and + trembled. + +097:005 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the + presence of the Lord of the whole earth. + +097:006 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see + his glory. + +097:007 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast + themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. + +097:008 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced + because of thy judgments, O LORD. + +097:009 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted + far above all gods. + +097:010 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of + his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. + +097:011 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright + in heart. + +097:012 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the + remembrance of his holiness. + +098:001 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous + things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the + victory. + +098:002 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath + he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. + +098:003 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of + Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of + our God. + +098:004 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud + noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. + +098:005 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice + of a psalm. + +098:006 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before + the LORD, the King. + +098:007 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they + that dwell therein. + +098:008 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful + together + +098:009 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with + righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with + equity. + +099:001 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between + the cherubims; let the earth be moved. + +099:002 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the + people. + +099:003 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. + +099:004 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish + equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. + +099:005 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for + he is holy. + +099:006 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that + call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered + them. + +099:007 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his + testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. + +099:008 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that + forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their + inventions. + +099:009 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the + LORD our God is holy. + +100:001 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. + +100:002 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with + singing. + +100:003 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, + and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his + pasture. + +100:004 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts + with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. + +100:005 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth + endureth to all generations. + +101:001 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I + sing. + +101:002 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou + come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect + heart. + +101:003 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work + of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. + +101:004 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked + person. + +101:005 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: + him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I + suffer. + +101:006 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they + may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall + serve me. + +101:007 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he + that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. + +101:008 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may + cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. + +102:001 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. + +102:002 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; + incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me + speedily. + +102:003 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned + as an hearth. + +102:004 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget + to eat my bread. + +102:005 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my + skin. + +102:006 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the + desert. + +102:007 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. + +102:008 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad + against me are sworn against me. + +102:009 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with + weeping. + +102:010 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast + lifted me up, and cast me down. + +102:011 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered + like grass. + +102:012 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance + unto all generations. + +102:013 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to + favour her, yea, the set time, is come. + +102:014 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the + dust thereof. + +102:015 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the + kings of the earth thy glory. + +102:016 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his + glory. + +102:017 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise + their prayer. + +102:018 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the + people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. + +102:019 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from + heaven did the LORD behold the earth; + +102:020 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are + appointed to death; + +102:021 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in + Jerusalem; + +102:022 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to + serve the LORD. + +102:023 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. + +102:024 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: + thy years are throughout all generations. + +102:025 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the + heavens are the work of thy hands. + +102:026 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them + shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change + them, and they shall be changed: + +102:027 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. + +102:028 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed + shall be established before thee. + +103:001 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless + his holy name. + +103:002 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: + +103:003 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy + diseases; + +103:004 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee + with lovingkindness and tender mercies; + +103:005 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth + is renewed like the eagle's. + +103:006 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are + oppressed. + +103:007 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children + of Israel. + +103:008 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and + plenteous in mercy. + +103:009 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for + ever. + +103:010 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us + according to our iniquities. + +103:011 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his + mercy toward them that fear him. + +103:012 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed + our transgressions from us. + +103:013 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth + them that fear him. + +103:014 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. + +103:015 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, + so he flourisheth. + +103:016 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place + thereof shall know it no more. + +103:017 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting + upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's + children; + +103:018 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his + commandments to do them. + +103:019 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his + kingdom ruleth over all. + +103:020 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do + his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. + +103:021 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that + do his pleasure. + +103:022 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: + bless the LORD, O my soul. + +104:001 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; + thou art clothed with honour and majesty. + +104:002 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who + stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: + +104:003 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh + the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the + wind: + +104:004 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: + +104:005 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be + removed for ever. + +104:006 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters + stood above the mountains. + +104:007 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they + hasted away. + +104:008 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto + the place which thou hast founded for them. + +104:009 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they + turn not again to cover the earth. + +104:010 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the + hills. + +104:011 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses + quench their thirst. + +104:012 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, + which sing among the branches. + +104:013 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is + satisfied with the fruit of thy works. + +104:014 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the + service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; + +104:015 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make + his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. + +104:016 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, + which he hath planted; + +104:017 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir + trees are her house. + +104:018 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks + for the conies. + +104:019 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going + down. + +104:020 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts + of the forest do creep forth. + +104:021 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat + from God. + +104:022 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them + down in their dens. + +104:023 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the + evening. + +104:024 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made + them all: the earth is full of thy riches. + +104:025 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping + innumerable, both small and great beasts. + +104:026 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast + made to play therein. + +104:027 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their + meat in due season. + +104:028 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, + they are filled with good. + +104:029 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away + their breath, they die, and return to their dust. + +104:030 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou + renewest the face of the earth. + +104:031 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall + rejoice in his works. + +104:032 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the + hills, and they smoke. + +104:033 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing + praise to my God while I have my being. + +104:034 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the + LORD. + +104:035 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the + wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye + the LORD. + +105:001 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known + his deeds among the people. + +105:002 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his + wondrous works. + +105:003 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that + seek the LORD. + +105:004 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. + +105:005 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, + and the judgments of his mouth; + +105:006 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his + chosen. + +105:007 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. + +105:008 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he + commanded to a thousand generations. + +105:009 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; + +105:010 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for + an everlasting covenant: + +105:011 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of + your inheritance: + +105:012 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and + strangers in it. + +105:013 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to + another people; + +105:014 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings + for their sakes; + +105:015 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. + +105:016 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the + whole staff of bread. + +105:017 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a + servant: + +105:018 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: + +105:019 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried + him. + +105:020 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, + and let him go free. + +105:021 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: + +105:022 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators + wisdom. + +105:023 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land + of Ham. + +105:024 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger + than their enemies. + +105:025 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly + with his servants. + +105:026 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. + +105:027 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of + Ham. + +105:028 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not + against his word. + +105:029 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. + +105:030 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers + of their kings. + +105:031 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in + all their coasts. + +105:032 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. + +105:033 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the + trees of their coasts. + +105:034 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that + without number, + +105:035 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the + fruit of their ground. + +105:036 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of + all their strength. + +105:037 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was + not one feeble person among their tribes. + +105:038 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell + upon them. + +105:039 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in + the night. + +105:040 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them + with the bread of heaven. + +105:041 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the + dry places like a river. + +105:042 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. + +105:043 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with + gladness: + +105:044 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the + labour of the people; + +105:045 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. + Praise ye the LORD. + +106:001 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is + good: for his mercy endureth for ever. + +106:002 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth + all his praise? + +106:003 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth + righteousness at all times. + +106:004 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto + thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; + +106:005 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in + the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine + inheritance. + +106:006 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, + we have done wickedly. + +106:007 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they + remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him + at the sea, even at the Red sea. + +106:008 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might + make his mighty power to be known. + +106:009 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led + them through the depths, as through the wilderness. + +106:010 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and + redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. + +106:011 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of + them left. + +106:012 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. + +106:013 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: + +106:014 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in + the desert. + +106:015 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their + soul. + +106:016 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the + LORD. + +106:017 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the + company of Abiram. + +106:018 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up + the wicked. + +106:019 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. + +106:020 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox + that eateth grass. + +106:021 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in + Egypt; + +106:022 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the + Red sea. + +106:023 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses + his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his + wrath, lest he should destroy them. + +106:024 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his + word: + +106:025 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice + of the LORD. + +106:026 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow + them in the wilderness: + +106:027 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter + them in the lands. + +106:028 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the + sacrifices of the dead. + +106:029 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the + plague brake in upon them. + +106:030 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the + plague was stayed. + +106:031 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all + generations for evermore. + +106:032 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went + ill with Moses for their sakes: + +106:033 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly + with his lips. + +106:034 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD + commanded them: + +106:035 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. + +106:036 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. + +106:037 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto + devils, + +106:038 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of + their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of + Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. + +106:039 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a + whoring with their own inventions. + +106:040 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his + people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. + +106:041 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that + hated them ruled over them. + +106:042 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into + subjection under their hand. + +106:043 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with + their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. + +106:044 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their + cry: + +106:045 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented + according to the multitude of his mercies. + +106:046 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them + captives. + +106:047 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, + to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy + praise. + +106:048 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to + everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the + LORD. + +107:001 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy + endureth for ever. + +107:002 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed + from the hand of the enemy; + +107:003 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from + the west, from the north, and from the south. + +107:004 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found + no city to dwell in. + +107:005 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. + +107:006 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he + delivered them out of their distresses. + +107:007 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to + a city of habitation. + +107:008 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for + his wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:009 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry + soul with goodness. + +107:010 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being + bound in affliction and iron; + +107:011 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned + the counsel of the most High: + +107:012 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell + down, and there was none to help. + +107:013 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved + them out of their distresses. + +107:014 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and + brake their bands in sunder. + +107:015 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for + his wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:016 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of + iron in sunder. + +107:017 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their + iniquities, are afflicted. + +107:018 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near + unto the gates of death. + +107:019 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth + them out of their distresses. + +107:020 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from + their destructions. + +107:021 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for + his wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:022 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and + declare his works with rejoicing. + +107:023 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in + great waters; + +107:024 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. + +107:025 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth + up the waves thereof. + +107:026 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: + their soul is melted because of trouble. + +107:027 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are + at their wit's end. + +107:028 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth + them out of their distresses. + +107:029 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are + still. + +107:030 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them + unto their desired haven. + +107:031 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for + his wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:032 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and + praise him in the assembly of the elders. + +107:033 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into + dry ground; + +107:034 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them + that dwell therein. + +107:035 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry + ground into watersprings. + +107:036 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare + a city for habitation; + +107:037 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield + fruits of increase. + +107:038 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; + and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. + +107:039 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, + affliction, and sorrow. + +107:040 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander + in the wilderness, where there is no way. + +107:041 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh + him families like a flock. + +107:042 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity + shall stop her mouth. + +107:043 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall + understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. + +108:001 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even + with my glory. + +108:002 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. + +108:003 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing + praises unto thee among the nations. + +108:004 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth + reacheth unto the clouds. + +108:005 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above + all the earth; + +108:006 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, + and answer me. + +108:007 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide + Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. + +108:008 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength + of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; + +108:009 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over + Philistia will I triumph. + +108:010 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into + Edom? + +108:011 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, + O God, go forth with our hosts? + +108:012 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. + +108:013 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall + tread down our enemies. + +109:001 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; + +109:002 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are + opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying + tongue. + +109:003 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought + against me without a cause. + +109:004 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto + prayer. + +109:005 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my + love. + +109:006 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his + right hand. + +109:007 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his + prayer become sin. + +109:008 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. + +109:009 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. + +109:010 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them + seek their bread also out of their desolate places. + +109:011 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the + strangers spoil his labour. + +109:012 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there + be any to favour his fatherless children. + +109:013 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following + let their name be blotted out. + +109:014 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; + and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. + +109:015 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off + the memory of them from the earth. + +109:016 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted + the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in + heart. + +109:017 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted + not in blessing, so let it be far from him. + +109:018 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, + so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into + his bones. + +109:019 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for + a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. + +109:020 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and + of them that speak evil against my soul. + +109:021 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: + because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. + +109:022 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. + +109:023 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up + and down as the locust. + +109:024 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of + fatness. + +109:025 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me + they shaked their heads. + +109:026 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: + +109:027 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, + hast done it. + +109:028 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be + ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. + +109:029 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover + themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. + +109:030 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will + praise him among the multitude. + +109:031 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him + from those that condemn his soul. + +110:001 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I + make thine enemies thy footstool. + +110:002 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule + thou in the midst of thine enemies. + +110:003 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the + beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast + the dew of thy youth. + +110:004 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest + for ever after the order of Melchizedek. + +110:005 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the + day of his wrath. + +110:006 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places + with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many + countries. + +110:007 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he + lift up the head. + +111:001 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole + heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the + congregation. + +111:002 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that + have pleasure therein. + +111:003 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness + endureth for ever. + +111:004 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is + gracious and full of compassion. + +111:005 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be + mindful of his covenant. + +111:006 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may + give them the heritage of the heathen. + +111:007 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his + commandments are sure. + +111:008 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and + uprightness. + +111:009 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his + covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. + +111:010 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good + understanding have all they that do his commandments: his + praise endureth for ever. + +112:001 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, + that delighteth greatly in his commandments. + +112:002 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the + upright shall be blessed. + +112:003 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness + endureth for ever. + +112:004 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is + gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. + +112:005 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his + affairs with discretion. + +112:006 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be + in everlasting remembrance. + +112:007 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, + trusting in the LORD. + +112:008 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see + his desire upon his enemies. + +112:009 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his + righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted + with honour. + +112:010 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with + his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall + perish. + +113:001 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise + the name of the LORD. + +113:002 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for + evermore. + +113:003 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the + LORD's name is to be praised. + +113:004 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the + heavens. + +113:005 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, + +113:006 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, + and in the earth! + +113:007 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy + out of the dunghill; + +113:008 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his + people. + +113:009 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful + mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. + +114:001 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a + people of strange language; + +114:002 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. + +114:003 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. + +114:004 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like + lambs. + +114:005 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, + that thou wast driven back? + +114:006 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, + like lambs? + +114:007 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the + presence of the God of Jacob; + +114:008 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a + fountain of waters. + +115:001 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give + glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. + +115:002 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? + +115:003 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath + pleased. + +115:004 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. + +115:005 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they + see not: + +115:006 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they + smell not: + +115:007 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they + walk not: neither speak they through their throat. + +115:008 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that + trusteth in them. + +115:009 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their + shield. + +115:010 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and + their shield. + +115:011 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and + their shield. + +115:012 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will + bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. + +115:013 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. + +115:014 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your + children. + +115:015 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. + +115:016 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth + hath he given to the children of men. + +115:017 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into + silence. + +115:018 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for + evermore. Praise the LORD. + +116:001 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my + supplications. + +116:002 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I + call upon him as long as I live. + +116:003 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat + hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. + +116:004 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech + thee, deliver my soul. + +116:005 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. + +116:006 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he + helped me. + +116:007 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt + bountifully with thee. + +116:008 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from + tears, and my feet from falling. + +116:009 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. + +116:010 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: + +116:011 I said in my haste, All men are liars. + +116:012 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward + me? + +116:013 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of + the LORD. + +116:014 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all + his people. + +116:015 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. + +116:016 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son + of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. + +116:017 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will + call upon the name of the LORD. + +116:018 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all + his people. + +116:019 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O + Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. + +117:001 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. + +117:002 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of + the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. + +118:001 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy + endureth for ever. + +118:002 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. + +118:003 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for + ever. + +118:004 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth + for ever. + +118:005 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and + set me in a large place. + +118:006 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto + me? + +118:007 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore + shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. + +118:008 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in + man. + +118:009 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in + princes. + +118:010 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD + will I destroy them. + +118:011 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in + the name of the LORD I will destroy them. + +118:012 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the + fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy + them. + +118:013 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD + helped me. + +118:014 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. + +118:015 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of + the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. + +118:016 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the + LORD doeth valiantly. + +118:017 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. + +118:018 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over + unto death. + +118:019 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, + and I will praise the LORD: + +118:020 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. + +118:021 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my + salvation. + +118:022 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone + of the corner. + +118:023 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. + +118:024 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and + be glad in it. + +118:025 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send + now prosperity. + +118:026 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have + blessed you out of the house of the LORD. + +118:027 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the + sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. + +118:028 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I + will exalt thee. + +118:029 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy + endureth for ever. + +119:001 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of + the LORD. + +119:002 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him + with the whole heart. + +119:003 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. + +119:004 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. + +119:005 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! + +119:006 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy + commandments. + +119:007 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall + have learned thy righteous judgments. + +119:008 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. + +119:009 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed + thereto according to thy word. + +119:010 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander + from thy commandments. + +119:011 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin + against thee. + +119:012 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. + +119:013 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. + +119:014 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in + all riches. + +119:015 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy + ways. + +119:016 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy + word. + +119:017 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep + thy word. + +119:018 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of + thy law. + +119:019 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from + me. + +119:020 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy + judgments at all times. + +119:021 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from + thy commandments. + +119:022 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy + testimonies. + +119:023 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did + meditate in thy statutes. + +119:024 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. + +119:025 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to + thy word. + +119:026 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy + statutes. + +119:027 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk + of thy wondrous works. + +119:028 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according + unto thy word. + +119:029 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law + graciously. + +119:030 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid + before me. + +119:031 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to + shame. + +119:032 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt + enlarge my heart. + +119:033 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it + unto the end. + +119:034 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall + observe it with my whole heart. + +119:035 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do + I delight. + +119:036 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to + covetousness. + +119:037 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me + in thy way. + +119:038 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy + fear. + +119:039 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are + good. + +119:040 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy + righteousness. + +119:041 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, + according to thy word. + +119:042 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: + for I trust in thy word. + +119:043 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I + have hoped in thy judgments. + +119:044 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. + +119:045 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. + +119:046 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will + not be ashamed. + +119:047 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have + loved. + +119:048 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I + have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. + +119:049 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast + caused me to hope. + +119:050 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath + quickened me. + +119:051 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not + declined from thy law. + +119:052 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted + myself. + +119:053 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that + forsake thy law. + +119:054 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. + +119:055 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have + kept thy law. + +119:056 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. + +119:057 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy + words. + +119:058 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto + me according to thy word. + +119:059 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. + +119:060 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. + +119:061 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not + forgotten thy law. + +119:062 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of + thy righteous judgments. + +119:063 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that + keep thy precepts. + +119:064 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy + statutes. + +119:065 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto + thy word. + +119:066 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy + commandments. + +119:067 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy + word. + +119:068 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. + +119:069 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy + precepts with my whole heart. + +119:070 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. + +119:071 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might + learn thy statutes. + +119:072 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold + and silver. + +119:073 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me + understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. + +119:074 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I + have hoped in thy word. + +119:075 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in + faithfulness hast afflicted me. + +119:076 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, + according to thy word unto thy servant. + +119:077 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy + law is my delight. + +119:078 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me + without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. + +119:079 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have + known thy testimonies. + +119:080 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. + +119:081 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. + +119:082 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort + me? + +119:083 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not + forget thy statutes. + +119:084 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute + judgment on them that persecute me? + +119:085 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy + law. + +119:086 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me + wrongfully; help thou me. + +119:087 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy + precepts. + +119:088 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the + testimony of thy mouth. + +119:089 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. + +119:090 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast + established the earth, and it abideth. + +119:091 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all + are thy servants. + +119:092 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have + perished in mine affliction. + +119:093 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast + quickened me. + +119:094 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. + +119:095 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will + consider thy testimonies. + +119:096 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is + exceeding broad. + +119:097 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. + +119:098 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine + enemies: for they are ever with me. + +119:099 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy + testimonies are my meditation. + +119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy + precepts. + +119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might + keep thy word. + +119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught + me. + +119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey + to my mouth! + +119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate + every false way. + +119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. + +119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy + righteous judgments. + +119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto + thy word. + +119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O + LORD, and teach me thy judgments. + +119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy + law. + +119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy + precepts. + +119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they + are the rejoicing of my heart. + +119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even + unto the end. + +119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. + +119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. + +119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments + of my God. + +119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me + not be ashamed of my hope. + +119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect + unto thy statutes continually. + +119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: + for their deceit is falsehood. + +119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: + therefore I love thy testimonies. + +119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy + judgments. + +119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine + oppressors. + +119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress + me. + +119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy + righteousness. + +119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me + thy statutes. + +119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy + testimonies. + +119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void + thy law. + +119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine + gold. + +119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to + be right; and I hate every false way. + +119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep + them. + +119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth + understanding unto the simple. + +119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy + commandments. + +119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to + do unto those that love thy name. + +119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have + dominion over me. + +119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy + precepts. + +119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy + statutes. + +119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy + law. + +119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. + +119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and + very faithful. + +119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten + thy words. + +119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. + +119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. + +119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law + is the truth. + +119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy + commandments are my delights. + +119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me + understanding, and I shall live. + +119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy + statutes. + +119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. + +119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in + thy word. + +119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in + thy word. + +119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, + quicken me according to thy judgment. + +119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from + thy law. + +119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. + +119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast + founded them for ever. + +119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget + thy law. + +119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy + word. + +119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy + statutes. + +119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to + thy judgments. + +119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline + from thy testimonies. + +119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept + not thy word. + +119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, + according to thy lovingkindness. + +119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy + righteous judgments endureth for ever. + +119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart + standeth in awe of thy word. + +119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. + +119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. + +119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous + judgments. + +119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall + offend them. + +119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy + commandments. + +119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them + exceedingly. + +119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways + are before thee. + +119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me + understanding according to thy word. + +119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to + thy word. + +119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy + statutes. + +119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments + are righteousness. + +119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. + +119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my + delight. + +119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy + judgments help me. + +119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I + do not forget thy commandments. + +120:001 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. + +120:002 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful + tongue. + +120:003 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto + thee, thou false tongue? + +120:004 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. + +120:005 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents + of Kedar! + +120:006 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. + +120:007 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. + +121:001 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my + help. + +121:002 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. + +121:003 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee + will not slumber. + +121:004 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor + sleep. + +121:005 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right + hand. + +121:006 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. + +121:007 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve + thy soul. + +121:008 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from + this time forth, and even for evermore. + +122:001 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of + the LORD. + +122:002 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. + +122:003 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: + +122:004 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the + testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. + +122:005 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the + house of David. + +122:006 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love + thee. + +122:007 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. + +122:008 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace + be within thee. + +122:009 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. + +123:001 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the + heavens. + +123:002 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their + masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her + mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that + he have mercy upon us. + +123:003 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are + exceedingly filled with contempt. + +123:004 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that + are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. + +124:001 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may + Israel say; + +124:002 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose + up against us: + +124:003 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was + kindled against us: + +124:004 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over + our soul: + +124:005 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. + +124:006 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their + teeth. + +124:007 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: + the snare is broken, and we are escaped. + +124:008 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and + earth. + +125:001 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which + cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. + +125:002 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is + round about his people from henceforth even for ever. + +125:003 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the + righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto + iniquity. + +125:004 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are + upright in their hearts. + +125:005 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD + shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace + shall be upon Israel. + +126:001 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like + them that dream. + +126:002 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with + singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done + great things for them. + +126:003 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. + +126:004 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. + +126:005 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. + +126:006 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall + doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with + him. + +127:001 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that + build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh + but in vain. + +127:002 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat + the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. + +127:003 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the + womb is his reward. + +127:004 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of + the youth. + +127:005 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall + not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the + gate. + +128:001 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in + his ways. + +128:002 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou + be, and it shall be well with thee. + +128:003 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine + house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. + +128:004 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the + LORD. + +128:005 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the + good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. + +128:006 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon + Israel. + +129:001 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel + now say: + +129:002 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they + have not prevailed against me. + +129:003 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. + +129:004 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the + wicked. + +129:005 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. + +129:006 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth + afore it groweth up: + +129:007 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth + sheaves his bosom. + +129:008 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be + upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. + +130:001 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. + +130:002 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice + of my supplications. + +130:003 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall + stand? + +130:004 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be + feared. + +130:005 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I + hope. + +130:006 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the + morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. + +130:007 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, + and with him is plenteous redemption. + +130:008 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. + +131:001 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do + I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for + me. + +131:002 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is + weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. + +131:003 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. + +132:001 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: + +132:002 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of + Jacob; + +132:003 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go + up into my bed; + +132:004 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine + eyelids, + +132:005 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the + mighty God of Jacob. + +132:006 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of + the wood. + +132:007 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his + footstool. + +132:008 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy + strength. + +132:009 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy + saints shout for joy. + +132:010 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine + anointed. + +132:011 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from + it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. + +132:012 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I + shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy + throne for evermore. + +132:013 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his + habitation. + +132:014 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have + desired it. + +132:015 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor + with bread. + +132:016 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints + shall shout aloud for joy. + +132:017 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a + lamp for mine anointed. + +132:018 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall + his crown flourish. + +133:001 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell + together in unity! + +133:002 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down + upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the + skirts of his garments; + +133:003 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the + mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, + even life for evermore. + +134:001 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which + by night stand in the house of the LORD. + +134:002 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. + +134:003 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. + +135:001 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise + him, O ye servants of the LORD. + +135:002 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the + house of our God. + +135:003 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his + name; for it is pleasant. + +135:004 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for + his peculiar treasure. + +135:005 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above + all gods. + +135:006 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in + earth, in the seas, and all deep places. + +135:007 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; + he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of + his treasuries. + +135:008 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. + +135:009 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, + upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. + +135:010 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; + +135:011 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the + kingdoms of Canaan: + +135:012 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel + his people. + +135:013 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, + throughout all generations. + +135:014 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself + concerning his servants. + +135:015 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of + men's hands. + +135:016 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they + see not; + +135:017 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath + in their mouths. + +135:018 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that + trusteth in them. + +135:019 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of + Aaron: + +135:020 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless + the LORD. + +135:021 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. + Praise ye the LORD. + +136:001 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy + endureth for ever. + +136:002 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for + ever. + +136:003 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for + ever. + +136:004 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth + for ever. + +136:005 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth + for ever. + +136:006 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his + mercy endureth for ever. + +136:007 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for + ever: + +136:008 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:009 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth + for ever. + +136:010 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy + endureth for ever: + +136:011 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth + for ever: + +136:012 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his + mercy endureth for ever. + +136:013 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy + endureth for ever: + +136:014 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy + endureth for ever: + +136:015 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his + mercy endureth for ever. + +136:016 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his + mercy endureth for ever. + +136:017 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for + ever: + +136:018 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:019 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:020 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:021 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth + for ever: + +136:022 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy + endureth for ever. + +136:023 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth + for ever: + +136:024 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth + for ever. + +136:025 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. + +136:026 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth + for ever. + +137:001 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, + when we remembered Zion. + +137:002 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. + +137:003 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a + song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, + Sing us one of the songs of Zion. + +137:004 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? + +137:005 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her + cunning. + +137:006 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of + my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. + +137:007 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of + Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation + thereof. + +137:008 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he + be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. + +137:009 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones + against the stones. + +138:001 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I + sing praise unto thee. + +138:002 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for + thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified + thy word above all thy name. + +138:003 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst + me with strength in my soul. + +138:004 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when + they hear the words of thy mouth. + +138:005 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the + glory of the LORD. + +138:006 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: + but the proud he knoweth afar off. + +138:007 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: + thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine + enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. + +138:008 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O + LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own + hands. + +139:001 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. + +139:002 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou + understandest my thought afar off. + +139:003 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted + with all my ways. + +139:004 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou + knowest it altogether. + +139:005 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon + me. + +139:006 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot + attain unto it. + +139:007 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee + from thy presence? + +139:008 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed + in hell, behold, thou art there. + +139:009 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost + parts of the sea; + +139:010 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall + hold me. + +139:011 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night + shall be light about me. + +139:012 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth + as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. + +139:013 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my + mother's womb. + +139:014 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: + marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. + +139:015 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, + and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. + +139:016 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in + thy book all my members were written, which in continuance + were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. + +139:017 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great + is the sum of them! + +139:018 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: + when I awake, I am still with thee. + +139:019 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me + therefore, ye bloody men. + +139:020 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take + thy name in vain. + +139:021 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I + grieved with those that rise up against thee? + +139:022 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. + +139:023 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my + thoughts: + +139:024 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the + way everlasting. + +140:001 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the + violent man; + +140:002 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they + gathered together for war. + +140:003 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' + poison is under their lips. Selah. + +140:004 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me + from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my + goings. + +140:005 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread + a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. + +140:006 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my + supplications, O LORD. + +140:007 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast + covered my head in the day of battle. + +140:008 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his + wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. + +140:009 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the + mischief of their own lips cover them. + +140:010 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the + fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. + +140:011 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil + shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. + +140:012 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, + and the right of the poor. + +140:013 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the + upright shall dwell in thy presence. + +141:001 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my + voice, when I cry unto thee. + +141:002 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the + lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. + +141:003 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my + lips. + +141:004 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked + works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their + dainties. + +141:005 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let + him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not + break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their + calamities. + +141:006 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall + hear my words; for they are sweet. + +141:007 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one + cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. + +141:008 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my + trust; leave not my soul destitute. + +141:009 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the + gins of the workers of iniquity. + +141:010 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal + escape. + +142:001 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the + LORD did I make my supplication. + +142:002 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my + trouble. + +142:003 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my + path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a + snare for me. + +142:004 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man + that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my + soul. + +142:005 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my + portion in the land of the living. + +142:006 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from + my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. + +142:007 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the + righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal + bountifully with me. + +143:001 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy + faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. + +143:002 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight + shall no man living be justified. + +143:003 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life + down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as + those that have been long dead. + +143:004 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within + me is desolate. + +143:005 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I + muse on the work of thy hands. + +143:006 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after + thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. + +143:007 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face + from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. + +143:008 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in + thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should + walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. + +143:009 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to + hide me. + +143:010 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is + good; lead me into the land of uprightness. + +143:011 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy + righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. + +143:012 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them + that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. + +144:001 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to + war, and my fingers to fight: + +144:002 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; + my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people + under me. + +144:003 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the + son of man, that thou makest account of him! + +144:004 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth + away. + +144:005 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, + and they shall smoke. + +144:006 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine + arrows, and destroy them. + +144:007 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of + great waters, from the hand of strange children; + +144:008 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right + hand of falsehood. + +144:009 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and + an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. + +144:010 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth + David his servant from the hurtful sword. + +144:011 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, + whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right + hand of falsehood: + +144:012 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that + our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the + similitude of a palace: + +144:013 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: + that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in + our streets: + +144:014 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no + breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in + our streets. + +144:015 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is + that people, whose God is the LORD. + +145:001 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name + for ever and ever. + +145:002 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for + ever and ever. + +145:003 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his + greatness is unsearchable. + +145:004 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall + declare thy mighty acts. + +145:005 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy + wondrous works. + +145:006 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I + will declare thy greatness. + +145:007 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, + and shall sing of thy righteousness. + +145:008 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, + and of great mercy. + +145:009 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all + his works. + +145:010 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall + bless thee. + +145:011 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy + power; + +145:012 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the + glorious majesty of his kingdom. + +145:013 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion + endureth throughout all generations. + +145:014 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those + that be bowed down. + +145:015 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their + meat in due season. + +145:016 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every + living thing. + +145:017 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his + works. + +145:018 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that + call upon him in truth. + +145:019 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will + hear their cry, and will save them. + +145:020 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked + will he destroy. + +145:021 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh + bless his holy name for ever and ever. + +146:001 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. + +146:002 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto + my God while I have any being. + +146:003 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom + there is no help. + +146:004 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that + very day his thoughts perish. + +146:005 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose + hope is in the LORD his God: + +146:006 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein + is: which keepeth truth for ever: + +146:007 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food + to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: + +146:008 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them + that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: + +146:009 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless + and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. + +146:010 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all + generations. Praise ye the LORD. + +147:001 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our + God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. + +147:002 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the + outcasts of Israel. + +147:003 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. + +147:004 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by + their names. + +147:005 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is + infinite. + +147:006 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to + the ground. + +147:007 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the + harp unto our God: + +147:008 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for + the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. + +147:009 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which + cry. + +147:010 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not + pleasure in the legs of a man. + +147:011 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that + hope in his mercy. + +147:012 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. + +147:013 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath + blessed thy children within thee. + +147:014 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the + finest of the wheat. + +147:015 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth + very swiftly. + +147:016 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like + ashes. + +147:017 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before + his cold? + +147:018 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind + to blow, and the waters flow. + +147:019 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments + unto Israel. + +147:020 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his + judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. + +148:001 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: + praise him in the heights. + +148:002 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. + +148:003 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of + light. + +148:004 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above + the heavens. + +148:005 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and + they were created. + +148:006 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a + decree which shall not pass. + +148:007 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: + +148:008 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his + word: + +148:009 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: + +148:010 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: + +148:011 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of + the earth: + +148:012 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: + +148:013 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is + excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. + +148:014 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his + saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto + him. Praise ye the LORD. + +149:001 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his + praise in the congregation of saints. + +149:002 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of + Zion be joyful in their King. + +149:003 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises + unto him with the timbrel and harp. + +149:004 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify + the meek with salvation. + +149:005 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon + their beds. + +149:006 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged + sword in their hand; + +149:007 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon + the people; + +149:008 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters + of iron; + +149:009 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have + all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. + +150:001 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in + the firmament of his power. + +150:002 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his + excellent greatness. + +150:003 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the + psaltery and harp. + +150:004 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with + stringed instruments and organs. + +150:005 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high + sounding cymbals. + +150:006 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye + the LORD. + +Book 20 Proverbs + +001:001 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; + +001:002 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of + understanding; + +001:003 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, + and equity; + +001:004 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and + discretion. + +001:005 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of + understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: + +001:006 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of + the wise, and their dark sayings. + +001:007 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools + despise wisdom and instruction. + +001:008 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not + the law of thy mother: + +001:009 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and + chains about thy neck. + +001:010 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. + +001:011 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us + lurk privily for the innocent without cause: + +001:012 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those + that go down into the pit: + +001:013 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses + with spoil: + +001:014 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: + +001:015 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot + from their path: + +001:016 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. + +001:017 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. + +001:018 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for + their own lives. + +001:019 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which + taketh away the life of the owners thereof. + +001:020 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: + +001:021 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of + the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, + +001:022 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the + scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? + +001:023 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto + you, I will make known my words unto you. + +001:024 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my + hand, and no man regarded; + +001:025 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my + reproof: + +001:026 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear + cometh; + +001:027 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction + cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon + you. + +001:028 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they + shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: + +001:029 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of + the LORD: + +001:030 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. + +001:031 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be + filled with their own devices. + +001:032 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the + prosperity of fools shall destroy them. + +001:033 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be + quiet from fear of evil. + +002:001 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my + commandments with thee; + +002:002 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine + heart to understanding; + +002:003 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice + for understanding; + +002:004 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for + hid treasures; + +002:005 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the + knowledge of God. + +002:006 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge + and understanding. + +002:007 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler + to them that walk uprightly. + +002:008 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of + his saints. + +002:009 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and + equity; yea, every good path. + +002:010 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is + pleasant unto thy soul; + +002:011 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: + +002:012 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man + that speaketh froward things; + +002:013 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of + darkness; + +002:014 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the + wicked; + +002:015 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: + +002:016 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger + which flattereth with her words; + +002:017 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the + covenant of her God. + +002:018 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the + dead. + +002:019 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of + the paths of life. + +002:020 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the + paths of the righteous. + +002:021 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall + remain in it. + +002:022 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the + transgressors shall be rooted out of it. + +003:001 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my + commandments: + +003:002 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add + to thee. + +003:003 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy + neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: + +003:004 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight + of God and man. + +003:005 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto + thine own understanding. + +003:006 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy + paths. + +003:007 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from + evil. + +003:008 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. + +003:009 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits + of all thine increase: + +003:010 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses + shall burst out with new wine. + +003:011 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be + weary of his correction: + +003:012 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the + son in whom he delighteth. + +003:013 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth + understanding. + +003:014 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of + silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. + +003:015 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou + canst desire are not to be compared unto her. + +003:016 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand + riches and honour. + +003:017 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are + peace. + +003:018 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and + happy is every one that retaineth her. + +003:019 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding + hath he established the heavens. + +003:020 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop + down the dew. + +003:021 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom + and discretion: + +003:022 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. + +003:023 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not + stumble. + +003:024 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou + shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. + +003:025 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the + wicked, when it cometh. + +003:026 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot + from being taken. + +003:027 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in + the power of thine hand to do it. + +003:028 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow + I will give; when thou hast it by thee. + +003:029 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth + securely by thee. + +003:030 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no + harm. + +003:031 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. + +003:032 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is + with the righteous. + +003:033 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he + blesseth the habitation of the just. + +003:034 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the + lowly. + +003:035 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion + of fools. + +004:001 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to + know understanding. + +004:002 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. + +004:003 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the + sight of my mother. + +004:004 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my + words: keep my commandments, and live. + +004:005 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline + from the words of my mouth. + +004:006 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and + she shall keep thee. + +004:007 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with + all thy getting get understanding. + +004:008 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to + honour, when thou dost embrace her. + +004:009 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of + glory shall she deliver to thee. + +004:010 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy + life shall be many. + +004:011 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in + right paths. + +004:012 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when + thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. + +004:013 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for + she is thy life. + +004:014 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way + of evil men. + +004:015 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. + +004:016 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their + sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. + +004:017 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of + violence. + +004:018 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth + more and more unto the perfect day. + +004:019 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what + they stumble. + +004:020 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. + +004:021 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of + thine heart. + +004:022 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all + their flesh. + +004:023 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the + issues of life. + +004:024 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far + from thee. + +004:025 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look + straight before thee. + +004:026 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be + established. + +004:027 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot + from evil. + +005:001 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my + understanding: + +005:002 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep + knowledge. + +005:003 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her + mouth is smoother than oil: + +005:004 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. + +005:005 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. + +005:006 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are + moveable, that thou canst not know them. + +005:007 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the + words of my mouth. + +005:008 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her + house: + +005:009 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto + the cruel: + +005:010 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be + in the house of a stranger; + +005:011 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are + consumed, + +005:012 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised + reproof; + +005:013 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined + mine ear to them that instructed me! + +005:014 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and + assembly. + +005:015 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out + of thine own well. + +005:016 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in + the streets. + +005:017 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. + +005:018 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy + youth. + +005:019 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her + breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always + with her love. + +005:020 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, + and embrace the bosom of a stranger? + +005:021 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he + pondereth all his goings. + +005:022 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall + be holden with the cords of his sins. + +005:023 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his + folly he shall go astray. + +006:001 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast + stricken thy hand with a stranger, + +006:002 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken + with the words of thy mouth. + +006:003 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come + into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure + thy friend. + +006:004 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. + +006:005 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a + bird from the hand of the fowler. + +006:006 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: + +006:007 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, + +006:008 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in + the harvest. + +006:009 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out + of thy sleep? + +006:010 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the + hands to sleep: + +006:011 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want + as an armed man. + +006:012 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. + +006:013 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he + teacheth with his fingers; + +006:014 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; + he soweth discord. + +006:015 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he + be broken without remedy. + +006:016 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an + abomination unto him: + +006:017 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent + blood, + +006:018 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift + in running to mischief, + +006:019 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord + among brethren. + +006:020 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law + of thy mother: + +006:021 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy + neck. + +006:022 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it + shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with + thee. + +006:023 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and + reproofs of instruction are the way of life: + +006:024 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the + tongue of a strange woman. + +006:025 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take + thee with her eyelids. + +006:026 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of + bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. + +006:027 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be + burned? + +006:028 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? + +006:029 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever + toucheth her shall not be innocent. + +006:030 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul + when he is hungry; + +006:031 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give + all the substance of his house. + +006:032 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh + understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. + +006:033 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not + be wiped away. + +006:034 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare + in the day of vengeance. + +006:035 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, + though thou givest many gifts. + +007:001 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. + +007:002 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of + thine eye. + +007:003 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine + heart. + +007:004 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding + thy kinswoman: + +007:005 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the + stranger which flattereth with her words. + +007:006 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, + +007:007 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the + youths, a young man void of understanding, + +007:008 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the + way to her house, + +007:009 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: + +007:010 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an + harlot, and subtil of heart. + +007:011 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: + +007:012 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at + every corner.) + +007:013 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face + said unto him, + +007:014 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. + +007:015 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy + face, and I have found thee. + +007:016 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved + works, with fine linen of Egypt. + +007:017 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. + +007:018 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us + solace ourselves with loves. + +007:019 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: + +007:020 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at + the day appointed. + +007:021 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the + flattering of her lips she forced him. + +007:022 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the + slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; + +007:023 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the + snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. + +007:024 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to + the words of my mouth. + +007:025 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her + paths. + +007:026 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have + been slain by her. + +007:027 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of + death. + +008:001 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? + +008:002 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the + places of the paths. + +008:003 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the + coming in at the doors. + +008:004 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. + +008:005 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an + understanding heart. + +008:006 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of + my lips shall be right things. + +008:007 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an + abomination to my lips. + +008:008 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is + nothing froward or perverse in them. + +008:009 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to + them that find knowledge. + +008:010 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather + than choice gold. + +008:011 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may + be desired are not to be compared to it. + +008:012 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty + inventions. + +008:013 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, + and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. + +008:014 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have + strength. + +008:015 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. + +008:016 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the + earth. + +008:017 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall + find me. + +008:018 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and + righteousness. + +008:019 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my + revenue than choice silver. + +008:020 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths + of judgment: + +008:021 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and + I will fill their treasures. + +008:022 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his + works of old. + +008:023 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the + earth was. + +008:024 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there + were no fountains abounding with water. + +008:025 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I + brought forth: + +008:026 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor + the highest part of the dust of the world. + +008:027 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a + compass upon the face of the depth: + +008:028 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the + fountains of the deep: + +008:029 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not + pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the + earth: + +008:030 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily + his delight, rejoicing always before him; + +008:031 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights + were with the sons of men. + +008:032 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are + they that keep my ways. + +008:033 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. + +008:034 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my + gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. + +008:035 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of + the LORD. + +008:036 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they + that hate me love death. + +009:001 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven + pillars: + +009:002 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she + hath also furnished her table. + +009:003 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest + places of the city, + +009:004 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that + wanteth understanding, she saith to him, + +009:005 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have + mingled. + +009:006 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of + understanding. + +009:007 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he + that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. + +009:008 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, + and he will love thee. + +009:009 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: + teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. + +009:010 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the + knowledge of the holy is understanding. + +009:011 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy + life shall be increased. + +009:012 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou + scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. + +009:013 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth + nothing. + +009:014 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the + high places of the city, + +009:015 To call passengers who go right on their ways: + +009:016 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that + wanteth understanding, she saith to him, + +009:017 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is + pleasant. + +009:018 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her + guests are in the depths of hell. + +010:001 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but + a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. + +010:002 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness + delivereth from death. + +010:003 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: + but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. + +010:004 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand + of the diligent maketh rich. + +010:005 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that + sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. + +010:006 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth + the mouth of the wicked. + +010:007 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked + shall rot. + +010:008 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating + fool shall fall. + +010:009 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that + perverteth his ways shall be known. + +010:010 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating + fool shall fall. + +010:011 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence + covereth the mouth of the wicked. + +010:012 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. + +010:013 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: + but a rod is for the back of him that is void of + understanding. + +010:014 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is + near destruction. + +010:015 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of + the poor is their poverty. + +010:016 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the + wicked to sin. + +010:017 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that + refuseth reproof erreth. + +010:018 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a + slander, is a fool. + +010:019 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that + refraineth his lips is wise. + +010:020 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the + wicked is little worth. + +010:021 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of + wisdom. + +010:022 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no + sorrow with it. + +010:023 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of + understanding hath wisdom. + +010:024 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire + of the righteous shall be granted. + +010:025 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the + righteous is an everlasting foundation. + +010:026 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the + sluggard to them that send him. + +010:027 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the + wicked shall be shortened. + +010:028 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the + expectation of the wicked shall perish. + +010:029 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but + destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. + +010:030 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not + inhabit the earth. + +010:031 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward + tongue shall be cut out. + +010:032 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the + mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. + +011:001 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight + is his delight. + +011:002 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is + wisdom. + +011:003 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the + perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. + +011:004 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness + delivereth from death. + +011:005 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the + wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. + +011:006 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but + transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. + +011:007 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the + hope of unjust men perisheth. + +011:008 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked + cometh in his stead. + +011:009 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but + through knowledge shall the just be delivered. + +011:010 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and + when the wicked perish, there is shouting. + +011:011 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is + overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. + +011:012 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man + of understanding holdeth his peace. + +011:013 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful + spirit concealeth the matter. + +011:014 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of + counsellors there is safety. + +011:015 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he + that hateth suretiship is sure. + +011:016 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain + riches. + +011:017 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is + cruel troubleth his own flesh. + +011:018 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth + righteousness shall be a sure reward. + +011:019 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil + pursueth it to his own death. + +011:020 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: + but such as are upright in their way are his delight. + +011:021 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: + but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. + +011:022 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman + which is without discretion. + +011:023 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation + of the wicked is wrath. + +011:024 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is + that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. + +011:025 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall + be watered also himself. + +011:026 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but + blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. + +011:027 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that + seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. + +011:028 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous + shall flourish as a branch. + +011:029 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and + the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. + +011:030 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that + winneth souls is wise. + +011:031 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much + more the wicked and the sinner. + +012:001 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth + reproof is brutish. + +012:002 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked + devices will he condemn. + +012:003 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of + the righteous shall not be moved. + +012:004 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that + maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. + +012:005 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of + the wicked are deceit. + +012:006 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the + mouth of the upright shall deliver them. + +012:007 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the + righteous shall stand. + +012:008 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that + is of a perverse heart shall be despised. + +012:009 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he + that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. + +012:010 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the + tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. + +012:011 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he + that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. + +012:012 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the + righteous yieldeth fruit. + +012:013 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the + just shall come out of trouble. + +012:014 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: + and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto + him. + +012:015 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that + hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. + +012:016 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth + shame. + +012:017 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a + false witness deceit. + +012:018 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the + tongue of the wise is health. + +012:019 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying + tongue is but for a moment. + +012:020 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the + counsellors of peace is joy. + +012:021 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall + be filled with mischief. + +012:022 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal + truly are his delight. + +012:023 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools + proclaimeth foolishness. + +012:024 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful + shall be under tribute. + +012:025 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word + maketh it glad. + +012:026 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the + way of the wicked seduceth them. + +012:027 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: + but the substance of a diligent man is precious. + +012:028 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway + thereof there is no death. + +013:001 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner + heareth not rebuke. + +013:002 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul + of the transgressors shall eat violence. + +013:003 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that + openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. + +013:004 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the + soul of the diligent shall be made fat. + +013:005 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, + and cometh to shame. + +013:006 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but + wickedness overthroweth the sinner. + +013:007 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is + that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. + +013:008 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor + heareth not rebuke. + +013:009 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the + wicked shall be put out. + +013:010 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is + wisdom. + +013:011 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that + gathereth by labour shall increase. + +013:012 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire + cometh, it is a tree of life. + +013:013 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that + feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. + +013:014 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the + snares of death. + +013:015 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors + is hard. + +013:016 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth + open his folly. + +013:017 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful + ambassador is health. + +013:018 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: + but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. + +013:019 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is + abomination to fools to depart from evil. + +013:020 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion + of fools shall be destroyed. + +013:021 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be + repayed. + +013:022 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: + and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. + +013:023 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is + destroyed for want of judgment. + +013:024 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him + chasteneth him betimes. + +013:025 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the + belly of the wicked shall want. + +014:001 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh + it down with her hands. + +014:002 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he + that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. + +014:003 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of + the wise shall preserve them. + +014:004 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by + the strength of the ox. + +014:005 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will + utter lies. + +014:006 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is + easy unto him that understandeth. + +014:007 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest + not in him the lips of knowledge. + +014:008 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the + folly of fools is deceit. + +014:009 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is + favour. + +014:010 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not + intermeddle with his joy. + +014:011 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the + tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. + +014:012 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end + thereof are the ways of death. + +014:013 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that + mirth is heaviness. + +014:014 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and + a good man shall be satisfied from himself. + +014:015 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh + well to his going. + +014:016 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool + rageth, and is confident. + +014:017 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked + devices is hated. + +014:018 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with + knowledge. + +014:019 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of + the righteous. + +014:020 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath + many friends. + +014:021 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath + mercy on the poor, happy is he. + +014:022 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be + to them that devise good. + +014:023 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips + tendeth only to penury. + +014:024 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of + fools is folly. + +014:025 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness + speaketh lies. + +014:026 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children + shall have a place of refuge. + +014:027 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the + snares of death. + +014:028 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the + want of people is the destruction of the prince. + +014:029 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he + that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. + +014:030 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the + rottenness of the bones. + +014:031 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that + honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. + +014:032 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous + hath hope in his death. + +014:033 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: + but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. + +014:034 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any + people. + +014:035 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is + against him that causeth shame. + +015:001 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up + anger. + +015:002 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth + of fools poureth out foolishness. + +015:003 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil + and the good. + +015:004 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein + is a breach in the spirit. + +015:005 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that + regardeth reproof is prudent. + +015:006 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the + revenues of the wicked is trouble. + +015:007 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the + foolish doeth not so. + +015:008 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but + the prayer of the upright is his delight. + +015:009 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he + loveth him that followeth after righteousness. + +015:010 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he + that hateth reproof shall die. + +015:011 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then + the hearts of the children of men? + +015:012 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he + go unto the wise. + +015:013 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of + the heart the spirit is broken. + +015:014 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: + but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. + +015:015 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a + merry heart hath a continual feast. + +015:016 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure + and trouble therewith. + +015:017 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox + and hatred therewith. + +015:018 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to + anger appeaseth strife. + +015:019 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the + way of the righteous is made plain. + +015:020 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth + his mother. + +015:021 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of + understanding walketh uprightly. + +015:022 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the + multitude of counsellors they are established. + +015:023 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken + in due season, how good is it! + +015:024 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from + hell beneath. + +015:025 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will + establish the border of the widow. + +015:026 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but + the words of the pure are pleasant words. + +015:027 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that + hateth gifts shall live. + +015:028 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth + of the wicked poureth out evil things. + +015:029 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of + the righteous. + +015:030 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report + maketh the bones fat. + +015:031 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the + wise. + +015:032 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he + that heareth reproof getteth understanding. + +015:033 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before + honour is humility. + +016:001 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the + tongue, is from the LORD. + +016:002 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD + weigheth the spirits. + +016:003 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be + established. + +016:004 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the + wicked for the day of evil. + +016:005 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the + LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. + +016:006 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the + LORD men depart from evil. + +016:007 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies + to be at peace with him. + +016:008 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues + without right. + +016:009 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his + steps. + +016:010 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth + transgresseth not in judgment. + +016:011 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of + the bag are his work. + +016:012 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the + throne is established by righteousness. + +016:013 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him + that speaketh right. + +016:014 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man + will pacify it. + +016:015 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour + is as a cloud of the latter rain. + +016:016 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get + understanding rather to be chosen than silver! + +016:017 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that + keepeth his way preserveth his soul. + +016:018 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a + fall. + +016:019 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to + divide the spoil with the proud. + +016:020 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso + trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. + +016:021 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness + of the lips increaseth learning. + +016:022 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: + but the instruction of fools is folly. + +016:023 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning + to his lips. + +016:024 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and + health to the bones. + +016:025 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end + thereof are the ways of death. + +016:026 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth + it of him. + +016:027 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a + burning fire. + +016:028 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief + friends. + +016:029 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the + way that is not good. + +016:030 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips + he bringeth evil to pass. + +016:031 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way + of righteousness. + +016:032 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he + that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. + +016:033 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof + is of the LORD. + +017:001 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house + full of sacrifices with strife. + +017:002 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, + and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. + +017:003 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but + the LORD trieth the hearts. + +017:004 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear + to a naughty tongue. + +017:005 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is + glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. + +017:006 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of + children are their fathers. + +017:007 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips + a prince. + +017:008 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: + whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. + +017:009 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that + repeateth a matter separateth very friends. + +017:010 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred + stripes into a fool. + +017:011 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel + messenger shall be sent against him. + +017:012 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool + in his folly. + +017:013 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his + house. + +017:014 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: + therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. + +017:015 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the + just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. + +017:016 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get + wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? + +017:017 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for + adversity. + +017:018 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh + surety in the presence of his friend. + +017:019 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that + exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. + +017:020 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath + a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. + +017:021 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the + father of a fool hath no joy. + +017:022 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit + drieth the bones. + +017:023 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the + ways of judgment. + +017:024 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of + a fool are in the ends of the earth. + +017:025 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her + that bare him. + +017:026 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for + equity. + +017:027 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of + understanding is of an excellent spirit. + +017:028 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and + he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. + +018:001 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and + intermeddleth with all wisdom. + +018:002 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart + may discover itself. + +018:003 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with + ignominy reproach. + +018:004 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the + wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. + +018:005 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to + overthrow the righteous in judgment. + +018:006 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for + strokes. + +018:007 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare + of his soul. + +018:008 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into + the innermost parts of the belly. + +018:009 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is + a great waster. + +018:010 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth + into it, and is safe. + +018:011 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall + in his own conceit. + +018:012 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before + honour is humility. + +018:013 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly + and shame unto him. + +018:014 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded + spirit who can bear? + +018:015 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the + wise seeketh knowledge. + +018:016 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before + great men. + +018:017 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his + neighbour cometh and searcheth him. + +018:018 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the + mighty. + +018:019 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and + their contentions are like the bars of a castle. + +018:020 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; + and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. + +018:021 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that + love it shall eat the fruit thereof. + +018:022 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth + favour of the LORD. + +018:023 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. + +018:024 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there + is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. + +019:001 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that + is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. + +019:002 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and + he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. + +019:003 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart + fretteth against the LORD. + +019:004 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his + neighbour. + +019:005 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh + lies shall not escape. + +019:006 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a + friend to him that giveth gifts. + +019:007 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his + friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they + are wanting to him. + +019:008 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth + understanding shall find good. + +019:009 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh + lies shall perish. + +019:010 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to + have rule over princes. + +019:011 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his + glory to pass over a transgression. + +019:012 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour + is as dew upon the grass. + +019:013 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the + contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. + +019:014 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent + wife is from the LORD. + +019:015 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall + suffer hunger. + +019:016 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he + that despiseth his ways shall die. + +019:017 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and + that which he hath given will he pay him again. + +019:018 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul + spare for his crying. + +019:019 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou + deliver him, yet thou must do it again. + +019:020 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be + wise in thy latter end. + +019:021 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the + counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. + +019:022 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better + than a liar. + +019:023 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it + shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. + +019:024 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so + much as bring it to his mouth again. + +019:025 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one + that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. + +019:026 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a + son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. + +019:027 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err + from the words of knowledge. + +019:028 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the + wicked devoureth iniquity. + +019:029 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back + of fools. + +020:001 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is + deceived thereby is not wise. + +020:002 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso + provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. + +020:003 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool + will be meddling. + +020:004 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore + shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. + +020:005 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of + understanding will draw it out. + +020:006 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a + faithful man who can find? + +020:007 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are + blessed after him. + +020:008 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away + all evil with his eyes. + +020:009 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my + sin? + +020:010 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike + abomination to the LORD. + +020:011 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, + and whether it be right. + +020:012 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even + both of them. + +020:013 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, + and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. + +020:014 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is + gone his way, then he boasteth. + +020:015 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of + knowledge are a precious jewel. + +020:016 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a + pledge of him for a strange woman. + +020:017 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth + shall be filled with gravel. + +020:018 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice + make war. + +020:019 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: + therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. + +020:020 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put + out in obscure darkness. + +020:021 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the + end thereof shall not be blessed. + +020:022 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, + and he shall save thee. + +020:023 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false + balance is not good. + +020:024 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand + his own way? + +020:025 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and + after vows to make enquiry. + +020:026 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over + them. + +020:027 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the + inward parts of the belly. + +020:028 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden + by mercy. + +020:029 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of + old men is the grey head. + +020:030 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the + inward parts of the belly. + +021:001 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of + water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. + +021:002 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD + pondereth the hearts. + +021:003 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than + sacrifice. + +021:004 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the + wicked, is sin. + +021:005 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but + of every one that is hasty only to want. + +021:006 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed + to and fro of them that seek death. + +021:007 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they + refuse to do judgment. + +021:008 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, + his work is right. + +021:009 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a + brawling woman in a wide house. + +021:010 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no + favour in his eyes. + +021:011 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and + when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. + +021:012 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: + but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. + +021:013 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall + cry himself, but shall not be heard. + +021:014 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom + strong wrath. + +021:015 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be + to the workers of iniquity. + +021:016 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall + remain in the congregation of the dead. + +021:017 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth + wine and oil shall not be rich. + +021:018 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the + transgressor for the upright. + +021:019 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a + contentious and an angry woman. + +021:020 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the + wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. + +021:021 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, + righteousness, and honour. + +021:022 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down + the strength of the confidence thereof. + +021:023 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from + troubles. + +021:024 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud + wrath. + +021:025 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse + to labour. + +021:026 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous + giveth and spareth not. + +021:027 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, + when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? + +021:028 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth + speaketh constantly. + +021:029 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he + directeth his way. + +021:030 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the + LORD. + +021:031 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is + of the LORD. + +022:001 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and + loving favour rather than silver and gold. + +022:002 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them + all. + +022:003 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the + simple pass on, and are punished. + +022:004 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, + and life. + +022:005 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth + keep his soul shall be far from them. + +022:006 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, + he will not depart from it. + +022:007 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to + the lender. + +022:008 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his + anger shall fail. + +022:009 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth + of his bread to the poor. + +022:010 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife + and reproach shall cease. + +022:011 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips + the king shall be his friend. + +022:012 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth + the words of the transgressor. + +022:013 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be + slain in the streets. + +022:014 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred + of the LORD shall fall therein. + +022:015 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of + correction shall drive it far from him. + +022:016 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he + that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. + +022:017 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply + thine heart unto my knowledge. + +022:018 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they + shall withal be fitted in thy lips. + +022:019 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee + this day, even to thee. + +022:020 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and + knowledge, + +022:021 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of + truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them + that send unto thee? + +022:022 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the + afflicted in the gate: + +022:023 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of + those that spoiled them. + +022:024 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man + thou shalt not go: + +022:025 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. + +022:026 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are + sureties for debts. + +022:027 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed + from under thee? + +022:028 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. + +022:029 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand + before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. + +023:001 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently + what is before thee: + +023:002 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to + appetite. + +023:003 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. + +023:004 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. + +023:005 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches + certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle + toward heaven. + +023:006 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither + desire thou his dainty meats: + +023:007 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, + saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. + +023:008 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose + thy sweet words. + +023:009 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the + wisdom of thy words. + +023:010 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of + the fatherless: + +023:011 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with + thee. + +023:012 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the + words of knowledge. + +023:013 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest + him with the rod, he shall not die. + +023:014 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul + from hell. + +023:015 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even + mine. + +023:016 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. + +023:017 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of + the LORD all the day long. + +023:018 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be + cut off. + +023:019 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the + way. + +023:020 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: + +023:021 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and + drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. + +023:022 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy + mother when she is old. + +023:023 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, + and understanding. + +023:024 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that + begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. + +023:025 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare + thee shall rejoice. + +023:026 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my + ways. + +023:027 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow + pit. + +023:028 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the + transgressors among men. + +023:029 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath + babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of + eyes? + +023:030 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed + wine. + +023:031 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his + colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. + +023:032 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an + adder. + +023:033 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall + utter perverse things. + +023:034 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the + sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. + +023:035 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; + they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I + will seek it yet again. + +024:001 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be + with them. + +024:002 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of + mischief. + +024:003 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is + established: + +024:004 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all + precious and pleasant riches. + +024:005 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth + strength. + +024:006 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude + of counsellors there is safety. + +024:007 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the + gate. + +024:008 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous + person. + +024:009 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an + abomination to men. + +024:010 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. + +024:011 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and + those that are ready to be slain; + +024:012 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that + pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, + doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man + according to his works? + +024:013 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, + which is sweet to thy taste: + +024:014 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou + hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy + expectation shall not be cut off. + +024:015 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the + righteous; spoil not his resting place: + +024:016 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but + the wicked shall fall into mischief. + +024:017 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart + be glad when he stumbleth: + +024:018 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away + his wrath from him. + +024:019 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious + at the wicked: + +024:020 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of + the wicked shall be put out. + +024:021 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with + them that are given to change: + +024:022 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the + ruin of them both? + +024:023 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have + respect of persons in judgment. + +024:024 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall + the people curse, nations shall abhor him: + +024:025 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good + blessing shall come upon them. + +024:026 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. + +024:027 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the + field; and afterwards build thine house. + +024:028 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and + deceive not with thy lips. + +024:029 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will + render to the man according to his work. + +024:030 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of + the man void of understanding; + +024:031 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had + covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was + broken down. + +024:032 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and + received instruction. + +024:033 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the + hands to sleep: + +024:034 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want + as an armed man. + +025:001 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah + king of Judah copied out. + +025:002 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of + kings is to search out a matter. + +025:003 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart + of kings is unsearchable. + +025:004 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come + forth a vessel for the finer. + +025:005 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne + shall be established in righteousness. + +025:006 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand + not in the place of great men: + +025:007 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; + than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the + prince whom thine eyes have seen. + +025:008 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do + in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. + +025:009 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not + a secret to another: + +025:010 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy + turn not away. + +025:011 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of + silver. + +025:012 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a + wise reprover upon an obedient ear. + +025:013 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful + messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of + his masters. + +025:014 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind + without rain. + +025:015 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue + breaketh the bone. + +025:016 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, + lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. + +025:017 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary + of thee, and so hate thee. + +025:018 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a + maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. + +025:019 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a + broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. + +025:020 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as + vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy + heart. + +025:021 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be + thirsty, give him water to drink: + +025:022 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD + shall reward thee. + +025:023 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance + a backbiting tongue. + +025:024 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with + a brawling woman and in a wide house. + +025:025 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far + country. + +025:026 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a + troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. + +025:027 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their + own glory is not glory. + +025:028 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that + is broken down, and without walls. + +026:001 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not + seemly for a fool. + +026:002 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the + curse causeless shall not come. + +026:003 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the + fool's back. + +026:004 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be + like unto him. + +026:005 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his + own conceit. + +026:006 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off + the feet, and drinketh damage. + +026:007 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the + mouth of fools. + +026:008 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth + honour to a fool. + +026:009 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a + parable in the mouths of fools. + +026:010 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, + and rewardeth transgressors. + +026:011 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his + folly. + +026:012 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope + of a fool than of him. + +026:013 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is + in the streets. + +026:014 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon + his bed. + +026:015 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to + bring it again to his mouth. + +026:016 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that + can render a reason. + +026:017 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to + him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. + +026:018 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, + +026:019 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not + I in sport? + +026:020 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is + no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. + +026:021 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a + contentious man to kindle strife. + +026:022 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into + the innermost parts of the belly. + +026:023 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered + with silver dross. + +026:024 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit + within him; + +026:025 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven + abominations in his heart. + +026:026 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be + shewed before the whole congregation. + +026:027 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a + stone, it will return upon him. + +026:028 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a + flattering mouth worketh ruin. + +027:001 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a + day may bring forth. + +027:002 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a + stranger, and not thine own lips. + +027:003 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is + heavier than them both. + +027:004 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to + stand before envy? + +027:005 Open rebuke is better than secret love. + +027:006 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an + enemy are deceitful. + +027:007 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul + every bitter thing is sweet. + +027:008 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that + wandereth from his place. + +027:009 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness + of a man's friend by hearty counsel. + +027:010 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; + neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy + calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a + brother far off. + +027:011 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him + that reproacheth me. + +027:012 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the + simple pass on, and are punished. + +027:013 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a + pledge of him for a strange woman. + +027:014 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in + the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. + +027:015 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious + woman are alike. + +027:016 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his + right hand, which bewrayeth itself. + +027:017 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of + his friend. + +027:018 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he + that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. + +027:019 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to + man. + +027:020 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are + never satisfied. + +027:021 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is + a man to his praise. + +027:022 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with + a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. + +027:023 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look + well to thy herds. + +027:024 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to + every generation? + +027:025 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and + herbs of the mountains are gathered. + +027:026 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of + the field. + +027:027 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the + food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy + maidens. + +028:001 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are + bold as a lion. + +028:002 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: + but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof + shall be prolonged. + +028:003 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain + which leaveth no food. + +028:004 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep + the law contend with them. + +028:005 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD + understand all things. + +028:006 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he + that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. + +028:007 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a + companion of riotous men shameth his father. + +028:008 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he + shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. + +028:009 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his + prayer shall be abomination. + +028:010 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he + shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall + have good things in possession. + +028:011 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that + hath understanding searcheth him out. + +028:012 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when + the wicked rise, a man is hidden. + +028:013 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso + confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. + +028:014 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his + heart shall fall into mischief. + +028:015 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler + over the poor people. + +028:016 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great + oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his + days. + +028:017 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall + flee to the pit; let no man stay him. + +028:018 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is + perverse in his ways shall fall at once. + +028:019 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he + that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. + +028:020 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh + haste to be rich shall not be innocent. + +028:021 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of + bread that man will transgress. + +028:022 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth + not that poverty shall come upon him. + +028:023 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than + he that flattereth with the tongue. + +028:024 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no + transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. + +028:025 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that + putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. + +028:026 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh + wisely, he shall be delivered. + +028:027 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that + hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. + +028:028 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they + perish, the righteous increase. + +029:001 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall + suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. + +029:002 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but + when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. + +029:003 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth + company with harlots spendeth his substance. + +029:004 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that + receiveth gifts overthroweth it. + +029:005 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his + feet. + +029:006 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the + righteous doth sing and rejoice. + +029:007 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the + wicked regardeth not to know it. + +029:008 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away + wrath. + +029:009 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage + or laugh, there is no rest. + +029:010 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. + +029:011 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in + till afterwards. + +029:012 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. + +029:013 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD + lighteneth both their eyes. + +029:014 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be + established for ever. + +029:015 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself + bringeth his mother to shame. + +029:016 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but + the righteous shall see their fall. + +029:017 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall + give delight unto thy soul. + +029:018 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that + keepeth the law, happy is he. + +029:019 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he + understand he will not answer. + +029:020 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more + hope of a fool than of him. + +029:021 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall + have him become his son at the length. + +029:022 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth + in transgression. + +029:023 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the + humble in spirit. + +029:024 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth + cursing, and bewrayeth it not. + +029:025 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust + in the LORD shall be safe. + +029:026 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh + from the LORD. + +029:027 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is + upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. + +030:001 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man + spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, + +030:002 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the + understanding of a man. + +030:003 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. + +030:004 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath + gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a + garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what + is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? + +030:005 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put + their trust in him. + +030:006 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be + found a liar. + +030:007 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I + die: + +030:008 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty + nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: + +030:009 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or + lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in + vain. + +030:010 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and + thou be found guilty. + +030:011 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not + bless their mother. + +030:012 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet + is not washed from their filthiness. + +030:013 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their + eyelids are lifted up. + +030:014 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their + jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, + and the needy from among men. + +030:015 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There + are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things + say not, It is enough: + +030:016 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled + with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. + +030:017 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his + mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the + young eagles shall eat it. + +030:018 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, + four which I know not: + +030:019 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a + rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way + of a man with a maid. + +030:020 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth + her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. + +030:021 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which + it cannot bear: + +030:022 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled + with meat; + +030:023 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that + is heir to her mistress. + +030:024 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they + are exceeding wise: + +030:025 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat + in the summer; + +030:026 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses + in the rocks; + +030:027 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by + bands; + +030:028 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' + palaces. + +030:029 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in + going: + +030:030 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away + for any; + +030:031 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there + is no rising up. + +030:032 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou + hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. + +030:033 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the + wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of + wrath bringeth forth strife. + +031:001 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught + him. + +031:002 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son + of my vows? + +031:003 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which + destroyeth kings. + +031:004 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink + wine; nor for princes strong drink: + +031:005 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment + of any of the afflicted. + +031:006 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine + unto those that be of heavy hearts. + +031:007 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery + no more. + +031:008 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are + appointed to destruction. + +031:009 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the + poor and needy. + +031:010 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above + rubies. + +031:011 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he + shall have no need of spoil. + +031:012 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. + +031:013 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her + hands. + +031:014 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from + afar. + +031:015 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her + household, and a portion to her maidens. + +031:016 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her + hands she planteth a vineyard. + +031:017 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her + arms. + +031:018 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth + not out by night. + +031:019 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the + distaff. + +031:020 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth + forth her hands to the needy. + +031:021 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her + household are clothed with scarlet. + +031:022 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk + and purple. + +031:023 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the + elders of the land. + +031:024 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles + unto the merchant. + +031:025 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in + time to come. + +031:026 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the + law of kindness. + +031:027 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not + the bread of idleness. + +031:028 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, + and he praiseth her. + +031:029 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them + all. + +031:030 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that + feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. + +031:031 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works + praise her in the gates. + +Book 21 Ecclesiastes + +001:001 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in + Jerusalem. + +001:002 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; + all is vanity. + +001:003 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under + the sun? + +001:004 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: + but the earth abideth for ever. + +001:005 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to + his place where he arose. + +001:006 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the + north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth + again according to his circuits. + +001:007 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto + the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return + again. + +001:008 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is + not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. + +001:009 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that + which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new + thing under the sun. + +001:010 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? + it hath been already of old time, which was before us. + +001:011 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there + be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that + shall come after. + +001:012 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. + +001:013 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom + concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore + travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised + therewith. + +001:014 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, + behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +001:015 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which + is wanting cannot be numbered. + +001:016 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great + estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have + been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great + experience of wisdom and knowledge. + +001:017 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and + folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. + +001:018 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth + knowledge increaseth sorrow. + +002:001 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, + therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. + +002:002 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? + +002:003 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet + acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, + till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which + they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. + +002:004 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me + vineyards: + +002:005 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of + all kind of fruits: + +002:006 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that + bringeth forth trees: + +002:007 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my + house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle + above all that were in Jerusalem before me: + +002:008 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure + of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women + singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical + instruments, and that of all sorts. + +002:009 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before + me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. + +002:010 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I + withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in + all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. + +002:011 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and + on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was + vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under + the sun. + +002:012 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: + for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that + which hath been already done. + +002:013 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light + excelleth darkness. + +002:014 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in + darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth + to them all. + +002:015 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it + happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I + said in my heart, that this also is vanity. + +002:016 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool + for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall + all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. + +002:017 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under + the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of + spirit. + +002:018 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: + because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. + +002:019 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet + shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, + and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is + also vanity. + +002:020 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the + labour which I took under the sun. + +002:021 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in + knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured + therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity + and a great evil. + +002:022 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of + his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? + +002:023 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his + heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. + +002:024 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and + drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his + labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. + +002:025 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? + +002:026 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and + knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to + gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good + before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +003:001 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose + under the heaven: + +003:002 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a + time to pluck up that which is planted; + +003:003 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and + a time to build up; + +003:004 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a + time to dance; + +003:005 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones + together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from + embracing; + +003:006 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time + to cast away; + +003:007 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and + a time to speak; + +003:008 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time + of peace. + +003:009 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? + +003:010 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of + men to be exercised in it. + +003:011 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath + set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the + work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. + +003:012 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to + rejoice, and to do good in his life. + +003:013 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the + good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. + +003:014 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: + nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God + doeth it, that men should fear before him. + +003:015 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath + already been; and God requireth that which is past. + +003:016 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that + wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that + iniquity was there. + +003:017 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the + wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for + every work. + +003:018 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, + that God might manifest them, and that they might see that + they themselves are beasts. + +003:019 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; + even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the + other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no + preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. + +003:020 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to + dust again. + +003:021 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the + spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? + +003:022 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a + man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: + for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? + +004:001 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are + done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were + oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their + oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. + +004:002 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than + the living which are yet alive. + +004:003 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who + hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. + +004:004 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that + for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity + and vexation of spirit. + +004:005 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. + +004:006 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full + with travail and vexation of spirit. + +004:007 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. + +004:008 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath + neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his + labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither + saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? + This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. + +004:009 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for + their labour. + +004:010 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to + him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to + help him up. + +004:011 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can + one be warm alone? + +004:012 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a + threefold cord is not quickly broken. + +004:013 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish + king, who will no more be admonished. + +004:014 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is + born in his kingdom becometh poor. + +004:015 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the + second child that shall stand up in his stead. + +004:016 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been + before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in + him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +005:001 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more + ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they + consider not that they do evil. + +005:002 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty + to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou + upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. + +005:003 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a + fool's voice is known by multitude of words. + +005:004 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he + hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. + +005:005 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou + shouldest vow and not pay. + +005:006 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say + thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should + God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine + hands? + +005:007 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also + divers vanities: but fear thou God. + +005:008 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent + perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not + at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest + regardeth; and there be higher than they. + +005:009 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself + is served by the field. + +005:010 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor + he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. + +005:011 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and + what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding + of them with their eyes? + +005:012 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little + or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to + sleep. + +005:013 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, + riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. + +005:014 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a + son, and there is nothing in his hand. + +005:015 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return + to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which + he may carry away in his hand. + +005:016 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, + so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for + the wind? + +005:017 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much + sorrow and wrath with his sickness. + +005:018 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one + to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour + that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which + God giveth him: for it is his portion. + +005:019 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and + hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, + and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. + +005:020 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because + God answereth him in the joy of his heart. + +006:001 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is + common among men: + +006:002 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so + that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, + yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger + eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. + +006:003 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so + that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled + with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an + untimely birth is better than he. + +006:004 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and + his name shall be covered with darkness. + +006:005 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this + hath more rest than the other. + +006:006 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he + seen no good: do not all go to one place? + +006:007 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite + is not filled. + +006:008 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, + that knoweth to walk before the living? + +006:009 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the + desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. + +006:010 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it + is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than + he. + +006:011 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man + the better? + +006:012 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the + days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who + can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? + +007:001 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of + death than the day of one's birth. + +007:002 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the + house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the + living will lay it to his heart. + +007:003 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the + countenance the heart is made better. + +007:004 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the + heart of fools is in the house of mirth. + +007:005 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to + hear the song of fools. + +007:006 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter + of the fool: this also is vanity. + +007:007 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth + the heart. + +007:008 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and + the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. + +007:009 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in + the bosom of fools. + +007:010 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were + better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning + this. + +007:011 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit + to them that see the sun. + +007:012 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the + excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them + that have it. + +007:013 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, + which he hath made crooked? + +007:014 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of + adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the + other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. + +007:015 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a + just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a + wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. + +007:016 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: + why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? + +007:017 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why + shouldest thou die before thy time? + +007:018 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also + from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God + shall come forth of them all. + +007:019 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which + are in the city. + +007:020 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and + sinneth not. + +007:021 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou + hear thy servant curse thee: + +007:022 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself + likewise hast cursed others. + +007:023 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but + it was far from me. + +007:024 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it + out? + +007:025 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out + wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness + of folly, even of foolishness and madness: + +007:026 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is + snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God + shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. + +007:027 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by + one, to find out the account: + +007:028 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a + thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not + found. + +007:029 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; + but they have sought out many inventions. + +008:001 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of + a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the + boldness of his face shall be changed. + +008:002 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in + regard of the oath of God. + +008:003 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil + thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. + +008:004 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say + unto him, What doest thou? + +008:005 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a + wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. + +008:006 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore + the misery of man is great upon him. + +008:007 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him + when it shall be? + +008:008 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the + spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there + is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver + those that are given to it. + +008:009 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work + that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man + ruleth over another to his own hurt. + +008:010 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the + place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where + they had so done: this is also vanity. + +008:011 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed + speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set + in them to do evil. + +008:012 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be + prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them + that fear God, which fear before him: + +008:013 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he + prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth + not before God. + +008:014 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be + just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the + wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth + according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also + is vanity. + +008:015 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing + under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for + that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, + which God giveth him under the sun. + +008:016 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the + business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that + neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) + +008:017 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out + the work that is done under the sun: because though a man + labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; + though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able + to find it. + +009:001 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all + this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are + in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by + all that is before them. + +009:002 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the + righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, + and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that + sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that + sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. + +009:003 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, + that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the + sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart + while they live, and after that they go to the dead. + +009:004 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for + a living dog is better than a dead lion. + +009:005 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not + any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory + of them is forgotten. + +009:006 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now + perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any + thing that is done under the sun. + +009:007 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a + merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. + +009:008 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no + ointment. + +009:009 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of + the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the + sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in + this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. + +009:010 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for + there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in + the grave, whither thou goest. + +009:011 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the + swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the + wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour + to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. + +009:012 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are + taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the + snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it + falleth suddenly upon them. + +009:013 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed + great unto me: + +009:014 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came + a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great + bulwarks against it: + +009:015 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his + wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same + poor man. + +009:016 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the + poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. + +009:017 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of + him that ruleth among fools. + +009:018 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner + destroyeth much good. + +010:001 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth + a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in + reputation for wisdom and honour. + +010:002 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at + his left. + +010:003 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his + wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a + fool. + +010:004 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy + place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. + +010:005 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error + which proceedeth from the ruler: + +010:006 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. + +010:007 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as + servants upon the earth. + +010:008 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh + an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. + +010:009 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that + cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. + +010:010 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must + he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. + +010:011 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a + babbler is no better. + +010:012 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of + a fool will swallow up himself. + +010:013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and + the end of his talk is mischievous madness. + +010:014 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; + and what shall be after him, who can tell him? + +010:015 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because + he knoweth not how to go to the city. + +010:016 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes + eat in the morning! + +010:017 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, + and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for + drunkenness! + +010:018 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through + idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. + +010:019 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money + answereth all things. + +010:020 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the + rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the + voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. + +011:001 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after + many days. + +011:002 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest + not what evil shall be upon the earth. + +011:003 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the + earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the + north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. + +011:004 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that + regardeth the clouds shall not reap. + +011:005 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the + bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so + thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. + +011:006 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not + thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either + this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. + +011:007 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the + eyes to behold the sun: + +011:008 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let + him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All + that cometh is vanity. + +011:009 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer + thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine + heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for + all these things God will bring thee into judgment. + +011:010 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from + thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. + +012:001 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the + evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt + say, I have no pleasure in them; + +012:002 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not + darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: + +012:003 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and + the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease + because they are few, and those that look out of the windows + be darkened, + +012:004 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of + the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the + bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; + +012:005 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and + fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, + and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: + because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about + the streets: + +012:006 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be + broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel + broken at the cistern. + +012:007 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the + spirit shall return unto God who gave it. + +012:008 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. + +012:009 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught + the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, + and set in order many proverbs. + +012:010 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that + which was written was upright, even words of truth. + +012:011 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by + the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. + +012:012 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many + books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the + flesh. + +012:013 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and + keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. + +012:014 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every + secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. + +Book 22 Song of Solomon + +001:001 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. + +001:002 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is + better than wine. + +001:003 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as + ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. + +001:004 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into + his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will + remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. + +001:005 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the + tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. + +001:006 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath + looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they + made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard + have I not kept. + +001:007 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where + thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as + one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? + +001:008 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth + by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the + shepherds' tents. + +001:009 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in + Pharaoh's chariots. + +001:010 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with + chains of gold. + +001:011 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. + +001:012 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth + forth the smell thereof. + +001:013 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all + night betwixt my breasts. + +001:014 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the + vineyards of Engedi. + +001:015 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou + hast doves' eyes. + +001:016 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed + is green. + +001:017 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. + +002:001 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. + +002:002 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. + +002:003 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my + beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great + delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. + +002:004 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me + was love. + +002:005 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of + love. + +002:006 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth + embrace me. + +002:007 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by + the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my + love, till he please. + +002:008 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the + mountains, skipping upon the hills. + +002:009 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth + behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing + himself through the lattice. + +002:010 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair + one, and come away. + +002:011 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; + +002:012 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of + birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our + land; + +002:013 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with + the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair + one, and come away. + +002:014 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret + places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear + thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is + comely. + +002:015 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for + our vines have tender grapes. + +002:016 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. + +002:017 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my + beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the + mountains of Bether. + +003:001 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought + him, but I found him not. + +003:002 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in + the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought + him, but I found him not. + +003:003 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, + Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? + +003:004 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him + whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, + until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the + chamber of her that conceived me. + +003:005 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by + the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my + love, till he please. + +003:006 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of + smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders + of the merchant? + +003:007 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are + about it, of the valiant of Israel. + +003:008 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his + sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. + +003:009 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. + +003:010 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of + gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being + paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. + +003:011 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with + the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his + espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. + +004:001 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou + hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of + goats, that appear from mount Gilead. + +004:002 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which + came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and + none is barren among them. + +004:003 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is + comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within + thy locks. + +004:004 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, + whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty + men. + +004:005 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which + feed among the lilies. + +004:006 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me + to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. + +004:007 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. + +004:008 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: + look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, + from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. + +004:009 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast + ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of + thy neck. + +004:010 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is + thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all + spices! + +004:011 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk + are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like + the smell of Lebanon. + +004:012 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a + fountain sealed. + +004:013 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant + fruits; camphire, with spikenard, + +004:014 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of + frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: + +004:015 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams + from Lebanon. + +004:016 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my + garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved + come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. + +005:001 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have + gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb + with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O + friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. + +005:002 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved + that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my + dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my + locks with the drops of the night. + +005:003 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed + my feet; how shall I defile them? + +005:004 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my + bowels were moved for him. + +005:005 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with + myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the + handles of the lock. + +005:006 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, + and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but + I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. + +005:007 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, + they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil + from me. + +005:008 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, + that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. + +005:009 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest + among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, + that thou dost so charge us? + +005:010 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten + thousand. + +005:011 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and + black as a raven. + +005:012 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, + washed with milk, and fitly set. + +005:013 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips + like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. + +005:014 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is + as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. + +005:015 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine + gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. + +005:016 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is + my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. + +006:001 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? + whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with + thee. + +006:002 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of + spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. + +006:003 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among + the lilies. + +006:004 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, + terrible as an army with banners. + +006:005 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy + hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. + +006:006 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the + washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one + barren among them. + +006:007 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. + +006:008 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and + virgins without number. + +006:009 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her + mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The + daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the + concubines, and they praised her. + +006:010 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the + moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? + +006:011 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the + valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the + pomegranates budded. + +006:012 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of + Amminadib. + +006:013 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look + upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the + company of two armies. + +007:001 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! + the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the + hands of a cunning workman. + +007:002 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: + thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. + +007:003 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. + +007:004 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools + in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the + tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. + +007:005 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine + head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. + +007:006 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! + +007:007 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to + clusters of grapes. + +007:008 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the + boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of + the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; + +007:009 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, + that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are + asleep to speak. + +007:010 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. + +007:011 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge + in the villages. + +007:012 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine + flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the + pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. + +007:013 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of + pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O + my beloved. + +008:001 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my + mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; + yea, I should not be despised. + +008:002 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who + would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine + of the juice of my pomegranate. + +008:003 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand + should embrace me. + +008:004 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, + nor awake my love, until he please. + +008:005 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon + her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy + mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that + bare thee. + +008:006 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: + for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: + the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most + vehement flame. + +008:007 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown + it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for + love, it would utterly be contemned. + +008:008 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall + we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? + +008:009 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: + and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of + cedar. + +008:010 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his + eyes as one that found favour. + +008:011 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard + unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a + thousand pieces of silver. + +008:012 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, + must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof + two hundred. + +008:013 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to + thy voice: cause me to hear it. + +008:014 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a + young hart upon the mountains of spices. + +Book 23 Isaiah + +001:001 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning + Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and + Hezekiah, kings of Judah. + +001:002 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath + spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they + have rebelled against me. + +001:003 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but + Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. + +001:004 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of + evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken + the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto + anger, they are gone away backward. + +001:005 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and + more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. + +001:006 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no + soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying + sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither + mollified with ointment. + +001:007 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: + your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is + desolate, as overthrown by strangers. + +001:008 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, + as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. + +001:009 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small + remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been + like unto Gomorrah. + +001:010 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto + the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. + +001:011 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? + saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and + the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of + bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. + +001:012 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at + your hand, to tread my courts? + +001:013 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto + me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I + cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. + +001:014 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they + are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. + +001:015 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes + from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: + your hands are full of blood. + +001:016 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings + from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; + +001:017 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge + the fatherless, plead for the widow. + +001:018 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though + your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; + though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. + +001:019 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the + land: + +001:020 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the + sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. + +001:021 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of + judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. + +001:022 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: + +001:023 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every + one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not + the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto + them. + +001:024 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of + Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me + of mine enemies: + +001:025 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy + dross, and take away all thy tin: + +001:026 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy + counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be + called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. + +001:027 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with + righteousness. + +001:028 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners + shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be + consumed. + +001:029 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, + and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have + chosen. + +001:030 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden + that hath no water. + +001:031 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a + spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall + quench them. + +002:001 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and + Jerusalem. + +002:002 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain + of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the + mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all + nations shall flow unto it. + +002:003 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to + the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; + and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his + paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of + the LORD from Jerusalem. + +002:004 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many + people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and + their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword + against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. + +002:005 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the + LORD. + +002:006 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, + because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers + like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the + children of strangers. + +002:007 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there + any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, + neither is there any end of their chariots: + +002:008 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of + their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: + +002:009 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth + himself: therefore forgive them not. + +002:010 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of + the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. + +002:011 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness + of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be + exalted in that day. + +002:012 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that + is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and + he shall be brought low: + +002:013 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted + up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, + +002:014 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that + are lifted up, + +002:015 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, + +002:016 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant + pictures. + +002:017 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the + haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall + be exalted in that day. + +002:018 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. + +002:019 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the + caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of + his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +002:020 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his + idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to + worship, to the moles and to the bats; + +002:021 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the + ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his + majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +002:022 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for + wherein is he to be accounted of ? + +003:001 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from + Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole + stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. + +003:002 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the + prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, + +003:003 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the + counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent + orator. + +003:004 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall + rule over them. + +003:005 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and + every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself + proudly against the ancient, and the base against the + honourable. + +003:006 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his + father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let + this ruin be under thy hand: + +003:007 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; + for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a + ruler of the people. + +003:008 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their + tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the + eyes of his glory. + +003:009 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and + they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto + their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. + +003:010 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for + they shall eat the fruit of their doings. + +003:011 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward + of his hands shall be given him. + +003:012 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women + rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee + to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. + +003:013 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the + people. + +003:014 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his + people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the + vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. + +003:015 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the + faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. + +003:016 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are + haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, + walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with + their feet: + +003:017 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the + head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover + their secret parts. + +003:018 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their + tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and + their round tires like the moon, + +003:019 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, + +003:020 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, + and the tablets, and the earrings, + +003:021 The rings, and nose jewels, + +003:022 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the + wimples, and the crisping pins, + +003:023 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. + +003:024 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there + shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of + well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding + of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. + +003:025 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. + +003:026 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate + shall sit upon the ground. + +004:001 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, + saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: + only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. + +004:002 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and + glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and + comely for them that are escaped of Israel. + +004:003 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and + he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even + every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: + +004:004 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the + daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of + Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, + and by the spirit of burning. + +004:005 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount + Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and + the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory + shall be a defence. + +004:006 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time + from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert + from storm and from rain. + +005:001 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved + touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a + very fruitful hill: + +005:002 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and + planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the + midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked + that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild + grapes. + +005:003 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, + I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. + +005:004 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not + done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring + forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? + +005:005 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: + I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; + and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: + +005:006 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; + but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command + the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. + +005:007 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, + and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for + judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold + a cry. + +005:008 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to + field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone + in the midst of the earth! + +005:009 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses + shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. + +005:010 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed + of an homer shall yield an ephah. + +005:011 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may + follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine + inflame them! + +005:012 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, + are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, + neither consider the operation of his hands. + +005:013 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have + no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their + multitude dried up with thirst. + +005:014 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth + without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and + their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. + +005:015 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man + shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: + +005:016 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God + that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. + +005:017 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste + places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. + +005:018 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin + as it were with a cart rope: + +005:019 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may + see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw + nigh and come, that we may know it! + +005:020 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put + darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter + for sweet, and sweet for bitter! + +005:021 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in + their own sight! + +005:022 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of + strength to mingle strong drink: + +005:023 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the + righteousness of the righteous from him! + +005:024 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame + consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and + their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away + the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the + Holy One of Israel. + +005:025 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, + and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath + smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases + were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger + is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +005:026 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and + will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, + they shall come with speed swiftly: + +005:027 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber + nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, + nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: + +005:028 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' + hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a + whirlwind: + +005:029 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young + lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and + shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. + +005:030 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring + of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and + sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. + +006:001 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting + upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the + temple. + +006:002 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with + twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, + and with twain he did fly. + +006:003 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the + LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. + +006:004 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that + cried, and the house was filled with smoke. + +006:005 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of + unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean + lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. + +006:006 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in + his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the + altar: + +006:007 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched + thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin + purged. + +006:008 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, + and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. + +006:009 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but + understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. + +006:010 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, + and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear + with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, + and be healed. + +006:011 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities + be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and + the land be utterly desolate, + +006:012 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great + forsaking in the midst of the land. + +006:013 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall + be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in + them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be + the substance thereof. + +007:001 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the + son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, + and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward + Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. + +007:002 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is + confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the + heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with + the wind. + +007:003 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, + thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of + the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; + +007:004 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither + be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, + for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of + Remaliah. + +007:005 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken + evil counsel against thee, saying, + +007:006 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a + breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even + the son of Tabeal: + +007:007 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it + come to pass. + +007:008 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is + Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be + broken, that it be not a people. + +007:009 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is + Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be + established. + +007:010 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, + +007:011 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the + depth, or in the height above. + +007:012 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. + +007:013 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small + thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? + +007:014 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a + virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name + Immanuel. + +007:015 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the + evil, and choose the good. + +007:016 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose + the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of + both her kings. + +007:017 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon + thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that + Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. + +007:018 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers + of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. + +007:019 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the + desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all + thorns, and upon all bushes. + +007:020 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is + hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of + Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also + consume the beard. + +007:021 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall + nourish a young cow, and two sheep; + +007:022 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they + shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall + every one eat that is left in the land. + +007:023 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall + be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand + silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. + +007:024 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all + the land shall become briers and thorns. + +007:025 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there + shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it + shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading + of lesser cattle. + +008:001 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and + write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. + +008:002 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the + priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. + +008:003 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a + son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name + Mahershalalhashbaz. + +008:004 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, + and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria + shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. + +008:005 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, + +008:006 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that + go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; + +008:007 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the + waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of + Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his + channels, and go over all his banks: + +008:008 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go + over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out + of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. + +008:009 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in + pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird + yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, + and ye shall be broken in pieces. + +008:010 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the + word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. + +008:011 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and + instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this + people, saying, + +008:012 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people + shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be + afraid. + +008:013 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, + and let him be your dread. + +008:014 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling + and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a + gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +008:015 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, + and be snared, and be taken. + +008:016 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. + +008:017 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the + house of Jacob, and I will look for him. + +008:018 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for + signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which + dwelleth in mount Zion. + +008:019 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have + familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: + should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the + dead? + +008:020 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according + to this word, it is because there is no light in them. + +008:021 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and + it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they + shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and + look upward. + +008:022 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and + darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to + darkness. + +009:001 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her + vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of + Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more + grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, + in Galilee of the nations. + +009:002 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: + they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them + hath the light shined. + +009:003 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: + they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as + men rejoice when they divide the spoil. + +009:004 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of + his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of + Midian. + +009:005 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and + garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and + fuel of fire. + +009:006 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the + government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be + called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting + Father, The Prince of Peace. + +009:007 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no + end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order + it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from + henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will + perform this. + +009:008 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon + Israel. + +009:009 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant + of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, + +009:010 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn + stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them + into cedars. + +009:011 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin + against him, and join his enemies together; + +009:012 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall + devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not + turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +009:013 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither + do they seek the LORD of hosts. + +009:014 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, + branch and rush, in one day. + +009:015 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet + that teacheth lies, he is the tail. + +009:016 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they + that are led of them are destroyed. + +009:017 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, + neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for + every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth + speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but + his hand is stretched out still. + +009:018 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers + and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, + and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. + +009:019 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, + and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall + spare his brother. + +009:020 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he + shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: + they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: + +009:021 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together + shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned + away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +010:001 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write + grievousness which they have prescribed; + +010:002 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the + right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their + prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! + +010:003 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the + desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for + help? and where will ye leave your glory? + +010:004 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they + shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not + turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +010:005 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand + is mine indignation. + +010:006 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against + the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the + spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the + mire of the streets. + +010:007 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; + but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a + few. + +010:008 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? + +010:009 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not + Samaria as Damascus? + +010:010 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose + graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; + +010:011 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do + to Jerusalem and her idols? + +010:012 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath + performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I + will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of + Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. + +010:013 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and + by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds + of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put + down the inhabitants like a valiant man: + +010:014 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and + as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the + earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the + mouth, or peeped. + +010:015 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? + or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? + as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it + up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no + wood. + +010:016 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his + fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a + burning like the burning of a fire. + +010:017 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One + for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his + briers in one day; + +010:018 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful + field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a + standard-bearer fainteth. + +010:019 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a + child may write them. + +010:020 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of + Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall + no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay + upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. + +010:021 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the + mighty God. + +010:022 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a + remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall + overflow with righteousness. + +010:023 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even + determined, in the midst of all the land. + +010:024 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that + dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall + smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against + thee, after the manner of Egypt. + +010:025 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, + and mine anger in their destruction. + +010:026 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him + according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and + as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the + manner of Egypt. + +010:027 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall + be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy + neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the + anointing. + +010:028 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he + hath laid up his carriages: + +010:029 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their + lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. + +010:030 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard + unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. + +010:031 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather + themselves to flee. + +010:032 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his + hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of + Jerusalem. + +010:033 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with + terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and + the haughty shall be humbled. + +010:034 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, + and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. + +011:001 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and + a Branch shall grow out of his roots: + +011:002 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of + wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the + spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; + +011:003 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the + LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, + neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: + +011:004 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove + with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the + earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his + lips shall he slay the wicked. + +011:005 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and + faithfulness the girdle of his reins. + +011:006 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall + lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the + fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. + +011:007 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall + lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. + +011:008 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and + the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. + +011:009 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for + the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the + waters cover the sea. + +011:010 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall + stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles + seek: and his rest shall be glorious. + +011:011 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set + his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his + people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and + from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, + and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. + +011:012 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall + assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the + dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. + +011:013 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of + Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and + Judah shall not vex Ephraim. + +011:014 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines + toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: + they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children + of Ammon shall obey them. + +011:015 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian + sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the + river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men + go over dryshod. + +011:016 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, + which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in + the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. + +012:001 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: + though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, + and thou comfortedst me. + +012:002 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: + for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is + become my salvation. + +012:003 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of + salvation. + +012:004 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his + name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that + his name is exalted. + +012:005 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is + known in all the earth. + +012:006 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the + Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. + +013:001 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. + +013:002 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice + unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of + the nobles. + +013:003 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my + mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my + highness. + +013:004 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great + people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered + together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. + +013:005 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the + LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole + land. + +013:006 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as + a destruction from the Almighty. + +013:007 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart + shall melt: + +013:008 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of + them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they + shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as + flames. + +013:009 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and + fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy + the sinners thereof out of it. + +013:010 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall + not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going + forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. + +013:011 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for + their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to + cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. + +013:012 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man + than the golden wedge of Ophir. + +013:013 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove + out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in + the day of his fierce anger. + +013:014 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man + taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and + flee every one into his own land. + +013:015 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one + that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. + +013:016 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their + eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. + +013:017 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not + regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. + +013:018 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they + shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall + not spare children. + +013:019 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the + Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and + Gomorrah. + +013:020 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from + generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent + there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. + +013:021 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their + houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall + dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. + +013:022 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate + houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is + near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. + +014:001 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose + Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers + shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house + of Jacob. + +014:002 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: + and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the + LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them + captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over + their oppressors. + +014:003 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give + thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the + hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, + +014:004 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of + Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden + city ceased! + +014:005 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre + of the rulers. + +014:006 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he + that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none + hindereth. + +014:007 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth + into singing. + +014:008 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, + saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against + us. + +014:009 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy + coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief + ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all + the kings of the nations. + +014:010 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become + weak as we? art thou become like unto us? + +014:011 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy + viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover + thee. + +014:012 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the + morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst + weaken the nations! + +014:013 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, + I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also + upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: + +014:014 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like + the most High. + +014:015 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the + pit. + +014:016 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider + thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, + that did shake kingdoms; + +014:017 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities + thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? + +014:018 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, + every one in his own house. + +014:019 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, + and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through + with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a + carcase trodden under feet. + +014:020 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou + hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of + evildoers shall never be renowned. + +014:021 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their + fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill + the face of the world with cities. + +014:022 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and + cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and + nephew, saith the LORD. + +014:023 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of + water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, + saith the LORD of hosts. + +014:024 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have + thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so + shall it stand: + +014:025 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my + mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart + from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. + +014:026 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and + this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. + +014:027 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul + it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? + +014:028 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. + +014:029 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that + smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come + forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying + serpent. + +014:030 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall + lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and + he shall slay thy remnant. + +014:031 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art + dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and + none shall be alone in his appointed times. + +014:032 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That + the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall + trust in it. + +015:001 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid + waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of + Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; + +015:002 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to + weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their + heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. + +015:003 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on + the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one + shall howl, weeping abundantly. + +015:004 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard + even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall + cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. + +015:005 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto + Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of + Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of + Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. + +015:006 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is + withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. + +015:007 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they + have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the + willows. + +015:008 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the + howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto + Beerelim. + +015:009 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will + bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, + and upon the remnant of the land. + +016:001 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the + wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. + +016:002 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the + nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. + +016:003 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night + in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him + that wandereth. + +016:004 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to + them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at + an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out + of the land. + +016:005 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit + upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and + seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. + +016:006 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of + his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies + shall not be so. + +016:007 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for + the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are + stricken. + +016:008 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: + the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants + thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through + the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone + over the sea. + +016:009 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of + Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and + Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy + harvest is fallen. + +016:010 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful + field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither + shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine + in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. + +016:011 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and + mine inward parts for Kirharesh. + +016:012 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary + on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to + pray; but he shall not prevail. + +016:013 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab + since that time. + +016:014 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as + the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be + contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant + shall be very small and feeble. + +017:001 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from + being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. + +017:002 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, + which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. + +017:003 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom + from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the + glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. + +017:004 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob + shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax + lean. + +017:005 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and + reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that + gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. + +017:006 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an + olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost + bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, + saith the LORD God of Israel. + +017:007 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall + have respect to the Holy One of Israel. + +017:008 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, + neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either + the groves, or the images. + +017:009 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, + and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the + children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. + +017:010 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast + not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt + thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange + slips: + +017:011 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the + morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest + shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. + +017:012 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like + the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that + make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! + +017:013 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but + God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall + be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and + like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. + +017:014 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he + is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot + of them that rob us. + +018:001 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the + rivers of Ethiopia: + +018:002 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of + bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to + a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their + beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose + land the rivers have spoiled! + +018:003 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, + see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and + when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. + +018:004 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will + consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, + and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. + +018:005 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour + grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the + sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the + branches. + +018:006 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, + and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer + upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon + them. + +018:007 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of + hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people + terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and + trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the + place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. + +019:001 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift + cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall + be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in + the midst of it. + +019:002 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they + shall fight every one against his brother, and every one + against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against + kingdom. + +019:003 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I + will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the + idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar + spirits, and to the wizards. + +019:004 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel + lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, + the LORD of hosts. + +019:005 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be + wasted and dried up. + +019:006 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of + defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags + shall wither. + +019:007 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and + every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, + and be no more. + +019:008 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle + into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon + the waters shall languish. + +019:009 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave + networks, shall be confounded. + +019:010 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that + make sluices and ponds for fish. + +019:011 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise + counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto + Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? + +019:012 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee + now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed + upon Egypt. + +019:013 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are + deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the + stay of the tribes thereof. + +019:014 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: + and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a + drunken man staggereth in his vomit. + +019:015 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or + tail, branch or rush, may do. + +019:016 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be + afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD + of hosts, which he shaketh over it. + +019:017 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one + that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, + because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath + determined against it. + +019:018 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the + language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall + be called, The city of destruction. + +019:019 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst + of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to + the LORD. + +019:020 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of + hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD + because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, + and a great one, and he shall deliver them. + +019:021 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall + know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and + oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform + it. + +019:022 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: + and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be + intreated of them, and shall heal them. + +019:023 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, + and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into + Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. + +019:024 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with + Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: + +019:025 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt + my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine + inheritance. + +020:001 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the + king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took + it; + +020:002 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, + saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put + off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and + barefoot. + +020:003 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked + and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and + upon Ethiopia; + +020:004 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians + prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked + and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame + of Egypt. + +020:005 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their + expectation, and of Egypt their glory. + +020:006 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, + such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be + delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? + +021:001 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the + south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a + terrible land. + +021:002 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer + dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O + Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to + cease. + +021:003 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold + upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed + down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. + +021:004 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my + pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. + +021:005 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, + ye princes, and anoint the shield. + +021:006 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let + him declare what he seeth. + +021:007 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of + asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently + with much heed: + +021:008 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the + watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole + nights: + +021:009 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of + horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is + fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken + unto the ground. + +021:010 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have + heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared + unto you. + +021:011 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, + what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? + +021:012 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if + ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. + +021:013 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye + lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. + +021:014 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that + was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. + +021:015 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from + the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. + +021:016 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according + to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall + fail: + +021:017 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of + the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God + of Israel hath spoken it. + +022:001 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that + thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? + +022:002 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: + thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in + battle. + +022:003 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the + archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which + have fled from far. + +022:004 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, + labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the + daughter of my people. + +022:005 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of + perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, + breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. + +022:006 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, + and Kir uncovered the shield. + +022:007 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be + full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in + array at the gate. + +022:008 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look + in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. + +022:009 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they + are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower + pool. + +022:010 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses + have ye broken down to fortify the wall. + +022:011 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of + the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, + neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. + +022:012 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and + to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: + +022:013 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, + eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to + morrow we shall die. + +022:014 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely + this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith + the Lord GOD of hosts. + +022:015 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this + treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, + +022:016 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast + hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a + sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself + in a rock? + +022:017 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, + and will surely cover thee. + +022:018 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a + large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of + thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. + +022:019 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state + shall he pull thee down. + +022:020 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my + servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: + +022:021 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with + thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: + and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and + to the house of Judah. + +022:022 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his + shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall + shut, and none shall open. + +022:023 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall + be for a glorious throne to his father's house. + +022:024 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's + house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small + quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of + flagons. + +022:025 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is + fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and + fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for + the LORD hath spoken it. + +023:001 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid + waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the + land of Chittim it is revealed to them. + +023:002 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants + of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. + +023:003 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the + river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. + +023:004 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the + strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth + children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up + virgins. + +023:005 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely + pained at the report of Tyre. + +023:006 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. + +023:007 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? + her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. + +023:008 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, + whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the + honourable of the earth? + +023:009 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all + glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the + earth. + +023:010 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: + there is no more strength. + +023:011 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: + the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, + to destroy the strong holds thereof. + +023:012 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed + virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there + also shalt thou have no rest. + +023:013 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till + the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: + they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces + thereof; and he brought it to ruin. + +023:014 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. + +023:015 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be + forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: + after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. + +023:016 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been + forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou + mayest be remembered. + +023:017 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that + the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and + shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world + upon the face of the earth. + +023:018 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the + LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her + merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to + eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. + +024:001 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, + and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the + inhabitants thereof. + +024:002 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as + with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so + with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as + with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of + usury, so with the giver of usury to him. + +024:003 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for + the LORD hath spoken this word. + +024:004 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and + fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. + +024:005 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; + because they have transgressed the laws, changed the + ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. + +024:006 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that + dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the + earth are burned, and few men left. + +024:007 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the + merryhearted do sigh. + +024:008 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice + endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. + +024:009 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be + bitter to them that drink it. + +024:010 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, + that no man may come in. + +024:011 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is + darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. + +024:012 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with + destruction. + +024:013 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the + people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as + the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. + +024:014 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the + majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. + +024:015 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of + the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. + +024:016 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even + glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, + woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; + yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. + +024:017 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant + of the earth. + +024:018 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise + of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out + of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the + windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the + earth do shake. + +024:019 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean + dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. + +024:020 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be + removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be + heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. + +024:021 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the + kings of the earth upon the earth. + +024:022 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered + in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many + days shall they be visited. + +024:023 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when + the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, + and before his ancients gloriously. + +025:001 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy + name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old + are faithfulness and truth. + +025:002 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a + ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be + built. + +025:003 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of + the terrible nations shall fear thee. + +025:004 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the + needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from + the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm + against the wall. + +025:005 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a + dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the + branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. + +025:006 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all + people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of + fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. + +025:007 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering + cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all + nations. + +025:008 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will + wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his + people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD + hath spoken it. + +025:009 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have + waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have + waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. + +025:010 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab + shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down + for the dunghill. + +025:011 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as + he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he + shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their + hands. + +025:012 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring + down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. + +026:001 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We + have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and + bulwarks. + +026:002 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the + truth may enter in. + +026:003 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on + thee: because he trusteth in thee. + +026:004 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is + everlasting strength: + +026:005 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, + he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he + bringeth it even to the dust. + +026:006 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and + the steps of the needy. + +026:007 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost + weigh the path of the just. + +026:008 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for + thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the + remembrance of thee. + +026:009 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my + spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy + judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will + learn righteousness. + +026:010 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn + righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal + unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. + +026:011 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they + shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, + the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. + +026:012 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast + wrought all our works in us. + +026:013 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over + us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. + +026:014 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they + shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed + them, and made all their memory to perish. + +026:015 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased + the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto + all the ends of the earth. + +026:016 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a + prayer when thy chastening was upon them. + +026:017 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her + delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we + been in thy sight, O LORD. + +026:018 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it + were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance + in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world + fallen. + +026:019 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they + arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is + as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. + +026:020 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy + doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, + until the indignation be overpast. + +026:021 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the + inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also + shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. + +027:001 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword + shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan + that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in + the sea. + +027:002 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. + +027:003 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any + hurt it, I will keep it night and day. + +027:004 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against + me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them + together. + +027:005 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace + with me; and he shall make peace with me. + +027:006 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel + shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with + fruit. + +027:007 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is + he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by + him? + +027:008 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: + he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. + +027:009 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and + this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all + the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in + sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. + +027:010 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation + forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf + feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches + thereof. + +027:011 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken + off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people + of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have + mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no + favour. + +027:012 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of + Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of + Israel. + +027:013 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet + shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish + in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, + and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. + +028:001 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose + glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of + the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! + +028:002 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a + tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty + waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the + hand. + +028:003 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden + under feet: + +028:004 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat + valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit + before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, + while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. + +028:005 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, + and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, + +028:006 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, + and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. + +028:007 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong + drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have + erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, + they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in + vision, they stumble in judgment. + +028:008 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there + is no place clean. + +028:009 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to + understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and + drawn from the breasts. + +028:010 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line + upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: + +028:011 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to + this people. + +028:012 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the + weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not + hear. + +028:013 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, + precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a + little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall + backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. + +028:014 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that + rule this people which is in Jerusalem. + +028:015 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and + with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge + shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have + made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid + ourselves: + +028:016 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a + foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a + sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. + +028:017 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the + plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and + the waters shall overflow the hiding place. + +028:018 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your + agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing + scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by + it. + +028:019 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for + morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: + and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. + +028:020 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on + it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in + it. + +028:021 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be + wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his + strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. + +028:022 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made + strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a + consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. + +028:023 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. + +028:024 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break + the clods of his ground? + +028:025 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast + abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the + principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their + place? + +028:026 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach + him. + +028:027 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, + neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the + fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a + rod. + +028:028 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing + it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it + with his horsemen. + +028:029 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is + wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. + +029:001 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye + year to year; let them kill sacrifices. + +029:002 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and + sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. + +029:003 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege + against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against + thee. + +029:004 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the + ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy + voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of + the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. + +029:005 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small + dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff + that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. + +029:006 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and + with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and + the flame of devouring fire. + +029:007 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, + even all that fight against her and her munition, and that + distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. + +029:008 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, + he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a + thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he + awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: + so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight + against mount Zion. + +029:009 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are + drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong + drink. + +029:010 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep + sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your + rulers, the seers hath he covered. + +029:011 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a + book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, + saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it + is sealed: + +029:012 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, + Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. + +029:013 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me + with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have + removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is + taught by the precept of men: + +029:014 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work + among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for + the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the + understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. + +029:015 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the + LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth + us? and who knoweth us? + +029:016 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as + the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, + He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that + framed it, He had no understanding? + +029:017 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned + into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be + esteemed as a forest? + +029:018 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and + the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of + darkness. + +029:019 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the + poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. + +029:020 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is + consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: + +029:021 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for + him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a + thing of nought. + +029:022 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, + concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, + neither shall his face now wax pale. + +029:023 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the + midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the + Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. + +029:024 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, + and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. + +030:001 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take + counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but + not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: + +030:002 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my + mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, + and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! + +030:003 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the + trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. + +030:004 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to + Hanes. + +030:005 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, + nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. + +030:006 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of + trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, + the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their + riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures + upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit + them. + +030:007 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: + therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to + sit still. + +030:008 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a + book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: + +030:009 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children + that will not hear the law of the LORD: + +030:010 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy + not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, + prophesy deceits: + +030:011 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the + Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. + +030:012 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye + despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, + and stay thereon: + +030:013 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to + fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh + suddenly at an instant. + +030:014 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel + that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there + shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire + from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. + +030:015 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In + returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in + confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. + +030:016 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall + ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall + they that pursue you be swift. + +030:017 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of + five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top + of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. + +030:018 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto + you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy + upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all + they that wait for him. + +030:019 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt + weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice + of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. + +030:020 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the + water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed + into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: + +030:021 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is + the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and + when ye turn to the left. + +030:022 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of + silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou + shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say + unto it, Get thee hence. + +030:023 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow + the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and + it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle + feed in large pastures. + +030:024 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground + shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the + shovel and with the fan. + +030:025 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every + high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the + great slaughter, when the towers fall. + +030:026 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the + sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light + of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach + of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. + +030:027 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his + anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of + indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: + +030:028 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the + midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of + vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, + causing them to err. + +030:029 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is + kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to + come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of + Israel. + +030:030 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and + shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation + of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with + scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. + +030:031 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten + down, which smote with a rod. + +030:032 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which + the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and + harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. + +030:033 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is + prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is + fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of + brimstone, doth kindle it. + +031:001 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on + horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in + horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto + the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! + +031:002 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call + back his words: but will arise against the house of the + evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. + +031:003 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses + flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his + hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen + shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. + +031:004 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and + the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of + shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid + of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so + shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and + for the hill thereof. + +031:005 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; + defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will + preserve it. + +031:006 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply + revolted. + +031:007 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, + and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you + for a sin. + +031:008 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty + man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but + he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be + discomfited. + +031:009 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his + princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose + fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. + +032:001 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall + rule in judgment. + +032:002 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a + covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as + the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. + +032:003 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears + of them that hear shall hearken. + +032:004 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the + tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. + +032:005 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl + said to be bountiful. + +032:006 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will + work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error + against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he + will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. + +032:007 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked + devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the + needy speaketh right. + +032:008 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things + shall he stand. + +032:009 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless + daughters; give ear unto my speech. + +032:010 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: + for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. + +032:011 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless + ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon + your loins. + +032:012 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for + the fruitful vine. + +032:013 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; + yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: + +032:014 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the + city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for + ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; + +032:015 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the + wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be + counted for a forest. + +032:016 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness + remain in the fruitful field. + +032:017 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect + of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. + +032:018 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in + sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; + +032:019 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city + shall be low in a low place. + +032:020 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth + thither the feet of the ox and the ass. + +033:001 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and + dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with + thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; + and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they + shall deal treacherously with thee. + +033:002 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou + their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of + trouble. + +033:003 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up + of thyself the nations were scattered. + +033:004 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the + caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run + upon them. + +033:005 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled + Zion with judgment and righteousness. + +033:006 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, + and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his + treasure. + +033:007 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors + of peace shall weep bitterly. + +033:008 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath + broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth + no man. + +033:009 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and + hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel + shake off their fruits. + +033:010 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now + will I lift up myself. + +033:011 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your + breath, as fire, shall devour you. + +033:012 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut + up shall they be burned in the fire. + +033:013 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are + near, acknowledge my might. + +033:014 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the + hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? + who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? + +033:015 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that + despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from + holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of + blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; + +033:016 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the + munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall + be sure. + +033:017 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold + the land that is very far off. + +033:018 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where + is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? + +033:019 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper + speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that + thou canst not understand. + +033:020 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall + see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not + be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be + removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. + +033:021 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad + rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, + neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. + +033:022 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD + is our king; he will save us. + +033:023 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their + mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a + great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. + +033:024 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that + dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. + +034:001 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let + the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all + things that come forth of it. + +034:002 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his + fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he + hath delivered them to the slaughter. + +034:003 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come + up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted + with their blood. + +034:004 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens + shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall + fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a + falling fig from the fig tree. + +034:005 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come + down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to + judgment. + +034:006 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat + with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the + fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in + Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. + +034:007 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks + with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and + their dust made fat with fatness. + +034:008 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of + recompences for the controversy of Zion. + +034:009 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the + dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become + burning pitch. + +034:010 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof + shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall + lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. + +034:011 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl + also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out + upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. + +034:012 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none + shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. + +034:013 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles + in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of + dragons, and a court for owls. + +034:014 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild + beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; + the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a + place of rest. + +034:015 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, + and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be + gathered, every one with her mate. + +034:016 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these + shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath + commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. + +034:017 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided + it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from + generation to generation shall they dwell therein. + +035:001 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; + and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. + +035:002 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and + singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the + excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of + the LORD, and the excellency of our God. + +035:003 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. + +035:004 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: + behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a + recompence; he will come and save you. + +035:005 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of + the deaf shall be unstopped. + +035:006 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the + dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and + streams in the desert. + +035:007 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty + land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where + each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. + +035:008 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be + called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over + it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though + fools, shall not err therein. + +035:009 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up + thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall + walk there: + +035:010 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion + with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall + obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee + away. + +036:001 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, + that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the + defenced cities of Judah, and took them. + +036:002 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to + Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood + by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the + fuller's field. + +036:003 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was + over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, + the recorder. + +036:004 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus + saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is + this wherein thou trustest? + +036:005 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have + counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, + that thou rebellest against me? + +036:006 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; + whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce + it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. + +036:007 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not + he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken + away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship + before this altar? + +036:008 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king + of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou + be able on thy part to set riders upon them. + +036:009 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the + least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for + chariots and for horsemen? + +036:010 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to + destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, + and destroy it. + +036:011 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I + pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we + understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in + the ears of the people that are on the wall. + +036:012 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and + to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men + that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and + drink their own piss with you? + +036:013 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' + language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the + king of Assyria. + +036:014 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he + shall not be able to deliver you. + +036:015 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The + LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered + into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +036:016 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, + Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: + and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig + tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; + +036:017 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a + land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. + +036:018 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will + deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his + land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? + +036:019 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of + Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? + +036:020 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have + delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should + deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? + +036:021 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for + the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. + +036:022 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the + household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, + the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told + him the words of Rabshakeh. + +037:001 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent + his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into + the house of the LORD. + +037:002 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna + the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with + sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. + +037:003 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day + of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children + are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring + forth. + +037:004 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, + whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the + living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God + hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that + is left. + +037:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. + +037:006 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, + Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast + heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have + blasphemed me. + +037:007 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a + rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to + fall by the sword in his own land. + +037:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring + against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from + Lachish. + +037:009 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is + come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he + sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, + +037:010 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not + thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, + Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of + Assyria. + +037:011 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to + all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be + delivered? + +037:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers + have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the + children of Eden which were in Telassar? + +037:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the + king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? + +037:014 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the + messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house + of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. + +037:015 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, + +037:016 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the + cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the + kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. + +037:017 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, + and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath + sent to reproach the living God. + +037:018 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the + nations, and their countries, + +037:019 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, + but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they + have destroyed them. + +037:020 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all + the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, + even thou only. + +037:021 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus + saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me + against Sennacherib king of Assyria: + +037:022 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; + The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and + laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken + her head at thee. + +037:023 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom + hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? + even against the Holy One of Israel. + +037:024 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, + By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of + the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down + the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and + I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of + his Carmel. + +037:025 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet + have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. + +037:026 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of + ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to + pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into + ruinous heaps. + +037:027 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were + dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, + and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as + corn blasted before it be grown up. + +037:028 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, + and thy rage against me. + +037:029 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into + mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my + bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by + which thou camest. + +037:030 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year + such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which + springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, + and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. + +037:031 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall + again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: + +037:032 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that + escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall + do this. + +037:033 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, + He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, + nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. + +037:034 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and + shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. + +037:035 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and + for my servant David's sake. + +037:036 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp + of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: + and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were + all dead corpses. + +037:037 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and + returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. + +037:038 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of + Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote + him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: + and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. + +038:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the + prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus + saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, + and not live. + +038:002 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto + the LORD, + +038:003 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have + walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have + done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. + +038:004 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, + +038:005 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David + thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: + behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. + +038:006 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the + king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. + +038:007 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the + LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; + +038:008 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is + gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So + the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone + down. + +038:009 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, + and was recovered of his sickness: + +038:010 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates + of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. + +038:011 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land + of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants + of the world. + +038:012 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's + tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off + with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an + end of me. + +038:013 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all + my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. + +038:014 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a + dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am + oppressed; undertake for me. + +038:015 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself + hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness + of my soul. + +038:016 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is + the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to + live. + +038:017 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in + love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for + thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. + +038:018 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate + thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy + truth. + +038:019 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this + day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. + +038:020 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs + to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the + house of the LORD. + +038:021 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it + for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. + +038:022 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to + the house of the LORD? + +039:001 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of + Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had + heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. + +039:002 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of + his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, + and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, + and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in + his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them + not. + +039:003 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto + him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? + And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, + even from Babylon. + +039:004 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah + answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is + nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. + +039:005 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of + hosts: + +039:006 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and + that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, + shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the + LORD. + +039:007 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt + beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the + palace of the king of Babylon. + +039:008 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD + which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be + peace and truth in my days. + +040:001 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. + +040:002 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her + warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for + she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. + +040:003 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the + way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our + God. + +040:004 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill + shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and + the rough places plain: + +040:005 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh + shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken + it. + +040:006 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh + is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of + the field: + +040:007 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of + the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. + +040:008 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our + God shall stand for ever. + +040:009 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high + mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy + voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the + cities of Judah, Behold your God! + +040:010 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm + shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his + work before him. + +040:011 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the + lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall + gently lead those that are with young. + +040:012 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and + meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of + the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, + and the hills in a balance? + +040:013 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his + counsellor hath taught him? + +040:014 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught + him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and + shewed to him the way of understanding? + +040:015 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted + as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the + isles as a very little thing. + +040:016 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof + sufficient for a burnt offering. + +040:017 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to + him less than nothing, and vanity. + +040:018 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye + compare unto him? + +040:019 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith + spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. + +040:020 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a + tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman + to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. + +040:021 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told + you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the + foundations of the earth? + +040:022 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the + inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out + the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to + dwell in: + +040:023 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of + the earth as vanity. + +040:024 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: + yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he + shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the + whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. + +040:025 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the + Holy One. + +040:026 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these + things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth + them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he + is strong in power; not one faileth. + +040:027 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is + hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? + +040:028 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting + God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth + not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his + understanding. + +040:029 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might + he increaseth strength. + +040:030 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men + shall utterly fall: + +040:031 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; + they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and + not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. + +041:001 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew + their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let + us come near together to judgment. + +041:002 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to + his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over + kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven + stubble to his bow. + +041:003 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he + had not gone with his feet. + +041:004 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the + beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. + +041:005 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were + afraid, drew near, and came. + +041:006 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his + brother, Be of good courage. + +041:007 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that + smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It + is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that + it should not be moved. + +041:008 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, + the seed of Abraham my friend. + +041:009 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called + thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art + my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. + +041:010 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am + thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I + will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. + +041:011 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be + ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they + that strive with thee shall perish. + +041:012 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that + contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as + nothing, and as a thing of nought. + +041:013 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto + thee, Fear not; I will help thee. + +041:014 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help + thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of + Israel. + +041:015 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument + having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them + small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. + +041:016 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and + the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in + the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. + +041:017 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and + their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I + the God of Israel will not forsake them. + +041:018 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst + of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, + and the dry land springs of water. + +041:019 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, + and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the + fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: + +041:020 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand + together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the + Holy One of Israel hath created it. + +041:021 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong + reasons, saith the King of Jacob. + +041:022 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let + them shew the former things, what they be, that we may + consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us + things for to come. + +041:023 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know + that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be + dismayed, and behold it together. + +041:024 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an + abomination is he that chooseth you. + +041:025 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from + the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall + come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth + clay. + +041:026 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and + beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is + none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, + there is none that heareth your words. + +041:027 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will + give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. + +041:028 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there + was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a + word. + +041:029 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their + molten images are wind and confusion. + +042:001 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul + delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring + forth judgment to the Gentiles. + +042:002 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard + in the street. + +042:003 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall + he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. + +042:004 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set + judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. + +042:005 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and + stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that + which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people + upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: + +042:006 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold + thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant + of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; + +042:007 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the + prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. + +042:008 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give + to another, neither my praise to graven images. + +042:009 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do + I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. + +042:010 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of + the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is + therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. + +042:011 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, + the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of + the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. + +042:012 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in + the islands. + +042:013 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up + jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall + prevail against his enemies. + +042:014 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and + refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I + will destroy and devour at once. + +042:015 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their + herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up + the pools. + +042:016 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will + lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make + darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These + things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. + +042:017 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that + trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are + our gods. + +042:018 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. + +042:019 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I + sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the + LORD's servant? + +042:020 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, + but he heareth not. + +042:021 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will + magnify the law, and make it honourable. + +042:022 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them + snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are + for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, + Restore. + +042:023 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear + for the time to come? + +042:024 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not + the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not + walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. + +042:025 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and + the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round + about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not + to heart. + +043:001 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he + that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed + thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. + +043:002 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and + through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou + walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither + shall the flame kindle upon thee. + +043:003 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy + Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for + thee. + +043:004 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been + honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men + for thee, and people for thy life. + +043:005 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the + east, and gather thee from the west; + +043:006 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not + back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends + of the earth; + +043:007 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created + him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. + +043:008 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that + have ears. + +043:009 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people + be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us + former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they + may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. + +043:010 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I + have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand + that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall + there be after me. + +043:011 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. + +043:012 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there + was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, + saith the LORD, that I am God. + +043:013 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can + deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? + +043:014 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; + For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down + all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the + ships. + +043:015 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your + King. + +043:016 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path + in the mighty waters; + +043:017 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the + power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they + are extinct, they are quenched as tow. + +043:018 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things + of old. + +043:019 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; + shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the + wilderness, and rivers in the desert. + +043:020 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the + owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in + the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. + +043:021 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my + praise. + +043:022 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been + weary of me, O Israel. + +043:023 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt + offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. + I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied + thee with incense. + +043:024 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast + thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast + made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with + thine iniquities. + +043:025 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine + own sake, and will not remember thy sins. + +043:026 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, + that thou mayest be justified. + +043:027 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have + transgressed against me. + +043:028 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and + have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. + +044:001 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have + chosen: + +044:002 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the + womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and + thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. + +044:003 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods + upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and + my blessing upon thine offspring: + +044:004 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the + water courses. + +044:005 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself + by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his + hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. + +044:006 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the + LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside + me there is no God. + +044:007 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in + order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the + things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto + them. + +044:008 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that + time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there + a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. + +044:009 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and + their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their + own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be + ashamed. + +044:010 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is + profitable for nothing? + +044:011 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, + they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them + stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed + together. + +044:012 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and + fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength + of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he + drinketh no water, and is faint. + +044:013 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with + a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with + the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, + according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the + house. + +044:014 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, + which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the + forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. + +044:015 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, + and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, + he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven + image, and falleth down thereto. + +044:016 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he + eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he + warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the + fire: + +044:017 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven + image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and + prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. + +044:018 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their + eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot + understand. + +044:019 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge + nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the + fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I + have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue + thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a + tree? + +044:020 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, + that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie + in my right hand? + +044:021 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I + have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt + not be forgotten of me. + +044:022 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, + as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed + thee. + +044:023 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower + parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O + forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed + Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. + +044:024 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee + from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that + stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the + earth by myself; + +044:025 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners + mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their + knowledge foolish; + +044:026 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the + counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt + be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, + and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: + +044:027 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: + +044:028 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all + my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; + and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. + +045:001 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right + hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will + loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved + gates; and the gates shall not be shut; + +045:002 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I + will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the + bars of iron: + +045:003 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden + riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the + LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. + +045:004 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have + even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though + thou hast not known me. + +045:005 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside + me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: + +045:006 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the + west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there + is none else. + +045:007 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and + create evil: I the LORD do all these things. + +045:008 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down + righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth + salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the + LORD have created it. + +045:009 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd + strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to + him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath + no hands? + +045:010 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? + or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? + +045:011 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, + Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning + the work of my hands command ye me. + +045:012 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my + hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have + I commanded. + +045:013 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all + his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my + captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. + +045:014 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of + Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over + unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after + thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down + unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, + Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no + God. + +045:015 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, + the Saviour. + +045:016 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they + shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. + +045:017 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting + salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world + without end. + +045:018 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself + that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he + created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the + LORD; and there is none else. + +045:019 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I + said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the + LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. + +045:020 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are + escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the + wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot + save. + +045:021 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel + together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath + told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no + God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none + beside me. + +045:022 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for + I am God, and there is none else. + +045:023 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in + righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee + shall bow, every tongue shall swear. + +045:024 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and + strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are + incensed against him shall be ashamed. + +045:025 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and + shall glory. + +046:001 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the + beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; + they are a burden to the weary beast. + +046:002 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the + burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. + +046:003 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the + house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which + are carried from the womb: + +046:004 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will + I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, + and will deliver you. + +046:005 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, + that we may be like? + +046:006 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the + balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they + fall down, yea, they worship. + +046:007 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him + in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not + remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, + nor save him out of his trouble. + +046:008 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to + mind, O ye transgressors. + +046:009 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is + none else; I am God, and there is none like me, + +046:010 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times + the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall + stand, and I will do all my pleasure: + +046:011 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth + my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will + also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. + +046:012 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from + righteousness: + +046:013 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my + salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion + for Israel my glory. + +047:001 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, + sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the + Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and + delicate. + +047:002 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make + bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. + +047:003 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be + seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a + man. + +047:004 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy + One of Israel. + +047:005 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the + Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of + kingdoms. + +047:006 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, + and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; + upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. + +047:007 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou + didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst + remember the latter end of it. + +047:008 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, + that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, + and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither + shall I know the loss of children: + +047:009 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one + day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon + thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, + and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. + +047:010 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None + seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted + thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else + beside me. + +047:011 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from + whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou + shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come + upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. + +047:012 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of + thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if + so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest + prevail. + +047:013 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the + astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, + stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon + thee. + +047:014 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; + they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: + there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before + it. + +047:015 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, + even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every + one to his quarter; none shall save thee. + +048:001 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name + of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, + which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the + God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. + +048:002 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves + upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. + +048:003 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they + went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them + suddenly, and they came to pass. + +048:004 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an + iron sinew, and thy brow brass; + +048:005 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it + came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine + idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, + hath commanded them. + +048:006 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I + have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden + things, and thou didst not know them. + +048:007 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before + the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, + Behold, I knew them. + +048:008 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that + time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou + wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a + transgressor from the womb. + +048:009 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise + will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. + +048:010 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have + chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. + +048:011 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for + how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory + unto another. + +048:012 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am + the first, I also am the last. + +048:013 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my + right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, + they stand up together. + +048:014 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath + declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his + pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. + +048:015 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought + him, and he shall make his way prosperous. + +048:016 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in + secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am + I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. + +048:017 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I + am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which + leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. + +048:018 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy + peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of + the sea: + +048:019 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy + bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been + cut off nor destroyed from before me. + +048:020 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a + voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the + end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant + Jacob. + +048:021 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he + caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave + the rock also, and the waters gushed out. + +048:022 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. + +049:001 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; + The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my + mother hath he made mention of my name. + +049:002 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of + his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his + quiver hath he hid me; + +049:003 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I + will be glorified. + +049:004 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength + for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the + LORD, and my work with my God. + +049:005 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his + servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not + gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and + my God shall be my strength. + +049:006 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my + servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the + preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the + Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the + earth. + +049:007 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, + to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, + to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes + also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and + the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. + +049:008 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, + and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will + preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to + establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate + heritages; + +049:009 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that + are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, + and their pastures shall be in all high places. + +049:010 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor + sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead + them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. + +049:011 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall + be exalted. + +049:012 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the + north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. + +049:013 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into + singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, + and will have mercy upon his afflicted. + +049:014 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath + forgotten me. + +049:015 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have + compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet + will I not forget thee. + +049:016 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy + walls are continually before me. + +049:017 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that + made thee waste shall go forth of thee. + +049:018 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather + themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the + LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an + ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. + +049:019 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy + destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the + inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far + away. + +049:020 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the + other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait + for me: give place to me that I may dwell. + +049:021 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me + these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a + captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up + these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? + +049:022 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to + the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they + shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be + carried upon their shoulders. + +049:023 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy + nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face + toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou + shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed + that wait for me. + +049:024 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive + delivered? + +049:025 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall + be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be + delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with + thee, and I will save thy children. + +049:026 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; + and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet + wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour + and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. + +050:001 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's + divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is + it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have + ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother + put away. + +050:002 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was + there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it + cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my + rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their + fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for + thirst. + +050:003 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth + their covering. + +050:004 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I + should know how to speak a word in season to him that is + weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to + hear as the learned. + +050:005 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, + neither turned away back. + +050:006 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that + plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and + spitting. + +050:007 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be + confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I + know that I shall not be ashamed. + +050:008 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let + us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to + me. + +050:009 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall + condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth + shall eat them up. + +050:010 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice + of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? + let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. + +050:011 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves + about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the + sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; + ye shall lie down in sorrow. + +051:001 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that + seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to + the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. + +051:002 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: + for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. + +051:003 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste + places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her + desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be + found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. + +051:004 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: + for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment + to rest for a light of the people. + +051:005 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine + arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and + on mine arm shall they trust. + +051:006 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth + beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the + earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell + therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be + for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. + +051:007 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in + whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, + neither be ye afraid of their revilings. + +051:008 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm + shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for + ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. + +051:009 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in + the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it + that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? + +051:010 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the + great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the + ransomed to pass over? + +051:011 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with + singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their + head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and + mourning shall flee away. + +051:012 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou + shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of + man which shall be made as grass; + +051:013 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth + the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast + feared continually every day because of the fury of the + oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the + fury of the oppressor? + +051:014 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he + should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. + +051:015 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves + roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. + +051:016 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee + in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and + lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art + my people. + +051:017 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the + hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the + dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. + +051:018 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath + brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the + hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. + +051:019 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for + thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the + sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? + +051:020 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the + streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of + the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. + +051:021 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not + with wine: + +051:022 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the + cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand + the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; + thou shalt no more drink it again: + +051:023 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; + which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: + and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, + to them that went over. + +052:001 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy + beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth + there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the + unclean. + +052:002 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: + loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter + of Zion. + +052:003 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; + and ye shall be redeemed without money. + +052:004 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime + into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them + without cause. + +052:005 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my + people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make + them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every + day is blasphemed. + +052:006 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall + know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is + I. + +052:007 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that + bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth + good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith + unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! + +052:008 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together + shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD + shall bring again Zion. + +052:009 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of + Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath + redeemed Jerusalem. + +052:010 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the + nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation + of our God. + +052:011 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean + thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear + the vessels of the LORD. + +052:012 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the + LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your + rereward. + +052:013 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted + and extolled, and be very high. + +052:014 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more + than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: + +052:015 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their + mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall + they see; and that which they had not heard shall they + consider. + +053:001 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the + LORD revealed? + +053:002 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a + root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and + when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should + desire him. + +053:003 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and + acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from + him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. + +053:004 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet + we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. + +053:005 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for + our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; + and with his stripes we are healed. + +053:006 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one + to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of + us all. + +053:007 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his + mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a + sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his + mouth. + +053:008 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall + declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of + the living: for the transgression of my people was he + stricken. + +053:009 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in + his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any + deceit in his mouth. + +053:010 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to + grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he + shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the + pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. + +053:011 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be + satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify + many; for he shall bear their iniquities. + +053:012 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he + shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured + out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the + transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made + intercession for the transgressors. + +054:001 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into + singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with + child: for more are the children of the desolate than the + children of the married wife, saith the LORD. + +054:002 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the + curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, + and strengthen thy stakes; + +054:003 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; + and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate + cities to be inhabited. + +054:004 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou + confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt + forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the + reproach of thy widowhood any more. + +054:005 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; + and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole + earth shall he be called. + +054:006 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved + in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith + thy God. + +054:007 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great + mercies will I gather thee. + +054:008 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but + with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the + LORD thy Redeemer. + +054:009 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn + that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so + have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke + thee. + +054:010 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but + my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the + covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath + mercy on thee. + +054:011 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, + behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy + foundations with sapphires. + +054:012 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of + carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. + +054:013 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great + shall be the peace of thy children. + +054:014 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far + from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for + it shall not come near thee. + +054:015 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: + whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for + thy sake. + +054:016 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the + fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and + I have created the waster to destroy. + +054:017 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every + tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt + condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and + their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. + +055:001 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he + that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine + and milk without money and without price. + +055:002 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and + your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently + unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul + delight itself in fatness. + +055:003 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall + live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even + the sure mercies of David. + +055:004 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader + and commander to the people. + +055:005 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and + nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the + LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath + glorified thee. + +055:006 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while + he is near: + +055:007 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his + thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have + mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. + +055:008 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways + my ways, saith the LORD. + +055:009 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways + higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. + +055:010 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and + returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it + bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and + bread to the eater: + +055:011 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall + not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I + please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. + +055:012 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the + mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into + singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their + hands. + +055:013 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead + of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to + the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be + cut off. + +056:001 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my + salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be + revealed. + +056:002 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that + layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, + and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. + +056:003 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself + to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me + from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a + dry tree. + +056:004 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my + sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold + of my covenant; + +056:005 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a + place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will + give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. + +056:006 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the + LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be + his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from + polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; + +056:007 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them + joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their + sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house + shall be called an house of prayer for all people. + +056:008 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, + Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are + gathered unto him. + +056:009 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts + in the forest. + +056:010 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all + dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to + slumber. + +056:011 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and + they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to + their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. + +056:012 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill + ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this + day, and much more abundant. + +057:001 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and + merciful men are taken away, none considering that the + righteous is taken away from the evil to come. + +057:002 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each + one walking in his uprightness. + +057:003 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of + the adulterer and the whore. + +057:004 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a + wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of + transgression, a seed of falsehood. + +057:005 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, + slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the + rocks? + +057:006 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, + they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink + offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive + comfort in these? + +057:007 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even + thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. + +057:008 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy + remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than + me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee + a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest + it. + +057:009 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase + thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst + debase thyself even unto hell. + +057:010 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou + not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; + therefore thou wast not grieved. + +057:011 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast + lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? + have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? + +057:012 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they + shall not profit thee. + +057:013 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind + shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that + putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall + inherit my holy mountain; + +057:014 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take + up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. + +057:015 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth + eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy + place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, + to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of + the contrite ones. + +057:016 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always + wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls + which I have made. + +057:017 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote + him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the + way of his heart. + +057:018 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, + and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. + +057:019 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is + far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will + heal him. + +057:020 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, + whose waters cast up mire and dirt. + +057:021 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. + +058:001 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and + shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob + their sins. + +058:002 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a + nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance + of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they + take delight in approaching to God. + +058:003 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? + wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no + knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, + and exact all your labours. + +058:004 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the + fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to + make your voice to be heard on high. + +058:005 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to + afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and + to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a + fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? + +058:006 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of + wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the + oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? + +058:007 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring + the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the + naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself + from thine own flesh? + +058:008 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine + health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness + shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy + rereward. + +058:009 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt + cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the + midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and + speaking vanity; + +058:010 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the + afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and + thy darkness be as the noon day: + +058:011 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy + soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be + like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose + waters fail not. + +058:012 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste + places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many + generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the + breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. + +058:013 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy + pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the + holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing + thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking + thine own words: + +058:014 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause + thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee + with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the + LORD hath spoken it. + +059:001 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; + neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: + +059:002 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, + and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not + hear. + +059:003 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with + iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath + muttered perverseness. + +059:004 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they + trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and + bring forth iniquity. + +059:005 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he + that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed + breaketh out into a viper. + +059:006 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover + themselves with their works: their works are works of + iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. + +059:007 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent + blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and + destruction are in their paths. + +059:008 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in + their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever + goeth therein shall not know peace. + +059:009 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice + overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for + brightness, but we walk in darkness. + +059:010 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we + had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in + desolate places as dead men. + +059:011 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for + judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off + from us. + +059:012 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our + sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; + and as for our iniquities, we know them; + +059:013 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing + away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving + and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. + +059:014 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth + afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot + enter. + +059:015 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh + himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him + that there was no judgment. + +059:016 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was + no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; + and his righteousness, it sustained him. + +059:017 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of + salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of + vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. + +059:018 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to + his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he + will repay recompence. + +059:019 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his + glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in + like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard + against him. + +059:020 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn + from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. + +059:021 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My + spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy + mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth + of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith + the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. + +060:001 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD + is risen upon thee. + +060:002 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross + darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and + his glory shall be seen upon thee. + +060:003 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the + brightness of thy rising. + +060:004 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather + themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come + from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. + +060:005 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall + fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall + be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come + unto thee. + +060:006 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of + Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall + bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises + of the LORD. + +060:007 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, + the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come + up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house + of my glory. + +060:008 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their + windows? + +060:009 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish + first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold + with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy + One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. + +060:010 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their + kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, + but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. + +060:011 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not + be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces + of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. + +060:012 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall + perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. + +060:013 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the + pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my + sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. + +060:014 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending + unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow + themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call + thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of + Israel. + +060:015 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went + through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of + many generations. + +060:016 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck + the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am + thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. + +060:017 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, + and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy + officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. + +060:018 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor + destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls + Salvation, and thy gates Praise. + +060:019 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for + brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD + shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy + glory. + +060:020 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw + itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the + days of thy mourning shall be ended. + +060:021 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the + land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my + hands, that I may be glorified. + +060:022 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong + nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. + +061:001 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath + anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent + me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the + captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are + bound; + +061:002 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of + vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; + +061:003 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them + beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of + praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called + trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he + might be glorified. + +061:004 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the + former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, + the desolations of many generations. + +061:005 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons + of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. + +061:006 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call + you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the + Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. + +061:007 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they + shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they + shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. + +061:008 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt + offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will + make an everlasting covenant with them. + +061:009 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their + offspring among the people: all that see them shall + acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath + blessed. + +061:010 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in + my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, + he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a + bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride + adorneth herself with her jewels. + +061:011 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden + causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the + Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth + before all the nations. + +062:001 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's + sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth + as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that + burneth. + +062:002 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings + thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the + mouth of the LORD shall name. + +062:003 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, + and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. + +062:004 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land + any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called + Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in + thee, and thy land shall be married. + +062:005 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry + thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall + thy God rejoice over thee. + +062:006 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall + never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of + the LORD, keep not silence, + +062:007 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make + Jerusalem a praise in the earth. + +062:008 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his + strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for + thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink + thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: + +062:009 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the + LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in + the courts of my holiness. + +062:010 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the + people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; + lift up a standard for the people. + +062:011 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, + Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; + behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. + +062:012 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the + LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not + forsaken. + +063:001 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from + Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in + the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, + mighty to save. + +063:002 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like + him that treadeth in the winefat? + +063:003 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there + was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and + trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled + upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. + +063:004 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my + redeemed is come. + +063:005 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that + there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought + salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. + +063:006 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them + drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the + earth. + +063:007 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the + praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath + bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of + Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his + mercies, and according to the multitude of his + lovingkindnesses. + +063:008 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not + lie: so he was their Saviour. + +063:009 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his + presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed + them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. + +063:010 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was + turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. + +063:011 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, + saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with + the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy + Spirit within him? + +063:012 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious + arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an + everlasting name? + +063:013 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, + that they should not stumble? + +063:014 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD + caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make + thyself a glorious name. + +063:015 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy + holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, + the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are + they restrained? + +063:016 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of + us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our + father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. + +063:017 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and + hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' + sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. + +063:018 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little + while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. + +063:019 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not + called by thy name. + +064:001 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest + come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, + +064:002 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters + to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the + nations may tremble at thy presence! + +064:003 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou + camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. + +064:004 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor + perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside + thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. + +064:005 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, + those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; + for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be + saved. + +064:006 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our + righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a + leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. + +064:007 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up + himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from + us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. + +064:008 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and + thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. + +064:009 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for + ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. + +064:010 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, + Jerusalem a desolation. + +064:011 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised + thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are + laid waste. + +064:012 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou + hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? + +065:001 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them + that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a + nation that was not called by my name. + +065:002 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious + people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their + own thoughts; + +065:003 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; + that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars + of brick; + +065:004 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, + which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in + their vessels; + +065:005 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am + holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that + burneth all the day. + +065:006 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but + will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, + +065:007 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, + saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, + and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure + their former work into their bosom. + +065:008 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, + and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so + will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them + all. + +065:009 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah + an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, + and my servants shall dwell there. + +065:010 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor + a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have + sought me. + +065:011 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy + mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that + furnish the drink offering unto that number. + +065:012 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow + down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not + answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before + mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. + +065:013 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall + eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, + but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, + but ye shall be ashamed: + +065:014 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall + cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of + spirit. + +065:015 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for + the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another + name: + +065:016 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself + in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall + swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are + forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. + +065:017 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the + former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. + +065:018 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: + for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a + joy. + +065:019 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the + voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice + of crying. + +065:020 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old + man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an + hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old + shall be accursed. + +065:021 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall + plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. + +065:022 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not + plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days + of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of + their hands. + +065:023 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; + for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their + offspring with them. + +065:024 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will + answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. + +065:025 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall + eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's + meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, + saith the LORD. + +066:001 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is + my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and + where is the place of my rest? + +066:002 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things + have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even + to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at + my word. + +066:003 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that + sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that + offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that + burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have + chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their + abominations. + +066:004 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears + upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I + spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, + and chose that in which I delighted not. + +066:005 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your + brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, + said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your + joy, and they shall be ashamed. + +066:006 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a + voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. + +066:007 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, + she was delivered of a man child. + +066:008 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall + the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation + be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought + forth her children. + +066:009 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? + saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the + womb? saith thy God. + +066:010 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that + love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: + +066:011 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her + consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the + abundance of her glory. + +066:012 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her + like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing + stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, + and be dandled upon her knees. + +066:013 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and + ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. + +066:014 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones + shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be + known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his + enemies. + +066:015 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his + chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and + his rebuke with flames of fire. + +066:016 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all + flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. + +066:017 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the + gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, + and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed + together, saith the LORD. + +066:018 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that + I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, + and see my glory. + +066:019 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that + escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, + that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, + that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and + they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. + +066:020 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto + the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and + in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy + mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel + bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the + LORD. + +066:021 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, + saith the LORD. + +066:022 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, + shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and + your name remain. + +066:023 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, + and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to + worship before me, saith the LORD. + +066:024 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men + that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not + die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be + an abhorring unto all flesh. + +Book 24 Jeremiah + +001:001 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that + were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: + +001:002 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the + son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his + reign. + +001:003 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king + of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the + son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of + Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. + +001:004 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +001:005 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou + camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained + thee a prophet unto the nations. + +001:006 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a + child. + +001:007 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou + shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I + command thee thou shalt speak. + +001:008 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver + thee, saith the LORD. + +001:009 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And + the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy + mouth. + +001:010 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the + kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and + to throw down, to build, and to plant. + +001:011 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, + what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. + +001:012 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will + hasten my word to perform it. + +001:013 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, + What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the + face thereof is toward the north. + +001:014 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall + break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. + +001:015 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the + north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set + every one his throne at the entering of the gates of + Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and + against all the cities of Judah. + +001:016 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their + wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto + other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. + +001:017 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto + them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, + lest I confound thee before them. + +001:018 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an + iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against + the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the + priests thereof, and against the people of the land. + +001:019 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail + against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver + thee. + +002:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, + +002:002 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the + LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of + thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, + in a land that was not sown. + +002:003 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his + increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come + upon them, saith the LORD. + +002:004 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the + families of the house of Israel: + +002:005 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in + me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after + vanity, and are become vain? + +002:006 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of + the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through + a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and + of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed + through, and where no man dwelt? + +002:007 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit + thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye + defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. + +002:008 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle + the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, + and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things + that do not profit. + +002:009 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with + your children's children will I plead. + +002:010 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto + Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a + thing. + +002:011 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but + my people have changed their glory for that which doth not + profit. + +002:012 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, + be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. + +002:013 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me + the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, + broken cisterns, that can hold no water. + +002:014 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he + spoiled? + +002:015 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his + land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. + +002:016 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown + of thy head. + +002:017 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast + forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? + +002:018 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the + waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of + Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? + +002:019 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings + shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil + thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, + and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. + +002:020 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; + and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high + hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the + harlot. + +002:021 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how + then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange + vine unto me? + +002:022 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, + yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. + +002:023 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after + Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: + thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; + +002:024 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind + at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all + they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month + they shall find her. + +002:025 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from + thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have + loved strangers, and after them will I go. + +002:026 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of + Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their + priests, and their prophets. + +002:027 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou + hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto + me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they + will say, Arise, and save us. + +002:028 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them + arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for + according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. + +002:029 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed + against me, saith the LORD. + +002:030 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no + correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a + destroying lion. + +002:031 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a + wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my + people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? + +002:032 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my + people have forgotten me days without number. + +002:033 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou + also taught the wicked ones thy ways. + +002:034 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor + innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all + these. + +002:035 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall + turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou + sayest, I have not sinned. + +002:036 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also + shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. + +002:037 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine + head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou + shalt not prosper in them. + +003:001 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and + become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall + not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the + harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the + LORD. + +003:002 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou + hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, + as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the + land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. + +003:003 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath + been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou + refusedst to be ashamed. + +003:004 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art + the guide of my youth? + +003:005 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the + end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou + couldest. + +003:006 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, + Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is + gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, + and there hath played the harlot. + +003:007 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto + me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw + it. + +003:008 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel + committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of + divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went + and played the harlot also. + +003:009 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, + that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones + and with stocks. + +003:010 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not + turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the + LORD. + +003:011 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath + justified herself more than treacherous Judah. + +003:012 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, + thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause + mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the + LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. + +003:013 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed + against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the + strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my + voice, saith the LORD. + +003:014 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married + unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a + family, and I will bring you to Zion: + +003:015 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which + shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. + +003:016 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased + in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no + more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it + come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall + they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. + +003:017 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; + and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of + the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after + the imagination of their evil heart. + +003:018 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of + Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the + north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto + your fathers. + +003:019 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give + thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of + nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt + not turn away from me. + +003:020 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so + have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith + the LORD. + +003:021 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and + supplications of the children of Israel: for they have + perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their + God. + +003:022 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your + backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD + our God. + +003:023 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from + the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the + salvation of Israel. + +003:024 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our + youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their + daughters. + +003:025 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for + we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, + from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the + voice of the LORD our God. + +004:001 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: + and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, + then shalt thou not remove. + +004:002 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, + and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves + in him, and in him shall they glory. + +004:003 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, + Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. + +004:004 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins + of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: + lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can + quench it, because of the evil of your doings. + +004:005 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow + ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, + Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. + +004:006 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will + bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. + +004:007 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the + Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to + make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, + without an inhabitant. + +004:008 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the + fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. + +004:009 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that + the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the + princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets + shall wonder. + +004:010 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived + this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; + whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. + +004:011 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, + A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the + daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, + +004:012 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now + also will I give sentence against them. + +004:013 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be + as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto + us! for we are spoiled. + +004:014 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou + mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within + thee? + +004:015 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from + mount Ephraim. + +004:016 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against + Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out + their voice against the cities of Judah. + +004:017 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; + because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. + +004:018 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; + this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it + reacheth unto thine heart. + +004:019 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart + maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou + hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of + war. + +004:020 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is + spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a + moment. + +004:021 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the + trumpet? + +004:022 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are + sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are + wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. + +004:023 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; + and the heavens, and they had no light. + +004:024 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the + hills moved lightly. + +004:025 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the + heavens were fled. + +004:026 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and + all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the + LORD, and by his fierce anger. + +004:027 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; + yet will I not make a full end. + +004:028 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be + black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will + not repent, neither will I turn back from it. + +004:029 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and + bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the + rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell + therein. + +004:030 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou + clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with + ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, + in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise + thee, they will seek thy life. + +004:031 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the + anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the + voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that + spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is + wearied because of murderers. + +005:001 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see + now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can + find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that + seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. + +005:002 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear + falsely. + +005:003 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken + them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but + they have refused to receive correction: they have made their + faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. + +005:004 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for + they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their + God. + +005:005 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; + for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of + their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and + burst the bonds. + +005:006 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf + of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over + their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in + pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their + backslidings are increased. + +005:007 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken + me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to + the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled + themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. + +005:008 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed + after his neighbour's wife. + +005:009 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall + not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? + +005:010 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: + take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. + +005:011 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very + treacherously against me, saith the LORD. + +005:012 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither + shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor + famine: + +005:013 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in + them: thus shall it be done unto them. + +005:014 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak + this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and + this people wood, and it shall devour them. + +005:015 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of + Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an + ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, + neither understandest what they say. + +005:016 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. + +005:017 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy + sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy + flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy + fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein + thou trustedst, with the sword. + +005:018 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a + full end with you. + +005:019 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth + the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou + answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange + gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that + is not your's. + +005:020 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, + saying, + +005:021 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; + which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: + +005:022 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my + presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea + by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the + waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; + though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? + +005:023 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they + are revolted and gone. + +005:024 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our + God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his + season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the + harvest. + +005:025 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins + have withholden good things from you. + +005:026 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he + that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. + +005:027 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of + deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. + +005:028 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds + of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the + fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do + they not judge. + +005:029 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not + my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? + +005:030 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; + +005:031 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by + their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will + ye do in the end thereof? + +006:001 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of + the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set + up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of + the north, and great destruction. + +006:002 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate + woman. + +006:003 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they + shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall + feed every one in his place. + +006:004 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. + Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the + evening are stretched out. + +006:005 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. + +006:006 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and + cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be + visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. + +006:007 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her + wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me + continually is grief and wounds. + +006:008 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from + thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. + +006:009 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the + remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a + grapegatherer into the baskets. + +006:010 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? + behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: + behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they + have no delight in it. + +006:011 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with + holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and + upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband + with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full + of days. + +006:012 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their + fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon + the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. + +006:013 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them + every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even + unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. + +006:014 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people + slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. + +006:015 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, + they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: + therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time + that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. + +006:016 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask + for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, + and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will + not walk therein. + +006:017 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of + the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. + +006:018 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is + among them. + +006:019 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, + even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not + hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. + +006:020 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the + sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not + acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. + +006:021 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay + stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the + sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his + friend shall perish. + +006:022 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north + country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of + the earth. + +006:023 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have + no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon + horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter + of Zion. + +006:024 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish + hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. + +006:025 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the + sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. + +006:026 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow + thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most + bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon + us. + +006:027 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, + that thou mayest know and try their way. + +006:028 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they + are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. + +006:029 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the + founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. + +006:030 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath + rejected them. + +007:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, + +007:002 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this + word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, + that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. + +007:003 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your + ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this + place. + +007:004 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, + The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. + +007:005 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye + throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; + +007:006 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, + and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after + other gods to your hurt: + +007:007 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that + I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. + +007:008 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. + +007:009 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, + and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye + know not; + +007:010 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by + my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these + abominations? + +007:011 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of + robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the + LORD. + +007:012 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set + my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the + wickedness of my people Israel. + +007:013 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, + and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye + heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; + +007:014 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my + name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you + and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. + +007:015 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all + your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. + +007:016 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry + nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I + will not hear thee. + +007:017 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the + streets of Jerusalem? + +007:018 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and + the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of + heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that + they may provoke me to anger. + +007:019 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not + provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? + +007:020 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my + fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon + beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of + the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. + +007:021 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your + burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. + +007:022 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the + day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning + burnt offerings or sacrifices: + +007:023 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I + will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in + all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well + unto you. + +007:024 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in + the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and + went backward, and not forward. + +007:025 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of + Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants + the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: + +007:026 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but + hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. + +007:027 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they + will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but + they will not answer thee. + +007:028 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth + not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: + truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. + +007:029 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up + a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and + forsaken the generation of his wrath. + +007:030 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith + the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which + is called by my name, to pollute it. + +007:031 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the + valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their + daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither + came it into my heart. + +007:032 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it + shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of + Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in + Tophet, till there be no place. + +007:033 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of + the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall + fray them away. + +007:034 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from + the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of + gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the + bride: for the land shall be desolate. + +008:001 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones + of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the + bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the + bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: + +008:002 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and + all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they + have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they + have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be + gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face + of the earth. + +008:003 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue + of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all + the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of + hosts. + +008:004 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall + they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? + +008:005 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a + perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to + return. + +008:006 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man + repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? + every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the + battle. + +008:007 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and + the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of + their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. + +008:008 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with + us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes + is in vain. + +008:009 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, + they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in + them? + +008:010 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their + fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the + least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from + the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. + +008:011 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people + slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. + +008:012 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, + they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: + therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of + their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. + +008:013 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no + grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf + shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass + away from them. + +008:014 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter + into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the + LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of + gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. + +008:015 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of + health, and behold trouble! + +008:016 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land + trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for + they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in + it; the city, and those that dwell therein. + +008:017 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, + which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the + LORD. + +008:018 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint + in me. + +008:019 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people + because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD + in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to + anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? + +008:020 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not + saved. + +008:021 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am + black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. + +008:022 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why + then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? + +009:001 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of + tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the + daughter of my people! + +009:002 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring + men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they + be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. + +009:003 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they + are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed + from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. + +009:004 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in + any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and + every neighbour will walk with slanders. + +009:005 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not + speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, + and weary themselves to commit iniquity. + +009:006 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit + they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. + +009:007 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt + them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my + people? + +009:008 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one + speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in + heart he layeth his wait. + +009:009 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall + not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? + +009:010 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and + for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because + they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; + neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of + the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. + +009:011 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I + will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. + +009:012 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he + to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare + it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a + wilderness, that none passeth through? + +009:013 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I + set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked + therein; + +009:014 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and + after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: + +009:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; + Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and + give them water of gall to drink. + +009:016 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they + nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after + them, till I have consumed them. + +009:017 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the + mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning + women, that they may come: + +009:018 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that + our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out + with waters. + +009:019 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we + spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken + the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. + +009:020 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear + receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters + wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. + +009:021 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our + palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young + men from the streets. + +009:022 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall + fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the + harvestman, and none shall gather them. + +009:023 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, + neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the + rich man glory in his riches: + +009:024 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth + and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise + lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for + in these things I delight, saith the LORD. + +009:025 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all + them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; + +009:026 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and + Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in + the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and + all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. + +010:001 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of + Israel: + +010:002 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be + not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are + dismayed at them. + +010:003 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree + out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with + the axe. + +010:004 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with + nails and with hammers, that it move not. + +010:005 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must + needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; + for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do + good. + +010:006 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art + great, and thy name is great in might. + +010:007 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth + it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the + nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto + thee. + +010:008 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a + doctrine of vanities. + +010:009 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold + from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the + founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the + work of cunning men. + +010:010 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an + everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and + the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. + +010:011 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the + heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, + and from under these heavens. + +010:012 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the + world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his + discretion. + +010:013 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in + the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the + ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and + bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. + +010:014 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is + confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is + falsehood, and there is no breath in them. + +010:015 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their + visitation they shall perish. + +010:016 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of + all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD + of hosts is his name. + +010:017 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the + fortress. + +010:018 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the + inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, + that they may find it so. + +010:019 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly + this is a grief, and I must bear it. + +010:020 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my + children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none + to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. + +010:021 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the + LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks + shall be scattered. + +010:022 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion + out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah + desolate, and a den of dragons. + +010:023 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is + not in man that walketh to direct his steps. + +010:024 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, + lest thou bring me to nothing. + +010:025 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and + upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have + eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have + made his habitation desolate. + +011:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, + +011:002 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of + Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; + +011:003 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; + Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, + +011:004 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them + forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, + Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command + you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: + +011:005 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your + fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as + it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. + +011:006 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the + cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear + ye the words of this covenant, and do them. + +011:007 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I + brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, + rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. + +011:008 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every + one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will + bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I + commanded them to do: but they did them not. + +011:009 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men + of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +011:010 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, + which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods + to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have + broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. + +011:011 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon + them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they + shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. + +011:012 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem + go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but + they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. + +011:013 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O + Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem + have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to + burn incense unto Baal. + +011:014 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry + or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that + they cry unto me for their trouble. + +011:015 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath + wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from + thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. + +011:016 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of + goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled + fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. + +011:017 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil + against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the + house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to + provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. + +011:018 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: + then thou shewedst me their doings. + +011:019 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the + slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices + against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit + thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, + that his name may be no more remembered. + +011:020 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest + the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for + unto thee have I revealed my cause. + +011:021 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that + seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, + that thou die not by our hand: + +011:022 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish + them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and + their daughters shall die by famine: + +011:023 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil + upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. + +012:001 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me + talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the + wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very + treacherously? + +012:002 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, + yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and + far from their reins. + +012:003 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried + mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the + slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. + +012:004 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field + wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the + beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He + shall not see our last end. + +012:005 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, + then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of + peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how + wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? + +012:006 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they + have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a + multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair + words unto thee. + +012:007 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have + given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her + enemies. + +012:008 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth + out against me: therefore have I hated it. + +012:009 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round + about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the + field, come to devour. + +012:010 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my + portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a + desolate wilderness. + +012:011 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth + unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man + layeth it to heart. + +012:012 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the + wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the + one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no + flesh shall have peace. + +012:013 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put + themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be + ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the + LORD. + +012:014 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that + touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to + inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and + pluck out the house of Judah from among them. + +012:015 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out + I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring + them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his + land. + +012:016 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the + ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as + they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be + built in the midst of my people. + +012:017 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy + that nation, saith the LORD. + +013:001 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, + and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. + +013:002 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put + it on my loins. + +013:003 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, + +013:004 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, + and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the + rock. + +013:005 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. + +013:006 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto + me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, + which I commanded thee to hide there. + +013:007 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from + the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was + marred, it was profitable for nothing. + +013:008 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +013:009 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of + Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. + +013:010 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in + the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to + serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, + which is good for nothing. + +013:011 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I + caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the + whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto + me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a + glory: but they would not hear. + +013:012 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the + LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: + and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that + every bottle shall be filled with wine? + +013:013 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I + will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings + that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the + prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with + drunkenness. + +013:014 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and + the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, + nor have mercy, but destroy them. + +013:015 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. + +013:016 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and + before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while + ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and + make it gross darkness. + +013:017 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret + places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run + down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away + captive. + +013:018 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit + down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown + of your glory. + +013:019 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open + them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall + be wholly carried away captive. + +013:020 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: + where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? + +013:021 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast + taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not + sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? + +013:022 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things + upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts + discovered, and thy heels made bare. + +013:023 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? + then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. + +013:024 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away + by the wind of the wilderness. + +013:025 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith + the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in + falsehood. + +013:026 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy + shame may appear. + +013:027 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness + of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the + fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made + clean? when shall it once be? + +014:001 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the + dearth. + +014:002 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black + unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. + +014:003 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: + they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with + their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and + covered their heads. + +014:004 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the + earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. + +014:005 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, + because there was no grass. + +014:006 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed + up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there + was no grass. + +014:007 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it + for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have + sinned against thee. + +014:008 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, + why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a + wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? + +014:009 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that + cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we + are called by thy name; leave us not. + +014:010 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to + wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD + doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and + visit their sins. + +014:011 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their + good. + +014:012 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer + burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I + will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the + pestilence. + +014:013 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, + Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but + I will give you assured peace in this place. + +014:014 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my + name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither + spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and + divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their + heart. + +014:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that + prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword + and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine + shall those prophets be consumed. + +014:016 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the + streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and + they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor + their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their + wickedness upon them. + +014:017 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes + run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for + the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great + breach, with a very grievous blow. + +014:018 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the + sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are + sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go + about into a land that they know not. + +014:019 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? + why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we + looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of + healing, and behold trouble! + +014:020 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of + our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. + +014:021 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the + throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. + +014:022 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can + cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, + O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou + hast made all these things. + +015:001 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood + before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast + them out of my sight, and let them go forth. + +015:002 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither + shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the + LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the + sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the + famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. + +015:003 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the + sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the + heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. + +015:004 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the + earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, + for that which he did in Jerusalem. + +015:005 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall + bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? + +015:006 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: + therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy + thee; I am weary with repenting. + +015:007 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I + will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since + they return not from their ways. + +015:008 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I + have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a + spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it + suddenly, and terrors upon the city. + +015:009 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the + ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath + been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I + deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. + +015:010 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife + and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither + lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one + of them doth curse me. + +015:011 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; + verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time + of evil and in the time of affliction. + +015:012 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? + +015:013 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil + without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy + borders. + +015:014 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land + which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, + which shall burn upon you. + +015:015 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge + me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: + know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. + +015:016 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was + unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called + by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. + +015:017 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat + alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with + indignation. + +015:018 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which + refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a + liar, and as waters that fail? + +015:019 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I + bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou + take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my + mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto + them. + +015:020 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: + and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail + against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver + thee, saith the LORD. + +015:021 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I + will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. + +016:001 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, + +016:002 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons + or daughters in this place. + +016:003 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the + daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their + mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that + begat them in this land; + +016:004 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; + neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon + the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the + sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the + fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. + +016:005 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, + neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my + peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness + and mercies. + +016:006 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they + shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor + cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: + +016:007 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to + comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup + of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. + +016:008 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with + them to eat and to drink. + +016:009 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I + will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in + your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the + voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. + +016:010 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people + all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath + the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is + our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed + against the LORD our God? + +016:011 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have + forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, + and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have + forsaken me, and have not kept my law; + +016:012 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk + every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they + may not hearken unto me: + +016:013 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye + know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye + serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you + favour. + +016:014 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it + shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the + children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; + +016:015 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel + from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he + had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land + that I gave unto their fathers. + +016:016 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they + shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and + they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, + and out of the holes of the rocks. + +016:017 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from + my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. + +016:018 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin + double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled + mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and + abominable things. + +016:019 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day + of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends + of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited + lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. + +016:020 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? + +016:021 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will + cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know + that my name is The LORD. + +017:001 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the + point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their + heart, and upon the horns of your altars; + +017:002 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves + by the green trees upon the high hills. + +017:003 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all + thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, + throughout all thy borders. + +017:004 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage + that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies + in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire + in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. + +017:005 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, + and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the + LORD. + +017:006 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not + see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in + the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. + +017:007 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope + the LORD is. + +017:008 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that + spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when + heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be + careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from + yielding fruit. + +017:009 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately + wicked: who can know it? + +017:010 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give + every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of + his doings. + +017:011 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he + that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the + midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. + +017:012 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our + sanctuary. + +017:013 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be + ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the + earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of + living waters. + +017:014 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall + be saved: for thou art my praise. + +017:015 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let + it come now. + +017:016 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow + thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: + that which came out of my lips was right before thee. + +017:017 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. + +017:018 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be + confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: + bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double + destruction. + +017:019 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the + children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, + and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of + Jerusalem; + +017:020 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of + Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, + that enter in by these gates: + +017:021 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no + burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of + Jerusalem; + +017:022 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath + day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as + I commanded your fathers. + +017:023 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made + their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive + instruction. + +017:024 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, + saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of + this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to + do no work therein; + +017:025 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and + princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots + and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and + the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for + ever. + +017:026 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the + places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and + from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, + bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, + and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house + of the LORD. + +017:027 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, + and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of + Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the + gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, + and it shall not be quenched. + +018:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, + +018:002 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will + cause thee to hear my words. + +018:003 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he + wrought a work on the wheels. + +018:004 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of + the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good + to the potter to make it. + +018:005 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, + +018:006 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith + the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are + ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. + +018:007 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and + concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to + destroy it; + +018:008 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from + their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do + unto them. + +018:009 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and + concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; + +018:010 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I + will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit + them. + +018:011 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the + inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, + I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: + return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways + and your doings good. + +018:012 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our + own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his + evil heart. + +018:013 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, + who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a + very horrible thing. + +018:014 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the + rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come + from another place be forsaken? + +018:015 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense + to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways + from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast + up; + +018:016 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every + one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his + head. + +018:017 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I + will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their + calamity. + +018:018 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against + Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor + counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, + and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed + to any of his words. + +018:019 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that + contend with me. + +018:020 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit + for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good + for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. + +018:021 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour + out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives + be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their + men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword + in battle. + +018:022 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a + troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take + me, and hid snares for my feet. + +018:023 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay + me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin + from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal + thus with them in the time of thine anger. + +019:001 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and + take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the + priests; + +019:002 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by + the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that + I shall tell thee, + +019:003 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and + inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the + God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the + which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. + +019:004 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, + and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither + they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and + have filled this place with the blood of innocents; + +019:005 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their + sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I + commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: + +019:006 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this + place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the + son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. + +019:007 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in + this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before + their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: + and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the + heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. + +019:008 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one + that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of + all the plagues thereof. + +019:009 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the + flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the + flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith + their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten + them. + +019:010 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that + go with thee, + +019:011 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so + will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a + potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they + shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. + +019:012 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the + inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: + +019:013 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of + Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all + the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all + the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto + other gods. + +019:014 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him + to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; + and said to all the people, + +019:015 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I + will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil + that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened + their necks, that they might not hear my words. + +020:001 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief + governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah + prophesied these things. + +020:002 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the + stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by + the house of the LORD. + +020:003 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth + Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The + LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. + +020:004 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to + thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the + sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I + will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and + he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them + with the sword. + +020:005 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all + the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and + all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the + hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, + and carry them to Babylon. + +020:006 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go + into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou + shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy + friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. + +020:007 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art + stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, + every one mocketh me. + +020:008 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; + because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and + a derision, daily. + +020:009 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any + more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning + fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and + I could not stay. + +020:010 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, + say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for + my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we + shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on + him. + +020:011 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my + persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they + shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their + everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. + +020:012 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the + reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for + unto thee have I opened my cause. + +020:013 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered + the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. + +020:014 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein + my mother bare me be blessed. + +020:015 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A + man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. + +020:016 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, + and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and + the shouting at noontide; + +020:017 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might + have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. + +020:018 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and + sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? + +021:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king + Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and + Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, + +021:002 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar + king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD + will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he + may go up from us. + +021:003 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: + +021:004 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back + the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight + against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which + besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into + the midst of this city. + +021:005 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand + and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in + great wrath. + +021:006 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and + beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. + +021:007 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of + Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left + in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the + famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and + into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those + that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of + the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor + have mercy. + +021:008 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; + Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of + death. + +021:009 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by + the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and + falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and + his life shall be unto him for a prey. + +021:010 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for + good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the + king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. + +021:011 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the + word of the LORD; + +021:012 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the + morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of + the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that + none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. + +021:013 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and + rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come + down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? + +021:014 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, + saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest + thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. + +022:001 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of + Judah, and speak there this word, + +022:002 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that + sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and + thy people that enter in by these gates: + +022:003 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, + and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and + do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, + nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. + +022:004 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by + the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of + David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, + and his people. + +022:005 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith + the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. + +022:006 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou + art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will + make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. + +022:007 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his + weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast + them into the fire. + +022:008 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say + every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus + unto this great city? + +022:009 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the + covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and + served them. + +022:010 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore + for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see + his native country. + +022:011 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah + king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, + which went forth out of this place; He shall not return + thither any more: + +022:012 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him + captive, and shall see this land no more. + +022:013 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and + his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service + without wages, and giveth him not for his work; + +022:014 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, + and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and + painted with vermilion. + +022:015 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did + not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and + then it was well with him? + +022:016 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well + with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. + +022:017 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy + covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for + oppression, and for violence, to do it. + +022:018 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of + Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, + Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, + saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! + +022:019 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast + forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. + +022:020 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, + and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. + +022:021 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will + not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou + obeyedst not my voice. + +022:022 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go + into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and + confounded for all thy wickedness. + +022:023 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, + how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain + as of a woman in travail! + +022:024 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim + king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I + pluck thee thence; + +022:025 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, + and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into + the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand + of the Chaldeans. + +022:026 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into + another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye + die. + +022:027 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall + they not return. + +022:028 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel + wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and + his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? + +022:029 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. + +022:030 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that + shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall + prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more + in Judah. + +023:001 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of + my pasture! saith the LORD. + +023:002 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the + pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and + driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will + visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. + +023:003 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries + whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their + folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. + +023:004 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: + and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall + they be lacking, saith the LORD. + +023:005 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto + David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, + and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. + +023:006 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell + safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE + LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. + +023:007 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they + shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the + children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; + +023:008 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed + of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all + countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in + their own land. + +023:009 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my + bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine + hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words + of his holiness. + +023:010 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing + the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are + dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not + right. + +023:011 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have + I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. + +023:012 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the + darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I + will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, + saith the LORD. + +023:013 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they + prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. + +023:014 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible + thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen + also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his + wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the + inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. + +023:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the + prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make + them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of + Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. + +023:016 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of + the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they + speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of + the LORD. + +023:017 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, + Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh + after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come + upon you. + +023:018 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath + perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and + heard it? + +023:019 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a + grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of + the wicked. + +023:020 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have + executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his + heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. + +023:021 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not + spoken to them, yet they prophesied. + +023:022 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people + to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their + evil way, and from the evil of their doings. + +023:023 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? + +023:024 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see + him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the + LORD. + +023:025 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my + name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. + +023:026 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that + prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their + own heart; + +023:027 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their + dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their + fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. + +023:028 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he + that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is + the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. + +023:029 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a + hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? + +023:030 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, + that steal my words every one from his neighbour. + +023:031 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use + their tongues, and say, He saith. + +023:032 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith + the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by + their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor + commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at + all, saith the LORD. + +023:033 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask + thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then + say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the + LORD. + +023:034 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that + shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man + and his house. + +023:035 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to + his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the + LORD spoken? + +023:036 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every + man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the + words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. + +023:037 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD + answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? + +023:038 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith + the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, + and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden + of the LORD; + +023:039 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I + will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your + fathers, and cast you out of my presence: + +023:040 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a + perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. + +024:001 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set + before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king + of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of + Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the + carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to + Babylon. + +024:002 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are + first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which + could not be eaten, they were so bad. + +024:003 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I + said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, + that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. + +024:004 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +024:005 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, + so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of + Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the + Chaldeans for their good. + +024:006 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring + them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull + them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. + +024:007 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: + and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they + shall return unto me with their whole heart. + +024:008 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; + surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king + of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that + remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: + +024:009 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of + the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a + taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. + +024:010 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, + among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I + gave unto them and to their fathers. + +025:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of + Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king + of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of + Babylon; + +025:002 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of + Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, + +025:003 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of + Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth + year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have + spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not + hearkened. + +025:004 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, + rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor + inclined your ear to hear. + +025:005 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and + from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the + LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and + ever: + +025:006 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship + them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your + hands; and I will do you no hurt. + +025:007 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye + might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your + own hurt. + +025:008 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not + heard my words, + +025:009 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, + saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my + servant, and will bring them against this land, and against + the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round + about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an + astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. + +025:010 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the + voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice + of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of + the candle. + +025:011 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an + astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of + Babylon seventy years. + +025:012 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are + accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that + nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of + the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. + +025:013 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have + pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, + which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. + +025:014 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of + them also: and I will recompense them according to their + deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. + +025:015 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine + cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to + whom I send thee, to drink it. + +025:016 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the + sword that I will send among them. + +025:017 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the + nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: + +025:018 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings + thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, + an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; + +025:019 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and + all his people; + +025:020 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of + Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and + Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, + +025:021 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, + +025:022 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and + the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, + +025:023 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost + corners, + +025:024 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled + people that dwell in the desert, + +025:025 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all + the kings of the Medes, + +025:026 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with + another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the + face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after + them. + +025:027 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of + hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, + and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will + send among you. + +025:028 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand + to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD + of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. + +025:029 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by + my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be + unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the + inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. + +025:030 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say + unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his + voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon + his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the + grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. + +025:031 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD + hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all + flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith + the LORD. + +025:032 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from + nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up + from the coasts of the earth. + +025:033 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of + the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not + be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung + upon the ground. + +025:034 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the + ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your + slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye + shall fall like a pleasant vessel. + +025:035 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal + of the flock to escape. + +025:036 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the + principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath + spoiled their pasture. + +025:037 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the + fierce anger of the LORD. + +025:038 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is + desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and + because of his fierce anger. + +026:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah + king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, + +026:002 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, + and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship + in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to + speak unto them; diminish not a word: + +026:003 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil + way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do + unto them because of the evil of their doings. + +026:004 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will + not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before + you, + +026:005 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I + sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye + have not hearkened; + +026:006 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this + city a curse to all the nations of the earth. + +026:007 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard + Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. + +026:008 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking + all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the + people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people + took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. + +026:009 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This + house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate + without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered + against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. + +026:010 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came + up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat + down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. + +026:011 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and + to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he + hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your + ears. + +026:012 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the + people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this + house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. + +026:013 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the + voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of + the evil that he hath pronounced against you. + +026:014 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth + good and meet unto you. + +026:015 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall + surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this + city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the + LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your + ears. + +026:016 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and + to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath + spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. + +026:017 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to + all the assembly of the people, saying, + +026:018 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king + of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus + saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, + and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the + house as the high places of a forest. + +026:019 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to + death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and + the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced + against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our + souls. + +026:020 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the + LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who + prophesied against this city and against this land according + to all the words of Jeremiah. + +026:021 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all + the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to + death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and + went into Egypt; + +026:022 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan + the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. + +026:023 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him + unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast + his dead body into the graves of the common people. + +026:024 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with + Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the + people to put him to death. + +027:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah + king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, + saying, + +027:002 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put + them upon thy neck, + +027:003 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, + and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, + and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which + come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; + +027:004 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the + LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your + masters; + +027:005 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the + ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have + given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. + +027:006 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of + Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts + of the field have I given him also to serve him. + +027:007 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's + son, until the very time of his land come: and then many + nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. + +027:008 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which + will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, + and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of + Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the + sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I + have consumed them by his hand. + +027:009 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your + diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to + your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not + serve the king of Babylon: + +027:010 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your + land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. + +027:011 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the + king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still + in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and + dwell therein. + +027:012 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these + words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of + Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. + +027:013 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the + famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against + the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? + +027:014 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that + speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of + Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. + +027:015 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a + lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might + perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. + +027:016 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, + Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets + that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the + LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: + for they prophesy a lie unto you. + +027:017 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: + wherefore should this city be laid waste? + +027:018 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with + them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, + that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and + in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to + Babylon. + +027:019 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and + concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning + the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. + +027:020 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried + away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from + Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and + Jerusalem; + +027:021 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, + concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, + and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; + +027:022 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be + until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I + bring them up, and restore them to this place. + +028:001 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the + reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in + the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, + which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, + in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, + +028:002 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I + have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. + +028:003 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all + the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of + Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to + Babylon: + +028:004 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of + Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that + went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke + of the king of Babylon. + +028:005 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in + the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the + people that stood in the house of the LORD, + +028:006 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD + perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again + the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away + captive, from Babylon into this place. + +028:007 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine + ears, and in the ears of all the people; + +028:008 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old + prophesied both against many countries, and against great + kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. + +028:009 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the + prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, + that the LORD hath truly sent him. + +028:010 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet + Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. + +028:011 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, + Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations + within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah + went his way. + +028:012 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, + after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off + the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, + +028:013 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast + broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes + of iron. + +028:014 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have + put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that + they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall + serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. + +028:015 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear + now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest + this people to trust in a lie. + +028:016 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from + off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because + thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. + +028:017 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh + month. + +029:001 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the + prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders + which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to + the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had + carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; + +029:002 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, + the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and + the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) + +029:003 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son + of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, + +029:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that + are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried + away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; + +029:005 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat + the fruit of them; + +029:006 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives + for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they + may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, + and not diminished. + +029:007 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be + carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in + the peace thereof shall ye have peace. + +029:008 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not + your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, + deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to + be dreamed. + +029:009 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent + them, saith the LORD. + +029:010 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be + accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good + word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. + +029:011 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the + LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an + expected end. + +029:012 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, + and I will hearken unto you. + +029:013 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me + with all your heart. + +029:014 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn + away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the + nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, + saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place + whence I caused you to be carried away captive. + +029:015 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in + Babylon; + +029:016 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon + the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in + this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with + you into captivity; + +029:017 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them + the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them + like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. + +029:018 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and + with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to + all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an + astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the + nations whither I have driven them: + +029:019 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, + which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up + early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. + +029:020 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the + captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: + +029:021 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the + son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which + prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver + them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he + shall slay them before your eyes; + +029:022 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of + Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like + Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in + the fire; + +029:023 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have + committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have + spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded + them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. + +029:024 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, + +029:025 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, + Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people + that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah + the priest, and to all the priests, saying, + +029:026 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the + priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, + for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that + thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. + +029:027 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, + which maketh himself a prophet to you? + +029:028 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This + captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and + plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. + +029:029 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of + Jeremiah the prophet. + +029:030 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, + +029:031 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD + concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath + prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to + trust in a lie: + +029:032 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah + the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell + among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I + will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught + rebellion against the LORD. + +030:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, + +030:002 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all + the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. + +030:003 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring + again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the + LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave + to their fathers, and they shall possess it. + +030:004 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel + and concerning Judah. + +030:005 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, + of fear, and not of peace. + +030:006 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? + wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a + woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? + +030:007 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is + even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of + it. + +030:008 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of + hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will + burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves + of him: + +030:009 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, + whom I will raise up unto them. + +030:010 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; + neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from + afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob + shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none + shall make him afraid. + +030:011 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I + make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, + yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct + thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether + unpunished. + +030:012 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy + wound is grievous. + +030:013 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound + up: thou hast no healing medicines. + +030:014 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I + have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the + chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine + iniquity; because thy sins were increased. + +030:015 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable + for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were + increased, I have done these things unto thee. + +030:016 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all + thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; + and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey + upon thee will I give for a prey. + +030:017 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of + thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an + Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. + +030:018 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity + of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and + the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace + shall remain after the manner thereof. + +030:019 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of + them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall + not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be + small. + +030:020 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their + congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish + all that oppress them. + +030:021 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor + shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to + draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that + engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. + +030:022 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. + +030:023 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a + continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of + the wicked. + +030:024 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath + done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: + in the latter days ye shall consider it. + +031:001 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the + families of Israel, and they shall be my people. + +031:002 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword + found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to + cause him to rest. + +031:003 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have + loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with + lovingkindness have I drawn thee. + +031:004 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of + Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and + shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. + +031:005 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the + planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. + +031:006 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount + Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the + LORD our God. + +031:007 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and + shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, + and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. + +031:008 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather + them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and + the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with + child together: a great company shall return thither. + +031:009 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I + lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters + in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a + father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. + +031:010 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the + isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather + him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. + +031:011 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the + hand of him that was stronger than he. + +031:012 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and + shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, + and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and + of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and + they shall not sorrow any more at all. + +031:013 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and + old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and + will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. + +031:014 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and + my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. + +031:015 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, + and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to + be comforted for her children, because they were not. + +031:016 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine + eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the + LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. + +031:017 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy + children shall come again to their own border. + +031:018 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast + chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed + to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art + the LORD my God. + +031:019 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I + was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, + even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. + +031:020 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I + spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: + therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have + mercy upon him, saith the LORD. + +031:021 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart + toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn + again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. + +031:022 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for + the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall + compass a man. + +031:023 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they + shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities + thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD + bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. + +031:024 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities + thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with + flocks. + +031:025 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished + every sorrowful soul. + +031:026 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto + me. + +031:027 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the + house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, + and with the seed of beast. + +031:028 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over + them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and + to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to + build, and to plant, saith the LORD. + +031:029 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a + sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. + +031:030 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that + eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. + +031:031 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new + covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of + Judah: + +031:032 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers + in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of + the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I + was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: + +031:033 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house + of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law + in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will + be their God, and they shall be my people. + +031:034 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and + every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall + all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, + saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will + remember their sin no more. + +031:035 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, + and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by + night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The + LORD of hosts is his name: + +031:036 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, + then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation + before me for ever. + +031:037 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the + foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also + cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, + saith the LORD. + +031:038 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be + built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of + the corner. + +031:039 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon + the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. + +031:040 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and + all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of + the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; + it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. + +032:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year + of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of + Nebuchadrezzar. + +032:002 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and + Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, + which was in the king of Judah's house. + +032:003 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore + dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I + will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and + he shall take it; + +032:004 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of + the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of + the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, + and his eyes shall behold his eyes; + +032:005 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be + until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the + Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. + +032:006 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +032:007 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come + unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for + the right of redemption is thine to buy it. + +032:008 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the + prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, + Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in + the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is + thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I + knew that this was the word of the LORD. + +032:009 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in + Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of + silver. + +032:010 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took + witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. + +032:011 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was + sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was + open: + +032:012 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of + Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine + uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that + subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that + sat in the court of the prison. + +032:013 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, + +032:014 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these + evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is + sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an + earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. + +032:015 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses + and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this + land. + +032:016 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto + Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, + +032:017 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth + by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing + too hard for thee: + +032:018 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest + the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children + after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is + his name, + +032:019 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open + upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one + according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his + doings: + +032:020 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even + unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast + made thee a name, as at this day; + +032:021 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of + Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, + and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; + +032:022 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their + fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; + +032:023 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy + voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of + all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast + caused all this evil to come upon them: + +032:024 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and + the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight + against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of + the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; + and, behold, thou seest it. + +032:025 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for + money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand + of the Chaldeans. + +032:026 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, + +032:027 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any + thing too hard for me? + +032:028 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city + into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: + +032:029 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come + and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon + whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured + out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. + +032:030 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only + done evil before me from their youth: for the children of + Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their + hands, saith the LORD. + +032:031 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger + and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this + day; that I should remove it from before my face, + +032:032 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the + children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to + anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and + their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of + Jerusalem. + +032:033 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: + though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet + they have not hearkened to receive instruction. + +032:034 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called + by my name, to defile it. + +032:035 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the + valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their + daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I + commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they + should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. + +032:036 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, + concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered + into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the + famine, and by the pestilence; + +032:037 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I + have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great + wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will + cause them to dwell safely: + +032:038 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: + +032:039 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may + fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children + after them: + +032:040 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will + not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my + fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. + +032:041 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will + plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with + my whole soul. + +032:042 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great + evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good + that I have promised them. + +032:043 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is + desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of + the Chaldeans. + +032:044 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and + seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in + the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in + the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, + and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their + captivity to return, saith the LORD. + +033:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second + time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, + saying, + +033:002 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed + it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; + +033:003 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and + mighty things, which thou knowest not. + +033:004 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the + houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of + Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; + +033:005 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them + with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger + and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my + face from this city. + +033:006 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, + and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. + +033:007 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of + Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. + +033:008 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they + have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their + iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have + transgressed against me. + +033:009 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour + before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the + good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for + all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure + unto it. + +033:010 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, + which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, + even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, + that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and + without beast, + +033:011 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the + bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that + shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for + his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the + sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will + cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, + saith the LORD. + +033:012 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is + desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities + thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their + flocks to lie down. + +033:013 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and + in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and + in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, + shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that + telleth them, saith the LORD. + +033:014 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform + that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel + and to the house of Judah. + +033:015 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of + righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute + judgment and righteousness in the land. + +033:016 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell + safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, + The LORD our righteousness. + +033:017 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit + upon the throne of the house of Israel; + +033:018 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to + offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do + sacrifice continually. + +033:019 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, + +033:020 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, + and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day + and night in their season; + +033:021 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, + that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and + with the Levites the priests, my ministers. + +033:022 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of + the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my + servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. + +033:023 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, + +033:024 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The + two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast + them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should + be no more a nation before them. + +033:025 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, + and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and + earth; + +033:026 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, + so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the + seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their + captivity to return, and have mercy on them. + +034:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the + kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, + fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, + saying, + +034:002 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to + Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; + Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of + Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: + +034:003 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be + taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall + behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak + with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. + +034:004 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus + saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: + +034:005 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy + fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall + they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, + Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. + +034:006 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah + king of Judah in Jerusalem, + +034:007 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and + against all the cities of Judah that were left, against + Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities + remained of the cities of Judah. + +034:008 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after + that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people + which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; + +034:009 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his + maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that + none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his + brother. + +034:010 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had + entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his + manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none + should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, + and let them go. + +034:011 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the + handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought + them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. + +034:012 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, + saying, + +034:013 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with + your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the + land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, + +034:014 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an + Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath + served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: + but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their + ear. + +034:015 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in + proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had + made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my + name: + +034:016 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his + servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at + liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into + subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. + +034:017 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, + in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every + man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, + saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the + famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the + kingdoms of the earth. + +034:018 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, + which have not performed the words of the covenant which they + had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and + passed between the parts thereof, + +034:019 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the + eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, + which passed between the parts of the calf; + +034:020 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into + the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies + shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the + beasts of the earth. + +034:021 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into + the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek + their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, + which are gone up from you. + +034:022 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to + return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take + it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah + a desolation without an inhabitant. + +035:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of + Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, + +035:002 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and + bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the + chambers, and give them wine to drink. + +035:003 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of + Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole + house of the Rechabites; + +035:004 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the + chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of + God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above + the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the + door: + +035:005 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots + full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. + +035:006 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of + Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no + wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: + +035:007 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant + vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in + tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be + strangers. + +035:008 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our + father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all + our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; + +035:009 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we + vineyard, nor field, nor seed: + +035:010 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done + according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. + +035:011 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came + up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to + Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear + of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. + +035:012 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, + +035:013 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell + the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not + receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. + +035:014 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his + sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they + drink none, but obey their father's commandment: + notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and + speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. + +035:015 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising + up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man + from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after + other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which + I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not + inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. + +035:016 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed + the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but + this people hath not hearkened unto me: + +035:017 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; + Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants + of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: + because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and + I have called unto them, but they have not answered. + +035:018 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith + the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed + the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his + precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded + you: + +035:019 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; + Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before + me for ever. + +036:001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of + Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from + the LORD, saying, + +036:002 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words + that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against + Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto + thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. + +036:003 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which + I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from + his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. + +036:004 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch + wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, + which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. + +036:005 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot + go into the house of the LORD: + +036:006 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast + written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of + the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also + thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of + their cities. + +036:007 It may be they will present their supplication before the + LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great + is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced + against this people. + +036:008 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that + Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the + words of the LORD in the LORD's house. + +036:009 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of + Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed + a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to + all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto + Jerusalem. + +036:010 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the + house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of + Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the + new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. + +036:011 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had + heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, + +036:012 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's + chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the + scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son + of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the + son of Hananiah, and all the princes. + +036:013 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had + heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. + +036:014 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, + the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, + Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears + of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the + roll in his hand, and came unto them. + +036:015 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. + So Baruch read it in their ears. + +036:016 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they + were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will + surely tell the king of all these words. + +036:017 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou + write all these words at his mouth? + +036:018 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto + me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. + +036:019 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and + Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. + +036:020 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up + the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all + the words in the ears of the king. + +036:021 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out + of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the + ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which + stood beside the king. + +036:022 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and + there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. + +036:023 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four + leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire + that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the + fire that was on the hearth. + +036:024 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the + king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. + +036:025 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made + intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but + he would not hear them. + +036:026 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and + Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to + take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD + hid them. + +036:027 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the + king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at + the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, + +036:028 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former + words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of + Judah hath burned. + +036:029 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the + LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou + written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly + come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from + thence man and beast? + +036:030 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He + shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead + body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the + night to the frost. + +036:031 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their + iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants + of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I + have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. + +036:032 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the + scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of + Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of + Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides + unto them many like words. + +037:001 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah + the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made + king in the land of Judah. + +037:002 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, + did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the + prophet Jeremiah. + +037:003 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and + Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet + Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. + +037:004 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they + had not put him into prison. + +037:005 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the + Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they + departed from Jerusalem. + +037:006 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah + saying, + +037:007 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to + the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; + Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall + return to Egypt into their own land. + +037:008 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this + city, and take it, and burn it with fire. + +037:009 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The + Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not + depart. + +037:010 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that + fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among + them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn + this city with fire. + +037:011 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was + broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, + +037:012 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land + of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the + people. + +037:013 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward + was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the + son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, + Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. + +037:014 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the + Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took + Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. + +037:015 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, + and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for + they had made that the prison. + +037:016 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the + cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; + +037:017 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king + asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word + from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou + shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. + +037:018 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I + offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against + this people, that ye have put me in prison? + +037:019 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, + The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against + this land? + +037:020 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my + supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou + cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, + lest I die there. + +037:021 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit + Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should + give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, + until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah + remained in the court of the prison. + +038:001 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of + Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of + Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all + the people, saying, + +038:002 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die + by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he + that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall + have his life for a prey, and shall live. + +038:003 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the + hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. + +038:004 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let + this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of + the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all + the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man + seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. + +038:005 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for + the king is not he that can do any thing against you. + +038:006 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of + Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the + prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the + dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the + mire. + +038:007 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which + was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in + the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; + +038:008 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to + the king saying, + +038:009 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they + have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into + the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place + where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. + +038:010 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take + from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the + prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. + +038:011 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house + of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast + clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into + the dungeon to Jeremiah. + +038:012 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these + old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the + cords. And Jeremiah did so. + +038:013 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of + the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. + +038:014 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet + unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the + LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a + thing; hide nothing from me. + +038:015 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, + wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee + counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? + +038:016 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As + the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee + to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men + that seek thy life. + +038:017 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God + of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth + unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, + and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt + live, and thine house: + +038:018 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's + princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the + Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt + not escape out of their hand. + +038:019 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the + Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me + into their hand, and they mock me. + +038:020 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I + beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: + so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. + +038:021 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD + hath shewed me: + +038:022 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of + Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's + princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee + on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the + mire, and they are turned away back. + +038:023 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the + Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but + shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou + shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. + +038:024 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these + words, and thou shalt not die. + +038:025 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they + come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what + thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will + not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: + +038:026 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication + before the king, that he would not cause me to return to + Jonathan's house, to die there. + +038:027 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he + told them according to all these words that the king had + commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter + was not perceived. + +038:028 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day + that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was + taken. + +039:001 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth + month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army + against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. + +039:002 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the + ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. + +039:003 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in + the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, + Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the + princes of the king of Babylon. + +039:004 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw + them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth + out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by + the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the + plain. + +039:005 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook + Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken + him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to + Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. + +039:006 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah + before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles + of Judah. + +039:007 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with + chains, to carry him to Babylon. + +039:008 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of + the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. + +039:009 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive + into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the + city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the + rest of the people that remained. + +039:010 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of + the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave + them vineyards and fields at the same time. + +039:011 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning + Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, + +039:012 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do + unto him even as he shall say unto thee. + +039:013 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, + Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of + Babylon's princes; + +039:014 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the + prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the + son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt + among the people. + +039:015 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut + up in the court of the prison, saying, + +039:016 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith + the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my + words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they + shall be accomplished in that day before thee. + +039:017 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou + shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art + afraid. + +039:018 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the + sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because + thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. + +040:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that + Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from + Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all + that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which + were carried away captive unto Babylon. + +040:002 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, + The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. + +040:003 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath + said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not + obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. + +040:004 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which + were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with + me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if + it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: + behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good + and convenient for thee to go, thither go. + +040:005 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to + Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king + of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and + dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth + convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave + him victuals and a reward, and let him go. + +040:006 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; + and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the + land. + +040:007 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the + fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of + Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the + land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, + and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried + away captive to Babylon; + +040:008 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of + Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and + Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the + Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and + their men. + +040:009 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto + them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the + Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, + and it shall be well with you. + +040:010 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the + Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, + and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and + dwell in your cities that ye have taken. + +040:011 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the + Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, + heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, + and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the + son of Shaphan; + +040:012 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were + driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto + Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. + +040:013 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of + the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to + Mizpah, + +040:014 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the + king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah + to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them + not. + +040:015 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah + secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay + Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: + wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are + gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in + Judah perish? + +040:016 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of + Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest + falsely of Ishmael. + +041:001 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son + of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the + princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah + the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread + together in Mizpah. + +041:002 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that + were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of + Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon + had made governor over the land. + +041:003 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with + Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, + and the men of war. + +041:004 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain + Gedaliah, and no man knew it, + +041:005 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from + Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and + their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings + and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the + LORD. + +041:006 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to + meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, + as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of + Ahikam. + +041:007 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that + Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the + midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. + +041:008 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay + us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of + barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them + not among their brethren. + +041:009 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of + the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which + Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and + Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were + slain. + +041:010 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the + people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all + the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the + captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of + Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away + captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. + +041:011 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of + the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that + Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, + +041:012 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the + son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are + in Gibeon. + +041:013 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with + Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of + the forces that were with him, then they were glad. + +041:014 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from + Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son + of Kareah. + +041:015 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with + eight men, and went to the Ammonites. + +041:016 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of + the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people + whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from + Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, + even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and + the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: + +041:017 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, + which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, + +041:018 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, + because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the + son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the + land. + +042:001 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of + Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people + from the least even unto the greatest, came near, + +042:002 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our + supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the + LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but + a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) + +042:003 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, + and the thing that we may do. + +042:004 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; + behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your + words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the + LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep + nothing back from you. + +042:005 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful + witness between us, if we do not even according to all things + for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. + +042:006 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the + voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may + be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. + +042:007 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD + came unto Jeremiah. + +042:008 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains + of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the + least even to the greatest, + +042:009 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, + unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; + +042:010 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, + and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you + up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. + +042:011 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; + be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to + save you, and to deliver you from his hand. + +042:012 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon + you, and cause you to return to your own land. + +042:013 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey + the voice of the LORD your God, + +042:014 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we + shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have + hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: + +042:015 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of + Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye + wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn + there; + +042:016 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, + shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, + whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in + Egypt; and there ye shall die. + +042:017 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go + into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by + the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall + remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. + +042:018 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine + anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants + of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when + ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and + an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see + this place no more. + +042:019 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go + ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you + this day. + +042:020 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the + LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and + according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare + unto us, and we will do it. + +042:021 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not + obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the + which he hath sent me unto you. + +042:022 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, + by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye + desire to go and to sojourn. + +043:001 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of + speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their + God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even + all these words, + +043:002 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of + Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou + speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, + Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: + +043:003 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for + to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might + put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. + +043:004 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the + forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, + to dwell in the land of Judah. + +043:005 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the + forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from + all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the + land of Judah; + +043:006 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, + and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had + left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and + Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. + +043:007 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the + voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. + +043:008 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, + saying, + +043:009 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in + the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in + Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; + +043:010 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of + Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king + of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these + stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion + over them. + +043:011 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and + deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for + captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the + sword. + +043:012 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; + and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he + shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd + putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in + peace. + +043:013 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the + land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians + shall he burn with fire. + +044:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which + dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at + Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, + +044:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen + all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all + the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a + desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, + +044:003 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to + provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to + serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor + your fathers. + +044:004 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising + early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable + thing that I hate. + +044:005 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from + their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. + +044:006 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was + kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of + Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. + +044:007 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God + of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your + souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, + out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; + +044:008 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, + burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither + ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and + that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations + of the earth? + +044:009 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the + wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their + wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your + wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in + the streets of Jerusalem? + +044:010 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they + feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set + before you and before your fathers. + +044:011 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; + Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut + off all Judah. + +044:012 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their + faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they + shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they + shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they + shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword + and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an + astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. + +044:013 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I + have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by + the pestilence: + +044:014 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the + land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that + they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they + have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return + but such as shall escape. + +044:015 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned + incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a + great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of + Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, + +044:016 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of + the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. + +044:017 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of + our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and + to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and + our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of + Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty + of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. + +044:018 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, + and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all + things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. + +044:019 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured + out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship + her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? + +044:020 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the + women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, + saying, + +044:021 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the + streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and + your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD + remember them, and came it not into his mind? + +044:022 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of + your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have + committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an + astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this + day. + +044:023 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned + against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, + nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his + testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at + this day. + +044:024 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the + women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the + land of Egypt: + +044:025 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye + and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and + fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our + vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of + heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will + surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. + +044:026 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell + in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, + saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the + mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, + The Lord GOD liveth. + +044:027 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and + all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be + consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end + of them. + +044:028 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of + the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant + of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn + there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. + +044:029 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will + punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall + surely stand against you for evil: + +044:030 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of + Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them + that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the + hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that + sought his life. + +045:001 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son + of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the + mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of + Josiah king of Judah, saying, + +045:002 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch: + +045:003 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief + to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. + +045:004 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, + that which I have built will I break down, and that which I + have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. + +045:005 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, + behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but + thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places + whither thou goest. + +046:001 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet + against the Gentiles; + +046:002 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, + which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of + Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. + +046:003 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. + +046:004 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth + with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the + brigandines. + +046:005 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and + their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and + look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. + +046:006 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they + shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river + Euphrates. + +046:007 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved + as the rivers? + +046:008 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like + the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the + earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. + +046:009 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty + men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle + the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. + +046:010 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of + vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the + sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk + with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice + in the north country by the river Euphrates. + +046:011 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of + Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt + not be cured. + +046:012 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled + the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, + and they are fallen both together. + +046:013 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land + of Egypt. + +046:014 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in + Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; + for the sword shall devour round about thee. + +046:015 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because + the LORD did drive them. + +046:016 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they + said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the + land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. + +046:017 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he + hath passed the time appointed. + +046:018 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, + Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the + sea, so shall he come. + +046:019 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into + captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an + inhabitant. + +046:020 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it + cometh out of the north. + +046:021 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted + bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away + together: they did not stand, because the day of their + calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. + +046:022 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall + march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers + of wood. + +046:023 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it + cannot be searched; because they are more than the + grasshoppers, and are innumerable. + +046:024 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be + delivered into the hand of the people of the north. + +046:025 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will + punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their + gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust + in him: + +046:026 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their + lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, + and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be + inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. + +046:027 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O + Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy + seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, + and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. + +046:028 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am + with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations + whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of + thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee + wholly unpunished. + +047:001 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against + the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. + +047:002 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, + and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the + land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell + therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of + the land shall howl. + +047:003 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong + horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of + his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children + for feebleness of hands; + +047:004 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, + and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that + remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the + remnant of the country of Caphtor. + +047:005 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the + remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? + +047:006 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be + quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. + +047:007 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge + against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he + appointed it. + +048:001 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; + Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and + taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. + +048:002 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have + devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from + being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the + sword shall pursue thee. + +048:003 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great + destruction. + +048:004 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be + heard. + +048:005 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; + for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry + of destruction. + +048:006 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the + wilderness. + +048:007 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy + treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go + forth into captivity with his priests and his princes + together. + +048:008 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall + escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be + destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. + +048:009 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the + cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell + therein. + +048:010 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and + cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. + +048:011 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on + his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, + neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste + remained in him, and his scent is not changed. + +048:012 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will + send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and + shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. + +048:013 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel + was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. + +048:014 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? + +048:015 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen + young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, + whose name is the LORD of hosts. + +048:016 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction + hasteth fast. + +048:017 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know + his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the + beautiful rod! + +048:018 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy + glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come + upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. + +048:019 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him + that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? + +048:020 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell + ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, + +048:021 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and + upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, + +048:022 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, + +048:023 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, + +048:024 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of + the land of Moab, far or near. + +048:025 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the + LORD. + +048:026 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the + LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall + be in derision. + +048:027 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among + thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for + joy. + +048:028 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the + rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides + of the hole's mouth. + +048:029 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his + loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the + haughtiness of his heart. + +048:030 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his + lies shall not so effect it. + +048:031 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all + Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. + +048:032 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of + Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to + the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits + and upon thy vintage. + +048:033 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and + from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the + winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting + shall be no shouting. + +048:034 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto + Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto + Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also + of Nimrim shall be desolate. + +048:035 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him + that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense + to his gods. + +048:036 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine + heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because + the riches that he hath gotten are perished. + +048:037 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon + all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. + +048:038 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of + Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like + a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. + +048:039 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab + turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a + dismaying to all them about him. + +048:040 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and + shall spread his wings over Moab. + +048:041 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the + mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart + of a woman in her pangs. + +048:042 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he + hath magnified himself against the LORD. + +048:043 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O + inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. + +048:044 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he + that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: + for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their + visitation, saith the LORD. + +048:045 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of + the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a + flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of + Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. + +048:046 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for + thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. + +048:047 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter + days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. + +049:001 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no + sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, + and his people dwell in his cities? + +049:002 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will + cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; + and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be + burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that + were his heirs, saith the LORD. + +049:003 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of + Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by + the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his + priests and his princes together. + +049:004 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O + backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, + Who shall come unto me? + +049:005 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of + hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be + driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him + that wandereth. + +049:006 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children + of Ammon, saith the LORD. + +049:007 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no + more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their + wisdom vanished? + +049:008 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I + will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will + visit him. + +049:009 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some + gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till + they have enough. + +049:010 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, + and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, + and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. + +049:011 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and + let thy widows trust in me. + +049:012 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not + to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he + that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go + unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. + +049:013 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall + become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all + the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. + +049:014 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent + unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against + her, and rise up to the battle. + +049:015 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and + despised among men. + +049:016 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine + heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that + holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy + nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, + saith the LORD. + +049:017 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it + shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues + thereof. + +049:018 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour + cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, + neither shall a son of man dwell in it. + +049:019 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of + Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will + suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, + that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will + appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand + before me? + +049:020 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken + against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against + the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall + draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate + with them. + +049:021 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the + noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. + +049:022 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his + wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the + mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. + +049:023 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they + have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is + sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. + +049:024 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and + fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, + as a woman in travail. + +049:025 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! + +049:026 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the + men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of + hosts. + +049:027 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall + consume the palaces of Benhadad. + +049:028 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the + LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. + +049:029 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall + take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and + their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every + side. + +049:030 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, + saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken + counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. + +049:031 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth + without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor + bars, which dwell alone. + +049:032 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their + cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that + are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity + from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. + +049:033 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation + for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man + dwell in it. + +049:034 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against + Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, + saying, + +049:035 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of + Elam, the chief of their might. + +049:036 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four + quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those + winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of + Elam shall not come. + +049:037 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and + before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon + them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send + the sword after them, till I have consumed them: + +049:038 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence + the king and the princes, saith the LORD. + +049:039 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will + bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. + +050:001 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the + land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. + +050:002 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a + standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel + is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are + confounded, her images are broken in pieces. + +050:003 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, + which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell + therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and + beast. + +050:004 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children + of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, + going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. + +050:005 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, + saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a + perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. + +050:006 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused + them to go astray, they have turned them away on the + mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have + forgotten their restingplace. + +050:007 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries + said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the + LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of + their fathers. + +050:008 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the + land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the + flocks. + +050:009 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an + assembly of great nations from the north country: and they + shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she + shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert + man; none shall return in vain. + +050:010 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be + satisfied, saith the LORD. + +050:011 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of + mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at + grass, and bellow as bulls; + +050:012 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall + be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a + wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. + +050:013 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, + but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by + Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. + +050:014 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye + that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath + sinned against the LORD. + +050:015 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her + foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is + the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she + hath done, do unto her. + +050:016 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the + sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing + sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall + flee every one to his own land. + +050:017 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: + first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. + +050:018 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; + Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I + have punished the king of Assyria. + +050:019 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall + feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied + upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. + +050:020 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity + of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and + the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will + pardon them whom I reserve. + +050:021 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and + against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy + after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I + have commanded thee. + +050:022 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. + +050:023 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! + how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! + +050:024 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O + Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also + caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. + +050:025 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the + weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord + GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. + +050:026 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: + cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of + her be left. + +050:027 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe + unto them! for their day is come, the time of their + visitation. + +050:028 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of + Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, + the vengeance of his temple. + +050:029 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend + the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: + recompense her according to her work; according to all that + she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against + the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. + +050:030 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her + men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. + +050:031 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord + GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit + thee. + +050:032 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall + raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it + shall devour all round about him. + +050:033 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the + children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took + them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. + +050:034 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he + shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to + the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. + +050:035 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the + inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her + wise men. + +050:036 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is + upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. + +050:037 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and + upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and + they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and + they shall be robbed. + +050:038 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for + it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their + idols. + +050:039 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts + of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell + therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither + shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. + +050:040 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities + thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither + shall any son of man dwell therein. + +050:041 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great + nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of + the earth. + +050:042 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and + will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and + they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a + man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. + +050:043 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his + hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of + a woman in travail. + +050:044 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of + Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them + suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I + may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint + me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before + me? + +050:045 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken + against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed + against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the + flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their + habitation desolate with them. + +050:046 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and + the cry is heard among the nations. + +051:001 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, + and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up + against me, a destroying wind; + +051:002 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and + shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be + against her round about. + +051:003 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and + against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and + spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. + +051:004 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and + they that are thrust through in her streets. + +051:005 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of + the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin + against the Holy One of Israel. + +051:006 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his + soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of + the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. + +051:007 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made + all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; + therefore the nations are mad. + +051:008 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take + balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. + +051:009 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake + her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her + judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the + skies. + +051:010 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let + us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. + +051:011 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath + raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device + is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance + of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. + +051:012 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch + strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the + LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against + the inhabitants of Babylon. + +051:013 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, + thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. + +051:014 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will + fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift + up a shout against thee. + +051:015 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the + world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his + understanding. + +051:016 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in + the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the + ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and + bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. + +051:017 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is + confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is + falsehood, and there is no breath in them. + +051:018 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their + visitation they shall perish. + +051:019 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of + all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD + of hosts is his name. + +051:020 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will + I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy + kingdoms; + +051:021 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; + and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his + rider; + +051:022 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with + thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will + I break in pieces the young man and the maid; + +051:023 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his + flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and + his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces + captains and rulers. + +051:024 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of + Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your + sight, saith the LORD. + +051:025 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the + LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out + mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and + will make thee a burnt mountain. + +051:026 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a + stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, + saith the LORD. + +051:027 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the + nations, prepare the nations against her, call together + against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; + appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as + the rough caterpillers. + +051:028 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, + the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the + land of his dominion. + +051:029 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of + the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land + of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. + +051:030 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have + remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became + as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are + broken. + +051:031 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet + another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at + one end, + +051:032 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have + burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. + +051:033 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The + daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to + thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest + shall come. + +051:034 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath + crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed + me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my + delicates, he hath cast me out. + +051:035 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall + the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants + of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. + +051:036 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, + and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and + make her springs dry. + +051:037 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, + an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. + +051:038 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' + whelps. + +051:039 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them + drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, + and not wake, saith the LORD. + +051:040 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams + with he goats. + +051:041 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole + earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among + the nations! + +051:042 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the + multitude of the waves thereof. + +051:043 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a + land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass + thereby. + +051:044 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out + of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations + shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of + Babylon shall fall. + +051:045 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every + man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. + +051:046 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that + shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, + and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and + violence in the land, ruler against ruler. + +051:047 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon + the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be + confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. + +051:048 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall + sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from + the north, saith the LORD. + +051:049 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at + Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. + +051:050 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: + remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your + mind. + +051:051 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath + covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries + of the LORD's house. + +051:052 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will + do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land + the wounded shall groan. + +051:053 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she + should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall + spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. + +051:054 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction + from the land of the Chaldeans: + +051:055 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of + her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, + a noise of their voice is uttered: + +051:056 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and + her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: + for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. + +051:057 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her + captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall + sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose + name is the LORD of hosts. + +051:058 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall + be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with + fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the + fire, and they shall be weary. + +051:059 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son + of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the + king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. + And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. + +051:060 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon + Babylon, even all these words that are written against + Babylon. + +051:061 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and + shalt see, and shalt read all these words; + +051:062 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this + place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither + man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. + +051:063 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this + book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the + midst of Euphrates: + +051:064 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not + rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall + be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. + +052:001 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, + and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's + name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +052:002 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, + according to all that Jehoiakim had done. + +052:003 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem + and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that + Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. + +052:004 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the + tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, + against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts + against it round about. + +052:005 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king + Zedekiah. + +052:006 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the + famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for + the people of the land. + +052:007 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and + went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate + between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now + the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by + the way of the plain. + +052:008 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and + overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army + was scattered from him. + +052:009 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of + Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave + judgment upon him. + +052:010 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his + eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. + +052:011 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon + bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him + in prison till the day of his death. + +052:012 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which + was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, + came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king + of Babylon, into Jerusalem, + +052:013 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and + all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great + men, burned he with fire: + +052:014 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain + of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round + about. + +052:015 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive + certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the + people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, + that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the + multitude. + +052:016 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the + poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. + +052:017 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, + and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the + LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them + to Babylon. + +052:018 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the + bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith + they ministered, took they away. + +052:019 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the + caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; + that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver + in silver, took the captain of the guard away. + +052:020 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were + under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of + the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. + +052:021 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was + eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; + and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. + +052:022 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one + chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon + the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar + also and the pomegranates were like unto these. + +052:023 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all + the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. + +052:024 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, + and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the + door: + +052:025 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge + of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the + king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal + scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and + threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in + the midst of the city. + +052:026 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought + them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. + +052:027 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in + Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away + captive out of his own land. + +052:028 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: + in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: + +052:029 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away + captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: + +052:030 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan + the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews + seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were + four thousand and six hundred. + +052:031 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the + captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, + in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach + king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the + head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of + prison. + +052:032 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne + of the kings that were with him in Babylon, + +052:033 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat + bread before him all the days of his life. + +052:034 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the + king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his + death, all the days of his life. + +Book 25 Lamentations + +001:001 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how + is she become as a widow! she that was great among the + nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become + tributary! + +001:002 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her + cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all + her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become + her enemies. + +001:003 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and + because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, + she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between + the straits. + +001:004 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn + feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her + virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. + +001:005 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the + LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her + transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before + the enemy. + +001:006 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her + princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they + are gone without strength before the pursuer. + +001:007 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her + miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of + old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none + did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her + sabbaths. + +001:008 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: + all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her + nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. + +001:009 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last + end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no + comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath + magnified himself. + +001:010 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant + things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her + sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter + into thy congregation. + +001:011 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their + pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and + consider; for I am become vile. + +001:012 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if + there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto + me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his + fierce anger. + +001:013 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth + against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned + me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. + +001:014 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are + wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength + to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from + whom I am not able to rise up. + +001:015 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the + midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my + young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of + Judah, as in a winepress. + +001:016 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with + water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is + far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy + prevailed. + +001:017 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort + her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his + adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a + menstruous woman among them. + +001:018 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his + commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my + sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. + +001:019 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and + mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought + their meat to relieve their souls. + +001:020 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; + mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously + rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as + death. + +001:021 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all + mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou + hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, + and they shall be like unto me. + +001:022 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, + as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my + sighs are many, and my heart is faint. + +002:001 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in + his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty + of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his + anger! + +002:002 The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and + hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong + holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to + the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes + thereof. + +002:003 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he + hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he + burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth + round about. + +002:004 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right + hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the + eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out + his fury like fire. + +002:005 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath + swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong + holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning + and lamentation. + +002:006 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were + of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the + LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be + forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his + anger the king and the priest. + +002:007 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his + sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the + walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of + the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. + +002:008 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of + Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his + hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the + wall to lament; they languished together. + +002:009 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and + broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the + Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision + from the LORD. + +002:010 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and + keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they + have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of + Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. + +002:011 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver + is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter + of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in + the streets of the city. + +002:012 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they + swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their + soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. + +002:013 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall + I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal + to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? + for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? + +002:014 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and + they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy + captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of + banishment. + +002:015 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag + their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the + city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the + whole earth? + +002:016 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they + hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: + certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, + we have seen it. + +002:017 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath + fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: + he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused + thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of + thine adversaries. + +002:018 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of + Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give + thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. + +002:019 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches + pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: + lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young + children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. + +002:020 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. + Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? + shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of + the Lord? + +002:021 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my + virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast + slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and + not pitied. + +002:022 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so + that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: + those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy + consumed. + +003:001 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his + wrath. + +003:002 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into + light. + +003:003 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me + all the day. + +003:004 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my + bones. + +003:005 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and + travail. + +003:006 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. + +003:007 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made + my chain heavy. + +003:008 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. + +003:009 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my + paths crooked. + +003:010 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in + secret places. + +003:011 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath + made me desolate. + +003:012 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. + +003:013 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my + reins. + +003:014 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. + +003:015 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken + with wormwood. + +003:016 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath + covered me with ashes. + +003:017 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat + prosperity. + +003:018 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: + +003:019 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and + the gall. + +003:020 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. + +003:021 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. + +003:022 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because + his compassions fail not. + +003:023 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. + +003:024 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope + in him. + +003:025 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that + seeketh him. + +003:026 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for + the salvation of the LORD. + +003:027 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. + +003:028 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it + upon him. + +003:029 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. + +003:030 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full + with reproach. + +003:031 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: + +003:032 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion + according to the multitude of his mercies. + +003:033 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of + men. + +003:034 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. + +003:035 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most + High, + +003:036 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. + +003:037 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord + commandeth it not? + +003:038 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and + good? + +003:039 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment + of his sins? + +003:040 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. + +003:041 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the + heavens. + +003:042 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not + pardoned. + +003:043 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast + slain, thou hast not pitied. + +003:044 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should + not pass through. + +003:045 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst + of the people. + +003:046 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. + +003:047 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. + +003:048 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction + of the daughter of my people. + +003:049 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any + intermission. + +003:050 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. + +003:051 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of + my city. + +003:052 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. + +003:053 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone + upon me. + +003:054 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. + +003:055 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. + +003:056 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, + at my cry. + +003:057 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou + saidst, Fear not. + +003:058 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast + redeemed my life. + +003:059 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. + +003:060 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations + against me. + +003:061 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their + imaginations against me; + +003:062 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device + against me all the day. + +003:063 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their + musick. + +003:064 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work + of their hands. + +003:065 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. + +003:066 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of + the LORD. + +004:001 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! + the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every + street. + +004:002 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are + they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of + the potter! + +004:003 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to + their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, + like the ostriches in the wilderness. + +004:004 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his + mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man + breaketh it unto them. + +004:005 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: + they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. + +004:006 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my + people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, + that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on + her. + +004:007 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than + milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their + polishing was of sapphire: + +004:008 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the + streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, + it is become like a stick. + +004:009 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be + slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for + want of the fruits of the field. + +004:010 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: + they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my + people. + +004:011 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his + fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath + devoured the foundations thereof. + +004:012 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, + would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy + should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. + +004:013 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her + priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of + her, + +004:014 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have + polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch + their garments. + +004:015 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, + depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said + among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. + +004:016 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more + regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, + they favoured not the elders. + +004:017 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our + watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. + +004:018 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end + is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. + +004:019 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: + they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in + the wilderness. + +004:020 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was + taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we + shall live among the heathen. + +004:021 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the + land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou + shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. + +004:022 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter + of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he + will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will + discover thy sins. + +005:001 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold + our reproach. + +005:002 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. + +005:003 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. + +005:004 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. + +005:005 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. + +005:006 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, + to be satisfied with bread. + +005:007 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their + iniquities. + +005:008 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver + us out of their hand. + +005:009 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the + sword of the wilderness. + +005:010 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible + famine. + +005:011 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities + of Judah. + +005:012 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were + not honoured. + +005:013 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under + the wood. + +005:014 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their + musick. + +005:015 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into + mourning. + +005:016 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have + sinned! + +005:017 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are + dim. + +005:018 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes + walk upon it. + +005:019 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation + to generation. + +005:020 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long + time? + +005:021 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew + our days as of old. + +005:022 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against + us. + +Book 26 Ezekiel + +001:001 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth + month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the + captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, + and I saw visions of God. + +001:002 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of + king Jehoiachin's captivity, + +001:003 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, + the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river + Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. + +001:004 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, + a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness + was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of + amber, out of the midst of the fire. + +001:005 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living + creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the + likeness of a man. + +001:006 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. + +001:007 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet + was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the + colour of burnished brass. + +001:008 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their + four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. + +001:009 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when + they went; they went every one straight forward. + +001:010 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of + a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they + four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also + had the face of an eagle. + +001:011 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; + two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two + covered their bodies. + +001:012 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit + was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. + +001:013 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance + was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of + lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the + fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. + +001:014 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of + a flash of lightning. + +001:015 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon + the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. + +001:016 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the + colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their + appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle + of a wheel. + +001:017 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they + turned not when they went. + +001:018 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; + and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. + +001:019 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: + and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, + the wheels were lifted up. + +001:020 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was + their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against + them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. + +001:021 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these + stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the + wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the + living creature was in the wheels. + +001:022 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living + creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched + forth over their heads above. + +001:023 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one + toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this + side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their + bodies. + +001:024 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the + noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice + of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let + down their wings. + +001:025 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their + heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. + +001:026 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the + likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: + and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the + appearance of a man above upon it. + +001:027 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire + round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even + upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I + saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness + round about. + +001:028 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day + of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. + This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the + LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a + voice of one that spake. + +002:001 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I + will speak unto thee. + +002:002 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set + me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. + +002:003 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children + of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against + me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even + unto this very day. + +002:004 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send + thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the + Lord GOD. + +002:005 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will + forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know + that there hath been a prophet among them. + +002:006 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid + of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and + thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, + nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious + house. + +002:007 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will + hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most + rebellious. + +002:008 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou + rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat + that I give thee. + +002:009 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, + a roll of a book was therein; + +002:010 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and + without: and there was written therein lamentations, and + mourning, and woe. + +003:001 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; + eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. + +003:002 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. + +003:003 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and + fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I + eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. + +003:004 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house + of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. + +003:005 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of + an hard language, but to the house of Israel; + +003:006 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard + language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I + sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. + +003:007 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they + will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are + impudent and hardhearted. + +003:008 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and + thy forehead strong against their foreheads. + +003:009 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear + them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a + rebellious house. + +003:010 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I + shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with + thine ears. + +003:011 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children + of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith + the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will + forbear. + +003:012 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a + great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from + his place. + +003:013 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures + that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over + against them, and a noise of a great rushing. + +003:014 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in + bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD + was strong upon me. + +003:015 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by + the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained + there astonished among them seven days. + +003:016 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of + the LORD came unto me, saying, + +003:017 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of + Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them + warning from me. + +003:018 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou + givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from + his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall + die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine + hand. + +003:019 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his + wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his + iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. + +003:020 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, + and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, + he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he + shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done + shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine + hand. + +003:021 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the + righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, + because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. + +003:022 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto + me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with + thee. + +003:023 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the + glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the + river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. + +003:024 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and + spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine + house. + +003:025 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon + thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out + among them: + +003:026 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, + that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: + for they are a rebellious house. + +003:027 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou + shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, + let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for + they are a rebellious house. + +004:001 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before + thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: + +004:002 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and + cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set + battering rams against it round about. + +004:003 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a + wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face + against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege + against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. + +004:004 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the + house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days + that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. + +004:005 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, + according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety + days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. + +004:006 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right + side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah + forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. + +004:007 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of + Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt + prophesy against it. + +004:008 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not + turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the + days of thy siege. + +004:009 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and + lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, + and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the + days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and + ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. + +004:010 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty + shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. + +004:011 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an + hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. + +004:012 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it + with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. + +004:013 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat + their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive + them. + +004:014 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been + polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten + of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither + came there abominable flesh into my mouth. + +004:015 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for + man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. + +004:016 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the + staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by + weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, + and with astonishment: + +004:017 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with + another, and consume away for their iniquity. + +005:001 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a + barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon + thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the + hair. + +005:002 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the + city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt + take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a + third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out + a sword after them. + +005:003 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in + thy skirts. + +005:004 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the + fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come + forth into all the house of Israel. + +005:005 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in + the midst of the nations and countries that are round about + her. + +005:006 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than + the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are + round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my + statutes, they have not walked in them. + +005:007 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more + than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked + in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have + done according to the judgments of the nations that are round + about you; + +005:008 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am + against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee + in the sight of the nations. + +005:009 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and + whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all + thine abominations. + +005:010 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, + and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute + judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I + scatter into all the winds. + +005:011 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou + hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and + with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish + thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any + pity. + +005:012 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with + famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a + third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I + will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw + out a sword after them. + +005:013 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my + fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they + shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I + have accomplished my fury in them. + +005:014 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the + nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that + pass by. + +005:015 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an + astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when + I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in + furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. + +005:016 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which + shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to + destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will + break your staff of bread: + +005:017 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall + bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through + thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have + spoken it. + +006:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +006:002 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and + prophesy against them, + +006:003 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord + GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the + hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, + will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high + places. + +006:004 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be + broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. + +006:005 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel + before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about + your altars. + +006:006 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and + the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be + laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and + cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be + abolished. + +006:007 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall + know that I am the LORD. + +006:008 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall + escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered + through the countries. + +006:009 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the + nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am + broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, + and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and + they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have + committed in all their abominations. + +006:010 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not + said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. + +006:011 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with + thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the + house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the + famine, and by the pestilence. + +006:012 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is + near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is + besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my + fury upon them. + +006:013 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men + shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon + every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under + every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where + they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. + +006:014 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land + desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward + Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I + am the LORD. + +007:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +007:002 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land + of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of + the land. + +007:003 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon + thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will + recompense upon thee all thine abominations. + +007:004 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: + but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine + abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know + that I am the LORD. + +007:005 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is + come. + +007:006 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, + it is come. + +007:007 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the + land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not + the sounding again of the mountains. + +007:008 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish + mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy + ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. + +007:009 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will + recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations + that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the + LORD that smiteth. + +007:010 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; + the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. + +007:011 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them + shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: + neither shall there be wailing for them. + +007:012 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer + rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the + multitude thereof. + +007:013 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, + although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the + whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall + any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. + +007:014 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none + goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude + thereof. + +007:015 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine + within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and + he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour + him. + +007:016 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the + mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, + every one for his iniquity. + +007:017 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as + water. + +007:018 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror + shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and + baldness upon all their heads. + +007:019 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold + shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be + able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they + shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: + because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. + +007:020 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but + they made the images of their abominations and of their + detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from + them. + +007:021 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, + and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall + pollute it. + +007:022 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my + secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile + it. + +007:023 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the + city is full of violence. + +007:024 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they + shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the + strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. + +007:025 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall + be none. + +007:026 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon + rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the + law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the + ancients. + +007:027 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with + desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be + troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according + to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I + am the LORD. + +008:001 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in + the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the + elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD + fell there upon me. + +008:002 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: + from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from + his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the + colour of amber. + +008:003 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of + mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and + the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, + to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; + where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh + to jealousy. + +008:004 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, + according to the vision that I saw in the plain. + +008:005 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the + way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward + the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this + image of jealousy in the entry. + +008:006 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they + do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel + committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? + but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater + abominations. + +008:007 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, + behold a hole in the wall. + +008:008 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and + when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. + +008:009 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations + that they do here. + +008:010 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping + things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house + of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. + +008:011 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the + house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the + son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a + thick cloud of incense went up. + +008:012 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the + ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in + the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us + not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. + +008:013 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see + greater abominations that they do. + +008:014 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house + which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women + weeping for Tammuz. + +008:015 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn + thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than + these. + +008:016 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, + and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between + the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with + their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces + toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. + +008:017 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it + a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the + abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the + land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: + and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. + +008:018 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, + neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears + with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. + +009:001 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause + them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every + man with his destroying weapon in his hand. + +009:002 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, + which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon + in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, + with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and + stood beside the brasen altar. + +009:003 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the + cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And + he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the + writer's inkhorn by his side; + +009:004 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, + through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the + foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the + abominations that be done in the midst thereof. + +009:005 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him + through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither + have ye pity: + +009:006 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, + and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; + and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men + which were before the house. + +009:007 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts + with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in + the city. + +009:008 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was + left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord + GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy + pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? + +009:009 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and + Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and + the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath + forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. + +009:010 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I + have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. + +009:011 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn + by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou + hast commanded me. + +010:001 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above + the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were + a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a + throne. + +010:002 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in + between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand + with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter + them over the city. And he went in in my sight. + +010:003 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when + the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. + +010:004 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood + over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with + the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the + LORD's glory. + +010:005 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the + outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he + speaketh. + +010:006 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man + clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, + from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside + the wheels. + +010:007 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the + cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and + took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was + clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. + +010:008 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand + under their wings. + +010:009 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, + one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: + and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl + stone. + +010:010 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as + if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. + +010:011 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned + not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked + they followed it; they turned not as they went. + +010:012 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and + their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, + even the wheels that they four had. + +010:013 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O + wheel. + +010:014 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a + cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the + third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. + +010:015 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature + that I saw by the river of Chebar. + +010:016 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when + the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the + earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. + +010:017 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, + these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living + creature was in them. + +010:018 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of + the house, and stood over the cherubims. + +010:019 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from + the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also + were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east + gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel + was over them above. + +010:020 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel + by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the + cherubims. + +010:021 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and + the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. + +010:022 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw + by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they + went every one straight forward. + +011:001 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east + gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold + at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw + Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, + princes of the people. + +011:002 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that + devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: + +011:003 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is + the caldron, and we be the flesh. + +011:004 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. + +011:005 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, + Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of + Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every + one of them. + +011:006 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled + the streets thereof with the slain. + +011:007 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have + laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is + the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of + it. + +011:008 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, + saith the Lord GOD. + +011:009 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you + into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among + you. + +011:010 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of + Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +011:011 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the + flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border + of Israel: + +011:012 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked + in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done + after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. + +011:013 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son + of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with + a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end + of the remnant of Israel? + +011:014 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +011:015 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy + kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto + whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from + the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. + +011:016 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast + them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered + them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little + sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. + +011:017 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you + from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where + ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of + Israel. + +011:018 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the + detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof + from thence. + +011:019 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit + within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their + flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: + +011:020 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, + and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their + God. + +011:021 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their + detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense + their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. + +011:022 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels + beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them + above. + +011:023 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, + and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the + city. + +011:024 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision + by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. + So the vision that I had seen went up from me. + +011:025 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that + the LORD had shewed me. + +012:001 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, + +012:002 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, + which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, + and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. + +012:003 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, + and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from + thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will + consider, though they be a rebellious house. + +012:004 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, + as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in + their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. + +012:005 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out + thereby. + +012:006 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and + carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, + that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign + unto the house of Israel. + +012:007 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by + day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through + the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, + and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. + +012:008 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, + +012:009 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious + house, said unto thee, What doest thou? + +012:010 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden + concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of + Israel that are among them. + +012:011 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done + unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. + +012:012 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder + in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through + the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that + he see not the ground with his eyes. + +012:013 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in + my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the + Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. + +012:014 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to + help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword + after them. + +012:015 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter + them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. + +012:016 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the + famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all + their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and + they shall know that I am the LORD. + +012:017 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, + +012:018 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water + with trembling and with carefulness; + +012:019 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD + of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; + They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their + water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from + all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that + dwell therein. + +012:020 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the + land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +012:021 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +012:022 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of + Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision + faileth? + +012:023 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this + proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb + in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the + effect of every vision. + +012:024 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering + divination within the house of Israel. + +012:025 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall + speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for + in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and + will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. + +012:026 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. + +012:027 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The + vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he + prophesieth of the times that are far off. + +012:028 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall + none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I + have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. + +013:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +013:002 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that + prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their + own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; + +013:003 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that + follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! + +013:004 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. + +013:005 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge + for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of + the LORD. + +013:006 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD + saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made + others to hope that they would confirm the word. + +013:007 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying + divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have + not spoken? + +013:008 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken + vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, + saith the Lord GOD. + +013:009 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and + that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my + people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the + house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of + Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. + +013:010 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, + Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, + lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: + +013:011 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it + shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O + great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. + +013:012 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, + Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? + +013:013 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a + stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing + shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to + consume it. + +013:014 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with + untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that + the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, + and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall + know that I am the LORD. + +013:015 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them + that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto + you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; + +013:016 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning + Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there + is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. + +013:017 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters + of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and + prophesy thou against them, + +013:018 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew + pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of + every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my + people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? + +013:019 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley + and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not + die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your + lying to my people that hear your lies? + +013:020 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your + pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, + and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls + go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. + +013:021 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of + your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be + hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +013:022 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, + whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the + wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by + promising him life: + +013:023 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: + for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall + know that I am the LORD. + +014:001 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat + before me. + +014:002 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +014:003 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, + and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their + face: should I be enquired of at all by them? + +014:004 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the + Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his + idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his + iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the + LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of + his idols; + +014:005 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, + because they are all estranged from me through their idols. + +014:006 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord + GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn + away your faces from all your abominations. + +014:007 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that + sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and + setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the + stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to + a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will + answer him by myself: + +014:008 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a + sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of + my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +014:009 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I + the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my + hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my + people Israel. + +014:010 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the + punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of + him that seeketh unto him; + +014:011 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, + neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; + but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith + the Lord GOD. + +014:012 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, + +014:013 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing + grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and + will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send + famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: + +014:014 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, + they should deliver but their own souls by their + righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. + +014:015 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they + spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through + because of the beasts: + +014:016 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord + GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only + shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. + +014:017 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go + through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: + +014:018 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord + GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they + only shall be delivered themselves. + +014:019 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury + upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: + +014:020 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the + Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they + shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. + +014:021 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four + sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and + the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man + and beast? + +014:022 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be + brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall + come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their + doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I + have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have + brought upon it. + +014:023 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their + doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause + all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. + +015:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +015:002 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than + a branch which is among the trees of the forest? + +015:003 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a + pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? + +015:004 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth + both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet + for any work? + +015:005 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much + less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath + devoured it, and it is burned? + +015:006 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the + trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, + so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +015:007 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from + one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall + know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. + +015:008 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed + a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. + +016:001 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +016:002 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, + +016:003 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and + thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an + Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. + +016:004 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel + was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; + thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. + +016:005 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have + compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open + field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast + born. + +016:006 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own + blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; + yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. + +016:007 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and + thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to + excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair + is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. + +016:008 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy + time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, + and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered + into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou + becamest mine. + +016:009 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away + thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. + +016:010 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with + badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I + covered thee with silk. + +016:011 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon + thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. + +016:012 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, + and a beautiful crown upon thine head. + +016:013 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment + was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst + eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding + beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. + +016:014 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: + for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon + thee, saith the Lord GOD. + +016:015 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the + harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy + fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. + +016:016 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high + places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: + the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. + +016:017 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my + silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images + of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, + +016:018 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and + thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. + +016:019 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and + honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them + for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. + +016:020 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou + hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them + to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, + +016:021 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause + them to pass through the fire for them? + +016:022 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not + remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and + bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. + +016:023 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto + thee! saith the LORD GOD;) + +016:024 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast + made thee an high place in every street. + +016:025 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and + hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet + to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. + +016:026 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy + neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, + to provoke me to anger. + +016:027 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and + have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto + the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the + Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. + +016:028 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because + thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with + them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. + +016:029 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of + Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied + therewith. + +016:030 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest + all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; + +016:031 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every + way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not + been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; + +016:032 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers + instead of her husband! + +016:033 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to + all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee + on every side for thy whoredom. + +016:034 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, + whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that + thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, + therefore thou art contrary. + +016:035 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: + +016:036 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured + out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with + thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by + the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; + +016:037 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou + hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with + all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round + about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, + that they may see all thy nakedness. + +016:038 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed + blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and + jealousy. + +016:039 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall + throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high + places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall + take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. + +016:040 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they + shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with + their swords. + +016:041 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute + judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will + cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also + shalt give no hire any more. + +016:042 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy + shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no + more angry. + +016:043 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but + hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also + will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: + and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine + abominations. + +016:044 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb + against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. + +016:045 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and + her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which + lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an + Hittite, and your father an Amorite. + +016:046 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that + dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth + at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. + +016:047 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after + their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, + thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. + +016:048 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, + she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy + daughters. + +016:049 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, + fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in + her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor + and needy. + +016:050 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: + therefore I took them away as I saw good. + +016:051 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast + multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast + justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou + hast done. + +016:052 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame + for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than + they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou + confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast + justified thy sisters. + +016:053 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of + Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her + daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy + captives in the midst of them: + +016:054 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be + confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a + comfort unto them. + +016:055 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to + their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall + return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters + shall return to your former estate. + +016:056 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day + of thy pride, + +016:057 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy + reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round + about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise + thee round about. + +016:058 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the + LORD. + +016:059 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as + thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the + covenant. + +016:060 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days + of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting + covenant. + +016:061 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou + shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I + will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy + covenant. + +016:062 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt + know that I am the LORD: + +016:063 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open + thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified + toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. + +017:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +017:002 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the + house of Israel; + +017:003 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great + wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, + came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: + +017:004 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into + a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. + +017:005 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a + fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a + willow tree. + +017:006 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose + branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under + him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot + forth sprigs. + +017:007 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many + feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward + him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might + water it by the furrows of her plantation. + +017:008 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might + bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it + might be a goodly vine. + +017:009 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he + not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, + that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her + spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up + by the roots thereof. + +017:010 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not + utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall + wither in the furrows where it grew. + +017:011 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +017:012 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things + mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to + Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes + thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; + +017:013 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with + him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the + mighty of the land: + +017:014 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself + up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. + +017:015 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into + Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall + he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall + he break the covenant, and be delivered? + +017:016 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the + king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and + whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon + he shall die. + +017:017 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company + make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building + forts, to cut off many persons: + +017:018 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, + lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he + shall not escape. + +017:019 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath + that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, + even it will I recompense upon his own head. + +017:020 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my + snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with + him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. + +017:021 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the + sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all + winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. + +017:022 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest + branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off + from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant + it upon an high mountain and eminent: + +017:023 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and + it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly + cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the + shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. + +017:024 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have + brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have + dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to + flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. + +018:001 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, + +018:002 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of + Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the + children's teeth are set on edge? + +018:003 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any + more to use this proverb in Israel. + +018:004 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also + the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall + die. + +018:005 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, + +018:006 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up + his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath + defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a + menstruous woman, + +018:007 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor + his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his + bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a + garment; + +018:008 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken + any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath + executed true judgment between man and man, + +018:009 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to + deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord + GOD. + +018:010 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and + that doeth the like to any one of these things, + +018:011 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten + upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, + +018:012 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, + hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to + the idols, hath committed abomination, + +018:013 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he + then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these + abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon + him. + +018:014 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins + which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, + +018:015 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up + his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled + his neighbour's wife, + +018:016 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, + neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to + the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, + +018:017 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not + received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath + walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of + his father, he shall surely live. + +018:018 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his + brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his + people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. + +018:019 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the + father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, + and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall + surely live. + +018:020 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear + the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the + iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall + be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon + him. + +018:021 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath + committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is + lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. + +018:022 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not + be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done + he shall live. + +018:023 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith + the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and + live? + +018:024 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, + and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the + abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his + righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his + trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath + sinned, in them shall he die. + +018:025 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O + house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways + unequal? + +018:026 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and + committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that + he hath done shall he die. + +018:027 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness + that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and + right, he shall save his soul alive. + +018:028 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his + transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, + he shall not die. + +018:029 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not + equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your + ways unequal? + +018:030 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one + according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn + yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not + be your ruin. + +018:031 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have + transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for + why will ye die, O house of Israel? + +018:032 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith + the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. + +019:001 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, + +019:002 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among + lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. + +019:003 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, + and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. + +019:004 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and + they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. + +019:005 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, + then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young + lion. + +019:006 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young + lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. + +019:007 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their + cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by + the noise of his roaring. + +019:008 Then the nations set against him on every side from the + provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in + their pit. + +019:009 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the + king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice + should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. + +019:010 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: + she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many + waters. + +019:011 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare + rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, + and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her + branches. + +019:012 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the + ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods + were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. + +019:013 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty + ground. + +019:014 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath + devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a + sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a + lamentation. + +020:001 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, + the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of + Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. + +020:002 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, + +020:003 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto + them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? + As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by + you. + +020:004 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause + them to know the abominations of their fathers: + +020:005 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I + chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the + house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of + Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the + LORD your God; + +020:006 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them + forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for + them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all + lands: + +020:007 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations + of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of + Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +020:008 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: + they did not every man cast away the abominations of their + eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I + said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my + anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. + +020:009 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be + polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose + sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth + out of the land of Egypt. + +020:010 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, + and brought them into the wilderness. + +020:011 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, + which if a man do, he shall even live in them. + +020:012 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me + and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that + sanctify them. + +020:013 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: + they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my + judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and + my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour + out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. + +020:014 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be + polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them + out. + +020:015 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that + I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, + flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; + +020:016 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my + statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after + their idols. + +020:017 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, + neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. + +020:018 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not + in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their + judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: + +020:019 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my + judgments, and do them; + +020:020 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me + and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. + +020:021 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked + not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, + which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted + my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, + to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. + +020:022 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's + sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the + heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. + +020:023 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I + would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them + through the countries; + +020:024 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised + my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were + after their fathers' idols. + +020:025 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and + judgments whereby they should not live; + +020:026 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to + pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might + make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am + the LORD. + +020:027 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say + unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers + have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass + against me. + +020:028 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I + lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every + high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there + their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of + their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and + poured out there their drink offerings. + +020:029 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? + And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. + +020:030 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord + GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and + commit ye whoredom after their abominations? + +020:031 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass + through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, + even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house + of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be + enquired of by you. + +020:032 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that + ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the + countries, to serve wood and stone. + +020:033 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and + with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I + rule over you: + +020:034 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you + out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty + hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. + +020:035 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and + there will I plead with you face to face. + +020:036 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the + land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. + +020:037 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring + you into the bond of the covenant: + +020:038 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that + transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the + country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the + land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +020:039 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, + serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will + not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with + your gifts, and with your idols. + +020:040 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of + Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of + Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept + them, and there will I require your offerings, and the + firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. + +020:041 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out + from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein + ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before + the heathen. + +020:042 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you + into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I + lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. + +020:043 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, + wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in + your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. + +020:044 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with + you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor + according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith + the Lord GOD. + +020:045 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +020:046 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word + toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south + field; + +020:047 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; + Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, + and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry + tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces + from the south to the north shall be burned therein. + +020:048 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it + shall not be quenched. + +020:049 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak + parables? + +021:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +021:002 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word + toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of + Israel, + +021:003 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I + am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his + sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the + wicked. + +021:004 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and + the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his + sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: + +021:005 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my + sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. + +021:006 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy + loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. + +021:007 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest + thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it + cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be + feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be + weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to + pass, saith the Lord GOD. + +021:008 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +021:009 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A + sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: + +021:010 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that + it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the + rod of my son, as every tree. + +021:011 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: + this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into + the hand of the slayer. + +021:012 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it + shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of + the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy + thigh. + +021:013 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the + rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. + +021:014 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands + together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the + sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are + slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. + +021:015 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, + that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! + it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. + +021:016 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the + left, whithersoever thy face is set. + +021:017 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my + fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. + +021:018 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, + +021:019 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword + of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth + out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the + head of the way to the city. + +021:020 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the + Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. + +021:021 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at + the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his + arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the + liver. + +021:022 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint + captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the + voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the + gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. + +021:023 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their + sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to + remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. + +021:024 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your + iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are + discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; + because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be + taken with the hand. + +021:025 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, + when iniquity shall have an end, + +021:026 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the + crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and + abase him that is high. + +021:027 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no + more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. + +021:028 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord + GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; + even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the + slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the + glittering: + +021:029 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie + unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are + slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity + shall have an end. + +021:030 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee + in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy + nativity. + +021:031 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow + against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into + the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. + +021:032 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the + midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the + LORD have spoken it. + +022:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +022:002 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the + bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. + +022:003 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth + blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh + idols against herself to defile herself. + +022:004 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and + hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and + thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto + thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the + heathen, and a mocking to all countries. + +022:005 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall + mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. + +022:006 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their + power to shed blood. + +022:007 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst + of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in + thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. + +022:008 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my + sabbaths. + +022:009 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee + they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit + lewdness. + +022:010 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee + have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. + +022:011 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; + and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and + another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's + daughter. + +022:012 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken + usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy + neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord + GOD. + +022:013 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest + gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in + the midst of thee. + +022:014 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the + days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, + and will do it. + +022:015 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee + in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. + +022:016 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight + of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. + +022:017 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +022:018 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all + they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of + the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. + +022:019 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become + dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of + Jerusalem. + +022:020 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, + into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to + melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, + and I will leave you there, and melt you. + +022:021 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my + wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. + +022:022 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye + be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the + LORD have poured out my fury upon you. + +022:023 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +022:024 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not + cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. + +022:025 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, + like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured + souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they + have made her many widows in the midst thereof. + +022:026 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy + things: they have put no difference between the holy and + profane, neither have they shewed difference between the + unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my + sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. + +022:027 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the + prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest + gain. + +022:028 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, + seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith + the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. + +022:029 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised + robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have + oppressed the stranger wrongfully. + +022:030 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the + hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I + should not destroy it: but I found none. + +022:031 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have + consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I + recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. + +023:001 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +023:002 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: + +023:003 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed + whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, + and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. + +023:004 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her + sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. + Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem + Aholibah. + +023:005 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted + on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, + +023:006 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them + desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. + +023:007 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that + were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she + doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. + +023:008 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her + youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her + virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. + +023:009 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, + into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. + +023:010 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her + daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous + among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. + +023:011 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in + her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than + her sister in her whoredoms. + +023:012 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and + rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, + all of them desirable young men. + +023:013 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, + +023:014 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men + pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans + pourtrayed with vermilion, + +023:015 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire + upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the + manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their + nativity: + +023:016 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon + them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. + +023:017 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they + defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with + them, and her mind was alienated from them. + +023:018 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: + then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was + alienated from her sister. + +023:019 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance + the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in + the land of Egypt. + +023:020 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the + flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. + +023:021 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, + in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy + youth. + +023:022 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will + raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is + alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; + +023:023 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and + Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable + young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all + of them riding upon horses. + +023:024 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and + wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set + against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I + will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee + according to their judgments. + +023:025 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal + furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine + ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take + thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured + by the fire. + +023:026 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away + thy fair jewels. + +023:027 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy + whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt + not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. + +023:028 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into + the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from + whom thy mind is alienated: + +023:029 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away + all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the + nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy + lewdness and thy whoredoms. + +023:030 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a + whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with + their idols. + +023:031 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I + give her cup into thine hand. + +023:032 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup + deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in + derision; it containeth much. + +023:033 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup + of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister + Samaria. + +023:034 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break + the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I + have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. + +023:035 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten + me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy + lewdness and thy whoredoms. + +023:036 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge + Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their + abominations; + +023:037 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their + hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and + have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass + for them through the fire, to devour them. + +023:038 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my + sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. + +023:039 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then + they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, + lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. + +023:040 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, + unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom + thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst + thyself with ornaments, + +023:041 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, + whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. + +023:042 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and + with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the + wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and + beautiful crowns upon their heads. + +023:043 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now + commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? + +023:044 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that + playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto + Aholibah, the lewd women. + +023:045 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner + of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed + blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their + hands. + +023:046 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon + them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. + +023:047 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch + them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their + daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. + +023:048 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all + women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. + +023:049 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall + bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the + Lord GOD. + +024:001 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day + of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +024:002 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same + day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this + same day. + +024:003 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto + them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and + also pour water into it: + +024:004 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the + thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. + +024:005 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under + it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it + therein. + +024:006 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to + the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out + of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. + +024:007 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top + of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with + dust; + +024:008 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have + set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be + covered. + +024:009 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I + will even make the pile for fire great. + +024:010 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it + well, and let the bones be burned. + +024:011 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it + may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be + molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. + +024:012 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went + not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. + +024:013 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and + thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy + filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon + thee. + +024:014 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will + do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will + I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, + shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. + +024:015 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +024:016 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine + eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, + neither shall thy tears run down. + +024:017 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire + of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, + and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. + +024:018 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife + died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. + +024:019 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these + things are to us, that thou doest so? + +024:020 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, + saying, + +024:021 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; + Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your + strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul + pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left + shall fall by the sword. + +024:022 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, + nor eat the bread of men. + +024:023 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon + your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away + for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. + +024:024 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath + done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I + am the Lord GOD. + +024:025 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take + from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire + of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their + sons and their daughters, + +024:026 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to + cause thee to hear it with thine ears? + +024:027 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, + and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a + sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +025:001 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +025:002 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy + against them; + +025:003 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; + Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my + sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of + Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, + when they went into captivity; + +025:004 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east + for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, + and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, + and they shall drink thy milk. + +025:005 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites + a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the + LORD. + +025:006 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine + hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with + all thy despite against the land of Israel; + +025:007 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and + will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut + thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out + of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know + that I am the LORD. + +025:008 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, + Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; + +025:009 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the + cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory + of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, + +025:010 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give + them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered + among the nations. + +025:011 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know + that I am the LORD. + +025:012 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against + the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly + offended, and revenged himself upon them; + +025:013 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out + mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; + and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan + shall fall by the sword. + +025:014 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people + Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and + according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith + the Lord GOD. + +025:015 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by + revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to + destroy it for the old hatred; + +025:016 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out + mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the + Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. + +025:017 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious + rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall + lay my vengeance upon them. + +026:001 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of + the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +026:002 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, + Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is + turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: + +026:003 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, + O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, + as the sea causeth his waves to come up. + +026:004 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her + towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her + like the top of a rock. + +026:005 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of + the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it + shall become a spoil to the nations. + +026:006 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the + sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +026:007 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus + Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the + north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and + companies, and much people. + +026:008 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and + he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against + thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. + +026:009 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with + his axes he shall break down thy towers. + +026:010 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall + cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the + horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he + shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein + is made a breach. + +026:011 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy + streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong + garrisons shall go down to the ground. + +026:012 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of + thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and + destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and + thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. + +026:013 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the + sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. + +026:014 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a + place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I + the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. + +026:015 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at + the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the + slaughter is made in the midst of thee? + +026:016 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their + thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered + garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they + shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, + and be astonished at thee. + +026:017 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to + thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring + men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and + her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that + haunt it! + +026:018 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the + isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. + +026:019 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate + city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall + bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover + thee; + +026:020 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the + pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the + low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them + that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I + shall set glory in the land of the living; + +026:021 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though + thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith + the Lord GOD. + +027:001 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +027:002 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; + +027:003 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of + the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, + Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of + perfect beauty. + +027:004 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have + perfected thy beauty. + +027:005 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they + have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. + +027:006 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company + of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out + of the isles of Chittim. + +027:007 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou + spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles + of Elishah was that which covered thee. + +027:008 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise + men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. + +027:009 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee + thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were + in thee to occupy thy merchandise. + +027:010 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy + men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they + set forth thy comeliness. + +027:011 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round + about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their + shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty + perfect. + +027:012 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all + kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded + in thy fairs. + +027:013 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they + traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. + +027:014 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses + and horsemen and mules. + +027:015 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the + merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present + horns of ivory and ebony. + +027:016 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares + of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, + purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and + agate. + +027:017 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they + traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, + and oil, and balm. + +027:018 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy + making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of + Helbon, and white wool. + +027:019 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: + bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. + +027:020 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. + +027:021 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee + in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy + merchants. + +027:022 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: + they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with + all precious stones, and gold. + +027:023 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, + and Chilmad, were thy merchants. + +027:024 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue + clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, + bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. + +027:025 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou + wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the + seas. + +027:026 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind + hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. + +027:027 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and + thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, + and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy + company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the + midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. + +027:028 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. + +027:029 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots + of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand + upon the land; + +027:030 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and + shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, + they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: + +027:031 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird + them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with + bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. + +027:032 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for + thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, + like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? + +027:033 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many + people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the + multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. + +027:034 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the + depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in + the midst of thee shall fall. + +027:035 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, + and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled + in their countenance. + +027:036 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt + be a terror, and never shalt be any more. + +028:001 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +028:002 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord + GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I + am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; + yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart + as the heart of God: + +028:003 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that + they can hide from thee: + +028:004 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten + thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy + treasures: + +028:005 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased + thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy + riches: + +028:006 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine + heart as the heart of God; + +028:007 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the + terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords + against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy + brightness. + +028:008 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the + deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. + +028:009 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but + thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that + slayeth thee. + +028:010 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of + strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. + +028:011 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +028:012 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and + say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the + sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. + +028:013 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone + was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the + beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, + and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets + and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou + wast created. + +028:014 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set + thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast + walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. + +028:015 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast + created, till iniquity was found in thee. + +028:016 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst + of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will + cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will + destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones + of fire. + +028:017 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast + corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast + thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they + may behold thee. + +028:018 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine + iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I + bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour + thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the + sight of all them that behold thee. + +028:019 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished + at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any + more. + +028:020 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +028:021 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against + it, + +028:022 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O + Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they + shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed + judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. + +028:023 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her + streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her + by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that + I am the LORD. + +028:024 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of + Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about + them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the + Lord GOD. + +028:025 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house + of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and + shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then + shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant + Jacob. + +028:026 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, + and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, + when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise + them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD + their God. + +029:001 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of + the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +029:002 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and + prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: + +029:003 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against + thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in + the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine + own, and I have made it for myself. + +029:004 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of + thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up + out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers + shall stick unto thy scales. + +029:005 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all + the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; + thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given + thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of + the heaven. + +029:006 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the + LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of + Israel. + +029:007 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and + rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou + brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. + +029:008 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a + sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. + +029:009 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they + shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river + is mine, and I have made it. + +029:010 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, + and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, + from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. + +029:011 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall + pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. + +029:012 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the + countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities + that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will + scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse + them through the countries. + +029:013 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I + gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were + scattered: + +029:014 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause + them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of + their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. + +029:015 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt + itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, + that they shall no more rule over the nations. + +029:016 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, + which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall + look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. + +029:017 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the + first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the + LORD came unto me, saying, + +029:018 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to + serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, + and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his + army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against + it: + +029:019 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the + land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he + shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her + prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. + +029:020 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he + served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord + GOD. + +029:021 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to + bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in + the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +030:001 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +030:002 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl + ye, Woe worth the day! + +030:003 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a + cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. + +030:004 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be + in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they + shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be + broken down. + +030:005 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, + and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall + fall with them by the sword. + +030:006 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; + and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of + Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. + +030:007 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that + are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the + cities that are wasted. + +030:008 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire + in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. + +030:009 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make + the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon + them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. + +030:010 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of + Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. + +030:011 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall + be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their + swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. + +030:012 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the + hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all + that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have + spoken it. + +030:013 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I + will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall + be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a + fear in the land of Egypt. + +030:014 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, + and will execute judgments in No. + +030:015 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I + will cut off the multitude of No. + +030:016 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and + No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses + daily. + +030:017 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: + and these cities shall go into captivity. + +030:018 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall + break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength + shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and + her daughters shall go into captivity. + +030:019 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know + that I am the LORD. + +030:020 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, + in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD + came unto me, saying, + +030:021 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; + and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a + roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. + +030:022 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against + Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, + and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall + out of his hand. + +030:023 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will + disperse them through the countries. + +030:024 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put + my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he + shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded + man. + +030:025 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the + arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am + the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king + of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of + Egypt. + +030:026 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and + disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I + am the LORD. + +031:001 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, + in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came + unto me, saying, + +031:002 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his + multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? + +031:003 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair + branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; + and his top was among the thick boughs. + +031:004 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with + her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little + rivers unto all the trees of the field. + +031:005 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the + field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became + long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. + +031:006 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and + under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth + their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. + +031:007 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his + branches: for his root was by great waters. + +031:008 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir + trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were + not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was + like unto him in his beauty. + +031:009 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that + all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied + him. + +031:010 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up + thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick + boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; + +031:011 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one + of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven + him out for his wickedness. + +031:012 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, + and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys + his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the + rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone + down from his shadow, and have left him. + +031:013 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and + all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: + +031:014 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt + themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among + the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their + height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto + death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the + children of men, with them that go down to the pit. + +031:015 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the + grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I + restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were + stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the + trees of the field fainted for him. + +031:016 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I + cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and + all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all + that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of + the earth. + +031:017 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain + with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under + his shadow in the midst of the heathen. + +031:018 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the + trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees + of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in + the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the + sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord + GOD. + +032:001 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, + in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came + unto me, saying, + +032:002 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, + and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, + and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth + with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and + fouledst their rivers. + +032:003 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net + over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring + thee up in my net. + +032:004 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth + upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the + heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the + whole earth with thee. + +032:005 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the + valleys with thy height. + +032:006 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou + swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full + of thee. + +032:007 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and + make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a + cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. + +032:008 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, + and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. + +032:009 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring + thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which + thou hast not known. + +032:010 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings + shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my + sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, + every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. + +032:011 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon + shall come upon thee. + +032:012 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to + fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall + spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall + be destroyed. + +032:013 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the + great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any + more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. + +032:014 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to + run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. + +032:015 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country + shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall + smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I + am the LORD. + +032:016 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the + daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament + for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the + Lord GOD. + +032:017 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day + of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +032:018 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them + down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto + the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the + pit. + +032:019 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with + the uncircumcised. + +032:020 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the + sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her + multitudes. + +032:021 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the + midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, + they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. + +032:022 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: + all of them slain, fallen by the sword: + +032:023 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company + is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the + sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. + +032:024 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all + of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down + uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused + their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne + their shame with them that go down to the pit. + +032:025 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her + multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them + uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was + caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their + shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the + midst of them that be slain. + +032:026 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are + round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the + sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the + living. + +032:027 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the + uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons + of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but + their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were + the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. + +032:028 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, + and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. + +032:029 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with + their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: + they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go + down to the pit. + +032:030 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the + Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their + terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie + uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear + their shame with them that go down to the pit. + +032:031 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his + multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, + saith the Lord GOD. + +032:032 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he + shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that + are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, + saith the Lord GOD. + +033:001 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +033:002 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto + them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the + land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their + watchman: + +033:003 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the + trumpet, and warn the people; + +033:004 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh + not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood + shall be upon his own head. + +033:005 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his + blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall + deliver his soul. + +033:006 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the + trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and + take any person from among them, he is taken away in his + iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. + +033:007 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the + house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my + mouth, and warn them from me. + +033:008 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely + die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, + that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will + I require at thine hand. + +033:009 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from + it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his + iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. + +033:010 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; + Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be + upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? + +033:011 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no + pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn + from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; + for why will ye die, O house of Israel? + +033:012 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy + people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver + him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of + the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he + turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be + able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. + +033:013 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; + if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all + his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his + iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. + +033:014 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if + he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; + +033:015 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had + robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing + iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. + +033:016 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned + unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he + shall surely live. + +033:017 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not + equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. + +033:018 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and + committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. + +033:019 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which + is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. + +033:020 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of + Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. + +033:021 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in + the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that + had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is + smitten. + +033:022 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he + that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came + to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no + more dumb. + +033:023 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +033:024 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of + Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the + land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. + +033:025 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with + the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed + blood: and shall ye possess the land? + +033:026 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile + every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? + +033:027 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, + surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, + and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to + be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves + shall die of the pestilence. + +033:028 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her + strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be + desolate, that none shall pass through. + +033:029 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the + land most desolate because of all their abominations which + they have committed. + +033:030 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are + talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the + houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, + saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that + cometh forth from the LORD. + +033:031 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit + before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they + will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, + but their heart goeth after their covetousness. + +033:032 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that + hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for + they hear thy words, but they do them not. + +033:033 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall + they know that a prophet hath been among them. + +034:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +034:002 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, + prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the + shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed + themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? + +034:003 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them + that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. + +034:004 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed + that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was + broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven + away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with + force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. + +034:005 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and + they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they + were scattered. + +034:006 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every + high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of + the earth, and none did search or seek after them. + +034:007 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; + +034:008 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became + a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, + because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search + for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my + flock; + +034:009 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; + +034:010 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; + and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to + cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed + themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their + mouth, that they may not be meat for them. + +034:011 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both + search my sheep, and seek them out. + +034:012 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is + among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my + sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have + been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. + +034:013 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them + from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and + feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in + all the inhabited places of the country. + +034:014 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high + mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie + in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the + mountains of Israel. + +034:015 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith + the Lord GOD. + +034:016 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which + was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and + will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the + fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. + +034:017 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I + judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he + goats. + +034:018 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good + pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of + your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye + must foul the residue with your feet? + +034:019 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with + your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your + feet. + +034:020 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even + I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean + cattle. + +034:021 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed + all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them + abroad; + +034:022 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a + prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. + +034:023 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed + them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall + be their shepherd. + +034:024 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a + prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. + +034:025 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause + the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell + safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. + +034:026 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a + blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his + season; there shall be showers of blessing. + +034:027 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth + shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their + land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken + the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of + those that served themselves of them. + +034:028 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall + the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell + safely, and none shall make them afraid. + +034:029 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall + be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the + shame of the heathen any more. + +034:030 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, + and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith + the Lord GOD. + +034:031 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am + your God, saith the Lord GOD. + +035:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +035:002 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy + against it, + +035:003 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount + Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand + against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. + +035:004 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and + thou shalt know that I am the LORD. + +035:005 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the + blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in + the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity + had an end: + +035:006 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee + unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not + hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. + +035:007 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it + him that passeth out and him that returneth. + +035:008 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy + hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they + fall that are slain with the sword. + +035:009 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall + not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +035:010 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two + countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the + LORD was there: + +035:011 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do + according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which + thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make + myself known among them, when I have judged thee. + +035:012 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard + all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the + mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are + given us to consume. + +035:013 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have + multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. + +035:014 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I + will make thee desolate. + +035:015 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of + Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou + shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of + it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +036:001 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, + and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: + +036:002 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against + you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: + +036:003 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because + they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every + side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the + heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are + an infamy of the people: + +036:004 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord + GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the + hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate + wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a + prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round + about; + +036:005 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my + jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and + against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their + possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful + minds, to cast it out for a prey. + +036:006 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto + the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the + valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my + jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of + the heathen: + +036:007 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, + Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their + shame. + +036:008 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your + branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for + they are at hand to come. + +036:009 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye + shall be tilled and sown: + +036:010 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, + even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the + wastes shall be builded: + +036:011 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall + increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old + estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: + and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +036:012 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; + and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their + inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of + men. + +036:013 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land + devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: + +036:014 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy + nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. + +036:015 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the + heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the + people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall + any more, saith the Lord GOD. + +036:016 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +036:017 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, + they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their + way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. + +036:018 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they + had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had + polluted it: + +036:019 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were + dispersed through the countries: according to their way and + according to their doings I judged them. + +036:020 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, + they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are + the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. + +036:021 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel + had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. + +036:022 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord + GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for + mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the + heathen, whither ye went. + +036:023 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among + the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and + the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, + when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. + +036:024 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out + of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. + +036:025 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be + clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will + I cleanse you. + +036:026 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put + within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your + flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. + +036:027 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in + my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. + +036:028 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; + and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. + +036:029 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will + call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine + upon you. + +036:030 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of + the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine + among the heathen. + +036:031 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings + that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own + sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. + +036:032 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known + unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house + of Israel. + +036:033 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed + you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in + the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. + +036:034 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate + in the sight of all that passed by. + +036:035 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like + the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined + cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. + +036:036 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that + I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was + desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. + +036:037 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by + the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them + with men like a flock. + +036:038 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn + feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of + men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +037:001 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the + spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley + which was full of bones, + +037:002 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there + were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very + dry. + +037:003 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I + answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. + +037:004 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto + them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. + +037:005 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause + breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: + +037:006 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon + you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye + shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +037:007 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there + was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came + together, bone to his bone. + +037:008 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon + them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath + in them. + +037:009 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of + man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from + the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that + they may live. + +037:010 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into + them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an + exceeding great army. + +037:011 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole + house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and + our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. + +037:012 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; + Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to + come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of + Israel. + +037:013 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your + graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, + +037:014 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall + place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD + have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. + +037:015 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, + +037:016 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon + it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: + then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the + stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his + companions: + +037:017 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall + become one in thine hand. + +037:018 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, + saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? + +037:019 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take + the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the + tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even + with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they + shall be one in mine hand. + +037:020 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand + before their eyes. + +037:021 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will + take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither + they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring + them into their own land: + +037:022 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains + of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they + shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided + into two kingdoms any more at all. + +037:023 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their + idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their + transgressions: but I will save them out of all their + dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse + them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. + +037:024 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all + shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, + and observe my statutes, and do them. + +037:025 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob + my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall + dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their + children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be + their prince for ever. + +037:026 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall + be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, + and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of + them for evermore. + +037:027 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their + God, and they shall be my people. + +037:028 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, + when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. + +038:001 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +038:002 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the + chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, + +038:003 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O + Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: + +038:004 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I + will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and + horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a + great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling + swords: + +038:005 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield + and helmet: + +038:006 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north + quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. + +038:007 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy + company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto + them. + +038:008 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years + thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the + sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the + mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is + brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely + all of them. + +038:009 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a + cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many + people with thee. + +038:010 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at + the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt + think an evil thought: + +038:011 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled + villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell + safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither + bars nor gates, + +038:012 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon + the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the + people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten + cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. + +038:013 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the + young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to + take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? + to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, + to take a great spoil? + +038:014 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith + the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth + safely, shalt thou not know it? + +038:015 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, + thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon + horses, a great company, and a mighty army: + +038:016 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud + to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will + bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when + I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. + +038:017 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in + old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which + prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee + against them? + +038:018 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come + against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury + shall come up in my face. + +038:019 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, + Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land + of Israel; + +038:020 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, + and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that + creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face + of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains + shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and + every wall shall fall to the ground. + +038:021 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my + mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be + against his brother. + +038:022 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; + and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the + many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great + hailstones, fire, and brimstone. + +038:023 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be + known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I + am the LORD. + +039:001 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, + Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the + chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: + +039:002 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of + thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and + will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: + +039:003 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause + thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. + +039:004 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all + thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee + unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of + the field to be devoured. + +039:005 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, + saith the Lord GOD. + +039:006 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell + carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the + LORD. + +039:007 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people + Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: + and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in + Israel. + +039:008 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this + is the day whereof I have spoken. + +039:009 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, + and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields + and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, + and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven + years: + +039:010 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut + down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons + with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and + rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. + +039:011 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto + Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the + passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses + of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his + multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. + +039:012 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, + that they may cleanse the land. + +039:013 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall + be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith + the Lord GOD. + +039:014 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing + through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain + upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of + seven months shall they search. + +039:015 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth + a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the + buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. + +039:016 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall + they cleanse the land. + +039:017 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto + every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, + Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side + to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great + sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, + and drink blood. + +039:018 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of + the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of + bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. + +039:019 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye + be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. + +039:020 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, + with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. + +039:021 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen + shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I + have laid upon them. + +039:022 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God + from that day and forward. + +039:023 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into + captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against + me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the + hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. + +039:024 According to their uncleanness and according to their + transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from + them. + +039:025 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the + captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of + Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; + +039:026 After that they have borne their shame, and all their + trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they + dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. + +039:027 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered + them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in + the sight of many nations; + +039:028 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which + caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I + have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of + them any more there. + +039:029 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have + poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord + GOD. + +040:001 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the + beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the + fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the + selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me + thither. + +040:002 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, + and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the + frame of a city on the south. + +040:003 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose + appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of + flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the + gate. + +040:004 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, + and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I + shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto + thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to + the house of Israel. + +040:005 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and + in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the + cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the + building, one reed; and the height, one reed. + +040:006 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and + went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the + gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the + gate, which was one reed broad. + +040:007 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed + broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and + the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was + one reed. + +040:008 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. + +040:009 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the + posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was + inward. + +040:010 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on + this side, and three on that side; they three were of one + measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on + that side. + +040:011 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten + cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. + +040:012 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on + this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the + little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits + on that side. + +040:013 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber + to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty + cubits, door against door. + +040:014 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of + the court round about the gate. + +040:015 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of + the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. + +040:016 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to + their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the + arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each + post were palm trees. + +040:017 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were + chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: + thirty chambers were upon the pavement. + +040:018 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the + length of the gates was the lower pavement. + +040:019 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower + gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred + cubits eastward and northward. + +040:020 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the + north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth + thereof. + +040:021 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and + three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches + thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length + thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty + cubits. + +040:022 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, + were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the + east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches + thereof were before them. + +040:023 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate + toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from + gate to gate an hundred cubits. + +040:024 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate + toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the + arches thereof according to these measures. + +040:025 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round + about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and + the breadth five and twenty cubits. + +040:026 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches + thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this + side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. + +040:027 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and + he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred + cubits. + +040:028 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he + measured the south gate according to these measures; + +040:029 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and + the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there + were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it + was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. + +040:030 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, + and five cubits broad. + +040:031 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm + trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had + eight steps. + +040:032 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he + measured the gate according to these measures. + +040:033 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and + the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and + there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round + about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits + broad. + +040:034 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm + trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that + side: and the going up to it had eight steps. + +040:035 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according + to these measures; + +040:036 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches + thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was + fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. + +040:037 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm + trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that + side: and the going up to it had eight steps. + +040:038 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of + the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. + +040:039 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and + two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering + and the sin offering and the trespass offering. + +040:040 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the + north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was + at the porch of the gate, were two tables. + +040:041 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, + by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew + their sacrifices. + +040:042 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, + of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, + and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments + wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. + +040:043 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: + and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. + +040:044 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in + the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and + their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the + east gate having the prospect toward the north. + +040:045 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward + the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of + the house. + +040:046 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the + priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the + sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the + LORD to minister unto him. + +040:047 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an + hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was + before the house. + +040:048 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each + post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits + on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on + this side, and three cubits on that side. + +040:049 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth + eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they + went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on + this side, and another on that side. + +041:001 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, + six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the + other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. + +041:002 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of + the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on + the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty + cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. + +041:003 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two + cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, + seven cubits. + +041:004 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the + breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto + me, This is the most holy place. + +041:005 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the + breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the + house on every side. + +041:006 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty + in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the + house for the side chambers round about, that they might have + hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. + +041:007 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward + to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went + still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of + the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest + chamber to the highest by the midst. + +041:008 I saw also the height of the house round about: the + foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great + cubits. + +041:009 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber + without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the + place of the side chambers that were within. + +041:010 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits + round about the house on every side. + +041:011 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that + was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward + the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five + cubits round about. + +041:012 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end + toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the + building was five cubits thick round about, and the length + thereof ninety cubits. + +041:013 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the + separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an + hundred cubits long; + +041:014 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate + place toward the east, an hundred cubits. + +041:015 And he measured the length of the building over against the + separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof + on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with + the inner temple, and the porches of the court; + +041:016 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries + round about on their three stories, over against the door, + cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the + windows, and the windows were covered; + +041:017 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and + without, and by all the wall round about within and without, + by measure. + +041:018 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm + tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had + two faces; + +041:019 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one + side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the + other side: it was made through all the house round about. + +041:020 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm + trees made, and on the wall of the temple. + +041:021 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the + sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the + other. + +041:022 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length + thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length + thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto + me, This is the table that is before the LORD. + +041:023 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. + +041:024 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two + leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. + +041:025 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, + cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; + and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch + without. + +041:026 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side + and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the + side chambers of the house, and thick planks. + +042:001 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward + the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over + against the separate place, and which was before the building + toward the north. + +042:002 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and + the breadth was fifty cubits. + +042:003 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, + and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, + was gallery against gallery in three stories. + +042:004 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth + inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. + +042:005 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were + higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of + the building. + +042:006 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the + pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened + more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. + +042:007 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, + toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the + length thereof was fifty cubits. + +042:008 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court + was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred + cubits. + +042:009 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, + as one goeth into them from the utter court. + +042:010 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court + toward the east, over against the separate place, and over + against the building. + +042:011 And the way before them was like the appearance of the + chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as + broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to + their fashions, and according to their doors. + +042:012 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward + the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way + directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into + them. + +042:013 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south + chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy + chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall + eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy + things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the + trespass offering; for the place is holy. + +042:014 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of + the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay + their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and + shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those + things which are for the people. + +042:015 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he + brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the + east, and measured it round about. + +042:016 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five + hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. + +042:017 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the + measuring reed round about. + +042:018 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the + measuring reed. + +042:019 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred + reeds with the measuring reed. + +042:020 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, + five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a + separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. + +043:001 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that + looketh toward the east: + +043:002 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way + of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: + and the earth shined with his glory. + +043:003 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I + saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to + destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I + saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. + +043:004 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of + the gate whose prospect is toward the east. + +043:005 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; + and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. + +043:006 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man + stood by me. + +043:007 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and + the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the + midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, + shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor + their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their + kings in their high places. + +043:008 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and + their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they + have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they + have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. + +043:009 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of + their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of + them for ever. + +043:010 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that + they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure + the pattern. + +043:011 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them + the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings + out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms + thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms + thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their + sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the + ordinances thereof, and do them. + +043:012 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the + whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, + this is the law of the house. + +043:013 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The + cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be + a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by + the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall + be the higher place of the altar. + +043:014 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle + shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the + lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, + and the breadth one cubit. + +043:015 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and + upward shall be four horns. + +043:016 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, + square in the four squares thereof. + +043:017 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen + broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it + shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit + about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. + +043:018 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; + These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they + shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to + sprinkle blood thereon. + +043:019 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the + seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, + saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. + +043:020 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the + four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and + upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge + it. + +043:021 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he + shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the + sanctuary. + +043:022 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats + without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the + altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. + +043:023 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a + young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock + without blemish. + +043:024 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests + shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a + burnt offering unto the LORD. + +043:025 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin + offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram + out of the flock, without blemish. + +043:026 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they + shall consecrate themselves. + +043:027 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the + eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt + offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will + accept you, saith the Lord GOD. + +044:001 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward + sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. + +044:002 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall + not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the + LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it + shall be shut. + +044:003 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat + bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch + of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. + +044:004 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: + and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the + house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. + +044:005 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold + with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto + thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, + and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the + house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. + +044:006 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of + Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it + suffice you of all your abominations, + +044:007 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, + uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in + my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my + bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant + because of all your abominations. + +044:008 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye + have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. + +044:009 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, + nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of + any stranger that is among the children of Israel. + +044:010 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel + went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; + they shall even bear their iniquity. + +044:011 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at + the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they + shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the + people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto + them. + +044:012 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and + caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore + have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, + and they shall bear their iniquity. + +044:013 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a + priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in + the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and + their abominations which they have committed. + +044:014 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for + all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done + therein. + +044:015 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the + charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray + from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and + they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the + blood, saith the Lord GOD: + +044:016 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near + to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my + charge. + +044:017 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the + gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen + garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they + minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. + +044:018 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have + linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird + themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. + +044:019 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the + utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments + wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, + and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not + sanctify the people with their garments. + +044:020 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks + to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. + +044:021 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the + inner court. + +044:022 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that + is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the + house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. + +044:023 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy + and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and + the clean. + +044:024 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they + shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep + my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall + hallow my sabbaths. + +044:025 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: + but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, + for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may + defile themselves. + +044:026 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven + days. + +044:027 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the + inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his + sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. + +044:028 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their + inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I + am their possession. + +044:029 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and + the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel + shall be theirs. + +044:030 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every + oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the + priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your + dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. + +044:031 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, + or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. + +045:001 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for + inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy + portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five + and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten + thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round + about. + +045:002 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in + length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and + fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. + +045:003 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and + twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it + shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. + +045:004 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the + ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister + unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and + an holy place for the sanctuary. + +045:005 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten + thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of + the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty + chambers. + +045:006 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand + broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the + oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house + of Israel. + +045:007 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on + the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the + possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy + portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west + side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length + shall be over against one of the portions, from the west + border unto the east border. + +045:008 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes + shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land + shall they give to the house of Israel according to their + tribes. + +045:009 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of + Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and + justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the + Lord GOD. + +045:010 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just + bath. + +045:011 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath + may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the + tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the + homer. + +045:012 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five + and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. + +045:013 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an + ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part + of an ephah of an homer of barley: + +045:014 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall + offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an + homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: + +045:015 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the + fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt + offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for + them, saith the Lord GOD. + +045:016 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the + prince in Israel. + +045:017 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and + meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the + new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the + house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the + meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace + offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. + +045:018 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day + of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, + and cleanse the sanctuary: + +045:019 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, + and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four + corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the + gate of the inner court. + +045:020 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every + one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye + reconcile the house. + +045:021 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye + shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened + bread shall be eaten. + +045:022 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for + all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. + +045:023 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering + to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish + daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin + offering. + +045:024 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a + bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an + ephah. + +045:025 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall + he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to + the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and + according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. + +046:001 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that + looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; + but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the + new moon it shall be opened. + +046:002 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that + gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the + priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace + offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: + then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until + the evening. + +046:003 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of + this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new + moons. + +046:004 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the + LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, + and a ram without blemish. + +046:005 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the + meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and + an hin of oil to an ephah. + +046:006 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock + without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be + without blemish. + +046:007 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, + and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his + hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. + +046:008 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of + the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way + thereof. + +046:009 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in + the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north + gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and + he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth + by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way + of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over + against it. + +046:010 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go + in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. + +046:011 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering + shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to + the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an + ephah. + +046:012 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering + or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then + open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall + prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did + on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his + going forth one shall shut the gate. + +046:013 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a + lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it + every morning. + +046:014 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, + the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of + oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering + continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. + +046:015 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and + the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. + +046:016 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of + his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall + be their possession by inheritance. + +046:017 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his + servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after + it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be + his sons' for them. + +046:018 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance + by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he + shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: + that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. + +046:019 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side + of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which + looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the + two sides westward. + +046:020 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests + shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where + they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out + into the utter court, to sanctify the people. + +046:021 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me + to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in + every corner of the court there was a court. + +046:022 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of + forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of + one measure. + +046:023 And there was a row of building round about in them, round + about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the + rows round about. + +046:024 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, + where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of + the people. + +047:001 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, + behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the + house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward + the east, and the waters came down from under from the right + side of the house, at the south side of the altar. + +047:002 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and + led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way + that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on + the right side. + +047:003 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth + eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me + through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. + +047:004 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the + waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a + thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the + loins. + +047:005 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I + could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim + in, a river that could not be passed over. + +047:006 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he + brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. + +047:007 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were + very many trees on the one side and on the other. + +047:008 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east + country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: + which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be + healed. + +047:009 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which + moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and + there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these + waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every + thing shall live whither the river cometh. + +047:010 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon + it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to + spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their + kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. + +047:011 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not + be healed; they shall be given to salt. + +047:012 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on + that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not + fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall + bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their + waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof + shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. + +047:013 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye + shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of + Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. + +047:014 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning + the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: + and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. + +047:015 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north + side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to + Zedad; + +047:016 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of + Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by + the coast of Hauran. + +047:017 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of + Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. + And this is the north side. + +047:018 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from + Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by + Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the + east side. + +047:019 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of + strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the + south side southward. + +047:020 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, + till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. + +047:021 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes + of Israel. + +047:022 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for + an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn + among you, which shall beget children among you: and they + shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of + Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes + of Israel. + +047:023 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger + sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the + Lord GOD. + +048:001 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to + the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, + Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of + Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for + Dan. + +048:002 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west + side, a portion for Asher. + +048:003 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the + west side, a portion for Naphtali. + +048:004 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the + west side, a portion for Manasseh. + +048:005 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the + west side, a portion for Ephraim. + +048:006 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the + west side, a portion for Reuben. + +048:007 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west + side, a portion for Judah. + +048:008 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west + side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and + twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the + other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the + sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. + +048:009 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of + five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in + breadth. + +048:010 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy + oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, + and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the + east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and + twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall + be in the midst thereof. + +048:011 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of + Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when + the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went + astray. + +048:012 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto + them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. + +048:013 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall + have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in + breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and + the breadth ten thousand. + +048:014 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate + the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. + +048:015 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over + against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place + for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city + shall be in the midst thereof. + +048:016 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four + thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand + and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five + hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. + +048:017 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two + hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, + and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west + two hundred and fifty. + +048:018 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the + holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand + westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the + holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto + them that serve the city. + +048:019 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the + tribes of Israel. + +048:020 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and + twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, + with the possession of the city. + +048:021 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and + on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of + the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the + oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the + five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against + the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy + oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst + thereof. + +048:022 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the + possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is + the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of + Benjamin, shall be for the prince. + +048:023 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the + west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. + +048:024 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the + west side, Simeon shall have a portion. + +048:025 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west + side, Issachar a portion. + +048:026 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the + west side, Zebulun a portion. + +048:027 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west + side, Gad a portion. + +048:028 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the + border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in + Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. + +048:029 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes + of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith + the Lord GOD. + +048:030 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, + four thousand and five hundred measures. + +048:031 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the + tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, + one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. + +048:032 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three + gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate + of Dan. + +048:033 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: + and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one + gate of Zebulun. + +048:034 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their + three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of + Naphtali. + +048:035 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of + the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. + +Book 27 Daniel + +001:001 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came + Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged + it. + +001:002 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with + part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into + the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the + vessels into the treasure house of his god. + +001:003 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, + that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of + the king's seed, and of the princes; + +001:004 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and + skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and + understanding science, and such as had ability in them to + stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the + learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. + +001:005 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's + meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three + years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the + king. + +001:006 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, + Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: + +001:007 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave + unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of + Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of + Abednego. + +001:008 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile + himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine + which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the + eunuchs that he might not defile himself. + +001:009 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with + the prince of the eunuchs. + +001:010 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord + the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why + should he see your faces worse liking than the children which + are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to + the king. + +001:011 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had + set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, + +001:012 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them + give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. + +001:013 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the + countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the + king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. + +001:014 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten + days. + +001:015 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer + and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the + portion of the king's meat. + +001:016 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine + that they should drink; and gave them pulse. + +001:017 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill + in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in + all visions and dreams. + +001:018 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should + bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in + before Nebuchadnezzar. + +001:019 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found + none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore + stood they before the king. + +001:020 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king + enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the + magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. + +001:021 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. + +002:001 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar + Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was + troubled, and his sleep brake from him. + +002:002 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the + astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew + the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. + +002:003 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my + spirit was troubled to know the dream. + +002:004 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live + for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the + interpretation. + +002:005 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone + from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the + interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your + houses shall be made a dunghill. + +002:006 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye + shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: + therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. + +002:007 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants + the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. + +002:008 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would + gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. + +002:009 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but + one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt + words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore + tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the + interpretation thereof. + +002:010 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not + a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: + therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such + things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. + +002:011 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is + none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, + whose dwelling is not with flesh. + +002:012 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and + commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. + +002:013 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; + and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. + +002:014 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the + captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the + wise men of Babylon: + +002:015 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the + decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing + known to Daniel. + +002:016 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would + give him time, and that he would shew the king the + interpretation. + +002:017 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to + Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: + +002:018 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning + this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish + with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. + +002:019 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. + Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. + +002:020 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever + and ever: for wisdom and might are his: + +002:021 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, + and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and + knowledge to them that know understanding: + +002:022 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in + the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. + +002:023 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who + hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me + now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto + us the king's matter. + +002:024 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had + ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said + thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me + in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the + interpretation. + +002:025 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and + said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of + Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. + +002:026 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was + Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream + which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? + +002:027 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The + secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the + astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the + king; + +002:028 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and + maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the + latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy + bed, are these; + +002:029 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy + bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth + secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. + +002:030 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any + wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes + that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that + thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. + +002:031 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great + image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and + the form thereof was terrible. + +002:032 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of + silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, + +002:033 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. + +002:034 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which + smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and + brake them to pieces. + +002:035 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the + gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of + the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, + that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the + image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. + +002:036 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof + before the king. + +002:037 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath + given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. + +002:038 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the + field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine + hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this + head of gold. + +002:039 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, + and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over + all the earth. + +002:040 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as + iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron + that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. + +002:041 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' + clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but + there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as + thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. + +002:042 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of + clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly + broken. + +002:043 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall + mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not + cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. + +002:044 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up + a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom + shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in + pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for + ever. + +002:045 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the + mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, + the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God + hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: + and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. + +002:046 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and + worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an + oblation and sweet odours unto him. + +002:047 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, + that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a + revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. + +002:048 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great + gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, + and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. + +002:049 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, + Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of + Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. + +003:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height + was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he + set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. + +003:002 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the + princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the + treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers + of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which + Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. + +003:003 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the + treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers + of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication + of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they + stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. + +003:004 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, + nations, and languages, + +003:005 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, + harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye + fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the + king hath set up: + +003:006 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour + be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. + +003:007 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of + the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of + musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell + down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the + king had set up. + +003:008 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and + accused the Jews. + +003:009 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live + for ever. + +003:010 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall + hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, + and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and + worship the golden image: + +003:011 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be + cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. + +003:012 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of + the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; + these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy + gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. + +003:013 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring + Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men + before the king. + +003:014 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O + Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor + worship the golden image which I have set up? + +003:015 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the + cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all + kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I + have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the + same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who + is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? + +003:016 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the + king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in + this matter. + +003:017 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from + the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine + hand, O king. + +003:018 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not + serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast + set up. + +003:019 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his + visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: + therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the + furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. + +003:020 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to + bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into + the burning fiery furnace. + +003:021 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and + their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the + midst of the burning fiery furnace. + +003:022 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the + furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men + that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. + +003:023 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell + down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. + +003:024 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in + haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we + cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered + and said unto the king, True, O king. + +003:025 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the + midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the + fourth is like the Son of God. + +003:026 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning + fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and + Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and + come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth + of the midst of the fire. + +003:027 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's + counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon + whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their + head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell + of fire had passed on them. + +003:028 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of + Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and + delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed + the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not + serve nor worship any god, except their own God. + +003:029 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and + language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of + Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and + their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no + other God that can deliver after this sort. + +003:030 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the + province of Babylon. + +004:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and + languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied + unto you. + +004:002 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high + God hath wrought toward me. + +004:003 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his + kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from + generation to generation. + +004:004 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in + my palace: + +004:005 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my + bed and the visions of my head troubled me. + +004:006 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of + Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the + interpretation of the dream. + +004:007 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, + and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but + they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. + +004:008 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was + Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is + the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, + saying, + +004:009 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that + the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret + troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have + seen, and the interpretation thereof. + +004:010 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and + behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height + thereof was great. + +004:011 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached + unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the + earth: + +004:012 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and + in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow + under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs + thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. + +004:013 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a + watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; + +004:014 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off + his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let + the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his + branches: + +004:015 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even + with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the + field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his + portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: + +004:016 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart + be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. + +004:017 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand + by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living + may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and + giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the + basest of men. + +004:018 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O + Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as + all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto + me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of + the holy gods is in thee. + +004:019 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one + hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, + Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation + thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My + lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the + interpretation thereof to thine enemies. + +004:020 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose + height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all + the earth; + +004:021 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it + was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, + and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their + habitation: + +004:022 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy + greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion + to the end of the earth. + +004:023 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down + from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; + yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even + with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the + field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his + portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass + over him; + +004:024 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of + the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: + +004:025 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be + with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat + grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, + and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the + most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to + whomsoever he will. + +004:026 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree + roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou + shalt have known that the heavens do rule. + +004:027 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and + break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by + shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy + tranquillity. + +004:028 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. + +004:029 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the + kingdom of Babylon. + +004:030 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I + have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my + power, and for the honour of my majesty? + +004:031 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice + from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is + spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. + +004:032 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be + with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat + grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until + thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and + giveth it to whomsoever he will. + +004:033 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and + he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his + body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown + like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. + +004:034 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine + eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and + I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that + liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, + and his kingdom is from generation to generation: + +004:035 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: + and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and + among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his + hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? + +004:036 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory + of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; + and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was + established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added + unto me. + +004:037 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of + heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and + those that walk in pride he is able to abase. + +005:001 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his + lords, and drank wine before the thousand. + +005:002 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the + golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had + taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, + and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink + therein. + +005:003 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of + the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the + king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in + them. + +005:004 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, + of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. + +005:005 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote + over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of + the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that + wrote. + +005:006 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts + troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and + his knees smote one against another. + +005:007 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the + Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said + to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, + and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with + scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be + the third ruler in the kingdom. + +005:008 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read + the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation + thereof. + +005:009 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance + was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. + +005:010 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords + came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O + king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor + let thy countenance be changed: + +005:011 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the + holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and + understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was + found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the + king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, + astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; + +005:012 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and + understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard + sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same + Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be + called, and he will shew the interpretation. + +005:013 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake + and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the + children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father + brought out of Jewry? + +005:014 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in + thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is + found in thee. + +005:015 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in + before me, that they should read this writing, and make known + unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew + the interpretation of the thing: + +005:016 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make + interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read + the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, + thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold + about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. + +005:017 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts + be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will + read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the + interpretation. + +005:018 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father + a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: + +005:019 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and + languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he + slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he + set up; and whom he would he put down. + +005:020 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in + pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took + his glory from him: + +005:021 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made + like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: + they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with + the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled + in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it + whomsoever he will. + +005:022 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, + though thou knewest all this; + +005:023 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and + they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and + thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk + wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and + gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor + hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and + whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: + +005:024 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing + was written. + +005:025 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, + UPHARSIN. + +005:026 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath + numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. + +005:027 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found + wanting. + +005:028 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and + Persians. + +005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with + scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a + proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler + in the kingdom. + +005:030 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. + +005:031 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore + and two years old. + +006:001 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and + twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; + +006:002 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: + that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king + should have no damage. + +006:003 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and + princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king + thought to set him over the whole realm. + +006:004 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion + against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find + none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither + was there any error or fault found in him. + +006:005 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against + this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law + of his God. + +006:006 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the + king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. + +006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the + princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted + together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm + decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man + for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into + the den of lions. + +006:008 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that + it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and + Persians, which altereth not. + +006:009 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. + +006:010 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into + his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward + Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and + prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. + +006:011 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making + supplication before his God. + +006:012 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the + king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man + that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty + days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of + lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, + according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth + not. + +006:013 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, + which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth + not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but + maketh his petition three times a day. + +006:014 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased + with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and + he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. + +006:015 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the + king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, + That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be + changed. + +006:016 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him + into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto + Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver + thee. + +006:017 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; + and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the + signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed + concerning Daniel. + +006:018 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night + fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before + him: and his sleep went from him. + +006:019 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in + haste unto the den of lions. + +006:020 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice + unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, + servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest + continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? + +006:021 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. + +006:022 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, + that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency + was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no + hurt. + +006:023 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that + they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken + up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, + because he believed in his God. + +006:024 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had + accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, + them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the + mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever + they came at the bottom of the den. + +006:025 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and + languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied + unto you. + +006:026 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men + tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the + living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which + shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto + the end. + +006:027 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders + in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the + power of the lions. + +006:028 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the + reign of Cyrus the Persian. + +007:001 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a + dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the + dream, and told the sum of the matters. + +007:002 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, + behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great + sea. + +007:003 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from + another. + +007:004 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld + till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from + the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's + heart was given to it. + +007:005 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it + raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the + mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto + it, Arise, devour much flesh. + +007:006 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had + upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also + four heads; and dominion was given to it. + +007:007 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth + beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it + had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and + stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse + from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. + +007:008 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them + another little horn, before whom there were three of the first + horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were + eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. + +007:009 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of + days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of + his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery + flame, and his wheels as burning fire. + +007:010 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand + thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten + thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books + were opened. + +007:011 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which + the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and + his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. + +007:012 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion + taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and + time. + +007:013 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of + man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of + days, and they brought him near before him. + +007:014 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, + that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his + dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass + away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. + +007:015 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and + the visions of my head troubled me. + +007:016 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the + truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the + interpretation of the things. + +007:017 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which + shall arise out of the earth. + +007:018 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and + possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. + +007:019 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was + diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth + were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in + pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; + +007:020 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other + which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn + that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose + look was more stout than his fellows. + +007:021 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and + prevailed against them; + +007:022 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the + saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints + possessed the kingdom. + +007:023 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom + upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and + shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and + break it in pieces. + +007:024 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall + arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be + diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. + +007:025 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and + shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to + change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand + until a time and times and the dividing of time. + +007:026 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his + dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. + +007:027 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom + under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the + saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting + kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. + +007:028 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my + cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in + me: but I kept the matter in my heart. + +008:001 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision + appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which + appeared unto me at the first. + +008:002 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I + was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of + Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. + +008:003 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood + before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns + were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher + came up last. + +008:004 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; + so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there + any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according + to his will, and became great. + +008:005 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the + west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the + ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. + +008:006 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen + standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his + power. + +008:007 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with + choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two + horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, + but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and + there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. + +008:008 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was + strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four + notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. + +008:009 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed + exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and + toward the pleasant land. + +008:010 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast + down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and + stamped upon them. + +008:011 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and + by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of + the sanctuary was cast down. + +008:012 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by + reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the + ground; and it practised, and prospered. + +008:013 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto + that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision + concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of + desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be + trodden under foot? + +008:014 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; + then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. + +008:015 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the + vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood + before me as the appearance of a man. + +008:016 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which + called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the + vision. + +008:017 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, + and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son + of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. + +008:018 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my + face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. + +008:019 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in + the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the + end shall be. + +008:020 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of + Media and Persia. + +008:021 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn + that is between his eyes is the first king. + +008:022 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four + kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his + power. + +008:023 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the + transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce + countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. + +008:024 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and + he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, + and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. + +008:025 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in + his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by + peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the + Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. + +008:026 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told + is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be + for many days. + +008:027 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I + rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at + the vision, but none understood it. + +009:001 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed + of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the + Chaldeans; + +009:002 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books + the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to + Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years + in the desolations of Jerusalem. + +009:003 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and + supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: + +009:004 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and + said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant + and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his + commandments; + +009:005 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done + wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy + precepts and from thy judgments: + +009:006 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, + which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our + fathers, and to all the people of the land. + +009:007 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us + confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and + to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are + near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither + thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they + have trespassed against thee. + +009:008 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to + our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned + against thee. + +009:009 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though + we have rebelled against him; + +009:010 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk + in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the + prophets. + +009:011 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, + that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is + poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of + Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. + +009:012 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, + and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a + great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as + hath been done upon Jerusalem. + +009:013 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come + upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, + that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy + truth. + +009:014 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it + upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works + which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. + +009:015 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth + out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten + thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done + wickedly. + +009:016 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, + let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city + Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for + the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are + become a reproach to all that are about us. + +009:017 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and + his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy + sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. + +009:018 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and + behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy + name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for + our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. + +009:019 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer + not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people + are called by thy name. + +009:020 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin + and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my + supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of + my God; + +009:021 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, + whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused + to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening + oblation. + +009:022 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I + am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. + +009:023 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came + forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly + beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the + vision. + +009:024 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy + city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, + and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in + everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and + prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. + +009:025 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of + the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the + Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and + two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even + in troublous times. + +009:026 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, + but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall + come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end + thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war + desolations are determined. + +009:027 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and + in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the + oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations + he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and + that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. + +010:001 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed + unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing + was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood + the thing, and had understanding of the vision. + +010:002 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. + +010:003 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my + mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole + weeks were fulfilled. + +010:004 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was + by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; + +010:005 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain + man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold + of Uphaz: + +010:006 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the + appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and + his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and + the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. + +010:007 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with + me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so + that they fled to hide themselves. + +010:008 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and + there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned + in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. + +010:009 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice + of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my + face toward the ground. + +010:010 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees + and upon the palms of my hands. + +010:011 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, + understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand + upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken + this word unto me, I stood trembling. + +010:012 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day + that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten + thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come + for thy words. + +010:013 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and + twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came + to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. + +010:014 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy + people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many + days. + +010:015 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face + toward the ground, and I became dumb. + +010:016 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men + touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said + unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my + sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. + +010:017 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my + lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in + me, neither is there breath left in me. + +010:018 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance + of a man, and he strengthened me, + +010:019 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, + be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I + was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast + strengthened me. + +010:020 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now + will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I + am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. + +010:021 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of + truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, + but Michael your prince. + +011:001 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to + confirm and to strengthen him. + +011:002 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand + up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far + richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches + he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. + +011:003 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great + dominion, and do according to his will. + +011:004 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and + shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to + his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: + for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside + those. + +011:005 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his + princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; + his dominion shall be a great dominion. + +011:006 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; + for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of + the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the + power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she + shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that + begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. + +011:007 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his + estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into + the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against + them, and shall prevail: + +011:008 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with + their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and + of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the + north. + +011:009 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and + shall return into his own land. + +011:010 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a + multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and + overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be + stirred up, even to his fortress. + +011:011 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and + shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the + north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the + multitude shall be given into his hand. + +011:012 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be + lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he + shall not be strengthened by it. + +011:013 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a + multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come + after certain years with a great army and with much riches. + +011:014 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king + of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt + themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. + +011:015 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and + take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall + not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there + be any strength to withstand. + +011:016 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own + will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in + the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. + +011:017 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his + whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: + and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: + but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. + +011:018 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall + take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the + reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he + shall cause it to turn upon him. + +011:019 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: + but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. + +011:020 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the + glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be + destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. + +011:021 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they + shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in + peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. + +011:022 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from + before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the + covenant. + +011:023 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: + for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small + people. + +011:024 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the + province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not + done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them + the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast + his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. + +011:025 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the + king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south + shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty + army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices + against him. + +011:026 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy + him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down + slain. + +011:027 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and + they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: + for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. + +011:028 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his + heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do + exploits, and return to his own land. + +011:029 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the + south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. + +011:030 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he + shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the + holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have + intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. + +011:031 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the + sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily + sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh + desolate. + +011:032 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt + by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be + strong, and do exploits. + +011:033 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: + yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, + and by spoil, many days. + +011:034 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little + help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. + +011:035 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and + to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: + because it is yet for a time appointed. + +011:036 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall + exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall + speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall + prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is + determined shall be done. + +011:037 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire + of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself + above all. + +011:038 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god + whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and + silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. + +011:039 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, + whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he + shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land + for gain. + +011:040 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at + him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a + whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many + ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall + overflow and pass over. + +011:041 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries + shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, + even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. + +011:042 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and + the land of Egypt shall not escape. + +011:043 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of + silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the + Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. + +011:044 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble + him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, + and utterly to make away many. + +011:045 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the + seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his + end, and none shall help him. + +012:001 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince + which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall + be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a + nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people + shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in + the book. + +012:002 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall + awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and + everlasting contempt. + +012:003 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the + firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the + stars for ever and ever. + +012:004 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even + to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and + knowledge shall be increased. + +012:005 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the + one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on + that side of the bank of the river. + +012:006 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the + waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these + wonders? + +012:007 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the + waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his + left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever + that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he + shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy + people, all these things shall be finished. + +012:008 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, + what shall be the end of these things? + +012:009 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up + and sealed till the time of the end. + +012:010 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the + wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall + understand; but the wise shall understand. + +012:011 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken + away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there + shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. + +012:012 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three + hundred and five and thirty days. + +012:013 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and + stand in thy lot at the end of the days. + +Book 28 Hosea + +001:001 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, + in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of + Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of + Israel. + +001:002 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD + said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and + children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great + whoredom, departing from the LORD. + +001:003 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which + conceived, and bare him a son. + +001:004 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a + little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the + house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the + house of Israel. + +001:005 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the + bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. + +001:006 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said + unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have + mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them + away. + +001:007 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save + them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor + by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. + +001:008 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a + son. + +001:009 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, + and I will not be your God. + +001:010 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand + of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it + shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto + them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, + Ye are the sons of the living God. + +001:011 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be + gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they + shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of + Jezreel. + +002:001 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. + +002:002 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither + am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out + of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; + +002:003 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was + born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry + land, and slay her with thirst. + +002:004 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the + children of whoredoms. + +002:005 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived + them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my + lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my + flax, mine oil and my drink. + +002:006 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and + make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. + +002:007 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not + overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find + them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first + husband; for then was it better with me than now. + +002:008 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, + and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for + Baal. + +002:009 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time + thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover + my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. + +002:010 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her + lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. + +002:011 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her + new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. + +002:012 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she + hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: + and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field + shall eat them. + +002:013 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she + burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her + earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and + forgat me, saith the LORD. + +002:014 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the + wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. + +002:015 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley + of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in + the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out + of the land of Egypt. + +002:016 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt + call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. + +002:017 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and + they shall no more be remembered by their name. + +002:018 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the + beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the + creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and + the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them + to lie down safely. + +002:019 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth + thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in + lovingkindness, and in mercies. + +002:020 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou + shalt know the LORD. + +002:021 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the + LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; + +002:022 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; + and they shall hear Jezreel. + +002:023 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy + upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them + which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall + say, Thou art my God. + +003:001 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of + her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the + LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, + and love flagons of wine. + +003:002 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an + homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: + +003:003 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou + shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another + man: so will I also be for thee. + +003:004 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a + king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and + without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: + +003:005 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the + LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD + and his goodness in the latter days. + +004:001 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD + hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because + there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the + land. + +004:002 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and + committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. + +004:003 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth + therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with + the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be + taken away. + +004:004 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are + as they that strive with the priest. + +004:005 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also + shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy + mother. + +004:006 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou + hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou + shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law + of thy God, I will also forget thy children. + +004:007 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore + will I change their glory into shame. + +004:008 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on + their iniquity. + +004:009 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will + punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. + +004:010 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit + whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off + to take heed to the LORD. + +004:011 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. + +004:012 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff + declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused + them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their + God. + +004:013 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn + incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, + because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters + shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. + +004:014 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, + nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are + separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: + therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. + +004:015 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah + offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to + Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. + +004:016 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD + will feed them as a lamb in a large place. + +004:017 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. + +004:018 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: + her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. + +004:019 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be + ashamed because of their sacrifices. + +005:001 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and + give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, + because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon + Tabor. + +005:002 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I + have been a rebuker of them all. + +005:003 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O + Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. + +005:004 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for + the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have + not known the LORD. + +005:005 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore + shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also + shall fall with them. + +005:006 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek + the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn + himself from them. + +005:007 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have + begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with + their portions. + +005:008 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry + aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. + +005:009 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the + tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. + +005:010 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: + therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. + +005:011 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he + willingly walked after the commandment. + +005:012 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house + of Judah as rottenness. + +005:013 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then + went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet + could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. + +005:014 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to + the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will + take away, and none shall rescue him. + +005:015 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their + offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek + me early. + +006:001 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and + he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. + +006:002 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will + raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. + +006:003 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his + going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto + us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. + +006:004 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do + unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the + early dew it goeth away. + +006:005 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them + by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light + that goeth forth. + +006:006 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of + God more than burnt offerings. + +006:007 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have + they dealt treacherously against me. + +006:008 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted + with blood. + +006:009 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of + priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit + lewdness. + +006:010 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is + the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. + +006:011 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I + returned the captivity of my people. + +007:001 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim + was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit + falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers + spoileth without. + +007:002 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all + their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; + they are before my face. + +007:003 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes + with their lies. + +007:004 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who + ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it + be leavened. + +007:005 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with + bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. + +007:006 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they + lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the + morning it burneth as a flaming fire. + +007:007 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; + all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that + calleth unto me. + +007:008 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a + cake not turned. + +007:009 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: + yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth + not. + +007:010 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do + not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. + +007:011 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to + Egypt, they go to Assyria. + +007:012 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will + bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise + them, as their congregation hath heard. + +007:013 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto + them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have + redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. + +007:014 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they + howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and + wine, and they rebel against me. + +007:015 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they + imagine mischief against me. + +007:016 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a + deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the + rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land + of Egypt. + +008:001 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle + against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed + my covenant, and trespassed against my law. + +008:002 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. + +008:003 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall + pursue him. + +008:004 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, + and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they + made them idols, that they may be cut off. + +008:005 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled + against them: how long will it be ere they attain to + innocency? + +008:006 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it + is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. + +008:007 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the + whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if + so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. + +008:008 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles + as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. + +008:009 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: + Ephraim hath hired lovers. + +008:010 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I + gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of + the king of princes. + +008:011 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be + unto him to sin. + +008:012 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they + were counted as a strange thing. + +008:013 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and + eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember + their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to + Egypt. + +008:014 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and + Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire + upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. + +009:001 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast + gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon + every cornfloor. + +009:002 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new + wine shall fail in her. + +009:003 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall + return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. + +009:004 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall + they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them + as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be + polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into + the house of the LORD. + +009:005 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast + of the LORD? + +009:006 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall + gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places + for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be + in their tabernacles. + +009:007 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are + come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the + spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and + the great hatred. + +009:008 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a + snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of + his God. + +009:009 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of + Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will + visit their sins. + +009:010 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your + fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: + but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that + shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. + +009:011 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from + the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. + +009:012 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, + that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when + I depart from them! + +009:013 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but + Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. + +009:014 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a + miscarrying womb and dry breasts. + +009:015 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for + the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine + house, I will love them no more: all their princes are + revolters. + +009:016 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no + fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the + beloved fruit of their womb. + +009:017 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto + him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. + +010:001 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: + according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the + altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made + goodly images. + +010:002 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he + shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. + +010:003 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not + the LORD; what then should a king do to us? + +010:004 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: + thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the + field. + +010:005 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of + Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the + priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, + because it is departed from it. + +010:006 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king + Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be + ashamed of his own counsel. + +010:007 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the + water. + +010:008 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be + destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their + altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to + the hills, Fall on us. + +010:009 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they + stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity + did not overtake them. + +010:010 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people + shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind + themselves in their two furrows. + +010:011 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to + tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I + will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall + break his clods. + +010:012 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up + your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he + come and rain righteousness upon you. + +010:013 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have + eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, + in the multitude of thy mighty men. + +010:014 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy + fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in + the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her + children. + +010:015 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: + in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. + +011:001 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son + out of Egypt. + +011:002 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed + unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. + +011:003 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but + they knew not that I healed them. + +011:004 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was + to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I + laid meat unto them. + +011:005 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian + shall be his king, because they refused to return. + +011:006 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his + branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. + +011:007 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they + called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. + +011:008 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, + Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee + as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are + kindled together. + +011:009 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not + return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy + One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. + +011:010 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: + when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the + west. + +011:011 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out + of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, + saith the LORD. + +011:012 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel + with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful + with the saints. + +012:001 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he + daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a + covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. + +012:002 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish + Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he + recompense him. + +012:003 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his + strength he had power with God: + +012:004 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and + made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there + he spake with us; + +012:005 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. + +012:006 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and + wait on thy God continually. + +012:007 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he + loveth to oppress. + +012:008 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out + substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in + me that were sin. + +012:009 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet + make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the + solemn feast. + +012:010 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied + visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the + prophets. + +012:011 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they + sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps + in the furrows of the fields. + +012:012 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served + for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. + +012:013 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by + a prophet was he preserved. + +012:014 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall + he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD + return unto him. + +013:001 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; + but when he offended in Baal, he died. + +013:002 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten + images of their silver, and idols according to their own + understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say + of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. + +013:003 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early + dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the + whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the + chimney. + +013:004 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou + shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. + +013:005 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great + drought. + +013:006 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were + filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they + forgotten me. + +013:007 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the + way will I observe them: + +013:008 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and + will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour + them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. + +013:009 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine + help. + +013:010 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in + all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a + king and princes? + +013:011 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my + wrath. + +013:012 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. + +013:013 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is + an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the + breaking forth of children. + +013:014 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem + them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I + will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine + eyes. + +013:015 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall + come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, + and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be + dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. + +013:016 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against + her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be + dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped + up. + +014:001 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen + by thine iniquity. + +014:002 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take + away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we + render the calves of our lips. + +014:003 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: + neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are + our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. + +014:004 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for + mine anger is turned away from him. + +014:005 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, + and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. + +014:006 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the + olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. + +014:007 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall + revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof + shall be as the wine of Lebanon. + +014:008 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I + have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. + From me is thy fruit found. + +014:009 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, + and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, + and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall + fall therein. + +Book 29 Joel + +001:001 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. + +001:002 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the + land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your + fathers? + +001:003 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their + children, and their children another generation. + +001:004 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and + that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and + that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller + eaten. + +001:005 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of + wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your + mouth. + +001:006 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without + number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the + cheek teeth of a great lion. + +001:007 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath + made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are + made white. + +001:008 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of + her youth. + +001:009 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the + house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. + +001:010 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is + wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. + +001:011 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for + the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field + is perished. + +001:012 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the + pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even + all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is + withered away from the sons of men. + +001:013 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of + the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of + my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is + withholden from the house of your God. + +001:014 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders + and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD + your God, and cry unto the LORD, + +001:015 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a + destruction from the Almighty shall it come. + +001:016 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness + from the house of our God? + +001:017 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid + desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. + +001:018 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, + because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are + made desolate. + +001:019 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the + pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the + trees of the field. + +001:020 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of + waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures + of the wilderness. + +002:001 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy + mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the + day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; + +002:002 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of + thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a + great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, + neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many + generations. + +002:003 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: + the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them + a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. + +002:004 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as + horsemen, so shall they run. + +002:005 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they + leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the + stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. + +002:006 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces + shall gather blackness. + +002:007 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like + men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and + they shall not break their ranks: + +002:008 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in + his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be + wounded. + +002:009 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the + wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in + at the windows like a thief. + +002:010 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: + the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall + withdraw their shining: + +002:011 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his + camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: + for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who + can abide it? + +002:012 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with + all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with + mourning: + +002:013 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the + LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, + and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. + +002:014 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing + behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the + LORD your God? + +002:015 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn + assembly: + +002:016 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the + elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: + let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out + of her closet. + +002:017 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the + porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O + LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the + heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among + the people, Where is their God? + +002:018 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his + people. + +002:019 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I + will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be + satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach + among the heathen: + +002:020 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will + drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face + toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost + sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall + come up, because he hath done great things. + +002:021 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do + great things. + +002:022 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the + wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig + tree and the vine do yield their strength. + +002:023 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD + your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, + and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former + rain, and the latter rain in the first month. + +002:024 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall + overflow with wine and oil. + +002:025 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath + eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the + palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. + +002:026 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the + name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with + you: and my people shall never be ashamed. + +002:027 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I + am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never + be ashamed. + +002:028 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my + spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall + prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men + shall see visions: + +002:029 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those + days will I pour out my spirit. + +002:030 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, + blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. + +002:031 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into + blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. + +002:032 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the + name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in + Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in + the remnant whom the LORD shall call. + +003:001 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall + bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, + +003:002 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into + the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for + my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered + among the nations, and parted my land. + +003:003 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy + for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might + drink. + +003:004 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and + all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? + and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return + your recompence upon your own head; + +003:005 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried + into your temples my goodly pleasant things: + +003:006 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have + ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from + their border. + +003:007 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have + sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: + +003:008 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of + the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the + Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. + +003:009 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the + mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come + up: + +003:010 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into + spears: let the weak say, I am strong. + +003:011 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather + yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones + to come down, O LORD. + +003:012 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of + Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen + round about. + +003:013 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you + down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their + wickedness is great. + +003:014 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day + of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. + +003:015 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall + withdraw their shining. + +003:016 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from + Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the + LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the + children of Israel. + +003:017 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, + my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there + shall no strangers pass through her any more. + +003:018 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains + shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, + and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a + fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and + shall water the valley of Shittim. + +003:019 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate + wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, + because they have shed innocent blood in their land. + +003:020 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation + to generation. + +003:021 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for + the LORD dwelleth in Zion. + +Book 30 Amos + +001:001 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which + he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, + and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, + two years before the earthquake. + +001:002 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice + from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall + mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. + +001:003 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and + for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because + they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: + +001:004 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall + devour the palaces of Benhadad. + +001:005 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the + inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the + sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall + go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. + +001:006 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for + four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because + they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them + up to Edom: + +001:007 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour + the palaces thereof: + +001:008 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that + holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand + against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall + perish, saith the Lord GOD. + +001:009 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and + for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because + they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered + not the brotherly covenant: + +001:010 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall + devour the palaces thereof. + +001:011 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for + four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he + did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all + pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his + wrath for ever: + +001:012 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the + palaces of Bozrah. + +001:013 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children + of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment + thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of + Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: + +001:014 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall + devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of + battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: + +001:015 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes + together, saith the LORD. + +002:001 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for + four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he + burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: + +002:002 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the + palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with + shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: + +002:003 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will + slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. + +002:004 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and + for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because + they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his + commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the + which their fathers have walked: + +002:005 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the + palaces of Jerusalem. + +002:006 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and + for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because + they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of + shoes; + +002:007 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, + and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father + will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: + +002:008 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by + every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the + house of their god. + +002:009 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like + the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I + destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. + +002:010 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you + forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the + Amorite. + +002:011 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young + men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of + Israel? saith the LORD. + +002:012 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the + prophets, saying, Prophesy not. + +002:013 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is + full of sheaves. + +002:014 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the + strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the + mighty deliver himself: + +002:015 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is + swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that + rideth the horse deliver himself. + +002:016 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away + naked in that day, saith the LORD. + +003:001 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O + children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought + up from the land of Egypt, saying, + +003:002 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: + therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. + +003:003 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? + +003:004 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a + young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? + +003:005 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for + him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken + nothing at all? + +003:006 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be + afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not + done it? + +003:007 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his + secret unto his servants the prophets. + +003:008 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath + spoken, who can but prophesy? + +003:009 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the + land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains + of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, + and the oppressed in the midst thereof. + +003:010 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up + violence and robbery in their palaces. + +003:011 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be + even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy + strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. + +003:012 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth + of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the + children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the + corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. + +003:013 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord + GOD, the God of hosts, + +003:014 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of + Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and + the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the + ground. + +003:015 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and + the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall + have an end, saith the LORD. + +004:001 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of + Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which + say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. + +004:002 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days + shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, + and your posterity with fishhooks. + +004:003 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which + is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith + the LORD. + +004:004 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply + transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and + your tithes after three years: + +004:005 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and + proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, + O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. + +004:006 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your + cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not + returned unto me, saith the LORD. + +004:007 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were + yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon + one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one + piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not + withered. + +004:008 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; + but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, + saith the LORD. + +004:009 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens + and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees + increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not + returned unto me, saith the LORD. + +004:010 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of + Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have + taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your + camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned + unto me, saith the LORD. + +004:011 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and + Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the + burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. + +004:012 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I + will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. + +004:013 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, + and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the + morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the + earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. + +005:001 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a + lamentation, O house of Israel. + +005:002 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is + forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. + +005:003 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a + thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by + an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. + +005:004 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, + and ye shall live: + +005:005 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to + Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and + Bethel shall come to nought. + +005:006 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire + in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to + quench it in Bethel. + +005:007 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness + in the earth, + +005:008 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth + the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark + with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and + poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his + name: + +005:009 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the + spoiled shall come against the fortress. + +005:010 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him + that speaketh uprightly. + +005:011 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye + take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn + stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted + pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. + +005:012 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: + they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside + the poor in the gate from their right. + +005:013 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it + is an evil time. + +005:014 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, + the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. + +005:015 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in + the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be + gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. + +005:016 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; + Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the + highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to + mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. + +005:017 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through + thee, saith the LORD. + +005:018 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is + it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. + +005:019 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went + into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent + bit him. + +005:020 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even + very dark, and no brightness in it? + +005:021 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in + your solemn assemblies. + +005:022 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I + will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace + offerings of your fat beasts. + +005:023 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not + hear the melody of thy viols. + +005:024 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a + mighty stream. + +005:025 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the + wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? + +005:026 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your + images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. + +005:027 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond + Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. + +006:001 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the + mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to + whom the house of Israel came! + +006:002 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath + the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they + better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your + border? + +006:003 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of + violence to come near; + +006:004 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their + couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves + out of the midst of the stall; + +006:005 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves + instruments of musick, like David; + +006:006 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief + ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of + Joseph. + +006:007 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go + captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves + shall be removed. + +006:008 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of + hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: + therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. + +006:009 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one + house, that they shall die. + +006:010 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, + to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto + him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with + thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy + tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. + +006:011 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great + house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. + +006:012 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? + for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of + righteousness into hemlock: + +006:013 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not + taken to us horns by our own strength? + +006:014 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of + Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall + afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of + the wilderness. + +007:001 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed + grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter + growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's + mowings. + +007:002 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating + the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I + beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. + +007:003 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. + +007:004 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord + GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, + and did eat up a part. + +007:005 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall + Jacob arise? for he is small. + +007:006 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the + Lord GOD. + +007:007 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall + made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. + +007:008 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, + A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a + plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again + pass by them any more: + +007:009 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the + sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise + against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. + +007:010 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of + Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst + of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his + words. + +007:011 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and + Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. + +007:012 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away + into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy + there: + +007:013 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the + king's chapel, and it is the king's court. + +007:014 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, + neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a + gatherer of sycomore fruit: + +007:015 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD + said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. + +007:016 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, + Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the + house of Isaac. + +007:017 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in + the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the + sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt + die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into + captivity forth of his land. + +008:001 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of + summer fruit. + +008:002 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of + summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon + my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. + +008:003 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, + saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every + place; they shall cast them forth with silence. + +008:004 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the + poor of the land to fail, + +008:005 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? + and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah + small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by + deceit? + +008:006 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair + of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? + +008:007 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will + never forget any of their works. + +008:008 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that + dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and + it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. + +008:009 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, + that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will + darken the earth in the clear day: + +008:010 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs + into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all + loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the + mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. + +008:011 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a + famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for + water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: + +008:012 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even + to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the + LORD, and shall not find it. + +008:013 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for + thirst. + +008:014 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O + Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they + shall fall, and never rise up again. + +009:001 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the + lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in + the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with + the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he + that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. + +009:002 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; + though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: + +009:003 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will + search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from + my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the + serpent, and he shall bite them: + +009:004 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence + will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will + set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. + +009:005 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it + shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it + shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by + the flood of Egypt. + +009:006 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath + founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters + of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: + The LORD is his name. + +009:007 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children + of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of + the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the + Syrians from Kir? + +009:008 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, + and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving + that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the + LORD. + +009:009 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel + among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet + shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. + +009:010 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which + say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. + +009:011 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is + fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up + his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: + +009:012 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the + heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that + doeth this. + +009:013 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall + overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth + seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the + hills shall melt. + +009:014 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, + and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and + they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they + shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. + +009:015 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more + be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith + the LORD thy God. + +Book 31 Obadiah + +001:001 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning + Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador + is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up + against her in battle. + +001:002 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art + greatly despised. + +001:003 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that + dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; + that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the + ground? + +001:004 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set + thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith + the LORD. + +001:005 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou + cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if + the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some + grapes? + +001:006 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden + things sought up! + +001:007 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the + border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived + thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have + laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. + +001:008 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise + men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? + +001:009 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end + that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by + slaughter. + +001:010 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover + thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. + +001:011 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day + that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and + foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon + Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. + +001:012 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother + in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou + have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their + destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the + day of distress. + +001:013 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in + the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked + on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have + laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; + +001:014 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off + those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have + delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of + distress. + +001:015 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou + hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return + upon thine own head. + +001:016 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the + heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they + shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not + been. + +001:017 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be + holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their + possessions. + +001:018 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of + Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they + shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be + any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken + it. + +001:019 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and + they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the + fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin + shall possess Gilead. + +001:020 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall + possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the + captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess + the cities of the south. + +001:021 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of + Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. + +Book 32 Jonah + +001:001 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, + saying, + +001:002 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for + their wickedness is come up before me. + +001:003 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of + the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to + Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, + to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. + +001:004 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was + a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be + broken. + +001:005 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his + god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the + sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the + sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. + +001:006 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest + thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God + will think upon us, that we perish not. + +001:007 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast + lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. + So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. + +001:008 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose + cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and + whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people + art thou? + +001:009 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, + the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. + +001:010 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why + hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the + presence of the LORD, because he had told them. + +001:011 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the + sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was + tempestuous. + +001:012 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the + sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my + sake this great tempest is upon you. + +001:013 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but + they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous + against them. + +001:014 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, + O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's + life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, + hast done as it pleased thee. + +001:015 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and + the sea ceased from her raging. + +001:016 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a + sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. + +001:017 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. + And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three + nights. + +002:001 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's + belly, + +002:002 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, + and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou + heardest my voice. + +002:003 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the + seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and + thy waves passed over me. + +002:004 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again + toward thy holy temple. + +002:005 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth + closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. + +002:006 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with + her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my + life from corruption, O LORD my God. + +002:007 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my + prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. + +002:008 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. + +002:009 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; + I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. + +002:010 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah + upon the dry land. + +003:001 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, + saying, + +003:002 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it + the preaching that I bid thee. + +003:003 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word + of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three + days' journey. + +003:004 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he + cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be + overthrown. + +003:005 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, + and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the + least of them. + +003:006 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his + throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with + sackcloth, and sat in ashes. + +003:007 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through + Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let + neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let + them not feed, nor drink water: + +003:008 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry + mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil + way, and from the violence that is in their hands. + +003:009 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from + his fierce anger, that we perish not? + +003:010 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; + and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would + do unto them; and he did it not. + +004:001 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. + +004:002 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, + was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? + Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou + art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great + kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. + +004:003 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; + for it is better for me to die than to live. + +004:004 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? + +004:005 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the + city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the + shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. + +004:006 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over + Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him + from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. + +004:007 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, + and it smote the gourd that it withered. + +004:008 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared + a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, + that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is + better for me to die than to live. + +004:009 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the + gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. + +004:010 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the + which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which + came up in a night, and perished in a night: + +004:011 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are + more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern + between their right hand and their left hand; and also much + cattle? + +Book 33 Micah + +001:001 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the + days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he + saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. + +001:002 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein + is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from + his holy temple. + +001:003 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will + come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. + +001:004 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys + shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that + are poured down a steep place. + +001:005 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins + of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is + it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are + they not Jerusalem? + +001:006 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as + plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones + thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations + thereof. + +001:007 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, + and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and + all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it + of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of + an harlot. + +001:008 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: + I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the + owls. + +001:009 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is + come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. + +001:010 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of + Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. + +001:011 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame + naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning + of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. + +001:012 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but + evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. + +001:013 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift + beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of + Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. + +001:014 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the + houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. + +001:015 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: + he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. + +001:016 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; + enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into + captivity from thee. + +002:001 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their + beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it + is in the power of their hand. + +002:002 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, + and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even + a man and his heritage. + +002:003 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do + I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; + neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. + +002:004 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and + lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly + spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he + removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. + +002:005 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot + in the congregation of the LORD. + +002:006 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall + not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. + +002:007 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the + LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good + to him that walketh uprightly? + +002:008 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off + the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as + men averse from war. + +002:009 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant + houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for + ever. + +002:010 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is + polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. + +002:011 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I + will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall + even be the prophet of this people. + +002:012 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely + gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the + sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they + shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. + +002:013 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and + have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and + their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of + them. + +003:001 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes + of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? + +003:002 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin + from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; + +003:003 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from + off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, + as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. + +003:004 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: + he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they + have behaved themselves ill in their doings. + +003:005 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my + people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he + that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war + against him. + +003:006 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a + vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not + divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the + day shall be dark over them. + +003:007 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: + yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer + of God. + +003:008 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of + judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his + transgression, and to Israel his sin. + +003:009 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and + princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and + pervert all equity. + +003:010 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. + +003:011 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof + teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet + will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among + us? none evil can come upon us. + +003:012 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and + Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as + the high places of the forest. + +004:001 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain + of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of + the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and + people shall flow unto it. + +004:002 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up + to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of + Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in + his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of + the LORD from Jerusalem. + +004:003 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong + nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into + plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall + not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn + war any more. + +004:004 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig + tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the + LORD of hosts hath spoken it. + +004:005 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and + we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and + ever. + +004:006 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, + and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have + afflicted; + +004:007 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was + cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over + them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. + +004:008 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the + daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first + dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. + +004:009 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is + thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman + in travail. + +004:010 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, + like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of + the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go + even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD + shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. + +004:011 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let + her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. + +004:012 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand + they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into + the floor. + +004:013 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine + horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt + beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain + unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole + earth. + +005:001 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath + laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel + with a rod upon the cheek. + +005:002 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the + thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto + me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been + from of old, from everlasting. + +005:003 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which + travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his + brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. + +005:004 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in + the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall + abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. + +005:005 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come + into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then + shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight + principal men. + +005:006 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and + the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he + deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, + and when he treadeth within our borders. + +005:007 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people + as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that + tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. + +005:008 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the + midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, + as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go + through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none + can deliver. + +005:009 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all + thine enemies shall be cut off. + +005:010 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I + will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will + destroy thy chariots: + +005:011 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all + thy strong holds: + +005:012 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou + shalt have no more soothsayers: + +005:013 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images + out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the + work of thine hands. + +005:014 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so + will I destroy thy cities. + +005:015 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the + heathen, such as they have not heard. + +006:001 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before + the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. + +006:002 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong + foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with + his people, and he will plead with Israel. + +006:003 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I + wearied thee? testify against me. + +006:004 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed + thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee + Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. + +006:005 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, + and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto + Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. + +006:006 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before + the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, + with calves of a year old? + +006:007 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten + thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my + transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? + +006:008 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the + LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and + to walk humbly with thy God? + +006:009 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom + shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed + it. + +006:010 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the + wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? + +006:011 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the + bag of deceitful weights? + +006:012 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the + inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is + deceitful in their mouth. + +006:013 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in + making thee desolate because of thy sins. + +006:014 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down + shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but + shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give + up to the sword. + +006:015 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the + olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet + wine, but shalt not drink wine. + +006:016 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the + house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should + make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an + hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. + +007:001 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer + fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no + cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. + +007:002 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none + upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt + every man his brother with a net. + +007:003 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince + asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, + he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. + +007:004 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper + than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation + cometh; now shall be their perplexity. + +007:005 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: + keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. + +007:006 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up + against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in + law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. + +007:007 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God + of my salvation: my God will hear me. + +007:008 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall + arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto + me. + +007:009 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned + against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for + me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold + his righteousness. + +007:010 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall + cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine + eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the + mire of the streets. + +007:011 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall + the decree be far removed. + +007:012 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and + from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the + river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. + +007:013 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them + that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. + +007:014 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, + which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: + let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. + +007:015 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt + will I shew unto him marvellous things. + +007:016 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: + they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall + be deaf. + +007:017 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out + of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid + of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. + +007:018 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and + passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? + he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in + mercy. + +007:019 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will + subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into + the depths of the sea. + +007:020 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to + Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days + of old. + +Book 34 Nahum + +001:001 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the + Elkoshite. + +001:002 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, + and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his + adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. + +001:003 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at + all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind + and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. + +001:004 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the + rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of + Lebanon languisheth. + +001:005 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth + is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell + therein. + +001:006 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the + fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and + the rocks are thrown down by him. + +001:007 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he + knoweth them that trust in him. + +001:008 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the + place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. + +001:009 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter + end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. + +001:010 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they + are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble + fully dry. + +001:011 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the + LORD, a wicked counsellor. + +001:012 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, + yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. + Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. + +001:013 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst + thy bonds in sunder. + +001:014 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no + more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I + cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy + grave; for thou art vile. + +001:015 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good + tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn + feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass + through thee; he is utterly cut off. + +002:001 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the + munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy + power mightily. + +002:002 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the + excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, + and marred their vine branches. + +002:003 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are + in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the + day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly + shaken. + +002:004 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one + against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like + torches, they shall run like the lightnings. + +002:005 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their + walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the + defence shall be prepared. + +002:006 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall + be dissolved. + +002:007 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, + and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, + tabering upon their breasts. + +002:008 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall + flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look + back. + +002:009 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there + is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant + furniture. + +002:010 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and + the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and + the faces of them all gather blackness. + +002:011 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of + the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, + and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? + +002:012 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and + strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, + and his dens with ravin. + +002:013 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will + burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy + young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and + the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. + +003:001 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; + the prey departeth not; + +003:002 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the + wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping + chariots. + +003:003 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the + glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a + great number of carcases; and there is none end of their + corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: + +003:004 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured + harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations + through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. + +003:005 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will + discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations + thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. + +003:006 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee + vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. + +003:007 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee + shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will + bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? + +003:008 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the + rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was + the sea, and her wall was from the sea? + +003:009 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put + and Lubim were thy helpers. + +003:010 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young + children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the + streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all + her great men were bound in chains. + +003:011 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt + seek strength because of the enemy. + +003:012 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the + firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into + the mouth of the eater. + +003:013 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates + of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the + fire shall devour thy bars. + +003:014 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go + into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. + +003:015 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee + off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself + many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. + +003:016 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: + the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. + +003:017 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great + grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but + when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not + known where they are. + +003:018 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall + dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, + and no man gathereth them. + +003:019 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all + that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: + for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? + +Book 35 Habakkuk + +001:001 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. + +001:002 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry + out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! + +001:003 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold + grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there + are that raise up strife and contention. + +001:004 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go + forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; + therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. + +001:005 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder + marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will + not believe, though it be told you. + +001:006 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty + nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to + possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's. + +001:007 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their + dignity shall proceed of themselves. + +001:008 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more + fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall + spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; + they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. + +001:009 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as + the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the + sand. + +001:010 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a + scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they + shall heap dust, and take it. + +001:011 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and + offend, imputing this his power unto his god. + +001:012 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? + we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for + judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for + correction. + +001:013 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look + on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal + treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked + devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? + +001:014 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping + things, that have no ruler over them? + +001:015 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in + their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they + rejoice and are glad. + +001:016 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto + their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their + meat plenteous. + +001:017 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare + continually to slay the nations? + +002:001 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and + will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall + answer when I am reproved. + +002:002 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make + it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. + +002:003 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it + shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; + because it will surely come, it will not tarry. + +002:004 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but + the just shall live by his faith. + +002:005 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, + neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and + is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him + all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: + +002:006 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a + taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that + increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that + ladeth himself with thick clay! + +002:007 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and + awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto + them? + +002:008 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the + people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the + violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell + therein. + +002:009 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, + that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered + from the power of evil! + +002:010 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many + people, and hast sinned against thy soul. + +002:011 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of + the timber shall answer it. + +002:012 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a + city by iniquity! + +002:013 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall + labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves + for very vanity? + +002:014 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory + of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. + +002:015 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy + bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest + look on their nakedness! + +002:016 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let + thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand + shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on + thy glory. + +002:017 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of + beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and + for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that + dwell therein. + +002:018 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath + graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the + maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? + +002:019 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, + Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and + silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. + +002:020 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep + silence before him. + +003:001 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. + +003:002 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, + revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the + years make known; in wrath remember mercy. + +003:003 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. + His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his + praise. + +003:004 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out + of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. + +003:005 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth + at his feet. + +003:006 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder + the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the + perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. + +003:007 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of + the land of Midian did tremble. + +003:008 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger + against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou + didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? + +003:009 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the + tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with + rivers. + +003:010 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of + the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up + his hands on high. + +003:011 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light + of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy + glittering spear. + +003:012 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst + thresh the heathen in anger. + +003:013 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for + salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of + the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto + the neck. Selah. + +003:014 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his + villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their + rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. + +003:015 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the + heap of great waters. + +003:016 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the + voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in + myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he + cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his + troops. + +003:017 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit + be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the + fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from + the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: + +003:018 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my + salvation. + +003:019 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like + hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high + places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. + +Book 36 Zephaniah + +001:001 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of + Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of + Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. + +001:002 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the + LORD. + +001:003 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the + heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks + with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, + saith the LORD. + +001:004 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the + inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of + Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the + priests; + +001:005 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; + and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that + swear by Malcham; + +001:006 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that + have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. + +001:007 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of + the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, + he hath bid his guests. + +001:008 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, + that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and + all such as are clothed with strange apparel. + +001:009 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the + threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and + deceit. + +001:010 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that + there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an + howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. + +001:011 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people + are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. + +001:012 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search + Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on + their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do + good, neither will he do evil. + +001:013 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a + desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit + them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine + thereof. + +001:014 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth + greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man + shall cry there bitterly. + +001:015 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a + day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and + gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, + +001:016 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and + against the high towers. + +001:017 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like + blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and + their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as + the dung. + +001:018 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver + them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall + be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make + even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. + +002:001 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not + desired; + +002:002 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the + chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, + before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. + +002:003 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought + his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye + shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger. + +002:004 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they + shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be + rooted up. + +002:005 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the + Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, + the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that + there shall be no inhabitant. + +002:006 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for + shepherds, and folds for flocks. + +002:007 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; + they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall + they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall + visit them, and turn away their captivity. + +002:008 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the + children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and + magnified themselves against their border. + +002:009 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of + Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of + Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, + and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall + spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. + +002:010 This shall they have for their pride, because they have + reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the + LORD of hosts. + +002:011 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all + the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one + from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. + +002:012 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. + +002:013 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and + destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry + like a wilderness. + +002:014 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts + of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge + in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the + windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall + uncover the cedar work. + +002:015 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in + her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she + become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every + one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. + +003:001 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing + city! + +003:002 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she + trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. + +003:003 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are + evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. + +003:004 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests + have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the + law. + +003:005 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do + iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, + he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. + +003:006 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made + their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are + destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none + inhabitant. + +003:007 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive + instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, + howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted + all their doings. + +003:008 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that + I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the + nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them + mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth + shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. + +003:009 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they + may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one + consent. + +003:010 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the + daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. + +003:011 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, + wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will + take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy + pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy + mountain. + +003:012 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor + people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. + +003:013 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; + neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for + they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. + +003:014 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice + with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. + +003:015 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine + enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of + thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. + +003:016 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and + to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. + +003:017 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, + he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, + he will joy over thee with singing. + +003:018 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, + who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. + +003:019 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I + will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven + out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where + they have been put to shame. + +003:020 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I + gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all + people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before + your eyes, saith the LORD. + +Book 37 Haggai + +001:001 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in + the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by + Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, + governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high + priest, saying, + +001:002 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The + time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be + built. + +001:003 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, + +001:004 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and + this house lie waste? + +001:005 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your + ways. + +001:006 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have + not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye + clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages + earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. + +001:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. + +001:008 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; + and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith + the LORD. + +001:009 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye + brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of + hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every + man unto his own house. + +001:010 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the + earth is stayed from her fruit. + +001:011 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the + mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon + the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and + upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the + hands. + +001:012 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of + Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, + obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of + Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and + the people did fear before the LORD. + +001:013 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message + unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. + +001:014 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of + Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son + of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the + remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house + of the LORD of hosts, their God, + +001:015 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the + second year of Darius the king. + +002:001 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the + month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, + saying, + +002:002 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of + Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and + to the residue of the people, saying, + +002:003 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? + and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison + of it as nothing? + +002:004 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be + strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be + strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: + for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: + +002:005 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came + out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. + +002:006 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little + while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the + sea, and the dry land; + +002:007 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations + shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the + LORD of hosts. + +002:008 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of + hosts. + +002:009 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the + former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give + peace, saith the LORD of hosts. + +002:010 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the + second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the + prophet, saying, + +002:011 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning + the law, saying, + +002:012 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with + his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any + meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. + +002:013 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch + any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered + and said, It shall be unclean. + +002:014 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is + this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of + their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. + +002:015 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from + before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the + LORD: + +002:016 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty + measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat + for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but + twenty. + +002:017 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all + the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the + LORD. + +002:018 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and + twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the + foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. + +002:019 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig + tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not + brought forth: from this day will I bless you. + +002:020 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four + and twentieth day of the month, saying, + +002:021 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake + the heavens and the earth; + +002:022 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will + destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I + will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and + the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the + sword of his brother. + +002:023 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O + Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, + and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith + the LORD of hosts. + +Book 38 Zechariah + +001:001 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the + word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son + of Iddo the prophet, saying, + +001:002 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. + +001:003 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; + Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto + you, saith the LORD of hosts. + +001:004 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have + cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from + your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not + hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. + +001:005 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live + for ever? + +001:006 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants + the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they + returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do + unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, + so hath he dealt with us. + +001:007 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which + is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the + word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son + of Iddo the prophet, saying, + +001:008 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and + he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and + behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. + +001:009 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that + talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. + +001:010 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and + said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and + fro through the earth. + +001:011 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the + myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the + earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at + rest. + +001:012 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, + how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the + cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these + threescore and ten years? + +001:013 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good + words and comfortable words. + +001:014 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, + saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for + Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. + +001:015 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at + ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped + forward the affliction. + +001:016 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with + mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of + hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. + +001:017 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities + through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD + shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. + +001:018 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. + +001:019 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? + And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered + Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. + +001:020 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. + +001:021 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, + These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man + did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast + out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over + the land of Judah to scatter it. + +002:001 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with + a measuring line in his hand. + +002:002 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To + measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and + what is the length thereof. + +002:003 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and + another angel went out to meet him, + +002:004 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, + Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the + multitude of men and cattle therein: + +002:005 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round + about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. + +002:006 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith + the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of + the heaven, saith the LORD. + +002:007 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of + Babylon. + +002:008 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent + me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth + you toucheth the apple of his eye. + +002:009 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall + be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD + of hosts hath sent me. + +002:010 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I + will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. + +002:011 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and + shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and + thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. + +002:012 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, + and shall choose Jerusalem again. + +002:013 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up + out of his holy habitation. + +003:001 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the + angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to + resist him. + +003:002 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; + even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not + this a brand plucked out of the fire? + +003:003 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before + the angel. + +003:004 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, + saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him + he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from + thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. + +003:005 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they + set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. + And the angel of the LORD stood by. + +003:006 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, + +003:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, + and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my + house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee + places to walk among these that stand by. + +003:008 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that + sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I + will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. + +003:009 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one + stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving + thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the + iniquity of that land in one day. + +003:010 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man + his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. + +004:001 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as + a man that is wakened out of his sleep. + +004:002 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, + and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top + of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the + seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: + +004:003 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the + bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. + +004:004 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, + saying, What are these, my lord? + +004:005 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, + Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. + +004:006 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word + of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by + power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. + +004:007 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt + become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof + with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. + +004:008 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +004:009 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this + house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know + that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. + +004:010 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall + rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel + with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to + and fro through the whole earth. + +004:011 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive + trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left + side thereof? + +004:012 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two + olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the + golden oil out of themselves? + +004:013 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? + And I said, No, my lord. + +004:014 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by + the LORD of the whole earth. + +005:001 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold + a flying roll. + +005:002 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a + flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the + breadth thereof ten cubits. + +005:003 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over + the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall + be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that + sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. + +005:004 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall + enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him + that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the + midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber + thereof and the stones thereof. + +005:005 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto + me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth + forth. + +005:006 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that + goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance + through all the earth. + +005:007 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is + a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. + +005:008 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst + of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth + thereof. + +005:009 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there + came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they + had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the + ephah between the earth and the heaven. + +005:010 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these + bear the ephah? + +005:011 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of + Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her + own base. + +006:001 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, + behold, there came four chariots out from between two + mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. + +006:002 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second + chariot black horses; + +006:003 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth + chariot grisled and bay horses. + +006:004 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, + What are these, my lord? + +006:005 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four + spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before + the LORD of all the earth. + +006:006 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north + country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go + forth toward the south country. + +006:007 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk + to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk + to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro + through the earth. + +006:008 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, + these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit + in the north country. + +006:009 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +006:010 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and + of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the + same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of + Zephaniah; + +006:011 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon + the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; + +006:012 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, + saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall + grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the + LORD: + +006:013 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear + the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he + shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace + shall be between them both. + +006:014 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to + Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in + the temple of the LORD. + +006:015 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple + of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath + sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will + diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. + +007:001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that + the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of + the ninth month, even in Chisleu; + +007:002 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and + Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, + +007:003 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the + LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in + the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so + many years? + +007:004 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, + +007:005 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, + saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh + month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, + even to me? + +007:006 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for + yourselves, and drink for yourselves? + +007:007 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the + former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in + prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men + inhabited the south and the plain? + +007:008 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, + +007:009 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true + judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his + brother: + +007:010 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, + nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his + brother in your heart. + +007:011 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and + stopped their ears, that they should not hear. + +007:012 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they + should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts + hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came + a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. + +007:013 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would + not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD + of hosts: + +007:014 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations + whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, + that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the + pleasant land desolate. + +008:001 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, + +008:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with + great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. + +008:003 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell + in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a + city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy + mountain. + +008:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old + women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with + his staff in his hand for very age. + +008:005 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls + playing in the streets thereof. + +008:006 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes + of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be + marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. + +008:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people + from the east country, and from the west country; + +008:008 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of + Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their + God, in truth and in righteousness. + +008:009 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye + that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the + prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the + house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be + built. + +008:010 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire + for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or + came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one + against his neighbour. + +008:011 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in + the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. + +008:012 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her + fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens + shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this + people to possess all these things. + +008:013 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the + heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save + you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands + be strong. + +008:014 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, + when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of + hosts, and I repented not: + +008:015 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto + Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. + +008:016 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the + truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and + peace in your gates: + +008:017 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his + neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things + that I hate, saith the LORD. + +008:018 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, + +008:019 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, + and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and + the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and + gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and + peace. + +008:020 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that + there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: + +008:021 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, + Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the + LORD of hosts: I will go also. + +008:022 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the + LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. + +008:023 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to + pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the + nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a + Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God + is with you. + +009:001 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and + Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as + of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. + +009:002 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though + it be very wise. + +009:003 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up + silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. + +009:004 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her + power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. + +009:005 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and + be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be + ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon + shall not be inhabited. + +009:006 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the + pride of the Philistines. + +009:007 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his + abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, + even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor + in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. + +009:008 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, + because of him that passeth by, and because of him that + returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: + for now have I seen with mine eyes. + +009:009 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of + Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and + having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a + colt the foal of an ass. + +009:010 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse + from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he + shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be + from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of + the earth. + +009:011 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent + forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. + +009:012 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day + do I declare that I will render double unto thee; + +009:013 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, + and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, + and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. + +009:014 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go + forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the + trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. + +009:015 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, + and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a + noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, + and as the corners of the altar. + +009:016 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the + flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a + crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. + +009:017 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! + corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the + maids. + +010:001 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the + LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, + to every one grass in the field. + +010:002 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a + lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: + therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, + because there was no shepherd. + +010:003 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished + the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the + house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the + battle. + +010:004 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of + him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. + +010:005 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their + enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they + shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on + horses shall be confounded. + +010:006 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the + house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; + for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had + not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear + them. + +010:007 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their + heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall + see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. + +010:008 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed + them: and they shall increase as they have increased. + +010:009 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember + me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, + and turn again. + +010:010 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and + gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the + land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for + them. + +010:011 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall + smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river + shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, + and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. + +010:012 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up + and down in his name, saith the LORD. + +011:001 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy + cedars. + +011:002 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty + are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the + vintage is come down. + +011:003 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their + glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for + the pride of Jordan is spoiled. + +011:004 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; + +011:005 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: + and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am + rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. + +011:006 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the + LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his + neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they + shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver + them. + +011:007 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of + the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called + Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. + +011:008 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul + lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. + +011:009 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; + and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the + rest eat every one the flesh of another. + +011:010 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I + might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. + +011:011 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock + that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. + +011:012 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and + if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of + silver. + +011:013 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly + price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty + pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of + the LORD. + +011:014 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might + break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. + +011:015 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments + of a foolish shepherd. + +011:016 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall + not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young + one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth + still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their + claws in pieces. + +011:017 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword + shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall + be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly + darkened. + +012:001 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, + which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation + of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. + +012:002 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the + people round about, when they shall be in the siege both + against Judah and against Jerusalem. + +012:003 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for + all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in + pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered + together against it. + +012:004 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with + astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine + eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of + the people with blindness. + +012:005 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The + inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of + hosts their God. + +012:006 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth + of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; + and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right + hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again + in her own place, even in Jerusalem. + +012:007 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the + glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants + of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. + +012:008 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of + Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall + be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the + angel of the LORD before them. + +012:009 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to + destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. + +012:010 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the + inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of + supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have + pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his + only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is + in bitterness for his firstborn. + +012:011 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as + the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. + +012:012 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of + the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of + the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; + +012:013 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; + the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; + +012:014 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their + wives apart. + +013:001 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of + David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for + uncleanness. + +013:002 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of + hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the + land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will + cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the + land. + +013:003 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, + then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto + him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name + of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him + shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. + +013:004 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall + be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; + neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: + +013:005 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man + taught me to keep cattle from my youth. + +013:006 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine + hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in + the house of my friends. + +013:007 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that + is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and + the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon + the little ones. + +013:008 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the + LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the + third shall be left therein. + +013:009 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will + refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is + tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I + will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my + God. + +014:001 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be + divided in the midst of thee. + +014:002 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and + the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women + ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, + and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the + city. + +014:003 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, + as when he fought in the day of battle. + +014:004 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, + which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives + shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward + the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of + the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it + toward the south. + +014:005 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the + valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall + flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days + of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and + all the saints with thee. + +014:006 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall + not be clear, nor dark: + +014:007 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not + day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening + time it shall be light. + +014:008 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out + from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half + of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall + it be. + +014:009 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day + shall there be one LORD, and his name one. + +014:010 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon + south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited + in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first + gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel + unto the king's winepresses. + +014:011 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter + destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. + +014:012 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all + the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh + shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their + eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall + consume away in their mouth. + +014:013 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult + from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold + every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall + rise up against the hand of his neighbour. + +014:014 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all + the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and + silver, and apparel, in great abundance. + +014:015 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the + camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in + these tents, as this plague. + +014:016 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all + the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from + year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to + keep the feast of tabernacles. + +014:017 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the + families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the + LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. + +014:018 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have + no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will + smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of + tabernacles. + +014:019 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of + all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. + +014:020 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, + HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall + be like the bowls before the altar. + +014:021 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness + unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come + and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there + shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of + hosts. + +Book 39 Malachi + +001:001 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. + +001:002 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast + thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: + yet I loved Jacob, + +001:003 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage + waste for the dragons of the wilderness. + +001:004 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return + and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, + They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call + them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom + the LORD hath indignation for ever. + +001:005 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be + magnified from the border of Israel. + +001:006 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then + I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, + where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, + that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy + name? + +001:007 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein + have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD + is contemptible. + +001:008 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and + if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now + unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy + person? saith the LORD of hosts. + +001:009 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto + us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? + saith the LORD of hosts. + +001:010 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for + nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I + have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will + I accept an offering at your hand. + +001:011 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the + same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every + place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure + offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith + the LORD of hosts. + +001:012 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD + is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is + contemptible. + +001:013 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have + snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that + which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an + offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. + +001:014 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, + and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for + I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is + dreadful among the heathen. + +002:001 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. + +002:002 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to + give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even + send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I + have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. + +002:003 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your + faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take + you away with it. + +002:004 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, + that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. + +002:005 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to + him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before + my name. + +002:006 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found + in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did + turn many away from iniquity. + +002:007 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should + seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD + of hosts. + +002:008 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to + stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, + saith the LORD of hosts. + +002:009 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before + all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but + have been partial in the law. + +002:010 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why + do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by + profaning the covenant of our fathers? + +002:011 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is + committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned + the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the + daughter of a strange god. + +002:012 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and + the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that + offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. + +002:013 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD + with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that + he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with + good will at your hand. + +002:014 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness + between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast + dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of + thy covenant. + +002:015 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. + And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore + take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously + against the wife of his youth. + +002:016 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting + away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the + LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye + deal not treacherously. + +002:017 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein + have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is + good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, + Where is the God of judgment? + +003:001 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way + before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to + his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye + delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. + +003:002 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand + when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like + fullers' soap: + +003:003 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he + shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and + silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in + righteousness. + +003:004 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant + unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. + +003:005 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift + witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and + against false swearers, and against those that oppress the + hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that + turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith + the LORD of hosts. + +003:006 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob + are not consumed. + +003:007 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine + ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will + return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein + shall we return? + +003:008 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein + have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. + +003:009 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this + whole nation. + +003:010 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be + meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD + of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and + pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough + to receive it. + +003:011 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall + not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine + cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of + hosts. + +003:012 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a + delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. + +003:013 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye + say, What have we spoken so much against thee? + +003:014 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it + that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked + mournfully before the LORD of hosts? + +003:015 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work + wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even + delivered. + +003:016 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and + the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance + was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that + thought upon his name. + +003:017 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day + when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man + spareth his own son that serveth him. + +003:018 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and + the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth + him not. + +004:001 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and + all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be + stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the + LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor + branch. + +004:002 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness + arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and + grow up as calves of the stall. + +004:003 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes + under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, + saith the LORD of hosts. + +004:004 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded + unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and + judgments. + +004:005 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming + of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: + +004:006 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, + and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come + and smite the earth with a curse. + +Book 40 Matthew + +001:001 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, + the son of Abraham. + +001:002 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat + Judas and his brethren; + +001:003 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat + Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; + +001:004 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and + Naasson begat Salmon; + +001:005 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; + and Obed begat Jesse; + +001:006 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat + Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; + +001:007 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia + begat Asa; + +001:008 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram + begat Ozias; + +001:009 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz + begat Ezekias; + +001:010 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon + begat Josias; + +001:011 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time + they were carried away to Babylon: + +001:012 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat + Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; + +001:013 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and + Eliakim begat Azor; + +001:014 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat + Eliud; + +001:015 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and + Matthan begat Jacob; + +001:016 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born + Jesus, who is called Christ. + +001:017 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen + generations; and from David until the carrying away into + Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away + into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. + +001:018 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his + mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, + she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. + +001:019 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to + make her a publick example, was minded to put her away + privily. + +001:020 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the + LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of + David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that + which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. + +001:021 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name + JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. + +001:022 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was + spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, + +001:023 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a + son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being + interpreted is, God with us. + +001:024 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the + Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: + +001:025 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: + and he called his name JESUS. + +002:001 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of + Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to + Jerusalem, + +002:002 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have + seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. + +002:003 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, + and all Jerusalem with him. + +002:004 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of + the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should + be born. + +002:005 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is + written by the prophet, + +002:006 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least + among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a + Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. + +002:007 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired + of them diligently what time the star appeared. + +002:008 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search + diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, + bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. + +002:009 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the + star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it + came and stood over where the young child was. + +002:010 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great + joy. + +002:011 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young + child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: + and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto + him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. + +002:012 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return + to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. + +002:013 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord + appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the + young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou + there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young + child to destroy him. + +002:014 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by + night, and departed into Egypt: + +002:015 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be + fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, + Out of Egypt have I called my son. + +002:016 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, + was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children + that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from + two years old and under, according to the time which he had + diligently enquired of the wise men. + +002:017 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the + prophet, saying, + +002:018 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and + great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not + be comforted, because they are not. + +002:019 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord + appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, + +002:020 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go + into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the + young child's life. + +002:021 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and + came into the land of Israel. + +002:022 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the + room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: + notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned + aside into the parts of Galilee: + +002:023 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might + be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be + called a Nazarene. + +003:001 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the + wilderness of Judaea, + +003:002 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. + +003:003 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, + saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye + the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. + +003:004 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a + leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and + wild honey. + +003:005 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the + region round about Jordan, + +003:006 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. + +003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to + his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who + hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? + +003:008 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: + +003:009 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our + father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones + to raise up children unto Abraham. + +003:010 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: + therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is + hewn down, and cast into the fire. + +003:011 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that + cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not + worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and + with fire: + +003:012 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his + floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn + up the chaff with unquenchable fire. + +003:013 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be + baptized of him. + +003:014 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of + thee, and comest thou to me? + +003:015 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for + thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he + suffered him. + +003:016 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of + the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he + saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting + upon him: + +003:017 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in + whom I am well pleased. + +004:001 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be + tempted of the devil. + +004:002 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was + afterward an hungred. + +004:003 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son + of God, command that these stones be made bread. + +004:004 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by + bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the + mouth of God. + +004:005 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth + him on a pinnacle of the temple, + +004:006 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself + down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge + concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, + lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. + +004:007 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt + the Lord thy God. + +004:008 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high + mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and + the glory of them; + +004:009 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou + wilt fall down and worship me. + +004:010 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is + written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only + shalt thou serve. + +004:011 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and + ministered unto him. + +004:012 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he + departed into Galilee; + +004:013 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is + upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: + +004:014 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the + prophet, saying, + +004:015 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of + the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; + +004:016 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them + which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung + up. + +004:017 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for + the kingdom of heaven is at hand. + +004:018 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, + Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into + the sea: for they were fishers. + +004:019 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers + of men. + +004:020 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. + +004:021 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the + son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee + their father, mending their nets; and he called them. + +004:022 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and + followed him. + +004:023 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their + synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and + healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among + the people. + +004:024 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto + him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and + torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and + those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and + he healed them. + +004:025 And there followed him great multitudes of people from + Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from + Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. + +005:001 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and + when he was set, his disciples came unto him: + +005:002 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, + +005:003 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of + heaven. + +005:004 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. + +005:005 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. + +005:006 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after + righteousness: for they shall be filled. + +005:007 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. + +005:008 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. + +005:009 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the + children of God. + +005:010 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: + for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. + +005:011 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, + and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my + sake. + +005:012 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in + heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before + you. + +005:013 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his + savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good + for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot + of men. + +005:014 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill + cannot be hid. + +005:015 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but + on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the + house. + +005:016 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your + good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. + +005:017 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: + I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. + +005:018 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot + or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be + fulfilled. + +005:019 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least + commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the + least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and + teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of + heaven. + +005:020 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall + exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye + shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +005:021 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt + not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the + judgment: + +005:022 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother + without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and + whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger + of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be + in danger of hell fire. + +005:023 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there + rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; + +005:024 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first + be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy + gift. + +005:025 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way + with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the + judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be + cast into prison. + +005:026 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out + thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. + +005:027 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt + not commit adultery: + +005:028 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust + after her hath committed adultery with her already in his + heart. + +005:029 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it + from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy + members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be + cast into hell. + +005:030 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it + from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy + members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be + cast into hell. + +005:031 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him + give her a writing of divorcement: + +005:032 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, + saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit + adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced + committeth adultery. + +005:033 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old + time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto + the Lord thine oaths: + +005:034 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for + it is God's throne: + +005:035 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by + Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. + +005:036 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not + make one hair white or black. + +005:037 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for + whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. + +005:038 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a + tooth for a tooth: + +005:039 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever + shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other + also. + +005:040 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy + coat, let him have thy cloak also. + +005:041 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him + twain. + +005:042 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow + of thee turn not thou away. + +005:043 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy + neighbour, and hate thine enemy. + +005:044 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse + you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which + despitefully use you, and persecute you; + +005:045 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: + for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and + sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. + +005:046 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do + not even the publicans the same? + +005:047 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than + others? do not even the publicans so? + +005:048 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in + heaven is perfect. + +006:001 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of + them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in + heaven. + +006:002 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet + before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the + streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto + you, They have their reward. + +006:003 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy + right hand doeth: + +006:004 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth + in secret himself shall reward thee openly. + +006:005 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites + are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in + the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. + Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. + +006:006 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when + thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in + secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee + openly. + +006:007 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: + for they think that they shall be heard for their much + speaking. + +006:008 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth + what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. + +006:009 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in + heaven, Hallowed be thy name. + +006:010 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in + heaven. + +006:011 Give us this day our daily bread. + +006:012 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. + +006:013 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For + thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. + Amen. + +006:014 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father + will also forgive you: + +006:015 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your + Father forgive your trespasses. + +006:016 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad + countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may + appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have + their reward. + +006:017 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy + face; + +006:018 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father + which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, + shall reward thee openly. + +006:019 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and + rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: + +006:020 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither + moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break + through nor steal: + +006:021 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +006:022 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be + single, thy whole body shall be full of light. + +006:023 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of + darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, + how great is that darkness! + +006:024 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, + and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and + despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. + +006:025 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what + ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, + what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the + body than raiment? + +006:026 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they + reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth + them. Are ye not much better than they? + +006:027 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his + stature? + +006:028 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of + the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: + +006:029 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was + not arrayed like one of these. + +006:030 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to + day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much + more clothe you, O ye of little faith? + +006:031 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What + shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? + +006:032 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your + heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. + +006:033 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; + and all these things shall be added unto you. + +006:034 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall + take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day + is the evil thereof. + +007:001 Judge not, that ye be not judged. + +007:002 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with + what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. + +007:003 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, + but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? + +007:004 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote + out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? + +007:005 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; + and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of + thy brother's eye. + +007:006 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye + your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their + feet, and turn again and rend you. + +007:007 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; + knock, and it shall be opened unto you: + +007:008 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh + findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. + +007:009 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will + he give him a stone? + +007:010 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? + +007:011 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your + children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven + give good things to them that ask him? + +007:012 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to + you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the + prophets. + +007:013 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and + broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there + be which go in thereat: + +007:014 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which + leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. + +007:015 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's + clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. + +007:016 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of + thorns, or figs of thistles? + +007:017 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a + corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. + +007:018 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a + corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. + +007:019 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, + and cast into the fire. + +007:020 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. + +007:021 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into + the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father + which is in heaven. + +007:022 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not + prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? + and in thy name done many wonderful works? + +007:023 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart + from me, ye that work iniquity. + +007:024 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth + them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house + upon a rock: + +007:025 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds + blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was + founded upon a rock. + +007:026 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth + them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his + house upon the sand: + +007:027 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds + blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the + fall of it. + +007:028 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the + people were astonished at his doctrine: + +007:029 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the + scribes. + +008:001 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes + followed him. + +008:002 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, + Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. + +008:003 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; + be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. + +008:004 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy + way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses + commanded, for a testimony unto them. + +008:005 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him + a centurion, beseeching him, + +008:006 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, + grievously tormented. + +008:007 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. + +008:008 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that + thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, + and my servant shall be healed. + +008:009 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and + I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and + he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. + +008:010 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that + followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great + faith, no, not in Israel. + +008:011 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and + west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, + in the kingdom of heaven. + +008:012 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer + darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +008:013 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou + hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was + healed in the selfsame hour. + +008:014 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's + mother laid, and sick of a fever. + +008:015 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she + arose, and ministered unto them. + +008:016 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were + possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his + word, and healed all that were sick: + +008:017 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the + prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our + sicknesses. + +008:018 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave + commandment to depart unto the other side. + +008:019 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will + follow thee whithersoever thou goest. + +008:020 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds + of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to + lay his head. + +008:021 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me + first to go and bury my father. + +008:022 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury + their dead. + +008:023 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed + him. + +008:024 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch + that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. + +008:025 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, + save us: we perish. + +008:026 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little + faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and + there was a great calm. + +008:027 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, + that even the winds and the sea obey him! + +008:028 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the + Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming + out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass + by that way. + +008:029 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with + thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment + us before the time? + +008:030 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine + feeding. + +008:031 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, + suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. + +008:032 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they + went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of + swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and + perished in the waters. + +008:033 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the + city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the + possessed of the devils. + +008:034 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when + they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of + their coasts. + +009:001 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his + own city. + +009:002 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, + lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the + sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven + thee. + +009:003 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, + This man blasphemeth. + +009:004 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil + in your hearts? + +009:005 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or + to say, Arise, and walk? + +009:006 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth + to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) + Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. + +009:007 And he arose, and departed to his house. + +009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified + God, which had given such power unto men. + +009:009 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named + Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto + him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. + +009:010 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, + behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him + and his disciples. + +009:011 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, + Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? + +009:012 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be + whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. + +009:013 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and + not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but + sinners to repentance. + +009:014 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and + the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? + +009:015 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber + mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days + will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and + then shall they fast. + +009:016 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for + that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, + and the rent is made worse. + +009:017 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles + break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but + they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. + +009:018 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a + certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even + now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall + live. + +009:019 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. + +009:020 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of + blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of + his garment: + +009:021 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I + shall be whole. + +009:022 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, + Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. + And the woman was made whole from that hour. + +009:023 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the + minstrels and the people making a noise, + +009:024 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but + sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. + +009:025 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her + by the hand, and the maid arose. + +009:026 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. + +009:027 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, + crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. + +009:028 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to + him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to + do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. + +009:029 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be + it unto you. + +009:030 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, + saying, See that no man know it. + +009:031 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in + all that country. + +009:032 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man + possessed with a devil. + +009:033 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the + multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. + +009:034 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the + prince of the devils. + +009:035 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in + their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and + healing every sickness and every disease among the people. + +009:036 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion + on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as + sheep having no shepherd. + +009:037 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is + plenteous, but the labourers are few; + +009:038 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send + forth labourers into his harvest. + +010:001 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave + them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to + heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. + +010:002 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, + Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the + son of Zebedee, and John his brother; + +010:003 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; + James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was + Thaddaeus; + +010:004 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed + him. + +010:005 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go + not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the + Samaritans enter ye not: + +010:006 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. + +010:007 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at + hand. + +010:008 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out + devils: freely ye have received, freely give. + +010:009 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, + +010:010 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, + nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. + +010:011 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who + in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. + +010:012 And when ye come into an house, salute it. + +010:013 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but + if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. + +010:014 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when + ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of + your feet. + +010:015 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land + of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that + city. + +010:016 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be + ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. + +010:017 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the + councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; + +010:018 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my + sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. + +010:019 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye + shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what + ye shall speak. + +010:020 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father + which speaketh in you. + +010:021 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the + father the child: and the children shall rise up against their + parents, and cause them to be put to death. + +010:022 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he + that endureth to the end shall be saved. + +010:023 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into + another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone + over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. + +010:024 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above + his lord. + +010:025 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and + the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the + house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his + household? + +010:026 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that + shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. + +010:027 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what + ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. + +010:028 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to + kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy + both soul and body in hell. + +010:029 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them + shall not fall on the ground without your Father. + +010:030 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. + +010:031 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many + sparrows. + +010:032 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I + confess also before my Father which is in heaven. + +010:033 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny + before my Father which is in heaven. + +010:034 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to + send peace, but a sword. + +010:035 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and + the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law + against her mother in law. + +010:036 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. + +010:037 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of + me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not + worthy of me. + +010:038 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is + not worthy of me. + +010:039 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his + life for my sake shall find it. + +010:040 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me + receiveth him that sent me. + +010:041 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall + receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous + man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous + man's reward. + +010:042 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little + ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, + verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. + +011:001 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding + his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to + preach in their cities. + +011:002 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he + sent two of his disciples, + +011:003 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look + for another? + +011:004 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again + those things which ye do hear and see: + +011:005 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers + are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and + the poor have the gospel preached to them. + +011:006 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. + +011:007 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes + concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? + A reed shaken with the wind? + +011:008 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft + raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' + houses. + +011:009 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto + you, and more than a prophet. + +011:010 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my + messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before + thee. + +011:011 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there + hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: + notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is + greater than he. + +011:012 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of + heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. + +011:013 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. + +011:014 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to + come. + +011:015 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +011:016 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto + children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their + fellows, + +011:017 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we + have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. + +011:018 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He + hath a devil. + +011:019 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold + a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and + sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. + +011:020 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty + works were done, because they repented not: + +011:021 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the + mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre + and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and + ashes. + +011:022 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and + Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. + +011:023 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be + brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been + done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained + until this day. + +011:024 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the + land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. + +011:025 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, + Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things + from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. + +011:026 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. + +011:027 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man + knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the + Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal + him. + +011:028 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I + will give you rest. + +011:029 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and + lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. + +011:030 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. + +012:001 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; + and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears + of corn and to eat. + +012:002 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy + disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath + day. + +012:003 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when + he was an hungred, and they that were with him; + +012:004 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the + shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for + them which were with him, but only for the priests? + +012:005 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days + the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are + blameless? + +012:006 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the + temple. + +012:007 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and + not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. + +012:008 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. + +012:009 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: + +012:010 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And + they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath + days? that they might accuse him. + +012:011 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that + shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath + day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? + +012:012 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is + lawful to do well on the sabbath days. + +012:013 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he + stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the + other. + +012:014 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, + how they might destroy him. + +012:015 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and + great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; + +012:016 And charged them that they should not make him known: + +012:017 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the + prophet, saying, + +012:018 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my + soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he + shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. + +012:019 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his + voice in the streets. + +012:020 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he + not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. + +012:021 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. + +012:022 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, + and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb + both spake and saw. + +012:023 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son + of David? + +012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth + not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the + devils. + +012:025 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every + kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and + every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: + +012:026 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; + how shall then his kingdom stand? + +012:027 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your + children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. + +012:028 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the + kingdom of God is come unto you. + +012:029 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil + his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he + will spoil his house. + +012:030 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth + not with me scattereth abroad. + +012:031 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy + shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy + Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. + +012:032 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall + be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy + Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, + neither in the world to come. + +012:033 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make + the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known + by his fruit. + +012:034 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good + things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth + speaketh. + +012:035 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth + forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure + bringeth forth evil things. + +012:036 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, + they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. + +012:037 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words + thou shalt be condemned. + +012:038 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, + saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. + +012:039 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous + generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be + given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: + +012:040 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's + belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights + in the heart of the earth. + +012:041 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this + generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the + preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. + +012:042 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this + generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the + uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; + and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. + +012:043 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh + through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. + +012:044 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came + out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and + garnished. + +012:045 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits + more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: + and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even + so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. + +012:046 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his + brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. + +012:047 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren + stand without, desiring to speak with thee. + +012:048 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my + mother? and who are my brethren? + +012:049 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and + said, Behold my mother and my brethren! + +012:050 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in + heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. + +013:001 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea + side. + +013:002 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that + he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on + the shore. + +013:003 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, + Behold, a sower went forth to sow; + +013:004 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the + fowls came and devoured them up: + +013:005 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: + and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of + earth: + +013:006 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they + had no root, they withered away. + +013:007 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and + choked them: + +013:008 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some + an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. + +013:009 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +013:010 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou + unto them in parables? + +013:011 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you + to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it + is not given. + +013:012 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have + more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be + taken away even that he hath. + +013:013 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see + not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. + +013:014 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, + By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing + ye shall see, and shall not perceive: + +013:015 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are + dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any + time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, + and should understand with their heart, and should be + converted, and I should heal them. + +013:016 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for + they hear. + +013:017 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous + men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have + not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and + have not heard them. + +013:018 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. + +013:019 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and + understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth + away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which + received seed by the way side. + +013:020 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is + he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; + +013:021 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for + when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, + by and by he is offended. + +013:022 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth + the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of + riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. + +013:023 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that + heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth + fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, + some thirty. + +013:024 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of + heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his + field: + +013:025 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the + wheat, and went his way. + +013:026 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, + then appeared the tares also. + +013:027 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, + Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence + then hath it tares? + +013:028 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said + unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? + +013:029 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root + up also the wheat with them. + +013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of + harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first + the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather + the wheat into my barn. + +013:031 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of + heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, + and sowed in his field: + +013:032 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, + it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that + the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. + +013:033 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is + like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three + measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. + +013:034 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; + and without a parable spake he not unto them: + +013:035 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, + saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things + which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. + +013:036 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: + and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the + parable of the tares of the field. + +013:037 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed + is the Son of man; + +013:038 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the + kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; + +013:039 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end + of the world; and the reapers are the angels. + +013:040 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so + shall it be in the end of this world. + +013:041 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall + gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them + which do iniquity; + +013:042 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be + wailing and gnashing of teeth. + +013:043 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom + of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +013:044 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a + field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy + thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that + field. + +013:045 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, + seeking goodly pearls: + +013:046 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold + all that he had, and bought it. + +013:047 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast + into the sea, and gathered of every kind: + +013:048 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and + gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. + +013:049 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come + forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, + +013:050 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be + wailing and gnashing of teeth. + +013:051 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? + They say unto him, Yea, Lord. + +013:052 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is + instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that + is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure + things new and old. + +013:053 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these + parables, he departed thence. + +013:054 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in + their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, + Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? + +013:055 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called + Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and + Judas? + +013:056 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath + this man all these things? + +013:057 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A + prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in + his own house. + +013:058 And he did not many mighty works there because of their + unbelief. + +014:001 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, + +014:002 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is + risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth + themselves in him. + +014:003 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in + prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. + +014:004 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. + +014:005 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the + multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. + +014:006 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias + danced before them, and pleased Herod. + +014:007 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she + would ask. + +014:008 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me + here John Baptist's head in a charger. + +014:009 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and + them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given + her. + +014:010 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. + +014:011 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the + damsel: and she brought it to her mother. + +014:012 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, + and went and told Jesus. + +014:013 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a + desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, + they followed him on foot out of the cities. + +014:014 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved + with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. + +014:015 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, + This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the + multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy + themselves victuals. + +014:016 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them + to eat. + +014:017 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two + fishes. + +014:018 He said, Bring them hither to me. + +014:019 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and + took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to + heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his + disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. + +014:020 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the + fragments that remained twelve baskets full. + +014:021 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside + women and children. + +014:022 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a + ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent + the multitudes away. + +014:023 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a + mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was + there alone. + +014:024 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with + waves: for the wind was contrary. + +014:025 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, + walking on the sea. + +014:026 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were + troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. + +014:027 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good + cheer; it is I; be not afraid. + +014:028 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me + come unto thee on the water. + +014:029 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the + ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. + +014:030 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and + beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. + +014:031 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught + him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore + didst thou doubt? + +014:032 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. + +014:033 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, + saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. + +014:034 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of + Gennesaret. + +014:035 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent + out into all that country round about, and brought unto him + all that were diseased; + +014:036 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his + garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. + +015:001 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of + Jerusalem, saying, + +015:002 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? + for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. + +015:003 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress + the commandment of God by your tradition? + +015:004 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, + He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. + +015:005 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, + It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; + +015:006 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. + Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by + your tradition. + +015:007 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, + +015:008 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and + honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. + +015:009 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the + commandments of men. + +015:010 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and + understand: + +015:011 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that + which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. + +015:012 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that + the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? + +015:013 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly + Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. + +015:014 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the + blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. + +015:015 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this + parable. + +015:016 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? + +015:017 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the + mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? + +015:018 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth + from the heart; and they defile the man. + +015:019 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, + adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: + +015:020 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with + unwashen hands defileth not a man. + +015:021 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre + and Sidon. + +015:022 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, + and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son + of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. + +015:023 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and + besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. + +015:024 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost + sheep of the house of Israel. + +015:025 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. + +015:026 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the + children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. + +015:027 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs + which fall from their masters' table. + +015:028 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy + faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was + made whole from that very hour. + +015:029 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of + Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. + +015:030 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those + that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast + them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: + +015:031 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb + to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the + blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. + +015:032 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have + compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now + three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them + away fasting, lest they faint in the way. + +015:033 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much + bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? + +015:034 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they + said, Seven, and a few little fishes. + +015:035 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. + +015:036 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, + and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples + to the multitude. + +015:037 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the + broken meat that was left seven baskets full. + +015:038 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and + children. + +015:039 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into + the coasts of Magdala. + +016:001 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting + desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. + +016:002 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It + will be fair weather: for the sky is red. + +016:003 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the + sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the + face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the + times? + +016:004 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and + there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the + prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. + +016:005 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had + forgotten to take bread. + +016:006 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven + of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. + +016:007 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we + have taken no bread. + +016:008 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little + faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought + no bread? + +016:009 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of + the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? + +016:010 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many + baskets ye took up? + +016:011 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you + concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the + Pharisees and of the Sadducees? + +016:012 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the + leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of + the Sadducees. + +016:013 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked + his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man + am? + +016:014 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, + Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. + +016:015 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? + +016:016 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the + Son of the living God. + +016:017 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon + Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, + but my Father which is in heaven. + +016:018 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this + rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not + prevail against it. + +016:019 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: + and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in + heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be + loosed in heaven. + +016:020 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man + that he was Jesus the Christ. + +016:021 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, + how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of + the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and + be raised again the third day. + +016:022 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it + far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. + +016:023 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: + thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things + that be of God, but those that be of men. + +016:024 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after + me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow + me. + +016:025 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever + will lose his life for my sake shall find it. + +016:026 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, + and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange + for his soul? + +016:027 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with + his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to + his works. + +016:028 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which + shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming + in his kingdom. + +017:001 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his + brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, + +017:002 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as + the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. + +017:003 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking + with him. + +017:004 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for + us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three + tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for + Elias. + +017:005 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: + and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my + beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. + +017:006 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and + were sore afraid. + +017:007 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not + afraid. + +017:008 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save + Jesus only. + +017:009 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, + saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be + risen again from the dead. + +017:010 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes + that Elias must first come? + +017:011 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first + come, and restore all things. + +017:012 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew + him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. + Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. + +017:013 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John + the Baptist. + +017:014 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a + certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, + +017:015 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore + vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the + water. + +017:016 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure + him. + +017:017 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse + generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I + suffer you? bring him hither to me. + +017:018 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and + the child was cured from that very hour. + +017:019 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could + not we cast him out? + +017:020 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily + I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, + ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; + and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. + +017:021 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. + +017:022 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son + of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: + +017:023 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised + again. And they were exceeding sorry. + +017:024 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received + tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master + pay tribute? + +017:025 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus + prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do + the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own + children, or of strangers? + +017:026 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then + are the children free. + +017:027 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the + sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh + up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a + piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. + +018:001 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is + the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? + +018:002 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the + midst of them, + +018:003 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and + become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom + of heaven. + +018:004 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, + the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. + +018:005 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name + receiveth me. + +018:006 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe + in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged + about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the + sea. + +018:007 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be + that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence + cometh! + +018:008 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, + and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into + life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet + to be cast into everlasting fire. + +018:009 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from + thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, + rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. + +018:010 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I + say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the + face of my Father which is in heaven. + +018:011 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. + +018:012 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them + be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and + goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone + astray? + +018:013 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he + rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine + which went not astray. + +018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, + that one of these little ones should perish. + +018:015 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and + tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall + hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. + +018:016 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two + more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word + may be established. + +018:017 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: + but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as + an heathen man and a publican. + +018:018 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall + be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth + shall be loosed in heaven. + +018:019 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth + as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done + for them of my Father which is in heaven. + +018:020 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there + am I in the midst of them. + +018:021 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my + brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? + +018:022 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: + but, Until seventy times seven. + +018:023 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain + king, which would take account of his servants. + +018:024 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, + which owed him ten thousand talents. + +018:025 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to + be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and + payment to be made. + +018:026 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, + Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. + +018:027 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and + loosed him, and forgave him the debt. + +018:028 But the same servant went out, and found one of his + fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid + hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that + thou owest. + +018:029 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, + saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. + +018:030 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he + should pay the debt. + +018:031 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very + sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. + +018:032 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O + thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because + thou desiredst me: + +018:033 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy + fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? + +018:034 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, + till he should pay all that was due unto him. + +018:035 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye + from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their + trespasses. + +019:001 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these + sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of + Judaea beyond Jordan; + +019:002 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. + +019:003 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying + unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for + every cause? + +019:004 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he + which made them at the beginning made them male and female, + +019:005 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, + and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one + flesh? + +019:006 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What + therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. + +019:007 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a + writing of divorcement, and to put her away? + +019:008 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your + hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the + beginning it was not so. + +019:009 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except + it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth + adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit + adultery. + +019:010 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with + his wife, it is not good to marry. + +019:011 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, + save they to whom it is given. + +019:012 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their + mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made + eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made + themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that + is able to receive it, let him receive it. + +019:013 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he + should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples + rebuked them. + +019:014 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, + to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. + +019:015 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. + +019:016 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what + good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? + +019:017 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none + good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, + keep the commandments. + +019:018 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, + Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou + shalt not bear false witness, + +019:019 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy + neighbour as thyself. + +019:020 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept + from my youth up: what lack I yet? + +019:021 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that + thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure + in heaven: and come and follow me. + +019:022 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away + sorrowful: for he had great possessions. + +019:023 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, + That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +019:024 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go + through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into + the kingdom of God. + +019:025 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, + saying, Who then can be saved? + +019:026 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is + impossible; but with God all things are possible. + +019:027 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have + forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? + +019:028 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which + have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man + shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon + twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. + +019:029 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or + sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, + for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall + inherit everlasting life. + +019:030 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be + first. + +020:001 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an + householder, which went out early in the morning to hire + labourers into his vineyard. + +020:002 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, + he sent them into his vineyard. + +020:003 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing + idle in the marketplace, + +020:004 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and + whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. + +020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did + likewise. + +020:006 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others + standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the + day idle? + +020:007 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto + them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, + that shall ye receive. + +020:008 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his + steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, + beginning from the last unto the first. + +020:009 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, + they received every man a penny. + +020:010 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have + received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. + +020:011 And when they had received it, they murmured against the + goodman of the house, + +020:012 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast + made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat + of the day. + +020:013 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no + wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? + +020:014 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this + last, even as unto thee. + +020:015 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is + thine eye evil, because I am good? + +020:016 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be + called, but few chosen. + +020:017 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples + apart in the way, and said unto them, + +020:018 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be + betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they + shall condemn him to death, + +020:019 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, + and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. + +020:020 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her + sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. + +020:021 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, + Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right + hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. + +020:022 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye + able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be + baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say + unto him, We are able. + +020:023 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and + be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to + sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but + it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my + Father. + +020:024 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation + against the two brethren. + +020:025 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the + princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they + that are great exercise authority upon them. + +020:026 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great + among you, let him be your minister; + +020:027 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your + servant: + +020:028 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to + minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. + +020:029 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed + him. + +020:030 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they + heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on + us, O Lord, thou son of David. + +020:031 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their + peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O + Lord, thou son of David. + +020:032 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye + that I shall do unto you? + +020:033 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. + +020:034 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and + immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. + +021:001 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to + Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two + disciples, + +021:002 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and + straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: + loose them, and bring them unto me. + +021:003 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath + need of them; and straightway he will send them. + +021:004 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken + by the prophet, saying, + +021:005 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto + thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an + ass. + +021:006 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, + +021:007 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their + clothes, and they set him thereon. + +021:008 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; + others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in + the way. + +021:009 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, + saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh + in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. + +021:010 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, + saying, Who is this? + +021:011 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth + of Galilee. + +021:012 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them + that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables + of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, + +021:013 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called + the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. + +021:014 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he + healed them. + +021:015 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful + things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and + saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore + displeased, + +021:016 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus + saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of + babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? + +021:017 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and + he lodged there. + +021:018 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. + +021:019 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and + found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let + no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the + fig tree withered away. + +021:020 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How + soon is the fig tree withered away! + +021:021 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If + ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which + is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this + mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it + shall be done. + +021:022 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, + ye shall receive. + +021:023 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and + the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and + said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave + thee this authority? + +021:024 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one + thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by + what authority I do these things. + +021:025 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? + And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, + From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe + him? + +021:026 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold + John as a prophet. + +021:027 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said + unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these + things. + +021:028 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to + the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. + +021:029 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, + and went. + +021:030 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered + and said, I go, sir: and went not. + +021:031 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say + unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto + you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of + God before you. + +021:032 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye + believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed + him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that + ye might believe him. + +021:033 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which + planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a + winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to + husbandmen, and went into a far country: + +021:034 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants + to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. + +021:035 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed + another, and stoned another. + +021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they + did unto them likewise. + +021:037 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will + reverence my son. + +021:038 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among + themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let + us seize on his inheritance. + +021:039 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and + slew him. + +021:040 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he + do unto those husbandmen? + +021:041 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, + and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which + shall render him the fruits in their seasons. + +021:042 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, + The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the + head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is + marvellous in our eyes? + +021:043 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken + from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits + thereof. + +021:044 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on + whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. + +021:045 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his + parables, they perceived that he spake of them. + +021:046 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the + multitude, because they took him for a prophet. + +022:001 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and + said, + +022:002 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made + a marriage for his son, + +022:003 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to + the wedding: and they would not come. + +022:004 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which + are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my + fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the + marriage. + +022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his + farm, another to his merchandise: + +022:006 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them + spitefully, and slew them. + +022:007 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent + forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up + their city. + +022:008 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they + which were bidden were not worthy. + +022:009 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall + find, bid to the marriage. + +022:010 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered + together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the + wedding was furnished with guests. + +022:011 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a + man which had not on a wedding garment: + +022:012 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not + having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. + +022:013 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, + and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there + shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +022:014 For many are called, but few are chosen. + +022:015 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might + entangle him in his talk. + +022:016 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, + saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the + way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou + regardest not the person of men. + +022:017 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give + tribute unto Caesar, or not? + +022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye + me, ye hypocrites? + +022:019 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. + +022:020 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and + superscription? + +022:021 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render + therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto + God the things that are God's. + +022:022 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, + and went their way. + +022:023 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there + is no resurrection, and asked him, + +022:024 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, + his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his + brother. + +022:025 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he + had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his + wife unto his brother: + +022:026 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. + +022:027 And last of all the woman died also. + +022:028 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the + seven? for they all had her. + +022:029 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the + scriptures, nor the power of God. + +022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in + marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. + +022:031 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read + that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, + +022:032 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of + Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. + +022:033 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his + doctrine. + +022:034 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees + to silence, they were gathered together. + +022:035 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, + tempting him, and saying, + +022:036 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? + +022:037 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all + thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. + +022:038 This is the first and great commandment. + +022:039 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour + as thyself. + +022:040 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. + +022:041 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, + +022:042 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say + unto him, The son of David. + +022:043 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him + Lord, saying, + +022:044 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I + make thine enemies thy footstool? + +022:045 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? + +022:046 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any + man from that day forth ask him any more questions. + +023:001 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, + +023:002 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: + +023:003 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe + and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do + not. + +023:004 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay + them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move + them with one of their fingers. + +023:005 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make + broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their + garments, + +023:006 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in + the synagogues, + +023:007 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, + Rabbi. + +023:008 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even + Christ; and all ye are brethren. + +023:009 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your + Father, which is in heaven. + +023:010 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even + Christ. + +023:011 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. + +023:012 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that + shall humble himself shall be exalted. + +023:013 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye + shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go + in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go + in. + +023:014 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour + widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore + ye shall receive the greater damnation. + +023:015 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye + compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is + made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than + yourselves. + +023:016 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall + swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear + by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! + +023:017 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the + temple that sanctifieth the gold? + +023:018 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but + whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. + +023:019 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the + altar that sanctifieth the gift? + +023:020 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and + by all things thereon. + +023:021 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by + him that dwelleth therein. + +023:022 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of + God, and by him that sitteth thereon. + +023:023 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay + tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the + weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: + these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other + undone. + +023:024 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. + +023:025 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make + clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within + they are full of extortion and excess. + +023:026 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the + cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. + +023:027 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are + like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful + outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all + uncleanness. + +023:028 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but + within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. + +023:029 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye + build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of + the righteous, + +023:030 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would + not have been partakers with them in the blood of the + prophets. + +023:031 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the + children of them which killed the prophets. + +023:032 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. + +023:033 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the + damnation of hell? + +023:034 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and + scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some + of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute + them from city to city: + +023:035 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the + earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of + Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple + and the altar. + +023:036 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this + generation. + +023:037 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and + stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have + gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her + chickens under her wings, and ye would not! + +023:038 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. + +023:039 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye + shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +024:001 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his + disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the + temple. + +024:002 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily + I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon + another, that shall not be thrown down. + +024:003 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came + unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things + be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end + of the world? + +024:004 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man + deceive you. + +024:005 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall + deceive many. + +024:006 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be + not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the + end is not yet. + +024:007 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against + kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and + earthquakes, in divers places. + +024:008 All these are the beginning of sorrows. + +024:009 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill + you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. + +024:010 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, + and shall hate one another. + +024:011 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. + +024:012 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax + cold. + +024:013 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be + saved. + +024:014 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the + world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end + come. + +024:015 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, + spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, + (whoso readeth, let him understand:) + +024:016 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: + +024:017 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any + thing out of his house: + +024:018 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his + clothes. + +024:019 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give + suck in those days! + +024:020 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on + the sabbath day: + +024:021 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the + beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. + +024:022 And except those days should be shortened, there should no + flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be + shortened. + +024:023 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or + there; believe it not. + +024:024 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and + shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were + possible, they shall deceive the very elect. + +024:025 Behold, I have told you before. + +024:026 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the + desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; + believe it not. + +024:027 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even + unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. + +024:028 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be + gathered together. + +024:029 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun + be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the + stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens + shall be shaken: + +024:030 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: + and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they + shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with + power and great glory. + +024:031 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, + and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, + from one end of heaven to the other. + +024:032 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet + tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: + +024:033 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that + it is near, even at the doors. + +024:034 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till + all these things be fulfilled. + +024:035 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass + away. + +024:036 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of + heaven, but my Father only. + +024:037 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the + Son of man be. + +024:038 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating + and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day + that Noe entered into the ark, + +024:039 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so + shall also the coming of the Son of man be. + +024:040 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and + the other left. + +024:041 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be + taken, and the other left. + +024:042 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth + come. + +024:043 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in + what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and + would not have suffered his house to be broken up. + +024:044 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think + not the Son of man cometh. + +024:045 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath + made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due + season? + +024:046 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall + find so doing. + +024:047 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all + his goods. + +024:048 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord + delayeth his coming; + +024:049 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and + drink with the drunken; + +024:050 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh + not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, + +024:051 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with + the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +025:001 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, + which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. + +025:002 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. + +025:003 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with + them: + +025:004 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. + +025:005 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. + +025:006 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom + cometh; go ye out to meet him. + +025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. + +025:008 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for + our lamps are gone out. + +025:009 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not + enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and + buy for yourselves. + +025:010 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that + were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was + shut. + +025:011 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, + open to us. + +025:012 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you + not. + +025:013 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour + wherein the Son of man cometh. + +025:014 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far + country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them + his goods. + +025:015 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to + another one; to every man according to his several ability; + and straightway took his journey. + +025:016 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded + with the same, and made them other five talents. + +025:017 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other + two. + +025:018 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and + hid his lord's money. + +025:019 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and + reckoneth with them. + +025:020 And so he that had received five talents came and brought + other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me + five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents + more. + +025:021 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful + servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will + make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of + thy lord. + +025:022 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, + thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained + two other talents beside them. + +025:023 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; + thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee + ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. + +025:024 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, + I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast + not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: + +025:025 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: + lo, there thou hast that is thine. + +025:026 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful + servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and + gather where I have not strawed: + +025:027 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the + exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine + own with usury. + +025:028 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which + hath ten talents. + +025:029 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have + abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even + that which he hath. + +025:030 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: + there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +025:031 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy + angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his + glory: + +025:032 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall + separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his + sheep from the goats: + +025:033 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on + the left. + +025:034 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye + blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you + from the foundation of the world: + +025:035 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and + ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: + +025:036 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was + in prison, and ye came unto me. + +025:037 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we + thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee + drink? + +025:038 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and + clothed thee? + +025:039 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? + +025:040 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto + you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of + these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. + +025:041 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from + me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil + and his angels: + +025:042 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, + and ye gave me no drink: + +025:043 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed + me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. + +025:044 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we + thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, + or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? + +025:045 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, + Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did + it not to me. + +025:046 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the + righteous into life eternal. + +026:001 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these + sayings, he said unto his disciples, + +026:002 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and + the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. + +026:003 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, + and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high + priest, who was called Caiaphas, + +026:004 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill + him. + +026:005 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar + among the people. + +026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the + leper, + +026:007 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very + precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at + meat. + +026:008 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, + To what purpose is this waste? + +026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to + the poor. + +026:010 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye + the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. + +026:011 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not + always. + +026:012 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did + it for my burial. + +026:013 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be + preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this + woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. + +026:014 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the + chief priests, + +026:015 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver + him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces + of silver. + +026:016 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. + +026:017 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the + disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that + we prepare for thee to eat the passover? + +026:018 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, + The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover + at thy house with my disciples. + +026:019 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they + made ready the passover. + +026:020 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. + +026:021 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one + of you shall betray me. + +026:022 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them + to say unto him, Lord, is it I? + +026:023 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in + the dish, the same shall betray me. + +026:024 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto + that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good + for that man if he had not been born. + +026:025 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is + it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. + +026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and + brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; + this is my body. + +026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, + saying, Drink ye all of it; + +026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for + many for the remission of sins. + +026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit + of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my + Father's kingdom. + +026:030 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount + of Olives. + +026:031 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because + of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the + shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered + abroad. + +026:032 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. + +026:033 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be + offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. + +026:034 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, + before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. + +026:035 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I + not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. + +026:036 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, + and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray + yonder. + +026:037 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and + began to be sorrowful and very heavy. + +026:038 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even + unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. + +026:039 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and + prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup + pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. + +026:040 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and + saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? + +026:041 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit + indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. + +026:042 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my + Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink + it, thy will be done. + +026:043 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were + heavy. + +026:044 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third + time, saying the same words. + +026:045 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on + now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the + Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. + +026:046 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray + me. + +026:047 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, + and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from + the chief priests and elders of the people. + +026:048 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever + I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. + +026:049 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and + kissed him. + +026:050 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then + came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. + +026:051 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out + his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high + priest's, and smote off his ear. + +026:052 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his + place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the + sword. + +026:053 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he + shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? + +026:054 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it + must be? + +026:055 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come + out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? + I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no + hold on me. + +026:056 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets + might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and + fled. + +026:057 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas + the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were + assembled. + +026:058 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, + and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. + +026:059 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought + false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; + +026:060 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet + found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, + +026:061 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of + God, and to build it in three days. + +026:062 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou + nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? + +026:063 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and + said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell + us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. + +026:064 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto + you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the + right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. + +026:065 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken + blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now + ye have heard his blasphemy. + +026:066 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. + +026:067 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others + smote him with the palms of their hands, + +026:068 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote + thee? + +026:069 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto + him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. + +026:070 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou + sayest. + +026:071 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, + and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with + Jesus of Nazareth. + +026:072 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. + +026:073 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said + to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech + bewrayeth thee. + +026:074 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the + man. And immediately the cock crew. + +026:075 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, + Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went + out, and wept bitterly. + +027:001 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of + the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: + +027:002 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered + him to Pontius Pilate the governor. + +027:003 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was + condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty + pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, + +027:004 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent + blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. + +027:005 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and + departed, and went and hanged himself. + +027:006 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is + not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is + the price of blood. + +027:007 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's + field, to bury strangers in. + +027:008 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this + day. + +027:009 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the + prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, + the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of + Israel did value; + +027:010 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed + me. + +027:011 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked + him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said + unto him, Thou sayest. + +027:012 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he + answered nothing. + +027:013 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things + they witness against thee? + +027:014 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the + governor marvelled greatly. + +027:015 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the + people a prisoner, whom they would. + +027:016 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. + +027:017 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto + them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus + which is called Christ? + +027:018 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. + +027:019 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto + him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I + have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. + +027:020 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that + they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. + +027:021 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain + will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. + +027:022 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which + is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. + +027:023 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they + cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. + +027:024 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather + a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before + the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just + person: see ye to it. + +027:025 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, + and on our children. + +027:026 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged + Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. + +027:027 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common + hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. + +027:028 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. + +027:029 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon + his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the + knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the + Jews! + +027:030 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on + the head. + +027:031 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off + from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to + crucify him. + +027:032 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by + name: him they compelled to bear his cross. + +027:033 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is + to say, a place of a skull, + +027:034 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he + had tasted thereof, he would not drink. + +027:035 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: + that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, + They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did + they cast lots. + +027:036 And sitting down they watched him there; + +027:037 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS + THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +027:038 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the + right hand, and another on the left. + +027:039 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, + +027:040 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it + in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come + down from the cross. + +027:041 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes + and elders, said, + +027:042 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of + Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will + believe him. + +027:043 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have + him: for he said, I am the Son of God. + +027:044 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same + in his teeth. + +027:045 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land + unto the ninth hour. + +027:046 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, + saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my + God, why hast thou forsaken me? + +027:047 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, + This man calleth for Elias. + +027:048 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled + it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. + +027:049 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to + save him. + +027:050 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up + the ghost. + +027:051 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the + top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks + rent; + +027:052 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints + which slept arose, + +027:053 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went + into the holy city, and appeared unto many. + +027:054 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching + Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, + they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. + +027:055 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed + Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: + +027:056 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James + and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children. + +027:057 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, + named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: + +027:058 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate + commanded the body to be delivered. + +027:059 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean + linen cloth, + +027:060 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the + rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the + sepulchre, and departed. + +027:061 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over + against the sepulchre. + +027:062 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, + the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, + +027:063 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was + yet alive, After three days I will rise again. + +027:064 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the + third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him + away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so + the last error shall be worse than the first. + +027:065 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it + as sure as ye can. + +027:066 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, + and setting a watch. + +028:001 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the + first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary + to see the sepulchre. + +028:002 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of + the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the + stone from the door, and sat upon it. + +028:003 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as + snow: + +028:004 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead + men. + +028:005 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: + for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. + +028:006 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the + place where the Lord lay. + +028:007 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from + the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there + shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. + +028:008 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and + great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. + +028:009 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met + them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the + feet, and worshipped him. + +028:010 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren + that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. + +028:011 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into + the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things + that were done. + +028:012 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken + counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, + +028:013 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him + away while we slept. + +028:014 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, + and secure you. + +028:015 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this + saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. + +028:016 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a + mountain where Jesus had appointed them. + +028:017 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. + +028:018 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given + unto me in heaven and in earth. + +028:019 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the + name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: + +028:020 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have + commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end + of the world. Amen. + +Book 41 Mark + +001:001 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; + +001:002 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger + before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. + +001:003 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way + of the Lord, make his paths straight. + +001:004 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of + repentance for the remission of sins. + +001:005 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they + of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of + Jordan, confessing their sins. + +001:006 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a + skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; + +001:007 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after + me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down + and unloose. + +001:008 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize + you with the Holy Ghost. + +001:009 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from + Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. + +001:010 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens + opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: + +001:011 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my + beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. + +001:012 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. + +001:013 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of + Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered + unto him. + +001:014 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into + Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, + +001:015 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is + at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. + +001:016 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and + Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were + fishers. + +001:017 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make + you to become fishers of men. + +001:018 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. + +001:019 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the + son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the + ship mending their nets. + +001:020 And straightway he called them: and they left their father + Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after + him. + +001:021 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath + day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. + +001:022 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them + as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. + +001:023 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; + and he cried out, + +001:024 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus + of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou + art, the Holy One of God. + +001:025 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of + him. + +001:026 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a + loud voice, he came out of him. + +001:027 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among + themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is + this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean + spirits, and they do obey him. + +001:028 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the + region round about Galilee. + +001:029 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they + entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and + John. + +001:030 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they + tell him of her. + +001:031 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and + immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. + +001:032 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all + that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. + +001:033 And all the city was gathered together at the door. + +001:034 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast + out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because + they knew him. + +001:035 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he + went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there + prayed. + +001:036 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. + +001:037 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek + for thee. + +001:038 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I + may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. + +001:039 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, + and cast out devils. + +001:040 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling + down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst + make me clean. + +001:041 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and + touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. + +001:042 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed + from him, and he was cleansed. + +001:043 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; + +001:044 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go + thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy + cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony + unto them. + +001:045 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze + abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly + enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and + they came to him from every quarter. + +002:001 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it + was noised that he was in the house. + +002:002 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that + there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about + the door: and he preached the word unto them. + +002:003 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which + was borne of four. + +002:004 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they + uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it + up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. + +002:005 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the + palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. + +002:006 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and + reasoning in their hearts, + +002:007 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins + but God only? + +002:008 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they + so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason + ye these things in your hearts? + +002:009 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins + be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and + walk? + +002:010 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth + to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) + +002:011 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way + into thine house. + +002:012 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth + before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and + glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. + +002:013 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude + resorted unto him, and he taught them. + +002:014 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting + at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he + arose and followed him. + +002:015 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, + many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and + his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. + +002:016 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans + and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he + eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? + +002:017 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole + have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came + not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. + +002:018 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: + and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John + and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? + +002:019 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber + fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have + the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. + +002:020 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken + away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. + +002:021 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: + else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, + and the rent is made worse. + +002:022 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new + wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the + bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new + bottles. + +002:023 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on + the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to + pluck the ears of corn. + +002:024 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the + sabbath day that which is not lawful? + +002:025 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when + he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with + him? + +002:026 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the + high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to + eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with + him? + +002:027 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not + man for the sabbath: + +002:028 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. + +003:001 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man + there which had a withered hand. + +003:002 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath + day; that they might accuse him. + +003:003 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand + forth. + +003:004 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath + days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held + their peace. + +003:005 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being + grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the + man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and + his hand was restored whole as the other. + +003:006 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel + with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. + +003:007 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and + a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, + +003:008 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; + and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they + had heard what great things he did, came unto him. + +003:009 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait + on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. + +003:010 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him + for to touch him, as many as had plagues. + +003:011 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, + and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. + +003:012 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him + known. + +003:013 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he + would: and they came unto him. + +003:014 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that + he might send them forth to preach, + +003:015 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: + +003:016 And Simon he surnamed Peter; + +003:017 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; + and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: + +003:018 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and + Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and + Simon the Canaanite, + +003:019 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went + into an house. + +003:020 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could + not so much as eat bread. + +003:021 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on + him: for they said, He is beside himself. + +003:022 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath + Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out + devils. + +003:023 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, + How can Satan cast out Satan? + +003:024 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom + cannot stand. + +003:025 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot + stand. + +003:026 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he + cannot stand, but hath an end. + +003:027 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his + goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he + will spoil his house. + +003:028 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the + sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall + blaspheme: + +003:029 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never + forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. + +003:030 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. + +003:031 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing + without, sent unto him, calling him. + +003:032 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, + Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. + +003:033 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my + brethren? + +003:034 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and + said, Behold my mother and my brethren! + +003:035 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my + brother, and my sister, and mother. + +004:001 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was + gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a + ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the + sea on the land. + +004:002 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them + in his doctrine, + +004:003 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: + +004:004 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, + and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. + +004:005 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; + and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of + earth: + +004:006 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had + no root, it withered away. + +004:007 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked + it, and it yielded no fruit. + +004:008 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang + up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some + sixty, and some an hundred. + +004:009 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him + hear. + +004:010 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the + twelve asked of him the parable. + +004:011 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the + mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, + all these things are done in parables: + +004:012 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they + may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be + converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. + +004:013 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then + will ye know all parables? + +004:014 The sower soweth the word. + +004:015 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; + but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh + away the word that was sown in their hearts. + +004:016 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; + who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it + with gladness; + +004:017 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: + afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the + word's sake, immediately they are offended. + +004:018 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear + the word, + +004:019 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, + and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and + it becometh unfruitful. + +004:020 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear + the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some + thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. + +004:021 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a + bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? + +004:022 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; + neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come + abroad. + +004:023 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. + +004:024 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what + measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you + that hear shall more be given. + +004:025 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, + from him shall be taken even that which he hath. + +004:026 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast + seed into the ground; + +004:027 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should + spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. + +004:028 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the + blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. + +004:029 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in + the sickle, because the harvest is come. + +004:030 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or + with what comparison shall we compare it? + +004:031 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in + the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: + +004:032 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than + all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls + of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. + +004:033 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as + they were able to hear it. + +004:034 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they + were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. + +004:035 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, + Let us pass over unto the other side. + +004:036 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even + as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other + little ships. + +004:037 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into + the ship, so that it was now full. + +004:038 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: + and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not + that we perish? + +004:039 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, + Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great + calm. + +004:040 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that + ye have no faith? + +004:041 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What + manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey + him? + +005:001 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the + country of the Gadarenes. + +005:002 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met + him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, + +005:003 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind + him, no, not with chains: + +005:004 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, + and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the + fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. + +005:005 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the + tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. + +005:006 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, + +005:007 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with + thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by + God, that thou torment me not. + +005:008 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean + spirit. + +005:009 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, + My name is Legion: for we are many. + +005:010 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out + of the country. + +005:011 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of + swine feeding. + +005:012 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the + swine, that we may enter into them. + +005:013 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits + went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran + violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about + two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. + +005:014 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and + in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was + done. + +005:015 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with + the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in + his right mind: and they were afraid. + +005:016 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was + possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. + +005:017 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. + +005:018 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed + with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. + +005:019 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to + thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done + for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. + +005:020 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great + things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. + +005:021 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other + side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the + sea. + +005:022 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, + Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, + +005:023 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at + the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on + her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. + +005:024 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and + thronged him. + +005:025 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, + +005:026 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent + all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew + worse, + +005:027 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and + touched his garment. + +005:028 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be + whole. + +005:029 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and + she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. + +005:030 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone + out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who + touched my clothes? + +005:031 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude + thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? + +005:032 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. + +005:033 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in + her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the + truth. + +005:034 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee + whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. + +005:035 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the + synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: + why troublest thou the Master any further? + +005:036 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto + the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. + +005:037 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, + and John the brother of James. + +005:038 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and + seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. + +005:039 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this + ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. + +005:040 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all + out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and + them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was + lying. + +005:041 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha + cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, + arise. + +005:042 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of + the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great + astonishment. + +005:043 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and + commanded that something should be given her to eat. + +006:001 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; + and his disciples follow him. + +006:002 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the + synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From + whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this + which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are + wrought by his hands? + +006:003 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of + James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his + sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. + +006:004 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, + but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own + house. + +006:005 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his + hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. + +006:006 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round + about the villages, teaching. + +006:007 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them + forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean + spirits; + +006:008 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their + journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in + their purse: + +006:009 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. + +006:010 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an + house, there abide till ye depart from that place. + +006:011 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye + depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a + testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be + more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, + than for that city. + +006:012 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. + +006:013 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that + were sick, and healed them. + +006:014 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) + and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, + and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. + +006:015 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a + prophet, or as one of the prophets. + +006:016 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I + beheaded: he is risen from the dead. + +006:017 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and + bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's + wife: for he had married her. + +006:018 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to + have thy brother's wife. + +006:019 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have + killed him; but she could not: + +006:020 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an + holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many + things, and heard him gladly. + +006:021 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday + made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates + of Galilee; + +006:022 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and + danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king + said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I + will give it thee. + +006:023 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will + give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. + +006:024 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I + ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. + +006:025 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and + asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger + the head of John the Baptist. + +006:026 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and + for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. + +006:027 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded + his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the + prison, + +006:028 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: + and the damsel gave it to her mother. + +006:029 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his + corpse, and laid it in a tomb. + +006:030 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and + told him all things, both what they had done, and what they + had taught. + +006:031 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert + place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, + and they had no leisure so much as to eat. + +006:032 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. + +006:033 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran + afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came + together unto him. + +006:034 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved + with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not + having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. + +006:035 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto + him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far + passed: + +006:036 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, + and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have + nothing to eat. + +006:037 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they + say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of + bread, and give them to eat? + +006:038 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And + when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. + +006:039 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon + the green grass. + +006:040 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. + +006:041 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he + looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and + gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two + fishes divided he among them all. + +006:042 And they did all eat, and were filled. + +006:043 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of + the fishes. + +006:044 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand + men. + +006:045 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the + ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while + he sent away the people. + +006:046 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to + pray. + +006:047 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, + and he alone on the land. + +006:048 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary + unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh + unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by + them. + +006:049 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it + had been a spirit, and cried out: + +006:050 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he + talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is + I; be not afraid. + +006:051 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: + and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and + wondered. + +006:052 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their + heart was hardened. + +006:053 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of + Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. + +006:054 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew + him, + +006:055 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to + carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he + was. + +006:056 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or + country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him + that they might touch if it were but the border of his + garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. + +007:001 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the + scribes, which came from Jerusalem. + +007:002 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with + defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found + fault. + +007:003 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their + hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. + +007:004 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat + not. And many other things there be, which they have received + to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and + of tables. + +007:005 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy + disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat + bread with unwashen hands? + +007:006 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of + you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me + with their lips, but their heart is far from me. + +007:007 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the + commandments of men. + +007:008 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition + of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such + like things ye do. + +007:009 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of + God, that ye may keep your own tradition. + +007:010 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso + curseth father or mother, let him die the death: + +007:011 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is + Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be + profited by me; he shall be free. + +007:012 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his + mother; + +007:013 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, + which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. + +007:014 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto + them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: + +007:015 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him + can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those + are they that defile the man. + +007:016 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. + +007:017 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his + disciples asked him concerning the parable. + +007:018 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? + Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without + entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; + +007:019 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, + and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? + +007:020 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth + the man. + +007:021 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil + thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, + +007:022 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an + evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: + +007:023 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. + +007:024 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre + and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man + know it: but he could not be hid. + +007:025 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean + spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: + +007:026 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she + besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her + daughter. + +007:027 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for + it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it + unto the dogs. + +007:028 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs + under the table eat of the children's crumbs. + +007:029 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is + gone out of thy daughter. + +007:030 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone + out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. + +007:031 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he + came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts + of Decapolis. + +007:032 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an + impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand + upon him. + +007:033 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers + into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; + +007:034 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, + Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. + +007:035 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his + tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. + +007:036 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more + he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published + it; + +007:037 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all + things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to + speak. + +008:001 In those days the multitude being very great, and having + nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith + unto them, + +008:002 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been + with me three days, and have nothing to eat: + +008:003 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will + faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. + +008:004 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy + these men with bread here in the wilderness? + +008:005 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, + Seven. + +008:006 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he + took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to + his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before + the people. + +008:007 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded + to set them also before them. + +008:008 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the + broken meat that was left seven baskets. + +008:009 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent + them away. + +008:010 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and + came into the parts of Dalmanutha. + +008:011 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, + seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. + +008:012 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this + generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There + shall no sign be given unto this generation. + +008:013 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to + the other side. + +008:014 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had + they in the ship with them more than one loaf. + +008:015 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven + of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. + +008:016 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we + have no bread. + +008:017 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, + because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither + understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? + +008:018 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do + ye not remember? + +008:019 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many + baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, + Twelve. + +008:020 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full + of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. + +008:021 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? + +008:022 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto + him, and besought him to touch him. + +008:023 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the + town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon + him, he asked him if he saw ought. + +008:024 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. + +008:025 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him + look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. + +008:026 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the + town, nor tell it to any in the town. + +008:027 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of + Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, + saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? + +008:028 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and + others, One of the prophets. + +008:029 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter + answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. + +008:030 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. + +008:031 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer + many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief + priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise + again. + +008:032 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began + to rebuke him. + +008:033 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he + rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou + savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that + be of men. + +008:034 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples + also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him + deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. + +008:035 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever + shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same + shall save it. + +008:036 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole + world, and lose his own soul? + +008:037 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? + +008:038 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in + this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the + Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his + Father with the holy angels. + +009:001 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be + some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, + till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. + +009:002 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and + John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by + themselves: and he was transfigured before them. + +009:003 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as + no fuller on earth can white them. + +009:004 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were + talking with Jesus. + +009:005 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for + us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for + thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. + +009:006 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. + +009:007 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came + out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. + +009:008 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no + man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. + +009:009 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that + they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the + Son of man were risen from the dead. + +009:010 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one + with another what the rising from the dead should mean. + +009:011 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias + must first come? + +009:012 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and + restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, + that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. + +009:013 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have + done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. + +009:014 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude + about them, and the scribes questioning with them. + +009:015 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were + greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. + +009:016 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? + +009:017 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have + brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; + +009:018 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, + and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to + thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could + not. + +009:019 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long + shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him + unto me. + +009:020 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, + straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, + and wallowed foaming. + +009:021 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came + unto him? And he said, Of a child. + +009:022 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the + waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have + compassion on us, and help us. + +009:023 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are + possible to him that believeth. + +009:024 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said + with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. + +009:025 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he + rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf + spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into + him. + +009:026 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: + and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. + +009:027 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he + arose. + +009:028 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him + privately, Why could not we cast him out? + +009:029 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, + but by prayer and fasting. + +009:030 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he + would not that any man should know it. + +009:031 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of + man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill + him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. + +009:032 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask + him. + +009:033 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked + them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the + way? + +009:034 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed + among themselves, who should be the greatest. + +009:035 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, + If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, + and servant of all. + +009:036 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and + when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, + +009:037 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, + receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not + me, but him that sent me. + +009:038 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out + devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad + him, because he followeth not us. + +009:039 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which + shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of + me. + +009:040 For he that is not against us is on our part. + +009:041 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my + name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he + shall not lose his reward. + +009:042 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that + believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were + hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. + +009:043 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee + to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into + hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: + +009:044 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. + +009:045 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee + to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into + hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: + +009:046 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. + +009:047 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for + thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than + having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: + +009:048 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. + +009:049 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice + shall be salted with salt. + +009:050 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, + wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have + peace one with another. + +010:001 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea + by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him + again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. + +010:002 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for + a man to put away his wife? tempting him. + +010:003 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command + you? + +010:004 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, + and to put her away. + +010:005 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of + your heart he wrote you this precept. + +010:006 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and + female. + +010:007 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and + cleave to his wife; + +010:008 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more + twain, but one flesh. + +010:009 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put + asunder. + +010:010 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same + matter. + +010:011 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and + marry another, committeth adultery against her. + +010:012 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to + another, she committeth adultery. + +010:013 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch + them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. + +010:014 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto + them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid + them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. + +010:015 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom + of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. + +010:016 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and + blessed them. + +010:017 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one + running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what + shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? + +010:018 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is + none good but one, that is, God. + +010:019 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not + kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, + Honour thy father and mother. + +010:020 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I + observed from my youth. + +010:021 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One + thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and + give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and + come, take up the cross, and follow me. + +010:022 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he + had great possessions. + +010:023 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, + How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom + of God! + +010:024 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus + answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it + for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of + God! + +010:025 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, + than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. + +010:026 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among + themselves, Who then can be saved? + +010:027 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, + but not with God: for with God all things are possible. + +010:028 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and + have followed thee. + +010:029 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is + no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or + father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my + sake, and the gospel's, + +010:030 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, + and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and + lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal + life. + +010:031 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. + +010:032 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went + before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they + were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell + them what things should happen unto him, + +010:033 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man + shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the + scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall + deliver him to the Gentiles: + +010:034 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit + upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise + again. + +010:035 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, + saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us + whatsoever we shall desire. + +010:036 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? + +010:037 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy + right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. + +010:038 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye + drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the + baptism that I am baptized with? + +010:039 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye + shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the + baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: + +010:040 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to + give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. + +010:041 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased + with James and John. + +010:042 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know + that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles + exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise + authority upon them. + +010:043 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great + among you, shall be your minister: + +010:044 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of + all. + +010:045 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to + minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. + +010:046 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with + his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, + the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. + +010:047 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to + cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. + +010:048 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he + cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on + me. + +010:049 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And + they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, + rise; he calleth thee. + +010:050 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. + +010:051 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I + should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I + might receive my sight. + +010:052 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee + whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed + Jesus in the way. + +011:001 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and + Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his + disciples, + +011:002 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against + you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a + colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. + +011:003 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the + Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him + hither. + +011:004 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door + without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. + +011:005 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do + ye, loosing the colt? + +011:006 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they + let them go. + +011:007 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on + him; and he sat upon him. + +011:008 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down + branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. + +011:009 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, + saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the + Lord: + +011:010 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the + name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. + +011:011 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and + when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the + eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. + +011:012 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was + hungry: + +011:013 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if + haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, + he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. + +011:014 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee + hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. + +011:015 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, + and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, + and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats + of them that sold doves; + +011:016 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel + through the temple. + +011:017 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house + shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye + have made it a den of thieves. + +011:018 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how + they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the + people was astonished at his doctrine. + +011:019 And when even was come, he went out of the city. + +011:020 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree + dried up from the roots. + +011:021 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, + behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. + +011:022 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. + +011:023 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this + mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and + shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those + things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have + whatsoever he saith. + +011:024 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when + ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. + +011:025 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against + any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you + your trespasses. + +011:026 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in + heaven forgive your trespasses. + +011:027 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the + temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, + and the elders, + +011:028 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? + and who gave thee this authority to do these things? + +011:029 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you + one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what + authority I do these things. + +011:030 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. + +011:031 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, + From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? + +011:032 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all + men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. + +011:033 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And + Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what + authority I do these things. + +012:001 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man + planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a + place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to + husbandmen, and went into a far country. + +012:002 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he + might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the + vineyard. + +012:003 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. + +012:004 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they + cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away + shamefully handled. + +012:005 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many + others; beating some, and killing some. + +012:006 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him + also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. + +012:007 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; + come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. + +012:008 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the + vineyard. + +012:009 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come + and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto + others. + +012:010 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the + builders rejected is become the head of the corner: + +012:011 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? + +012:012 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for + they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and + they left him, and went their way. + +012:013 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the + Herodians, to catch him in his words. + +012:014 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know + that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest + not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: + Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? + +012:015 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their + hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, + that I may see it. + +012:016 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this + image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. + +012:017 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the + things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are + God's. And they marvelled at him. + +012:018 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no + resurrection; and they asked him, saying, + +012:019 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave + his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother + should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. + +012:020 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and + dying left no seed. + +012:021 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: + and the third likewise. + +012:022 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman + died also. + +012:023 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose + wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. + +012:024 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, + because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? + +012:025 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, + nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in + heaven. + +012:026 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in + the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, + I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of + Jacob? + +012:027 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye + therefore do greatly err. + +012:028 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning + together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked + him, Which is the first commandment of all? + +012:029 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, + Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: + +012:030 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and + with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy + strength: this is the first commandment. + +012:031 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy + neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater + than these. + +012:032 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the + truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: + +012:033 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the + understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the + strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than + all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. + +012:034 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto + him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man + after that durst ask him any question. + +012:035 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, + How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? + +012:036 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my + Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy + footstool. + +012:037 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he + then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. + +012:038 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, + which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the + marketplaces, + +012:039 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms + at feasts: + +012:040 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long + prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. + +012:041 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the + people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich + cast in much. + +012:042 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two + mites, which make a farthing. + +012:043 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, + Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, + than all they which have cast into the treasury: + +012:044 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her + want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. + +013:001 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith + unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings + are here! + +013:002 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great + buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, + that shall not be thrown down. + +013:003 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the + temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him + privately, + +013:004 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the + sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? + +013:005 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man + deceive you: + +013:006 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall + deceive many. + +013:007 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not + troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not + be yet. + +013:008 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against + kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and + there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings + of sorrows. + +013:009 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to + councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye + shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a + testimony against them. + +013:010 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. + +013:011 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no + thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye + premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, + that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy + Ghost. + +013:012 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the + father the son; and children shall rise up against their + parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. + +013:013 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he + that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. + +013:014 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of + by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him + that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee + to the mountains: + +013:015 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the + house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his + house: + +013:016 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to + take up his garment. + +013:017 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give + suck in those days! + +013:018 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. + +013:019 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from + the beginning of the creation which God created unto this + time, neither shall be. + +013:020 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh + should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath + chosen, he hath shortened the days. + +013:021 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, + lo, he is there; believe him not: + +013:022 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall + shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even + the elect. + +013:023 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. + +013:024 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be + darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, + +013:025 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in + heaven shall be shaken. + +013:026 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds + with great power and glory. + +013:027 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together + his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the + earth to the uttermost part of heaven. + +013:028 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet + tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: + +013:029 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to + pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. + +013:030 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, + till all these things be done. + +013:031 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass + away. + +013:032 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the + angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. + +013:033 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time + is. + +013:034 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left + his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every + man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. + +013:035 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the + house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, + or in the morning: + +013:036 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. + +013:037 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. + +014:001 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of + unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought + how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. + +014:002 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar + of the people. + +014:003 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he + sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of + ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, + and poured it on his head. + +014:004 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, + and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? + +014:005 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, + and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against + her. + +014:006 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath + wrought a good work on me. + +014:007 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will + ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. + +014:008 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint + my body to the burying. + +014:009 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be + preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath + done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. + +014:010 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief + priests, to betray him unto them. + +014:011 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give + him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. + +014:012 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the + passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we + go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? + +014:013 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto + them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man + bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. + +014:014 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the + house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I + shall eat the passover with my disciples? + +014:015 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and + prepared: there make ready for us. + +014:016 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and + found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the + passover. + +014:017 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. + +014:018 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto + you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. + +014:019 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by + one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? + +014:020 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, + that dippeth with me in the dish. + +014:021 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe + to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it + for that man if he had never been born. + +014:022 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake + it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. + +014:023 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it + to them: and they all drank of it. + +014:024 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, + which is shed for many. + +014:025 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of + the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of + God. + +014:026 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount + of Olives. + +014:027 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of + me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, + and the sheep shall be scattered. + +014:028 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. + +014:029 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet + will not I. + +014:030 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this + day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou + shalt deny me thrice. + +014:031 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I + will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. + +014:032 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he + saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. + +014:033 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to + be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; + +014:034 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto + death: tarry ye here, and watch. + +014:035 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and + prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from + him. + +014:036 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; + take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but + what thou wilt. + +014:037 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto + Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? + +014:038 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit + truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. + +014:039 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. + +014:040 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their + eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. + +014:041 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on + now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; + behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. + +014:042 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. + +014:043 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the + twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, + from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. + +014:044 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, + Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead + him away safely. + +014:045 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and + saith, Master, master; and kissed him. + +014:046 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. + +014:047 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a + servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. + +014:048 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as + against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? + +014:049 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me + not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. + +014:050 And they all forsook him, and fled. + +014:051 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen + cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold + on him: + +014:052 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. + +014:053 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were + assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the + scribes. + +014:054 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the + high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself + at the fire. + +014:055 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness + against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. + +014:056 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness + agreed not together. + +014:057 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, + saying, + +014:058 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with + hands, and within three days I will build another made without + hands. + +014:059 But neither so did their witness agree together. + +014:060 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, + saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness + against thee? + +014:061 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high + priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the + Son of the Blessed? + +014:062 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting + on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of + heaven. + +014:063 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we + any further witnesses? + +014:064 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all + condemned him to be guilty of death. + +014:065 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to + buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants + did strike him with the palms of their hands. + +014:066 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of + the maids of the high priest: + +014:067 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, + and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. + +014:068 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what + thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock + crew. + +014:069 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood + by, This is one of them. + +014:070 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by + said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art + a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. + +014:071 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this + man of whom ye speak. + +014:072 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind + the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, + thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he + wept. + +015:001 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a + consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole + council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered + him to Pilate. + +015:002 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he + answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. + +015:003 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he + answered nothing. + +015:004 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? + behold how many things they witness against thee. + +015:005 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. + +015:006 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, + whomsoever they desired. + +015:007 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them + that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder + in the insurrection. + +015:008 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he + had ever done unto them. + +015:009 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto + you the King of the Jews? + +015:010 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. + +015:011 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather + release Barabbas unto them. + +015:012 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye + then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the + Jews? + +015:013 And they cried out again, Crucify him. + +015:014 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And + they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. + +015:015 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released + Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged + him, to be crucified. + +015:016 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called + Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. + +015:017 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of + thorns, and put it about his head, + +015:018 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! + +015:019 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon + him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. + +015:020 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from + him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to + crucify him. + +015:021 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming + out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear + his cross. + +015:022 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being + interpreted, The place of a skull. + +015:023 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he + received it not. + +015:024 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, + casting lots upon them, what every man should take. + +015:025 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. + +015:026 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE + KING OF THE JEWS. + +015:027 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right + hand, and the other on his left. + +015:028 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was + numbered with the transgressors. + +015:029 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, + and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest + it in three days, + +015:030 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. + +015:031 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves + with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. + +015:032 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that + we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him + reviled him. + +015:033 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the + whole land until the ninth hour. + +015:034 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, + Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My + God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? + +015:035 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, + Behold, he calleth Elias. + +015:036 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on + a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see + whether Elias will come to take him down. + +015:037 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. + +015:038 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to + the bottom. + +015:039 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that + he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this + man was the Son of God. + +015:040 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary + Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, + and Salome; + +015:041 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and + ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with + him unto Jerusalem. + +015:042 And now when the even was come, because it was the + preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, + +015:043 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also + waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto + Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. + +015:044 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto + him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while + dead. + +015:045 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to + Joseph. + +015:046 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him + in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out + of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. + +015:047 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where + he was laid. + +016:001 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the + mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that + they might come and anoint him. + +016:002 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they + came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. + +016:003 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the + stone from the door of the sepulchre? + +016:004 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: + for it was very great. + +016:005 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting + on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they + were affrighted. + +016:006 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of + Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: + behold the place where they laid him. + +016:007 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth + before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said + unto you. + +016:008 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for + they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to + any man; for they were afraid. + +016:009 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he + appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast + seven devils. + +016:010 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they + mourned and wept. + +016:011 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been + seen of her, believed not. + +016:012 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as + they walked, and went into the country. + +016:013 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed + they them. + +016:014 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and + upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, + because they believed not them which had seen him after he was + risen. + +016:015 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach + the gospel to every creature. + +016:016 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that + believeth not shall be damned. + +016:017 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name + shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; + +016:018 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly + thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the + sick, and they shall recover. + +016:019 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received + up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. + +016:020 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord + working with them, and confirming the word with signs + following. Amen. + +Book 42 Luke + +001:001 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a + declaration of those things which are most surely believed + among us, + +001:002 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning + were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; + +001:003 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of + all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, + most excellent Theophilus, + +001:004 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein + thou hast been instructed. + +001:005 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain + priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife + was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. + +001:006 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the + commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. + +001:007 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and + they both were now well stricken in years. + +001:008 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's + office before God in the order of his course, + +001:009 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to + burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. + +001:010 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at + the time of incense. + +001:011 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on + the right side of the altar of incense. + +001:012 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell + upon him. + +001:013 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy + prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, + and thou shalt call his name John. + +001:014 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice + at his birth. + +001:015 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall + drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled + with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. + +001:016 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord + their God. + +001:017 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, + to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the + disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people + prepared for the Lord. + +001:018 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? + for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. + +001:019 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that + stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, + and to shew thee these glad tidings. + +001:020 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until + the day that these things shall be performed, because thou + believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their + season. + +001:021 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he + tarried so long in the temple. + +001:022 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they + perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he + beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. + +001:023 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his + ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. + +001:024 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid + herself five months, saying, + +001:025 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked + on me, to take away my reproach among men. + +001:026 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God + unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, + +001:027 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the + house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. + +001:028 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art + highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among + women. + +001:029 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast + in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. + +001:030 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast + found favour with God. + +001:031 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth + a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. + +001:032 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: + and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father + David: + +001:033 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of + his kingdom there shall be no end. + +001:034 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I + know not a man? + +001:035 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall + come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow + thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of + thee shall be called the Son of God. + +001:036 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a + son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who + was called barren. + +001:037 For with God nothing shall be impossible. + +001:038 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me + according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. + +001:039 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country + with haste, into a city of Juda; + +001:040 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted + Elisabeth. + +001:041 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation + of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled + with the Holy Ghost: + +001:042 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art + thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. + +001:043 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should + come to me? + +001:044 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in + mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. + +001:045 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a + performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. + +001:046 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, + +001:047 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. + +001:048 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, + behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. + +001:049 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy + is his name. + +001:050 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to + generation. + +001:051 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the + proud in the imagination of their hearts. + +001:052 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them + of low degree. + +001:053 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he + hath sent empty away. + +001:054 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his + mercy; + +001:055 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for + ever. + +001:056 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to + her own house. + +001:057 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; + and she brought forth a son. + +001:058 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had + shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. + +001:059 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to + circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the + name of his father. + +001:060 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be + called John. + +001:061 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is + called by this name. + +001:062 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him + called. + +001:063 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name + is John. And they marvelled all. + +001:064 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, + and he spake, and praised God. + +001:065 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all + these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill + country of Judaea. + +001:066 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, + saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of + the Lord was with him. + +001:067 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and + prophesied, saying, + +001:068 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and + redeemed his people, + +001:069 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of + his servant David; + +001:070 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been + since the world began: + +001:071 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of + all that hate us; + +001:072 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember + his holy covenant; + +001:073 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, + +001:074 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of + the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, + +001:075 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our + life. + +001:076 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: + for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his + ways; + +001:077 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the + remission of their sins, + +001:078 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring + from on high hath visited us, + +001:079 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow + of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. + +001:080 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the + deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. + +002:001 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a + decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be + taxed. + +002:002 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of + Syria.) + +002:003 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. + +002:004 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of + Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called + Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) + +002:005 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with + child. + +002:006 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were + accomplished that she should be delivered. + +002:007 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in + swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was + no room for them in the inn. + +002:008 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the + field, keeping watch over their flock by night. + +002:009 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory + of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. + +002:010 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring + you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. + +002:011 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, + which is Christ the Lord. + +002:012 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe + wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. + +002:013 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the + heavenly host praising God, and saying, + +002:014 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will + toward men. + +002:015 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them + into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go + even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, + which the Lord hath made known unto us. + +002:016 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the + babe lying in a manger. + +002:017 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying + which was told them concerning this child. + +002:018 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were + told them by the shepherds. + +002:019 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her + heart. + +002:020 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for + all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told + unto them. + +002:021 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of + the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of + the angel before he was conceived in the womb. + +002:022 And when the days of her purification according to the law of + Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to + present him to the Lord; + +002:023 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that + openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) + +002:024 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in + the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young + pigeons. + +002:025 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was + Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the + consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. + +002:026 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should + not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. + +002:027 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the + parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the + custom of the law, + +002:028 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, + +002:029 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according + to thy word: + +002:030 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, + +002:031 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; + +002:032 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people + Israel. + +002:033 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were + spoken of him. + +002:034 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, + Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of + many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; + +002:035 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that + the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. + +002:036 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, + of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived + with an husband seven years from her virginity; + +002:037 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which + departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and + prayers night and day. + +002:038 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the + Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption + in Jerusalem. + +002:039 And when they had performed all things according to the law of + the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city + Nazareth. + +002:040 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with + wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. + +002:041 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of + the passover. + +002:042 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem + after the custom of the feast. + +002:043 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the + child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his + mother knew not of it. + +002:044 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a + day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and + acquaintance. + +002:045 And when they found him not, they turned back again to + Jerusalem, seeking him. + +002:046 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in + the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing + them, and asking them questions. + +002:047 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding + and answers. + +002:048 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said + unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy + father and I have sought thee sorrowing. + +002:049 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye + not that I must be about my Father's business? + +002:050 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. + +002:051 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was + subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in + her heart. + +002:052 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with + God and man. + +003:001 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, + Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being + tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of + Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the + tetrarch of Abilene, + +003:002 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God + came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. + +003:003 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the + baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; + +003:004 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the + prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, + Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. + +003:005 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill + shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, + and the rough ways shall be made smooth; + +003:006 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. + +003:007 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized + of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee + from the wrath to come? + +003:008 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin + not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: + for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise + up children unto Abraham. + +003:009 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every + tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn + down, and cast into the fire. + +003:010 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? + +003:011 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let + him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let + him do likewise. + +003:012 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, + Master, what shall we do? + +003:013 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is + appointed you. + +003:014 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what + shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, + neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. + +003:015 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in + their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; + +003:016 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with + water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose + shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with + the Holy Ghost and with fire: + +003:017 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his + floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the + chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. + +003:018 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the + people. + +003:019 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his + brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had + done, + +003:020 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. + +003:021 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that + Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, + +003:022 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove + upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art + my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. + +003:023 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being + (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of + Heli, + +003:024 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which + was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was + the son of Joseph, + +003:025 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, + which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which + was the son of Nagge, + +003:026 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, + which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which + was the son of Juda, + +003:027 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which + was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, + which was the son of Neri, + +003:028 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which + was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was + the son of Er, + +003:029 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which + was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was + the son of Levi, + +003:030 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which + was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was + the son of Eliakim, + +003:031 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which + was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which + was the son of David, + +003:032 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which + was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was + the son of Naasson, + +003:033 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, + which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which + was the son of Juda, + +003:034 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which + was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was + the son of Nachor, + +003:035 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which + was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was + the son of Sala, + +003:036 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, + which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was + the son of Lamech, + +003:037 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, + which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, + which was the son of Cainan, + +003:038 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which + was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. + +004:001 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, + and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, + +004:002 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he + did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward + hungered. + +004:003 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, + command this stone that it be made bread. + +004:004 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall + not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. + +004:005 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed + unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. + +004:006 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, + and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to + whomsoever I will I give it. + +004:007 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. + +004:008 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, + Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, + and him only shalt thou serve. + +004:009 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of + the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast + thyself down from hence: + +004:010 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, + to keep thee: + +004:011 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time + thou dash thy foot against a stone. + +004:012 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not + tempt the Lord thy God. + +004:013 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed + from him for a season. + +004:014 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: + and there went out a fame of him through all the region round + about. + +004:015 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. + +004:016 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as + his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, + and stood up for to read. + +004:017 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet + Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place + where it was written, + +004:018 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me + to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the + brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and + recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that + are bruised, + +004:019 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. + +004:020 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, + and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the + synagogue were fastened on him. + +004:021 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture + fulfilled in your ears. + +004:022 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words + which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this + Joseph's son? + +004:023 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this + proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard + done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. + +004:024 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in + his own country. + +004:025 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the + days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six + months, when great famine was throughout all the land; + +004:026 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a + city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. + +004:027 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the + prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the + Syrian. + +004:028 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, + were filled with wrath, + +004:029 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto + the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they + might cast him down headlong. + +004:030 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, + +004:031 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them + on the sabbath days. + +004:032 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was + with power. + +004:033 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an + unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, + +004:034 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus + of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou + art; the Holy One of God. + +004:035 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of + him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came + out of him, and hurt him not. + +004:036 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, + What a word is this! for with authority and power he + commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. + +004:037 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country + round about. + +004:038 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's + house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; + and they besought him for her. + +004:039 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: + and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. + +004:040 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with + divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands + on every one of them, and healed them. + +004:041 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou + art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them + not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. + +004:042 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: + and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, + that he should not depart from them. + +004:043 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to + other cities also: for therefore am I sent. + +004:044 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. + +005:001 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to + hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, + +005:002 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were + gone out of them, and were washing their nets. + +005:003 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and + prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. + And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. + +005:004 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out + into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. + +005:005 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all + the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I + will let down the net. + +005:006 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude + of fishes: and their net brake. + +005:007 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other + ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and + filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. + +005:008 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, + Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. + +005:009 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the + draught of the fishes which they had taken: + +005:010 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which + were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; + from henceforth thou shalt catch men. + +005:011 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook + all, and followed him. + +005:012 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a + man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and + besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me + clean. + +005:013 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be + thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. + +005:014 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to + the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses + commanded, for a testimony unto them. + +005:015 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and + great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by + him of their infirmities. + +005:016 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. + +005:017 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that + there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which + were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and + Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. + +005:018 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a + palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him + before him. + +005:019 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him + in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and + let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst + before Jesus. + +005:020 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins + are forgiven thee. + +005:021 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who + is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but + God alone? + +005:022 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said + unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? + +005:023 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to + say, Rise up and walk? + +005:024 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth + to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say + unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine + house. + +005:025 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that + whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. + +005:026 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were + filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. + +005:027 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, + named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto + him, Follow me. + +005:028 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. + +005:029 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there + was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down + with them. + +005:030 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his + disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and + sinners? + +005:031 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need + not a physician; but they that are sick. + +005:032 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. + +005:033 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast + often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the + Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? + +005:034 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the + bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? + +005:035 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken + away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. + +005:036 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece + of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new + maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new + agreeth not with the old. + +005:037 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new + wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles + shall perish. + +005:038 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are + preserved. + +005:039 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: + for he saith, The old is better. + +006:001 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, + that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples + plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their + hands. + +006:002 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that + which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? + +006:003 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as + this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they + which were with him; + +006:004 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the + shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it + is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? + +006:005 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the + sabbath. + +006:006 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered + into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right + hand was withered. + +006:007 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would + heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation + against him. + +006:008 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the + withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he + arose and stood forth. + +006:009 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it + lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save + life, or to destroy it? + +006:010 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, + Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was + restored whole as the other. + +006:011 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with + another what they might do to Jesus. + +006:012 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a + mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. + +006:013 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of + them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; + +006:014 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, + James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, + +006:015 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon + called Zelotes, + +006:016 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also + was the traitor. + +006:017 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the + company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out + of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre + and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their + diseases; + +006:018 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were + healed. + +006:019 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went + virtue out of him, and healed them all. + +006:020 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed + be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. + +006:021 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. + Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. + +006:022 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall + separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and + cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. + +006:023 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your + reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their + fathers unto the prophets. + +006:024 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your + consolation. + +006:025 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you + that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. + +006:026 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did + their fathers to the false prophets. + +006:027 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to + them which hate you, + +006:028 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which + despitefully use you. + +006:029 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the + other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take + thy coat also. + +006:030 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh + away thy goods ask them not again. + +006:031 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them + likewise. + +006:032 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for + sinners also love those that love them. + +006:033 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank + have ye? for sinners also do even the same. + +006:034 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank + have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much + again. + +006:035 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for + nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be + the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the + unthankful and to the evil. + +006:036 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. + +006:037 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye + shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: + +006:038 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed + down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give + into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal + it shall be measured to you again. + +006:039 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the + blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? + +006:040 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is + perfect shall be as his master. + +006:041 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, + but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? + +006:042 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull + out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest + not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast + out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou + see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. + +006:043 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth + a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. + +006:044 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do + not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. + +006:045 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth + forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil + treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for + of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. + +006:046 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I + say? + +006:047 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth + them, I will shew you to whom he is like: + +006:048 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and + laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the + stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake + it: for it was founded upon a rock. + +006:049 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without + a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the + stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the + ruin of that house was great. + +007:001 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the + people, he entered into Capernaum. + +007:002 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was + sick, and ready to die. + +007:003 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the + Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. + +007:004 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, + saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: + +007:005 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. + +007:006 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from + the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, + Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou + shouldest enter under my roof: + +007:007 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: + but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. + +007:008 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me + soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to + another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and + he doeth it. + +007:009 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned + him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say + unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. + +007:010 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the + servant whole that had been sick. + +007:011 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city + called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much + people. + +007:012 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there + was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and + she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. + +007:013 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said + unto her, Weep not. + +007:014 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood + still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. + +007:015 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he + delivered him to his mother. + +007:016 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, + That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath + visited his people. + +007:017 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and + throughout all the region round about. + +007:018 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. + +007:019 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to + Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for + another? + +007:020 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath + sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or + look we for another? + +007:021 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and + plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he + gave sight. + +007:022 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell + John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind + see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, + the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. + +007:023 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. + +007:024 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to + speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into + the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? + +007:025 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft + raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and + live delicately, are in kings' courts. + +007:026 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto + you, and much more than a prophet. + +007:027 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger + before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. + +007:028 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there + is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is + least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. + +007:029 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, + justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. + +007:030 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God + against themselves, being not baptized of him. + +007:031 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of + this generation? and to what are they like? + +007:032 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and + calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, + and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have + not wept. + +007:033 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking + wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. + +007:034 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold + a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and + sinners! + +007:035 But wisdom is justified of all her children. + +007:036 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with + him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to + meat. + +007:037 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she + knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought + an alabaster box of ointment, + +007:038 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash + his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her + head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the + ointment. + +007:039 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake + within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would + have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth + him: for she is a sinner. + +007:040 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to + say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. + +007:041 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one + owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. + +007:042 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them + both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? + +007:043 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave + most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. + +007:044 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou + this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no + water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and + wiped them with the hairs of her head. + +007:045 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came + in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. + +007:046 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath + anointed my feet with ointment. + +007:047 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are + forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, + the same loveth little. + +007:048 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. + +007:049 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within + themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? + +007:050 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in + peace. + +008:001 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every + city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of + the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, + +008:002 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and + infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven + devils, + +008:003 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and + many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. + +008:004 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to + him out of every city, he spake by a parable: + +008:005 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell + by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the + air devoured it. + +008:006 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it + withered away, because it lacked moisture. + +008:007 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, + and choked it. + +008:008 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit + an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, + He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +008:009 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable + be? + +008:010 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the + kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they + might not see, and hearing they might not understand. + +008:011 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. + +008:012 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the + devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they + should believe and be saved. + +008:013 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the + word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while + believe, and in time of temptation fall away. + +008:014 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they + have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and + pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. + +008:015 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and + good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth + fruit with patience. + +008:016 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a + vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a + candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. + +008:017 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; + neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come + abroad. + +008:018 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him + shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be + taken even that which he seemeth to have. + +008:019 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not + come at him for the press. + +008:020 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy + brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. + +008:021 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren + are these which hear the word of God, and do it. + +008:022 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship + with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto + the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. + +008:023 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm + of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were + in jeopardy. + +008:024 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, + we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging + of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. + +008:025 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being + afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is + this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they + obey him. + +008:026 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is + over against Galilee. + +008:027 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city + a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no + clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. + +008:028 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and + with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, + thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. + +008:029 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the + man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound + with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was + driven of the devil into the wilderness.) + +008:030 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, + Legion: because many devils were entered into him. + +008:031 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out + into the deep. + +008:032 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the + mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to + enter into them. And he suffered them. + +008:033 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the + swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the + lake, and were choked. + +008:034 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went + and told it in the city and in the country. + +008:035 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, + and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, + sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: + and they were afraid. + +008:036 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was + possessed of the devils was healed. + +008:037 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round + about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken + with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned + back again. + +008:038 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him + that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, + +008:039 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath + done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout + the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. + +008:040 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people + gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. + +008:041 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler + of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and + besought him that he would come into his house: + +008:042 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and + she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. + +008:043 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had + spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed + of any, + +008:044 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and + immediately her issue of blood stanched. + +008:045 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and + they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng + thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? + +008:046 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that + virtue is gone out of me. + +008:047 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came + trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him + before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and + how she was healed immediately. + +008:048 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith + hath made thee whole; go in peace. + +008:049 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the + synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; + trouble not the Master. + +008:050 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: + believe only, and she shall be made whole. + +008:051 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, + save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother + of the maiden. + +008:052 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is + not dead, but sleepeth. + +008:053 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. + +008:054 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, + saying, Maid, arise. + +008:055 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he + commanded to give her meat. + +008:056 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they + should tell no man what was done. + +009:001 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them + power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. + +009:002 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the + sick. + +009:003 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither + staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have + two coats apiece. + +009:004 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence + depart. + +009:005 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that + city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony + against them. + +009:006 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the + gospel, and healing every where. + +009:007 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and + he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John + was risen from the dead; + +009:008 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one + of the old prophets was risen again. + +009:009 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom + I hear such things? And he desired to see him. + +009:010 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that + they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into + a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. + +009:011 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he + received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and + healed them that had need of healing. + +009:012 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and + said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into + the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get + victuals: for we are here in a desert place. + +009:013 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We + have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should + go and buy meat for all this people. + +009:014 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his + disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. + +009:015 And they did so, and made them all sit down. + +009:016 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking + up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the + disciples to set before the multitude. + +009:017 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up + of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. + +009:018 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples + were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people + that I am? + +009:019 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; + and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. + +009:020 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering + said, The Christ of God. + +009:021 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no + man that thing; + +009:022 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be + rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be + slain, and be raised the third day. + +009:023 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let + him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. + +009:024 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever + will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. + +009:025 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and + lose himself, or be cast away? + +009:026 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him + shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own + glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. + +009:027 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which + shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. + +009:028 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, + he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain + to pray. + +009:029 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, + and his raiment was white and glistering. + +009:030 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses + and Elias: + +009:031 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he + should accomplish at Jerusalem. + +009:032 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: + and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men + that stood with him. + +009:033 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said + unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us + make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and + one for Elias: not knowing what he said. + +009:034 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed + them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. + +009:035 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my + beloved Son: hear him. + +009:036 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they + kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those + things which they had seen. + +009:037 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come + down from the hill, much people met him. + +009:038 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I + beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. + +009:039 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and + it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly + departeth from him. + +009:040 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could + not. + +009:041 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, + how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son + hither. + +009:042 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare + him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the + child, and delivered him again to his father. + +009:043 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while + they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said + unto his disciples, + +009:044 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man + shall be delivered into the hands of men. + +009:045 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, + that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that + saying. + +009:046 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should + be greatest. + +009:047 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a + child, and set him by him, + +009:048 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my + name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth + him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same + shall be great. + +009:049 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out + devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth + not with us. + +009:050 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not + against us is for us. + +009:051 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be + received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, + +009:052 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and + entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for + him. + +009:053 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though + he would go to Jerusalem. + +009:054 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, + Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, + and consume them, even as Elias did? + +009:055 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what + manner of spirit ye are of. + +009:056 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to + save them. And they went to another village. + +009:057 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain + man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou + goest. + +009:058 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the + air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his + head. + +009:059 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer + me first to go and bury my father. + +009:060 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou + and preach the kingdom of God. + +009:061 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me + first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. + +009:062 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the + plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. + +010:001 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and + sent them two and two before his face into every city and + place, whither he himself would come. + +010:002 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but + the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the + harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. + +010:003 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. + +010:004 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man + by the way. + +010:005 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to + this house. + +010:006 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon + it: if not, it shall turn to you again. + +010:007 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things + as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not + from house to house. + +010:008 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat + such things as are set before you: + +010:009 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The + kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. + +010:010 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, + go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, + +010:011 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do + wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that + the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. + +010:012 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that + day for Sodom, than for that city. + +010:013 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the + mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been + done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in + sackcloth and ashes. + +010:014 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the + judgment, than for you. + +010:015 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be + thrust down to hell. + +010:016 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you + despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent + me. + +010:017 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even + the devils are subject unto us through thy name. + +010:018 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from + heaven. + +010:019 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and + scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing + shall by any means hurt you. + +010:020 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are + subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are + written in heaven. + +010:021 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, + O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these + things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto + babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. + +010:022 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man + knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, + but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. + +010:023 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, + Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: + +010:024 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to + see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to + hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. + +010:025 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, + saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? + +010:026 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest + thou? + +010:027 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with + all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy + strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. + +010:028 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and + thou shalt live. + +010:029 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who + is my neighbour? + +010:030 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from + Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped + him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him + half dead. + +010:031 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and + when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. + +010:032 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and + looked on him, and passed by on the other side. + +010:033 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: + and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, + +010:034 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and + wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, + and took care of him. + +010:035 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and + gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; + and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will + repay thee. + +010:036 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto + him that fell among the thieves? + +010:037 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto + him, Go, and do thou likewise. + +010:038 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a + certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him + into her house. + +010:039 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' + feet, and heard his word. + +010:040 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, + and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me + to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. + +010:041 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art + careful and troubled about many things: + +010:042 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, + which shall not be taken away from her. + +011:001 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain + place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, + Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. + +011:002 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art + in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be + done, as in heaven, so in earth. + +011:003 Give us day by day our daily bread. + +011:004 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is + indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver + us from evil. + +011:005 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and + shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend + me three loaves; + +011:006 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have + nothing to set before him? + +011:007 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the + door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot + rise and give thee. + +011:008 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because + he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise + and give him as many as he needeth. + +011:009 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and + ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. + +011:010 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh + findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. + +011:011 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will + he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish + give him a serpent? + +011:012 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? + +011:013 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your + children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the + Holy Spirit to them that ask him? + +011:014 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came + to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the + people wondered. + +011:015 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub + the chief of the devils. + +011:016 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. + +011:017 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom + divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house + divided against a house falleth. + +011:018 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his + kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through + Beelzebub. + +011:019 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons + cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. + +011:020 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the + kingdom of God is come upon you. + +011:021 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in + peace: + +011:022 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome + him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and + divideth his spoils. + +011:023 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth + not with me scattereth. + +011:024 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh + through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, + I will return unto my house whence I came out. + +011:025 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. + +011:026 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more + wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and + the last state of that man is worse than the first. + +011:027 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman + of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed + is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast + sucked. + +011:028 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word + of God, and keep it. + +011:029 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to + say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there + shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. + +011:030 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the + Son of man be to this generation. + +011:031 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the + men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from + the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; + and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. + +011:032 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this + generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the + preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. + +011:033 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret + place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they + which come in may see the light. + +011:034 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is + single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine + eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. + +011:035 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not + darkness. + +011:036 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part + dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright + shining of a candle doth give thee light. + +011:037 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with + him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. + +011:038 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not + first washed before dinner. + +011:039 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the + outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is + full of ravening and wickedness. + +011:040 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that + which is within also? + +011:041 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, + all things are clean unto you. + +011:042 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all + manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: + these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other + undone. + +011:043 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in + the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. + +011:044 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as + graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are + not aware of them. + +011:045 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, + thus saying thou reproachest us also. + +011:046 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men + with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not + the burdens with one of your fingers. + +011:047 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and + your fathers killed them. + +011:048 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: + for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. + +011:049 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them + prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and + persecute: + +011:050 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the + foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; + +011:051 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which + perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto + you, It shall be required of this generation. + +011:052 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of + knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were + entering in ye hindered. + +011:053 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the + Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to + speak of many things: + +011:054 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his + mouth, that they might accuse him. + +012:001 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an + innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one + upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, + Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. + +012:002 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; + neither hid, that shall not be known. + +012:003 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard + in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in + closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. + +012:004 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill + the body, and after that have no more that they can do. + +012:005 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which + after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say + unto you, Fear him. + +012:006 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of + them is forgotten before God? + +012:007 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear + not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. + +012:008 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, + him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of + God: + +012:009 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the + angels of God. + +012:010 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it + shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against + the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. + +012:011 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto + magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing + ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: + +012:012 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye + ought to say. + +012:013 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my + brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. + +012:014 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider + over you? + +012:015 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: + for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things + which he possesseth. + +012:016 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a + certain rich man brought forth plentifully: + +012:017 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, + because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? + +012:018 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and + build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my + goods. + +012:019 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up + for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. + +012:020 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be + required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou + hast provided? + +012:021 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich + toward God. + +012:022 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take + no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the + body, what ye shall put on. + +012:023 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. + +012:024 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which + neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how + much more are ye better than the fowls? + +012:025 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature + one cubit? + +012:026 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why + take ye thought for the rest? + +012:027 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin + not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was + not arrayed like one of these. + +012:028 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, + and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he + clothe you, O ye of little faith? + +012:029 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, + neither be ye of doubtful mind. + +012:030 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: + and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. + +012:031 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things + shall be added unto you. + +012:032 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure + to give you the kingdom. + +012:033 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags + which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, + where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. + +012:034 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +012:035 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; + +012:036 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when + he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and + knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. + +012:037 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall + find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird + himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come + forth and serve them. + +012:038 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third + watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. + +012:039 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what + hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have + suffered his house to be broken through. + +012:040 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an + hour when ye think not. + +012:041 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable + unto us, or even to all? + +012:042 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, + whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give + them their portion of meat in due season? + +012:043 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall + find so doing. + +012:044 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over + all that he hath. + +012:045 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his + coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, + and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; + +012:046 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh + not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut + him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the + unbelievers. + +012:047 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not + himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten + with many stripes. + +012:048 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, + shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is + given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have + committed much, of him they will ask the more. + +012:049 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be + already kindled? + +012:050 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I + straitened till it be accomplished! + +012:051 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, + Nay; but rather division: + +012:052 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, + three against two, and two against three. + +012:053 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son + against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the + daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her + daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in + law. + +012:054 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out + of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so + it is. + +012:055 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be + heat; and it cometh to pass. + +012:056 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the + earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? + +012:057 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? + +012:058 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as + thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be + delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the + judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee + into prison. + +012:059 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid + the very last mite. + +013:001 There were present at that season some that told him of the + Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their + sacrifices. + +013:002 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these + Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they + suffered such things? + +013:003 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise + perish. + +013:004 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and + slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that + dwelt in Jerusalem? + +013:005 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise + perish. + +013:006 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree + planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, + and found none. + +013:007 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these + three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find + none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? + +013:008 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year + also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: + +013:009 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou + shalt cut it down. + +013:010 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. + +013:011 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity + eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise + lift up herself. + +013:012 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto + her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. + +013:013 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made + straight, and glorified God. + +013:014 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, + because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said + unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to + work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the + sabbath day. + +013:015 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not + each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from + the stall, and lead him away to watering? + +013:016 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom + Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from + this bond on the sabbath day? + +013:017 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were + ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious + things that were done by him. + +013:018 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and + whereunto shall I resemble it? + +013:019 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast + into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the + fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. + +013:020 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? + +013:021 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three + measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. + +013:022 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and + journeying toward Jerusalem. + +013:023 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And + he said unto them, + +013:024 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto + you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. + +013:025 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut + to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at + the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall + answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: + +013:026 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy + presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. + +013:027 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; + depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. + +013:028 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall + see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in + the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. + +013:029 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from + the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the + kingdom of God. + +013:030 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there + are first which shall be last. + +013:031 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto + him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. + +013:032 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I + cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the + third day I shall be perfected. + +013:033 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day + following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of + Jerusalem. + +013:034 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and + stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have + gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood + under her wings, and ye would not! + +013:035 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say + unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye + shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +014:001 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the + chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they + watched him. + +014:002 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the + dropsy. + +014:003 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, + saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? + +014:004 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, + and let him go; + +014:005 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or + an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out + on the sabbath day? + +014:006 And they could not answer him again to these things. + +014:007 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he + marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. + +014:008 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in + the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be + bidden of him; + +014:009 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this + man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. + +014:010 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; + that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, + Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the + presence of them that sit at meat with thee. + +014:011 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that + humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +014:012 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a + dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, + neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also + bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. + +014:013 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the + lame, the blind: + +014:014 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: + for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. + +014:015 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these + things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread + in the kingdom of God. + +014:016 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and + bade many: + +014:017 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were + bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. + +014:018 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first + said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must + needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. + +014:019 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to + prove them: I pray thee have me excused. + +014:020 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I + cannot come. + +014:021 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then + the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go + out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring + in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the + blind. + +014:022 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, + and yet there is room. + +014:023 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways + and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be + filled. + +014:024 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden + shall taste of my supper. + +014:025 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and + said unto them, + +014:026 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, + and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and + his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. + +014:027 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, + cannot be my disciple. + +014:028 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down + first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to + finish it? + +014:029 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able + to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, + +014:030 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. + +014:031 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth + not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten + thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty + thousand? + +014:032 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an + ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. + +014:033 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all + that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. + +014:034 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith + shall it be seasoned? + +014:035 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but + men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +015:001 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to + hear him. + +015:002 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man + receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. + +015:003 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, + +015:004 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of + them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, + and go after that which is lost, until he find it? + +015:005 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, + rejoicing. + +015:006 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and + neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have + found my sheep which was lost. + +015:007 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one + sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just + persons, which need no repentance. + +015:008 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one + piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek + diligently till she find it? + +015:009 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her + neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found + the piece which I had lost. + +015:010 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the + angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. + +015:011 And he said, A certain man had two sons: + +015:012 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me + the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto + them his living. + +015:013 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, + and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his + substance with riotous living. + +015:014 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that + land; and he began to be in want. + +015:015 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; + and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. + +015:016 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that + the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. + +015:017 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants + of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish + with hunger! + +015:018 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, + Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, + +015:019 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of + thy hired servants. + +015:020 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a + great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and + ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. + +015:021 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against + heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called + thy son. + +015:022 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best + robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes + on his feet: + +015:023 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, + and be merry: + +015:024 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and + is found. And they began to be merry. + +015:025 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew + nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. + +015:026 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things + meant. + +015:027 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath + killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and + sound. + +015:028 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his + father out, and intreated him. + +015:029 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I + serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy + commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might + make merry with my friends: + +015:030 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy + living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. + +015:031 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that + I have is thine. + +015:032 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this + thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is + found. + +016:001 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich + man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him + that he had wasted his goods. + +016:002 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear + this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou + mayest be no longer steward. + +016:003 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my + lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg + I am ashamed. + +016:004 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the + stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. + +016:005 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and + said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? + +016:006 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, + Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. + +016:007 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, + An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy + bill, and write fourscore. + +016:008 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done + wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation + wiser than the children of light. + +016:009 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon + of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you + into everlasting habitations. + +016:010 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in + much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in + much. + +016:011 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous + mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? + +016:012 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another + man's, who shall give you that which is your own? + +016:013 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the + one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and + despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. + +016:014 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these + things: and they derided him. + +016:015 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves + before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is + highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. + +016:016 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the + kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. + +016:017 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle + of the law to fail. + +016:018 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, + committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put + away from her husband committeth adultery. + +016:019 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and + fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: + +016:020 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid + at his gate, full of sores, + +016:021 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the + rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. + +016:022 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by + the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and + was buried; + +016:023 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth + Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. + +016:024 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and + send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, + and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. + +016:025 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime + receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: + but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. + +016:026 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf + fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; + neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. + +016:027 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou + wouldest send him to my father's house: + +016:028 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest + they also come into this place of torment. + +016:029 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let + them hear them. + +016:030 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them + from the dead, they will repent. + +016:031 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, + neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. + +017:001 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that + offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! + +017:002 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his + neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one + of these little ones. + +017:003 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, + rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. + +017:004 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and + seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; + thou shalt forgive him. + +017:005 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. + +017:006 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, + ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by + the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey + you. + +017:007 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, + will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, + Go and sit down to meat? + +017:008 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may + sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and + drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? + +017:009 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were + commanded him? I trow not. + +017:010 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which + are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have + done that which was our duty to do. + +017:011 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed + through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. + +017:012 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten + men that were lepers, which stood afar off: + +017:013 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have + mercy on us. + +017:014 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves + unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, + they were cleansed. + +017:015 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, + and with a loud voice glorified God, + +017:016 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and + he was a Samaritan. + +017:017 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but + where are the nine? + +017:018 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save + this stranger. + +017:019 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made + thee whole. + +017:020 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of + God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God + cometh not with observation: + +017:021 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, + the kingdom of God is within you. + +017:022 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye + shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye + shall not see it. + +017:023 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not + after them, nor follow them. + +017:024 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part + under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so + shall also the Son of man be in his day. + +017:025 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this + generation. + +017:026 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the + days of the Son of man. + +017:027 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given + in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and + the flood came, and destroyed them all. + +017:028 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they + drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; + +017:029 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and + brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. + +017:030 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is + revealed. + +017:031 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his + stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and + he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. + +017:032 Remember Lot's wife. + +017:033 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and + whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. + +017:034 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; + the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. + +017:035 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, + and the other left. + +017:036 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the + other left. + +017:037 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said + unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be + gathered together. + +018:001 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought + always to pray, and not to faint; + +018:002 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, + neither regarded man: + +018:003 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, + saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. + +018:004 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within + himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; + +018:005 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest + by her continual coming she weary me. + +018:006 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. + +018:007 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and + night unto him, though he bear long with them? + +018:008 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless + when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? + +018:009 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in + themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: + +018:010 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, + and the other a publican. + +018:011 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank + thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, + adulterers, or even as this publican. + +018:012 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. + +018:013 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much + as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, + God be merciful to me a sinner. + +018:014 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather + than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be + abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +018:015 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch + them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. + +018:016 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little + children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is + the kingdom of God. + +018:017 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom + of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. + +018:018 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall + I do to inherit eternal life? + +018:019 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is + good, save one, that is, God. + +018:020 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not + kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy + father and thy mother. + +018:021 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. + +018:022 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet + lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and + distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in + heaven: and come, follow me. + +018:023 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very + rich. + +018:024 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How + hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of + God! + +018:025 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, + than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. + +018:026 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? + +018:027 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are + possible with God. + +018:028 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. + +018:029 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man + that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or + children, for the kingdom of God's sake, + +018:030 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and + in the world to come life everlasting. + +018:031 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, + we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the + prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. + +018:032 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be + mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: + +018:033 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the + third day he shall rise again. + +018:034 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was + hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. + +018:035 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a + certain blind man sat by the way side begging: + +018:036 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. + +018:037 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. + +018:038 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on + me. + +018:039 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold + his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, + have mercy on me. + +018:040 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and + when he was come near, he asked him, + +018:041 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, + Lord, that I may receive my sight. + +018:042 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath + saved thee. + +018:043 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, + glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave + praise unto God. + +019:001 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. + +019:002 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the + chief among the publicans, and he was rich. + +019:003 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the + press, because he was little of stature. + +019:004 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see + him: for he was to pass that way. + +019:005 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, + and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for + to day I must abide at thy house. + +019:006 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. + +019:007 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was + gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. + +019:008 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the + half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any + thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him + fourfold. + +019:009 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this + house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. + +019:010 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was + lost. + +019:011 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, + because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought + that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. + +019:012 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country + to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. + +019:013 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, + and said unto them, Occupy till I come. + +019:014 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, + saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. + +019:015 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having + received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be + called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might + know how much every man had gained by trading. + +019:016 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten + pounds. + +019:017 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou + hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over + ten cities. + +019:018 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five + pounds. + +019:019 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. + +019:020 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, + which I have kept laid up in a napkin: + +019:021 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou + takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou + didst not sow. + +019:022 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge + thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere + man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did + not sow: + +019:023 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at + my coming I might have required mine own with usury? + +019:024 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, + and give it to him that hath ten pounds. + +019:025 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) + +019:026 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be + given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be + taken away from him. + +019:027 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign + over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. + +019:028 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to + Jerusalem. + +019:029 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and + Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two + of his disciples, + +019:030 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which + at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never + man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. + +019:031 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say + unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. + +019:032 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he + had said unto them. + +019:033 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said + unto them, Why loose ye the colt? + +019:034 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. + +019:035 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments + upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. + +019:036 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. + +019:037 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the + mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to + rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty + works that they had seen; + +019:038 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the + Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. + +019:039 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto + him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. + +019:040 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these + should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. + +019:041 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over + it, + +019:042 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy + day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are + hid from thine eyes. + +019:043 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall + cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep + thee in on every side, + +019:044 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children + within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon + another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. + +019:045 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that + sold therein, and them that bought; + +019:046 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of + prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. + +019:047 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and + the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, + +019:048 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were + very attentive to hear him. + +020:001 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught + the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief + priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, + +020:002 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest + thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? + +020:003 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one + thing; and answer me: + +020:004 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? + +020:005 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, + From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? + +020:006 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for + they be persuaded that John was a prophet. + +020:007 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. + +020:008 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority + I do these things. + +020:009 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain + man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and + went into a far country for a long time. + +020:010 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that + they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the + husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. + +020:011 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and + entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. + +020:012 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast + him out. + +020:013 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will + send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when + they see him. + +020:014 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among + themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, + that the inheritance may be ours. + +020:015 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What + therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? + +020:016 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the + vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God + forbid. + +020:017 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is + written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is + become the head of the corner? + +020:018 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on + whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. + +020:019 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to + lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they + perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. + +020:020 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign + themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, + that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of + the governor. + +020:021 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest + and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of + any, but teachest the way of God truly: + +020:022 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? + +020:023 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why + tempt ye me? + +020:024 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They + answered and said, Caesar's. + +020:025 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things + which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. + +020:026 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: + and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. + +020:027 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that + there is any resurrection; and they asked him, + +020:028 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, + having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother + should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. + +020:029 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a + wife, and died without children. + +020:030 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. + +020:031 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and + they left no children, and died. + +020:032 Last of all the woman died also. + +020:033 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for + seven had her to wife. + +020:034 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world + marry, and are given in marriage: + +020:035 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, + and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are + given in marriage: + +020:036 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the + angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the + resurrection. + +020:037 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, + when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of + Isaac, and the God of Jacob. + +020:038 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all + live unto him. + +020:039 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast + well said. + +020:040 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. + +020:041 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's + son? + +020:042 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said + unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, + +020:043 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. + +020:044 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? + +020:045 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his + disciples, + +020:046 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and + love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the + synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; + +020:047 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: + the same shall receive greater damnation. + +021:001 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts + into the treasury. + +021:002 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two + mites. + +021:003 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow + hath cast in more than they all: + +021:004 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the + offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the + living that she had. + +021:005 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with + goodly stones and gifts, he said, + +021:006 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in + the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that + shall not be thrown down. + +021:007 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these + things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall + come to pass? + +021:008 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall + come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth + near: go ye not therefore after them. + +021:009 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not + terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the + end is not by and by. + +021:010 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and + kingdom against kingdom: + +021:011 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, + and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall + there be from heaven. + +021:012 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and + persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into + prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's + sake. + +021:013 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. + +021:014 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before + what ye shall answer: + +021:015 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your + adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. + +021:016 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and + kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be + put to death. + +021:017 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. + +021:018 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. + +021:019 In your patience possess ye your souls. + +021:020 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then + know that the desolation thereof is nigh. + +021:021 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and + let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not + them that are in the countries enter thereinto. + +021:022 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are + written may be fulfilled. + +021:023 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give + suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the + land, and wrath upon this people. + +021:024 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led + away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden + down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be + fulfilled. + +021:025 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in + the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with + perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; + +021:026 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after + those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of + heaven shall be shaken. + +021:027 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with + power and great glory. + +021:028 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and + lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. + +021:029 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all + the trees; + +021:030 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves + that summer is now nigh at hand. + +021:031 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye + that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. + +021:032 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, + till all be fulfilled. + +021:033 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass + away. + +021:034 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be + overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of + this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. + +021:035 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the + face of the whole earth. + +021:036 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted + worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and + to stand before the Son of man. + +021:037 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at + night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the + mount of Olives. + +021:038 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the + temple, for to hear him. + +022:001 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called + the Passover. + +022:002 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill + him; for they feared the people. + +022:003 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the + number of the twelve. + +022:004 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and + captains, how he might betray him unto them. + +022:005 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. + +022:006 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto + them in the absence of the multitude. + +022:007 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must + be killed. + +022:008 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the + passover, that we may eat. + +022:009 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? + +022:010 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the + city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; + follow him into the house where he entereth in. + +022:011 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master + saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat + the passover with my disciples? + +022:012 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make + ready. + +022:013 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they + made ready the passover. + +022:014 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve + apostles with him. + +022:015 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this + passover with you before I suffer: + +022:016 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it + be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. + +022:017 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and + divide it among yourselves: + +022:018 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, + until the kingdom of God shall come. + +022:019 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave + unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: + this do in remembrance of me. + +022:020 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the + new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. + +022:021 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on + the table. + +022:022 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe + unto that man by whom he is betrayed! + +022:023 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it + was that should do this thing. + +022:024 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should + be accounted the greatest. + +022:025 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise + lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them + are called benefactors. + +022:026 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let + him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth + serve. + +022:027 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that + serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as + he that serveth. + +022:028 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. + +022:029 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed + unto me; + +022:030 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit + on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. + +022:031 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to + have you, that he may sift you as wheat: + +022:032 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when + thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. + +022:033 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both + into prison, and to death. + +022:034 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this + day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. + +022:035 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and + scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. + +022:036 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him + take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, + let him sell his garment, and buy one. + +022:037 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be + accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the + transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. + +022:038 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said + unto them, It is enough. + +022:039 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of + Olives; and his disciples also followed him. + +022:040 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye + enter not into temptation. + +022:041 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and + kneeled down, and prayed, + +022:042 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: + nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. + +022:043 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, + strengthening him. + +022:044 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat + was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the + ground. + +022:045 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his + disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, + +022:046 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter + into temptation. + +022:047 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was + called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew + near unto Jesus to kiss him. + +022:048 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man + with a kiss? + +022:049 When they which were about him saw what would follow, they + said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? + +022:050 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut + off his right ear. + +022:051 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he + touched his ear, and healed him. + +022:052 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the + temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come + out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? + +022:053 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no + hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of + darkness. + +022:054 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high + priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. + +022:055 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and + were set down together, Peter sat down among them. + +022:056 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and + earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with + him. + +022:057 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. + +022:058 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art + also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. + +022:059 And about the space of one hour after another confidently + affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: + for he is a Galilaean. + +022:060 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And + immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. + +022:061 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter + remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, + Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. + +022:062 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. + +022:063 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. + +022:064 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the + face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote + thee? + +022:065 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. + +022:066 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the + chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into + their council, saying, + +022:067 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell + you, ye will not believe: + +022:068 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. + +022:069 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the + power of God. + +022:070 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said + unto them, Ye say that I am. + +022:071 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we + ourselves have heard of his own mouth. + +023:001 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto + Pilate. + +023:002 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow + perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to + Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. + +023:003 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? + And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. + +023:004 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I + find no fault in this man. + +023:005 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the + people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee + to this place. + +023:006 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a + Galilaean. + +023:007 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's + jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at + Jerusalem at that time. + +023:008 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was + desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard + many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle + done by him. + +023:009 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him + nothing. + +023:010 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused + him. + +023:011 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked + him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to + Pilate. + +023:012 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: + for before they were at enmity between themselves. + +023:013 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and + the rulers and the people, + +023:014 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that + perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him + before you, have found no fault in this man touching those + things whereof ye accuse him: + +023:015 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing + worthy of death is done unto him. + +023:016 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. + +023:017 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) + +023:018 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, + and release unto us Barabbas: + +023:019 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, + was cast into prison.) + +023:020 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to + them. + +023:021 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. + +023:022 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he + done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore + chastise him, and let him go. + +023:023 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he + might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief + priests prevailed. + +023:024 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. + +023:025 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was + cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered + Jesus to their will. + +023:026 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a + Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the + cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. + +023:027 And there followed him a great company of people, and of + women, which also bewailed and lamented him. + +023:028 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep + not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. + +023:029 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, + Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the + paps which never gave suck. + +023:030 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and + to the hills, Cover us. + +023:031 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be + done in the dry? + +023:032 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be + put to death. + +023:033 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, + there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the + right hand, and the other on the left. + +023:034 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what + they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. + +023:035 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them + derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if + he be Christ, the chosen of God. + +023:036 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering + him vinegar, + +023:037 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. + +023:038 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of + Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +023:039 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, + saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. + +023:040 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou + fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? + +023:041 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our + deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. + +023:042 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest + into thy kingdom. + +023:043 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt + thou be with me in paradise. + +023:044 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over + all the earth until the ninth hour. + +023:045 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent + in the midst. + +023:046 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, + into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he + gave up the ghost. + +023:047 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, + saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. + +023:048 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding + the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. + +023:049 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from + Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. + +023:050 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and + he was a good man, and a just: + +023:051 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) + he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself + waited for the kingdom of God. + +023:052 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. + +023:053 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a + sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was + laid. + +023:054 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. + +023:055 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed + after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. + +023:056 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and + rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. + +024:001 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, + they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they + had prepared, and certain others with them. + +024:002 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. + +024:003 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. + +024:004 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, + behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: + +024:005 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the + earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the + dead? + +024:006 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you + when he was yet in Galilee, + +024:007 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of + sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. + +024:008 And they remembered his words, + +024:009 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things + unto the eleven, and to all the rest. + +024:010 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of + James, and other women that were with them, which told these + things unto the apostles. + +024:011 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they + believed them not. + +024:012 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping + down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and + departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. + +024:013 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village + called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore + furlongs. + +024:014 And they talked together of all these things which had + happened. + +024:015 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and + reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. + +024:016 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. + +024:017 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these + that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? + +024:018 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said + unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not + known the things which are come to pass there in these days? + +024:019 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, + Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in + deed and word before God and all the people: + +024:020 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be + condemned to death, and have crucified him. + +024:021 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed + Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since + these things were done. + +024:022 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, + which were early at the sepulchre; + +024:023 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they + had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was + alive. + +024:024 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, + and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw + not. + +024:025 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe + all that the prophets have spoken: + +024:026 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter + into his glory? + +024:027 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto + them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. + +024:028 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he + made as though he would have gone further. + +024:029 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is + toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to + tarry with them. + +024:030 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took + bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. + +024:031 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished + out of their sight. + +024:032 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within + us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to + us the scriptures? + +024:033 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and + found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with + them, + +024:034 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. + +024:035 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was + known of them in breaking of bread. + +024:036 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of + them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. + +024:037 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they + had seen a spirit. + +024:038 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do + thoughts arise in your hearts? + +024:039 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, + and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me + have. + +024:040 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his + feet. + +024:041 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said + unto them, Have ye here any meat? + +024:042 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an + honeycomb. + +024:043 And he took it, and did eat before them. + +024:044 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto + you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be + fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the + prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. + +024:045 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand + the scriptures, + +024:046 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved + Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: + +024:047 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached + in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. + +024:048 And ye are witnesses of these things. + +024:049 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but + tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with + power from on high. + +024:050 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his + hands, and blessed them. + +024:051 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from + them, and carried up into heaven. + +024:052 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great + joy: + +024:053 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. + Amen. + +Book 43 John + +001:001 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and + the Word was God. + +001:002 The same was in the beginning with God. + +001:003 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing + made that was made. + +001:004 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. + +001:005 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness + comprehended it not. + +001:006 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. + +001:007 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, + that all men through him might believe. + +001:008 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that + Light. + +001:009 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh + into the world. + +001:010 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the + world knew him not. + +001:011 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. + +001:012 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become + the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: + +001:013 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, + nor of the will of man, but of God. + +001:014 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we + beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the + Father,) full of grace and truth. + +001:015 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of + whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: + for he was before me. + +001:016 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. + +001:017 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by + Jesus Christ. + +001:018 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which + is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. + +001:019 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and + Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? + +001:020 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the + Christ. + +001:021 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I + am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. + +001:022 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an + answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? + +001:023 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make + straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. + +001:024 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. + +001:025 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou + then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that + prophet? + +001:026 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there + standeth one among you, whom ye know not; + +001:027 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose + shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. + +001:028 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John + was baptizing. + +001:029 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, + Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the + world. + +001:030 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is + preferred before me: for he was before me. + +001:031 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to + Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. + +001:032 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from + heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. + +001:033 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, + the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit + descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which + baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. + +001:034 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. + +001:035 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; + +001:036 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb + of God! + +001:037 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed + Jesus. + +001:038 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto + them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to + say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? + +001:039 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he + dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth + hour. + +001:040 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was + Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. + +001:041 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We + have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the + Christ. + +001:042 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he + said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called + Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. + +001:043 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and + findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. + +001:044 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. + +001:045 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found + him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, + Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. + +001:046 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out + of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. + +001:047 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an + Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! + +001:048 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus + answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, + when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. + +001:049 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son + of God; thou art the King of Israel. + +001:050 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I + saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see + greater things than these. + +001:051 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, + Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God + ascending and descending upon the Son of man. + +002:001 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and + the mother of Jesus was there: + +002:002 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. + +002:003 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, + They have no wine. + +002:004 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine + hour is not yet come. + +002:005 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto + you, do it. + +002:006 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the + manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three + firkins apiece. + +002:007 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they + filled them up to the brim. + +002:008 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the + governor of the feast. And they bare it. + +002:009 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made + wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew + the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the + bridegroom, + +002:010 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth + good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is + worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. + +002:011 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and + manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. + +002:012 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and + his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not + many days. + +002:013 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to + Jerusalem. + +002:014 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and + doves, and the changers of money sitting: + +002:015 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them + all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured + out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; + +002:016 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; + make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. + +002:017 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of + thine house hath eaten me up. + +002:018 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest + thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? + +002:019 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in + three days I will raise it up. + +002:020 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in + building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? + +002:021 But he spake of the temple of his body. + +002:022 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples + remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed + the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. + +002:023 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast + day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles + which he did. + +002:024 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew + all men, + +002:025 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew + what was in man. + +003:001 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of + the Jews: + +003:002 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we + know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do + these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. + +003:003 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto + thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of + God. + +003:004 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is + old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and + be born? + +003:005 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man + be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the + kingdom of God. + +003:006 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is + born of the Spirit is spirit. + +003:007 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. + +003:008 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound + thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it + goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. + +003:009 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? + +003:010 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, + and knowest not these things? + +003:011 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and + testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. + +003:012 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how + shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? + +003:013 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down + from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. + +003:014 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so + must the Son of man be lifted up: + +003:015 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have + eternal life. + +003:016 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten + Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but + have everlasting life. + +003:017 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; + but that the world through him might be saved. + +003:018 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that + believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not + believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. + +003:019 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the + world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their + deeds were evil. + +003:020 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh + to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. + +003:021 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds + may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. + +003:022 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land + of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. + +003:023 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because + there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. + +003:024 For John was not yet cast into prison. + +003:025 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples + and the Jews about purifying. + +003:026 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was + with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, + the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. + +003:027 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it + be given him from heaven. + +003:028 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the + Christ, but that I am sent before him. + +003:029 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of + the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth + greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy + therefore is fulfilled. + +003:030 He must increase, but I must decrease. + +003:031 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the + earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh + from heaven is above all. + +003:032 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no + man receiveth his testimony. + +003:033 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that + God is true. + +003:034 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God + giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. + +003:035 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his + hand. + +003:036 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he + that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath + of God abideth on him. + +004:001 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that + Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, + +004:002 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) + +004:003 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. + +004:004 And he must needs go through Samaria. + +004:005 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, + near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son + Joseph. + +004:006 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied + with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the + sixth hour. + +004:007 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith + unto her, Give me to drink. + +004:008 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) + +004:009 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, + being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? + for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. + +004:010 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of + God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou + wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee + living water. + +004:011 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, + and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living + water? + +004:012 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the + well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his + cattle? + +004:013 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this + water shall thirst again: + +004:014 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him + shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall + be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. + +004:015 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I + thirst not, neither come hither to draw. + +004:016 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. + +004:017 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said + unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: + +004:018 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is + not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. + +004:019 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a + prophet. + +004:020 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in + Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. + +004:021 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when + ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, + worship the Father. + +004:022 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for + salvation is of the Jews. + +004:023 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers + shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the + Father seeketh such to worship him. + +004:024 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in + spirit and in truth. + +004:025 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is + called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. + +004:026 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. + +004:027 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked + with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why + talkest thou with her? + +004:028 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the + city, and saith to the men, + +004:029 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is + not this the Christ? + +004:030 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. + +004:031 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, + eat. + +004:032 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. + +004:033 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man + brought him ought to eat? + +004:034 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that + sent me, and to finish his work. + +004:035 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh + harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look + on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. + +004:036 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto + life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may + rejoice together. + +004:037 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another + reapeth. + +004:038 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other + men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. + +004:039 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for + the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that + ever I did. + +004:040 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him + that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. + +004:041 And many more believed because of his own word; + +004:042 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy + saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is + indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. + +004:043 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. + +004:044 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in + his own country. + +004:045 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received + him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at + the feast: for they also went unto the feast. + +004:046 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the + water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was + sick at Capernaum. + +004:047 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, + he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, + and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. + +004:048 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye + will not believe. + +004:049 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. + +004:050 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man + believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went + his way. + +004:051 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told + him, saying, Thy son liveth. + +004:052 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And + they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever + left him. + +004:053 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which + Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and + his whole house. + +004:054 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was + come out of Judaea into Galilee. + +005:001 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to + Jerusalem. + +005:002 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is + called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. + +005:003 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, + halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. + +005:004 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and + troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling + of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease + he had. + +005:005 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and + eight years. + +005:006 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long + time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? + +005:007 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the + water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am + coming, another steppeth down before me. + +005:008 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. + +005:009 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, + and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. + +005:010 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the + sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. + +005:011 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto + me, Take up thy bed, and walk. + +005:012 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, + Take up thy bed, and walk? + +005:013 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had + conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. + +005:014 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, + Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing + come unto thee. + +005:015 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which + had made him whole. + +005:016 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay + him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. + +005:017 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I + work. + +005:018 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not + only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his + Father, making himself equal with God. + +005:019 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say + unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth + the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also + doeth the Son likewise. + +005:020 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that + himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, + that ye may marvel. + +005:021 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; + even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. + +005:022 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment + unto the Son: + +005:023 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the + Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father + which hath sent him. + +005:024 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and + believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and + shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death + unto life. + +005:025 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now + is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and + they that hear shall live. + +005:026 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to + the Son to have life in himself; + +005:027 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because + he is the Son of man. + +005:028 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all + that are in the graves shall hear his voice, + +005:029 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the + resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the + resurrection of damnation. + +005:030 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my + judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the + will of the Father which hath sent me. + +005:031 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. + +005:032 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that + the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. + +005:033 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. + +005:034 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, + that ye might be saved. + +005:035 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for + a season to rejoice in his light. + +005:036 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works + which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that + I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. + +005:037 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness + of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen + his shape. + +005:038 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath + sent, him ye believe not. + +005:039 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal + life: and they are they which testify of me. + +005:040 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. + +005:041 I receive not honour from men. + +005:042 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. + +005:043 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if + another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. + +005:044 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and + seek not the honour that cometh from God only? + +005:045 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is + one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. + +005:046 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he + wrote of me. + +005:047 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my + words? + +006:001 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which + is the sea of Tiberias. + +006:002 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his + miracles which he did on them that were diseased. + +006:003 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his + disciples. + +006:004 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. + +006:005 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company + come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy + bread, that these may eat? + +006:006 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he + would do. + +006:007 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not + sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. + +006:008 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith + unto him, + +006:009 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two + small fishes: but what are they among so many? + +006:010 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much + grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five + thousand. + +006:011 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he + distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that + were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they + would. + +006:012 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up + the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. + +006:013 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve + baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which + remained over and above unto them that had eaten. + +006:014 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, + said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into + the world. + +006:015 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take + him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a + mountain himself alone. + +006:016 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the + sea, + +006:017 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward + Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to + them. + +006:018 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. + +006:019 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty + furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh + unto the ship: and they were afraid. + +006:020 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. + +006:021 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and + immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. + +006:022 The day following, when the people which stood on the other + side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save + that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus + went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his + disciples were gone away alone; + +006:023 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the + place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given + thanks:) + +006:024 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, + neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to + Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. + +006:025 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they + said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? + +006:026 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, + Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye + did eat of the loaves, and were filled. + +006:027 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat + which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man + shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. + +006:028 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work + the works of God? + +006:029 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, + that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. + +006:030 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, + that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? + +006:031 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He + gave them bread from heaven to eat. + +006:032 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, + Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father + giveth you the true bread from heaven. + +006:033 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and + giveth life unto the world. + +006:034 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. + +006:035 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that + cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me + shall never thirst. + +006:036 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe + not. + +006:037 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that + cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. + +006:038 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the + will of him that sent me. + +006:039 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all + which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise + it up again at the last day. + +006:040 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which + seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting + life: and I will raise him up at the last day. + +006:041 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread + which came down from heaven. + +006:042 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose + father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I + came down from heaven? + +006:043 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among + yourselves. + +006:044 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me + draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. + +006:045 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of + God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of + the Father, cometh unto me. + +006:046 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of + God, he hath seen the Father. + +006:047 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath + everlasting life. + +006:048 I am that bread of life. + +006:049 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. + +006:050 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man + may eat thereof, and not die. + +006:051 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man + eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that + I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the + world. + +006:052 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can + this man give us his flesh to eat? + +006:053 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, + Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his + blood, ye have no life in you. + +006:054 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal + life; and I will raise him up at the last day. + +006:055 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. + +006:056 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in + me, and I in him. + +006:057 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: + so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. + +006:058 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your + fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this + bread shall live for ever. + +006:059 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in + Capernaum. + +006:060 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, + said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? + +006:061 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, + he said unto them, Doth this offend you? + +006:062 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was + before? + +006:063 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: + the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are + life. + +006:064 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew + from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who + should betray him. + +006:065 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come + unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. + +006:066 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no + more with him. + +006:067 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? + +006:068 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou + hast the words of eternal life. + +006:069 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son + of the living God. + +006:070 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of + you is a devil? + +006:071 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was + that should betray him, being one of the twelve. + +007:001 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not + walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. + +007:002 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. + +007:003 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go + into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that + thou doest. + +007:004 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he + himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, + shew thyself to the world. + +007:005 For neither did his brethren believe in him. + +007:006 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your + time is alway ready. + +007:007 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify + of it, that the works thereof are evil. + +007:008 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for + my time is not yet full come. + +007:009 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in + Galilee. + +007:010 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto + the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. + +007:011 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? + +007:012 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: + for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he + deceiveth the people. + +007:013 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. + +007:014 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the + temple, and taught. + +007:015 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, + having never learned? + +007:016 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but + his that sent me. + +007:017 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, + whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. + +007:018 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that + seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no + unrighteousness is in him. + +007:019 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth + the law? Why go ye about to kill me? + +007:020 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth + about to kill thee? + +007:021 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and + ye all marvel. + +007:022 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is + of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day + circumcise a man. + +007:023 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law + of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I + have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? + +007:024 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous + judgment. + +007:025 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they + seek to kill? + +007:026 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do + the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? + +007:027 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, + no man knoweth whence he is. + +007:028 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both + know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, + but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. + +007:029 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. + +007:030 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, + because his hour was not yet come. + +007:031 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ + cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man + hath done? + +007:032 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things + concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent + officers to take him. + +007:033 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, + and then I go unto him that sent me. + +007:034 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, + thither ye cannot come. + +007:035 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that + we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the + Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? + +007:036 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, + and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? + +007:037 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and + cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and + drink. + +007:038 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of + his belly shall flow rivers of living water. + +007:039 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on + him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; + because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) + +007:040 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, + said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. + +007:041 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ + come out of Galilee? + +007:042 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of + David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? + +007:043 So there was a division among the people because of him. + +007:044 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands + on him. + +007:045 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and + they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? + +007:046 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. + +007:047 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? + +007:048 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? + +007:049 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. + +007:050 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, + being one of them,) + +007:051 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what + he doeth? + +007:052 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? + Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. + +007:053 And every man went unto his own house. + +008:001 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. + +008:002 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and + all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught + them. + +008:003 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken + in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, + +008:004 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, + in the very act. + +008:005 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: + but what sayest thou? + +008:006 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse + him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the + ground, as though he heard them not. + +008:007 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and + said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him + first cast a stone at her. + +008:008 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. + +008:009 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own + conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even + unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman + standing in the midst. + +008:010 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, + he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath + no man condemned thee? + +008:011 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I + condemn thee: go, and sin no more. + +008:012 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of + the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, + but shall have the light of life. + +008:013 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of + thyself; thy record is not true. + +008:014 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of + myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and + whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I + go. + +008:015 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. + +008:016 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, + but I and the Father that sent me. + +008:017 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men + is true. + +008:018 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent + me beareth witness of me. + +008:019 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, + Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye + should have known my Father also. + +008:020 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the + temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet + come. + +008:021 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall + seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot + come. + +008:022 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, + Whither I go, ye cannot come. + +008:023 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: + ye are of this world; I am not of this world. + +008:024 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for + if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. + +008:025 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto + them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. + +008:026 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that + sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I + have heard of him. + +008:027 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. + +008:028 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of + man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of + myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. + +008:029 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me + alone; for I do always those things that please him. + +008:030 As he spake these words, many believed on him. + +008:031 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye + continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; + +008:032 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you + free. + +008:033 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in + bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? + +008:034 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever + committeth sin is the servant of sin. + +008:035 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son + abideth ever. + +008:036 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free + indeed. + +008:037 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, + because my word hath no place in you. + +008:038 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that + which ye have seen with your father. + +008:039 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus + saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do + the works of Abraham. + +008:040 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the + truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. + +008:041 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be + not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. + +008:042 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love + me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of + myself, but he sent me. + +008:043 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot + hear my word. + +008:044 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father + ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode + not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he + speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and + the father of it. + +008:045 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. + +008:046 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why + do ye not believe me? + +008:047 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them + not, because ye are not of God. + +008:048 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well + that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? + +008:049 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, + and ye do dishonour me. + +008:050 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and + judgeth. + +008:051 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he + shall never see death. + +008:052 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a + devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If + a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. + +008:053 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and + the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? + +008:054 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it + is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is + your God: + +008:055 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should + say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I + know him, and keep his saying. + +008:056 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and + was glad. + +008:057 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, + and hast thou seen Abraham? + +008:058 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before + Abraham was, I am. + +008:059 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid + himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst + of them, and so passed by. + +009:001 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his + birth. + +009:002 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this + man, or his parents, that he was born blind? + +009:003 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: + but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. + +009:004 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: + the night cometh, when no man can work. + +009:005 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. + +009:006 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay + of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with + the clay, + +009:007 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is + by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and + washed, and came seeing. + +009:008 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him + that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? + +009:009 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he + said, I am he. + +009:010 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? + +009:011 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, + and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of + Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. + +009:012 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. + +009:013 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. + +009:014 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and + opened his eyes. + +009:015 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received + his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and + I washed, and do see. + +009:016 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, + because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a + man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a + division among them. + +009:017 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, + that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. + +009:018 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been + blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents + of him that had received his sight. + +009:019 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was + born blind? how then doth he now see? + +009:020 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our + son, and that he was born blind: + +009:021 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath + opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall + speak for himself. + +009:022 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: + for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess + that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. + +009:023 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. + +009:024 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto + him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. + +009:025 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know + not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. + +009:026 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened + he thine eyes? + +009:027 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not + hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his + disciples? + +009:028 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we + are Moses' disciples. + +009:029 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know + not from whence he is. + +009:030 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a + marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet + he hath opened mine eyes. + +009:031 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a + worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. + +009:032 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the + eyes of one that was born blind. + +009:033 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. + +009:034 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in + sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. + +009:035 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found + him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? + +009:036 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on + him? + +009:037 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he + that talketh with thee. + +009:038 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. + +009:039 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that + they which see not might see; and that they which see might be + made blind. + +009:040 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these + words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? + +009:041 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: + but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. + +010:001 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the + door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the + same is a thief and a robber. + +010:002 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the + sheep. + +010:003 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and + he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. + +010:004 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, + and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. + +010:005 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: + for they know not the voice of strangers. + +010:006 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not + what things they were which he spake unto them. + +010:007 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto + you, I am the door of the sheep. + +010:008 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the + sheep did not hear them. + +010:009 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, + and shall go in and out, and find pasture. + +010:010 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to + destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they + might have it more abundantly. + +010:011 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for + the sheep. + +010:012 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own + the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the + sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth + the sheep. + +010:013 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not + for the sheep. + +010:014 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of + mine. + +010:015 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay + down my life for the sheep. + +010:016 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also + I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be + one fold, and one shepherd. + +010:017 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, + that I might take it again. + +010:018 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have + power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This + commandment have I received of my Father. + +010:019 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these + sayings. + +010:020 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear + ye him? + +010:021 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. + Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? + +010:022 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it + was winter. + +010:023 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. + +010:024 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How + long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell + us plainly. + +010:025 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the + works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. + +010:026 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said + unto you. + +010:027 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: + +010:028 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never + perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. + +010:029 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man + is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. + +010:030 I and my Father are one. + +010:031 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. + +010:032 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my + Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? + +010:033 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee + not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, + makest thyself God. + +010:034 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye + are gods? + +010:035 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and + the scripture cannot be broken; + +010:036 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into + the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of + God? + +010:037 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. + +010:038 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that + ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in + him. + +010:039 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of + their hand, + +010:040 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at + first baptized; and there he abode. + +010:041 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but + all things that John spake of this man were true. + +010:042 And many believed on him there. + +011:001 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the + town of Mary and her sister Martha. + +011:002 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and + wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) + +011:003 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he + whom thou lovest is sick. + +011:004 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto + death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be + glorified thereby. + +011:005 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. + +011:006 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two + days still in the same place where he was. + +011:007 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into + Judaea again. + +011:008 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to + stone thee; and goest thou thither again? + +011:009 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any + man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the + light of this world. + +011:010 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is + no light in him. + +011:011 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our + friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of + sleep. + +011:012 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. + +011:013 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had + spoken of taking of rest in sleep. + +011:014 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. + +011:015 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the + intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. + +011:016 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his + fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. + +011:017 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave + four days already. + +011:018 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs + off: + +011:019 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them + concerning their brother. + +011:020 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went + and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. + +011:021 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my + brother had not died. + +011:022 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, + God will give it thee. + +011:023 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. + +011:024 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the + resurrection at the last day. + +011:025 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he + that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: + +011:026 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. + Believest thou this? + +011:027 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the + Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. + +011:028 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary + her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth + for thee. + +011:029 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto + him. + +011:030 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that + place where Martha met him. + +011:031 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted + her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went + out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep + there. + +011:032 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell + down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been + here, my brother had not died. + +011:033 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also + weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was + troubled. + +011:034 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, + come and see. + +011:035 Jesus wept. + +011:036 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! + +011:037 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the + eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not + have died? + +011:038 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. + It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. + +011:039 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him + that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: + for he hath been dead four days. + +011:040 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou + wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? + +011:041 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead + was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I + thank thee that thou hast heard me. + +011:042 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the + people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that + thou hast sent me. + +011:043 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, + Lazarus, come forth. + +011:044 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with + graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. + Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. + +011:045 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the + things which Jesus did, believed on him. + +011:046 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told + them what things Jesus had done. + +011:047 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, + and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. + +011:048 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the + Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. + +011:049 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that + same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, + +011:050 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should + die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. + +011:051 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that + year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; + +011:052 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather + together in one the children of God that were scattered + abroad. + +011:053 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put + him to death. + +011:054 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went + thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city + called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. + +011:055 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of + the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify + themselves. + +011:056 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as + they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come + to the feast? + +011:057 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a + commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should + shew it, that they might take him. + +012:001 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where + Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the + dead. + +012:002 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus + was one of them that sat at the table with him. + +012:003 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, + and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her + hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. + +012:004 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, + which should betray him, + +012:005 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and + given to the poor? + +012:006 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he + was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. + +012:007 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying + hath she kept this. + +012:008 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not + always. + +012:009 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and + they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see + Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. + +012:010 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus + also to death; + +012:011 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and + believed on Jesus. + +012:012 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when + they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, + +012:013 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and + cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in + the name of the Lord. + +012:014 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it + is written, + +012:015 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting + on an ass's colt. + +012:016 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but + when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these + things were written of him, and that they had done these + things unto him. + +012:017 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus + out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. + +012:018 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard + that he had done this miracle. + +012:019 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how + ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. + +012:020 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to + worship at the feast: + +012:021 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of + Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. + +012:022 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip + tell Jesus. + +012:023 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the + Son of man should be glorified. + +012:024 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall + into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it + bringeth forth much fruit. + +012:025 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his + life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. + +012:026 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there + shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my + Father honour. + +012:027 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me + from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. + +012:028 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, + saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. + +012:029 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that + it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. + +012:030 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, + but for your sakes. + +012:031 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of + this world be cast out. + +012:032 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men + unto me. + +012:033 This he said, signifying what death he should die. + +012:034 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that + Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man + must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? + +012:035 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light + with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come + upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither + he goeth. + +012:036 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the + children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and + did hide himself from them. + +012:037 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they + believed not on him: + +012:038 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, + which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to + whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? + +012:039 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said + again, + +012:040 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that + they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their + heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. + +012:041 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of + him. + +012:042 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; + but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest + they should be put out of the synagogue: + +012:043 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. + +012:044 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not + on me, but on him that sent me. + +012:045 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. + +012:046 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on + me should not abide in darkness. + +012:047 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him + not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. + +012:048 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one + that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall + judge him in the last day. + +012:049 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, + he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should + speak. + +012:050 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: + whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, + so I speak. + +013:001 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his + hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the + Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved + them unto the end. + +013:002 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the + heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; + +013:003 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his + hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; + +013:004 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a + towel, and girded himself. + +013:005 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash + the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith + he was girded. + +013:006 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, + dost thou wash my feet? + +013:007 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not + now; but thou shalt know hereafter. + +013:008 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus + answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. + +013:009 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also + my hands and my head. + +013:010 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash + his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not + all. + +013:011 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are + not all clean. + +013:012 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, + and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have + done to you? + +013:013 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. + +013:014 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye + also ought to wash one another's feet. + +013:015 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have + done to you. + +013:016 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater + than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that + sent him. + +013:017 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. + +013:018 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that + the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me + hath lifted up his heel against me. + +013:019 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, + ye may believe that I am he. + +013:020 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I + send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that + sent me. + +013:021 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and + testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one + of you shall betray me. + +013:022 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he + spake. + +013:023 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, + whom Jesus loved. + +013:024 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who + it should be of whom he spake. + +013:025 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is + it? + +013:026 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I + have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to + Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. + +013:027 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto + him, That thou doest, do quickly. + +013:028 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this + unto him. + +013:029 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that + Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of + against the feast; or, that he should give something to the + poor. + +013:030 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it + was night. + +013:031 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of + man glorified, and God is glorified in him. + +013:032 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in + himself, and shall straightway glorify him. + +013:033 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall + seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot + come; so now I say to you. + +013:034 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; + as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. + +013:035 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye + have love one to another. + +013:036 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus + answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but + thou shalt follow me afterwards. + +013:037 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I + will lay down my life for thy sake. + +013:038 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? + Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till + thou hast denied me thrice. + +014:001 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe + also in me. + +014:002 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I + would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. + +014:003 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, + and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be + also. + +014:004 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. + +014:005 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; + and how can we know the way? + +014:006 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: + no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. + +014:007 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and + from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. + +014:008 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it + sufficeth us. + +014:009 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and + yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath + seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? + +014:010 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in + me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but + the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. + +014:011 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or + else believe me for the very works' sake. + +014:012 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the + works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these + shall he do; because I go unto my Father. + +014:013 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that + the Father may be glorified in the Son. + +014:014 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. + +014:015 If ye love me, keep my commandments. + +014:016 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another + Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; + +014:017 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, + because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know + him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. + +014:018 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. + +014:019 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see + me: because I live, ye shall live also. + +014:020 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in + me, and I in you. + +014:021 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that + loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, + and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. + +014:022 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou + wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? + +014:023 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will + keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come + unto him, and make our abode with him. + +014:024 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word + which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. + +014:025 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with + you. + +014:026 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father + will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring + all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto + you. + +014:027 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the + world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, + neither let it be afraid. + +014:028 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again + unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I + go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. + +014:029 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it + is come to pass, ye might believe. + +014:030 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of + this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. + +014:031 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the + Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go + hence. + +015:001 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. + +015:002 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and + every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may + bring forth more fruit. + +015:003 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto + you. + +015:004 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of + itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye + abide in me. + +015:005 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and + I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me + ye can do nothing. + +015:006 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is + withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, + and they are burned. + +015:007 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask + what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. + +015:008 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so + shall ye be my disciples. + +015:009 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye + in my love. + +015:010 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as + I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. + +015:011 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain + in you, and that your joy might be full. + +015:012 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have + loved you. + +015:013 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his + life for his friends. + +015:014 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. + +015:015 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth + not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for + all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known + unto you. + +015:016 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained + you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your + fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the + Father in my name, he may give it you. + +015:017 These things I command you, that ye love one another. + +015:018 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it + hated you. + +015:019 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but + because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of + the world, therefore the world hateth you. + +015:020 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not + greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will + also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will + keep yours also. + +015:021 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, + because they know not him that sent me. + +015:022 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: + but now they have no cloak for their sin. + +015:023 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. + +015:024 If I had not done among them the works which none other man + did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and + hated both me and my Father. + +015:025 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that + is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. + +015:026 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from + the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from + the Father, he shall testify of me: + +015:027 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me + from the beginning. + +016:001 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be + offended. + +016:002 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time + cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth + God service. + +016:003 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not + known the Father, nor me. + +016:004 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall + come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these + things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was + with you. + +016:005 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you + asketh me, Whither goest thou? + +016:006 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath + filled your heart. + +016:007 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you + that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not + come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. + +016:008 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of + righteousness, and of judgment: + +016:009 Of sin, because they believe not on me; + +016:010 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no + more; + +016:011 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. + +016:012 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear + them now. + +016:013 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide + you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but + whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will + shew you things to come. + +016:014 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall + shew it unto you. + +016:015 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, + that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. + +016:016 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little + while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. + +016:017 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this + that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see + me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, + Because I go to the Father? + +016:018 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little + while? we cannot tell what he saith. + +016:019 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said + unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A + little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little + while, and ye shall see me? + +016:020 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, + but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but + your sorrow shall be turned into joy. + +016:021 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour + is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she + remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born + into the world. + +016:022 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, + and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from + you. + +016:023 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say + unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he + will give it you. + +016:024 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall + receive, that your joy may be full. + +016:025 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time + cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I + shall shew you plainly of the Father. + +016:026 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, + that I will pray the Father for you: + +016:027 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, + and have believed that I came out from God. + +016:028 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: + again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. + +016:029 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, + and speakest no proverb. + +016:030 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not + that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou + camest forth from God. + +016:031 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? + +016:032 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be + scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and + yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. + +016:033 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have + peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good + cheer; I have overcome the world. + +017:001 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and + said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son + also may glorify thee: + +017:002 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should + give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. + +017:003 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only + true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. + +017:004 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work + which thou gavest me to do. + +017:005 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with + the glory which I had with thee before the world was. + +017:006 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me + out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; + and they have kept thy word. + +017:007 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given + me are of thee. + +017:008 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and + they have received them, and have known surely that I came out + from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. + +017:009 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which + thou hast given me; for they are thine. + +017:010 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified + in them. + +017:011 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, + and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name + those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we + are. + +017:012 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: + those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is + lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be + fulfilled. + +017:013 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, + that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. + +017:014 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, + because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the + world. + +017:015 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but + that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. + +017:016 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. + +017:017 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. + +017:018 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent + them into the world. + +017:019 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be + sanctified through the truth. + +017:020 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall + believe on me through their word; + +017:021 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in + thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may + believe that thou hast sent me. + +017:022 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that + they may be one, even as we are one: + +017:023 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in + one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and + hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. + +017:024 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be + with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou + hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of + the world. + +017:025 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have + known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. + +017:026 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: + that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and + I in them. + +018:001 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his + disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the + which he entered, and his disciples. + +018:002 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus + ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. + +018:003 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from + the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns + and torches and weapons. + +018:004 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, + went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? + +018:005 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I + am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. + +018:006 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went + backward, and fell to the ground. + +018:007 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus + of Nazareth. + +018:008 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye + seek me, let these go their way: + +018:009 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them + which thou gavest me have I lost none. + +018:010 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high + priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's + name was Malchus. + +018:011 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: + the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? + +018:012 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took + Jesus, and bound him, + +018:013 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to + Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. + +018:014 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it + was expedient that one man should die for the people. + +018:015 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: + that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with + Jesus into the palace of the high priest. + +018:016 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other + disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto + her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. + +018:017 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not + thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. + +018:018 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire + of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and + Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. + +018:019 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his + doctrine. + +018:020 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught + in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always + resort; and in secret have I said nothing. + +018:021 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said + unto them: behold, they know what I said. + +018:022 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood + by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest + thou the high priest so? + +018:023 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the + evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? + +018:024 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. + +018:025 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore + unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied + it, and said, I am not. + +018:026 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman + whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the + garden with him? + +018:027 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. + +018:028 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: + and it was early; and they themselves went not into the + judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they + might eat the passover. + +018:029 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation + bring ye against this man? + +018:030 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, + we would not have delivered him up unto thee. + +018:031 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him + according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is + not lawful for us to put any man to death: + +018:032 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, + signifying what death he should die. + +018:033 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called + Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? + +018:034 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did + others tell it thee of me? + +018:035 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief + priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? + +018:036 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom + were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I + should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not + from hence. + +018:037 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus + answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I + born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should + bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth + heareth my voice. + +018:038 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said + this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I + find in him no fault at all. + +018:039 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at + the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the + King of the Jews? + +018:040 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. + Now Barabbas was a robber. + +019:001 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. + +019:002 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his + head, and they put on him a purple robe, + +019:003 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with + their hands. + +019:004 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, + Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find + no fault in him. + +019:005 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the + purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! + +019:006 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they + cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto + them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in + him. + +019:007 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought + to die, because he made himself the Son of God. + +019:008 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more + afraid; + +019:009 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, + Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. + +019:010 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest + thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to + release thee? + +019:011 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, + except it were given thee from above: therefore he that + delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. + +019:012 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the + Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not + Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh + against Caesar. + +019:013 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus + forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is + called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. + +019:014 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the + sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! + +019:015 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. + Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief + priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. + +019:016 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And + they took Jesus, and led him away. + +019:017 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the + place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: + +019:018 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either + side one, and Jesus in the midst. + +019:019 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the + writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +019:020 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where + Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written + in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. + +019:021 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, + The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. + +019:022 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. + +019:023 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his + garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and + also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the + top throughout. + +019:024 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but + cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might + be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, + and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore + the soldiers did. + +019:025 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his + mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary + Magdalene. + +019:026 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing + by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy + son! + +019:027 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from + that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. + +019:028 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now + accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I + thirst. + +019:029 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a + spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his + mouth. + +019:030 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is + finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. + +019:031 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the + bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, + (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that + their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. + +019:032 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and + of the other which was crucified with him. + +019:033 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, + they brake not his legs: + +019:034 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and + forthwith came there out blood and water. + +019:035 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he + knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. + +019:036 For these things were done, that the scripture should be + fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. + +019:037 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom + they pierced. + +019:038 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of + Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that + he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him + leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. + +019:039 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to + Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, + about an hundred pound weight. + +019:040 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen + clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. + +019:041 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; + and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet + laid. + +019:042 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' + preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. + +020:001 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it + was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken + away from the sepulchre. + +020:002 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other + disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have + taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not + where they have laid him. + +020:003 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came + to the sepulchre. + +020:004 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun + Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. + +020:005 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes + lying; yet went he not in. + +020:006 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the + sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, + +020:007 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the + linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. + +020:008 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the + sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. + +020:009 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise + again from the dead. + +020:010 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. + +020:011 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she + wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, + +020:012 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, + and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. + +020:013 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto + them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not + where they have laid him. + +020:014 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw + Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. + +020:015 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest + thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, + Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast + laid him, and I will take him away. + +020:016 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto + him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. + +020:017 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended + to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I + ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and + your God. + +020:018 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen + the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. + +020:019 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, + when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled + for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and + saith unto them, Peace be unto you. + +020:020 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his + side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. + +020:021 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father + hath sent me, even so send I you. + +020:022 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto + them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: + +020:023 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and + whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. + +020:024 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with + them when Jesus came. + +020:025 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the + LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands + the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of + the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not + believe. + +020:026 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and + Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and + stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. + +020:027 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold + my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my + side: and be not faithless, but believing. + +020:028 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. + +020:029 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou + hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet + have believed. + +020:030 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his + disciples, which are not written in this book: + +020:031 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the + Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life + through his name. + +021:001 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples + at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. + +021:002 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, + and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and + two other of his disciples. + +021:003 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto + him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a + ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. + +021:004 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: + but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. + +021:005 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They + answered him, No. + +021:006 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the + ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they + were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. + +021:007 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It + is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, + he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and + did cast himself into the sea. + +021:008 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were + not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) + dragging the net with fishes. + +021:009 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of + coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. + +021:010 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now + caught. + +021:011 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great + fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were + so many, yet was not the net broken. + +021:012 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the + disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the + Lord. + +021:013 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish + likewise. + +021:014 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his + disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. + +021:015 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son + of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, + Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, + Feed my lambs. + +021:016 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, + lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest + that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. + +021:017 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest + thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third + time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest + all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto + him, Feed my sheep. + +021:018 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou + girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when + thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and + another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest + not. + +021:019 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. + And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. + +021:020 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved + following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and + said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? + +021:021 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man + do? + +021:022 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, + what is that to thee? follow thou me. + +021:023 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that + disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall + not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is + that to thee? + +021:024 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and + wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. + +021:025 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the + which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that + even the world itself could not contain the books that should + be written. Amen. + +Book 44 Acts + +001:001 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that + Jesus began both to do and teach, + +001:002 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through + the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom + he had chosen: + +001:003 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many + infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking + of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: + +001:004 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that + they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the + promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. + +001:005 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized + with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. + +001:006 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, + saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom + to Israel? + +001:007 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or + the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. + +001:008 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come + upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, + and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part + of the earth. + +001:009 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was + taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. + +001:010 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, + behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; + +001:011 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up + into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into + heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go + into heaven. + +001:012 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called + Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. + +001:013 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, + where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, + Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of + Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. + +001:014 These all continued with one accord in prayer and + supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, + and with his brethren. + +001:015 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the + disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about + an hundred and twenty,) + +001:016 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been + fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake + before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took + Jesus. + +001:017 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this + ministry. + +001:018 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; + and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all + his bowels gushed out. + +001:019 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch + as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that + is to say, The field of blood. + +001:020 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be + desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let + another take. + +001:021 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the + time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, + +001:022 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he + was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness + with us of his resurrection. + +001:023 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was + surnamed Justus, and Matthias. + +001:024 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the + hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, + +001:025 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from + which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own + place. + +001:026 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon + Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. + +002:001 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all + with one accord in one place. + +002:002 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing + mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were + sitting. + +002:003 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, + and it sat upon each of them. + +002:004 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to + speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. + +002:005 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of + every nation under heaven. + +002:006 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, + and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak + in his own language. + +002:007 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, + Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? + +002:008 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were + born? + +002:009 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in + Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and + Asia, + +002:010 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya + about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, + +002:011 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the + wonderful works of God. + +002:012 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to + another, What meaneth this? + +002:013 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. + +002:014 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, + and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at + Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: + +002:015 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the + third hour of the day. + +002:016 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; + +002:017 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will + pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your + daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see + visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: + +002:018 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in + those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: + +002:019 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the + earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: + +002:020 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into + blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: + +002:021 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the + name of the Lord shall be saved. + +002:022 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man + approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, + which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves + also know: + +002:023 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and + foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have + crucified and slain: + +002:024 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: + because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. + +002:025 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always + before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not + be moved: + +002:026 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; + moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: + +002:027 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou + suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. + +002:028 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make + me full of joy with thy countenance. + +002:029 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the + patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his + sepulchre is with us unto this day. + +002:030 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with + an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to + the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; + +002:031 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, + that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see + corruption. + +002:032 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. + +002:033 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having + received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath + shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. + +002:034 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith + himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right + hand, + +002:035 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. + +002:036 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God + hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord + and Christ. + +002:037 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, + and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and + brethren, what shall we do? + +002:038 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one + of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, + and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. + +002:039 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all + that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall + call. + +002:040 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, + Save yourselves from this untoward generation. + +002:041 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the + same day there were added unto them about three thousand + souls. + +002:042 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and + fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. + +002:043 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were + done by the apostles. + +002:044 And all that believed were together, and had all things + common; + +002:045 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all + men, as every man had need. + +002:046 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and + breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with + gladness and singleness of heart, + +002:047 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the + Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. + +003:001 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the + hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. + +003:002 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, + whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called + Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; + +003:003 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an + alms. + +003:004 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look + on us. + +003:005 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of + them. + +003:006 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I + have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise + up and walk. + +003:007 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and + immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. + +003:008 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them + into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. + +003:009 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: + +003:010 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the + Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder + and amazement at that which had happened unto him. + +003:011 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all + the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called + Solomon's, greatly wondering. + +003:012 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of + Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on + us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this + man to walk? + +003:013 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our + fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, + and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was + determined to let him go. + +003:014 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a + murderer to be granted unto you; + +003:015 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the + dead; whereof we are witnesses. + +003:016 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man + strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him + hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you + all. + +003:017 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as + did also your rulers. + +003:018 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of + all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so + fulfilled. + +003:019 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be + blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the + presence of the Lord. + +003:020 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto + you: + +003:021 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of + all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy + prophets since the world began. + +003:022 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the + Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto + me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say + unto you. + +003:023 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not + hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. + +003:024 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow + after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these + days. + +003:025 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which + God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy + seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. + +003:026 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him + to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his + iniquities. + +004:001 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the + captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, + +004:002 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached + through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. + +004:003 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the + next day: for it was now eventide. + +004:004 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the + number of the men was about five thousand. + +004:005 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and + elders, and scribes, + +004:006 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and + Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high + priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. + +004:007 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what + power, or by what name, have ye done this? + +004:008 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye + rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, + +004:009 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the + impotent man, by what means he is made whole; + +004:010 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, + that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye + crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth + this man stand here before you whole. + +004:011 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, + which is become the head of the corner. + +004:012 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none + other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be + saved. + +004:013 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and + perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they + marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been + with Jesus. + +004:014 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, + they could say nothing against it. + +004:015 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the + council, they conferred among themselves, + +004:016 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a + notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them + that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. + +004:017 But that it spread no further among the people, let us + straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man + in this name. + +004:018 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all + nor teach in the name of Jesus. + +004:019 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be + right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto + God, judge ye. + +004:020 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and + heard. + +004:021 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, + finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the + people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. + +004:022 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of + healing was shewed. + +004:023 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported + all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. + +004:024 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God + with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made + heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: + +004:025 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the + heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? + +004:026 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered + together against the Lord, and against his Christ. + +004:027 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast + anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, + and the people of Israel, were gathered together, + +004:028 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined + before to be done. + +004:029 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy + servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, + +004:030 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and + wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. + +004:031 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were + assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy + Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. + +004:032 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and + of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things + which he possessed was his own; but they had all things + common. + +004:033 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the + resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them + all. + +004:034 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as + were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the + prices of the things that were sold, + +004:035 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was + made unto every man according as he had need. + +004:036 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which + is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and + of the country of Cyprus, + +004:037 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at + the apostles' feet. + +005:001 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold + a possession, + +005:002 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to + it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' + feet. + +005:003 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to + lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of + the land? + +005:004 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was + sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived + this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but + unto God. + +005:005 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the + ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these + things. + +005:006 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, + and buried him. + +005:007 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his + wife, not knowing what was done, came in. + +005:008 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land + for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. + +005:009 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed + together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of + them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall + carry thee out. + +005:010 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the + ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, + carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. + +005:011 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as + heard these things. + +005:012 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders + wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord + in Solomon's porch. + +005:013 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the + people magnified them. + +005:014 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both + of men and women.) + +005:015 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, + and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the + shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. + +005:016 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto + Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with + unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. + +005:017 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, + (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with + indignation, + +005:018 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the + common prison. + +005:019 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, + and brought them forth, and said, + +005:020 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words + of this life. + +005:021 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early + in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they + that were with him, and called the council together, and all + the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison + to have them brought. + +005:022 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, + they returned and told, + +005:023 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and + the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had + opened, we found no man within. + +005:024 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the + chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them + whereunto this would grow. + +005:025 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye + put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the + people. + +005:026 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them + without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should + have been stoned. + +005:027 And when they had brought them, they set them before the + council: and the high priest asked them, + +005:028 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not + teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with + your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. + +005:029 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought + to obey God rather than men. + +005:030 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and + hanged on a tree. + +005:031 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a + Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of + sins. + +005:032 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the + Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. + +005:033 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took + counsel to slay them. + +005:034 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named + Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the + people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little + space; + +005:035 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves + what ye intend to do as touching these men. + +005:036 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be + somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined + themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, + were scattered, and brought to nought. + +005:037 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the + taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; + and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. + +005:038 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them + alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will + come to nought: + +005:039 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be + found even to fight against God. + +005:040 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, + and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in + the name of Jesus, and let them go. + +005:041 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing + that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. + +005:042 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not + to teach and preach Jesus Christ. + +006:001 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was + multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against + the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily + ministration. + +006:002 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto + them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word + of God, and serve tables. + +006:003 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest + report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint + over this business. + +006:004 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the + ministry of the word. + +006:005 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose + Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and + Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, + and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: + +006:006 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, + they laid their hands on them. + +006:007 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples + multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the + priests were obedient to the faith. + +006:008 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and + miracles among the people. + +006:009 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the + synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, + and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. + +006:010 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by + which he spake. + +006:011 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak + blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. + +006:012 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the + scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to + the council, + +006:013 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not + to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the + law: + +006:014 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall + destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses + delivered us. + +006:015 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, + saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. + +007:001 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? + +007:002 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of + glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in + Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, + +007:003 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy + kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. + +007:004 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in + Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed + him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. + +007:005 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to + set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him + for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he + had no child. + +007:006 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a + strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, + and entreat them evil four hundred years. + +007:007 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, + said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me + in this place. + +007:008 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham + begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac + begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. + +007:009 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: + but God was with him, + +007:010 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him + favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and + he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. + +007:011 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and + Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no + sustenance. + +007:012 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out + our fathers first. + +007:013 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; + and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. + +007:014 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all + his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. + +007:015 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, + +007:016 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre + that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor + the father of Sychem. + +007:017 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had + sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, + +007:018 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. + +007:019 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated + our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to + the end they might not live. + +007:020 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and + nourished up in his father's house three months: + +007:021 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and + nourished him for her own son. + +007:022 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and + was mighty in words and in deeds. + +007:023 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart + to visit his brethren the children of Israel. + +007:024 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and + avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: + +007:025 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that + God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. + +007:026 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, + and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are + brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? + +007:027 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, + Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? + +007:028 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? + +007:029 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land + of Madian, where he begat two sons. + +007:030 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in + the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame + of fire in a bush. + +007:031 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew + near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, + +007:032 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and + the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, + and durst not behold. + +007:033 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: + for the place where thou standest is holy ground. + +007:034 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is + in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to + deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. + +007:035 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler + and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a + deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in + the bush. + +007:036 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and + signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the + wilderness forty years. + +007:037 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A + prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your + brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. + +007:038 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the + angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our + fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: + +007:039 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, + and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, + +007:040 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for + this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot + not what is become of him. + +007:041 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto + the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. + +007:042 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of + heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye + house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and + sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? + +007:043 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your + god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will + carry you away beyond Babylon. + +007:044 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, + as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make + it according to the fashion that he had seen. + +007:045 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus + into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before + the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; + +007:046 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle + for the God of Jacob. + +007:047 But Solomon built him an house. + +007:048 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; + as saith the prophet, + +007:049 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house + will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my + rest? + +007:050 Hath not my hand made all these things? + +007:051 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do + always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. + +007:052 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and + they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the + Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and + murderers: + +007:053 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and + have not kept it. + +007:054 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and + they gnashed on him with their teeth. + +007:055 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly + into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on + the right hand of God, + +007:056 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man + standing on the right hand of God. + +007:057 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, + and ran upon him with one accord, + +007:058 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the + witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose + name was Saul. + +007:059 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord + Jesus, receive my spirit. + +007:060 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay + not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he + fell asleep. + +008:001 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there + was a great persecution against the church which was at + Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the + regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. + +008:002 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great + lamentation over him. + +008:003 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every + house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. + +008:004 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where + preaching the word. + +008:005 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached + Christ unto them. + +008:006 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things + which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he + did. + +008:007 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many + that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, + and that were lame, were healed. + +008:008 And there was great joy in that city. + +008:009 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in + the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of + Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: + +008:010 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, + saying, This man is the great power of God. + +008:011 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had + bewitched them with sorceries. + +008:012 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning + the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were + baptized, both men and women. + +008:013 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he + continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles + and signs which were done. + +008:014 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that + Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them + Peter and John: + +008:015 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they + might receive the Holy Ghost: + +008:016 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were + baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) + +008:017 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy + Ghost. + +008:018 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' + hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, + +008:019 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay + hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. + +008:020 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because + thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with + money. + +008:021 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart + is not right in the sight of God. + +008:022 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if + perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. + +008:023 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in + the bond of iniquity. + +008:024 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, + that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. + +008:025 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the + Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many + villages of the Samaritans. + +008:026 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, + and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from + Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. + +008:027 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an + eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the + Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had + come to Jerusalem for to worship, + +008:028 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the + prophet. + +008:029 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to + this chariot. + +008:030 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet + Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? + +008:031 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And + he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. + +008:032 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led + as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his + shearer, so opened he not his mouth: + +008:033 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall + declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. + +008:034 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom + speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? + +008:035 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, + and preached unto him Jesus. + +008:036 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: + and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me + to be baptized? + +008:037 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou + mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ + is the Son of God. + +008:038 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went + down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he + baptized him. + +008:039 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the + Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and + he went on his way rejoicing. + +008:040 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he + preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. + +009:001 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against + the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, + +009:002 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that + if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, + he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. + +009:003 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there + shined round about him a light from heaven: + +009:004 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, + Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? + +009:005 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus + whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the + pricks. + +009:006 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou + have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into + the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. + +009:007 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing + a voice, but seeing no man. + +009:008 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, + he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him + into Damascus. + +009:009 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor + drink. + +009:010 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; + and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, + Behold, I am here, Lord. + +009:011 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street + which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas + for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, + +009:012 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and + putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. + +009:013 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, + how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: + +009:014 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all + that call on thy name. + +009:015 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen + vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and + kings, and the children of Israel: + +009:016 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my + name's sake. + +009:017 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and + putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even + Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath + sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled + with the Holy Ghost. + +009:018 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been + scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was + baptized. + +009:019 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was + Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. + +009:020 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he + is the Son of God. + +009:021 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he + that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, + and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them + bound unto the chief priests? + +009:022 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the + Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very + Christ. + +009:023 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel + to kill him: + +009:024 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the + gates day and night to kill him. + +009:025 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the + wall in a basket. + +009:026 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join + himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and + believed not that he was a disciple. + +009:027 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and + declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and + that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at + Damascus in the name of Jesus. + +009:028 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. + +009:029 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and + disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay + him. + +009:030 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to + Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. + +009:031 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee + and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the + Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. + +009:032 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, + he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. + +009:033 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept + his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. + +009:034 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee + whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. + +009:035 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to + the Lord. + +009:036 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which + by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of + good works and almsdeeds which she did. + +009:037 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and + died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper + chamber. + +009:038 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples + had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, + desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. + +009:039 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they + brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood + by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which + Dorcas made, while she was with them. + +009:040 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; + and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she + opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. + +009:041 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had + called the saints and widows, presented her alive. + +009:042 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in + the Lord. + +009:043 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with + one Simon a tanner. + +010:001 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a + centurion of the band called the Italian band, + +010:002 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, + which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. + +010:003 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day + an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, + Cornelius. + +010:004 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is + it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are + come up for a memorial before God. + +010:005 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose + surname is Peter: + +010:006 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea + side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. + +010:007 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he + called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of + them that waited on him continually; + +010:008 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent + them to Joppa. + +010:009 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh + unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about + the sixth hour: + +010:010 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while + they made ready, he fell into a trance, + +010:011 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon + him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, + and let down to the earth: + +010:012 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and + wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. + +010:013 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. + +010:014 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing + that is common or unclean. + +010:015 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God + hath cleansed, that call not thou common. + +010:016 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again + into heaven. + +010:017 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he + had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from + Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before + the gate, + +010:018 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, + were lodged there. + +010:019 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, + Behold, three men seek thee. + +010:020 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting + nothing: for I have sent them. + +010:021 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from + Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the + cause wherefore ye are come? + +010:022 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one + that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of + the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for + thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. + +010:023 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow + Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa + accompanied him. + +010:024 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius + waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and + near friends. + +010:025 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down + at his feet, and worshipped him. + +010:026 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a + man. + +010:027 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that + were come together. + +010:028 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful + thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto + one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should + not call any man common or unclean. + +010:029 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was + sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? + +010:030 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this + hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, + a man stood before me in bright clothing, + +010:031 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are + had in remembrance in the sight of God. + +010:032 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname + is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by + the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. + +010:033 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done + that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present + before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. + +010:034 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive + that God is no respecter of persons: + +010:035 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh + righteousness, is accepted with him. + +010:036 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching + peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) + +010:037 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all + Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John + preached; + +010:038 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and + with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that + were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. + +010:039 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the + land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged + on a tree: + +010:040 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; + +010:041 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, + even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from + the dead. + +010:042 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify + that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of + quick and dead. + +010:043 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name + whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. + +010:044 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all + them which heard the word. + +010:045 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, + as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also + was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. + +010:046 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then + answered Peter, + +010:047 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, + which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? + +010:048 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. + Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. + +011:001 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that + the Gentiles had also received the word of God. + +011:002 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the + circumcision contended with him, + +011:003 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat + with them. + +011:004 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and + expounded it by order unto them, saying, + +011:005 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a + vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great + sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even + to me: + +011:006 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, + and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and + creeping things, and fowls of the air. + +011:007 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and + eat. + +011:008 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath + at any time entered into my mouth. + +011:009 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath + cleansed, that call not thou common. + +011:010 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again + into heaven. + +011:011 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come + unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. + +011:012 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. + Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered + into the man's house: + +011:013 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which + stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for + Simon, whose surname is Peter; + +011:014 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house + shall be saved. + +011:015 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us + at the beginning. + +011:016 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John + indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the + Holy Ghost. + +011:017 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto + us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I + could withstand God? + +011:018 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and + glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles + granted repentance unto life. + +011:019 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that + arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, + and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews + only. + +011:020 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when + they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching + the LORD Jesus. + +011:021 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number + believed, and turned unto the Lord. + +011:022 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church + which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he + should go as far as Antioch. + +011:023 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, + and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would + cleave unto the Lord. + +011:024 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of + faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. + +011:025 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: + +011:026 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it + came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with + the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were + called Christians first in Antioch. + +011:027 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. + +011:028 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by + the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all + the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. + +011:029 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, + determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in + Judaea: + +011:030 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of + Barnabas and Saul. + +012:001 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands + to vex certain of the church. + +012:002 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. + +012:003 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further + to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) + +012:004 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and + delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; + intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. + +012:005 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made + without ceasing of the church unto God for him. + +012:006 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night + Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two + chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. + +012:007 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light + shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and + raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell + off from his hands. + +012:008 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy + sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy + garment about thee, and follow me. + +012:009 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was + true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. + +012:010 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came + unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to + them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on + through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. + +012:011 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a + surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered + me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of + the people of the Jews. + +012:012 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of + Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many + were gathered together praying. + +012:013 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to + hearken, named Rhoda. + +012:014 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for + gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the + gate. + +012:015 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly + affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. + +012:016 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the + door, and saw him, they were astonished. + +012:017 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, + declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the + prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to + the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. + +012:018 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the + soldiers, what was become of Peter. + +012:019 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he + examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to + death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there + abode. + +012:020 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: + but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus + the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because + their country was nourished by the king's country. + +012:021 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon + his throne, and made an oration unto them. + +012:022 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, + and not of a man. + +012:023 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he + gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up + the ghost. + +012:024 But the word of God grew and multiplied. + +012:025 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had + fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose + surname was Mark. + +013:001 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain + prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called + Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been + brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. + +013:002 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost + said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I + have called them. + +013:003 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on + them, they sent them away. + +013:004 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto + Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. + +013:005 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God + in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their + minister. + +013:006 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they + found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name + was Barjesus: + +013:007 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a + prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to + hear the word of God. + +013:008 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) + withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the + faith. + +013:009 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy + Ghost, set his eyes on him. + +013:010 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child + of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not + cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? + +013:011 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou + shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And + immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he + went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. + +013:012 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being + astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. + +013:013 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to + Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to + Jerusalem. + +013:014 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in + Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and + sat down. + +013:015 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers + of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, + if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. + +013:016 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of + Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. + +013:017 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and + exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of + Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. + +013:018 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in + the wilderness. + +013:019 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of + Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. + +013:020 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of + four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. + +013:021 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul + the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space + of forty years. + +013:022 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to + be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, + I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own + heart, which shall fulfil all my will. + +013:023 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised + unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: + +013:024 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of + repentance to all the people of Israel. + +013:025 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that + I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, + whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. + +013:026 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and + whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this + salvation sent. + +013:027 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because + they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which + are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in + condemning him. + +013:028 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired + they Pilate that he should be slain. + +013:029 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they + took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. + +013:030 But God raised him from the dead: + +013:031 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from + Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. + +013:032 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise + which was made unto the fathers, + +013:033 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he + hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the + second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. + +013:034 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no + more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will + give you the sure mercies of David. + +013:035 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not + suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. + +013:036 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will + of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw + corruption: + +013:037 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. + +013:038 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through + this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: + +013:039 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, + from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. + +013:040 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of + in the prophets; + +013:041 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a + work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, + though a man declare it unto you. + +013:042 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles + besought that these words might be preached to them the next + sabbath. + +013:043 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and + religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking + to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. + +013:044 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together + to hear the word of God. + +013:045 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with + envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by + Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. + +013:046 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary + that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but + seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of + everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. + +013:047 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to + be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for + salvation unto the ends of the earth. + +013:048 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and + glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained + to eternal life believed. + +013:049 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the + region. + +013:050 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and + the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul + and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. + +013:051 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and + came unto Iconium. + +013:052 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy + Ghost. + +014:001 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together + into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great + multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. + +014:002 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made + their minds evil affected against the brethren. + +014:003 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, + which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted + signs and wonders to be done by their hands. + +014:004 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with + the Jews, and part with the apostles. + +014:005 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and + also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, + and to stone them, + +014:006 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities + of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: + +014:007 And there they preached the gospel. + +014:008 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, + being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: + +014:009 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and + perceiving that he had faith to be healed, + +014:010 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he + leaped and walked. + +014:011 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up + their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are + come down to us in the likeness of men. + +014:012 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, + because he was the chief speaker. + +014:013 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, + brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done + sacrifice with the people. + +014:014 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they + rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, + +014:015 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of + like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should + turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made + heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are + therein: + +014:016 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own + ways. + +014:017 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he + did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, + filling our hearts with food and gladness. + +014:018 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that + they had not done sacrifice unto them. + +014:019 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, + who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out + of the city, supposing he had been dead. + +014:020 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, + and came into the city: and the next day he departed with + Barnabas to Derbe. + +014:021 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had + taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, + and Antioch, + +014:022 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to + continue in the faith, and that we must through much + tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. + +014:023 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and + had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on + whom they believed. + +014:024 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to + Pamphylia. + +014:025 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down + into Attalia: + +014:026 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been + recommended to the grace of God for the work which they + fulfilled. + +014:027 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, + they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had + opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. + +014:028 And there they abode long time with the disciples. + +015:001 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the + brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner + of Moses, ye cannot be saved. + +015:002 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and + disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, + and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the + apostles and elders about this question. + +015:003 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed + through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the + Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. + +015:004 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of + the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared + all things that God had done with them. + +015:005 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which + believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and + to command them to keep the law of Moses. + +015:006 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of + this matter. + +015:007 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and + said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good + while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my + mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. + +015:008 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving + them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; + +015:009 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their + hearts by faith. + +015:010 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of + the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to + bear? + +015:011 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ + we shall be saved, even as they. + +015:012 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to + Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had + wrought among the Gentiles by them. + +015:013 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, + Men and brethren, hearken unto me: + +015:014 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the + Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. + +015:015 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, + +015:016 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle + of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the + ruins thereof, and I will set it up: + +015:017 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the + Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who + doeth all these things. + +015:018 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the + world. + +015:019 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from + among the Gentiles are turned to God: + +015:020 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions + of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and + from blood. + +015:021 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, + being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. + +015:022 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, + to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul + and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief + men among the brethren: + +015:023 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles + and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which + are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. + +015:024 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from + us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, + saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we + gave no such commandment: + +015:025 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to + send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, + +015:026 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord + Jesus Christ. + +015:027 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell + you the same things by mouth. + +015:028 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon + you no greater burden than these necessary things; + +015:029 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, + and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if + ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. + +015:030 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when + they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the + epistle: + +015:031 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. + +015:032 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted + the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. + +015:033 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in + peace from the brethren unto the apostles. + +015:034 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. + +015:035 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and + preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. + +015:036 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again + and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached + the word of the LORD, and see how they do. + +015:037 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname + was Mark. + +015:038 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed + from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. + +015:039 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they + departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took + Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; + +015:040 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the + brethren unto the grace of God. + +015:041 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the + churches. + +016:001 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain + disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain + woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a + Greek: + +016:002 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra + and Iconium. + +016:003 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and + circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those + quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. + +016:004 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the + decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and + elders which were at Jerusalem. + +016:005 And so were the churches established in the faith, and + increased in number daily. + +016:006 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of + Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the + word in Asia, + +016:007 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into + Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. + +016:008 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. + +016:009 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man + of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into + Macedonia, and help us. + +016:010 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured + to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had + called us for to preach the gospel unto them. + +016:011 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course + to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; + +016:012 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that + part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city + abiding certain days. + +016:013 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, + where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake + unto the women which resorted thither. + +016:014 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the + city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart + the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were + spoken of Paul. + +016:015 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, + saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come + into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. + +016:016 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel + possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought + her masters much gain by soothsaying: + +016:017 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men + are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the + way of salvation. + +016:018 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned + and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus + Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. + +016:019 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was + gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the + marketplace unto the rulers, + +016:020 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being + Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, + +016:021 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, + neither to observe, being Romans. + +016:022 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the + magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat + them. + +016:023 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them + into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: + +016:024 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner + prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. + +016:025 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto + God: and the prisoners heard them. + +016:026 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the + foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the + doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. + +016:027 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and + seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would + have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been + fled. + +016:028 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: + for we are all here. + +016:029 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, + and fell down before Paul and Silas, + +016:030 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be + saved? + +016:031 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou + shalt be saved, and thy house. + +016:032 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that + were in his house. + +016:033 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their + stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. + +016:034 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat + before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his + house. + +016:035 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, + saying, Let those men go. + +016:036 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The + magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and + go in peace. + +016:037 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly + uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and + now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them + come themselves and fetch us out. + +016:038 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and + they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. + +016:039 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and + desired them to depart out of the city. + +016:040 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of + Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted + them, and departed. + +017:001 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, + they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: + +017:002 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three + sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, + +017:003 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, + and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I + preach unto you, is Christ. + +017:004 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; + and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief + women not a few. + +017:005 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto + them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a + company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the + house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. + +017:006 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain + brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have + turned the world upside down are come hither also; + +017:007 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the + decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one + Jesus. + +017:008 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when + they heard these things. + +017:009 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, + they let them go. + +017:010 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night + unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the + Jews. + +017:011 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they + received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the + scriptures daily, whether those things were so. + +017:012 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women + which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. + +017:013 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word + of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, + and stirred up the people. + +017:014 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it + were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. + +017:015 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and + receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come + to him with all speed, they departed. + +017:016 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was + stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. + +017:017 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with + the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met + with him. + +017:018 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the + Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this + babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of + strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the + resurrection. + +017:019 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May + we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? + +017:020 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would + know therefore what these things mean. + +017:021 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent + their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear + some new thing.) + +017:022 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men + of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too + superstitious. + +017:023 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an + altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom + therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. + +017:024 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he + is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with + hands; + +017:025 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed + any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all + things; + +017:026 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on + all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times + before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; + +017:027 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after + him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: + +017:028 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain + also of your own poets have said, For we are also his + offspring. + +017:029 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to + think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, + graven by art and man's device. + +017:030 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now + commandeth all men every where to repent: + +017:031 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge + the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; + whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath + raised him from the dead. + +017:032 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some + mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this + matter. + +017:033 So Paul departed from among them. + +017:034 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the + which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, + and others with them. + +018:001 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to + Corinth; + +018:002 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately + come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that + Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came + unto them. + +018:003 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and + wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. + +018:004 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded + the Jews and the Greeks. + +018:005 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul + was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that + Jesus was Christ. + +018:006 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his + raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own + heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the + Gentiles. + +018:007 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's + house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house + joined hard to the synagogue. + +018:008 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the + Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing + believed, and were baptized. + +018:009 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not + afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: + +018:010 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: + for I have much people in this city. + +018:011 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the + word of God among them. + +018:012 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made + insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to + the judgment seat, + +018:013 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to + the law. + +018:014 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said + unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked + lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: + +018:015 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, + look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. + +018:016 And he drave them from the judgment seat. + +018:017 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the + synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio + cared for none of those things. + +018:018 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then + took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, + and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in + Cenchrea: for he had a vow. + +018:019 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself + entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. + +018:020 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he + consented not; + +018:021 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this + feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto + you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. + +018:022 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted + the church, he went down to Antioch. + +018:023 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went + over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, + strengthening all the disciples. + +018:024 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an + eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. + +018:025 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being + fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the + things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. + +018:026 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when + Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and + expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. + +018:027 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren + wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he + was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: + +018:028 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, + shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. + +019:001 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul + having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and + finding certain disciples, + +019:002 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye + believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard + whether there be any Holy Ghost. + +019:003 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And + they said, Unto John's baptism. + +019:004 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of + repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe + on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. + +019:005 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the + Lord Jesus. + +019:006 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost + came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. + +019:007 And all the men were about twelve. + +019:008 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space + of three months, disputing and persuading the things + concerning the kingdom of God. + +019:009 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake + evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, + and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of + one Tyrannus. + +019:010 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they + which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both + Jews and Greeks. + +019:011 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: + +019:012 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs + or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil + spirits went out of them. + +019:013 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them + to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD + Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. + +019:014 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of + the priests, which did so. + +019:015 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul + I know; but who are ye? + +019:016 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and + overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled + out of that house naked and wounded. + +019:017 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at + Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord + Jesus was magnified. + +019:018 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their + deeds. + +019:019 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books + together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the + price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. + +019:020 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. + +019:021 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, + when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to + Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see + Rome. + +019:022 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto + him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for + a season. + +019:023 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. + +019:024 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made + silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the + craftsmen; + +019:025 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, + and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. + +019:026 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but + almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and + turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which + are made with hands: + +019:027 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at + nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana + should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, + whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. + +019:028 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, + and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. + +019:029 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having + caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's + companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the + theatre. + +019:030 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the + disciples suffered him not. + +019:031 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent + unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself + into the theatre. + +019:032 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the + assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore + they were come together. + +019:033 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting + him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would + have made his defence unto the people. + +019:034 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about + the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the + Ephesians. + +019:035 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye + men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that + the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess + Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? + +019:036 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye + ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. + +019:037 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither + robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. + +019:038 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, + have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are + deputies: let them implead one another. + +019:039 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall + be determined in a lawful assembly. + +019:040 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's + uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of + this concourse. + +019:041 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. + +020:001 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the + disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into + Macedonia. + +020:002 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much + exhortation, he came into Greece, + +020:003 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for + him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return + through Macedonia. + +020:004 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of + the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of + Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. + +020:005 These going before tarried for us at Troas. + +020:006 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened + bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we + abode seven days. + +020:007 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came + together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to + depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. + +020:008 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they + were gathered together. + +020:009 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, + being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long + preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the + third loft, and was taken up dead. + +020:010 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, + Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. + +020:011 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and + eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he + departed. + +020:012 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little + comforted. + +020:013 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there + intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding + himself to go afoot. + +020:014 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to + Mitylene. + +020:015 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against + Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at + Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. + +020:016 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would + not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible + for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. + +020:017 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of + the church. + +020:018 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, + from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I + have been with you at all seasons, + +020:019 Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many + tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait + of the Jews: + +020:020 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but + have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house + to house, + +020:021 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, + repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. + +020:022 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not + knowing the things that shall befall me there: + +020:023 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that + bonds and afflictions abide me. + +020:024 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear + unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and + the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to + testify the gospel of the grace of God. + +020:025 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone + preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. + +020:026 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from + the blood of all men. + +020:027 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of + God. + +020:028 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, + over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed + the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. + +020:029 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves + enter in among you, not sparing the flock. + +020:030 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse + things, to draw away disciples after them. + +020:031 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three + years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. + +020:032 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of + his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an + inheritance among all them which are sanctified. + +020:033 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. + +020:034 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto + my necessities, and to them that were with me. + +020:035 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought + to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord + Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to + receive. + +020:036 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with + them all. + +020:037 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed + him, + +020:038 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they + should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the + ship. + +021:001 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and + had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and + the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: + +021:002 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, + and set forth. + +021:003 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left + hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the + ship was to unlade her burden. + +021:004 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said + to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to + Jerusalem. + +021:005 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went + our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and + children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on + the shore, and prayed. + +021:006 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; + and they returned home again. + +021:007 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to + Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one + day. + +021:008 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and + came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip + the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with + him. + +021:009 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did + prophesy. + +021:010 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea + a certain prophet, named Agabus. + +021:011 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound + his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, + So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this + girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. + +021:012 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that + place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. + +021:013 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine + heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at + Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. + +021:014 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The + will of the Lord be done. + +021:015 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to + Jerusalem. + +021:016 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, + and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, + with whom we should lodge. + +021:017 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us + gladly. + +021:018 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all + the elders were present. + +021:019 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what + things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. + +021:020 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto + him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are + which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: + +021:021 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews + which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that + they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk + after the customs. + +021:022 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: + for they will hear that thou art come. + +021:023 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which + have a vow on them; + +021:024 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges + with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know + that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, + are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and + keepest the law. + +021:025 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and + concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they + keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, + and from strangled, and from fornication. + +021:026 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself + with them entered into the temple, to signify the + accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an + offering should be offered for every one of them. + +021:027 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were + of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the + people, and laid hands on him, + +021:028 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that + teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, + and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the + temple, and hath polluted this holy place. + +021:029 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an + Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the + temple.) + +021:030 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and + they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith + the doors were shut. + +021:031 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the + chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an + uproar. + +021:032 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down + unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the + soldiers, they left beating of Paul. + +021:033 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded + him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and + what he had done. + +021:034 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: + and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he + commanded him to be carried into the castle. + +021:035 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne + of the soldiers for the violence of the people. + +021:036 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away + with him. + +021:037 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the + chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou + speak Greek? + +021:038 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an + uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men + that were murderers? + +021:039 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in + Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, + suffer me to speak unto the people. + +021:040 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, + and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was + made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, + saying, + +022:001 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make + now unto you. + +022:002 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to + them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) + +022:003 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in + Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, + and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the + fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. + +022:004 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and + delivering into prisons both men and women. + +022:005 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the + estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto + the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were + there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. + +022:006 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come + nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from + heaven a great light round about me. + +022:007 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, + Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? + +022:008 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am + Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. + +022:009 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were + afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. + +022:010 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, + Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee + of all things which are appointed for thee to do. + +022:011 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being + led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into + Damascus. + +022:012 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a + good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, + +022:013 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, + receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. + +022:014 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that + thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and + shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. + +022:015 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast + seen and heard. + +022:016 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash + away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. + +022:017 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, + even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; + +022:018 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly + out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony + concerning me. + +022:019 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in + every synagogue them that believed on thee: + +022:020 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was + standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the + raiment of them that slew him. + +022:021 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence + unto the Gentiles. + +022:022 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up + their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the + earth: for it is not fit that he should live. + +022:023 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw + dust into the air, + +022:024 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, + and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he + might know wherefore they cried so against him. + +022:025 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the + centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man + that is a Roman, and uncondemned? + +022:026 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief + captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a + Roman. + +022:027 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art + thou a Roman? He said, Yea. + +022:028 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I + this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. + +022:029 Then straightway they departed from him which should have + examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he + knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. + +022:030 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty + wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his + bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council + to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. + +023:001 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and + brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until + this day. + +023:002 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him + to smite him on the mouth. + +023:003 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited + wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and + commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? + +023:004 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? + +023:005 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high + priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the + ruler of thy people. + +023:006 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and + the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and + brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope + and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. + +023:007 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the + Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. + +023:008 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither + angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. + +023:009 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the + Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in + this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let + us not fight against God. + +023:010 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, + fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, + commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force + from among them, and to bring him into the castle. + +023:011 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of + good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in + Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. + +023:012 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and + bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither + eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. + +023:013 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. + +023:014 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We + have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat + nothing until we have slain Paul. + +023:015 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain + that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would + enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or + ever he come near, are ready to kill him. + +023:016 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he + went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. + +023:017 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, + Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a + certain thing to tell him. + +023:018 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and + said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to + bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto + thee. + +023:019 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him + aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell + me? + +023:020 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou + wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though + they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. + +023:021 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him + of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with + an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have + killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from + thee. + +023:022 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and + charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these + things to me. + +023:023 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two + hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore + and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the + night; + +023:024 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring + him safe unto Felix the governor. + +023:025 And he wrote a letter after this manner: + +023:026 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth + greeting. + +023:027 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of + them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having + understood that he was a Roman. + +023:028 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused + him, I brought him forth into their council: + +023:029 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but + to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of + bonds. + +023:030 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the + man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his + accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. + Farewell. + +023:031 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and + brought him by night to Antipatris. + +023:032 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and + returned to the castle: + +023:033 Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to + the governor, presented Paul also before him. + +023:034 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what + province he was. And when he understood that he was of + Cilicia; + +023:035 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. + And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. + +024:001 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the + elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who + informed the governor against Paul. + +024:002 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, + saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that + very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, + +024:003 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with + all thankfulness. + +024:004 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I + pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few + words. + +024:005 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of + sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a + ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: + +024:006 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, + and would have judged according to our law. + +024:007 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great + violence took him away out of our hands, + +024:008 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of + whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, + whereof we accuse him. + +024:009 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. + +024:010 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to + speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of + many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully + answer for myself: + +024:011 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but + twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. + +024:012 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any + man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, + nor in the city: + +024:013 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. + +024:014 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they + call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all + things which are written in the law and in the prophets: + +024:015 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, + that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the + just and unjust. + +024:016 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience + void to offence toward God, and toward men. + +024:017 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and + offerings. + +024:018 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the + temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. + +024:019 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they + had ought against me. + +024:020 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil + doing in me, while I stood before the council, + +024:021 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among + them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in + question by you this day. + +024:022 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect + knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias + the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost + of your matter. + +024:023 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have + liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to + minister or come unto him. + +024:024 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife + Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him + concerning the faith in Christ. + +024:025 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment + to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this + time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. + +024:026 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, + that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the + oftener, and communed with him. + +024:027 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and + Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. + +025:001 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days + he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. + +025:002 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him + against Paul, and besought him, + +025:003 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to + Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. + +025:004 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and + that he himself would depart shortly thither. + +025:005 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down + with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in + him. + +025:006 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went + down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment + seat commanded Paul to be brought. + +025:007 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem + stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints + against Paul, which they could not prove. + +025:008 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the + Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have + I offended any thing at all. + +025:009 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, + and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of + these things before me? + +025:010 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I + ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou + very well knowest. + +025:011 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of + death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these + things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto + them. I appeal unto Caesar. + +025:012 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, + Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. + +025:013 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto + Caesarea to salute Festus. + +025:014 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's + cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in + bonds by Felix: + +025:015 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the + elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment + against him. + +025:016 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to + deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have + the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for + himself concerning the crime laid against him. + +025:017 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on + the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man + to be brought forth. + +025:018 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none + accusation of such things as I supposed: + +025:019 But had certain questions against him of their own + superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul + affirmed to be alive. + +025:020 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him + whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these + matters. + +025:021 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of + Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to + Caesar. + +025:022 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man + myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. + +025:023 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with + great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with + the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' + commandment Paul was brought forth. + +025:024 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here + present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude + of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also + here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. + +025:025 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of + death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have + determined to send him. + +025:026 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. + Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially + before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I + might have somewhat to write. + +025:027 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not + withal to signify the crimes laid against him. + +026:001 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for + thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for + himself: + +026:002 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for + myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I + am accused of the Jews: + +026:003 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and + questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee + to hear me patiently. + +026:004 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among + mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; + +026:005 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that + after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a + Pharisee. + +026:006 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made + of God, unto our fathers: + +026:007 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God + day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king + Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. + +026:008 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God + should raise the dead? + +026:009 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things + contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. + +026:010 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints + did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the + chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my + voice against them. + +026:011 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them + to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I + persecuted them even unto strange cities. + +026:012 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission + from the chief priests, + +026:013 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above + the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them + which journeyed with me. + +026:014 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice + speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, + why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against + the pricks. + +026:015 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom + thou persecutest. + +026:016 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto + thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness + both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things + in the which I will appear unto thee; + +026:017 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto + whom now I send thee, + +026:018 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, + and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive + forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are + sanctified by faith that is in me. + +026:019 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the + heavenly vision: + +026:020 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and + throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, + that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for + repentance. + +026:021 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went + about to kill me. + +026:022 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this + day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other + things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should + come: + +026:023 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first + that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the + people, and to the Gentiles. + +026:024 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud + voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make + thee mad. + +026:025 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth + the words of truth and soberness. + +026:026 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak + freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are + hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. + +026:027 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou + believest. + +026:028 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a + Christian. + +026:029 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also + all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether + such as I am, except these bonds. + +026:030 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the + governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: + +026:031 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, + saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. + +026:032 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at + liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. + +027:001 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, + they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named + Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. + +027:002 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning + to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian + of Thessalonica, being with us. + +027:003 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously + entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to + refresh himself. + +027:004 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, + because the winds were contrary. + +027:005 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, + we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. + +027:006 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing + into Italy; and he put us therein. + +027:007 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come + over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed + under Crete, over against Salmone; + +027:008 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The + fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. + +027:009 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now + dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul + admonished them, + +027:010 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be + with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, + but also of our lives. + +027:011 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner + of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. + +027:012 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the + more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they + might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an + haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north + west. + +027:013 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had + obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by + Crete. + +027:014 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, + called Euroclydon. + +027:015 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the + wind, we let her drive. + +027:016 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we + had much work to come by the boat: + +027:017 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding + the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the + quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. + +027:018 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day + they lightened the ship; + +027:019 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling + of the ship. + +027:020 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no + small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was + then taken away. + +027:021 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of + them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and + not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and + loss. + +027:022 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be + no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. + +027:023 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, + and whom I serve, + +027:024 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: + and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. + +027:025 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it + shall be even as it was told me. + +027:026 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. + +027:027 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up + and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they + drew near to some country; + +027:028 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had + gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it + fifteen fathoms. + +027:029 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast + four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. + +027:030 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when + they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as + though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, + +027:031 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these + abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. + +027:032 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her + fall off. + +027:033 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to + take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have + tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. + +027:034 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your + health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any + of you. + +027:035 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to + God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he + began to eat. + +027:036 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some + meat. + +027:037 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and + sixteen souls. + +027:038 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and + cast out the wheat into the sea. + +027:039 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they + discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they + were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. + +027:040 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed + themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and + hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. + +027:041 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship + aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, + but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. + +027:042 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any + of them should swim out, and escape. + +027:043 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their + purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast + themselves first into the sea, and get to land: + +027:044 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the + ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to + land. + +028:001 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was + called Melita. + +028:002 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for + they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the + present rain, and because of the cold. + +028:003 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them + on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened + on his hand. + +028:004 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his + hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a + murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance + suffereth not to live. + +028:005 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. + +028:006 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen + down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, + and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and + said that he was a god. + +028:007 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the + island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us + three days courteously. + +028:008 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a + fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and + prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. + +028:009 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the + island, came, and were healed: + +028:010 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, + they laded us with such things as were necessary. + +028:011 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, + which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and + Pollux. + +028:012 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. + +028:013 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and + after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to + Puteoli: + +028:014 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them + seven days: and so we went toward Rome. + +028:015 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to + meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom + when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. + +028:016 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the + prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered + to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. + +028:017 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the + chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, + he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed + nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was + I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the + Romans. + +028:018 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because + there was no cause of death in me. + +028:019 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to + appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation + of. + +028:020 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, + and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I + am bound with this chain. + +028:021 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of + Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came + shewed or spake any harm of thee. + +028:022 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as + concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken + against. + +028:023 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him + into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the + kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of + the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till + evening. + +028:024 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some + believed not. + +028:025 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, + after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost + by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, + +028:026 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, + and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not + perceive: + +028:027 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears + are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest + they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and + understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I + should heal them. + +028:028 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is + sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. + +028:029 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had + great reasoning among themselves. + +028:030 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and + received all that came in unto him, + +028:031 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which + concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man + forbidding him. + +Book 45 Romans + +001:001 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, + separated unto the gospel of God, + +001:002 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy + scriptures,) + +001:003 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of + the seed of David according to the flesh; + +001:004 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the + spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: + +001:005 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience + to the faith among all nations, for his name: + +001:006 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: + +001:007 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: + Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus + Christ. + +001:008 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that + your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. + +001:009 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the + gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you + always in my prayers; + +001:010 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a + prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. + +001:011 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some + spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; + +001:012 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the + mutual faith both of you and me. + +001:013 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I + purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I + might have some fruit among you also, even as among other + Gentiles. + +001:014 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to + the wise, and to the unwise. + +001:015 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to + you that are at Rome also. + +001:016 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the + power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to + the Jew first, and also to the Greek. + +001:017 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to + faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. + +001:018 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all + ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in + unrighteousness; + +001:019 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; + for God hath shewed it unto them. + +001:020 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world + are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are + made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are + without excuse: + +001:021 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as + God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their + imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. + +001:022 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, + +001:023 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image + made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted + beasts, and creeping things. + +001:024 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the + lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies + between themselves: + +001:025 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and + served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for + ever. Amen. + +001:026 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even + their women did change the natural use into that which is + against nature: + +001:027 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the + woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men + working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves + that recompence of their error which was meet. + +001:028 And even as they did not like to retain God in their + knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those + things which are not convenient; + +001:029 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, + wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, + debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, + +001:030 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, + inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, + +001:031 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural + affection, implacable, unmerciful: + +001:032 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such + things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have + pleasure in them that do them. + +002:001 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that + judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest + thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. + +002:002 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth + against them which commit such things. + +002:003 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such + things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the + judgment of God? + +002:004 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance + and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God + leadeth thee to repentance? + +002:005 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto + thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the + righteous judgment of God; + +002:006 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: + +002:007 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for + glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: + +002:008 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, + but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, + +002:009 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth + evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; + +002:010 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, + to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: + +002:011 For there is no respect of persons with God. + +002:012 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish + without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be + judged by the law; + +002:013 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the + doers of the law shall be justified. + +002:014 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature + the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, + are a law unto themselves: + +002:015 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their + conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean + while accusing or else excusing one another;) + +002:016 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus + Christ according to my gospel. + +002:017 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and + makest thy boast of God, + +002:018 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more + excellent, being instructed out of the law; + +002:019 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, + a light of them which are in darkness, + +002:020 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast + the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. + +002:021 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not + thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou + steal? + +002:022 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou + commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit + sacrilege? + +002:023 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the + law dishonourest thou God? + +002:024 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through + you, as it is written. + +002:025 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but + if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made + uncircumcision. + +002:026 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the + law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? + +002:027 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil + the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost + transgress the law? + +002:028 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that + circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: + +002:029 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is + that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose + praise is not of men, but of God. + +003:001 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of + circumcision? + +003:002 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed + the oracles of God. + +003:003 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make + the faith of God without effect? + +003:004 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it + is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, + and mightest overcome when thou art judged. + +003:005 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, + what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I + speak as a man) + +003:006 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? + +003:007 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto + his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? + +003:008 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some + affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose + damnation is just. + +003:009 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we + have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all + under sin; + +003:010 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: + +003:011 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh + after God. + +003:012 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become + unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +003:013 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they + have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: + +003:014 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: + +003:015 Their feet are swift to shed blood: + +003:016 Destruction and misery are in their ways: + +003:017 And the way of peace have they not known: + +003:018 There is no fear of God before their eyes. + +003:019 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to + them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, + and all the world may become guilty before God. + +003:020 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be + justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of + sin. + +003:021 But now the righteousness of God without the law is + manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; + +003:022 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus + Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is + no difference: + +003:023 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; + +003:024 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption + that is in Christ Jesus: + +003:025 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in + his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of + sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; + +003:026 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he + might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in + Jesus. + +003:027 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? + Nay: but by the law of faith. + +003:028 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without + the deeds of the law. + +003:029 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the + Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: + +003:030 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by + faith, and uncircumcision through faith. + +003:031 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, + we establish the law. + +004:001 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining + to the flesh, hath found? + +004:002 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to + glory; but not before God. + +004:003 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was + counted unto him for righteousness. + +004:004 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, + but of debt. + +004:005 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that + justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for + righteousness. + +004:006 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto + whom God imputeth righteousness without works, + +004:007 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and + whose sins are covered. + +004:008 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. + +004:009 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or + upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was + reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. + +004:010 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in + uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. + +004:011 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the + righteousness of the faith which he had yet being + uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that + believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness + might be imputed unto them also: + +004:012 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the + circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that + faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet + uncircumcised. + +004:013 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was + not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through + the righteousness of faith. + +004:014 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, + and the promise made of none effect: + +004:015 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is + no transgression. + +004:016 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the + end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that + only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the + faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, + +004:017 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) + before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the + dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they + were. + +004:018 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the + father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So + shall thy seed be. + +004:019 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body + now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet + the deadness of Sarah's womb: + +004:020 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but + was strong in faith, giving glory to God; + +004:021 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was + able also to perform. + +004:022 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. + +004:023 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed + to him; + +004:024 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on + him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; + +004:025 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for + our justification. + +005:001 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God + through our Lord Jesus Christ: + +005:002 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein + we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. + +005:003 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing + that tribulation worketh patience; + +005:004 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: + +005:005 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed + abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. + +005:006 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died + for the ungodly. + +005:007 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet + peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. + +005:008 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were + yet sinners, Christ died for us. + +005:009 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be + saved from wrath through him. + +005:010 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the + death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be + saved by his life. + +005:011 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus + Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. + +005:012 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death + by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have + sinned: + +005:013 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not + imputed when there is no law. + +005:014 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them + that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's + transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. + +005:015 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if + through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace + of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus + Christ, hath abounded unto many. + +005:016 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the + judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of + many offences unto justification. + +005:017 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more + they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of + righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) + +005:018 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men + to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free + gift came upon all men unto justification of life. + +005:019 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by + the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. + +005:020 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But + where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: + +005:021 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign + through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our + Lord. + +006:001 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace + may abound? + +006:002 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any + longer therein? + +006:003 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus + Christ were baptized into his death? + +006:004 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that + like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the + Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. + +006:005 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his + death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: + +006:006 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the + body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not + serve sin. + +006:007 For he that is dead is freed from sin. + +006:008 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also + live with him: + +006:009 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; + death hath no more dominion over him. + +006:010 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he + liveth, he liveth unto God. + +006:011 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, + but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +006:012 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye + should obey it in the lusts thereof. + +006:013 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of + unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as + those that are alive from the dead, and your members as + instruments of righteousness unto God. + +006:014 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under + the law, but under grace. + +006:015 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but + under grace? God forbid. + +006:016 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to + obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto + death, or of obedience unto righteousness? + +006:017 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye + have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was + delivered you. + +006:018 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of + righteousness. + +006:019 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of + your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to + uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield + your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. + +006:020 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from + righteousness. + +006:021 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now + ashamed? for the end of those things is death. + +006:022 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, + ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting + life. + +006:023 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal + life through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +007:001 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the + law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he + liveth? + +007:002 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her + husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she + is loosed from the law of her husband. + +007:003 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to + another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her + husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no + adulteress, though she be married to another man. + +007:004 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by + the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even + to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth + fruit unto God. + +007:005 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were + by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto + death. + +007:006 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein + we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and + not in the oldness of the letter. + +007:007 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had + not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, + except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. + +007:008 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all + manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. + +007:009 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment + came, sin revived, and I died. + +007:010 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be + unto death. + +007:011 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and + by it slew me. + +007:012 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, + and good. + +007:013 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. + But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that + which is good; that sin by the commandment might become + exceeding sinful. + +007:014 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold + under sin. + +007:015 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I + not; but what I hate, that do I. + +007:016 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law + that it is good. + +007:017 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in + me. + +007:018 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good + thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that + which is good I find not. + +007:019 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would + not, that I do. + +007:020 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but + sin that dwelleth in me. + +007:021 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present + with me. + +007:022 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: + +007:023 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law + of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin + which is in my members. + +007:024 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body + of this death? + +007:025 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the + mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law + of sin. + +008:001 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in + Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the + Spirit. + +008:002 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me + free from the law of sin and death. + +008:003 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the + flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful + flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: + +008:004 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, + who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. + +008:005 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the + flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the + Spirit. + +008:006 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually + minded is life and peace. + +008:007 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not + subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. + +008:008 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. + +008:009 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that + the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the + Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. + +008:010 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but + the Spirit is life because of righteousness. + +008:011 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead + dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall + also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in + you. + +008:012 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live + after the flesh. + +008:013 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye + through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall + live. + +008:014 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons + of God. + +008:015 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; + but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, + Abba, Father. + +008:016 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are + the children of God: + +008:017 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs + with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be + also glorified together. + +008:018 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not + worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed + in us. + +008:019 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the + manifestation of the sons of God. + +008:020 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, + but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, + +008:021 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the + bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the + children of God. + +008:022 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in + pain together until now. + +008:023 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the + firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within + ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of + our body. + +008:024 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: + for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? + +008:025 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience + wait for it. + +008:026 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know + not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself + maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be + uttered. + +008:027 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of + the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints + according to the will of God. + +008:028 And we know that all things work together for good to them + that love God, to them who are the called according to his + purpose. + +008:029 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be + conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the + firstborn among many brethren. + +008:030 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and + whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, + them he also glorified. + +008:031 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who + can be against us? + +008:032 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us + all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? + +008:033 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is + God that justifieth. + +008:034 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, + that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who + also maketh intercession for us. + +008:035 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall + tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or + nakedness, or peril, or sword? + +008:036 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; + we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. + +008:037 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through + him that loved us. + +008:038 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, + nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things + to come, + +008:039 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able + to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus + our Lord. + +009:001 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also + bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, + +009:002 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. + +009:003 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my + brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: + +009:004 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the + glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the + service of God, and the promises; + +009:005 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh + Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. + +009:006 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they + are not all Israel, which are of Israel: + +009:007 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all + children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. + +009:008 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are + not the children of God: but the children of the promise are + counted for the seed. + +009:009 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and + Sarah shall have a son. + +009:010 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, + even by our father Isaac; + +009:011 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any + good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election + might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) + +009:012 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. + +009:013 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. + +009:014 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God + forbid. + +009:015 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have + mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have + compassion. + +009:016 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that + runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. + +009:017 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same + purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in + thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the + earth. + +009:018 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom + he will he hardeneth. + +009:019 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For + who hath resisted his will? + +009:020 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall + the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made + me thus? + +009:021 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to + make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? + +009:022 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power + known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath + fitted to destruction: + +009:023 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the + vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, + +009:024 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also + of the Gentiles? + +009:025 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which + were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. + +009:026 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said + unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called + the children of the living God. + +009:027 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the + children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall + be saved: + +009:028 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in + righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon + the earth. + +009:029 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left + us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto + Gomorrha. + +009:030 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not + after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the + righteousness which is of faith. + +009:031 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, + hath not attained to the law of righteousness. + +009:032 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were + by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that + stumblingstone; + +009:033 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and + rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be + ashamed. + +010:001 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, + that they might be saved. + +010:002 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not + according to knowledge. + +010:003 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going + about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted + themselves unto the righteousness of God. + +010:004 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every + one that believeth. + +010:005 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, + That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. + +010:006 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, + Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that + is, to bring Christ down from above:) + +010:007 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up + Christ again from the dead.) + +010:008 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, + and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; + +010:009 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and + shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the + dead, thou shalt be saved. + +010:010 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with + the mouth confession is made unto salvation. + +010:011 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not + be ashamed. + +010:012 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for + the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. + +010:013 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be + saved. + +010:014 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not + believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have + not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? + +010:015 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is + written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the + gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! + +010:016 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, + Lord, who hath believed our report? + +010:017 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of + God. + +010:018 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went + into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the + world. + +010:019 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will + provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a + foolish nation I will anger you. + +010:020 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that + sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not + after me. + +010:021 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my + hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. + +011:001 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I + also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of + Benjamin. + +011:002 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye + not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh + intercession to God against Israel saying, + +011:003 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine + altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. + +011:004 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to + myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the + image of Baal. + +011:005 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant + according to the election of grace. + +011:006 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace + is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more + grace: otherwise work is no more work. + +011:007 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; + but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. + +011:008 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of + slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they + should not hear;) unto this day. + +011:009 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, + and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: + +011:010 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow + down their back alway. + +011:011 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God + forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto + the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. + +011:012 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the + diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more + their fulness? + +011:013 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of + the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: + +011:014 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my + flesh, and might save some of them. + +011:015 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the + world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the + dead? + +011:016 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if + the root be holy, so are the branches. + +011:017 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a + wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them + partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; + +011:018 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou + bearest not the root, but the root thee. + +011:019 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might + be graffed in. + +011:020 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou + standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: + +011:021 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he + also spare not thee. + +011:022 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them + which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou + continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut + off. + +011:023 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be + graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. + +011:024 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by + nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive + tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural + branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? + +011:025 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this + mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that + blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of + the Gentiles be come in. + +011:026 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There + shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away + ungodliness from Jacob: + +011:027 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away + their sins. + +011:028 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but + as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's + sakes. + +011:029 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. + +011:030 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now + obtained mercy through their unbelief: + +011:031 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your + mercy they also may obtain mercy. + +011:032 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might + have mercy upon all. + +011:033 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of + God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past + finding out! + +011:034 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his + counsellor? + +011:035 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed + unto him again? + +011:036 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to + whom be glory for ever. Amen. + +012:001 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that + ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable + unto God, which is your reasonable service. + +012:002 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by + the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that + good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. + +012:003 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that + is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he + ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath + dealt to every man the measure of faith. + +012:004 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have + not the same office: + +012:005 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one + members one of another. + +012:006 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is + given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to + the proportion of faith; + +012:007 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that + teacheth, on teaching; + +012:008 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him + do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that + sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. + +012:009 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; + cleave to that which is good. + +012:010 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in + honour preferring one another; + +012:011 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; + +012:012 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant + in prayer; + +012:013 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. + +012:014 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. + +012:015 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that + weep. + +012:016 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, + but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own + conceits. + +012:017 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in + the sight of all men. + +012:018 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably + with all men. + +012:019 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place + unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will + repay, saith the Lord. + +012:020 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give + him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on + his head. + +012:021 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. + +013:001 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is + no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. + +013:002 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the + ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to + themselves damnation. + +013:003 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. + Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is + good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: + +013:004 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do + that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in + vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute + wrath upon him that doeth evil. + +013:005 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but + also for conscience sake. + +013:006 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's + ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. + +013:007 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is + due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom + honour. + +013:008 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that + loveth another hath fulfilled the law. + +013:009 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, + Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou + shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is + briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love + thy neighbour as thyself. + +013:010 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the + fulfilling of the law. + +013:011 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake + out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we + believed. + +013:012 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore + cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour + of light. + +013:013 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and + drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife + and envying. + +013:014 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision + for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. + +014:001 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful + disputations. + +014:002 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is + weak, eateth herbs. + +014:003 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let + not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath + received him. + +014:004 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own + master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for + God is able to make him stand. + +014:005 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth + every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own + mind. + +014:006 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he + that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. + He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; + and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth + God thanks. + +014:007 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. + +014:008 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we + die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, + we are the Lord's. + +014:009 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that + he might be Lord both of the dead and living. + +014:010 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at + nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment + seat of Christ. + +014:011 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall + bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. + +014:012 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. + +014:013 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge + this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion + to fall in his brother's way. + +014:014 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is + nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing + to be unclean, to him it is unclean. + +014:015 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou + not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ + died. + +014:016 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: + +014:017 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but + righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. + +014:018 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to + God, and approved of men. + +014:019 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, + and things wherewith one may edify another. + +014:020 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are + pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. + +014:021 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any + thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is + made weak. + +014:022 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he + that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. + +014:023 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth + not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. + +015:001 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the + weak, and not to please ourselves. + +015:002 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to + edification. + +015:003 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, + The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. + +015:004 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for + our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the + scriptures might have hope. + +015:005 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be + likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: + +015:006 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the + Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +015:007 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us + to the glory of God. + +015:008 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision + for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the + fathers: + +015:009 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it + is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the + Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. + +015:010 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. + +015:011 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all + ye people. + +015:012 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and + he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall + the Gentiles trust. + +015:013 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in + believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of + the Holy Ghost. + +015:014 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye + also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able + also to admonish one another. + +015:015 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto + you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace + that is given to me of God, + +015:016 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, + ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the + Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy + Ghost. + +015:017 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in + those things which pertain to God. + +015:018 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which + Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, + by word and deed, + +015:019 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit + of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto + Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. + +015:020 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ + was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: + +015:021 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall + see: and they that have not heard shall understand. + +015:022 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to + you. + +015:023 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a + great desire these many years to come unto you; + +015:024 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: + for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my + way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with + your company. + +015:025 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. + +015:026 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a + certain contribution for the poor saints which are at + Jerusalem. + +015:027 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For + if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual + things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal + things. + +015:028 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them + this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. + +015:029 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the + fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. + +015:030 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, + and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with + me in your prayers to God for me; + +015:031 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in + Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be + accepted of the saints; + +015:032 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may + with you be refreshed. + +015:033 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. + +016:001 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the + church which is at Cenchrea: + +016:002 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that + ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for + she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. + +016:003 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: + +016:004 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not + only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. + +016:005 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my + well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto + Christ. + +016:006 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. + +016:007 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my + fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also + were in Christ before me. + +016:008 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. + +016:009 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. + +016:010 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of + Aristobulus' household. + +016:011 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the + household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. + +016:012 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute + the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. + +016:013 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. + +016:014 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the + brethren which are with them. + +016:015 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and + Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. + +016:016 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ + salute you. + +016:017 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions + and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; + and avoid them. + +016:018 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but + their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive + the hearts of the simple. + +016:019 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad + therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto + that which is good, and simple concerning evil. + +016:020 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet + shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. + +016:021 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, + my kinsmen, salute you. + +016:022 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. + +016:023 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. + Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus + a brother. + +016:024 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + +016:025 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my + gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the + revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the + world began, + +016:026 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the + prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, + made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: + +016:027 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. + Amen. + +Book 46 1 Corinthians + +001:001 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will + of God, and Sosthenes our brother, + +001:002 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are + sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that + in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, + both their's and our's: + +001:003 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from + the Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:004 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God + which is given you by Jesus Christ; + +001:005 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, + and in all knowledge; + +001:006 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: + +001:007 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of + our Lord Jesus Christ: + +001:008 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be + blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:009 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of + his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. + +001:010 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus + Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no + divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together + in the same mind and in the same judgment. + +001:011 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them + which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions + among you. + +001:012 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and + I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. + +001:013 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye + baptized in the name of Paul? + +001:014 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and + Gaius; + +001:015 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. + +001:016 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I + know not whether I baptized any other. + +001:017 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: + not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be + made of none effect. + +001:018 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish + foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of + God. + +001:019 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and + will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. + +001:020 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer + of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this + world? + +001:021 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew + not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to + save them that believe. + +001:022 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: + +001:023 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a + stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; + +001:024 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ + the power of God, and the wisdom of God. + +001:025 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the + weakness of God is stronger than men. + +001:026 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men + after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: + +001:027 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to + confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the + world to confound the things which are mighty; + +001:028 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, + hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to + nought things that are: + +001:029 That no flesh should glory in his presence. + +001:030 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us + wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: + +001:031 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him + glory in the Lord. + +002:001 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency + of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of + God. + +002:002 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus + Christ, and him crucified. + +002:003 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much + trembling. + +002:004 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of + man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: + +002:005 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in + the power of God. + +002:006 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not + the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, + that come to nought: + +002:007 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden + wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: + +002:008 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they + known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. + +002:009 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, + neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which + God hath prepared for them that love him. + +002:010 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the + Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. + +002:011 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of + man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, + but the Spirit of God. + +002:012 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the + spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are + freely given to us of God. + +002:013 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's + wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing + spiritual things with spiritual. + +002:014 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of + God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know + them, because they are spiritually discerned. + +002:015 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is + judged of no man. + +002:016 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct + him? But we have the mind of Christ. + +003:001 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, + but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. + +003:002 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye + were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. + +003:003 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, + and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? + +003:004 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of + Apollos; are ye not carnal? + +003:005 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye + believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? + +003:006 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. + +003:007 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that + watereth; but God that giveth the increase. + +003:008 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every + man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. + +003:009 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's + husbandry, ye are God's building. + +003:010 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a + wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another + buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth + thereupon. + +003:011 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which + is Jesus Christ. + +003:012 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, + precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; + +003:013 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall + declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire + shall try every man's work of what sort it is. + +003:014 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he + shall receive a reward. + +003:015 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but + he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. + +003:016 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit + of God dwelleth in you? + +003:017 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; + for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. + +003:018 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be + wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be + wise. + +003:019 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it + is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. + +003:020 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that + they are vain. + +003:021 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; + +003:022 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or + death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; + +003:023 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. + +004:001 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and + stewards of the mysteries of God. + +004:002 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found + faithful. + +004:003 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged + of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. + +004:004 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: + but he that judgeth me is the Lord. + +004:005 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, + who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, + and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then + shall every man have praise of God. + +004:006 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to + myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in + us not to think of men above that which is written, that no + one of you be puffed up for one against another. + +004:007 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou + that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why + dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? + +004:008 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings + without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also + might reign with you. + +004:009 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as + it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto + the world, and to angels, and to men. + +004:010 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we + are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are + despised. + +004:011 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and + are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain + dwellingplace; + +004:012 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we + bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: + +004:013 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the + world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. + +004:014 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons + I warn you. + +004:015 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet + have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten + you through the gospel. + +004:016 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. + +004:017 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my + beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you + into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach + every where in every church. + +004:018 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. + +004:019 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will + know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the + power. + +004:020 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. + +004:021 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, + and in the spirit of meekness? + +005:001 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, + and such fornication as is not so much as named among the + Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. + +005:002 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he + that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. + +005:003 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have + judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that + hath so done this deed, + +005:004 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered + together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus + Christ, + +005:005 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the + flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord + Jesus. + +005:006 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven + leaveneth the whole lump? + +005:007 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, + as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is + sacrificed for us: + +005:008 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither + with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the + unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. + +005:009 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with + fornicators: + +005:010 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with + the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then + must ye needs go out of the world. + +005:011 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any + man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or + an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; + with such an one no not to eat. + +005:012 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do + not ye judge them that are within? + +005:013 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from + among yourselves that wicked person. + +006:001 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law + before the unjust, and not before the saints? + +006:002 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if + the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the + smallest matters? + +006:003 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things + that pertain to this life? + +006:004 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, + set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. + +006:005 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man + among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his + brethren? + +006:006 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the + unbelievers. + +006:007 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye + go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? + why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? + +006:008 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. + +006:009 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom + of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, + nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with + mankind, + +006:010 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor + extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. + +006:011 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are + sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord + Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. + +006:012 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not + expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be + brought under the power of any. + +006:013 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall + destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, + but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. + +006:014 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up + us by his own power. + +006:015 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall + I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members + of an harlot? God forbid. + +006:016 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one + body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. + +006:017 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. + +006:018 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the + body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his + own body. + +006:019 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy + Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not + your own? + +006:020 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your + body, and in your spirit, which are God's. + +007:001 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good + for a man not to touch a woman. + +007:002 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own + wife, and let every woman have her own husband. + +007:003 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and + likewise also the wife unto the husband. + +007:004 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and + likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but + the wife. + +007:005 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a + time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and + come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your + incontinency. + +007:006 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. + +007:007 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man + hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and + another after that. + +007:008 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for + them if they abide even as I. + +007:009 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better + to marry than to burn. + +007:010 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let + not the wife depart from her husband: + +007:011 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be + reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away + his wife. + +007:012 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a + wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, + let him not put her away. + +007:013 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if + he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. + +007:014 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the + unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your + children unclean; but now are they holy. + +007:015 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a + sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called + us to peace. + +007:016 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy + husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save + thy wife? + +007:017 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath + called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all + churches. + +007:018 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become + uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be + circumcised. + +007:019 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but + the keeping of the commandments of God. + +007:020 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. + +007:021 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou + mayest be made free, use it rather. + +007:022 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the + Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, + is Christ's servant. + +007:023 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. + +007:024 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide + with God. + +007:025 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet + I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the + Lord to be faithful. + +007:026 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present + distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. + +007:027 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou + loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. + +007:028 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin + marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have + trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. + +007:029 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, + that both they that have wives be as though they had none; + +007:030 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that + rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as + though they possessed not; + +007:031 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the + fashion of this world passeth away. + +007:032 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried + careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may + please the Lord: + +007:033 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the + world, how he may please his wife. + +007:034 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The + unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she + may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is + married careth for the things of the world, how she may please + her husband. + +007:035 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a + snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may + attend upon the Lord without distraction. + +007:036 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward + his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so + require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them + marry. + +007:037 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no + necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so + decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. + +007:038 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that + giveth her not in marriage doeth better. + +007:039 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; + but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to + whom she will; only in the Lord. + +007:040 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I + think also that I have the Spirit of God. + +008:001 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all + have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. + +008:002 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth + nothing yet as he ought to know. + +008:003 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. + +008:004 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are + offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is + nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but + one. + +008:005 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or + in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) + +008:006 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all + things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are + all things, and we by him. + +008:007 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some + with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing + offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is + defiled. + +008:008 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are + we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. + +008:009 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become + a stumblingblock to them that are weak. + +008:010 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in + the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is + weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to + idols; + +008:011 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for + whom Christ died? + +008:012 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak + conscience, ye sin against Christ. + +008:013 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no + flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to + offend. + +009:001 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus + Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? + +009:002 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: + for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. + +009:003 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, + +009:004 Have we not power to eat and to drink? + +009:005 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as + other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? + +009:006 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? + +009:007 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth + a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who + feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? + +009:008 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same + also? + +009:009 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle + the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take + care for oxen? + +009:010 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no + doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in + hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of + his hope. + +009:011 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing + if we shall reap your carnal things? + +009:012 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we + rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer + all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. + +009:013 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live + of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar + are partakers with the altar? + +009:014 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the + gospel should live of the gospel. + +009:015 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written + these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were + better for me to die, than that any man should make my + glorying void. + +009:016 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: + for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I + preach not the gospel! + +009:017 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if + against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed + unto me. + +009:018 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, + I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse + not my power in the gospel. + +009:019 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself + servant unto all, that I might gain the more. + +009:020 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the + Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I + might gain them that are under the law; + +009:021 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not + without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might + gain them that are without law. + +009:022 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am + made all things to all men, that I might by all means save + some. + +009:023 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker + thereof with you. + +009:024 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one + receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. + +009:025 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in + all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but + we an incorruptible. + +009:026 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one + that beateth the air: + +009:027 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest + that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself + should be a castaway. + +010:001 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, + how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed + through the sea; + +010:002 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; + +010:003 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; + +010:004 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of + that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was + Christ. + +010:005 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were + overthrown in the wilderness. + +010:006 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should + not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. + +010:007 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is + written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to + play. + +010:008 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, + and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. + +010:009 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and + were destroyed of serpents. + +010:010 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were + destroyed of the destroyer. + +010:011 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and + they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the + world are come. + +010:012 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he + fall. + +010:013 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to + man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be + tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation + also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. + +010:014 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. + +010:015 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. + +010:016 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of + the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the + communion of the body of Christ? + +010:017 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all + partakers of that one bread. + +010:018 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the + sacrifices partakers of the altar? + +010:019 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is + offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? + +010:020 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they + sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye + should have fellowship with devils. + +010:021 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye + cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of + devils. + +010:022 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? + +010:023 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not + expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify + not. + +010:024 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. + +010:025 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no + question for conscience sake: + +010:026 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. + +010:027 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be + disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no + question for conscience sake. + +010:028 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto + idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience + sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: + +010:029 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is + my liberty judged of another man's conscience? + +010:030 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for + that for which I give thanks? + +010:031 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do + all to the glory of God. + +010:032 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, + nor to the church of God: + +010:033 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own + profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. + +011:001 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. + +011:002 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, + and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. + +011:003 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is + Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of + Christ is God. + +011:004 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, + dishonoureth his head. + +011:005 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head + uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as + if she were shaven. + +011:006 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if + it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be + covered. + +011:007 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he + is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of + the man. + +011:008 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. + +011:009 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for + the man. + +011:010 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head + because of the angels. + +011:011 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the + woman without the man, in the Lord. + +011:012 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the + woman; but all things of God. + +011:013 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God + uncovered? + +011:014 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have + long hair, it is a shame unto him? + +011:015 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her + hair is given her for a covering. + +011:016 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, + neither the churches of God. + +011:017 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye + come together not for the better, but for the worse. + +011:018 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear + that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. + +011:019 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are + approved may be made manifest among you. + +011:020 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to + eat the Lord's supper. + +011:021 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: + and one is hungry, and another is drunken. + +011:022 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye + the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I + say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. + +011:023 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered + unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was + betrayed took bread: + +011:024 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, + eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in + remembrance of me. + +011:025 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had + supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: + this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. + +011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do + shew the Lord's death till he come. + +011:027 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup + of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood + of the Lord. + +011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that + bread, and drink of that cup. + +011:029 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and + drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. + +011:030 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many + sleep. + +011:031 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. + +011:032 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we + should not be condemned with the world. + +011:033 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry + one for another. + +011:034 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not + together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order + when I come. + +012:001 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you + ignorant. + +012:002 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb + idols, even as ye were led. + +012:003 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by + the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can + say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. + +012:004 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. + +012:005 And there are differences of administrations, but the same + Lord. + +012:006 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same + God which worketh all in all. + +012:007 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to + profit withal. + +012:008 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to + another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; + +012:009 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of + healing by the same Spirit; + +012:010 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to + another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of + tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: + +012:011 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, + dividing to every man severally as he will. + +012:012 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the + members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is + Christ. + +012:013 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether + we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have + been all made to drink into one Spirit. + +012:014 For the body is not one member, but many. + +012:015 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of + the body; is it therefore not of the body? + +012:016 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not + of the body; is it therefore not of the body? + +012:017 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the + whole were hearing, where were the smelling? + +012:018 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the + body, as it hath pleased him. + +012:019 And if they were all one member, where were the body? + +012:020 But now are they many members, yet but one body. + +012:021 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: + nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. + +012:022 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be + more feeble, are necessary: + +012:023 And those members of the body, which we think to be less + honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our + uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. + +012:024 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the + body together, having given more abundant honour to that part + which lacked. + +012:025 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the + members should have the same care one for another. + +012:026 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; + or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. + +012:027 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. + +012:028 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, + secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, + then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of + tongues. + +012:029 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all + workers of miracles? + +012:030 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do + all interpret? + +012:031 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a + more excellent way. + +013:001 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have + not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling + cymbal. + +013:002 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all + mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so + that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am + nothing. + +013:003 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though + I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it + profiteth me nothing. + +013:004 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; + charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, + +013:005 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not + easily provoked, thinketh no evil; + +013:006 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; + +013:007 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, + endureth all things. + +013:008 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they + shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; + whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. + +013:009 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. + +013:010 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in + part shall be done away. + +013:011 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a + child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put + away childish things. + +013:012 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: + now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am + known. + +013:013 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the + greatest of these is charity. + +014:001 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather + that ye may prophesy. + +014:002 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto + men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in + the spirit he speaketh mysteries. + +014:003 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and + exhortation, and comfort. + +014:004 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he + that prophesieth edifieth the church. + +014:005 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye + prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that + speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church + may receive edifying. + +014:006 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what + shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by + revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by + doctrine? + +014:007 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or + harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall + it be known what is piped or harped? + +014:008 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare + himself to the battle? + +014:009 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be + understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall + speak into the air. + +014:010 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, + and none of them is without signification. + +014:011 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be + unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall + be a barbarian unto me. + +014:012 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, + seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. + +014:013 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that + he may interpret. + +014:014 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my + understanding is unfruitful. + +014:015 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray + with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and + I will sing with the understanding also. + +014:016 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that + occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of + thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? + +014:017 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not + edified. + +014:018 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: + +014:019 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my + understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, + than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. + +014:020 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice + be ye children, but in understanding be men. + +014:021 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other + lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will + they not hear me, saith the Lord. + +014:022 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, + but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for + them that believe not, but for them which believe. + +014:023 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, + and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are + unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? + +014:024 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, + or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: + +014:025 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so + falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that + God is in you of a truth. + +014:026 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of + you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a + revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done + unto edifying. + +014:027 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at + the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. + +014:028 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the + church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. + +014:029 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. + +014:030 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the + first hold his peace. + +014:031 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and + all may be comforted. + +014:032 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. + +014:033 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in + all churches of the saints. + +014:034 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not + permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be + under obedience as also saith the law. + +014:035 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands + at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. + +014:036 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you + only? + +014:037 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let + him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the + commandments of the Lord. + +014:038 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. + +014:039 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to + speak with tongues. + +014:040 Let all things be done decently and in order. + +015:001 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I + preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye + stand; + +015:002 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I + preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. + +015:003 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also + received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the + scriptures; + +015:004 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day + according to the scriptures: + +015:005 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: + +015:006 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at + once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but + some are fallen asleep. + +015:007 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. + +015:008 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of + due time. + +015:009 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be + called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. + +015:010 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which + was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more + abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God + which was with me. + +015:011 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye + believed. + +015:012 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say + some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? + +015:013 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ + not risen: + +015:014 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and + your faith is also vain. + +015:015 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have + testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not + up, if so be that the dead rise not. + +015:016 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: + +015:017 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in + your sins. + +015:018 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. + +015:019 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men + most miserable. + +015:020 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the + firstfruits of them that slept. + +015:021 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection + of the dead. + +015:022 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made + alive. + +015:023 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; + afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. + +015:024 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the + kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down + all rule and all authority and power. + +015:025 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his + feet. + +015:026 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. + +015:027 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith + all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is + excepted, which did put all things under him. + +015:028 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the + Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under + him, that God may be all in all. + +015:029 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if + the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the + dead? + +015:030 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? + +015:031 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our + Lord, I die daily. + +015:032 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at + Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us + eat and drink; for to morrow we die. + +015:033 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. + +015:034 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the + knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. + +015:035 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with + what body do they come? + +015:036 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it + die: + +015:037 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that + shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some + other grain: + +015:038 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every + seed his own body. + +015:039 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of + flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and + another of birds. + +015:040 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but + the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the + terrestrial is another. + +015:041 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, + and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from + another star in glory. + +015:042 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in + corruption; it is raised in incorruption: + +015:043 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in + weakness; it is raised in power: + +015:044 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. + There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. + +015:045 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living + soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. + +015:046 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which + is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. + +015:047 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the + Lord from heaven. + +015:048 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as + is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. + +015:049 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also + bear the image of the heavenly. + +015:050 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit + the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit + incorruption. + +015:051 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we + shall all be changed, + +015:052 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: + for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised + incorruptible, and we shall be changed. + +015:053 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal + must put on immortality. + +015:054 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and + this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be + brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed + up in victory. + +015:055 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? + +015:056 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. + +015:057 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our + Lord Jesus Christ. + +015:058 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, + always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know + that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. + +016:001 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given + order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. + +016:002 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him + in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no + gatherings when I come. + +016:003 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, + them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. + +016:004 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. + +016:005 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: + for I do pass through Macedonia. + +016:006 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, + that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. + +016:007 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a + while with you, if the Lord permit. + +016:008 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. + +016:009 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there + are many adversaries. + +016:010 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without + fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. + +016:011 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in + peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the + brethren. + +016:012 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come + unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to + come at this time; but he will come when he shall have + convenient time. + +016:013 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be + strong. + +016:014 Let all your things be done with charity. + +016:015 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that + it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted + themselves to the ministry of the saints,) + +016:016 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that + helpeth with us, and laboureth. + +016:017 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and + Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have + supplied. + +016:018 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore + acknowledge ye them that are such. + +016:019 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute + you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. + +016:020 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy + kiss. + +016:021 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. + +016:022 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema + Maranatha. + +016:023 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. + +016:024 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. + +Book 47 2 Corinthians + +001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and + Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at + Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: + +001:002 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the + Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:003 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the + Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; + +001:004 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able + to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort + wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. + +001:005 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our + consolation also aboundeth by Christ. + +001:006 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and + salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same + sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, + it is for your consolation and salvation. + +001:007 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are + partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the + consolation. + +001:008 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble + which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, + above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: + +001:009 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should + not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: + +001:010 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in + whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; + +001:011 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift + bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be + given by many on our behalf. + +001:012 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, + that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly + wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation + in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. + +001:013 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or + acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; + +001:014 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your + rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord + Jesus. + +001:015 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, + that ye might have a second benefit; + +001:016 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of + Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward + Judaea. + +001:017 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the + things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, + that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? + +001:018 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. + +001:019 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you + by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and + nay, but in him was yea. + +001:020 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, + unto the glory of God by us. + +001:021 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath + anointed us, is God; + +001:022 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit + in our hearts. + +001:023 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare + you I came not as yet unto Corinth. + +001:024 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers + of your joy: for by faith ye stand. + +002:001 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again + to you in heaviness. + +002:002 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, + but the same which is made sorry by me? + +002:003 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should + have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having + confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. + +002:004 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto + you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that + ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. + +002:005 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in + part: that I may not overcharge you all. + +002:006 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was + inflicted of many. + +002:007 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and + comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up + with overmuch sorrow. + +002:008 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward + him. + +002:009 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof + of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. + +002:010 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave + any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it + in the person of Christ; + +002:011 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not + ignorant of his devices. + +002:012 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, + and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, + +002:013 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my + brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into + Macedonia. + +002:014 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in + Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us + in every place. + +002:015 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are + saved, and in them that perish: + +002:016 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the + other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for + these things? + +002:017 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as + of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in + Christ. + +003:001 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some + others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of + commendation from you? + +003:002 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of + all men: + +003:003 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of + Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the + Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in + fleshy tables of the heart. + +003:004 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: + +003:005 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as + of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; + +003:006 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not + of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but + the spirit giveth life. + +003:007 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in + stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not + stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his + countenance; which glory was to be done away: + +003:008 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather + glorious? + +003:009 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more + doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. + +003:010 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this + respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. + +003:011 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that + which remaineth is glorious. + +003:012 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of + speech: + +003:013 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the + children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of + that which is abolished: + +003:014 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the + same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; + which vail is done away in Christ. + +003:015 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon + their heart. + +003:016 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be + taken away. + +003:017 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord + is, there is liberty. + +003:018 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory + of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to + glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. + +004:001 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received + mercy, we faint not; + +004:002 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not + walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God + deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending + ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. + +004:003 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: + +004:004 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them + which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of + Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. + +004:005 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and + ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. + +004:006 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, + hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge + of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. + +004:007 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the + excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. + +004:008 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are + perplexed, but not in despair; + +004:009 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; + +004:010 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, + that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our + body. + +004:011 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' + sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in + our mortal flesh. + +004:012 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. + +004:013 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is + written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also + believe, and therefore speak; + +004:014 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up + us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. + +004:015 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace + might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of + God. + +004:016 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man + perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. + +004:017 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh + for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; + +004:018 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the + things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are + temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. + +005:001 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were + dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with + hands, eternal in the heavens. + +005:002 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon + with our house which is from heaven: + +005:003 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. + +005:004 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: + not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that + mortality might be swallowed up of life. + +005:005 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who + also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. + +005:006 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are + at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: + +005:007 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) + +005:008 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from + the body, and to be present with the Lord. + +005:009 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may + be accepted of him. + +005:010 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; + that every one may receive the things done in his body, + according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. + +005:011 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but + we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made + manifest in your consciences. + +005:012 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you + occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to + answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. + +005:013 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether + we be sober, it is for your cause. + +005:014 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, + that if one died for all, then were all dead: + +005:015 And that he died for all, that they which live should not + henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for + them, and rose again. + +005:016 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, + though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now + henceforth know we him no more. + +005:017 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old + things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. + +005:018 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself + by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of + reconciliation; + +005:019 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto + himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath + committed unto us the word of reconciliation. + +005:020 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did + beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye + reconciled to God. + +005:021 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that + we might be made the righteousness of God in him. + +006:001 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that + ye receive not the grace of God in vain. + +006:002 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in + the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the + accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) + +006:003 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not + blamed: + +006:004 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, + in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in + distresses, + +006:005 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in + watchings, in fastings; + +006:006 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by + the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, + +006:007 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of + righteousness on the right hand and on the left, + +006:008 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as + deceivers, and yet true; + +006:009 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we + live; as chastened, and not killed; + +006:010 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many + rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. + +006:011 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is + enlarged. + +006:012 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own + bowels. + +006:013 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my + children,) be ye also enlarged. + +006:014 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what + fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what + communion hath light with darkness? + +006:015 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he + that believeth with an infidel? + +006:016 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye + are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will + dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and + they shall be my people. + +006:017 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith + the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive + you. + +006:018 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and + daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. + +007:001 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us + cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, + perfecting holiness in the fear of God. + +007:002 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, + we have defrauded no man. + +007:003 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that + ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. + +007:004 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my + glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding + joyful in all our tribulation. + +007:005 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, + but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, + within were fears. + +007:006 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, + comforted us by the coming of Titus; + +007:007 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith + he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, + your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced + the more. + +007:008 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, + though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath + made you sorry, though it were but for a season. + +007:009 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye + sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly + manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. + +007:010 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be + repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. + +007:011 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly + sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing + of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, + what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In + all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this + matter. + +007:012 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause + that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered + wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might + appear unto you. + +007:013 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and + exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because + his spirit was refreshed by you all. + +007:014 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not + ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so + our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. + +007:015 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst + he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and + trembling ye received him. + +007:016 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all + things. + +008:001 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God + bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; + +008:002 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their + joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their + liberality. + +008:003 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power + they were willing of themselves; + +008:004 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, + and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the + saints. + +008:005 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own + selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. + +008:006 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he + would also finish in you the same grace also. + +008:007 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and + utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your + love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. + +008:008 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness + of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. + +008:009 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though + he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye + through his poverty might be rich. + +008:010 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, + who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward + a year ago. + +008:011 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a + readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of + that which ye have. + +008:012 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according + to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. + +008:013 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: + +008:014 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may + be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a + supply for your want: that there may be equality: + +008:015 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; + and he that had gathered little had no lack. + +008:016 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the + heart of Titus for you. + +008:017 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more + forward, of his own accord he went unto you. + +008:018 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the + gospel throughout all the churches; + +008:019 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to + travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to + the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready + mind: + +008:020 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance + which is administered by us: + +008:021 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the + Lord, but also in the sight of men. + +008:022 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have + oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more + diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you. + +008:023 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and + fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, + they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of + Christ. + +008:024 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof + of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. + +009:001 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is + superfluous for me to write to you: + +009:002 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of + you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; + and your zeal hath provoked very many. + +009:003 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should + be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: + +009:004 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you + unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this + same confident boasting. + +009:005 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that + they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your + bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be + ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. + +009:006 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also + sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also + bountifully. + +009:007 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him + give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a + cheerful giver. + +009:008 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, + always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to + every good work: + +009:009 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to + the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. + +009:010 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread + for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the + fruits of your righteousness;) + +009:011 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which + causeth through us thanksgiving to God. + +009:012 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the + want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings + unto God; + +009:013 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God + for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and + for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; + +009:014 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the + exceeding grace of God in you. + +009:015 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. + +010:001 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness + of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent + am bold toward you: + +010:002 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present + with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against + some, which think of us as if we walked according to the + flesh. + +010:003 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the + flesh: + +010:004 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty + through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) + +010:005 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth + itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into + captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; + +010:006 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when + your obedience is fulfilled. + +010:007 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man + trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think + this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. + +010:008 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, + which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your + destruction, I should not be ashamed: + +010:009 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. + +010:010 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his + bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. + +010:011 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by + letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when + we are present. + +010:012 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare + ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they + measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves + among themselves, are not wise. + +010:013 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but + according to the measure of the rule which God hath + distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. + +010:014 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we + reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in + preaching the gospel of Christ: + +010:015 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other + men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, + that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule + abundantly, + +010:016 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to + boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. + +010:017 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. + +010:018 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the + Lord commendeth. + +011:001 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and + indeed bear with me. + +011:002 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have + espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a + chaste virgin to Christ. + +011:003 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve + through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from + the simplicity that is in Christ. + +011:004 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have + not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have + not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, + ye might well bear with him. + +011:005 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest + apostles. + +011:006 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we + have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. + +011:007 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be + exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God + freely? + +011:008 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you + service. + +011:009 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable + to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which + came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept + myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep + myself. + +011:010 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this + boasting in the regions of Achaia. + +011:011 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. + +011:012 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion + from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they + may be found even as we. + +011:013 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming + themselves into the apostles of Christ. + +011:014 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel + of light. + +011:015 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be + transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall + be according to their works. + +011:016 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as + a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. + +011:017 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it + were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. + +011:018 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. + +011:019 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. + +011:020 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man + devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a + man smite you on the face. + +011:021 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. + Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am + bold also. + +011:022 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are + they the seed of Abraham? so am I. + +011:023 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; + in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons + more frequent, in deaths oft. + +011:024 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. + +011:025 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I + suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; + +011:026 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of + robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the + heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, + in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; + +011:027 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger + and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. + +011:028 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon + me daily, the care of all the churches. + +011:029 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn + not? + +011:030 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which + concern mine infirmities. + +011:031 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed + for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. + +011:032 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city + of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: + +011:033 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, + and escaped his hands. + +012:001 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to + visions and revelations of the Lord. + +012:002 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in + the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot + tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. + +012:003 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the + body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) + +012:004 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable + words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. + +012:005 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, + but in mine infirmities. + +012:006 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for + I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should + think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he + heareth of me. + +012:007 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the + abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in + the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should + be exalted above measure. + +012:008 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might + depart from me. + +012:009 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my + strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore + will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of + Christ may rest upon me. + +012:010 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in + necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: + for when I am weak, then am I strong. + +012:011 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I + ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I + behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. + +012:012 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all + patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. + +012:013 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, + except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive + me this wrong. + +012:014 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will + not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for + the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the + parents for the children. + +012:015 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the + more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. + +012:016 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being + crafty, I caught you with guile. + +012:017 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? + +012:018 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make + a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not + in the same steps? + +012:019 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak + before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, + for your edifying. + +012:020 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I + would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would + not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, + backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: + +012:021 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, + and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and + have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and + lasciviousness which they have committed. + +013:001 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two + or three witnesses shall every word be established. + +013:002 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the + second time; and being absent now I write to them which + heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come + again, I will not spare: + +013:003 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to + you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. + +013:004 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by + the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall + live with him by the power of God toward you. + +013:005 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own + selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is + in you, except ye be reprobates? + +013:006 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. + +013:007 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should + appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, + though we be as reprobates. + +013:008 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. + +013:009 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this + also we wish, even your perfection. + +013:010 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being + present I should use sharpness, according to the power which + the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. + +013:011 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, + be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace + shall be with you. + +013:012 Greet one another with an holy kiss. + +013:013 All the saints salute you. + +013:014 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and + the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. + +Book 48 Galatians + +001:001 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus + Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) + +001:002 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of + Galatia: + +001:003 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our + Lord Jesus Christ, + +001:004 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from + this present evil world, according to the will of God and our + Father: + +001:005 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +001:006 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you + into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: + +001:007 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and + would pervert the gospel of Christ. + +001:008 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other + gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let + him be accursed. + +001:009 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any + other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be + accursed. + +001:010 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? + for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of + Christ. + +001:011 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was + preached of me is not after man. + +001:012 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but + by the revelation of Jesus Christ. + +001:013 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' + religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of + God, and wasted it: + +001:014 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in + mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the + traditions of my fathers. + +001:015 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's + womb, and called me by his grace, + +001:016 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the + heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: + +001:017 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles + before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto + Damascus. + +001:018 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, + and abode with him fifteen days. + +001:019 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's + brother. + +001:020 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I + lie not. + +001:021 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; + +001:022 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were + in Christ: + +001:023 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times + past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. + +001:024 And they glorified God in me. + +002:001 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with + Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. + +002:002 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that + gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to + them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, + or had run, in vain. + +002:003 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was + compelled to be circumcised: + +002:004 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who + came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ + Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: + +002:005 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that + the truth of the gospel might continue with you. + +002:006 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, + it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for + they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to + me: + +002:007 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the + uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the + circumcision was unto Peter; + +002:008 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship + of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the + Gentiles:) + +002:009 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, + perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me + and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go + unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. + +002:010 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same + which I also was forward to do. + +002:011 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the + face, because he was to be blamed. + +002:012 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the + Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated + himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. + +002:013 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that + Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. + +002:014 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the + truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If + thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and + not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live + as do the Jews? + +002:015 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, + +002:016 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, + but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in + Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of + Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of + the law shall no flesh be justified. + +002:017 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves + also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of + sin? God forbid. + +002:018 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make + myself a transgressor. + +002:019 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live + unto God. + +002:020 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but + Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the + flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and + gave himself for me. + +002:021 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come + by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. + +003:001 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should + not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been + evidently set forth, crucified among you? + +003:002 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the + works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? + +003:003 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made + perfect by the flesh? + +003:004 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. + +003:005 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh + miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by + the hearing of faith? + +003:006 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for + righteousness. + +003:007 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are + the children of Abraham. + +003:008 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the + heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto + Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. + +003:009 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful + Abraham. + +003:010 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the + curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth + not in all things which are written in the book of the law to + do them. + +003:011 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, + it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. + +003:012 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them + shall live in them. + +003:013 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made + a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that + hangeth on a tree: + +003:014 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles + through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the + Spirit through faith. + +003:015 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a + man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, + or addeth thereto. + +003:016 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith + not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, + which is Christ. + +003:017 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before + of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty + years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise + of none effect. + +003:018 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of + promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. + +003:019 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of + transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise + was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a + mediator. + +003:020 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. + +003:021 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for + if there had been a law given which could have given life, + verily righteousness should have been by the law. + +003:022 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the + promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that + believe. + +003:023 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up + unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. + +003:024 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto + Christ, that we might be justified by faith. + +003:025 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a + schoolmaster. + +003:026 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. + +003:027 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put + on Christ. + +003:028 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor + free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in + Christ Jesus. + +003:029 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs + according to the promise. + +004:001 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth + nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; + +004:002 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of + the father. + +004:003 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the + elements of the world: + +004:004 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his + Son, made of a woman, made under the law, + +004:005 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive + the adoption of sons. + +004:006 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his + Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. + +004:007 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, + then an heir of God through Christ. + +004:008 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them + which by nature are no gods. + +004:009 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of + God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, + whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? + +004:010 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. + +004:011 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in + vain. + +004:012 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye + have not injured me at all. + +004:013 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the + gospel unto you at the first. + +004:014 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor + rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ + Jesus. + +004:015 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you + record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked + out your own eyes, and have given them to me. + +004:016 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the + truth? + +004:017 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would + exclude you, that ye might affect them. + +004:018 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good + thing, and not only when I am present with you. + +004:019 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until + Christ be formed in you, + +004:020 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; + for I stand in doubt of you. + +004:021 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear + the law? + +004:022 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a + bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. + +004:023 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but + he of the freewoman was by promise. + +004:024 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; + the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, + which is Agar. + +004:025 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to + Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. + +004:026 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of + us all. + +004:027 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; + break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the + desolate hath many more children than she which hath an + husband. + +004:028 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. + +004:029 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him + that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. + +004:030 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman + and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir + with the son of the freewoman. + +004:031 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but + of the free. + +005:001 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made + us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. + +005:002 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ + shall profit you nothing. + +005:003 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he + is a debtor to do the whole law. + +005:004 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are + justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. + +005:005 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness + by faith. + +005:006 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, + nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. + +005:007 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey + the truth? + +005:008 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. + +005:009 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. + +005:010 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be + none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear + his judgment, whosoever he be. + +005:011 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet + suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. + +005:012 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. + +005:013 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not + liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one + another. + +005:014 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou + shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. + +005:015 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be + not consumed one of another. + +005:016 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil + the lust of the flesh. + +005:017 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit + against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the + other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. + +005:018 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. + +005:019 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; + Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, + +005:020 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, + strife, seditions, heresies, + +005:021 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of + the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time + past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the + kingdom of God. + +005:022 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, + longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, + +005:023 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. + +005:024 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the + affections and lusts. + +005:025 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. + +005:026 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, + envying one another. + +006:001 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are + spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; + considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. + +006:002 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of + Christ. + +006:003 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is + nothing, he deceiveth himself. + +006:004 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have + rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. + +006:005 For every man shall bear his own burden. + +006:006 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that + teacheth in all good things. + +006:007 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man + soweth, that shall he also reap. + +006:008 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap + corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the + Spirit reap life everlasting. + +006:009 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we + shall reap, if we faint not. + +006:010 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, + especially unto them who are of the household of faith. + +006:011 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine + own hand. + +006:012 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they + constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer + persecution for the cross of Christ. + +006:013 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; + but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in + your flesh. + +006:014 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our + Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and + I unto the world. + +006:015 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, + nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. + +006:016 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, + and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. + +006:017 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body + the marks of the Lord Jesus. + +006:018 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your + spirit. Amen. + +Book 49 Ephesians + +001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the + saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ + Jesus: + +001:002 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the + Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who + hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly + places in Christ: + +001:004 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of + the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him + in love: + +001:005 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus + Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, + +001:006 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made + us accepted in the beloved. + +001:007 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness + of sins, according to the riches of his grace; + +001:008 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; + +001:009 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according + to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: + +001:010 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might + gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in + heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: + +001:011 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being + predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all + things after the counsel of his own will: + +001:012 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first + trusted in Christ. + +001:013 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of + truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that + ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, + +001:014 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption + of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. + +001:015 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord + Jesus, and love unto all the saints, + +001:016 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my + prayers; + +001:017 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, + may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the + knowledge of him: + +001:018 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may + know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of + the glory of his inheritance in the saints, + +001:019 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward + who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, + +001:020 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, + and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, + +001:021 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and + dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this + world, but also in that which is to come: + +001:022 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the + head over all things to the church, + +001:023 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. + +002:001 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and + sins; + +002:002 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this + world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the + spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: + +002:003 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in + the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh + and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, + even as others. + +002:004 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he + loved us, + +002:005 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together + with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) + +002:006 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in + heavenly places in Christ Jesus: + +002:007 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of + his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. + +002:008 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of + yourselves: it is the gift of God: + +002:009 Not of works, lest any man should boast. + +002:010 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good + works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in + them. + +002:011 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the + flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called + the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; + +002:012 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from + the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants + of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: + +002:013 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made + nigh by the blood of Christ. + +002:014 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken + down the middle wall of partition between us; + +002:015 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of + commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself + of twain one new man, so making peace; + +002:016 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the + cross, having slain the enmity thereby: + +002:017 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to + them that were nigh. + +002:018 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the + Father. + +002:019 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but + fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; + +002:020 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and + prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; + +002:021 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an + holy temple in the Lord: + +002:022 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God + through the Spirit. + +003:001 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you + Gentiles, + +003:002 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which + is given me to you-ward: + +003:003 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as + I wrote afore in few words, + +003:004 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the + mystery of Christ) + +003:005 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, + as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by + the Spirit; + +003:006 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, + and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: + +003:007 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the + grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his + power. + +003:008 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this + grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the + unsearchable riches of Christ; + +003:009 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, + which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, + who created all things by Jesus Christ: + +003:010 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in + heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold + wisdom of God, + +003:011 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ + Jesus our Lord: + +003:012 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the + faith of him. + +003:013 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for + you, which is your glory. + +003:014 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord + Jesus Christ, + +003:015 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, + +003:016 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, + to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; + +003:017 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being + rooted and grounded in love, + +003:018 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, + and length, and depth, and height; + +003:019 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that + ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. + +003:020 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all + that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in + us, + +003:021 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all + ages, world without end. Amen. + +004:001 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye + walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, + +004:002 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, + forbearing one another in love; + +004:003 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of + peace. + +004:004 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in + one hope of your calling; + +004:005 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, + +004:006 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, + and in you all. + +004:007 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the + measure of the gift of Christ. + +004:008 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led + captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. + +004:009 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended + first into the lower parts of the earth? + +004:010 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above + all heavens, that he might fill all things.) + +004:011 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, + evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; + +004:012 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the + ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: + +004:013 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the + knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the + measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: + +004:014 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and + carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of + men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to + deceive; + +004:015 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all + things, which is the head, even Christ: + +004:016 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted + by that which every joint supplieth, according to the + effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh + increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. + +004:017 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye + henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of + their mind, + +004:018 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the + life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of + the blindness of their heart: + +004:019 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto + lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. + +004:020 But ye have not so learned Christ; + +004:021 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, + as the truth is in Jesus: + +004:022 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old + man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; + +004:023 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; + +004:024 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in + righteousness and true holiness. + +004:025 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his + neighbour: for we are members one of another. + +004:026 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your + wrath: + +004:027 Neither give place to the devil. + +004:028 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, + working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may + have to give to him that needeth. + +004:029 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but + that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may + minister grace unto the hearers. + +004:030 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed + unto the day of redemption. + +004:031 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and + evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: + +004:032 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one + another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. + +005:001 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; + +005:002 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given + himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a + sweetsmelling savour. + +005:003 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it + not be once named among you, as becometh saints; + +005:004 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which + are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. + +005:005 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor + covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the + kingdom of Christ and of God. + +005:006 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these + things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of + disobedience. + +005:007 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. + +005:008 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the + Lord: walk as children of light: + +005:009 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and + righteousness and truth;) + +005:010 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. + +005:011 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, + but rather reprove them. + +005:012 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done + of them in secret. + +005:013 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the + light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. + +005:014 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from + the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. + +005:015 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as + wise, + +005:016 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. + +005:017 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of + the Lord is. + +005:018 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled + with the Spirit; + +005:019 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual + songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; + +005:020 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in + the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; + +005:021 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. + +005:022 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the + Lord. + +005:023 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the + head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. + +005:024 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the + wives be to their own husbands in every thing. + +005:025 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the + church, and gave himself for it; + +005:026 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of + water by the word, + +005:027 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not + having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should + be holy and without blemish. + +005:028 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that + loveth his wife loveth himself. + +005:029 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and + cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: + +005:030 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his + bones. + +005:031 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and + shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one + flesh. + +005:032 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the + church. + +005:033 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his + wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her + husband. + +006:001 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. + +006:002 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment + with promise; + +006:003 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on + the earth. + +006:004 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring + them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. + +006:005 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according + to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your + heart, as unto Christ; + +006:006 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of + Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; + +006:007 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: + +006:008 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same + shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. + +006:009 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing + threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; + neither is there respect of persons with him. + +006:010 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power + of his might. + +006:011 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand + against the wiles of the devil. + +006:012 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against + principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the + darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high + places. + +006:013 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may + be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to + stand. + +006:014 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and + having on the breastplate of righteousness; + +006:015 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of + peace; + +006:016 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be + able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. + +006:017 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, + which is the word of God: + +006:018 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, + and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication + for all saints; + +006:019 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may + open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, + +006:020 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may + speak boldly, as I ought to speak. + +006:021 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, + a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall + make known to you all things: + +006:022 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might + know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. + +006:023 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the + Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +006:024 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in + sincerity. Amen. + +Book 50 Philippians + +001:001 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the + saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops + and deacons: + +001:002 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from + the Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:003 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, + +001:004 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with + joy, + +001:005 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until + now; + +001:006 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a + good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus + Christ: + +001:007 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I + have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the + defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers + of my grace. + +001:008 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the + bowels of Jesus Christ. + +001:009 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more + in knowledge and in all judgment; + +001:010 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be + sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. + +001:011 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by + Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. + +001:012 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things + which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the + furtherance of the gospel; + +001:013 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and + in all other places; + +001:014 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my + bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. + +001:015 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some + also of good will: + +001:016 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing + to add affliction to my bonds: + +001:017 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence + of the gospel. + +001:018 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or + in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, + and will rejoice. + +001:019 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your + prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, + +001:020 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in + nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as + always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, + whether it be by life, or by death. + +001:021 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. + +001:022 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: + yet what I shall choose I wot not. + +001:023 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, + and to be with Christ; which is far better: + +001:024 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. + +001:025 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and + continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; + +001:026 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for + me by my coming to you again. + +001:027 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of + Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I + may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, + with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; + +001:028 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them + an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and + that of God. + +001:029 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to + believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; + +001:030 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to + be in me. + +002:001 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any + comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any + bowels and mercies, + +002:002 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, + being of one accord, of one mind. + +002:003 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in + lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than + themselves. + +002:004 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on + the things of others. + +002:005 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: + +002:006 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be + equal with God: + +002:007 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form + of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: + +002:008 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and + became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. + +002:009 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a + name which is above every name: + +002:010 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in + heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; + +002:011 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is + Lord, to the glory of God the Father. + +002:012 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my + presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your + own salvation with fear and trembling. + +002:013 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of + his good pleasure. + +002:014 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: + +002:015 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, + without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, + among whom ye shine as lights in the world; + +002:016 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day + of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in + vain. + +002:017 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of + your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. + +002:018 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. + +002:019 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto + you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your + state. + +002:020 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your + state. + +002:021 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus + Christ's. + +002:022 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, + he hath served with me in the gospel. + +002:023 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see + how it will go with me. + +002:024 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. + +002:025 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my + brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your + messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. + +002:026 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, + because that ye had heard that he had been sick. + +002:027 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on + him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have + sorrow upon sorrow. + +002:028 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him + again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. + +002:029 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold + such in reputation: + +002:030 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not + regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. + +003:001 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same + things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is + safe. + +003:002 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the + concision. + +003:003 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, + and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the + flesh. + +003:004 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other + man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, + I more: + +003:005 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the + tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the + law, a Pharisee; + +003:006 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the + righteousness which is in the law, blameless. + +003:007 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for + Christ. + +003:008 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the + excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom + I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but + dung, that I may win Christ, + +003:009 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which + is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, + the righteousness which is of God by faith: + +003:010 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and + the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto + his death; + +003:011 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the + dead. + +003:012 Not as though I had already attained, either were already + perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for + which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. + +003:013 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one + thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and + reaching forth unto those things which are before, + +003:014 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of + God in Christ Jesus. + +003:015 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and + if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even + this unto you. + +003:016 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by + the same rule, let us mind the same thing. + +003:017 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which + walk so as ye have us for an ensample. + +003:018 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell + you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of + Christ: + +003:019 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose + glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) + +003:020 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look + for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: + +003:021 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like + unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is + able even to subdue all things unto himself. + +004:001 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy + and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. + +004:002 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the + same mind in the Lord. + +004:003 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women + which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and + with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of + life. + +004:004 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. + +004:005 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at + hand. + +004:006 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and + supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known + unto God. + +004:007 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall + keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. + +004:008 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever + things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever + things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever + things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if + there be any praise, think on these things. + +004:009 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and + heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with + you. + +004:010 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your + care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also + careful, but ye lacked opportunity. + +004:011 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in + whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. + +004:012 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every + where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to + be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. + +004:013 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. + +004:014 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate + with my affliction. + +004:015 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the + gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated + with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. + +004:016 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my + necessity. + +004:017 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may + abound to your account. + +004:018 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of + Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of + a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. + +004:019 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches + in glory by Christ Jesus. + +004:020 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +004:021 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are + with me greet you. + +004:022 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's + household. + +004:023 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + +Book 51 Colossians + +001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and + Timotheus our brother, + +001:002 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at + Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and + the Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:003 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, + praying always for you, + +001:004 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love + which ye have to all the saints, + +001:005 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye + heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; + +001:006 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and + bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye + heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: + +001:007 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is + for you a faithful minister of Christ; + +001:008 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. + +001:009 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not + cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled + with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual + understanding; + +001:010 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being + fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge + of God; + +001:011 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, + unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; + +001:012 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be + partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: + +001:013 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath + translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: + +001:014 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the + forgiveness of sins: + +001:015 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every + creature: + +001:016 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and + that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be + thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all + things were created by him, and for him: + +001:017 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. + +001:018 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the + beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he + might have the preeminence. + +001:019 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness + dwell; + +001:020 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him + to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether + they be things in earth, or things in heaven. + +001:021 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind + by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled + +001:022 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy + and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: + +001:023 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not + moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, + and which was preached to every creature which is under + heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; + +001:024 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that + which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for + his body's sake, which is the church: + +001:025 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of + God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; + +001:026 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from + generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: + +001:027 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory + of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, + the hope of glory: + +001:028 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in + all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ + Jesus: + +001:029 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, + which worketh in me mightily. + +002:001 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, + and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my + face in the flesh; + +002:002 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in + love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of + understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, + and of the Father, and of Christ; + +002:003 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. + +002:004 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing + words. + +002:005 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the + spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness + of your faith in Christ. + +002:006 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk + ye in him: + +002:007 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye + have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. + +002:008 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain + deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the + world, and not after Christ. + +002:009 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. + +002:010 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all + principality and power: + +002:011 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made + without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the + flesh by the circumcision of Christ: + +002:012 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him + through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him + from the dead. + +002:013 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of + your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having + forgiven you all trespasses; + +002:014 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against + us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, + nailing it to his cross; + +002:015 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew + of them openly, triumphing over them in it. + +002:016 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in + respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath + days: + +002:017 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of + Christ. + +002:018 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility + and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which + he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, + +002:019 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints + and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, + increaseth with the increase of God. + +002:020 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the + world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to + ordinances, + +002:021 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; + +002:022 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the + commandments and doctrines of men? + +002:023 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and + humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the + satisfying of the flesh. + +003:001 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are + above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. + +003:002 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the + earth. + +003:003 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. + +003:004 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also + appear with him in glory. + +003:005 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; + fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil + concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: + +003:006 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children + of disobedience: + +003:007 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. + +003:008 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, + blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. + +003:009 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old + man with his deeds; + +003:010 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge + after the image of him that created him: + +003:011 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor + uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ + is all, and in all. + +003:012 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, + bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, + longsuffering; + +003:013 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man + have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so + also do ye. + +003:014 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond + of perfectness. + +003:015 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which + also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. + +003:016 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; + teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and + spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the + Lord. + +003:017 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of + the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. + +003:018 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit + in the Lord. + +003:019 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. + +003:020 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well + pleasing unto the Lord. + +003:021 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be + discouraged. + +003:022 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the + flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness + of heart, fearing God; + +003:023 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not + unto men; + +003:024 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the + inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. + +003:025 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he + hath done: and there is no respect of persons. + +004:001 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; + knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. + +004:002 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; + +004:003 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door + of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am + also in bonds: + +004:004 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. + +004:005 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the + time. + +004:006 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that + ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. + +004:007 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved + brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the + Lord: + +004:008 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might + know your estate, and comfort your hearts; + +004:009 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of + you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done + here. + +004:010 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, + sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received + commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) + +004:011 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the + circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom + of God, which have been a comfort unto me. + +004:012 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth + you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye + may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. + +004:013 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and + them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. + +004:014 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. + +004:015 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and + the church which is in his house. + +004:016 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read + also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise + read the epistle from Laodicea. + +004:017 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou + hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. + +004:018 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. + Grace be with you. Amen. + +Book 52 1 Thessalonians + +001:001 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the + Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus + Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and + the Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:002 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of + you in our prayers; + +001:003 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of + love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the + sight of God and our Father; + +001:004 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. + +001:005 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in + power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye + know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. + +001:006 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having + received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy + Ghost. + +001:007 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and + Achaia. + +001:008 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in + Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to + God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any + thing. + +001:009 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we + had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the + living and true God; + +001:010 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the + dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. + +002:001 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that + it was not in vain: + +002:002 But even after that we had suffered before, and were + shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in + our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much + contention. + +002:003 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor + in guile: + +002:004 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the + gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which + trieth our hearts. + +002:005 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, + nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: + +002:006 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, + when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. + +002:007 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her + children: + +002:008 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to + have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also + our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. + +002:009 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for + labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable + unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. + +002:010 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and + unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: + +002:011 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one + of you, as a father doth his children, + +002:012 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his + kingdom and glory. + +002:013 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, + when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye + received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the + word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that + believe. + +002:014 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God + which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered + like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the + Jews: + +002:015 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and + have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary + to all men: + +002:016 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be + saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon + them to the uttermost. + +002:017 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in + presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see + your face with great desire. + +002:018 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and + again; but Satan hindered us. + +002:019 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not + even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his + coming? + +002:020 For ye are our glory and joy. + +003:001 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good + to be left at Athens alone; + +003:002 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our + fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and + to comfort you concerning your faith: + +003:003 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for + yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. + +003:004 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we + should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye + know. + +003:005 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know + your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, + and our labour be in vain. + +003:006 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us + good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good + remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we + also to see you: + +003:007 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our + affliction and distress by your faith: + +003:008 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. + +003:009 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all + the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; + +003:010 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, + and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? + +003:011 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, + direct our way unto you. + +003:012 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one + toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: + +003:013 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness + before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus + Christ with all his saints. + +004:001 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by + the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to + walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. + +004:002 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. + +004:003 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye + should abstain from fornication: + +004:004 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in + sanctification and honour; + +004:005 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which + know not God: + +004:006 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: + because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also + have forewarned you and testified. + +004:007 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto + holiness. + +004:008 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who + hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. + +004:009 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto + you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. + +004:010 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all + Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more + and more; + +004:011 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, + and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; + +004:012 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and + that ye may have lack of nothing. + +004:013 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning + them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others + which have no hope. + +004:014 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them + also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. + +004:015 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we + which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall + not prevent them which are asleep. + +004:016 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, + with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: + and the dead in Christ shall rise first: + +004:017 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together + with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so + shall we ever be with the Lord. + +004:018 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. + +005:001 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need + that I write unto you. + +005:002 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so + cometh as a thief in the night. + +005:003 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden + destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with + child; and they shall not escape. + +005:004 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should + overtake you as a thief. + +005:005 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: + we are not of the night, nor of darkness. + +005:006 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and + be sober. + +005:007 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be + drunken are drunken in the night. + +005:008 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the + breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of + salvation. + +005:009 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain + salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, + +005:010 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should + live together with him. + +005:011 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, + even as also ye do. + +005:012 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among + you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; + +005:013 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. + And be at peace among yourselves. + +005:014 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, + comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward + all men. + +005:015 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever + follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all + men. + +005:016 Rejoice evermore. + +005:017 Pray without ceasing. + +005:018 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in + Christ Jesus concerning you. + +005:019 Quench not the Spirit. + +005:020 Despise not prophesyings. + +005:021 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. + +005:022 Abstain from all appearance of evil. + +005:023 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God + your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless + unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +005:024 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. + +005:025 Brethren, pray for us. + +005:026 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. + +005:027 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all + the holy brethren. + +005:028 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. + +Book 53 2 Thessalonians + +001:001 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the + Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: + +001:002 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord + Jesus Christ. + +001:003 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is + meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the + charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; + +001:004 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for + your patience and faith in all your persecutions and + tribulations that ye endure: + +001:005 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, + that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which + ye also suffer: + +001:006 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense + tribulation to them that trouble you; + +001:007 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus + shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, + +001:008 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, + and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: + +001:009 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the + presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; + +001:010 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be + admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among + you was believed) in that day. + +001:011 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would + count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good + pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: + +001:012 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in + you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the + Lord Jesus Christ. + +002:001 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus + Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, + +002:002 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by + spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day + of Christ is at hand. + +002:003 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not + come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of + sin be revealed, the son of perdition; + +002:004 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called + God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the + temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. + +002:005 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you + these things? + +002:006 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in + his time. + +002:007 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now + letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. + +002:008 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall + consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with + the brightness of his coming: + +002:009 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all + power and signs and lying wonders, + +002:010 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that + perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that + they might be saved. + +002:011 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that + they should believe a lie: + +002:012 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but + had pleasure in unrighteousness. + +002:013 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren + beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning + chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit + and belief of the truth: + +002:014 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the + glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +002:015 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which + ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. + +002:016 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, + which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation + and good hope through grace, + +002:017 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and + work. + +003:001 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may + have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: + +003:002 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: + for all men have not faith. + +003:003 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you + from evil. + +003:004 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both + do and will do the things which we command you. + +003:005 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into + the patient waiting for Christ. + +003:006 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus + Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that + walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he + received of us. + +003:007 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved + not ourselves disorderly among you; + +003:008 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought + with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be + chargeable to any of you: + +003:009 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an + ensample unto you to follow us. + +003:010 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if + any would not work, neither should he eat. + +003:011 For we hear that there are some which walk among you + disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. + +003:012 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus + Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own + bread. + +003:013 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. + +003:014 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that + man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. + +003:015 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. + +003:016 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all + means. The Lord be with you all. + +003:017 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token + in every epistle: so I write. + +003:018 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + +Book 54 1 Timothy + +001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our + Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; + +001:002 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and + peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. + +001:003 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into + Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no + other doctrine, + +001:004 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which + minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in + faith: so do. + +001:005 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, + and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: + +001:006 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain + jangling; + +001:007 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what + they say, nor whereof they affirm. + +001:008 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; + +001:009 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, + but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for + sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and + murderers of mothers, for manslayers, + +001:010 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with + mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and + if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound + doctrine; + +001:011 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was + committed to my trust. + +001:012 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for + that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; + +001:013 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: + but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. + +001:014 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith + and love which is in Christ Jesus. + +001:015 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that + Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am + chief. + +001:016 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first + Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern + to them which should hereafter believe on him to life + everlasting. + +001:017 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise + God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +001:018 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the + prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them + mightest war a good warfare; + +001:019 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put + away concerning faith have made shipwreck: + +001:020 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto + Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. + +002:001 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, + prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all + men; + +002:002 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead + a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. + +002:003 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our + Saviour; + +002:004 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the + knowledge of the truth. + +002:005 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, + the man Christ Jesus; + +002:006 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due + time. + +002:007 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak + the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles + in faith and verity. + +002:008 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy + hands, without wrath and doubting. + +002:009 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest + apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided + hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; + +002:010 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good + works. + +002:011 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. + +002:012 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over + the man, but to be in silence. + +002:013 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. + +002:014 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in + the transgression. + +002:015 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they + continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. + +003:001 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, + he desireth a good work. + +003:002 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, + vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt + to teach; + +003:003 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but + patient, not a brawler, not covetous; + +003:004 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in + subjection with all gravity; + +003:005 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he + take care of the church of God?) + +003:006 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the + condemnation of the devil. + +003:007 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; + lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. + +003:008 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not + given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; + +003:009 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. + +003:010 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the + office of a deacon, being found blameless. + +003:011 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, + faithful in all things. + +003:012 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their + children and their own houses well. + +003:013 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase + to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith + which is in Christ Jesus. + +003:014 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee + shortly: + +003:015 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest + to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of + the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. + +003:016 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God + was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of + angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, + received up into glory. + +004:001 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times + some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing + spirits, and doctrines of devils; + +004:002 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared + with a hot iron; + +004:003 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, + which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of + them which believe and know the truth. + +004:004 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, + if it be received with thanksgiving: + +004:005 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. + +004:006 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou + shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the + words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast + attained. + +004:007 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself + rather unto godliness. + +004:008 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is + profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that + now is, and of that which is to come. + +004:009 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. + +004:010 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we + trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, + specially of those that believe. + +004:011 These things command and teach. + +004:012 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the + believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in + faith, in purity. + +004:013 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to + doctrine. + +004:014 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by + prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. + +004:015 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that + thy profiting may appear to all. + +004:016 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in + them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them + that hear thee. + +005:001 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the + younger men as brethren; + +005:002 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all + purity. + +005:003 Honour widows that are widows indeed. + +005:004 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn + first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for + that is good and acceptable before God. + +005:005 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, + and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. + +005:006 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. + +005:007 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. + +005:008 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of + his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an + infidel. + +005:009 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore + years old, having been the wife of one man. + +005:010 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up + children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the + saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have + diligently followed every good work. + +005:011 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax + wanton against Christ, they will marry; + +005:012 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first + faith. + +005:013 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house + to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, + speaking things which they ought not. + +005:014 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, + guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak + reproachfully. + +005:015 For some are already turned aside after Satan. + +005:016 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them + relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may + relieve them that are widows indeed. + +005:017 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double + honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. + +005:018 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that + treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his + reward. + +005:019 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or + three witnesses. + +005:020 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. + +005:021 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the + elect angels, that thou observe these things without + preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. + +005:022 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other + men's sins: keep thyself pure. + +005:023 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's + sake and thine often infirmities. + +005:024 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; + and some men they follow after. + +005:025 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; + and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. + +006:001 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own + masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his + doctrine be not blasphemed. + +006:002 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise + them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, + because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the + benefit. These things teach and exhort. + +006:003 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome + words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the + doctrine which is according to godliness; + +006:004 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and + strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil + surmisings, + +006:005 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of + the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such + withdraw thyself. + +006:006 But godliness with contentment is great gain. + +006:007 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we + can carry nothing out. + +006:008 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. + +006:009 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, + and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in + destruction and perdition. + +006:010 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while + some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and + pierced themselves through with many sorrows. + +006:011 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after + righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. + +006:012 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, + whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good + profession before many witnesses. + +006:013 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all + things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate + witnessed a good confession; + +006:014 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, + until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: + +006:015 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only + Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; + +006:016 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man + can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom + be honour and power everlasting. Amen. + +006:017 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not + highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living + God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; + +006:018 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to + distribute, willing to communicate; + +006:019 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against + the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. + +006:020 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding + profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely + so called: + +006:021 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace + be with thee. Amen. + +Book 55 2 Timothy + +001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according + to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, + +001:002 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, + from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. + +001:003 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure + conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in + my prayers night and day; + +001:004 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that + I may be filled with joy; + +001:005 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in + thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy + mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. + +001:006 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift + of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. + +001:007 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, + and of love, and of a sound mind. + +001:008 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, + nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the + afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; + +001:009 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not + according to our works, but according to his own purpose and + grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world + began, + +001:010 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus + Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and + immortality to light through the gospel: + +001:011 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a + teacher of the Gentiles. + +001:012 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I + am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am + persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed + unto him against that day. + +001:013 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of + me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. + +001:014 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy + Ghost which dwelleth in us. + +001:015 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned + away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. + +001:016 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft + refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: + +001:017 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, + and found me. + +001:018 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in + that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at + Ephesus, thou knowest very well. + +002:001 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in + Christ Jesus. + +002:002 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many + witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be + able to teach others also. + +002:003 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus + Christ. + +002:004 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of + this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a + soldier. + +002:005 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, + except he strive lawfully. + +002:006 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the + fruits. + +002:007 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in + all things. + +002:008 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised + from the dead according to my gospel: + +002:009 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; + but the word of God is not bound. + +002:010 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they + may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with + eternal glory. + +002:011 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall + also live with him: + +002:012 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he + also will deny us: + +002:013 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny + himself. + +002:014 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before + the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to + the subverting of the hearers. + +002:015 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that + needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. + +002:016 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase + unto more ungodliness. + +002:017 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus + and Philetus; + +002:018 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the + resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. + +002:019 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this + seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one + that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. + +002:020 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of + silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and + some to dishonour. + +002:021 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a + vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, + and prepared unto every good work. + +002:022 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, + charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure + heart. + +002:023 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they + do gender strifes. + +002:024 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle + unto all men, apt to teach, patient, + +002:025 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God + peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of + the truth; + +002:026 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the + devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. + +003:001 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall + come. + +003:002 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, + boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, + unthankful, unholy, + +003:003 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, + incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, + +003:004 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than + lovers of God; + +003:005 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: + from such turn away. + +003:006 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead + captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers + lusts, + +003:007 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the + truth. + +003:008 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also + resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning + the faith. + +003:009 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be + manifest unto all men, as their's also was. + +003:010 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, + purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, + +003:011 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at + Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of + them all the Lord delivered me. + +003:012 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer + persecution. + +003:013 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, + deceiving, and being deceived. + +003:014 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and + hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; + +003:015 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, + which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith + which is in Christ Jesus. + +003:016 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is + profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for + instruction in righteousness: + +003:017 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto + all good works. + +004:001 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, + who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and + his kingdom; + +004:002 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, + rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. + +004:003 For the time will come when they will not endure sound + doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to + themselves teachers, having itching ears; + +004:004 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall + be turned unto fables. + +004:005 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work + of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. + +004:006 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure + is at hand. + +004:007 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have + kept the faith: + +004:008 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, + which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that + day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his + appearing. + +004:009 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: + +004:010 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, + and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus + unto Dalmatia. + +004:011 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for + he is profitable to me for the ministry. + +004:012 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. + +004:013 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, + bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. + +004:014 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward + him according to his works: + +004:015 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our + words. + +004:016 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook + me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. + +004:017 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; + that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all + the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth + of the lion. + +004:018 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will + preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for + ever and ever. Amen. + +004:019 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. + +004:020 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum + sick. + +004:021 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, + and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. + +004:022 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. + Amen. + +Book 56 Titus + +001:001 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, + according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging + of the truth which is after godliness; + +001:002 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised + before the world began; + +001:003 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, + which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God + our Saviour; + +001:004 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, + and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our + Saviour. + +001:005 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set + in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in + every city, as I had appointed thee: + +001:006 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful + children not accused of riot or unruly. + +001:007 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not + selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not + given to filthy lucre; + +001:008 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, + holy, temperate; + +001:009 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he + may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince + the gainsayers. + +001:010 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, + specially they of the circumcision: + +001:011 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, + teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. + +001:012 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The + Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. + +001:013 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they + may be sound in the faith; + +001:014 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, + that turn from the truth. + +001:015 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are + defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind + and conscience is defiled. + +001:016 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, + being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work + reprobate. + +002:001 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: + +002:002 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, + in charity, in patience. + +002:003 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh + holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers + of good things; + +002:004 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their + husbands, to love their children, + +002:005 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to + their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. + +002:006 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. + +002:007 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in + doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, + +002:008 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the + contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of + you. + +002:009 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to + please them well in all things; not answering again; + +002:010 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may + adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. + +002:011 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to + all men, + +002:012 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we + should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present + world; + +002:013 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of + the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; + +002:014 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all + iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous + of good works. + +002:015 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. + Let no man despise thee. + +003:001 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, + to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, + +003:002 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, + shewing all meekness unto all men. + +003:003 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, + deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice + and envy, hateful, and hating one another. + +003:004 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward + man appeared, + +003:005 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but + according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of + regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; + +003:006 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our + Saviour; + +003:007 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs + according to the hope of eternal life. + +003:008 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou + affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might + be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and + profitable unto men. + +003:009 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, + and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and + vain. + +003:010 A man that is an heretick after the first and second + admonition reject; + +003:011 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being + condemned of himself. + +003:012 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent + to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to + winter. + +003:013 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey + diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. + +003:014 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary + uses, that they be not unfruitful. + +003:015 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in + the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. + +Book 57 Philemon + +001:001 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, + unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, + +001:002 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, + and to the church in thy house: + +001:003 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord + Jesus Christ. + +001:004 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, + +001:005 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord + Jesus, and toward all saints; + +001:006 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by + the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in + Christ Jesus. + +001:007 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the + bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. + +001:008 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin + thee that which is convenient, + +001:009 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one + as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. + +001:010 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my + bonds: + +001:011 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now + profitable to thee and to me: + +001:012 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, + mine own bowels: + +001:013 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might + have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: + +001:014 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit + should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. + +001:015 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou + shouldest receive him for ever; + +001:016 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, + specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the + flesh, and in the Lord? + +001:017 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. + +001:018 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine + account; + +001:019 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: + albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine + own self besides. + +001:020 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my + bowels in the Lord. + +001:021 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing + that thou wilt also do more than I say. + +001:022 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through + your prayers I shall be given unto you. + +001:023 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; + +001:024 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. + +001:025 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. + +Book 58 Hebrews + +001:001 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time + past unto the fathers by the prophets, + +001:002 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he + hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the + worlds; + +001:003 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image + of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his + power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the + right hand of the Majesty on high: + +001:004 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by + inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. + +001:005 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my + Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to + him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? + +001:006 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the + world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. + +001:007 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and + his ministers a flame of fire. + +001:008 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and + ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy + kingdom. + +001:009 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore + God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness + above thy fellows. + +001:010 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of + the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: + +001:011 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax + old as doth a garment; + +001:012 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be + changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. + +001:013 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my + right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? + +001:014 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister + for them who shall be heirs of salvation? + +002:001 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things + which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. + +002:002 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every + transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of + reward; + +002:003 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which + at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed + unto us by them that heard him; + +002:004 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, + and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, + according to his own will? + +002:005 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to + come, whereof we speak. + +002:006 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, + that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou + visitest him? + +002:007 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst + him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of + thy hands: + +002:008 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in + that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that + is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put + under him. + +002:009 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels + for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; + that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. + +002:010 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are + all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the + captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. + +002:011 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are + all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them + brethren, + +002:012 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst + of the church will I sing praise unto thee. + +002:013 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and + the children which God hath given me. + +002:014 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and + blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that + through death he might destroy him that had the power of + death, that is, the devil; + +002:015 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their + lifetime subject to bondage. + +002:016 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he + took on him the seed of Abraham. + +002:017 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto + his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high + priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for + the sins of the people. + +002:018 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able + to succour them that are tempted. + +003:001 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, + consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ + Jesus; + +003:002 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was + faithful in all his house. + +003:003 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, + inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour + than the house. + +003:004 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all + things is God. + +003:005 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, + for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; + +003:006 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if + we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm + unto the end. + +003:007 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his + voice, + +003:008 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of + temptation in the wilderness: + +003:009 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works + forty years. + +003:010 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They + do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. + +003:011 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) + +003:012 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart + of unbelief, in departing from the living God. + +003:013 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest + any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. + +003:014 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning + of our confidence stedfast unto the end; + +003:015 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not + your hearts, as in the provocation. + +003:016 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all + that came out of Egypt by Moses. + +003:017 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them + that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? + +003:018 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, + but to them that believed not? + +003:019 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. + +004:001 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of + entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short + of it. + +004:002 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but + the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with + faith in them that heard it. + +004:003 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As + I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: + although the works were finished from the foundation of the + world. + +004:004 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this + wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. + +004:005 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. + +004:006 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, + and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because + of unbelief: + +004:007 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, + after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear + his voice, harden not your hearts. + +004:008 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward + have spoken of another day. + +004:009 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. + +004:010 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from + his own works, as God did from his. + +004:011 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man + fall after the same example of unbelief. + +004:012 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than + any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of + soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a + discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. + +004:013 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his + sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of + him with whom we have to do. + +004:014 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed + into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our + profession. + +004:015 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with + the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted + like as we are, yet without sin. + +004:016 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we + may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. + +005:001 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men + in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and + sacrifices for sins: + +005:002 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are + out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with + infirmity. + +005:003 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for + himself, to offer for sins. + +005:004 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is + called of God, as was Aaron. + +005:005 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high + priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day + have I begotten thee. + +005:006 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever + after the order of Melchisedec. + +005:007 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers + and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that + was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he + feared; + +005:008 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things + which he suffered; + +005:009 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal + salvation unto all them that obey him; + +005:010 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. + +005:011 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, + seeing ye are dull of hearing. + +005:012 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need + that one teach you again which be the first principles of the + oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and + not of strong meat. + +005:013 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of + righteousness: for he is a babe. + +005:014 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even + those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to + discern both good and evil. + +006:001 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, + let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation + of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, + +006:002 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of + resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. + +006:003 And this will we do, if God permit. + +006:004 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and + have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of + the Holy Ghost, + +006:005 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the + world to come, + +006:006 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; + seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and + put him to an open shame. + +006:007 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon + it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is + dressed, receiveth blessing from God: + +006:008 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is + nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. + +006:009 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and + things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. + +006:010 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of + love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have + ministered to the saints, and do minister. + +006:011 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence + to the full assurance of hope unto the end: + +006:012 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through + faith and patience inherit the promises. + +006:013 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear + by no greater, he sware by himself, + +006:014 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I + will multiply thee. + +006:015 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the + promise. + +006:016 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for + confirmation is to them an end of all strife. + +006:017 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of + promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an + oath: + +006:018 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for + God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled + for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: + +006:019 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and + stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; + +006:020 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an + high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. + +007:001 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high + God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the + kings, and blessed him; + +007:002 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by + interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King + of Salem, which is, King of peace; + +007:003 Without father, without mother, without descent, having + neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto + the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. + +007:004 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the + patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. + +007:005 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the + office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of + the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, + though they come out of the loins of Abraham: + +007:006 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes + of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. + +007:007 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the + better. + +007:008 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth + them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. + +007:009 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed + tithes in Abraham. + +007:010 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec + met him. + +007:011 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for + under it the people received the law,) what further need was + there that another priest should rise after the order of + Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? + +007:012 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a + change also of the law. + +007:013 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another + tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. + +007:014 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which + tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. + +007:015 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude + of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, + +007:016 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but + after the power of an endless life. + +007:017 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order + of Melchisedec. + +007:018 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going + before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. + +007:019 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a + better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. + +007:020 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: + +007:021 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an + oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not + repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of + Melchisedec:) + +007:022 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. + +007:023 And they truly were many priests, because they were not + suffered to continue by reason of death: + +007:024 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable + priesthood. + +007:025 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that + come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make + intercession for them. + +007:026 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, + undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the + heavens; + +007:027 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up + sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: + for this he did once, when he offered up himself. + +007:028 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but + the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, + who is consecrated for evermore. + +008:001 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We + have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the + throne of the Majesty in the heavens; + +008:002 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which + the Lord pitched, and not man. + +008:003 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and + sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have + somewhat also to offer. + +008:004 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing + that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: + +008:005 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as + Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the + tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things + according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. + +008:006 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how + much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was + established upon better promises. + +008:007 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no + place have been sought for the second. + +008:008 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, + saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house + of Israel and with the house of Judah: + +008:009 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers + in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of + the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, + and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. + +008:010 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of + Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws + into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be + to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: + +008:011 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every + man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, + from the least to the greatest. + +008:012 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their + sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. + +008:013 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. + Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish + away. + +009:001 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine + service, and a worldly sanctuary. + +009:002 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the + candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called + the sanctuary. + +009:003 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the + Holiest of all; + +009:004 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant + overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot + that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of + the covenant; + +009:005 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of + which we cannot now speak particularly. + +009:006 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went + always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of + God. + +009:007 But into the second went the high priest alone once every + year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for + the errors of the people: + +009:008 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest + of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first + tabernacle was yet standing: + +009:009 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were + offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him + that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; + +009:010 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and + carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of + reformation. + +009:011 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, + by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, + that is to say, not of this building; + +009:012 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood + he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained + eternal redemption for us. + +009:013 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an + heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of + the flesh: + +009:014 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the + eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your + conscience from dead works to serve the living God? + +009:015 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, + that by means of death, for the redemption of the + transgressions that were under the first testament, they which + are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. + +009:016 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the + death of the testator. + +009:017 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it + is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. + +009:018 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without + blood. + +009:019 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people + according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of + goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled + both the book, and all the people, + +009:020 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath + enjoined unto you. + +009:021 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all + the vessels of the ministry. + +009:022 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and + without shedding of blood is no remission. + +009:023 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the + heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things + themselves with better sacrifices than these. + +009:024 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with + hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven + itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: + +009:025 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest + entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; + +009:026 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of + the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he + appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. + +009:027 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this + the judgment: + +009:028 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto + them that look for him shall he appear the second time without + sin unto salvation. + +010:001 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not + the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices + which they offered year by year continually make the comers + thereunto perfect. + +010:002 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because + that the worshippers once purged should have had no more + conscience of sins. + +010:003 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of + sins every year. + +010:004 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats + should take away sins. + +010:005 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice + and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared + me: + +010:006 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no + pleasure. + +010:007 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is + written of me,) to do thy will, O God. + +010:008 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings + and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure + therein; which are offered by the law; + +010:009 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away + the first, that he may establish the second. + +010:010 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of + the body of Jesus Christ once for all. + +010:011 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering + oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away + sins: + +010:012 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for + ever, sat down on the right hand of God; + +010:013 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his + footstool. + +010:014 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are + sanctified. + +010:015 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that + he had said before, + +010:016 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those + days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, + and in their minds will I write them; + +010:017 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. + +010:018 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for + sin. + +010:019 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest + by the blood of Jesus, + +010:020 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, + through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; + +010:021 And having an high priest over the house of God; + +010:022 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, + having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our + bodies washed with pure water. + +010:023 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; + (for he is faithful that promised;) + +010:024 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to + good works: + +010:025 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the + manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the + more, as ye see the day approaching. + +010:026 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the + knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for + sins, + +010:027 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery + indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. + +010:028 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or + three witnesses: + +010:029 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought + worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath + counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was + sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the + Spirit of grace? + +010:030 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I + will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall + judge his people. + +010:031 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living + God. + +010:032 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye + were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; + +010:033 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches + and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of + them that were so used. + +010:034 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the + spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in + heaven a better and an enduring substance. + +010:035 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great + recompence of reward. + +010:036 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the + will of God, ye might receive the promise. + +010:037 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and + will not tarry. + +010:038 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my + soul shall have no pleasure in him. + +010:039 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of + them that believe to the saving of the soul. + +011:001 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence + of things not seen. + +011:002 For by it the elders obtained a good report. + +011:003 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the + word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of + things which do appear. + +011:004 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than + Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God + testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. + +011:005 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; + and was not found, because God had translated him: for before + his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. + +011:006 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that + cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a + rewarder of them that diligently seek him. + +011:007 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, + moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; + by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the + righteousness which is by faith. + +011:008 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place + which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and + he went out, not knowing whither he went. + +011:009 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange + country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the + heirs with him of the same promise: + +011:010 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder + and maker is God. + +011:011 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive + seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, + because she judged him faithful who had promised. + +011:012 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, + so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand + which is by the sea shore innumerable. + +011:013 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but + having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and + embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and + pilgrims on the earth. + +011:014 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a + country. + +011:015 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from + whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have + returned. + +011:016 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: + wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he + hath prepared for them a city. + +011:017 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he + that had received the promises offered up his only begotten + son, + +011:018 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: + +011:019 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the + dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. + +011:020 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to + come. + +011:021 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of + Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. + +011:022 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing + of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his + bones. + +011:023 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his + parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were + not afraid of the king's commandment. + +011:024 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be + called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; + +011:025 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, + than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; + +011:026 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the + treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of + the reward. + +011:027 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: + for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. + +011:028 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of + blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. + +011:029 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which + the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. + +011:030 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were + compassed about seven days. + +011:031 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed + not, when she had received the spies with peace. + +011:032 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell + of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of + David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: + +011:033 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, + obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. + +011:034 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, + out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, + turned to flight the armies of the aliens. + +011:035 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others + were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might + obtain a better resurrection: + +011:036 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, + moreover of bonds and imprisonment: + +011:037 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were + slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and + goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; + +011:038 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, + and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. + +011:039 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, + received not the promise: + +011:040 God having provided some better thing for us, that they + without us should not be made perfect. + +012:001 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a + cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin + which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience + the race that is set before us, + +012:002 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who + for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, + despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the + throne of God. + +012:003 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners + against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. + +012:004 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. + +012:005 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you + as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of + the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: + +012:006 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every + son whom he receiveth. + +012:007 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; + for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? + +012:008 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, + then are ye bastards, and not sons. + +012:009 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected + us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in + subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? + +012:010 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own + pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of + his holiness. + +012:011 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but + grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable + fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. + +012:012 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble + knees; + +012:013 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame + be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. + +012:014 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man + shall see the Lord: + +012:015 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest + any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby + many be defiled; + +012:016 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who + for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. + +012:017 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited + the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of + repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. + +012:018 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and + that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and + tempest, + +012:019 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which + voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be + spoken to them any more: + +012:020 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so + much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or + thrust through with a dart: + +012:021 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly + fear and quake:) + +012:022 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the + living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable + company of angels, + +012:023 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are + written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the + spirits of just men made perfect, + +012:024 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the + blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of + Abel. + +012:025 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped + not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not + we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: + +012:026 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, + saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also + heaven. + +012:027 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those + things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those + things which cannot be shaken may remain. + +012:028 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us + have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence + and godly fear: + +012:029 For our God is a consuming fire. + +013:001 Let brotherly love continue. + +013:002 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have + entertained angels unawares. + +013:003 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them + which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. + +013:004 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but + whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. + +013:005 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content + with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never + leave thee, nor forsake thee. + +013:006 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will + not fear what man shall do unto me. + +013:007 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken + unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the + end of their conversation. + +013:008 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. + +013:009 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it + is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not + with meats, which have not profited them that have been + occupied therein. + +013:010 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which + serve the tabernacle. + +013:011 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into + the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without + the camp. + +013:012 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with + his own blood, suffered without the gate. + +013:013 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing + his reproach. + +013:014 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. + +013:015 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God + continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to + his name. + +013:016 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such + sacrifices God is well pleased. + +013:017 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: + for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, + that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is + unprofitable for you. + +013:018 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all + things willing to live honestly. + +013:019 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be + restored to you the sooner. + +013:020 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our + Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the + blood of the everlasting covenant, + +013:021 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in + you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus + Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +013:022 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: + for I have written a letter unto you in few words. + +013:023 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, + if he come shortly, I will see you. + +013:024 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the + saints. They of Italy salute you. + +013:025 Grace be with you all. Amen. + +Book 59 James + +001:001 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the + twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. + +001:002 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers + temptations; + +001:003 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. + +001:004 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect + and entire, wanting nothing. + +001:005 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to + all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given + him. + +001:006 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that + wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and + tossed. + +001:007 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of + the Lord. + +001:008 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. + +001:009 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: + +001:010 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of + the grass he shall pass away. + +001:011 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it + withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the + grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich + man fade away in his ways. + +001:012 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is + tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath + promised to them that love him. + +001:013 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for + God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: + +001:014 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own + lust, and enticed. + +001:015 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, + when it is finished, bringeth forth death. + +001:016 Do not err, my beloved brethren. + +001:017 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and + cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no + variableness, neither shadow of turning. + +001:018 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we + should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. + +001:019 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to + hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: + +001:020 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. + +001:021 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of + naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, + which is able to save your souls. + +001:022 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving + your own selves. + +001:023 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like + unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: + +001:024 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway + forgetteth what manner of man he was. + +001:025 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and + continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a + doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. + +001:026 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not + his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion + is vain. + +001:027 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, + To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to + keep himself unspotted from the world. + +002:001 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the + Lord of glory, with respect of persons. + +002:002 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, + in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile + raiment; + +002:003 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and + say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the + poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: + +002:004 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges + of evil thoughts? + +002:005 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of + this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he + hath promised to them that love him? + +002:006 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, + and draw you before the judgment seats? + +002:007 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are + called? + +002:008 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou + shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: + +002:009 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are + convinced of the law as transgressors. + +002:010 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one + point, he is guilty of all. + +002:011 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not + kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou + art become a transgressor of the law. + +002:012 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the + law of liberty. + +002:013 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no + mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. + +002:014 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath + faith, and have not works? can faith save him? + +002:015 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, + +002:016 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed + and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things + which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? + +002:017 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. + +002:018 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me + thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by + my works. + +002:019 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the + devils also believe, and tremble. + +002:020 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is + dead? + +002:021 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had + offered Isaac his son upon the altar? + +002:022 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was + faith made perfect? + +002:023 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed + God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was + called the Friend of God. + +002:024 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by + faith only. + +002:025 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, + when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out + another way? + +002:026 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without + works is dead also. + +003:001 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall + receive the greater condemnation. + +003:002 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in + word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the + whole body. + +003:003 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey + us; and we turn about their whole body. + +003:004 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are + driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very + small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. + +003:005 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great + things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! + +003:006 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the + tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and + setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of + hell. + +003:007 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and + of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of + mankind: + +003:008 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of + deadly poison. + +003:009 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse + we men, which are made after the similitude of God. + +003:010 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My + brethren, these things ought not so to be. + +003:011 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and + bitter? + +003:012 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a + vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and + fresh. + +003:013 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him + shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of + wisdom. + +003:014 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory + not, and lie not against the truth. + +003:015 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, + sensual, devilish. + +003:016 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every + evil work. + +003:017 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then + peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and + good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. + +003:018 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that + make peace. + +004:001 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not + hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? + +004:002 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot + obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. + +004:003 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may + consume it upon your lusts. + +004:004 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the + friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever + therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. + +004:005 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that + dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? + +004:006 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth + the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. + +004:007 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he + will flee from you. + +004:008 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your + hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. + +004:009 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned + to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. + +004:010 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift + you up. + +004:011 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil + of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the + law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art + not a doer of the law, but a judge. + +004:012 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who + art thou that judgest another? + +004:013 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into + such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and + get gain: + +004:014 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is + your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little + time, and then vanisheth away. + +004:015 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and + do this, or that. + +004:016 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is + evil. + +004:017 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to + him it is sin. + +005:001 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that + shall come upon you. + +005:002 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. + +005:003 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall + be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were + fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. + +005:004 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your + fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the + cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of + the Lord of sabaoth. + +005:005 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye + have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. + +005:006 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist + you. + +005:007 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. + Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the + earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the + early and latter rain. + +005:008 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of + the Lord draweth nigh. + +005:009 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be + condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. + +005:010 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name + of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of + patience. + +005:011 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the + patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the + Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. + +005:012 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by + heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but + let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into + condemnation. + +005:013 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let + him sing psalms. + +005:014 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the + church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in + the name of the Lord: + +005:015 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord + shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall + be forgiven him. + +005:016 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, + that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a + righteous man availeth much. + +005:017 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he + prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on + the earth by the space of three years and six months. + +005:018 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth + brought forth her fruit. + +005:019 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert + him; + +005:020 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the + error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide + a multitude of sins. + +Book 60 1 Peter + +001:001 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered + throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, + +001:002 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, + through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and + sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and + peace, be multiplied. + +001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which + according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a + lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, + +001:004 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that + fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, + +001:005 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation + ready to be revealed in the last time. + +001:006 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need + be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: + +001:007 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of + gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be + found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of + Jesus Christ: + +001:008 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him + not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full + of glory: + +001:009 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your + souls. + +001:010 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched + diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto + you: + +001:011 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ + which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand + the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. + +001:012 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto + us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto + you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the + Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels + desire to look into. + +001:013 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope + to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the + revelation of Jesus Christ; + +001:014 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to + the former lusts in your ignorance: + +001:015 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all + manner of conversation; + +001:016 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. + +001:017 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons + judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your + sojourning here in fear: + +001:018 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with + corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain + conversation received by tradition from your fathers; + +001:019 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without + blemish and without spot: + +001:020 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the + world, but was manifest in these last times for you, + +001:021 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the + dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in + God. + +001:022 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth + through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see + that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: + +001:023 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of + incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth + for ever. + +001:024 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the + flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof + falleth away: + +001:025 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the + word which by the gospel is preached unto you. + +002:001 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and + hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, + +002:002 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye + may grow thereby: + +002:003 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. + +002:004 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of + men, but chosen of God, and precious, + +002:005 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an + holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable + to God by Jesus Christ. + +002:006 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay + in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that + believeth on him shall not be confounded. + +002:007 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them + which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, + the same is made the head of the corner, + +002:008 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them + which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also + they were appointed. + +002:009 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy + nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the + praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his + marvellous light; + +002:010 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people + of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained + mercy. + +002:011 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, + abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; + +002:012 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, + whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your + good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of + visitation. + +002:013 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's + sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; + +002:014 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the + punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do + well. + +002:015 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to + silence the ignorance of foolish men: + +002:016 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of + maliciousness, but as the servants of God. + +002:017 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the + king. + +002:018 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only + to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. + +002:019 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God + endure grief, suffering wrongfully. + +002:020 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, + ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and + suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with + God. + +002:021 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered + for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his + steps: + +002:022 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: + +002:023 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, + he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth + righteously: + +002:024 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, + that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: + by whose stripes ye were healed. + +002:025 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto + the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. + +003:001 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; + that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word + be won by the conversation of the wives; + +003:002 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. + +003:003 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting + the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; + +003:004 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is + not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, + which is in the sight of God of great price. + +003:005 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who + trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto + their own husbands: + +003:006 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters + ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any + amazement. + +003:007 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, + giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as + being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers + be not hindered. + +003:008 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of + another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: + +003:009 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but + contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, + that ye should inherit a blessing. + +003:010 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain + his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: + +003:011 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and + ensue it. + +003:012 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears + are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is + against them that do evil. + +003:013 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that + which is good? + +003:014 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: + and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; + +003:015 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always + to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the + hope that is in you with meekness and fear: + +003:016 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of + you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse + your good conversation in Christ. + +003:017 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for + well doing, than for evil doing. + +003:018 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the + unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in + the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: + +003:019 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; + +003:020 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering + of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a + preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by + water. + +003:021 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us + (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the + answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection + of Jesus Christ: + +003:022 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; + angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. + +004:001 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, + arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath + suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; + +004:002 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the + flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. + +004:003 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought + the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, + lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable + idolatries: + +004:004 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the + same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: + +004:005 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick + and the dead. + +004:006 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that + are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the + flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. + +004:007 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, + and watch unto prayer. + +004:008 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: + for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. + +004:009 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. + +004:010 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same + one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. + +004:011 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any + man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God + giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus + Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. + Amen. + +004:012 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which + is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: + +004:013 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's + sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be + glad also with exceeding joy. + +004:014 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for + the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part + he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. + +004:015 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as + an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. + +004:016 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; + but let him glorify God on this behalf. + +004:017 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of + God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of + them that obey not the gospel of God? + +004:018 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the + ungodly and the sinner appear? + +004:019 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God + commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as + unto a faithful Creator. + +005:001 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, + and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker + of the glory that shall be revealed: + +005:002 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight + thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy + lucre, but of a ready mind; + +005:003 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being + ensamples to the flock. + +005:004 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a + crown of glory that fadeth not away. + +005:005 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, + all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with + humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the + humble. + +005:006 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that + he may exalt you in due time: + +005:007 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. + +005:008 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a + roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: + +005:009 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same + afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the + world. + +005:010 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal + glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, + make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. + +005:011 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +005:012 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have + written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the + true grace of God wherein ye stand. + +005:013 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, + saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. + +005:014 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you + all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. + +Book 61 2 Peter + +001:001 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them + that have obtained like precious faith with us through the + righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: + +001:002 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge + of God, and of Jesus our Lord, + +001:003 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things + that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of + him that hath called us to glory and virtue: + +001:004 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious + promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine + nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world + through lust. + +001:005 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith + virtue; and to virtue knowledge; + +001:006 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and + to patience godliness; + +001:007 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness + charity. + +001:008 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that + ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of + our Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:009 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar + off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. + +001:010 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your + calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall + never fall: + +001:011 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly + into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus + Christ. + +001:012 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in + remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be + established in the present truth. + +001:013 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to + stir you up by putting you in remembrance; + +001:014 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even + as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. + +001:015 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease + to have these things always in remembrance. + +001:016 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we + made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus + Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. + +001:017 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when + there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This + is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. + +001:018 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were + with him in the holy mount. + +001:019 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do + well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark + place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your + hearts: + +001:020 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of + any private interpretation. + +001:021 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but + holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. + +002:001 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as + there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall + bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought + them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. + +002:002 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom + the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. + +002:003 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make + merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time + lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. + +002:004 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them + down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to + be reserved unto judgment; + +002:005 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth + person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood + upon the world of the ungodly; + +002:006 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes + condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto + those that after should live ungodly; + +002:007 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of + the wicked: + +002:008 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and + hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their + unlawful deeds;) + +002:009 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, + and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be + punished: + +002:010 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of + uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, + selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. + +002:011 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring + not railing accusation against them before the Lord. + +002:012 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and + destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; + and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; + +002:013 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that + count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and + blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while + they feast with you; + +002:014 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; + beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with + covetous practices; cursed children: + +002:015 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, + following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the + wages of unrighteousness; + +002:016 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with + man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. + +002:017 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a + tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. + +002:018 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they + allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much + wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live + in error. + +002:019 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the + servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the + same is he brought in bondage. + +002:020 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world + through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, + they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end + is worse with them than the beginning. + +002:021 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of + righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from + the holy commandment delivered unto them. + +002:022 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, + The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was + washed to her wallowing in the mire. + +003:001 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both + which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: + +003:002 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before + by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the + apostles of the Lord and Saviour: + +003:003 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days + scoffers, walking after their own lusts, + +003:004 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the + fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the + beginning of the creation. + +003:005 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of + God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the + water and in the water: + +003:006 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, + perished: + +003:007 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word + are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of + judgment and perdition of ungodly men. + +003:008 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day + is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as + one day. + +003:009 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men + count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing + that any should perish, but that all should come to + repentance. + +003:010 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in + the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and + the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and + the works that are therein shall be burned up. + +003:011 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what + manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and + godliness, + +003:012 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, + wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the + elements shall melt with fervent heat? + +003:013 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new + heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. + +003:014 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be + diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, + and blameless. + +003:015 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; + even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom + given unto him hath written unto you; + +003:016 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; + in which are some things hard to be understood, which they + that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the + other scriptures, unto their own destruction. + +003:017 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, + beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the + wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. + +003:018 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and + Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. + Amen. + +Book 62 1 John + +001:001 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which + we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our + hands have handled, of the Word of life; + +001:002 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear + witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with + the Father, and was manifested unto us;) + +001:003 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye + also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is + with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. + +001:004 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. + +001:005 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and + declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness + at all. + +001:006 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in + darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: + +001:007 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have + fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his + Son cleanseth us from all sin. + +001:008 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the + truth is not in us. + +001:009 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us + our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. + +001:010 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his + word is not in us. + +002:001 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin + not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, + Jesus Christ the righteous: + +002:002 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's + only, but also for the sins of the whole world. + +002:003 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his + commandments. + +002:004 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, + is a liar, and the truth is not in him. + +002:005 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God + perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. + +002:006 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, + even as he walked. + +002:007 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old + commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old + commandment is the word which ye have heard from the + beginning. + +002:008 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true + in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true + light now shineth. + +002:009 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is + in darkness even until now. + +002:010 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is + none occasion of stumbling in him. + +002:011 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in + darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that + darkness hath blinded his eyes. + +002:012 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are + forgiven you for his name's sake. + +002:013 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is + from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye + have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little + children, because ye have known the Father. + +002:014 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him + that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young + men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in + you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. + +002:015 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. + If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in + him. + +002:016 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the + lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, + but is of the world. + +002:017 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that + doeth the will of God abideth for ever. + +002:018 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard + that antichrist shall come, even now are there many + antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. + +002:019 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they + had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: + but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they + were not all of us. + +002:020 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all + things. + +002:021 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but + because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. + +002:022 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He + is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. + +002:023 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he + that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. + +002:024 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the + beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning + shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in + the Father. + +002:025 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal + life. + +002:026 These things have I written unto you concerning them that + seduce you. + +002:027 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in + you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same + anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no + lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. + +002:028 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall + appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him + at his coming. + +002:029 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that + doeth righteousness is born of him. + +003:001 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, + that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world + knoweth us not, because it knew him not. + +003:002 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet + appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall + appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. + +003:003 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, + even as he is pure. + +003:004 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin + is the transgression of the law. + +003:005 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and + in him is no sin. + +003:006 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath + not seen him, neither known him. + +003:007 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth + righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. + +003:008 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth + from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was + manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. + +003:009 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed + remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of + God. + +003:010 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of + the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, + neither he that loveth not his brother. + +003:011 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that + we should love one another. + +003:012 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. + And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, + and his brother's righteous. + +003:013 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. + +003:014 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we + love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in + death. + +003:015 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that + no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. + +003:016 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his + life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the + brethren. + +003:017 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have + need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how + dwelleth the love of God in him? + +003:018 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in + tongue; but in deed and in truth. + +003:019 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure + our hearts before him. + +003:020 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, + and knoweth all things. + +003:021 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence + toward God. + +003:022 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his + commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his + sight. + +003:023 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the + name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave + us commandment. + +003:024 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he + in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the + Spirit which he hath given us. + +004:001 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether + they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into + the world. + +004:002 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth + that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: + +004:003 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come + in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of + antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and + even now already is it in the world. + +004:004 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: + because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the + world. + +004:005 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and + the world heareth them. + +004:006 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not + of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and + the spirit of error. + +004:007 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and + every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. + +004:008 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. + +004:009 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that + God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might + live through him. + +004:010 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, + and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. + +004:011 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one + another. + +004:012 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God + dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. + +004:013 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he + hath given us of his Spirit. + +004:014 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son + to be the Saviour of the world. + +004:015 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God + dwelleth in him, and he in God. + +004:016 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. + God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and + God in him. + +004:017 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in + the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this + world. + +004:018 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: + because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect + in love. + +004:019 We love him, because he first loved us. + +004:020 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a + liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, + how can he love God whom he hath not seen? + +004:021 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God + love his brother also. + +005:001 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: + and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that + is begotten of him. + +005:002 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love + God, and keep his commandments. + +005:003 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: + and his commandments are not grievous. + +005:004 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this + is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. + +005:005 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth + that Jesus is the Son of God? + +005:006 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; + not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the + Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. + +005:007 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, + the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. + +005:008 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, + and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. + +005:009 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is + greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath + testified of his Son. + +005:010 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in + himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; + because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. + +005:011 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal + life, and this life is in his Son. + +005:012 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son + of God hath not life. + +005:013 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name + of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, + and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. + +005:014 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we + ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: + +005:015 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know + that we have the petitions that we desired of him. + +005:016 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, + he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not + unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he + shall pray for it. + +005:017 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. + +005:018 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that + is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one + toucheth him not. + +005:019 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in + wickedness. + +005:020 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an + understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are + in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the + true God, and eternal life. + +005:021 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. + +Book 63 2 John + +001:001 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in + the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known + the truth; + +001:002 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with + us for ever. + +001:003 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and + from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth + and love. + +001:004 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in + truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. + +001:005 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new + commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the + beginning, that we love one another. + +001:006 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is + the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye + should walk in it. + +001:007 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not + that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and + an antichrist. + +001:008 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we + have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. + +001:009 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of + Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of + Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. + +001:010 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, + receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: + +001:011 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil + deeds. + +001:012 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with + paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to + face, that our joy may be full. + +001:013 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. + +Book 64 3 John + +001:001 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the + truth. + +001:002 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and + be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. + +001:003 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified + of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the + truth. + +001:004 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in + truth. + +001:005 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the + brethren, and to strangers; + +001:006 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: + whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly + sort, thou shalt do well: + +001:007 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking + nothing of the Gentiles. + +001:008 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be + fellowhelpers to the truth. + +001:009 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have + the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. + +001:010 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he + doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not + content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the + brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out + of the church. + +001:011 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is + good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil + hath not seen God. + +001:012 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth + itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our + record is true. + +001:013 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen + write unto thee: + +001:014 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face + to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the + friends by name. + +Book 65 Jude + +001:001 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to + them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in + Jesus Christ, and called: + +001:002 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. + +001:003 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the + common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and + exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith + which was once delivered unto the saints. + +001:004 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before + of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the + grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only + Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:005 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew + this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the + land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. + +001:006 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left + their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains + under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. + +001:007 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like + manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after + strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the + vengeance of eternal fire. + +001:008 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise + dominion, and speak evil of dignities. + +001:009 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he + disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him + a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. + +001:010 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but + what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things + they corrupt themselves. + +001:011 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran + greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in + the gainsaying of Core. + +001:012 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast + with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are + without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit + withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; + +001:013 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; + wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness + for ever. + +001:014 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, + saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his + saints, + +001:015 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are + ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have + ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which + ungodly sinners have spoken against him. + +001:016 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own + lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having + men's persons in admiration because of advantage. + +001:017 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before + of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; + +001:018 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last + time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. + +001:019 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the + Spirit. + +001:020 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy + faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, + +001:021 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of + our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. + +001:022 And of some have compassion, making a difference: + +001:023 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; + hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. + +001:024 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to + present you faultless before the presence of his glory with + exceeding joy, + +001:025 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, + dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. + +Book 66 Revelation + +001:001 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to + shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; + and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant + John: + +001:002 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of + Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. + +001:003 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of + this prophecy, and keep those things which are written + therein: for the time is at hand. + +001:004 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto + you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is + to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his + throne; + +001:005 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the + first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the + earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in + his own blood, + +001:006 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to + him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +001:007 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, + and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth + shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. + +001:008 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the + Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the + Almighty. + +001:009 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in + tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, + was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, + and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. + +001:010 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a + great voice, as of a trumpet, + +001:011 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, + What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven + churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and + unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto + Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. + +001:012 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being + turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; + +001:013 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the + Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt + about the paps with a golden girdle. + +001:014 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; + and his eyes were as a flame of fire; + +001:015 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a + furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. + +001:016 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth + went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the + sun shineth in his strength. + +001:017 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid + his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the + first and the last: + +001:018 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for + evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. + +001:019 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which + are, and the things which shall be hereafter; + +001:020 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right + hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are + the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks + which thou sawest are the seven churches. + +002:001 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things + saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who + walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; + +002:002 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how + thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried + them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found + them liars: + +002:003 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast + laboured, and hast not fainted. + +002:004 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast + left thy first love. + +002:005 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, + and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, + and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou + repent. + +002:006 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the + Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. + +002:007 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the + tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. + +002:008 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things + saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; + +002:009 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art + rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are + Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. + +002:010 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the + devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be + tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou + faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. + +002:011 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the + second death. + +002:012 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things + saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; + +002:013 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's + seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my + faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful + martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. + +002:014 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there + them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to + cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat + things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. + +002:015 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the + Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. + +002:016 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight + against them with the sword of my mouth. + +002:017 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the + hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the + stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that + receiveth it. + +002:018 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These + things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a + flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; + +002:019 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy + patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the + first. + +002:020 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou + sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a + prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit + fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. + +002:021 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she + repented not. + +002:022 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit + adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent + of their deeds. + +002:023 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches + shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: + and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. + +002:024 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as + have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of + Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. + +002:025 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. + +002:026 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to + him will I give power over the nations: + +002:027 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a + potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of + my Father. + +002:028 And I will give him the morning star. + +002:029 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches. + +003:001 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things + saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven + stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou + livest, and art dead. + +003:002 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are + ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before + God. + +003:003 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold + fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will + come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I + will come upon thee. + +003:004 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled + their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they + are worthy. + +003:005 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white + raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of + life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before + his angels. + +003:006 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches. + +003:007 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These + things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath + the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and + shutteth, and no man openeth; + +003:008 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, + and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and + hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. + +003:009 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say + they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make + them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I + have loved thee. + +003:010 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will + keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon + all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. + +003:011 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that + no man take thy crown. + +003:012 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my + God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him + the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which + is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: + and I will write upon him my new name. + +003:013 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches. + +003:014 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; + These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, + the beginning of the creation of God; + +003:015 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would + thou wert cold or hot. + +003:016 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I + will spue thee out of my mouth. + +003:017 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and + have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, + and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: + +003:018 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou + mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be + clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; + and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. + +003:019 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, + and repent. + +003:020 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my + voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup + with him, and he with me. + +003:021 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my + throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my + Father in his throne. + +003:022 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto + the churches. + +004:001 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: + and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet + talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew + thee things which must be hereafter. + +004:002 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was + set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. + +004:003 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine + stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in + sight like unto an emerald. + +004:004 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and + upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed + in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. + +004:005 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and + voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the + throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. + +004:006 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto + crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the + throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. + +004:007 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like + a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the + fourth beast was like a flying eagle. + +004:008 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and + they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and + night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, + and is, and is to come. + +004:009 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him + that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, + +004:010 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on + the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and + cast their crowns before the throne, saying, + +004:011 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and + power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure + they are and were created. + +005:001 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a + book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven + seals. + +005:002 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is + worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? + +005:003 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, + was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. + +005:004 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and + to read the book, neither to look thereon. + +005:005 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the + Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed + to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. + +005:006 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the + four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as + it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which + are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. + +005:007 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him + that sat upon the throne. + +005:008 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and + twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of + them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the + prayers of saints. + +005:009 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the + book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and + hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and + tongue, and people, and nation; + +005:010 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall + reign on the earth. + +005:011 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about + the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of + them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of + thousands; + +005:012 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to + receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and + honour, and glory, and blessing. + +005:013 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and + under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are + in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and + power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the + Lamb for ever and ever. + +005:014 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders + fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. + +006:001 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, + as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts + saying, Come and see. + +006:002 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him + had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth + conquering, and to conquer. + +006:003 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second + beast say, Come and see. + +006:004 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was + given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, + and that they should kill one another: and there was given + unto him a great sword. + +006:005 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast + say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he + that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. + +006:006 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A + measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for + a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. + +006:007 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of + the fourth beast say, Come and see. + +006:008 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat + on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was + given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill + with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the + beasts of the earth. + +006:009 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar + the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for + the testimony which they held: + +006:010 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, + holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on + them that dwell on the earth? + +006:011 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was + said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, + until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that + should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. + +006:012 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there + was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth + of hair, and the moon became as blood; + +006:013 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig + tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty + wind. + +006:014 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled + together; and every mountain and island were moved out of + their places. + +006:015 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich + men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every + bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in + the rocks of the mountains; + +006:016 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us + from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the + wrath of the Lamb: + +006:017 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able + to stand? + +007:001 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four + corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, + that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, + nor on any tree. + +007:002 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the + seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the + four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the + sea, + +007:003 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, + till we have sealed the servants of our God in their + foreheads. + +007:004 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there + were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the + tribes of the children of Israel. + +007:005 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe + of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad + were sealed twelve thousand. + +007:006 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe + of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of + Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. + +007:007 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the + tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of + Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. + +007:008 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the + tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of + Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. + +007:009 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man + could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and + tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed + with white robes, and palms in their hands; + +007:010 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God + which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. + +007:011 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the + elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on + their faces, and worshipped God, + +007:012 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and + thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our + God for ever and ever. Amen. + +007:013 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these + which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? + +007:014 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, + These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have + washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the + Lamb. + +007:015 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day + and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne + shall dwell among them. + +007:016 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither + shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. + +007:017 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed + them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and + God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. + +008:001 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in + heaven about the space of half an hour. + +008:002 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them + were given seven trumpets. + +008:003 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden + censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he + should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden + altar which was before the throne. + +008:004 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of + the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. + +008:005 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the + altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and + thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. + +008:006 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared + themselves to sound. + +008:007 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire + mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the + third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was + burnt up. + +008:008 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain + burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of + the sea became blood; + +008:009 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and + had life, died; and the third part of the ships were + destroyed. + +008:010 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from + heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third + part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; + +008:011 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third + part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the + waters, because they were made bitter. + +008:012 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun + was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third + part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, + and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night + likewise. + +008:013 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of + heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the + inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the + trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! + +009:001 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven + unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless + pit. + +009:002 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out + of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and + the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. + +009:003 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and + unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have + power. + +009:004 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass + of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but + only those men which have not the seal of God in their + foreheads. + +009:005 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but + that they should be tormented five months: and their torment + was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. + +009:006 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; + and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. + +009:007 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared + unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like + gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. + +009:008 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were + as the teeth of lions. + +009:009 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; + and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of + many horses running to battle. + +009:010 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings + in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. + +009:011 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the + bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, + but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. + +009:012 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more + hereafter. + +009:013 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four + horns of the golden altar which is before God, + +009:014 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the + four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. + +009:015 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an + hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the + third part of men. + +009:016 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred + thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. + +009:017 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on + them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and + brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of + lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and + brimstone. + +009:018 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, + and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of + their mouths. + +009:019 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for + their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with + them they do hurt. + +009:020 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues + yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should + not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, + and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor + walk: + +009:021 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their + sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. + +010:001 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed + with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face + was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: + +010:002 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his + right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, + +010:003 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when + he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. + +010:004 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was + about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto + me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and + write them not. + +010:005 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the + earth lifted up his hand to heaven, + +010:006 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created + heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and + the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which + are therein, that there should be time no longer: + +010:007 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he + shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, + as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. + +010:008 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, + and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the + hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the + earth. + +010:009 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the + little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and + it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth + sweet as honey. + +010:010 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it + up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I + had eaten it, my belly was bitter. + +010:011 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many + peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. + +011:001 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel + stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the + altar, and them that worship therein. + +011:002 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and + measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the + holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. + +011:003 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall + prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed + in sackcloth. + +011:004 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks + standing before the God of the earth. + +011:005 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their + mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt + them, he must in this manner be killed. + +011:006 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days + of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to + blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as + they will. + +011:007 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast + that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war + against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. + +011:008 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great + city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also + our Lord was crucified. + +011:009 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations + shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall + not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. + +011:010 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, + and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because + these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. + +011:011 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God + entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great + fear fell upon them which saw them. + +011:012 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, + Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and + their enemies beheld them. + +011:013 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth + part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men + seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave + glory to the God of heaven. + +011:014 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh + quickly. + +011:015 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in + heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the + kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign + for ever and ever. + +011:016 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their + seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, + +011:017 Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, + and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy + great power, and hast reigned. + +011:018 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the + time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou + shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to + the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and + shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. + +011:019 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen + in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were + lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, + and great hail. + +012:001 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed + with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a + crown of twelve stars: + +012:002 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and + pained to be delivered. + +012:003 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a + great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven + crowns upon his heads. + +012:004 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and + did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the + woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child + as soon as it was born. + +012:005 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations + with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and + to his throne. + +012:006 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place + prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand + two hundred and threescore days. + +012:007 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought + against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, + +012:008 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in + heaven. + +012:009 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called + the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was + cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with + him. + +012:010 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come + salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the + power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast + down, which accused them before our God day and night. + +012:011 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the + word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto + the death. + +012:012 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe + to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil + is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth + that he hath but a short time. + +012:013 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he + persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. + +012:014 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that + she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she + is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the + face of the serpent. + +012:015 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after + the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the + flood. + +012:016 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her + mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of + his mouth. + +012:017 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war + with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of + God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. + +013:001 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up + out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his + horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. + +013:002 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his + feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of + a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and + great authority. + +013:003 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and + his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after + the beast. + +013:004 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the + beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto + the beast? who is able to make war with him? + +013:005 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and + blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty + and two months. + +013:006 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme + his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. + +013:007 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to + overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and + tongues, and nations. + +013:008 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose + names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain + from the foundation of the world. + +013:009 If any man have an ear, let him hear. + +013:010 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he + that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. + Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. + +013:011 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he + had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. + +013:012 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, + and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship + the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. + +013:013 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down + from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, + +013:014 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of + those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the + beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they + should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a + sword, and did live. + +013:015 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, + that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that + as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be + killed. + +013:016 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free + and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their + foreheads: + +013:017 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, + or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. + +013:018 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the + number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his + number is Six hundred threescore and six. + +014:001 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and + with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his + Father's name written in their foreheads. + +014:002 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, + and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of + harpers harping with their harps: + +014:003 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and + before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn + that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which + were redeemed from the earth. + +014:004 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are + virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he + goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the + firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. + +014:005 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without + fault before the throne of God. + +014:006 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the + everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the + earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and + people, + +014:007 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for + the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made + heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. + +014:008 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, + is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink + of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. + +014:009 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, + If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his + mark in his forehead, or in his hand, + +014:010 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is + poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; + and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the + presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: + +014:011 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: + and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and + his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. + +014:012 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep + the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. + +014:013 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed + are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith + the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their + works do follow them. + +014:014 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one + sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden + crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. + +014:015 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud + voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and + reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest + of the earth is ripe. + +014:016 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the + earth; and the earth was reaped. + +014:017 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, + he also having a sharp sickle. + +014:018 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power + over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp + sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the + clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully + ripe. + +014:019 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and + gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great + winepress of the wrath of God. + +014:020 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came + out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the + space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. + +015:001 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven + angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up + the wrath of God. + +015:002 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and + them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his + image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, + stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. + +015:003 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the + song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, + Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of + saints. + +015:004 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for + thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship + before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. + +015:005 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the + tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: + +015:006 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven + plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their + breasts girded with golden girdles. + +015:007 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven + golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and + ever. + +015:008 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, + and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the + temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were + fulfilled. + +016:001 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the + seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the + wrath of God upon the earth. + +016:002 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; + and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which + had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his + image. + +016:003 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it + became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died + in the sea. + +016:004 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and + fountains of waters; and they became blood. + +016:005 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O + Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast + judged thus. + +016:006 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou + hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. + +016:007 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God + Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. + +016:008 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and + power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. + +016:009 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name + of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented + not to give him glory. + +016:010 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the + beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed + their tongues for pain, + +016:011 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and + their sores, and repented not of their deeds. + +016:012 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river + Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of + the kings of the east might be prepared. + +016:013 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the + mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and + out of the mouth of the false prophet. + +016:014 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go + forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to + gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. + +016:015 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and + keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his + shame. + +016:016 And he gathered them together into a place called in the + Hebrew tongue Armageddon. + +016:017 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and + there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the + throne, saying, It is done. + +016:018 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there + was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon + the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. + +016:019 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the + cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in + remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine + of the fierceness of his wrath. + +016:020 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. + +016:021 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every + stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God + because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was + exceeding great. + +017:001 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven + vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will + shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth + upon many waters: + +017:002 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, + and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the + wine of her fornication. + +017:003 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I + saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names + of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. + +017:004 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and + decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a + golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of + her fornication: + +017:005 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE + GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. + +017:006 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and + with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I + wondered with great admiration. + +017:007 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I + will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that + carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. + +017:008 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend + out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they + that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not + written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, + when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. + +017:009 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are + seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. + +017:010 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and + the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must + continue a short space. + +017:011 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and + is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. + +017:012 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have + received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one + hour with the beast. + +017:013 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength + unto the beast. + +017:014 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall + overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and + they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. + +017:015 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the + whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and + tongues. + +017:016 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these + shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, + and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. + +017:017 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to + agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words + of God shall be fulfilled. + +017:018 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which + reigneth over the kings of the earth. + +018:001 And after these things I saw another angel come down from + heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with + his glory. + +018:002 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the + great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of + devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every + unclean and hateful bird. + +018:003 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her + fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed + fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed + rich through the abundance of her delicacies. + +018:004 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of + her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that + ye receive not of her plagues. + +018:005 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered + her iniquities. + +018:006 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her + double according to her works: in the cup which she hath + filled fill to her double. + +018:007 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so + much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, + I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. + +018:008 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and + mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with + fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. + +018:009 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and + lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for + her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, + +018:010 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, + alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one + hour is thy judgment come. + +018:011 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; + for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: + +018:012 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and + of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, + and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all + manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, + and marble, + +018:013 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and + wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and + sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. + +018:014 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from + thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed + from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. + +018:015 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, + shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and + wailing, + +018:016 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in + fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and + precious stones, and pearls! + +018:017 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every + shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as + many as trade by sea, stood afar off, + +018:018 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What + city is like unto this great city! + +018:019 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and + wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made + rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her + costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. + +018:020 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and + prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. + +018:021 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and + cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that + great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more + at all. + +018:022 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and + trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no + craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more + in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more + at all in thee; + +018:023 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; + and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be + heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great + men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations + deceived. + +018:024 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and + of all that were slain upon the earth. + +019:001 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in + heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, + and power, unto the Lord our God: + +019:002 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged + the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her + fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her + hand. + +019:003 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever + and ever. + +019:004 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down + and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; + Alleluia. + +019:005 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, + all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and + great. + +019:006 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as + the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty + thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent + reigneth. + +019:007 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the + marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself + ready. + +019:008 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine + linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the + righteousness of saints. + +019:009 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called + unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, + These are the true sayings of God. + +019:010 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, + See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy + brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for + the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. + +019:011 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that + sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in + righteousness he doth judge and make war. + +019:012 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many + crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he + himself. + +019:013 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his + name is called The Word of God. + +019:014 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white + horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. + +019:015 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he + should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of + iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and + wrath of Almighty God. + +019:016 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, + KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. + +019:017 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a + loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of + heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of + the great God; + +019:018 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, + and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of + them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and + bond, both small and great. + +019:019 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their + armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on + the horse, and against his army. + +019:020 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that + wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that + had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped + his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire + burning with brimstone. + +019:021 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon + the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the + fowls were filled with their flesh. + +020:001 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of + the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. + +020:002 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the + Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, + +020:003 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set + a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, + till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he + must be loosed a little season. + +020:004 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was + given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were + beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, + and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, + neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in + their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand + years. + +020:005 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand + years were finished. This is the first resurrection. + +020:006 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first + resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they + shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with + him a thousand years. + +020:007 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed + out of his prison, + +020:008 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four + quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together + to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. + +020:009 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed + the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire + came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. + +020:010 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of + fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, + and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. + +020:011 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from + whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was + found no place for them. + +020:012 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the + books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the + book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things + which were written in the books, according to their works. + +020:013 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and + hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were + judged every man according to their works. + +020:014 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is + the second death. + +020:015 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was + cast into the lake of fire. + +021:001 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven + and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more + sea. + +021:002 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from + God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her + husband. + +021:003 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the + tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, + and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with + them, and be their God. + +021:004 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there + shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither + shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed + away. + +021:005 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all + things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are + true and faithful. + +021:006 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the + beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of + the fountain of the water of life freely. + +021:007 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his + God, and he shall be my son. + +021:008 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and + murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and + all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth + with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. + +021:009 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the + seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with + me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the + Lamb's wife. + +021:010 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high + mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, + descending out of heaven from God, + +021:011 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone + most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; + +021:012 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at + the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are + the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: + +021:013 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the + south three gates; and on the west three gates. + +021:014 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them + the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. + +021:015 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the + city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. + +021:016 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as + the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve + thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height + of it are equal. + +021:017 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and + four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of + the angel. + +021:018 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city + was pure gold, like unto clear glass. + +021:019 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished + with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was + jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the + fourth, an emerald; + +021:020 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, + chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, + a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an + amethyst. + +021:021 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate + was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as + it were transparent glass. + +021:022 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the + Lamb are the temple of it. + +021:023 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to + shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb + is the light thereof. + +021:024 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the + light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory + and honour into it. + +021:025 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there + shall be no night there. + +021:026 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into + it. + +021:027 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that + defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a + lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. + +022:001 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as + crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. + +022:002 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the + river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of + fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of + the tree were for the healing of the nations. + +022:003 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of + the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: + +022:004 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their + foreheads. + +022:005 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, + neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: + and they shall reign for ever and ever. + +022:006 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and + the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto + his servants the things which must shortly be done. + +022:007 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings + of the prophecy of this book. + +022:008 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had + heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the + angel which shewed me these things. + +022:009 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy + fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them + which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. + +022:010 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of + this book: for the time is at hand. + +022:011 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is + filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let + him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy + still. + +022:012 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give + every man according as his work shall be. + +022:013 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and + the last. + +022:014 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have + right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates + into the city. + +022:015 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and + murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a + lie. + +022:016 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things + in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and + the bright and morning star. + +022:017 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that + heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And + whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. + +022:018 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the + prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, + God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this + book: + +022:019 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of + this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of + life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are + written in this book. + +022:020 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. + Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. + +022:021 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + +End of the King James Bible + +(Second Version, 10th Edition) + + diff --git a/bushbio.txt b/bushbio.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3eb2c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/bushbio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3767 @@ +Article 15189 of alt.activism: +From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici) +Newsgroups: alt.activism +Subject: Part 1: Unauthorized Biography Of George Bush +Message-ID: <1RokeB1w164w@ccs.covici.com> +Date: 15 Jan 92 03:55:59 GMT +Organization: Covici Computer Systems +Lines: 1361 + + + +George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography + +by Webster Griffin Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin + +With this issue of the New Federalist, Vol. V, No. 39, we begin +to serialize the book, {George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography,} +by Webster Griffin Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin. This book will +soon be published by {Executive Intelligence Review}. + + At the heart of any effort at biography is the attempt to +discover the essence of the subject as a human personality. The +essential character of the subject is what the biographer must +strive to capture, since this is the indispensable ingredient +that will provide coherence to the entire story whose unity must +be provided by the course of a single human life. + + During the preparation of the present work, there was one +historical moment which more than any other delineated the +character of George Bush. The scene was the Nixon White House +during the final days of the Watergate debacle. White House +officials, including George Bush, had spent the morning of that +Monday, August 5, 1974 absorbing the impact of Nixon's notorious +``smoking gun'' tape, the recorded conversation between Nixon and +his chief of staff, H.R. Haldemann, shortly after the original +Watergate break-in, which could now no longer be withheld from +the public. In that exchange of June 23, 1972, Nixon ordered +that the CIA stop the FBI from further investigating how various +sums of money found their way from Texas and Minnesota via Mexico +City to the coffers of the Committee to Re-Elect the President +(CREEP) and thence into the pockets of the ``Plumbers'' arrested +in the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building. +These revelations were widely interpreted as establishing a +{prima facie} case of obstruction of justice against Nixon. That +was fine with George, who sincerely wanted his patron and +benefactor Nixon to resign. George's great concern was that the +smoking gun tape called attention to a money-laundering mechanism +which he, together with Bill Liedtke of Pennzoil, and Robert +Mosbacher, had helped to set up at Nixon's request. When Nixon, +in the ``smoking gun'' tape, talked about ``the Texans'' and +``some Texas people,'' Bush, Liedtke, and Mosbacher were among +the most prominent of those referred to. The threat to George's +political ambitions was great. + + The White House that morning was gripped by panic. Nixon +would be gone before the end of the week. In the midst of the +furor, White House Congressional liaison William Timmons wanted +to know if everyone who needed to be informed had been briefed +about the smoking gun transcript. In a roomful of officials, +some of whom were already sipping Scotch to steady their nerves, +Timmons asked Dean Burch, + +``Dean, does Bush know about the transcript yet?'' + ``Yes,'' responded Burch. + ``Well, what did he do?'' inquired Timmons. + ``He broke out into assholes and shit himself to death,'' +replied Burch. + In this exchange, which is recorded in Woodward and +Bernstein's {The Final Days,} we grasp the essential George Bush, +in a crisis, and for all seasons. + + +Introduction + + The thesis of this book is simple: if George Bush were to be +re-elected in November 1992 for a second term as the President of +the United States, this country and the rest of the world would +face a catastrophe of gigantic proportions. + + The necessity of writing this book became overwhelming in the +minds of the authors in the wake of the ghastly slaughter of the +Iraq war of January-February 1991. That war was an act of savage +and premeditated genocide on the part of Bush, undertaken in +connivance with a clique in London which has, in its historical +continuity, represented both the worst enemy of the long-term +interests of the American people, and the most implacable +adversary of the progress of the human species. + + The authors observed George Bush as the Gulf crisis and the +war unfolded, and had no doubt that his enraged public outbursts +constituted real psychotic episodes, indicative of a deranged +mental state that was full of ominous portent for humanity. The +authors were also horrified by the degree to which their fellow +citizens willfully ignored the shocking reality of these public +fits. A majority of the American people proved more than willing +to lend its support to a despicable enterprise of killing. + + By their role-call votes of January 12, 1991, the Senate and +the House of Representatives authorized Bush's planned war +measures to restore the Emir of Kuwait, who owns and holds +chattel slaves. That vote was a crime against God's justice. + + This book is part of an attempt to help the American people to +survive this terrible crime, both for the sake of the world and +for their own sake. It is intended as a contribution to a +process of education that might help to save the American people +from the awesome destruction of a second Bush presidency. It is +further intended as a warning to all citizens that if they fail +to deny Bush a second term, they will deserve what they get after +1993. + + As this book goes to press, public awareness of the long-term +depression of the American economy is rapidly growing. If Bush +were re-elected, he would view himself as beyond the reach of the +American electorate; with the federal deficit rising over a +billion dollars a day, a second Bush administration would dictate +such crushing austerity as to bring the country to the brink of +civil war. Some examples of this point are described in the last +chapter of this book. + + Our goal has been to assemble as much of the truth about Bush +as possible within the time constraints imposed by the 1992 +election. Time and resources have not permitted us meticulous +attention to certain matters of detail; we can say, nevertheless, +that both our commitment to the truth and our final product are +better than anything anyone else has been able to muster, +including news organizations and intelligence agencies with +capabilities that far surpass our own. + + Why do we fight the Bush power cartel with a mere book? We +have no illusions of easy success, but we were encouraged in our +work by the hope that a biography might stimulate opposition to +Bush and his policies. It will certainly pose a new set of +problems for those seeking to get Bush re-elected. For although +Bush is now what journalists call a world leader, no accurate +account of his actual career exists in the public domain. + + The volume which we submit to the court of world public +opinion is, to the best of our knowledge, the first book-length, +unauthorized biography of George Bush. It is the first +approximation of the truth about his life. This is the first +biography worthy of the name, a fact that says a great deal about +the sinister and obsessive secrecy of this personage. None of +the other biographies (including Bush's campaign autobiography) +can be taken seriously; each of these books is a pastiche of +lies, distortions and banalities that run the gamut from campaign +panegyric, to the Goebbels Big Lie, to fake but edifying stories +for credulous children. Almost without exception, the available +Bush literature is worthless as a portrait of the subject. + + Bush's family pedigree establishes him as a network asset of +Brown Brothers Harriman, one of the most powerful political +forces in the United States during much of the twentieth century, +and for many years the largest private bank in the world. It +suffices in this context to think of Averell Harriman negotiating +during World War II in the name of the United States with +Churchill and Stalin, or of the role of Brown Brothers Harriman +partner Robert Lovett in guiding John F. Kennedy's choice of his +cabinet, to begin to see the implications of Senator Prescott +Bush's post as managing partner of this bank. Brown Brothers +Harriman networks pervade government and the mass media. Again +and again in the course of the following pages we will see +stories embarrassing to George Bush refused publication, +documents embarrassing to Bush suspiciously disappear, and +witnesses inculpatory to Bush be overtaken by mysterious and +conveniently timed deaths. The few relevant facts which have +found their way into the public domain have necessarily been +filtered by this gigantic apparatus. This problem has been +compounded by the corruption and servility of authors, +journalists, news executives and publishers who have functioned +more and more as kept advocates for a governmental regime of +which Bush has been a prominent part for a quarter-century. + + +The Red Studebaker Myth + + George Bush wants key aspects of his life to remain covert. +At the same time, he senses that his need for coverup is a +vulnerability. The need to protect this weak flank accounts for +the steady stream of fake biographical material concerning +George, as well as the spin given to many studies that may never +mention George directly. Over the past several months, we have +seen a new book about Watergate that pretends to tell the public +something new by fingering Al Haig as Deep Throat, but ignoring +the central role of George Bush and his business partners in the +Watergate affair. We have a new book by Lt. Col. Oliver North +which alleges that Reagan knew everything about the Iran-Contra +affair, but that George Bush was not part of North's chain of +command. The latter point merely paraphrases Bush's own lame +excuse that he was ``out of the loop'' during all those illegal +transactions. During the hearings on the nomination of Robert +Gates to become director of Central Intelligence, nobody had +anything new to add about the role of George Bush, the boss of +the National Security Council's Special Situation Group crisis +staff that was a command center for the whole affair. These +charades are peddled to a very credulous public by operatives +whose task goes beyond mere damage control to mind control--the +``MK'' in the government's MK-Ultra operation. + + Part of the free ride enjoyed by George Bush during the 1988 +elections is reflected in the fact that at no point in the +campaign was there any serious effort by any of the news +organizations to provide the public with an accurate and complete +account of his political career. At least two biographies of +Dukakis appeared which, although hardly critical, were not +uniformly laudatory either. But in the case of Bush, all the +public could turn to was Bush's old 1980 campaign biography and a +newer campaign autobiography, both of them a tissue of lies. + + Early in the course of our research for the present volume it +became apparent that all books and most longer articles dealing +with the life of George Bush had been generated from a single +print-out of thoroughly approved ``facts'' about Bush and his +family. We learned that during 1979-80, Bush aide Pete Roussel +attempted to recruit biographers to prepare a life of Bush based +on a collection of press releases, news summaries, and similar +pre-digested material. Most biographical writing about Bush +consists merely of the points from this printout, strung out +chronologically and made into a narrative through the +interpretation of comments, anecdotes, embellishments, or special +stylistic devices. + + The canonical Bush-approved printout is readily identified. +One dead giveaway is the inevitability with which the hacks out +to cover up the substance of Bush's life refer to a 1947 red +Studebaker which George Bush allegedly drove into Odessa, Texas +in 1948. This is the sort of detail which has been introduced +into Bush's real life in a deliberate and deceptive attempt to +humanize his image. It has been our experience that any text +that features a reference to Bush's red Studebaker has probably +been derived from Bush's list of approved facts, and is therefore +practically worthless for serious research into Bush's life. We +therefore assign such texts to the ``red Studebaker school'' of +coverup and falsification. + + Some examples? This is from Bush's campaign autobiography, +{Looking Forward,} ghost-written by his aide Vic Gold: ``Heading +into Texas in my Studebaker, all I knew about the state's +landscape was what I'd seen from the cockpit of a Vultee Vibrator +during my training days in the Navy.''s1 + Here is the same moment as recaptured by Bush's crony Fitzhugh +Green, a friend of the Malthusian financier Russell Train, in his +{George Bush: An Intimate Portrait,} published after Bush had won +the presidency: ``He (Bush) gassed up his 1948 Studebaker, +arranged for his wife and son to follow, and headed for Odessa, +Texas.''s2 + + Harry Hurt III wrote the following lines in a 1983 Texas +magazine article that was even decorated with a drawing of what +apparently is supposed to be a Studebaker, but which does not +look like a Studebaker of that vintage at all: ``When George +Herbert Walker Bush drove his battered red Studebaker into Odessa +in the summer of 1948, the town's population, though constantly +increasing with newly-arrived oil field hands, was still under +30,000.''s3 + + We see that Harry Hurt has more imagination than many Bush +biographers, and his article does provide a few useful facts. +More degraded is the version offered by Richard Ben Kramer, whose +biography of Bush is expected to be published during 1992. Cramer +was given the unenviable task of breathing life once more into +the same tired old printout. But the very fact that the Bush +team feels that it requires another biography indicates that it +still feels that it has a potential vulnerability here. Cramer +has attempted to solve his problem by recasting the same old +garbage into a frenetic and hyperkinetic, we would almost say +{hyperthyroid} style. The following is from an excerpt of this +forthcoming book that was published in {Esquire} in June 1991: +``In June, after the College World Series and graduation day in +New Haven, Poppy packed up his new red Studebaker (a graduation +gift from Pres), and started driving south.''s4 + + Was that Studebaker shiny and new, or old and battered? +Perhaps the printout is not specific on this point; in any case, +as we see, our authorities diverge. + + Joe Hyams's 1991 romance of Bush at war, the {Flight of the +Avenger,}s5 does not include the obligatory ``red Studebaker'' +reference, but this is more than compensated for by the most +elaborate fawning over other details of our hero's war service. +The publication of {Flight of the Avenger,} which concentrates on +an heroic retelling of Bush's war record, and ignores all +evidence that might tend to puncture this myth, was timed to +coincide with Bush's war with Iraq. This is a vile tract written +with the open assistance of Bush, Barbara Bush, and the White +House staff. {Flight of the Avenger} recalls the practice of +totalitarian states according to which a war waged by the regime +should be accompanied by propaganda which depicts the regime's +strong man in a martial posture. In any case, this book deals +with Bush's life up to the end of World War II; we never reach +Odessa. + + Only one of the full-length accounts produced by the Bush +propaganda machine neglects the red Studebaker story. This is +Nicholas King's {George Bush: A Biography,} the first book-length +version of Bush's life, produced as a result of Pete Roussel's +efforts for the 1980 campaign. Nicholas King had served as +Bush's spokesman when he was U.S. Ambassador to the United +Nations. King admits in his preface that he can be impugned for +writing a work of the most transparent apologetics: ``In +retrospect,'' he says , ``this book may seem open to the charge +of puffery, for the view of its subject is favorable all +around.''s6 Indeed. + + Books about Barbara Bush slavishly rehearse the same details +from the same printout. Here is the relevant excerpt from the +warmly admiring {Simply Barbara Bush: A Portrait of America's +Candid First Lady,} written by Donnie Radcliffe and published +after Bush's 1988 election victory: ``With $3,000 left over after +he graduated in June, 1948, he headed for Texas in the 1947 red +Studebaker his father had given him for graduation after George's +car died on the highway.''s7 + + Even foreign journalists attempting to inform their publics +about conditions in the United States have fallen victim to the +same old Bush printout. The German author and reporter Rainer +Bonhorst, the former Washington correspondent of the +{Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung,} in his 1988 book {George Bush: +The New Man in the White House,} named a chapter of this Bush +political biography ``To Texas in the Red Studebaker.'' Bonhorst +writes as follows: ``Then there was still the matter of the red +Studebaker. It plays--right after the world war effort--a +central role in the life history of George Bush. It is the +history of his rebellion. The step which made a careless Texan +out of a stiff New Englander, a self-made man out of a +patrician's son, born into wealth.... Thus, George and Barbara +Bush, 24 and 23 years old, he having just finished with his +studies, she having prematurely withdrawn from her university and +become a mother a few months earlier, packed their baby and their +suitcases and loaded them into their glaring red Studebaker +coupe. + + ``A supermodern, smart car, certainly somewhat loud for the +New England taste,' the Bushes later recalled. But finally it +departed towards Texas.''s8 + We see that Bonhorst is acutely aware of the symbolic +importance assumed by the red Studebaker in these hagiographic +accounts of Bush's life. + + What is finally the truth of the matter? There is good reason +to believe that George Bush did not first come to Odessa, Texas, +in a red Studebaker. One knowledgeable source is the well-known +Texas oil man and Bush campaign contributor Oscar Wyatt of +Houston. In a recent letter to the {Texas Monthly,} Wyatt +specifies that ``when people speak of Mr. Bush's humble +beginnings in the oil industry, it should be noted that he rode +down to Texas on Dresser's private aircraft. He was accompanied +by his father, who at that time was one of the directors of +Dresser Industries.... I hate it when people make statements +about Mr. Bush's humble beginnings in the oil industry. It just +didn't happen that way,'' writes Mr. Wyatt.s9 Dresser was a +Harriman company, and Bush got his start working for one of its +subsidiaries. One history of Dresser Industries contains a +photograph of George Bush with his parents, wife, and infant son +``in front of a Dresser company airplane in West Texas.''s1s0 Can +this be a photo of Bush's arrival in Odessa during the summer of +1948? In any case, this most cherished myth of the Bush +biographers is very much open to doubt. + + +The Roman Propaganda Machine + + Fawning biographies of bloodthirsty tyrants are nothing new in +world literature. The red Studebaker school goes back a long +way; these writers of today can be usefully compared with a +certain Gaius Velleius Paterculus, who lived in the Roman Empire +under the emperors Augustus and Tiberius, and who was thus an +approximate contemporary of Jesus Christ. Velleius Paterculus was +an historian and biographer who is known today, if at all, for +his biographical notes on the Emperor Tiberius, which are +contained within Paterculus's history of Rome. + + Paterculus, writing under Tiberius, gave a very favorable +treatment of Julius Caesar, and became fulsome when he came to +write of Augustus. But the worst excesses of flattery came in +Velleius Paterculus's treatment of Tiberius himself. Here is +part of what he writes about that tyrannical ruler: + + ``Of the transactions of the last sixteen years, which have +passed in the view, and are fresh in the memory of all, who shall +presume to give a full account? ... credit has been restored to +mercantile affairs, sedition has been banished from the forum, +corruption from the Campus Martius, and discord from the +senate-house; justice, equity and industry, which had long lain +buried in neglect, have been revived in the state; authority has +been given to the magistrates, majesty to the senate, and +solemnity to the courts of justice; the bloody riots in the +theatre have been suppressed, and all men have had either a +desire excited in them, or a necessity imposed on them, of acting +with integrity. Virtuous acts are honored, wicked deeds are +punished. The humble respects the powerful, without dreading +him; the powerful takes precedence of the humble without +condemning him. When were provisions more moderate in price? +When were the blessings of peace more abundant? Augustan peace, +diffused over all the regions of the east and the west, and all +that lies between the south and the north, preserves every corner +of the world free from all dread of predatory molestation. +Fortuitous losses, not only of individuals, but of cities, the +munificence of the prince is ready to relieve. The cities of +Asia have been repaired; the provinces have been secured from the +oppression of their governors. Honor promptly rewards the +deserving, and the punishment of the guilty, if slow, is +certain. Interest gives place to justice, solicitation to +merit. For the best of princes teaches his countrymen to act +rightly by his own practice; and while he is the greatest in +power, he is still greater in example. + + ``Having exhibited a general view of the administration of +Tiberius Caesar, let us now enumerate a few particulars +respecting it.... How formidable a war, excited by the Gallic +chief Sacrovir and Julius Florius, did he suppress, and with such +amazing expedition and energy, that the Roman people learned that +they were conquerors, before they knew that they were at war, and +the news of the victory outstripped the news of the danger! The +African war too, perilous as it was, and daily increasing in +strength, was quickly terminated under his auspices and +direction....''s1s1 + + All of this was written in praise of the regime that crucified +Jesus Christ, and one of the worst genocidal tyrannies in the +history of the world. Paterculus, we must sadly conclude, was a +sycophant of the Tiberius administration. Some of his themes are +close parallels to the propaganda of today's Bush machine. + + In addition to feeding the personality cult of Tiberius, +Paterculus also lavished praise on Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the +Prefect of the Praetorian Guard and for many years Tiberius's +number one favorite, second in command, and likely successor. In +many respects Sejanus was not unlike James Baker III under the +Bush regime. While Tiberius spent all of his time in seclusion +on his island of Capri near Naples, Sejanus assumed day to day +control of the vast empire and its 100 million subjects. +Paterculus wrote of Sejanus that he was ``a most excellent +coadjutor in all the toils of government ... a man of pleasing +gravity, and of unaffected cheerfulness ... assuming nothing to +himself.'' That was the voice of the red Studebaker school in +about 30 A.D. Paterculus should have limited his fawning to +Tiberius himself; somewhat later, the emperor, suspecting a coup +plot, condemned Sejanus and had him torn limb from limb in +gruesome retribution. + + But why bring up Rome? Some readers may be scandalized by the +things that truth obliges us to record about a sitting president +of the United States. Are we not disrespectful to this high +office? No. One of the reasons for glancing back at Imperial +Rome is to remind ourselves that in times of moral and cultural +degradation like our own, rulers of great evil have inflicted +incalculable suffering on humanity. In our modern time of war +and depression, this is once again the case. If Caligula was +possible then, who could claim that the America of the New World +Order should be exempt? Let us therefore tarry for a moment with +these old Romans, because they can show us much about ourselves. + + In order to find Roman writers who tell us anything reliable +about the first dozen emperors, we must wait until the infamous +Julio-Claudian dynasty of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, +Caligula, Claudius, Nero, and the rest had entirely passed from +the scene, to be supplanted by new ruling houses. Tiberius +reigned from 14 to 37 A.D.; Caligula, his designated successor, +from 37 to 41 A.D.; and Nero from 54 to 68 A.D. But the first +accurate account of the crimes of some of these emperors comes +from Publius Cornelius Tacitus in about 115-17 A.D., late in the +reign of the emperor Trajan. It was feasible for Tacitus to write +and publish a more realistic account of the Julio-Claudian +emperors because one of the constant themes of Trajan's +propaganda was to glorify himself as an enlightened emperor +through comparison with the earlier series of bloody tyrants. + + Tacitus manages to convey how the destructiveness of these +emperors in their personal lives correlated with their mass +executions and their genocidal economic policies. Tacitus was +familiar with the machinery of Roman Imperial power: he was of +senatorial rank, served as consul in Italy in 97 A.D., and was +the governor of the important province of western Anatolia +(today's Turkey) which the Romans referred to simply as Asia. +Tacitus writes of Tiberius: ``... his criminal lusts shamed him. +Their uncontrollable activity was worthy of an oriental tyrant. +Free-born children were his victims. He was fascinated by +beauty, youthful innocence, and aristocratic birth. New names +for types of perversions were invented. Slaves were charged to +locate and procure his requirements.... It was like the sack of +a captured city.'' + + Tiberius was able to dominate the legislative branch of his +government, the senate, by subversion and terror: ``It was, +indeed, a horrible feature of this period that leading senators +became informers even on trivial matters--some openly, many +secretly. Friends and relatives were as suspect as strangers, +old stories as damaging as new. In the Main Square, at a +dinner-party, a remark on any subject might mean prosecution. +Everyone competed for priority in marking down the victim. +Sometimes this was self-defense, but mostly it was a sort of +contagion, like an epidemic.... I realize that many writers omit +numerous trials and condemnations, bored by repetition or afraid +that catalogues they themselves have found over-long and dismal +may equally depress their readers. But numerous unrecorded +incidents, which have come to my attention, ought to be known. + + ``... Even women were in danger. They could not be charged +with aiming at supreme power. So they were charged with weeping: +one old lady was executed for lamenting her son's death. The +senate decided this case.... In the same year the high price of +corn nearly caused riots.... + + ``Frenzied with bloodshed, (Tiberius) now ordered the +execution of all those arrested for complicity with Sejanus. It +was a massacre. Without discrimination of sex or age, eminence +or obscurity, there they lay, strewn about--or in heaps. +Relatives and friends were forbidden to stand by or lament them, +or even gaze for long. Guards surrounded them, spying on their +sorrow, and escorted the rotting bodies until, dragged to the +Tiber, they floated away or grounded--with none to cremate or +touch them. Terror had paralyzed human sympathy. The rising +surge of brutality drove compassion away.''s1s2 + + This is the same Tiberius administration so extravagantly +praised by Velleius Paterculus. + Because of lacunae in the manuscripts of Tacitus's work that +have come down to us, much of what we know of the rule of +Caligula (Gaius Caesar, in power from 37 to 41 A.D.) derives from +{The Lives of the Twelve Caesars,} a book by Gaius Suetonius +Tranquillus. The character and administration of Caligula present +some striking parallels with the subject of the present book. + + As a stoic, Caligula was a great admirer of his own +``immovable rigor.'' His motto was ``Remember that I have the +right to do anything to anybody.'' He made no secret of his +bloodthirsty vindictiveness. Caligula was a fan of the green +team in the Roman arena, and when the crowd applauded a +charioteer who wore a different color, Caligula cried out, ``I +wish the Roman people had but a single neck.'' At one of his +state dinners Caligula burst into a fit of uncontrollable +laughter, and when a consul asked him what was so funny, he +replied that it was the thought that as emperor Caligula had the +power to have the throats of the top officials cut at any time he +chose. Caligula carried this same attitude into his personal +life: whenever he kissed or caressed the neck of his wife or one +of his mistresses, he liked to remark: ``Off comes this beautiful +head whenever I give the word.'' + + Above all, Caligula was vindictive. After his death, two +notebooks were found among his personal papers, one labelled +``The Sword'' and the other labelled ``The Dagger.'' These were +lists of the persons he had proscribed and liquidated, and were +the forerunners of the enemies lists and discrediting committee +of today. Suetonius frankly calls Caligula ``a monster,'' and +speculates on the pyschological roots of his criminal +disposition: ``I think I may attribute to mental weakness the +existence of two exactly opposite faults in the same person, +extreme assurance and, on the other hand, excessive +timorousness.'' Caligula was ``full of threats'' against ``the +barbarians,'' but at the same time prone to precipitous retreats +and flights of panic. Caligula worked on his ``body language'' +by ``practicing all kinds of terrible and fearsome expressions +before a mirror.'' + + Caligula built an extension of his palace to connect with the +Temple of Castor and Pollux, and often went there to exhibit +himself as an object of public worship, delighting in being +hailed as ``Jupiter Latiaris'' by the populace. Later Caligula +would officially open temples in his own name. Caligula was +brutal in his intimidation of the senate, whose members he +subjected to open humiliations and covert attacks; many senators +were ``secretly put to death.'' ``He often inveighed against all +the Senators alike.... He treated the other orders with like +insolence and cruelty.'' Suetonius recites whole catalogues of +``special instances of his innate brutality'' toward persons of +all walks of life. He enjoyed inflicting torture, and revelled +in liquidating political opponents or those who had insulted or +snubbed him in some way. He had a taste for capital executions +as the perfect backdrop for parties and banquets. Caligula also +did everything he could to denigrate the memory of the great men +of past epochs, so that their fame could not eclipse his own: +``He assailed mankind of almost every epoch with no less envy and +malice than insolence and cruelty. He threw down the statues of +famous men'' and tried to destroy all the texts of Homer. + + Caligula ``respected neither his own chastity nor that of any +one else.'' He was reckless in his extravagance, and soon emptied +out the imperial treasury of all the funds that old Tiberius had +squirreled away there. After that, Caligula tried to replenish +his coffers through a system of spies, false accusations, +property seizures, and public auctions. He also ``levied new and +unheard-of taxes,'' to the point that ``no class of commodities +was exempt from some kind of tax or other.'' Caligula taxed all +foodstuffs, took a fortieth of the award in any lawsuit, an +eighth of the daily wages of the porters, and demanded that the +prostitutes pay him a daily fee equal to the average price +charged to each individual customer. (It is rumored that this +part of Caligula's career is under study by those planning George +Bush's second term.) Caligula also opened a brothel in his palace +as an additional source of income, which may prefigure today's +White House staff. Among Caligula's more singular hobbies +Suetonius includes his love of rolling and wallowing in piles of +gold coins. + + Caligula kept his wife, Caesonia (described by Suetonius as +``neither beautiful nor young'') with him until the very end. +But his greatest devotion was to his horse, whom he made consul +of the Roman state. Ultimately Caligula fell victim to a +conspiracy of the Praetorian Guard, led by the tribune Gaius +Chaerea, a man whom Caligula had taken special delight in +humiliating.s1s3 + + The authors of the present study are convinced that these +references to the depravity of the Roman emperors, and to the +records of that depravity provided by such authors as Tacitus and +Suetonius, are directly germane to our present task of following +the career of a member of the senatorial class of the +Anglo-American elite through the various stages of his formation +and ultimate ascent to imperial power. The Roman Imperial model +is germane because the American ruling elite of today is far +closer to the world of Tiberius and Caligula than it is to the +world of the American Revolution or the Constitutional Convention +of 1789. The leitmotif of modern American presidential politics +is unquestionably an imperial theme, most blatantly expressed by +Bush in his slogan for 1990, ``The New World Order,'' and for +1991, the ``pax universalis.'' The central project of the Bush +presidency is the creation and consolidation of a single, +universal Anglo-American (or Anglo-Saxon) empire very directly +modelled on the various phases of the Roman Empire. + + +The Olympian Delusion + + There is one other aspect of the biographical-historical +method of the Graeco-Roman world which we have sought to borrow. +Ever since Thucydides composed his monumental work on the +Peloponnesian War, those who have sought to imitate his +style--with the Roman historian Titus Livius prominent among +them--have employed the device of attributing long speeches to +historical personages, even when it appears very unlikely that +such lengthy orations could have been made by the protagonists at +the time. This has nothing to do with the synthetic dialogue of +current American political writing, which attempts to present +historical events as a series of trivial and banal soap-opera +exchanges, which carry on for such interminable lengths as to +suggest that the authors are getting paid by the word. Our idea +of fidelity to the classical style has simply been to let George +Bush speak for himself wherever possible, through direct +quotation. We are convinced that by letting Bush express himself +directly in this way, we afford the reader a more faithful--and +damning--account of Bush's actions. + + George Bush might agree that ``history is biography,'' +although we suspect that he would not agree with any of our other +conclusions. There may be a few peculiarities of the present +work as biography that are worthy of explanation at the outset. + + One of our basic theses is that George Bush is, and considers +himself to be, an oligarch. The notion of oligarchy includes +first of all the idea of a patrician and wealthy family capable +of introducing its offspring into such elite institutions as +Andover, Yale, and Skull and Bones. Oligarchy also subsumes the +self-conception of the oligarch as belonging to a special, +exalted breed of mankind, one that is superior to the common run +of mankind as a matter of hereditary genetic superiority. This +mentality generally goes together with a fascination for +eugenics, race science and just plain racism as a means of +building a case that one's own family tree and racial stock are +indeed superior. These notions of ``breeding'' are a constant in +the history of the titled feudal aristocracy of Europe, +especially Britain, towards inclusion in which an individual like +Bush must necessarily strive. At the very least, oligarchs like +Bush see themselves as demigods occupying a middle ground between +the immortals above and the {hoi polloi} below. The culmination +of this insane delusion, which Bush has demonstrably long since +attained, is the obsessive belief that the principal families of +the Anglo-American elite, assembled in their freemasonic orders, +by themselves directly constitute an Olympian Pantheon of living +deities who have the capability of abrogating and disregarding +the laws of the universe according to their own irrational +caprice. If we do not take into account this element of fatal +and megalomaniac hubris, the lunatic Anglo-American policies in +regard to the Gulf War, international finance, or the AIDS +epidemic must defy all comprehension. + + Part of the ethos of oligarchism as practiced by George Bush +is the emphasis on one's own family pedigree. This accounts for +the attention we dedicate in the opening chapters of this book to +Bush's family tree, reaching back to the nineteenth century and +beyond. It is impossible to gain insight into Bush's mentality +unless we realize that it is important for him to be considered a +cousin, however distant, of Queen Elizabeth II of the House of +Mountbatten-Windsor and for his wife Barbara to be viewed in some +sense a descendant of President Franklin Pierce. + + +The Family Firm + + For related reasons, it is our special duty to illustrate the +role played in the formation of George Bush as a personality by +his maternal grandfather and uncle, George Herbert Walker and +George Herbert Walker, Jr., and by George H.W. Bush's father, the +late Senator Prescott Bush. In the course of this task, we must +speak at length about the institution to which George Bush owes +the most, the Wall Street international investment bank of Brown +Brothers Harriman, the political and financial powerhouse +mentioned above. For George Bush, Brown Brothers Harriman was +and remains the family firm in the deepest sense. The formidable +power of this bank and its ubiquitous network, wielded by Senator +Prescott Bush up through the time of his death in 1972, and still +active on George's behalf down to the present day, is the single +most important key to every step of George's business, covert +operations, and political career. + + In the case of George Bush, as many who have known him +personally have noted, the network looms much larger than +George's own character and will. The reader will search in vain +for strong principled commitments in George Bush's personality; +the most that will be found is a series of characteristic +obsessions, of which the most durable are race, vanity, personal +ambition, and settling scores with adversaries. What emerges by +contrast is the decisive importance of Bush's network of +connections. His response to the Gulf crisis of 1991 will be +largely predetermined, not by any great flashes of geopolitical +insight, but rather by his connections to the British oligarchy, +to Kissinger, to Israeli and Zionist circles, to Texas oilmen in +his fundraising base, to the Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti royal +houses. If the question is one of finance, then the opinions of +J. Hugh Liedtke, Henry Kravis, Robert Mosbacher, T. Boone +Pickens, Nicholas Brady, James Baker III and the City of London +will be decisive. If covert operations and dirty tricks are on +the agenda, then there is a whole stable of CIA old boys with +whom he will consult, and so on down the line. During much of +1989, despite his control over the presidency, Bush appeared as a +weak and passive executive, waiting for his networks to show him +what it was he was supposed to do. When German reunification and +the crumbling of the Soviet empire spurred those--primarily +British--networks into action, Bush was suddenly capable of +violent and daring adventures. As his battle for a second term +approaches, Bush may be showing increasing signs of a rage-driven +self-starter capability, especially when it comes to starting new +wars designed to secure his re-election. + + +The United States in Decline + + Biography has its own inherent discipline: It must be +concerned with the life of its protagonist, and cannot stray too +far away. In no way has it been our intention to offer an +account of American history during the lifetime of George Bush. +The present study nevertheless reflects many aspects of that +recent history of U.S. decline. It will be noted that Bush has +succeeded in proportion as the country has failed, and that +Bush's advancement has proceeded {pari passu} with the +degradation of the national stage upon which he has operated and +which he has come to dominate. At various phases in his career, +Bush has come into conflict with persons who were intellectually +and morally superior to him. One such was Senator Ralph +Yarborough, and another was Senator Frank Church. Our study will +be found to catalogue the constant decline in the qualities of +Bush's adversaries as human types until the 1980s, by which time +his opponents, as in the case of Al Haig, are no better than Bush +himself. + + The exception to this trend is Bush's long-standing personal +vendetta against Lyndon LaRouche, his most consistent and capable +adversary. LaRouche was jailed seven days after Bush's +inauguration in the most infamous political frameup of recent +U.S. history. As our study will document, at critical moments in +Bush's career, LaRouche's political interventions have frustrated +some of Bush's best-laid political plans: A very clear example is +LaRouche's role in defeating Bush's 1980 presidential bid in the +New Hampshire primary. Over the intervening years, LaRouche has +become George Bush's ``man in the iron mask,'' the principled +political adversary whom Bush seeks to jail and silence at all +costs. The restoration of justice in this country must include +the freeing of Lyndon LaRouche, LaRouche's political associates, +and all the other political prisoners of the Bush regime. + + As for the political relevance of our project, we think that +it is very real. During the Gulf crisis, it would have been +important for the public to know more about Bush's business +dealings with the Royal Family of Kuwait. During the 1992 +presidential campaign, as Wall Street's recent crop of junk-bond +assisted leveraged buyouts line up at the entrance to bankruptcy +court, and state workers all across the United States are +informed that the retirement pensions they had been promised will +never be paid, the relations between George Bush and Henry Kravis +will surely constitute an explosive political issue. Similarly, +once Bush's British and Kissingerian pedigree is recognized, the +methods he is likely to pursue in regard to situations such as +the planned Romanian-style overthrow of the Castro regime in +Cuba, or the provocation of a splendid little nuclear war +involving North Korea, or of a new Indo-Pakistani war, will +hardly be mysterious. + + The authors have been at some pains to make this work +intelligible to readers around the world. We offer this book to +those who share our aversion to the imperialist-colonialist New +World Order, and our profound horror at the concept of a return +to a single, worldwide Roman Empire as suggested by Bush's ``pax +universalis'' slogan. This work is tangible evidence that there +is an opposition to Bush inside the United States, and that the +new Caligula is very vulnerable indeed on the level of the +exposure of his own misdeeds. + + It will be argued that this book should have been published +before the 1988 election, when a Bush presidency might have been +avoided. That is certainly true, but it is an objection which +should also be directed to many institutions and agencies whose +resources far surpass our modest capabilities. We can only +remind our fellow citizens that when he asks for their votes for +his re-election, George Bush also enters that court of public +opinion in which he is obliged to answer their questions. They +should not waste this opportunity to grill him on all aspects of +his career and future intentions, since it is Bush who comes +forward appealing for their support. To aid in this process, we +have provided a list of Twenty Questions for Candidate George +Bush on the campaign trail, and this will be found in the +appendix. + + We do not delude ourselves that we have said the last word +about George Bush. But we have for the first time sketched out at +least some of the most salient features and gathered them into a +comprehensible whole. We encourage an aroused citizenry, as well +as specialized researchers, to improve upon what we have been +able to accomplish. In so doing, we recall the words of the +Florentine Giovanni Boccaccio when he reluctantly accepted the +order of a powerful king to produce an account of the old Roman +Pantheon: ``If I don't succeed completely in this exposition, at +least I will provide a stimulus for the better work of others who +are wiser.''--Boccaccio, {Genealogy of the National Gods} + {To be continued.} + + Notes + + + 1. George Bush and Vic Gold, {Looking Forward,} (New York: +Doubleday, 1987), p. 47. + +2. + Fitzhugh Green, {Looking Forward,} (New York: Hippocrene, 1989), +p. 53. + +3. Harry Hurt III, ``George Bush, Plucky Lad,'' {Texas Monthly,} +June, 1983, p. 142. + +4. Richard Ben Cramer, ``How He Got Here,'' {Esquire,} June, +1991, p. 84. + +5. Joe Hyams, {Flight of the Avenger} (New York, 1991). + +6. + Nicholas King, {George Bush: A Biography} (New York, Dodd, Mead, +1980), p. xi. + +7. Donnie Radcliffe, {Simply Barbara Bush,} (New York: Warner, +1989), p. 103. + +8. Rainer Bonhorst, {George Bush, Der Neue Mann im Weissen Haus,} +(Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Luebbe Verlag, 1988), pp. 80-81. + +9. See ``The Roar of the Crowd,'' {Texas Monthly,} November, +1991. See also Jan Jarboe, ``Meaner Than a Junkyard Dog,'' {Texas +Monthly,} April 1991, p. 122 ff. Here Wyatt observes: ``I knew +from the beginning George Bush came to Texas only because he was +politically ambitious. He flew out here on an airplane owned by +Dresser Industries. His daddy was a member of the board of +Dresser.'' + +10. Darwin Payne, {Initiative in Energy} (New York: Simon and +Shuster, 1979), p. 233. + +11. John Selby Watson (translator), {Sallust, Florus, and +Velleius Paterculus} (London: George Bell and Son, 1879), pp. +542-46. + +12. Cornelius Tacitus, {The Annals of Imperial Rome} (Penguin, +1962), pp. 193-221. + +13. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, {The Lives of the Twelve +Caesars} (New York: Modern Library, 1931), pp. 165-204, { +passim. + +Any comments, please send by email, as I get very far behind on +this group. + +Thanks. + + John Covici + +coviciccs.covici.com + +Article 15244 of alt.activism: +From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici) +Newsgroups: alt.activism +Subject: Part 2: George Bush Unauthorized Biography +Message-ID: +Date: 15 Jan 92 21:58:09 GMT +Organization: Covici Computer Systems +Lines: 1495 + + + +The following is from the New Federalist serialization of a +forthcoming book concerning George Bush. + +For further information or to subscribe to New Federalist, please +contact me by e-mail. + +CHAPTER 2 THE HITLER PROJECT + + +1. Bush Property Seized--Trading with the Enemy + +In October 1942, ten months after entering World War II, America +was preparing its first assault against Nazi military forces. +Prescott Bush was managing partner of Brown Brothers Harriman. +His 18-year-old son George, the future U.S. President, had just +begun training to become a naval pilot. + + On October 20, 1942, the U.S. government ordered the seizure +of Nazi German banking operations in New York City which were +being conducted by Prescott Bush. + + Under the {Trading with the Enemy Act}, the government took +over the {Union Banking Corporation,} in which Bush was a +director. The U.S. Alien Property Custodian seized Union Banking +Corp.'s stock shares, all of which were owned by Prescott Bush, +E. Roland ``Bunny'' Harriman, three Nazi executives, and two +other associates of Bush.s1 + + The order seizing the bank ``vest[ed] [seized] all of the +capital stock of Union Banking Corporation, a New York +corporation,'' and named the holders of its shares as: + + sb|``E. Roland Harriman--3991 shares.'' Harriman was chairman +and director of Union Banking Corp. (UBC); this is ``Bunny'' +Harriman, described by Prescott Bush as a place holder who didn't +get much into banking affairs; Prescott managed his personal +investments. + + sb|``Cornelis Lievense--4 shares.'' Lievense was president and +director of UBC, and a New York resident banking functionary for +the Nazis. + + sb|``Harold D. Pennington--1 share.'' Pennington was treasurer +and director of UBC, and an office manager employed by Bush at +Brown Brothers Harriman. + + sb|``Ray Morris--1 share.'' Morris was director of UBC, and a +partner of Bush and the Harrimans. + + sb|``Prescott S. Bush--1 share.'' Bush was director of UBC, +which was co-founded and sponsored by his father-in-law George +Walker; he was senior managing partner for E. Roland Harriman and +Averell Harriman. + + sb|``H.J. Kouwenhoven--1 share'' Kouwenhoven was director of +UBC; he organized UBC as the emissary of Fritz Thyssen in +negotiations with George Walker and Averell Harriman; he was also +managing director of UBC's Netherlands affiliate under Nazi +occupation; industrial executive in Nazi Germany, and also +director and chief foreign financial executive of the German +Steel Trust. + + sb|``Johann G. Groeninger--1 share.'' Groeninger was director +of UBC and of its Netherlands affiliate; he was an industrial +executive in Nazi Germany. + + The order also specified: ``all of which shares are held for +the benefit of ... members of the Thyssen family, [and] is +property of nationals ... of a designated enemy country....'' + + By October 26, 1942, U.S. troops were underway for North +Africa. On October 28, the government issued orders seizing two +Nazi front organizations run by the Bush-Harriman bank: the +{Holland-American Trading Corporation} and the {Seamless Steel +Equipment Corporation.}s2 + + U.S. forces landed under fire near Algiers on November 8, +1942; heavy combat raged throughout November. Nazi interests in +the {Silesian-American Corporation,} long managed by Prescott +Bush and his father-in-law George Herbert Walker, were seized +under the Trading with the Enemy Act on November 17, 1942. In +this action, the government announced that it was seizing only +the Nazi interests, leaving the Nazis' U.S. partners to carry on +the business.s3 + + These and other actions taken by the U.S. government in +wartime were, tragically, too little and too late. President +Bush's family had already played a central role in financing and +arming Adolf Hitler for his takeover of Germany; in financing and +managing the buildup of Nazi war industries for the conquest of +Europe and war against the U.S.A.; and in the development of Nazi +genocide theories and racial propaganda, with their well-known +results. + + The facts presented here must be known, and their implications +reflected upon, for a proper understanding of President George +Herbert Walker Bush and of the danger to mankind that he +represents. The President's family fortune was largely a result +of the Hitler project. The powerful Anglo-American family +associations, which later boosted him into the Central +Intelligence Agency and up to the White House, were his father's +partners in the Hitler project. + + President Franklin Roosevelt's Alien Property Custodian, Leo +T. Crowley, signed Vesting Order Number 248 seizing the property +of Prescott Bush under the Trading with Enemy Act. The order, +published in obscure government record books and kept out of the +news,s4 explained nothing about the Nazis involved; only that the +Union Banking Corporation was run for the ``Thyssen family'' of +``Germany and/or Hungary''--``nationals ... of a designated enemy +country.'' + + By deciding that Prescott Bush and the other directors of the +Union Banking Corp. were legally {front men for the Nazis}, the +government avoided the more important historical issue: In what +way {were Hitler's Nazis themselves hired, armed, and instructed +by} the New York and London clique of which Prescott Bush was an +executive manager? Let us examine the Harriman-Bush Hitler +project from the 1920s until it was partially broken up, to seek +an answer for that question. + + +2. Origin and Extent of the Project + + Fritz Thyssen and his business partners are universally +recognized as the most important German financiers of Adolf +Hitler's takeover of Germany. At the time of the order seizing +the Thyssen family's Union Banking Corp., Mr. Fritz Thyssen had +already published his famous book, {I Paid Hitler},s5 admitting +that he had financed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement since +October 1923. Thyssen's role as the leading early backer of +Hitler's grab for power in Germany had been noted by U.S. +diplomats in Berlin in 1932.s6 The order seizing the Bush-Thyssen +bank was curiously quiet and modest about the identity of the +perpetrators who had been nailed. + + But two weeks before the official order, government +investigators had reported secretly that ``W. Averell Harriman +was in Europe sometime prior to 1924 and at that time became +acquainted with Fritz Thyssen, the German industrialist.'' +Harriman and Thyssen agreed to set up a bank for Thyssen in New +York. ``[C]ertain of [Harriman's] associates would serve as +directors....'' Thyssen agent ``H.J. Kouwenhoven ... came to the +United States ... prior to 1924 for conferences with the Harriman +Company in this connection....''s7 + + When exactly was ``Harriman in Europe sometime prior to +1924''? In fact, he was in Berlin in 1922 to set up the Berlin +branch of W.A. Harriman & Co. under George Walker's presidency. + + The Union Banking Corporation was established formally in +1924, as a unit in the Manhattan offices of W.A. Harriman & Co., +interlocking with the Thyssen-owned {Bank voor Handel en +Scheepvaart} (BHS) in the Netherlands. The investigators +concluded that ``the Union Banking Corporation has since its +inception handled funds chiefly supplied to it through the Dutch +bank by the Thyssen interests for American investment.'' + + Thus by personal agreement between Averell Harriman and Fritz +Thyssen in 1922, W.A. Harriman & Co. (alias Union Banking +Corporation) would be transferring funds back and forth between +New York and the ``Thyssen interests'' in Germany. By putting up +about $400,000, the Harriman organization would be joint owner +and manager of Thyssen's banking operations outside of Germany. + + {How important was the Nazi enterprise for which President +Bush's father was the New York banker?} + + The 1942 U.S. government investigative report said that Bush's +Nazi-front bank was an interlocking concern with the Vereinigte +Stahlwerke (United Steel Works Corporation or {German Steel +Trust}) led by Fritz Thyssen and his two brothers. After the +war, congressional investigators probed the Thyssen interests, +Union Banking Corp. and related Nazi units. The investigation +showed that the Vereinigte Stahlwerke had produced the following +approximate proportions of total German national output: ``50.8% +of Nazi Germany's pig iron; 41.4% of Nazi Germany's universal +plate; 36.0% of Nazi Germany's heavy plate; 38.5% of Nazi +Germany's galvanized sheet; 45.5% of Nazi Germany's pipes and +tubes; 22.1% of Nazi Germany's wire; 35.0% of Nazi Germany's +explosives.''s8 + + This accounts for many, many Nazi submarines, bombs, rifles, +gas chambers, etc. + + Prescott Bush became vice president of W.A. Harriman & Co. in +1926. That same year, a friend of Harriman and Bush set up a +giant new organization for their client Fritz Thyssen, prime +sponsor of politician Adolf Hitler. The new {German Steel Trust,} +Germany's largest industrial corporation, was organized in 1926 +by Wall Street banker Clarence Dillon. Dillon was the old comrade +of Prescott Bush's father Sam Bush from the ``Merchants of +Death'' bureau in World War I. + + In return for putting up $70 million to create his +organization, majority owner Thyssen gave the Dillon Read company +two or more representatives on the board of the new Steel +Trust.s9 + + Thus there is a division of labor: Thyssen's own confidential +accounts, for political and related purposes, were run through +the Walker-Bush organization; the Steel Trust did its corporate +banking through Dillon Read. + + The Walker-Bush firm's banking activities were not just +politically neutral money-making ventures which happened to +coincide with the aims of German Nazis. All of the firm's +European business in those days was organized around +anti-democratic political forces. + + In 1927, criticism of their support for totalitarianism drew +this retort from Bert Walker, written from Kennebunkport to +Averell Harriman: ``It seems to me that the suggestion in +connection with Lord Bearsted's views that we withdraw from +Russia smacks somewhat of the impertinent.... I think that we +have drawn our line and should hew to it.''s1s0 + + Averell Harriman met with Italy's fascist dictator, Benito +Mussolini. A representative of the firm subsequently telegraphed +good news back to his chief executive Bert Walker: ``... During +these last days ... Mussolini ... has examined and approved our +c[o]ntract 15 June.''s1s1 + + The great financial collapse of 1929-31 shook America, +Germany, and Britain, weakening all governments. It also made +the hard-pressed Prescott Bush even more willing to do whatever +was necessary to retain his new place in the world. It was in +this crisis that certain Anglo-Americans determined on the +installation of a Hitler regime in Germany. + + W.A. Harriman & Co., well-positioned for this enterprise and +rich in assets from their German and Russian business, merged +with the British-American investment house, Brown Brothers, on +January 1, 1931. Bert Walker retired to his own G.H. Walker & +Co. This left the Harriman brothers, Prescott Bush, and Thatcher +M. Brown as the senior partners of the new Brown Brothers +Harriman firm. (The London, England branch of the Brown family +firm continued operating under its historic name--Brown, +Shipley.) + + Robert A. Lovett also came over as a partner from Brown +Brothers. His father, E.H. Harriman's lawyer and railroad chief, +had been on the War Industries Board with Prescott's father. +Though he remained a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman, the +junior Lovett soon replaced his father as chief exexcutive of +Union Pacific Railroad. + + Brown Brothers had a racial tradition that fitted it well for +the Hitler project. American patriots had cursed its name back +in Civil War days. Brown Brothers, with offices in the U.S.A. +and in England, had carried on their ships fully 75 percent of +the slave cotton from the American South over to British mill +owners; through their usurious credit they controlled and +manipulated the slave-owners. + + Now, in 1931, the virtual dictator of world finance, Bank of +England Governor Montagu Collet Norman, was a former Brown +Brothers partner, whose grandfather had been boss of Brown +Brothers during the U.S. Civil War. Montagu Norman was known as +the most avid of Hitler's supporters within British ruling +circles, and Norman's intimacy with this firm was essential to +his management of the Hitler project. + + In 1931, while Prescott Bush ran the New York office of Brown +Brothers Harriman, Prescott's partner was Montagu Norman's +intimate friend Thatcher Brown. The Bank of England chief always +stayed at the home of Prescott's partner on his hush-hush trips +to New York. Prescott Bush concentrated on the firm's German +actitivites, and Thatcher Brown saw to their business in old +England, under the guidance of his mentor Montagu Norman.s1s2 + + +3. Hitler's Ladder to Power + + Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany January 30, 1933, +and absolute dictator in March 1933, after two years of expensive +and violent lobbying and electioneering. Two affiliates of the +Bush-Harriman organization played great parts in this criminal +undertaking: Thyssen's German Steel Trust; and the +Hamburg-Amerika Line and several of its executives.s1s3 + + Let us look more closely at the Bush family's German +partners. + + {Fritz Thyssen} told Allied interrogators after the war about +some of his financial support for the Nazi Party: ``In 1930 or +1931 ... I told [Hitler's deputy Rudolph] Hess ... I would +arrange a credit for him with a Dutch bank in Rotterdam, the Bank +fuaur Handel und Schiff [i.e. Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart +(BHS), the Harriman-Bush affiliate]. I arranged the credit ... +he would pay it back in three years.... I chose a Dutch bank +because I did not want to be mixed up with German banks in my +position, and because I thought it was better to do business with +a Dutch bank, and I thought I would have the Nazis a little more +in my hands.... + + ``The credit was about 250-300,000 [gold] marks--about the sum +I had given before. The loan has been repaid in part to the +Dutch bank, but I think some money is still owing on it....''s1s4 + + The overall total of Thyssen's political donations and loans +to the Nazis was well over a million dollars, including funds he +raised from others--in a period of terrible money-shortage in +Germany. + + {Friedrich Flick} was the major co-owner of the German Steel +Trust with Fritz Thyssen, Thyssen's longtime collaborator and +sometime competitor. In preparation for the war crimes tribunal +at Nuremberg, the U.S. government said that Flick was ``one of +leading financiers and industrialists who from 1932 contributed +large sums to the Nazi Party ... member of `Circle of Friends' of +Himmler who contributed large sums to the SS.''s1s5 + + Flick, like Thyssen, financed the Nazis to maintain their +private armies called Schutzstaffel (S.S. or Black Shirts) and +Sturmabteilung (S.A., storm troops or Brown Shirts). + + The Flick-Harriman partnership was directly supervised by +Prescott Bush, President Bush's father, and by George Walker, +President Bush's grandfather. + + The Harriman-Walker Union Banking Corp. arrangements for the +German Steel Trust had made them bankers for Flick and his vast +operations in Germany by no later than 1926. + + The {Harriman Fifteen Corporation} (George Walker, president, +Prescott Bush and Averell Harriman, sole directors) held a +substantial stake in the Silesian Holding Co. at the time of the +merger with Brown Brothers, January 1, 1931. This holding +correlated to Averell Harriman's chairmanship of the +{Consolidated Silesian Steel Corporation,} the American group +owning one-third of a complex of steelmaking, coal-mining and +zinc-mining activities in Germany and Poland, in which Friedrich +Flick owned two-thirds.s1s6 + + The Nuremberg prosecutor characterized Flick as follows: + + ``Proprietor and head of a large group of industrial +enterprises (coal and iron mines, steel producing and fabricating +plants) ... `Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer,' 1938 [title awarded to +prominent industrialists for merit in armaments drive--`Military +Economy Leader']....''s1s7 + + For this buildup of the Hitler war machine with coal, steel, +and arms production, using slave laborers, the Nazi Flick was +condemned to seven years in prison at the Nuremberg trials; he +served three years. With friends in New York and London, +however, Flick lived into the 1970s and died a billionaire. + + On March 19, 1934, Prescott Bush--then director of the German +Steel Trust's Union Banking Corporation--initiated an alert to +the absent Averell Harriman about a problem which had developed +in the Flick partnership.s1s8 Bush sent Harriman a clipping from +the {New York Times} of that day, which reported that the Polish +government was fighting back against American and German +stockholders who controlled ``Poland's largest industrial unit, +the Upper Silesian Coal and Steel Company....'' + + The {Times} article continued: ``The company has long been +accused of mismanagement, excessive borrowing, fictitious +bookkeeping and gambling in securities. Warrants were issued in +December for several directors accused of tax evasions. They +were German citizens and they fled. They were replaced by Poles. +Herr Flick, regarding this as an attempt to make the company's +board entirely Polish, retaliated by restricting credits until +the new Polish directors were unable to pay the workmen +regularly.'' + + The {Times} noted that the company's mines and mills ``employ +25,000 men and account for 45 percent of Poland's total steel +output and 12 percent of her coal production. Two-thirds of the +company's stock is owned by Friedrich Flick, a leading German +steel industrialist, and the remainder is owned by interests in +the United States.'' + + In view of the fact that a great deal of Polish output was +being exported to Hitler's Germany under depression conditions, +the Polish government thought that Bush, Harriman, and their Nazi +partners should at least pay full taxes on their Polish +holdings. The U.S. and Nazi owners responded with a lockout. +The letter to Harriman in Washington reported a cable from their +European representative: ``Have undertaken new steps London +Berlin ... please establish friendly relations with Polish +Ambassador [in Washington].'' + + A 1935 Harriman Fifteen Corporation memo from George Walker +announced an agreement had been made ``in Berlin'' to sell an +8,000 block of their shares in Consolidated Silesian Steel.s1s9 +But the dispute with Poland did not deter the Bush family from +continuing its partnership with Flick. + + Nazi tanks and bombs ``settled'' this dispute in September, +1939 with the invasion of Poland, beginning World War II. The +Nazi army had been equipped by Flick, Harriman, Walker, and Bush, +with materials essentially stolen from Poland. + + There were probably few people at the time who could +appreciate the irony, that when the Soviets also attacked and +invaded Poland from the East, their vehicles were fueled by oil +pumped from Baku wells revived by the Harriman/Walker/Bush +enterprise. + + Three years later, nearly a year after the Japanese attack on +Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered the seizure of the +Nazis' share in the Silesian-American Corporation under the +Trading with the Enemy Act. Enemy nationals were said to own 49 +percent of the common stock and 41.67 percent of the preferred +stock of the company. + + The order characterized the company as a ``business enterprise +within the United States, owned by [a front company in] Zurich, +Switzerland, and held for the benefit of Bergwerksgesellschaft +George von Giesche's Erben, a German corporation....''s2s0 + + Bert Walker was still the senior director of the company, +which he had founded back in 1926 simultaneously with the +creation of the German Steel Trust. Ray Morris, Prescott's +partner from Union Banking Corp. and Brown Brothers Harriman, was +also a director. + + The investigative report prior to the government crackdown +explained the ``NATURE OF BUSINESS: The subject corporation is an +American holding company for German and Polish subsidiaries, +which own large and valuable coal and zinc mines in Silesia, +Poland and Germany. Since September 1939, these properties have +been in the possession of and have been operated by the German +government and have undoubtedly been of considerable assistance +to that country in its war effort.''s2s1 + + The report noted that the American stockholders hoped to +regain control of the European properties after the war. + + +4. Control of Nazi Commerce + + Bert Walker had arranged the credits Harriman needed to take +control of the Hamburg-Amerika Line back in 1920. Walker had +organized the {American Ship and Commerce Corp.} as a unit of the +W.A. Harriman & Co., with contractual power over +Hamburg-Amerika's affairs. + + As the Hitler project went into high gear, Harriman-Bush +shares in American Ship and Commerce Corp. were held by the +Harriman Fifteen Corp., run by Prescott Bush and Bert Walker.s2s2 + + It was a convenient stroll for the well-tanned, athletic, +handsome Prescott Bush. From the Brown Brothers Harriman +skyscraper at 59 Wall Street--where he was senior managing +partner, confidential investments manager and advisor to Averell +and his brother ``Bunny''--he walked across to the Harriman +Fifteen Corporation at One Wall Street, otherwise known as G.H. +Walker & Co.--and around the corner to his subsidiary offices at +39 Broadway, former home of the old W.A. Harriman & Co., and +still the offices for American Ship and Commerce, and of the +Union Banking Corporation. + + In many ways, Bush's Hamburg-Amerika Line was the pivot for +the entire Hitler project. + + Averell Harriman and Bert Walker had gained control over the +steamship company in 1920 in negotiations with its post-World War +I chief executive, {Wilhelm Cuno}, and with the line's bankers, +M.M. Warburg. Cuno was thereafter completely dependent on the +Anglo-Americans, and became a member of the Anglo-German +Friendship Society. In the 1930-32 drive for a Hitler +dictatorship, Wilhelm Cuno contributed important sums to the Nazi +Party.s2s3 + + {Albert Voegler} was chief executive of the Thyssen-Flick +German Steel Trust for which Bush's Union Banking Corp. was the +New York office. He was a director of the Bush-affiliate BHS +Bank in Rotterdam, and a director of the Harriman-Bush +Hamburg-Amerika Line. Voegler joined Thyssen and Flick in their +heavy 1930-33 Nazi contributions, and helped organize the final +Nazi leap into national power.s2s4 + + The {Schroeder} family of bankers was a linchpin for the Nazi +activities of Harriman and Prescott Bush, closely tied to their +lawyers Allen and John Foster Dulles. + + Baron Kurt von Schroeder was co-director of the massive +Thyssen-Huette foundry along with Johann Groeninger, Prescott +Bush's New York bank partner. Kurt von Schroeder was treasurer +of the support organization for the Nazi Party's private armies, +to which Friedrich Flick contributed. Kurt von Schroeder and +Montagu Norman's proteaageaa Hjalmar Schacht together made the +final arrangments for Hitler to enter the government.s2s5 + + Baron Rudolph von Schroeder was vice president and director of +the Hamburg-Amerika Line. Long an intimate contact of Averell +Harriman's in Germany, Baron Rudolph sent his grandson Baron +Johann Rudolph for a tour of Prescott Bush's Brown Brothers +Harriman offices in New York City in December 1932--on the eve of +their Hitler-triumph.s2s6 + + Certain actions taken directly by the Harriman-Bush shipping +line in 1932 must be ranked among the gravest acts of treason in +this century. + + The U.S. Embassy in Berlin reported back to Washington that +the ``costly election campaigns'' and ``the cost of maintaining a +private army of 300,000 to 400,000 men'' had raised questions as +to the Nazis' financial backers. The constitutional government +of the German republic moved to defend national freedom by +ordering the Nazi Party private armies disbanded. The U.S. +Embassy reported that the {Hamburg-Amerika Line was purchasing +and distributing propaganda attacks against the German +government, for attempting this last-minute crackdown on Hitler's +forces.}s2s7 + + Thousands of German opponents of Hitlerism were shot or +intimidated by privately armed Nazi Brown Shirts. In this +connection, we note that the original ``Merchant of Death,'' +Samuel Pryor, was a founding director of both the Union Banking +Corp. and the American Ship and Commerce Corp. Since Mr. Pryor +was executive committee chairman of Remington Arms and a central +figure in the world's private arms traffic, his use to the Hitler +project was enhanced as the Bush family's partner in Nazi Party +banking and trans-Atlantic shipping. + + The U.S. Senate arms-traffic investigators probed Remington +after it was joined in a cartel agreement on explosives to the +Nazi firm I.G. Farben. Looking at the period leading up to +Hitler's seizure of power, the senators found that ``German +political associations, like the Nazi and others, are nearly all +armed with American ... guns.... Arms of all kinds coming from +America are transshipped in the Scheldt to river barges before +the vessels arrive in Antwerp. They then can be carried through +Holland without police inspection or interference. The +Hitlerists and Communists are presumed to get arms in this +manner. The principal arms coming from America are Thompson +submachine guns and revolvers. The number is great.''s2s8 + + The beginning of the Hitler regime brought some bizarre +changes to the Hamburg-Amerika Line--and more betrayals. + + Prescott Bush's American Ship and Commerce Corp. notified Max +Warburg of Hamburg, Germany, on March 7, 1933, that Warburg was +to be the corporation's official, designated representative on +the board of Hamburg-Amerika.s2s9 + + Max Warburg replied on March 27, 1933, assuring his American +sponsors that the Hitler government was good for Germany: ``For +the last few years business was considerably better than we had +anticipated, but a reaction is making itself felt for some +months. We are actually suffering also under the very active +propaganda against Germany, caused by some unpleasant +circumstances. These occurrences were the natural consequence of +the very excited election campaign, but were extraordinarily +exaggerated in the foreign press. The Government is firmly +resolved to maintain public peace and order in Germany, and I +feel perfectly convinced in this respect that there is no cause +for any alarm whatsoever.''s3s0 + + This seal of approval for Hitler, coming from a famous Jew, +was just what Harriman and Bush required, for they anticipated +rather serious ``alarm'' inside the U.S.A. against their Nazi +operations. + + On March 29, 1933, two days after Max's letter to Harriman, +Max's son Erich sent a cable to his cousin Frederick M. Warburg, +a director of the Harriman railroad system. He asked Frederick +to ``use all your influence'' to stop all anti-Nazi activity in +America, including ``atrocity news and unfriendly propaganda in +foreign press, mass meetings, etc.'' Frederick cabled back to +Erich: ``No responsible groups here [are] urging [a] boycott [of] +German goods[,] merely excited individuals.'' Two days after +that, On March 31, 1933, the {American-Jewish Committee,} +controlled by the Warburgs, and the {B'nai B'rith,} heavily +influenced by the Sulzbergers' ({New York Times}), issued a +formal, official joint statement of the two organizations, +counselling ``that no American boycott against Germany be +encouraged, [and advising] ... that no further mass meetings be +held or similar forms of agitation be employed.''s3s1 + + The American Jewish Committee and the B'nai B'rith (mother of +the ``Anti-Defamation League'') continued with this hardline, +no-attack-on-Hitler stance all through the 1930s, blunting the +fight mounted by many Jews and other anti-fascists. + + Thus the decisive interchange reproduced above, taking place +entirely within the orbit of the Harriman/Bush firm, may explain +something of the relationship of George Bush to American Jewish +and Zionist leaders. Some of them, in close cooperation with his +family, played an ugly part in the drama of Naziism. Is this why +``professional Nazi-hunters'' have never discovered how the Bush +family made its money? + + The executive board of the {Hamburg Amerika Line} {(Hapag)} +met jointly with the North German Lloyd company board in Hamburg +on September 5, 1933. Under official Nazi supervision, the two +firms were merged. Prescott Bush's American Ship and Commerce +Corp. installed Christian J. Beck, a longtime Harriman +executive, as manager of freight and operations in North America +for the new joint Nazi shipping lines {(Hapag-Lloyd)}) on +November 4, 1933. + + According to testimony of officials of the companies before +Congress in 1934, a supervisor from the {Nazi Labor Front} rode +with every ship of the Harriman-Bush line; employees of the New +York offices were directly organized into the Nazi Labor Front +organization; Hamburg-Amerika provided free passage to +individuals going abroad for Nazi propaganda purposes; and the +line subsidized pro-Nazi newspapers in the U.S.A., as it had done +in Germany against the constitutional German government.s3s2 + + In mid-1936, Prescott Bush's American Ship and Commerce Corp. +cabled M.M. Warburg, asking Warburg to represent the company's +heavy share interest at the forthcoming Hamburg-Amerika +stockholders meeting. The Warburg office replied with the +information that ``we represented you'' at the stockholders +meeting and ``exercised on your behalf your voting power for Rm +[gold marks] 3,509,600 Hapag stock deposited with us.'' + + The Warburgs transmitted a letter received from Emil +Helfferich, German chief executive of both Hapag-Lloyd and of the +Standard Oil subsidiary in Nazi Germany: ``It is the intention to +continue the relations with Mr. Harriman on the same basis as +heretofore....'' In a colorful gesture, Hapag's Nazi chairman +Helfferich sent the line's president across the Atlantic on a +Zeppelin to confer with their New York string-pullers. + + After the meeting with the Zeppelin passenger, the +Harriman-Bush office replied: ``I am glad to learn that Mr. +Hellferich [sic] has stated that relations between the Hamburg +American Line and ourselves will be continued on the same basis +as heretofore.''s3s3 + + Two months before moving against Bush's Union Banking Corp., +the U.S. government ordered the seizure of all property of the +Hamburg-Amerika Line and North German Lloyd, under the Trading +with the Enemy Act. The investigators noted in the pre-seizure +report that Christian J. Beck was still acting as an attorney +representing the Nazi firm.s3s4 + + In May 1933, just after the Hitler regime was consolidated, an +agreement was reached in Berlin for the coordination of all Nazi +commerce with the U.S.A. The {Harriman International Co.,} led by +Averell Harriman's first cousin Oliver, was to head a syndicate +of 150 firms and individuals, to conduct {all exports from +Hitler's Germany to the United States}.s3s5 + + This pact had been negotiated in Berlin between Hitler's +economics minister, Hjalmar Schacht, and John Foster Dulles, +international attorney for dozens of Nazi enterprises, with the +counsel of Max Warburg and Kurt von Schroeder. + + John Foster Dulles would later be U.S. Secretary of State, and +the great power in the Republican Party of the 1950s. Foster's +friendship and that of his brother Allen (head of the Central +Intelligence Agency), greatly aided Prescott Bush to become the +Republican U.S. senator from Connecticut. And it was to be of +inestimable value to George Bush, in his ascent to the heights of +``covert action government,'' that both of these Dulles brothers +were the lawyers for the Bush family's far-flung enterprise. + + Throughout the 1930s, John Foster Dulles arranged debt +restructuring for German firms under a series of decrees issued +by Adolf Hitler. In these deals, Dulles struck a balance between +the interest owed to selected, larger investors, and the needs of +the growing Nazi warmaking apparatus for producing tanks, poison +gas, etc. + + Dulles wrote to Prescott Bush in 1937 concerning one such +arrangement. The German-Atlantic Cable Company, owning Nazi +Germany's only telegraph channel to the United States, had made +debt and management agreements with the Walker-Harriman bank +during the 1920s. A new decree would now void those agreements, +which had originally been reached with non-Nazi corporate +officials. Dulles asked Bush, who managed these affairs for +Averell Harriman, to get Averell's signature on a letter to Nazi +officials, agreeing to the changes. Dulles wrote: + +``Sept. 22, 1937 +``Mr. Prescott S. Bush +``59 Wall Street, New + York, N.Y. + + ``Dear Press, + ``I have looked over the letter of the German-American [sic] +Cable Company to Averell Harriman.... It would appear that the +only rights in the matter are those which inure in the bankers +and that no legal embarrassment would result, so far as the +bondholders are concerned, by your acquiescence in the +modification of the bankers' agreement. + ``Sincerely yours, + ``John Foster Dulles'' + + Dulles enclosed a proposed draft reply, Bush got Harriman's +signature, and the changes went through.s3s6 + + In conjunction with these arrangements, the German Atlantic +Cable Company attempted to stop payment on its debts to smaller +American bondholders. The money was to be used instead for +arming the Nazi state, under a decree of the Hitler government. + + Despite the busy efforts of Bush and Dulles, a New York court +decided that this particular Hitler ``law'' was invalid in the +United States; small bondholders, not parties to deals between +the bankers and the Nazis, were entitled to get paid.s3s7 + + In this and a few other of the attempted swindles, the +intended victims came out with their money. But the Nazi +financial and political reorganization went ahead to its tragic +climax. + + For his part in the Hitler revolution, Prescott Bush was paid +a fortune. + + This is the legacy he left to his son, President George Bush. + +Notes + +1. Office of Alien Property Custodian, Vesting Order Number 248. +Signed by Leo T. Crowley, Alien Property Custodian, executed +October 20, 1942; F.R. Doc. 42-11568; Filed, November 6, 1942. 7 +Fed. Reg. 9097 (November 7, 1942). + The {New York City Directory of Directors}, 1930s-40s, list +Prescott Bush as a director of Union Banking Corp. from 1934 +through 1943. + + +2. + Alien Property Custodian Vesting Order No. 259: Seamless Steel +Equipment Corporation; Vesting Order Number 261: Holland-American +Trading Corp. + + +3. Alien Property Custodian Vesting Order No. 370: +Silesian-American Corp. + + +4. {New York Times,} December 16, 1944, ran a five-paragraph page +25 article on actions of the New York State Banking Department. +Only the last sentence refers to the Nazi bank, as follows: ``The +Union Banking Corporation, 39 Broadway, New York, has received +authority to change its principal place of business to 120 +Broadway.'' + The {Times} omitted the fact that the Union Banking +Corporation had been seized by the government for trading with +the enemy, and the fact that 120 Broadway was the address of the +government's Alien Property Custodian. + + +5. + Fritz Thyssen, {I Paid Hitler}, 1941, reprinted in (Port +Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1972), p. 133. Thyssen says +his contributions began with 100,000 marks given in October 1923, +for Hitler's attempted ``putsch'' against the constitutional +government. + + +6. Confidential memorandum from U.S. Embassy, Berlin, to the +U.S. Secretary of State, April 20, 1932, on microfilm in +{Confidential Reports of U.S. State Dept., 1930s, Germany,} at +major U.S. libraries. + + +7. October 5, 1942, Memorandum to the Executive Committee of the +Office of Alien Property Custodian, stamped CONFIDENTIAL, from +the Division of Investigation and Research, Homer Jones, Chief. +Now declassified in United States National Archives, Suitland, +Maryland annex. See Record Group 131, Alien Property Custodian, +investigative reports, in file box relating to Vesting Order +Number 248. + + +8. {Elimination of German Resources for War}: Hearings Before a +Subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs, United States +Senate, Seventy-Ninth Congress; Part 5, Testimony of [the United +States] Treasury Department, July 2, 1945. Page 507: Table of +Vereinigte Stahlwerke output, figures are percent of German total +as of 1938; Thyssen organization including Union Banking +Corporation pp. 727-731. + + +9. Robert Sobel, {The Life and Times of Dillon Read} (New York: +Dutton-Penguin, 1991), pp. 92-111. The Dillon Read firm +cooperated in the development of Sobel's book. + + +10. George Walker to Averell Harriman, August 11, 1927, in W. +Averell Harriman papers, Library of Congress (hereafter ``WAH +papers''). + + +11. ``Iaccarino'' to G. H. Walker, RCA Radiogram Sept. 12, 1927. + + +12. Andrew Boyle, {Montagu Norman} (London: Cassell, 1967). + Sir Henry Clay, {Lord Norman} (London, MacMillan & Co., 1957), +pp. 18, 57, 70-71. + John A. Kouwenhouven, {Partners in Banking ... Brown Brothers +Harriman} (Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1969). + + +13. + Coordination of much of the Hitler project took place at a +single New York address. The Union Banking Corporation had been +set up by George Walker at 39 Broadway. Management of the +Hamburg-Amerika Line, carried out through Harriman's American +Ship and Commerce Corp., was also set up by George Walker at 39 +Broadway. + + +14. Interrogation of Fritz Thyssen, EF/Me/1 of Sept. 4, 1945 in +U.S. Control Council records, photostat on page 167 in Anthony +Sutton, {An Introduction to The Order} (Billings, Mt.: Liberty +House Press, 1986). + + +15. {Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Supplement B}, by the Office +of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis +Criminality, U. S. Government Printing Office, (Washington, D.C., +1948), pp. 1597, 1686. + + +16. ``Consolidated Silesian Steel Corporation - [minutes of the] +Meeting of Board of Directors,'' October 31, 1930 (WAH papers), +shows Averell Harriman as Chairman of the Board. + Prescott Bush to W.A. Harriman, Memorandum December 19, 1930 +on their Harriman Fifteen Corp. + Annual Report of United Konigs and Laura Steel and Iron Works +for the year 1930 (WAH papers) lists ``Dr. Friedrich Flick ... +Berlin'' and ``William Averell Harriman ... New York'' on the +Board of Directors. + ``Harriman Fifteen Coporation Securities Position February +28, 1931,'' WAH papers. This report shows Harriman Fifteen +Corporation holding 32,576 shares in Silesian Holding Co. V.T.C. +worth (in scarce depression dollars) $1,628,800, just over half +the value of the Harriman Fifteen Corporation's total holdings. + The {New York City Directory of Directors} volumes for the +1930s (available at the Library of Congress) show Prescott +Sheldon Bush and W. Averell Harriman as the directors of +Harriman Fifteen Corp. + ``Appointments,'' (three typed pages) marked ``Noted May 18 +1931 W.A.H.,'' (among the papers from Prescott Bush's New York +Office of Brown Brothers Harriman, WAH papers), lists a meeting +between Averell Harriman and Friedrich Flick in Berlin at 4:00 +P.M., Wednesday April 22, 1931. This was followed immediately by +a meeting with Wilhelm Cuno, chief executive of the +Hamburg-Amerika Line. + The ``Report To the Stockholders of the Harriman Fifteen +Corporation,'' October 19, 1933 (WAH papers) names G.H. Walker +as president of the corporation. It shows the Harriman Fifteen +Corp.'s address as 1 Wall Street--the location of G.H. Walker and +Co. + + +17. {Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Supplement B}, {op. cit.,} +p. 1686. + + +18. Jim Flaherty (a BBH manager, Prescott Bush's employee), March +19, 1934 to W.A. Harriman. + ``Dear Averell: + ``In Roland's absence Pres[cott] thought it adviseable for me +to let you know that we received the following cable from [our +European representative] Rossi dated March 17th [relating to +conflict with the Polish government]....'' + + +19. Harriman Fifteen Corporation notice to stockholders January +7, 1935, under the name of George Walker, President. + + +20. Order No. 370: Silesian-American Corp. Executed November 17, +1942. Signed by Leo T. Crowley, Alien Prop. Custodian. F.R. Doc. +42-14183; Filed, December 31, 1942; 8 Fed. Reg. 33 (Jan. 1, +1943). + The order confiscated the Nazis' holdings of 98,000 shares of +common and 50,000 shares of preferred stock in Silesian-American. + The Nazi parent company in Breslau, Germany wrote to Averell +Harriman at 59 Wall St. on Aug. 5, 1940, with ``an invitation to +take part in the regular meeting of the members of the +Bergwerksgesellsc[h]aft Georg von Giesche's Erben....'' WAH +papers. + + +21. Sept. 25, 1942, Memorandum To the Executive Committee of the +Office of Alien Property Custodian, stamped CONFIDENTIAL, from +the Division of Investigation and Research, Homer Jones, Chief. +Now declassified in United States National Archives, Suitland, +Maryland annex. See Record Group 131, Alien Property Custodian, +investigative reports, in file box relating to Vesting Order +Number 370. + + +22. George Walker was a director of American Ship and Commerce +from its organization through 1928. Consult {New York City +Directory of Directors}. + ``Harriman Fifteen Corporation Securities Position February +28, 1931,'' {op. cit.} The report lists 46,861 shares in the +American Ship & Commerce Corp. + See ``Message from Mr. Bullfin,'' August 30, 1934 (Harriman +Fifteen section, WAH papers) for the joint supervision of Bush +and Walker, respectively director and president of the +corporation. + + +23. Cuno was later exposed by Walter Funk, Third Reich Press +Chief and Under Secretary of Propaganda, in Funk's postwar jail +cell at Nuremberg; but Cuno had died just as Hitler was taking +power. William L. Shirer, L., {The Rise and Fall of the Third +Reich} (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960), p. 144. {Nazi +Conspiracy and Aggression, Supplement B}, {op. cit.,} p. 1688. + + +24. See ``Elimination of German Resources for War,'' {op. cit.,} +pages 881-882 on Voegler. + See Annual Report of the +(Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesel schaft (Hapag or +Hamburg-Amerika Line), March 1931, for the board of directors. A +copy is in the New York Public Library Annex at 11th Avenue, +Manhattan. + + +25. {Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression--Supplement B,} {op. cit.,} +pp. 1178, 1453-1454, 1597, 1599. + See ``Elimination of German Resources for War,'' {op. cit.,} +pp. 870-72 on Schroeder; p. 730 on Groeninger. + + +26. Annual Report of Hamburg-Amerika, {op. cit.} + Baron Rudolph Schroeder, Sr. to Averell Harriman, November 14, +1932. K[night] W[ooley] handwritten note and draft reply letter, +December 9, 1932. + In his letter, Baron Rudolph refers to the family's American +affiliate, J. Henry Schroder [name anglicized], of which Allen +Dulles was a director, and his brother John Foster Dulles was the +principal attorney. + Baron Bruno Schroder of the British branch was adviser to Bank +of England Governor Montagu Norman, and Baron Bruno's partner +Frank Cyril Tiarks was Norman's co-director of the Bank of +England throughout Norman's career. Kurt von Schroeder was +Hjalmar Schacht's delegate to the Bank for International +Settlements in Geneva, where many of the financial arrangements +for the Nazi regime were made by Montagu Norman, Schacht and the +Schroeders for several years of the Hitler regime right up to the +outbreak of World War II. + + +27. + Confidential memorandum from U.S. Embassy, Berlin, {op. cit.} + + +28. U.S. Senate ``Nye Committee'' hearings, Sept. 14, 1934, pp. +1197-1198, extracts from letters of Col. William N. Taylor, dated +June 27, 1932 and January 9, 1933. + + +29. American Ship and Commerce Corporation to Dr. Max Warburg, +March 7, 1933. + Max Warburg had brokered the sale of Hamburg-Amerika to +Harriman and Walker in 1920. Max's brothers controlled the Kuhn +Loeb investment banking house in New York, the firm which had +staked old E.H. Harriman to his 1890s buyout of the giant Union +Pacific Railroad. + Max Warburg had long worked with Lord Milner and others of the +racialist British Round Table concerning joint projects in Africa +and Eastern Europe. He was an advisor to Hjalmar Schacht for +several decades and was a top executive of Hitler's Reichsbank. +The reader may consult David Farrer, {The Warburgs: The Story of +A Family} (New York: Stein and Day, 1975). + + +30. Max Warburg, at M.M. Warburg and Co., Hamburg, to Averill +[sic] Harriman, c/o Messrs. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 59 +Wall Street, New York, N.Y., March 27, 1933. + + +31. This correspondence, and the joint statement of the Jewish +organizations, are reproduced in Moshe R. Gottlieb, {American +Anti-Nazi Resistance, 1933-41: An Historical Analysis} (New York: +Ktav Publishing House, 1982). + + +32. {Investigation of Nazi Propaganda Activities and +Investigation of Certain Other Propaganda Activities}: Public +Hearings before A Subcommittee of the Special Committee on +Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, +Seventy Third Congress, New York City, July 9-12, 1934--Hearings +No. 73-NY-7 (Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1934). +See testimony of Capt. Frederick C. Mensing, John Schroeder, Paul +von Lilienfeld-Toal, and summaries by Committee members. + See {New York Times,} July 16, 1933, p. 12, for organizing of +Nazi Labor Front at North German Lloyd, leading to +Hamburg-Amerika after merger. + + +33. American Ship and Commerce Corporation telegram to Rudolph +Brinckmann at M.M. Warburg, June 12, 1936. + Rudolph Brinckmann to Averell Harriman at 59 Wall St., June +20, 1936, with enclosed note transmitting Helferrich's letter. + Reply to Dr. Rudolph Brinkmann c/o M.M. Warburg and Co, July +6, 1936, WAH papers. The file copy of this letter carries no +signature, but is presumably from Averell Harriman. + + +34. Office of Alien Property Custodian, Vesting Order Number 126. +Signed by Leo T. Crowley, Alien Property Custodian, executed +August 28, 1942. F.R. Doc. 42-8774; Filed September 4, 1942, +10:55 A.M.; 7 F.R. 7061 (Number 176, Sept. 5, 1942.) + July 18, 1942, Memorandum To the Executive Committee of the +Office of Alien Property Custodian, stamped CONFIDENTIAL, from +the Division of Investigation and Research, Homer Jones, Chief. +Now declassified in United States National Archives, Suitland, +Maryland annex. See Record Group 131, Alien Property Custodian, +investigative reports, in file box relating to Vesting Order +Number 126. + + +35. {New York Times,} May 20, 1933. Leading up to this agreement +is a telegram which somehow escaped the shredder. It is +addressed to Nazi official Hjalmar Schacht at the Mayflower +Hotel, Washington, dated May 11, 1933: ``Much disappointed to +have missed seeing you Tueday afternoon.... I hope to see you +either in Washington or New York before you sail. + with my regards W.A. Harriman'' (WAH papers). + + +36. Dulles to Bush, letter and draft reply in WAH papers. + + +37. {New York Times,} Jan. 19, 1938. + + + +Any comments, please send by email, as I get very far behind on +this group. + +Thanks. + + John Covici + +coviciccs.covici.com + +Article 15394 of alt.activism: +From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici) +Newsgroups: alt.activism +Subject: Part 3: George bush Unauthorized Biography +Message-ID: <1VVReB1w164w@ccs.covici.com> +Date: 19 Jan 92 01:12:47 GMT +Organization: Covici Computer Systems +Lines: 1544 + +The following is part 3 of an unauthorized biography of George Bush +-- a forthcoming book serialized in New Federalist. This article is +from Issue 1 V6. + +For further information, or to subscribe, please contact me by +e-mail. + + + +Chapter 3 RACE HYGIENE: Three Bush Family Alliances ``The +[government] must put the most modern medical means in the +service of this knowledge.... Those who are physically and +mentally unhealthy and unworthy must not perpetuate their +suffering in the body of their children.... The prevention of +the faculty and opportunity to procreate on the part of the +physically degenerate and mentally sick, over a period of only +600 years, would ... free humanity from an immeasurable +misfortune.''s1 + + ``The per capita income gap between the developed and the +developing countries is increasing, in large part the result of +higher birth rates in the poorer countries.... Famine in India, +unwanted babies in the United States, poverty that seemed to form +an unbreakable chain for millions of people--how should we tackle +these problems?.... It is quite clear that one of the major +challenges of the 1970s ... will be to curb the world's +fertility.'' + +These two quotations are alike in their mock show of concern for +human suffering, and in their cynical remedy for it: Big Brother +must prevent the ``unworthy'' or ``unwanted'' people from +living. + Let us now further inquire into the family background of our +President, so as to help illustrate how the second quoted author, +{George Bush}s1 came to share the outlook of the first, {Adolf +Hitler}.s2 + We shall examine here the alliance of the Bush family with +three other families: {Farish, Draper} and {Gray.} + The private associations among these families have led to the +President's relationship to his closest, most confidential +advisers. These alliances were forged in the earlier Hitler +project and its immediate aftermath. Understanding them will +help us to explain George Bush's obsession with the supposed +overpopulation of the world's non-Anglo-Saxons, and the dangerous +means he has adopted to deal with this ``problem.'' + + +Bush and Farish + + When George Bush was elected vice president in 1980, Texas +mystery man William Stamps Farish III took over management of all +of George Bush's personal wealth in a ``blind trust.'' Known as +one of the richest men in Texas, Will Farish keeps his business +affairs under the most intense secrecy. Only the source of his +immense wealth is known, not its employment.s3 + Will Farish has long been Bush's closest friend and +confidante. He is also the unique private host to Britain's +Queen Elizabeth: Farish owns and boards the studs which mate with +the Queen's mares. That is her public rationale when she comes +to America and stays in Farish's house. It is a vital link in +the mind of our Anglophile President. + President Bush can count on Farish not to betray the violent +secrets surrounding the Bush family money. For Farish's own +family fortune was made in the same Hitler project, in a +nightmarish partnership with George Bush's father. + + On March 25, 1942, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thurman +Arnold announced that William Stamps Farish (grandfather of the +President's money manager) had pleaded ``no contest'' to charges +of criminal conspiracy with the Nazis. Farish was the principal +manager of a worldwide cartel between Standard Oil Co. of New +Jersey and the I.G. Farben concern. The merged enterprise had +opened the Auschwitz slave labor camp on June 14, 1940, to +produce artificial rubber and gasoline from coal. The Hitler +government supplied political opponents and Jews as the slaves, +who were worked to near death and then murdered. + Arnold disclosed that Standard Oil of New Jersey (later known +as Exxon), of which Farish was president and chief executive, had +agreed to stop hiding from the United States patents for +artificial rubber which the company had provided to the Nazis.s4 + A Senate investigating committee under Senator (later U.S. +President) Harry Truman of Missouri had called Arnold to testify +at hearings on corporations' collaboration with the Nazis. The +Senators expressed outrage at the cynical way Farish was +continuing an alliance with the Hitler regime that had begun back +in 1933, when Farish became chief of Jersey Standard. Didn't he +know there was a war on? + The Justice Department laid before the committee a letter, +written to Standard president Farish by his vice president, +shortly after the beginning of World War II (September 1, 1939) +in Europe. The letter concerned a renewal of their earlier +agreements with the Nazis: + +Report on European Trip Oct. 12, 1939 Mr. W.S. Farish 30 +Rockefeller Plaza + + Dear Mr. Farish: + ... I stayed in France until Sept. 17th.... In England I met +by appointment the Royal Dutch [Shell Oil Co.] gentlemen from +Holland, and ... a general agreement was reached on the necessary +changes in our relations with the I.G. [Farben], in view of the +state of war.... [T]he Royal Dutch Shell group is essentially +British.... I also had several meetings with ... the [British] +Air Ministry.... + I required help to obtain the necessary permission to go to +Holland.... After discussions with the [American] Ambassador +[Joseph Kennedy] the situation was cleared completely.... The +gentlemen in the Air Ministry ... very kindly offered to assist +me [later] in reentering England.... + Pursuant to these arrangements, I was able to keep my +appointments in Holland [having flown there on a British Royal +Air Force bomber], where I had three days of discussion with the +representatives of I.G. They delivered to me assignments of some +2,000 foreign patents and {we did our best to work out complete +plans for a modus vivendi which could operate through the term of +the war, whether or not the U.S. came in....} [emphasis added] + Very truly yours, F[rank] A. Howards5 + + Here are some cold realities behind the tragedy of World War +II, which help explain the Bush-Farish family alliance--and their +peculiar closeness to the Queen of England: + sb|Shell Oil is principally owned by the British Royal +family. Shell's chairman, Sir Henri Deterding, helped sponsor +Hitler's rise to power,s6 by arrangement with the Royal Family's +Bank of England Governor, Montagu Norman. Their ally, Standard +Oil, would take part in the Hitler project right up to the +bloody, gruesome end. + sb|When grandfather Farish signed the Justice Department's +consent decree in March 1942, the government had already started +picking its way through the tangled web of world-monopoly oil and +chemical agreements between Standard Oil and the Nazis. Many +patents and other Nazi-owned aspects of the partnership had been +seized by the U.S. Alien Property Custodian. + Uncle Sam would not seize Prescott Bush's Union Banking +Corporation for another seven months. + The Bush-Farish axis had begun back in 1929. In that year, the +Harriman bank bought Dresser Industries, supplier of oil-pipeline +couplers to Standard and other companies. Prescott Bush became a +director and financial czar of Dresser, installing his Yale +classmate Neil Mallon as chairman.s7 George Bush would later name +one of his sons after the Dresser executive. + William S. Farish was the main organizer of the Humble Oil Co. +of Texas, which Farish merged into the Standard Oil Company of +New Jersey. Farish built up the Humble-Standard empire of +pipelines and refineries in Texas.s8 + The stock market crashed just after the Bush family got into +the oil business. The world financial crisis led to the merger +of the Walker-Harriman bank with Brown Brothers in 1931. Former +Brown partner Montagu Norman and his protege Hjalmar Schacht, who +was to become Hitler's economics minister, paid frantic visits to +New York that year and the next, preparing the new Hitler regime +for Germany. + + +The Congress on Eugenics + + The most important American political event in those +preparations for Hitler was the infamous Third International +Congress on Eugenics, held at New York's American Museum of +Natural History August 21-23, 1932, supervised by the +International Federation of Eugenics Societies.s9 This meeting +took up the stubborn persistence of African-Americans and other +allegedly ``inferior'' and ``socially inadequate'' groups in +reproducing, expanding their numbers, and ``amalgamating'' with +others. It was recommended that these ``dangers'' to the +``better'' ethnic groups and to the ``well-born,'' could be dealt +with by sterilization or ``cutting off the bad stock'' of the +``unfit.'' + Italy's fascist government sent an official representative. +Averell Harriman's sister Mary, director of ``entertainment'' for +the Congress, lived down in Virginia fox-hunting country; her +state supplied the speaker on ``racial purity,'' W.A. Plecker, +Virginia commissioner of vital statistics. Plecker reportedly +held the delegates spellbound with his account of the struggle to +stop race-mixing and interracial sex in Virginia. + The Congress proceedings were dedicated to Averell Harriman's +mother; she had paid for the founding of the race-science +movement in America back in 1910, building the Eugenics Record +Office as a branch of the Galton National Laboratory in London. +She and other Harrimans were usually escorted to the horse races +by old George Herbert Walker--they shared with the Bushes and the +Farishes a fascination with ``breeding thoroughbreds'' among +horses and humans.s1s0 + Averell Harriman personally arranged with the Walker/Bush +Hamburg-Amerika Line to transport Nazi ideologues from Germany to +New York for this meeting.s1s1 The most famous among those +transported was Dr. Ernst Rudin, psychiatrist at the Kaiser +Wilhelm Institute for Genealogy and Demography in Berlin, where +the Rockefeller family paid for Dr. Rudin to occupy an entire +floor with his eugenics ``research.'' Dr. Rudin had addressed the +International Federation's 1928 Munich meeting, speaking on +``Mental Aberration and Race Hygiene,'' while others (Germans and +Americans) spoke on race-mixing and sterilization of the unfit. +Rudin had led the German delegation to the 1930 Mental Hygiene +Congress in Washington, D.C. + At the Harrimans' 1932 New York Eugenics Congress, Ernst Rudin +was unanimously elected President of the International Federation +of Eugenics Societies. This was recognition of Rudin as founder +of the German Society for Race Hygiene, with his co-founder, +Eugenics Federation vice president Alfred Ploetz. + As depression-maddened financiers schemed in Berlin and New +York, Rudin was now official leader of the world eugenics +movement. Components of his movement included groups with +overlapping leadership, dedicated to: + sb|sterilization of mental patients (``mental hygiene +societies''); + sb|execution of the insane, criminals and the terminally ill +(``euthanasia societies''); and + sb|eugenical race-purification by prevention of births to +parents from inferior blood stocks (``birth control +societies''). + + Before the Auschwitz death camp became a household word, these +British-American-European groups called openly for the +elimination of the ``unfit'' by means including force and +violence.s1s2 + Ten months later, in June 1933, Hitler's interior minister +Wilhelm Frick spoke to a eugenics meeting in the new Third Reich. +Frick called the Germans a ``degenerate'' race, denouncing +one-fifth of Germany's parents for producing ``feeble-minded'' +and ``defective'' children. The following month, on a commission +by Frick, Dr. Ernst Rudin wrote the ``Law for the Prevention of +Hereditary Diseases in Posterity,'' the sterilization law modeled +on previous U.S. statutes in Virginia and other states. + Special courts were soon established for the sterilization of +German mental patients, the blind, the deaf, and alcoholics. A +quarter million people in these categories were sterilized. +Rudin, Ploetz, and their colleagues trained a whole generation of +physicians and psychiatrists--as sterilizers and as killers. + When the war started, the eugenicists, doctors, and +psychiatrists staffed the new ``T4'' agency, which planned and +supervised the mass killings: first at ``euthanasia centers,'' +where the same categories which had first been subject to +sterilization were now to be murdered, their brains sent in lots +of 200 to experimental psychiatrists; then at slave camps such as +Auschwitz; and finally, for Jews and other race victims, at +straight extermination camps in Poland, such as Treblinka and +Belsen.s1s3 + In 1933, as what Hitler called his ``New Order'' appeared, +John D. Rockefeller, Jr. appointed William S. Farish the +chairman of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey (in 1937 he was made +president and chief executive). Farish moved his offices to +Rockefeller Center, New York, where he spent a good deal of time +with Hermann Schmitz, chairman of I.G. Farben; his company paid a +publicity man, Ivy Lee, to write pro-I.G. Farben and pro-Nazi +propaganda and get it into the U.S. press. + Now that he was outside of Texas, Farish found himself in the +shipping business--like the Bush family. He hired Nazi German +crews for Standard Oil tankers. And he hired {Emil Helfferich,} +chairman of the Walker/Bush/Harriman Hamburg-Amerika Line, as +chairman also of the Standard Oil Company subsidiary in Germany. +Karl Lindemann, board member of Hamburg-Amerika, also became a +top Farish-Standard executive in Germany.s1s4 + This interlock between their Nazi German operations put Farish +together with Prescott Bush in a small, select group of men +operating from abroad through Hitler's ``revolution,'' and +calculating that they would never be punished. + In 1939, Farish's daughter Martha married Averell Harriman's +nephew, Edward Harriman Gerry, and Farish in-laws became Prescott +Bush's partners at 59 Broadway.s1s5 + Both Emil Helfferich and Karl Lindemann were authorized to +write checks to Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi SS, on a +special Standard Oil account. This account was managed by the +German-British-American banker, Kurt von Schroeder. According to +U.S. intelligence documents reviewed by author Anthony Sutton, +Helfferich continued his payments to the SS into 1944, when the +SS was supervising the mass murder at the Standard-I.G. Farben +Auschwitz and other death camps. Helfferich told Allied +interrogators after the war that these were not his personal +contributions--they were corporate Standard Oil funds.s1s6 + After pleading ``no contest'' to charges of criminal +conspiracy with the Nazis, William Stamps Farish was fined +$5,000. (Similar fines were levied against Standard Oil--$5,000 +each for the parent company and for several subsidiaries.) This +of course did not interfere with the millions of dollars that +Farish had acquired in conjunction with Hitler's New Order, as a +large stockholder, chairman, and president of Standard Oil. All +the government sought was the use of patents which his company +had given to the Nazis--the Auschwitz patents--but had withheld +from the U.S. military and industry. + But a war was on, and if young men were to be asked to die +fighting Hitler something more was needed. Farish was hauled +before the Senate committee investigating the national defense +program. The committee chairman, Senator Harry Truman, told +newsmen before Farish testified: ``I think this approaches +treason.''s1s7 + Farish began breaking apart at these hearings. He shouted his +``indignation'' at the senators, and claimed he was not +``disloyal.'' + After the March-April hearings ended, more dirt came gushing +out of the Justice Department and the Congress on Farish and +Standard Oil. Farish had deceived the U.S. Navy to prevent the +Navy from acquiring certain patents, while supplying them to the +Nazi war machine; meanwhile, he was supplying gasoline and +tetraethyl lead to Germany's submarines and air force. +Communications between Standard and I.G. Farben from the outbreak +of World War II were released to the Senate, showing that +Farish's organization had arranged to deceive the U.S. government +into passing over Nazi-owned assets: They would nominally buy +I.G.'s share in certain patents because ``in the event of war +between ourselves and Germany ... it would certainly be very +undesireable to have this 20 percent Standard-I.G. pass to an +alien property custodian of the U.S. who might sell it to an +unfriendly interest.''s1s8 + John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (father of David, Nelson, and John +D. Rockefeller III), the controlling owner of Standard Oil, told +the Roosevelt administration that he knew nothing of the +day-to-day affairs of his company, that all these matters were +handled by Farish and other executives.s1s9 + In August, Farish was brought back for more testimony. He was +now frequently accused of lying. Farish was crushed under the +intense, public grilling; he became morose, ashen. While +Prescott Bush escaped publicity when the government seized his +Nazi banking organization in October, Farish had been nailed. He +collapsed and died of a heart attack on November 29, 1942. + The Farish family was devastated by the exposure. Son William +Stamps Farish, Jr., a lieutenant in the Army Air Force, was +humiliated by the public knowledge that his father was fueling +the enemy's aircraft; he died in a training accident in Texas six +months later.s2s0 + With this double death, the fortune comprising much of +Standard Oil's profits from Texas and Nazi Germany was now to be +settled upon the little four-year-old grandson, William +(``Will'') Stamps Farish III. Will Farish grew up a recluse, the +most secretive multimillionaire in Texas, with investments of +``that money'' in a multitude of foreign countries, and a host of +exotic contacts overlapping the intelligence and financial +worlds--particularly in Britain. + The Bush-Farish axis started George Bush's career. After his +1948 graduation from Yale (and the Skull and Bones secret +society), George Bush flew down to Texas on a corporate jet and +was employed by his father's Dresser Industries. In a couple of +years he got help from his uncle, George Walker, Jr., and +Farish's British banker friends, to set him up in the oil +property speculation business. Soon thereafter, George Bush +founded the Zapata Oil Company, which put oil drilling rigs into +certain locations of great strategic interest to the +Anglo-American intelligence community. + Twenty-five-year-old Will Farish was personal aide to Zapata +chairman George Bush in Bush's unsuccessful 1964 campaign for +Senate. Farish used ``that Auschwitz money'' to back George Bush +financially, investing in Zapata. When Bush was elected to +Congress in 1966, Farish joined the Zapata board.s2s1 + When George Bush became U.S. vice president in 1980, the +Farish and Bush family fortunes were again completely, secretly +commingled. As we shall see, the old projects were now being +revived on a breathtaking scale. + + +Bush and Draper + + Twenty years before he was U.S. President, George Bush +brought two ``race-science'' professors in front of the +Republican Task Force on Earth Resources and Population. As +chairman of the Task Force, then-Congressman Bush invited +Professors William Shockley and Arthur Jensen to explain to the +committee how allegedly runaway birth-rates for African-Americans +were ``down-breeding'' the American population. + Afterwards, Bush personally summed up for the Congress the +testimony his black-inferiority advocates had given to the Task +Force.s2s2 George Bush held his hearings on the threat posed by +black babies on August 5, 1969, while much of the world was in a +better frame of mind--celebrating mankind's progress from the +first moon landing 16 days earlier. Bush's obsessive thinking on +this subject was guided by his family's friend, Gen. William H. +Draper, Jr., the founder and chairman of the Population Crisis +Committee, and vice chairman of the Planned Parenthood +Federation. Draper had long been steering U.S. public discussion +about the so-called ``population bomb'' in the non-white areas of +the world. + If Congressman Bush had explained to his colleagues {how his +family had come to know General Draper,} they would perhaps have +felt some alarm, or even panic, and paid more healthy attention +to Bush's presentation. Unfortunately, the Draper-Bush +population doctrine is now official U.S. foreign policy. + William H. Draper, Jr. had joined the Bush team in 1927, when +he was hired by Dillon Read & Co., New York investment bankers. +Draper was put into a new job slot at the firm: handling the +Thyssen account. + We recall that in 1924, Fritz Thyssen set up his Union Banking +Corporation in George Herbert Walker's bank at 39 Broadway, +Manhattan. Dillon Read & Co.'s boss, Clarence Dillon, had begun +working with Fritz Thyssen some time after Averell Harriman first +met with Thyssen--at about the time Thyssen began financing Adolf +Hitler's political career. + In January 1926, Dillon Read created the {German Credit and +Investment Corporation} in Newark, New Jersey and Berlin, +Germany, as Thyssen's short-term banker. That same year, Dillon +Read created the {Vereinigte Stahlwerke} (German Steel Trust), +incorporating the Thyssen family interests under the direction of +New York and London finance.s2s3 + William H. Draper, Jr. was made director, vice president, and +assistant treasurer of the German Credit and Investment Corp. His +business was short-term loans and financial management tricks for +Thyssen and the German Steel Trust. Draper's clients sponsored +Hitler's terroristic takeover; his clients led the buildup of the +Nazi war industry; his clients made war against the United +States. The Nazis were Draper's direct partners in Berlin and New +Jersey: Alexander Kreuter, residing in Berlin, was president; +Frederic Brandi, whose father was a top coal executive in the +German Steel Trust, moved to the United States in 1926 and served +as Draper's co-director in Newark. + Draper's role was crucial for Dillon Read & Co., for whom +Draper was a partner and eventually vice president. The German +Credit and Investment Corp. (GCI) was a ``front'' for Dillon +Read: It had the same New Jersey address as U.S. & International +Securities Corp. (USIS), and the same man served as treasurer of +both firms.s2s4 + Clarence Dillon and his son C. Douglas Dillon were directors +of USIS, which was spotlighted when Clarence Dillon was hauled +before the Senate Banking Committee's famous ``Pecora'' hearings +in 1933. USIS was shown to be one of the great speculative +pyramid schemes which had swindled stockholders of hundreds of +millions of dollars. These investment policies had rotted the +U.S. economy to the core, and led to the Great Depression of the +1930s. + But William H. Draper, Jr.'s GCI ``front'' was not +{apparently} affiliated with the USIS ``front'' or with Dillon, +and the GCI escaped the congressmen's limited scrutiny. This +oversight was to prove most unfortunate, particularly to the 50 +million people who subsequently died in World War II. + Dillon Read hired public relations man Ivy Lee to prepare +their executives for their testimony and to confuse and further +baffle the congressmen.s2s5 Lee apparently took enough time out +from his duties as image-maker for William S. Farish and the Nazi +I.G. Farben Co.; he managed the congressional thinking so that +the congressmen did not disturb the Draper operation in +Germany--and did not meddle with Thyssen, or interfere with +Hitler's U.S. moneymen. + Thus, in 1932, Willam H. Draper, Jr. was free to finance the +International Eugenics Congress as a ``Supporting Member.''s2s6 +Was he using his own income as a Thyssen trust banker? Or did +the funds come from Dillon Read corporate accounts, perhaps to be +written off income tax as ``expenses for German project: race +purification''? Draper helped select Ernst Rudin as chief of the +world eugenics movement, who used his office to promote what he +called Adolf Hitler's ``holy, national and international racial +hygienic mission.''s2s7 + W.S. Farish was publicly exposed in 1942, humiliated and +destroyed. Just before Farish died, Prescott Bush's Nazi banking +office was quietly seized and shut down. But Prescott's close +friend and partner in the Thyssen-Hitler business, William H. +Draper, Jr., {neither died nor moved out of German affairs.} +Draper listed himself as a director of the German Credit and +Investment Corp. through 1942, and the firm was not liquidated +until November 1943.s2s8 But a war was on. Draper, a colonel +from previous military service, went off to the Pacific theater +and became a general. + General Draper apparently had a hobby: magic--illusions, +sleight of hand, etc.--and he was a member of the Society of +American Magicians. This is not irrelevant to his subsequent +career. + The Nazi regime surrendered in May 1945. In July 1945, General +Draper was called to Europe by the American military government +authorities in Germany. Draper was appointed head of the +Economics Division of the U.S. Control Commission. He was +assigned to take apart the Nazi corporate cartels. There is an +astonishing but perfectly logical rationale to this--Draper knew +a lot about the subject! General Draper, who had spent about 15 +years financing and managing the dirtiest of the Nazi +enterprises, was now authorized to decide {who was exposed, who +lost and who kept his business, and in practical effect, who was +prosecuted for war crimes.}s2s9 + (Draper was not unique within the postwar occupation +government. Consider the case of John J. McCloy, U.S. Military +Governor and High Commissioner of Germany, 1949-1952. Under +instructions from his Wall Street law firm, McCloy had lived for +a year in Italy, serving as an adviser to the fascist government +of Benito Mussolini. An intimate collaborator of the +Harriman/Bush bank, McCloy had sat in Adolf Hitler's box at the +1936 Olympic games in Berlin, at the invitation of Nazi +chieftains Rudolf Hess and Hermann Goering.)s3s0 + + William H. Draper, Jr., as a ``conservative,'' was paired with +the ``liberal'' U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau in a +vicious game. Morgenthau demanded that Germany be utterly +destroyed as a nation, that its industry be dismantled and it be +reduced to a purely rural country. As the economic boss in 1945 +and 1946, Draper ``protected'' Germany from the Morgenthau Plan +... but at a price. + Draper and his colleagues demanded that Germany and the world +accept the {collective guilt of the German people} as {the +}explanation for the rise of Hitler's New Order, and the Nazi war +crimes. This, of course, was rather convenient for General +Draper himself, as it was for the Bush family. It is still +convenient decades later, allowing Prescott's son, President +Bush, to lecture Germany on the danger of Hitlerism. Germans are +too slow, it seems, to accept his New World Order. + After several years of government service (often working +directly for Averell Harriman in the North Atlantic Alliance), +Draper was appointed in 1958 chairman of a committee which was to +advise President Dwight Eisenhower on the proper course for U.S. +military aid to other countries. At that time, Prescott Bush was +a U.S. senator from Connecticut, a confidential friend and golf +partner with National Security Director Gordon Gray, and an +important golf partner with Dwight Eisenhower as well. +Prescott's old lawyer from the Nazi days, John Foster Dulles, was +Secretary of State, and his brother Allen Dulles, formerly of the +Schroder bank, was head of the CIA. + This friendly environment emboldened our General Draper to +pull off a stunt with his military aid advisery committee. He +changed the subject under study. The following year, the Draper +committee recommended that the U.S. government react to the +supposed threat of the ``population explosion'' by formulating +plans to depopulate the poorer countries. The growth of the +world's non-white population, he proposed, should be regarded as +dangerous to the national security of the United States!s3s1 + President Eisenhower rejected the recommendation. But in the +next decade, General Draper founded the ``Population Crisis +Committee'' and the ``Draper Fund,'' joining with the Rockefeller +and DuPont families to promote eugenics as ``population +control.'' The administration of President Lyndon Johnson, +advised by Draper on the subject, began financing birth control +in the tropical countries through the Agency for International +Development. + General William Draper was George Bush's guru on the +population question.s3s2 But there was also Draper's money--from +that uniquely horrible source--and Draper's connections on Wall +Street and abroad. Draper's son and heir, William H. Draper III, +was co-chairman for finance (chief of fundraising) of the +Bush-for-President national campaign organization in 1980. With +George Bush in the White House, the younger Draper heads up the +depopulation activities of the United Nations throughout the +world. + Draper was vice president of Dillon Read until 1953. During +the 1950s and 1960s, the chief executive there was Frederic +Brandi, the German who was Draper's co-director for the Nazi +investments and his personal contact man with the Nazi Steel +Trust. Nicholas Brady was Brandi's partner from 1954, and +replaced him as the firm's chief executive in 1971. Nicholas +Brady, who knows where all the bodies are buried, was chairman of +his friend George Bush's 1980 election campaign in New Jersey, +and has been United States Treasury Secretary throughout Bush's +presidency.s3s3 + + +Bush and Grey + + The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says +that surgical sterilization is the Bush administration's ``first +choice'' method of population reduction in the Third World.s3s4 + The United Nations Population Fund claims that 37 percent of +contraception users in Ibero-America and the Caribbean have +already been surgically sterilized. In a 1991 report, William H. +Draper III's U.N. agency asserts that 254 million couples will be +surgically sterilized over the course of the 1990s; and that if +present trends continue, 80 percent of the women in Puerto Rico +and Panama will be surgically sterilized.s3s5 + The U.S. government pays directly for these sterilizations. + Mexico is first among targeted nations, on a list which was +drawn up in July 1991, at a USAID strategy session. India and +Brazil are second and third priorities, respectively. + On contract with the Bush administration, U.S. personnel are +working from bases in Mexico to perform surgery on millions of +Mexican men and women. The acknowledged strategy in this program +is to sterilize those young adults who have not already completed +their families. + George Bush has a rather deep-seated personal feeling about +this project, in particular as it pits him against Pope John Paul +II in Catholic countries such as Mexico. (See Chapter 4 below, on +the origin of a Bush-family grudge in this regard.) + The spending for birth control in the non-white countries is +one of the few items that is headed upwards in the Bush +administration budget. As its 1992 budget was being set, USAID +said its Population Account would receive $300 million, a 20 +percent increase over the previous year. Within this project, a +significant sum is spent on political and psychological +manipulations of target nations, and rather blatant subversion of +their religions and governments.s3s6 + These activities might be expected to cause serious objections +from the victimized nationalities, or from U.S. taxpayers, +especially if the program is somehow given widespread publicity. + Quite aside from moral considerations, {legal} questions would +naturally arise, which could be summed up: {How does George Bush +think he can get away with this?} + In this matter the President has expert advice. Mr. +(Clayland) Boyden Gray has been counsel to George Bush since the +1980 election. As chief legal officer in the White House, Boyden +Gray can walk the President through the dangers and complexities +of waging such unusual warfare against Third World populations. +Gray knows how these things are done. + When Boyden Gray was four and five years old, his father +organized the pilot project for the present worldwide +sterilization program, from the Gray family household in North +Carolina. + It started in 1946. The eugenics movement was looking for a +way to begin again in America. + Nazi death camps such as Auschwitz had just then seared the +conscience of the world. The Sterilization League of America, +which had changed its name during the war to ``Birthright, +Inc.,'' wanted to start up again. First they had to overcome +public nervousness about crackpots proposing to eliminate +``inferior'' and ``defective'' people. The League tried to +surface in Iowa, but had to back off because of negative +publicity: a little boy had recently been sterilized there and +had died from the operation. + They decided on North Carolina, where the Gray family could +play the perfect host.s3s7 Through British imperial contacts, +Boyden Gray's grandfather Bowman Gray had become principal owner +of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Boyden's father, Gordon Gray, +had recently founded the Bowman Gray (memorial) Medical School in +Winston-Salem, using his inherited cigarette stock shares. The +medical school was already a eugenics center. + As the experiment began, Gordon Gray's great aunt, Alice +Shelton Gray, who had raised him from childhood, was living in +his household. Aunt Alice had founded the ``Human Betterment +League,'' the North Carolina branch of the national eugenical +sterilization movement. + Aunt Alice was the official supervisor of the 1946-47 +experiment. Working under Miss Gray was Dr. Claude Nash Herndon, +whom Gordon Gray had made assistant professor of ``medical +genetics'' at Bowman Gray medical school. + Dr. Clarence Gamble, heir to the Proctor and Gamble soap +fortune, was the sterilizers' national field operations chief. + The experiment worked as follows. {All children enrolled in +the school district of Winston-Salem, N.C., were given a special +``intelligence test.'' Those children who scored below a certain +arbitrary low mark were then cut open and surgically sterilized.} + We quote now from the official story of the project: ``In +Winston-Salem and in [nearby] Orange County, North Carolina, the +[Sterilization League's] field committee had participated in +testing projects to identify school age children who should be +considered for sterilization. The project in Orange County was +conducted by the University of North Carolina and was financed by +a `Mr. Hanes,' a friend of Clarence Gamble and supporter of the +field work project in North Carolina. The Winston-Salem project +was also financed by Hanes. [``Hanes'' was underwear mogul James +Gordon Hanes, a trustee of Bowman Gray Medical School and +treasurer of Alice Gray's group].... + ``The medical school had a long history of interest in +eugenics and had compiled extensive histories of families +carrying inheritable disease. In 1946, Dr. C. Nash Herndon ... +made a statement to the press on the use of sterilization to +prevent the spread of inheritable diseases.... + ``The first step after giving the mental tests to grade school +children was to interpret and make public the results. In Orange +County the results indicated that three percent of the school age +children were either insane or feebleminded.... [Then] the field +committee hired a social worker to review each case ... and to +present any cases in which sterilization was indicated to the +State Eugenics Board, which under North Carolina law had the +authority to order sterilization....'' + Race science experimenter Dr. Claude Nash Herndon provided +more details in an interview in 1990:s3s8 + ``Alice Gray was the general supervisor of the project. She +and Hanes sent out letters promoting the program to the +commissioners of all 100 counties in North Carolina.... What did +I do? Nothing besides riding herd on the whole thing! The +social workers operated out of my office. I was at the time also +director of outpatient services at North Carolina Baptist +Hospital. We would see the [targeted] parents and children +there.... I.Q. tests were run on all the children in the +Winston-Salem public school system. Only the ones who scored +really low [were targeted for sterilization], the real bottom of +the barrel, like below 70. + ``Did we do sterilizations on young children? Yes. This was a +relatively minor operation.... It was usually not until the +child was eight or ten years old. For the boys, you just make an +incision and tie the tube.... We more often performed the +operation on girls than with boys. Of course, you have to cut +open the abdomen, but again, it is relatively minor.'' + Dr. Herndon remarked coolly that ``we had a very good +relationship with the press'' for the project. This is not +surprising, since Gordon Gray owned the {Winston-Salem Journal,} +the {Twin City Sentinel,} and radio station WSJS. + In 1950 and 1951, John Foster Dulles, then chairman of the +Rockefeller Foundation, led John D. Rockefeller III on a series +of world tours, focusing on the need to stop the expansion of the +non-white populations. In November 1952, Dulles and Rockefeller +set up the Population Council, with tens of millions of dollars +from the Rockefeller family. + At that point, the American Eugenics Society, still cautious +from the recent bad publicity vis-a-vis Hitler, left its old +headquarters at Yale University. The Society moved its +headquarters into the office of the Population Council, and the +two groups melded together. The long-time secretary of the +Eugenics Society, Frederick Osborne, became the first president +of the Population Council. The Gray family's child-sterilizer, +Dr. C. Nash Herndon, became president of the American Eugenics +Society in 1953, as its work expanded under Rockefeller +patronage. + Meanwhile, the International Planned Parenthood Federation was +founded in London, in the offices of the British Eugenics +Society. + The undead enemy from World War II, renamed ``Population +Control,'' had now been revived. + George Bush was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in 1972, +when with prodding from Bush and his friends, the United States +Agency for International Development first made an official +contract with the old Sterilization League of America. The league +had changed its name twice again, and was now called the +``Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception.'' The U.S. +government began paying the old fascist group to sterilize +non-whites in foreign countries. + The Gray family experiment had succeeded. + In 1988, the U.S. Agency for International Development signed +its latest contract with the old Sterilization League (a.k.a. +``Association for Voluntary Sterilization''), committing the +U.S. government to spend $80 million over five years. + Having gotten away with sterilizing several hundred North +Carolina school children, ``not usually less than eight to ten +years old,'' the identical group is now authorized by President +Bush to do it to 58 countries in Asia, Africa, and Ibero-America. +The group modestly claims it has directly sterilized only 2 +million people, with 87 percent of the bill paid by U.S. +taxpayers. + Meanwhile, Dr. Clarence Gamble, Boyden Gray's favorite soap +manufacturer, formed his own ``Pathfinder Fund'' as a split-off +from the Sterlization League. Gamble's Pathfinder Fund, with +additional millions from USAID, concentrates on penetration of +local social groups in the non-white countries, to break down +psychological resistance to the surgical sterilization teams. + + +Notes + + +1. Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, {World Population Crisis: The United +States Response} (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973), +``Forward'' by George H.W. Bush, pp. vii-viii. + + +2. + Adolf Hitler, {Mein Kampf} (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, +1971), p. 404. + + +3. ``The Ten Richest People in Houston,'' in {Houston Post +Magazine,} March 11, 1984. ``$150 milion to $250 million from ... +inheritance, plus subsequent investments ... chief heir to a +family fortune in oil stock.... As to his financial interests, +he is ... coy. He once described one of his businesses as a +company that `invests in and oversees a lot of smaller companies +... in a lot of foreign countries.'|'' + + +4. The announcements were made in testimony before a Special +Committee of the U.S. Senate Investigating the National Defense +Program. The hearings on Standard Oil were held March 5, 24, 26, +27, 31, and April 1, 2, 3 and 7, 1942. Available on microfiche, +law section, Library of Congress. See also {New York Times,} +March 26 and March 27, 1942, and {Washington Evening Star,} March +26 and March 27, 1942. + + +5. {Ibid.,} Exhibit No. 368, printed on pp. 4584-87 of the +hearing record. See also Charles Higham, {Trading With The +Enemy} (New York: Delacorte Press, 1983), p. 36. + + +6. Confidential memorandum from U.S. Embassy, Berlin, {op. +cit.,} chapter 2. Sir Henri Deterding was among the most +notorious pro-Nazis of the early war period. + + +7. See sections on Prescott Bush in Darwin Payne, {Initiative in +Energy: Dresser Industries, Inc.} (New York: Distributed by Simon +and Schuster, 1979) (published by the Dresser Company). + + +8. William Stamps Farish obituary, {New York Times,} Nov. 30, +1942. + + +9. {A Decade of Progress in Eugenics: Scientific Papers of the +Third International Congress of Eugenics held at American Museum +of Natural History New York, August 21-23, 1932.} (Baltimore: +Williams & Wilkins Company, September, 1934). + The term ``eugenics'' is taken from the Greek to signify +``good birth'' or ``well-born,'' as in aristocrat. Its basic +assumption is that those who are not ``well-born'' should not +exist. + + +10. + See among other such letters, George Herbert Walker, 39 +Broadway, N.Y., to W. A. Harriman, London, February 21, 1925, in +W.A. Harriman papers. + +11. + Averell Harriman to Dr. Charles B. Davenport, President, The +International Congress of Eugenics, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., +N.Y.: + + January 21, 1932 + Dear Dr. Davenport: + I will be only too glad to put you in touch with the +Hamburg-American Line they may be able to co-operate in making +suggestions which will keep the expenses to a minimum. I have +referred your letter to Mr. Emil Lederer [of the Hamburg-Amerika +executive board in New York] with the request that he communicate +with you. + + Davenport to Mr. W.A. Harriman, 59 Wall Street, New York, +N.Y. + + January 23, 1932 + Dear Mr. Harriman: + Thank you very much for your kind letter of January 21st and +the action you took which has resulted at once in a letter from +Mr. Emil Lederer. This letter will serve as a starting point for +correspondence, which I hope will enable more of our German +colleagues to come to America on the occasion of the congresses +of eugenics and genetics, than otherwise. + + + Congressional hearings in 1934 established that +Hamburg-Amerika routinely provided free transatlantic passage for +those carrying out Nazi propaganda chores. See {Investigation of +Nazi Propaganda Activities and Investigation of Certain Other +Propaganda Activities,} {op. cit.,} chapter 2. + + +12. + Alexis Carrel, {Man the Unknown} (New York: Halcyon House, +published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers, 1935), pp. +318-19. + The battle cry of the New Order was sounded in 1935 with the +publication of {Man the Unknown,} by Dr. Alexis Carrel of the +Rockefeller Institute in New York. This Nobel Prize-winner said +``enormous sums are now required to maintain prisons and insane +asylums.... Why do we preserve these useless and harmful +beings? This fact must be squarely faced. Why should society +not dispose of the criminals and the insane in a more economical +manner? ... The community must be protected against troublesome +and dangerous elements.... Perhaps prisons should be +abolished.... The conditioning of the petty criminal with the +whip, or some more scientific procedure, followed by a short stay +in hospital, would probably suffice to insure order. [Criminals, +including those] who have ... misled the public on important +matters, should be humanely and economically disposed of in small +euthanasic institutions supplied with proper gases. A similar +treatment could be advantageously applied to the insane, guilty +of criminal acts.'' + Carrel claimed to have transplanted the head of a dog to +another dog and kept it alive for quite some time. + + +13. + Bernhard Schreiber, {The Men Behind Hitler: A German Warning to +the World,} France: La Hay-Mureaux, ca. 1975), English language +edition supplied by H. & P. Tadeusz, 369 Edgewere Road, London +W2. A copy of this book is now held by Union College Library, +Syracuse, N.Y. + + +14. + Higham, {op. cit.,} p. 35. + + +15. + Engagement announced Feb. 10, 1939, {New York Times,} p. 20. +See also {Directory of Directors} for New York City, 1930s and +1940s. + + +16. + Higham, {op. cit.,} pp. 20, 22 and other references to +Schroeder and Lindemann. + Anthony Sutton, {Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler} (Seal +Beach: '76 Press, 1976). Sutton is also a good source on the +Harrimans. + + +17. + {Washington Evening Star,} March 27, 1942, p. 1. + + +18. Higham, {op. cit.} p. 50. + + +19. + {Ibid.,} p. 48. + + +20. + {Washington Post,} April 29, 1990, p. F4. Higham, {op. cit.,} +pp. 52-53. + + +21. + Zapata annual reports, 1950s-1960s, Library of Congress +microforms. + + +22. + See {Congressional Record} for Bush speech in the House of +Representatives, Sept. 4, 1969. Bush inserted in the record the +testimony given before his Task Force on August 5, 1969. + + +23. Sobel, {op. cit.,} pp. 92-111. See also Boyle, {op. cit.,} +chapter 1, concerning the Morgan-led Dawes Committee of Germany's +foreign creditors. + Like Harriman, Dillon used the Schroeder and Warburg banks to +strike his German bargains. All Dillon Read & Co. affairs in +Germany were supervised by J.P. Morgan & Co. partner Thomas +Lamont, and were authorized by Bank of England Governor Montagu +Norman. + + +24. See {Poor's Register of Directors and Executives,} (New York: +Poor's Publishing Company, late 1920s, '30s and '40s). See also +{Standard Corporation Records} (New York: Standard & Poor), 1935 +edition pp. 2571-25, and 1938 edition pp. 7436-38, for +description and history of the German Credit and Investment +Corporation. For Frederic Brandi, See also Sobel, {op. cit.,} p. +213-214. + + +25. Sobel, {op. cit.,} pp. 180, 186. Ivy Lee had been hired to +improve the Rockefeller family image, particularly difficult +after their 1914 massacre of striking miners and pregnant women +in Ludlow, Colorado. Lee got old John D. Rockefeller to pass out +dimes to poor people lined up at his porch. + + +26. + Third International Eugenics Congress papers {op. cit.,} +footnote 7, p. 512, ``Supporting Members.'' + + +27. + Schreiber, {op. cit.,} p. 160. The Third Int. Eugenics Congress +papers, p. 526, lists the officers of the International +Federation as of publication date in September, 1934. Rudin is +listed as president--a year after he has written the +sterilization law for Hitler. + + +28. + {Directory of Directors for New York City,} 1942. Interview with +Nancy Bowles, librarian of Dillon Read & Co. + + +29. + Higham, {op. cit.,} p. 129, 212-15, 219-23. + + +30. + Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas, {The Wise Men: Six Friends and +the World They Made--Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, +McCloy} (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986), pp. 122, 305. + + +31. + Piotrow, {op. cit.,} pp. 36-42. + + +32. + {Ibid.,} p. viii. ``As chairman of the special Republican Task +Force on Population and Earth Resources, I was impressed by the +arguments of William H. Draper, Jr.... General Draper continues +to lead through his tireless work for the U.N. Population Fund.'' + + +33. + Sobel, {op. cit.,} pp. 298, 354. + + +34. + Interview July 16, 1991, with Joanne Grossi, an official with +the USAID's Population Office. + + +35. Dr. Nafis Sadik, ``The State of World Population,'' 1991, New +York, United Nations Population Fund. + + +36. + See {User's Guide to the Office of Population,} 1991, Office of +Population, Bureau for Science and Technology, United States +Agency for International Development. Available from S&T/POP, +Room 811 SA-18, USAID, Washington D.C. 20523-1819. + + +37. ``History of the Association for Voluntary Sterilization +[formerly Sterilization League of America], 1935-64,'' thesis +submitted to the faculty of the graduate school of the University +of Minnesota by William Ray Van Essendelft, March, 1978, +available on microfilm, Library of Congress. This is the official +history, written with full cooperation of the Sterilization +League. + + +38. + Interview with Dr. C. Nash Herndon, June 20, 1990. + + + +Any comments, please send by email, as I get very far behind on +this group. + +Thanks. + + + + John Covici + +coviciccs.covici.com + + +Article 15412 of alt.activism: +From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici) +Newsgroups: alt.activism +Subject: Part 4: George Bush Unauthorized Biography +Message-ID: +Date: 19 Jan 92 20:12:41 GMT +Organization: Covici Computer Systems +Lines: 1271 + +The following is part of a not yet published book being serialized in +New Federalist. For further information, or to subscribe, please +contact me by e-mail. + + +CHAPTER 4: ``THE CENTER OF POWER IS IN WASHINGTON'' Brown +Brothers Harriman & Co. 59 Wall Street, New York Cable Address +``Shipley-New York'' Business Established 1818 + Private Bankers + +September 5, 1944 + +The Honorable W. A. Harriman American Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. +American Embassy, Moscow, Russia + +Dear Averell: + + Thinking that possibly Bullitt's article in the recent issue +of ``LIFE'' may not have come to your attention, I have clipped +it and am sending it to you, feeling that it will interest you. +At present writing all is well here. + +With warm regards, I am, Sincerely yours, + + Pres + + `At present writing all is well here.'' Thus the ambassador to +Russia was reassured by the managing partner of his firm, +Prescott Bush. Only 22 and a half months before, the U.S. +government had seized and shut down the Union Banking +Corporation, which had been operated on behalf of Nazi Germany by +Bush and the Harrimans. But that was behind them now, and they +were safe. There would be no publicity on the Harriman-Bush +sponsorship of Hitlerism. + Prescott's son George, the future U.S. President, was also +safe. Three days before this note to Moscow was written, George +Bush had parachuted from a Navy bomber airplane over the Pacific +Ocean, killing his two crew members when the unpiloted plane +crashed. + Five months later, in February 1945, Prescott's boss Averell +Harriman escorted President Franklin Roosevelt to the fateful +summit meeting with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at Yalta. In +April Roosevelt died. The agreement reached at Yalta, calling +for free elections in Poland once the war ended, was never +enforced. + Over the next eight years (1945 through 1952), Prescott Bush +was Harriman's anchor in the New York financial world. The +increasingly powerful Mr. Harriman and his allies gave Eastern +Europe over to Soviet dictatorship. A Cold War was then +undertaken, to ``counterbalance'' the Soviets. + This British-inspired strategy paid several nightmarish +dividends. Eastern Europe was to remain enslaved. Germany was +``permanently'' divided. Anglo-American power was jointly +exercised over the non-Soviet ``Free World.'' The confidential +functions of the British and American governments were merged. +The Harriman clique took possession of the U.S. national security +apparatus, and in doing so, they opened the gate and let the Bush +family in. + - * * * - + + Following his services to Germany's Nazi Party, Averell +Harriman spent several years mediating between the British, +American, and Soviet governments in the war to stop the Nazis. He +was ambassador to Moscow from 1943 to 1946. + + + President Harry Truman, whom Harriman and his friends held in +amused contempt, appointed Harriman U.S. ambassador to Britain +in 1946. + Harriman was at lunch with former British Prime Minister +Winston Churchill one day in 1946, when Truman telephoned. +Harriman asked Churchill if he should accept Truman's offer to +come back to the U.S. as Secretary of Commerce. According to +Harriman's account, Churchill told him: ``Absolutely. The center +of power is in Washington.''s1 + + Jupiter Island + + The reorganization of the American government after World War +II--the creation of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency along +British lines, for example--had devastating consequences. We are +concerned here with only certain aspects of that overall +transformation, those matters of policy and family which gave +shape to the life and mind of George Bush, and gave him access to +power. + It was in these postwar years that George Bush attended Yale +University, and was inducted into the Skull and Bones society. +The Bush family's home at that time was in Greenwich, +Connecticut. But it was just then that George's parents, Prescott +and Dorothy Walker Bush, were wintering in a peculiar spot in +Florida, a place that is excluded from mention in literature +originating from Bush circles. + Certain national news accounts early in 1991 featured the +observations on President Bush's childhood by his elderly mother +Dorothy. She was said to be a resident of Hobe Sound, Florida. +More precisely, the President's mother lived in a hyper-security +arrangement created a half-century earlier by Averell Harriman, +adjacent to Hobe Sound. Its correct name is Jupiter Island. + During his political career, George Bush has claimed many +different ``home'' states, including Texas, Maine, Massachusetts, +and Connecticut. It has not been expedient for him to claim +Florida, though that state has a vital link to his role in the +world, as we shall see. And George Bush's home base in Florida, +throughout his adult life, has been Jupiter Island. + The unique, bizarre setup on Jupiter Island began in 1931, +following the merger of W.A. Harriman and Co. with the +British-American firm Brown Brothers. + The reader will recall Mr. Samuel Pryor, the ``Merchant of +Death.'' A partner with the Harrimans, Prescott Bush, George +Walker, and Nazi boss Fritz Thyssen in banking and shipping +enterprises, Sam Pryor remained executive committee chairman of +Remington Arms. In this period, the Nazi private armies (SA and +SS) were supplied with American arms--most likely by Pryor and +his company--as they moved to overthrow the German republic. +Such gun-running as an instrument of national policy would later +become notorious in the ``Iran-Contra'' affair. + Sam Pryor's daughter Permelia married Yale graduate Joseph V. +Reed on the last day of 1927. Reed immediately went to work for +Prescott Bush and George Walker, as an apprentice at W.A. +Harriman and Co. + During World War II, Joseph V. Reed had served in the +``special services'' section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. A +specialist in security, codes and espionage, Reed later wrote a +book entitled {Fun with Cryptograms}.s2 + + Sam Pryor had had property around Hobe Sound, Florida, for +some time. In 1931, Joseph and Permelia Pryor Reed bought the +entirety of Jupiter Island. + This is a typically beautiful Atlantic coast ``barrier +island,'' a half-mile wide and nine miles long. The middle of +Jupiter Island lies just off Hobe Sound. The south bridge +connects the island with the town of Jupiter, to the north of +Palm Beach. It is about 90 minutes by auto from Miami--today, a +few minutes by helicopter. + Early in 1991, a newspaper reporter asked a friend of the Bush +family about security arrangements on Jupiter Island. He +responded, ``If you called up the White House, would they tell +you how many security people they had? It's not that Jupiter +Island is the White House, although he [George Bush] does come +down frequently.'' + But for several decades before Bush was President, Jupiter +Island had an ordinance requiring the registration and +fingerprinting of all housekeepers, gardeners, and other +non-residents working on the island. The Jupiter Island police +department says that there are sensors in the two main roads that +can track every automobile on the island. If a car stops in the +street, the police will be there within one or two minutes. +Surveillance is a duty of all employees of the Town of Jupiter +Island. News reporters are to be prevented from visiting the +island.s3 + To create this astonishing private club, Joseph and Permelia +Pryor Reed sold land only to those who would fit in. Permelia +Reed was still the grande dame of the island when George Bush was +inaugurated President in 1989. In recognition of the fact that +the Reeds know where {all} the bodies are buried, President Bush +appointed Permelia's son, Joseph V. Reed, Jr., chief of protocol +for the U.S. State Dept., in charge of private arrangements with +foreign dignitaries. + Averell Harriman made Jupiter Island a staging ground for his +1940s takeover of the U.S. national security apparatus. It was +in that connection that the island became possibly the most +secretive private place in America. + Let us briefly survey the neighborhood, back then in 1946-48, +to see some of the uses various of the residents had for the +Harriman clique. + + Residence on Jupiter Island + + sb|Jupiter Islander {Robert A. Lovett,}s4, Prescott Bush's +partner at Brown Brothers Harriman, had been Assistant Secretary +of War for Air from 1941 to 1945. Lovett was the leading American +advocate of the policy of terror-bombing of civilians. He +organized the Strategic Bombing Survey, carried out for the +American and British governments by the staff of the Prudential +Insurance Company, guided by London's Tavistock Psychiatric +Clinic. + In the postwar period, Prescott Bush was associated with +Prudential Insurance, one of Lovett's intelligence channels to +the British secret services. Prescott was listed by Prudential +as a director of the company for about two years in the early +1950s. + Their Strategic Bombing Survey failed to demonstrate any real +military advantage accruing from such outrages as the +fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany. But the Harrimanites +nevertheless persisted in the advocacy of terror from the air. +They glorified this as ``psychological warfare,'' a part of the +utopian military doctrine opposed to the views of military +traditionalists such as Gen. Douglas MacArthur. + Robert Lovett later advised President Lyndon Johnson to +terror-bomb Vietnam. President George Bush revived the doctrine +with the bombing of civilian areas in Panama, and the destruction +of Baghdad. + On October 22, 1945, Secretary of War Robert Patterson created +the Lovett Committee, chaired by Robert A. Lovett, to advise the +government on the post-World War II organization of U.S. +intelligence activities. The existence of this committee was +unknown to the public until an official CIA history was released +from secrecy in 1989. But the CIA's author (who was President +Bush's prep school history teacher; see chapter 5) gives no real +details of the Lovett Committee's functioning, claiming: ``The +record of the testimony of the Lovett Committee, unfortunately, +was not in the archives of the agency when this account was +written.''s5 + The CIA's self-history does inform us of the advice that +Lovett provided to the Truman cabinet, as the official War +Department intelligence proposal. + Lovett decided that there should be a separate Central +Intelligence Agency. The new agency would ``consult'' with the +armed forces, but it must be the sole collecting agency in the +field of foreign espionage and counterespionage. The new agency +should have an independent budget, and its appropriations should +be granted by Congress without public hearings. + Lovett appeared before the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy +on November 14, 1945. He spoke highly of the FBI's work because +it had ``the best personality file in the world.'' Lovett said +the FBI was expert at producing false documents, an art ``which +we developed so successfully during the war and at which we +became outstandingly adept.'' Lovett pressed for a virtual +resumption of the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in a +new CIA. + U.S. military traditionalists centered around Gen. Douglas +MacArthur opposed Lovett's proposal. The continuation of the OSS +had been attacked at the end of the war on the grounds that the +OSS was entirely under British control, and that it would +constitute an American Gestapo.s6 But the CIA was established in +1947 according to the prescription of Robert Lovett, of Jupiter +Island. + sb|{Charles Payson} and his wife, {Joan Whitney Payson,} were +extended family members of Harriman's and business associates of +the Bush family. + Joan's aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, was a relative of +the Harrimans. Gertrude's son, Cornelius Vanderbilt (``Sonny'') +Whitney, long-time chairman of Pan American Airways (Prescott was +a Pan Am director), became assistant secretary of the U.S. Air +Force in 1947. Sonny's wife Marie had divorced him and married +Averell Harriman in 1930. Joan and Sonny's uncle, Air Marshal Sir +Thomas Elmhirst, was director of intelligence for the British Air +Force from 1945 to 1947. + Joan's brother, John Hay (``Jock'') Whitney, was to be +ambassador to Great Britain from 1955 to 1961 ... when it would +be vital for Prescott and George Bush to have such a friend. +Joan's father, grandfather, and uncle were members of the Skull +and Bones secret society. + Charles Payson organized a uranium refinery in 1948. Later, he +was chairman of Vitro Corporation, makers of parts for +submarine-launched ballistic missiles, equipment for frequency +surveillance and torpedo guidance, and other subsurface +weaponry. + Naval warfare has long been a preoccupation of the British +Empire. British penetration of the U.S. Naval Intelligence +service has been particularly heavy since the tenure of Joan's +Anglophile grandfather, William C. Whitney, as secretary of the +Navy for President Grover Cleveland. This traditional covert +British orientation in the U.S. Navy, Naval Intelligence and the +Navy's included service, the Marine Corps, forms a backdrop to +the career of George Bush--and to the whole neighborhood on +Jupiter Island. Naval Intelligence maintained direct relations +with gangster boss Meyer Lansky for Anglo-American political +operations in Cuba during World War II, well before the +establishment of the CIA. Lansky officially moved to Florida in +1953.s7 + sb|{George Herbert Walker, Jr.} (Skull and Bones, 1927), was +extremely close to his nephew George Bush, helping to sponsor his +entry into the oil business in the 1950s. ``Uncle Herbie'' was +also a partner of Joan Whitney Payson when they co-founded the +New York Mets baseball team in 1960. His son, G.H. Walker III, +was a Yale classmate of {Nicholas Brady} and Moreau D. Brown +(Thatcher Brown's grandson), forming what was called the ``Yale +Mafia'' on Wall Street. + sb|{Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.} had been chairman of the finance +committee of the Du Pont Corporation (1930-40). In 1933, +Carpenter oversaw Du Pont's purchase of Remington Arms from Sam +Pryor and the Rockefellers, and led Du Pont into partnership with +the Nazi I.G. Farben company for the manufacture of explosives. +Carpenter became Du Pont's president in 1940. His cartel with the +Nazis was broken up by the U.S. government. Nevertheless, +Carpenter remained Du Pont's president, as the company's +technicians participated massively in the Manhattan Project to +produce the first atomic bomb. He was chairman of Du Pont from +1948 to 1962, retaining high-level access to U.S. strategic +activities. + Walter Carpenter and Prescott Bush were fellow activists in +the Mental Hygiene Society. Originating at Yale University in +1908, the movement had been organized into the World Federation +of Mental Health by Montague Norman, himself a frequent mental +patient, former Brown Brothers partner and Bank of England +Governor. Norman had appointed as the federation's chairman, +Brigadier John Rawlings Rees, director of the Tavistock Clinic, +chief psychiatrist and psychological warfare expert for the +British intelligence services. Prescott was a director of the +society in Connecticut; Carpenter was a director in Delaware. + sb|{Paul Mellon} was the leading heir to the Mellon fortune, +and a long-time neighbor of Averell Harriman's in Middleburg, +Virginia, as well as Jupiter Island, Florida. Paul's father, +Andrew Mellon, U.S. treasury secretary 1921-32, had approved the +transactions of Harriman, Pryor, and Bush with the Warburgs and +the Nazis. Paul Mellon's son-in-law, {David K.E. Bruce,} worked +in Prescott Bush's W.A. Harriman & Co. during the late 1920s; +was head of the London branch of U.S. intelligence during World +War II; and was Averell Harriman's Assistant Secretary of +Commerce in 1947-48. Mellon family money and participation would +be instrumental in many domestic U.S. projects of the new Central +Intelligence Agency. + sb|{Carll Tucker} manufactured electronic guidance equipment +for the Navy. With the Mellons, Tucker was an owner of South +American oil properties. Mrs. Tucker was the great-aunt of +{Nicholas Brady,} later George Bush's Iran-Contra partner and +U.S. treasury secretary. Their son Carll Tucker, Jr. (Skull and +Bones, 1947), was among the 15 Bonesmen who selected George Bush +for induction in the class of 1948. + sb|{C. Douglas Dillon} was the boss of William H. Draper, +Jr. in the Draper-Prescott Bush-Fritz Thyssen Nazi banking +scheme of the 1930s and 40s. His father, Clarence Dillon, created +the Vereinigte Stahlwerke (Thyssen's German Steel Trust) in 1926. +C. Douglas Dillon made {Nicholas Brady} the chairman of the +Dillon Read firm in 1971 and himself continued as chairman of the +Executive Committee. C. Douglas Dillon would be a vital ally of +his neighbor Prescott Bush during the Eisenhower administration. + sb|{Publisher Nelson Doubleday} headed his family's publishing +firm, founded under the auspices of J.P. Morgan and other British +Empire representatives. When George Bush's ``Uncle Herbie'' +died, Doubleday took over as majority owner and chief executive +of the New York Mets baseball team. + Some other specialized corporate owners had their place in +Harriman's strange club. + sb|{George W. Merck,} chairman of Merck & Co., drug and +chemical manufacturers, was director of the War Research Service: +Merck was the official chief of all U.S. research into biological +warfare from 1942 until at least the end of World War II. After +1944, Merck's organization was placed under the U.S. Chemical +Warfare Service. His family firm in Germany and the United States +was famous for its manufacture of morphine. + sb|{James H. McGraw, Jr.,} chairman of McGraw Hill Publishing +Company, was a member of the advisory board to the U.S. Chemical +Warfare Service and a member of the Army Ordnance Association +Committee on Endowment. + sb|{Fred H. Haggerson,} chairman of Union Carbide Corp., +produced munitions, chemicals, and firearms. + sb|{A.L. Cole} was useful to the Jupiter Islanders as an +executive of {Readers Digest.} In 1965, just after performing a +rather dirty favor for George Bush [which will be discussed in a +coming chapter--ed.], Cole became chairman of the executive +committee of the {Digest,} the world's largest-circulation +periodical. + From the late 1940s, Jupiter Island has served as a center for +the direction of covert action by the U.S. government and, +indeed, for the covert management of the government. Jupiter +Island will reappear later on, in our account of George Bush in +the Iran-Contra affair. + + Target: Washington + + George Bush graduated from Yale in 1948. He soon entered the +family's Dresser oil supply concern in Texas. We shall now +briefly describe the forces that descended on Washington, D.C. +during those years when Bush, with the assistance of family and +powerful friends, was becoming ``established in business on his +own.'' + From 1948 to 1950, Prescott Bush's boss Averell Harriman was +U.S. ``ambassador-at-large'' to Europe. He was a non-military +``Theater Commander,'' the administrator of the +multi-billion-dollar Marshall Plan, participating in all +military/strategic decision-making by the Anglo-American +alliance. + The U.S. secretary of defense, James Forrestal, had become a +problem to the Harrimanites. Forrestal had long been an executive +at Dillon Read on Wall Street. But in recent years he had gone +astray. As secretary of the navy in 1944, Forrestal proposed the +racial integration of the Navy. As defense secretary, he pressed +for integration in the armed forces and this eventually became +the U.S. policy. + Forrestal opposed the utopians' strategy of appeasement +coupled with brinkmanship. He was simply opposed to communism. +On March 28, 1949, Forrestal was forced out of office and flown +on an Air Force plane to Florida. He was taken to ``Hobe Sound'' +(Jupiter Island), where Robert Lovett and an army psychiatrist +dealt with him.s8 + He was flown back to Washington, locked in Walter Reed Army +Hospital and given insulin shock treatments for alleged ``mental +exhaustion.'' He was denied all visitors except his estranged +wife and children--his son had been Averell Harriman's aide in +Moscow. On May 22, Forrestal's body was found, his bathrobe cord +tied tightly around his neck, after he had plunged from a +sixteenth-story hospital window. The chief psychiatrist called +the death a suicide even before any investigation was started. +The results of the Army's inquest were kept secret. Forrestal's +diaries were published, 80 percent deleted, after a year of +direct government censorship and rewriting. + - * * * - + North Korean troops invaded South Korea in June 1950, after +U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson (Harriman's very close +friend) publicly specified that Korea would not be defended. +With a new war on, Harriman came back to serve as President +Truman's adviser, to ``oversee national security affairs.'' + Harriman replaced Clark Clifford, who had been special counsel +to Truman. Clifford, however, remained close to Harriman and his +partners as they gained more and more power. Clifford later +wrote about his cordial relations with Prescott Bush: + ``Prescott Bush ... had become one of my frequent golfing +partners in the fifties, and I had both liked and respected +him.... Bush had a splendid singing voice, and particularly +loved quartet singing. In the fifties, he organized a quartet +that included my daughter Joyce.... They would sing in +Washington, and, on occasion, he invited the group to Hobe Sound +in Florida to perform. His son [George], though, had never +struck me as a strong or forceful person. In 1988, he presented +himself successfully to the voters as an outsider--no small trick +for a man whose roots wound through Connecticut, Yale, Texas oil, +the CIA, a patrician background, wealth, and the Vice +Presidency.''s9 + + With Forrestal out of the way, Averell Harriman and Dean +Acheson drove to Leesburg, Virginia, on July 1, 1950, to hire the +British-backed U.S. Gen. George C. Marshall as secretary of +defense. At the same time, Prescott's partner, Robert Lovett, +himself became assistant secretary of defense. + Lovett, Marshall, Harriman, and Acheson went to work to +unhorse Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of U.S. forces in +Asia. MacArthur kept Wall Street's intelligence agencies away +from his command, and favored real independence for the non-white +nations. Lovett called for MacArthur's firing on March 23, 1951, +citing MacArthur's insistence on defeating the Communist Chinese +invaders in Korea. MacArthur's famous message, that there was +``no substitute for victory,'' was read in Congress on April 5; +MacArthur was fired on April 10, 1951. + That September, Robert Lovett replaced Marshall as secretary +of defense. Meanwhile, Harriman was named director of the Mutual +Security Agency, making him the U.S. chief of the Anglo-American +military alliance. By now, Brown Brothers Harriman was +everything but commander-in-chief. + - * * * - + These were, of course, exciting times for the Bush family, +whose wagon was hitched to the financial gods of Olympus--to +Jupiter, that is. + +Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 59 Wall Street, New York 5, N.Y. +Business Established 1818 Cable Address ``Shipley-New York'' + Private Bankers + April 2, 1951 + +The Honorable W.A. Harriman, The White House, Washington, D.C. + +Dear Averell: + I was sorry to miss you in Washington but appreciate your +cordial note. I shall hope for better luck another time. + I hope you had a good rest at Hobe Sound. + With affectionate regard, I am, + Sincerely yours, + + Pres [signed] + Prescott S. Bush + + A central focus of the Harriman security regime in Washington +(1950-53) was the organization of covert operations, and +``psychological warfare.'' Harriman, together with his lawyers +and business partners, Allen and John Foster Dulles, wanted the +government's secret services to conduct extensive propaganda +campaigns and mass-psychology experiments within the U.S.A., and +paramilitary campaigns abroad. This would supposedly ensure a +stable world-wide environment favorable to Anglo-American +financial and political interests. + The Harriman security regime created the Psychological +Strategy Board (PSB) in 1951. The man appointed director of the +PSB, Gordon Gray, is familiar to the reader as the sponsor of the +child sterilization experiments, carried out by the Harrimanite +eugenics movement in North Carolina following World War II. + Gordon Gray was an avid Anglophile, whose father had gotten +controlling ownership of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company +through alliance with the British Imperial tobacco cartel's U.S. +representatives, the Duke family of North Carolina. Gordon's +brother, R.J. Reynolds chairman Bowman Gray Jr., was also a naval +intelligence officer, known around Washington as the ``founder of +operational intelligence.'' Gordon Gray became a close friend and +political ally of Prescott Bush; and Gray's son became for +Prescott's son, George, his lawyer and the shield of his covert +policy. + But President Harry Truman, as malleable as he was, +constituted an obstacle to the covert warriors. An insular +Missouri politician vaguely favorable to the U.S. Constitution, +he remained skeptical about secret service activities that +reminded him of the Nazi Gestapo. + So, ``covert operations'' could not fully take off without a +change of the Washington regime. And it was with the Republican +Party that Prescott Bush was to get his turn. + + Prescott Runs for Senate + + Prescott had made his first attempt to enter national politics +in 1950, as his partners took control of the levers of +governmental power. Remaining in charge of Brown Brothers +Harriman, he ran against Connecticut's William Benton for his +seat in the U.S. Senate. (The race was actually for a two-year +unexpired term, left empty by the death of the previous +senator). + In those days, Wisconsin's drunken Senator Joseph R. McCarthy +was making a circus-like crusade against communist influence in +Washington. McCarthy attacked liberals and leftists, State +Department personnel, politicians, and Hollywood figures. He +generally left unscathed the Wall Street and London strategists +who donated Eastern Europe and China to communist +dictatorship--like George Bush, their geopolitics was beyond left +and right. + Prescott Bush had no public ties to the notorious Joe +McCarthy, and appeared to be neutral about his crusade. But the +Wisconsin senator had his uses. Joe McCarthy came into +Connecticut three times that year to campaign for Bush and +against the Democrats. Bush himself made charges of ``Korea, +Communism and Corruption'' into a slick campaign phrase against +Benton, which then turned up as a national Republican slogan. + The response was disappointing. Only small crowds turned out +to hear Joe McCarthy, and Benton was not hurt. McCarthy's +pro-Bush rally in New Haven, in a hall that seated 6,000, drew +only 376 people. Benton joked on the radio that ``200 of them +were my spies.'' + Prescott Bush resigned from the Yale Board of Fellows for his +campaign, and the board published a statement to the effect that +the ``Yale vote'' should support Bush--despite the fact that +Benton was a Yale man, and in many ways identical in outlook to +Bush. Yale's Whiffenpoof singers appeared regularly for +Prescott's campaign. None of this was particularly effective, +however, with the voting population.s1s0 + Then Papa Bush ran into a completely unexpected problem. At +that time, the old Harriman eugenics movement was centered at +Yale University. Prescott Bush was a Yale trustee, and his former +Brown Brothers Harriman partner, Lawrence Tighe, was Yale's +treasurer. In that connection, a slight glimmer of the truth +about the Bush-Harriman firm's Nazi activities now made its way +into the campaign. + Not only was the American Eugenics Society itself +headquartered at Yale, but all parts of this undead fascist +movement had a busy home at Yale. The coercive psychiatry and +sterilization advocates had made the Yale/New Haven Hospital and +Yale Medical School their laboratories for hands-on practice in +brain surgery and psychological experimentation. And the Birth +Control League was there, which had long trumpeted the need for +eugenical births--fewer births for parents with ``inferior'' +bloodlines. Prescott's partner Tighe was a Connecticut director +of the league, and the Connecticut league's medical advisor was +the eugenics advocate, Dr. Winternitz of Yale Medical School. + Now in 1950, people who knew something about Prescott Bush +knew that he had very unsavory roots in the eugenics movement. +There were then, just after the anti-Hitler war, few open +advocates of sterilization of ``unfit'' or ``unnecessary'' +people. (That would be revived later, with the help of General +Draper and his friend George Bush.) But the Birth Control League +was public--just about then it was changing its name to the +euphemistic ``Planned Parenthood.'' + Then, very late in the 1950 senatorial campaign, Prescott Bush +was publicly exposed for being an activist in that section of the +old fascist eugenics movement. Prescott Bush lost the election +by about 1,000 out of 862,000 votes. He and his family blamed +the defeat on the exposeaa. The defeat was burned into the +family's memory, leaving a bitterness and perhaps a desire for +revenge. + In his foreword to a population control propaganda book, +George Bush wrote about that 1950 election: ``My own first +awareness of birth control as a public policy issue came with a +jolt in 1950 when my father was running for United States Senate +in Connecticut. Drew Pearson, on the Sunday before Election day, +`revealed' that my father was involved with Planned +Parenthod.... Many political observers felt a sufficient number +of voters were swayed by his alleged contacts with the birth +controllers to cost him the election....''s1s1 + Prescott Bush gave a graphic description of these events in +his ``oral history'' interview at Columbia University: ``In the +1950 campaign, when I ran against Benton, the very last week, +Drew Pearson, famous columnist, was running a radio program at +that time.... In this particular broadcast, just at the end of +our campaign [Pearson said]: ``I predict that Benton will retain +his seat in the United States Senate, because it has just been +made known that Prescott Bush, his opponent, is president of the +Birth Control Society'' or chairman, member of the board of +directors, or something, ``of the Birth Control Society. In this +country, and of course with Connecticut's heavy Catholic +population, and its laws against birth control ... this is going +to be too much for Bush to rise above. Benton will be elected. +I predict.'' + The next Sunday, they handed out, at these Catholic Churches +in Waterbury and Torrington and Bridgeport, handbills, quoting +Drew Pearson's statement on the radio about Prescott Bush, you +see--I predict. Well, my telephone started ringing that Sunday +at home, and when I'd answer, or Dotty [Prescott's wife, George's +mother] would answer--``Is this true, what they say about +Prescott Bush? This can't be true. Is it true?'' + She'd say, ``No, it isn't true.'' Of course, it wasn't true. +But you never catch up with a thing like this--the election's +just day after tomorrow, you see? So there's no doubt, in the +estimate of our political leaders, that this one thing cost me +many thousand votes--whether it was 1, 3, 5 or 10 thousand we +don't know, we can't possibly tell, but it was enough. To have +overcome that thousand vote, it would only have had to be 600 +switch [sic]. + [Mrs. Bush then corrected the timing in Prescott Bush's +recollections.] + ``I'd forgotten the exact sequence, but that was it.... The +state then--and I think still is--probably about 55 percent +Catholic population, with all the Italian derivation people +[sic], and Polish is very heavy, and the Catholic church is very +dominant here, and the archbishop was death on this birth control +thing. They fought repeal every time it came up in the +legislature, and {we never did get rid of that prohibition until +just a year or two ago,} as I recall it [emphasis added].s1s2 + + Prescott Bush was defeated, while the other Republican +candidates fared well in Connecticut. He attributed his loss to +the Catholic Church. After all, he had dependable friends in the +news media. The {New York Times} loved him for his bland +pleasantness. He just about owned CBS. Twenty years earlier, +Prescott Bush had personally organized the credit to allow +William S. Paley to buy the CBS (radio, later television) network +outright. In return, Prescott was made a director and the +financial leader of CBS; Paley himself became a devoted follower +and servitor of Averell Harriman. + Well, when he tried again, Prescott Bush would not leave the +outcome to the blind whims of the public. + Prescott Bush moved into action in 1952 as a national leader +of the push to give the Republican presidential nomination to +Gen. Dwight D. (``Ike'') Eisenhower. Among the other team members +were Bush's Hitler-era lawyer John Foster Dulles, and Jupiter +Islander C. Douglas Dillon. + Dillon and his father were the pivots as the Harriman-Dulles +combination readied Ike for the presidency. As a friend put it: +``When the Dillons ... invited [Eisenhower] to dinner it was to +introduce him to Wall Street bankers and lawyers.''s1s3 + Ike's higher level backers believed, correctly, that Ike would +not interfere with even the dirtiest of their covert action +programs. The bland, pleasant Prescott Bush was in from the +beginning: a friend to Ike, and an original backer of his +presidency. + On July 28, 1952, as the election approached, Connecticut's +senior U.S. senator, James O'Brien McMahon, died at the age of +48. (McMahon had been Assistant U.S. Attorney General, in charge +of the Criminal Division, from 1935 to 1939. Was there a chance +he might someday speak out about the unpunished Nazi-era crimes +of the wealthy and powerful?) + This was {extremely} convenient for Prescott. He got the +Republican nomination for U.S. senator at a special delegated +meeting, with backing by the Yale-dominated state party +leadership. Now he would run in a special election for the +suddenly vacant Senate seat. He could expect to be swept into +office, since he would be on the same electoral ticket as the +popular war hero, General Ike. By a technicality, he would +instantly become Connecticut's senior senator, with extra power +in Congress. And the next regularly scheduled senatorial race +would be in 1956 (when McMahon's term would have ended), so +Prescott could run again in that presidential election year ... +once again on Ike's coattails! + + With this arrangement, things worked out very smoothly. In +Eisenhower's 1952 election victory, Ike won Connecticut by a +margin of 129,507 votes out of 1,092,471. Prescott Bush came in +last among the statewide Republicans, but managed to win by +30,373 out of 1,088,799, his margin nearly 100,000 behind +Eisenhower. He took the traditionally Republican towns. + In Eisenhower's 1956 re-election, Ike won Connecticut by +303,036 out of 1,114,954 votes, the largest presidential margin +in Connecticut's history. Prescott Bush managed to win again, by +129,544 votes out of 1,085,206--his margin this time 290,082 +smaller than Eisenhower's.s1s4 + In January 1963, when this electoral strategy had been played +out and his second term expired, Prescott Bush retired from +government and returned to Brown Brothers Harriman. + The 1952 Eisenhower victory made John Foster Dulles Secretary +of State, and his brother Allen Dulles head of the CIA. The +reigning Dulles brothers were the ``Republican'' replacements for +their client and business partner, ``Democrat'' Averell +Harriman. Occasional public posturings aside, their strategic +commitments were identical to his. + Undoubtedly the most important work accomplished by Prescott +Bush in the new regime was on the golf links. + Those who remember the Eisenhower presidency know that Ike +played ... quite a bit of golf! Democrats sneered at him for +mindlessness, Republicans defended him for taking this healthy +recreation. Golf was Ike's ruling passion. And there at his +side was the loyal, bland, pleasant Senator Prescott Bush, former +president of the U.S. Golf Association, son-in-law of the very +man who had reformulated the rules of the game. + Prescott Bush was Dwight Eisenhower's favorite golf partner. +Prescott could reassure Ike about his counselors, allay his +concerns, and monitor his moods. Ike was very grateful to +Prescott, who never revealed the President's scores. + The public image of his relationship to the President may be +gleaned from a 1956 newspaper profile of Prescott Bush's role in +the party. The {New York Times,} which 11 years before had +consciously protected him from public exposure as a Nazi banker, +fawned over him in an article entitled, ``His Platform: +Eisenhower'':``A tall, lean, well-dressed man who looks exactly +like what he is--a wealthy product of the Ivy League--is chairman +of the Republican Convention's platform committee. As such, +Prescott Bush, Connecticut's senior United States Senator, has a +difficult task: he has to take one word and expand it to about +5,000. + ``The one word, of course, is `Ike'--but no party platform +could ever be so simple and direct.... + ``Thus it is that Senator Bush and his fellow committee +members ... find themselves confronted with the job of wrapping +around the name Eisenhower sufficient verbiage to persuade the +public that it is the principles of the party, and not the grin +of the man at the head of it, which makes it worthy of +endorsement in [the] November [election]. + ``For this task Prescott Bush, a singularly practical and +direct conservative, may not be entirely fitted. It is likely +that left to his own devices he would simply offer the country +the one word and let it go at that. + ``He is ... convinced that this would be enough to do the +trick ... if only the game were played that way. + + ``Since it is not, he can be expected to preside with dignity, +fairness and dispatch over the sessions that will prepare the +party credo for the 1956 campaign. + ``If by chance there should be any conflicts within the +committee ... the Senator's past can offer a clue to his +conduct. + ``A former Yale Glee Club and second bass in the All-Time +Whiffenpoofs Quartet, he is ... [called] `the hottest +close-harmony man at Yale in a span of twenty-five years.' + ``Close harmony being a Republican specialty under President +Eisenhower, the hottest close-harmony man at Yale in twenty-five +years would seem to be an ideal choice for the convention job he +holds at San Francisco.... + ``[In addition to his business background, he] also played +golf, competing in a number of tournaments. For eight years he +was a member of the executive committee of the United States Golf +Association.... + ``As a Senator, Connecticut's senior spokeman in the upper +house has followed conservative policies consistent with his +business background. + He resigned all his corporate directorships, took a leave from +Brown Brothers, Harriman, and proceeded to go down the line for +the Eisenhower program.... + ``Around the Senate, he is known as a man who does his +committee work faithfully, defends the Administration stoutly, +and fits well into the clublike atmosphere of Capitol +Hill....''s1s5 + {To be continued.} + + + Notes + + +1. + Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas, {The Wise Men}: Six Friends and +the World They Made--Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, +McCloy} (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986), p. 377. + + +2. + Reed was better known in high society as a minor diplomat, the +founder of the Triton Press and the president of the American +Shakespeare Theater. + + +3. + {Palm Beach Post,} January 13, 1991. + + +4. + For Lovett's residency there see Isaacson and Thomas, {op. +cit.,} p. 417. Some Jupiter Island residencies were verified by +their inclusion in the 1947 membership list of the Hobe Sound +Yacht Club, in the Harriman papers, Library of Congress; others +were established from interviews with long-time Jupiter +Islanders. + + +5. + Arthur Burr Darling, {The Central Intelligence Agency: An +Instrument of Government, to 1950}, (College Station: +Pennsylvania State University, 1990), p. 59. + + +6. The {Chicago Tribune}, Feb 9, 1945, for example, warned of +``Creation of an all-powerful intelligence service to spy on the +postwar world and to pry into the lives of citizens at home. +{Cf. Anthony Cave Brown, {Wild Bill Donovan: The Last Hero}, (New +York: Times Books, 1982), p. 625, on warnings to FDR about the +British control of U.S. intelligence. + +7. Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan, Eli Landau, {Meyer Lansky: Mogul of +the Mob} (New York: Paddington Press, 1979) pp. 227-28. + +8. See John Ranelagh, {The Agency: The Rise and Decline of the +CIA}, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987), pp. 131-32. + +9. Clark Clifford, {Counsel to the President} (New York: Random +House, 1991). + +10. Sidney Hyman, {The Life of William Benton} (Chicago: The +University of Chicago Press, 1969), pp. 438-41. + +11. Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, {World Population Crisis: The United +States Response} (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973), +``Forward'' by George H.W. Bush, p. vii. + +12. Interview with Prescott Bush in the Oral History Research +Project conducted by Columbia University in 1966, Eisenhower +Administration Part II; pp. 62-4. + +13. Herbert S. Parmet, {Eisenhower and the American Crusades} +(New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972), p. 14. + +14. {New York Times}, Sept. 6, 1952, Nov. 5, 1952, Nov. 7, 1956. + +15. {New York Times}, Aug. 21, 1956. + + +Any comments, please send by email, as I get very far behind on +this group. + +Thanks. + + John Covici + +coviciccs.covici.com diff --git a/mobydick.txt b/mobydick.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e477f93 --- /dev/null +++ b/mobydick.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17777 @@ +Preliminary Matter. + +This text of Melville's Moby-Dick is based on the Hendricks House edition. +It was prepared by Professor Eugene F. Irey at the University of Colorado. +Any subsequent copies of this data must include this notice +and any publications resulting from analysis of this data must +include reference to Professor Irey's work. + +Etymology (Supplied by a late consumptive usher to a grammar school.) +The pale Ushei{rthreadbare} in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. +He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, +mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. +He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality. +Extracts (supplied by a sub-sub-librarian.) +It will be seen that this mere painstaking burrower and grubworm of a poor +devil of a Sub-Sub appears to have gone through the long Vaticans and +street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales +he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane. +Therefore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy-piggledy +whale statements, however authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel +cetology. Far from it. As touching the ancient authors generally, as well +as the poets here appearing, these extracts are solely valuable or entertaining, +as affording a glancing bird's eye view of what has been promiscuously said, +thought, fancied, and sung of Leviathan, by many nations and generations, +including our own. + +So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am. +Thou belongest to that hopeless, sallow tribe which no wine of this world will +ever warm; and for whom even Pale Sherry would be too rosy-strong; +but with whom one sometimes loves to sit, and feel poor-devilish, too; +and grow convivial upon tears; and say to them bluntly, with full eyes and empty +glasses, and in not altogether unpleasant sadness i{give} it up, sub-subs! +For by how much the more pains ye take to please the world, +by so much the more shall ye for ever go thankless! +Would that I could clear out Hampton Court and the Tuileries for ye! But +gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the royal-mast with your hearts; for +your friends who have gone before are clearing out the seven-storied heavens, +and making refugees of long-pampered Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael, against +your coming. Here ye strike but splintered hearts together i{there}, ye shall +strike unsplinterable +.. < chapter I 2 LOOMINGS > + + Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how +long precisely --having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular +to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the +watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and +regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the +mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find +myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the +rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an +upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me +from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking +people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. + + This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish +Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is +nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their +degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the +ocean with me. There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round +by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs--commerce surrounds it with her surf. + + Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme down-town is +the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by +breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land. Look at the +crowds of water-gazers there. Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath +afternoon. Go from Corlears Hook to Coenties Slip, and from thence, by +Whitehall northward. What do you see?--Posted like silent sentinels all +around the town, stand thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean +reveries. Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; +some looking over the bulwarks glasses! +..

+of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a +still better seaward peep. But these are all landsmen; of week days pent up +in lath and plaster--tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks. +How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here? But look! +here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for +a dive. Strange! Nothing will content them but the extremest limit of the +land; loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses will not suffice. +No. They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling +in. And there they stand--miles of them--leagues. Inlanders all, they come +from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues, --north, east, south, and west. +Yet here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of +the compasses of all those ships attract them thither? Once more. Say, you +are in the country; in some high land of lakes. Take almost any path you +please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there +by a pool in the stream. There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded +of men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his +feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in +all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, +try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical +professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever. + + But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, +quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the +Saco. What is the chief element he employs? There stand his trees, each with +a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within; and here sleeps +his meadow, and there sleep his cattle; and up from yonder cottage goes a +sleepy smoke. Deep into distant woodlands winds a mazy way, reaching to +overlapping spurs of mountains bathed in their hill-side blue. But though +the picture lies thus tranced, and though this pine-tree shakes down its sighs +like leaves upon this shepherd's head, yet all were vain, unless the +shepherd's eye were fixed upon the magic stream before him. Go visit the +Prairies in June, +..

+when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee-deep among Tiger-lilies--what +is the one charm wanting? --Water --there is not a drop of water there! Were +Niagara but a cataract of sand, would you travel your thousand miles to see +it? Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls +of silver, deliberate whether to buy him a coat, which he sadly needed, or +invest his money in a pedestrian trip to Rockaway Beach? Why is almost every +robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other +crazy to go to sea? Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you +yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your +ship were now out of sight of land? Why did the old Persians hold the sea +holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? +Surely all this is not without meaning. And still deeper the meaning of that +story of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the tormenting, mild image +he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was drowned. But that same +image, we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the +ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all. Now, when I say +that I am in the habit of going to sea whenever I begin to grow hazy about the +eyes, and begin to be over conscious of my lungs, I do not mean to have it +inferred that I ever go to sea as a passenger. For to go as a passenger you +must needs have a purse, and a purse is but a rag unless you have something +in it. Besides, passengers get sea-sick --grow quarrelsome --don't sleep of +nights --do not enjoy themselves much, as a general thing; --no, I never go as a +passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a +Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook. I abandon the glory and distinction of +such offices to those who like them. For my part, I abominate all honorable +respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is +quite as much as I can do to take care of myself, without taking care of +ships, barques, brigs, schooners, and what not. And as for going as cook, -- +though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of +officer on ship-board --yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; --though +once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, +there is no one who will +..

+speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I +will. It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled +ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in +their huge bake-houses the pyramids. No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple +sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there +to the royal mast-head. True, they rather order me about some, and make me +jump from spar to spar, like a grasshopper in a May meadow. And at first, +this sort of thing is unpleasant enough. It touches one's sense of honor, +particularly if you come of an old established family in the land, the van +Rensselaers, or Randolphs, or Hardicanutes. And more than all, if just +previous to putting your hand into the tar-pot, you have been lording it as a +country schoolmaster, making the tallest boys stand in awe of you. The +transition is a keen one, I assure you, from the schoolmaster to a sailor, +and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin +and bear it. But even this wears off in time. What of it, if some old hunks +of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks? What does +that indignity amount to, weighed, I mean, in the scales of the New +Testament? Do you think the archangel Gabriel thinks anything the less of me, +because I promptly and respectfully obey that old hunks in that particular +instance? Who aint a slave? Tell me that. Well, then, however the old +sea-captains may order me about--however they may thump and punch me about, I +have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right; that everybody else +is one way or other served in much the same way -- either in a physical or +metaphysical point of view, that is; and so the universal thump is passed +round, and all hands should rub each other's shoulder-blades, and be +content. Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of +paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny +that I ever heard of. On the contrary, passengers themselves must pay. And +there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid. The +act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two +orchard +..

+thieves entailed upon us. But being paid, --what will compare with it? The +urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, +considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly +ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how +cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition! Finally, I always go to sea as +a sailor, because of the wholesome exercise and pure air of the forecastle +deck. For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds +from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for +the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second +hand from the sailors on the forecastle. He thinks he breathes it first; but +not so. In much the same way do the commonalty lead their leaders in many +other things, at the same time that the leaders little suspect it. But +wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant +sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this +the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance +of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way --he +can better answer than any one else. And, doubtless, my going on this whaling +voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was drawn up a +long time ago. It came in as a sort of brief interlude and solo between more +extensive performances. I take it that this part of the bill must have run +something like this: Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the +United States. Whaling Voyage by one Ishmael. Bloody Battle in +Affghanistan. Though I cannot tell why it was exactly that those stage +managers, the Fates, put me down for this shabby part of a whaling voyage, +when others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short +and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in farces --though I +cannot tell why this was exactly; yet, now that I recall all the +circumstances, I think I can see a little into the springs and motives which +being cunningly presented to me under various disguises, induced me to set +about +..

+performing the part I did, besides cajoling me into the delusion that it was +a choice resulting from my own unbiased freewill and discriminating judgment. +chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale +himself. Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity. +Then the wild and distant seas where he rolled his island bulk; the +undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale; these, with all the attending +marvels of a thousand Patagonian sights and sounds, helped to sway me to my +wish. With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; +but as for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I +love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. Not ignoring what +is good, I am quick to perceive a horror, and could still be social with +it--would they let me --since it is but well to be on friendly terms with all +the inmates of the place one lodges in. By reason of these things, then, the +whaling voyage was welcome; the great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung +open, and in the wild conceits that swayed me to my purpose, two and two +there floated into my inmost soul, endless processions of the whale, and, mid +most of them all, one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in the air. +..

+.. < chapter ii 24 THE CARPET-BAG > + + I stuffed a shirt or two into my old +carpet-bag, tucked it under my arm, and started for Cape Horn and the +Pacific. Quitting the good city of old Manhatto, I duly arrived in New +Bedford. It was on a Saturday night in December. Much was I disappointed +upon learning that the little packet for Nantucket had already sailed, and +that no way of reaching that place would offer, till the following Monday. As +most young candidates for the pains and penalties of whaling +..

+stop at this same New Bedford, thence to embark on their voyage, it may as +well be related that I, for one, had no idea of so doing. For my mind was +made up to sail in no other than a Nantucket craft, because there was a fine, +boisterous something about everything connected with that famous old island, +which amazingly pleased me. Besides though New Bedford has of late been +gradually monopolizing the business of whaling, and though in this matter poor +old Nantucket is now much behind her, yet Nantucket was her great original +--the Tyre of this Carthage; --the place where the first dead American whale +was stranded. Where else but from Nantucket did those aboriginal whalemen, +the Red-Men, first sally out in canoes to give chase to the Leviathan? And +where but from Nantucket, too, did that first adventurous little sloop put +forth, partly laden with imported cobble-stones --so goes the story --to throw +at the whales, in order to discover when they were nigh enough to risk a +harpoon from the bowsprit? Now having a night, a day, and still another night +following before me in New Bedford, ere I could embark for my destined port, +it became a matter of concernment where I was to eat and sleep meanwhile. It +was a very dubious-looking, nay, a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold +and cheerless. I knew no one in the place. With anxious grapnels I had +sounded my pocket, and only brought up a few pieces of silver, --So, +wherever you go, Ishmael, said I to myself, as I stood in the middle of a +dreary street shouldering my bag, and comparing the gloom towards the north +with the darkness towards the south --wherever in your wisdom you may conclude +to lodge for the night, my dear Ishmael, be sure to inquire the price, and +don't be too particular. With halting steps I paced the streets, and passed +the sign of The Crossed Harpoons --but it looked too expensive and jolly +there. Further on, from the bright red windows of the Sword-Fish Inn, there +came such fervent rays, that it seemed to have melted the packed snow and ice +from before the house, for everywhere else the congealed frost lay ten inches +thick in a hard, asphaltic pavement, --rather weary for me, when I struck my +foot against the flinty projections, because from hard, remorseless +..

+service the soles of my boots were in a most miserable plight. Too expensive +and jolly, again thought I, pausing one moment to watch the broad glare in +the street, and hear the sounds of the tinkling glasses within. But go on, +Ishmael, said I at last; don't you hear? get away from before the door; +your patched boots are stopping the way. So on I went. I now by instinct +followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the +cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns. Such dreary streets! Blocks of +blackness, not houses, on either hand, and here and there a candle, like a +candle moving about in a tomb. At this hour of the night, of the last day of +the week, that quarter of the town proved all but deserted. But presently I +came to a smoky light proceeding from a low, wide building, the door of which +stood invitingly open. It had a careless look, as if it were meant for the +uses of the public; so, entering, the first thing I did was to stumble over +an ash-box in the porch. Ha! thought I, ha, as the flying particles almost +choked me, are these ashes from that destroyed city, Gomorrah? But The +Crossed Harpoons, and The Sword-Fish? --this, then, must needs be the sign +of The Trap. However, I picked myself up and hearing a loud voice within, +pushed on and opened a second, interior door. It seemed the great Black +Parliament sitting in Tophet. A hundred black faces turned round in their +rows to peer; and beyond, a black Angel of Doom was beating a book in a +pulpit. It was a negro church; and the preacher's text was about the +blackness of darkness, and the weeping and wailing and teeth-gnashing +there. Ha, Ishmael, muttered I, backing out, Wretched entertainment at the +sign of The Trap! Moving on, I at last came to a dim sort of light not far +from the docks, and heard a forlorn creaking in the air; and looking up, +saw a swinging sign over the door with a white painting upon it, faintly +representing a tall straight jet of misty spray, and these words underneath +-- The Spouter-Inn: --Peter Coffin. Coffin? --Spouter? --Rather ominous in that +particular connexion, thought I. But it is a common name in Nantucket, +they say, and I suppose this Peter here is an emigrant from there. As the +light looked so dim, and the place, for the time, looked +..

+quiet enough, and the dilapidated little wooden house itself looked as if it +might have been carted here from the ruins of some burnt district, and as the +swinging sign had a poverty-stricken sort of creak to it, I thought that here +was the very spot for cheap lodgings, and the best of pea coffee. It was a +queer sort of place --a gable-ended old house, one side palsied as it were, and +leaning over sadly. It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous +wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's +tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any +one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed. In judging +of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon, says an old writer --of whose +works I possess the only copy extant -- it maketh a marvellous difference, +whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on +the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where +the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only +glazier. True enough, thought I, as this passage occurred to my mind --old +black-letter, thou reasonest well. Yes, these eyes are windows, and this +body of mine is the house. What a pity they didn't stop up the chinks and the +crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there. But it's too +late to make any improvements now. The universe is finished; the copestone +is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago. Poor Lazarus +there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking +off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, +and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the +tempestuous Euroclydon. Euroclydon! says old Dives, in his red silken +wrapper --(he had a redder one afterwards) pooh, pooh! What a fine frosty +night; how Orion glitters; what northern lights! Let them talk of their +oriental summer climes of everlasting conservatories; give me the privilege +of making my own summer with my own coals. But what thinks Lazarus? Can he +warm his blue hands by holding them up to the grand northern lights? Would +not Lazarus rather be in Sumatra than here? Would he not far rather lay him +down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye +..

+gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost? Now, +that Lazarus should lie stranded there on the curbstone before the door of +Dives, this is more wonderful than that an iceberg should be moored to one of +the Moluccas. Yet Dives himself, he too lives like a Czar in an ice palace +made of frozen sighs, and being a president of a temperance society, he only +drinks the tepid tears of orphans. But no more of this blubbering now, we are +going a-whaling, and there is plenty of that yet to come. Let us scrape the +ice from our frosted feet, and see what sort of a place this Spouter may +be. +..

+.. < chapter iii 14 THE SPOUTER-INN > + + Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, +you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned +wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft. On one +side hung a very large oil-painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way +defaced, that in the unequal cross-lights by which you viewed it, it was +only by diligent study and a series of systematic visits to it, and careful +inquiry of the neighbors, that you could any way arrive at an understanding +of its purpose. such unaccountable masses of shades and shadows, that at +first you almost thought some ambitious young artist, in the time of the New +England hags, had endeavored to delineate chaos bewitched. But by dint of +much and earnest contemplation, and oft repeated ponderings, and especially by +throwing open the little window towards the back of the entry, you at last +come to the conclusion that such an idea, however wild, might not be +altogether unwarranted. But what most puzzled and confounded you was a long, +limber, portentous, black mass of something hovering in the +..

+centre of the picture over three blue, dim, perpendicular lines floating in a +nameless yeast. A boggy, soggy, squitchy picture truly, enough to drive a +nervous man distracted. Yet was there a sort of indefinite, half-attained, +unimaginable sublimity about it that fairly froze you to it, till you +involuntarily took an oath with yourself to find out what that marvellous +painting meant. Ever and anon a bright, but, alas, deceptive idea would dart +you through. --It's the Black Sea in a midnight gale. --It's the unnatural +combat of the four primal elements. --It's a blasted heath. --It's a Hyperborean +winter scene. --It's the breaking-up of the ice-bound stream of Time. But at +last all these fancies yielded to that one portentous something in the +picture's midst. That once found out, and all the rest were plain. But stop; +does it not bear a faint resemblance to a gigantic fish? even the great +leviathan himself? In fact, the artist's design seemed this: a final theory +of my own, partly based upon the aggregated opinions of many aged persons +with whom I conversed upon the subject. The picture represents a Cape-Horner +in a great hurricane; the half-foundered ship weltering there with its three +dismantled masts alone visible; and an exasperated whale, purposing to spring +clean over the craft, is in the enormous act of impaling himself upon the +three mast-heads. The opposite wall of this entry was hung all over with a +heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears. Some were thickly set with +glittering teeth resembling ivory saws; others were tufted with knots of +human hair; and one was sickle-shaped, with a vast handle sweeping round like +the segment made in the new-mown grass by a long-armed mower. You shuddered +as you gazed, and wondered what monstrous cannibal and savage could ever have +gone a death-harvesting with such a hacking, horrifying implement. Mixed with +these were rusty old whaling lances and harpoons all broken and deformed. +Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, +fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a +sunset. And that harpoon--so like a corkscrew now--was flung in Javan seas, +and run away with by a whale, years afterward slain off the Cape of Blanco. +The original iron entered +..

+nigh the tail, and, like a restless needle sojourning in the body of a man, +travelled full forty feet, and at last was found imbedded in the hump. +Crossing this dusky entry, and on through yon low-arched way --cut through +what in old times must have been a great central chimney with fire-places all +round --you enter the public room. A still duskier place is this, with such +low ponderous beams above, and such old wrinkled planks beneath, that you +would almost fancy you trod some old craft's cockpits, especially of such a +howling night, when this corner-anchored old ark rocked so furiously. On one +side stood a long, low, shelf-like table covered with cracked glass cases, +filled with dusty rarities gathered from this wide world's remotest nooks. +Projecting from the further angle of the room stands a dark-looking den --the +bar-- a rude attempt at a right whale's head. Be that how it may, there +stands the vast arched bone of the whale's jaw, so wide, a coach might +almost drive beneath it. within are shabby shelves, ranged round with old +decanters, bottles, flasks; and in those jaws of swift destruction, like +another cursed Jonah (by which name indeed they called him), bustles a +little withered old man, who, for their money, dearly sells the sailors +deliriums and death. Abominable are the tumblers into which he pours his +poison. Though true cylinders without --within, the villanous green goggling +glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom. Parallel +meridians rudely pecked into the glass, surround these footpads' goblets. +Fill to this mark, and your charge is but a penny; to this a penny more; +and so on to the full glass --the Cape Horn measure, which you may gulp down +for a shilling. Upon entering the place I found a number of young seamen +gathered about a table, examining by a dim light divers specimens of +skrimshander. I sought the landlord, and telling him I desired to be +accommodated with a room, received for answer that his house was full --not a +bed unoccupied. But avast, he added, tapping his forehead, you haint no +objections to sharing a harpooneer's blanket, have ye? I s'pose you are goin' +a whalin', so you'd better get used to that sort of thing. +..

+I told him that I never liked to sleep two in a bed; that if I should ever do +so, it would depend upon who the harpooneer might be, and that if he (the +landlord) really had no other place for me, and the harpooneer was not +decidedly objectionable, why rather than wander further about a strange town +on so bitter a night, I would put up with the half of any decent man's +blanket. I thought so. All right; take a seat. Supper? --you want supper? +Supper 'll be ready directly. I sat down on an old wooden settle, carved all +over like a bench on the Battery. At one end a ruminating tar was still +further adorning it with his jack-knife, stooping over and diligently working +away at the space between his legs. he was trying his hand at a ship under +full sail, but he didn't make much headway, I thought. At last some four or +five of us were summoned to our meal in an adjoining room. It was cold as +Iceland --no fire at all --the landlord said he couldn't afford it. Nothing +but two dismal tallow candles, each in a winding sheet. We were fain to +button up our monkey jackets, and hold to our lips cups of scalding tea with +our half frozen fingers. But the fare was of the most substantial kind --not +only meat and potatoes, but dumplings; good heavens! dumplings for supper! +One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in +a most direful manner. My boy, said the landlord, you'll have the +nightmare to a dead sartainty. Landlord, I whispered, that aint the +harpooneer, is it? Oh, no, said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny, +the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap. He never eats dumplings, he +don't--he eats nothing but steaks, and likes 'em rare. The devil he does, +says I. Where is that harpooneer? Is he here? He'll be here afore long, +was the answer. I could not help it, but I began to feel suspicious of this +dark complexioned harpooneer. At any rate, I made up my mind that if it +so turned out that we should sleep together, he must undress and get into bed +before I did. +..

+Supper over, the company went back to the bar-room, when, knowing not what +else to do with myself, I resolved to spend the rest of the evening as a +looker on. Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the +landlord cried, That's the Grampus's crew. I seed her reported in the +offing this morning; a three years' voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; +now we'll have the latest news from the Feegees. A tramping of sea boots was +heard in the entry; the door was flung open, and in rolled a wild set of +mariners enough. Enveloped in their shaggy watch coats, and with their +heads muffled in woollen comforters, all bedarned and ragged, and their +beards stiff with icicles, they seemed an eruption of bears from Labrador. +They had just landed from their boat, and this was the first house they +entered. No wonder, then, that they made a straight wake for the whale's +mouth --the bar --when the wrinkled little old Jonah, there officiating, soon +poured them out brimmers all round. One complained of a bad cold in his head, +upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which +he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never +mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or +on the weather side of an ice-island. The liquor soon mounted into their +heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from +sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously. I observed, however, +that one of them held somewhat aloof, and though he seemed desirous not to +spoil the hilarity of his shipmates by his own sober face, yet upon the whole +he refrained from making as much noise as the rest. This man interested me +at once; and since the sea-gods had ordained that he should soon become my +shipmate (though but a sleeping-partner one, so far as this narrative is +concerned), I will here venture upon a little description of him. He stood +full six feet in height, with noble shoulders, and a chest like a +coffer-dam. I have seldom seen such brawn in a man. His face was deeply +brown and burnt, making his white teeth dazzling by the contrast; while in +the deep shadows of his eyes floated some reminiscences that did not seem to +give him much joy. His voice at once announced +..

+that he was a Southerner, and from his fine stature, I thought he must be +one of those tall mountaineers from the Alleganian Ridge in Virginia. When +the revelry of his companions had mounted to its height, this man slipped +away unobserved, and I saw no more of him till he became my comrade on the +sea. In a few minutes, however, he was missed by his shipmates, and being, +it seems, for some reason a huge favorite with them, they raised a cry of +Bulkington! Bulkington! where's Bulkington? and darted out of the house in +pursuit of him. It was now about nine o'clock, and the room seeming almost +supernaturally quiet after these orgies, I began to congratulate myself upon +a little plan that had occurred to me just previous to the entrance of the +seamen. No man prefers to sleep two in a bed. In fact, you would a good deal +rather not sleep with your own brother. I don't know how it is, but people +like to be private when they are sleeping. And when it comes to sleeping with +an unknown stranger, in a strange inn, in a strange town, and that stranger +a harpooneer, then your objections indefinitely multiply. Nor was there any +earthly reason why I as a sailor should sleep two in a bed, more than anybody +else; for sailors no more sleep two in a bed at sea, than bachelor Kings do +ashore. To be sure they all sleep together in one apartment, but you have +your own hammock, and cover yourself with your own blanket, and sleep in your +own skin. The more I pondered over this harpooneer, the more I abominated +the thought of sleeping with him. It was fair to presume that being a +harpooneer, his linen or woollen, as the case might be, would not be of the +tidiest, certainly none of the finest. I began to twitch all over. Besides, +it was getting late, and my decent harpooneer ought to be home and going +bedwards. Suppose now, he should tumble in upon me at midnight --how could I +tell from what vile hole he had been coming? Landlord! I've changed my mind +about that harpooneer. -- I shan't sleep with him. I'll try the bench here. +just as you please; i'm sorry i cant spare ye a tablecloth for a mattress, +and it's a plaguy rough board here --feeling of the knots and notches. But +wait a bit, Skrimshander; I've +..

+got a carpenter's plane there in the bar --wait, I say, and I'll make ye snug +enough. So saying he procured the plane; and with his old silk handkerchief +first dusting the bench, vigorously set to planing away at my bed, the while +grinning like an ape. The shavings flew right and left; till at last the +plane-iron came bump against an indestructible knot. The landlord was near +spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven's sake to quit -- the bed was +soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world +could make eider down of a pine plank. So gathering up the shavings with +another grin, and throwing them into the great stove in the middle of the +room, he went about his business, and left me in a brown study. I now took +the measure of the bench, and found that it was a foot too short; but that +could be mended with a chair. But it was a foot too narrow, and the other +bench in the room was about four inches higher than the planed one --so there +was no yoking them. I then placed the first bench lengthwise along the only +clear space against the wall, leaving a little interval between, for my back +to settle down in. But I soon found that there came such a draught of cold +air over me from under the sill of the window, that this plan would never do +at all, especially as another current from the rickety door met the one from +the window, and both together formed a series of small whirlwinds in the +immediate vicinity of the spot where I had thought to spend the night. The +devil fetch that harpooneer, thought I, but stop, couldn't I steal a march on +him --bolt his door inside, and jump into his bed, not to be wakened by the +most violent knockings? it seemed no bad idea; but upon second thoughts I +dismissed it. For who could tell but what the next morning, so soon as I +popped out of the room, the harpooneer might be standing in the entry, all +ready to knock me down! Still, looking around me again, and seeing no possible +chance of spending a sufferable night unless in some other person's bed, I +began to think that after all I might be cherishing unwarrantable prejudices +against this unknown harpooneer. Thinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be +dropping in before long. I'll have a good look at him then, and perhaps we +may become jolly good bedfellows after all --there's no telling. +..

+But though the other boarders kept coming in by ones, twos, and threes, and +going to bed, yet no sign of my harpooneer. Landlord! said I, what sort of +a chap is he --does he always keep such late hours? It was now hard upon +twelve o'clock. The landlord chuckled again with his lean chuckle, and +seemed to be mightily tickled at something beyond my comprehension. No, he +answered, generally he's an early bird -- airley to bed and airley to rise +--yes, he's the bird what catches the worm. --But to-night he went out a +peddling, you see, and I don't see what on airth keeps him so late, unless, +may be, he can't sell his head. Can't sell his head? --What sort of a +bamboozingly story is this you are telling me? getting into a towering rage. + + Do you pretend to say, landlord, that this harpooneer is actually engaged +this blessed Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning, in peddling his head +around this town? That's precisely it, said the landlord, and I told him +he couldn't sell it here, the market's overstocked. With what? shouted I. + + With heads to be sure; ain't there too many heads in the world? I tell +you what it is, landlord, said I, quite calmly, you'd better stop spinning +that yarn to me --I'm not green. May be not, taking out a stick and +whittling a toothpick, but I rayther guess you'll be done brown if that ere +harpooneer hears you a slanderin' his head. I'll break it for him, said I, +now flying into a passion again at this unaccountable farrago of the +landlord's. It's broke a'ready, said he. Broke, said I -- broke, do you +mean? Sartain, and that's the very reason he can't sell it, I guess. + + Landlord, said I, going up to him as cool as Mt. Hecla in a snow storm, +-- landlord, stop whittling. You and I must understand one another, and +that too without delay. I come to your house and want a bed; you tell me you +can only give me half a one; that the other half belongs to a certain +harpooneer. And about this harpooneer, whom I have not yet seen, you +persist in telling me the most mystifying and exasperating stories, tending +to beget in me an uncomfortable feeling towards the man whom +..

+you design for my bedfellow --a sort of connexion, landlord, which is an +intimate and confidential one in the highest degree. I now demand of you to +speak out and tell me who and what this harpooneer is, and whether I shall be +in all respects safe to spend the night with him. And in the first place, +you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if +true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad, and I've +no idea of sleeping with a madman; and you, sir, you I mean, landlord, you, +sir, by trying to induce me to do so knowingly, would thereby render yourself +liable to a criminal prosecution. Wall, said the landlord, fetching a long +breath, that's a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and +then. But be easy, be easy, this here harpooneer I have been tellin' you of +has just arrived from the south seas, where he bought up a lot of 'balmed New +Zealand heads (great curios, you know), and he's sold all on 'em but one, +and that one he's trying to sell to-night, cause to-morrow's Sunday, and it +would not do to be sellin' human heads about the streets when folks is goin' +to churches. He wanted to, last Sunday, but I stopped him just as he was +goin' out of the door with four heads strung on a string, for all the airth +like a string of inions. This account cleared up the otherwise unaccountable +mystery, and showed that the landlord, after all, had had no idea of fooling +me --but at the same time what could I think of a harpooneer who stayed out a +Saturday night clean into the holy Sabbath, engaged in such a cannibal +business as selling the heads of dead idolators? Depend upon it, landlord, +that harpooneer is a dangerous man. He pays reg'lar, was the rejoinder. + + But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes --it's +a nice bed: Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced. +There's plenty room for two to kick about in that bed; it's an almighty big +bed that. Why, afore we give it up, Sal used to put our Sam and little +Johnny in the foot of it. But I got a dreaming and sprawling about one night, +and somehow, Sam got pitched on the floor, and came near breaking his arm. +After +..

+that, Sal said it wouldn't do. Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a +jiffy; and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to +lead the way. But I stood irresolute; when looking at a clock in the corner, +he exclaimed I vum it's Sunday --you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's +come to anchor somewhere --come along then; do come; won't ye come? I +considered the matter a moment, and then up stairs we went, and I was +ushered into a small room, cold as a clam, and furnished, sure enough, with a +prodigious bed, almost big enough indeed for any four harpooneers to sleep +abreast. There, said the landlord, placing the candle on a crazy old sea +chest that did double duty as a wash-stand and centre table; there, make +yourself comfortable now, and good night to ye. I turned round from eyeing +the bed, but he had disappeared. Folding back the counterpane, I stooped +over the bed. Though none of the most elegant, it yet stood the scrutiny +tolerably well. I then glanced round the room; and besides the bedstead and +centre table, could see no other furniture belonging to the place, but a +rude shelf, the four walls, and a papered fireboard representing a man +striking a whale. Of things not properly belonging to the room, there was a +hammock lashed up, and thrown upon the floor in one corner; also a large +seaman's bag, containing the harpooneer's wardrobe, no doubt in lieu of a +land trunk. Likewise, there was a parcel of outlandish bone fish hooks on the +shelf over the fire-place, and a tall harpoon standing at the head of the +bed. But what is this on the chest? I took it up, and held it close to the +light, and felt it, and smelt it, and tried every way possible to arrive at +some satisfactory conclusion concerning it. I can compare it to nothing but a +large door mat, ornamented at the edges with little tinkling tags something +like the stained porcupine quills round an Indian moccasin. There was a hole +or slit in the middle of this mat, as you see the same in South American +ponchos. But could it be possible that any sober harpooneer would get into +a door mat, and parade the streets of any Christian town in that sort of +guise? I put it on, to try it, and it weighed me down like a hamper, being +uncommonly shaggy and thick, and I thought a little damp, as though this +..

+mysterious harpooneer had been wearing it of a rainy day. I went up in it to +a bit of glass stuck against the wall, and I never saw such a sight in my +life. I tore myself out of it in such a hurry that I gave myself a kink in +the neck. I sat down on the side of the bed, and commenced thinking about +this head-peddling harpooneer, and his door mat. After thinking some time on +the bed-side, I got up and took off my monkey jacket, and then stood in the +middle of the room thinking. I then took off my coat, and thought a little +more in my shirt sleeves. But beginning to feel very cold now, half undressed +as I was, and remembering what the landlord said about the harpooneer's not +coming home at all that night, it being so very late, I made no more ado, +but jumped out of my pantaloons and boots, and then blowing out the light +tumbled into bed, and commended myself to the care of heaven. Whether that +mattress was stuffed with corn-cobs or broken crockery, there is no telling, +but I rolled about a good deal, and could not sleep for a long time. At +last I slid off into a light doze, and had pretty nearly made a good offing +towards the land of Nod, when I heard a heavy footfall in the passage, and +saw a glimmer of light come into the room from under the door. Lord save me, +thinks I, that must be the harpooneer, the infernal head-peddler. But I lay +perfectly still, and resolved not to say a word till spoken to. Holding a +light in one hand, and that identical New Zealand head in the other, the +stranger entered the room, and without looking towards the bed, placed his +candle a good way off from me on the floor in one corner, and then began +working away at the knotted cords of the large bag I before spoke of as being +in the room. I was all eagerness to see his face, but he kept it averted for +some time while employed in unlacing the bag's mouth. This accomplished, +however, he turned round --when, good heavens! what a sight! Such a face! It +was of a dark purplish, yellow color, here and there stuck over with large, +blackish looking squares. Yes, it's just as I thought, he's a terrible +bedfellow; he's been in a fight, got dreadfully cut, and here he is, just +from the surgeon. But at that moment he chanced to turn his face so towards +the light, that I plainly saw they could not be sticking-plasters at all, +..

+those black squares on his cheeks. they were stains of some sort or other. At +first I knew not what to make of this; but soon an inkling of the truth +occurred to me. I remembered a story of a white man --a whaleman too--who, +falling among the cannibals, had been tattooed by them. I concluded that this +harpooneer, in the course of his distant voyages, must have met with a +similar adventure. And what is it, thought I, after all! It's only his +outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin. But then, what to make of +his unearthly complexion, that part of it, I mean, lying round about, and +completely independent of the squares of tattooing. To be sure, it might be +nothing but a good coat of tropical tanning; but I never heard of a hot sun's +tanning a white man into a purplish yellow one. However, I had never been +in the South Seas; and perhaps the sun there produced these extraordinary +effects upon the skin. Now, while all these ideas were passing through me +like lightning, this harpooneer never noticed me at all. But, after some +difficulty having opened his bag, he commenced fumbling in it, and presently +pulled out a sort of tomahawk, and a seal-skin wallet with the hair on. +Placing these on the old chest in the middle of the room, he then took the +New Zealand head --a ghastly thing enough --and crammed it down into the bag. +He now took off his hat --a new beaver hat --when I came nigh singing out with +fresh surprise. There was no hair on his head --none to speak of at least -- +nothing but a small scalp-knot twisted up on his forehead. His bald purplish +head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull. Had not the stranger +stood between me and the door, I would have bolted out of it quicker than ever +I bolted a dinner. Even as it was, I thought something of slipping out of the +window, but it was the second floor back. I am no coward, but what to make +of this head-peddling purple rascal altogether passed my comprehension. +Ignorance is the parent of fear, and being completely nonplussed and +confounded about the stranger, i confess i was now as much afraid of him as if +it was the devil himself who had thus broken into my room at the dead of +night. In fact, I was so afraid of him that I was not game enough just then +to address him, and demand a satisfactory answer concerning what seemed +inexplicable in him. +..

+Meanwhile, he continued the business of undressing, and at last showed his +chest and arms. As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with +the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark +squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years' War, and just escaped from +it with a sticking-plaster shirt. Still more, his very legs were marked, as +if a parcel of dark green frogs were running up the trunks of young palms. It +was now quite plain that he must be some abominable savage or other shipped +aboard of a whaleman in the South Seas, and so landed in this Christian +country. I quaked to think of it. A peddler of heads too --perhaps the heads +of his own brothers. He might take a fancy to mine --heavens! look at that +tomahawk! But there was no time for shuddering, for now the savage went about +something that completely fascinated my attention, and convinced me that he +must indeed be a heathen. Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or +dreadnaught, which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the +pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch +on its back, and exactly the color of a three days' old Congo baby. +Remembering the embalmed head, at first I almost thought that this black +manikin was a real baby preserved in some similar manner. But seeing that it +was not at all limber, and that it glistened a good deal like polished ebony, +I concluded that it must be nothing but a wooden idol, which indeed it +proved to be. For now the savage goes up to the empty fireplace, and removing +the papered fire-board, sets up this little hunchbacked image, like a tenpin, +between the andirons. the chimney jambs and all the bricks inside were very +sooty, so that I thought this fire-place made a very appropriate little shrine +or chapel for his Congo idol. I now screwed my eyes hard towards the half +hidden image, feeling but ill at ease meantime --to see what was next to +follow. First he takes about a double handful of shavings out of his grego +pocket, and places them carefully before the idol; then laying a bit of ship +biscuit on top and applying the flame from the lamp, he kindled the shavings +into a sacrificial blaze. Presently, after many hasty snatches into the +fire, and still hastier +..

+withdrawals of his fingers (whereby he seemed to be scorching them badly), +he at last succeeded in drawing out the biscuit; then blowing off the heat +and ashes a little, he made a polite offer of it to the little negro. But the +little devil did not seem to fancy such dry sort of fare at all; he never +moved his lips. All these strange antics were accompanied by still stranger +guttural noises from the devotee, who seemed to be praying in a sing-song or +else singing some pagan psalmody or other, during which his face twitched +about in the most unnatural manner. At last extinguishing the fire, he took +the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket +as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock. All these +queer proceedings increased my uncomfortableness, and seeing him now +exhibiting strong symptoms of concluding his business operations, and jumping +into bed with me, I thought it was high time, now or never, before the light +was put out, to break the spell into which I had so long been bound. But the +interval I spent in deliberating what to say, was a fatal one. Taking up his +tomahawk from the table, he examined the head of it for an instant, and then +holding it to the light, with his mouth at the handle, he puffed out great +clouds of tobacco smoke. The next moment the light was extinguished, and +this wild cannibal, tomahawk between his teeth, sprang into bed with me. I +sang out, I could not help it now; and giving a sudden grunt of astonishment +he began feeling me. Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away +from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might +be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again. But his +guttural responses satisfied me at once that he but ill comprehended my +meaning. Who-e debel you? --he at last said -- you no speak-e, dam-me, I +kill-e. And so saying the lighted tomahawk began flourishing about me in the +dark. Landlord, for God's sake, Peter Coffin! shouted I. Landlord! +Watch! Coffin! Angels! save me! Speak-e! tell-ee me who-ee be, or dam-me, +I kill-e! again growled the cannibal, while his horrid flourishings of the +tomahawk scattered the hot tobacco ashes about me till I thought +..

+my linen would get on fire. But thank heaven, at that moment the landlord +came into the room light in hand, and leaping from the bed I ran up to him. + + Don't be afraid now, said he, grinning again. Queequeg here wouldn't harm +a hair of your head. Stop your grinning, shouted I, and why didn't you +tell me that that infernal harpooneer was a cannibal? I thought ye know'd +it; --didn't I tell ye, he was peddlin' heads around town? --but turn flukes +again and go to sleep. Queequeg, look here --you sabbee me, I sabbee you --this +man sleepe you --you sabbee? Me sabbee plenty --grunted Queequeg, puffing +away at his pipe and sitting up in bed. You gettee in, he added, motioning +to me with his tomahawk, and throwing the clothes to one side. He really did +this in not only a civil but a really kind and charitable way. I stood +looking at him a moment. For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, +comely looking cannibal. What's all this fuss I have been making about, +thought i to myself --the man's a human being just as I am: he has just as +much reason to fear me, as I have to be afraid of him. Better sleep with a +sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Landlord, said I, tell him to +stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to +stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him. But I don't fancy having +a man smoking in bed with me. It's dangerous. Besides, I aint insured. +This being told to Queequeg, he at once complied, and again politely motioned +me to get into bed --rolling over to one side as much as to say --I wont touch a +leg of ye. Good night, landlord, said I, you may go. I turned in, and +never slept better in my life. +..

+.. < chapter iv 2 THE COUNTERPANE > + + Upon waking next morning about daylight, +I found Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate +manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife. The counterpane was of +patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this +arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a +figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade --owing I suppose to +his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt +sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times --this same arm of his, I say, +looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt. Indeed, +partly lying on it as the arm did when I first awoke, I could hardly tell it +from the quilt, they so blended their hues together; and it was only by the +sense of weight and pressure that I could tell that Queequeg was hugging me. +My sensations were strange. Let me try to explain them. When I was a child, +I well remember a somewhat similar circumstance that befell me; whether it +was a reality or a dream, I never could entirely settle. The circumstance was +this. I had been cutting up some caper or other --I think it was trying to +crawl up the chimney, as i had seen a little sweep do a few days previous; +and my stepmother who, somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or +sending me to bed supperless, --my mother dragged me by the legs out of the +chimney and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o'clock in the +afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in the year in our hemisphere. I +felt dreadfully. But there was no help for it, so up stairs I went to my +little room in the third floor, undressed myself as slowly as possible so as +to kill time, and with a bitter sigh got between the sheets. I lay there +dismally calculating that sixteen entire hours must elapse before I could hope +for a resurrection. Sixteen hours in +..

+bed! the small of my back ached to think of it. And it was so light too; +the sun shining in at the window, and a great rattling of coaches in the +streets, and the sound of gay voices all over the house. I felt worse and +worse --at last I got up, dressed, and softly going down in my stockinged +feet, sought out my stepmother, and suddenly threw myself at her feet, +beseeching her as a particular favor to give me a good slippering for my +misbehavior; anything indeed but condemning me to lie abed such an +unendurable length of time. But she was the best and most conscientious of +stepmothers, and back I had to go to my room. For several hours I lay there +broad awake, feeling a great deal worse than I have ever done since, even +from the greatest subsequent misfortunes. At last I must have fallen into a +troubled nightmare of a doze; and slowly waking from it --half steeped in +dreams --I opened my eyes, and the before sun-lit room was now wrapped in outer +darkness. Instantly I felt a shock running through all my frame; nothing was +to be seen, and nothing was to be heard; but a supernatural hand seemed +placed in mine. My arm hung over the counterpane, and the nameless, +unimaginable, silent form or phantom, to which the hand belonged, seemed +closely seated by my bedside. For what seemed ages piled on ages, I lay +there, frozen with the most awful fears, not daring to drag away my hand; +yet ever thinking that if I could but stir it one single inch, the horrid +spell would be broken. I knew not how this consciousness at last glided away +from me; but waking in the morning, I shudderingly remembered it all, and +for days and weeks and months afterwards I lost myself in confounding attempts +to explain the mystery. Nay, to this very hour, I often puzzle myself with +it. Now, take away the awful fear, and my sensations at feeling the +supernatural hand in mine were very similar, in their strangeness, to those +which I experienced on waking up and seeing Queequeg's pagan arm thrown round +me. But at length all the past night's events soberly recurred, one by one, +in fixed reality, and then I lay only alive to the comical predicament. For +though I tried to move his arm --unlock his bridegroom clasp --yet, sleeping +as he was, he still hugged me tightly, as though naught but death should part +us twain. I now strove to rouse him -- +..

+ + Queequeg! --but his only answer was a snore. I then rolled over, my neck +feeling as if it were in a horse-collar; and suddenly felt a slight scratch. +Throwing aside the counterpane, there lay the tomahawk sleeping by the +savage's side, as if it were a hatchet-faced baby. A pretty pickle, truly, +thought I; abed here in a strange house in the broad day, with a cannibal and +a tomahawk! Queequeg! --in the name of goodness, Queequeg, wake! At length, +by dint of much wriggling, and loud and incessant expostulations upon the +unbecomingness of his hugging a fellow male in that matrimonial sort of style, + + I succeeded in extracting a grunt; and presently, he drew back his arm, +shook himself all over like a Newfoundland dog just from the water, and sat +up in bed, stiff as a pike-staff, looking at me, and rubbing his eyes as if +he did not altogether remember how I came to be there, though a dim +consciousness of knowing something about me seemed slowly dawning over him. +Meanwhile, I lay quietly eyeing him, having no serious misgivings now, and +bent upon narrowly observing so curious a creature. When, at last, his mind +seemed made up touching the character of his bedfellow, and he became, as it +were, reconciled to the fact; he jumped out upon the floor, and by certain +signs and sounds gave me to understand that, if it pleased me, he would +dress first and then leave me to dress afterwards, leaving the whole +apartment to myself. Thinks I, Queequeg, under the circumstances, this is a +very civilized overture; but, the truth is, these savages have an innate +sense of delicacy, say what you will; it is marvellous how essentially +polite they are. I pay this particular compliment to Queequeg, because he +treated me with so much civility and consideration, while I was guilty of +great rudeness; staring at him from the bed, and watching all his toilette +motions; for the time my curiosity getting the better of my breeding. +Nevertheless, a man like Queequeg you don't see every day, he and his ways +were well worth unusual regarding. He commenced dressing at top by donning his +beaver hat, a very tall one, by the by, and then --still minus his trowsers +-- he hunted up his boots. What under the heavens he did it for, I cannot +tell, but his next movement was to crush himself --boots in hand, and hat on +--under the bed; when, from sundry violent +..

+gaspings and strainings, I inferred he was hard at work booting himself; +though by no law of propriety that I ever heard of, is any man required to be +private when putting on his boots. But Queequeg, do you see, was a creature +in the transition state -- neither caterpillar nor butterfly. He was just +enough civilized to show off his outlandishness in the strangest possible +manner. his education was not yet completed. He was an undergraduate. If he +had not been a small degree civilized, he very probably would not have +troubled himself with boots at all; but then, if he had not been still a +savage, he never would have dreamt of getting under the bed to put them on. +At last, he emerged with his hat very much dented and crushed down over his +eyes, and began creaking and limping about the room, as if, not being much +accustomed to boots, his pair of damp, wrinkled cowhide ones -- probably not +made to order either --rather pinched and tormented him at the first go off of +a bitter cold morning. Seeing, now, that there were no curtains to the window, +and that the street being very narrow, the house opposite commanded a plain +view into the room, and observing more and more the indecorous figure that +Queequeg made, staving about with little else but his hat and boots on; I +begged him as well as I could, to accelerate his toilet somewhat, and +particularly to get into his pantaloons as soon as possible. He complied, +and then proceeded to wash himself. At that time in the morning any +Christian would have washed his face; but Queequeg, to my amazement, +contented himself with restricting his ablutions to his chest, arms, and +hands. He then donned his waistcoat, and taking up a piece of hard soap on +the wash-stand centre-table, dipped it into water and commenced lathering his +face. I was watching to see where he kept his razor, when lo and behold, he +takes the harpoon from the bed corner, slips out the long wooden stock, +unsheathes the head, whets it a little on his boot, and striding up to the +bit of mirror against the wall, begins a vigorous scraping, or rather +harpooning of his cheeks. Thinks I, Queequeg, this is using Rogers's best +cutlery with a vengeance. Afterwards I wondered the less at this operation +when I came to know of what fine steel the head of a harpoon is made, and how +exceedingly sharp the long straight edges are always kept. +..

+the rest of his toilet was soon achieved, and he proudly marched out of the +room, wrapped up in his great pilot monkey jacket, and sporting his harpoon +like a marshal's baton. +..

+.. < chapter v 5 BREAKFAST > + + I quickly followed suit, and descending into +the bar-room accosted the grinning landlord very pleasantly. I cherished no +malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the +matter of my bedfellow. However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and +rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if any one man, in +his own proper person, afford stuff for a good joke to anybody, let him not +be backward, but let him cheerfully allow himself to spend and be spent in +that way. And the man that has anything bountifully laughable about him, be +sure there is more in that man than you perhaps think for. The bar-room was +now full of the boarders who had been dropping in the night previous, and +whom I had not as yet had a good look at. They were nearly all whalemen; +chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea +coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and +brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing +monkey jackets for morning gowns. You could pretty plainly tell how long each +one had been ashore. This young fellow's healthy cheek is like a sun-toasted +pear in hue, and would seem to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been +three days landed from his Indian voyage. That man next him looks a few +shades lighter; you might say a touch of satin wood is in him. In the +complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached +withal; he doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore. But who could show a +cheek like +..

+Queequeg? which, barred with various tints, seemed like the Andes' western +slope, to show forth in one array, contrasting climates, zone by zone. + + Grub, ho! now cried the landlord, flinging open a door, and in we went to +breakfast. They say that men who have seen the world, thereby become quite at +ease in manner, quite self-possessed in company. Not always, though: +Ledyard, the great New England traveller, and Mungo Park, the Scotch one; of +all men, they possessed the least assurance in the parlor. But perhaps the +mere crossing of Siberia in a sledge drawn by dogs as Ledyard did, or the +taking a long solitary walk on an empty stomach, in the negro heart of +Africa, which was the sum of poor Mungo's performances -- this kind of travel, +I say, may not be the very best mode of attaining a high social polish. +Still, for the most part, that sort of thing is to be had anywhere. These +reflections just here are occasioned by the circumstance that after we were +all seated at the table, and I was preparing to hear some good stories about +whaling; to my no small surprise, nearly every man maintained a profound +silence. And not only that, but they looked embarrassed. Yes, here were a +set of sea-dogs, many of whom without the slightest bashfulness had boarded +great whales on the high seas --entire strangers to them --and duelled them dead +without winking; and yet, here they sat at a social breakfast table --all of +the same calling, all of kindred tastes --looking round as sheepishly at +each other as though they had never been out of sight of some sheepfold among +the Green Mountains. A curious sight; these bashful bears, these timid +warrior whalemen! But as for Queequeg --why, Queequeg sat there among them --at +the head of the table, too, it so chanced; as cool as an icicle. To be sure +I cannot say much for his breeding. His greatest admirer could not have +cordially justified his bringing his harpoon into breakfast with him, and +using it there without ceremony; reaching over the table with it, to the +imminent jeopardy of many heads, and grappling the beefsteaks towards him. +But that was certainly very coolly done by him, and every +..

+one knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything coolly is to do it +genteelly. We will not speak of all Queequeg's peculiarities here; how he +eschewed coffee and hot rolls, and applied his undivided attention to +beefsteaks, done rare. Enough, that when breakfast was over he withdrew like +the rest into the public room, lighted his tomahawk-pipe, and was sitting +there quietly digesting and smoking with his inseparable hat on, when I +sallied out for a stroll. +..

+.. < chapter vi 11 THE STREET > + + If I had been astonished at first catching a +glimpse of so outlandish an individual as Queequeg circulating among the +polite society of a civilized town, that astonishment soon departed upon +taking my first daylight stroll through the streets of New Bedford. In +thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer +to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts. Even in +Broadway and Chestnut streets, Mediterranean mariners will sometimes jostle +the affrighted ladies. Regent street is not unknown to Lascars and Malays; +and at Bombay, in the Apollo Green, live Yankees have often scared the +natives. But New Bedford beats all Water street and Wapping. In these +last-mentioned haunts you see only sailors; but in New Bedford, actual +cannibals stand chatting at street corners; savages outright; many of whom +yet carry on their bones unholy flesh. It makes a stranger stare. But, +besides the Feegeeans, Tongatabooarrs, Erromanggoans, Pannangians, and +Brighggians, and, besides the wild specimens of the whaling-craft which +unheeded reel about the streets, you will see other sights still more +curious, certainly more comical. +..

+There weekly arrive in this town scores of green Vermonters and New Hampshire +men, all athirst for gain and glory in the fishery. They are mostly young, +of stalwart frames; fellows who have felled forests, and now seek to drop +the axe and snatch the whale-lance. Many are as green as the Green Mountains +whence they came. In some things you would think them but a few hours old. +Look there! that chap strutting round the corner. He wears a beaver hat and +swallow-tailed coat, girdled with a sailor-belt and sheath-knife. Here comes +another with a sou'-wester and a bombazine cloak. No town-bred dandy will +compare with a country-bred one -- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy --a fellow +that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of +tanning his hands. Now when a country dandy like this takes it into his head +to make a distinguished reputation, and joins the great whale-fishery, you +should see the comical things he does upon reaching the seaport. In +bespeaking his sea-outfit, he orders bell-buttons to his waistcoats; straps +to his canvas trowsers. Ah, poor Hay-Seed! how bitterly will burst those +straps in the first howling gale, when thou art driven, straps, buttons, and +all, down the throat of the tempest. But think not that this famous town has +only harpooneers, cannibals, and bumpkins to show her visitors. Not at all. +Still New Bedford is a queer place. Had it not been for us whalemen, that +tract of land would this day perhaps have been in as howling condition as the +coast of Labrador. As it is, parts of her back country are enough to frighten +one, they look so bony. The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live +in, in all New England. It is a land of oil, true enough; but not like +Canaan; a land, also, of corn and wine. The streets do not run with milk; +nor in the spring-time do they pave them with fresh eggs. Yet, in spite of +this, nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses; parks +and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford. Whence came they? how planted +upon this once scraggy scoria of a country? Go and gaze upon the iron +emblematical harpoons round yonder lofty mansion, and your question will be +answered. Yes; all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the +..

+Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and +dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea. Can Herr Alexander perform a +feat like that? In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to +their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece. +You must go to New Bedford to see a brilliant wedding; for, they say, they +have reservoirs of oil in every house, and every night recklessly burn their +lengths in spermaceti candles. In summer time, the town is sweet to see; +full of fine maples --long avenues of green and gold. And in August, high in +air, the beautiful and bountiful horse-chestnuts, candelabra-wise, proffer +the passer-by their tapering upright cones of congregated blossoms. So +omnipotent is art; which in many a district of New Bedford has superinduced +bright terraces of flowers upon the barren refuse rocks thrown aside at +creation's final day. And the women of New Bedford, they bloom like their own +red roses. But roses only bloom in summer; whereas the fine carnation of +their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens. Elsewhere match +that bloom of theirs, ye cannot, save in Salem, where they tell me the young +girls breathe such musk, their sailor sweethearts smell them miles off shore, +as though they were drawing nigh the odorous Moluccas instead of the +Puritanic sands. +.. < chapter vii 26 THE CHAPEL > + + In this same New Bedford there stands a +Whaleman's Chapel, and few are the moody fishermen, shortly bound for the +Indian Ocean or Pacific, who fail to make a Sunday visit to the spot. I am +sure that I did not. Returning from my first morning stroll, I again sallied +out upon this special errand. The sky had changed from clear, +..

+sunny cold, to driving sleet and mist. Wrapping myself in my shaggy jacket +of the cloth called bearskin, I fought my way against the stubborn storm. +Entering, I found a small scattered congregation of sailors, and sailors' +wives and widows. A muffled silence reigned, only broken at times by the +shrieks of the storm. Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart +from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable. The +chaplain had not yet arrived; and there these silent islands of men and women +sat steadfastly eyeing several marble tablets, with black borders, masoned +into the wall on either side the pulpit. Three of them ran something like the +following, but I do not pretend to quote: -- Sacred To the Memory of John +Talbot, Who, at the age of eighteen, was lost overboard, Near the Isle of +Desolation, off Patagonia, November 1st, +. This Tablet Is erected to his +Memory By his Sister. Sacred To the Memory of Robert Long, Willis Ellery, +Nathan Coleman, Walter Canny, Seth Macy, and Samuel Gleig, Forming one of the +boats' crews of the Ship Eliza, Who were towed out of sight by a Whale, On +the Off-shore Ground in the Pacific, December 31st, +. This Marble Is +here placed by their surviving Shipmates. +..

+Sacred To the Memory of The late Captain Ezekiel Hardy, Who in the bows of +his boat was killed by a Sperm Whale on the coast of Japan, August 3d, +This Tablet Is erected to his Memory by His Widow. Shaking off the sleet +from my ice-glazed hat and jacket, I seated myself near the door, and +turning sideways was surprised to see Queequeg near me. Affected by the +solemnity of the scene, there was a wondering gaze of incredulous curiosity +in his countenance. This savage was the only person present who seemed to +notice my entrance; because he was the only one who could not read, and, +therefore, was not reading those frigid inscriptions on the wall. Whether any +of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among the +congregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the +fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not +the trappings of some unceasing grief, that I feel sure that here before me +were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak +tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh. Oh! ye whose +dead lie buried beneath the green grass; who standing among flowers can say +--here, here lies my beloved; ye know not the desolation that broods in bosoms +like these. What bitter blanks in those black-bordered marbles which cover no +ashes! What despair in those immovable inscriptions! What deadly voids and +unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and +refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a +grave. As well might those tablets stand in the cave of Elephanta as here. +In what census of living creatures, the dead of mankind are included; why it +is that a universal proverb says of them, that +..

+they tell no tales, though containing more secrets than the Goodwin Sands; +how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we +prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if +he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth; why the Life +Insurance Companies pay death-forfeitures upon immortals; in what eternal, +unstirring paralysis, and deadly, hopeless trance, yet lies antique Adam who +died sixty round centuries ago; how it is that we still refuse to be +comforted for those who we nevertheless maintain are dwelling in unspeakable +bliss; why all the living so strive to hush all the dead; wherefore but the +rumor of a knocking in a tomb will terrify a whole city. All these things +are not without their meanings. But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the +tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. It +needs scarcely to be told, with what feelings, on the eve of a Nantucket +voyage, I regarded those marble tablets, and by the murky light of that +darkened, doleful day read the fate of the whalemen who had gone before me, +Yes, Ishmael, the same fate may be thine. But somehow I grew merry again. +Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems -- aye, +a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet. Yes, there is death in this +business of whaling --a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into +Eternity. But what then? Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of +Life and Death. Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is my +true substance. Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much +like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick +water the thinnest of air. Methinks my body is but the lees of my better +being. In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me. And +therefore three cheers for Nantucket; and come a stove boat and stove body +when they will, for stave my soul, Jove himself cannot. +..

+.. < chapter viii 2 THE PULPIT > + + I had not been seated very long ere a man +of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm-pelted +door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regardful eyeing of him by all +the congregation, sufficiently attested that this fine old man was the +chaplain. Yes, it was the famous Father Mapple, so called by the whalemen, +among whom he was a very great favorite. He had been a sailor and a +harpooneer in his youth, but for many years past had dedicated his life to the +ministry. At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter +of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second +flowering youth, for among all the fissures of his wrinkles, there shone +certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom --the spring verdure peeping +forth even beneath February's snow. No one having previously heard his +history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost +interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about +him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led. When he entered +I observed that he carried no umbrella, and certainly had not come in his +carriage, for his tarpaulin hat ran down with melting sleet, and his great +pilot cloth jacket seemed almost to drag him to the floor with the weight of +the water it had absorbed. However, hat and coat and overshoes were one by +one removed, and hung up in a little space in an adjacent corner; when, +arrayed in a decent suit, he quietly approached the pulpit. Like most old +fashioned pulpits, it was a very lofty one, and since a regular stairs to +such a height would, by its long angle with the floor, seriously contract the +already small area of the chapel, the architect, it seemed, had acted upon the +hint of Father Mapple, and finished the pulpit without a stairs, substituting +a perpendicular side ladder, like those used in mounting +..

+a ship from a boat at sea. The wife of a whaling captain had provided the +chapel with a handsome pair of red worsted man-ropes for this ladder, which, +being itself nicely headed, and stained with a mahogany color, the whole +contrivance, considering what manner of chapel it was, seemed by no means in +bad taste. Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both +hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a +look upwards, and then with a truly sailorlike but still reverential +dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of +his vessel. the perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the +case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of +wood, so that at every step there was a joint. At my first glimpse of the +pulpit, it had not escaped me that however convenient for a ship, these +joints in the present instance seemed unnecessary. For I was not prepared to +see Father Mapple after gaining the height, slowly turn round, and stooping +over the pulpit, deliberately drag up the ladder step by step, till the whole +was deposited within, leaving him impregnable in his little Quebec. I +pondered some time without fully comprehending the reason for this. Father +Mapple enjoyed such a wide reputation for sincerity and sanctity, that I +could not suspect him of courting notoriety by any mere tricks of the stage. +No, thought I, there must be some sober reason for this thing; furthermore, +it must symbolize something unseen. Can it be, then, that by that act of +physical isolation, he signifies his spiritual withdrawal for the time, from +all outward worldly ties and connexions? Yes, for replenished with the meat +and wine of the word, to the faithful man of God, this pulpit, I see, is a +self-containing stronghold --a lofty Ehrenbreitstein, with a perennial well +of water within the walls. But the side ladder was not the only strange +feature of the place, borrowed from the chaplain's former sea-farings. +Between the marble cenotaphs on either hand of the pulpit, the wall which +formed its back was adorned with a large painting representing a gallant ship +beating against a terrible storm off a lee coast of black rocks and snowy +breakers. But high above the +..

+flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, +from which beamed forth an angel's face; and this bright face shed a distinct +spot of radiance upon the ship's tossed deck, something like that silver +plate now inserted into the Victory's plank where Nelson fell. Ah, noble +ship, the angel seemed to say, beat on, beat on, thou noble ship, and +bear a hardy helm; for lo! the sun is breaking through; the clouds are +rolling off --serenest azure is at hand. Nor was the pulpit itself without a +trace of the same sea-taste that had achieved the ladder and the picture. Its +panelled front was in the likeness of a ship's bluff bows, and the Holy Bible +rested on the projecting piece of scroll work, fashioned after a ship's +fiddle-headed beak. What could be more full of meaning? --for the pulpit is +ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit +leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath is first +descried, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt. From thence it is the +God of breezes fair or foul is first invoked for favorable winds. Yes, the +world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit +is its prow. +.. < chapter ix 23 THE SERMON > + + Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice of +unassuming authority ordered the scattered people to condense. Starboard +gangway, there! side away to larboard--larboard gangway to starboard! +Midships! midships! There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the +benches, and a still slighter shuffling of women's shoes, and all was quiet +again, and every eye on the preacher. He paused a little; then kneeling in +the pulpit's bows, folded his large brown hands across his chest, uplifted his +closed eyes, +..

+and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at +the bottom of the sea. This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the +continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog --in +such tones he commenced reading the following hymn; but changing his manner +towards the concluding stanzas, burst forth with a pealing exultation and joy +-- The ribs and terrors in the whale, Arched over me a dismal gloom, While +all God's sun-lit waves rolled by, And lift me deepening down to doom. I saw +the opening maw of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there; Which none but +they that feel can tell-- Oh, I was plunging to despair. In black distress, +I called my God, When I could scarce believe him mine, He bowed his ear to my +complaints -- No more the whale did me confine. With speed he flew to my +relief, As on a radiant dolphin borne; Awful, yet bright, as lightning shone +The face of my Deliverer God. My song for ever shall record That terrible, +that joyful hour; I give the glory to my God, His all the mercy and the +power. Nearly all joined in singing this hymn, which swelled high above the +howling of the storm. A brief pause ensued; the preacher slowly turned over +the leaves of the Bible, and at last, folding his hand down upon the proper +page, said: Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of +Jonah -- And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Shipmates, +this book, containing only four chapters --four yarns --is one of the smallest +strands in the mighty cable of the Scriptures. Yet what depths of the soul +does Jonah's deep sealine sound! what a pregnant lesson to us is this +prophet! What +..

+a noble thing is that canticle in the fish's belly! How billow-like and +boisterously grand! We feel the floods surging over us; we sound with him to +the kelpy bottom of the waters; sea-weed and all the slime of the sea is +about us! But what is this lesson that the book of Jonah teaches? +Shipmates, it is a two-stranded lesson; a lesson to us all as sinful men, +and a lesson to me as a pilot of the living God. As sinful men, it is a +lesson to us all, because it is a story of the sin, hard-heartedness, +suddenly awakened fears, the swift punishment, repentance, prayers, and +finally the deliverance and joy of Jonah. As with all sinners among men, +the sin of this son of Amittai was in his wilful disobedience of the command +of God --never mind now what that command was, or how conveyed --which he found +a hard command. But all the things that God would have us do are hard for us +to do --remember that --and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavors to +persuade. And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in this +disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists. With +this sin of disobedience in him, Jonah still further flouts at God, by +seeking to flee from Him. He thinks that a ship made by men, will carry him +into countries where God does not reign, but only the Captains of this earth. + + He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for +Tarshish. There lurks, perhaps, a hitherto unheeded meaning here. By all +accounts Tarshish could have been no other city than the modern Cadiz. That's +the opinion of learned men. And where is Cadiz, shipmates? Cadiz is in +Spain; as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in +those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea. Because +Joppa, the modern Jaffa, shipmates, is on the most easterly coast of the +Mediterranean, the Syrian; and Tarshish or Cadiz more than two thousand miles +to the westward from that, just outside the Straits of Gibraltar. See ye not +then, shipmates, that Jonah sought to flee world-wide from God? Miserable +man! Oh! most contemptible and worthy of all scorn; with slouched hat and +guilty eye, skulking from his God; prowling among the shipping like a vile +burglar hastening to cross the seas. So disordered, self-condemning is his +look, that had there been policemen in +..

+those days, jonah, on the mere suspicion of something wrong, had been arrested +ere he touched a deck. How plainly he's a fugitive! no baggage, not a +hat-box, valise, or carpet-bag, --no friends accompany him to the wharf with +their adieux. At last, after much dodging search, he finds the Tarshish ship +receiving the last items of her cargo; and as he steps on board to see its +Captain in the cabin, all the sailors for the moment desist from hoisting in +the goods, to mark the stranger's evil eye. Jonah sees this; but in vain he +tries to look all ease and confidence; in vain essays his wretched smile. +Strong intuitions of the man assure the mariners he can be no innocent. In +their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other --"Jack, he's +robbed a widow;" or,"Joe, do you mark him; he's a bigamist;" or,"Harry lad, +I guess he's the adulterer that broke jail in old Gomorrah, or belike, one of +the missing murderers from Sodom." Another runs to read the bill that's stuck +against the spile upon the wharf to which the ship is moored, offering five +hundred gold coins for the apprehension of a parricide, and containing a +description of his person. He reads, and looks from Jonah to the bill; +while all his sympathetic shipmates now crowd round Jonah, prepared to lay +their hands upon him. Frighted Jonah trembles, and summoning all his +boldness to his face, only looks so much the more a coward. He will not +confess himself suspected; but that itself is strong suspicion. So he makes +the best of it; and when the sailors find him not to be the man that is +advertised, they let him pass, and he descends into the cabin. "Who's +there?" cries the Captain at his busy desk, hurriedly making out his papers +for the Customs --"who's there?" Oh! how that harmless question mangles Jonah! + + For the instant he almost turns to flee again. But he rallies. "I seek a +passage in this ship to Tarshish; how soon sail ye, sir?" Thus far the busy +captain had not looked up to jonah, though the man now stands before him; +but no sooner does he hear that hollow voice, than he darts a scrutinizing +glance. "We sail with the next coming tide," at last he slowly answered, +still intently eyeing him. "No sooner, sir?" --"Soon enough for any honest man +that goes a passenger." Ha! Jonah, that's another stab. But he swiftly calls +away the Captain from that scent. "I'll sail with ye," --he says, --"the +passage +..

+money, how much is that, --I'll pay now." For it is particularly written, +shipmates, as if it were a thing not to be overlooked in this history,"that he +paid the fare thereof" ere the craft did sail. And taken with the context, +this is full of meaning. Now Jonah's Captain, shipmates, was one whose +discernment detects crime in any, but whose cupidity exposes it only in the +penniless. In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, + + and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all +frontiers. So Jonah's Captain prepares to test the length of Jonah's purse, +ere he judge him openly. He charges him thrice the usual sum; and it's +assented to. Then the Captain knows that Jonah is a fugitive; but at the +same time resolves to help a flight that paves its rear with gold. Yet when +Jonah fairly takes out his purse, prudent suspicions still molest the Captain. + + He rings every coin to find a counterfeit. Not a forger, any way, he mutters; + + and Jonah is put down for his passage. "Point out my state-room, Sir," says +Jonah now. "I'm travel-weary; I need sleep." "Thou look'st like it," says +the Captain, "there's thy room." Jonah enters, and would lock the door, +but the lock contains no key. Hearing him foolishly fumbling there, the +Captain laughs lowly to himself, and mutters something about the doors of +convicts' cells being never allowed to be locked within. All dressed and +dusty as he is, Jonah throws himself into his berth, and finds the little +state-room ceiling almost resting on his forehead. The air is close, and +jonah gasps. then, in that contracted hole, sunk, too, beneath the ship's +water-line, Jonah feels the heralding presentiment of that stifling hour, when + + the whale shall hold him in the smallest of his bowel's wards. Screwed at +its axis against the side, a swinging lamp slightly oscillates in Jonah's +room; and the ship, heeling over towards the wharf with the weight of the +last bales received, the lamp, flame and all, though in slight motion, still +maintains a permanent obliquity with reference to the room; though, in truth, + + infallibly straight itself, it but made obvious the false, lying levels +among which it hung. The lamp alarms and frightens Jonah; as lying in his +berth his tormented eyes roll round the place, and this thus far successful +fugitive finds no refuge for his restless glance. But that contradiction in +the lamp more and +..

+more appals him. The floor, the ceiling, and the side, are all awry. "Oh! so +my conscience hangs in me!" he groans, "straight upward, so it burns; but the +chambers of my soul are all in crookedness!" Like one who after a night of +drunken revelry hies to his bed, still reeling, but with conscience yet +pricking him, as the plungings of the Roman race-horse but so much the more +strike his steel tags into him; as one who in that miserable plight still +turns and turns in giddy anguish, praying God for annihilation until the fit +be passed; and at last amid the whirl of woe he feels, a deep stupor steals +over him, as over the man who bleeds to death, for conscience is the wound, +and there's naught to staunch it; so, after sore wrestlings in his berth, +Jonah's prodigy of ponderous misery drags him drowning down to sleep. And +now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the +deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea. + + That ship, my friends, was the first of recorded smugglers! the contraband +was jonah. but the sea rebels; he will not bear the wicked burden. A +dreadful storm comes on, the ship is like to break. But now when the +boatswain calls all hands to lighten her; when boxes, bales, and jars are +clattering overboard; when the wind is shrieking, and the men are yelling, +and every plank thunders with trampling feet right over Jonah's head; in all +this raging tumult, Jonah sleeps his hideous sleep. He sees no black sky and +raging sea, feels not the reeling timbers, and little hears he or heeds he +the far rush of the mighty whale, which even now with open mouth is cleaving +the seas after him. Aye, shipmates, Jonah was gone down into the sides of +the ship --a berth in the cabin as I have taken it, and was fast asleep. But +the frightened master comes to him, and shrieks in his dead ear, "What +meanest thou, O sleeper! arise!" Startled from his lethargy by that direful +cry, Jonah staggers to his feet, and stumbling to the deck, grasps a shroud, +to look out upon the sea. But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther +billow leaping over the bulwarks. Wave after wave thus leaps into the ship, +and finding no speedy vent runs roaring fore and aft, till the mariners come +nigh to drowning while yet afloat. And ever, as the white moon shows +..

+her affrighted face from the steep gullies in the blackness overhead, aghast +Jonah sees the rearing bowsprit pointing high upward, but soon beat downward +again towards the tormented deep. Terrors upon terrors run shouting through +his soul. In all his cringing attitudes, the God-fugitive is now too plainly +known. The sailors mark him; more and more certain grow their suspicions of +him, and at last, fully to test the truth, by referring the whole matter to +high Heaven, they fall to casting lots, to see for whose cause this great +tempest was upon them. The lot is Jonah's; that discovered, then how +furiously they mob him with their questions. "What is thine occupation? +whence comest thou? thy country? what people?" but mark now, my shipmates, +the behavior of poor Jonah. The eager mariners but ask him who he is, and +where from; whereas, they not only receive an answer to those questions, but +likewise another answer to a question not put by them, but the unsolicited +answer is forced from Jonah by the hard hand of God that is upon him. "I am +a Hebrew," he cries --and then --"I fear the Lord the God of Heaven who hath +made the sea and the dry land!" Fear him, O Jonah? Aye, well mightest thou +fear the Lord God then! Straightway, he now goes on to make a full +confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still +are pitiful. For when Jonah, not yet supplicating God for mercy, since he +but too well knew the darkness of his deserts, --when wretched Jonah cries out +to them to take him and cast him forth into the sea, for he knew that for + + his sake this great tempest was upon them; they mercifully turn from him, +and seek by other means to save the ship. But all in vain; the indignant +gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the +other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah. And now behold Jonah taken up +as an anchor and dropped into the sea; when instantly an oily calmness floats +out from the east, and the sea is still, as Jonah carries down the gale with +him, leaving smooth water behind. He goes down in the whirling heart of such +a masterless commotion that he scarce heeds the moment when he drops seething +into the yawning jaws +..

+awaiting him; and the whale shoots-to all his ivory teeth, like the Lord out +of the fish's belly. But observe his prayer, and so many white bolts, upon +his prison. Then Jonah prayed unto learn a weighty lesson. For sinful as he +is, Jonah does not weep and wail for direct deliverance. He feels that his +dreadful punishment is just. He leaves all his deliverance to God, contenting + + himself with this, that spite of all his pains and pangs, he will still +look towards His holy temple. And here, shipmates, is true and faithful +repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment. And how +pleasing to God was this conduct in Jonah, is shown in the eventual +deliverance of him from the sea and the whale. Shipmates, I do not place +Jonah before you to be copied for his sin but I do place him before you as a +model for repentance. Sin not; but if you do, take heed to repent of it like +Jonah. While he was speaking these words, the howling of the shrieking, +slanting storm without seemed to add new power to the preacher, who, when +describing Jonah's sea-storm, seemed tossed by a storm himself. His deep +chest heaved as with a ground-swell; his tossed arms seemed the warring +elements at work; and the thunders that rolled away from off his swarthy +brow, and the light leaping from his eye, made all his simple hearers look +on him with a quick fear that was strange to them. There now came a lull in +his look, as he silently turned over the leaves of the Book once more; and, +at last, standing motionless, with closed eyes, for the moment, seemed +communing with God and himself. But again he leaned over towards the people, +and bowing his head lowly, with an aspect of the deepest yet manliest +humility, he spake these words: Shipmates, God has laid but one hand upon +you; both his hands press upon me. I have read ye by what murky light may +be mine the lesson that Jonah teaches to all sinners; and therefore to ye, +and still more to me, for I am a greater sinner than ye. And now how gladly +would I come down from this mast-head and sit on the hatches there where you +sit, and listen as you listen, while some one of you reads me that other +and more awful lesson which Jonah teaches to me as a pilot of +..

+the living God. How being an anointed pilot-prophet, or speaker of true +things, and bidden by the Lord to sound those unwelcome truths in the ears of +a wicked nineveh, jonah, appalled at the hostility he should raise, fled from +his mission, and sought to escape his duty and his God by taking ship at +Joppa. But God is everywhere; Tarshish he never reached. As we have seen, +God came upon him in the whale, and swallowed him down to living gulfs of +doom, and with swift slantings tore him along"into the midst of the seas," +where the eddying depths sucked him ten thousand fathoms down, and"the weeds +were wrapped about his head," and all the watery world of woe bowled over +him. Yet even then beyond the reach of any plummet --"out of the belly of +hell" --when the whale grounded upon the ocean's utmost bones, even then, God +heard the engulphed, repenting prophet when he cried. Then God spake unto the +fish; and from the shuddering cold and blackness of the sea, the whale came +breeching up towards the warm and pleasant sun, and all the delights of air +and earth; and"vomited out Jonah upon the dry land;" when the word of the +Lord came a second time; and Jonah, bruised and beaten --his ears, like two +sea-shells, still multitudinously murmuring of the ocean --Jonah did the +Almighty's bidding. And what was that, shipmates? To preach the Truth to the +face of Falsehood! That was it! This, shipmates, this is that other lesson; +and woe to that pilot of the living God who slights it. Woe to him whom this +world charms from Gospel duty! Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the +waters when God has brewed them into a gale! Woe to him who seeks to please +rather than to appal! Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness! + + Woe to him who, in this world, courts not dishonor! Woe to him who would not +be true, even though to be false were salvation! Yea, woe to him who, as the +great Pilot Paul has it, while preaching to others is himself a castaway! +He drooped and fell away from himself for a moment; then lifting his face to +them again, showed a deep joy in his eyes, as he cried out with a heavenly +enthusiasm, -- but oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is +a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the +woe is +..

+deep. Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low? Delight is to +him --a far, far upward, and inward delight --who against the proud gods and +commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self. Delight +is to him whose strong arms yet support him, when the ship of this base +treacherous world has gone down beneath him. Delight is to him, who gives +no quarter in the truth, and kills, burns, and destroys all sin though he +pluck it out from under the robes of Senators and Judges. Delight, +--top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the +Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven. Delight is to him, whom all +the waves of the billows of the seas of the boisterous mob can never shake +from this sure Keel of the Ages. And eternal delight and deliciousness will +be his, who coming to lay him down, can say with his final breath --O Father! +--chiefly known to me by Thy rod --mortal or immortal, here I die. I have +striven to be Thine, more than to be this world's, or mine own. Yet this is +nothing; I leave eternity to Thee; for what is man that he should live out +the lifetime of his God? He said no more, but slowly waving a benediction, +covered his face with his hands, and so remained kneeling, till all the +people had departed, and he was left alone in the place. +..

+.. < chapter X 24 A BOSOM FRIEND > + + Returning to the Spouter-Inn from the +Chapel, I found Queequeg there quite alone; he having left the Chapel before +the benediction some time. He was sitting on a bench before the fire, with +his feet on the stove hearth, and in one hand was holding close up to his +face that little negro idol of his; peering hard into its face, and with a +jack-knife gently whittling away at its nose, meanwhile humming to himself in +his heathenish way. But being now interrupted, he put up the image; and +pretty +..

+soon, going to the table, took up a large book there, and placing it on his +lap began counting the pages with deliberate regularity; at every fiftieth +page --as I fancied --stopping a moment, looking vacantly around him, and +giving utterance to a long-drawn gurgling whistle of astonishment. He would +then begin again at the next fifty; seeming to commence at number one each +time, as though he could not count more than fifty, and it was only by such +a large number of fifties being found together, that his astonishment at the +multitude of pages was excited. With much interest I sat watching him. Savage +though he was, and hideously marred about the face --at least to my taste -- +his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. +You cannot hide the soul. Through all his unearthly tattooings, I thought I +saw the traces of a simple honest heart; and in his large, deep eyes, fiery +black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand +devils. And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the +Pagan, which even his uncouthness could not altogether maim. He looked like +a man who had never cringed and never had had a creditor. Whether it was, +too, that his head being shaved, his forehead was drawn out in freer and +brighter relief, and looked more expansive than it otherwise would, this I +will not venture to decide; but certain it was his head was phrenologically +an excellent one. It may seem ridiculous, but it reminded me of General +Washington's head, as seen in the popular busts of him. It had the same long +regularly graded retreating slope from above the brows, which were likewise +very projecting, like two long promontories thickly wooded on top. Queequeg +was George Washington cannibalistically developed. Whilst I was thus closely +scanning him, half-pretending meanwhile to be looking out at the storm from +the casement, he never heeded my presence, never troubled himself with so +much as a single glance; but appeared wholly occupied with counting the +pages of the marvellous book. Considering how sociably we had been sleeping +together the night previous, and especially considering the affectionate arm +I had found thrown over me upon waking in the morning, I thought this +indifference of his +..

+very strange. But savages are strange beings; at times you do not know +exactly how to take them. At first they are overawing; their calm +self-collectedness of simplicity seems a Socratic wisdom. I had noticed also +that Queequeg never consorted at all, or but very little, with the other +seamen in the inn. He made no advances whatever; appeared to have no desire +to enlarge the circle of his acquaintances. All this struck me as mighty +singular; yet, upon second thoughts, there was something almost sublime in +it. Here was a man some twenty thousand miles from home, by the way of Cape +Horn, that is --which was the only way he could get there --thrown among people +as strange to him as though he were in the planet Jupiter; and yet he seemed +entirely at his ease; preserving the utmost serenity; content with his own +companionship; always equal to himself. Surely this was a touch of fine +philosophy; though no doubt he had never heard there was such a thing as +that. But, perhaps, to be true philosophers, we mortals should not be +conscious of so living or so striving. So soon as I hear that such or such a +man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic +old woman, he must have broken his digester. As I sat there in that now +lonely room; the fire burning low, in that mild stage when, after its first +intensity has warmed the air, it then only glows to be looked at; the +evening shades and phantoms gathering round the casements, and peering in +upon us silent, solitary twain; the storm booming without in solemn swells; +I began to be sensible of strange feelings. I felt a melting in me. No +more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish +world. This soothing savage had redeemed it. There he sat, his very +indifference speaking a nature in which there lurked no civilized hypocrisies +and bland deceits. Wild he was; a very sight of sights to see; yet I began +to feel myself mysteriously drawn towards him. And those same things that +would have repelled most others, they were the very magnets that thus drew +me. I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved +but hollow courtesy. I drew my bench near him, and made some friendly signs +and hints, doing my best to talk with him meanwhile. At first he little +noticed these advances; but presently, upon my referring to his last +..

+night's hospitalities, he made out to ask me whether we were again to be +bedfellows. I told him yes; whereat I thought he looked pleased, perhaps a +little complimented. We then turned over the book together, and I endeavored +to explain to him the purpose of the printing, and the meaning of the few +pictures that were in it. Thus I soon engaged his interest; and from that we +went to jabbering the best we could about the various outer sights to be seen +in this famous town. Soon I proposed a social smoke; and, producing his pouch +and tomahawk, he quietly offered me a puff. And then we sat exchanging puffs +from that wild pipe of his, and keeping it regularly passing between us. If +there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the Pagan's breast, +this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and left us cronies. +He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and +when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me +round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married; meaning, in his +country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if +need should be. In a countryman, this sudden flame of friendship would have +seemed far too premature, a thing to be much distrusted; but in this simple +savage those old rules would not apply. After supper, and another social chat +and smoke, we went to our room together. He made me a present of his +embalmed head; took out his enormous tobacco wallet, and groping under the +tobacco, drew out some thirty dollars in silver; then spreading them on the +table, and mechanically dividing them into two equal portions, pushed one of +them towards me, and said it was mine. I was going to remonstrate; but he +silenced me by pouring them into my trowsers' pockets. I let them stay. He +then went about his evening prayers, took out his idol, and removed the +paper fireboard. By certain signs and symptoms, I thought he seemed anxious +for me to join him; but well knowing what was to follow, I deliberated a +moment whether, in case he invited me, I would comply or otherwise. I was a +good Christian; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian +Church. How then could I unite with +..

+this wild idolator in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? +thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael, that the magnanimous God of heaven +and earth --pagans and all included --can possibly be jealous of an +insignificant bit of black wood? Impossible! But what is worship? --to do the +will of God -- that is worship. And what is the will of God? --to do to my +fellow man what I would have my fellow man to do to me -- that is the will of +God. Now, Queequeg is my fellow man. And what do I wish that this Queequeg +would do to me? Why, unite with me in my particular Presbyterian form of +worship. consequently, i must then unite with him in his; ergo, I must turn +idolator. So I kindled the shavings; helped prop up the innocent little +idol; offered him burnt biscuit with Queequeg; salamed before him twice or +thrice; kissed his nose; and that done, we undressed and went to bed, at +peace with our own consciences and all the world. But we did not go to sleep +without some little chat. How it is I know not; but there is no place like a +bed for confidential disclosures between friends. Man and wife, they say, +there open the very bottom of their souls to each other; and some old couples +often lie and chat over old times till nearly morning. Thus, then, in our +hearts' honeymoon, lay I and Queequeg --a cosy, loving pair. +..

+.. < chapter xi 24 NIGHTGOWN > + + We had lain thus in bed, chatting and +napping at short intervals, and Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing +his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely +sociable and free and easy were we; when, at last, by reason of our +confabulations, what little nappishness remained in us altogether departed, +and we felt like getting up again, though day-break was yet some way down the +future. Yes, we became very wakeful; so much so that our recumbent +..

+position began to grow wearisome, and by little and little we found ourselves +sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the +head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses +bending over them, as if our knee-pans were warming-pans. We felt very nice +and snug, the more so since it was so chilly out of doors; indeed out of +bed-clothes too, seeing that there was no fire in the room. The more so, I +say, because truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be +cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by +contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all +over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to +be comfortable any more. But if, like Queequeg and me in the bed, the tip +of your nose or the crown of your head be slightly chilled, why then, indeed, +in the general consciousness you feel most delightfully and unmistakably warm. + + For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, +which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of +this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and +your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one +warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal. We had been sitting in this +crouching manner for some time, when all at once I thought I would open my +eyes; for when between sheets, whether by day or by night, and whether +asleep or awake, I have a way of always keeping my eyes shut, in order the +more to concentrate the snugness of being in bed. Because no man can ever +feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were +indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to +our clayey part. Upon opening my eyes then, and coming out of my own pleasant + + and self-created darkness into the imposed and coarse outer gloom of the +unilluminated twelve-o'clock-at-night, I experienced a disagreeable +revulsion. Nor did I at all object to the hint from Queequeg that perhaps it +were best to strike a light, seeing that we were so wide awake; and besides +he felt a strong desire to have a few quiet puffs from his Tomahawk. Be it +said, that though I had felt such a strong repugnance to his smoking in +..

+the bed the night before, yet see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when +love once comes to bend them. For now I liked nothing better than to have +Queequeg smoking by me, even in bed, because he seemed to be full of such +serene household joy then. I no more felt unduly concerned for the landlord's +policy of insurance. I was only alive to the condensed confidential +comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend. With our +shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one +to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, +illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp. Whether it was that this +undulating tester rolled the savage away to far distant scenes, I know not, +but he now spoke of his native island; and, eager to hear his history, I +begged him to go on and tell it. He gladly complied. Though at the time I +but ill comprehended not a few of his words, yet subsequent disclosures, +when I had become more familiar with his broken phraseology, now enable me to +present the whole story such as it may prove in the mere skeleton I give. +..

+.. < chapter xii 21 BIOGRAPHICAL > + + Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an +island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true +places never are. When a new-hatched savage running wild about his native +woodlands in a grass clout, followed by the nibbling goats, as if he were a +green sapling; even then, in Queequeg's ambitious soul, lurked a strong +desire to see something more of Christendom than a specimen whaler or two. +His father was a High Chief, a King; his uncle a High Priest; and on the +maternal side he boasted aunts who were the wives of unconquerable warriors. +There was excellent blood in his veins --royal stuff; though +..

+sadly vitiated, I fear, by the cannibal propensity he nourished in his +untutored youth. A Sag Harbor ship visited his father's bay, and Queequeg +sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement +of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence +could prevail. But Queequeg vowed a vow. Alone in his canoe, he paddled off +to a distant strait, which he knew the ship must pass through when she quitted + + the island. On one side was a coral reef; on the other a low tongue of +land, covered with mangrove thickets that grew out into the water. Hiding +his canoe, still afloat, among these thickets, with its prow seaward, he sat +down in the stern, paddle low in hand; and when the ship was gliding by, +like a flash he darted out; gained her side; with one backward dash of his +foot capsized and sank his canoe; climbed up the chains; and throwing +himself at full length upon the deck, grappled a ringbolt there, and swore not +to let it go, though hacked in pieces. In vain the captain threatened to throw +him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the +son of a King, and Queequeg budged not. Struck by his desperate +dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last +relented, and told him he might make himself at home. But this fine young +savage --this sea Prince of Wales, never saw the captain's cabin. They put him +down among the sailors, and made a whaleman of him. But like Czar Peter +content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no +seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening +his untutored countrymen. For at bottom --so he told me --he was actuated by a +profound desire to learn among the Christians, the arts whereby to make his +people still happier than they were; and more than that, still better than +they were. But, alas! the practices of whalemen soon convinced him that even +Christians could be both miserable and wicked; infinitely more so, than all +his father's heathens. Arrived at last in old Sag Harbor; and seeing what +the sailors did there; and then going on to Nantucket, and seeing how they +spent their wages in that place also, poor Queequeg gave it up for lost. +Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan. +..

+and thus an old idolator at heart, he yet lived among these Christians, wore +their clothes, and tried to talk their gibberish. Hence the queer ways about +him, though now some time from home. By hints, I asked him whether he did +not propose going back, and having a coronation; since he might now consider +his father dead and gone, he being very old and feeble at the last accounts. +He answered no, not yet; and added that he was fearful Christianity, or +rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled +throne of thirty pagan Kings before him. But by and by, he said, he would +return, --as soon as he felt himself baptized again. For the nonce, however, +he proposed to sail about, and sow his wild oats in all four oceans. They +had made a harpooneer of him, and that barbed iron was in lieu of a sceptre +now. I asked him what might be his immediate purpose, touching his future +movements. He answered, to go to sea again, in his old vocation. Upon this, +I told him that whaling was my own design, and informed him of my intention +to sail out of Nantucket, as being the most promising port for an adventurous +whaleman to embark from. He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, +ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the +same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in +his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds. To all this I joyously +assented; for besides the affection I now felt for Queequeg, he was an +experienced harpooneer, and as such, could not fail to be of great usefulness +to one, who, like me, was wholly ignorant of the mysteries of whaling, though +well acquainted with the sea, as known to merchant seamen. His story being +ended with his pipe's last dying puff, Queequeg embraced me, pressed his +forehead against mine, and blowing out the light, we rolled over from each +other, this way and that, and very soon were sleeping. +..

+.. < chapter xiii 2 WHEELBARROW > + + wheelbarrow next morning, Monday, after disposing of +the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade's +bill; using, however, my comrade's money. The grinning landlord, as well as +the boarders, seemed amazingly tickled at the sudden friendship which had +sprung up between me and Queequeg -- especially as Peter Coffin's cock and bull +stories about him had previously so much alarmed me concerning the very person +whom I now companied with. We borrowed a wheelbarrow, and embarking our +things, including my own poor carpet-bag, and Queequeg's canvas sack and +hammock, away we went down to the Moss, the little Nantucket packet +schooner moored at the wharf. As we were going along the people stared; not +at Queequeg so much --for they were used to seeing cannibals like him in their +streets, -- but at seeing him and me upon such confidential terms. But we +heeded them not, going along wheeling the barrow by turns, and Queequeg now +and then stopping to adjust the sheath on his harpoon barbs. I asked him why +he carried such a troublesome thing with him ashore, and whether all whaling +ships did not find their own harpoons. To this, in substance, he replied, +that though what I hinted was true enough, yet he had a particular affection +for his own harpoon, because it was of assured stuff, well tried in many a +mortal combat, and deeply intimate with the hearts of whales. In short, like +many inland reapers and mowers, who go into the farmers' meadows armed with +their own scythes --though in no wise obliged to furnished them -- even so, +Queequeg, for his own private reasons, preferred his own harpoon. Shifting +the barrow from my hand to his, he told me a funny story about the first +wheelbarrow he had ever seen. It was in Sag Harbor. The owners of his ship, +it seems, had lent him one, +..

+in which to carry his heavy chest to his boarding house. Not to seem ignorant +about the thing --though in truth he was entirely so, concerning the precise +way in which to manage the barrow --Queequeg puts his chest upon it; lashes +it fast; and then shoulders the barrow and marches up the wharf. Why, said +I, Queequeg, you might have known better than that, one would think. Didn't +the people laugh? Upon this, he told me another story. The people of his +island of Rokovoko, it seems, at their wedding feasts express the fragrant +water of young cocoanuts into a large stained calabash like a punchbowl; and +this punchbowl always forms the great central ornament on the braided mat +where the feast is held. Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at +Rokovoko, and its commander --from all accounts, a very stately punctilious +gentleman, at least for a sea captain --this commander was invited to the +wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of +ten. Well; when all the wedding guests were assembled at the bride's bamboo +cottage, this Captain marches in, and being assigned the post of honor, +placed himself over against the punchbowl, and between the High Priest and +his majesty the King, Queequeg's father. Grace being said, -- for those people +have their grace as well as we --though Queequeg told me that unlike us, who +at such times look downwards to our platters, they, on the contrary, copying +the ducks, glance upwards to the great Giver of all feasts --Grace, I say, +being said, the High Priest opens the banquet by the immemorial ceremony of +the island; that is, dipping his consecrated and consecrating fingers into +the bowl before the blessed beverage circulates. Seeing himself placed next +the Priest, and noting the ceremony, and thinking himself --being Captain of +a ship --as having plain precedence over a mere island King, especially in the +King's own house --the Captain coolly proceeds to wash his hands in the punch +bowl; --taking it i suppose for a huge finger-glass. now, said Queequeg, + + what you tink now, --Didn't our people laugh? At last, passage paid, and +luggage safe, we stood on board the schooner. Hoisting sail, it glided down +the Acushnet river. On +..

+one side, New Bedford rose in terraces of streets, their ice-covered trees +all glittering in the clear, cold air. Huge hills and mountains of casks on +casks were piled upon her wharves, and side by side the world-wandering whale +ships lay silent and safely moored at last; while from others came a sound of +carpenters and coopers, with blended noises of fires and forges to melt the +pitch, all betokening that new cruises were on the start; that one most +perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, +only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye. Such is the +endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort. Gaining the +more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the +quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings. How I snuffed that +Tartar air! --how I spurned that turnpike earth! --that common highway all over +dented with the marks of slavish heels and hoofs; and turned me to admire the +magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records. At the same +foam-fountain, Queequeg seemed to drink and reel with me. His dusky nostrils +swelled apart; he showed his filed and pointed teeth. On, on we flew, and +our offing gained, the Moss did homage to the blast; ducked and dived her +brows as a slave before the Sultan. Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; +every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian +canes in land tornadoes. So full of this reeling scene were we, as we stood +by the plunging bowsprit, that for some time we did not notice the jeering +glances of the passengers, a lubber-like assembly, who marvelled that two +fellow beings should be so companionable; as though a white man were anything +more dignified than a whitewashed negro. But there were some boobies and +bumpkins there, who, by their intense greenness, must have come from the heart +and centre of all verdure. Queequeg caught one of these young saplings +mimicking him behind his back. I thought the bumpkin's hour of doom was come. + + Dropping his harpoon, the brawny savage caught him in his arms, and by an +almost miraculous dexterity and strength, sent him high up bodily into the +air; then slightly +..

+tapping his stern in mid-somerset, the fellow landed with bursting lungs upon +his feet, while Queequeg, turning his back upon him, lighted his tomahawk +pipe and passed it to me for a puff. Capting! Capting! yelled the +bumpkin, running towards that officer; Capting, Capting, here's the devil. + + Hallo, you sir, cried the Captain, a gaunt rib of the sea, stalking up to +Queequeg, what in thunder do you mean by that? Don't you know you might have +killed that chap? What him say? said Queequeg, as he mildly turned to me. + + He say, said I, that you came near kill-e that man there, pointing to the +still shivering greenhorn. Kill-e, cried Queequeg, twisting his tattooed +face into an unearthly expression of disdain, ah! him bevy small-e fish-e; +Queequeg no kill-e so small-e fish-e; Queequeg kill-e big whale! Look you, +roared the Captain, I'll kill-e you, you cannibal, if you try any more of +your tricks aboard here; so mind your eye. But it so happened just then, +that it was high time for the Captain to mind his own eye. The prodigious +strain upon the main-sail had parted the weather-sheet, and the tremendous +boom was now flying from side to side, completely sweeping the entire after +part of the deck. The poor fellow whom Queequeg had handled so roughly, was +swept overboard; all hands were in a panic; and to attempt snatching at the +boom to stay it, seemed madness. It flew from right to left, and back again, +almost in one ticking of a watch, and every instant seemed on the point of +snapping into splinters. Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of +being done; those on deck rushed towards the bows, and stood eyeing the boom +as if it were the lower jaw of an exasperated whale. In the midst of this +consternation, Queequeg dropped deftly to his knees, and crawling under the +path of the boom, whipped hold of a rope, secured one end to the bulwarks, +and then flinging the other like a lasso, caught it round the boom as it swept +over his head, and at the next jerk, the spar was that way trapped, and all +was safe. The schooner was run into the wind, and while the hands were +clearing away the stern boat, Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted from +the side with a long living arc of a leap. For three +..

+minutes or more he was seen swimming like a dog, throwing his long arms +straight out before him, and by turns revealing his brawny shoulders through +the freezing foam. I looked at the grand and glorious fellow, but saw no one +to be saved. The greenhorn had gone down. Shooting himself perpendicularly +from the water, Queequeg now took an instant's glance around him, and +seeming to see just how matters were, dived down and disappeared. A few +minutes more, and he rose again, one arm still striking out, and with the +other dragging a lifeless form. The boat soon picked them up. The poor +bumpkin was restored. All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump; the captain +begged his pardon. From that hour I clove to Queequeg like a barnacle; yea, +till poor Queequeg took his last long dive. Was there ever such +unconsciousness? He did not seem to think that he at all deserved a medal +from the Humane and Magnanimous Societies. He only asked for water --fresh +water -- something to wipe the brine off; that done, he put on dry clothes, +lighted his pipe, and leaning against the bulwarks, and mildly eyeing those +around him, seemed to be saying to himself -- It's a mutual, joint-stock +world, in all meridians. We cannibals must help these Christians. +..

+.. < chapter xiv 23 NANTUCKET > + + Nothing more happened on the passage worthy +the mentioning; so, after a fine run, we safely arrived in Nantucket. +Nantucket! Take out your map and look at it. See what a real corner of the +world it occupies; how it stands there, away off shore, more lonely than the +Eddystone lighthouse. Look at it --a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all +beach, without a background. There is more sand there than you would use in +twenty years as a substitute for blotting paper. Some gamesome wights will +tell you that they have to plant weeds there, they don't +..

+grow naturally; that they import Canada thistles; that they have to send +beyond seas for a spile to stop a leak in an oil cask; that pieces of wood in +Nantucket are carried about like bits of the true cross in Rome; that people +there plant toadstools before their houses, to get under the shade in summer +time; that one blade of grass makes an oasis, three blades in a day's walk a +prairie; that they wear quicksand shoes, something like Laplander snowshoes; + + that they are so shut up, belted about, every way inclosed, surrounded, and +made an utter island of by the ocean, that to their very chairs and tables +small clams will sometimes be found adhering, as to the backs of sea +turtles. But these extravaganzas only show that Nantucket is no Illinois. +Look now at the wondrous traditional story of how this island was settled by +the red-men. Thus goes the legend. In olden times an eagle swooped down upon +the New England coast, and carried off an infant Indian in his talons. With +loud lament the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide +waters. They resolved to follow in the same direction. Setting out in their +canoes, after a perilous passage they discovered the island, and there they +found an empty ivory casket, --the poor little Indian's skeleton. What wonder, +then, that these Nantucketers, born on a beach, should take to the sea for a +livelihood! They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, +they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in +boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the +sea, explored this watery world; put an incessant belt of circumnavigations +round it; peeped in at Behring's Straits; and in all seasons and all oceans +declared everlasting war with the mightiest animated mass that has survived +the flood; most monstrous and most mountainous! That Himmalehan, salt-sea +Mastodon, clothed with such portentousness of unconscious power, that his +very panics are more to be dreaded than his most fearless and malicious +assaults! And thus have these naked Nantucketers, these sea hermits, issuing +from their ant-hill in the sea, overrun and conquered the watery world like +so many Alexanders; parcelling out among +..

+them the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, as the three pirate powers did +Poland. Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the +English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the sun; +two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer's. For the sea is +his; he owns it, as Emperors own empires; other seamen having but a right +of way through it. Merchant ships are but extension bridges; armed ones but +floating forts; even pirates and privateers, though following the sea as +highwaymen the road, they but plunder other ships, other fragments of the +land like themselves, without seeking to draw their living from the bottomless + + deep itself. The Nantucketer, he alone resides and riots on the sea; he +alone, in Bible language, goes down to it in ships; to and fro ploughing it +as his own special plantation. There is his home; there lies his business, + + which a noah's flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the +millions in China. He lives on the sea, as prairie cocks in the prairie; he +hides among the waves, he climbs them as chamois hunters climb the Alps. For +years he knows not the land; so that when he comes to it at last, it smells +like another world, more strangely than the moon would to an Earthsman. With +the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep +between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, +furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush +herds of walruses and whales. +..

+.. < chapter xv 27 CHOWDER > + + It was quite late in the evening when the +little Moss came snugly to anchor, and Queequeg and I went ashore; so we +could attend to no business that day, at least none but a supper and a bed. +The landlord of the Spouter-Inn had recommended us to his cousin Hosea Hussey +of the Try Pots, whom he asserted to +..

+be the proprietor of one of the best kept hotels in all Nantucket, and +moreover he had assured us that cousin Hosea, as he called him, was famous for +his chowders. In short, he plainly hinted that we could not possibly do +better than try pot-luck at the Try Pots. But the directions he had given us +about keeping a yellow warehouse on our starboard hand till we opened a white +church to the larboard, and then keeping that on the larboard hand till we +made a corner three points to the starboard, and that done, then ask the first +man we met where the place was: these crooked directions of his very much +puzzled us at first, especially as, at the outset, Queequeg insisted that the +yellow warehouse --our first point of departure --must be left on the larboard + + hand, whereas I had understood Peter Coffin to say it was on the starboard. +However, by dint of beating about a little in the dark, and now and then +knocking up a peaceable inhabitant to inquire the way, we at last came to +something which there was no mistaking. Two enormous wooden pots painted +black, and suspended by asses' ears, swung from the cross-trees of an old +top-mast, planted in front of an old doorway. The horns of the cross-trees +were sawed off on the other side, so that this old top-mast looked not a +little like a gallows. Perhaps I was over sensitive to such impressions at +the time, but I could not help staring at this gallows with a vague +misgiving. A sort of crick was in my neck as I gazed up to the two remaining +horns; yes, two of them, one for Queequeg, and one for me. It's ominous, +thinks I. A Coffin my Innkeeper upon landing in my first whaling port; +tombstones staring at me in the whalemen's chapel; and here a gallows! and a +pair of prodigious black pots too! Are these last throwing out oblique hints +touching tophet? I was called from these reflections by the sight of a +freckled woman with yellow hair and a yellow gown, standing in the porch of +the inn, under a dull red lamp swinging there, that looked much like an +injured eye, and carrying on a brisk scolding with a man in a purple woollen +shirt. Get along with ye, said she to the man, or I'll be combing ye! + + Come on, Queequeg, said I, all right. There's Mrs. Hussey. +..

+And so it turned out; Mr. Hosea Hussey being from home, but leaving Mrs. +Hussey entirely competent to attend to all his affairs. Upon making known our +desires for a supper and a bed, Mrs. Hussey, postponing further scolding for +the present, ushered us into a little room, and seating us at a table spread +with the relics of a recently concluded repast, turned round to us and +said-- Clam or Cod? What's that about Cods, ma'am? said I, with much +politeness. Clam or Cod? she repeated. A clam for supper? a cold clam; +is that what you mean, Mrs. Hussey? says I; but that's a rather cold and +clammy reception in the winter time, ain't it, Mrs Hussey? But being in a +great hurry to resume scolding the man in the purple shirt, who was waiting +for it in the entry, and seeming to hear nothing but the word clam, Mrs. +Hussey hurried towards an open door leading to the kitchen, and bawling out + + clam for two, disappeared. Queequeg, said I, do you think that we can +make out a supper for us both on one clam? However, a warm savory steam from +the kitchen served to belie the apparently cheerless prospect before us. But +when that smoking chowder came in, the mystery was delightfully explained. +Oh, sweet friends! hearken to me. It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely +bigger than hazel nuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut +up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully +seasoned with pepper and salt. Our appetites being sharpened by the frosty +voyage, and in particular, Queequeg seeing his favorite fishing food before +him, and the chowder being surpassingly excellent, we despatched it with +great expedition: when leaning back a moment and bethinking me of Mrs. +Hussey's clam and cod announcement, I thought I would try a little experiment. + + Stepping to the kitchen door, I uttered the word cod with great emphasis, +and resumed my seat. In a few moments the savory steam came forth again, but +with a different flavor, and in good time a fine cod-chowder was placed +before us. We resumed business; and while plying our spoons in the +..

+bowl, thinks I to myself, I wonder now if this here has any effect on the +head? What's that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people? But look, +Queequeg, ain't that a live eel in your bowl? Where's your harpoon? +Fishiest of all fishy places was the Try Pots, which well deserved its name; +for the pots there were always boiling chowders. Chowder for breakfast, and +chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you began to look for +fish-bones coming through your clothes. The area before the house was paved +with clam-shells. Mrs. Hussey wore a polished necklace of codfish vertebra; +and Hosea Hussey had his account books bound in superior old shark-skin. +There was a fishy flavor to the milk, too, which I could not at all account +for, till one morning happening to take a stroll along the beach among some +fishermen's boats, I saw Hosea's brindled cow feeding on fish remnants, and +marching along the sand with each foot in a cod's decapitated head, looking +very slip-shod, I assure ye. Supper concluded, we received a lamp, and +directions from Mrs. Hussey concerning the nearest way to bed; but, as +Queequeg was about to precede me up the stairs, the lady reached forth her +arm, and demanded his harpoon; she allowed no harpoon in her chambers. Why +not? said I; every true whaleman sleeps with his harpoon --but why not? + + Because it's dangerous, says she. Ever since young Stiggs coming from that +unfort'nt v'y'ge of his, when he was gone four years and a half, with only +three barrels of ile, was found dead in my first floor back, with his +harpoon in his side; ever since then I allow no boarders to take sich +dangerous weepons in their rooms at night. So, Mr. Queequeg (for she had +learned his name), I will just take this here iron, and keep it for you till +morning. But the chowder; clam or cod to-morrow for breakfast, men? Both, +says I; and let's have a couple of smoked herring by way of variety. +..

+.. < chapter xvi 2 THE SHIP > + + In bed we concocted our plans for the morrow. +But to my surprise and no small concern, Queequeg now gave me to understand, +that he had been diligently consulting Yojo --the name of his black little god +--and Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it +everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in +harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo +earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, +inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us; and, in order to do so, had already +pitched upon a vessel, which, if left to myself, I, Ishmael, should +infallibly light upon, for all the world as though it had turned out by +chance; and in that vessel I must immediately ship myself, for the present +irrespective of Queequeg. I have forgotten to mention that, in many things, +Queequeg placed great confidence in the excellence of Yojo's judgment and +surprising forecast of things; and cherished Yojo with considerable esteem, +as a rather good sort of god, who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole, +but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs. Now, this plan of +Queequeg's, or rather Yojo's, touching the selection of our craft; I did not +like that plan at all. I had not a little relied on Queequeg's sagacity to +point out the whaler best fitted to carry us and our fortunes securely. But +as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg, I was obliged to +acquiesce; and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a +determined rushing sort of energy and vigor, that should quickly settle that +trifling little affair. Next morning early, leaving Queequeg shut up with +Yojo in our little bedroom --for it seemed that it was some sort of Lent or +Ramadan, or day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer with Queequeg and Yojo +that +..

+day; how it was I never could find out, for, though I applied myself to it +several times, I never could master his liturgies and XXXIX Articles --leaving +Queequeg, then, fasting on his tomahawk pipe, and Yojo warming himself at +his sacrificial fire of shavings, I sallied out among the shipping. After +much prolonged sauntering and many random inquiries, I learnt that there +were three ships up for three-years' voyages --The Devil-Dam the Tit-bit, +and the pequod. devil- dam, i do not know the origin of; tit-bit is +obvious; Pequod, you will no doubt remember, was the name of a celebrated +tribe of Massachusetts Indians, now extinct as the ancient Medes. I peered +and pryed about the Devil-Dam; from her, hopped over to the Tit-bit; and, +finally, going on board the Pequod, looked around her for a moment, and then +decided that this was the very ship for us. You may have seen many a quaint +craft in your day, for aught I know; --squared-toed luggers; mountainous +Japanese junks; butter-box galliots, and what not; but take my word for it, + + you never saw such a rare old craft as this same rare old Pequod. She was a +ship of the old school, rather small if anything; with an old fashioned +claw-footed look about her. Long seasoned and weather-stained in the typhoons +and calms of all four oceans, her old hull's complexion was darkened like a +French grenadier's, who has alike fought in Egypt and Siberia. Her +venerable bows looked bearded. Her masts--cut somewhere on the coast of Japan, +where her original ones were lost overboard in a gale --her masts stood +stiffly up like the spines of the three old kings of Cologne. Her ancient +decks were worn and wrinkled, like the pilgrim-worshipped flag-stone in +Canterbury Cathedral where Beckett bled. But to all these her old +antiquities, were added new and marvellous features, pertaining to the wild +business that for more than half a century she had followed. Old Captain +Peleg, many years her chief-mate, before he commanded another vessel of his +own, and now a retired seaman, and one of the principal owners of the +Pequod, --this old Peleg, during the term of his chief-mateship, had built upon + + her original grotesqueness, and inlaid it, all over, with a quaintness both +of material and device, unmatched by anything except it be Thorkill-Hake's +carved buckler or bedstead. She was +..

+apparelled like any barbaric Ethiopian emperor, his neck heavy with pendants +of polished ivory. She was a thing of trophies. A cannibal of a craft, +tricking herself forth in the chased bones of her enemies. All round, her +unpanelled, open bulwarks were garnished like one continuous jaw, with the +long sharp teeth of the sperm whale, inserted there for pins, to fasten her +old hempen thews and tendons to. Those thews ran not through base blocks of +land wood, but deftly travelled over sheaves of sea-ivory. Scorning a +turnstile wheel at her reverend helm, she sported there a tiller; and that +tiller was in one mass, curiously carved from the long narrow lower jaw of her +hereditary foe. The helmsman who steered by that tiller in a tempest, felt +like the Tartar, when he holds back his fiery steed by clutching its jaw. A +noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched +with that. Now when I looked about the quarter-deck, for some one having +authority, in order to propose myself as a candidate for the voyage, at +first I saw nobody; but I could not well overlook a strange sort of tent, or +rather wigwam, pitched a little behind the main-mast. It seemed only a +temporary erection used in port. It was of a conical shape, some ten feet +high; consisting of the long, huge slabs of limber black bone taken from +the middle and highest part of the jaws of the right-whale. Planted with their +broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually +sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where +the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like a top-knot on some old +Pottowotamie Sachem's head. A triangular opening faced towards the bows of +the ship, so that the insider commanded a complete view forward. And half +concealed in this queer tenement, I at length found one who by his aspect +seemed to have authority; and who, it being noon, and the ship's work +suspended, was now enjoying respite from the burden of command. He was seated +on an old-fashioned oaken chair, wriggling all over with curious carving; and +the bottom of which was formed of a stout interlacing of the same elastic +stuff of which the wigwam was constructed. There was nothing so very +particular, perhaps, about the +..

+appearance of the elderly man I saw; he was brown and brawny, like most old +seamen, and heavily rolled up in blue pilot-cloth, cut in the Quaker style; +only there was a fine and almost microscopic net-work of the minutest wrinkles +interlacing round his eyes, which must have arisen from his continual +sailings in many hard gales, and always looking to windward; --for this +causes the muscles about the eyes to become pursed together. Such +eye-wrinkles are very effectual in a scowl. Is this the Captain of the +Pequod? said I, advancing to the door of the tent. Supposing it be the +Captain of the Pequod, what dost thou want of him? he demanded. I was +thinking of shipping. Thou wast, wast thou? I see thou are no Nantucketer +--ever been in a stove boat? No, Sir, I never have. Dost know nothing at +all about whaling, I dare say --eh? Nothing, Sir; but I have no doubt I +shall soon learn. I've been several voyages in the merchant service, and I +think that-- Merchant service be damned. Talk not that lingo to me. Dost +see that leg? --I'll take that leg away from thy stern, if ever thou talkest +of the marchant service to me again. Marchant service indeed! I suppose now +ye feel considerable proud of having served in those marchant ships. But +flukes! man, what makes thee want to go a whaling, eh? --it looks a little +suspicious, don't it, eh? --Hast not been a pirate, hast thou? --Didst not rob + + thy last Captain, didst thou? --Dost not think of murdering the officers when +thou gettest to sea? I protested my innocence of these things. I saw that +under the mask of these half humorous inuendoes, this old seaman, as an +insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular prejudices, and +rather distrustful of all aliens, unless they hailed from Cape Cod or the +Vineyard. But what takes thee a-whaling? I want to know that before I think +of shipping ye. Well, sir, I want to see what whaling is. I want to see +the world. Want to see what whaling is, eh? Have ye clapped eye on +Captain Ahab? +..

+ + Who is Captain Ahab, sir? Aye, aye, I thought so. Captain Ahab is the +Captain of this ship. I am mistaken then. I thought I was speaking to the +Captain himself. Thou art speaking to Captain Peleg --that's who ye are +speaking to, young man. It belongs to me and Captain Bildad to see the +Pequod fitted out for the voyage, and supplied with all her needs, including +crew. We are part owners and agents. But as I was going to say, if thou +wantest to know what whaling is, as thou tellest ye do, I can put ye in a way +of finding it out before ye bind yourself to it, past backing out. Clap eye +on Captain Ahab, young man, and thou wilt find that he has only one leg. + + What do you mean, sir? Was the other one lost by a whale? Lost by a whale! + + Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the +monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat! --ah, ah! I was a little +alarmed by his energy, perhaps also a little touched at the hearty grief in +his concluding exclamation, but said as calmly as I could, What you say is +no doubt true enough, sir; but how could I know there was any peculiar +ferocity in that particular whale, though indeed I might have inferred as +much from the simple fact of the accident. Look ye now, young man, thy +lungs are a sort of soft, d'ye see; thou dost not talk shark a bit. Sure, +ye've been to sea before now; sure of that? Sir, said I, I thought I +told you that I had been four voyages in the merchant-- Hard down out of +that! Mind what I said about the marchant service --don't aggravate me --I +won't have it. But let us understand each other. I have given thee a hint +about what whaling is; do ye yet feel inclined for it? I do, sir. Very +good. Now, art thou the man to pitch a harpoon down a live whale's throat, +and then jump after it? Answer, quick! I am, sir, if it should be +positively indispensable to do so; not to be got rid of, that is; which I +don't take to be the fact. Good again. Now then, thou not only wantest to +go a-whaling, to find out by experience what whaling is, but ye also want to + +..

+go in order to see the world? Was not that what ye said? I thought so. Well +then, just step forward there, and take a peep over the weather-bow, and +then back to me and tell me what ye see there. For a moment I stood a little +puzzled by this curious request, not knowing exactly how to take it, whether +humorously or in earnest. But concentrating all his crow's feet into one +scowl, Captain Peleg started me on the errand. Going forward and glancing +over the weather bow, I perceived that the ship swinging to her anchor with +the flood-tide, was now obliquely pointing towards the open ocean. The +prospect was unlimited, but exceedingly monotonous and forbidding; not the +slightest variety that I could see. Well, what's the report? said Peleg +when I came back; what did ye see? Not much, I replied -- nothing but +water; considerable horizon though, and there's a squall coming up, I +think. Well, what dost thou think then of seeing the world? Do ye wish to +go round Cape Horn to see any more of it, eh? Can't ye see the world where +you stand? I was a little staggered, but go a-whaling I must, and I would; +and the Pequod was as good a ship as any --I thought the best -- and all this I +now repeated to Peleg. Seeing me so determined, he expressed his willingness +to ship me. And thou mayest as well sign the papers right off, he added +-- come along with ye. And so saying, he led the way below deck into the +cabin. seated on the transom was what seemed to me a most uncommon and +surprising figure. It turned out to be Captain Bildad, who along with +Captain Peleg was one of the largest owners of the vessel; the other shares, +as is sometimes the case in these ports, being held by a crowd of old +annuitants; widows, fatherless children, and chancery wards; each owning +about the value of a timber head, or a foot of plank, or a nail or two in the +ship. People in Nantucket invest their money in whaling vessels, the same +way that you do yours in approved state stocks bringing in good interest. +Now, Bildad, like Peleg, and indeed many other Nantucketers, +..

+was a Quaker, the island having been originally settled by that sect; and to +this day its inhabitants in general retain in an uncommon measure the +peculiarities of the Quaker, only variously and anomalously modified by +things altogether alien and heterogeneous. For some of these same Quakers are +the most sanguinary of all sailors and whale-hunters. They are fighting +Quakers; they are Quakers with a vengeance. So that there are instances among +them of men, who, named with Scripture names --a singularly common fashion on +the island --and in childhood naturally imbibing the stately dramatic thee and +thou of the Quaker idiom; still, from the audacious, daring, and boundless +adventure of their subsequent lives, strangely blend with these unoutgrown +peculiarities, a thousand bold dashes of character, not unworthy a +Scandinavian sea-king, or a poetical Pagan Roman. And when these things unite +in a man of greatly superior natural force, with a globular brain and a +ponderous heart; who has also by the stillness and seclusion of many long +night-watches in the remotest waters, and beneath constellations never seen +here at the north, been led to think untraditionally and independently; +receiving all nature's sweet or savage impressions fresh from her own virgin +voluntary and confiding breast, and thereby chiefly, but with some help from + + accidental advantages, to learn a bold and nervous lofty language --that man +makes one in a whole nation's census --a mighty pageant creature, formed for +noble tragedies. Nor will it at all detract from him, dramatically regarded, +if either by birth or other circumstances, he have what seems a half wilful +overruling morbidness at the bottom of his nature. For all men tragically +great are made so through a certain morbidness. Be sure of this, O young +ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease. But, as yet we have not to +do with such an one, but with quite another; and still a man, who, if indeed +peculiar, it only results again from another phase of the Quaker, modified by +individual circumstances. Like Captain Peleg, Captain Bildad was a well-to-do, +retired whaleman. But unlike Captain Peleg --who cared not a rush for what +are called serious things, and indeed deemed those selfsame serious things +the veriest of all trifles --Captain Bildad +..

+had not only been originally educated according to the strictest sect of +Nantucket Quakerism, but all his subsequent ocean life, and the sight of many +unclad, lovely island creatures, round the Horn --all that had not moved this +native born Quaker one single jot, had not so much as altered one angle of +his vest. Still, for all this immutableness, was there some lack of common +consistency about worthy Captain Bildad. Though refusing, from conscientious +scruples, to bear arms against land invaders, yet himself had illimitably +invaded the Atlantic and Pacific; and though a sworn foe to human bloodshed, +yet had he in his straight-bodied coat, spilled tuns upon tuns of leviathan +gore. How now in the contemplative evening of his days, the pious Bildad +reconciled these things in the reminiscence, I do not know; but it did not +seem to concern him much, and very probably he had long since come to the +sage and sensible conclusion that a man's religion is one thing, and this +practical world quite another. This world pays dividends. Rising from a +little cabin-boy in short clothes of the drabbest drab, to a harpooneer in a +broad shad-bellied waistcoat; from that becoming boat-header, chief-mate, and +captain, and finally a ship-owner; Bildad, as I hinted before, had concluded +his adventurous career by wholly retiring from active life at the goodly age +of sixty, and dedicating his remaining days to the quiet receiving of his +well-earned income. Now Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of +being an incorrigible old hunks, and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard +task-master. They told me in Nantucket, though it certainly seems a curious +story, that when he sailed the old Categut whaleman, his crew, upon arriving +home, were mostly all carried ashore to the hospital, sore exhausted and worn +out. For a pious man, especially for a Quaker, he was certainly rather +hard-hearted to say the least. He never used to swear, though, at his men, +they said; but somehow he got an inordinate quantity of cruel, unmitigated +hard work out of them. When Bildad was a chief-mate, to have his +drab-colored eye intently looking at you, made you feel completely nervous, +till you could clutch something --a hammer or a marling-spike, and go to work +like mad, at something or other, never mind what. Indolence and +..

+idleness perished from before him. His own person was the exact embodiment of +his utilitarian character. On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare +flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, +like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat. Such, then, was the person that I +saw seated on the transom when I followed Captain Peleg down into the cabin. +The space between the decks was small; and there, bolt-upright, sat old +Bildad, who always sat so, and never leaned, and this to save his coat +tails. His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; +his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he +seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume. Bildad, cried Captain +Peleg, at it again, Bildad, eh? Ye have been studying those Scriptures, +now, for the last thirty years, to my certain knowledge. How far ye got, +Bildad? As if long habituated to such profane talk from his old shipmate, +Bildad, without noticing his present irreverence, quietly looked up, and +seeing me, glanced again inquiringly towards Peleg. He says he's our man, +Bildad, said Peleg, he wants to ship. Dost thee? said Bildad, in a +hollow tone, and turning round to me. I dost, said I unconsciously, he was +so intense a Quaker. What do ye think of him, Bildad? said Peleg. He'll +do, said Bildad, eyeing me, and then went on spelling away at his book in a +mumbling tone quite audible. I thought him the queerest old Quaker I ever saw, +especially as Peleg, his friend and old shipmate, seemed such a blusterer. +But I said nothing, only looking round me sharply. Peleg now threw open a +chest, and drawing forth the ship's articles, placed pen and ink before him, + + and seated himself at a little table. I began to think it was high time to +settle with myself at what terms I would be willing to engage for the voyage. +I was already aware that in the whaling business they paid no wages; but all +hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called + + lays, and that these lays were proportioned to the degree of importance +pertaining to the respective duties of the ship's company. +..

+I was also aware that being a green hand at whaling, my own lay would not be +very large; but considering that I was used to the sea, could steer a ship, +splice a rope, and all that, I made no doubt that from all I had heard I +should be offered at least the 275th lay --that is, the 275th part of the clear +nett proceeds of the voyage, whatever that might eventually amount to. And +though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was +better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay +for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef +and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver. It might be thought +that this was a poor way to accumulate a princely fortune --and so it was, a +very poor way indeed. But I am one of those that never take on about princely +fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me, +while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud. Upon the whole, +I thought that the 275th lay would be about the fair thing, but would not +have been surprised had I been offered the 200th, considering I was of a +broad-shouldered make. But one thing, nevertheless, that made me a little +distrustful about receiving a generous share of the profits was this: Ashore, + + I had heard something of both Captain Peleg and his unaccountable old crony +Bildad; how that they being the principal proprietors of the Pequod, +therefore the other and more inconsiderable and scattered owners, left nearly +the whole management of the ship's affairs to these two. And I did not know +but what the stingy old Bildad might have a mighty deal to say about shipping +hands, especially as I now found him on board the Pequod, quite at home there +in the cabin, and reading his Bible as if at his own fireside. Now while +Peleg was vainly trying to mend a pen with his jack-knife, old Bildad, to my +no small surprise, considering that he was such an interested party in these +proceedings; Bildad never heeded us, but went on mumbling to himself out of +his book, Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth-- + + Well, Captain Bildad, interrupted Peleg, what d'ye say, what lay shall we +give this young man? +..

+ + Thou knowest best, was the sepulchral reply, the seven hundred and +seventy-seventh wouldn't be too much, would it? -- "where moth and rust do +corrupt, but lay--" Lay, indeed, thought I, and such a lay! the seven +hundred and seventy-seventh! Well, old Bildad, you are determined that I, +for one, shall not lay up many lays here below, where moth and rust do +corrupt. It was an exceedingly long lay that, indeed; and though from the +magnitude of the figure it might at first deceive a landsman, yet the +slightest consideration will show that though seven hundred and seventy-seven +is a pretty large number, yet, when you come to make a teenth of it, you +will then see, I say, that the seven hundred and seventy-seventh part of a +farthing is a good deal less than seven hundred and seventy-seven gold +doubloons; and so I thought at the time. Why, blast your eyes, Bildad, +cried Peleg, Thou dost not want to swindle this young man! he must have +more than that. Seven hundred and seventy-seventh, again said Bildad, +without lifting his eyes; and then went on mumbling -- for where your +treasure is, there will your heart be also. I am going to put him down for +the three hundredth, said Peleg, do ye hear that, Bildad! The three +hundredth lay, I say. Bildad laid down his book, and turning solemnly +towards him said, Captain Peleg, thou hast a generous heart; but thou must +consider the duty thou owest to the other owners of this ship-- widows and +orphans, many of them --and that if we too abundantly reward the labors of this +young man, we may be taking the bread from those widows and those orphans. +The seven hundred and seventy-seventh lay, Captain Peleg. Thou Bildad! +roared Peleg, starting up and clattering about the cabin. Blast ye, Captain +Bildad, if I had followed thy advice in these matters, I would afore now had +a conscience to lug about that would be heavy enough to founder the largest +ship that ever sailed round Cape Horn. Captain Peleg, said Bildad +steadily, thy conscience may be drawing ten inches of water, or ten fathoms, +i can't tell; but as thou art still an impenitent man, captain Peleg, I +greatly fear lest thy conscience be but a leaky one; and will in the end +sink thee foundering down to the fiery pit, Captain Peleg. +..

+ + Fiery pit! fiery pit! ye insult me, man; past all natural bearing, ye +insult me. It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's +bound to hell. Flukes and flames! Bildad, say that again to me, and start +my soul-bolts, but I'll--I'll--yes, I'll swallow a live goat with all his +hair and horns on. Out of the cabin, ye canting, drab-colored son of a wooden +gun --a straight wake with ye! As he thundered out this he made a rush at +Bildad, but with a marvellous oblique, sliding celerity, Bildad for that +time eluded him. Alarmed at this terrible outburst between the two principal +and responsible owners of the ship, and feeling half a mind to give up all +idea of sailing in a vessel so questionably owned and temporarily commanded, +I stepped aside from the door to give egress to Bildad, who, I made no doubt, +was all eagerness to vanish from before the awakened wrath of Peleg. But to +my astonishment, he sat down again on the transom very quietly, and seemed +to have not the slightest intention of withdrawing. He seemed quite used to +impenitent Peleg and his ways. As for Peleg, after letting off his rage as +he had, there seemed no more left in him, and he, too, sat down like a lamb, + + though he twitched a little as if still nervously agitated. Whew! he +whistled at last -- the squall's gone off to leeward, I think. Bildad, thou +used to be good at sharpening a lance, mend that pen, will ye. My jack-knife + + here needs the grindstone. That's he; thank ye, Bildad. Now then, my young +man, Ishmael's thy name, didn't ye say? Well then, down ye go here, Ishmael, +for the three hundredth lay. Captain Peleg, said I, I have a friend with +me who wants to ship too --shall I bring him down to-morrow? To be sure, +said peleg. fetch him along, and we'll look at him. What lay does he +want? groaned Bildad, glancing up from the book in which he had again been +burying himself. Oh! never thee mind about that, Bildad, said Peleg. Has +he ever whaled it any? turning to me. Killed more whales than I can count, +Captain Peleg. Well, bring him along then. +..

+And, after signing the papers, off I went; nothing doubting but that I had +done a good morning's work, and that the Pequod was the identical ship that +Yojo had provided to carry Queequeg and me round the Cape. But I had not +proceeded far, when I began to bethink me that the captain with whom I was to +sail yet remained unseen by me; though, indeed, in many cases, a whale-ship +will be completely fitted out, and receive all her crew on board, ere the +captain makes himself visible by arriving to take command; for sometimes these +voyages are so prolonged, and the shore intervals at home so exceedingly +brief, that if the captain have a family, or any absorbing concernment of +that sort, he does not trouble himself much about his ship in port, but +leaves her to the owners till all is ready for sea. However, it is always as +well to have a look at him before irrevocably committing yourself into his +hands. Turning back I accosted Captain Peleg, inquiring where Captain Ahab +was to be found. And what dost thou want of Captain Ahab? It's all right +enough; thou art shipped. Yes, but I should like to see him. But I +don't think thou wilt be able to at present. I don't know exactly what's the +matter with him; but he keeps close inside the house; a sort of sick, and +yet he don't look so. In fact, he ain't sick; but no, he isn't well either. +Any how, young man, he won't always see me, so I don't suppose he will thee. +He's a queer man, Captain Ahab --so some think --but a good one. Oh, thou'lt +like him well enough; no fear, no fear. he's a grand, ungodly, god-like +man, Captain Ahab; doesn't speak much; but, when he does speak, then you may +well listen. Mark ye, be forewarned; Ahab's above the common; Ahab's been +in colleges, as well as 'mong the cannibals; been used to deeper wonders than +the waves; fixed his fiery lance in mightier stranger foes than whales. His +lance! aye, the keenest and the surest that out of all our isle! Oh! he +ain't Captain Bildad; no, and he ain't Captain Peleg; he's Ahab, boy; and +Ahab of old, thou knowest, was a crowned king! And a very vile one. When +that wicked king was slain, the dogs, did they not lick his blood? +..

+ + Come hither to me --hither, hither, said Peleg, with a significance in his +eye that almost startled me. Look ye, lad; never say that on board the +Pequod. Never say it anywhere. Captain Ahab did not name himself. 'Twas a +foolish, ignorant whim of his crazy, widowed mother, who died when he was +only a twelvemonth old. And yet the old squaw Tistig, at Gayhead, said that +the name would somehow prove prophetic. And, perhaps, other fools like her +may tell thee the same. I wish to warn thee. It's a lie. I know Captain +Ahab well; I've sailed with him as mate years ago; I know what he is--a +good man --not a pious, good man, like Bildad, but a swearing good man +--something like me --only there's a good deal more of him. Aye, aye, I know +that he was never very jolly; and I know that on the passage home, he was a +little out of his mind for a spell; but it was the sharp shooting pains in +his bleeding stump that brought that about, as any one might see. I know, +too, that ever since he lost his leg last voyage by that accursed whale, he's +been a kind of moody --desperate moody, and savage sometimes; but that will +all pass off. And once for all, let me tell thee and assure thee, young man, + + it's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one. So +good-bye to thee --and wrong not Captain Ahab, because he happens to have a +wicked name. Besides, my boy, he has a wife --not three voyages wedded --a +sweet, resigned girl. Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man has a +child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, +my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities! As I walked +away, I was full of thoughtfulness; what had been incidentally revealed to +me of Captain Ahab, filled me with a certain wild vagueness of painfulness +concerning him. And somehow, at the time, I felt a sympathy and a sorrow for +him, but for I don't know what, unless it was the cruel loss of his leg. And +yet I also felt a strange awe of him; but that sort of awe, which I cannot at +all describe, was not exactly awe; I do not know what it was. But I felt +it; and it did not disincline me towards him; though I felt impatience at +what seemed like mystery in him, so imperfectly as he was known to me then. +However, my thoughts were at length carried in other directions, so that for +the present dark Ahab slipped my mind. +..

+.. < chapter xvii 2 THE RAMADAN > + + As Queequeg's Ramadan, or Fasting and +Humiliation, was to continue all day, I did not choose to disturb him till +towards night-fall; for I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody's +religious obligations, never mind how comical, and could not find it in my +heart to undervalue even a congregation of ants worshipping a toad-stool; or +those other creatures in certain parts of our earth, who with a degree of +footmanism quite unprecedented in other planets, bow down before the torso +of a deceased landed proprietor merely on account of the inordinate +possessions yet owned and rented in his name. I say, we good Presbyterian +christians should be charitable in these things, and not fancy ourselves so +vastly superior to other mortals, pagans and what not, because of their +half-crazy conceits on these subjects. There was Queequeg, now, certainly +entertaining the most absurd notions about Yojo and his Ramadan; --but what of +that? Queequeg thought he knew what he was about, I suppose; he seemed to be +content; and there let him rest. All our arguing with him would not avail; +let him be, I say: and Heaven have mercy on us all --Presbyterians and Pagans +alike --for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly +need mending. Towards evening, when I felt assured that all his performances +and rituals must be over, I went up to his room and knocked at the door; but +no answer. I tried to open it, but it was fastened inside. Queequeg, said +I softly through the key-hole: --all silent. I say, Queequeg! why don't you +speak? It's I--Ishmael. But all remained still as before. I began to grow +alarmed. I had allowed him such abundant time; I thought he might have had +an apoplectic fit. I looked through the key-hole; but the door opening into +an odd corner of the room, the key-hole prospect was but a crooked and +sinister one. I could only see part of the foot-board of the bed and a line of + +..

+the wall, but nothing more. I was surprised to behold resting against the +wall the wooden shaft of Queequeg's harpoon, which the landlady the evening +previous had taken from him, before our mounting to the chamber. That's +strange, thought I; but at any rate, since the harpoon stands yonder, and he +seldom or never goes abroad without it, therefore he must be inside here, +and no possible mistake. Queequeg! --Queequeg! --all still. Something must +have happened. Apoplexy! I tried to burst open the door; but it stubbornly + + resisted. Running down stairs, I quickly stated my suspicions to the first +person i met --the chambermaid. la! la! she cried, i thought something +must be the matter. I went to make the bed after breakfast, and the door +was locked; and not a mouse to be heard; and it's been just so silent ever +since. But I thought, may be, you had both gone off and locked your baggage +in for safe keeping. La! La, ma'am! --Mistress! murder! Mrs. Hussey! +apoplexy! --and with these cries, she ran towards the kitchen, I following. +Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet +in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the +castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime. Wood-house! cried I, + + which way to it? Run for God's sake, and fetch something to pry open the +door --the axe! --the axe! he's had a stroke; depend upon it! --and so saying I +was unmethodically rushing up stairs again empty-handed, when Mrs. Hussey +interposed the mustard-pot and vinegar-cruet, and the entire castor of her +countenance. What's the matter with you, young man? Get the axe! For +God's sake, run for the doctor, some one, while I pry it open! Look here, +said the landlady, quickly putting down the vinegar-cruet, so as to have one +hand free; look here; are you talking about prying open any of my doors? +--and with that she seized my arm. What's the matter with you? What's the +matter with you, shipmate? In as calm, but rapid a manner as possible, I +gave her to understand the whole case. Unconsciously clapping the +vinegar-cruet +..

+to one side of her nose, she ruminated for an instant; then exclaimed -- No! I +haven't seen it since I put it there. Running to a little closet under the +landing of the stairs, she glanced in, and returning, told me that Queequeg's +harpoon was missing. He's killed himself, she cried. It's unfort'nate +stiggs done over again --there goes another counterpane --god pity his poor +mother! --it will be the ruin of my house. Has the poor lad a sister? Where's +that girl? --there, Betty, go to Snarles the Painter, and tell him to paint +me a sign, with --"no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;" +--might as well kill both birds at once. Kill? The Lord be merciful to his +ghost! What's that noise there? You, young man, avast there! And running +up after me, she caught me as I was again trying to force open the door. I +won't allow it; I won't have my premises spoiled. Go for the locksmith, +there's one about a mile from here. But avast! putting her hand in her +side-pocket, here's a key that'll fit, I guess; let's see. And with that, +she turned it in the lock; but, alas! Queequeg's supplemental bolt remained +unwithdrawn within. Have to burst it open, said I, and was running down +the entry a little, for a good start, when the landlady caught at me, again +vowing I should not break down her premises; but I tore from her, and with a +sudden bodily rush dashed myself full against the mark. With a prodigious +noise the door flew open, and the knob slamming against the wall, sent the +plaster to the ceiling; and there, good heavens! there sat Queequeg, +altogether cool and self-collected; right in the middle of the room; +squatting on his hams, and holding Yojo on top of his head. He looked neither + + one way nor the other way, but sat like a carved image with scarce a sign of +active life. Queequeg, said I, going up to him, Queequeg, what's the +matter with you? He hain't been a sittin' so all day, has he? said the +landlady. But all we said, not a word could we drag out of him; I almost +felt like pushing him over, so as to change his position, for it was almost +intolerable, it seemed so painfully and unnaturally +..

+constrained; especially, as in all probability he had been sitting so for +upwards of eight or ten hours, going too without his regular meals. Mrs. +Hussey, said I, he's alive at all events; so leave us, if you please, and +I will see to this strange affair myself. Closing the door upon the landlady, + + I endeavored to prevail upon Queequeg to take a chair; but in vain. There +he sat; and all he could do --for all my polite arts and blandishments --he +would not move a peg, nor say a single word, nor even look at me, nor +notice my presence in any the slightest way. I wonder, thought I, if this can +possibly be a part of his Ramadan; do they fast on their hams that way in his +native island. It must be so; yes, it's part of his creed, I suppose; +well, then, let him rest; he'll get up sooner or later, no doubt. It can't +last for ever, thank God, and his Ramadan only comes once a year; and I +don't believe it's very punctual then. I went down to supper. After sitting a +long time listening to the long stories of some sailors who had just come from +a plum-pudding voyage, as they called it (that is, a short whaling-voyage in +a schooner or brig, confined to the north of the line, in the Atlantic Ocean +only); after listening to these plum-puddingers till nearly eleven o'clock, +I went up stairs to go to bed, feeling quite sure by this time Queequeg must +certainly have brought his Ramadan to a termination. But no; there he was +just where I had left him; he had not stirred an inch. I began to grow +vexed with him; it seemed so downright senseless and insane to be sitting +there all day and half the night on his hams in a cold room, holding a piece +of wood on his head. For heaven's sake, Queequeg, get up and shake yourself; +get up and have some supper. You'll starve; you'll kill yourself, +Queequeg. But not a word did he reply. Despairing of him, therefore, I +determined to go to bed and to sleep; and no doubt, before a great while, he +would follow me. But previous to turning in, I took my heavy bearskin +jacket, and threw it over him, as it promised to be a very cold night; and he +had nothing but his ordinary round jacket on. For some time, do all I would, +I could not get into the faintest doze. I had blown out the candle; and the +mere thought of Queequeg-- +..

+not four feet off --sitting there in that uneasy position, stark alone in +the cold and dark; this made me really wretched. Think of it; sleeping all +night in the same room with a wide awake pagan on his hams in this dreary, +unaccountable Ramadan! But somehow I dropped off at last, and knew nothing +more till break of day; when, looking over the bedside, there squatted +Queequeg, as if he had been screwed down to the floor. But as soon as the +first glimpse of sun entered the window, up he got, with stiff and grating +joints, but with a cheerful look; limped towards me where I lay; pressed +his forehead again against mine; and said his Ramadan was over. Now, as I +before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it +may, so long as that person does not kill or insult any other person, +because that other person don't believe it also. But when a man's religion +becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and, in fine, +makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it +high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him. And +just so I now did with Queequeg. Queequeg, said I, get into bed now, and +lie and listen to me. I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress +of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the +present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these +Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were +stark nonsense; bad for the health; useless for the soul; opposed, in +short, to the obvious laws of Hygiene and common sense. I told him, too, that +he being in other things such an extremely sensible and sagacious savage, it +pained me, very badly pained me, to see him now so deplorably foolish about +this ridiculous Ramadan of his. Besides, argued I, fasting makes the body +cave in; hence the spirit caves in; and all thoughts born of a fast must +necessarily be half-starved. This is the reason why most dyspeptic +religionists cherish such melancholy notions about their hereafters. In one +word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on +an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the +hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans. +..

+I then asked Queequeg whether he himself was ever troubled with dyspepsia; +expressing the idea very plainly, so that he could take it in. He said no; +only upon one memorable occasion. It was after a great feast given by his +father the king, on the gaining of a great battle wherein fifty of the enemy +had been killed by about two o'clock in the afternoon, and all cooked and +eaten that very evening. No more, Queequeg, said I, shuddering; that will +do; for I knew the inferences without his further hinting them. I had seen +a sailor who had visited that very island, and he told me that it was the +custom, when a great battle had been gained there, to barbecue all the slain +in the yard or garden of the victor; and then, one by one, they were placed +in great wooden trenchers, and garnished round like a pilau, with breadfruit +and cocoanuts; and with some parsley in their mouths, were sent round with +the victor's compliments to all his friends, just as though these presents +were so many Christmas turkeys. After all, I do not think that my remarks +about religion made much impression upon Queequeg. Because, in the first +place, he somehow seemed dull of hearing on that important subject, unless +considered from his own point of view; and, in the second place, he did not +more than one third understand me, couch my ideas simply as I would; and, +finally, he no doubt thought he knew a good deal more about the true religion +than I did. He looked at me with a sort of condescending concern and +compassion, as though he thought it a great pity that such a sensible young +man should be so hopelessly lost to evangelical pagan piety. At last we rose +and dressed; and Queequeg, taking a prodigiously hearty breakfast of chowders +of all sorts, so that the landlady should not make much profit by reason of +his Ramadan, we sallied out to board the Pequod, sauntering along, and +picking our teeth with halibut bones. +..

+.. < chapter xviii 2 HIS MARK > + + As we were walking down the end of the wharf +towards the ship, Queequeg carrying his harpoon, Captain Peleg in his gruff +voice loudly hailed us from his wigwam, saying he had not suspected my friend +was a cannibal, and furthermore announcing that he let no cannibals on board +that craft, unless they previously produced their papers. What do you mean +by that, Captain Peleg? said I, now jumping on the bulwarks, and leaving my +comrade standing on the wharf. I mean, he replied, he must show his +papers. Yea, said Captain Bildad in his hollow voice, sticking his head +from behind Peleg's, out of the wigwam. He must show that he's converted. +Son of darkness, he added, turning to Queequeg, art thou at present in +communion with any christian church? Why, said I, he's a member of the +first Congregational Church. Here be it said, that many tattooed savages +sailing in Nantucket ships at last come to be converted into the churches. + + First Congregational Church, cried Bildad, what! that worships in Deacon +Deuteronomy Coleman's meeting-house? and so saying, taking out his +spectacles, he rubbed them with his great yellow bandana handkerchief, and +putting them on very carefully, came out of the wigwam, and leaning stiffly +over the bulwarks, took a good long look at Queequeg. How long hath he been +a member? he then said, turning to me; not very long, I rather guess, +young man. No, said Peleg, and he hasn't been baptized right either, or +it would have washed some of that devil's blue off his face. Do tell, now, +cried Bildad, is this Philistine a regular member of Deacon Deuteronomy's +meeting? I never saw him going there, and I pass it every Lord's day. +..

+ + I don't know anything about Deacon Deuteronomy or his meeeting, said I, + + all I know is, that Queequeg here is a born member of the First +Congregational Church. He is a deacon himself, Queequeg is. Young man, +said Bildad sternly, thou art skylarking with me --explain thyself, thou +young Hittite. What church dost thee mean? answer me. Finding myself thus +hard pushed, I replied. I mean, sir, the same ancient Catholic Church to +which you and I, and Captain Peleg there, and Queequeg here, and all of us, +and every mother's son and soul of us belong; the great and everlasting +First Congregation of this whole worshipping world; we all belong to that; +only some of us cherish some queer crotchets noways touching the grand belief; + + in that we all join hands. Splice, thou mean'st splice hands, cried +Peleg, drawing nearer. Young man, you'd better ship for a missionary, +instead of a fore-mast hand; I never heard a better sermon. Deacon +Deuteronomy --why Father Mapple himself couldn't beat it, and he's reckoned +something. Come aboard, come aboard; never mind about the papers. I say, +tell Quohog there --what's that you call him? tell Quohog to step along. By +the great anchor, what a harpoon he's got there! looks like good stuff that; +and he handles it about right. I say, Quohog, or whatever your name is, did +you ever stand in the head of a whale-boat? did you ever strike a fish? +Without saying a word, Queequeg, in his wild sort of way, jumped upon the +bulwarks, from thence into the bows of one of the whale-boats hanging to the +side; and then bracing his left knee, and poising his harpoon, cried out in +some such way as this: -- Cap'ain, you see him small drop tar on water dere? +You see him? well, spose him one whale eye, well, den! and taking sharp +aim at it, he darted the iron right over old Bildad's broad brim, clean across +the ship's decks, and struck the glistening tar spot out of sight. Now, +said Queequeg, quietly hauling in the line, spos-ee him whale-e eye; why, +dad whale dead. Quick, Bildad, said Peleg, his partner, who, aghast at the + +..

+close vicinity of the flying harpoon, had retreated towards the cabin gangway. + + Quick, I say, you Bildad, and get the ship's papers. We must have Hedgehog +there, I mean Quohog, in one of our boats. Look ye, Quohog, we'll give ye +the ninetieth lay, and that's more than ever was given a harpooneer yet out of + + Nantucket. So down we went into the cabin, and to my great joy Queequeg +was soon enrolled among the same ship's company to which I myself belonged. +When all preliminaries were over and Peleg had got everything ready for +signing, he turned to me and said, I guess Quohog there don't know how to +write, does he? I say, Quohog, blast ye! dost thou sign thy name or make thy +mark? But at this question, Queequeg, who had twice or thrice before taken +part in similar ceremonies, looked no ways abashed; but taking the offered +pen, copied upon the paper, in the proper place, an exact counterpart of a +queer round figure which was tattooed upon his arm; so that through Captain +Peleg's obstinate mistake touching his appellative, it stood something like +this: -- Quohog his mark. Meanwhile Captain Bildad sat earnestly and +steadfastly eyeing Queequeg, and at last rising solemnly and fumbling in the +huge pockets of his broad-skirted drab coat, took out a bundle of tracts, +and selecting one entitled The Latter Day Coming; or No Time to Lose, placed +it in queequeg's hands, and then grasping them and the book with both his, +looked earnestly into his eyes, and said, Son of darkness, I must do my +duty by thee; I am part owner of this ship, and feel concerned for the souls +of all its crew; if thou still clingest to thy Pagan ways, which I sadly +fear, I beseech thee, remain not for aye a Belial bondsman. Spurn the idol +Bell, and the hideous dragon; turn from the wrath to come; mind thine eye, +I say; oh! goodness gracious! steer clear of the fiery pit! Something of +the salt sea yet lingered in old Bildad's language, heterogeneously mixed with +Scriptural and domestic phrases. Avast there, avast there, Bildad, avast now +spoiling our harpooneer, +..

+cried Peleg. Pious harpooneers never make good voyagers --it takes the shark +out of 'em; no harpooneer is worth a straw who aint pretty sharkish. There +was young Nat Swaine, once the bravest boat-header out of all Nantucket and +the Vineyard; he joined the meeting, and never came to good. He got so +frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from +whales, for fear of after-claps in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones. + + Peleg! Peleg! said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, thou thyself, as +I myself, hast seen many a perilous time; thou knowest, Peleg, what it is to +have the fear of death; how, then, can'st thou prate in this ungodly guise. +Thou beliest thine own heart, Peleg. Tell me, when this same Pequod here had +her three masts overboard in that typhoon on Japan, that same voyage when +thou went mate with Captain Ahab, did'st thou not think of Death and the +Judgment then? Hear him, hear him now, cried Peleg, marching across the +cabin, and thrusting his hands far down into his pockets, -- hear him, all of +ye. Think of that! When every moment we thought the ship would sink! Death +and the judgment then? What? With all three masts making such an everlasting +thundering against the side; and every sea breaking over us, fore and aft. +Think of Death and the Judgment then? No! no time to think about Death then. + + Life was what Captain Ahab and I was thinking of; and how to save all hands +--how to rig jury-masts -- how to get into the nearest port; that was what I +was thinking of. Bildad said no more, but buttoning up his coat, stalked on + + deck, where we followed him. There he stood, very quietly overlooking some +sail-makers who were mending a top-sail in the waist. Now and then he +stooped to pick up a patch, or save an end of tarred twine, which otherwise +might have been wasted. +..

+.. < chapter xix 2 THE PROPHET > + + Shipmates, have ye shipped in that ship? +Queequeg and I had just left the Pequod, and were sauntering away from the +water, for the moment each occupied with his own thoughts, when the above +words were put to us by a stranger, who, pausing before us, levelled his +massive forefinger at the vessel in question. He was but shabbily apparelled +in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief +investing his neck. A confluent small-pox had in all directions flowed over +his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the +rushing waters have been dried up. Have ye shipped in her? he repeated. + + You mean the ship Pequod, I suppose, said I, trying to gain a little more +time for an uninterrupted look at him. Aye, the Pequod --that ship there, he +said, drawing back his whole arm, and then rapidly shoving it straight out +from him, with the fixed bayonet of his pointed finger darted full at the +object. Yes, said I, we have just signed the articles. Anything down +there about your souls? About what? Oh, perhaps you hav'n't got any, he +said quickly. no matter though, i know many chaps that hav'n't got any, +--good luck to 'em; and they are all the better off for it. A soul's a sort +of a fifth wheel to a wagon. What are you jabbering about, shipmate? said +I. He's got enough, though, to make up for all deficiencies of that sort in +other chaps, abruptly said the stranger, placing a nervous emphasis upon the +word he. Queequeg, said I, let's go; this fellow has broken loose from +somewhere; he's talking about something and somebody we don't know. +..

+ + Stop! cried the stranger. Ye said true --ye hav'n't seen Old Thunder yet, +have ye? Who's Old Thunder? said I, again riveted with the insane +earnestness of his manner. Captain Ahab. What! the captain of our ship, +the Pequod? Aye, among some of us old sailor chaps, he goes by that name. +Ye hav'n't seen him yet, have ye? No, we hav'n't. He's sick they say, but +is getting better, and will be all right again before long. All right again +before long! laughed the stranger, with a solemnly derisive sort of laugh. + + Look ye; when captain Ahab is all right, then this left arm of mine will be +all right; not before. What do you know about him? What did they tell +you about him? Say that! They didn't tell much of anything about him; only +I've heard that he's a good whale-hunter, and a good captain to his crew. + + That's true, that's true --yes, both true enough. But you must jump when he +gives an order. Step and growl; growl and go --that's the word with Captain +Ahab. But nothing about that thing that happened to him off Cape Horn, long +ago, when he lay like dead for three days and nights; nothing about that +deadly skrimmage with the Spaniard afore the altar in Santa? -- heard nothing +about that, eh? Nothing about the silver calabash he spat into? And nothing +about his losing his leg last voyage, according to the prophecy. Didn't ye +hear a word about them matters and something more, eh? No, I don't think ye +did; how could ye? Who knows it? Not all Nantucket, I guess. But +hows'ever, mayhap, ye've heard tell about the leg, and how he lost it; aye, +ye have heard of that, I dare say. Oh yes, that every one knows a'most --I +mean they know he's only one leg; and that a parmacetti took the other off. + + My friend, said I, what all this gibberish of yours is about, I don't +know, and I don't much care; for it seems to me that you must be a little +damaged in the head. But if you are speaking of Captain Ahab, of that ship +there, the Pequod, then let me tell you, that I know all about the loss of +his leg. +..

+ + All about it, eh --sure you do? --all? Pretty sure. With finger pointed +and eye levelled at the Pequod, the beggar-like stranger stood a moment, as if +in a troubled reverie; then starting a little, turned and said: -- Ye've +shipped, have ye? Names down on the papers? Well, well, what's signed, is +signed; and what's to be, will be; and then again, perhaps it wont be, after +all. Any how, it's all fixed and arranged a'ready; and some sailors or +other must go with him, I suppose; as well these as any other men, God pity +'em! Morning to ye, shipmates, morning; the ineffable heavens bless ye; I'm +sorry I stopped ye. Look here, friend, said I, if you have anything +important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle +us, you are mistaken in your game; that's all I have to say. And it's said +very well, and I like to hear a chap talk up that way; you are just the man +for him --the likes of ye. Morning to ye, shipmates, morning! Oh, when ye get +there, tell 'em I've concluded not to make one of 'em. Ah, my dear fellow, +you can't fool us that way --you can't fool us. It is the easiest thing in +the world for a man to look as if he had a great secret in him. Morning to +ye, shipmates, morning. Morning it is, said I. Come along, Queequeg, +let's leave this crazy man. But stop, tell me your name, will you? + + Elijah. Elijah! thought I, and we walked away, both commenting, after +each other's fashion, upon this ragged old sailor; and agreed that he was +nothing but a humbug, trying to be a bugbear. But we had not gone perhaps +above a hundred yards, when chancing to turn a corner, and looking back as I +did so, who should be seen but Elijah following us, though at a distance. +Somehow, the sight of him struck me so, that I said nothing to Queequeg of +his being behind, but passed on with my comrade, anxious to see whether the +stranger would turn the same corner that we did. He did; and then it seemed +to me that he was dogging us, but with what intent I could not for the life +of me imagine. This circumstance, coupled with his ambiguous, half-hinting, +half-revealing, shrouded sort of talk, now begat in me +..

+all kinds of vague wonderments and half-apprehensions, and all connected with +the Pequod; and Captain Ahab; and the leg he had lost; and the Cape Horn +fit; and the silver calabash; and what Captain Peleg had said of him, when +I left the ship the day previous; and the prediction of the squaw Tistig; +and the voyage we had bound ourselves to sail; and a hundred other shadowy +things. I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was +really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, + + and on that side of it retraced our steps. But Elijah passed on, without +seeming to notice us. This relieved me; and once more, and finally as it +seemed to me, I pronounced him in my heart, a humbug. +..

+.. < chapter xx 15 ALL ASTIR > + + A day or two passed, and there was great +activity aboard the pequod. not only were the old sails being mended, but +new sails were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging; +in short, everything betokened that the ship's preparations were hurrying to a +close. Captain Peleg seldom or never went ashore, but sat in his wigwam +keeping a sharp look-out upon the hands: Bildad did all the purchasing and +providing at the stores; and the men employed in the hold and on the rigging +were working till long after night-fall. On the day following Queequeg's +signing the articles, word was given at all the inns where the ship's company +were stopping, that their chests must be on board before night, for there +was no telling how soon the vessel might be sailing. So Queequeg and I got +down our traps, resolving, however, to sleep ashore till the last. But it +seems they always give very long notice in these cases, and the ship did not +sail for several days. But no wonder; there was a good deal to be done, and +there +..

+is no telling how many things to be thought of, before the Pequod was fully +equipped. Every one knows what a multitude of things --beds, sauce-pans, +knives and forks, shovels and tongs, napkins, nut-crackers, and what not, are +indispensable to the business of housekeeping. Just so with whaling, which +necessitates a three-years' housekeeping upon the wide ocean, far from all +grocers, costermongers, doctors, bakers, and bankers. And though this also +holds true of merchant vessels, yet not by any means to the same extent as +with whalemen. For besides the great length of the whaling voyage, the +numerous articles peculiar to the prosecution of the fishery, and the +impossibility of replacing them at the remote harbors usually frequented, it +must be remembered, that of all ships, whaling vessels are the most exposed +to accidents of all kinds, and especially to the destruction and loss of the +very things upon which the success of the voyage most depends. Hence, the +spare boats, spare spars, and spare lines and harpoons, and spare everythings, +almost, but a spare captain and duplicate ship. At the period of our arrival +at the Island, the heaviest storage of the Pequod had been almost completed; +comprising her beef, bread, water, fuel, and iron hoops and staves. But, as +before hinted, for some time there was a continual fetching and carrying on +board of divers odds and ends of things, both large and small. Chief among +those who did this fetching and carrying was Captain Bildad's sister, a lean +old lady of a most determined and indefatigable spirit, but withal very +kindhearted, who seemed resolved that, if she could help it, nothing should +be found wanting in the Pequod, after once fairly getting to sea. At one time +she would come on board with a jar of pickles for the steward's pantry; +another time with a bunch of quills for the chief mate's desk, where he kept +his log; a third time with a roll of flannel for the small of some one's +rheumatic back. Never did any woman better deserve her name, which was +Charity --Aunt Charity, as everybody called her. And like a sister of +charity did this charitable Aunt Charity bustle about hither and thither, +ready to turn her hand and heart to anything that promised to yield safety, +comfort, and consolation to all on board +..

+a ship in which her beloved brother Bildad was concerned, and in which she +herself owned a score or two of well-saved dollars. But it was startling to +see this excellent hearted Quakeress coming on board, as she did the last +day, with a long oil-ladle in one hand, and a still longer whaling lance in +the other. Nor was Bildad himself nor Captain Peleg at all backward. As for +Bildad, he carried about with him a long list of the articles needed, and at +every fresh arrival, down went his mark opposite that article upon the paper. + + Every once and a while Peleg came hobbling out of his whalebone den, roaring +at the men down the hatchways, roaring up to the riggers at the mast-head, +and then concluded by roaring back into his wigwam. During these days of +preparation, Queequeg and I often visited the craft, and as often I asked +about Captain Ahab, and how he was, and when he was going to come on board +his ship. To these questions they would answer, that he was getting better +and better, and was expected aboard every day; meantime, the two Captains, +Peleg and Bildad, could attend to everything necessary to fit the vessel for +the voyage. If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen +very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed this way to +so long a voyage, without once laying my eyes on the man who was to be the +absolute dictator of it, so soon as the ship sailed out upon the open sea. +But when a man suspects any wrong, it sometimes happens that if he be +already involved in the matter, he insensibly strives to cover up his +suspicions even from himself. And much this way it was with me. I said +nothing, and tried to think nothing. At last it was given out that some time +next day the ship would certainly sail. So next morning, Queequeg and I took +a very early start. +..

+.. < chapter xxi 2 GOING ABOARD > + + It was nearly six o'clock, but only grey +imperfect misty dawn, when we drew nigh the wharf. There are some sailors +running ahead there, if I see right, said I to Queequeg, it can't be +shadows; she's off by sunrise, I guess; come on! Avast! cried a voice, +whose owner at the same time coming close behind us, laid a hand upon both our +shoulders, and then insinuating himself between us, stood stooping forward a +little, in the uncertain twilight, strangely peering from Queequeg to me. It +was Elijah. Going aboard? Hands off, will you, said I. Lookee here, +said Queequeg, shaking himself, go 'way! Aint going aboard, then? Yes, +we are, said I, but what business is that of yours? Do you know, Mr. +Elijah, that I consider you a little impertinent? No, no, no; I wasn't +aware of that, said elijah, slowly and wonderingly looking from me to +Queequeg, with the most unaccountable glances. Elijah, said I, you will +oblige my friend and me by withdrawing. We are going to the Indian and Pacific +Oceans, and would prefer not to be detained. Ye be, be ye? Coming back +afore breakfast? He's cracked, Queequeg, said I, come on. Holloa! +cried stationary Elijah, hailing us when we had removed a few paces. Never +mind him, said I, Queequeg, come on. But he stole up to us again, and +suddenly clapping his hand on my shoulder, said -- Did ye see anything looking +like men going towards that ship a while ago? Struck by this plain +matter-of-fact question, I answered, saying, +..

+ + Yes, I thought I did see four or five men; but it was too dim to be sure. + + Very dim, very dim, said Elijah. Morning to ye. Once more we quitted him; +but once more he came softly after us; and touching my shoulder again, said, + + See if you can find 'em now, will ye? Find who? Morning to ye! morning +to ye! he rejoined, again moving off. Oh! I was going to warn ye against +--but never mind, never mind --it's all one, all in the family too; --sharp +frost this morning, ain't it? Good bye to ye. Shan't see ye again very +soon, I guess; unless it's before the Grand Jury. And with these cracked +words he finally departed, leaving me, for the moment, in no small wonderment +at his frantic impudence. At last, stepping on board the Pequod, we found +everything in profound quiet, not a soul moving. The cabin entrance was +locked within; the hatches were all on, and lumbered with coils of rigging. +Going forward to the forecastle, we found the slide of the scuttle open. +Seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a +tattered pea-jacket. He was thrown at whole length upon two chests, his face +downwards and inclosed in his folded arms. The profoundest slumber slept +upon him. Those sailors we saw, Queequeg, where can they have gone to? +said I, looking dubiously at the sleeper. But it seemed that, when on the +wharf, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded to; hence I would +have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it +not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable question. But I beat the thing down; +and again marking the sleeper, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we +had best sit up with the body; telling him to establish himself accordingly. +He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft +enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there. Gracious! +Queequeg, don't sit there, said I. Oh! perry dood seat, said Queequeg, my +country way; won't hurt him face. Face! said I, call that his face? very +benevolent countenance +..

+then; but how hard he breathes, he's heaving himself; get off, Queequeg, +you are heavy, it's grinding the face of the poor. Get off, Queequeg! Look, +he'll twitch you off soon. I wonder he don't wake. Queequeg removed himself +to just beyond the head of the sleeper, and lighted his tomahawk pipe. I sat +at the feet. We kept the pipe passing over the sleeper, from one to the +other. Meanwhile, upon questioning him in his broken fashion, Queequeg gave +me to understand that, in his land, owing to the absence of settees and sofas +of all sorts, the king, chiefs, and great people generally, were in the +custom of fattening some of the lower orders for ottomans; and to furnish a +house comfortably in that respect, you had only to buy up eight or ten lazy +fellows, and lay them round in the piers and alcoves. Besides, it was very +convenient on an excursion; much better than those garden-chairs which are +convertible into walking-sticks; upon occasion, a chief calling his attendant, +and desiring him to make a settee of himself under a spreading tree, perhaps +in some damp marshy place. While narrating these things, every time Queequeg +received the tomahawk from me, he flourished the hatchet-side of it over the +sleeper's head. What's that for, Queequeg? Perry easy, kill-e; oh! perry +easy! He was going on with some wild reminiscences about his tomahawk-pipe, +which, it seemed, had in its two uses both brained his foes and soothed his +soul, when we were directly attracted to the sleeping rigger. The strong +vapor now completely filling the contracted hole, it began to tell upon him. +He breathed with a sort of muffledness; then seemed troubled in the nose; +then revolved over once or twice; then sat up and rubbed his eyes. Holloa! + + he breathed at last, who be ye smokers? Shipped men, answered I, when +does she sail? Aye, aye, ye are going in her, be ye? She sails to-day. +The Captain came aboard last night. What Captain? --Ahab? Who but him +indeed? +..

+I was going to ask him some further questions concerning Ahab, when we heard a +noise on deck. Halloa! Starbuck's astir, said the rigger. He's a lively +chief mate, that; good man, and a pious; but all alive now, I must turn +to. And so saying he went on deck, and we followed. It was now clear +sunrise. Soon the crew came on board in twos and threes; the riggers +bestirred themselves; the mates were actively engaged; and several of the +shore people were busy in bringing various last things on board. Meanwhile +Captain Ahab remained invisibly enshrined within his cabin. +..

+.. < chapter xxii 12 MERRY CHRISTMAS > + + At length, towards noon, upon the +final dismissal of the ship's riggers, and after the Pequod had been hauled +out from the wharf, and after the ever-thoughtful Charity had come off in a +whaleboat, with her last gift --a night-cap for Stubb, the second mate, her +brother-in-law, and a spare bible for the steward -- after all this, the two +captains, Peleg and Bildad, issued from the cabin, and turning to the chief +mate, Peleg said: Now, Mr. Starbuck, are you sure everything is right? +Captain Ahab is all ready --just spoke to him --nothing more to be got from +shore, eh? Well, call all hands, then. Muster 'em aft here --blast 'em! No +need of profane words, however great the hurry, Peleg, said Bildad, but +away with thee, friend Starbuck, and do our bidding. How now! Here upon the +very point of starting for the voyage, Captain Peleg and Captain Bildad were +going it with a high hand on the quarter-deck, just as if they were to be +joint-commanders at sea, as well as to all appearances in port. And, as for +Captain Ahab, no sign of him was yet to be seen; Only, they said he was in the +cabin. But then, the idea was, +..

+that his presence was by no means necessary in getting the ship under weigh, +and steering her well out to sea. Indeed, as that was not at all his proper +business, but the pilot's; and as he was not yet completely recovered --so +they said --therefore, Captain Ahab stayed below. And all this seemed natural +enough; especially as in the merchant service many captains never show +themselves on deck for a considerable time after heaving up the anchor, but +remain over the cabin table, having a farewell merrymaking with their shore +friends, before they quit the ship for good with the pilot. But there was +not much chance to think over the matter, for Captain Peleg was now all +alive. He seemed to do most of the talking and commanding, and not Bildad. + + Aft here, ye sons of bachelors, he cried, as the sailors lingered at the +main-mast. Mr. Starbuck, drive 'em aft. Strike the tent there! --was the +next order. As I hinted before, this whalebone marquee was never pitched +except in port; and on board the Pequod, for thirty years, the order to +strike the tent was well known to be the next thing to heaving up the anchor. + + Man the capstan! Blood and thunder! --jump! --was the next command, and the +crew sprang for the handspikes. Now, in getting under weigh, the station +generally occupied by the pilot is the forward part of the ship. And here +Bildad, who, with Peleg, be it known, in addition to his other offices, was +one of the licensed pilots of the port --he being suspected to have got himself +made a pilot in order to save the Nantucket pilot-fee to all the ships he was +concerned in, for he never piloted any other craft --Bildad, I say, might now +be seen actively engaged in looking over the bows for the approaching anchor, +and at intervals singing what seemed a dismal stave of psalmody, to cheer the +hands at the windlass, who roared forth some sort of a chorus about the girls +in Booble Alley, with hearty good will. Nevertheless, not three days +previous, Bildad had told them that no profane songs would be allowed on +board the Pequod, particularly in getting under weigh; and Charity, his +sister, had placed a small choice copy of Watts in each seaman's berth. +Meantime, overseeing the other part of the ship, Captain Peleg +..

+ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner. I almost thought he +would sink the ship before the anchor could be got up; involuntarily I paused +on my handspike, and told Queequeg to do the same, thinking of the perils we +both ran, in starting on the voyage with such a devil for a pilot. I was +comforting myself, however, with the thought that in pious Bildad might be +found some salvation, spite of his seven hundred and seventy-seventh lay; +when I felt a sudden sharp poke in my rear, and turning round, was horrified +at the apparition of Captain Peleg in the act of withdrawing his leg from my +immediate vicinity. That was my first kick. Is that the way they heave in +the marchant service? he roared. Spring, thou sheep-head; spring, and +break thy backbone! why don't ye spring, i say, all of ye--spring! Quohog! +spring, thou chap with the red whiskers; spring there, Scotchcap; spring, +thou green pants. Spring, I say, all of ye, and spring your eyes out! And +so saying, he moved along the windlass, here and there using his leg very +freely, while imperturbable Bildad kept leading off with his psalmody. Thinks +I, Captain Peleg must have been drinking something to-day. At last the anchor +was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a short, cold +Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found +ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us +in ice, as in polished armor. The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks +glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge +elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows. Lank Bildad, as pilot, +headed the first watch, and ever and anon, as the old craft deep dived into +the green seas, and sent the shivering frost all over her, and the winds +howled, and the cordage rang, his steady notes were heard, -- Sweet fields +beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green. So to the Jews old +Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. Never did those sweet words sound +more sweetly to me than then. They were full of hope and fruition. Spite of +this frigid +..

+winter night in the boisterous Atlantic, spite of my wet feet and wetter +jacket, there was yet, it then seemed to me, many a pleasant haven in +store; and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by +the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer. At last we gained such +an offing, that the two pilots were needed no longer. The stout sail-boat +that had accompanied us began ranging alongside. It was curious and not +unpleasing, how Peleg and Bildad were affected at this juncture, especially +Captain Bildad. For loath to depart, yet; very loath to leave, for good, a +ship bound on so long and perilous a voyage --beyond both stormy Capes; a ship +in which some thousands of his hard earned dollars were invested; a ship, in +which an old shipmate sailed as captain; a man almost as old as he, once +more starting to encounter all the terrors of the pitiless jaw; loath to say +good-bye to a thing so every way brimful of every interest to him, --poor old +Bildad lingered long; paced the deck with anxious strides" ran down into the +cabin to speak another farewell word there; again came on deck, and looked +to windward; looked towards the wide and endless waters, only bounded by the +far-off unseen Eastern Continents; looked towards the land, looked aloft; +looked right and left; looked everywhere and nowhere; and at last, +mechanically coiling a rope upon its pin, convulsively grasped stout Peleg by +the hand, and holding up a lantern, for a moment stood gazing heroically in +his face, as much as to say, Nevertheless, friend Peleg, I can stand it; +yes, I can. As for Peleg himself, he took it more like a philosopher; but +for all his philosophy, there was a tear twinkling in his eye, when the +lantern came too near. And he, too, did not a little run from cabin to deck +--now a word below, and now a word with Starbuck, the chief mate. But, at +last, he turned to his comrade, with a final sort of look about him, -- Captain +Bildad --come, old shipmate, we must go. Back the main-yard there! Boat ahoy! +Stand by to come close alongside, now! Careful, careful! --come, Bildad, boy +--say your last. Luck to ye, Starbuck --luck to ye, Mr. Stubb --luck to ye, + +..

+Mr. Flask --good-bye, and good luck to ye all --and this day three years I'll +have a hot supper smoking for ye in old Nantucket. Hurrah and away! God +bless ye, and have ye in His holy keeping, men, murmured old Bildad, almost +incoherently. I hope ye'll have fine weather now, so that Captain Ahab may +soon be moving among ye --a pleasant sun is all he needs, and ye'll have +plenty of them in the tropic voyage ye go. Be careful in the hunt, ye mates. +Don't stave the boats needlessly, ye harpooneers; good white cedar plank is +raised full three per cent. within the year. Don't forget your prayers, +either. Mr Starbuck, mind that cooper don't waste the spare staves. Oh! the +sail-needles are in the green locker! Don't whale it too much a' Lord's days, +men; but don't miss a fair chance either, that's rejecting Heaven's good +gifts. Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, +I thought. If ye touch at the islands, Mr. Flask, beware of fornication. +Good-bye, good-bye! Don't keep that cheese too long down in the hold, Mr. +Starbuck; it'll spoil. Be careful with the butter --twenty cents the pound it +was, and mind ye, if-- Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering, --away! +and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the +boat. Ship and boat diverged; the cold, damp night breeze blew between; a +screaming gull flew overhead; the two hulls wildly rolled; we gave three +heavy-hearted cheers, and blindly plunged like fate into the lone Atlantic. +..

+.. < chapter xxiii 28 THE LEE SHORE > + + Some chapters back, one Bulkington was +spoken of, a tall, new-landed mariner, encountered in New Bedford at the inn. + + When on that shivering winter's night, the Pequod thrust her vindictive bows +into the cold malicious waves, who should I see +..

+standing at her helm but Bulkington! I looked with sympathetic awe and +fearfulness upon the man, who in mid-winter just landed from a four years' +dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another +tempestuous term. The land seemed scorching to his feet. Wonderfullest +things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this +six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington. Let me only say that +it fared with him as with the storm-tossed ship, that miserably drives along +the leeward land. The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in +the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm blankets, friends, +all that's kind to our mortalities. But in that gale, the port, the land, is +that ship's direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of +land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and +through. With all her might she crowds all sail off shore; in so doing, +fights 'gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all +the lashed sea's landlessness again; for refuge's sake forlornly rushing into +peril; her only friend her bitterest foe! Know ye, now, Bulkington? +Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, +earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open +independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth +conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore? But as in landlessness +alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God --so, better is +it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the +lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven +crawl to land! Terrors of the terrible! is all this agony so vain? Take +heart, take heart, O Bulkington! Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray +of thy ocean-perishing --straight up, leaps thy apotheosis! +..

+.. < chapter xxiv 2 THE ADVOCATE > + + As Queequeg and I are now fairly embarked +in this business of whaling; and as this business of whaling has somehow come + + to be regarded among landsmen as a rather unpoetical and disreputable +pursuit; therefore, I am all anxiety to convince ye, ye landsmen, of the +injustice hereby done to us hunters of whales. In the first place, it may be +deemed almost superfluous to establish the fact, that among people at large, +the business of whaling is not accounted on a level with what are called the +liberal professions. If a stranger were introduced into any miscellaneous +metropolitan society, it would but slightly advance the general opinion of +his merits, were he presented to the company as a harpooneer, say; and if in +emulation of the naval officers he should append the initials S. W. F. (Sperm +Whale Fishery) to his visiting card, such a procedure would be deemed +pre-eminently presuming and ridiculous. Doubtless one leading reason why the +world declines honoring us whalemen, is this: they think that, at best, our +vocation amounts to a butchering sort of business; and that when actively +engaged therein, we are surrounded by all manner of defilements. Butchers we +are, that is true. But butchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest badge +have been all Martial Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honor. +And as for the matter of the alleged uncleanliness of our business, ye shall +soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown, and +which, upon the whole, will triumphantly plant the sperm whale-ship at least +among the cleanliest things of this tidy earth. But even granting the charge +in question to be true; what disordered slippery decks of a whale-ship are +comparable to the unspeakable carrion of those battle-fields from which so +many soldiers return to drink in all ladies' plaudits? And if the +..

+idea of peril so much enhances the popular conceit of the soldier's +profession; let me assure ye that many a veteran who has freely marched up to +a battery, would quickly recoil at the apparition of the sperm whale's vast +tail, fanning into eddies the air over his head. For what are the +comprehensible terrors of man compared with the interlinked terrors and +wonders of God! But, though the world scouts at us whale hunters, yet does it +unwittingly pay us the profoundest homage; yea, an all-abounding adoration! +for almost all the tapers, lamps, and candles that burn round the globe, +burn, as before so many shrines, to our glory! But look at this matter in +other lights; weigh it in all sorts of scales; see what we whalemen are, and +have been. Why did the Dutch in DeWitt's time have admirals of their whaling +fleets? Why did Louis XVI. of France, at his own personal expense, fit out +whaling ships from Dunkirk, and politely invite to that town some score or two +of families from our own island of Nantucket? Why did Britain between the +years + + and + + pay to her whalemen in bounties upwards of 1,000,000 + + pounds? And lastly, how comes it that we whalemen of America now outnumber +all the rest of the banded whalemen in the world; sail a navy of upwards of +seven hundred vessels; manned by eighteen thousand men; yearly consuming 00824,000,000 of dollars; the ships worth, at the time of sailing, 20,000,000 + + dollars; and every year importing into our harbors a well reaped harvest of 00847,000,000 dollars. How comes all this, if there be not something puissant in +whaling? But this is not the half; look again. I freely assert, that the +cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful +influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially +upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty +business of whaling. One way and another, it has begotten events so +remarkable in themselves, and so continuously momentous in their sequential +issues, that whaling may well be regarded as that Egyptian mother, who bore +offspring themselves pregnant from her womb. It would be a hopeless, endless +task to catalogue all these things. Let a handful suffice. For many +..

+years past the whale-ship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest +and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes +which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed. If American +and european men-of-war now peacefully ride in once savage harbors, let them +fire salutes to the honor and glory of the whale-ship, which originally showed +them the way, and first interpreted between them and the savages. They may +celebrate as they will the heroes of Exploring Expeditions, your Cookes, +Your Krusensterns; but I say that scores of anonymous Captains have sailed +out of Nantucket, that were as great, and greater than your Cooke and your +Krusenstern. For in their succorless emptyhandedness, they, in the +heathenish sharked waters, and by the beaches of unrecorded, javelin islands, +battled with virgin wonders and terrors that Cooke with all his marines and +muskets would not willingly have dared. All that is made such a flourish of +in the old South Sea Voyages, those things were but the lifetime commonplaces +of our heroic Nantucketers. Often, adventures which Vancouver dedicates three +chapters to, these men accounted unworthy of being set down in the ship's +common log. Ah, the world! Oh, the world! Until the whale fishery rounded +Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, +was carried on between Europe and the long line of the opulent Spanish +provinces on the Pacific coast. It was the whaleman who first broke through +the jealous policy of the Spanish crown, touching those colonies; and, if +space permitted, it might be distinctly shown how from those whalemen at last +eventuated the liberation of Peru, Chili, and Bolivia from the yoke of Old +Spain, and the establishment of the eternal democracy in those parts. That +great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia, was given to the +enlightened world by the whaleman. After its first blunder-born discovery by +a Dutchman, all other ships long shunned those shores as pestiferously +barbarous; but the whale-ship touched there. The whale-ship is the true +mother of that now mighty colony. Moreover, in the infancy of the first +Australian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved +..

+from starvation by the benevolent biscuit of the whale-ship luckily dropping +an anchor in their waters. The uncounted isles of all Polynesia confess the +same truth, and do commercial homage to the whale-ship, that cleared the way +for the missionary and the merchant, and in many cases carried the primitive +missionaries to their first destinations. If that double-bolted land, Japan, +is ever to become hospitable, it is the whale-ship alone to whom the credit +will be due; for already she is on the threshold. But if, in the face of all +this, you still declare that whaling has no aesthetically noble associations +connected with it, then am I ready to shiver fifty lances with you there, +and unhorse you with a split helmet every time. The whale has no famous +author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say. The whale no + + famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler? Who wrote the first +account of our Leviathan? Who but mighty Job! And who composed the first +narrative of a whaling-voyage? Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the +Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other, the +Norwegian whale-hunter of those times! And who pronounced our glowing eulogy +in Parliament? Who, but Edmund Burke! True enough, but then whalemen +themselves are poor devils; they have no good blood in their veins. No good + + blood in their veins? They have something better than royal blood there. +The grandmother of Benjamin Franklin was Mary Morrel" afterwards, by marriage, +Mary Folger, one of the old settlers of Nantucket, and the ancestress to a +long line of Folgers and harpooneers --all kith and kin to noble Benjamin +--this day darting the barbed iron from one side of the world to the other. +Good again; but then all confess that somehow whaling is not respectable. + + Whaling not respectable? Whaling is imperial! By old English statutory +law, the whale is declared a royal fish. +..

+Oh, that's only nominal! The whale himself has never figured in any grand +imposing way. The whale never figured in any grand imposing way? In +one of the mighty triumphs given to a Roman general upon his entering the +world's capital, the bones of a whale, brought all the way from the Syrian +coast, were the most conspicuous object in the cymballed procession. Grant +it, since you cite it; but, say what you will, there is no real dignity in +whaling. No dignity in whaling? The dignity of our calling the very +heavens attest. Cetus is a constellation in the South! No more! Drive down +your hat in presence of the Czar, and take it off to Queequeg! No more! I +know a man that, in his lifetime, has taken three hundred and fifty whales. I +account that man more honorable than that great captain of antiquity who +boasted of taking as many walled towns. And, as for me, if, by any +possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall +ever deserve any real repute in that small but high hushed world which I might +not be unreasonably ambitious of; if hereafter I shall do anything that, +upon the whole, a man might rather have done than to have left undone; if, at +my death, my executors, or more properly my creditors, find any precious MSS. +in my desk, then here I prospectively ascribe all the honor and the glory to +whaling; for a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard. +..

+See subsequent chapters for something more on this head. +..

+See subsequent chapters for something more on this head. +..

+.. < chapter xxv 27 POSTSCRIPT > + + In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I +would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his +facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable +..

+surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause --such an advocate, would +he not be blameworthy? It is well known that at the coronation of kings and +queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for +their functions is gone through. There is a saltcellar of state, so called, +and there may be a caster of state. How they use the salt, precisely --who +knows? Certain I am, however, that a king's head is solemnly oiled at his +coronation, even as a head of salad. Can it be, though, that they anoint it +with a view of making its interior run well, as they anoint machinery? Much +might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal +process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a +fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing. In truth, + + a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got +a quoggy spot in him somewhere. As a general rule, he can't amount to much in + + his totality. But the only thing to be considered here, is this --what kind +of oil is used at coronations? Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar +oil, nor castor oil, nor bear's oil, nor train oil, nor cod-liver oil. What +then can it possibly be, but sperm oil in its unmanufactured, unpolluted +state, the sweetest of all oils? Think of that, ye loyal Britons! we +whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff! +..

+.. < chapter xxvi 26 KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES > + + The chief mate of the Pequod was +Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent. He was a long, +earnest man, and though born on an icy coast, seemed well adapted to endure +hot latitudes, his flesh being hard as twice-baked biscuit. Transported to +the Indies, his live blood would not spoil like bottled +..

+ale. He must have been born in some time of general drought and famine, or +upon one of those fast days for which his state is famous. Only some thirty +arid summers had he seen; those summers had dried up all his physical +superfluousness. But this, his thinness, so to speak, seemed no more the +token of wasting anxieties and cares, than it seemed the indication of any +bodily blight. It was merely the condensation of the man. He was by no +means ill-looking; quite the contrary. His pure tight skin was an excellent +fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and +strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure +for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; for be it Polar snow or +torrid sun, like a patent chronometer, his interior vitality was warranted to +do well in all climates. Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the +yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted +through life. A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a +telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. Yet, for all +his hardy sobriety and fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which +at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the +rest. Uncommonly conscientious for a seaman, and endued with a deep natural +reverence, the wild watery loneliness of his life did therefore strongly +incline him to superstition; but to that sort of superstition, which in some +organizations seems rather to spring, somehow, from intelligence than from +ignorance. Outward portents and inward presentiments were his. And if at +times these things bent the welded iron of his soul, much more did his +far-away domestic memories of his young Cape wife and child, tend to bend him +still more from the original ruggedness of his nature, and open him still +further to those latent influences which, in some honest-hearted men, +restrain the gush of dare-devil daring, so often evinced by others in the more +perilous vicissitudes of the fishery. I will have no man in my boat, said +starbuck, who is not afraid of a whale. by this, he seemed to mean, not only +that the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair +estimation of the encountered peril, but that an utterly fearless man is a +far more dangerous comrade than a coward. +..

+ + Aye, aye, said Stubb, the second mate, Starbuck, there, is as careful a +man as you'll find anywhere in this fishery. But we shall ere long see what +that word careful precisely means when used by a man like Stubb, or almost +any other whale hunter. Starbuck was no crusader after perils; in him +courage was not a sentiment; but a thing simply useful to him, and always +at hand upon all mortally practical occasions. Besides, he thought, perhaps, +that in this business of whaling, courage was one of the great staple outfits +of the ship, like her beef and her bread, and not to be foolishly wasted. +Wherefore he had no fancy for lowering for whales after sun-down; nor for +persisting in fighting a fish that too much persisted in fighting him. For, +thought Starbuck, I am here in this critical ocean to kill whales for my +living, and not to be killed by them for theirs; and that hundreds of men had +been so killed Starbuck well knew. What doom was his own father's? Where, in +the bottomless deeps, could he find the torn limbs of his brother? With +memories like these in him, and, moreover, given to a certain +superstitiousness, as has been said; the courage of this Starbuck which +could, nevertheless, still flourish, must indeed have been extreme. But it +was not in reasonable nature that a man so organized, and with such terrible +experiences and remembrances as he had; it was not in nature that these +things should fail in latently engendering an element in him, which, under +suitable circumstances, would break out from its confinement, and burn all his +courage up. And brave as he might be, it was that sort of bravery chiefly, +visible in some intrepid men, which, while generally abiding firm in the +conflict with seas, or winds, or whales, or any of the ordinary irrational +horrors of the world, yet cannot withstand those more terrific, because more +spiritual terrors, which sometimes menace you from the concentrating brow of +an enraged and mighty man. But were the coming narrative to reveal, in any +instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I +have the heart to write it; for it is a thing most sorrowful, nay shocking, +to expose the fall of valor in the soul. Men may seem detestable as joint +stock-companies and nations; knaves, +..

+fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but +man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing +creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run +to throw their costliest robes. That immaculate manliness we feel within +ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer +character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle +of a valor-ruined man. Nor can piety itself, at such a shameful sight, +completely stifle her upbraidings against the permitting stars. But this +august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that +abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining +in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity +which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself! The great God +absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, +our divine equality! If, then, to meanest mariners, and renegades and +castaways, I shall hereafter ascribe high qualities, though dark; weave round + + them tragic graces; if even the most mournful, perchance the most abased, +among them all, shall at times lift himself to the exalted mounts; if I shall +touch that workman's arm with some ethereal light; if I shall spread a +rainbow over his disastrous set of sun; then against all mortal critics bear +me out in it, thou just spirit of equality, which hast spread one royal +mantle of humanity over all my kind! Bear me out in it, thou great democratic + + God! who didst not refuse to the swart convict, Bunyan, the pale, poetic +pearl; Thou who didst clothe with doubly hammered leaves of finest gold, the +stumped and paupered arm of old Cervantes; Thou who didst pick up Andrew +Jackson from the pebbles; who didst hurl him upon a war-horse; who didst +thunder him higher than a throne! Thou who, in all Thy mighty, earthly +marchings, ever cullest Thy selectest champions from the kingly commons; bear +me out in it, O God! +..

+.. < chapter xxvii 2 KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES > + + Stubb was the second mate. He +was a native of Cape Cod; and hence, according to local usage, was called a +Cape-Cod-man. A happy-go-lucky; neither craven nor valiant; taking perils as + + they came with an indifferent air; and while engaged in the most imminent +crisis of the chase, toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner +engaged for the year. Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his +whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew +all invited guests. He was as particular about the comfortable arrangement of +his part of the boat, as an old stage-driver is about the snugness of his box. + + When close to the whale, in the very death-lock of the fight, he handled his +unpitying lance coolly and off-handedly, as a whistling tinker his hammer. +He would hum over his old rigadig tunes while flank and flank with the most +exasperated monster. Long usage had, for this Stubb, converted the jaws of +death into an easy chair. What he thought of death itself, there is no +telling. Whether he ever thought of it at all, might be a question; but, if +he ever did chance to cast his mind that way after a comfortable dinner, no +doubt, like a good sailor, he took it to be a sort of call of the watch to +tumble aloft, and bestir themselves there, about something which he would find +out when he obeyed the order, and not sooner. What, perhaps, with other +things, made Stubb such an easygoing, unfearing man, so cheerily trudging off +with the burden of life in a world full of grave peddlers, all bowed to the +ground with their packs; what helped to bring about that almost impious +good-humor of his; that thing must have been his pipe. For, like his nose, +his short, black little pipe was one of the regular features of his face. You +would almost as soon have expected him to turn out of his bunk without his +nose as without his pipe. +..

+He kept a whole row of pipes there ready loaded, stuck in a rack, within easy +reach of his hand; and, whenever he turned in, he smoked them all out in +succession, lighting one from the other to the end of the chapter; then +loading them again to be in readiness anew. For, when Stubb dressed, instead +of first putting his legs into his trowsers, he put his pipe into his mouth. +I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his +peculiar disposition; for every one knows that this earthly air, whether +ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the +numberless mortals who have died exhaling it; and as in time of the cholera, +some people go about with a camphorated handkerchief to their mouths; so, +likewise, against all mortal tribulations, Stubb's tobacco smoke might have +operated as a sort of disinfecting agent. The third mate was Flask, a native +of Tisbury, in Martha's Vineyard. A short, stout, ruddy young fellow, very +pugnacious concerning whales, who somehow seemed to think that the great +Leviathans had personally and hereditarily affronted him; and therefore it +was a sort of point of honor with him, to destroy them whenever encountered. +So utterly lost was he to all sense of reverence for the many marvels of their +majestic bulk and mystic ways; and so dead to anything like an apprehension +of any possible danger from encountering them; that in his poor opinion, the +wondrous whale was but a species of magnified mouse, or at least water-rat, +requiring only a little circumvention and some small application of time and +trouble in order to kill and boil. This ignorant, unconscious fearlessness of +his made him a little waggish in the matter of whales; he followed these +fish for the fun of it; and a three years' voyage round Cape Horn was only a +jolly joke that lasted that length of time. As a carpenter's nails are +divided into wrought nails and cut nails; so mankind may be similarly divided. + + Little Flask was one of the wrought ones; made to clinch tight and last +long. They called him King-Post on board of the Pequod; because, in form, +he could be well likened to the short, square timber known by that name in +Arctic whalers; and which by the means of many radiating side timbers +inserted in it, served to brace the ship against the icy concussions of those +battering seas. Now these three mates --Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, were +..

+momentous men. They it was who by universal prescription commanded three of +the Pequod's boats as headsmen. In that grand order of battle in which +Captain Ahab would probably marshal his forces to descend on the whales, +these three headsmen were as captains of companies. Or, being armed with +their long keen whaling spears, they were as a picked trio of lancers; even +as the harpooneers were flingers of javelins. And since in this famous +fishery, each mate or headsman, like a Gothic Knight of old, is always +accompanied by his boat-steerer or harpooneer, who in certain conjunctures +provides him with a fresh lance, when the former one has been badly twisted, +or elbowed in the assault; and moreover, as there generally subsists between +the two, a close intimacy and friendliness; it is therefore but meet, that in +this place we set down who the Pequod's harpooneers were, and to what +headsman each of them belonged. first of all was queequeg, whom Starbuck, the +chief mate, had selected for his squire. But Queequeg is already known. Next +was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of +Martha's Vineyard, where there still exists the last remnant of a village of +red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with +many of her most daring harpooneers. In the fishery, they usually go by the +generic name of Gay-Headers. Tashtego's long, lean, sable hair, his high +cheek bones, and black rounding eyes --for an Indian, Oriental in their +largeness, but Antarctic in their glittering expression --all this +sufficiently proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those +proud warrior hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had +scoured, bow in hand, the aboriginal forests of the main. But no longer +snuffing in the trail of the wild beasts of the woodland, Tashtego now +hunted in the wake of the great whales of the sea; the unerring harpoon of +the son fitly replacing the infallible arrow of the sires. To look at the +tawny brawn of his lithe snaky limbs, you would almost have credited the +superstitions of some of the earlier Puritans, and half believed this wild +Indian to be a son of the Prince of the Powers of the Air. Tashtego was Stubb +the second mate's squire. Third among the harpooneers was Daggoo, a gigantic, +coal-black +..

+negro-savage, with a lion-like tread --an Ahasuerus to behold. Suspended from +his ears were two golden hoops, so large that the sailors called them +ring-bolts, and would talk of securing the top-sail halyards to them. In his +youth Daggoo had voluntarily shipped on board of a whaler, lying in a lonely +bay on his native coast. And never having been anywhere in the world but in +Africa, Nantucket, and the pagan harbors most frequented by whalemen; and +having now led for many years the bold life of the fishery in the ships of +owners uncommonly heedful of what manner of men they shipped; daggoo retained +all his barbaric virtues, and erect as a giraffe, moved about the decks in +all the pomp of six feet five in his socks. There was a corporeal humility +in looking up at him; and a white man standing before him seemed a white flag +come to beg truce of a fortress. Curious to tell, this imperial negro, +Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man +beside him. As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at +the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast +employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty +nearly all the officers are. Herein it is the same with the American whale +fishery as with the American army and military and merchant navies, and the +engineering forces employed in the construction of the American Canals and +Railroads. The same, I say, because in all these cases the native American +liberally provides the brains, the rest of the world as generously supplying +the muscles. No small number of these whaling seamen belong to the Azores, +where the outward bound Nantucket whalers frequently touch to augment their +crews from the hardy peasants of those rocky shores. In like manner, the +Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull or London, put in at the Shetland +Islands, to receive the full complement of their crew. Upon the passage +homewards, they drop them there again. How it is, there is no telling, but +Islanders seem to make the best whalemen. They were nearly all Islanders in +the Pequod, Isolatoes too, I call such, not acknowledging the common +continent of men, but each Isolato living on a separate continent of his +own. Yet now, federated along one keel, what a set these Isolatoes were! An +Anacharsis Clootz deputation from all the +..

+isles of the sea, and all the ends of the earth, accompanying Old Ahab in the +pequod to lay the world's grievances before that bar from which not very many +of them ever come back. Black Little Pip --he never did --oh, no! he went +before. Poor Alabama boy! On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere +long see him, beating his tambourine; prelusive of the eternal time, when +sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with +angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a +hero there! +..

+.. < chapter xxviii 11 AHAB > + + For several days after leaving Nantucket, +nothing above hatches was seen of Captain Ahab. The mates regularly relieved +each other at the watches, and for aught that could be seen to the contrary, +they seemed to be the only commanders of the ship; only they sometimes issued +from the cabin with orders so sudden and peremptory, that after all it was +plain they but commanded vicariously. Yes, their supreme lord and dictator +was there, though hitherto unseen by any eyes not permitted to penetrate into +the now sacred retreat of the cabin. Every time I ascended to the deck from my +watches below, I instantly gazed aft to mark if any strange face were +visible; for my first vague disquietude touching the unknown captain, now in +the seclusion of the sea, became almost a perturbation. This was strangely +heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly +recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of. +But poorly could I withstand them, much as in other moods I was almost ready +to smile at the solemn whimsicalities of that outlandish prophet of the +wharves. But whatever it was of apprehensiveness or uneasiness --to call it so +--which I felt, yet whenever I came to look about me in the ship, it seemed +against all warrantry to +..

+cherish such emotions. For though the harpooneers, with the great body of +the crew, were a far more barbaric, heathenish, and motley set than any of the +tame merchant-ship companies which my previous experiences had made me +acquainted with, still I ascribed this --and rightly ascribed it --to the +fierce uniqueness of the very nature of that wild Scandinavian vocation in +which I had so abandonedly embarked. But it was especially the aspect of the +three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly +calculated to allay these colorless misgivings, and induce confidence and +cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage. Three better, more likely +sea-officers and men, each in his own different way, could not readily be +found, and they were every one of them Americans; a Nantucketer, a +Vineyarder, a Cape man. Now, it being Christmas when the ship shot from out +her harbor, for a space we had biting Polar weather, though all the time +running away from it to the southward; and by every degree and minute of +latitude which we sailed, gradually leaving that merciless winter, and all +its intolerable weather behind us. It was one of those less lowering, but +still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind +the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and +melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon +watch, so soon as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding +shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon +his quarter-deck. There seemed no sign of common bodily illness about him, +nor of the recovery from any. He looked like a man cut away from the stake, +when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, +or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole +high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable +mould, like Cellini's cast Perseus. Threading its way out from among his grey +hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, +till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly +whitish. It resembled that perpendicular seam sometimes made in the +straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning +..

+tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twig, peels and +grooves out the bark from top to bottom, ere running off into the soil, +leaving the tree still greenly alive, but branded. Whether that mark was born +with him, or whether it was the scar left by some desperate wound, no one +could certainly say. By some tacit consent, throughout the voyage little or no +allusion was made to it, especially by the mates. But once Tashtego's +senior, an old Gay-Head Indian among the crew, superstitiously asserted that +not till he was full forty years old did Ahab become that way branded, and +then it came upon him, not in the fury of any mortal fray, but in an +elemental strife at sea. Yet, this wild hint seemed inferentially negatived, +by what a grey Manxman insinuated, an old sepulchral man, who, having never +before sailed out of Nantucket, had never ere this laid eye upon wild Ahab. +Nevertheless, the old sea-traditions, the immemorial credulities, popularly +invested this old Manxman with preternatural powers of discernment. So that +no white sailor seriously contradicted him when he said that if ever Captain +Ahab should be tranquilly laid out --which might hardly come to pass, so he +muttered --then, whoever should do that last office for the dead, would find a +birth-mark on him from crown to sole. So powerfully did the whole grim aspect +of Ahab affect me, and the livid brand which streaked it, that for the first +few moments I hardly noted that not a little of this overbearing grimness was +owing to the barbaric white leg upon which he partly stood. It had previously +come to me that this ivory leg had at sea been fashioned from the polished +bone of the sperm whale's jaw. Aye, he was dismasted off Japan, said the +old Gay-Head Indian once; but like his dismasted craft, he shipped another +mast without coming home for it. he has a quiver of 'em. I was struck with +the singular posture he maintained. Upon each side of the Pequod's quarter +deck, and pretty close to the mizen shrouds, there was an auger hole, bored +about half an inch or so, into the plank. His bone leg steadied in that hole; + + one arm elevated, and holding by a shroud; Captain Ahab stood erect, looking +straight out beyond the ship's ever-pitching prow. There was an infinity of +firmest fortitude, a determinate unsurrenderable +..

+wilfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance. Not +a word he spoke; nor did his officers say aught to him; though by all their +minutest gestures and expressions, they plainly showed the uneasy, if not +painful, consciousness of being under a troubled master-eye. And not only +that, but moody stricken Ahab stood before them with a crucifixion in his +face; in all the nameless regal overbearing dignity of some mighty woe. Ere +long, from his first visit in the air, he withdrew into his cabin. But after +that morning, he was every day visible to the crew; either standing in his +pivot-hole, or seated upon an ivory stool he had; or heavily walking the +deck. As the sky grew less gloomy; indeed, began to grow a little genial, he +became still less and less a recluse; as if, when the ship had sailed from +home, nothing but the dead wintry bleakness of the sea had then kept him so +secluded. And, by and by, it came to pass, that he was almost continually in +the air; but, as yet, for all that he said, or perceptibly did, on the at +last sunny deck, he seemed as unnecessary there as another mast. But the +Pequod was only making a passage now; not regularly cruising; nearly all +whaling preparatives needing supervision the mates were fully competent to, +so that there was little or nothing, out of himself, to employ or excite Ahab, +now; and thus chase away, for that one interval, the clouds that layer upon +layer were piled upon his brow, as ever all clouds choose the loftiest peaks +to pile themselves upon. Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warbling +persuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather we came to, seemed gradually +to charm him from his mood. For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, +April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, +ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green +sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a +little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air. More than once +did he put forth the faint blossom of a look, which, in any other man, would +have soon flowered out in a smile. +..

+.. < chapter xxix 2 ENTER AHAB; TO HIM, STUBB > + + Some days elapsed, and ice +and icebergs all astern, the Pequod now went rolling through the bright Quito +spring, which, at sea, almost perpetually reigns on the threshold of the +eternal August of the Tropic. The warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, +overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, +heaped up --flaked up, with rose-water snow. The starred and stately nights +seemed haughty dames in jewelled velvets, nursing at home in lonely pride, the +memory of their absent conquering Earls, the golden helmeted suns! For +sleeping man, 'twas hard to choose between such winsome days and such +seducing nights. But all the witcheries of that unwaning weather did not +merely lend new spells and potencies to the outward world. Inward they turned +upon the soul, especially when the still mild hours of eve came on; then, +memory shot her crystals as the clear ice most forms of noiseless twilights. +And all these subtle agencies, more and more they wrought on Ahab's texture. +Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man +has to do with aught that looks like death. among sea-commanders, the old +greybeards will oftenest leave their berths to visit the night-cloaked deck. +It was so with Ahab; only that now, of late, he seemed so much to live in +the open air, that truly speaking, his visits were more to the cabin, than +from, the cabin to the planks. It feels like going down into one's tomb, +--he would mutter to himself, -- for an old captain like me to be descending +this narrow scuttle, to go to my grave-dug berth. So, almost every +twenty-four hours, when the watches of the night were set, and the band on +deck sentinelled the slumbers of the band below; and when if a rope was to be +hauled upon the forecastle, the sailors flung it not rudely down, as by day, + +..

+but with some cautiousness dropt it to its place, for fear of disturbing +their slumbering shipmates; when this sort of steady quietude would begin to +prevail, habitually, the silent steersman would watch the cabin-scuttle; and +ere long the old man would emerge, griping at the iron banister, to help his +crippled way. Some considerating touch of humanity was in him; for at times +like these, he usually abstained from patrolling the quarter-deck; because to +his wearied mates, seeking repose within six inches of his ivory heel, such +would have been the reverberating crack and din of that bony step, that their +dreams would have been of the crunching teeth of sharks. But once, the mood +was on him too deep for common regardings; and as with heavy, lumber-like +pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast, Stubb, the odd +second mate, came up from below, and with a certain unassured, deprecating +humorousness, hinted that if Captain Ahab was pleased to walk the planks, +then, no one could say nay; but there might be some way of muffling the +noise; hinting something indistinctly and hesitatingly about a globe of tow, +and the insertion into it, of the ivory heel. Ah! Stubb, thou did'st not +know Ahab then. Am I a cannon-ball, Stubb, said Ahab, that thou wouldst +wad me that fashion? But go thy ways; I had forgot. Below to thy nightly +grave; where such as ye sleep between shrouds, to use ye to the filling one +at last. --Down, dog, and kennel! Starting at the unforeseen concluding +exclamation of the so suddenly scornful old man, Stubb was speechless a +moment; then said excitedly, I am not used to be spoken to that way, sir; +I do but less than half like it, sir. Avast! gritted Ahab between his set +teeth, and violently moving away, as if to avoid some passionate temptation. + + No, sir; not yet, said Stubb, emboldened, I will not tamely be called a +dog, sir. Then be called ten times a donkey, and a mule, and an ass, and +begone, or I'll clear the world of thee! As he said this, Ahab advanced upon +him with such overbearing terrors in his aspect, that Stubb involuntarily +retreated. I was never served so before without giving a hard blow for it, +muttered Stubb, as he found himself descending the cabin-scuttle. +..

+ + It's very queer. Stop, Stubb; somehow, now, I don't well know whether to go +back and strike him, or --what's that? -- down here on my knees and pray for +him? Yes, that was the thought coming up in me; but it would be the first +time I ever did pray. It's queer; very queer; and he's queer too; aye, +take him fore and aft, he's about the queerest old man Stubb ever sailed +with. How he flashed at me! --his eyes like powder-pans! is he mad? Anyway +there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck +when it cracks. He aint in his bed now, either, more than three hours out of +the twenty-four; and he don't sleep then. Didn't that Dough-Boy, the +steward, tell me that of a morning he always finds the old man's hammock +clothes all rumpled and tumbled, and the sheets down at the foot, and the +coverlid almost tied into knots, and the pillow a sort of frightful hot, as +though a baked brick had been on it? A hot old man! I guess he's got what +some folks ashore call a conscience; it's a kind of Tic-Dolly-row they say +--worse nor a toothache. Well, well; I don't know what it is, but the Lord +keep me from catching it. He's full of riddles; I wonder what he goes into +the after hold for, every night, as Dough-Boy tells me he suspects; what's +that for, I should like to know? Who's made appointments with him in the hold? + + Ain't that queer, now? But there's no telling, it's the old game --Here goes + + for a snooze. Damn me, it's worth a fellow's while to be born into the +world, if only to fall right asleep. And now that I think of it, that's +about the first thing babies do, and that's a sort of queer, too. Damn me, +but all things are queer, come to think of 'em. But that's against my +principles. Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, +is my twelfth -- So here goes again. But how's that? didn't he call me a dog? + + blazes! he called me ten times a donkey, and piled a lot of jackasses on +top of that! He might as well have kicked me, and done with it. Maybe he + + did kick me, and I didn't observe it, I was so taken all aback with his brow, +somehow. It flashed like a bleached bone. What the devil's the matter with +me? I don't stand right on my legs. Coming afoul of that old man has a sort +of turned me wrong side out. By the Lord, I must have been dreaming, though +--How? how? how? --but the only way's +..

+to stash it; so here goes to hammock again; and in the morning, I'll see how +this plaguey juggling thinks over by day-light. +..

+.. < chapter xxx 4 THE PIPE > + + When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a +while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of +late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, +and also his pipe. lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the +stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked. In old Norse times, +the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, +of the tusks of the narwhale. How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that +tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized? For a +Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was +Ahab. Some moments passed, during which the thick vapor came from his mouth +in quick and constant puffs, which blew back again into his face. How now, +he soliloquized at last, withdrawing the tube, this smoking no longer +soothes. Oh, my pipe! hard must it go with me if thy charm be gone! Here +have I been unconsciously toiling, not pleasuring, --aye, and ignorantly +smoking to windward all the while; to windward, and with such nervous +whiffs, as if, like the dying whale, my final jets were the strongest and +fullest of trouble. What business have I with this pipe? This thing that is +meant for sereneness, to send up mild white vapors among mild white hairs, +not among torn iron-grey locks like mine. I'll smoke no more-- He tossed the +still lighted pipe into the sea. The fire hissed in the waves; the same +instant the ship shot by the bubble the sinking pipe made. With slouched hat, +Ahab lurchingly paced the planks. +..

+.. < chapter xxxi 2 QUEEN MAB > + + Next morning Stubb accosted Flask. Such a +queer dream, King-Post, I never had. You know the old man's ivory leg, well +I dreamed he kicked me with it; and when I tried to kick back, upon my soul, +my little man, I kicked my leg right off! And then, presto! Ahab seemed a +pyramid, and I, like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it. But what was still +more curious, Flask--you know how curious all dreams are-- through all this rage +that I was in, I somehow seemed to be thinking to myself, that after all, it +was not much of an insult, that kick from ahab. "Why," thinks I,"what's the +row? It's not a real leg, only a false leg." And there's a mighty difference +between a living thump and a dead thump. That's what makes a blow from the +hand, Flask, fifty times more savage to bear than a blow from a cane. The +living member --that makes the living insult, my little man. And thinks I to +myself all the while, mind, while I was stubbing my silly toes against that +cursed pyramid -- so confoundedly contradictory was it all, all the while, I +say, I was thinking to myself, "what's his leg now, but a cane --a whalebone +cane. Yes," thinks I,"it was only a playful cudgelling --in fact, only a +whaleboning that he gave me --not a base kick. Besides," thinks I,"look at it +once; why, the end of it --the foot part --what a small sort of end it is; +whereas, if a broad footed farmer kicked me, there's a devilish broad insult. + + But this insult is whittled down to a point only." But now comes the +greatest joke of the dream, Flask. While I was battering away at the +pyramid, a sort of badger-haired old merman, with a hump on his back, takes +me by the shoulders, and slews me round. "What are you 'bout?" says he. Slid! +man, but I was frightened. Such a phiz! But, somehow, next moment I was over +the fright. "What am I about?" says I at last. "And what business is that of +yours, I should like to know, Mr. Humpback? Do you want a +..

+kick?" By the lord, Flask, I had no sooner said that, than he turned round +his stern to me, bent over, and dragging up a lot of seaweed he had for a +clout --what do you think, I saw? --why thunder alive, man, his stern was stuck +full of marlinspikes, with the points out. Says I, on second thoughts,"I +guess I won't kick you, old fellow." "Wise Stubb," said he,"wise Stubb;" and +kept muttering it all the time, a sort of eating of his own gums like a +chimney hag. seeing he wasn't going to stop saying over his "wise Stubb, wise +Stubb," I thought I might as well fall to kicking the pyramid again. But I +had only just lifted my foot for it, when he roared out, "Stop that kicking!" +"Halloa," says I,"what's the matter now, old fellow?" "Look ye here," says +he;"let's argue the insult. Captain Ahab kicked ye, didn't he?" "Yes, he +did," says I --"right here it was." "Very good," says he --"he used his ivory + + leg, didn't he?" "Yes, he did," says I. "Well then," says he, "wise Stubb, +what have you to complain of? Didn't he kick with right good will? it wasn't +a common pitch pine leg he kicked with, was it? No, you were kicked by a +great man, and with a beautiful ivory leg, Stubb. It's an honor; I consider +it an honor. Listen, wise Stubb. In old England the greatest lords think it +great glory to be slapped by a queen, and made garter-knights of; but, be + + your boast, Stubb, that ye were kicked by old Ahab, and made a wise man of. +Remember what I say; be kicked by him; account his kicks honors; and on no +account kick back; for you can't help yourself, wise Stubb. Don't you see +that pyramid?" With that, he all of a sudden seemed somehow, in some queer +fashion, to swim off into the air. I snored; rolled over; and there I was +in my hammock! Now, what do you think of that dream, Flask? I don't know; +it seems a sort of foolish to me, tho'. May be, may be. But it's made a +wise man of me, Flask. D'ye see Ahab standing there, sideways looking over the +stern? Well, the best thing you can do, Flask, is to let that old man alone; +never speak to him, whatever he says. Halloa! what's that he shouts? Hark! + + Mast-head, there! Look sharp, all of ye! There are whales hereabouts! If +ye see a white one, split your lungs for him! What d'ye think of that now, +Flask? ain't there a small drop +..

+of something queer about that, eh? a white whale--did ye mark that, man? Look +ye--there's something special in the wind. Stand by for it, Flask. Ahab has +that that's bloody on his mind. But, mum; he comes this way. +..

+.. < chapter xxxii 6 CETOLOGY > + + Already we are boldly launched upon the +deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities. Ere + + that come to pass; ere the Pequod's weedy hull rolls side by side with the +barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a +matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the +more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to +follow. It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, +that I would now fain put before you. Yet is it no easy task. The +classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed. +Listen to what the best and latest authorities have laid down. No branch of +Zoology is so much involved as that which is entitled Cetology, says Captain +Scoresby, A. D. +. It is not my intention, were it in my power, to enter +into the inquiry as to the true method of dividing the cetacea into groups +and families.... Utter confusion exists among the historians of this animal +(sperm whale), says Surgeon Beale, A. D. +. Unfitness to pursue our +research in the unfathomable waters. Impenetrable veil covering our +knowledge of the cetacea. A field strewn with thorns. All these +incomplete indications but serve to torture us naturalists. Thus speak of +the whale, the great Cuvier, and John Hunter, and Lesson, those lights of +zoology and anatomy. Nevertheless, though of real knowledge there be little, +yet of books there are +..

+a plenty; and so in some small degree, with cetology, or the science of +whales. many are the men, small and great, old and new, landsmen and seamen, + + who have at large or in little, written of the whale. Run over a few: --The +Authors of the Bible; Aristotle; Pliny; Aldrovandi; Sir Thomas Browne; +Gesner; Ray; Linnaeus; Rondeletius; Willoughby; Green; Artedi; Sibbald; +Brisson; Marten; Lacepede; Bonneterre; Desmarest; Baron Cuvier; Frederick +Cuvier; John Hunter; Owen; Scoresby; Beale; Bennett; J. Ross Browne; the +Author of Miriam Coffin; Olmstead; and the Rev. T. Cheever. But to what +ultimate generalizing purpose all these have written, the above cited extracts +will show. Of the names in this list of whale authors, only those following +Owen ever saw living whales; and but one of them was a real professional +harpooneer and whaleman. I mean Captain Scoresby. On the separate subject of +the Greenland or right-whale, he is the best existing authority. But Scoresby +knew nothing and says nothing of the great sperm whale, compared with which +the Greenland whale is almost unworthy mentioning. And here be it said, that +the Greenland whale is an usurper upon the throne of the seas. He is not even +by any means the largest of the whales. Yet, owing to the long priority of +his claims, and the profound ignorance which, till some seventy years back, +invested the then fabulous and utterly unknown sperm-whale, and which +ignorance to this present day still reigns in all but some few scientific +retreats and whale-ports; this usurpation has been every way complete. +Reference to nearly all the leviathanic allusions in the great poets of past +days, will satisfy you that the Greenland whale, without one rival, was to +them the monarch of the seas. But the time has at last come for a new +proclamation. This is Charing Cross; hear ye! good people all, --the +Greenland whale is deposed, --the great sperm whale now reigneth! There are +only two books in being which at all pretend to put the living sperm whale +before you, and at the same time, in the remotest degree succeed in the +attempt. Those books are Beale's and Bennett's; both in their time surgeons +to English South-Sea whale-ships, and both exact and reliable men. The +..

+original matter touching the sperm whale to be found in their volumes is +necessarily small; but so far as it goes, it is of excellent quality, +though mostly confined to scientific description. As yet, however, the sperm +whale, scientific or poetic, lives not complete in any literature. Far above +all other hunted whales, his is an unwritten life. Now the various species of +whales need some sort of popular comprehensive classification, if only an easy +outline one for the present, hereafter to be filled in all its departments by +subsequent laborers. As no better man advances to take this matter in hand, +I hereupon offer my own poor endeavors. I promise nothing complete; because +any human thing supposed to be complete, must for that very reason infallibly +be faulty. I shall not pretend to a minute anatomical description of the +various species, or-- in this place at least --to much of any description. My +object here is simply to project the draught of a systematization of cetology. + + I am the architect, not the builder. But it is a ponderous task; no ordinary +letter-sorter in the Post-office is equal to it. To grope down into the +bottom of the sea after them; to have one's hands among the unspeakable +foundations, ribs, and very pelvis of the world; this is a fearful thing. +What am I that I should essay to hook the nose of this leviathan! The awful +tauntings in Job might well appal me. Will he (the leviathan) make a covenant +with thee? Behold the hope of him is vain! But I have swam through +libraries and sailed through oceans; I have had to do with whales with these +visible hands; I am in earnest; and I will try. There are some +preliminaries to settle. first: the uncertain, unsettled condition of this +science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in +some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish. In his +System of Nature, A. D. +, Linnaeus declares, I hereby separate the whales +from the fish. But of my own knowledge, I know that down to the year +, +sharks and shad, alewives and herring, against Linnaeus's express edict, were +still found dividing the possession of the same seas with the Leviathan. The +grounds upon which Linnaeus would fain have banished +..

+the whales from the waters, he states as follows: On account of their warm +bilocular heart, their lungs, their movable eyelids, their hollow ears, penem +intrantem feminam mammis lactantem, and finally, ex lege naturae jure +meritoque. I submitted all this to my friends Simeon Macey and Charley +Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they +united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficient. + + Charley profanely hinted they were humbug. Be it known that, waiving all +argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and +call upon holy Jonah to back me. This fundamental thing settled, the next +point is, in what internal respect does the whale differ from other fish. +Above, Linnaeus has given you those items. But in brief, they are these: +lungs and warm blood; whereas, all other fish are lungless and cold blooded. +Next: how shall we define the whale, by his obvious externals, so as +conspicuously to label him for all time to come? To be short, then, a whale +is a spouting fish with a horizontal tail. There you have him. +However contracted, that definition is the result of expanded meditation. A +walrus spouts much like a whale, but the walrus is not a fish, because he is +amphibious. but the last term of the definition is still more cogent, as +coupled with the first. Almost any one must have noticed that all the fish +familiar to landsmen have not a flat, but a vertical, or up-and-down tail. +Whereas, among spouting fish the tail, though it may be similarly shaped, +invariably assumes a horizontal position. By the above definition of what a +whale is, I do by no means exclude from the leviathanic brotherhood any sea +creature hitherto identified with the whale by the best informed Nantucketers; + + nor, on the other hand, link with it any fish hitherto authoritatively +regarded as alien. Hence, all the smaller, spouting, +..

+and horizontal tailed fish must be included in this ground-plan of Cetology. +Now, then, come the grand divisions of the entire whale host. First: +According to magnitude I divide the whales into three primary BOOKS +(subdivisible into Chapters), and these shall comprehend them all, both small +and large. I. The FOLIO WHALE; II. the OCTAVO WHALE; III. the DUODECIMO +WHALE. As the type of the FOLIO I present the Sperm Whale; of the +OCTAVO, the Grampus; of the DUODECIMO, the Porpoise. FOLIOS. Among these I +here include the following chapters: -- I. The Sperm Whale; II. the Right + + Whale; III. the Fin Back Whale; IV. the Hump-backed Whale; V. the + + Razor Back Whale; VI. the Sulphur Bottom Whale. BOOK I. ( Folio), +CHAPTER I. ( Sperm Whale). --This whale, among the English of old vaguely +known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, +is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and +the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. He is, without doubt, the largest +inhabitant of the globe; the most formidable of all whales to encounter; the +most majestic in aspect; and lastly, by far the most valuable in commerce; +he being the only creature from which that valuable substance, spermaceti, is +obtained. All his peculiarities will, in many other places, be enlarged upon. + + It is chiefly with his name that I now have to do. Philologically considered, +it is absurd. Some centuries ago, when the Sperm whale was almost wholly +unknown in his own proper individuality, and when his oil was only +accidentally obtained from the stranded fish; in those days spermaceti, it +would seem, was popularly supposed to be derived from a creature identical +with the one then known in England as the Greenland or Right Whale. It was +the idea also, that this same spermaceti was that quickening humor of the +Greenland Whale which the first syllable of the word literally expresses. In +those times, also, spermaceti was exceedingly scarce, not being used for +light, but only as an ointment and medicament. It was only to be had from the + + druggists as you nowadays buy an ounce of rhubarb. When, as I opine, in the +course of time, the true nature of spermaceti became +..

+known, its original name was still retained by the dealers; no doubt to +enhance its value by a notion so strangely significant of its scarcity. And +so the appellation must at last have come to be bestowed upon the whale from +which this spermaceti was really derived. BOOK I. ( Folio), CHAPTER II. +( Right Whale).--In one respect this is the most venerable of the +leviathans, being the one first regularly hunted by man. It yields the +article commonly known as whalebone or baleen; and the oil specially known as + + whale oil, an inferior article in commerce. Among the fishermen, he is +indiscriminately designated by all the following titles: The Whale; the +Greenland Whale; the Black Whale; the Great Whale; the True Whale; the Right +whale. there is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species +thus multitudinously baptized. What then is the whale, which I include in +the second species of my Folios? It is the Great Mysticetus of the English +naturalists; the Greenland Whale of the English Whalemen; the Baliene +Ordinaire of the French whalemen; the Growlands Walfish of the Swedes. It is +the whale which for more than two centuries past has been hunted by the Dutch +and English in the Arctic seas; it is the whale which the American fishermen +have long pursued in the Indian ocean, on the Brazil Banks, on the Nor' West +Coast, and various other parts of the world, designated by them Right Whale +Cruising Grounds. Some pretend to see a difference between the Greenland +whale of the English and the right whale of the Americans. But they precisely +agree in all their grand features; nor has there yet been presented a single +determinate fact upon which to ground a radical distinction. It is by endless +subdivisions based upon the most inconclusive differences, that some +departments of natural history become so repellingly intricate. The right +whale will be elsewhere treated of at some length, with reference to +elucidating the sperm whale. BOOK I. ( Folio), CHAPTER III. ( Fin-Back). +--Under this head I reckon a monster which, by the various names of +Fin-Back, Tall-Spout, and Long-John, has been seen almost in every sea and is +commonly the whale whose distant jet is so often descried by passengers +crossing the Atlantic, in the New York +..

+packet-tracks. In the length he attains, and in his baleen, the Fin-back +resembles the right whale, but is of a less portly girth, and a lighter +color, approaching to olive. His great lips present a cable-like aspect, +formed by the intertwisting, slanting folds of large wrinkles. His grand +distinguishing feature, the fin, from which he derives his name, is often a +conspicuous object. this fin is some three or four feet long, growing +vertically from the hinder part of the back, of an angular shape, and with a +very sharp pointed end. Even if not the slightest other part of the creature +be visible, this isolated fin will, at times, be seen plainly projecting from +the surface. When the sea is moderately calm, and slightly marked with +spherical ripples, and this gnomon-like fin stands up and casts shadows upon +the wrinkled surface, it may well be supposed that the watery circle +surrounding it somewhat resembles a dial, with its style and wavy hour-lines +graved on it. On that Ahaz-dial the shadow often goes back. The Fin-Back is +not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters. Very +shy; always going solitary; unexpectedly rising to the surface in the +remotest and most sullen waters; his straight and single lofty jet rising +like a tall misanthropic spear upon a barren plain; gifted with such +wondrous power and velocity in swimming, as to defy all present pursuit from +man; this leviathan seems the banished and unconquerable Cain of his race, +bearing for his mark that style upon his back. From having the baleen in his +mouth, the Fin-Back is sometimes included with the right whale, among a +theoretic species denominated Whalebone whales, that is, whales with baleen. + + Of these so called Whalebone whales, there would seem to be several +varieties, most of which, however, are little known. Broad-nosed whales and +beaked whales; pike-headed whales; bunched whales; under-jawed whales and +rostrated whales, are the fishermen's names for a few sorts. In connexion +with this appellative of Whalebone whales , it is of great importance to +mention, that however such a nomenclature may be convenient in facilitating +allusions to some kind of whales, yet it is in vain to attempt a clear +classification of the Leviathan, founded upon either his baleen, or hump, or +fin, or teeth; notwithstanding that those marked parts or features very +..

+obviously seem better adapted to afford the basis for a regular system of +Cetology than any other detached bodily distinctions, which the whale, in his +kinds, presents. How then? The baleen, hump, back-fin, and teeth; these are +things whose peculiarities are indiscriminately dispersed among all sorts of +whales, without any regard to what may be the nature of their structure in +other and more essential particulars. Thus, the sperm whale and the +humpbacked whale, each has a hump; but there the similitude ceases. Then, +this same humpbacked whale and the Greenland whale, each of these has baleen; +but there again the similitude ceases. And it is just the same with the other +parts above mentioned. In various sorts of whales, they form such irregular +combinations; or, in the case of any one of them detached, such an irregular +isolation; as utterly to defy all general methodization formed upon such a +basis. On this rock every one of the whale-naturalists has split. But it +may possibly be conceived that, in the internal parts of the whale, in his +anatomy --there, at least, we shall be able to hit the right classification. +Nay; what thing, for example, is there in the Greenland whale's anatomy more +striking than his baleen? Yet we have seen that by his baleen it is +impossible correctly to classify the Greenland whale. And if you descend +into the bowels of the various leviathans, why there you will not find +distinctions a fiftieth part as available to the systematizer as those +external ones already enumerated. What then remains? nothing but to take hold +of the whales bodily, in their entire liberal volume, and boldly sort them +that way. And this is the Bibliographical system here adopted; and it is the +only one that can possibly succeed, for it alone is practicable. To proceed. + + book i. ( folio), chapter iv. ( hump back). --this whale is often seen on +the northern American coast. He has been frequently captured there, and towed +into harbor. He has a great pack on him like a peddler; or you might call +him the Elephant and Castle whale. At any rate, the popular name for him does + + not sufficiently distinguish him, since the sperm whale also has a hump, +though a smaller one. His oil is not very valuable. He has baleen. He is +the most gamesome and light-hearted of all +..

+the whales, making more gay foam and white water generally than any other of +them. BOOK I. ( Folio), CHAPTER V. ( Razor Back). --Of this whale little is +known but his name. I have seen him at a distance off Cape Horn. Of a +retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. Though no coward, +he has never yet shown any part of him but his back, which rises in a long +sharp ridge. Let him go. I know little more of him, nor does anybody else. +BOOK I. ( Folio), CHAPTER VI. ( Sulphur Bottom). -- Another retiring +gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the +Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. He is seldom seen; at +least I have never seen him except in the remoter southern seas, and then +always at too great a distance to study his countenance. He is never chased; +he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are told of him. Adieu, +Sulphur Bottom! I can say nothing more that is true of ye, nor can the oldest +Nantucketer. Thus ends BOOK I. ( Folio), and now begins BOOK II. ( octavo). + + OCTAVOES. These embrace the whales of middling magnitude, among which at +present may be numbered: --I., the Grampus; II., the Black Fish; III., the + + Narwhale; IV., the Thrasher; V., the Killer. BOOK II. ( Octavo), CHAPTER +I. ( Grampus). --Though this fish, whose loud sonorous breathing, or rather +blowing, has furnished a proverb to landsmen, is so well known a denizen of +the deep, yet is he not popularly classed among whales. But possessing all +the grand distinctive features of the leviathan, most naturalists have +recognised him for one. He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen +to twenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the +waist. He swims in herds; he is never regularly hunted, though his oil is +considerable +..

+in quantity, and pretty good for light. By some fishermen his approach is +regarded as premonitory of the advance of the great sperm whale. BOOK II. +( Octavo), CHAPTER II. ( Black Fish). --I give the popular fishermen's names +for all these fish, for generally they are the best. Where any name happens +to be vague or inexpressive, I shall say so, and suggest another. I do so +now, touching the Black Fish, so called, because blackness is the rule among +almost all whales. So, call him the Hyena Whale, if you please. His voracity +is well known, and from the circumstance that the inner angles of his lips +are curved upwards, he carries an everlasting Mephistophelean grin on his +face. This whale averages some sixteen or eighteen feet in length. He is +found in almost all latitudes. He has a peculiar way of showing his dorsal +hooked fin in swimming, which looks something like a Roman nose. When not +more profitably employed, the sperm whale hunters sometimes capture the Hyena +whale, to keep up the supply of cheap oil for domestic employment --as some +frugal housekeepers, in the absence of company, and quite alone by themselves, +burn unsavory tallow instead of odorous wax. Though their blubber is very +thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil. +BOOK II. ( Octavo), CHAPTER III. ( Narwhale), that is, Nostril whale. +--Another instance of a curiously named whale, so named I suppose from his +peculiar horn being originally mistaken for a peaked nose. The creature is +some sixteen feet in length, while its horn averages five feet, though some +exceed ten, and even attain to fifteen feet. Strictly speaking, this horn is +but a lengthened tusk, growing out from the jaw in a line a little depressed +from the horizontal. But it is only found on the sinister side, which has an +ill effect, giving its owner something analogous to the aspect of a clumsy +left-handed man. What precise purpose this ivory horn or lance answers, it +would be hard to say. It does not seemed to be used like the blade of the +sword-fish and bill-fish; though some sailors tell me that the Narwhale +employs it for a rake in turning over the bottom of the sea for food. Charley +Coffin said it was used for an ice-piercer; for the Narwhale, rising to the +surface of the Polar Sea, +..

+and finding it sheeted with ice, thrusts his horn up, and so breaks through. +But you cannot prove either of these surmises to be correct. My own opinion +is, that however this one-sided horn may really be used by the Narwhale +--however that may be --it would certainly be very convenient to him for a +folder in reading pamphlets. The Narwhale I have heard called the Tusked +whale, the Horned whale, and the Unicorn whale. He is certainly a curious +example of the Unicornism to be found in almost every kingdom of animated +nature. From certain cloistered old authors I have gathered that this same +sea-unicorn's horn was in ancient days regarded as the great antidote against +poison, and as such, preparations of it brought immense prices. It was also +distilled to a volatile salts for fainting ladies, the same way that the +horns of the male deer are manufactured into hartshorn. Originally it was in +itself accounted an object of great curiosity. Black Letter tells me that Sir +Martin Frobisher on his return from that voyage, when Queen Bess did +gallantly wave her jewelled hand to him from a window of Greenwich Palace, as +his bold ship sailed down the Thames; when Sir Martin returned from that +voyage, saith Black Letter, on bended knees he presented to her highness a +prodigious long horn of the Narwhale, which for a long period after hung in +the castle at Windsor. An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, +on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining +to a land beast of the unicorn nature. The Narwhale has a very picturesque, +leopard-like look, being of a milk-white ground color, dotted with round and +oblong spots of black. His oil is very superior, clear and fine; but there +is little of it, and he is seldom hunted. He is mostly found in the +circumpolar seas. BOOK II. ( Octavo), CHAPTER IV. ( Killer). --Of this whale +little is precisely known to the Nantucketer, and nothing at all to the +professed naturalist. From what I have seen of him at a distance, I should +say that he was about the bigness of a grampus. He is very savage --a sort of +Feegee fish. He sometimes takes the great Folio whales by the lip, and hangs +there like a leech, till the mighty brute is worried to death. The Killer +is never hunted. I never heard what sort of oil he has. Exception +..

+might be taken to the name bestowed upon this whale, on the ground of its +indistinctness. For we are all killers, on land and on sea; Bonapartes and +Sharks included. BOOK II. ( Octavo), CHAPTER V. ( Thrasher). --This gentleman + + is famous for his tail, which he uses for a ferule in thrashing his foes. He +mounts the Folio whale's back, and as he swims, he works his passage by +flogging him; as some schoolmasters get along in the world by a similar +process. Still less is known of the Thrasher than of the Killer. Both are +outlaws, even in the lawless seas. thus ends book II. ( Octavo), and begins +BOOK III. ( Duodecimo). DUODECIMOES. --These include the smaller whales. I. + + The Huzza Porpoise. II. The Algerine Porpoise. III. The Mealy-mouthed +Porpoise. To those who have not chanced specially to study the subject, it +may possibly seem strange, that fishes not commonly exceeding four or five +feet should be marshalled among WHALES --a word, which, in the popular sense, +always conveys an idea of hugeness. But the creatures set down above as +Duodecimoes are infallibly whales, by the terms of my definition of what a +whale is --i. e. a spouting fish, with a horizontal tail. BOOK III. +( Duodecimo), CHAPTER I ( Huzza Porpoise). -- This is the common porpoise +found almost all over the globe. The name is of my own bestowal; for there +are more than one sort of porpoises, and something must be done to distinguish + + them. I call them thus, because he always swims in hilarious shoals, which +upon the broad sea keep tossing themselves to heaven like caps in a +Fourth-of-July crowd. Their appearance is generally hailed with delight by +the mariner. Full of fine spirits, they invariably come from the breezy +billows to windward. They are the lads that always live before the wind. They + + are accounted a lucky omen. If you yourself can withstand three cheers at +beholding these vivacious fish, then heaven help ye; the spirit of godly +gamesomeness is not in ye. A well-fed, plump Huzza Porpoise will yield you +one good gallon of good oil. But the fine and delicate fluid extracted from +his jaws is exceedingly valuable. It is in request among jewellers and +watchmakers. +..

+Sailors put it on their hones. Porpoise meat is good eating, you know. It +may never have occurred to you that a porpoise spouts. Indeed, his spout is +so small that it is not very readily discernible. But the next time you have +a chance, watch him; and you will then see the great Sperm whale himself in +miniature. BOOK III. ( Duodecimo), CHAPTER II. ( Algerine Porpoise). -- A +pirate. Very savage. He is only found, I think, in the Pacific. He is +somewhat larger than the Huzza Porpoise, but much of the same general make. +Provoke him, and he will buckle to a shark. I have lowered for him many +times, but never yet saw him captured. BOOK III. ( Duodecimo), CHAPTER III. +( Mealy-mouthed Porpoise). The largest kind of Porpoise; and only found in +the Pacific, so far as it is known. The only English name, by which he has +hitherto been designated, is that of the fishers -- Right-Whale Porpoise, +from the circumstance that he is chiefly found in the vicinity of that Folio. +In shape, he differs in some degree from the Huzza Porpoise, being of a less +rotund and jolly girth; indeed, he is of quite a neat and gentleman-like +figure. He has no fins on his back (most other porpoises have), he has a +lovely tail, and sentimental Indian eyes of a hazel hue. But his +mealy-mouth spoils all. Though his entire back down to his side fins is of a +deep sable, yet a boundary line, distinct as the mark in a ship's hull, called +the bright waist, that line streaks him from stem to stern, with two +separate colors, black above and white below. The white comprises part of his +head, and the whole of his mouth, which makes him look as if he had just +escaped from a felonious visit to a meal-bag. A most mean and mealy aspect! +His oil is much like that of the common porpoise. Beyond the DUODECIMO, this +system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the +whales. Above, you have all the Leviathans of note. But there are a rabble +of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American +whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally. I shall enumerate them by +their forecastle appellations; for possibly such a list may be valuable to +future investigators, who may complete what I have here but begun. If any of +the following +..

+whales, shall hereafter be caught and marked, then he can readily be +incorporated into this System, according to his Folio, Octavo, or Duodecimo +magnitude: --The Bottle-Nose Whale; the Junk Whale; the Pudding-Headed +Whale; the Cape Whale; the Leading Whale; the Cannon Whale; the Scragg Whale; +the Coppered Whale; the Elephant Whale; the Iceberg Whale; the Quog Whale; +the Blue Whale; etc. From Icelandic, Dutch, and old English authorities, +there might be quoted other lists of uncertain whales, blessed with all +manner of uncouth names. But I omit them as altogether obsolete; and can +hardly help suspecting them for mere sounds, full of Leviathanism, but +signifying nothing. Finally: It was stated at the outset, that this system +would not be here, and at once, perfected. You cannot but plainly see that I +have kept my word. But I now leave my cetological System standing thus +unfinished, even as the great Cathedral of Cologne was left, with the crane +still standing upon the top of the uncompleted tower. For small erections may +be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the + + copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This +whole book is but a draught --nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh Time, +Strength, Cash, and Patience! +..

+I am aware that down to the present time, the fish styled Lamatins and +Dugongs (Pig-fish and Sow-fish of the Coffins of Nantucket) are included by +many naturalists among the whales. But as these pig-fish are a nosy, +contemptible set, mostly lurking in the mouths of rivers, and feeding on wet + + hay, and especially as they do not spout, I deny their credentials as +whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit the kingdom of +Cetology. +..

+Why this book of whales is not denominated the Quarto is very plain. Because, +while the whales of this order, though smaller than those of the former +order, nevertheless retain a proportionate likeness to them in figure, yet +the bookbinder's Quarto volume in its diminished form does not preserve the +shape of the Folio volume, but the Octavo volume does. +..

+.. < chapter xxxiii 24 THE SPECKSYNDER > + + Concerning the officers of the +whale-craft, this seems as good a place as any to set down a little domestic +peculiarity on ship-board, arising from the existence of the harpooneer class +of officers, a class unknown of course in any other marine than the +whale-fleet. The large importance attached to the harpooneer's vocation is +evinced by the fact, that originally in the old Dutch Fishery, two centuries +and more ago, the command of a whale ship was +..

+not wholly lodged in the person now called the captain, but was divided +between him and an officer called the Specksynder. Literally this word means +Fat-Cutter; usage, however, in time made it equivalent to Chief Harpooneer. +In those days, the captain's authority was restricted to the navigation and +general management of the vessel: while over the whale-hunting department +and all its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In +the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, +this old Dutch official is still retained, but his former dignity is sadly +abridged. At present he ranks simply as senior Harpooneer; and as such, is +but one of the captain's more inferior subalterns. Nevertheless, as upon the +good conduct of the harpooneers the success of a whaling voyage largely +depends, and since in the American Fishery he is not only an important +officer in the boat, but under certain circumstances (night watches on a +whaling ground) the command of the ship's deck is also his; therefore the +grand political maxim of the sea demands, that he should nominally live apart +from the men before the mast, and be in some way distinguished as their +professional superior; though always, by them, familiarly regarded as their +social equal. Now, the grand distinction drawn between officer and man at +sea, is this--the first lives aft, the last forward. Hence, in whale-ships +and merchantmen alike, the mates have their quarters with the captain; and +so, too, in most of the American whalers the harpooneers are lodged in the +after part of the ship. That is to say, they take their meals in the +captain's cabin, and sleep in a place indirectly communicating with it. +Though the long period of a Southern whaling voyage (by far the longest of +all voyages now or ever made by man), the peculiar perils of it, and the +community of interest prevailing among a company, all of whom, high or low, +depend for their profits, not upon fixed wages, but upon their common luck, +together with their common vigilance, intrepidity, and hard work; though all +these things do in some cases tend to beget a less rigorous discipline than in +merchantmen generally; yet, never mind how much like an old Mesopotamian +family these whalemen may, in some primitive instances, live together; for +all that, +..

+the punctilious externals, at least, of the quarter-deck are seldom materially +relaxed, and in no instance done away. Indeed, many are the Nantucket ships +in which you will see the skipper parading his quarter-deck with an elated +grandeur not surpassed in any military navy; nay, extorting almost as much +outward homage as if he wore the imperial purple, and not the shabbiest of +pilot-cloth. And though of all men the moody captain of the Pequod was the +least given to that sort of shallowest assumption; and though the only homage +he ever exacted, was implicit, instantaneous obedience; though he required no +man to remove the shoes from his feet ere stepping upon the quarter-deck; and +though there were times when, owing to peculiar circumstances connected with +events hereafter to be detailed, he addressed them in unusual terms, whether +of condescension or in terrorem, or otherwise; yet even Captain Ahab was +by no means unobservant of the paramount forms and usages of the sea. Nor, +perhaps, will it fail to be eventually perceived, that behind those forms and +usages, as it were, he sometimes masked himself; incidentally making use of +them for other and more private ends than they were legitimately intended to +subserve. That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good +degree remained unmanifested; through those forms that same sultanism became +incarnate in an irresistible dictatorship. For be a man's intellectual +superiority what it will, it can never assume the practical, available +supremacy over other men, without the aid of some sort of external arts and +entrenchments, always, in themselves, more or less paltry and base. This it +is, that for ever keeps God's true princes of the Empire from the world's +hustings; and leaves the highest honors that this air can give, to those men +who become famous more through their infinite inferiority to the choice hidden +handful of the Divine Inert, than through their undoubted superiority over +the dead level of the mass. Such large virtue lurks in these small things +when extreme political superstitions invest them, that in some royal +instances even to idiot imbecility they have imparted potency. But when, as +in the case of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire +encircles an imperial brain; +..

+then, the plebeian herds crouch abased before the tremendous centralization. +Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its +fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important +in his art, as the one now alluded to. But Ahab, my Captain, still moves +before me in all his Nantucket grimness and shagginess; and in this episode +touching Emperors and Kings, I must not conceal that I have only to do with +a poor old whale-hunter like him; and, therefore, all outward majestical +trappings and housings are denied me. Oh, Ahab! what shall be grand in thee, +it must needs be plucked at from the skies, and dived for in the deep, and +featured in the unbodied air! +..

+.. < chapter xxxiv 15 THE CABIN-TABLE > + + It is noon; and Dough-Boy, the +steward, thrusting his pale loaf-of-bread face from the cabin-scuttle, +announces dinner to his lord and master; who, sitting in the lee +quarter-boat, has just been taking an observation of the sun; and is now +mutely reckoning the latitude on the smooth, medallion-shaped tablet, +reserved for that daily purpose on the upper part of his ivory leg. From his +complete inattention to the tidings, you would think that moody Ahab had not +heard his menial. But presently, catching hold of the mizen shrouds, he +swings himself to the deck, and in an even, unexhilarated voice, saying, + + Dinner, Mr. Starbuck, disappears into the cabin. When the last echo of his +sultan's step has died away, and Starbuck, the first Emir, has every reason to +suppose that he is seated, then Starbuck rouses from his quietude, takes a +few turns along the planks, and, after a grave peep into the binnacle, says, +with some touch of pleasantness, Dinner, Mr. Stubb, and descends the +scuttle. The second Emir lounges about the rigging +..

+awhile, and then slightly shaking the main brace, to see whether it be all +right with that important rope, he likewise takes up the old burden, and with +a rapid Dinner, Mr. Flask, follows after his predecessors. But the third +emir, now seeing himself all alone on the quarter-deck, seems to feel +relieved from some curious restraint; for, tipping all sorts of knowing winks +in all sorts of directions, and kicking off his shoes, he strikes into a sharp +but noiseless squall of a hornpipe right over the Grand Turk's head; and +then, by a dexterous sleight, pitching his cap up into the mizentop for a +shelf, he goes down rollicking, so far at least as he remains visible from +the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music. + + But ere stepping into the cabin doorway below, he pauses, ships a new face +altogether, and, then, independent, hilarious little Flask enters King Ahab's +presence, in the character of Abjectus, or the Slave. It is not the least +among the strange things bred by the intense artificialness of sea-usages, +that while in the open air of the deck some officers will, upon provocation, +bear themselves boldly and defyingly enough towards their commander; yet, +ten to one, let those very officers the next moment go down to their customary +dinner in that same commander's cabin, and straightway their inoffensive, not +to say deprecatory and humble air towards him, as he sits at the head of the +table; this is marvellous, sometimes most comical. Wherefore this +difference? A problem? Perhaps not. To have been Belshazzar, King of +Babylon; and to have been Belshazzar, not haughtily but courteously, +therein certainly must have been some touch of mundane grandeur. But he who +in the rightly regal and intelligent spirit presides over his own private +dinner-table of invited guests, that man's unchallenged power and dominion of +individual influence for the time; that man's royalty of state transcends +Belshazzar's, for Belshazzar was not the greatest. Who has but once dined +his friends, has tasted what it is to be Caesar. It is a witchery of social +czarship which there is no withstanding. Now, if to this consideration you +superadd the official supremacy of a ship-master, then, by inference, you +will derive the cause of that peculiarity of sea-life just mentioned. +..

+Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the +white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In +his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served. They were as little +children before Ahab; and yet, in Ahab, there seemed not to lurk the smallest +social arrogance. With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old +man's knife, as he carved the chief dish before him. I do not suppose that +for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest +observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather. No! And when +reaching out his knife and fork, between which the slice of beef was locked, +Ahab thereby motioned Starbuck's plate towards him, the mate received his +meat as though receiving alms; and cut it tenderly; and a little started if, +perchance, the knife grazed against the plate; and chewed it noiselessly; +and swallowed it, not without circumspection. For, like the Coronation +banquet at Frankfort, where the German Emperor profoundly dines with the seven + + Imperial Electors, so these cabin meals were somehow solemn meals, eaten in +awful silence; and yet at table old Ahab forbade not conversation; only he +himself was dumb. What a relief it was to choking Stubb, when a rat made a +sudden racket in the hold below. And poor little Flask, he was the youngest +son, and little boy of this weary family party. His were the shinbones of +the saline beef; his would have been the drumsticks. For Flask to have +presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny +in the first degree. Had he helped himself at that table, doubtless, never +more would he have been able to hold his head up in this honest world; +nevertheless, strange to say, Ahab never forbade him. And had Flask helped +himself, the chances were Ahab had never so much as noticed it. Least of all, +did flask presume to help himself to butter. Whether he thought the owners of +the ship denied it to him, on account of its clotting his clear, sunny +complexion; or whether he deemed that, on so long a voyage in such marketless +waters, butter was at a premium, and therefore was not for him, a subaltern; +however it was, Flask, alas! was a butterless man! Another thing. Flask was +the last person down at the dinner, +..

+and Flask is the first man up. Consider! For hereby Flask's dinner was badly +jammed in point of time. Starbuck and Stubb both had the start of him; and +yet they also have the privilege of lounging in the rear. If Stubb even, who +is but a peg higher than Flask, happens to have but a small appetite, and +soon shows symptoms of concluding his repast, then Flask must bestir +himself, he will not get more than three mouthfuls that day; for it is +against holy usage for Stubb to precede Flask to the deck. Therefore it was +that Flask once admitted in private, that ever since he had arisen to the +dignity of an officer, from that moment he had never known what it was to be +otherwise than hungry, more or less. For what he ate did not so much relieve +his hunger, as keep it immortal in him. Peace and satisfaction, thought +Flask, have for ever departed from my stomach. I am an officer; but, how I +wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the forecastle, as I used to +when I was before the mast. There's the fruits of promotion now; there's the +vanity of glory: there's the insanity of life! Besides, if it were so that +any mere sailor of the Pequod had a grudge against Flask in Flask's official +capacity, all that sailor had to do, in order to obtain ample vengeance, was +to go aft at dinner-time, and get a peep at Flask through the cabin sky-light, +sitting silly and dumfoundered before awful Ahab. Now, Ahab and his three +mates formed what may be called the first table in the Pequod's cabin. After +their departure, taking place in inverted order to their arrival, the canvas +cloth was cleared, or rather was restored to some hurried order by the pallid +steward. And then the three harpooneers were bidden to the feast, they being +its residuary legatees. They made a sort of temporary servants' hall of the +high and mighty cabin. In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint +and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire +care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior +fellows the harpooneers. While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the +sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with +such a relish that there was a report to it. They dined like lords; they +filled their bellies like Indian ships all day loading with spices. Such +portentous +..

+appetites had Queequeg and Tashtego, that to fill out the vacancies made by +the previous repast, often the pale Dough-Boy was fain to bring on a great +baron of salt-junk, seemingly quarried out of the solid ox. And if he were +not lively about it, if he did not go with a nimble hop-skip-and-jump, then +Tashtego had an ungentlemanly way of accelerating him by darting a fork at his +back, harpoonwise. And once Daggoo, seized with a sudden humor, assisted +Dough-Boy's memory by snatching him up bodily, and thrusting his head into a +great empty wooden trencher, while Tashtego, knife in hand, began laying out +the circle preliminary to scalping him. He was naturally a very nervous, +shuddering sort of little fellow, this bread-faced steward; the progeny of a +bankrupt baker and a hospital nurse. And what with the standing spectacle of +the black terrific Ahab, and the periodical tumultuous visitations of these +three savages, Dough-Boy's whole life was one continual lip-quiver. +Commonly, after seeing the harpooneers furnished with all things they +demanded, he would escape from their clutches into his little pantry +adjoining, and fearfully peep out at them through the blinds of its door, +till all was over. It was a sight to see Queequeg seated over against +Tashtego, opposing his filed teeth to the Indian's: crosswise to them, +Daggoo seated on the floor, for a bench would have brought his hearse-plumed +head to the low carlines; at every motion of his colossal limbs, making the +low cabin framework to shake, as when an African elephant goes passenger in a +ship. But for all this, the great negro was wonderfully abstemious, not to +say dainty. It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small +mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, +and superb a person. But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank +deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils +snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds. Not by beef or by bread, are +giants made or nourished. But Queequeg, he had a mortal, barbaric smack of +the lip in eating --an ugly sound enough --so much so, that the trembling +Dough-Boy almost looked to see whether any marks of teeth lurked in his own +lean arms. And when he would hear Tashtego singing out for him to produce +himself, +..

+that his bones might be picked, the simple-witted Steward all but shattered +the crockery hanging round him in the pantry, by his sudden fits of the +palsy. Nor did the whetstone which the harpooneers carried in their pockets, +for their lances and other weapons; and with which whetstones, at dinner, +they would ostentatiously sharpen their knives; that grating sound did not +at all tend to tranquillize poor Dough-Boy. How could he forget that in his +Island days, Queequeg, for one, must certainly have been guilty of some +murderous, convivial indiscretions. Alas! Dough-Boy! hard fares the white +waiter who waits upon cannibals. Not a napkin should he carry on his arm, +but a buckler. in good time, though, to his great delight, the three +salt-sea warriors would rise and depart; to his credulous, fable-mongering +ears, all their martial bones jingling in them at every step, like Moorish +scimetars in scabbards. But, though these barbarians dined in the cabin, and +nominally lived there; still, being anything but sedentary in their habits, +they were scarcely ever in it except at meal-times, and just before +sleeping-time, when they passed through it to their own peculiar quarters. +In this one matter, Ahab seemed no exception to most American whale captains, +who, as a set, rather incline to the opinion that by rights the ship's cabin +belongs to them; and that it is by courtesy alone that anybody else is, at +any time, permitted there. So that, in real truth, the mates and harpooneers +of the Pequod might more properly be said to have lived out of the cabin than +in it. For when they did enter it, it was something as a street-door enters a +house; turning inwards for a moment, only to be turned out the next; and, as +a permanent thing, residing in the open air. Nor did they lose much hereby; +in the cabin was no companionship; socially, Ahab was inaccessible. Though +nominally included in the census of Christendom, he was still an alien to it. +He lived in the world, as the last of the Grisly Bears lived in settled +Missouri. And as when Spring and Summer had departed, that wild Logan of the +woods, burying himself in the hollow of a tree, lived out the winter there, +sucking his own paws; so, in his inclement, howling old age, Ahab's soul, +shut up in the caved trunk of his body, there fed upon the sullen paws of its +gloom! +..

+.. < chapter xxxv 2 THE MAST-HEAD > + + It was during the more pleasant weather, +that in due rotation with the other seamen my first mast-head came round. In +most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with +the vessel's leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand +miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground. and if, +after a three, four, or five years' voyage she is drawing nigh home with +anything empty in her --say, an empty vial even --then, her mast-heads are kept +manned to the last; and not till her skysail-poles sail in among the spires +of the port, does she altogether relinquish the hope of capturing one whale +more. Now, as the business of standing mast-heads, ashore or afloat, is a +very ancient and interesting one, let us in some measure expatiate here. I +take it, that the earliest standers of mast-heads were the old Egyptians; +because, in all my researches, I find none prior to them. For though their +progenitors, the builders of Babel, must doubtless, by their tower, have +intended to rear the loftiest mast-head in all Asia, or Africa either; yet +(ere the final truck was put to it) as that great stone mast of theirs may be +said to have gone by the board, in the dread gale of God's wrath; therefore, +we cannot give these Babel builders priority over the Egyptians. And that the +Egyptians were a nation of mast-head standers, is an assertion based upon the +general belief among archaeologists, that the first pyramids were founded for +astronomical purposes: a theory singularly supported by the peculiar +stair-like formation of all four sides of those edifices; whereby, with +prodigious long upliftings of their legs, those old astronomers were wont to +mount to the apex, and sing out for new stars; even as the look-outs of a +modern ship sing out for a sail, or a whale just bearing in sight. In Saint +Stylites, the famous Christian hermit of old times, who built him a lofty +stone pillar in the desert and spent the whole latter portion of +..

+his life on its summit, hoisting his food from the ground with a tackle; in +him we have a remarkable instance of a dauntless stander-of-mast-heads; who +was not to be driven from his place by fogs or frosts, rain, hail, or sleet; +but valiantly facing everything out to the last, literally died at his post. + + Of modern standers-of-mast-heads we have but a lifeless set; mere stone, +iron, and bronze men; who, though well capable of facing out a stiff gale, +are still entirely incompetent to the business of singing out upon discovering +any strange sight. There is Napoleon; who, upon the top of the column of +Vendome, stands with arms folded, some one hundred and fifty feet in the air; +careless, now, who rules the decks below; whether Louis Philippe, Louis +Blanc, or Louis the Devil. Great Washington, too, stands high aloft on his +towering main-mast in Baltimore, and like one of Hercules' pillars, his +column marks that point of human grandeur beyond which few mortals will go. +Admiral Nelson, also, on a capstan of gun-metal, stands his mast-head in +Trafalgar Square; and ever when most obscured by that London smoke, token is +yet given that a hidden hero is there; for where there is smoke, must be +fire. But neither great Washington, nor Napoleon, nor Nelson, will answer a +single hail from below, however madly invoked to befriend by their counsels +the distracted decks upon which they gaze; however it may be surmised, that +their spirits penetrate through the thick haze of the future, and descry what + + shoals and what rocks must be shunned. It may seem unwarrantable to couple in +any respect the mast-head standers of the land with those of the sea; but +that in truth it is not so, is plainly evinced by an item for which Obed +Macy, the sole historian of Nantucket, stands accountable. The worthy Obed +tells us, that in the early times of the whale fishery, ere ships were +regularly launched in pursuit of the game, the people of that island erected +lofty spars along the sea-coast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of +nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house. A few years +ago this same plan was adopted by the Bay whalemen of New Zealand, who, upon +descrying the game, gave notice to the ready-manned boats nigh the beach. But +this custom has now become obsolete; turn we then to the one proper mast-head, +that of a whale-ship +..

+at sea. The three mast-heads are kept manned from sun-rise to sun-set; the +seamen taking their regular turns (as at the helm), and relieving each other +every two hours. In the serene weather of the tropics it is exceedingly +pleasant the mast-head; nay, to a dreamy meditative man it is delightful. +There you stand, a hundred feet above the silent decks, striding along the +deep, as if the masts were gigantic stilts, while beneath you and between +your legs, as it were, swim the hugest monsters of the sea, even as ships +once sailed between the boots of the famous Colossus at old Rhodes. There you +stand, lost in the infinite series of the sea, with nothing ruffled but the +waves. The tranced ship indolently rolls; the drowsy trade winds blow; +everything resolves you into languor. For the most part, in this tropic +whaling life, a sublime uneventfulness invests you; you hear no news; read +no gazettes; extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you +into unnecessary excitements; you hear of no domestic afflictions; bankrupt +securities; fall of stocks; are never troubled with the thought of what you +shall have for dinner --for all your meals for three years and more are snugly +stowed in casks, and your bill of fare is immutable. In one of those southern +whalemen, on a long three or four years' voyage, as often happens, the sum of +the various hours you spend at the mast-head would amount to several entire +months. And it is much to be deplored that the place to which you devote so +considerable a portion of the whole term of your natural life, should be so +sadly destitute of anything approaching to a cosy inhabitiveness, or adapted +to breed a comfortable localness of feeling, such as pertains to a bed, a +hammock, a hearse, a sentry box, a pulpit, a coach, or any other of those +small and snug contrivances in which men temporarily isolate themselves. Your +most usual point of perch is the head of the t' gallant-mast, where you stand +upon two thin parallel sticks (almost peculiar to whalemen) called the t' +gallant cross-trees. Here, tossed about by the sea, the beginner feels about +as cosy as he would standing on a bull's horns. To be sure, in cold weather +you may carry your house aloft with you, in the shape of a watch-coat; but +properly speaking the thickest watch-coat is no more of a house than the +unclad body; for as the soul is glued inside +..

+of its fleshly tabernacle, and cannot freely move about in it, nor even move +out of it, without running great risk of perishing (like an ignorant pilgrim +crossing the snowy Alps in winter); so a watch-coat is not so much of a house +as it is a mere envelope, or additional skin encasing you. You cannot put a +shelf or chest of drawers in your body, and no more can you make a +convenient closet of your watch-coat. Concerning all this, it is much to be +deplored that the mast-heads of a southern whale ship are unprovided with +those enviable little tents or pulpits, called crow's-nests, in which the +lookouts of a Greenland whaler are protected from the inclement weather of +the frozen seas. In the fire-side narrative of Captain Sleet, entitled A +Voyage among the Icebergs, in quest of the Greenland Whale, and incidentally +for the re-discovery of the Lost Icelandic Colonies of Old Greenland; in +this admirable volume, all standers of mast-heads are furnished with a +charmingly circumstantial account of the then recently invented crow's-nest +of the Glacier, which was the name of Captain Sleet's good craft. He called +it the Sleet's crow's-nest, in honor of himself; he being the original +inventor and patentee, and free from all ridiculous false delicacy, and +holding that if we call our own children after our own names (we fathers +being the original inventors and patentees), so likewise should we denominate +after ourselves any other apparatus we may beget. In shape, the Sleet's +crow's-nest is something like a large tierce or pipe; it is open above, +however, where it is furnished with a movable side-screen to keep to windward +of your head in a hard gale. Being fixed on the summit of the mast, you +ascend into it through a little trap-hatch in the bottom. On the after side, +or side next the stern of the ship, is a comfortable seat, with a locker +underneath for umbrellas, comforters, and coats. In front is a leather rack, +in which to keep your speaking trumpet, pipe, telescope, and other nautical +conveniences. When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow's +nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in +the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping +off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; for +you cannot successfully shoot at them from +..

+the deck owing to the resistance of the water, but to shoot down upon them is +a very different thing. Now, it was plainly a labor of love for Captain Sleet +to describe, as he does, all the little detailed conveniences of his +crow's-nest; but though he so enlarges upon many of these, and though he +treats us to a very scientific account of his experiments in this crow's-nest, +with a small compass he kept there for the purpose of counteracting the +errors resulting from what is called the local attraction of all binnacle +magnets; an error ascribable to the horizontal vicinity of the iron in the +ship's planks, and in the Glacier's case, perhaps, to there having been so +many broken-down blacksmiths among her crew; I say, that though the Captain +is very discreet and scientific here, yet, for all his learned binnacle +deviations, azimuth compass observations, and approximate errors, he +knows very well, Captain Sleet, that he was not so much immersed in those +profound magnetic meditations, as to fail being attracted occasionally towards +that well replenished little case-bottle, so nicely tucked in on one side of +his crow's nest, within easy reach of his hand. Though, upon the whole, I +greatly admire and even love the brave, the honest, and learned Captain; yet +I take it very ill of him that he should so utterly ignore that case-bottle, +seeing what a faithful friend and comforter it must have been, while with +mittened fingers and hooded head he was studying the mathematics aloft there +in that bird's nest within three or four perches of the pole. But if we +Southern whale-fishers are not so snugly housed aloft as Captain Sleet and his +Greenland-men were; yet that disadvantage is greatly counterbalanced by the +widely contrasting serenity of those seductive seas in which we South fishers + + mostly float. For one, I used to lounge up the rigging very leisurely, +resting in the top to have a chat with Queequeg, or any one else off duty whom +I might find there; then ascending a little way further, and throwing a lazy +leg over the top-sail yard, take a preliminary view of the watery pastures, +and so at last mount to my ultimate destination. Let me make a clean breast +of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. With the problem +of the universe revolving in me, how could I--being left completely to myself +..

+at such a thought-engendering altitude, --how could I but lightly hold my +obligations to observe all whale-ships' standing orders, Keep your weather +eye open, and sing out every time. And let me in this place movingly admonish +you, ye ship-owners of Nantucket! Beware of enlisting in your vigilant +fisheries any lad with lean brow and hollow eye; given to unseasonable +meditativeness; and who offers to ship with the phaedon instead of Bowditch +in his head. Beware of such an one, I say; your whales must be seen before +they can be killed; and this sunken-eyed young Platonist will tow you ten +wakes round the world, and never make you one pint of sperm the richer. Nor +are these monitions at all unneeded. For nowadays, the whale-fishery +furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young +men, disgusted with the carking cares of earth, and seeking sentiment in tar +and blubber. Childe Harold not unfrequently perches himself upon the +mast-head of some luckless disappointed whale-ship, and in moody phrase +ejaculates: -- Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand +blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain. Very often do the captains of such +ships take those absent-minded young philosophers to task, upbraiding them +with not feeling sufficient interest in the voyage; half-hinting that they +are so hopelessly lost to all honorable ambition, as that in their secret +souls they would rather not see whales than otherwise. But all in vain; those +young Platonists have a notion that their vision is imperfect; they are +short-sighted; what use, then, to strain the visual nerve? They have left +their opera-glasses at home. Why, thou monkey, said a harpooneer to one of +these lads, we've been cruising now hard upon three years, and thou hast not +raised a whale yet. Whales are scarce as hen's teeth whenever thou art up +here. Perhaps they were; or perhaps there might have been shoals of them in +the far horizon; but lulled into such an opium-like listlessness of vacant, +unconscious reverie is this absent-minded youth by the blending cadence of +waves with thoughts, that at last he loses his identity; takes the mystic +..

+ocean at his feet for the visible image of that deep, blue, bottomless soul, +pervading mankind and nature; and every strange, half-seen, gliding, +beautiful thing that eludes him; every dimly-discovered, uprising fin of some +undiscernible form, seems to him the embodiment of those elusive thoughts that +only people the soul by continually flitting through it. In this enchanted +mood, thy spirit ebbs away to whence it came; becomes diffused through time +and space; like Cranmer's sprinkled Pantheistic ashes, forming at last a +part of every shore the round globe over. There is no life in thee, now, +except that rocking life imparted by a gently rolling ship; by her, borrowed +from the sea; by the sea, from the inscrutable tides of God. But while this +sleep, this dream is on ye, move your foot or hand an inch; slip your hold +at all; and your identity comes back in horror. Over Descartian vortices you +hover. And perhaps, at mid-day, in the fairest weather, with one +half-throttled shriek you drop through that transparent air into the summer +sea, no more to rise for ever. Heed it well, ye Pantheists! +..

+.. < chapter xxxvi 21 THE QUARTER-DECK > + + ( enter Ahab: Then, all.) It +was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly +after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the +deck. There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country +gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden. Soon his +steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon +planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like +geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk. Did you fixedly gaze, +too, upon that ribbed +..

+and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints --the +foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought. But on the occasion in +question, those dents looked deeper, even as his nervous step that morning +left a deeper mark. And, so full of his thought was Ahab, that at every +uniform turn that he made, now at the main-mast and now at the binnacle, you + + could almost see that thought turn in him as he turned, and pace in him as he +paced; so completely possessing him, indeed, that it all but seemed the +inward mould of every outer movement. D'ye mark him, Flask? whispered Stubb; + + the chick that's in him pecks the shell. T'will soon be out. The hours +wore on; --Ahab now shut up within his cabin; anon, pacing the deck, with the +same intense bigotry of purpose in his aspect. It drew near the close of day. + + Suddenly he came to a halt by the bulwarks, and inserting his bone leg into +the auger-hole there, and with one hand grasping a shroud, he ordered Starbuck + + to send everybody aft. Sir! said the mate, astonished at an order seldom or +never given on ship-board except in some extraordinary case. Send everybody +aft, repeated Ahab. Mast-heads, there! come down! When the entire ship's +company were assembled, and with curious and not wholly unapprehensive faces, +were eyeing him, for he looked not unlike the weather horizon when a storm is +coming up, Ahab, after rapidly glancing over the bulwarks, and then darting +his eyes among the crew, started from his standpoint; and as though not a +soul were nigh him resumed his heavy turns upon the deck. With bent head and +half-slouched hat he continued to pace, unmindful of the wondering whispering +among the men; till Stubb cautiously whispered to Flask, that Ahab must have +summoned them there for the purpose of witnessing a pedestrian feat. But this +did not last long. Vehemently pausing, he cried: -- What do ye do when ye see +a whale, men? Sing out for him! was the impulsive rejoinder from a score +of clubbed voices. +..

+ + Good! cried Ahab, with a wild approval in his tones; observing the hearty +animation into which his unexpected question had so magnetically thrown them. + + And what do ye next, men? Lower away, and after him! And what tune is +it ye pull to, men? A dead whale or a stove boat! More and more strangely +and fiercely glad and approving, grew the countenance of the old man at every +shout; while the mariners began to gaze curiously at each other, as if +marvelling how it was that they themselves became so excited at such +seemingly purposeless questions. But, they were all eagerness again, as Ahab, +now half-revolving in his pivot-hole, with one hand reaching high up a shroud, + + and tightly, almost convulsively grasping it, addressed them thus: -- All ye +mast-headers have before now heard me give orders about a white whale. Look +ye! d'ye see this Spanish ounce of gold? --holding up a broad bright coin to +the sun -- it is a sixteen dollar piece, men. D'ye see it? Mr. Starbuck, +hand me yon top-maul. While the mate was getting the hammer, Ahab, without +speaking, was slowly rubbing the gold piece against the skirts of his jacket, +as if to heighten its lustre, and without using any words was meanwhile lowly +humming to himself, producing a sound so strangely muffled and inarticulate +that it seemed the mechanical humming of the wheels of his vitality in him. +Receiving the top-maul from Starbuck, he advanced towards the main-mast with +the hammer uplifted in one hand, exhibiting the gold with the other, and with +a high raised voice exclaiming: Whosoever of ye raises me a white-headed +whale with a wrinkled brow and a crooked jaw; whosoever of ye raises me that +white-headed whale, with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke --look +ye, whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold +ounce, my boys! Huzza! huzza! cried the seamen, as with swinging +tarpaulins they hailed the act of nailing the gold to the mast. It's a +white whale, I say, resumed Ahab, as he threw down +..

+the top-maul; a white whale. Skin your eyes for him, men; look sharp for +white water; if ye see but a bubble, sing out. All this while Tashtego, +Daggoo, and Queequeg had looked on with even more intense interest and +surprise than the rest, and at the mention of the wrinkled brow and crooked +jaw they had started as if each was separately touched by some specific +recollection. Captain Ahab, said Tashtego, that white whale must be the +same that some call Moby Dick. Moby Dick? shouted Ahab. Do ye know the +white whale then, Tash? Does he fan-tail a little curious, sir, before he +goes down? said the Gay-Header deliberately. And has he a curious spout, +too, said Daggoo, very bushy, even for a parmacetty, and mighty quick, +Captain Ahab? And he have one, two, tree --oh! good many iron in him hide, +too, Captain, cried Queequeg disjointedly, all twiske-tee betwisk, like +him--him-- faltering hard for a word, and screwing his hand round and round as +though uncorking a bottle -- like him--him-- Corkscrew! cried Ahab, aye, +Queequeg, the harpoons lie all twisted and wrenched in him; aye, Daggoo, his +spout is a big one, like a whole shock of wheat, and white as a pile of our +Nantucket wool after the great annual sheep-shearing; aye, Tashtego, and he +fan-tails like a split jib in a squall. Death and devils! men, it is Moby +Dick ye have seen --Moby Dick-- Moby Dick! Captain Ahab, said Starbuck, who, +with Stubb and Flask, had thus far been eyeing his superior with increasing +surprise, but at last seemed struck with a thought which somewhat explained +all the wonder. Captain Ahab, I have heard of Moby Dick--but it was not Moby +Dick that took off thy leg? Who told thee that? cried Ahab; then pausing, + + Aye, Starbuck; aye, my hearties all round; it was Moby Dick that dismasted +me; Moby Dick that brought me to this dead stump I stand on now. Aye, aye, +he shouted with a terrific, loud, animal sob, like that of a heart-stricken +moose; Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a +poor pegging +..

+lubber of me for ever and a day! Then tossing both arms, with measureless +imprecations he shouted out: Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, +and round the horn, and round the norway maelstrom, and round perdition's +flames before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to +chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, +till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. What say ye, men, will ye +splice hands on it, now? I think ye do look brave. Aye, aye! shouted the +harpooneers and seamen, running closer to the excited old man: A sharp eye +for the White Whale; a sharp lance for Moby Dick! God bless ye, he seemed +to half sob and half shout. God bless ye, men. Steward! go draw the great +measure of grog. But what's this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not + + chase the white whale? art not game for Moby Dick? I am game for his +crooked jaw, and for the jaws of Death too, Captain Ahab, if it fairly comes +in the way of the business we follow; but I came here to hunt whales, not my +commander's vengeance. How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even +if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab? it will not fetch thee much in our +Nantucket market. Nantucket market! Hoot! But come closer, Starbuck; thou + + requirest a little lower layer. If money's to be the measurer, man, and the +accountants have computed their great counting-house the globe, by girdling +it with guineas, one to every three parts of an inch; then, let me tell thee, + + that my vengeance will fetch a great premium here! He smites his chest, +whispered Stubb, what's that for? methinks it rings most vast, but hollow. + + Vengeance on a dumb brute! cried Starbuck, that simply smote thee from +blindest instinct! Madness! To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, +seems blasphemous. Hark ye yet again, --the little lower layer. All visible +objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event --in the living +act, the undoubted deed --there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts +forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man +will strike, strike through +..

+the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the +wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I +think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough. He tasks me; he heaps me; I +see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. +That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, +or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him. Talk not +to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me. For could the +sun do that, then could I do the other; since there is ever a sort of fair +play herein, jealousy presiding over all creations. But not my master, man, +is even that fair play. Who's over me? Truth hath no confines. Take off +thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare! So, +so; thou reddenest and palest; my heat has melted thee to anger-glow. But +look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, that thing unsays itself. There are +men from whom warm words are small indignity. I meant not to incense thee. +Let it go. Look! see yonder Turkish cheeks of spotted tawn -- living, +breathing pictures painted by the sun. The Pagan leopards --the unrecking and +unworshipping things, that live; and seek, and give no reasons for the torrid +life they feel! The crew, man, the crew! Are they not one and all with Ahab, +in this matter of the whale? See Stubb! he laughs! See yonder Chilian! he +snorts to think of it. Stand up amid the general hurricane, thy one tost +sapling cannot, Starbuck! And what is it? Reckon it. 'Tis but to help strike +a fin; no wondrous feat for Starbuck. What is it more? From this one poor +hunt, then, the best lance out of all Nantucket, surely he will not hang back, + + when every foremast-hand has clutched a whetstone? Ah! constrainings seize +thee; I see! the billow lifts thee! Speak, but speak! --Aye, aye! thy +silence, then, that voices thee. ( aside) something shot from my dilated +nostrils, he has inhaled it in his lungs. Starbuck now is mine; cannot +oppose me now, without rebellion. God keep me! --keep us all! murmured +Starbuck, lowly. But in his joy at the enchanted, tacit acquiescence of the +mate, Ahab did not hear his foreboding invocation; nor yet the low laugh +from the hold; nor yet the presaging vibrations of +..

+the winds in the cordage; nor yet the hollow flap of the sails against the +masts, as for a moment their hearts sank in. For again Starbuck's downcast +eyes lighted up with the stubbornness of life; the subterranean laugh died +away; the winds blew on; the sails filled out; the ship heaved and rolled as +before. Ah, ye admonitions and warnings! why stay ye not when ye come? But +rather are ye predictions than warnings, ye shadows! Yet not so much +predictions from without, as verifications of the foregoing things within. +For with little external to constrain us, the innermost necessities in our +being, these still drive us on. The measure! the measure! cried Ahab. +Receiving the brimming pewter, and turning to the harpooneers, he ordered +them to produce their weapons. Then ranging them before him near the capstan, + + with their harpoons in their hands, while his three mates stood at his side +with their lances, and the rest of the ship's company formed a circle round +the group; he stood for an instant searchingly eyeing every man of his crew. +But those wild eyes met his, as the bloodshot eyes of the prairie wolves +meet the eye of their leader, ere he rushes on at their head in the trail of +the bison; but, alas! only to fall into the hidden snare of the Indian. + + Drink and pass! he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest +seaman. The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts +--long swallows, men; 'tis hot as Satan's hoof. So, so; it goes round +excellently. It spiralizes in ye; forks out at the serpent-snapping eye. +well done; almost drained. That way it went, this way it comes. Hand it me +-- here's a hollow! Men, ye seem the years; so brimming life is gulped and +gone. Steward, refill! Attend now, my braves. I have mustered ye all round +this capstan; and ye mates, flank me with your lances; and ye harpooneers, +stand there with your irons; and ye, stout mariners, ring me in, that I may +in some sort revive a noble custom of my fisherman fathers before me. O men, +you will yet see that-- Ha! boy, come back? bad pennies come not sooner. +Hand it me. Why, now, this pewter had run brimming again, wer't not thou St. +Vitus' imp --away, thou ague! Advance, ye mates! Cross your lances full +before me. Well +..

+done! Let me touch the axis. So saying, with extended arm, he grasped the +three level, radiating lances at their crossed centre; while so doing, +suddenly and nervously twitched them; meanwhile, glancing intently from +Starbuck to Stubb; from Stubb to Flask. It seemed as though, by some +nameless, interior volition, he would fain have shocked into them the same +fiery emotion accumulated within the Leyden jar of his own magnetic life. +The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect. +Stubb and Flask looked sideways from him; the honest eye of Starbuck fell +downright. In vain! cried Ahab; but, maybe, 'tis well. For did ye three +but once take the full-forced shock, then mine own electric thing, that had +perhaps expired from out me. Perchance, too, it would have dropped ye dead. +Perchance ye need it not. Down lances! And now, ye mates, I do appoint ye +three cup-bearers to my three pagan kinsmen there --yon three most honorable +gentlemen and noblemen, my valiant harpooneers. Disdain the task? What, when +the great Pope washes the feet of beggars, using his tiara for ewer? Oh, my +sweet cardinals! your own condescension, that shall bend ye to it. I do not +order ye; ye will it. Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers! + + Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached +iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him. + + Stab me not with that keen steel! Cant them; cant them over! know ye not +the goblet end? Turn up the socket! So, so; now, ye cup-bearers, advance. +The irons! take them; hold them while I fill! Forthwith, slowly going from +one officer to the other, he brimmed the harpoon sockets with the fiery waters + + from the pewter. Now, three to three, ye stand. Commend the murderous +chalices! Bestow them, ye who are now made parties to this indissoluble +league. Ha! Starbuck! but the deed is done! Yon ratifying sun now waits to +sit upon it. Drink, ye harpooneers! drink and swear, ye men that man the +deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick! God hunt us all, if we do not +hunt Moby Dick to his death! The long, barbed steel goblets were lifted; +and to cries and maledictions against the white whale, the spirits +..

+were simultaneously quaffed down with a hiss. Starbuck paled, and turned, and +shivered. Once more, and finally, the replenished pewter went the rounds +among the frantic crew; when, waving his free hand to them, they all +dispersed; and Ahab retired within his cabin. +..

+.. < chapter xxxvii 7 SUNSET > + + The cabin; by the stern windows; + + Ahab sitting alone, and gazing out. I leave a white and turbid wake; +pale waters, paler cheeks, where'er I sail. The envious billows sidelong +swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass. Yonder, by the +ever-brimming goblet's rim, the warm waves blush like wine. The gold brow +plumbs the blue. The diver sun --slow dived from noon, --goes down; my soul +mounts up! she wearies with her endless hill. Is, then, the crown too heavy +that I wear? this Iron Crown of Lombardy. Yet is it bright with many a gem; +i, the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that i wear that, +that dazzlingly confounds. 'Tis iron --that I know--not gold. 'Tis split, too +--that I feel; the jagged edge galls me so, my brain seems to beat against +the solid metal; aye, steel skull, mine; the sort that needs no helmet in the +most brain-battering fight! Dry heat upon my brow? Oh! time was, when as the +sunrise nobly spurred me, so the sunset soothed. No more. This lovely +light, it lights not me; all loveliness is anguish to me, since I can ne'er +enjoy. Gifted with the high perception, I lack the low, enjoying power; +damned, most subtly and most malignantly! damned in the midst of Paradise! +Good night --good night! ( waving his hand, he moves from the window.) +'Twas not so hard a task. I thought to find one stubborn, at +..

+the least; but my one cogged circle fits into all their various wheels, and +they revolve. Or, if you will, like so many ant-hills of powder, they all +stand before me; and I their match. Oh, hard! that to fire others, the +match itself must needs be wasting! What I've dared, I've willed; and what +I've willed, I'll do! They think me mad --Starbuck does; but I'm demoniac, I +am madness maddened! That wild madness that's only calm to comprehend +itself! The prophecy was that I should be dismembered; and--Aye! I lost this +leg. I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer. Now, then, be the +prophet and the fulfiller one. That's more than ye, ye great gods, ever +were. I laugh and hoot at ye, ye cricket-players, ye pugilists, ye deaf +Burkes and blinded Bendigoes! I will not say as school-boys do to bullies, +--Take some one of your own size; don't pommel me! No, ye've knocked me +down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden. Come forth from behind +your cotton bags! I have no long gun to reach ye. Come, Ahab's compliments +to ye; come and see if ye can swerve me. Swerve me? ye cannot swerve me, +else ye swerve yourselves! man has ye there. Swerve me? The path to my +fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. +Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under +torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! Naught's an obstacle, naught's an angle +to the iron way! +..

+.. < chapter xxxviii 26 DUSK > + + By the Mainmast; Starbuck leaning + + against it. My soul is more than matched; she's overmanned; and by a +madman! Insufferable sting, that sanity should ground arms on such a field! +But he drilled deep down, and blasted all my reason out of me! I think I see +his impious end; but feel that +..

+I must help him to it. Will I, nill I, the ineffable thing has tied me to +him; tows me with a cable I have no knife to cut. Horrible old man! Who's +over him, he cries; --aye, he would be a democrat to all above; look, how he +lords it over all below! Oh! I plainly see my miserable office, --to obey, +rebelling; and worse yet, to hate with touch of pity! For in his eyes I read + + some lurid woe would shrivel me up, had I it. Yet is there hope. Time and +tide flow wide. The hated whale has the round watery world to swim in, as the +small gold-fish has its glassy globe. His heaven-insulting purpose, God may +wedge aside. I would up heart, were it not like lead. But my whole clock's +run down; my heart the all-controlling weight, I have no key to lift again. +[ A burst of revelry from the forecastle.] Oh, God! to sail with such a +heathen crew that have small touch of human mothers in them! Whelped +somewhere by the sharkish sea. The white whale is their demigorgon. Hark! +the infernal orgies! that revelry is forward! mark the unfaltering silence +aft! Methinks it pictures life. Foremost through the sparkling sea shoots on +the gay, embattled, bantering bow, but only to drag dark Ahab after it, where +he broods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the +wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings. The long howl thrills + + me through! Peace! ye revellers, and set the watch! Oh, life! 'tis in an +hour like this, with soul beat down and held to knowledge, --as wild, +untutored things are forced to feed --Oh, life! 'tis now that I do feel the +latent horror in thee! but 'tis not me! that horror's out of me! and with +the soft feeling of the human in me, yet will I try to fight ye, ye grim, +phantom futures! Stand by me, hold me, bind me, O ye blessed influences! +..

+.. < chapter xxxix 2 FIRST NIGHT-WATCH FORE-TOP > + + ( Stubb solus, and + + mending a brace.) Ha! ha! ha! ha! hem! clear my throat! --I've been +thinking over it ever since, and that ha, ha's the final consequence. Why +so? Because a laugh's the wisest, easiest answer to all that's queer; and +come what will, one comfort's always left -- that unfailing comfort is, it's +all predestinated. I heard not all his talk with Starbuck; but to my poor +eye Starbuck then looked something as I the other evening felt. Be sure the +old Mogul has fixed him, too. I twigged it, knew it; had had the gift, +might readily have prophesied it --for when I clapped my eye upon his skull I +saw it. Well, Stubb, wise Stubb --that's my title --well, Stubb, what of it, +Stubb? Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what +it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your +horribles! I feel funny. Fa, la! lirra, skirra! What's my juicy little pear +at home doing now? Crying its eyes out? --Giving a party to the last arrived +harpooneers, I dare say, gay as a frigate's pennant, and so am I--fa, la! +lirra, skirra! Oh-- We'll drink to-night with hearts as light, To love, as +gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim, on the beaker's brim, And break on the +lips while meeting. a brave stave that --who calls? mr. starbuck? Aye, aye, +sir -- ( Aside) he's my superior, he has his too, if I'm not mistaken. -- Aye, +aye, sir, just through with this job --coming. +..

+.. < chapter xl 2 MIDNIGHT, FORECASTLE HARPOONERS AND SAILORS > + + ( Foresail + + rises and discovers the watch standing, lounging, leaning, and + + lying in various attitudes, all singing in chorus.) Farewell and +adieu to you, Spanish ladies! Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain! Our +captain's commanded. -- 1st Nantucket Sailor Oh, boys, don't be sentimental; +it's bad for the digestion! Take a tonic, follow me! ( Sings, and all + + follow.) Our captain stood upon the deck, A spy-glass in his hand, A +viewing of those gallant whales That blew at every strand. Oh, your tubs in +your boats, my boys, And by your braces stand, And we'll have one of those +fine whales, Hand, boys, over hand! So, be cheery, my lads! may your hearts +never fail! While the bold harpooneer is striking the whale! Mate's Voice +from the Quarter-Deck Eight bells there, forward! 2nd Nantucket Sailor +Avast the chorus! Eight bells there! d'ye hear, bell-boy? Strike the bell +eight, thou Pip! thou blackling! and let me call the watch. I've the sort +of mouth for that --the hogshead mouth. So, so, ( thrusts his head down the + + scuttle,) Star--bo--l-e-e-n-s, a-h-o-y! Eight bells there below! Tumble +up! Dutch Sailor Grand snoozing to-night, maty; fat night for that. I mark +this in our old Mogul's wine; it's quite as deadening to some as +..

+filliping to others. We sing; they sleep --aye, lie down there, like +ground-tier butts. At 'em again! There, take this copper-pump, and hail +'em through it. Tell 'em to avast dreaming of their lasses. Tell 'em it's +the resurrection; they must kiss their last, and come to judgment. That's +the way -- that's it; thy throat ain't spoiled with eating Amsterdam butter. + + French Sailor Hist, boys! let's have a jig or two before we ride to anchor +in Blanket Bay. What say ye? There comes the other watch. Stand by all +legs! Pip! little Pip! hurrah with your tambourine! Pip ( Sulky and + + sleepy.) Don't know where it is. French Sailor Beat thy belly, then, and +wag thy ears. Jig it, men, I say; merry's the word; hurrah! Damn me, won't +you dance? Form, now, Indian-file, and gallop into the double-shuffle? +Throw yourselves! Legs! Legs! Iceland Sailor I don't like your floor, +maty; it's too springy to my taste. I'm used to ice-floors. I'm sorry to +throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me. Maltese Sailor Me too; +where's your girls? Who but a fool would take his left hand by his right, +and say to himself, how d'ye do? Partners! I must have partners! Sicilian +Sailor Aye; girls and a green! --then I'll hop with ye; yea, turn +grasshopper! Long-Island Sailor Well, well, ye sulkies, there's plenty more +of us. Hoe corn when you may, I say. All legs go to harvest soon. Ah! here + + comes the music; now for it! Azore Sailor ( Ascending, and pitching the + + tambourine up the scuttle.) +..

+Here you are, Pip; and there's the windlass-bitts; up you mount! Now, boys! + ( The half of them dance to the tambourine; some go below; some + + sleep or lie among the coils of rigging. Oaths a-plenty.) Azore +Sailor ( Dancing.) Go it, Pip! Bang it, bell-boy! Rig it, dig it, stig +it, quig it, bell-boy; Make fire-flies; break the jinglers! Pip +Jinglers, you say? --there goes another, dropped off; I pound it so. China +Sailor Rattle thy teeth, then, and pound away; make a pagoda of thyself. +French Sailor Merry-mad! Hold up thy hoop, Pip, till I jump through it! +split jibs! tear yourselves! Tashtego ( Quietly smoking.) That's a white +man; he calls that fun: humph! I save my sweat. Old Manx Sailor I wonder +whether those jolly lads bethink them of what they are dancing over. I'll +dance over your grave, I will --that's the bitterest threat of your +night-women, that beat head-winds round corners. O Christ! to think of the +green navies and the green-skulled crews! Well, well; belike the whole +world's a ball, as you scholars have it; and so 'tis right to make one +ballroom of it. Dance on, lads, you're young; I was once. 3d Nantucket +Sailor Spell oh! --whew! this is worse than pulling after whales in a calm +--give us a whiff, Tash. ( They cease dancing, and gather in clusters. + + Meantime the sky darkens -- the wind rises.) +..

+Lascar Sailor By Brahma! boys, it'll be douse sail soon. The sky-born, +high-tide Ganges turned to wind! Thou showest thy black brow, Seeva! +Maltese Sailor ( Reclining and shaking his cap.) It's the waves --the +snow's caps turn to jig it now. They'll shake their tassels soon. Now would +all the waves were women, then I'd go drown, and chassee with them evermore! +There's naught so sweet on earth --heaven may not match it! --as those swift +glances of warm, wild bosoms in the dance, when the over-arboring arms hide +such ripe, bursting grapes. Sicilian Sailor ( Reclining.) Tell me not of +it! Hark ye, lad --fleet interlacings of the limbs --lithe swayings --coyings +--flutterings! lip! heart! hip! all graze: unceasing touch and go! not +taste, observe ye, else come satiety. Eh, Pagan? ( Nudging.) Tahitan +Sailor ( Reclining on a mat.) Hail, holy nakedness of our dancing girls! +--the Heeva-Heeva! Ah! low veiled, high palmed Tahiti! I still rest me on thy +mat, but the soft soil has slid! I saw thee woven in the wood, my mat! +green the first day i brought ye thence; now worn and wilted quite. Ah me! +--not thou nor I can bear the change! How then, if so be transplanted to yon +sky? Hear I the roaring streams from Pirohitee's peak of spears, when they +leap down the crags and drown the villages? --The blast! the blast! Up, +spine, and meet it! ( Leaps to his feet.) Portuguese Sailor How the sea +rolls swashing 'gainst the side! Stand by for reefing, hearties! the winds +are just crossing swords, pell-mell they'll go lunging presently. Danish +Sailor Crack, crack, old ship! so long as thou crackest, thou holdest! Well +done! The mate there holds ye to it stiffly. He's no more +..

+afraid than the isle fort at Cattegat, put there to fight the Baltic with +storm-lashed guns, on which the sea-salt cakes! 4th Nantucket Sailor He has +his orders, mind ye that. I heard old Ahab tell him he must always kill a +squall, something as they burst a waterspout with a pistol --fire your ship +right into it! English Sailor Blood! but that old man's a grand old cove! +We are the lads to hunt him up his whale! All Aye! aye! Old Manx Sailor +How the three pines shake! Pines are the hardest sort of tree to live when +shifted to any other soil, and here there's none but the crew's cursed clay. +Steady, helmsman! steady. This is the sort of weather when brave hearts snap +ashore, and keeled hulls split at sea. Our captain has his birth-mark; look +yonder, boys, there's another in the sky --lurid-like, ye see, all else pitch +black. Daggoo What of that? Who's afraid of black's afraid of me! I'm +quarried out of it! Spanish Sailor ( Aside.) He wants to bully, ah! --the +old grudge makes me touchy. ( Advancing.) Aye, harpooneer, thy race is the +undeniable dark side of mankind --devilish dark at that. No offence. Daggoo +( grimly) None. St. Jago's Sailor That Spaniard's mad or drunk. But that +can't be, or else in his one case our old Mogul's fire-waters are somewhat +long in working. 5th Nantucket Sailor What's that I saw--lightning? Yes. +..

+Spanish Sailor No; Daggoo showing his teeth. Daggoo ( springing) Swallow +thine, mannikin! White skin, white liver! Spanish Sailor ( meeting him) +Knife thee heartily! big frame, small spirit! All A row! a row! a row! +Tashtego ( with a whiff) A row a'low, and a row aloft --Gods and men --both +brawlers! Humph! Belfast Sailor A row! arrah a row! The Virgin be blessed, +a row! Plunge in with ye! English Sailor Fair play! Snatch the Spaniard's +knife! A ring, a ring! Old Manx Sailor Ready formed. There! the ringed +horizon. In that ring Cain struck Abel. Sweet work, right work! No? Why +then, God, mad'st thou the ring? Mate's Voice from the Quarter Deck Hands by +the halyards! in top-gallant sails! Stand by to reef topsails! All The +squall! the squall! jump, my jollies! ( They scatter.) Pip ( shrinking + + under the windlass) Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there +goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God! Duck lower, Pip, here comes the royal +yard! It's worse than being in the whirled woods, the last day of the year; +Who'd go climbing after chestnuts now? But there they go, all cursing, and +here I don't. Fine prospects to 'em; they're on the road to heaven. Hold on +hard! Jimmini, what a squall! But those chaps there are worse yet --they are +your white squalls, they. White squalls? white whale, shirr! +..

+shirr! Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale +--shirr! shirr! --but spoken of once! and only this evening -- it makes me +jingle all over like my tambourine --that anaconda of an old man swore 'em in +to hunt him! Oh, thou big white God aloft there somewhere in yon darkness, +have mercy on this small black boy down here; preserve him from all men that +have no bowels to feel fear! +..

+.. < chapter xli 9 MOBY DICK > + + I, Ishmael, was one of that crew; my shouts +had gone up with the rest; my oath had been welded with theirs; and +stronger I shouted, and more did I hammer and clinch my oath, because of the +dread in my soul. A wild, mystical, sympathetical feeling was in me; Ahab's +quenchless feud seemed mine. With greedy ears I learned the history of that +murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of +violence and revenge. For some time past, though at intervals only, the +unaccompanied, secluded White Whale had haunted those uncivilized seas mostly +frequented by the Sperm Whale fishermen. But not all of them knew of his +existence; only a few of them, comparatively, had knowingly seen him; while +the number who as yet had actually and knowingly given battle to him, was +small indeed. For, owing to the large number of whale-cruisers; the +disorderly way they were sprinkled over the entire watery circumference, +many of them adventurously pushing their quest along solitary latitudes, so +as seldom or never for a whole twelvemonth or more on a stretch, to encounter +a single news-telling sail of any sort; the inordinate length of each +separate voyage; the irregularity of the times of sailing from home; all +these, with other circumstances, direct and indirect, long obstructed +..

+the spread through the whole world-wide whaling-fleet of the special +individualizing tidings concerning Moby Dick. It was hardly to be doubted, +that several vessels reported to have encountered, at such or such a time, or +on such or such a meridian, a Sperm Whale of uncommon magnitude and +malignity, which whale, after doing great mischief to his assailants, had +completely escaped them; to some minds it was not an unfair presumption, I +say, that the whale in question must have been no other than moby Dick. Yet +as of late the Sperm Whale fishery had been marked by various and not +unfrequent instances of great ferocity, cunning, and malice in the monster +attacked; therefore it was, that those who by accident ignorantly gave +battle to Moby Dick; such hunters, perhaps, for the most part, were content +to ascribe the peculiar terror he bred, more, as it were, to the perils of +the Sperm Whale fishery at large, than to the individual cause. In that way, +mostly, the disastrous encounter between Ahab and the whale had hitherto been +popularly regarded. And as for those who, previously hearing of the White +Whale, by chance caught sight of him; in the beginning of the thing they had +every one of them, almost, as boldly and fearlessly lowered for him, as for +any other whale of that species. But at length, such calamities did ensue in +these assaults --not restricted to sprained wrists and ancles, broken limbs, +or devouring amputations --but fatal to the last degree of fatality; those +repeated disastrous repulses, all accumulating and piling their terrors upon +Moby Dick; those things had gone far to shake the fortitude of many brave +hunters, to whom the story of the White Whale had eventually come. Nor did +wild rumors of all sorts fail to exaggerate, and still the more horrify the +true histories of these deadly encounters. For not only do fabulous rumors +naturally grow out of the very body of all surprising terrible events, --as the +smitten tree gives birth to its fungi; but, in maritime life, far more than +in that of terra firma, wild rumors abound, wherever there is any adequate +reality for them to cling to. And as the sea surpasses the land in this +matter, so the whale fishery surpasses every other sort of maritime life, in +the wonderfulness and fearfulness of the +..

+rumors which sometimes circulate there. For not only are whalemen as a body +unexempt from that ignorance and superstitiousness hereditary to all sailors; +but of all sailors, they are by all odds the most directly brought into +contact with whatever is appallingly astonishing in the sea; face to face +they not only eye its greatest marvels, but, hand to jaw, give battle to +them. Alone, in such remotest waters, that though you sailed a thousand +miles, and passed a thousand shores, you would not come to any chiselled +hearthstone, or aught hospitable beneath that part of the sun; in such +latitudes and longitudes, pursuing too such a calling as he does, the whaleman +is wrapped by influences all tending to make his fancy pregnant with many a +mighty birth. No wonder, then, that ever gathering volume from the mere +transit over the widest watery spaces, the outblown rumors of the White Whale +did in the end incorporate with themselves all manner of morbid hints, and +half-formed foetal suggestions of supernatural agencies, which eventually +invested Moby Dick with new terrors unborrowed from anything that visibly +appears. So that in many cases such a panic did he finally strike, that few +who by those rumors, at least, had heard of the White Whale, few of those +hunters were willing to encounter the perils of his jaw. But there were still +other and more vital practical influences at work. Not even at the present +day has the original prestige of the Sperm Whale, as fearfully distinguished +from all other species of the leviathan, died out of the minds of the whalemen + + as a body. There are those this day among them, who, though intelligent and +courageous enough in offering battle to the Greenland or Right whale, would +perhaps --either from professional inexperience, or incompetency, or timidity, +decline a contest with the Sperm Whale; at any rate, there are plenty of +whalemen, especially among those whaling nations not sailing under the +American flag, who have never hostilely encountered the Sperm Whale, but +whose sole knowledge of the leviathan is restricted to the ignoble monster +primitively pursued in the North; seated on their hatches, these men will +hearken with a childish fire-side interest and awe, to the wild, strange +tales of +..

+Southern whaling. Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm +Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which +stem him. And as if the now tested reality of his might had in former +legendary times thrown its shadow before it; we find some book naturalists +--Olassen and Povelson --declaring the Sperm Whale not only to be a +consternation to every other creature in the sea, but also to be so incredibly +ferocious as continually to be athirst for human blood. Nor even down to so +late a time as Cuvier's, were these or almost similar impressions effaced. +For in his Natural History, the Baron himself affirms that at sight of the +Sperm Whale, all fish (sharks included) are struck with the most lively +terrors, and often in the precipitancy of their flight dash themselves +against the rocks with such violence as to cause instantaneous death. And +however the general experiences in the fishery may amend such reports as +these; yet in their full terribleness, even to the bloodthirsty item of +Povelson, the superstitious belief in them is, in some vicissitudes of their +vocation, revived in the minds of the hunters. So that overawed by the rumors +and portents concerning him, not a few of the fishermen recalled, in reference +to Moby Dick, the earlier days of the Sperm Whale fishery, when it was +oftentimes hard to induce long practised Right whalemen to embark in the +perils of this new and daring warfare; such men protesting that although +other leviathans might be hopefully pursued, yet to chase and point lance at +such an apparition as the Sperm Whale was not for mortal man. That to attempt +it, would be inevitably to be torn into a quick eternity. on this head, there + + are some remarkable documents that may be consulted. Nevertheless, some there +were, who even in the face of these things were ready to give chase to Moby +Dick; and a still greater number who, chancing only to hear of him distantly +and vaguely, without the specific details of any certain calamity, and +without superstitious accompaniments, were sufficiently hardy not to flee +from the battle if offered. One of the wild suggestings referred to, as at +last coming to be linked with the White Whale in the minds of the +superstitiously inclined, was the unearthly conceit that Moby Dick was +..

+ubiquitous; that he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at +one and the same instant of time. Nor, credulous as such minds must have been, +was this conceit altogether without some faint show of superstitious +probability. For as the secrets of the currents in the seas have never yet +been divulged, even to the most erudite research; so the hidden ways of the +Sperm Whale when beneath the surface remain, in great part, unaccountable to +his pursuers; and from time to time have originated the most curious and +contradictory speculations regarding them, especially concerning the mystic +modes whereby, after sounding to a great depth, he transports himself with +such vast swiftness to the most widely distant points. It is a thing well +known to both American and English whale-ships, and as well a thing placed +upon authoritative record years ago by Scoresby, that some whales have been +captured far north in the Pacific, in whose bodies have been found the barbs +of harpoons darted in the Greenland seas. Nor is it to be gainsaid, that in +some of these instances it has been declared that the interval of time between +the two assaults could not have exceeded very many days. Hence, by inference, +it has been believed by some whalemen, that the nor' west passage, so long a +problem to man, was never a problem to the whale. So that here, in the real +living experience of living men, the prodigies related in old times of the +inland Strello mountain in Portugal (near whose top there was said to be a +lake in which the wrecks of ships floated up to the surface); and that still +more wonderful story of the Arethusa fountain near Syracuse (whose waters +were believed to have come from the Holy Land by an underground passage); +these fabulous narrations are almost fully equalled by the realities of the +whaleman. Forced into familiarity, then, with such prodigies as these; and +knowing that after repeated, intrepid assaults, the White Whale had escaped +alive; it cannot be much matter of surprise that some whalemen should go +still further in their superstitions; declaring Moby Dick not only ubiquitous, +but immortal (for immortality is but ubiquity in time); that though groves +of spears should be planted in his flanks, he would still swim away unharmed; + + or if indeed he should ever be made to spout thick +..

+blood, such a sight would be but a ghastly deception; for again in +unensanguined billows hundreds of leagues away, his unsullied jet would once +more be seen. But even stripped of these supernatural surmisings, there was +enough in the earthly make and incontestable character of the monster to +strike the imagination with unwonted power. For, it was not so much his +uncommon bulk that so much distinguished him from other sperm whales, but, as +was elsewhere thrown out --a peculiar snow-white wrinkled forehead, and a +high, pyramidical white hump. These were his prominent features; the tokens +whereby, even in the limitless, uncharted seas, he revealed his identity, at +a long distance, to those who knew him. The rest of his body was so streaked, +and spotted, and marbled with the same shrouded hue, that, in the end, he had + + gained his distinctive appellation of the white Whale; a name, indeed, +literally justified by his vivid aspect, when seen gliding at high noon +through a dark blue sea, leaving a milky-way wake of creamy foam, all +spangled with golden gleamings. Nor was it his unwonted magnitude, nor his +remarkable hue, nor yet his deformed lower jaw, that so much invested the +whale with natural terror, as that unexampled, intelligent malignity which, +according to specific accounts, he had over and over again evinced in his +assaults. More than all, his treacherous retreats struck more of dismay than +perhaps aught else. For, when swimming before his exulting pursuers, with +every apparent symptom of alarm, he had several times been known to turn +around suddenly, and, bearing down upon them, either stave their boats to +splinters, or drive them back in consternation to their ship. Already several +fatalities had attended his chase. But though similar disasters, however +little bruited ashore, were by no means unusual in the fishery; yet, in most +instances, such seemed the White Whale's infernal aforethought of ferocity, +that every dismembering or death that he caused, was not wholly regarded as +having been inflicted by an unintelligent agent. Judge, then, to what pitches +of inflamed, distracted fury the +..

+minds of his more desperate hunters were impelled, when amid the chips of +chewed boats, and the sinking limbs of torn comrades, they swam out of the +white curds of the whale's direful wrath into the serene, exasperating +sunlight, that smiled on, as if at a birth or a bridal. His three boats stove +around him, and oars and men both whirling in the eddies; one captain, +seizing the line-knife from his broken prow, had dashed at the whale, as an +Arkansas duellist at his foe, blindly seeking with a six inch blade to reach +the fathom-deep life of the whale. That captain was Ahab. And then it was, +that suddenly sweeping his sickle-shaped lower jaw beneath him, Moby Dick had +reaped away ahab's leg, as a mower a blade of grass in the field. No turbaned +Turk, no hired Venetian or Malay, could have smote him with more seeming +malice. Small reason was there to doubt, then, that ever since that almost +fatal encounter, Ahab had cherished a wild vindictiveness against the whale, +all the more fell for that in his frantic morbidness he at last came to +identify with him, not only all his bodily woes, but all his intellectual and +spiritual exasperations. The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac +incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in +them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. That +intangible malignity which has been from the beginning; to whose dominion +even the modern Christians ascribe one-half of the worlds; which the ancient +Ophites of the east reverenced in their statue devil; -- Ahab did not fall down +and worship it like them; but deliriously transferring its idea to the +abhorred white whale, he pitted himself, all mutilated, against it. All that +most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth +with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the +subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly +personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick. He piled upon the +whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole +race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst +his hot heart's shell upon it. +..

+It is not probable that this monomania in him took its instant rise at the +precise time of his bodily dismemberment. Then, in darting at the monster, +knife in hand, he had but given loose to a sudden, passionate, corporal +animosity; and when he received the stroke that tore him, he probably but +felt the agonizing bodily laceration, but nothing more. Yet, when by this +collision forced to turn towards home, and for long months of days and weeks, +ahab and anguish lay stretched together in one hammock, rounding in mid +winter that dreary, howling Patagonian Cape; then it was, that his torn body +and gashed soul bled into one another; and so interfusing, made him mad. +That it was only then, on the homeward voyage, after the encounter, that the +final monomania seized him, seems all but certain from the fact that, at +intervals during the passage, he was a raving lunatic; and, though unlimbed +of a leg, yet such vital strength yet lurked in his Egyptian chest, and was +moreover intensified by his delirium, that his mates were forced to lace him +fast, even there, as he sailed, raving in his hammock. In a strait-jacket, +he swung to the mad rockings of the gales. And, when running into more +sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun'sails spread, floated across +the tranquil tropics, and, to all appearances, the old man's delirium seemed +left behind him with the Cape Horn swells, and he came forth from his dark +den into the blessed light and air; even then, when he bore that firm, +collected front, however pale, and issued his calm orders once again; and +his mates thanked God the direful madness was now gone; even then, Ahab, in +his hidden self, raved on. Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most +feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured +into some still subtler form. Ahab's full lunacy subsided not, but +deepeningly contracted; like the unabated Hudson, when that noble Northman +flows narrowly, but unfathomably through the Highland gorge. But, as in his +narrow-flowing monomania, not one jot of Ahab's broad madness had been left +behind; so in that broad madness, not one jot of his great natural intellect +had perished. That before living agent, now became the living instrument. If +such a furious trope may stand, his special lunacy +..

+stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred +cannon upon its own mad mark; so that far from having lost his strength, +Ahab, to that one end, did now possess a thousand fold more potency than ever +he had sanely brought to bear upon any one reasonable object. This is much; +yet Ahab's larger, darker, deeper part remains unhinted. But vain to +popularize profundities, and all truth is profound. Winding far down from +within the very heart of this spiked Hotel de Cluny where we here stand +--however grand and wonderful, now quit it; --and take your way, ye nobler, +sadder souls, to those vast Roman halls of Thermes; where far beneath the +fantastic towers of man's upper earth, his root of grandeur, his whole awful +essence sits in bearded state; an antique buried beneath antiquities, and +throned on torsoes! So with a broken throne, the great gods mock that +captive king; so like a Caryatid, he patient sits, upholding on his frozen +brow the piled entablatures of ages. Wind ye down there, ye prouder, sadder +souls! question that proud, sad king! A family likeness! aye, he did beget +ye, ye young exiled royalties; and from your grim sire only will the old +State-secret come. Now, in his heart, Ahab had some glimpse of this, namely: +all my means are sane, my motive and my object mad. Yet without power to +kill, or change, or shun the fact; he likewise knew that to mankind he did +now long dissemble; in some sort, did still. But that thing of his +dissembling was only subject to his perceptibility, not to his will +determinate. Nevertheless, so well did he succeed in that dissembling, that +when with ivory leg he stepped ashore at last, no Nantucketer thought him +otherwise than but naturally grieved, and that to the quick, with the +terrible casualty which had overtaken him. The report of his undeniable +delirium at sea was likewise popularly ascribed to a kindred cause. And so +too, all the added moodiness which always afterwards, to the very day of +sailing in the pequod on the present voyage, sat brooding on his brow. Nor is +it so very unlikely, that far from distrusting his fitness for another whaling +voyage, on account of such dark symptoms, the calculating people of that +prudent isle were inclined to +..

+harbor the conceit, that for those very reasons he was all the better +qualified and set on edge, for a pursuit so full of rage and wildness as the +bloody hunt of whales. Gnawed within and scorched without, with the infixed, +unrelenting fangs of some incurable idea; such an one, could he be found, +would seem the very man to dart his iron and lift his lance against the most +appalling of all brutes. Or, if for any reason thought to be corporeally +incapacitated for that, yet such an one would seem superlatively competent to +cheer and howl on his underlings to the attack. But be all this as it may, +certain it is, that with the mad secret of his unabated rage bolted up and +keyed in him, Ahab had purposely sailed upon the present voyage with the +one only and all-engrossing object of hunting the White Whale. Had any one of +his old acquaintances on shore but half dreamed of what was lurking in him +then, how soon would their aghast and righteous souls have wrenched the ship +from such a fiendish man! They were bent on profitable cruises, the profit +to be counted down in dollars from the mint. He was intent on an audacious, +immitigable, and supernatural revenge. Here, then, was this grey-headed, +ungodly old man, chasing with curses a Job's whale round the world, at the +head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and +cannibals --morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue +or right-mindedness in Starbuck, the invulnerable jollity of indifference +and recklessness in Stubb, and the pervading mediocrity in Flask. Such a +crew, so officered, seemed specially picked and packed by some infernal +fatality to help him to his monomaniac revenge. How it was that they so +aboundingly responded to the old man's ire --by what evil magic their souls +were possessed, that at times his hate seemed almost theirs; the White Whale +as much their insufferable foe as his; how all this came to be --what the +White Whale was to them, or how to their unconscious understandings, also, in +some dim, unsuspected way, he might have seemed the gliding great demon of +the seas of life, --all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael +can go. The subterranean miner that works in us all, how can one tell +whither leads his shaft by the ever shifting, muffled sound of his pick? Who +does not feel the +..

+irresistible arm drag? What skiff in tow of a seventy-four can stand still? +For one, I gave myself up to the abandonment of the time and the place; but +while yet all a-rush to encounter the whale, could see naught in that brute +but the deadliest ill. +..

+.. < chapter xlii 6 THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE > + + What the white whale was to +Ahab, has been hinted; what, at times, he was to me, as yet remains unsaid. +Aside from those more obvious considerations touching Moby Dick, which could +not but occasionally awaken in any man's soul some alarm, there was another +thought, or rather vague, nameless horror concerning him, which at times by +its intensity completely overpowered all the rest; and yet so mystical and +well nigh ineffable was it, that I almost despair of putting it in a +comprehensible form. It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things +appalled me. But how can I hope to explain myself here; and yet, in some +dim, random way, explain myself I must, else all these chapters might be +naught. Though in many natural objects, whiteness refiningly enhances +beauty, as if imparting some special virtue of its own, as in marbles, +japonicas, and pearls; and though various nations have in some way recognised +a certain royal pre-eminence in this hue; even the barbaric, grand old kings +of Pegu placing the title Lord of the White Elephants above all their other +magniloquent ascriptions of dominion; and the modern kings of Siam unfurling +the same snow-white quadruped in the royal standard; and the Hanoverian flag +bearing the one figure of a snow-white charger; and the great Austrian +Empire, Caesarian, heir to overlording Rome, having for the imperial color +the same imperial hue; and though this pre-eminence in it applies to the +human race itself, giving the white man ideal mastership over every dusky +tribe; and though, besides all this, whiteness has been +..

+even made significant of gladness, for among the Romans a white stone marked +a joyful day; and though in other mortal sympathies and symbolizings, this +same hue is made the emblem of many touching, noble things --the innocence of +brides, the benignity of age; though among the Red Men of America the giving +of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honor; though in many +climes, whiteness typifies the majesty of Justice in the ermine of the Judge, +and contributes to the daily state of kings and queens drawn by milk-white +steeds; though even in the higher mysteries of the most august religions it +has been made the symbol of the divine spotlessness and power; by the Persian +fire worshippers, the white forked flame being held the holiest on the altar; + + and in the Greek mythologies, Great Jove himself made incarnate in a +snow-white bull; and though to the noble Iroquois, the midwinter sacrifice +of the sacred White Dog was by far the holiest festival of their theology, +that spotless, faithful creature being held the purest envoy they could send +to the Great Spirit with the annual tidings of their own fidelity; and though +directly from the Latin word for white, all Christian priests derive the name +of one part of their sacred vesture, the alb or tunic, worn beneath the +cassock; and though among the holy pomps of the Romish faith, white is +specially employed in the celebration of the Passion of our Lord; though in +the Vision of St. John, white robes are given to the redeemed, and the +four-and-twenty elders stand clothed in white before the great white throne, +and the Holy One that sitteth there white like wool; yet for all these +accumulated associations, with whatever is sweet, and honorable, and sublime, + + there yet lurks an elusive something in the innermost idea of this hue, which +strikes more of panic to the soul than that redness which affrights in blood. + + This elusive quality it is, which causes the thought of whiteness, when +divorced from more kindly associations, and coupled with any object terrible +in itself, to heighten that terror to the furthest bounds. Witness the white +bear of the poles, and the white shark of the tropics; what but their smooth, +flaky whiteness makes them the transcendent horrors they are? That ghastly +whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even +..

+more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating of their aspect. So that +not the fierce-fanged tiger in his heraldic coat can so stagger courage as the +white-shrouded bear or shark. Bethink thee of the albatross, whence come those +clouds of spiritual wonderment and pale dread, in which that white phantom +sails in all imaginations? Not Coleridge first threw that spell; but God's +great, unflattering laureate, Nature. +..

+Most famous in our Western annals and Indian traditions is that of the White +Steed of the Prairies; a magnificent milk-white charger, large-eyed, +small-headed, bluff-chested, and with the dignity of a thousand monarchs in +his lofty, overscorning carriage. He was the elected Xerxes of vast herds of +wild horses, whose pastures in those days were only fenced by the Rocky +Mountains and the Alleghanies. At their flaming head he westward trooped it +like that chosen star which every evening leads on the hosts of light. The +flashing cascade of his mane, the curving comet of his tail, invested him +with housings more resplendent than gold and silver-beaters could have +furnished him. A most imperial and archangelical apparition of that unfallen, +western world, which to the eyes of the old trappers and hunters revived the +glories of those primeval times when Adam walked majestic as a god, +bluff-bowed and fearless as this mighty steed. Whether marching amid his aides +and marshals in the van of countless cohorts that endlessly streamed it over +the plains, like an Ohio; or whether with his circumambient subjects browsing + + all around at the horizon, the White Steed gallopingly reviewed them with +warm nostrils reddening through his cool milkiness; in whatever aspect he +presented himself, always to the bravest Indians he was the object of +trembling reverence and awe. Nor can it be questioned from what stands on +legendary record of +..

+this noble horse, that it was his spiritual whiteness chiefly, which so +clothed him with divineness; and that this divineness had that in it which, +though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless +terror. But there are other instances where this whiteness loses all that +accessory and strange glory which invests it in the White Steed and Albatross. + + What is it that in the Albino man so peculiarly repels and often shocks the +eye, as that sometimes he is loathed by his own kith and kin! It is that +whiteness which invests him, a thing expressed by the name he bears. The +Albino is as well made as other men --has no substantive deformity --and yet +this mere aspect of all-pervading whiteness makes him more strangely hideous +than the ugliest abortion. Why should this be so? Nor, in quite other +aspects, does Nature in her least palpable but not the less malicious +agencies, fail to enlist among her forces this crowning attribute of the +terrible. From its snowy aspect, the gauntleted ghost of the Southern Seas +has been denominated the White Squall. Nor, in some historic instances, has +the art of human malice omitted so potent an auxiliary. How wildly it +heightens the effect of that passage in Froissart, when, masked in the snowy +symbol of their faction, the desperate White Hoods of Ghent murder their +bailiff in the market-place! Nor, in some things, does the common, hereditary +experience of all mankind fail to bear witness to the supernaturalism of this +hue. It cannot well be doubted, that the one visible quality in the aspect of +the dead which most appals the gazer, is the marble pallor lingering there; +as if indeed that pallor were as much like the badge of consternation in the +other world, as of mortal trepidation here. And from that pallor of the dead, + + we borrow the expressive hue of the shroud in which we wrap them. Nor even +in our superstitions do we fail to throw the same snowy mantle round our +phantoms; all ghosts rising in a milk-white fog --Yea, while these terrors +seize us, let us add, that even the king of terrors, when personified by the +evangelist, rides on his pallid horse. Therefore, in his other moods, +symbolize whatever grand or +..

+gracious thing he will by whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest +idealized significance it calls up a peculiar apparition to the soul. But +though without dissent this point be fixed, how is mortal man to account for +it? To analyse it, would seem impossible. Can we, then, by the citation of +some of those instances wherein this thing of whiteness --though for the time +either wholly or in great part stripped of all direct associations calculated +to impart to it aught fearful, but, nevertheless, is found to exert over us +the same sorcery, however modified; --can we thus hope to light upon some +chance clue to conduct us to the hidden cause we seek? Let us try. But in a +matter like this, subtlety appeals to subtlety, and without imagination no +man can follow another into these halls. And though, doubtless, some at least +of the imaginative impressions about to be presented may have been shared by +most men, yet few perhaps were entirely conscious of them at the time, and +therefore may not be able to recall them now. Why to the man of untutored +ideality, who happens to be but loosely acquainted with the peculiar +character of the day, does the bare mention of Whitsuntide marshal in the +fancy such long, dreary, speechless processions of slow-pacing pilgrims, +downcast and hooded with new-fallen snow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated +Protestant of the Middle American States, why does the passing mention of a +White Friar or a White Nun, evoke such an eyeless statue in the soul? Or what +is there apart from the traditions of dungeoned warriors and kings (which +will not wholly account for it) that makes the White Tower of London tell so +much more strongly on the imagination of an untravelled American, than those +other storied structures, its neighbors --the Byward Tower, or even the +Bloody? And those sublimer towers, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, +whence, in peculiar moods, comes that gigantic ghostliness over the soul at +the bare mention of that name, while the thought of Virginia's Blue Ridge is +full of a soft, dewy, distant dreaminess? Or why, irrespective of all +latitudes and longitudes, does the name of the White Sea exert such a +spectralness +..

+over the fancy, while that of the Yellow Sea lulls us with mortal thoughts of +long lacquered mild afternoons on the waves, followed by the gaudiest and yet +sleepiest of sunsets? Or, to choose a wholly unsubstantial instance, purely +addressed to the fancy, why, in reading the old fairy tales of Central +Europe, does the tall pale man of the Hartz forests, whose changeless +pallor unrestingly glides through the green of the groves --why is this phantom +more terrible than all the whooping imps of the Blocksburg? Nor is it, +altogether, the remembrance of her cathedral-toppling earthquakes; nor the +stampedoes of her frantic seas: nor the tearlessness of arid skies that never +rain; nor the sight of her wide field of leaning spires, wrenched +cope-stones, and crosses all adroop (like canted yards of anchored fleets); +and her suburban avenues of house-walls lying over upon each other, as a +tossed pack of cards; --it is not these things alone which make tearless Lima, +the strangest, saddest city thou can'st see. For Lima has taken the white +veil; and there is a higher horror in this whiteness of her woe. Old as +Pizarro, this whiteness keeps her ruins for ever new; admits not the +cheerful greenness of complete decay; spreads over her broken ramparts the +rigid pallor of an apoplexy that fixes its own distortions. I know that, to +the common apprehension, this phenomenon of whiteness is not confessed to be +the prime agent in exaggerating the terror of objects otherwise terrible; nor +to the unimaginative mind is there aught of terror in those appearances whose +awfulness to another mind almost solely consists in this one phenomenon, +especially when exhibited under any form at all approaching to muteness or +universality. What I mean by these two statements may perhaps be respectively +elucidated by the following examples. First: The mariner, when drawing nigh +the coasts of foreign lands, if by night he hear the roar of breakers, starts +to vigilance, and feels just enough of trepidation to sharpen all his +faculties; but under precisely similar circumstances, let him be called from +his hammock to view his ship sailing through a midnight sea of milky whiteness +--as if from encircling headlands shoals of combed white bears were swimming +round him, then he feels +..

+a silent, superstitious dread; the shrouded phantom of the whitened waters is +horrible to him as a real ghost; in vain the lead assures him he is still off +soundings; heart and helm they both go down; he never rests till blue water +is under him again. Yet where is the mariner who will tell thee, Sir, it was +not so much the fear of striking hidden rocks, as the fear of that hideous +whiteness that so stirred me? Second: To the native Indian of Peru, the +continual sight of the snow-howdahed Andes conveys naught of dread, except, +perhaps, in the mere fancying of the eternal frosted desolateness reigning at +such vast altitudes, and the natural conceit of what a fearfulness it would +be to lose oneself in such inhuman solitudes. Much the same is it with the +backwoodsman of the West, who with comparative indifference views an +unbounded prairie sheeted with driven snow, no shadow of tree or twig to +break the fixed trance of whiteness. Not so the sailor, beholding the +scenery of the Antarctic seas; where at times, by some infernal trick of +legerdemain in the powers of frost and air, he, shivering and half +shipwrecked, instead of rainbows speaking hope and solace to his misery, +views what seems a boundless church-yard grinning upon him with its lean ice +monuments and splintered crosses. But thou sayest, methinks this white-lead +chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou +surrenderest to a hypo, Ishmael. Tell me, why this strong young colt, foaled +in some peaceful valley of Vermont, far removed from all beasts of prey --why +is it that upon the sunniest day, if you but shake a fresh buffalo robe +behind him, so that he cannot even see it, but only smells its wild animal +muskiness --why will he start, snort, and with bursting eyes paw the ground in +phrensies of affright? There is no remembrance in him of any gorings of wild +creatures in his green northern home, so that the strange muskiness he smells + + cannot recall to him anything associated with the experience of former +perils; for what knows he, this New England colt, of the black bisons of +distant oregon? no: but here thou beholdest even in a dumb brute, the +instinct of the knowledge of the demonism in the world. Though +..

+thousands of miles from Oregon, still when he smells that savage musk, the +rending, goring bison herds are as present as to the deserted wild foal of the +prairies, which this instant they may be trampling into dust. Thus, then, +the muffled rollings of a milky sea; the bleak rustlings of the festooned +frosts of mountains; the desolate shiftings of the windrowed snows of +prairies; all these, to Ishmael, are as the shaking of that buffalo robe to +the frightened colt! Though neither knows where lie the nameless things of +which the mystic sign gives forth such hints; yet with me, as with the colt, +somewhere those things must exist. Though in many of its aspects this visible +world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright. But +not yet have we solved the incantation of this whiteness, and learned why it +appeals with such power to the soul; and more strange and far more portentous +--why, as we have seen, it is at once the most meaning symbol of spiritual +things, nay, the very veil of the Christian's Deity; and yet should be as it + + is, the intensifying agent in things the most appalling to mankind. Is it +that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and +immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with the thought +of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, +that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color as the visible absence of +color, and at the same time the concrete of all colors; is it for these +reasons that there is such a dumb blankness, full of meaning, in a wide +landscape of snows --a colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? +And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all +other earthly hues --every stately or lovely emblazoning --the sweet tinges of +sunset skies and woods; yea, and the gilded velvets of butterflies, and the +butterfly cheeks of young girls; all these are but subtile deceits, not +actually inherent in substances, but only laid on from without; so that all +deified Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover +nothing but the charnel-house within; and when we proceed further, and +consider that the mystical cosmetic which produces every one of her hues, the +great principle of light, for ever remains white or colorless in itself, and +if +..

+operating without medium upon matter, would touch all objects, even tulips and +roses, with its own blank tinge --pondering all this, the palsied universe lies +before us a leper; and like wilful travellers in Lapland, who refuse to wear +colored and coloring glasses upon their eyes, so the wretched infidel gazes +himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect +around him. And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol. Wonder +ye then at the fiery hunt? +..

+With reference to the Polar bear, it may possibly be urged by him who would +fain go still deeper into this matter, that it is not the whiteness, +separately regarded, which heightens the intolerable hideousness of that +brute; for, analysed, that heightened hideousness, it might be said, only +arises from the circumstance, that the irresponsible ferociousness of the +creature stands invested in the fleece of celestial innocence and love; and +hence, by bringing together two such opposite emotions in our minds, the +Polar bear frightens us with so unnatural a contrast. But even assuming all +this to be true; yet, were it not for the whiteness, you would not have +that intensified terror. As for the white shark, the white gliding +ghostliness of repose in that creature, when beheld in his ordinary moods, +strangely tallies with the same quality in the Polar quadruped. This +peculiarity is most vividly hit by the French in the name they bestow upon +that fish. The Romish mass for the dead begins with Requiem eternam +(eternal rest), whence Requiem denominating the mass itself, and any +other funereal music. Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of +death in this shark, and the mild deadliness of his habits, the French +call him Requin. I remember the first albatross I ever saw. It was during a + + prolonged gale, in waters hard upon the Antarctic seas. From my forenoon +watch below, I ascended to the overclouded deck; and there, dashed upon the + + main hatches, I saw a regal, feathery thing of unspotted whiteness, and +with a hooked, Roman bill sublime. At intervals, it arched forth its vast +archangel wings, as if to embrace some holy ark. Wondrous flutterings and +throbbings shook it. Though bodily unharmed, it uttered cries, as some +king's ghost in supernatural distress. Through its inexpressible, strange +eyes, methought I peeped to secrets which took hold of God. As Abraham +before the angels, I bowed myself; the white thing was so white, its wings +so wide, and in those for ever exiled waters, I had lost the miserable +warping memories of traditions and of towns. Long I gazed at that prodigy +of plumage. I cannot tell, can only hint, the things that darted through me + + then. But at last I awoke; and turning, asked a sailor what bird was this. + + A goney, he replied. Goney! I never had heard that name before; is it +conceivable that this glorious thing is utterly unknown to men ashore! +never! But some time after, I learned that goney was some seaman's name for +albatross. So that by no possibility could Coleridge's wild Rhyme have had +..

+aught to do with those mystical impressions which were mine, when I saw +that bird upon our deck. For neither had I then read the Rhyme, nor knew +the bird to be an albatross. Yet, in saying this, I do but indirectly +burnish a little brighter the noble merit of the poem and the poet. I +assert, then, that in the wondrous bodily whiteness of the bird chiefly +lurks the secret of the spell; a truth the more evinced in this, that by a +solecism of terms there are birds called grey albatrosses; and these I have +frequently seen, but never with such emotions as when I beheld the Antarctic +fowl. But how had the mystic thing been caught? Whisper it not, and I will + + tell; with a treacherous hook and line, as the fowl floated on the sea. At + + last the Captain made a postman of it; tying a lettered, leathern tally +round its neck, with the ship's time and place; and then letting it escape. + + But I doubt not, that leathern tally, meant for man, was taken off in +Heaven, when the white fowl flew to join the wing-folding, the invoking, and +adoring cherubim! +..

+.. < chapter xliii 10 HARK > + + ! Hist! Did you hear that noise, Cabaco? +It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a +cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the +scuttle-butt near the taffrail. In this manner, they passed the buckets to +fill the scuttle-butt. Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts +of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet. +From hand to hand, the buckets went in the deepest silence, only broken by +the occasional flap of a sail, and the steady hum of the unceasingly +advancing keel. It was in the midst of this repose, that Archy, one of the +cordon, whose post was near the after-hatches, whispered to his neighbor, a +Cholo, the words above. Hist! did you hear that noise, Cabaco? Take the +bucket, will ye, Archy? what noise d'ye mean? There it is again --under the +hatches --don't you hear it --a cough--it sounded like a cough. Cough be +damned! Pass along that return bucket. There again --there it is! --it sounds +like two or three sleepers turning over, now! Caramba! have done, +shipmate, will ye? It's the three soaked biscuits ye eat for supper turning +over inside of ye --nothing else. Look to the bucket! +..

+ + Say what ye will, shipmate; I've sharp ears. Aye, you are the chap, ain't +ye, that heard the hum of the old Quakeress's knitting-needles fifty miles at +sea from Nantucket; you're the chap. Grin away; we'll see what turns up. +Hark ye, Cabaco, there is somebody down in the after-hold that has not yet +been seen on deck; and I suspect our old Mogul knows something of it too. I +heard Stubb tell Flask, one morning watch, that there was something of that +sort in the wind. Tish! the bucket! +..

+.. < chapter xliv 12 THE CHART > + + Had you followed Captain Ahab down into his +cabin after the squall that took place on the night succeeding that wild +ratification of his purpose with his crew, you would have seen him go to a +locker in the transom, and bringing out a large wrinkled roll of yellowish +sea charts, spread them before him on his screwed-down table. Then seating +himself before it, you would have seen him intently study the various lines +and shadings which there met his eye; and with slow but steady pencil trace +additional courses over spaces that before were blank. At intervals, he would +refer to piles of old log-books beside him, wherein were set down the seasons +and places in which, on various former voyages of various ships, sperm whales +had been captured or seen. While thus employed, the heavy pewter lamp +suspended in chains over his head, continually rocked with the motion of the +ship, and for ever threw shifting gleams and shadows of lines upon his +wrinkled brow, till it almost seemed that while he himself was marking out +lines and courses on the wrinkled charts, some invisible pencil was also +tracing lines and courses upon the deeply marked chart of his forehead. But +it was not this night in particular that, in the solitude of +..

+his cabin, Ahab thus pondered over his charts. Almost every night they were +brought out; almost every night some pencil marks were effaced, and others +were substituted. For with the charts of all four oceans before him, Ahab +was threading a maze of currents and eddies, with a view to the more certain +accomplishment of that monomaniac thought of his soul. Now, to any one not +fully acquainted with the ways of the leviathans, it might seem an absurdly +hopeless task thus to seek out one solitary creature in the unhooped oceans of +this planet. But not so did it seem to Ahab, who knew the sets of all tides +and currents; and thereby calculating the driftings of the sperm whale's +food; and, also, calling to mind the regular, ascertained seasons for hunting +him in particular latitudes; could arrive at reasonable surmises, almost +approaching to certainties, concerning the timeliest day to be upon this or +that ground in search of his prey. So assured, indeed, is the fact concerning +the periodicalness of the sperm whale's resorting to given waters, that many +hunters believe that, could he be closely observed and studied throughout the +world; were the logs for one voyage of the entire whale fleet carefully +collated, then the migrations of the sperm whale would be found to correspond +in invariability to those of the herring-shoals or the flights of swallows. +On this hint, attempts have been made to construct elaborate migratory charts +of the sperm whale. Besides, when making a passage from one feeding-ground to + + another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct -- say, rather, +secret intelligence from the Deity --mostly swim in +..

+ + veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line +with such undeviating exactitude, that no ship ever sailed her course, by any +chart, with one tithe of such marvellous precision. Though, in these cases, +the direction taken by any one whale be straight as a surveyor's parallel, and +though the line of advance be strictly confined to its own unavoidable, +straight wake, yet the arbitrary vein in which at these times he is said to +swim, generally embraces some few miles in width (more or less, as the vein +is presumed to expand or contract); but never exceeds the visual sweep from +the whale-ship's mast-heads, when circumspectly gliding along this magic +zone. The sum is, that at particular seasons within that breadth and along +that path, migrating whales may with great confidence be looked for. And +hence not only at substantiated times, upon well known separate +feeding-grounds, could Ahab hope to encounter his prey; but in crossing the +widest expanses of water between those grounds he could, by his art, so place +and time himself on his way, as even then not to be wholly without prospect of +a meeting. There was a circumstance which at first sight seemed to entangle +his delirious but still methodical scheme. But not so in the reality, +perhaps. Though the gregarious sperm whales have their regular seasons for +particular grounds, yet in general you cannot conclude that the herds which +hunted such and such a latitude or longitude this year, say, will turn out to +be identically the same with those that were found there the preceding +season; though there are peculiar and unquestionable instances where the +contrary of this has proved true. In general, the same remark, only within a +less wide limit, applies to the solitaries and hermits among the matured, aged +sperm whales. So that though Moby Dick had in a former year been seen, for +example, on what is called the Seychelle ground in the Indian ocean, or +Volcano Bay on the Japanese Coast; yet it did not follow, that were the +pequod to visit either of those spots at any subsequent corresponding season, + + she would infallibly encounter him there. So, too, with some other feeding +grounds, where he had at times revealed himself. But all these seemed only +his casual stopping-places and ocean-inns, so to speak, not his places of +prolonged abode. And where Ahab's chances of accomplishing +..

+his object have hitherto been spoken of, allusion has only been made to +whatever way-side, antecedent, extra prospects were his, ere a particular set +time or place were attained, when all possibilities would become +probabilities, and, as Ahab fondly thought, every possibility the next thing +to a certainty. That particular set time and place were conjoined in the one +technical phrase --the Season-on-the-Line. For there and then, for several +consecutive years, Moby Dick had been periodically descried, lingering in +those waters for awhile, as the sun, in its annual round, loiters for a +predicted interval in any one sign of the Zodiac. There it was, too, that +most of the deadly encounters with the white whale had taken place; there the +waves were storied with his deeds; there also was that tragic spot where the +monomaniac old man had found the awful motive to his vengeance. But in the +cautious comprehensiveness and unloitering vigilance with which Ahab threw his +brooding soul into this unfaltering hunt, he would not permit himself to rest +all his hopes upon the one crowning fact above mentioned, however flattering +it might be to those hopes; nor in the sleeplessness of his vow could he so +tranquillize his unquiet heart as to postpone all intervening quest. Now, +the Pequod had sailed from Nantucket at the very beginning of the +Season-on-the-Line. No possible endeavor then could enable her commander to +make the great passage southwards, double Cape Horn, and then running down +sixty degrees of latitude arrive in the equatorial Pacific in time to cruise +there. Therefore, he must wait for the next ensuing season. Yet the +premature hour of the Pequod's sailing had, perhaps, been correctly selected +by Ahab, with a view to this very complexion of things. Because, an interval +of three hundred and sixty-five days and nights was before him; an interval +which, instead of impatiently enduring ashore, he would spend in a +miscellaneous hunt; if by chance the White Whale, spending his vacation in +seas far remote from his periodical feeding-grounds, should turn up his +wrinkled brow off the Persian Gulf, or in the Bengal Bay, or China Seas, or +in any other waters haunted by his race. So that Monsoons, Pampas, +Nor-Westers, Harmattans, Trades; any wind but the Levanter and Simoom, might +blow Moby Dick into +..

+the devious zig-zag world-circle of the Pequod's circumnavigating wake. But +granting all this; yet, regarded discreetly and coolly, seems it not but a +mad idea, this; that in the broad boundless ocean, one solitary whale, even +if encountered, should be thought capable of individual recognition from his +hunter, even as a white-bearded Mufti in the thronged thoroughfares of +Constantinople? Yes. For the peculiar snow-white brow of Moby Dick, and his +snow-white hump, could not but be unmistakable. And have I not tallied the +whale, Ahab would mutter to himself, as after poring over his charts till +long after midnight he would throw himself back in reveries --tallied him, +and shall he escape? His broad fins are bored, and scalloped out like a lost +sheep's ear! And here, his mad mind would run on in a breathless race; till +a weariness and faintness of pondering came over him; and in the open air of +the deck he would seek to recover his strength. Ah, God! what trances of +torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful +desire. He sleeps with clenched hands; and wakes with his own bloody nails +in his palms. often, when forced from his hammock by exhausting and +intolerably vivid dreams of the night, which, resuming his own intense +thoughts through the day, carried them on amid a clashing of phrensies, and +whirled them round and round in his blazing brain, till the very throbbing of +his life-spot became insufferable anguish; and when, as was sometimes the +case, these spiritual throes in him heaved his being up from its base, and a +chasm seemed opening in him, from which forked flames and lightnings shot up, + + and accursed fiends beckoned him to leap down among them; when this hell in +himself yawned beneath him, a wild cry would be heard through the ship; and +with glaring eyes Ahab would burst from his state room, as though escaping +from a bed that was on fire. Yet these, perhaps, instead of being the +unsuppressable symptoms of some latent weakness, or fright at his own resolve, +were but the plainest tokens of its intensity. For, at such times, crazy +Ahab, the scheming, unappeasedly steadfast hunter of the white whale; this +Ahab that had gone to his hammock, was not the agent that so caused +..

+him to burst from it in horror again. The latter was the eternal, living +principle or soul in him; and in sleep, being for the time dissociated from +the characterizing mind, which at other times employed it for its outer +vehicle or agent, it spontaneously sought escape from the scorching contiguity +of the frantic thing, of which, for the time, it was no longer an integral. +But as the mind does not exist unless leagued with the soul, therefore it +must have been that, in Ahab's case, yielding up all his thoughts and fancies +to his one supreme purpose; that purpose, by its own sheer inveteracy of +will, forced itself against gods and devils into a kind of self-assumed, +independent being of its own. Nay, could grimly live and burn, while the +common vitality to which it was conjoined, fled horror-stricken from the +unbidden and unfathered birth. Therefore, the tormented spirit that glared +out of bodily eyes, when what seemed Ahab rushed from his room, was for the +time but a vacated thing, a formless somnambulistic being, a ray of living +light, to be sure, but without an object to color, and therefore a blankness +in itself. God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in +thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture +feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates. +..

+Since the above was written, the statement is happily borne out by an official +circular, issued by Lieutenant Maury, of the National Observatory, +Washington, April 16th, +. By that circular, it appears that precisely +such a chart is in course of completion; and portions of it are presented in + + the circular. This chart divides the ocean into districts of five degrees +of latitude by five degrees of longitude; perpendicularly through each of +which districts are twelve columns for the twelve months; and horizontally +through each of which districts are three lines; one to show the number of +days that have been spent in each month in every district, and the two +others to show the number of days in which whales, sperm or right, have been +seen. +..

+.. < chapter xlv 24 THE AFFIDAVIT > + + So far as what there may be of a +narrative in this book; and, indeed, as indirectly touching one or two very +interesting and curious particulars in the habits of sperm whales, the +foregoing chapter, in its earliest part, is as important a one as will be +found in this volume; but the leading matter of it requires to be still +further and more familiarly enlarged upon, in order to be adequately +understood, and moreover to take away any incredulity which a profound +ignorance of the entire subject may +..

+induce in some minds, as to the natural verity of the main points of this +affair. I care not to perform this part of my task methodically; but shall +be content to produce the desired impression by separate citations of items, +practically or reliably known to me as a whaleman; and from these citations, +I take it --the conclusion aimed at will naturally follow of itself. First: I +have personally known three instances where a whale, after receiving a +harpoon, has effected a complete escape; and, after an interval (in one +instance of three years), has been again struck by the same hand, and slain; +when the two irons, both marked by the same private cypher, have been taken +from the body. In the instance where three years intervened between the +flinging of the two harpoons; and I think it may have been something more +than that; the man who darted them happening, in the interval, to go in a +trading ship on a voyage to Africa, went ashore there, joined a discovery +party, and penetrated far into the interior, where he travelled for a period +of nearly two years, often endangered by serpents, savages, tigers, poisonous + + miasmas, with all the other common perils incident to wandering in the heart +of unknown regions. Meanwhile, the whale he had struck must also have been on +its travels; no doubt it had thrice circumnavigated the globe, brushing with +its flanks all the coasts of Africa; but to no purpose. This man and this +whale again came together, and the one vanquished the other. I say I, +myself, have known three instances similar to this; that is in two of them I +saw the whales struck; and, upon the second attack, saw the two irons with +the respective marks cut in them, afterwards taken from the dead fish. In the +three-year instance, it so fell out that I was in the boat both times, first +and last, and the last time distinctly recognized a peculiar sort of huge +mole under the whale's eye, which I had observed there three years previous. + + I say three years, but I am pretty sure it was more than that. Here are +three instances, then, which I personally know the truth of; but I have heard +of many other instances from persons whose veracity in the matter there is no +good ground to impeach. secondly: It is well known in the Sperm Whale +Fishery, +..

+however ignorant the world ashore may be of it, that there have been several +memorable historical instances where a particular whale in the ocean has been +at distant times and places popularly cognisable. Why such a whale became +thus marked was not altogether and originally owing to his bodily +peculiarities as distinguished from other whales; for however peculiar in +that respect any chance whale may be, they soon put an end to his +peculiarities by killing him, and boiling him down into a peculiarly valuable +oil. No: the reason was this: that from the fatal experiences of the +fishery there hung a terrible prestige of perilousness about such a whale as +there did about Rinaldo Rinaldini, insomuch that most fishermen were +content to recognise him by merely touching their tarpaulins when he would be +discovered lounging by them on the sea, without seeking to cultivate a more +intimate acquaintance. Like some poor devils ashore that happen to know an +irascible great man, they make distant unobtrusive salutations to him in the +street, lest if they pursued the acquaintance further, they might receive a +summary thump for their presumption. But not only did each of these famous +whales enjoy great individual celebrity --nay, you may call it an ocean-wide +renown; not only was he famous in life and now is immortal in forecastle +stories after death, but he was admitted into all the rights, privileges, +and distinctions of a name; had as much a name indeed as Cambyses or Caesar. +Was it not so, O Timor Tom! thou famed leviathan, scarred like an iceberg, +who so long did'st lurk in the Oriental straits of that name, whose spout was +oft seen from the palmy beach of Ombay? Was it not so, O New Zealand Jack! +thou terror of all cruisers that crossed their wakes in the vicinity of the +Tattoo Land? Was it not so, O Morquan! King of Japan, whose lofty jet +they say at times assumed the semblance of a snow-white cross against the sky? + + Was it not so, O Don Miguel! thou Chilian whale, marked like an old +tortoise with mystic hieroglyphics upon the back! In plain prose, here are +four whales as well known to the students of Cetacean History as Marius or +Sylla to the classic scholar. But this is not all. New Zealand Tom and Don +Miguel, after at various times creating great havoc among the boats of +different +..

+vessels, were finally gone in quest of, systematically hunted out, chased and +killed by valiant whaling captains, who heaved up their anchors with that +express object as much in view, as in setting out through the Narragansett +Woods, Captain Butler of old had it in his mind to capture that notorious +murderous savage Annawon, the headmost warrior of the Indian King Philip. I +do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to make mention of +one or two other things, which to me seem important, as in printed form +establishing in all respects the reasonableness of the whole story of the +White Whale, more especially the catastrophe. For this is one of those +disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error. + + So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable +wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, +historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a +monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and +intolerable allegory. First: Though most men have some vague flitting ideas +of the general perils of the grand fishery, yet they have nothing like a +fixed, vivid conception of those perils, and the frequency with which they +recur. One reason perhaps is, that not one in fifty of the actual disasters +and deaths by casualties in the fishery, ever finds a public record at home, +however transient and immediately forgotten that record. Do you suppose that +that poor fellow there, who this moment perhaps caught by the whale-line off +the coast of New Guinea, is being carried down to the bottom of the sea by +the sounding leviathan --do you suppose that that poor fellow's name will +appear in the newspaper obituary you will read to-morrow at your breakfast? +No: because the mails are very irregular between here and New Guinea. In +fact, did you ever hear what might be called regular news direct or indirect +from New Guinea? Yet I tell you that upon one particular voyage which I made +to the Pacific, among many others we spoke thirty different ships, every one +of which had had a death by a whale, some of them more than one, and three +that had each lost a boat's crew. For God's sake, be economical with your +lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's +blood was spilled for it. +..

+Secondly: People ashore have indeed some indefinite idea that a whale is an +enormous creature of enormous power; but I have ever found that when +narrating to them some specific example of this two-fold enormousness, they +have significantly complimented me upon my facetiousness; when, I declare +upon my soul, I had no more idea of being facetious than Moses, when he wrote +the history of the plagues of Egypt. But fortunately the special point I here +seek can be established upon testimony entirely independent of my own. That +point is this: The Sperm Whale is in some cases sufficiently powerful, +knowing, and judiciously malicious, as with direct aforethought to stave in, +utterly destroy, and sink a large ship; and what is more, the Sperm Whale has +done it. First: In the year + + the ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of +Nantucket, was cruising in the Pacific Ocean. One day she saw spouts, +lowered her boats, and gave chase to a shoal of sperm whales. Ere long, +several of the whales were wounded; when, suddenly, a very large whale +escaping from the boats, issued from the shoal, and bore directly down upon +the ship. dashing his forehead against her hull, he so stove her in, that +in less than ten minutes she settled down and fell over. Not a surviving +plank of her has been seen since. After the severest exposure, part of the +crew reached the land in their boats. Being returned home at last, Captain +Pollard once more sailed for the Pacific in command of another ship, but the +gods shipwrecked him again upon unknown rocks and breakers; for the second +time his ship was utterly lost, and forthwith forswearing the sea, he has +never tempted it since. At this day Captain Pollard is a resident of +Nantucket. I have seen Owen Chace, who was chief mate of the Essex at the +time of the tragedy; I have read his plain and faithful narrative; I have +conversed with his son; and all this within a few miles of the scene of the +catastrophe. +..

+Secondly: The ship Union, also of Nantucket, was in the year + + totally +lost off the Azores by a similar onset, but the authentic particulars of +this catastrophe I have never chanced to encounter, though from the whale +hunters I have now and then heard casual allusions to it. Thirdly: Some +eighteen or twenty years ago Commodore J--- then commanding an American +sloop-of-war of the first class, happened to be dining with a party of +whaling captains, on board a Nantucket ship in the harbor of Oahu, Sandwich +Islands. Conversation turning upon whales, the Commodore was pleased to be +sceptical touching the amazing strength ascribed to them by the professional +gentlemen present. He peremptorily denied for example, that any whale could +so smite his stout sloop-of-war as to cause her to leak so much as a +thimbleful. Very good; but there is more coming. Some weeks after, the +commodore set sail in this impregnable craft for Valparaiso. But he was +stopped on the way by a portly sperm whale, that begged a few moments' +confidential business with him. that business consisted in fetching the +Commodore's craft +..

+such a thwack, that with all his pumps going he made straight for the nearest +port to heave down and repair. I am not superstitious, but I consider the +Commodore's interview with that whale as providential. Was not Saul of Tarsus +converted from unbelief by a similar fright? I tell you, the sperm whale will + + stand no nonsense. I will now refer you to Langsdorff's Voyages for a little + + circumstance in point, peculiarly interesting to the writer hereof. +Langsdorff, you must know by the way, was attached to the Russian Admiral +Krusenstern's famous Discovery Expedition in the beginning of the present +century. Captain Langsdorff thus begins his seventeenth chapter. By the +thirteenth of May our ship was ready to sail, and the next day we were out in +the open sea, on our way to Ochotsh. The weather was very clear and fine, +but so intolerably cold that we were obliged to keep on our fur clothing. For +some days we had very little wind; it was not till the nineteenth that a +brisk gale from the northwest sprang up. An uncommon large whale, the body +of which was larger than the ship itself, lay almost at the surface of the +water, but was not perceived by any one on board till the moment when the +ship, which was in full sail, was almost upon him, so that it was +impossible to prevent its striking against him. We were thus placed in the +most imminent danger, as this gigantic creature, setting up its back, +raised the ship three feet at least out of the water. The masts reeled, and +the sails fell altogether, while we who were below all sprang instantly upon +the deck, concluding that we had struck upon some rock; instead of this we +saw the monster sailing off with the utmost gravity and solemnity. Captain +D'Wolf applied immediately to the pumps to examine whether or not the vessel +had received any damage from the shock, but we found that very happily it had +escaped entirely uninjured. now, the captain d'wolf here alluded to as +commanding the ship in question, is a New Englander, who, after a long life +of unusual adventures as a sea-captain, this day resides in the village of +Dorchester near Boston. I have the honor of being a nephew of his. I have +particularly questioned him concerning this passage in Langsdorff. He +substantiates every word. +..

+The ship, however, was by no means a large one: a Russian craft built on the +Siberian coast, and purchased by my uncle after bartering away the vessel in +which he sailed from home. In that up and down manly book of old-fashioned +adventure, so full, too, of honest wonders --the voyage of Lionel Wafer, one +of ancient Dampier's old chums --I found a little matter set down so like that +just quoted from Langsdorff, that I cannot forbear inserting it here for a +corroborative example, if such be needed. Lionel, it seems, was on his way +to John Ferdinando, as he calls the modern Juan Fernandes. In our way +thither, he says, about four o'clock in the morning, when we were about +one hundred and fifty leagues from the Main of America, our ship felt a +terrible shock, which put our men in such consternation that they could +hardly tell where they were or what to think; but every one began to prepare +for death. And, indeed, the shock was so sudden and violent, that we took it + + for granted the ship had struck against a rock; but when the amazement was a +little over, we cast the lead, and sounded, but found no ground. The +suddenness of the shock made the guns leap in their carriages, and several of +the men were shaken out of their hammocks. Captain Davis, who lay with his +head on a gun, was thrown out of his cabin! Lionel then goes on to impute +the shock to an earthquake, and seems to substantiate the imputation by +stating that a great earthquake, somewhere about that time, did actually do +great mischief along the spanish land. but i should not much wonder if, in the +darkness of that early hour of the morning, the shock was after all caused by +an unseen whale vertically bumping the hull from beneath. I might proceed +with several more examples, one way or another known to me, of the great +power and malice at times of the sperm whale. In more than one instance, he +has been known, not only to chase the assailing boats back to their ships, +but to pursue the ship itself, and long withstand all the lances hurled at +him from its decks. The English ship Pusie Hall can tell a story on that +head; and, as for his strength, let me say, that there have been examples +where the lines attached to +..

+a running sperm whale have, in a calm, been transferred to the ship, and +secured there; the whale towing her great hull through the water, as a +horse walks off with a cart. Again, it is very often observed that, if the +sperm whale, once struck, is allowed time to rally, he then acts, not so +often with blind rage, as with wilful, deliberate designs of destruction to +his pursuers; nor is it without conveying some eloquent indication of his +character, that upon being attacked he will frequently open his mouth, and +retain it in that dread expansion for several consecutive minutes. But I must +be content with only one more and a concluding illustration; a remarkable and +most significant one, by which you will not fail to see, that not only is +the most marvellous event in this book corroborated by plain facts of the +present day, but that these marvels (like all marvels) are mere repetitions +of the ages; so that for the millionth time we say amen with Solomon --Verily +there is nothing new under the sun. In the sixth Christian century lived +Procopius, a Christian magistrate of Constantinople, in the days when +Justinian was Emperor and Belisarius general. As many know, he wrote the +history of his own times, a work every way of uncommon value. By the best +authorities, he has always been considered a most trustworthy and +unexaggerating historian, except in some one or two particulars, not at all +affecting the matter presently to be mentioned. Now, in this history of his, +Procopius mentions that, during the term of his prefecture at Constantinople, +a great sea-monster was captured in the neighboring Propontis, or Sea of +Marmora, after having destroyed vessels at intervals in those waters for a +period of more than fifty years. A fact thus set down in substantial history +cannot easily be gainsaid. Nor is there any reason it should be. Of what +precise species this sea-monster was, is not mentioned. But as he destroyed +ships, as well as for other reasons, he must have been a whale; and I am +strongly inclined to think a sperm whale. And I will tell you why. For a +long time I fancied that the sperm whale had been always unknown in the +Mediterranean and the deep waters connecting with it. Even now I am certain +that those seas are not, and perhaps never can be, in the present +constitution of +..

+things, a place for his habitual gregarious resort. But further +investigations have recently proved to me, that in modern times there have +been isolated instances of the presence of the sperm whale in the +Mediterranean. I am told, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a +Commodore Davis of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, +as a vessel of war readily passes through the Dardanelles, hence a sperm +whale could, by the same route, pass out of the Mediterranean into the +Propontis. In the Propontis, as far as I can learn, none of that peculiar +substance called brit is to be found, the aliment of the right whale. But I +have every reason to believe that the food of the sperm whale --squid or +cuttle-fish --lurks at the bottom of that sea, because large creatures, but +by no means the largest of that sort, have been found at its surface. If, +then, you properly put these statements together, and reason upon them a bit, + + you will clearly perceive that, according to all human reasoning, +Procopius's sea-monster, that for half a century stove the ships of a Roman +Emperor, must in all probability have been a sperm whale. +..

+The following are extracts from Chace's narrative: Every fact seemed to +warrant me in concluding that it was anything but chance which directed his +operations; he made two several attacks upon the ship, at a short interval +between them, both of which, according to their direction, were +calculated to do us the most injury, by being made ahead, and thereby +..

+combining the speed of the two objects for the shock; to effect which, the +exact manoeuvres which he made were necessary. His aspect was most horrible, +and such as indicated resentment and fury. He came directly from the shoal +which we had just before entered, and in which we had struck three of his +companions, as if fired with revenge for their sufferings. Again: At all +events, the whole circumstances taken together, all happening before my own +eyes, and producing, at the time, impressions in my mind of decided, +calculating mischief, on the part of the whale (many of which impressions I +cannot now recall), induce me to be satisfied that I am correct in my +opinion. Here are his reflections some time after quitting the ship, during +a black night in an open boat, when almost despairing of reaching any +hospitable shore. The dark ocean and swelling waters were nothing; the +fears of being swallowed up by some dreadful tempest, or dashed upon hidden + + rocks, with all the other ordinary subjects of fearful contemplation, +seemed scarcely entitled to a moment's thought; the dismal looking wreck, +and the horrid aspect and revenge of the whale, wholly engrossed my +reflections, until day again made its appearance. In another place --p. 45, +--he speaks of the mysterious and mortal attack of the animal. +..

+.. < chapter xlvi 22 SURMISES > + + Though, consumed with the hot fire of his +purpose, Ahab in all his thoughts and actions ever had in view the ultimate +capture of Moby Dick; though he seemed ready to sacrifice all mortal +interests to that one passion; nevertheless it may have been that he was by +nature and long habituation far too wedded to a fiery whaleman's ways, +altogether to abandon the collateral prosecution of the voyage. Or at least +if this were otherwise, there were not wanting other motives much more +influential with him. It would be refining too much, perhaps, even +considering his monomania, to hint that his vindictiveness towards +..

+the White Whale might have possibly extended itself in some degree to all +sperm whales, and that the more monsters he slew by so much the more he +multiplied the chances that each subsequently encountered whale would prove to +be the hated one he hunted. But if such an hypothesis be indeed +exceptionable, there were still additional considerations which, though not +so strictly according with the wildness of his ruling passion, yet were by +no means incapable of swaying him. To accomplish his object Ahab must use +tools; and of all tools used in the shadow of the moon, men are most apt to +get out of order. He knew, for example, that however magnetic his ascendency +in some respects was over Starbuck, yet that ascendency did not cover the +complete spiritual man any more than mere corporeal superiority involves +intellectual mastership; for to the purely spiritual, the intellectual but +stand in a sort of corporeal relation. Starbuck's body and Starbuck's coerced +will were Ahab's, so long as Ahab kept his magnet at Starbuck's brain; +still he knew that for all this the chief mate, in his soul, abhorred his +captain's quest, and could he, would joyfully disintegrate himself from it, +or even frustrate it. it might be that a long interval would elapse ere the +White Whale was seen. During that long interval Starbuck would ever be apt to +fall into open relapses of rebellion against his captain's leadership, unless +some ordinary, prudential, circumstantial influences were brought to bear upon +him. Not only that, but the subtle insanity of Ahab respecting Moby Dick was +noways more significantly manifested than in his superlative sense and +shrewdness in foreseeing that, for the present, the hunt should in some way +be stripped of that strange imaginative impiousness which naturally invested +it; that the full terror of the voyage must be kept withdrawn into the +obscure background (for few men's courage is proof against protracted +meditation unrelieved by action); that when they stood their long night +watches, his officers and men must have some nearer things to think of than +Moby Dick. For however eagerly and impetuously the savage crew had hailed the +announcement of his quest; yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less +capricious and unreliable --they live in the varying outer weather, and they +inhale its fickleness --and when retained +..

+for any object remote and blank in the pursuit, however promissory of life +and passion in the end, it is above all things requisite that temporary +interests and employment should intervene and hold them healthily suspended +for the final dash. Nor was Ahab unmindful of another thing. In times of +strong emotion mankind disdain all base considerations; but such times are +evanescent. The permanent constitutional condition of the manufactured man, +thought Ahab, is sordidness. Granting that the White Whale fully incites the +hearts of this my savage crew, and playing round their savageness even breeds +a certain generous knight-errantism in them, still, while for the love of it +they give chase to Moby Dick, they must also have food for their more common, +daily appetites. For even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old +times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for +their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and +gaining other pious perquisites by the way. Had they been strictly held to +their one final and romantic object --that final and romantic object, too many +would have turned from in disgust. I will not strip these men, thought Ahab, +of all hopes of cash --aye, cash. They may scorn cash now; but let some months +go by, and no perspective promise of it to them, and then this same +quiescent cash all at once mutinying in them, this same cash would soon +cashier Ahab. Nor was there wanting still another precautionary motive more +related to Ahab personally. Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps +somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's +voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly +laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect +impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end +competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently +wrest from him the command. From even the barely hinted imputation of +usurpation, and the possible consequences of such a suppressed impression +gaining ground, Ahab must of course have been most anxious to protect himself. + + That protection could only consist in his own predominating brain and heart +and hand, backed by a heedful, closely calculating +..

+attention to every minute atmospheric influence which it was possible for his +crew to be subjected to. For all these reasons then, and others perhaps too +analytic to be verbally developed here, Ahab plainly saw that he must still +in a good degree continue true to the natural, nominal purpose of the Pequod's +voyage; observe all customary usages; and not only that, but force himself +to evince all his well known passionate interest in the general pursuit of his +profession. be all this as it may, his voice was now often heard hailing the +three mast-heads and admonishing them to keep a bright look-out, and not omit +reporting even a porpoise. This vigilance was not long without reward. +..

+.. < chapter xlvii 14 THE MAT-MAKER > + + It was a cloudy, sultry afternoon; +the seamen were lazily lounging about the decks, or vacantly gazing over +into the lead-colored waters. Queequeg and I were mildly employed weaving +what is called a sword-mat, for an additional lashing to our boat. So still +and subdued and yet somehow preluding was all the scene, and such an +incantation of revery lurked in the air, that each silent sailor seemed +resolved into his own invisible self. I was the attendant or page of +Queequeg, while busy at the mat. As I kept passing and repassing the +filling or woof of marline between the long yarns of the warp, using my own +hand for the shuttle, and as Queequeg, standing sideways, ever and anon slid +his heavy oaken sword between the threads, and idly looking off upon the +water, carelessly and unthinkingly drove home every yarn: I say so strange a +dreaminess did there then reign all over the ship and all over the sea, only +broken by the intermitting dull sound of the sword, that it seemed as if this + + were the Loom of Time, and I myself were a shuttle mechanically weaving and +weaving away at the Fates. There lay the fixed +..

+threads of the warp subject to but one single, ever returning, unchanging +vibration, and that vibration merely enough to admit of the crosswise +interblending of other threads with its own. This warp seemed necessity; and +here, thought I, with my own hand I ply my own shuttle and weave my own +destiny into these unalterable threads. Meantime, Queequeg's impulsive, +indifferent sword, sometimes hitting the woof slantingly, or crookedly, or +strongly, or weakly, as the case might be; and by this difference in the +concluding blow producing a corresponding contrast in the final aspect of the +completed fabric; this savage's sword, thought I, which thus finally shapes +and fashions both warp and woof; this easy, indifferent sword must be chance +--aye, chance, free will, and necessity --no wise incompatible --all +interweavingly working together. The straight warp of necessity, not to be +swerved from its ultimate course --its every alternating vibration, indeed, +only tending to that; free will still free to ply her shuttle between given +threads; and chance, though restrained in its play within the right lines of +necessity, and sideways in its motions directed by free will, though thus +prescribed to by both, chance by turns rules either, and has the last +featuring blow at events. Thus we were weaving and weaving away when I started +at a sound so strange, long drawn, and musically wild and unearthly, that the +ball of free will dropped from my hand, and I stood gazing up at the clouds +whence that voice dropped like a wing. High aloft in the cross-trees was that +mad Gay-Header, Tashtego. His body was reaching eagerly forward, his hand +stretched out like a wand, and at brief sudden intervals he continued his +cries. To be sure the same sound was that very moment perhaps being heard all +over the seas, from hundreds of whalemen's look-outs perched as high in the +air; but from few of those lungs could that accustomed old cry have derived +such a marvellous cadence as from Tashtego the Indian's. As he stood hovering +over you half suspended in air, so wildly and eagerly peering towards the +horizon, you would have thought him some prophet or seer beholding the +shadows of Fate, and by those wild cries announcing their coming. There she +blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows! +..

+ + Where-away? On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them! +Instantly all was commotion. The Sperm Whale blows as a clock ticks, with the +same undeviating and reliable uniformity. And thereby whalemen distinguish +this fish from other tribes of his genus. There go flukes! was now the cry +from Tashtego; and the whales disappeared. Quick, steward! cried Ahab. + + Time! time! Dough-Boy hurried below, glanced at the watch, and reported +the exact minute to Ahab. The ship was now kept away from the wind, and she +went gently rolling before it. Tashtego reporting that the whales had gone +down heading to leeward, we confidently looked to see them again directly in +advance of our bows. For that singular craft at times evinced by the Sperm +Whale when, sounding with his head in one direction, he nevertheless, while +concealed beneath the surface, mills round, and swiftly swims off in the +opposite quarter --this deceitfulness of his could not now be in action; for +there was no reason to suppose that the fish seen by Tashtego had been in any +way alarmed, or indeed knew at all of our vicinity. One of the men selected +for shipkeepers -- that is, those not appointed to the boats, by this time +relieved the Indian at the main-mast head. The sailors at the fore and +mizzen had come down; the line tubs were fixed in their places; the cranes +were thrust out; the mainyard was backed, and the three boats swung over the +sea like three samphire baskets over high cliffs. Outside of the bulwarks +their eager crews with one hand clung to the rail, while one foot was +expectantly poised on the gunwale. So look the long line of man-of-war's men +about to throw themselves on board an enemy's ship. But at this critical +instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale. +With a start all glared at dark Ahab, who was surrounded by five dusky +phantoms that seemed fresh formed out of air. +..

+.. < chapter xlviii 2 THE FIRST LOWERING > + + The phantoms, for so they then +seemed, were flitting on the other side of the deck, and, with a noiseless +celerity, were casting loose the tackles and bands of the boat which swung +there. This boat had always been deemed one of the spare boats, though +technically called the captain's, on account of its hanging from the +starboard quarter. The figure that now stood by its bows was tall and swart, +with one white tooth evilly protruding from its steel-like lips. A rumpled +Chinese jacket of black cotton funereally invested him, with wide black +trowsers of the same dark stuff. But strangely crowning his ebonness was a +glistening white plaited turban, the living hair braided and coiled round +and round upon his head. Less swart in aspect, the companions of this figure +were of that vivid, tiger-yellow complexion peculiar to some of the aboriginal +natives of the Manillas; --a race notorious for a certain diabolism of +subtilty, and by some honest white mariners supposed to be the paid spies and +secret confidential agents on the water of the devil, their lord, whose +counting-room they suppose to be elsewhere. While yet the wondering ship's +company were gazing upon these strangers, Ahab cried out to the +white-turbaned old man at their head, All ready there, Fedallah? Ready, +was the half-hissed reply. Lower away then; d'ye hear? shouting across the +deck. Lower away there, I say. Such was the thunder of his voice, that +spite of their amazement the men sprang over the rail; the sheaves whirled +round in the blocks; with a wallow, the three boats dropped into the sea; +while, with a dexterous, off-handed daring, unknown in any other vocation, +the sailors, goat-like, leaped down the rolling ship's side into the tossed +boats below. Hardly had they pulled out from under the ship's lee, when +..

+a fourth keel, coming from the windward side, pulled round under the stern, +and showed the five strangers rowing Ahab, who, standing erect in the stern, +loudly hailed Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, to spread themselves widely, so as +to cover a large expanse of water. but with all their eyes again riveted upon +the swart Fedallah and his crew, the inmates of the other boats obeyed not +the command. Captain Ahab?-- said Starbuck. Spread yourselves, cried Ahab; + + give way, all four boats. Thou, Flask, pull out more to leeward! Aye, +aye, sir, cheerily cried little King-Post, sweeping round his great steering +oar. Lay back! addressing his crew. There! --there! --there again! There +she blows right ahead, boys! -- lay back! Never heed yonder yellow boys, +Archy. Oh, I don't mind 'em, sir, said Archy; I knew it all before now. +Didn't I hear 'em in the hold? And didn't I tell Cabaco here of it? What say +ye, Cabaco? They are stowaways, Mr. Flask. Pull, pull, my fine +hearts-alive; pull, my children; pull, my little ones, drawingly and +soothingly sighed Stubb to his crew, some of whom still showed signs of +uneasiness. Why don't you break your backbones, my boys? What is it you +stare at? Those chaps in yonder boat? Tut! They are only five more hands +come to help us --never mind from where --the more the merrier. Pull, then, do +pull; never mind the brimstone --devils are good fellows enough. So, so; +there you are now; that's the stroke for a thousand pounds; that's the +stroke to sweep the stakes! Hurrah for the gold cup of sperm oil, my heroes! +Three cheers, men --all hearts alive! Easy, easy; don't be in a hurry --don't + + be in a hurry. Why don't you snap your oars, you rascals? Bite something, +you dogs! So, so, so, then; --softly, softly! That's it -- that's it! long +and strong. Give way there, give way! The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin +rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers, and pull. Pull, +will ye? pull, can't ye? pull, won't ye? Why in the name of gudgeons and +ginger-cakes don't ye pull? --pull and break something! pull, and start your +..

+eyes out! Here! whipping out the sharp knife from his girdle; every +mother's son of ye draw his knife, and pull with the blade between his teeth. + + That's it --that's it. Now ye do something; that looks like it, my +steel-bits. Start her --start her, my silver-spoons! Start her, +marling-spikes! Stubb's exordium to his crew is given here at large, because + + he had rather a peculiar way of talking to them in general, and especially +in inculcating the religion of rowing. But you must not suppose from this +specimen of his sermonizings that he ever flew into downright passions with +his congregation. Not at all; and therein consisted his chief peculiarity. +He would say the most terrific things to his crew, in a tone so strangely +compounded of fun and fury, and the fury seemed so calculated merely as a +spice to the fun, that no oarsman could hear such queer invocations without +pulling for dear life, and yet pulling for the mere joke of the thing. +Besides he all the time looked so easy and indolent himself, so loungingly +managed his steering-oar, and so broadly gaped --open-mouthed at times --that +the mere sight of such a yawning commander, by sheer force of contrast, +acted like a charm upon the crew. Then again, Stubb was one of those odd sort +of humorists, whose jollity is sometimes so curiously ambiguous, as to put +all inferiors on their guard in the matter of obeying them. In obedience to a +sign from Ahab, Starbuck was now pulling obliquely across Stubb's bow; and +when for a minute or so the two boats were pretty near to each other, Stubb +hailed the mate. Mr. Starbuck! larboard boat there, ahoy! a word with ye, +sir, if ye please! Halloa! returned Starbuck, turning round not a single +inch as he spoke; still earnestly but whisperingly urging his crew; his face +set like a flint from Stubb's. What think ye of those yellow boys, sir! + + Smuggled on board, somehow, before the ship sailed. (Strong, strong, boys! ) + + in a whisper to his crew, then speaking out loud again: A sad business, +Mr. Stubb! (seethe her, seethe her, my lads!) but never mind, Mr. Stubb, +all for the best. Let all your crew pull strong, come what will. (Spring, my +men, spring!) +..

+There's hogsheads of sperm ahead, Mr. Stubb, and that's what ye came for. +(Pull, my boys!) Sperm, sperm's the play! This at least is duty; duty and +profit hand in hand! Aye, aye, I thought as much, soliloquized Stubb, +when the boats diverged, as soon as I clapt eye on 'em, I thought so. Aye, +and that's what he went into the after hold for, so often, as Dough-Boy long +suspected. They were hidden down there. The White Whale's at the bottom of +it. Well, well, so be it! Can't be helped! All right! Give way, men! It +ain't the White Whale to-day! Give way! Now the advent of these outlandish +strangers at such a critical instant as the lowering of the boats from the +deck, this had not unreasonably awakened a sort of superstitious amazement in + + some of the ship's company; but Archy's fancied discovery having some time +previous got abroad among them, though indeed not credited then, this had in +some small measure prepared them for the event. It took off the extreme edge +of their wonder; and so what with all this and Stubb's confident way of +accounting for their appearance, they were for the time freed from +superstitious surmisings; though the affair still left abundant room for all +manner of wild conjectures as to dark Ahab's precise agency in the matter from +the beginning. For me, I silently recalled the mysterious shadows I had seen +creeping on board the Pequod during the dim Nantucket dawn, as well as the +enigmatical hintings of the unaccountable Elijah. Meantime, Ahab, out of +hearing of his officers, having sided the furthest to windward, was still +ranging ahead of the other boats; a circumstance bespeaking how potent a crew +was pulling him. those tiger yellow creatures of his seemed all steel and +whale-bone; like five trip-hammers they rose and fell with regular strokes of +strength, which periodically started the boat along the water like a +horizontal burst boiler out of a Mississippi steamer. As for Fedallah, who was +seen pulling the harpooneer oar, he had thrown aside his black jacket, and +displayed his naked chest with the whole part of his body above the gunwale, +clearly cut against the alternating depressions of the watery horizon; while +at the other end of the boat Ahab, with one +..

+arm, like a fencer's, thrown half backward into the air, as if to +counterbalance any tendency to trip: Ahab was seen steadily managing his +steering oar as in a thousand boat lowerings ere the White Whale had torn him. + + All at once the out-stretched arm gave a peculiar motion and then remained +fixed, while the boat's five oars were seen simultaneously peaked. Boat and +crew sat motionless on the sea. Instantly the three spread boats in the rear +paused on their way. The whales had irregularly settled bodily down into the +blue, thus giving no distantly discernible token of the movement, though +from his closer vicinity Ahab had observed it. Every man look out along his +oars! cried Starbuck. Thou, Queequeg, stand up! Nimbly springing up on +the triangular raised box in the bow, the savage stood erect there, and with +intensely eager eyes gazed off towards the spot where the chase had last been +descried. Likewise upon the extreme stern of the boat where it was also +triangularly platformed level with the gunwale, Starbuck himself was seen +coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a +craft, and silently eyeing the vast blue eye of the sea. Not very far +distant Flask's boat was also lying breathlessly still; its commander +recklessly standing upon the top of the loggerhead, a stout sort of post +rooted in the keel, and rising some two feet above the level of the stern +platform. it is used for catching turns with the whale line. Its top is not +more spacious than the palm of a man's hand, and standing upon such a base +as that, Flask seemed perched at the mast-head of some ship which had sunk to +all but her trucks. But little King-Post was small and short, and at the +same time little King-Post was full of a large and tall ambition, so that +this loggerhead stand-point of his did by no means satisfy King-Post. I +can't see three seas off; tip us up an oar there, and let me on to that. +Upon this, Daggoo, with either hand upon the gunwale to steady his way, +swiftly slid aft, and then erecting himself volunteered his lofty shoulders +for a pedestal. +..

+ + Good a mast-head as any, sir. Will you mount? That I will, and thank ye +very much, my fine fellow; only I wish you fifty feet taller. Whereupon +planting his feet firmly against two opposite planks of the boat, the gigantic +negro, stooping a little, presented his flat palm to Flask's foot, and then +putting Flask's hand on his hearse-plumed head and bidding him spring as he +himself should toss, with one dexterous fling landed the little man high and +dry on his shoulders. And here was Flask now standing, Daggoo with one +lifted arm furnishing him with a breast-band to lean against and steady +himself by. At any time it is a strange sight to the tyro to see with what +wondrous habitude of unconscious skill the whaleman will maintain an erect +posture in his boat, even when pitched about by the most riotously perverse +and cross-running seas. Still more strange to see him giddily perched upon +the loggerhead itself, under such circumstances. But the sight of little +Flask mounted upon gigantic Daggoo was yet more curious; for sustaining +himself with a cool, indifferent, easy, unthought of, barbaric majesty, the +noble negro to every roll of the sea harmoniously rolled his fine form. On +his broad back, flaxen-haired flask seemed a snow-flake. The bearer looked +nobler than the rider. Though truly vivacious, tumultuous, ostentatious +little Flask would now and then stamp with impatience; but not one added +heave did he thereby give to the negro's lordly chest. So have I seen +Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did +not alter her tides and her seasons for that. Meanwhile Stubb, the third mate, +betrayed no such far-gazing solicitudes. The whales might have made one of +their regular soundings, not a temporary dive from mere fright; and if that +were the case, Stubb, as his wont in such cases, it seems, was resolved to +solace the languishing interval with his pipe. He withdrew it from his +hatband, where he always wore it aslant like a feather. He loaded it, and +rammed home the loading with his thumb-end; but hardly had he ignited his +match across the rough sand-paper of his hand, when Tashtego, his harpooneer, + + whose eyes had been setting to windward like two fixed stars, suddenly +dropped like light from his erect attitude to his seat, +..

+crying out in a quick phrensy of hurry, Down, down all, and give way! --there +they are! To a landsman, no whale, nor any sign of a herring, would have +been visible at that moment; nothing but a troubled bit of greenish white +water, and thin scattered puffs of vapor hovering over it, and suffusingly +blowing off to leeward, like the confused scud from white rolling billows. +The air around suddenly vibrated and tingled, as it were, like the air over +intensely heated plates of iron. Beneath this atmospheric waving and curling, + + and partially beneath a thin layer of water, also, the whales were swimming. +Seen in advance of all the other indications, the puffs of vapor they spouted, +seemed their forerunning couriers and detached flying outriders. All four +boats were now in keen pursuit of that one spot of troubled water and air. +But it bade far to outstrip them; it flew on and on, as a mass of +interblending bubbles borne down a rapid stream from the hills. Pull, pull, +my good boys, said Starbuck, in the lowest possible but intensest +concentrated whisper to his men; while the sharp fixed glance from his eyes +darted straight ahead of the bow, almost seemed as two visible needles in two +unerring binnacle compasses. He did not say much to his crew, though, nor +did his crew say anything to him. Only the silence of the boat was at +intervals startlingly pierced by one of his peculiar whispers, now harsh with +command, now soft with entreaty. How different the loud little King-Post. + + Sing out and say something, my hearties. Roar and pull, my thunderbolts! +Beach me, beach me on their black backs, boys; only do that for me, and I'll +sign over to you my Martha's Vineyard plantation, boys; including wife and +children, boys. Lay me on --lay me on! O Lord, Lord! but I shall go stark, +staring mad: See! see that white water! And so shouting, he pulled his hat +from his head, and stamped up and down on it; then picking it up, flirted it + + far off upon the sea; and finally fell to rearing and plunging in the boat's +stern like a crazed colt from the prairie. Look at that chap now, +philosophically drawled Stubb, who, with his unlighted short pipe, +mechanically retained between his teeth, at a short distance, followed after +-- He's got fits, that +..

+Flask has. Fits? yes, give him fits --that's the very word -- pitch fits +into 'em. Merrily, merrily, hearts-alive. Pudding for supper, you know; +--merry's the word. Pull, babes --pull, sucklings -- pull, all. But what the +devil are you hurrying about? Softly, softly, and steadily, my men. Only +pull, and keep pulling; nothing more. Crack all your backbones, and bite +your knives in two -- that's all. Take it easy --why don't ye take it easy, I +say, and burst all your livers and lungs! But what it was that inscrutable +Ahab said to that tiger-yellow crew of his --these were words best omitted +here; for you live under the blessed light of the evangelical land. Only the +infidel sharks in the audacious seas may give ear to such words, when, with +tornado brow, and eyes of red murder, and foam-glued lips, Ahab leaped after +his prey. Meanwhile, all the boats tore on. The repeated specific allusions +of Flask to that whale, as he called the fictitious monster which he +declared to be incessantly tantalizing his boat's bow with its tail --these +allusions of his were at times so vivid and life-like, that they would cause +some one or two of his men to snatch a fearful look over the shoulder. But +this was against all rule; for the oarsmen must put out their eyes, and ram +a skewer through their necks; usage pronouncing that they must have no organs +but ears, and no limbs but arms, in these critical moments. It was a sight +full of quick wonder and awe! The vast swells of the omnipotent sea; the +surging, hollow roar they made, as they rolled along the eight gunwales, like +gigantic bowls in a boundless bowling-green; the brief suspended agony of the +boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper +waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two; the sudden profound +dip into the watery glens and hollows; the keen spurrings and goadings to +gain the top of the opposite hill; the headlong, sled-like slide down its +other side; --all these, with the cries of the headsmen and harpooneers, and +the shuddering gasps of the oarsmen, with the wondrous sight of the ivory +Pequod bearing down upon her boats with outstretched sails, like a wild hen +after her screaming brood; --all this was thrilling. Not the raw recruit, +marching from the bosom of his wife into the fever heat of his first battle; +not the dead man's ghost encountering +..

+the first unknown phantom in the other world; --neither of these can feel +stranger and stronger emotions than that man does, who for the first time +finds himself pulling into the charmed, churned circle of the hunted sperm +whale. The dancing white water made by the chase was now becoming more and +more visible, owing to the increasing darkness of the dun cloud-shadows flung +upon the sea. The jets of vapor no longer blended, but tilted everywhere to +right and left; the whales seemed separating their wakes. The boats were +pulled more apart; Starbuck giving chase to three whales running dead to +leeward. Our sail was now set, and, with the still rising wind, we rushed +along; the boat going with such madness through the water, that the lee oars +could scarcely be worked rapidly enough to escape being torn from the +row-locks. Soon we were running through a suffusing wide veil of mist; +neither ship nor boat to be seen. Give way, men, whispered Starbuck, drawing +still further aft the sheet of his sail; there is time to kill a fish yet +before the squall comes. There's white water again! --close to! Spring! +Soon after, two cries in quick succession on each side of us denoted that the +other boats had got fast; but hardly were they overheard, when with a +lightning-like hurtling whisper Starbuck said: Stand up! and Queequeg, +harpoon in hand, sprang to his feet. Though not one of the oarsmen was then +facing the life and death peril so close to them ahead, yet with their eyes +on the intense countenance of the mate in the stern of the boat, they knew +that the imminent instant had come; they heard, too, an enormous wallowing +sound as of fifty elephants stirring in their litter. Meanwhile the boat was +still booming through the mist, the waves curling and hissing around us like +the erected crests of enraged serpents. That's his hump. There, there, +give it to him! whispered Starbuck. A short rushing sound leaped out of the +boat; it was the darted iron of Queequeg. Then all in one welded commotion +came an invisible push from astern, while forward the boat seemed striking on +a ledge; the sail collapsed and exploded; a +..

+gush of scalding vapor shot up near by; something rolled and tumbled like an +earthquake beneath us. The whole crew were half suffocated as they were +tossed helter-skelter into the white curdling cream of the squall. Squall, +whale, and harpoon had all blended together; and the whale, merely grazed by +the iron, escaped. Though completely swamped, the boat was nearly unharmed. +Swimming round it we picked up the floating oars, and lashing them across the +gunwale, tumbled back to our places. There we sat up to our knees in the sea, + + the water covering every rib and plank, so that to our downward gazing eyes +the suspended craft seemed a coral boat grown up to us from the bottom of the +ocean. The wind increased to a howl; the waves dashed their bucklers +together; the whole squall roared, forked, and crackled around us like a +white fire upon the prairie, in which, unconsumed, we were burning; immortal +in these jaws of death! In vain we hailed the other boats; as well roar to +the live coals down the chimney of a flaming furnace as hail those boats in +that storm. Meanwhile the driving scud, rack, and mist, grew darker with the +shadows of night; no sign of the ship could be seen. The rising sea forbade +all attempts to bale out the boat. The oars were useless as propellers, +performing now the office of life-preservers. So, cutting the lashing of the +water-proof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the +lamp in the lantern; then stretching it on a waif pole, handed it to Queequeg +as the standard-bearer of this forlorn hope. There, then, he sat, holding up +that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness. There, then, +he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope +in the midst of despair. Wet, drenched through, and shivering cold, +despairing of ship or boat, we lifted up our eyes as the dawn came on. The +mist still spread over the sea, the empty lantern lay crushed in the bottom +of the boat. Suddenly Queequeg started to his feet, hollowing his hand to his +ear. We all heard a faint creaking, as of ropes and yards hitherto muffled by +the storm. The sound came nearer and nearer; the thick mists were dimly +parted by +..

+a huge, vague form. Affrighted, we all sprang into the sea as the ship at +last loomed into view, bearing right down upon us within a distance of not +much more than its length. Floating on the waves we saw the abandoned boat, as +for one instant it tossed and gaped beneath the ship's bows like a chip at +the base of a cataract; and then the vast hull rolled over it, and it was +seen no more till it came up weltering astern. Again we swam for it, were +dashed against it by the seas, and were at last taken up and safely landed on +board. Ere the squall came close to, the other boats had cut loose from +their fish and returned to the ship in good time. The ship had given us up, +but was still cruising, if haply it might light upon some token of our +perishing, --an oar or a lance pole. +..

+.. < chapter xlix 15 THE HYENA > + + There are certain queer times and occasions +in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe + + for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, +and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. +However, nothing dispirits, and nothing seems worth while disputing. He bolts +down all events, all creeds, and beliefs, and persuasions, all hard things +visible and invisible, never mind how knobby; as an ostrich of potent +digestion gobbles down bullets and gun flints. And as for small difficulties +and worryings, prospects of sudden disaster, peril of life and limb; all +these, and death itself, seem to him only sly, good-natured hits, and jolly +punches in the side bestowed by the unseen and unaccountable old joker. That +odd sort of wayward mood I am speaking of, comes over a man only in some time +of extreme tribulation; it comes in the very midst of his earnestness, so +that what just before might have seemed to him a thing most momentous, now +seems but a part of the general +..

+joke. There is nothing like the perils of whaling to breed this free and easy +sort of genial, desperado philosophy; and with it I now regarded this whole +voyage of the Pequod, and the great White Whale its object. Queequeg, said +I, when they had dragged me, the last man, to the deck, and I was still +shaking myself in my jacket to fling off the water; Queequeg, my fine +friend, does this sort of thing often happen? Without much emotion, though +soaked through just like me, he gave me to understand that such things did +often happen. Mr. Stubb, said I, turning to that worthy, who, buttoned up +in his oil-jacket, was now calmly smoking his pipe in the rain; Mr. Stubb, +I think I have heard you say that of all whalemen you ever met, our chief +mate, Mr. Starbuck, is by far the most careful and prudent. I suppose then, +that going plump on a flying whale with your sail set in a foggy squall is the +height of a whaleman's discretion? Certain. I've lowered for whales from a +leaking ship in a gale off Cape Horn. Mr. Flask, said I, turning to +little King-Post, who was standing close by; you are experienced in these +things, and I am not. Will you tell me whether it is an unalterable law in +this fishery, Mr. Flask, for an oarsman to break his own back pulling himself +back-foremost into death's jaws? Can't you twist that smaller? said Flask. + + Yes, that's the law. I should like to see a boat's crew backing water up to a +whale face foremost. Ha, ha! the whale would give them squint for squint, +mind that! here then, from three impartial witnesses, i had a deliberate +statement of the entire case. Considering, therefore, that squalls and +capsizings in the water and consequent bivouacks on the deep, were matters +of common occurrence in this kind of life; considering that at the +superlatively critical instant of going on to the whale I must resign my life +into the hands of him who steered the boat --oftentimes a fellow who at that +very moment is in his impetuousness upon the point of scuttling the craft +with his own frantic stampings; considering that the particular disaster to +our own particular boat was chiefly to be +..

+imputed to Starbuck's driving on to his whale almost in the teeth of a squall, + + and considering that Starbuck, notwithstanding, was famous for his great +heedfulness in the fishery; considering that I belonged to this uncommonly +prudent Starbuck's boat; and finally considering in what a devil's chase I was +implicated, touching the White Whale: taking all things together, I say, I +thought I might as well go below and make a rough draft of my will. + + Queequeg, said I, come along, you shall be my lawyer, executor, and +legatee. It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at +their last wills and testaments, but there are no people in the world more +fond of that diversion. This was the fourth time in my nautical life that I +had done the same thing. After the ceremony was concluded upon the present +occasion, I felt all the easier; a stone was rolled away from my heart. +Besides, all the days I should now live would be as good as the days that +Lazarus lived after his resurrection; a supplementary clean gain of so many +months or weeks as the case might be. I survived myself; my death and burial +were locked up in my chest. I looked round me tranquilly and contentedly, +like a quiet ghost with a clean conscience sitting inside the bars of a snug +family vault. now then, thought i, unconsciously rolling up the sleeves of +my frock, here goes a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the +devil fetch the hindmost. +..

+.. < chapter L 27 AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW. FEDALLAH > + + Who would have thought +it, Flask! cried Stubb; if I had but one leg you would not catch me in a +boat, unless maybe to stop the plug-hole with my timber toe. Oh! he's a +wonderful old man! I don't think it so strange, after all, on that +account, said +..

+Flask. If his leg were off at the hip, now, it would be a different thing. +That would disable him; but he has one knee, and good part of the other left, +you know. I don't know that, my little man; I never yet saw him kneel. +Among whale-wise people it has often been argued whether, considering the +paramount importance of his life to the success of the voyage, it is right for +a whaling captain to jeopardize that life in the active perils of the chase. +So Tamerlane's soldiers often argued with tears in their eyes, whether that +invaluable life of his ought to be carried into the thickest of the fight. +But with Ahab the question assumed a modified aspect. Considering that with +two legs man is but a hobbling wight in all times of danger; considering that +the pursuit of whales is always under great and extraordinary difficulties; +that every individual moment, indeed, then comprises a peril; under these +circumstances is it wise for any maimed man to enter a whale-boat in the +hunt? As a general thing, the joint-owners of the Pequod must have plainly +thought not. Ahab well knew that although his friends at home would think +little of his entering a boat in certain comparatively harmless vicissitudes +of the chase, for the sake of being near the scene of action and giving his +orders in person, yet for Captain Ahab to have a boat actually apportioned to +him as a regular headsman in the hunt --above all for Captain Ahab to be +supplied with five extra men, as that same boat's crew, he well knew that +such generous conceits never entered the heads of the owners of the Pequod. +Therefore he had not solicited a boat's crew from them, nor had he in any way +hinted his desires on that head. Nevertheless he had taken private measures +of his own touching all that matter. Until Cabaco's published discovery, the +sailors had little foreseen it, though to be sure when, after being a little +while out of port, all hands had concluded the customary business of fitting +the whaleboats for service; when some time after this Ahab was now and then +found bestirring himself in the matter of making thole-pins with his own hands + + for what was thought to be one of the spare boats, and even solicitously +cutting the small wooden skewers, which when the +..

+line is running out are pinned over the groove in the bow: when all this was +observed in him, and particularly his solicitude in having an extra coat of +sheathing in the bottom of the boat, as if to make it better withstand the +pointed pressure of his ivory limb; and also the anxiety he evinced in +exactly shaping the thigh board, or clumsy cleat, as it is sometimes called, +the horizontal piece in the boat's bow for bracing the knee against in +darting or stabbing at the whale; when it was observed how often he stood up +in that boat with his solitary knee fixed in the semi-circular depression in +the cleat, and with the carpenter's chisel gouged out a little here and +straightened it a little there; all these things, I say, had awakened much +interest and curiosity at the time. But almost everybody supposed that this +particular preparative heedfulness in Ahab must only be with a view to the +ultimate chase of Moby Dick; for he had already revealed his intention to +hunt that mortal monster in person. But such a supposition did by no means +involve the remotest suspicion as to any boat's crew being assigned to that +boat. now, with the subordinate phantoms, what wonder remained soon waned +away; for in a whaler wonders soon wane. Besides, now and then such +unaccountable odds and ends of strange nations come up from the unknown nooks +and ash-holes of the earth to man these floating outlaws of whalers; and the +ships themselves often pick up such queer castaway creatures found tossing +about the open sea on planks, bits of wreck, oars, whale-boats, canoes, +blown-off Japanese junks, and what not; that Beelzebub himself might climb up +the side and step down into the cabin to chat with the captain, and it would +not create any unsubduable excitement in the forecastle. But be all this as +it may, certain it is that while the subordinate phantoms soon found their +place among the crew, though still as it were somehow distinct from them, +yet that hair-turbaned Fedallah remained a muffled mystery to the last. +Whence he came in a mannerly world like this, by what sort of unaccountable +tie he soon evinced himself to be linked with Ahab's peculiar fortunes; nay, +so far as to have some sort of a half-hinted influence; Heaven knows, but +it might have been even authority over him; all this none knew. But one +cannot sustain +..

+an indifferent air concerning Fedallah. He was such a creature as civilized, +domestic people in the temperate zone only see in their dreams, and that but +dimly; but the like of whom now and then glide among the unchanging Asiatic +communities, especially the Oriental isles to the east of the continent --those + + insulated, immemorial, unalterable countries, which even in these modern +days still preserve much of the ghostly aboriginalness of earth's primal +generations, when the memory of the first man was a distinct recollection, +and all men his descendants, unknowing whence he came, eyed each other as +real phantoms, and asked of the sun and the moon why they were created and to +what end; when though, according to genesis, the angels indeed consorted +with the daughters of men, the devils also, add the uncanonical Rabbins, +indulged in mundane amours. +..

+.. < chapter li 16 THE SPIRIT-SPOUT > + + Days, weeks passed, and under easy +sail, the ivory Pequod had slowly swept across four several cruising-grounds; +that off the Azores; off the Cape de Verdes; on the Plate (so called), +being off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata; and the Carrol Ground, an +unstaked, watery locality, southerly from St. Helena. It was while gliding +through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all +the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing +seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude: on such a +silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at +the bow. Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and +glittering god uprising from the sea. Fedallah first descried this jet. For +of these moonlight nights, it was his wont to mount to the main-mast head, +and stand a look-out there, with the same precision as if it had been day. +And yet, though herds of whales were seen by night, not one whaleman +..

+in a hundred would venture a lowering for them. You may think with what +emotions, then, the seamen beheld this old Oriental perched aloft at such +unusual hours; his turban and the moon, companions in one sky. But when, +after spending his uniform interval there for several successive nights +without uttering a single sound; when, after all this silence, his unearthly +voice was heard announcing that silvery, moon-lit jet, every reclining +mariner started to his feet as if some winged spirit had lighted in the +rigging, and hailed the mortal crew. There she blows! Had the trump of +judgment blown, they could not have quivered more; yet still they felt no +terror; rather pleasure. for though it was a most unwonted hour, yet so +impressive was the cry, and so deliriously exciting, that almost every soul +on board instinctively desired a lowering. Walking the deck with quick, +side-lunging strides, Ahab commanded the t'gallant sails and royals to be set, + + and every stunsail spread. The best man in the ship must take the helm. +Then, with every mast-head manned, the piled-up craft rolled down before the +wind. The strange, upheaving, lifting tendency of the taffrail breeze filling +the hollows of so many sails, made the buoyant, hovering deck to feel like +air beneath the feet; while still she rushed along, as if two antagonistic +influences were struggling in her --one to mount direct to heaven, the other +to drive yawingly to some horizontal goal. And had you watched Ahab's face +that night, you would have thought that in him also two different things were +warring. While his one live leg made lively echoes along the deck, every +stroke of his dead limb sounded like a coffin-tap. On life and death this old + + man walked. But though the ship so swiftly sped, and though from every eye, +like arrows, the eager glances shot, yet the silvery jet was no more seen +that night. Every sailor swore he saw it once, but not a second time. This +midnight-spout had almost grown a forgotten thing, when, some days after, lo! +at the same silent hour, it was again announced: again it was descried by +all; but upon making sail to overtake it, once more it disappeared as if it +had never been. And so it served us night after night, till no one heeded it +but to wonder at it. Mysteriously jetted into the clear moonlight, +..

+or starlight, as the case might be; disappearing again for one whole day, or +two days, or three; and somehow seeming at every distinct repetition to be +advancing still further and further in our van, this solitary jet seemed for +ever alluring us on. Nor with the immemorial superstition of their race, and +in accordance with the preternaturalness, as it seemed, which in many +things invested the Pequod, were there wanting some of the seamen who swore +that whenever and wherever descried; at however remote times, or in however +far apart latitudes and longitudes, that unnearable spout was cast by one +self-same whale; and that whale, Moby Dick. For a time, there reigned, too, a + + sense of peculiar dread at this flitting apparition, as if it were +treacherously beckoning us on and on, in order that the monster might turn +round upon us, and rend us at last in the remotest and most savage seas. +These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous +potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all +its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days +and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that +all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of +life before our urn-like prow. But, at last, when turning to the eastward, +the Cape winds began howling around us, and we rose and fell upon the long, +troubled seas that are there; when the ivory-tusked Pequod sharply bowed to +the blast, and gored the dark waves in her madness, till, like showers of +silver chips, the foam-flakes flew over her bulwarks; then all this desolate +vacuity of life went away, but gave place to sights more dismal than before. +Close to our bows, strange forms in the water darted hither and thither before +us; while thick in our rear flew the inscrutable sea-ravens. And every +morning, perched on our stays, rows of these birds were seen; and spite of +our hootings, for a long time obstinately clung to the hemp, as though they +deemed our ship some drifting, uninhabited craft; a thing appointed to +desolation, and therefore fit roosting-place for their homeless selves. And +heaved and heaved, still unrestingly heaved the black sea, as if its vast +tides were a conscience; and the great +..

+mundane soul were in anguish and remorse for the long sin and suffering it had +bred. Cape of Good Hope, do they call ye? Rather Cape Tormentoto, as called +of yore; for long allured by the perfidious silences that before had attended +us, we found ourselves launched into this tormented sea, where guilty beings +transformed into those fowls and these fish, seemed condemned to swim on +everlastingly without any haven in store, or beat that black air without any +horizon. But calm, snow-white, and unvarying; still directing its fountain of +feathers to the sky; still beckoning us on from before, the solitary jet +would at times be descried. During all this blackness of the elements, Ahab, +though assuming for the time the almost continual command of the drenched and +dangerous deck, manifested the gloomiest reserve; and more seldom than ever +addressed his mates. In tempestuous times like these, after everything above +and aloft has been secured, nothing more can be done but passively to await +the issue of the gale. Then Captain and crew become practical fatalists. +So, with his ivory leg inserted into its accustomed hole, and with one hand +firmly grasping a shroud, Ahab for hours and hours would stand gazing dead to +windward, while an occasional squall of sleet or snow would all but congeal +his very eyelashes together. Meantime, the crew driven from the forward +part of the ship by the perilous seas that burstingly broke over its bows, +stood in a line along the bulwarks in the waist; and the better to guard +against the leaping waves, each man had slipped himself into a sort of +bowline secured to the rail, in which he swung as in a loosened belt. Few or +no words were spoken; and the silent ship, as if manned by painted sailors in + + wax, day after day tore on through all the swift madness and gladness of the +demoniac waves. By night the same muteness of humanity before the shrieks of +the ocean prevailed; still in silence the men swung in the bowlines; still +wordless ahab stood up to the blast. Even when wearied nature seemed +demanding repose he would not seek that repose in his hammock. Never could +Starbuck forget the old man's aspect, when one night going down into the cabin +to mark how the +..

+barometer stood, he saw him with closed eyes sitting straight in his +floor-screwed chair; the rain and half-melted sleet of the storm from which +he had some time before emerged, still slowly dripping from the unremoved hat +and coat. On the table beside him lay unrolled one of those charts of tides +and currents which have previously been spoken of. His lantern swung from his + + tightly clenched hand. Though the body was erect, the head was thrown back +so that the closed eyes were pointed towards the needle of the tell-tale that +swung from a beam in the ceiling. Terrible old man! thought Starbuck with a +shudder, sleeping in this gale, still thou steadfastly eyest thy purpose. +..

+.. < chapter lii 13 THE ALBATROSS > + + South-eastward from the Cape, off the +distant Crozetts, a good cruising ground for Right Whalemen, a sail loomed +ahead, the Goney (Albatross) by name. As she slowly drew nigh, from my lofty +perch at the fore-mast-head, I had a good view of that sight so remarkable to +a tyro in the far ocean fisheries --a whaler at sea, and long absent from +home. As if the waves had been fullers, this craft was bleached like the +skeleton of a stranded walrus. All down her sides, this spectral appearance +was traced with long channels of reddened rust, while all her spars and her +rigging were like the thick branches of trees furred over with hoar-frost. +Only her lower sails were set. A wild sight it was to see her long-bearded +look-outs at those three mast-heads. They seemed clad in the skins of +beasts, so torn and bepatched the raiment that had survived nearly four years +of cruising. Standing in iron hoops nailed to the mast, they swayed and +swung over a fathomless sea; + +..

+and though, when the ship slowly glided close under our stern, we six men in +the air came so nigh to each other that we might almost have leaped from the +mast-heads of one ship to those of the other; yet, those forlorn-looking +fishermen, mildly eyeing us as they passed, said not one word to our own +look-outs, while the quarter-deck hail was being heard from below. Ship +ahoy! Have ye seen the White Whale? But as the strange captain, leaning over +the pallid bulwarks, was in the act of putting his trumpet to his mouth, it +somehow fell from his hand into the sea; and the wind now rising amain, he +in vain strove to make himself heard without it. Meantime his ship was still +increasing the distance between. While in various silent ways the seamen of +the Pequod were evincing their observance of this ominous incident at the +first mere mention of the White Whale's name to another ship, Ahab for a +moment paused; it almost seemed as though he would have lowered a boat to +board the stranger, had not the threatening wind forbade. But taking +advantage of his windward position, he again seized his trumpet, and knowing +by her aspect that the stranger vessel was a Nantucketer and shortly bound +home, he loudly hailed -- Ahoy there! This is the Pequod, bound round the +world! Tell them to address all future letters to the Pacific ocean! and +this time three years, if I am not at home, tell them to address them to----- +At that moment the two wakes were fairly crossed, and instantly, then, in +accordance with their singular ways, shoals of small harmless fish, that for +some days before had been placidly swimming by our side, darted away with what +seemed shuddering fins, and ranged themselves fore and aft with the +stranger's flanks. Though in the course of his continual voyagings Ahab must +often before have noticed a similar sight, yet, to any monomaniac man, the +veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings. Swim away from me, do ye? +murmured Ahab, gazing over into the water. There seemed but little in the +words, but the tone conveyed more of deep helpless sadness than the insane +old man had ever before evinced. But turning to the steersman, who thus far +had been holding the ship in the wind to diminish +..

+her headway, he cried out in his old lion voice, -- Up helm! Keep her off +round the world! Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire +proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct? Only +through numberless perils to the very point whence we started, where those +that we left behind secure, were all the time before us. Were this world an +endless plain, and by sailing eastward we could for ever reach new distances, + + and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of +King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. But in pursuit of those +far mysteries we dream of, or in tormented chase of that demon phantom that, +some time or other, swims before all human hearts; while chasing such over +this round globe, they either lead us on in barren mazes or midway leave us +whelmed. +..

+The cabin-compass is called the tell-tale, because without going to the +compass at the helm, the Captain, while below, can inform himself of the +course of the ship. +..

+.. < chapter liii 17 THE GAM > + + The ostensible reason why Ahab did not go on +board of the whaler we had spoken was this: the wind and sea betokened +storms. But even had this not been the case, he would not after all, +perhaps, have boarded her --judging by his subsequent conduct on similar +occasions --if so it had been that, by the process of hailing, he had obtained +a negative answer to the question he put. For, as it eventually turned out, +he cared not to consort, even for five minutes, with any stranger captain, +except he could contribute some of that information he so absorbingly sought. +But all this might remain inadequately estimated, were not something said +here of the peculiar usages of whaling-vessels when meeting each other in +foreign seas, and especially on a common cruising-ground. If two strangers +crossing the Pine Barrens in New York State, or the equally desolate Salisbury +Plain in England; if +..

+casually encountering each other in such inhospitable wilds, these twain, for +the life of them, cannot well avoid a mutual salutation; and stopping for a +moment to interchange the news; and, perhaps, sitting down for a while and +resting in concert: then, how much more natural that upon the illimitable Pine + + Barrens and Salisbury Plains of the sea, two whaling vessels descrying each +other at the ends of the earth --off lone Fanning's Island, or the far away +King's Mills; how much more natural, I say, that under such circumstances +these ships should not only interchange hails, but come into still closer, +more friendly and sociable contact. And especially would this seem to be a +matter of course, in the case of vessels owned in one seaport, and whose +captains, officers, and not a few of the men are personally known to each +other; and consequently, have all sorts of dear domestic things to talk +about. For the long absent ship, the outward-bounder, perhaps, has letters +on board; at any rate, she will be sure to let her have some papers of a date +a year or two later than the last one on her blurred and thumb-worn files. +And in return for that courtesy, the outward-bound ship would receive the +latest whaling intelligence from the cruising-ground to which she may be +destined, a thing of the utmost importance to her. And in degree, all this +will hold true concerning whaling vessels crossing each other's track on the +cruising-ground itself, even though they are equally long absent from home. +for one of them may have received a transfer of letters from some third, and +now far remote vessel; and some of those letters may be for the people of the + + ship she now meets. Besides, they would exchange the whaling news, and have +an agreeable chat. For not only would they meet with all the sympathies of +sailors, but likewise with all the peculiar congenialities arising from a +common pursuit and mutually shared privations and perils. Nor would +difference of country make any very essential difference; that is, so long as +both parties speak one language, as is the case with Americans and English. +Though, to be sure, from the small number of English whalers, such meetings +do not very often occur, and when they do occur there is too apt to be a +sort of shyness between them; for your Englishman is rather +..

+reserved, and your Yankee, he does not fancy that sort of thing in anybody +but himself. Besides, the English whalers sometimes affect a kind of +metropolitan superiority over the American whalers; regarding the long, lean +Nantucketer, with his nondescript provincialisms, as a sort of sea-peasant. +But where this superiority in the English whalemen does really consist, it +would be hard to say, seeing that the Yankees in one day, collectively, kill +more whales than all the English, collectively, in ten years. But this is a +harmless little foible in the English whale-hunters, which the Nantucketer +does not take much to heart; probably, because he knows that he has a few +foibles himself. So, then, we see that of all ships separately sailing the +sea, the whalers have most reason to be sociable --and they are so. Whereas, +some merchant ships crossing each other's wake in the mid-Atlantic, will +oftentimes pass on without so much as a single word of recognition, mutually +cutting each other on the high seas, like a brace of dandies in Broadway; +and all the time indulging, perhaps, in finical criticism upon each other's +rig. As for Men-of-War, when they chance to meet at sea, they first go +through such a string of silly bowings and scrapings, such a ducking of +ensigns, that there does not seem to be much right-down hearty good-will and +brotherly love about it at all. As touching Slave-ships meeting, why, they are +in such a prodigious hurry, they run away from each other as soon as possible. + + And as for Pirates, when they chance to cross each other's cross-bones, the +first hail is -- How many skulls? --the same way that whalers hail-- How many +barrels? And that question once answered, pirates straightway steer apart, +for they are infernal villains on both sides, and don't like to see overmuch +of each other's villanous likenesses. But look at the godly, honest, +unostentatious, hospitable, sociable, free-and-easy whaler! What does the +whaler do when she meets another whaler in any sort of decent weather? She +has a Gam, a thing so utterly unknown to all other ships that they never +heard of the name even; and if by chance they should hear of it, they only +grin at it, and repeat gamesome stuff about spouters and blubber-boilers, + + and such like pretty exclamations. Why it is that all Merchant-seamen, and +also all +..

+Pirates and Man-of-War's men, and Slave-ship sailors, cherish such a scornful +feeling towards Whale-ships; this is a question it would be hard to answer. +Because, in the case of pirates, say, I should like to know whether that +profession of theirs has any peculiar glory about it. It sometimes ends in +uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows. And besides, when a +man is elevated in that odd fashion, he has no proper foundation for his +superior altitude. Hence, I conclude, that in boasting himself to be high +lifted above a whaleman, in that assertion the pirate has no solid basis to +stand on. but what is a gam? you might wear out your index-finger running +up and down the columns of dictionaries, and never find the word. Dr. +Johnson never attained to that erudition; Noah Webster's ark does not hold it. + + Nevertheless, this same expressive word has now for many years been in +constant use among some fifteen thousand true born Yankees. Certainly it +needs a definition, and should be incorporated into the Lexicon. With that +view, let me learnedly define it. Gam. Noun --A social meeting of two (or more) +Whale-ships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging hails, +they exchange visits by boats' crews: the two captains remaining, for the +time, on board of one ship, and the two chief mates on the other. There is +another little item about Gamming which must not be forgotten here. All +professions have their own little peculiarities of detail; so has the whale +fishery. In a pirate, man-of-war, or slave ship, when the captain is rowed +anywhere in his boat, he always sits in the stern sheets on a comfortable, +sometimes cushioned seat there, and often steers himself with a pretty little + + milliner's tiller decorated with gay cords and ribbons. But the whale-boat +has no seat astern, no sofa of that sort whatever, and no tiller at all. +High times indeed, if whaling captains were wheeled about the water on castors +like gouty old aldermen in patent chairs. And as for a tiller, the +whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a + + complete boat's crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or +harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the +occasion, and the captain, having no +..

+place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree. +And often you will notice that being conscious of the eyes of the whole +visible world resting on him from the sides of the two ships, this standing +captain is all alive to the importance of sustaining his dignity by +maintaining his legs. nor is this any very easy matter; for in his rear is +the immense projecting steering oar hitting him now and then in the small of +his back, the after-oar reciprocating by rapping his knees in front. He is +thus completely wedged before and behind, and can only expand himself +sideways by settling down on his stretched legs; but a sudden, violent pitch +of the boat will often go far to topple him, because length of foundation is +nothing without corresponding breadth. Merely make a spread angle of two +poles, and you cannot stand them up. Then, again, it would never do in plain +sight of the world's riveted eyes, it would never do, I say, for this +straddling captain to be seen steadying himself the slightest particle by +catching hold of anything with his hands; indeed, as token of his entire, +buoyant self-command, he generally carries his hands in his trowsers' +pockets; but perhaps being generally very large, heavy hands, he carries them +there for ballast. Nevertheless there have occurred instances, well +authenticated ones too, where the captain has been known for an uncommonly +critical moment or two, in a sudden squall say --to seize hold of the nearest +oarsman's hair, and hold on there like grim death. +..

+.. < chapter liv 26 THE TOWN-HO'S STORY > + + ( As told at the Golden Inn.) + + The Cape of Good Hope, and all the watery region round about there, is much +like some noted four corners of a great highway, where you meet more +travellers than in any other part. It was not very long after speaking the +Goney that another +..

+homeward-bound whaleman, the Town-Ho, was encountered. She was manned almost +wholly by Polynesians. In the short gam that ensued she gave us strong news +of Moby Dick. To some the general interest in the White Whale was now wildly +heightened by a circumstance of the Town-Ho's story, which seemed obscurely +to involve with the whale a certain wondrous, inverted visitation of one of +those so called judgments of God which at times are said to overtake some men. + + This latter circumstance, with its own particular accompaniments, forming +what may be called the secret part of the tragedy about to be narrated, never +reached the ears of Captain Ahab or his mates. For that secret part of the +story was unknown to the captain of the Town-Ho himself. It was the private +property of three confederate white seamen of that ship, one of whom, it +seems, communicated it to Tashtego with Romish injunctions of secresy, but +the following night Tashtego rambled in his sleep, and revealed so much of it +in that way, that when he was wakened he could not well withhold the rest. +Nevertheless, so potent an influence did this thing have on those seamen in +the Pequod who came to the full knowledge of it, and by such a strange +delicacy, to call it so, were they governed in this matter, that they kept +the secret among themselves so that it never transpired abaft the Pequod's +main-mast. Interweaving in its proper place this darker thread with the story +as publicly narrated on the ship, the whole of this strange affair I now +proceed to put on lasting record. For my humor's sake, I shall preserve the +style in which I once narrated it at Lima, to a lounging circle of my Spanish + + friends, one saint's eve, smoking upon the thick-gilt tiled piazza of the +Golden Inn. Of those fine cavaliers, the young Dons, Pedro and Sebastian, +were on the closer terms with me; and hence the interluding questions they +occasionally put, and which are duly answered at the time. Some two years +prior to my first learning the events which I am about rehearsing to you, +gentlemen, the Town-Ho, Sperm +..

+Whaler of Nantucket, was cruising in your Pacific here, not very many days' +sail westward from the eaves of this good Golden Inn. She was somewhere to +the northward of the Line. One morning upon handling the pumps, according to +daily usage, it was observed that she made more water in her hold than +common. They supposed a sword-fish had stabbed her, gentlemen. But the +captain, having some unusual reason for believing that rare good luck awaited +him in those latitudes; and therefore being very averse to quit them, and +the leak not being then considered at all dangerous, though, indeed, they +could not find it after searching the hold as low down as was possible in +rather heavy weather, the ship still continued her cruisings, the mariners +working at the pumps at wide and easy intervals; but no good luck came; more +days went by, and not only was the leak yet undiscovered, but it sensibly +increased. So much so, that now taking some alarm, the captain, making all +sail, stood away for the nearest harbor among the islands, there to have +his hull hove out and repaired. Though no small passage was before her, yet, +if the commonest chance favored, he did not at all fear that his ship would +founder by the way, because his pumps were of the best, and being +periodically relieved at them, those six-and-thirty men of his could easily +keep the ship free; never mind if the leak should double on her. In truth, +well nigh the whole of this passage being attended by very prosperous breezes, + + the Town-Ho had all but certainly arrived in perfect safety at her port +without the occurrence of the least fatality, had it not been for the brutal +overbearing of Radney, the mate, a Vineyarder, and the bitterly provoked +vengeance of Steelkilt, a Lakeman and desperado from Buffalo. "Lakeman! +--Buffalo! Pray, what is a Lakeman, and where is Buffalo?" said Don +Sebastian, rising in his swinging mat of grass. On the eastern shore of our +Lake Erie, Don; but--I crave your courtesy--may be, you shall soon hear further +of all that. Now, gentlemen, in square-sail brigs and three-masted ships, +well-nigh as large and stout as any that ever sailed out of your old Callao to +far manilla; this lakeman, in the land-locked heart of our America, had yet +been nurtured by all those agrarian +..

+freebooting impressions popularly connected with the open ocean. For in their +interflowing aggregate, those grand fresh-water seas of ours --Erie, and +Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan, --possess an ocean-like +expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits; with many of its +rimmed varieties of races and of climes. They contain round archipelagoes of +romantic isles, even as the Polynesian waters do; in large part, are shored +by two great contrasting nations, as the Atlantic is; they furnish long +maritime approaches to our numerous territorial colonies from the East, +dotted all round their banks; here and there are frowned upon by batteries, +and by the goat-like craggy guns of lofty Mackinaw; they have heard the fleet +thunderings of naval victories; at intervals, they yield their beaches to +wild barbarians, whose red painted faces flash from out their peltry wigwams; + + for leagues and leagues are flanked by ancient and unentered forests, where +the gaunt pines stand like serried lines of kings in Gothic genealogies; +those same woods harboring wild Afric beasts of prey, and silken creatures +whose exported furs give robes to Tartar Emperors; they mirror the paved +capitals of Buffalo and Cleveland, as well as Winnebago villages; they float +alike the full-rigged merchant ship, the armed cruiser of the State, the +steamer, and the beech canoe; they are swept by Borean and dismasting blasts +as direful as any that lash the salted wave; they know what shipwrecks are, +for out of sight of land, however inland, they have drowned full many a +midnight ship with all its shrieking crew. Thus, gentlemen, though an +inlander, Steelkilt was wild-ocean born, and wild-ocean nurtured; as much +of an audacious mariner as any. And for Radney, though in his infancy he may +have laid him down on the lone Nantucket beach, to nurse at his maternal sea; + + though in after life he had long followed our austere Atlantic and your +contemplative Pacific; yet was he quite as vengeful and full of social +quarrel as the backwoods seaman, fresh from the latitudes of buck-horn +handled Bowie-knives. Yet was this Nantucketer a man with some good-hearted +traits; and this Lakeman, a mariner, who though a sort of devil indeed, +might yet by inflexible firmness, only tempered by that common decency of +human recognition which is the meanest slave's right; thus +..

+treated, this Steelkilt had long been retained harmless and docile. At all +events, he had proved so thus far; but Radney was doomed and made mad, and +Steelkilt --but, gentlemen, you shall hear. It was not more than a day or two +at the furthest after pointing her prow for her island haven, that the +Town-Ho's leak seemed again increasing, but only so as to require an hour or +more at the pumps every day. You must know that in a settled and civilized +ocean like our Atlantic, for example, some skippers think little of pumping +their whole way across it; though of a still, sleepy night, should the +officer of the deck happen to forget his duty in that respect, the +probability would be that he and his shipmates would never again remember it, +on account of all hands gently subsiding to the bottom. Nor in the solitary +and savage seas far from you to the westward, gentlemen, is it altogether +unusual for ships to keep clanging at their pump-handles in full chorus even +for a voyage of considerable length; that is, if it lie along a tolerably +accessible coast, or if any other reasonable retreat is afforded them. It is +only when a leaky vessel is in some very out of the way part of those waters, +some really landless latitude, that her captain begins to feel a little +anxious. Much this way had it been with the Town-Ho; so when her leak was +found gaining once more, there was in truth some small concern manifested by +several of her company; especially by radney the mate. He commanded the +upper sails to be well hoisted, sheeted home anew, and every way expanded to +the breeze. Now this Radney, I suppose, was as little of a coward, and as +little inclined to any sort of nervous apprehensiveness touching his own +person as any fearless, unthinking creature on land or on sea that you can +conveniently imagine, gentlemen. Therefore when he betrayed this solicitude +about the safety of the ship, some of the seamen declared that it was only on +account of his being a part owner in her. So when they were working that +evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily +going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by +the rippling clear water; clear as any mountain spring, gentlemen --that +bubbling from +..

+the pumps ran across the deck, and poured itself out in steady spouts at the +lee scupper-holes. Now, as you well know, it is not seldom the case in this +conventional world of ours --watery or otherwise; that when a person placed +in command over his fellow-men finds one of them to be very significantly his +superior in general pride of manhood, straightway against that man he +conceives an unconquerable dislike and bitterness; and if he have a chance +he will pull down and pulverize that subaltern's tower, and make a little +heap of dust of it. Be this conceit of mine as it may, gentlemen, at all +events Steelkilt was a tall and noble animal with a head like a Roman, and a +flowing golden beard like the tasseled housings of your last viceroy's +snorting charger; and a brain, and a heart, and a soul in him, gentlemen, +which had made Steelkilt Charlemagne, had he been born son to Charlemagne's +father. But Radney, the mate, was ugly as a mule; yet as hardy, as stubborn, +as malicious. He did not love Steelkilt, and Steelkilt knew it. Espying the +mate drawing near as he was toiling at the pump with the rest, the Lakeman +affected not to notice him, but unawed, went on with his gay banterings. + "Aye, aye, my merry lads, it's a lively leak this; hold a cannikin, one of +ye, and let's have a taste. By the Lord, it's worth bottling! I tell ye +what, men, old Rad's investment must go for it! he had best cut away his part +of the hull and tow it home. The fact is, boys, that sword-fish only began +the job; he's come back again with a gang of ship-carpenters, saw-fish, and +file-fish, and what not; and the whole posse of 'em are now hard at work +cutting and slashing at the bottom; making improvements, I suppose. If old +Rad were here now, I'd tell him to jump overboard and scatter 'em. They're +playing the devil with his estate, I can tell him. But he's a simple old +soul, -- Rad, and a beauty too. Boys, they say the rest of his property is +invested in looking-glasses. I wonder if he'd give a poor devil like me the +model of his nose." "Damn your eyes! what's that pump stopping for?" roared + + Radney, pretending not to have heard the sailors' talk. "Thunder away at it!" + +..

+ "Aye, aye, sir," said Steelkilt, merry as a cricket. "Lively, boys, lively, +now!" And with that the pump clanged like fifty fire-engines; the men tossed +their hats off to it, and ere long that peculiar gasping of the lungs was +heard which denotes the fullest tension of life's utmost energies. Quitting +the pump at last, with the rest of his band, the Lakeman went forward all +panting, and sat himself down on the windlass; his face fiery red, his eyes +bloodshot, and wiping the profuse sweat from his brow. Now what cozening +fiend it was, gentlemen, that possessed Radney to meddle with such a man in +that corporeally exasperated state, I know not; but so it happened. +Intolerably striding along the deck, the mate commanded him to get a broom +and sweep down the planks, and also a shovel, and remove some offensive +matters consequent upon allowing a pig to run at large. Now, gentlemen, +sweeping a ship's deck at sea is a piece of household work which in all times +but raging gales is regularly attended to every evening; it has been known to +be done in the case of ships actually foundering at the time. Such, +gentlemen, is the inflexibility of sea-usages and the instinctive love of +neatness in seamen; some of whom would not willingly drown without first +washing their faces. But in all vessels this broom business is the +prescriptive province of the boys, if boys there be aboard. Besides, it was +the stronger men in the Town-Ho that had been divided into gangs, taking +turns at the pumps; and being the most athletic seaman of them all, +Steelkilt had been regularly assigned captain of one of the gangs; +consequently he should have been freed from any trivial business not connected + + with truly nautical duties, such being the case with his comrades. I mention +all these particulars so that you may understand exactly how this affair stood +between the two men. But there was more than this: the order about the +shovel was almost as plainly meant to sting and insult Steelkilt, as though +Radney had spat in his face. Any man who has gone sailor in a whale-ship will +understand this; and all this and doubtless much more, the Lakeman fully +comprehended when the mate uttered his command. But as he sat still for a +moment, and as he steadfastly looked into the mate's malignant eye and +..

+perceived the stacks of powder-casks heaped up in him and the slow-match +silently burning along towards them; as he instinctively saw all this, that +strange forbearance and unwillingness to stir up the deeper passionateness in +any already ireful being --a repugnance most felt, when felt at all, by +really valiant men even when aggrieved --this nameless phantom feeling, +gentlemen, stole over Steelkilt. Therefore, in his ordinary tone, only a +little broken by the bodily exhaustion he was temporarily in, he answered him +saying that sweeping the deck was not his business, and he would not do it. +and then, without at all alluding to the shovel, he pointed to three lads as +the customary sweepers; who, not being billeted at the pumps, had done little +or nothing all day. To this, Radney replied with an oath, in a most +domineering and outrageous manner unconditionally reiterating his command; +meanwhile advancing upon the still seated Lakeman, with an uplifted cooper's +club hammer which he had snatched from a cask near by. Heated and irritated +as he was by his spasmodic toil at the pumps, for all his first nameless +feeling of forbearance the sweating Steelkilt could but ill brook this bearing +in the mate; but somehow still smothering the conflagration within him, +without speaking he remained doggedly rooted to his seat, till at last the +incensed Radney shook the hammer within a few inches of his face, furiously +commanding him to do his bidding. Steelkilt rose, and slowly retreating +round the windlass, steadily followed by the mate with his menacing hammer, +deliberately repeated his intention not to obey. Seeing, however, that his +forbearance had not the slightest effect, by an awful and unspeakable +intimation with his twisted hand he warned off the foolish and infatuated man; + + but it was to no purpose. And in this way the two went once slowly round the +windlass; when, resolved at last no longer to retreat, bethinking him that +he had now forborne as much as comported with his humor, the Lakeman paused +on the hatches and thus spoke to the officer: "Mr. Radney, I will not obey +you. Take that hammer away, or look to yourself." But the predestinated mate +coming still closer to him, where the Lakeman stood fixed, now shook the +..

+heavy hammer within an inch of his teeth; meanwhile repeating a string of +insufferable maledictions. Retreating not the thousandth part of an inch; +stabbing him in the eye with the unflinching poniard of his glance, +steelkilt, clenching his right hand behind him and creepingly drawing it back, + + told his persecutor that if the hammer but grazed his cheek he (Steelkilt) +would murder him. But, gentlemen, the fool had been branded for the slaughter +by the gods. Immediately the hammer touched the cheek; the next instant the +lower jaw of the mate was stove in his head; he fell on the hatch spouting +blood like a whale. Ere the cry could go aft Steelkilt was shaking one of +the backstays leading far aloft to where two of his comrades were standing +their mast-heads. They were both Canallers. "Canallers!" cried Don Pedro, +"We have seen many whale-ships in our harbors, but never heard of your +Canallers. Pardon: who and what are they?" "Canallers, Don, are the boatmen +belonging to our grand Erie Canal. You must have heard of it." "Nay, Senor; + + hereabouts in this dull, warm, most lazy, and hereditary land, we know but +little of your vigorous North." "Aye? Well then, Don, refill my cup. Your +chicha's very fine; and ere proceeding further I will tell ye what our +Canallers are; for such information may throw side-light upon my story." + + For three hundred and sixty miles, gentlemen, through the entire breadth of +the state of New York; through numerous populous cities and most thriving +villages; through long, dismal, uninhabited swamps, and affluent, cultivated +fields, unrivalled for fertility; by billiard-room and bar-room; through +the holy-of-holies of great forests; on Roman arches over Indian rivers; +through sun and shade; by happy hearts or broken; through all the wide +contrasting scenery of those noble Mohawk counties; and especially, by rows of +snow-white chapels, whose spires stand almost like milestones, flows one +continual stream of Venetianly corrupt and often lawless life. There's your +true Ashantee, gentlemen; there howl your pagans; where you ever find them, +next door to you; under the long-flung shadow, and the snug patronizing lee +of churches. For by some curious fatality, as it is often noted of your +metropolitan freebooters +..

+that they ever encamp around the halls of justice, so sinners, gentlemen, +most abound in holiest vicinities. "Is that a friar passing?" said Don +Pedro, looking downwards into the crowded plazza, with humorous concern. + "Well for our northern friend, Dame Isabella's Inquisition wanes in Lima," +laughed Don Sebastian. "Proceed, Senor." "A moment! Pardon!" cried another +of the company. "In the name of all us Limeese, I but desire to express to +you, sir sailor, that we have by no means overlooked your delicacy in not +substituting present Lima for distant Venice in your corrupt comparison. Oh! +do not bow and look surprised; you know the proverb all along this coast +-- Corrupt as Lima. It but bears out your saying, too; churches more +plentiful than billiard-tables, and for ever open--and Corrupt as Lima. +So, too, Venice; I have been there; the holy city of the blessed evangelist, +St. Mark! --St. Dominic, purge it! Your cup! Thanks: here I refill; now, + + you pour out again." Freely depicted in his own vocation, gentlemen, the +Canaller would make a fine dramatic hero, so abundantly and picturesquely +wicked is he. Like Mark Antony, for days and days along his green-turfed, +flowery Nile, he indolently floats, openly toying with his red-cheeked +Cleopatra, ripening his apricot thigh upon the sunny deck. But ashore, all +this effeminacy is dashed. The brigandish guise which the Canaller so proudly +sports; his slouched and gaily-ribboned hat betoken his grand features. A +terror to the smiling innocence of the villages through which he floats; his +swart visage and bold swagger are not unshunned in cities. Once a vagabond on +his own canal, I have received good turns from one of these Canallers; I +thank him heartily; would fain be not ungrateful; but it is often one of the +prime redeeming qualities of your man of violence, that at times he has as +stiff an arm to back a poor stranger in a strait, as to plunder a wealthy +one. In sum, gentlemen, what the wildness of this canal life is, is +emphatically evinced by this; that our wild whale-fishery contains so many of +its most finished graduates, and that scarce any race of mankind, except +Sydney men, are so much distrusted by our whaling captains. Nor does it at +all diminish the curiousness of this matter, that to many thousands of our +..

+rural boys and young men born along its line, the probationary life of the +Grand Canal furnishes the sole transition between quietly reaping in a +Christian corn-field, and recklessly ploughing the waters of the most barbaric +seas. "I see! I see! " impetuously exclaimed Don Pedro, spilling his +chicha upon his silvery ruffles. "No need to travel! The world's one Lima. I +had thought, now, that at your temperate North the generations were cold and +holy as the hills. --But the story." I left off, gentlemen, where the Lakeman +shook the back-stay. Hardly had he done so, when he was surrounded by the +three junior mates and the four harpooneers, who all crowded him to the deck. + + But sliding down the ropes like baleful comets, the two Canallers rushed into +the uproar, and sought to drag their man out of it towards the forecastle. +Others of the sailors joined with them in this attempt, and a twisted turmoil +ensued; while standing out of harm's way, the valiant captain danced up and +down with a whale-pike, calling upon his officers to manhandle that atrocious +scoundrel, and smoke him along to the quarter-deck. At intervals, he ran +close up to the revolving border of the confusion, and prying into the heart +of it with his pike, sought to prick out the object of his resentment. But +Steelkilt and his desperadoes were too much for them all; they succeeded in +gaining the forecastle deck, where, hastily slewing about three or four large +casks in a line with the windlass, these sea-Parisians entrenched themselves +behind the barricade. "come out of that, ye pirates!" roared the captain, +now menacing them with a pistol in each hand, just brought to him by the +steward. "Come out of that, ye cut-throats!" Steelkilt leaped on the +barricade, and striding up and down there, defied the worst the pistols could +do; but gave the captain to understand distinctly, that his (Steelkilt's) +death would be the signal for a murderous mutiny on the part of all hands. +Fearing in his heart lest this might prove but too true, the captain a little +desisted, but still commanded the insurgents instantly to return to their +duty. "Will you promise not to touch us, if we do?" demanded their +ringleader. +..

+ "Turn to! turn to! --I make no promise; --to your duty! Do you want to sink +the ship, by knocking off at a time like this? Turn to!" and he once more +raised a pistol. "Sink the ship?" cried Steelkilt. "Aye, let her sink. Not +a man of us turns to, unless you swear not to raise a rope-yarn against us. +What say ye, men?" turning to his comrades. A fierce cheer was their +response. The Lakeman now patrolled the barricade, all the while keeping +his eye on the Captain, and jerking out such sentences as these: --"It's not +our fault; we didn't want it; I told him to take his hammer away; it was +boy's business; he might have known me before this; I told him not to prick +the buffalo; I believe I have broken a finger here against his cursed jaw; +ain't those mincing knives down in the forecastle there, men? look to those +handspikes, my hearties. Captain, by God, look to yourself; say the word; +don't be a fool; forget it all; we are ready to turn to; treat us decently, + + and we're your men; but we won't be flogged." "Turn to! I make no +promises, turn to, I say!" "Look ye, now," cried the Lakeman, flinging out +his arm towards him. "there are a few of us here (and I am one of them) who +have shipped for the cruise, d'ye see; now as you well know, sir, we can +claim our discharge as soon as the anchor is down; so we don't want a row; +it's not our interest; we want to be peaceable; we are ready to work, but we +won't be flogged." "Turn to!" roared the Captain. Steelkilt glanced round +him a moment, and then said: --"I tell you what it is now, Captain, rather +than kill ye, and be hung for such a shabby rascal, we won't lift a hand +against ye unless ye attack us; but till you say the word about not flogging +us, we won't do a hand's turn." "Down into the forecastle then, down with +ye, I'll keep ye there till ye're sick of it. Down ye go." "Shall we?" +cried the ringleader to his men. Most of them were against it; but at +length, in obedience to Steelkilt, they preceded him down into their dark +den, growlingly disappearing, like bears into a cave. As the Lakeman's bare +head was just level with the planks, +..

+the Captain and his posse leaped the barricade, and rapidly drawing over the +slide of the scuttle, planted their group of hands upon it, and loudly +called for the steward to bring the heavy brass padlock, belonging to the +companion-way. Then opening the slide a little, the Captain whispered +something down the crack, closed it, and turned the key upon them --ten in +number --leaving on deck some twenty or more, who thus far had remained +neutral. All night a wide-awake watch was kept by all the officers, forward +and aft, especially about the forecastle scuttle and fore hatchway; at which +last place it was feared the insurgents might emerge, after breaking through +the bulkhead below. But the hours of darkness passed in peace; the men who +still remained at their duty toiling hard at the pumps, whose clinking and +clanking at intervals through the dreary night dismally resounded through the +ship. at sunrise the captain went forward, and knocking on the deck, +summoned the prisoners to work; but with a yell they refused. Water was +then lowered down to them, and a couple of handfuls of biscuit were tossed +after it; when again turning the key upon them and pocketing it, the Captain +returned to the quarter-deck. Twice every day for three days this was +repeated; but on the fourth morning a confused wrangling, and then a +scuffling was heard, as the customary summons was delivered; and suddenly +four men burst up from the forecastle, saying they were ready to turn to. +The fetid closeness of the air, and a famishing diet, united perhaps to some + + fears of ultimate retribution, had constrained them to surrender at +discretion. Emboldened by this, the Captain reiterated his demand to the +rest, but Steelkilt shouted up to him a terrific hint to stop his babbling +and betake himself where he belonged. On the fifth morning three others of +the mutineers bolted up into the air from the desperate arms below that sought +to restrain them. Only three were left. "Better turn to, now?" said the +Captain with a heartless jeer. "Shut us up again, will ye!" cried Steelkilt. + "Oh! certainly," said the Captain and the key clicked. It was at this +point, gentlemen, that enraged by the defection +..

+of seven of his former associates, and stung by the mocking voice that had +last hailed him, and maddened by his long entombment in a place as black as +the bowels of despair; it was then that Steelkilt proposed to the two +Canallers, thus far apparently of one mind with him, to burst out of their +hole at the next summoning of the garrison; and armed with their keen +mincing knives (long, crescentic, heavy implements with a handle at each end) + + run a muck from the bowsprit to the taffrail; and if by any devilishness of +desperation possible, seize the ship. For himself, he would do this, he said, +whether they joined him or not. That was the last night he should spend in +that den. but the scheme met with no opposition on the part of the other two; + + they swore they were ready for that, or for any other mad thing, for +anything in short but a surrender. And what was more, they each insisted +upon being the first man on deck, when the time to make the rush should come. + + But to this their leader as fiercely objected, reserving that priority for +himself; particularly as his two comrades would not yield, the one to the +other, in the matter; and both of them could not be first, for the ladder +would but admit one man at a time. And here, gentlemen, the foul play of +these miscreants must come out. Upon hearing the frantic project of their +leader, each in his own separate soul had suddenly lighted, it would seem, +upon the same piece of treachery, namely: to be foremost in breaking out, +in order to be the first of the three, though the last of the ten, to +surrender; and thereby secure whatever small chance of pardon such conduct +might merit. But when Steelkilt made known his determination still to lead +them to the last, they in some way, by some subtle chemistry of villany, +mixed their before secret treacheries together; and when their leader fell +into a doze, verbally opened their souls to each other in three sentences; +and bound the sleeper with cords, and gagged him with cords; and shrieked +out for the Captain at midnight. Thinking murder at hand, and smelling in +the dark for the blood, he and all his armed mates and harpooneers rushed for + + the forecastle. In a few minutes the scuttle was opened, and, bound hand +and foot, the still struggling ringleader was shoved up into the air by his +perfidious allies, who at once claimed the +..

+honor of securing a man who had been fully ripe for murder. But all these were +collared, and dragged along the deck like dead cattle; and, side by side, +were seized up into the mizen rigging, like three quarters of meat, and there +they hung till morning. "Damn ye," cried the Captain, pacing to and fro +before them, "the vultures would not touch ye, ye villains!" At sunrise he +summoned all hands; and separating those who had rebelled from those who had +taken no part in the mutiny, he told the former that he had a good mind to +flog them all round --thought, upon the whole, he would do so --he ought to +--justice demanded it; but for the present, considering their timely +surrender, he would let them go with a reprimand, which he accordingly +administered in the vernacular. "But as for you, ye carrion rogues," turning +to the three men in the rigging --"for you, I mean to mince ye up for the +try-pots;" and, seizing a rope, he applied it with all his might to the backs +of the two traitors, till they yelled no more, but lifelessly hung their +heads sideways, as the two crucified thieves are drawn. "My wrist is +sprained with ye!" he cried, at last; "but there is still rope enough left +for you, my fine bantam, that wouldn't give up. Take that gag from his mouth, + + and let us hear what he can say for himself." For a moment the exhausted +mutineer made a tremulous motion of his cramped jaws, and then painfully +twisting round his head, said in a sort of hiss, "What I say is this --and +mind it well--- if you flog me, I murder you!" "Say ye so? then see how ye +frighten me" --and the Captain drew off with the rope to strike. "Best not," +hissed the Lakeman. "But I must," --and the rope was once more drawn back for +the stroke. Steelkilt here hissed out something, inaudible to all but the +Captain; who, to the amazement of all hands, started back, paced the deck +rapidly two or three times, and then suddenly throwing down his rope, said,"I +won't do it --let him go--cut him down: d'ye hear?" But as the junior mates +were hurrying to execute the order, +..

+a pale man, with a bandaged head, arrested them --Radney the chief mate. Ever +since the blow, he had lain in his berth; but that morning, hearing the +tumult on the deck, he had crept out, and thus far had watched the whole +scene. Such was the state of his mouth, that he could hardly speak; but +mumbling something about his being willing and able to do what the captain +dared not attempt, he snatched the rope and advanced to his pinioned foe. + "You are a coward!" hissed the Lakeman. "So I am, but take that." The mate +was in the very act of striking, when another hiss stayed his uplifted arm. +He paused: and then pausing no more, made good his word, spite of Steelkilt's +threat, whatever that might have been. The three men were then cut down, +all hands were turned to, and, sullenly worked by the moody seamen, the iron +pumps clanged as before. Just after dark that day, when one watch had retired +below, a clamor was heard in the forecastle; and the two trembling traitors +running up, besieged the cabin door, saying they durst not consort with the +crew. Entreaties, cuffs, and kicks could not drive them back, so at their +own instance they were put down in the ship's run for salvation. Still, no +sign of mutiny reappeared among the rest. On the contrary, it seemed, that +mainly at Steelkilt's instigation, they had resolved to maintain the +strictest peacefulness, obey all orders to the last, and, when the ship +reached port, desert her in a body. But in order to insure the speediest end +to the voyage, they all agreed to another thing --namely, not to sing out for +whales, in case any should be discovered. For, spite of her leak, and spite +of all her other perils, the Town-Ho still maintained her mast-heads, and +her captain was just as willing to lower for a fish that moment, as on the +day his craft first struck the cruising ground; and Radney the mate was quite +as ready to change his berth for a boat, and with his bandaged mouth seek to +gag in death the vital jaw of the whale. But though the Lakeman had induced +the seamen to adopt this sort of passiveness in their conduct, he kept his +own counsel (at least till all was over) concerning his own proper and +private revenge upon the man who had stung him in the ventricles +..

+of his heart. He was in Radney the chief mate's watch; and as if the +infatuated man sought to run more than half way to meet his doom, after the +scene at the rigging, he insisted, against the express counsel of the captain, + + upon resuming the head of his watch at night. Upon this, and one or two +other circumstances, Steelkilt systematically built the plan of his revenge. + + During the night, Radney had an unseamanlike way of sitting on the +bulwarks of the quarter-deck, and leaning his arm upon the gunwale of the +boat which was hoisted up there, a little above the ship's side. In this +attitude, it was well known, he sometimes dozed. There was a considerable +vacancy between the boat and the ship, and down between this was the sea. +Steelkilt calculated his time, and found that his next trick at the helm +would come round at two o'clock, in the morning of the third day from that in +which he had been betrayed. At his leisure, he employed the interval in +braiding something very carefully in his watches below. "What are you making +there?" said a shipmate. "What do you think? what does it look like?" + "Like a lanyard for your bag; but it's an odd one, seems to me." "Yes, +rather oddish," said the Lakeman, holding it at arm's length before him; +"but I think it will answer. Shipmate, I haven't enough twine, --have you +any?" But there was none in the forecastle. "Then I must get some from old +Rad;" and he rose to go aft. "You don't mean to go a begging to him!" said +a sailor. "Why not? Do you think he won't do me a turn, when it's to help +himself in the end, shipmate?" and going to the mate, he looked at him +quietly, and asked him for some twine to mend his hammock. It was given him +--neither twine nor lanyard were seen again; but the next night an iron ball, +closely netted, partly rolled from the pocket of the Lakeman's monkey jacket, +as he was tucking the coat into his hammock for a pillow. Twenty-four hours +after, his trick at the silent helm --nigh to the man who was apt to doze over +the grave always ready dug to the seaman's hand --that fatal hour was then to +come; and in +..

+the fore-ordaining soul of Steelkilt, the mate was already stark and +stretched as a corpse, with his forehead crushed in. But, gentlemen, a fool +saved the would-be murderer from the bloody deed he had planned. Yet complete +revenge he had, and without being the avenger. For by a mysterious fatality, +Heaven itself seemed to step in to take out of his hands into its own the +damning thing he would have done. It was just between daybreak and sunrise of +the morning of the second day, when they were washing down the decks, that +a stupid Teneriffe man, drawing water in the main-chains, all at once +shouted out, "There she rolls! there she rolls!" Jesu, what a whale! It +was Moby Dick. "Moby Dick!" cried Don Sebastian; "St. Dominic! Sir sailor, +but do whales have christenings? Whom call you Moby Dick?" "A very white, +and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don; --but that would be too long +a story." "How? how!" cried all the young Spaniards, crowding. "Nay, Dons, +Dons --nay, nay! I cannot rehearse that now. Let me get more into the air, +Sirs." "The chicha! the chicha!" cried Don Pedro; "our vigorous friend +looks faint; --fill up his empty glass!" No need, gentlemen; one moment, and +I proceed. --Now, gentlemen, so suddenly perceiving the snowy whale within +fifty yards of the ship --forgetful of the compact among the crew --in the +excitement of the moment, the Teneriffe man had instinctively and +involuntarily lifted his voice for the monster, though for some little time +past it had been plainly beheld from the three sullen mast-heads. All was now +a phrensy. "The White Whale --the White Whale!" was the cry from captain, +mates, and harpooneers, who, undeterred by fearful rumors, were all anxious +to capture so famous and precious a fish; while the dogged crew eyed askance, + + and with curses, the appalling beauty of the vast milky mass, that lit up by +a horizontal spangling sun, shifted and glistened like a living opal in the +blue morning sea. Gentlemen, a strange fatality pervades the whole career of +these events, as if verily mapped out before the world itself was charted. +The mutineer was the bowsman of the mate, and when fast to a fish, it was +his duty to sit next him, while Radney stood +..

+up with his lance in the prow, and haul in or slacken the line, at the word +of command. Moreover, when the four boats were lowered, the mate's got the +start; and none howled more fiercely with delight than did Steelkilt, as he +strained at his oar. After a stiff pull, their harpooneer got fast, and, +spear in hand, Radney sprang to the bow. He was always a furious man, it +seems, in a boat. And now his bandaged cry was, to beach him on the whale's +topmost back. Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a +blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat +struck as against a sunken ledge, and keeling over, spilled out the standing +mate. That instant, as he fell on the whale's slippery back, the boat +righted, and was dashed aside by the swell, while Radney was tossed over +into the sea, on the other flank of the whale. He struck out through the +spray, and, for an instant, was dimly seen through that veil, wildly seeking +to remove himself from the eye of Moby Dick. But the whale rushed round in a +sudden maelstrom; seized the swimmer between his jaws; and rearing high up +with him, plunged headlong again, and went down. Meantime, at the first tap +of the boat's bottom, the Lakeman had slackened the line, so as to drop +astern from the whirlpool; calmly looking on, he thought his own thoughts. +But a sudden, terrific, downward jerking of the boat, quickly brought his +knife to the line. He cut it; and the whale was free. But, at some +distance, Moby Dick rose again, with some tatters of Radney's red woollen +shirt, caught in the teeth that had destroyed him. All four boats gave chase +again; but the whale eluded them, and finally wholly disappeared. In good +time, the Town-Ho reached her port --a savage, solitary place --where no +civilized creature resided. There, headed by the Lakeman, all but five or +six of the foremast-men deliberately deserted among the palms; eventually, as +it turned out, seizing a large double war-canoe of the savages, and setting +sail for some other harbor. The ship's company being reduced to but a +handful, the captain called upon the Islanders to assist him in the laborious + + business of heaving down the ship to stop the leak. But to such unresting +vigilance over their dangerous allies was this small +..

+band of whites necessitated, both by night and by day, and so extreme was the +hard work they underwent, that upon the vessel being ready again for sea, +they were in such a weakened condition that the captain durst not put off with +them in so heavy a vessel. After taking counsel with his officers, he +anchored the ship as far off shore as possible; loaded and ran out his two +cannon from the bows; stacked his muskets on the poop; and warning the +Islanders not to approach the ship at their peril, took one man with him, and +setting the sail of his best whale-boat, steered straight before the wind for +Tahiti, five hundred miles distant, to procure a reinforcement to his crew. + + On the fourth day of the sail, a large canoe was descried, which seemed to +have touched at a low isle of corals. He steered away from it; but the +savage craft bore down on him; and soon the voice of Steelkilt hailed him to +heave to, or he would run him under water. the captain presented a pistol. +With one foot on each prow of the yoked war-canoes, the Lakeman laughed him +to scorn; assuring him that if the pistol so much as clicked in the lock, he +would bury him in bubbles and foam. "What do you want of me? cried the +captain. "Where are you bound? and for what are you bound?" demanded +Steelkilt; "no lies." "I am bound to Tahiti for more men." "Very good. Let +me board you a moment --I come in peace." With that he leaped from the canoe, +swam to the boat; and climbing the gunwale, stood face to face with the +captain. "Cross your arms, sir; throw back your head. Now, repeat after +me. As soon as Steelkilt leaves me, I swear to beach this boat on yonder +island, and remain there six days. If I do not, may lightnings strike me!" + "A pretty scholar," laughed the Lakeman."Adios, Senor!" and leaping into the +sea, he swam back to his comrades. Watching the boat till it was fairly +beached, and drawn up to the roots of the cocoa-nut trees, Steelkilt made sail +again, and in due time arrived at Tahiti, his own place of destination. +There, luck befriended him; two ships were about to sail for France, and +were providentially in want of precisely that number +..

+of men which the sailor headed. They embarked; and so for ever got the start +of their former captain, had he been at all minded to work them legal +retribution. Some ten days after the French ships sailed, the whale-boat +arrived, and the captain was forced to enlist some of the more civilized +Tahitians, who had been somewhat used to the sea. Chartering a small native +schooner, he returned with them to his vessel; and finding all right there, +again resumed his cruisings. Where Steelkilt now is, gentlemen, none know; +but upon the island of Nantucket, the widow of Radney still turns to the sea +which refuses to give up its dead; still in dreams sees the awful white whale +that destroyed him. "Are you through?" said Don Sebastian, quietly. "I am, +Don." "Then I entreat you, tell me if to the best of your own convictions, + + this story is in substance really true? It is so passing wonderful! Did you +get it from an unquestionable source? Bear with me if I seem to press." + "Also bear with all of us, sir sailor; for we all join in Don Sebastian's +suit," cried the company, with exceeding interest. "Is there a copy of the +Holy Evangelists in the Golden Inn, gentlemen?" "Nay," said Don Sebastian; +"but I know a worthy priest near by, who will quickly procure one for me. I +go for it; but are you well advised? this may grow too serious." "Will you +be so good as to bring the priest also, Don?" "Though there are no +Auto-da-Fes in Lima now," said one of the company to another: "I fear our +sailor friend runs risk of the archiepiscopacy. Let us withdraw more out of +the moonlight. I see no need for this." "Excuse me for running after you, +Don Sebastian; but may I also beg that you will be particular in procuring +the largest sized Evangelists you can." "This is the priest, he brings you +the Evangelists," said Don Sebastian, gravely, returning with a tall and +solemn figure. "Let me remove my hat. Now, venerable priest, further into +the light, and hold the Holy Book before me that I may touch it." +..

+ "So help me Heaven, and on my honor the story I have told ye, gentlemen, is +in substance and its great items, true. I know it to be true; it happened on +this ball; I trod the ship; I knew the crew; I have seen and talked with +Steelkilt since the death of Radney." +..

+The ancient whale-cry upon first sighting a whale from the mast-head, still +used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin. +..

+.. < chapter lv 7 OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES > + + I shall ere long +paint to you as well as one can without canvas, something like the true form +of the whale as he actually appears to the eye of the whaleman when in his own +absolute body the whale is moored alongside the whale-ship so that he can be +fairly stepped upon there. It may be worth while, therefore, previously to +advert to those curious imaginary portraits of him which even down to the +present day confidently challenge the faith of the landsman. It is time to +set the world right in this matter, by proving such pictures of the whale all +wrong. It may be that the primal source of all those pictorial delusions will +be found among the oldest Hindoo, Egyptian, and Grecian sculptures. For ever +since those inventive but unscrupulous times when on the marble panellings of +temples, the pedestals of statues, and on shields, medallions, cups, and +coins, the dolphin was drawn in scales of chain-armor like Saladin's, and a +helmeted head like St. George's; ever since then has something of the same +sort of license prevailed, not only in most popular pictures of the whale, +but in many scientific presentations of him. Now, by all odds, the most +ancient extant portrait anyways purporting to be the whale's, is to be found +in the famous cavern-pagoda of Elephanta, in India. The Brahmins maintain +that in the almost endless sculptures of that immemorial pagoda, all the +trades and pursuits, every conceivable avocation of man, were prefigured ages +before any of them actually came into being. No wonder then, that in some +sort our noble profession +..

+of whaling should have been there shadowed forth. The Hindoo whale referred +to, occurs in a separate department of the wall, depicting the incarnation of +Vishnu in the form of leviathan, learnedly known as the Matse Avatar. But +though this sculpture is half man and half whale, so as only to give the tail +of the latter, yet that small section of him is all wrong. It looks more +like the tapering tail of an anaconda, than the broad palms of the true +whale's majestic flukes. But go to the old Galleries, and look now at a great +Christian painter's portrait of this fish; for he succeeds no better than the + + antediluvian Hindoo. It is Guido's picture of Perseus rescuing Andromeda +from the sea-monster or whale. Where did Guido get the model of such a +strange creature as that? Nor does Hogarth, in painting the same scene in +his own Perseus Descending, make out one whit better. The huge corpulence +of that Hogarthian monster undulates on the surface, scarcely drawing one +inch of water. It has a sort of howdah on its back, and its distended tusked +mouth into which the billows are rolling, might be taken for the Traitors' +Gate leading from the Thames by water into the Tower. Then, there are the +Prodromus whales of the old Scotch Sibbald, and Jonah's whale, as depicted +in the prints of old Bibles and the cuts of old primers. What shall be said +of these? As for the book-binder's whale winding like a vine-stalk round the +stock of a descending anchor --as stamped and gilded on the backs and +title-pages of many books both old and new --that is a very picturesque but +purely fabulous creature, imitated, I take it, from the like figures on +antique vases. Though universally denominated a dolphin, I nevertheless call +this book-binder's fish an attempt at a whale; because it was so intended +when the device was first introduced. It was introduced by an old Italian +publisher somewhere about the 15th century, during the Revival of Learning; +and in those days, and even down to a comparatively late period, dolphins +were popularly supposed to be a species of the Leviathan. In the vignettes +and other embellishments of some ancient books you will at times meet with +very curious touches at the whale, where all manner of spouts, jets d'eau, +hot springs and cold, Saratoga and Baden-Baden, come bubbling up from his + +..

+unexhausted brain. In the title-page of the original edition of the + + Advancement of Learning you will find some curious whales. But quitting all +these unprofessional attempts, let us glance at those pictures of leviathan +purporting to be sober, scientific delineations, by those who know. In old +Harris's collection of voyages there are some plates of whales extracted from +a Dutch book of voyages, A. D. +, entitled A Whaling Voyage to +Spitzbergen in the ship Jonas in the Whale, Peter Peterson of Friesland, +master. In one of those plates the whales, like great rafts of logs, are +represented lying among ice-isles, with white bears running over their living +backs. In another plate, the prodigious blunder is made of representing the +whale with perpendicular flukes. Then again, there is an imposing quarto, +written by one Captain Colnett, a Post Captain in the English navy, entitled + + A Voyage round Cape Horn into the South Seas, for the purpose of extending +the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries. In this book is an outline purporting to be +a Picture of a Physeter or Spermaceti whale, drawn by scale from one killed +on the coast of Mexico, August, +, and hoisted on deck. I doubt not the +captain had this veracious picture taken for the benefit of his marines. To +mention but one thing about it, let me say that it has an eye which applied, +according to the accompanying scale, to a full grown sperm whale, would make +the eye of that whale a bow-window some five feet long. Ah, my gallant +captain, why did ye not give us Jonah looking out of that eye! Nor are the +most conscientious compilations of Natural History for the benefit of the +young and tender, free from the same heinousness of mistake. Look at that +popular work Goldsmith's Animated Nature. In the abridged London edition of + +, there are plates of an alleged whale and a narwhale. I do not wish +to seem inelegant, but this unsightly whale looks much like an amputated sow; + + and, as for the narwhale, one glimpse at it is enough to amaze one, that in +this nineteenth century such a hippogriff could be palmed for genuine upon any + + intelligent public of schoolboys. Then, again, in +, Bernard Germain, +Count de Lacepede, +..

+a great naturalist, published a scientific systemized whale book, wherein are +several pictures of the different species of the Leviathan. All these are +not only incorrect, but the picture of the Mysticetus or Greenland whale +(that is to say, the Right whale), even Scoresby, a long experienced man as +touching that species, declares not to have its counterpart in nature. But +the placing of the cap-sheaf to all this blundering business was reserved for +the scientific Frederick Cuvier, brother to the famous Baron. In +, he +published a Natural History of Whales, in which he gives what he calls a +picture of the Sperm Whale. Before showing that picture to any Nantucketer, +you had best provide for your summary retreat from Nantucket. In a word, +Frederick Cuvier's Sperm Whale is not a Sperm Whale, but a squash. Of course, +he never had the benefit of a whaling voyage (such men seldom have), but +whence he derived that picture, who can tell? Perhaps he got it as his +scientific predecessor in the same field, Desmarest, got one of his +authentic abortions; that is, from a Chinese drawing. And what sort of +lively lads with the pencil those Chinese are, many queer cups and saucers +inform us. As for the sign-painters' whales seen in the streets hanging over +the shops of oil-dealers, what shall be said of them? They are generally +Richard III. whales, with dromedary humps, and very savage; breakfasting on +three or four sailor tarts, that is whaleboats full of mariners: their +deformities floundering in seas of blood and blue paint. but these manifold +mistakes in depicting the whale are not so very surprising after all. +Consider! Most of the scientific drawings have been taken from the +stranded fish; and these are about as correct as a drawing of a wrecked ship, + + with broken back, would correctly represent the noble animal itself in all +its undashed pride of hull and spars. Though elephants have stood for their +full-lengths, the living Leviathan has never yet fairly floated himself for +his portrait. The living whale, in his full majesty and significance, is +only to be seen at sea in unfathomable waters; and afloat the vast bulk of +him is out of sight, like a launched line-of-battle ship; and out of that +element it is a thing eternally impossible for mortal man to hoist +..

+him bodily into the air, so as to preserve all his mighty swells and +undulations. And, not to speak of the highly presumable difference of +contour between a young sucking whale and a full-grown Platonian Leviathan; +yet, even in the case of one of those young sucking whales hoisted to a ship's +deck, such is then the outlandish, eel-like, limbered, varying shape of him, +that his precise expression the devil himself could not catch. But it may be +fancied, that from the naked skeleton of the stranded whale, accurate hints +may be derived touching his true form. Not at all. For it is one of the more +curious things about this Leviathan, that his skeleton gives very little idea +of his general shape. Though Jeremy Bentham's skeleton, which hangs for +candelabra in the library of one of his executors, correctly conveys the idea +of a burly-browed utilitarian old gentleman, with all Jeremy's other leading +personal characteristics; yet nothing of this kind could be inferred from +any leviathan's articulated bones. In fact, as the great Hunter says, the +mere skeleton of the whale bears the same relation to the fully invested and +padded animal as the insect does to the chrysalis that so roundingly envelopes +it. This peculiarity is strikingly evinced in the head, as in some part of +this book will be incidentally shown. It is also very curiously displayed in +the side fin, the bones of which almost exactly answer to the bones of the +human hand, minus only the thumb. This fin has four regular bone-fingers, +the index, middle, ring, and little finger. But all these are permanently +lodged in their fleshy covering, as the human fingers in an artificial +covering. However recklessly the whale may sometimes serve us, said +humorous Stubb one day, he can never be truly said to handle us without +mittens. For all these reasons, then, any way you may look at it, you must +needs conclude that the great Leviathan is that one creature in the world +which must remain unpainted to the last. True, one portrait may hit the mark +much nearer than another, but none can hit it with any very considerable +degree of exactness. So there is no earthly way of finding out precisely what +the whale really looks like. And the only mode in which you can derive even a +tolerable idea of his living contour, is by +..

+going a whaling yourself; but by so doing, you run no small risk of being +eternally stove and sunk by him. Wherefore, it seems to me you had best not +be too fastidious in your curiosity touching this Leviathan. +..

+.. < chapter lvi 6 OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES, AND THE TRUE > + + + + PICTURES OF WHALING SCENES In connexion with the monstrous pictures of +whales, I am strongly tempted here to enter upon those still more monstrous +stories of them which are to be found in certain books, both ancient and +modern, especially in Pliny, Purchas, Hackluyt, Harris, Cuvier, etc. But I +pass that matter by. i know of only four published outlines of the great Sperm + + Whale; Colnett's, Huggins's, Frederick Cuvier's, and Beale's. In the +previous chapter Colnett and Cuvier have been referred to. Huggins's is far +better than theirs; but, by great odds, Beale's is the best. All Beale's +drawings of this whale are good, excepting the middle figure in the picture of +three whales in various attitudes, capping his second chapter. His +frontispiece, boats attacking Sperm Whales, though no doubt calculated to +excite the civil scepticism of some parlor men, is admirably correct and +life-like in its general effect. Some of the Sperm Whale drawings in J. Ross +Browne are pretty correct in contour; but they are wretchedly engraved. That +is not his fault though. Of the Right Whale, the best outline pictures are in +Scoresby; but they are drawn on too small a scale to convey a desirable +impression. He has but one picture of whaling scenes, and this is a sad +deficiency, because it is by such pictures only, when at all well done, +that you can derive anything like a truthful idea of the living whale as seen +by his living hunters. But, taken for all in all, by far the finest, though +in some details not the most correct, presentations of whales and whaling +..

+scenes to be anywhere found, are two large French engravings, well executed, +and taken from paintings by one Garnery. Respectively, they represent +attacks on the Sperm and Right Whale. In the first engraving a noble Sperm +Whale is depicted in full majesty of might, just risen beneath the boat from +the profundities of the ocean, and bearing high in the air upon his back the +terrific wreck of the stoven planks. The prow of the boat is partially +unbroken, and is drawn just balancing upon the monster's spine; and standing +in that prow, for that one single incomputable flash of time, you behold an +oarsman, half shrouded by the incensed boiling spout of the whale, and in +the act of leaping, as if from a precipice. The action of the whole thing is +wonderfully good and true. The half-emptied line-tub floats on the whitened +sea; the wooden poles of the spilled harpoons obliquely bob in it; the heads +of the swimming crew are scattered about the whale in contrasting expressions +of affright; while in the black stormy distance the ship is bearing down upon +the scene. Serious fault might be found with the anatomical details of this +whale, but let that pass; since, for the life of me, I could not draw so +good a one. In the second engraving, the boat is in the act of drawing +alongside the barnacled flank of a large running Right Whale, that rolls his +black weedy bulk in the sea like some mossy rock-slide from the Patagonian +cliffs. His jets are erect, full, and black like soot; so that from so +abounding a smoke in the chimney, you would think there must be a brave +supper cooking in the great bowels below. Sea fowls are pecking at the small +crabs, shell-fish, and other sea candies and maccaroni, which the Right Whale +sometimes carries on his pestilent back. And all the while the thick-lipped +leviathan is rushing through the deep, leaving tons of tumultuous white curds +in his wake, and causing the slight boat to rock in the swells like a skiff +caught nigh the paddle-wheels of an ocean steamer. Thus, the foreground is +all raging commotion; but behind, in admirable artistic contrast, is the +glassy level of a sea becalmed, the drooping unstarched sails of the +powerless ship, and the inert mass of a dead whale, a conquered fortress, +with the flag of capture lazily hanging from the whale-pole inserted into his +spout-hole. +..

+Who Garnery the painter is, or was, I know not. But my life for it he was +either practically conversant with his subject, or else marvellously tutored +by some experienced whaleman. The French are the lads for painting action. +Go and gaze upon all the paintings in Europe, and where will you find such a +gallery of living and breathing commotion on canvas, as in that triumphal +hall at Versailles; where the beholder fights his way, pell-mell, through the +consecutive great battles of France; where every sword seems a flash of the +Northern Lights, and the successive armed kings and Emperors dash by, like a +charge of crowned centaurs? Not wholly unworthy of a place in that gallery, +are these sea battle-pieces of Garnery. The natural aptitude of the French for +seizing the picturesqueness of things seems to be peculiarly evinced in what +paintings and engravings they have of their whaling scenes. With not one +tenth of England's experience in the fishery, and not the thousandth part of +that of the Americans, they have nevertheless furnished both nations with the +only finished sketches at all capable of conveying the real spirit of the +whale hunt. For the most part, the English and American whale draughtsmen +seem entirely content with presenting the mechanical outline of things, such +as the vacant profile of the whale; which, so far as picturesqueness of +effect is concerned, is about tantamount to sketching the profile of a +pyramid. Even Scoresby, the justly renowned Right whaleman, after giving us +a stiff full length of the Greenland whale, and three or four delicate +miniatures of narwhales and porpoises, treats us to a series of classical +engravings of boat hooks, chopping knives, and grapnels; and with the +microscopic diligence of a Leuwenhoeck submits to the inspection of a +shivering world ninety-six fac-similes of magnified Arctic snow crystals. I +mean no disparagement to the excellent voyager (I honor him for a veteran), +but in so important a matter it was certainly an oversight not to have +procured for every crystal a sworn affidavit taken before a Greenland Justice +of the Peace. In addition to those fine engravings from Garnery, there are +two other French engravings worthy of note, by some one who subscribes +himself h. durand. one of them, though not precisely +..

+adapted to our present purpose, nevertheless deserves mention on other +accounts. It is a quiet noon-scene among the isles of the Pacific; a French +whaler anchored, inshore, in a calm, and lazily taking water on board; the +loosened sails of the ship, and the long leaves of the palms in the +background, both drooping together in the breezeless air. The effect is very +fine, when considered with reference to its presenting the hardy fishermen +under one of their few aspects of oriental repose. The other engraving is +quite a different affair: the ship hove-to upon the open sea, and in the +very heart of the Leviathanic life, with a Right Whale alongside; the vessel + (in the act of cutting-in) hove over to the monster as if to a quay; and a +boat, hurriedly pushing off from this scene of activity, is about giving +chase to whales in the distance. The harpoons and lances lie levelled for +use; three oarsmen are just setting the mast in its hole; while from a +sudden roll of the sea, the little craft stands half-erect out of the water, +like a rearing horse. From the ship, the smoke of the torments of the boiling +whale is going up like the smoke over a village of smithies; and to +windward, a black cloud, rising up with earnest of squalls and rains, seems +to quicken the activity of the excited seamen. +..

+.. < chapter lvii 23 OF WHALES IN PAINT; IN TEETH; IN WOOD; IN > + + +SHEET-IRON; IN STONE; IN MOUNTAINS; IN STARS On Tower-hill, as you go down +to the London docks, you may have seen a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the +sailors say) holding a painted board before him, representing the tragic +scene in which he lost his leg. There are three whales and three boats; and +one of the boats (presumed to contain the missing leg in all its original +integrity) is being crunched by the jaws of the foremost whale. Any time +these ten years, they tell me, has that man held up that picture, and +exhibited +..

+that stump to an incredulous world. But the time of his justification has now +come. His three whales are as good whales as were ever published in Wapping, +at any rate; and his stump as unquestionable a stump as any you will find in +the western clearings. But, though for ever mounted on that stump, never a +stump-speech does the poor whaleman make; but, with downcast eyes, stands +ruefully contemplating his own amputation. Throughout the Pacific, and also +in Nantucket, and New Bedford, and Sag Harbor, you will come across lively +sketches of whales and whaling-scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on +Sperm Whale-teeth, or ladies' busks wrought out of the Right Whale-bone, and +other like skrimshander articles, as the whalemen call the numerous little +ingenious contrivances they elaborately carve out of the rough material, in +their hours of ocean leisure. Some of them have little boxes of +dentistical-looking implements, specially intended for the skrimshandering +business. But, in general, they toil with their jack-knives alone; and, with +that almost omnipotent tool of the sailor, they will turn you out anything +you please, in the way of a mariner's fancy. Long exile from Christendom and +civilization inevitably restores a man to that condition in which God placed +him, i. e. what is called savagery. Your true whale-hunter is as much a +savage as an Iroquois. I myself am a savage; owning no allegiance but to the +King of the Cannibals; and ready at any moment to rebel against him. Now, +one of the peculiar characteristics of the savage in his domestic hours, is +his wonderful patience of industry. An ancient Hawaiian war-club or +spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as +great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon. For, with but a bit +of broken sea-shell or a shark's tooth, that miraculous intricacy of wooden +net-work has been achieved; and it has cost steady years of steady +application. As with the Hawaiian savage, so with the white sailor-savage. +With the same marvellous patience, and with the same single shark's tooth, +of his one poor jack-knife, he will carve you a bit of bone sculpture, not +quite as workmanlike, but as close +..

+packed in its maziness of design, as the Greek savage, Achilles's shield; +and full of barbaric spirit and suggestiveness, as the prints of that fine +old Dutch savage, Albert Durer. Wooden whales, or whales cut in profile out +of the small dark slabs of the noble South Sea war-wood, are frequently met +with in the forecastles of American whalers. Some of them are done with much +accuracy. At some old gable-roofed country houses you will see brass whales +hung by the tail for knockers to the road-side door. When the porter is +sleepy, the anvil-headed whale would be best. But these knocking whales are +seldom remarkable as faithful essays. On the spires of some old-fashioned +churches you will see sheet-iron whales placed there for weather-cocks; but +they are so elevated, and besides that are to all intents and purposes so +labelled with Hands off! you cannot examine them closely enough to decide +upon their merit. In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of +high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the +plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the +Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in +a surf of green surges. Then, again, in mountainous countries where the +traveller is continually girdled by amphitheatrical heights; here and there +from some lucky point of view you will catch passing glimpses of the profiles +of whales defined along the undulating ridges. But you must be a thorough +whaleman, to see these sights; and not only that, but if you wish to return +to such a sight again, you must be sure and take the exact intersecting +latitude and longitude of your first stand-point, else so chance-like are +such observations of the hills, that your precise, previous stand-point would +require a laborious re-discovery; like the Solomon islands, which still +remain incognita, though once high-ruffed Mendanna trod them and old Figuera +chronicled them. Nor when expandingly lifted by your subject, can you fail to + + trace out great whales in the starry heavens, and boats in pursuit of them; +as when long filled with thoughts of war the Eastern nations saw armies locked +in battle among the clouds. Thus at the North have I chased Leviathan round +and round +..

+the Pole with the revolutions of the bright points that first defined him to +me. And beneath the effulgent Antarctic skies I have boarded the Argo-Navis, +and joined the chase against the starry Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of +Hydrus and the Flying Fish. With a frigate's anchors for my bridle-bitts and +fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the +topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless +tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight! +..

+.. < chapter lviii 11 BRIT > + + Steering north-eastward from the Crozetts, we +fell in with vast meadows of brit, the minute, yellow substance, upon which +the Right Whale largely feeds. For leagues and leagues it undulated round us, + + so that we seemed to be sailing through boundless fields of ripe and golden +wheat. On the second day, numbers of Right Whales were seen, who, secure +from the attack of a Sperm Whaler like the Pequod, with open jaws sluggishly +swam through the brit, which, adhering to the fringing fibres of that wondrous +Venetian blind in their mouths, was in that manner separated from the water +that escaped at the lip. As morning mowers, who side by side slowly and +seethingly advance their scythes through the long wet grass of marshy meads; +even so these monsters swam, making a strange, grassy, cutting sound; and +leaving behind them endless swaths of blue upon the yellow sea. +..

+But it was only the sound they made as they parted the brit which at all +reminded one of mowers. Seen from the mast-heads, especially when they paused +and were stationary for a while, their vast black forms looked more like +lifeless masses of rock than anything else. And as in the great hunting +countries of India, the stranger at a distance will sometimes pass on the +plains recumbent elephants without knowing them to be such, taking them for +bare, blackened elevations of the soil; even so, often, with him, who for the +first time beholds this species of the leviathans of the sea. And even when +recognised at last, their immense magnitude renders it very hard really to +believe that such bulky masses of overgrowth can possibly be instinct, in all +parts, with the same sort of life that lives in a dog or a horse. Indeed, in +other respects, you can hardly regard any creatures of the deep with the same +feelings that you do those of the shore. For though some old naturalists have +maintained that all creatures of the land are of their kind in the sea; and +though taking a broad general view of the thing, this may very well be; yet +coming to specialties, where, for example, does the ocean furnish any fish +that in disposition answers to the sagacious kindness of the dog? The +accursed shark alone can in any generic respect be said to bear comparative +analogy to him. But though, to landsmen in general, the native inhabitants +of the seas have ever been regarded with emotions unspeakably unsocial and +repelling; though we know the sea to be an everlasting terra incognita, so +that Columbus sailed over numberless unknown worlds to discover his one +superficial western one; though, by vast odds, the most terrific of all mortal +disasters have immemorially and indiscriminately befallen tens and hundreds +of thousands of those who have gone upon the waters; though but a moment's +consideration will teach, that however baby man may brag of his science and +skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may +augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will +insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can +make; nevertheless, by the continual repetition of these +..

+very impressions, man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea +which aboriginally belongs to it. The first boat we read of, floated on an +ocean, that with Portuguese vengeance had whelmed a whole world without +leaving so much as a widow. That same ocean rolls now; that same ocean +destroyed the wrecked ships of last year. Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood +is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers. Wherein +differ the sea and the land, that a miracle upon one is not a miracle upon +the other? Preternatural terrors rested upon the Hebrews, when under the +feet of Korah and his company the live ground opened and swallowed them up for +ever; yet not a modern sun ever sets, but in precisely the same manner the +live sea swallows up ships and crews. But not only is the sea such a foe to +man who is an alien to it, but it is also a fiend to its own offspring; +worse than the Persian host who murdered his own guests; sparing not the +creatures which itself hath spawned. Like a savage tigress that tossing in +the jungle overlays her own cubs, so the sea dashes even the mightiest whales +against the rocks, and leaves them there side by side with the split wrecks +of ships. No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting +like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean +overruns the globe. Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded +creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously +hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure. Consider also the devilish +brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty +embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider, once more, the +universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, +carrying on eternal war since the world began. Consider all this; and then +turn to this green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the +sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in +yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the +soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but +encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. +..

+God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return! +..

+That part of the sea known among whalemen as the Brazil Banks does not bear +that name as the Banks of Newfoundland do, because of there being shallows +and soundings there, but because of this remarkable meadow-like appearance, + + caused by the vast drifts of brit continually floating in those latitudes, +where the Right Whale is often chased. +..

+.. < chapter lix 4 SQUID > + + Slowly wading through the meadows of brit, the +Pequod still held on her way north-eastward towards the island of Java; a +gentle air impelling her keel, so that in the surrounding serenity her three +tall tapering masts mildly waved to that languid breeze, as three mild palms +on a plain. And still, at wide intervals in the silvery night, the lonely, +alluring jet would be seen. But one transparent blue morning, when a +stillness almost preternatural spread over the sea, however unattended with +any stagnant calm; when the long burnished sun-glade on the waters seemed a +golden finger laid across them, enjoining some secresy; when the slippered +waves whispered together as they softly ran on; in this profound hush of the +visible sphere a strange spectre was seen by Daggoo from the main-mast-head. +In the distance, a great white mass lazily rose, and rising higher and +higher, and disentangling itself from the azure, at last gleamed before our +prow like a snow-slide, new slid from the hills. Thus glistening for a +moment, as slowly it subsided, and sank. Then once more arose, and silently +gleamed. It seemed not a whale; and yet is this Moby Dick? thought Daggoo. +Again the phantom went down, but on re-appearing once more, with a +stiletto-like cry that startled every man from his nod, the negro yelled out +-- There! there again! there she breaches! right ahead! The White Whale, +the White Whale! Upon this, the seamen rushed to the yard-arms, as in +swarming-time the bees rush to the boughs. Bare-headed in the sultry sun, +Ahab stood on the bowsprit, and with one hand pushed far behind in readiness +to wave his orders to the helmsman, cast +..

+his eager glance in the direction indicated aloft by the outstretched +motionless arm of Daggoo. Whether the flitting attendance of the one still and +solitary jet had gradually worked upon Ahab, so that he was now prepared to +connect the ideas of mildness and repose with the first sight of the +particular whale he pursued; however this was, or whether his eagerness +betrayed him; whichever way it might have been, no sooner did he distinctly +perceive the white mass, than with a quick intensity he instantly gave orders +for lowering. The four boats were soon on the water; Ahab's in advance, and +all swiftly pulling towards their prey. Soon it went down, and while, with +oars suspended, we were awaiting its reappearance, lo! in the same spot where +it sank, once more it slowly rose. Almost forgetting for the moment all +thoughts of Moby Dick, we now gazed at the most wondrous phenomenon which the +secret seas have hitherto revealed to mankind. A vast pulpy mass, furlongs in +length and breadth, of a glancing cream-color, lay floating on the water, +innumerable long arms radiating from its centre, and curling and twisting like +a nest of anacondas, as if blindly to clutch at any hapless object within +reach. No perceptible face or front did it have; no conceivable token of +either sensation or instinct; but undulated there on the billows, an +unearthly, formless, chance-like apparition of life. As with a low sucking +sound it slowly disappeared again, Starbuck still gazing at the agitated +waters where it had sunk, with a wild voice exclaimed -- Almost rather had I +seen Moby Dick and fought him, than to have seen thee, thou white ghost! + + What was it, Sir? said Flask. The great live squid, which they say, few +whale-ships ever beheld, and returned to their ports to tell of it. But +Ahab said nothing; turning his boat, he sailed back to the vessel; the rest +as silently following. Whatever superstitions the sperm whalemen in general +have connected with the sight of this object, certain it is, that a glimpse +of it being so very unusual, that circumstance has gone far to invest it with +portentousness. So rarely is it beheld, that though one and all of them +declare it to be the largest animated thing in the ocean, yet very few of +them have any but +..

+the most vague ideas concerning its true nature and form; notwithstanding, +they believe it to furnish to the sperm whale his only food. For though other +species of whales find their food above water, and may be seen by man in the +act of feeding, the spermaceti whale obtains his whole food in unknown zones +below the surface; and only by inference is it that any one can tell of what, +precisely, that food consists. At times, when closely pursued, he will +disgorge what are supposed to be the detached arms of the squid; some of them +thus exhibited exceeding twenty and thirty feet in length. They fancy that +the monster to which these arms belonged ordinarily clings by them to the bed +of the ocean; and that the sperm whale, unlike other species, is supplied +with teeth in order to attack and tear it. There seems some ground to imagine +that the great Kraken of Bishop Pontoppodan may ultimately resolve itself into +Squid. The manner in which the Bishop describes it, as alternately rising +and sinking, with some other particulars he narrates, in all this the two +correspond. But much abatement is necessary with respect to the incredible +bulk he assigns it. By some naturalists who have vaguely heard rumors of the +mysterious creature, here spoken of, it is included among the class of +cuttle-fish, to which, indeed, in certain external respects it would seem to +belong, but only as the Anak of the tribe. +..

+.. < chapter lx 26 THE LINE > + + With reference to the whaling scene shortly to +be described, as well as for the better understanding of all similar scenes +elsewhere presented, I have here to speak of the magical, sometimes horrible +whale-line. The line originally used in the fishery was of the best hemp, +slightly vapored with tar, not impregnated with it, as in the +..

+case of ordinary ropes; for while tar, as ordinarily used, makes the hemp +more pliable to the rope-maker, and also renders the rope itself more +convenient to the sailor for common ship use; yet, not only would the ordinary +quantity too much stiffen the whale-line for the close coiling to which it +must be subjected; but as most seamen are beginning to learn, tar in general +by no means adds to the rope's durability or strength, however much it may +give it compactness and gloss. Of late years the Manilla rope has in the +American fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as a material for +whale-lines; for, though not so durable as hemp, it is stronger, and far +more soft and elastic; and I will add (since there is an aesthetics in all +things), is much more handsome and becoming to the boat, than hemp. Hemp is +a dusky, dark fellow, a sort of Indian; but Manilla is as a golden-haired +Circassian to behold. The whale line is only two thirds of an inch in +thickness. At first sight, you would not think it so strong as it really is. +By experiment its one and fifty yarns will each suspend a weight of one +hundred and twenty pounds; so that the whole rope will bear a strain nearly +equal to three tons. In length, the common sperm whale-line measures +something over two hundred fathoms. Towards the stern of the boat it is +spirally coiled away in the tub, not like the worm-pipe of a still though, +but so as to form one round, cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, +or layers of concentric spiralizations, without any hollow but the heart, +or minute vertical tube formed at the axis of the cheese. As the least tangle +or kink in the coiling would, in running out, infallibly take somebody's arm, +leg, or entire body off, the utmost precaution is used in stowing the line in +its tub. Some harpooneers will consume almost an entire morning in this +business, carrying the line high aloft and then reeving it downwards through a +block towards the tub, so as in the act of coiling to free it from all +possible wrinkles and twists. In the English boats two tubs are used instead +of one; the same line being continuously coiled in both tubs. There is +some advantage in this; because these twin-tubs being so small they fit more +readily into the boat, and do not strain it so much; whereas, the American +tub, nearly three feet in diameter and +..

+of proportionate depth, makes a rather bulky freight for a craft whose planks +are but one half-inch in thickness; for the bottom of the whale-boat is like +critical ice, which will bear up a considerable distributed weight, but +not very much of a concentrated one. When the painted canvas cover is clapped +on the american line-tub, the boat looks as if it were pulling off with a +prodigious great wedding-cake to present to the whales. Both ends of the line +are exposed; the lower end terminating in an eye-splice or loop coming up +from the bottom against the side of the tub, and hanging over its edge +completely disengaged from everything. This arrangement of the lower end is +necessary on two accounts. First: In order to facilitate the fastening to +it of an additional line from a neighboring boat, in case the stricken whale +should sound so deep as to threaten to carry off the entire line originally +attached to the harpoon. In these instances, the whale of course is shifted +like a mug of ale, as it were, from the one boat to the other; though the +first boat always hovers at hand to assist its consort. Second: This +arrangement is indispensable for common safety's sake; for were the lower end +of the line in any way attached to the boat, and were the whale then to run +the line out to the end almost in a single, smoking minute as he sometimes +does, he would not stop there, for the doomed boat would infallibly be +dragged down after him into the profundity of the sea; and in that case no +town-crier would ever find her again. Before lowering the boat for the chase, +the upper end of the line is taken aft from the tub, and passing round the +logger-head there, is again carried forward the entire length of the boat, +resting crosswise upon the loom or handle of every man's oar, so that it jogs +against his wrist in rowing; and also passing between the men, as they +alternately sit at the opposite gunwales, to the leaded chocks or grooves in +the extreme pointed prow of the boat, where a wooden pin or skewer the size +of a common quill, prevents it from slipping out. From the chocks it hangs +in a slight festoon over the bows, and is then passed inside the boat again; +and some ten or twenty fathoms (called box-line) being coiled upon the box in +the bows, it continues its way to the gunwale still a little further aft, +and is then +..

+attached to the short-warp --the rope which is immediately connected with the +harpoon; but previous to that connexion, the short-warp goes through sundry +mystifications too tedious to detail. Thus the whale-line folds the whole +boat in its complicated coils, twisting and writhing around it in almost +every direction. All the oarsmen are involved in its perilous contortions; so +that to the timid eye of the landsman, they seem as Indian jugglers, with +the deadliest snakes sportively festooning their limbs. Nor can any son of +mortal woman, for the first time, seat himself amid those hempen +intricacies, and while straining his utmost at the oar, bethink him that at +any unknown instant the harpoon may be darted, and all these horrible +contortions be put in play like ringed lightnings; he cannot be thus +circumstanced without a shudder that makes the very marrow in his bones to +quiver in him like a shaken jelly. Yet habit --strange thing! what cannot +habit accomplish? --Gayer sallies, more merry mirth, better jokes, and brighter +repartees, you never heard over your mahogany, than you will hear over the +half-inch white cedar of the whale-boat, when thus hung in hangman's nooses; +and, like the six burghers of Calais before King Edward, the six men +composing the crew pull into the jaws of death, with a halter around every +neck, as you may say. Perhaps a very little thought will now enable you to +account for those repeated whaling disasters --some few of which are casually +chronicled --of this man or that man being taken out of the boat by the line, +and lost. For, when the line is darting out, to be seated then in the boat, +is like being seated in the midst of the manifold whizzings of a steam-engine +in full play, when every flying beam, and shaft, and wheel, is grazing you. +It is worse; for you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils, +because the boat is rocking like a cradle, and you are pitched one way and +the other, without the slightest warning; and only by a certain +self-adjusting buoyancy and simultaneousness of volition and action, can you +escape being made a Mazeppa of, and run away with where the all-seeing sun +himself could never pierce you out. Again: as the profound calm which only +apparently precedes +..

+and prophesies of the storm, is perhaps more awful than the storm itself; +for, indeed, the calm is but the wrapper and envelope of the storm; and +contains it in itself, as the seemingly harmless rifle holds the fatal powder, + + and the ball, and the explosion; so the graceful repose of the line, as it +silently serpentines about the oarsmen before being brought into actual play -- + + this is a thing which carries more of true terror than any other aspect of +this dangerous affair. But why say more? All men live enveloped in +whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only +when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the +silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, +though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of + + terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a +harpoon, by your side. +..

+.. < chapter lxi 17 STUBB KILLS A WHALE > + + If to Starbuck the apparition of +the Squid was a thing of portents, to Queequeg it was quite a different +object. When you see him 'quid, said the savage, honing his harpoon in the +bow of his hoisted boat, then you quick see him 'parm whale. The next day +was exceedingly still and sultry, and with nothing special to engage them, +the Pequod's crew could hardly resist the spell of sleep induced by such a +vacant sea. For this part of the Indian Ocean through which we then were +voyaging is not what whalemen call a lively ground; that is, it affords +fewer glimpses of porpoises, dolphins, flying-fish, and other vivacious +denizens of more stirring waters, than those off the Rio de la Plata, or the +in-shore ground off Peru. It was my turn to stand at the foremast-head; and +with my shoulders leaning against the slackened royal shrouds, to and +..

+fro I idly swayed in what seemed an enchanted air. No resolution could +withstand it; in that dreamy mood losing all consciousness, at last my soul +went out of my body; though my body still continued to sway as a pendulum +will, long after the power which first moved it is withdrawn. Ere +forgetfulness altogether came over me, I had noticed that the seamen at the +main and mizen mast-heads were already drowsy. So that at last all three of +us lifelessly swung from the spars, and for every swing that we made there +was a nod from below from the slumbering helmsman. The waves, too, nodded +their indolent crests; and across the wide trance of the sea, east nodded to +west, and the sun over all. Suddenly bubbles seemed bursting beneath my +closed eyes; like vices my hands grasped the shrouds; some invisible, +gracious agency preserved me; with a shock I came back to life. And lo! +close under our lee, not forty fathoms off, a gigantic Sperm Whale lay rolling +in the water like the capsized hull of a frigate, his broad, glossy back, of +an Ethiopian hue, glistening in the sun's rays like a mirror. But lazily +undulating in the trough of the sea, and ever and anon tranquilly spouting +his vapory jet, the whale looked like a portly burgher smoking his pipe of a +warm afternoon. But that pipe, poor whale, was thy last. As if struck by +some enchanter's wand, the sleepy ship and every sleeper in it all at once +started into wakefulness; and more than a score of voices from all parts of +the vessel, simultaneously with the three notes from aloft, shouted forth the +accustomed cry, as the great fish slowly and regularly spouted the sparkling +brine into the air. clear away the boats! luff! cried Ahab. And obeying +his own order, he dashed the helm down before the helmsman could handle the +spokes. The sudden exclamations of the crew must have alarmed the whale; and +ere the boats were down, majestically turning, he swam away to the leeward, +but with such a steady tranquillity, and making so few ripples as he swam, +that thinking after all he might not as yet be alarmed, Ahab gave orders that +not an oar should be used, and no man must speak but in whispers. So seated +like Ontario Indians on the gunwales of the boats, +..

+we swiftly but silently paddled along; the calm not admitting of the +noiseless sails being set. Presently, as we thus glided in chase, the +monster perpendicularly flitted his tail forty feet into the air, and then +sank out of sight like a tower swallowed up. There go flukes! was the cry, +an announcement immediately followed by Stubb's producing his match and +igniting his pipe, for now a respite was granted. After the full interval of +his sounding had elapsed, the whale rose again, and being now in advance of +the smoker's boat, and much nearer to it than to any of the others, Stubb +counted upon the honor of the capture. It was obvious, now, that the whale +had at length become aware of his pursuers. All silence of cautiousness was +therefore no longer of use. Paddles were dropped, and oars came loudly into +play. And still puffing at his pipe, Stubb cheered on his crew to the +assault. Yes, a mighty change had come over the fish. All alive to his +jeopardy, he was going head out; that part obliquely projecting from the +mad yeast which he brewed. Start her, start her, my men! Don't hurry +yourselves; take plenty of time --but start her; start her like +thunder-claps, that's all, cried Stubb, spluttering out the smoke as he +spoke. start her, now; give 'em the long and strong stroke, tashtego. +Start her, Tash, my boy --start her, all; but keep cool, keep cool-- +cucumbers is the word --easy, easy --only start her like grim death and +grinning devils, and raise the buried dead perpendicular out of their graves, +boys --that's all. Start her! Woo-hoo! Wa-hee! screamed the Gay-Header in +reply, raising some old war-whoop to the skies; as every oarsman in the +strained boat involuntarily bounced forward with the one tremendous leading +stroke which the eager Indian gave. +..

+But his wild screams were answered by others quite as wild. Kee-hee! +Kee-hee! yelled Daggoo, straining forwards and backwards on his seat, +like a pacing tiger in his cage. Ka-la! Koo-loo! howled Queequeg, as if +smacking his lips over a mouthful of Grenadier's steak. And thus with oars +and yells the keels cut the sea. Meanwhile, Stubb retaining his place in the +van, still encouraged his men to the onset, all the while puffing the smoke +from his mouth. Like desperadoes they tugged and they strained, till the +welcome cry was heard -- Stand up, Tashtego! --give it to him! The harpoon was +hurled. Stern all! The oarsmen backed water; the same moment something +went hot and hissing along every one of their wrists. It was the magical +line. An instant before, Stubb had swiftly caught two additional turns with +it round the loggerhead, whence, by reason of its increased rapid circlings, +a hempen blue smoke now jetted up and mingled with the steady fumes from his +pipe. As the line passed round and round the loggerhead; so also, just +before reaching that point, it blisteringly passed through and through both +of Stubb's hands, from which the hand-cloths, or squares of quilted canvas +sometimes worn at these times, had accidentally dropped. It was like holding +an enemy's sharp two-edged sword by the blade, and that enemy all the time +striving to wrest it out of your clutch. Wet the line! wet the line! cried +stubb to the tub oarsman (him seated by the tub) who, snatching off his hat, +dashed the sea-water into it. More turns were taken, so that the line began +holding its place. The boat now flew through the boiling water like a shark +all fins. Stubb and Tashtego here changed places -- stem for stern --a +staggering business truly in that rocking commotion. From the vibrating line +extending the entire length of the upper part of the boat, and from its now +being more tight than a harpstring, you would have thought the craft had two +keels -- one cleaving the water, the other the air --as the boat churned +..

+on through both opposing elements at once. A continual cascade played at the +bows; a ceaseless whirling eddy in her wake; and, at the slightest motion +from within, even but of a little finger, the vibrating, cracking craft +canted over her spasmodic gunwale into the sea. Thus they rushed; each man +with might and main clinging to his seat, to prevent being tossed to the +foam; and the tall form of Tashtego at the steering oar crouching almost +double, in order to bring down his centre of gravity. Whole Atlantics and +Pacifics seemed passed as they shot on their way, till at length the whale +somewhat slackened his flight. Haul in --haul in! cried Stubb to the +bowsman! and, facing round towards the whale, all hands began pulling the +boat up to him, while yet the boat was being towed on. Soon ranging up by +his flank, Stubb, firmly planting his knee in the clumsy cleat, darted dart +after dart into the flying fish; at the word of command, the boat +alternately sterning out of the way of the whale's horrible wallow, and then +ranging up for another fling. The red tide now poured from all sides of the +monster like brooks down a hill. His tormented body rolled not in brine but +in blood, which bubbled and seethed for furlongs behind in their wake. The +slanting sun playing upon this crimson pond in the sea, sent back its +reflection into every face, so that they all glowed to each other like red +men. And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot +from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth +of the excited headsman; as at every dart, hauling in upon his crooked +lance (by the line attached to it), Stubb straightened it again and again, +by a few rapid blows against the gunwale, then again and again sent it into +the whale. Pull up --pull up! he now cried to the bowsman, as the waning +whale relaxed in his wrath. Pull up! --close to! and the boat ranged along +the fish's flank. When reaching far over the bow, Stubb slowly churned his +long sharp lance into the fish, and kept it there, carefully churning and +churning, as if cautiously seeking to feel after some gold watch that the +whale might have swallowed, and which he was fearful of breaking ere he +could hook it out. But that gold watch he sought was the innermost life of +the fish. And now it is struck; for, starting +..

+from his trance into that unspeakable thing called his flurry, the monster +horribly wallowed in his blood, over-wrapped himself in impenetrable, mad, +boiling spray, so that the imperilled craft, instantly dropping astern, had +much ado blindly to struggle out from that phrensied twilight into the clear +air of the day. And now abating in his flurry, the whale once more rolled +out into view; surging from side to side; spasmodically dilating and +contracting his spout-hole, with sharp, cracking, agonized respirations. At +last, gush after gush of clotted red gore, as if it had been the purple lees +of red wine, shot into the frighted air; and falling back again, ran dripping +down his motionless flanks into the sea. His heart had burst! He's dead, +Mr. Stubb, said Daggoo. Yes; both pipes smoked out! and withdrawing his +own from his mouth, Stubb scattered the dead ashes over the water; and, for +a moment, stood thoughtfully eyeing the vast corpse he had made. +..

+It will be seen in some other place of what a very light substance the entire +interior of the sperm whale's enormous head consists. Though apparently the +most massive, it is by far the most buoyant part about him. So that with ease +he elevates it in the air, and invariably does so when going at his utmost +speed. Besides, such is the breadth of the upper part of the front of his +head, and such the tapering cut-water formation of the lower part, that by +obliquely elevating his head, he thereby may be said to transform himself +from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharp-pointed New York +pilot-boat. +..

+Partly to show the indispensableness of this act, it may here be stated, +that, in the old Dutch fishery, a mop was used to dash the running line with +water; in many other ships, a wooden piggin, or bailer, is set apart for +that purpose. Your hat, however, is the most convenient. +..

+.. < chapter lxii 19 THE DART > + + A word concerning an incident in the last +chapter. According to the invariable usage of the fishery, the whale-boat +pushes off from the ship, with the headsman or whale-killer as temporary +steersman, and the harpooneer or whale-fastener pulling the foremost oar, +the one known as the harpooneer-oar. Now it needs a strong, nervous arm to +strike the first iron into the fish; for often, in what is called a long +dart, the heavy implement has to be flung to the distance of twenty or thirty +feet. But however prolonged and exhausting the chase, the harpooneer is +expected to pull his oar meanwhile to the uttermost; indeed, he is expected +to set an example of superhuman activity to the rest, not only by incredible +rowing, but by repeated loud and intrepid exclamations; and what it is to +keep shouting at the top of one's compass, while all the other + +..

+muscles are strained and half started --what that is none know but those who +have tried it. For one, I cannot bawl very heartily and work very recklessly +at one and the same time. In this straining, bawling state, then, with his +back to the fish, all at once the exhausted harpooneer hears the exciting cry +-- Stand up, and give it to him! He now has to drop and secure his oar, +turn round on his centre half way, seize his harpoon from the crotch, and +with what little strength may remain, he essays to pitch it somehow into the +whale. No wonder, taking the whole fleet of whalemen in a body, that out of +fifty fair chances for a dart, not five are successful; no wonder that so +many hapless harpooneers are madly cursed and disrated; no wonder that some +of them actually burst their blood-vessels in the boat; no wonder that some +sperm whalemen are absent four years with four barrels; no wonder that to +many ship owners, whaling is but a losing concern; for it is the harpooneer +that makes the voyage, and if you take the breath out of his body how can +you expect to find it there when most wanted! Again, if the dart be +successful, then at the second critical instant, that is, when the whale +starts to run, the boat-header and harpooneer likewise start to running fore +and aft, to the imminent jeopardy of themselves and every one else. It is +then they change places; and the headsman, the chief officer of the little +craft, takes his proper station in the bows of the boat. Now, I care not who +maintains the contrary, but all this is both foolish and unnecessary. The +headsman should stay in the bows from first to last; he should both dart the +harpoon and the lance, and no rowing whatever should be expected of him, +except under circumstances obvious to any fisherman. I know that this would +sometimes involve a slight loss of speed in the chase; but long experience in +various whalemen of more than one nation has convinced me that in the vast +majority of failures in the fishery, it has not by any means been so much +the speed of the whale as the before described exhaustion of the harpooneer +that has caused them. To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the +harpooneers of this world must start to their feet from out of idleness, and +not from out of toil. +..

+.. < chapter lxiii 2 THE CROTCH > + + Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out +of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters. The crotch +alluded to on a previous page deserves independent mention. It is a notched +stick of a peculiar form, some two feet in length, which is perpendicularly +inserted into the starboard gunwale near the bow, for the purpose of +furnishing a rest for the wooden extremity of the harpoon, whose other +naked, barbed end slopingly projects from the prow. Thereby the weapon is +instantly at hand to its hurler, who snatches it up as readily from its rest +as a backwoodsman swings his rifle from the wall. It is customary to have two +harpoons reposing in the crotch, respectively called the first and second +irons. But these two harpoons, each by its own cord, are both connected with +the line; the object being this: to dart them both, if possible, one +instantly after the other into the same whale; so that if, in the coming drag, +one should draw out, the other may still retain a hold. It is a doubling of +the chances. But it very often happens that owing to the instantaneous, +violent, convulsive running of the whale upon receiving the first iron, it +becomes impossible for the harpooneer, however lightning-like in his +movements, to pitch the second iron into him. Nevertheless, as the second +iron is already connected with the line, and the line is running, hence that +weapon must, at all events, be anticipatingly tossed out of the boat, +somehow and somewhere; else the most terrible jeopardy would involve all +hands. Tumbled into the water, it accordingly is in such cases; the spare +coils of box line (mentioned in a preceding chapter) making this feat, in +most instances, prudently practicable. But this critical act is not always +unattended with the saddest and most fatal casualties. Furthermore: you must +know that when the second iron is thrown overboard, it thenceforth becomes a +dangling, sharp-edged +..

+terror, skittishly curvetting about both boat and whale, entangling the lines, +or cutting them, and making a prodigious sensation in all directions. Nor, +in general, is it possible to secure it again until the whale is fairly +captured and a corpse. Consider, now, how it must be in the case of four boats +all engaging one unusually strong, active, and knowing whale; when owing to +these qualities in him, as well as to the thousand concurring accidents of +such an audacious enterprise, eight or ten loose second irons may be +simultaneously dangling about him. For, of course, each boat is supplied with +several harpoons to bend on to the line should the first one be ineffectually +darted without recovery. All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, +as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate +passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted. +..

+.. < chapter lxiv 16 STUBB'S SUPPER > + + Stubb's whale had been killed some +distance from the ship. It was a calm; so, forming a tandem of three boats, +we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod. And now, +as we eighteen men with our thirty-six arms, and one hundred and eighty +thumbs and fingers, slowly toiled hour after hour upon that inert, sluggish +corpse in the sea; and it seemed hardly to budge at all, except at long +intervals; good evidence was hereby furnished of the enormousness of the mass +we moved. For, upon the great canal of Hang-Ho, or whatever they call it, in +China, four or five laborers on the foot-path will draw a bulky freighted +junk at the rate of a mile an hour; but this grand argosy we towed heavily +forged along, as if laden with pig-lead in bulk. Darkness came on; but +three lights up and down in the Pequod's main-rigging dimly guided our way; +till drawing nearer we saw Ahab dropping one of several more lanterns over the + +..

+bulwarks. Vacantly eyeing the heaving whale for a moment, he issued the usual +orders for securing it for the night, and then handing his lantern to a +seaman, went his way into the cabin, and did not come forward again until +morning. Though, in overseeing the pursuit of this whale, Captain Ahab had +evinced his customary activity, to call it so; yet now that the creature was +dead, some vague dissatisfaction, or impatience, or despair, seemed working +in him; as if the sight of that dead body reminded him that Moby Dick was +yet to be slain; and though a thousand other whales were brought to his ship, + + all that would not one jot advance his grand, monomaniac object. Very soon +you would have thought from the sound on the Pequod's decks, that all hands +were preparing to cast anchor in the deep; for heavy chains are being dragged +along the deck, and thrust rattling out of the port-holes. But by those +clanking links, the vast corpse itself, not the ship, is to be moored. Tied +by the head to the stern, and by the tail to the bows, the whale now lies +with its black hull close to the vessel's, and seen through the darkness of +the night, which obscured the spars and rigging aloft, the two --ship and +whale, seemed yoked together like colossal bullocks, whereof one reclines +while the other remains standing. If moody Ahab was now all quiescence, at +least so far as could be known on deck, Stubb, his second mate, flushed with +conquest, betrayed an unusual but still good-natured excitement. Such an +unwonted bustle was he in that the staid Starbuck, his +..

+official superior, quietly resigned to him for the time the sole management +of affairs. One small, helping cause of all this liveliness in Stubb, was +soon made strangely manifest. Stubb was a high liver; he was somewhat +intemperately fond of the whale as a flavorish thing to his palate. A steak, + + a steak, ere I sleep! You, Daggoo! overboard you go, and cut me one from +his small! Here be it known, that though these wild fishermen do not, as a +general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy +defray the current expenses of the war (at least before realizing the +proceeds of the voyage), yet now and then you find some of these Nantucketers +who have a genuine relish for that particular part of the Sperm Whale +designated by Stubb; comprising the tapering extremity of the body. About +midnight that steak was cut and cooked; and lighted by two lanterns of sperm +oil, Stubb stoutly stood up to his spermaceti supper at the capstan-head, +as if that capstan were a sideboard. Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on +whale's flesh that night. Mingling their mumblings with his own mastications, + + thousands on thousands of sharks, swarming round the dead leviathan, +smackingly feasted on its fatness. The few sleepers below in their bunks were +often startled by the sharp slapping of their tails against the hull, within +a few inches of the sleepers' hearts. Peering over the side you could just +see them (as before you heard them) wallowing in the sullen, black waters, +and turning over on their backs as they scooped out huge globular pieces of +the whale of the bigness of a human head. This particular feat of the shark +seems all but miraculous. How, at such an apparently unassailable surface, +they contrive to gouge out such symmetrical mouthfuls, remains a part of the +universal problem of all things. The mark they thus leave on the whale, may +best be likened to the hollow made by a carpenter in countersinking for a +screw. Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, +sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs +round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed +man that is tossed to them; and though, while the valiant butchers over the +deck-table are +..

+thus cannibally carving each other's live meat with carving-knives all gilded +and tasselled, the sharks, also, with their jewel-hilted mouths, are +quarrelsomely carving away under the table at the dead meat; and though, were +you to turn the whole affair upside down, it would still be pretty much the +same thing, that is to say, a shocking sharkish business enough for all +parties; and though sharks also are the invariable outriders of all slave +ships crossing the Atlantic, systematically trotting alongside, to be handy +in case a parcel is to be carried anywhere, or a dead slave to be decently +buried; and though one or two other like instances might be set down, +touching the set terms, places, and occasions, when sharks do most socially +congregate, and most hilariously feast; yet is there no conceivable time or +occasion when you will find them in such countless numbers, and in gayer or +more jovial spirits, than around a dead sperm whale, moored by night to a +whale-ship at sea. If you have never seen that sight, then suspend your +decision about the propriety of devil-worship, and the expediency of +conciliating the devil. But, as yet, Stubb heeded not the mumblings of the +banquet that was going on so nigh him, no more than the sharks heeded the +smacking of his own epicurean lips. Cook, cook! --where's that old Fleece? +he cried at length, widening his legs still further, as if to form a more +secure base for his supper; and, at the same time darting his fork into the +dish, as if stabbing with his lance; cook, you cook! --sail this way, cook! +the old black, not in any very high glee at having been previously routed from +his warm hammock at a most unseasonable hour, came shambling along from his +galley, for, like many old blacks, there was something the matter with his +knee-pans, which he did not keep well scoured like his other pans; this old +Fleece, as they called him, came shuffling and limping along, assisting his +step with his tongs, which, after a clumsy fashion, were made of straightened +iron hoops; this old Ebony floundered along, and in obedience to the word of +command, came to a dead stop on the opposite side of Stubb's sideboard; +when, +..

+with both hands folded before him, and resting on his two-legged cane, he +bowed his arched back still further over, at the same time sideways inclining +his head, so as to bring his best ear into play. Cook, said Stubb, rapidly +lifting a rather reddish morsel to his mouth, don't you think this steak is +rather overdone? You've been beating this steak too much, cook; it's too +tender. Don't I always say that to be good, a whale-steak must be tough? +There are those sharks now over the side, don't you see they prefer it tough +and rare? What a shindy they are kicking up! Cook, go and talk to 'em; tell +'em they are welcome to help themselves civilly, and in moderation, but they +must keep quiet. Blast me, if I can hear my own voice. Away, cook, and +deliver my message. Here, take this lantern, snatching one from his +sideboard; now then, go and preach to 'em! Sullenly taking the offered +lantern, old Fleece limped across the deck to the bulwarks; and then, with +one hand dropping his light low over the sea, so as to get a good view of +his congregation, with the other hand he solemnly flourished his tongs, and +leaning far over the side in a mumbling voice began addressing the sharks, +while Stubb, softly crawling behind, overheard all that was said. + + Fellow-critters: I'se ordered here to say dat you must stop dat dam noise +dare. you hear? stop dat dam smackin' ob de lip! massa Stubb say dat you +can fill your dam bellies up to de hatchings, but by Gor! you must stop dat +dam racket! Cook, here interposed Stubb, accompanying the word with a +sudden slap on the shoulder, -- Cook! why, damn your eyes, you mustn't swear +that way when you're preaching. That's no way to convert sinners, Cook! + + Who dat? Den preach to him yourself, sullenly turning to go. No, Cook; +go on, go on. Well, den, Belubed fellow-critters: -- Right! exclaimed +Stubb, approvingly, coax 'em to it; try that, and Fleece continued. Do +you is all sharks, and by natur wery woracious, yet I +..

+zay to you, fellow-critters, dat dat woraciousness --'top dat dam slappin' ob +de tail! How you tink to hear, 'spose you keep up such a dam slappin' and +bitin' dare? Cook, cried Stubb, collaring him, I wont have that swearing. + + Talk to 'em gentlemanly. Once more the sermon proceeded. Your +woraciousness, fellow-critters, I don't blame ye so much for; dat is natur, +and can't be helped; but to gobern dat wicked natur, dat is de pint. You is +sharks, sartin; but if you gobern de shark in you, why den you be angel; for +all angel is not'ing more dan de shark well goberned. Now, look here, +bred'ren, just try wonst to be cibil, a helping yourselbs from dat whale. +Don't be tearin' de blubber out your neighbour's mout, I say. Is not one +shark dood right as toder to dat whale? And, by Gor, none on you has de right +to dat whale; dat whale belong to some one else. I know some o' you has +berry brig mout, brigger dan oders; but den de brig mouts sometimes has de +small bellies; so dat de brigness ob de mout is not to swallar wid, but to +bite off de blubber for de small fry ob sharks, dat can't get into de scrouge +to help demselves. Well done, old Fleece! cried Stubb, that's +Christianity; go on. No use goin' on; de dam willains will keep a +scrougin' and slappin' each oder, Massa Stubb; dey don't hear one word; no +use a-preachin' to such dam g'uttons as you call 'em, till dare bellies is +full, and dare bellies is bottomless; and when dey do get em full, dey wont +hear you den; for den dey sink in de sea, go fast to sleep on de coral, and +can't hear not'ing at all, no more, for eber and eber. Upon my soul, I am +about of the same opinion; so give the benediction, Fleece, and I'll away to +my supper. Upon this, Fleece, holding both hands over the fishy mob, raised +his shrill voice, and cried -- Cussed fellow-critters! Kick up de damndest +row as ever you can; fill your dam' bellies 'till dey bust --and den die. + + Now, cook, said Stubb, resuming his supper at the capstan; Stand just where +you stood before, there, over against me, and pay particular attention. +..

+ + All dention, said Fleece, again stooping over upon his tongs in the +desired position. Well, said Stubb, helping himself freely meanwhile; I +shall now go back to the subject of this steak. In the first place, how old +are you, cook? What dat do wid de 'teak, said the old black, testily. + + Silence! How old are you, cook? 'Bout ninety, dey say, he gloomily +muttered. And have you lived in this world hard upon one hundred years, +cook, and don't know yet how to cook a whale-steak? rapidly bolting another +mouthful at the last word, so that that morsel seemed a continuation of the +question. Where were you born, cook? 'Hind de hatchway, in ferry-boat, +goin' ober de Roanoke. Born in a ferry-boat! That's queer, too. But I want +to know what country you were born in, cook? Didn't I say de Roanoke +country? he cried, sharply. No, you didn't, cook; but I'll tell you what +I'm coming to, cook. You must go home and be born over again; you don't +know how to cook a whale-steak yet. Bress my soul, if I cook noder one, he +growled, angrily, turning round to depart. Come back, cook; --here, hand me +those tongs; --now take that bit of steak there, and tell me if you think that +steak cooked as it should be? Take it, I say --holding the tongs towards him +-- take it, and taste it. Faintly smacking his withered lips over it for a +moment, the old negro muttered, Best cooked 'teak I eber taste; joosy, +berry joosy. Cook, said Stubb, squaring himself once more; do you +belong to the church? Passed one once in Cape-Down, said the old man +sullenly. And you have once in your life passed a holy church in Cape-Town, +where you doubtless overheard a holy parson addressing his hearers as his +beloved fellow-creatures, have you, cook! And yet you come here, and tell +me such a dreadful lie as you did just now, eh? said Stubb. Where do you +expect to go to, cook? +..

+ + Go to bed berry soon, he mumbled, half-turning as he spoke. Avast! heave +to! I mean when you die, cook. It's an awful question. Now what's your +answer? When dis old brack man dies, said the negro slowly, changing his +whole air and demeanor, he hisself won't go nowhere; but some bressed angel +will come and fetch him. Fetch him? How? In a coach and four, as they +fetched Elijah? And fetch him where? Up dere, said Fleece, holding his +tongs straight over his head, and keeping it there very solemnly. So, then, +you expect to go up into our main-top, do you, cook, when you are dead? +But don't you know the higher you climb, the colder it gets? Main-top, eh? + + Didn't say dat t'all, said Fleece, again in the sulks. You said up there, +didn't you, and now look yourself, and see where your tongs are pointing. +But, perhaps you expect to get into heaven by crawling through the lubber's +hole, cook; but no, no, cook, you don't get there, except you go the +regular way, round by the rigging. It's a ticklish business, but must be +done, or else it's no go. But none of us are in heaven yet. Drop your +tongs, cook, and hear my orders. Do ye hear? Hold your hat in one hand, and +clap t'other a'top of your heart, when I'm giving my orders, cook. What! +that your heart, there? --that's your gizzard! Aloft! aloft! --that's it --now +you have it. Hold it there now, and pay attention. All 'dention, said +the old black, with both hands placed as desired, vainly wriggling his +grizzled head, as if to get both ears in front at one and the same time. + + Well then, cook; you see this whale-steak of yours was so very bad, that I +have put it out of sight as soon as possible; you see that, don't you? Well, +for the future, when you cook another whale-steak for my private table here, +the capstan, I'll tell you what to do so as not to spoil it by overdoing. +Hold the steak in one hand, and show a live coal to it with the other; that +done, dish it; d'ye hear? And now to-morrow, cook, when we are cutting in +the fish, be sure you stand by to get the tips of his fins; have them put in +pickle. As for the ends of the flukes, have them soused, cook. There, now +ye may go. +..

+But Fleece had hardly got three paces off, when he was recalled. Cook, give +me cutlets for supper to-morrow night in the mid-watch. D'ye hear? away you +sail, then. --Halloa! stop! make a bow before you go. --Avast heaving again! + + Whale-balls for breakfast --don't forget. Wish, by gor! whale eat him, +'stead of him eat whale. I'm bressed if he ain't more of shark dan Massa +Shark hisself, muttered the old man, limping away; with which sage +ejaculation he went to his hammock. +..

+A little item may as well be related here. The strongest and most reliable +hold which the ship has upon the whale when moored alongside, is by the flukes +or tail; and as from its greater density that part is relatively heavier +than any other (excepting the side-fins), its flexibility even in death, +causes it to sink low beneath the surface; so that with the hand you +cannot get at it from the boat, in order to put the chain round it. But +this difficulty is ingeniously overcome: a small, strong line is prepared +with a wooden float at its outer end, and a weight in its middle, while the + + other end is secured to the ship. By adroit management the wooden float is + + to rise on the other side of the mass, so that now having girdled the made +whale, the chain is readily made to follow suit; and being slipped along the + + body, is at last locked fast round the smallest part of the tail, at the +point of junction with its broad flukes or lobes. +..

+.. < chapter lxv 12 THE WHALE AS A DISH > + + That mortal man should feed upon +the creature that feeds his lamp, and, like Stubb, eat him by his own light, +as you may say; this seems so outlandish a thing that one must needs go a +little into the history and philosophy of it. It is upon record, that three +centuries ago the tongue of the Right Whale was esteemed a great delicacy in +France, and commanded large prices there. Also, that in Henry VIIIth's +time, a certain cook of the court obtained a handsome reward for inventing an +admirable sauce to be eaten with barbacued porpoises, which, you remember, +are a species of whale. Porpoises, indeed, are to this day considered fine +eating. The meat is made into balls about the size of billiard balls, and +being well seasoned and spiced might be taken for turtle-balls or veal balls. + + The old monks of Dunfermline were very fond of them. They had a great +porpoise grant from the crown. The fact is, that among his hunters at least, +the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there not so +much of him; but when you come to sit down before a meat-pie nearly one +hundred feet long, it takes away your appetite. Only the most unprejudiced +of men like Stubb, nowadays partake of + +..

+cooked whales; but the Esquimaux are not so fastidious. We all know how they +live upon whales, and have rare old vintages of prime old train oil. +Zogranda, one of their most famous doctors, recommends strips of blubber for +infants, as being exceedingly juicy and nourishing. And this reminds me +that certain Englishmen, who long ago were accidentally left in Greenland by +a whaling vessel --that these men actually lived for several months on the +mouldy scraps of whales which had been left ashore after trying out the +blubber. Among the Dutch whalemen these scraps are called fritters; which, +indeed, they greatly resemble, being brown and crisp, and smelling +something like old Amsterdam housewives' dough-nuts or oly-cooks, when fresh. + + They have such an eatable look that the most self-denying stranger can hardly +keep his hands off. But what further depreciates the whale as a civilized +dish, is his exceeding richness. He is the great prize ox of the sea, too +fat to be delicately good. Look at his hump, which would be as fine eating +as the buffalo's (which is esteemed a rare dish), were it not such a solid +pyramid of fat. But the spermaceti itself, how bland and creamy that is; +like the transparent, half-jellied, white meat of a cocoanut in the third +month of its growth, yet far too rich to supply a substitute for butter. +Nevertheless, many whalemen have a method of absorbing it into some other +substance, and then partaking of it. In the long try watches of the night it +is a common thing for the seamen to dip their ship-biscuit into the huge +oil-pots and let them fry there awhile. Many a good supper have I thus made. +In the case of a small Sperm Whale the brains are accounted a fine dish. The +casket of the skull is broken into with an axe, and the two plump, whitish +lobes being withdrawn (precisely resembling two large puddings), they are +then mixed with flour, and cooked into a most delectable mess, in flavor +somewhat resembling calves' head, which is quite a dish among some epicures; +and every one knows that some young bucks among the epicures, by continually +dining upon calves' brains, by and by get to have a little brains of their +own, so as to be able to tell a calf's head from their own heads; which, +indeed, requires uncommon discrimination. And that is the reason why +..

+a young buck with an intelligent looking calf's head before him, is somehow +one of the saddest sights you can see. The head looks a sort of reproachfully +at him, with an Et tu Brute! expression. It is not, perhaps, entirely +because the whale is so excessively unctuous that landsmen seem to regard the +eating of him with abhorrence; that appears to result, in some way, from the + + consideration before mentioned: i. e. that a man should eat a newly murdered +thing of the sea, and eat it too by its own light. But no doubt the first +man that ever murdered an ox was regarded as a murderer; perhaps he was hung; +and if he had been put on his trial by oxen, he certainly would have been; +and he certainly deserved it if any murderer does. Go to the meat-market of +a Saturday night and see the crowds of live bipeds staring up at the long rows +of dead quadrupeds. Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal's +jaw? Cannibals? who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable +for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a +coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in +the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who +nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy +pate-de-foie-gras. But Stubb, he eats the whale by its own light, does he? +and that is adding insult to injury, is it? Look at your knife-handle, +there, my civilized and enlightened gourmand dining off that roast beef, +what is that handle made of? --what but the bones of the brother of the very ox +you are eating? And what do you pick your teeth with, after devouring that +fat goose? With a feather of the same fowl. And with what quill did the +Secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Ganders formally +indite his circulars? It is only within the last month or two that that +society passed a resolution to patronize nothing but steel pens. +..

+.. < chapter lxvi 2 THE SHARK MASSACRE > + + When in the Southern Fishery, a +captured Sperm Whale, after long and weary toil, is brought alongside late at +night, it is not, as a general thing at least, customary to proceed at once +to the business of cutting him in. For that business is an exceedingly +laborious one; is not very soon completed; and requires all hands to set +about it. Therefore, the common usage is to take in all sail; lash the helm +a'lee; and then send every one below to his hammock till daylight, with the +reservation that, until that time, anchor-watches shall be kept; that is, +two and two for an hour, each couple, the crew in rotation shall mount the +deck to see that all goes well. But sometimes, especially upon the Line in the +Pacific, this plan will not answer at all; because such incalculable hosts +of sharks gather round the moored carcase, that were he left so for six +hours, say, on a stretch, little more than the skeleton would be visible by +morning. In most other parts of the ocean, however, where these fish do not +so largely abound, their wondrous voracity can be at times considerably +diminished, by vigorously stirring them up with sharp whaling-spades, a +procedure notwithstanding, which, in some instances, only seems to tickle +them into still greater activity. But it was not thus in the present case +with the Pequod's sharks; though, to be sure, any man unaccustomed to such +sights, to have looked over her side that night, would have almost thought +the whole round sea was one huge cheese, and those sharks the maggots in it. +nevertheless, upon stubb setting the anchor-watch after his supper was +concluded; and when, accordingly, Queequeg and a forecastle seaman came on +deck, no small excitement was created among the sharks; for immediately +suspending the cutting stages over the side, and lowering three lanterns, so + + that they cast long gleams of light over the turbid sea, these +..

+two mariners, darting their long whaling-spades, kept up an incessant +murdering of the sharks, by striking the keen steel deep into their skulls, +seemingly their only vital part. But in the foamy confusion of their mixed +and struggling hosts, the marksmen could not always hit their mark; and this +brought about new revelations of the incredible ferocity of the foe. They +viciously snapped, not only at each other's disembowelments, but like +flexible bows, bent round, and bit their own; till those entrails seemed +swallowed over and over again by the same mouth, to be oppositely voided by +the gaping wound. Nor was this all. It was unsafe to meddle with the corpses +and ghosts of these creatures. A sort of generic or Pantheistic vitality +seemed to lurk in their very joints and bones, after what might be called the +individual life had departed. Killed and hoisted on deck for the sake of his +skin, one of these sharks almost took poor Queequeg's hand off, when he +tried to shut down the dead lid of his murderous jaw. Queequeg no care what +god made him shark, said the savage, agonizingly lifting his hand up and +down; wedder Fejee god or Nantucket god; but de god wat made shark must be +one dam Ingin. +..

+The whaling-spade used for cutting-in is made of the very best steel; is about +the bigness of a man's spread hand; and in general shape, corresponds to +the garden implement after which it is named; only its sides are perfectly +flat, and its upper end considerably narrower than the lower. This weapon +is always kept as sharp as possible; and when being used is occasionally +honed, just like a razor. In its socket, a stiff pole, from twenty to +thirty feet long, is inserted for a handle. +..

+.. < chapter lxvii 23 CUTTING IN > + + It was a Saturday night, and such a +Sabbath as followed! Ex officio professors of Sabbath breaking are all +whalemen. The ivory Pequod was turned into what seemed a shamble; +..

+every sailor a butcher. You would have thought we were offering up ten +thousand red oxen to the sea gods. In the first place, the enormous cutting +tackles, among other ponderous things comprising a cluster of blocks generally +painted green, and which no single man can possibly lift --this vast bunch of +grapes was swayed up to the main-top and firmly lashed to the lower mast-head, + + the strongest point anywhere above a ship's deck. The end of the hawser-like +rope winding through these intricacies, was then conducted to the windlass, +and the huge lower block of the tackles was swung over the whale; to this +block the great blubber hook, weighing some one hundred pounds, was attached. +And now suspended in stages over the side, Starbuck and Stubb, the mates, +armed with their long spades, began cutting a hole in the body for the +insertion of the hook just above the nearest of the two side-fins. This done, + + a broad, semicircular line is cut round the hole, the hook is inserted, and +the main body of the crew striking up a wild chorus, now commence heaving in +one dense crowd at the windlass. When instantly, the entire ship careens over +on her side; every bolt in her starts like the nail-heads of an old house in +frosty weather; she trembles, quivers, and nods her frighted mast-heads to +the sky. More and more she leans over to the whale, while every gasping +heave of the windlass is answered by a helping heave from the billows; till +at last, a swift, startling snap is heard; with a great swash the ship rolls +upwards and backwards from the whale, and the triumphant tackle rises into +sight dragging after it the disengaged semicircular end of the first strip of +blubber. Now as the blubber envelopes the whale precisely as the rind does an +orange, so is it stripped off from the body precisely as an orange is +sometimes stripped by spiralizing it. For the strain constantly kept up by +the windlass continually keeps the whale rolling over and over in the water, +and as the blubber in one strip uniformly peels off along the line called the + + scarf, simultaneously cut by the spades of Starbuck and Stubb, the mates; +and just as fast as it is thus peeled off, and indeed by that very act itself, + + it is all the time being hoisted higher and higher aloft till its upper end +grazes the main-top; the men at the windlass then cease heaving, and for a +moment +..

+or two the prodigious blood-dripping mass sways to and fro as if let down from +the sky, and every one present must take good heed to dodge it when it +swings, else it may box his ears and pitch him headlong overboard. One of +the attending harpooneers now advances with a long, keen weapon called a +boarding-sword, and watching his chance he dexterously slices out a +considerable hole in the lower part of the swaying mass. Into this hole, the +end of the second alternating great tackle is then hooked so as to retain a +hold upon the blubber, in order to prepare for what follows. Whereupon, this +accomplished swordsman, warning all hands to stand off, once more makes a +scientific dash at the mass, and with a few sidelong, desperate, lunging +slicings, severs it completely in twain; so that while the short lower part +is still fast, the long upper strip, called a blanket-piece, swings clear, +and is all ready for lowering. The heavers forward now resume their song, +and while the one tackle is peeling and hoisting a second strip from the +whale, the other is slowly slackened away, and down goes the first strip +through the main hatchway right beneath, into an unfurnished parlor called the +blubber-room. Into this twilight apartment sundry nimble hands keep coiling +away the long blanket-piece as if it were a great live mass of plaited +serpents. And thus the work proceeds; the two tackles hoisting and lowering +simultaneously; both whale and windlass heaving, the heavers singing, the +blubber-room gentlemen coiling, the mates scarfing, the ship straining, and +all hands swearing occasionally, by way of assuaging the general friction. +..

+.. < chapter lxviii 29 THE BLANKET > + + I have given no small attention to that +not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale. I have had controversies about it +with experienced whalemen afloat, and learned naturalists ashore. +..

+My original opinion remains unchanged; but it is only an opinion. The +question is, what and where is the skin of the whale? Already you know what +his blubber is. That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, +close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from +eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness. Now, however +preposterous it may at first seem to talk of any creature's skin as being of +that sort of consistence and thickness, yet in point of fact these are no +arguments against such a presumption; because you cannot raise any other +dense enveloping layer from the whale's body but that same blubber; and the +outermost enveloping layer of any animal, if reasonably dense, what can that +be but the skin? True, from the unmarred dead body of the whale, you may +scrape off with your hand an infinitely thin, transparent substance, somewhat +resembling the thinnest shreds of isinglass, only it is almost as flexible +and soft as satin; that is, previous to being dried, when it not only +contracts and thickens, but becomes rather hard and brittle. I have several +such dried bits, which I use for marks in my whale-books. It is +transparent, as I said before; and being laid upon the printed page, I have +sometimes pleased myself with fancying it exerted a magnifying influence. At +any rate, it is pleasant to read about whales through their own spectacles, +as you may say. But what I am driving at here is this. That same infinitely +thin, isinglass substance, which, I admit, invests the entire body of the +whale, is not so much to be regarded as the skin of the creature, as the +skin of the skin, so to speak; for it were simply ridiculous to say, that +the proper skin of the tremendous whale is thinner and more tender than the +skin of a new-born child. But no more of this. Assuming the blubber to be the +skin of the whale; then, when this skin, as in the case of a very large +Sperm Whale, will yield the bulk of one hundred barrels of oil; and, when it +is considered that, in quantity, or rather weight, that oil, in its expressed +state, is only three fourths, and not the entire substance of the coat; some +idea may hence be had of the enormousness of that animated mass, a mere part +of whose mere +..

+integument yields such a lake of liquid as that. Reckoning ten barrels to the +ton, you have ten tons for the net weight of only three quarters of the stuff +of the whale's skin. In life, the visible surface of the Sperm Whale is not +the least among the many marvels he presents. Almost invariably it is all +over obliquely crossed and re-crossed with numberless straight marks in thick +array, something like those in the finest Italian line engravings. But these +marks do not seem to be impressed upon the isinglass substance above +mentioned, but seem to be seen through it, as if they were engraved upon the +body itself. Nor is this all. In some instances, to the quick, observant +eye, those linear marks, as in a veritable engraving, but afford the ground +for far other delineations. These are hieroglyphical; that is, if you call +those mysterious cyphers on the walls of pyramids hieroglyphics, then that is +the proper word to use in the present connexion. By my retentive memory of +the hieroglyphics upon one Sperm Whale in particular, I was much struck with +a plate representing the old Indian characters chiselled on the famous +hieroglyphic palisades on the banks of the Upper Mississippi. Like those +mystic rocks, too, the mystic-marked whale remains undecipherable. This +allusion to the Indian rocks reminds me of another thing. Besides all the +other phenomena which the exterior of the Sperm Whale presents, he not +seldom displays the back, and more especially his flanks, effaced in great +part of the regular linear appearance, by reason of numerous rude scratches, +altogether of an irregular, random aspect. I should say that those New +England rocks on the sea-coast, which Agassiz imagines to bear the marks of +violent scraping contact with vast floating icebergs --I should say, that +those rocks must not a little resemble the Sperm Whale in this particular. It +also seems to me that such scratches in the whale are probably made by hostile +contact with other whales; for I have most remarked them in the large, +full-grown bulls of the species. A word or two more concerning this matter +of the skin or blubber of the whale. It has already been said, that it is +stript from him in long pieces, called blanket-pieces. Like most sea-terms, +this one is very happy and significant. For the whale is +..

+indeed wrapt up in his blubber as in a real blanket or counterpane; or, still +better, an Indian poncho slipt over his head, and skirting his extremity. It +is by reason of this cosy blanketing of his body, that the whale is enabled to +keep himself comfortable in all weathers, in all seas, times, and tides. +What would become of a Greenland whale, say, in those shuddering, icy seas of +the north, if unsupplied with his cosy surtout? True, other fish are found +exceedingly brisk in those Hyperborean waters; but these, be it observed, are +your cold-blooded, lungless fish, whose very bellies are refrigerators; +creatures, that warm themselves under the lee of an iceberg, as a traveller +in winter would bask before an inn fire; whereas, like man, the whale has +lungs and warm blood. Freeze his blood, and he dies. How wonderful is it +then --except after explanation --that this great monster, to whom corporeal +warmth is as indispensable as it is to man; how wonderful that he should be +found at home, immersed to his lips for life in those Arctic waters! where, +when seamen fall overboard, they are sometimes found, months afterwards, +perpendicularly frozen into the hearts of fields of ice, as a fly is found +glued in amber. But more surprising is it to know, as has been proved by +experiment, that the blood of a Polar whale is warmer than that of a Borneo +negro in summer. It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a + + strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare +virtue of interior spaciousness. Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the +whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world +without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the +Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter's, and like the great whale, retain, + + O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own. But how easy and how +hopeless to teach these fine things! Of erections, how few are domed like St. +Peter's! of creatures, how few vast as the whale! +..

+.. < chapter lxix 2 THE FUNERAL > + + Haul in the chains! Let the carcase go +astern! The vast tackles have now done their duty. The peeled white body of +the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it +has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk. it is still colossal. slowly it +floats more and more away, the water round it torn and splashed by the +insatiate sharks, and the air above vexed with rapacious flights of screaming + + fowls, whose beaks are like so many insulting poniards in the whale. The +vast white headless phantom floats further and further from the ship, and +every rod that it so floats, what seem square roods of sharks and cubic roods +of fowls, augment the murderous din. For hours and hours from the almost +stationary ship that hideous sight is seen. Beneath the unclouded and mild +azure sky, upon the fair face of the pleasant sea, wafted by the joyous +breezes, that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite +perspectives. There's a most doleful and most mocking funeral! The +sea-vultures all in pious mourning, the air-sharks all punctiliously in +black or speckled. In life but few of them would have helped the whale, I +ween, if peradventure he had needed it; but upon the banquet of his funeral +they most piously do pounce. Oh, horrible vultureism of earth! from which +not the mightiest whale is free. Nor is this the end. Desecrated as the body +is, a vengeful ghost survives and hovers over it to scare. Espied by some +timid man-of-war or blundering discovery-vessel from afar, when the distance +obscuring the swarming fowls, nevertheless still shows the white mass +floating in the sun, and the white spray heaving high against it; +straightway the whale's unharming corpse, with trembling fingers is set down +in the log -- shoals, rocks, and breakers hereabouts: beware! And for +years afterwards, +..

+perhaps, ships shun the place; leaping over it as silly sheep leap over a +vacuum, because their leader originally leaped there when a stick was held. +There's your law of precedents; there's your utility of traditions; there's +the story of your obstinate survival of old beliefs never bottomed on the +earth, and now not even hovering in the air! There's orthodoxy! Thus, while +in life the great whale's body may have been a real terror to his foes, in +his death his ghost becomes a powerless panic to a world. Are you a believer +in ghosts, my friend? There are other ghosts than the Cock-Lane one, and far +deeper men than Doctor Johnson who believe in them. +..

+.. < chapter lxx 14 THE SPHYNX > + + It should not have been omitted that +previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded. +Now, the beheading of the Sperm Whale is a scientific anatomical feat, upon +which experienced whale surgeons very much pride themselves; and not without +reason. Consider that the whale has nothing that can properly be called a +neck; on the contrary, where his head and body seem to join, there, in that +very place, is the thickest part of him. Remember, also, that the surgeon must +operate from above, some eight or ten feet intervening between him and his +subject, and that subject almost hidden in a discolored, rolling, and +oftentimes tumultuous and bursting sea. Bear in mind, too, that under these +untoward circumstances he has to cut many feet deep in the flesh; and in that +subterraneous manner, without so much as getting one single peep into the +ever-contracting gash thus made, he must skilfully steer clear of all +adjacent, interdicted parts, and exactly divide the spine at a critical +point hard by its insertion into the skull. Do you not marvel, +..

+then, at Stubb's boast, that he demanded but ten minutes to behead a sperm +whale? When first severed, the head is dropped astern and held there by a +cable till the body is stripped. That done, if it belong to a small whale it +is hoisted on deck to be deliberately disposed of. But, with a full grown +leviathan this is impossible; for the sperm whale's head embraces nearly one +third of his entire bulk, and completely to suspend such a burden as that, +even by the immense tackles of a whaler, this were as vain a thing as to +attempt weighing a Dutch barn in jewellers' scales The Pequod's whale being +decapitated and the body stripped, the head was hoisted against the ship's +side --about half way out of the sea, so that it might yet in great part be +buoyed up by its native element. And there with the strained craft steeply +leaning over to it, by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower +mast-head, and every yard-arm on that side projecting like a crane over the +waves; there, that blood-dripping head hung to the Pequod's waist like the +giant Holofernes's from the girdle of Judith. When this last task was +accomplished it was noon, and the seamen went below to their dinner. Silence +reigned over the before tumultuous but now deserted deck. An intense copper +calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its +noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. A short space elapsed, and up into +this noiselessness came Ahab alone from his cabin. Taking a few turns on the +quarter-deck, he paused to gaze over the side, then slowly getting into the +main-chains he took Stubb's long spade --still remaining there after the +whale's decapitation --and striking it into the lower part of the +half-suspended mass, placed its other end crutch-wise under one arm, and so +stood leaning over with eyes attentively fixed on this head. It was a black +and hooded head; and hanging there in the midst of so intense a calm, it +seemed the Sphynx's in the desert. Speak, thou vast and venerable head, +muttered Ahab, which, though ungarnished with a beard, yet here and there +lookest hoary with mosses; speak, mighty head, and tell us the secret thing +that is in thee. Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest. +..

+that head upon which the upper sun now gleams, has moved amid this world's +foundations. Where unrecorded names and navies rust, and untold hopes and +anchors rot; where in her murderous hold this frigate earth is ballasted with +bones of millions of the drowned; there, in that awful water-land, there was +thy most familiar home. Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast +slept by many a sailor's side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives +to lay them down. Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their +flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to +each other, when heaven seemed false to them. Thou saw'st the murdered mate +when tossed by pirates from the midnight deck; for hours he fell into the +deeper midnight of the insatiate maw; and his murderers still sailed on +unharmed --while swift lightnings shivered the neighboring ship that would have +borne a righteous husband to outstretched, longing arms. O head! thou hast +seen enough to split the planets and make an infidel of Abraham, and not one +syllable is thine! Sail ho! cried a triumphant voice from the +main-masthead. Aye? Well, now, that's cheering, cried Ahab, suddenly +erecting himself, while whole thunder-clouds swept aside from his brow. + + That lively cry upon this deadly calm might almost convert a better man. +--Where away? Three points on the starboard bow, sir, and bringing down her +breeze to us! Better and better, man. Would now St. Paul would come along +that way, and to my breezelessness bring his breeze! O Nature, and O soul of +man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies! not the +smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in +mind. +..

+.. < chapter lxxi 2 THE JEROBOAM'S STORY > + + Hand in hand, ship and breeze +blew on; but the breeze came faster than the ship, and soon the Pequod began +to rock. By and by, through the glass the stranger's boats and manned +mast-heads proved her a whale-ship. but as she was so far to windward, and +shooting by, apparently making a passage to some other ground, the Pequod +could not hope to reach her. So the signal was set to see what response would +be made. Here be it said, that like the vessels of military marines, the +ships of the American Whale Fleet have each a private signal; all which +signals being collected in a book with the names of the respective vessels +attached, every captain is provided with it. Thereby, the whale commanders +are enabled to recognise each other upon the ocean, even at considerable +distances, and with no small facility. The Pequod's signal was at last +responded to by the stranger's setting her own; which proved the ship to be +the Jeroboam of Nantucket. Squaring her yards, she bore down, ranged abeam +under the Pequod's lee, and lowered a boat; it soon drew nigh; but, as the +side-ladder was being rigged by Starbuck's order to accommodate the visiting +captain, the stranger in question waved his hand from his boat's stern in +token of that proceeding being entirely unnecessary. It turned out that the +Jeroboam had a malignant epidemic on board, and that Mayhew, her captain, +was fearful of infecting the Pequod's company. For, though himself and boat's +crew remained untainted, and though his ship was half a rifle-shot off, and +an incorruptible sea and air rolling and flowing between; yet conscientiously +adhering to the timid quarantine of the land, he peremptorily refused to come +into direct contact with the Pequod. But this did by no means prevent all +communication. Preserving an interval of some few yards between itself and +the +..

+ship, the Jeroboam's boat by the occasional use of its oars contrived to keep +parallel to the Pequod, as she heavily forged through the sea (for by this +time it blew very fresh), with her main-topsail aback; though, indeed, at +times by the sudden onset of a large rolling wave, the boat would be pushed +some way ahead; but would be soon skilfully brought to her proper bearings +again. Subject to this, and other the like interruptions now and then, a +conversation was sustained between the two parties; but at intervals not +without still another interruption of a very different sort. Pulling an oar +in the Jeroboam's boat, was a man of a singular appearance, even in that wild +whaling life where individual notabilities make up all totalities. He was a +small, short, youngish man, sprinkled all over his face with freckles, and +wearing redundant yellow hair. A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a +faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were +rolled up on his wrists. A deep, settled, fanatic delirium was in his eyes. +So soon as this figure had been first descried, Stubb had exclaimed -- That's +he! that's he! the long-togged scaramouch the Town-Ho's company told us of! + + Stubb here alluded to a strange story told of the Jeroboam, and a certain +man among her crew, some time previous when the Pequod spoke the Town-Ho. +According to this account and what was subsequently learned, it seemed that +the scaramouch in question had gained a wonderful ascendency over almost +everybody in the Jeroboam. His story was this: He had been originally +nurtured among the crazy society of Neskyeuna Shakers, where he had been a +great prophet; in their cracked, secret meetings having several times +descended from heaven by the way of a trap-door, announcing the speedy +opening of the seventh vial, which he carried in his vest-pocket; but, which, +instead of containing gunpowder, was supposed to be charged with laudanum. A +strange, apostolic whim having seized him, he had left Neskyeuna for +Nantucket, where, with that cunning peculiar to craziness, he assumed a +steady, common sense exterior and offered himself as a green-hand candidate +for the Jeroboam's whaling voyage. They engaged him; +..

+but straightway upon the ship's getting out of sight of land, his insanity +broke out in a freshet. He announced himself as the archangel Gabriel, and +commanded the captain to jump overboard. He published his manifesto, whereby +he set himself forth as the deliverer of the isles of the sea and +vicar-general of all Oceanica. The unflinching earnestness with which he +declared these things; --the dark, daring play of his sleepless, excited +imagination, and all the preternatural terrors of real delirium, united to +invest this Gabriel in the minds of the majority of the ignorant crew, with +an atmosphere of sacredness. Moreover, they were afraid of him. As such a +man, however, was not of much practical use in the ship, especially as he +refused to work except when he pleased, the incredulous captain would fain +have been rid of him; but apprised that that individual's intention was to +land him in the first convenient port, the archangel forthwith opened all his +seals and vials -- devoting the ship and all hands to unconditional perdition, +in case this intention was carried out. So strongly did he work upon his +disciples among the crew, that at last in a body they went to the captain and +told him if Gabriel was sent from the ship, not a man of them would remain. +He was therefore forced to relinquish his plan. Nor would they permit Gabriel +to be any way maltreated, say or do what he would; so that it came to pass +that Gabriel had the complete freedom of the ship. The consequence of all +this was, that the archangel cared little or nothing for the captain and +mates; and since the epidemic had broken out, he carried a higher hand than +ever; declaring that the plague, as he called it, was at his sole command; +nor should it be stayed but according to his good pleasure. The sailors, +mostly poor devils, cringed, and some of them fawned before him; in +obedience to his instructions, sometimes rendering him personal homage, as to +a god. Such things may seem incredible; but, however wondrous, they are +true. Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the +measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself, as his measureless power +of deceiving and bedevilling so many others. But it is time to return to the +Pequod. I fear not thy epidemic, man, said Ahab from the bulwarks +..

+to Captain Mayhew, who stood in the boat's stern; come on board. But now +Gabriel started to his feet. Think, think of the fevers, yellow and bilious! +Beware of the horrible plague! Gabriel, Gabriel! cried Captain Mayhew; + + thou must either-- But that instant a headlong wave shot the boat far +ahead, and its seethings drowned all speech. Hast thou seen the White Whale? +demanded Ahab, when the boat drifted back. Think, think of thy whale-boat, +stoven and sunk! Beware of the horrible tail! I tell thee again, Gabriel, +that-- But again the boat tore ahead as if dragged by fiends. Nothing was +said for some moments, while a succession of riotous waves rolled by, which +by one of those occasional caprices of the seas were tumbling, not heaving it. + + Meantime, the hoisted sperm whale's head jogged about very violently, and +Gabriel was seen eyeing it with rather more apprehensiveness than his +archangel nature seemed to warrant. When this interlude was over, Captain +Mayhew began a dark story concerning Moby Dick; not, however, without +frequent interruptions from Gabriel, whenever his name was mentioned, and +the crazy sea that seemed leagued with him. It seemed that the Jeroboam had +not long left home, when upon speaking a whale-ship, her people were +reliably apprised of the existence of Moby Dick, and the havoc he had made. +Greedily sucking in this intelligence, Gabriel solemnly warned the captain +against attacking the white whale, in case the monster should be seen; in his +gibbering insanity, pronouncing the White Whale to be no less a being than the +Shaker God incarnated; the Shakers receiving the Bible. But when, some year +or two afterwards, Moby Dick was fairly sighted from the mast-heads, Macey, +the chief mate, burned with ardor to encounter him; and the captain himself +being not unwilling to let him have the opportunity, despite all the +archangel's denunciations and forewarnings, Macey succeeded in persuading +five men to man his boat. With them he pushed off; and, after +..

+much weary pulling, and many perilous, unsuccessful onsets, he at last +succeeded in getting one iron fast. Meantime, Gabriel, ascending to the +main-royal mast-head, was tossing one arm in frantic gestures, and hurling +forth prophecies of speedy doom to the sacrilegious assailants of his +divinity. Now, while Macey, the mate, was standing up in his boat's bow, and +with all the reckless energy of his tribe was venting his wild exclamations +upon the whale, and essaying to get a fair chance for his poised lance, lo! +a broad white shadow rose from the sea; by its quick, fanning motion, +temporarily taking the breath out of the bodies of the oarsmen. Next instant, +the luckless mate, so full of furious life, was smitten bodily into the air, + + and making a long arc in his descent, fell into the sea at the distance of +about fifty yards. Not a chip of the boat was harmed, nor a hair of any +oarsman's head; but the mate for ever sank. It is well to parenthesize here, + + that of the fatal accidents in the Sperm-Whale Fishery, this kind is perhaps +almost as frequent as any. Sometimes, nothing is injured but the man who is +thus annihilated; oftener the boat's bow is knocked off, or the +thigh-board, in which the headsman stands, is torn from its place and +accompanies the body. But strangest of all is the circumstance, that in more +instances than one, when the body has been recovered, not a single mark of +violence is discernible; the man being stark dead. The whole calamity, with +the falling form of Macey, was plainly descried from the ship. Raising a +piercing shriek -- The vial! the vial! Gabriel called off the +terror-stricken crew from the further hunting of the whale. This terrible +event clothed the archangel with added influence; because his credulous +disciples believed that he had specifically fore-announced it, instead of +only making a general prophecy, which any one might have done, and so have +chanced to hit one of many marks in the wide margin allowed. He became a +nameless terror to the ship. Mayhew having concluded his narration, Ahab put +such questions to him, that the stranger captain could not forbear inquiring +whether he intended to hunt the White Whale, if opportunity should offer. To +which Ahab answered -- Aye. Straightway, then, Gabriel once more started to +his feet, glaring +..

+upon the old man, and vehemently exclaimed, with downward pointed finger +-- Think, think of the blasphemer --dead, and down there! --beware of the +blasphemer's end! Ahab stolidly turned aside; then said to Mayhew, + + Captain, I have just bethought me of my letter-bag; there is a letter for +one of thy officers, if I mistake not. Starbuck, look over the bag. Every +whale-ship takes out a goodly number of letters for various ships, whose +delivery to the persons to whom they may be addressed, depends upon the mere +chance of encountering them in the four oceans. Thus, most letters never +reach their mark; and many are only received after attaining an age of two +or three years or more. Soon Starbuck returned with a letter in his hand. It +was sorely tumbled, damp, and covered with a dull, spotted, green mould, in +consequence of being kept in a dark locker of the cabin. Of such a letter, +Death himself might well have been the post-boy. Can'st not read it? cried +ahab. give it me, man. aye, aye it's but a dim scrawl; --what's this? As +he was studying it out, Starbuck took a long cutting-spade pole, and with his +knife slightly split the end, to insert the letter there, and in that way, +hand it to the boat, without its coming any closer to the ship. Meantime, Ahab +holding the letter, muttered, Mr. Har--yes, Mr. Harry--(a woman's pinny hand, +--the man's wife, I'll wager) -- Aye --Mr. Harry Macey, Ship Jeroboam; --why +it's Macey, and he's dead! Poor fellow! poor fellow! and from his wife, +sighed Mayhew; but let me have it. Nay, keep it thyself, cried Gabriel to +Ahab; thou art soon going that way. Curses throttle thee! yelled Ahab. + + Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it; and taking the fatal missive +from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit of the pole, and reached it +over towards the boat. But as he did so, the oarsmen expectantly desisted +from rowing; the boat drifted a little towards the ship's stern; so that, as +if by magic, the letter suddenly ranged along with Gabriel's eager hand. He +clutched it in an instant, seized the boat-knife, and impaling the letter on +it, sent it thus loaded back into the ship. It fell at Ahab's feet. Then +Gabriel +..

+shrieked out to his comrades to give way with their oars, and in that manner +the mutinous boat rapidly shot away from the Pequod. As, after this +interlude, the seamen resumed their work upon the jacket of the whale, many +strange things were hinted in reference to this wild affair. +..

+.. < chapter lxxiii 23 STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE; AND THEN HAVE > + + +A TALK OVER HIM It must be borne in mind that all this time we have a Sperm +Whale's prodigious head hanging to the Pequod's side. But we must let it +continue hanging there a while till we can get a chance to attend to it. For +the present other matters press, and the best we can do now for the head, is +to pray heaven the tackles may hold. Now, during the past night and forenoon, + + the Pequod had gradually drifted into a sea, which, by its occasional +patches of +..

+yellow brit, gave unusual tokens of the vicinity of Right Whales, a species +of the Leviathan that but few supposed to be at this particular time lurking +anywhere near. And though all hands commonly disdained the capture of those +inferior creatures; and though the Pequod was not commissioned to cruise for +them at all, and though she had passed numbers of them near the Crozetts +without lowering a boat; yet now that a Sperm Whale had been brought +alongside and beheaded, to the surprise of all, the announcement was made +that a Right Whale should be captured that day, if opportunity offered. Nor +was this long wanting. Tall spouts were seen to leeward; and two boats, +Stubb's and Flask's, were detached in pursuit. Pulling further and further +away, they at last became almost invisible to the men at the mast-head. But +suddenly in the distance, they saw a great heap of tumultuous white water, +and soon after news came from aloft that one or both the boats must be fast. +An interval passed and the boats were in plain sight, in the act of being +dragged right towards the ship by the towing whale. So close did the monster +come to the hull, that at first it seemed as if he meant it malice; but +suddenly going down in a maelstrom, within three rods of the planks, he +wholly disappeared from view, as if diving under the keel. Cut, cut! was +the cry from the ship to the boats, which, for one instant, seemed on the +point of being brought with a deadly dash against the vessel's side. But +having plenty of line yet in the tubs, and the whale not sounding very +rapidly, they paid out abundance of rope, and at the same time pulled with +all their might so as to get ahead of the ship. For a few minutes the +struggle was intensely critical; for while they still slacked out the +tightened line in one direction, and still plied their oars in another, the +contending strain threatened to take them under. But it was only a few feet +advance they sought to gain. And they stuck to it till they did gain it; +when instantly, a swift tremor was felt running like lightning along the keel, + + as the strained line, scraping beneath the ship, suddenly rose to view under +her bows, snapping and quivering; and so flinging off its drippings, that +the drops fell like bits of broken glass on the water, while the whale +beyond also rose to sight, and once more the boats were free +..

+to fly. But the fagged whale abated his speed, and blindly altering his +course, went round the stern of the ship towing the two boats after him, so +that they performed a complete circuit. Meantime, they hauled more and more +upon their lines, till close flanking him on both sides, Stubb answered +Flask with lance for lance; and thus round and round the Pequod the battle +went, while the multitudes of sharks that had before swum round the Sperm +Whale's body, rushed to the fresh blood that was spilled, thirstily drinking +at every new gash, as the eager Israelites did at the new bursting fountains +that poured from the smitten rock. At last his spout grew thick, and with a +frightful roll and vomit, he turned upon his back a corpse. While the two +headsmen were engaged in making fast cords to his flukes, and in other ways +getting the mass in readiness for towing, some conversation ensued between +them. I wonder what the old man wants with this lump of foul lard, said +Stubb, not without some disgust at the thought of having to do with so +ignoble a leviathan. Wants with it? said Flask, coiling some spare line in +the boat's bow, did you never hear that the ship which but once has a Sperm +Whale's head hoisted on her starboard side, and at the same time a Right +Whale's on the larboard; did you never hear, Stubb, that that ship can never +afterwards capsize? Why not? I don't know, but I heard that gamboge +ghost of a Fedallah saying so, and he seems to know all about ships' charms. +But I sometimes think he'll charm the ship to no good at last. I don't half +like that chap, Stubb. Did you ever notice how that tusk of his is a sort of +carved into a snake's head, Stubb? Sink him! I never look at him at all; +but if ever I get a chance of a dark night, and he standing hard by the +bulwarks, and no one by; look down there, Flask --pointing into the sea with +a peculiar motion of both hands -- Aye, will I! Flask, I take that Fedallah to +be the devil in disguise. Do you believe that cock and bull story about his +having been stowed away on board ship? He's the devil, I say. The reason why +you don't see his tail, is because he tucks it up out of sight; he carries +it +..

+coiled away in his pocket, I guess. Blast him! now that I think of it, he's +always wanting oakum to stuff into the toes of his boots. He sleeps in his +boots, don't he? He hasn't got any hammock; but I've seen him lay of nights +in a coil of rigging. No doubt, and it's because of his cursed tail; he +coils it down, do ye see, in the eye of the rigging. What's the old man +have so much to do with him for? Striking up a swap or a bargain, I +suppose. Bargain? --about what? Why, do ye see, the old man is hard bent +after that White Whale, and the devil there is trying to come round him, and + + get him to swap away his silver watch, or his soul, or something of that +sort, and then he'll surrender Moby Dick. Pooh! Stubb, you are +skylarking; how can Fedallah do that? I don't know, Flask, but the devil +is a curious chap, and a wicked one, I tell ye. Why, they say as how he +went a sauntering into the old flag-ship once, switching his tail about +devilish easy and gentlemanlike, and inquiring if the old governor was at +home. Well, he was at home, and asked the devil what he wanted. The devil, +switching his hoofs, up and says, "I want John." "What for?" says the old +governor, "What business is that of yours," says the devil, getting mad, --"I +want to use him." "Take him," says the governor --and by the Lord, Flask, if +the devil didn't give John the Asiatic cholera before he got through with +him, I'll eat this whale in one mouthful. But look sharp-- aint you all ready +there? Well, then, pull ahead, and let's get the whale alongside. I think +I remember some such story as you were telling, said Flask, when at last the +two boats were slowly advancing with their burden towards the ship, but I +can't remember where. Three Spaniards? Adventures of those three +bloody-minded soldadoes? Did ye read it there, Flask? I guess ye did? No; + + never saw such a book; heard of it, though. But now, tell me, Stubb, do you +suppose that that devil you was speaking of just now, was the same you say is +now on board the Pequod? +..

+ + Am I the same man that helped kill this whale? Doesn't the devil live for +ever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any parson a +wearing mourning for the devil? And if the devil has a latch-key to get into +the admiral's cabin, don't you suppose he can crawl into a port-hole? Tell me +that, Mr. Flask? How old do you suppose Fedallah is, Stubb? Do you see +that mainmast there? pointing to the ship; well, that's the figure one; +now take all the hoops in the Pequod's hold, and string 'em along in a row +with that mast, for oughts, do you see; well, that wouldn't begin to be +Fedallah's age. Nor all the coopers in creation couldn't show hoops enough to +make oughts enough. but see here, stubb, i thought you a little boasted +just now, that you meant to give Fedallah a sea-toss, if you got a good +chance. Now, if he's so old as all those hoops of yours come to, and if he +is going to live for ever, what good will it do to pitch him overboard --tell +me that? Give him a good ducking, anyhow. But he'd crawl back. Duck +him again; and keep ducking him. Suppose he should take it into his head to +duck you, though -- yes, and drown you --what then? I should like to see him +try it; I'd give him such a pair of black eyes that he wouldn't dare to show +his face in the admiral's cabin again for a long while, let alone down in the +orlop there, where he lives, and hereabouts on the upper decks where he +sneaks so much. Damn the devil, Flask; do you suppose I'm afraid of the +devil? Who's afraid of him, except the old governor who daresn't catch him +and put him in double-darbies, as he deserves, but lets him go about +kidnapping people; aye, and signed a bond with him, that all the people the +devil kidnapped, he'd roast for him? There's a governor! Do you suppose +Fedallah wants to kidnap Captain Ahab? Do I suppose it? You'll know it +before long, Flask. But I am going now to keep a sharp look-out on him; and +if I see anything very suspicious going on, I'll just take him by the nape +of his neck, and say --Look here, Beelzebub, you don't do +..

+it; and if he makes any fuss, by the Lord I'll make a grab into his pocket +for his tail, take it to the capstan, and give him such a wrenching and +heaving, that his tail will come short off at the stump --do you see; and +then, I rather guess when he finds himself docked in that queer fashion, +he'll sneak off without the poor satisfaction of feeling his tail between his +legs. And what will you do with the tail, Stubb? Do with it? Sell it for +an ox whip when we get home; -- what else? Now, do you mean what you say, +and have been saying all along, stubb? Mean or not mean, here we are at +the ship. The boats were here hailed, to tow the whale on the larboard +side, where fluke chains and other necessaries were already prepared for +securing him. Didn't I tell you so? said Flask; yes, you'll soon see this +right whale's head hoisted up opposite that parmacetti's. In good time, +Flask's saying proved true. As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards +the sperm whale's head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained +her even keel; though sorely strained, you may well believe. So, when on one +side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other +side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. +Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all +these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right. In +disposing of the body of a right whale, when brought alongside the ship, the +same preliminary proceedings commonly take place as in the case of a sperm +whale; only, in the latter instance, the head is cut off whole, but in the +former the lips and tongue are separately removed and hoisted on deck, with +all the well known black bone attached to what is called the crown-piece. +But nothing like this, in the present case, had been done. The carcases of +both whales had dropped astern; and the head-laden ship not a little resembled +a mule carrying a pair of overburdening panniers. Meantime, Fedallah was +calmly eyeing the right whale's head, and ever and anon glancing from the deep +wrinkles there to the +..

+lines in his own hand. And Ahab chanced so to stand, that the Parsee +occupied his shadow; while, if the Parsee's shadow was there at all it seemed +only to blend with, and lengthen Ahab's. As the crew toiled on, Laplandish +speculations were bandied among them, concerning all these passing things. +..

+.. < chapter lxxiv 7 THE SPERM WHALE'S HEAD--CONTRASTED VIEW > + + Here, now, are +two great whales, laying their heads together; let us join them, and lay +together our own. Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and + + the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales +regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of +all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them +is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment +hanging from the Pequod's side; and as we may freely go from one to the +other, by merely stepping across the deck: --where, I should like to know, +will you obtain a better chance to study practical cetology than here? In the +first place, you are struck by the general contrast between these heads. +Both are massive enough in all conscience; but there is a certain mathematical +symmetry in the Sperm Whale's which the Right Whale's sadly lacks. There is +more character in the Sperm Whale's head. As you behold it, you +involuntarily yield the immense superiority to him, in point of pervading +dignity. In the present instance, too, this dignity is heightened by the +pepper and salt color of his head at the summit, giving token of advanced age +and large experience. In short, he is what the fishermen technically call a + + grey-headed whale. Let us now note what is least dissimilar in these heads +-- namely, the two most important organs, the eye and the ear. +..

+Far back on the side of the head, and low down, near the angle of either +whale's jaw, if you narrowly search, you will at last see a lashless eye, +which you would fancy to be a young colt's eye; so out of all proportion is it +to the magnitude of the head. Now, from this peculiar sideway position of the +whale's eyes, it is plain that he can never see an object which is exactly +ahead, no more than he can one exactly astern. in a word, the position of +the whale's eyes corresponds to that of a man's ears; and you may fancy, for +yourself, how it would fare with you, did you sideways survey objects through +your ears. You would find that you could only command some thirty degrees of +vision in advance of the straight side-line of sight; and about thirty more +behind it. If your bitterest foe were walking straight towards you, with +dagger uplifted in broad day, you would not be able to see him, any more +than if he were stealing upon you from behind. In a word, you would have two +backs, so to speak; but, at the same time, also, two fronts (side fronts): +for what is it that makes the front of a man --what, indeed, but his eyes? +Moreover, while in most other animals that I can now think of, the eyes are so +planted as imperceptibly to blend their visual power, so as to produce one +picture and not two to the brain; the peculiar position of the whale's eyes, +effectually divided as they are by many cubic feet of solid head, which +towers between them like a great mountain separating two lakes in valleys; +this, of course, must wholly separate the impressions which each independent +organ imparts. The whale, therefore, must see one distinct picture on this +side, and another distinct picture on that side; while all between must be +profound darkness and nothingness to him. Man may, in effect, be said to look +out on the world from a sentry-box with two joined sashes for his window. +But with the whale, these two sashes are separately inserted, making two +distinct windows, but sadly impairing the view. This peculiarity of the +whale's eyes is a thing always to be borne in mind in the fishery; and to be +remembered by the reader in some subsequent scenes. A curious and most +puzzling question might be started concerning +..

+this visual matter as touching the Leviathan. But I must be content with a +hint. so long as a man's eyes are open in the light, the act of seeing is +involuntary; that is, he cannot then help mechanically seeing whatever +objects are before him. Nevertheless, any one's experience will teach him, +that though he can take in an undiscriminating sweep of things at one glance, +it is quite impossible for him, attentively, and completely, to examine any +two things --however large or however small --at one and the same instant of +time; never mind if they lie side by side and touch each other. But if you +now come to separate these two objects, and surround each by a circle of +profound darkness; then, in order to see one of them, in such a manner as to +bring your mind to bear on it, the other will be utterly excluded from your +contemporary consciousness. How is it, then, with the whale? True, both his +eyes, in themselves, must simultaneously act; but is his brain so much more +comprehensive, combining, and subtle than man's, that he can at the same +moment of time attentively examine two distinct prospects, one on one side of +him, and the other in an exactly opposite direction? If he can, then is it as +marvellous a thing in him, as if a man were able simultaneously to go through +the demonstrations of two distinct problems in Euclid. Nor, strictly +investigated, is there any incongruity in this comparison. It may be but an +idle whim, but it has always seemed to me, that the extraordinary +vacillations of movement displayed by some whales when beset by three or four +boats; the timidity and liability to queer frights, so common to such whales; + + I think that all this indirectly proceeds from the helpless perplexity of +volition, in which their divided and diametrically opposite powers of vision +must involve them. But the ear of the whale is full as curious as the eye. If +you are an entire stranger to their race, you might hunt over these two +heads for hours, and never discover that organ. The ear has no external leaf +whatever; and into the hole itself you can hardly insert a quill, so +wondrously minute is it. It is lodged a little behind the eye. With respect +to their ears, this important difference is to be observed between the sperm +whale and the +..

+right. While the ear of the former has an external opening, that of the +latter is entirely and evenly covered over with a membrane, so as to be quite +imperceptible from without. Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the +whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder +through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as +the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches +of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of +hearing? Not at all. -- Why then do you try to enlarge your mind? Subtilize +it. Let us now with whatever levers and steam-engines we have at hand, cant +over the sperm whale's head, so that it may lie bottom up; then, ascending +by a ladder to the summit, have a peep down the mouth; and were it not that +the body is now completely separated from it, with a lantern we might descend + + into the great Kentucky Mammoth Cave of his stomach. But let us hold on here +by this tooth, and look about us where we are. What a really beautiful and +chaste-looking mouth! from floor to ceiling, lined, or rather papered with a +glistening white membrane, glossy as bridal satins. But come out now, and +look at this portentous lower jaw, which seems like the long narrow lid of an +immense snuff-box, with a hinge at one end, instead of one side. If you pry +it up, so as to get it overhead, and expose its rows of teeth, it seems a +terrific portcullis; and such, alas! it proves to many a poor wight in the +fishery, upon whom these spikes fall with impaling force. But far more +terrible is it to behold, when fathoms down in the sea, you see some sulky +whale, floating there suspended, with his prodigious jaw, some fifteen feet +long, hanging straight down at right-angles with his body, for all the world +like a ship's jib-boom. This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out +of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw +have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach +to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him. In most +cases this lower jaw --being easily unhinged by a practised artist --is +disengaged and hoisted on deck for the purpose of extracting the ivory teeth, +and furnishing a supply of +..

+that hard white whalebone with which the fishermen fashion all sorts of +curious articles, including canes, umbrella-stocks, and handles to +riding-whips. With a long, weary hoist the jaw is dragged on board, as if it +were an anchor; and when the proper time comes --some few days after the other +work --Queequeg, Daggoo, and Tashtego, being all accomplished dentists, are set +to drawing teeth. With a keen cutting-spade, Queequeg lances the gums; then +the jaw is lashed down to ringbolts, and a tackle being rigged from aloft, +they drag out these teeth, as Michigan oxen drag stumps of old oaks out of +wild wood-lands. There are generally forty-two teeth in all; in old whales, +much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The +jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away like joists for building +houses. +..

+.. < chapter lxxv 17 THE RIGHT WHALE'S HEAD--CONTRASTED VIEW > + + Crossing the +deck, let us now have a good long look at the Right Whale's head. As in +general shape the noble Sperm Whale's head may be compared to a Roman +war-chariot (especially in front, where it is so broadly rounded); so, at a +broad view, the Right Whale's head bears a rather inelegant resemblance to a +gigantic galliot-toed shoe. Two hundred years ago an old Dutch voyager +likened its shape to that of a shoemaker's last. And in this same last or +shoe, that old woman of the nursery tale, with the swarming brood, might +very comfortably be lodged, she and all her progeny. But as you come nearer +to this great head it begins to assume different aspects, according to your +point of view. If you stand on its summit and look at these two f-shaped +spout-holes, you would take the whole head for an enormous bass-viol, and +these +..

+spiracles, the apertures in its sounding-board. Then, again, if you fix your +eye upon this strange, crested, comb-like incrustation on the top of the mass +--this green, barnacled thing, which the Greenlanders call the crown, and +the Southern fishers the bonnet of the Right Whale; fixing your eyes solely +on this, you would take the head for the trunk of some huge oak, with a +bird's nest in its crotch. At any rate, when you watch those live crabs that +nestle here on this bonnet, such an idea will be almost sure to occur to you; + + unless, indeed, your fancy has been fixed by the technical term crown also +bestowed upon it; in which case you will take great interest in thinking how +this mighty monster is actually a diademed king of the sea, whose green +crown has been put together for him in this marvellous manner. But if this +whale be a king, he is a very sulky looking fellow to grace a diadem. Look +at that hanging lower lip! what a huge sulk and pout is there! a sulk and +pout, by carpenter's measurement, about twenty feet long and five feet deep; +a sulk and pout that will yield you some 500 gallons of oil and more. A great +pity, now, that this unfortunate whale should be hare-lipped. The fissure is +about a foot across. Probably the mother during an important interval was +sailing down the Peruvian coast, when earthquakes caused the beach to gape. +Over this lip, as over a slippery threshold, we now slide into the mouth. +Upon my word were I at Mackinaw, I should take this to be the inside of an +Indian wigwam. Good Lord! is this the road that Jonah went? The roof is +about twelve feet high, and runs to a pretty sharp angle, as if there were a +regular ridge-pole there; while these ribbed, arched, hairy sides, present us +with those wondrous, half vertical, scimetar-shaped slats of whale-bone, say +three hundred on a side, which depending from the upper part of the head or +crown bone, form those Venetian blinds which have elsewhere been cursorily +mentioned. The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through +which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains +the small fish, when open-mouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding +time. In the central blinds of bone, as they stand in their natural order, +there are certain curious marks, curves, hollows, and ridges, whereby some +whalemen calculate +..

+the creature's age, as the age of an oak by its circular rings. Though the +certainty of this criterion is far from demonstrable, yet it has the savor of +analogical probability. At any rate, if we yield to it, we must grant a far +greater age to the Right Whale than at first glance will seem reasonable. In +old times, there seem to have prevailed the most curious fancies concerning +these blinds. One voyager in Purchas calls them the wondrous whiskers +inside of the whale's mouth; another, hogs' bristles; a third old gentleman +in Hackluyt uses the following elegant language: There are about two hundred + + and fifty fins growing on each side of his upper chop, which arch over his +tongue on each side of his mouth. As every one knows, these same hogs' +bristles, fins, whiskers, blinds, or whatever you please, furnish to +the ladies their busks and other stiffening contrivances. But in this +particular, the demand has long been on the decline. It was in Queen Anne's +time that the bone was in its glory, the farthingale being then all the +fashion. And as those ancient dames moved about gaily, though in the jaws of +the whale, as you may say; even so, in a shower, with the like +thoughtlessness, do we nowadays fly under the same jaws for protection; the +umbrella being a tent spread over the same bone. But now forget all about +blinds and whiskers for a moment, and, standing in the Right Whale's mouth, +look around you afresh. Seeing all these colonnades of bone so methodically +ranged about, would you not think you were inside the great Haarlem organ, +and gazing upon its thousand pipes? For a carpet to the organ we have a rug +of the softest Turkey --the tongue, which is glued, as it were, to the floor of +the mouth. It is very fat and tender, and apt to tear in pieces in hoisting +it on deck. This particular tongue now before us; at a passing glance I +should say it was a six-barreler; that is, it will yield you about that +amount of oil. Ere this, you must have plainly seen the truth of what I +..

+started with --that the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale have almost entirely +different heads. To sum up, then; in the Right Whale's there is no great +well of sperm; no ivory teeth at all; no long, slender mandible of a lower +jaw, like the Sperm Whale's. Nor in the Sperm Whale are there any of those +blinds of bone; no huge lower lip; and scarcely anything of a tongue. Again, + + the Right Whale has two external spout-holes, the Sperm Whale only one. +Look your last, now, on these venerable hooded heads, while they yet lie +together; for one will soon sink, unrecorded, in the sea; the other will not +be very long in following. Can you catch the expression of the Sperm Whale's +there? It is the same he died with, only some of the longer wrinkles in the +forehead seem now faded away. I think his broad brow to be full of a +prairie-like placidity, born of a speculative indifference as to death. +But mark the other head's expression. See that amazing lower lip, pressed by +accident against the vessel's side, so as firmly to embrace the jaw. Does +not this whole head seem to speak of an enormous practical resolution in +facing death? This Right Whale I take to have been a Stoic; the Sperm +Whale, a Platonian, who might have taken up Spinoza in his latter years. +..

+This reminds us that the Right Whale really has a sort of whisker, or rather +a moustache, consisting of a few scattered white hairs on the upper part of +the outer end of the lower jaw. Sometimes these tufts impart a rather +brigandish expression to his otherwise solemn countenance. +..

+.. < chapter lxxvi 24 THE BATTERING-RAM > + + Ere quitting, for the nonce, the +Sperm Whale's head, I would have you, as a sensible physiologist, simply +--particularly remark its front aspect, in all its compacted collectedness. I +would have you investigate it now with the sole view of forming to yourself +some unexaggerated, intelligent estimate of whatever battering-ram power may +be lodged there. Here is a vital point; for you must either satisfactorily +settle this matter with yourself, or for ever remain an infidel as to one of +the most appalling, +..

+but not the less true events, perhaps anywhere to be found in all recorded +history. You observe that in the ordinary swimming position of the Sperm +Whale, the front of his head presents an almost wholly vertical plane to the +water; you observe that the lower part of that front slopes considerably +backwards, so as to furnish more of a retreat for the long socket which +receives the boom-like lower jaw; you observe that the mouth is entirely +under the head, much in the same way, indeed, as though your own mouth were +entirely under your chin. Moreover you observe that the whale has no external +nose; and that what nose he has --his spout hole --is on the top of his head; +you observe that his eyes and ears are at the sides of his head, nearly one +third of his entire length from the front. Wherefore, you must now have +perceived that the front of the Sperm Whale's head is a dead, blind wall, +without a single organ or tender prominence of any sort whatsoever. +Furthermore, you are now to consider that only in the extreme, lower, backward +sloping part of the front of the head, is there the slightest vestige of bone; + + and not till you get near twenty feet from the forehead do you come to the +full cranial development. So that this whole enormous boneless mass is as one +wad. Finally, though, as will soon be revealed, its contents partly comprise +the most delicate oil; yet, you are now to be apprised of the nature of the +substance which so impregnably invests all that apparent effeminacy. In some +previous place I have described to you how the blubber wraps the body of the +whale, as the rind wraps an orange. Just so with the head; but with this +difference: about the head this envelope, though not so thick, is of a +boneless toughness, inestimable by any man who has not handled it. The +severest pointed harpoon, the sharpest lance darted by the strongest human +arm, impotently rebounds from it. It is as though the forehead of the Sperm +Whale were paved with horses' hoofs. I do not think that any sensation lurks +in it. Bethink yourself also of another thing. When two large, loaded +Indiamen chance to crowd and crush towards each other in the docks, what do +the sailors do? They do not suspend between them, at the point of coming +contact, any merely hard substance, +..

+like iron or wood. No, they hold there a large, round wad of tow and cork, +enveloped in the thickest and toughest of ox-hide. That bravely and uninjured +takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron +crowbars. By itself this sufficiently illustrates the obvious fact I drive +at. But supplementary to this, it has hypothetically occurred to me, that +as ordinary fish possess what is called a swimming bladder in them, capable, +at will, of distension or contraction; and as the Sperm Whale, as far as I +know, has no such provision in him; considering, too, the otherwise +inexplicable manner in which he now depresses his head altogether beneath the +surface, and anon swims with it high elevated out of the water; considering +the unobstructed elasticity of its envelop; considering the unique interior +of his head; it has hypothetically occurred to me, I say, that those mystical +lung-celled honeycombs there may possibly have some hitherto unknown and +unsuspected connexion with the outer air, so as to be susceptible to +atmospheric distension and contraction. If this be so, fancy the +irresistibleness of that might, to which the most impalpable and destructive +of all elements contributes. Now, mark. Unerringly impelling this dead, +impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there +swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately +estimated as piled wood is --by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as +the smallest insect. So that when I shall hereafter detail to you all the +specialities and concentrations of potency everywhere lurking in this +expansive monster; when I shall show you some of his more inconsiderable +braining feats; I trust you will have renounced all ignorant incredulity, +and be ready to abide by this; that though the Sperm Whale stove a passage +through the Isthmus of Darien, and mixed the Atlantic with the Pacific, you +would not elevate one hair of your eye-brow. For unless you own the whale, +you are but a provincial and sentimentalist in Truth. But clear Truth is a +thing for salamander giants only to encounter; how small the chances for the +provincials then? What befel the weakling youth lifting the dread goddess's +veil at Sais? +..

+.. < chapter lxxvii 2 THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN > + + Now comes the Baling of +the Case. But to comprehend it aright, you must know something of the +curious internal structure of the thing operated upon. Regarding the Sperm +whale's head as a solid oblong, you may, on an inclined plane, sideways +divide it into two quoins, whereof the lower is the bony structure, forming +the cranium and jaws, and the upper an unctuous mass wholly free from bones; + + its broad forward end forming the expanded vertical apparent forehead of the +whale. At the middle of the forehead horizontally subdivide this upper quoin, + + and then you have two almost equal parts, which before were naturally +divided by an internal wall of a thick tendinous substance. The lower +subdivided part, called the junk, is one immense honeycomb of oil, formed by +the crossing and re-crossing, into ten thousand infiltrated cells, of tough +elastic white fibres throughout its whole extent. The upper part, known as +the Case, may be regarded as the great Heidelburgh Tun of the Sperm Whale. +And as that famous great tierce is mystically carved in front, so the whale's +vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical +adornment of his wondrous tun. Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always +replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so +the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily +vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, +limpid, and odoriferous state. Nor is this precious substance found unalloyed +in any other part of the creature. Though in life it remains perfectly fluid, + + yet, upon +..

+exposure to the air, after death, it soon begins to concrete; sending forth +beautiful crystalline shoots, as when the first thin delicate ice is just +forming in water. A large whale's case generally yields about five hundred +gallons of sperm, though from unavoidable circumstances, considerable of it +is spilled, leaks, and dribbles away, or is otherwise irrevocably lost in the +ticklish business of securing what you can. I know not with what fine and +costly material the heidelburgh Tun was coated within, but in superlative +richness that coating could not possibly have compared with the silken +pearl-colored membrane, like the line of a fine pelisse, forming the inner +surface of the Sperm Whale's case. It will have been seen that the Heidelburgh +Tun of the Sperm Whale embraces the entire length of the entire top of the +head; and since --as has been elsewhere set forth --the head embraces one third +of the whole length of the creature, then setting that length down at eighty +feet for a good sized whale, you have more than twenty-six feet for the depth +of the tun, when it is lengthwise hoisted up and down against a ship's side. +As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to +the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti +magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, +untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its +invaluable contents. It is this decapitated end of the head, also, which is at + + last elevated out of the water, and retained in that position by the +enormous cutting tackles, whose hempen combinations, on one side, make +quite a wilderness of ropes in that quarter. Thus much being said, attend +now, I pray you, to that marvellous and --in this particular instance +--almost fatal operation whereby the Sperm Whale's great Heidelburgh Tun is +tapped. +..

+Quoin is not a Euclidean term. It belongs to the pure nautical mathematics. +I know not that it has been defined before. A quoin is a solid which differs +from a wedge in having its sharp end formed by the steep inclination of one +side, instead of the mutual tapering of both sides. +..

+.. < chapter lxxviii 2 CISTERN AND BUCKETS > + + Nimble as a cat, Tashtego +mounts aloft; and without altering his erect posture, runs straight out upon +the overhanging main-yard-arm, to the part where it exactly projects over the + + hoisted Tun. He has carried with him a light tackle called a whip, +consisting of only two parts, travelling through a single-sheaved block. +Securing this block, so that it hangs down from the yard-arm, he swings one +end of the rope, till it is caught and firmly held by a hand on deck. Then, +hand-over-hand, down the other part, the Indian drops through the air, till + + dexterously he lands on the summit of the head. There --still high elevated +above the rest of the company, to whom he vivaciously cries --he seems some +Turkish Muezzin calling the good people to prayers from the top of a tower. A +short-handled sharp spade being sent up to him, he diligently searches for +the proper place to begin breaking into the Tun. In this business he proceeds + + very heedfully, like a treasure-hunter in some old house, sounding the +walls to find where the gold is masoned in. By the time this cautious search +is over, a stout iron-bound bucket, precisely like a well-bucket, has been +attached to one end of the whip; while the other end, being stretched across +the deck, is there held by two or three alert hands. These last now hoist +the bucket within grasp of the Indian, to whom another person has reached up +a very long pole. Inserting this pole into the bucket, Tashtego downward +guides the bucket into the Tun, till it entirely disappears; then giving the +word to the seamen at the whip, up comes the bucket again, all bubbling like +a dairy-maid's pail of new milk. Carefully lowered from its height, the +full-freighted vessel is caught by an appointed hand, and quickly emptied +into a large tub. Then re-mounting aloft, it again goes through the same +round until the deep cistern will yield no more. Towards the end, Tashtego +has to ram his long pole harder and +..

+harder, and deeper and deeper into the Tun, until some twenty feet of the +pole have gone down. Now, the people of the Pequod had been baling some time +in this way; several tubs had been filled with the fragrant sperm; when all +at once a queer accident happened. Whether it was that Tashtego, that wild +Indian, was so heedless and reckless as to let go for a moment his one-handed +hold on the great cabled tackles suspending the head; or whether the place +where he stood was so treacherous and oozy; or whether the Evil One himself +would have it to fall out so, without stating his particular reasons; how it +was exactly, there is no telling now; but, on a sudden, as the eightieth +or ninetieth bucket came suckingly up --my God! poor Tashtego --like the twin +reciprocating bucket in a veritable well, dropped head-foremost down into +this great Tun of Heidelburgh, and with a horrible oily gurgling, went +clean out of sight! Man overboard! cried Daggoo, who amid the general +consternation first came to his senses. Swing the bucket this way! and +putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold +on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, +almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom. Meantime, +there was a terrible tumult. Looking over the side, they saw the before +lifeless head throbbing and heaving just below the surface of the sea, as if +that moment seized with some momentous idea; whereas it was only the poor +Indian unconsciously revealing by those struggles the perilous depth to which +he had sunk. At this instant, while Daggoo, on the summit of the head, was +clearing the whip --which had somehow got foul of the great cutting tackles --a +sharp cracking noise was heard; and to the unspeakable horror of all, one of +the two enormous hooks suspending the head tore out, and with a vast +vibration the enormous mass sideways swung, till the drunk ship reeled and +shook as if smitten by an iceberg. The one remaining hook, upon which the +entire strain now depended, seemed every instant to be on the point of giving +way; an event still more likely from the violent motions of the head. Come +down, come down! yelled the seamen to Daggoo, but +..

+with one hand holding on to the heavy tackles, so that if the head should +drop, he would still remain suspended; the negro having cleared the foul +line, rammed down the bucket into the now collapsed well, meaning that the +buried harpooneer should grasp it, and so be hoisted out. In heaven's name, +man, cried Stubb, are you ramming home a cartridge there? --Avast! How +will that help him; jamming that iron-bound bucket on top of his head? Avast, + + will ye! Stand clear of the tackle! cried a voice like the bursting of a +rocket. Almost in the same instant, with a thunder-boom, the enormous mass +dropped into the sea, like Niagara's Table-Rock into the whirlpool; the +suddenly relieved hull rolled away from it, to far down her glittering copper; + + and all caught their breath, as half swinging --now over the sailors' heads, +and now over the water --Daggoo, through a thick mist of spray, was dimly +beheld clinging to the pendulous tackles, while poor, buried-alive +Tashtego was sinking utterly down to the bottom of the sea! But hardly had +the blinding vapor cleared away, when a naked figure with a boarding-sword in +its hand, was for one swift moment seen hovering over the bulwarks. The +next, a loud splash announced that my brave Queequeg had dived to the +rescue. One packed rush was made to the side, and every eye counted every +ripple, as moment followed moment, and no sign of either the sinker or the +diver could be seen. Some hands now jumped into a boat alongside, and pushed +a little off from the ship. Ha! ha! cried Daggoo, all at once, from his +now quiet, swinging perch overhead; and looking further off from the side, +we saw an arm thrust upright from the blue waves; a sight strange to see, as +an arm thrust forth from the grass over a grave. both! both! --it is both! +--cried daggoo again with a joyful shout; and soon after, Queequeg was seen +boldly striking out with one hand, and with the other clutching the long hair +of the Indian. Drawn into the waiting boat, they were quickly brought to +the deck; but Tashtego was long in coming to, and Queequeg did not look very +brisk. +..

+Now, how had this noble rescue been accomplished? Why, diving after the +slowly descending head, Queequeg with his keen sword had made side lunges +near its bottom, so as to scuttle a large hole there; then dropping his +sword, had thrust his long arm far inwards and upwards, and so hauled out our + + poor Tash by the head. He averred, that upon first thrusting in for him, a +leg was presented; but well knowing that that was not as it ought to be, and +might occasion great trouble; -- he had thrust back the leg, and by a +dexterous heave and toss, had wrought a somerset upon the Indian; so that +with the next trial, he came forth in the good old way --head foremost. As +for the great head itself, that was doing as well as could be expected. And +thus, through the courage and great skill in obstetrics of Queequeg, the +deliverance, or rather, delivery of Tashtego, was successfully accomplished, +in the teeth, too, of the most untoward and apparently hopeless impediments; +which is a lesson by no means to be forgotten. Midwifery should be taught in +the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing. I know that this +queer adventure of the Gay-Header's will be sure to seem incredible to some +landsmen, though they themselves may have either seen or heard of some one's +falling into a cistern ashore; an accident which not seldom happens, and +with much less reason too than the Indian's, considering the exceeding +slipperiness of the curb of the Sperm Whale's well. But, peradventure, it may +be sagaciously urged, how is this? We thought the tissued, infiltrated head +of the Sperm Whale, was the lightest and most corky part about him; and yet +thou makest it sink in an element of a far greater specific gravity than +itself. We have thee there. Not at all, but I have ye; for at the time +poor Tash fell in, the case had been nearly emptied of its lighter contents, +leaving little but the dense tendinous wall of the well --a double welded, +hammered substance, as I have before said, much heavier than the sea water, +and a lump of which sinks in it like lead almost. But the tendency to rapid +sinking in this substance was in the present instance materially counteracted +by the other parts of the head remaining undetached from it, so that it sank +very slowly and deliberately indeed, affording Queequeg a fair chance for +performing his agile +..

+obstetrics on the run, as you may say. Yes, it was a running delivery, so +it was. Now, had Tashtego perished in that head, it had been a very precious +perishing; smothered in the very whitest and daintiest of fragrant +spermaceti; coffined, hearsed, and tombed in the secret inner chamber and +sanctum sanctorum of the whale. Only one sweeter end can readily be recalled +--the delicious death of an Ohio honey-hunter, who seeking honey in the crotch +of a hollow tree, found such exceeding store of it, that leaning too far +over, it sucked him in, so that he died embalmed. How many, think ye, +have likewise fallen into Plato's honey head, and sweetly perished there? +..

+.. < chapter lxxix 14 THE PRAIRE > + + To scan the lines of his face, or feel +the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no +Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken. Such an enterprise would + + seem almost as hopeful as for Lavater to have scrutinized the wrinkles on the +Rock of Gibraltar, or for Gall to have mounted a ladder and manipulated the +Dome of the Pantheon. Still, in that famous work of his, Lavater not only +treats of the various faces of men, but also attentively studies the faces of +horses, birds, serpents, and fish; and dwells in detail upon the +modifications of expression discernible therein. Nor have Gall and his +disciple Spurzheim failed to throw out some hints touching the phrenological +characteristics of other beings than man. Therefore, though I am but ill +qualified for a pioneer, in the application of these two semi-sciences to the +whale, I will do my endeavor. I try all things; I achieve what I can. +Physiognomically regarded, the Sperm Whale is an anomalous creature. He has +no proper nose. And since the nose is the central and most conspicuous of the +features; and since it perhaps +..

+most modifies and finally controls their combined expression; hence it would +seem that its entire absence, as an external appendage, must very largely +affect the countenance of the whale. For as in landscape gardening, a spire, +cupola, monument, or tower of some sort, is deemed almost indispensable to +the completion of the scene; so no face can be physiognomically in keeping +without the elevated open-work belfry of the nose. Dash the nose from +Phidias's marble Jove, and what a sorry remainder! Nevertheless, Leviathan +is of so mighty a magnitude, all his proportions are so stately, that the +same deficiency which in the sculptured Jove were hideous, in him is no +blemish at all. Nay, it is an added grandeur. A nose to the whale would have + + been impertinent. As on your physiognomical voyage you sail round his vast +head in your jolly-boat, your noble conceptions of him are never insulted by +the reflection that he has a nose to be pulled. A pestilent conceit, which +so often will insist upon obtruding even when beholding the mightiest royal +beadle on his throne. In some particulars, perhaps, the most imposing +physiognomical view to be had of the Sperm Whale, is that of the full front +of his head. This aspect is sublime. In thought a fine human brow is like the +east when troubled with the morning. in the repose of the pasture, the +curled brow of the bull has a touch of the grand in it. Pushing heavy cannon +up mountain defiles, the elephant's brow is majestic. Human or animal, the +mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German emperors to +their decrees. It signifies God: done this day by my hand. But in most +creatures, nay in man himself, very often the brow is but a mere strip of +alpine land lying along the snow line. Few are the foreheads which like +Shakespeare's or Melancthon's rise so high, and descend so low, that the eyes +themselves seem clear, eternal, tideless mountain lakes; and all above them +in the forehead's wrinkles, you seem to track the antlered thoughts descending +there to drink, as the Highland hunters track the snow prints of the deer. +But in the great Sperm Whale, this high and mighty god-like dignity inherent +in the brow is so immensely amplified, that gazing on it, in that full front +view, you feel the Deity and the dread powers +..

+more forcibly than in beholding any other object in living nature. For you see +no one point precisely; not one distinct feature is revealed; no nose, eyes, +ears, or mouth; no face; he has none, proper; nothing but that one broad +firmament of a forehead, pleated with riddles; dumbly lowering with the doom +of boats, and ships, and men. Nor, in profile, does this wondrous brow +diminish; though that way viewed, its grandeur does not domineer upon you +so. In profile, you plainly perceive that horizontal, semi-crescentic +depression in the forehead's middle, which, in man, is Lavater's mark of +genius. But how? Genius in the Sperm Whale? Has the Sperm Whale ever +written a book, spoken a speech? No, his great genius is declared in his +doing nothing particular to prove it. It is moreover declared in his +pyramidical silence. And this reminds me that had the great Sperm Whale been +known to the young Orient World, he would have been deified by their +child-magian thoughts. they deified the crocodile of the nile, because the +crocodile is tongueless; and the Sperm Whale has no tongue, or as least it +is so exceedingly small, as to be incapable of protrusion. If hereafter any +highly cultured, poetical nation shall lure back to their birth-right, the +merry May-day gods of old; and livingly enthrone them again in the now +egotistical sky; in the now unhaunted hill; then be sure, exalted to Jove's +high seat, the great Sperm Whale shall lord it. Champollion deciphered the +wrinkled granite hieroglyphics. But there is no Champollion to decipher the +Egypt of every man's and every being's face. Physiognomy, like every other +human science, is but a passing fable. If then, Sir William Jones, who +read in thirty languages, could not read the simplest peasant's face, in its +profounder and more subtle meanings, how may unlettered Ishmael hope to read +the awful Chaldee of the Sperm Whale's brow? I but put that brow before you. +Read if it you can. +..

+.. < chapter lxxx 2 THE NUT > + + If the Sperm Whale be physiognomically a +Sphinx, to the phrenologist his brain seems that geometrical circle which it +is impossible to square. In the full-grown creature the skull will measure at +least twenty feet in length. Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view of +this skull is as the side view of a moderately inclined plane resting +throughout on a level base. But in life --as we have elsewhere seen --this +inclined plane is angularly filled up, and almost squared by the enormous +superincumbent mass of the junk and sperm. At the high end the skull forms a +crater to bed that part of the mass; while under the long floor of this +crater -- in another cavity seldom exceeding ten inches in length and as many +in depth --reposes the mere handful of this monster's brain. The brain is at +least twenty feet from his apparent forehead in life; it is hidden away +behind its vast outworks, like the innermost citadel within the amplified +fortifications of Quebec. So like a choice casket is it secreted in him, +that I have known some whalemen who peremptorily deny that the Sperm Whale +has any other brain than that palpable semblance of one formed by the +cubic-yards of his sperm magazine. Lying in strange folds, courses, and +convolutions, to their apprehensions, it seems more in keeping with the idea +of his general might to regard that mystic part of him as the seat of his +intelligence. It is plain, then, that phrenologically the head of this +Leviathan, in the creature's living intact state, is an entire delusion. As +for his true brain, you can then see no indications of it, nor feel any. +The whale, like all things that are mighty, wears a false brow to the common +world. If you unload his skull of its spermy heaps and then take a rear view +of its rear end, which is the high end, you will be +..

+struck by its resemblance to the human skull, beheld in the same situation, +and from the same point of view. Indeed, place this reversed skull (scaled +down to the human magnitude) among a plate of men's skulls, and you would +involuntarily confound it with them; and remarking the depressions on one +part of its summit, in phrenological phrase you would say --This man had no +self-esteem, and no veneration. And by those negations, considered along with +the affirmative fact of his prodigious bulk and power, you can best form to +yourself the truest, though not the most exhilarating conception of what the +most exalted potency is. But if from the comparative dimensions of the +whale's proper brain, you deem it incapable of being adequately charted, +then I have another idea for you. If you attentively regard almost any +quadruped's spine, you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae +to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls, all bearing rudimental resemblance +to the skull proper. It is a German conceit, that the vertebrae are +absolutely undeveloped skulls. But the curious external resemblance, I take +it the Germans were not the first men to perceive. A foreign friend once +pointed it out to me, in the skeleton of a foe he had slain, and with the +vertebrae of which he was inlaying, in a sort of basso-relievo, the beaked +prow of his canoe. Now, I consider that the phrenologists have omitted an +important thing in not pushing their investigations from the cerebellum +through the spinal canal. For I believe that much of a man's character will be +found betokened in his backbone. I would rather feel your spine than your +skull, whoever you are. A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and +noble soul. I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that +flag which I fling half out to the world. Apply this spinal branch of +phrenology to the Sperm Whale. His cranial cavity is continuous with the first +neck-vertebra; and in that vertebra the bottom of the spinal canal will +measure ten inches across, being eight in height, and of a triangular +figure with the base downwards. As it passes through the remaining vertebrae +the canal tapers in size, but for a considerable distance remains of large +capacity. Now, of course, this +..

+canal is filled with much the same strangely fibrous substance -- the spinal +cord --as the brain; and directly communicates with the brain. And what is +still more, for many feet after emerging from the brain's cavity, the spinal +cord remains of an undecreasing girth, almost equal to that of the brain. +Under all these circumstances, would it be unreasonable to survey and map +out the whale's spine phrenologically? For, viewed in this light, the +wonderful comparative smallness of his brain proper is more than compensated +by the wonderful comparative magnitude of his spinal cord. But leaving this +hint to operate as it may with the phrenologists, I would merely assume the +spinal theory for a moment, in reference to the sperm whale's hump. This +august hump, if I mistake not, rises over one of the larger vertebrae, and +is, therefore, in some sort, the outer convex mould of it. From its relative +situation then, I should call this high hump the organ of firmness or +indomitableness in the Sperm Whale. And that the great monster is +indomitable, you will yet have reason to know. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxi 21 THE PEQUOD MEETS THE VIRGIN > + + The predestinated day +arrived, and we duly met the ship Jungfrau, Derick De Deer, master, of +Bremen. At one time the greatest whaling people in the world, the Dutch and +Germans are now among the least; but here and there at very wide intervals of +latitude and longitude, you still occasionally meet with their flag in the +Pacific. For some reason, the Jungfrau seemed quite eager to pay her +respects. While yet some distance from the Pequod, she rounded to, and +dropping a boat, her captain was impelled towards us, impatiently standing +in the bows instead of the stern. +..

+ + What has he in his hand there? cried Starbuck, pointing to something +wavingly held by the German. Impossible! --a lamp-feeder! Not that, said +Stubb, no, no, it's a coffee-pot, Mr. Starbuck; he's coming off to make +us our coffee, is the Yarman; don't you see that big tin can there alongside +of him? --that's his boiling water. Oh! he's all right, is the Yarman. Go +along with you, cried Flask, it's a lamp-feeder and an oil-can. He's out +of oil, and has come a-begging. However curious it may seem for an oil-ship +to be borrowing oil on the whale-ground, and however much it may invertedly +contradict the old proverb about carrying coals to Newcastle, yet sometimes +such a thing really happens; and in the present case Captain Derick De Deer +did indubitably conduct a lamp-feeder as Flask did declare. As he mounted the +deck, ahab abruptly accosted him, without at all heeding what he had in his +hand; but in his broken lingo, the German soon evinced his complete +ignorance of the White Whale; immediately turning the conversation to his +lamp-feeder and oil can, with some remarks touching his having to turn into +his hammock at night in profound darkness --his last drop of Bremen oil being +gone, and not a single flying-fish yet captured to supply the deficiency; +concluding by hinting that his ship was indeed what in the Fishery is +technically called a clean one (that is, an empty one), well deserving the +name of Jungfrau or the Virgin. His necessities supplied, Derick departed; +but he had not gained his ship's side, when whales were almost simultaneously + + raised from the mast-heads of both vessels; and so eager for the chase was +Derick, that without pausing to put his oil-can and lamp-feeder aboard, he +slewed round his boat and made after the leviathan lamp-feeders. Now, the +game having risen to leeward, he and the other three German boats that soon +followed him, had considerably the start of the Pequod's keels. There were +eight whales, an average pod. Aware of their danger, they were going all +abreast with great speed straight before the wind, rubbing their flanks as +closely as so many spans of horses in harness. They left a +..

+great, wide wake, as though continually unrolling a great wide parchment upon +the sea. Full in this rapid wake, and many fathoms in the rear, swam a +huge, humped old bull, which by his comparatively slow progress, as well as +by the unusual yellowish incrustations overgrowing him, seemed afflicted +with the jaundice, or some other infirmity. Whether this whale belonged to +the pod in advance, seemed questionable; for it is not customary for such +venerable leviathans to be at all social. Nevertheless, he stuck to their +wake, though indeed their back water must have retarded him, because the +white-bone or swell at his broad muzzle was a dashed one, like the swell +formed when two hostile currents meet. His spout was short, slow, and +laborious; coming forth with a choking sort of gush, and spending itself in +torn shreds, followed by strange subterranean commotions in him, which +seemed to have egress at his other buried extremity, causing the waters +behind him to upbubble. Who's got some paregoric? said Stubb, he has the +stomach-ache, I'm afraid. Lord, think of having half an acre of stomach-ache! + + Adverse winds are holding mad Christmas in him, boys. It's the first foul +wind I ever knew to blow from astern; but look, did ever whale yaw so +before? it must be, he's lost his tiller. As an overladen Indiaman bearing +down the Hindostan coast with a deck load of frightened horses, careens, +buries, rolls, and wallows on her way; so did this old whale heave his aged +bulk, and now and then partly turning over on his cumbrous rib-ends, expose +the cause of his devious wake in the unnatural stump of his starboard fin. +Whether he had lost that fin in battle, or had been born without it, it were +hard to say. Only wait a bit, old chap, and I'll give ye a sling for that +wounded arm, cried cruel Flask, pointing to the whale-line near him. Mind +he don't sling thee with it, cried Starbuck. Give way, or the German will +have him. With one intent all the combined rival boats were pointed for this +one fish, because not only was he the largest, and therefore the most +valuable whale, but he was nearest to them, and the other whales were going +with such great velocity, moreover, +..

+as almost to defy pursuit for the time. At this juncture, the Pequod's keel +had shot by the three German boats last lowered; but from the great start he +had had, Derick's boat still led the chase, though every moment neared by +his foreign rivals. The only thing they feared, was, that from being already +so nigh to his mark, he would be enabled to dart his iron before they could +completely overtake and pass him. as for derick, he seemed quite confident +that this would be the case, and occasionally with a deriding gesture shook +his lamp-feeder at the other boats. The ungracious and ungrateful dog! +cried Starbuck; he mocks and dares me with the very poor-box I filled for +him not five minutes ago! --then in his old intense whisper -- give way, +greyhounds! Dog to it! I tell ye what it is, men --cried Stubb to his crew +-- It's against my religion to get mad; but I'd like to eat that villanous +Yarman --Pull--won't ye? Are ye going to let that rascal beat ye? Do ye love +brandy? A hogshead of brandy, then, to the best man. Come, why don't some of +ye burst a blood-vessel? Who's that been dropping an anchor overboard --we +don't budge an inch --we're becalmed. Halloo, here's grass growing in the +boat's bottom --and by the Lord, the mast there's budding. This won't do, +boys. Look at that Yarman! The short and long of it is, men, will ye spit +fire or not? Oh! see the suds he makes! cried Flask, dancing up and down +-- What a hump --Oh, do pile on the beef --lays like a log! Oh! my lads, do +spring --slap-jacks and quohogs for supper, you know, my lads --baked clams and +muffins --oh, do, do spring --he's a hundred barreler --don't lose him now +--don't oh, don't! -- see that Yarman --Oh! won't ye pull for your duff, my +lads --such a sog! such a sogger! Don't ye love sperm? There goes three +thousand dollars, men! --a bank! --a whole bank! The bank of England! --Oh, do, + + do, do! --What's that Yarman about now? At this moment Derick was in the act +of pitching his lamp-feeder at the advancing boats, and also his oil-can; +perhaps with the double view of retarding his rivals' way, and at the same +time economically accelerating his own by the momentary impetus of the +backward toss. The unmannerly Dutch dogger! cried Stubb. Pull now, +..

+men, like fifty thousand line-of-battle-ship loads of red-haired devils. What +d'ye say, Tashtego; are you the man to snap your spine in two-and-twenty +pieces for the honor of old Gay-head? What d'ye say? I say, pull like +god-dam, --cried the Indian. Fiercely, but evenly incited by the taunts of +the German, the Pequod's three boats now began ranging almost abreast; and, +so disposed, momentarily neared him. In that fine, loose, chivalrous attitude +of the headsman when drawing near to his prey, the three mates stood up +proudly, occasionally backing the after oarsman with an exhilarating cry of, + + There she slides, now! Hurrah for the white-ash breeze! Down with the +Yarman! Sail over him! But so decided an original start had Derick had, +that spite of all their gallantry, he would have proved the victor in this +race, had not a righteous judgment descended upon him in a crab which caught +the blade of his midship oarsman. While this clumsy lubber was striving to +free his white-ash, and while, in consequence, Derick's boat was nigh to +capsizing, and he thundering away at his men in a mighty rage; --that was a +good time for Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask. With a shout, they took a mortal +start forwards, and slantingly ranged up on the German's quarter. An instant +more, and all four boats were diagonically in the whale's immediate wake, +while stretching from them, on both sides, was the foaming swell that he made. + + It was a terrific, most pitiable, and maddening sight. The whale was now +going head out, and sending his spout before him in a continual tormented +jet; while his one poor fin beat his side in an agony of fright. Now to this +hand, now to that, he yawed in his faltering flight, and still at every +billow that he broke, he spasmodically sank in the sea, or sideways rolled +towards the sky his one beating fin. So have I seen a bird with clipped wing, + + making affrighted broken circles in the air, vainly striving to escape the +piratical hawks. But the bird has a voice, and with plaintive cries will make +known her fear; but the fear of this vast dumb brute of the sea, was chained +up and enchanted in him; he had no voice, save that choking respiration +through his spiracle, and this made the sight of him unspeakably +..

+pitiable; while still, in his amazing bulk, portcullis jaw, and omnipotent +tail, there was enough to appal the stoutest man who so pitied. Seeing now +that but a very few moments more would give the Pequod's boats the advantage, +and rather than be thus foiled of his game, Derick chose to hazard what to +him must have seemed a most unusually long dart, ere the last chance would +for ever escape. But no sooner did his harpooneer stand up for the stroke, +than all three tigers --Queequeg, Tashtego, Daggoo -- instinctively sprang to +their feet, and standing in a diagonal row, simultaneously pointed their +barbs; and darted over the head of the German harpooneer, their three +Nantucket irons entered the whale. Blinding vapors of foam and white-fire! +The three boats, in the first fury of the whale's headlong rush, bumped the +German's aside with such force, that both Derick and his baffled harpooneer +were spilled out, and sailed over by the three flying keels. Don't be +afraid, my butter-boxes, cried Stubb, casting a passing glance upon them as +he shot by; ye'll be picked up presently --all right --I saw some sharks +astern --St. Bernard's dogs, you know --relieve distressed travellers. +Hurrah! this is the way to sail now. Every keel a sun-beam! Hurrah! --Here +we go like three tin kettles at the tail of a mad cougar! This puts me in +mind of fastening to an elephant in a tilbury on a plain --makes the +wheel-spokes fly, boys, when you fasten to him that way; and there's danger of +being pitched out too, when you strike a hill. Hurrah! this is the way a +fellow feels when he's going to Davy Jones --all a rush down an endless +inclined plane! Hurrah! this whale carries the everlasting mail! But the +monster's run was a brief one. Giving a sudden gasp, he tumultuously sounded. + + With a grating rush, the three lines flew round the loggerheads with such a +force as to gouge deep grooves in them; while so fearful were the +harpooneers that this rapid sounding would soon exhaust the lines, that using +all their dexterous might, they caught repeated smoking turns with the rope +to hold on; till at last --owing to the perpendicular strain from the +lead-lined chocks of the boats, whence the three +..

+ropes went straight down into the blue --the gunwales of the bows were almost +even with the water, while the three sterns tilted high in the air. And the +whale soon ceasing to sound, for some time they remained in that attitude, +fearful of expending more line, though the position was a little ticklish. +But though boats have been taken down and lost in this way, yet it is this + + holding on, as it is called; this hooking up by the sharp barbs of his live +flesh from the back; this it is that often torments the Leviathan into soon +rising again to meet the sharp lance of his foes. Yet not to speak of the +peril of the thing, it is to be doubted whether this course is always the +best; for it is but reasonable to presume, that the longer the stricken +whale stays under water, the more he is exhausted. Because, owing to the +enormous surface of him --in a full grown sperm whale something less than + +square feet --the pressure of the water is immense. We all know what an +astonishing atmospheric weight we ourselves stand up under; even here, +above-ground, in the air; how vast, then, the burden of a whale, bearing on +his back a column of two hundred fathoms of ocean! It must at least equal the +weight of fifty atmospheres. One whaleman has estimated it at the weight of +twenty line-of-battle ships, with all their guns, and stores, and men on +board. As the three boats lay there on that gently rolling sea, gazing down +into its eternal blue noon; and as not a single groan or cry of any sort, +nay, not so much as a ripple or a bubble came up from its depths; what +landsman would have thought, that beneath all that silence and placidity, the +utmost monster of the seas was writhing and wrenching in agony! Not eight +inches of perpendicular rope were visible at the bows. Seems it credible +that by three such thin threads the great Leviathan was suspended like the big +weight to an eight day clock. Suspended? and to what? To three bits of +board. Is this the creature of whom it was once so triumphantly said -- Canst +thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? The +sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold, the spear, the dart, nor the +habergeon: he esteemeth iron as straw; the arrow cannot make him flee; +darts are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear! This +the creature? this he? Oh! that unfulfilments +..

+should follow the prophets. For with the strength of a thousand thighs in his +tail, Leviathan had run his head under the mountains of the sea, to hide him +from the Pequod's fish-spears! In that sloping afternoon sunlight, the +shadows that the three boats sent down beneath the surface, must have been +long enough and broad enough to shade half Xerxes' army. Who can tell how +appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over +his head! Stand by, men; he stirs, cried Starbuck, as the three lines +suddenly vibrated in the water, distinctly conducting upwards to them, as by +magnetic wires, the life and death throbs of the whale, so that every oarsman +felt them in his seat. The next moment, relieved in a great part from the +downward strain at the bows, the boats gave a sudden bounce upwards, as a +small ice-field will, when a dense herd of white bears are scared from it +into the sea. Haul in! Haul in! cried Starbuck again; he's rising. The +lines, of which, hardly an instant before, not one hand's breadth could have +been gained, were now in long quick coils flung back all dripping into the +boats, and soon the whale broke water within two ship's lengths of the +hunters. His motions plainly denoted his extreme exhaustion. In most land +animals there are certain valves or flood-gates in many of their veins, +whereby when wounded, the blood is in some degree at least instantly shut off +in certain directions. Not so with the whale; one of whose peculiarities it +is, to have an entire nonvalvular structure of the blood-vessels, so that +when pierced even by so small a point as a harpoon, a deadly drain is at once +begun upon his whole arterial system; and when this is heightened by the +extraordinary pressure of water at a great distance below the surface, his +life may be said to pour from him in incessant streams. Yet so vast is the +quantity of blood in him, and so distant and numerous its interior fountains, + + that he will keep thus bleeding and bleeding for a considerable period; even +as in a drought a river will flow, whose source is in the well-springs of +far-off and undiscernible hills. Even now, when the boats pulled upon this +whale, and perilously drew over his swaying +..

+flukes, and the lances were darted into him, they were followed by steady +jets from the new made wound, which kept continually playing, while the +natural spout-hole in his head was only at intervals, however rapid, sending +its affrighted moisture into the air. From this last vent no blood yet came, +because no vital part of him had thus far been struck. His life, as they +significantly call it, was untouched. As the boats now more closely +surrounded him, the whole upper part of his form, with much of it that is +ordinarily submerged, was plainly revealed. His eyes, or rather the places +where his eyes had been, were beheld. As strange misgrown masses gather in +the knot-holes of the noblest oaks when prostrate, so from the points which +the whale's eyes had once occupied, now protruded blind bulbs, horribly +pitiable to see. but pity there was none. For all his old age, and his one +arm, and his blind eyes, he must die the death and be murdered, in order to +light the gay bridals and other merry-makings of men, and also to illuminate +the solemn churches that preach unconditional inoffensiveness by all to all. +Still rolling in his blood, at last he partially disclosed a strangely +discolored bunch or protuberance, the size of a bushel, low down on the flank. + + A nice spot, cried Flask; just let me prick him there once. Avast! +cried Starbuck, there's no need of that! But humane Starbuck was too late. +At the instant of the dart an ulcerous jet shot from this cruel wound, and +goaded by it into more than sufferable anguish, the whale now spouting thick +blood, with swift fury blindly darted at the craft, bespattering them and +their glorying crews all over with showers of gore, capsizing Flask's boat and +marring the bows. It was his death stroke. For, by this time, so spent was +he by loss of blood, that he helplessly rolled away from the wreck he had +made; lay panting on his side, impotently flapped with his stumped fin, +then over and over slowly revolved like a waning world; turned up the white +secrets of his belly; lay like a log, and died. It was most piteous, that +last expiring spout. As when by unseen hands the water is gradually drawn off +from some mighty fountain, and with half-stifled melancholy gurglings the +spray-column lowers and lowers to the ground --so the last long dying spout +of the whale. +..

+Soon, while the crews were awaiting the arrival of the ship, the body showed +symptoms of sinking with all its treasures unrifled. Immediately, by +Starbuck's orders, lines were secured to it at different points, so that ere +long every boat was a buoy; the sunken whale being suspended a few inches +beneath them by the cords. By very heedful management, when the ship drew +nigh, the whale was transferred to her side, and was strongly secured there +by the stiffest fluke-chains, for it was plain that unless artificially +upheld, the body would at once sink to the bottom. It so chanced that almost +upon first cutting into him with the spade, the entire length of a corroded +harpoon was found imbedded in his flesh, on the lower part of the bunch +before described. But as the stumps of harpoons are frequently found in the +dead bodies of captured whales, with the flesh perfectly healed around them, +and no prominence of any kind to denote their place; therefore, there must +needs have been some other unknown reason in the present case fully to account +for the ulceration alluded to. But still more curious was the fact of a +lance-head of stone being found in him, not far from the buried iron, the +flesh perfectly firm about it. Who had darted that stone lance? And when? +It might have been darted by some Nor' West Indian long before America was +discovered. What other marvels might have been rummaged out of this monstrous +cabinet there is no telling. But a sudden stop was put to further +discoveries, by the ship's being unprecedentedly dragged over sideways to the +sea, owing to the body's immensely increasing tendency to sink. However, +Starbuck, who had the ordering of affairs, hung on to it to the last; hung +on to it so resolutely, indeed, that when at length the ship would have been +capsized, if still persisting in locking arms with the body; then, when the +command was given to break clear from it, such was the immovable strain upon +the timber-heads to which the fluke-chains and cables were fastened, that it +was impossible to cast them off. Meantime everything in the Pequod was +aslant. To cross to the other side of the deck was like walking up the steep +gabled roof of a house. The ship groaned and gasped. Many of the ivory +inlayings of her bulwarks and cabins were started from their places, by the +unnatural dislocation. In +..

+vain handspikes and crows were brought to bear upon the immovable +fluke-chains, to pry them adrift from the timber-heads; and so low had the +whale now settled that the submerged ends could not be at all approached, +while every moment whole tons of ponderosity seemed added to the sinking bulk, + + and the ship seemed on the point of going over. Hold on, hold on, won't +ye? cried Stubb to the body, don't be in such a devil of a hurry to sink! +By thunder, men, we must do something or go for it. No use prying there; +avast, I say with your handspikes, and run one of ye for a prayer book and a +pen-knife, and cut the big chains. Knife? Aye, aye, cried Queequeg, and +seizing the carpenter's heavy hatchet, he leaned out of a porthole, and +steel to iron, began slashing at the largest fluke-chains. But a few strokes, + + full of sparks, were given, when the exceeding strain effected the rest. +With a terrific snap, every fastening went adrift; the ship righted, the +carcase sank. Now, this occasional inevitable sinking of the recently killed +Sperm Whale is a very curious thing; nor has any fisherman yet adequately +accounted for it. Usually the dead Sperm Whale floats with great buoyancy, +with its side or belly considerably elevated above the surface. If the only +whales that thus sank were old, meagre, and broken-hearted creatures, their +pads of lard diminished and all their bones heavy and rheumatic; then you +might with some reason assert that this sinking is caused by an uncommon +specific gravity in the fish so sinking, consequent upon this absence of +buoyant matter in him. But it is not so. For young whales, in the highest +health, and swelling with noble aspirations, prematurely cut off in the warm +flush and May of life, with all their panting lard about them; even these +brawny, buoyant heroes do sometimes sink. Be it said, however, that the Sperm +Whale is far less liable to this accident than any other species. Where one +of that sort go down, twenty Right Whales do. This difference in the +species is no doubt imputable in no small degree to the greater quantity of +bone in the Right Whale; his Venetian blinds alone sometimes weighing more +than a ton; from this incumbrance the Sperm Whale is wholly free. But there +are instances where, +..

+after the lapse of many hours or several days, the sunken whale again rises, +more buoyant than in life. But the reason of this is obvious. Gases are +generated in him; he swells to a prodigious magnitude; becomes a sort of +animal balloon. A line-of-battle ship could hardly keep him under then. In +the Shore Whaling, on soundings, among the Bays of New Zealand, when a Right + + Whale gives token of sinking, they fasten buoys to him, with plenty of +rope; so that when the body has gone down, they know where to look for it +when it shall have ascended again. It was not long after the sinking of the +body that a cry was heard from the Pequod's mast-heads, announcing that the +Jungfrau was again lowering her boats; though the only spout in sight was +that of a Fin-Back, belonging to the species of uncapturable whales, +because of its incredible power of swimming. Nevertheless, the Fin-Back's +spout is so similar to the Sperm Whale's, that by unskilful fishermen it is +often mistaken for it. And consequently Derick and all his host were now in +valiant chase of this unnearable brute. The Virgin crowding all sail, made +after her four young keels, and thus they all disappeared far to leeward, +still in bold, hopeful chase. Oh! many are the Fin-Backs, and many are the +Dericks, my friend. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxii 24 THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING > + + There are some +enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method. The more I +dive into this matter of whaling, and push my researches up to the very +spring-head of it, so much the more am I impressed with its great +honorableness and antiquity; and especially when I find so many great +demi-gods and heroes, prophets of all sorts, who one way or other have shed +distinction upon it, I am transported with the reflection that I myself +..

+belong, though but subordinately, to so emblazoned a fraternity. The gallant +Perseus, a son of Jupiter, was the first whaleman; and to the eternal honor of +our calling be it said, that the first whale attacked by our brotherhood was +not killed with any sordid intent. Those were the knightly days of our +profession, when we only bore arms to succor the distressed, and not to fill +men's lamp-feeders. Every one knows the fine story of Perseus and Andromeda; +how the lovely Andromeda, the daughter of a king, was tied to a rock on the +sea-coast, and as Leviathan was in the very act of carrying her off, +Perseus, the prince of whalemen, intrepidly advancing, harpooned the monster, +and delivered and married the maid. It was an admirable artistic exploit, +rarely achieved by the best harpooneers of the present day; inasmuch as this +Leviathan was slain at the very first dart. And let no man doubt this Arkite +story; for in the ancient Joppa, now Jaffa, on the Syrian coast, in one of +the Pagan temples, there stood for many ages the vast skeleton of a whale, +which the city's legends and all the inhabitants asserted to be the identical +bones of the monster that Perseus slew. When the Romans took Joppa, the same +skeleton was carried to Italy in triumph. What seems most singular and +suggestively important in this story, is this: it was from Joppa that Jonah +set sail. Akin to the adventure of Perseus and Andromeda --indeed, by some +supposed to be indirectly derived from it --is that famous story of St. George +and the Dragon; which dragon I maintain to have been a whale; for in many +old chronicles whales and dragons are strangely jumbled together, and often +stand for each other. Thou art as a lion of the waters, and as a dragon of +the sea, saith ezekiel; hereby, plainly meaning a whale; in truth, some +versions of the Bible use that word itself. Besides, it would much subtract +from the glory of the exploit had St. George but encountered a crawling +reptile of the land, instead of doing battle with the great monster of the +deep. Any man may kill a snake, but only a Perseus, a St. George, a Coffin, +have the heart in them to march boldly up to a whale. Let not the modern +paintings of this scene mislead us; for though the creature encountered by +that valiant whaleman of old is vaguely represented of a griffin-like shape, +and though +..

+the battle is depicted on land and the saint on horseback, yet considering +the great ignorance of those times, when the true form of the whale was +unknown to artists; and considering that as in Perseus' case, St. George's +whale might have crawled up out of the sea on the beach; and considering that +the animal ridden by St. George might have been only a large seal, or +sea-horse; bearing all this in mind, it will not appear altogether +incompatible with the sacred legend and the ancientest draughts of the scene, + + to hold this so-called dragon no other than the great Leviathan himself. In +fact, placed before the strict and piercing truth, this whole story will +fare like that fish, flesh, and fowl idol of the Philistines, Dagon by name; +who being planted before the ark of Israel, his horse's head and both the +palms of his hands fell off from him, and only the stump or fishy part of him +remained. Thus, then, one of our own noble stamp, even a whaleman, is the +tutelary guardian of England; and by good rights, we harpooneers of Nantucket +should be enrolled in the most noble order of St. George. And therefore, let +not the knights of that honorable company (none of whom, I venture to say, +have ever had to do with a whale like their great patron), let them never eye +a Nantucketer with disdain, since even in our woollen frocks and tarred +trowsers we are much better entitled to st. george's decoration than they. +Whether to admit Hercules among us or not, concerning this I long remained +dubious: for though according to the Greek mythologies, that antique +Crockett and Kit Carson --that brawny doer of rejoicing good deeds, was +swallowed down and thrown up by a whale; still, whether that strictly makes a +whaleman of him, that might be mooted. It nowhere appears that he ever +actually harpooned his fish, unless, indeed, from the inside. Nevertheless, +he may be deemed a sort of involuntary whaleman; at any rate the whale caught +him, if he did not the whale. I claim him for one of our clan. But, by the +best contradictory authorities, this Grecian story of Hercules and the whale +is considered to be derived from the still more ancient Hebrew story of Jonah +and the whale; and vice versa; certainly they are very similar. If I claim +the demigod then, why not the prophet? +..

+Nor do heroes, saints, demigods, and prophets alone comprise the whole roll of +our order. Our grand master is still to be named; for like royal kings of +old times, we find the headwaters of our fraternity in nothing short of the +great gods themselves. That wondrous oriental story is now to be rehearsed +from the Shaster, which gives us the dread Vishnoo, one of the three persons +in the godhead of the Hindoos; gives us this divine Vishnoo himself for our +Lord; --Vishnoo, who, by the first of his ten earthly incarnations, has for +ever set apart and sanctified the whale. When Brahma, or the God of Gods, +saith the Shaster, resolved to recreate the world after one of its +periodical dissolutions, he gave birth to Vishnoo, to preside over the work; + + but the Vedas, or mystical books, whose perusal would seem to have been +indispensable to Vishnoo before beginning the creation, and which therefore +must have contained something in the shape of practical hints to young +architects, these Vedas were lying at the bottom of the waters; so Vishnoo +became incarnate in a whale, and sounding down in him to the uttermost +depths, rescued the sacred volumes. Was not this Vishnoo a whaleman, then? +even as a man who rides a horse is called a horseman? Perseus, St. George, +Hercules, Jonah, and Vishnoo! there's a member-roll for you! What club but +the whaleman's can head off like that? +..

+.. < chapter lxxxiii 26 JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED > + + Reference was made to +the historical story of Jonah and the whale in the preceding chapter. Now +some Nantucketers rather distrust this historical story of Jonah and the +whale. But then there were some sceptical Greeks and Romans, who, standing +out from the orthodox pagans of their times, equally doubted the story of +Hercules and the whale, and Arion and the dolphin; +..

+and yet their doubting those traditions did not make those traditions one +whit the less facts, for all that. One old Sag-Harbor whaleman's chief reason +for questioning the Hebrew story was this: --He had one of those quaint +old-fashioned Bibles, embellished with curious, unscientific plates; one of +which represented Jonah's whale with two spouts in his head --a peculiarity +only true with respect to a species of the Leviathan (the Right Whale, and +the varieties of that order), concerning which the fishermen have this saying, + + A penny roll would choke him; his swallow is so very small. But, to this, + + Bishop Jebb's anticipative answer is ready. It is not necessary, hints the +Bishop, that we consider Jonah as tombed in the whale's belly, but as +temporarily lodged in some part of his mouth. And this seems reasonable +enough in the good Bishop. For truly, the Right Whale's mouth would +accommodate a couple of whist tables, and comfortably seat all the players. +Possibly, too, Jonah might have ensconced himself in a hollow tooth; but, on +second thoughts, the Right Whale is toothless. Another reason which +Sag-Harbor (he went by that name) urged for his want of faith in this matter +of the prophet, was something obscurely in reference to his incarcerated body +and the whale's gastric juices. But this objection likewise falls to the +ground, because a German exegetist supposes that Jonah must have taken refuge +in the floating body of a dead whale -- even as the French soldiers in the +Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents, and crawled into them. +Besides, it has been divined by other continental commentators, that when +Jonah was thrown overboard from the Joppa ship, he straightway effected his +escape to another vessel near by, some vessel with a whale for a figure-head; + + and, I would add, possibly called The Whale, as some craft are nowadays +christened the Shark, the Gull, the Eagle. Nor have there been wanting +learned exegetists who have opined that the whale mentioned in the book of +Jonah merely meant a life-preserver --an inflated bag of wind --which the +endangered prophet swam to, and so was saved from a watery doom. Poor +Sag-Harbor, therefore, seems worsted all round. But he had still another +reason for his want of faith. It was this, if I remember right: Jonah was +..

+swallowed by the whale in the Mediterranean Sea, and after three days he was +vomited up somewhere within three days' journey of Nineveh, a city on the +Tigris, very much more than three days' journey across from the nearest point +of the Mediterranean coast. How is that? But was there no other way for the +whale to land the prophet within that short distance of Nineveh? Yes. He +might have carried him round by the way of the Cape of Good Hope. But not to +speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and +another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would +involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to +speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for +any whale to swim in. Besides, this idea of Jonah's weathering the Cape of +Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that +great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make +modern history a liar. But all these foolish arguments of old Sag-Harbor only +evinced his foolish pride of reason --a thing still more reprehensible in +him, seeing that he had but little learning except what he had picked up from +the sun and the sea. I say it only shows his foolish, impious pride, and +abominable, devilish rebellion against the reverend clergy. For by a +Portuguese Catholic priest, this very idea of Jonah's going to Nineveh via +the Cape of Good Hope was advanced as a signal magnification of the general +miracle. And so it was. Besides, to this day, the highly enlightened Turks +devoutly believe in the historical story of Jonah. And some three centuries +ago, an English traveller in old Harris's Voyages, speaks of a Turkish +Mosque built in honor of Jonah, in which mosque was a miraculous lamp that +burnt without any oil. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxiv 2 PITCHPOLING > + + To make them run easily and swiftly, +the axles of carriages are anointed; and for much the same purpose, some +whalers perform an analogous operation upon their boat; they grease the +bottom. Nor is it to be doubted that as such a procedure can do no harm, it +may possibly be of no contemptible advantage; considering that oil and water +are hostile; that oil is a sliding thing, and that the object in view is to +make the boat slide bravely. Queequeg believed strongly in anointing his +boat, and one morning not long after the German ship Jungfrau disappeared, +took more than customary pains in that occupation; crawling under its bottom, +where it hung over the side, and rubbing in the unctuousness as though +diligently seeking to insure a crop of hair from the craft's bald keel. He +seemed to be working in obedience to some particular presentiment. Nor did +it remain unwarranted by the event. Towards noon whales were raised; but so +soon as the ship sailed down to them, they turned and fled with swift +precipitancy; a disordered flight, as of Cleopatra's barges from Actium. +Nevertheless, the boats pursued, and Stubb's was foremost. By great exertion, +Tashtego at last succeeded in planting one iron; but the stricken whale, +without at all sounding, still continued his horizontal flight, with added +fleetness. Such unintermitted strainings upon the planted iron must sooner or +later inevitably extract it. It became imperative to lance the flying whale, + + or be content to lose him. But to haul the boat up to his flank was +impossible, he swam so fast and furious. What then remained? Of all the +wondrous devices and dexterities, the sleights of hand and countless +subtleties, to which the veteran whaleman is so often forced, none exceed +that fine manoeuvre with the lance called pitchpoling. Small sword, or broad +sword, in all its +..

+exercises boasts nothing like it. It is only indispensable with an inveterate +running whale; its grand fact and feature is the wonderful distance to which +the long lance is accurately darted from a violently rocking, jerking boat, +under extreme headway. Steel and wood included, the entire spear is some ten +or twelve feet in length; the staff is much slighter than that of the +harpoon, and also of a lighter material--pine. It is furnished with a small +rope called a warp, of considerable length, by which it can be hauled back to +the hand after darting. But before going further, it is important to mention +here, that though the harpoon may be pitchpoled in the same way with the +lance, yet it is seldom done; and when done, is still less frequently +successful, on account of the greater weight and inferior length of the +harpoon as compared with the lance, which in effect become serious drawbacks. +As a general thing, therefore, you must first get fast to a whale, before any +pitchpoling comes into play. Look now at Stubb; a man who from his humorous, +deliberate coolness and equanimity in the direst emergencies, was specially +qualified to excel in pitchpoling. Look at him; he stands upright in the +tossed bow of the flying boat; wrapt in fleecy foam, the towing whale is +forty feet ahead. Handling the long lance lightly, glancing twice or thrice +along its length to see if it be exactly straight, Stubb whistlingly gathers +up the coil of the warp in one hand, so as to secure its free end in his +grasp, leaving the rest unobstructed. Then holding the lance full before +his waistband's middle, he levels it at the whale; when, covering him with +it, he steadily depresses the butt-end in his hand, thereby elevating the +point till the weapon stands fairly balanced upon his palm, fifteen feet in +the air. He minds you somewhat of a juggler, balancing a long staff on his +chin. Next moment with a rapid, nameless impulse, in a superb lofty arch the +bright steel spans the foaming distance, and quivers in the life spot of the +whale. Instead of sparkling water, he now spouts red blood. That drove the +spigot out of him! cries Stubb. 'Tis July's immortal Fourth; all fountains +must run wine to-day! Would now, it were old Orleans whiskey, or old Ohio, +or unspeakable +..

+old Monongahela! Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, +and we'd drink round it! Yea, verily, hearts alive, we'd brew choice punch +in the spread of his spout-hole there, and from that live punch-bowl quaff +the living stuff! Again and again to such gamesome talk, the dexterous dart +is repeated, the spear returning to its master like a greyhound held in +skilful leash. The agonized whale goes into his flurry; the tow-line is +slackened, and the pitchpoler dropping astern, folds his hands, and mutely +watches the monster die. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxv 11 THE FOUNTAIN > + + That for six thousand years --and no one +knows how many millions of ages before --the great whales should have been +spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the +deep, as with so many sprinkling or mistifying pots; and that for some +centuries back, thousands of hunters should have been close by the fountain +of the whale, watching these sprinklings and spoutings --that all this should +be, and yet, that down to this blessed minute (fifteen and a quarter +minutes past one o'clock P. M. of this sixteenth day of December, A. D. +), +it should still remain a problem, whether these spoutings are, after all, +really water, or nothing but vapor --this is surely a noteworthy thing. Let +us, then, look at this matter, along with some interesting items contingent. +Every one knows that by the peculiar cunning of their gills, the finny tribes +in general breathe the air which at all times is combined with the element in +which they swim, hence, a herring or a cod might live a century, and never +once raise its head above the surface. But owing to his marked internal +structure which gives him regular lungs, like a human being's, the whale can +only live by inhaling the disengaged air in the open atmosphere. Wherefore +the necessity +..

+for his periodical visits to the upper world. But he cannot in any degree +breathe through his mouth, for, in his ordinary attitude, the Sperm Whale's +mouth is buried at least eight feet beneath the surface; and what is still +more, his windpipe has no connexion with his mouth. No, he breathes through +his spiracle alone; and this is on the top of his head. If I say, that in +any creature breathing is only a function indispensable to vitality, inasmuch +as it withdraws from the air a certain element, which being subsequently +brought into contact with the blood imparts to the blood its vivifying +principle, I do not think I shall err; though I may possibly use some +superfluous scientific words. Assume it, and it follows that if all the +blood in a man could be aerated with one breath, he might then seal up his +nostrils and not fetch another for a considerable time. That is to say, he +would then live without breathing. Anomalous as it may seem, this is +precisely the case with the whale, who systematically lives, by intervals, +his full hour and more (when at the bottom) without drawing a single +breath, or so much as in any way inhaling a particle of air; for, remember, +he has no gills. How is this? Between his ribs and on each side of his spine +he is supplied with a remarkable involved Cretan labyrinth of vermicelli-like +vessels, which vessels, when he quits the surface, are completely distended +with oxygenated blood. So that for an hour or more, a thousand fathoms in the +sea, he carries a surplus stock of vitality in him, just as the camel +crossing the waterless desert carries a surplus supply of drink for future use +in its four supplementary stomachs. The anatomical fact of this labyrinth +is indisputable; and that the supposition founded upon it is reasonable and +true, seems the more cogent to me, when I consider the otherwise inexplicable +obstinacy of that leviathan in having his spoutings out, as the fishermen +phrase it. This is what I mean. If unmolested, upon rising to the surface, +the Sperm Whale will continue there for a period of time exactly uniform with +all his other unmolested risings. Say he stays eleven minutes, and jets +seventy times, that is, respires seventy breaths; then whenever he rises +again, he will be sure to have his seventy breaths over again, to a minute. +Now, if after he fetches a few + +..

+breaths you alarm him, so that he sounds, he will be always dodging up again +to make good his regular allowance of air. And not till those seventy breaths +are told, will he finally go down to stay out his full term below. Remark, +however, that in different individuals these rates are different; but in any +one they are alike. Now, why should the whale thus insist upon having his +spoutings out, unless it be to replenish his reservoir of air, ere +descending for good? How obvious is it, too, that this necessity for the +whale's rising exposes him to all the fatal hazards of the chase. For not by +hook or by net could this vast leviathan be caught, when sailing a thousand +fathoms beneath the sunlight. Not so much thy skill, then, O hunter, as the +great necessities that strike the victory to thee! In man, breathing is +incessantly going on --one breath only serving for two or three pulsations; so +that whatever other business he has to attend to, waking or sleeping, +breathe he must, or die he will. But the Sperm Whale only breathes about one +seventh or Sunday of his time. It has been said that the whale only breathes +through his spout-hole; if it could truthfully be added that his spouts are +mixed with water, then I opine we should be furnished with the reason why his +sense of smell seems obliterated in him; for the only thing about him that at +all answers to his nose is that identical spout-hole; and being so clogged +with two elements, it could not be expected to have the power of smelling. +But owing to the mystery of the spout --whether it be water or whether it be +vapor --no absolute certainty can as yet be arrived at on this head. Sure it +is, nevertheless, that the Sperm Whale has no proper olfactories. But what +does he want of them? No roses, no violets, no Cologne-water in the sea. +Furthermore, as his windpipe solely opens into the tube of his spouting canal, + + and as that long canal --like the grand Erie Canal --is furnished with a sort +of locks (that open and shut) for the downward retention of air or the +upward exclusion of water, therefore the whale has no voice; unless you +insult him by saying, that when he so strangely rumbles, he talks through +his nose. But then again, what has the whale to say? Seldom have I known +any profound being that had anything to say to this +..

+world, unless forced to stammer out something by way of getting a living. +Oh! happy that the world is such an excellent listener! Now, the spouting +canal of the Sperm Whale, chiefly intended as it is for the conveyance of air, + + and for several feet laid along, horizontally, just beneath the upper +surface of his head, and a little to one side; this curious canal is very +much like a gas-pipe laid down in a city on one side of a street. But the +question returns whether this gas-pipe is also a water-pipe; in other words, + + whether the spout of the Sperm Whale is the mere vapor of the exhaled breath, + + or whether that exhaled breath is mixed with water taken in at the mouth, +and discharged through the spiracle. It is certain that the mouth indirectly +communicates with the spouting canal; but it cannot be proved that this is +for the purpose of discharging water through the spiracle. Because the +greatest necessity for so doing would seem to be, when in feeding he +accidentally takes in water. But the Sperm Whale's food is far beneath the +surface, and there he cannot spout even if he would. Besides, if you regard +him very closely, and time him with your watch, you will find that when +unmolested, there is an undeviating rhyme between the periods of his jets and +the ordinary periods of respiration. But why pester one with all this +reasoning on the subject? Speak out! You have seen him spout; then declare +what the spout is; can you not tell water from air? My dear sir, in this +world it is not so easy to settle these plain things. I have ever found your +plain things the knottiest of all. And as for this whale spout, you might +almost stand in it, and yet be undecided as to what it is precisely. The +central body of it is hidden in the snowy sparkling mist enveloping it; and +how can you certainly tell whether any water falls from it, when, always, +when you are close enough to a whale to get a close view of his spout, he is +in a prodigious commotion, the water cascading all around him. And if at +such times you should think that you really perceived drops of moisture in +the spout, how do you know that they are not merely condensed from its vapor; + + or how do you know that they are not those identical drops superficially +lodged in the spout-hole fissure, which is countersunk into the summit of the +whale's head? For even when tranquilly swimming through the mid-day +..

+sea in a calm, with his elevated hump sun-dried as a dromedary's in the +desert; even then, the whale always carries a small basin of water on his +head, as under a blazing sun you will sometimes see a cavity in a rock filled +up with rain. Nor is it at all prudent for the hunter to be over curious +touching the precise nature of the whale spout. It will not do for him to be +peering into it, and putting his face in it. You cannot go with your pitcher +to this fountain and fill it, and bring it away. For even when coming into +slight contact with the outer, vapory shreds of the jet, which will often +happen, your skin will feverishly smart, from the acridness of the thing so +touching it. And I know one, who coming into still closer contact with the +spout, whether with some scientific object in view, or otherwise, I cannot +say, the skin peeled off from his cheek and arm. Wherefore, among whalemen, +the spout is deemed poisonous; they try to evade it. Another thing; I have +heard it said, and I do not much doubt it, that if the jet is fairly spouted +into your eyes, it will blind you. The wisest thing the investigator can do +then, it seems to me, is to let this deadly spout alone. Still, we can +hypothesize, even if we cannot prove and establish. My hypothesis is this: +that the spout is nothing but mist. And besides other reasons, to this +conclusion I am impelled, by considerations touching the great inherent +dignity and sublimity of the Sperm Whale; I account him no common, shallow +being, inasmuch as it is an undisputed fact that he is never found on +soundings, or near shores; all other whales sometimes are. He is both +ponderous and profound. And I am convinced that from the heads of all +ponderous profound beings, such as Plato, Pyrrho, the Devil, Jupiter, Dante, +and so on, there always goes up a certain semi-visible steam, while in the +act of thinking deep thoughts. While composing a little treatise on Eternity, + + I had the curiosity to place a mirror before me; and ere long saw reflected +there, a curious involved worming and undulation in the atmosphere over my +head. The invariable moisture of my hair, while plunged in deep thought, +after six cups of hot tea in my thin shingled attic, of an August noon; this +seems an additional argument for the above supposition. And how nobly it +raises our conceit of the mighty, misty +..

+monster, to behold him solemnly sailing through a calm tropical sea; his +vast, mild head overhung by a canopy of vapor, engendered by his +incommunicable contemplations, and that vapor --as you will sometimes see it +--glorified by a rainbow, as if Heaven itself had put its seal upon his +thoughts. For, d'ye see, rainbows do not visit the clear air; they only +irradiate vapor. And so, through all the thick mists of the dim doubts in my +mind, divine intuitions now and then shoot, enkindling my fog with a +heavenly ray. And for this I thank God; for all have doubts; many deny; +but doubts or denials, few along with them, have intuitions. Doubts of all +things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination +makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both +with equal eye. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxvi 16 THE TAIL > + + Other poets have warbled the praises of +the soft eye of the antelope, and the lovely plumage of the bird that never +alights; less celestial, I celebrate a tail. Reckoning the largest sized +Sperm Whale's tail to begin at that point of the trunk where it tapers to +about the girth of a man, it comprises upon its upper surface alone, an area +of at least fifty square feet. The compact round body of its root expands +into two broad, firm, flat palms or flukes, gradually shoaling away to less +than an inch in thickness. At the crotch or junction, these flukes slightly +overlap, then sideways recede from each other like wings, leaving a wide +vacancy between. In no living thing are the lines of beauty more exquisitely +defined than in the crescentic borders of these flukes. At its utmost +expansion in the full grown whale, the tail will considerably exceed twenty +feet across. The entire member seems a dense webbed bed of welded +..

+sinews; but cut into it, and you find that three distinct strata compose it: +--upper, middle, and lower. The fibres in the upper and lower layers, are long +and horizontal; those of the middle one, very short, and running crosswise +between the outside layers. This triune structure, as much as anything else, +imparts power to the tail. To the student of old Roman walls, the middle +layer will furnish a curious parallel to the thin course of tiles always +alternating with the stone in those wonderful relics of the antique, and +which undoubtedly contribute so much to the great strength of the masonry. +But as if this vast local power in the tendinous tail were not enough, the +whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular +fibres and filaments, which passing on either side the loins and running down +into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their +might; so that in the tail the confluent measureless force of the whole +whale seems concentrated to a point. Could annihilation occur to matter, this +were the thing to do it. Nor does this --its amazing strength, at all tend to +cripple the graceful flexion of its motions; where infantileness of ease +undulates through a Titanism of power. On the contrary, those motions derive +their most appalling beauty from it. Real strength never impairs beauty or +harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, +strength has much to do with the magic. Take away the tied tendons that all +over seem bursting from the marble in the carved Hercules, and its charm +would be gone. As devout Eckerman lifted the linen sheet from the naked +corpse of Goethe, he was overwhelmed with the massive chest of the man, that +seemed as a Roman triumphal arch. When Angelo paints even God the Father in +human form, mark what robustness is there. And whatever they may reveal of +the divine love in the Son, the soft, curled, hermaphroditical Italian +pictures, in which his idea has been most successfully embodied; these +pictures, so destitute as they are of all brawniness, hint nothing of any +power, but the mere negative, feminine one of submission and endurance, +which on all hands it is conceded, form the peculiar practical virtues of his +teachings. Such is the subtle elasticity of the organ I treat of, that +..

+whether wielded in sport, or in earnest, or in anger, whatever be the mood it +be in, its flexions are invariably marked by exceeding grace. Therein no +fairy's arm can transcend it. Five great motions are peculiar to it. First, +when used as a fin for progression; Second, when used as a mace in battle; +Third, in sweeping; Fourth, in lobtailing; Fifth, in peaking flukes. First: + + Being horizontal in its position, the Leviathan's tail acts in a different +manner from the tails of all other sea creatures. It never wriggles. In man +or fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority. To the whale, his tail is the +sole means of propulsion. Scroll-wise coiled forwards beneath the body, and +then rapidly sprung backwards, it is this which gives that singular darting, +leaping motion to the monster when furiously swimming. His side-fins only +serve to steer by. Second: It is a little significant, that while one sperm +whale only fights another sperm whale with his head and jaw, nevertheless, +in his conflicts with man, he chiefly and contemptuously uses his tail. In +striking at a boat, he swiftly curves away his flukes from it, and the blow +is only inflicted by the recoil. If it be made in the unobstructed air, +especially if it descend to its mark, the stroke is then simply irresistible. + + No ribs of man or boat can withstand it. Your only salvation lies in eluding +it; but if it comes sideways through the opposing water, then partly owing +to the light buoyancy of the whaleboat, and the elasticity of its materials, +a cracked rib or a dashed plank or two, a sort of stitch in the side, is +generally the most serious result. These submerged side blows are so often +received in the fishery, that they are accounted mere child's play. Some one + + strips off a frock, and the hole is stopped. Third: I cannot demonstrate it, + + but it seems to me, that in the whale the sense of touch is concentrated in +the tail; for in this respect there is a delicacy in it only equalled by the +daintiness of the elephant's trunk. This delicacy is chiefly evinced in the +action of sweeping, when in maidenly gentleness the whale with a certain soft +slowness moves his immense flukes from side to side upon the surface of the +sea; and if he feel but a sailor's whisker, woe to that sailor, whiskers and +all. +..

+What tenderness there is in that preliminary touch! Had this tail any +prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant +that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented +nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones. On more accounts than +one, a pity it is that the whale does not possess this prehensile virtue in +his tail; for I have heard of yet another elephant, that when wounded in +the fight, curved round his trunk and extracted the dart. Fourth: Stealing +unawares upon the whale in the fancied security of the middle of solitary +seas, you find him unbent from the vast corpulence of his dignity, and +kitten-like, he plays on the ocean as if it were a hearth. But still you see +his power in his play. The broad palms of his tail are flirted high into the +air; then smiting the surface, the thunderous concussion resounds for miles. +You would almost think a great gun had been discharged; and if you noticed +the light wreath of vapor from the spiracle at his other extremity, you would +think that that was the smoke from the touch-hole. Fifth: As in the ordinary +floating posture of the leviathan the flukes lie considerably below the level +of his back, they are then completely out of sight beneath the surface; but +when he is about to plunge into the deeps, his entire flukes with at least +thirty feet of his body are tossed erect in the air, and so remain vibrating +a moment, till they downwards shoot out of view. Excepting the sublime + + breach --somewhere else to be described --this peaking of the whale's flukes is +perhaps the grandest sight to be seen in all animated nature. Out of the +bottomless profundities the gigantic tail seems spasmodically snatching at the +highest heaven. So in dreams, have I seen majestic Satan thrusting forth his +tormented colossal claw from the flame Baltic of Hell. But in gazing at such +scenes, it is all in all what mood you are in; if in the Dantean, the devils +will occur to you; if in that of Isaiah, the archangels. Standing at the +mast-head of my ship during a sunrise that crimsoned sky and sea, I once saw +a large herd of whales in the east, all heading towards the sun, and for a +moment vibrating in concert with peaked flukes. As it seemed to me at the +time, such a grand +..

+embodiment of adoration of the gods was never beheld, even in Persia, the +home of the fire worshippers. As Ptolemy Philopater testified of the African +elephant, I then testified of the whale, pronouncing him the most devout of +all beings. For according to King Juba, the military elephants of antiquity +often hailed the morning with their trunks uplifted in the profoundest +silence. The chance comparison in this chapter, between the whale and the +elephant, so far as some aspects of the tail of the one and the trunk of the +other are concerned, should not tend to place those two opposite organs on an +equality, much less the creatures to which they respectively belong. For as +the mightiest elephant is but a terrier to Leviathan, so, compared with +Leviathan's tail, his trunk is but the stalk of a lily. The most direful +blow from the elephant's trunk were as the playful tap of a fan, compared with +the measureless crush and crash of the sperm whale's ponderous flukes, which +in repeated instances have one after the other hurled entire boats with all +their oars and crews into the air, very much as an Indian juggler tosses his +balls. The more I consider this mighty tail, the more do I deplore my +inability to express it. At times there are gestures in it, which, though +they would well grace the hand of man, remain wholly inexplicable. In an +extensive herd, so remarkable, occasionally, are these mystic gestures, +that I have heard hunters who have declared them akin to Free-Mason signs and +symbols; that the whale, indeed, by these methods intelligently conversed +with the world. Nor are there wanting other motions of the whale in his +general body, full of strangeness, and unaccountable to his most experienced +assailant. Dissect him how I may, then, I but go skin deep; I know him not, +and never will. But if I know not even the tail of this whale, how +understand his head? much more, how comprehend his face, when face he has +none? +..

+Thou shalt see my back parts, my tail, he seems to say, but my face shall not +be seen. But I cannot completely make out his back parts; and hint what he +will about his face, I say again he has no face. +..

+Though all comparison in the way of general bulk between the whale and the +elephant is preposterous, inasmuch as in that particular the elephant +stands in much the same respect to the whale that a dog does to the elephant; +nevertheless, there are not wanting some points of curious similitude; among +these is the spout. It is well known that the elephant will often draw up +water or dust in his trunk, and then elevating it, jet it forth in a +stream. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxvii 6 THE GRAND ARMADA > + + The long and narrow peninsula of +Malacca, extending south-eastward from the territories of Birmah, forms the +most southerly point of all Asia. In a continuous line from that peninsula +stretch the long islands of Sumatra, Java, Bally, and Timor; which, with many +others, form a vast mole, or rampart, lengthwise connecting Asia with +Australia, and dividing the long unbroken Indian ocean from the thickly +studded oriental archipelagoes. This rampart is pierced by several sally-ports +for the convenience of ships and whales; conspicuous among which are the +straits of Sunda and Malacca. By the straits of Sunda, chiefly, vessels +bound to China from the west, emerge into the China seas. Those narrow straits +of Sunda divide Sumatra from Java; and standing midway in that vast rampart +of islands, buttressed by that bold green promontory, known to seamen as +Java Head; they not a little correspond to the central gateway opening into +some vast walled empire: and considering the inexhaustible wealth of spices, +and silks, and jewels, and gold, and ivory, with which the thousand islands of +that oriental sea are enriched, it seems a significant provision of nature, +that such treasures, by the very formation of the land, should at least bear +the appearance, however ineffectual, of being guarded from the all-grasping +western world. The shores of the Straits of Sunda are unsupplied with those +domineering fortresses which guard the entrances to the Mediterranean, the +Baltic, and the Propontis. Unlike the Danes, these Orientals do not demand the +obsequious homage of lowered top-sails from the endless procession of ships +..

+before the wind, which for centuries past, by night and by day, have passed +between the islands of Sumatra and Java, freighted with the costliest cargoes +of the east. But while they freely waive a ceremonial like this, they do by +no means renounce their claim to more solid tribute. Time out of mind the +piratical proas of the Malays, lurking among the low shaded coves and islets +of Sumatra, have sallied out upon the vessels sailing through the straits, +fiercely demanding tribute at the point of their spears. Though by the +repeated bloody chastisements they have received at the hands of European +cruisers, the audacity of these corsairs has of late been somewhat repressed; + + yet, even at the present day, we occasionally hear of English and American +vessels, which, in those waters, have been remorselessly boarded and pillaged. + + With a fair, fresh wind, the Pequod was now drawing nigh to these straits; +Ahab purposing to pass through them into the Javan sea, and thence, cruising +northwards, over waters known to be frequented here and there by the Sperm +whale, sweep inshore by the Philippine Islands, and gain the far coast of +Japan, in time for the great whaling season there. By these means, the +circumnavigating Pequod would sweep almost all the known Sperm Whale cruising +grounds of the world, previous to descending upon the Line in the Pacific; +where Ahab, though everywhere else foiled in his pursuit, firmly counted upon +giving battle to Moby Dick, in the sea he was most known to frequent; and at +a season when he might most reasonably be presumed to be haunting it. But how +now? in this zoned quest, does Ahab touch no land? does his crew drink air? +Surely, he will stop for water. Nay. For a long time, now, the circus-running +sun has raced within his fiery ring, and needs no sustenance but what's in +himself. So Ahab. Mark this, too, in the whaler. While other hulls are +loaded down with alien stuff, to be transferred to foreign wharves; the +world-wandering whale-ship carries no cargo but herself and crew, their +weapons and their wants. She has a whole lake's contents bottled in her ample +hold. She is ballasted with utilities; not altogether with unusable pig-lead +and kentledge. She carries years' water in her. Clear old prime Nantucket +water; which, when three years afloat, the Nantucketer, +..

+in the Pacific, prefers to drink before the brackish fluid, but yesterday +rafted off in casks, from the Peruvian or Indian streams. Hence it is, that, +while other ships may have gone to China from New York, and back again, +touching at a score of ports, the whale-ship, in all that interval, may not +have sighted one grain of soil; her crew having seen no man but floating +seamen like themselves. So that did you carry them the news that another +flood had come; they would only answer -- Well, boys, here's the ark! Now, +as many Sperm Whales had been captured off the western coast of Java, in the +near vicinity of the straits of Sunda; indeed, as most of the ground, +roundabout, was generally recognised by the fishermen as an excellent spot for +cruising; therefore, as the Pequod gained more and more upon Java Head, the +look-outs were repeatedly hailed, and admonished to keep wide awake. But +though the green palmy cliffs of the land soon loomed on the starboard bow, +and with delighted nostrils the fresh cinnamon was snuffed in the air, yet +not a single jet was descried. Almost renouncing all thought of falling in +with any game hereabouts, the ship had well nigh entered the straits, when +the customary cheering cry was heard from aloft, and ere long a spectacle of +singular magnificence saluted us. But here be it premised, that owing to the +unwearied activity with which of late they have been hunted over all four +oceans, the Sperm Whales, instead of almost invariably sailing in small +detached companies, as in former times, are now frequently met with in +extensive herds, sometimes embracing so great a multitude, that it would +almost seem as if numerous nations of them had sworn solemn league and +covenant for mutual assistance and protection. To this aggregation of the +Sperm Whale into such immense caravans, may be imputed the circumstance that +even in the best cruising grounds, you may now sometimes sail for weeks and +months together, without being greeted by a single spout; and then be +suddenly saluted by what sometimes seems thousands on thousands. Broad on +both bows, at the distance of some two or three miles, and forming a great +semicircle, embracing one half of the level horizon, a continuous chain of +whale-jets were up-playing and sparkling in the noon-day air. Unlike the +straight perpendicular +..

+twin-jets of the Right Whale, which, dividing at top, falls over in two +branches, like the cleft drooping boughs of a willow, the single +forward-slanting spout of the Sperm Whale presents a thick curled bush of +white mist, continually rising and falling away to leeward. Seen from the +Pequod's deck, then, as she would rise on a high hill of the sea, this host +of vapory spouts, individually curling up into the air, and beheld through a +blending atmosphere of bluish haze, showed like the thousand cheerful chimneys +of some dense metropolis, descried of a balmy autumnal morning, by some +horseman on a height. As marching armies approaching an unfriendly defile in +the mountains, accelerate their march, all eagerness to place that perilous +passage in their rear, and once more expand in comparative security upon the +plain; even so did this vast fleet of whales now seem hurrying forward +through the straits; gradually contracting the wings of their semicircle, +and swimming on, in one solid, but still crescentic centre. Crowding all sail +the Pequod pressed after them; the harpooneers handling their weapons, and +loudly cheering from the heads of their yet suspended boats. If the wind only +held, little doubt had they, that chased through these Straits of Sunda, +the vast host would only deploy into the Oriental seas to witness the capture +of not a few of their number. And who could tell whether, in that congregated +caravan, Moby Dick himself might not temporarily be swimming, like the +worshipped white-elephant in the coronation procession of the Siamese! So +with stun-sail piled on stun-sail, we sailed along, driving these +leviathans before us; when, of a sudden, the voice of Tashtego was heard, +loudly directing attention to something in our wake. Corresponding to the +crescent in our van, we beheld another in our rear. It seemed formed of +detached white vapors, rising and falling something like the spouts of the +whales; only they did not so completely come and go; for they constantly +hovered, without finally disappearing. Levelling his glass at this sight, +ahab quickly revolved in his pivot-hole, crying, aloft there, and rig whips +and buckets to wet the sails; --Malays, sir, and after us! +..

+As if too long lurking behind the headlands, till the Pequod should fairly +have entered the straits, these rascally Asiatics were now in hot pursuit, to +make up for their over-cautious delay. But when the swift Pequod, with a fresh +leading wind, was herself in hot chase; how very kind of these tawny +philanthropists to assist in speeding her on to her own chosen pursuit, -- +mere riding-whips and rowels to her, that they were. As with glass under arm, +Ahab to-and-fro paced the deck; in his forward turn beholding the monsters he +chased, and in the after one the bloodthirsty pirates chasing him; some +such fancy as the above seemed his. And when he glanced upon the green walls +of the watery defile in which the ship was then sailing, and bethought him +that through that gate lay the route to his vengeance, and beheld, how that +through that same gate he was now both chasing and being chased to his deadly +end; and not only that, but a herd of remorseless wild pirates and inhuman +atheistical devils were infernally cheering him on with their curses; --when +all these conceits had passed through his brain, Ahab's brow was left gaunt +and ribbed, like the black sand beach after some stormy tide has been gnawing +it, without being able to drag the firm thing from its place. But thoughts +like these troubled very few of the reckless crew; and when, after steadily +dropping and dropping the pirates astern, the Pequod at last shot by the +vivid green Cockatoo Point on the Sumatra side, emerging at last upon the +broad waters beyond; then, the harpooneers seemed more to grieve that the +swift whales had been gaining upon the ship, than to rejoice that the ship +had so victoriously gained upon the Malays. But still driving on in the wake +of the whales, at length they seemed abating their speed; gradually the ship +neared them; and the wind now dying away, word was passed to spring to the +boats. But no sooner did the herd, by some presumed wonderful instinct of +the Sperm Whale, become notified of the three keels that were after them, +--though as yet a mile in their rear, --than they rallied again, and forming in +close ranks and battalions, so that their spouts all looked like flashing +lines of stacked bayonets, moved on with redoubled velocity. Stripped to our +shirts and drawers, we sprang to the white-ash, +..

+and after several hours' pulling were almost disposed to renounce the chase, +when a general pausing commotion among the whales gave animating token that +they were now at last under the influence of that strange perplexity of inert +irresolution, which, when the fishermen perceive it in the whale, they say he +is gallied. The compact martial columns in which they had been hitherto +rapidly and steadily swimming, were now broken up in one measureless rout; +and like King Porus' elephants in the Indian battle with Alexander, they +seemed going mad with consternation. In all directions expanding in vast +irregular circles, and aimlessly swimming hither and thither, by their short +thick spoutings, they plainly betrayed their distraction of panic. This +was still more strangely evinced by those of their number, who, completely +paralysed as it were, helplessly floated like water-logged dismantled ships on +the sea. Had these leviathans been but a flock of simple sheep, pursued over +the pasture by three fierce wolves, they could not possibly have evinced such +excessive dismay. But this occasional timidity is characteristic of almost +all herding creatures. Though banding together in tens of thousands, the +lion-maned buffaloes of the West have fled before a solitary horseman. +Witness, too, all human beings, how when herded together in the sheepfold of +a theatre's pit, they will, at the slightest alarm of fire, rush +helter-skelter for the outlets, crowding, trampling, jamming, and +remorselessly dashing each other to death. Best, therefore, withhold +..

+any amazement at the strangely gallied whales before us, for there is no folly +of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of +men. Though many of the whales, as has been said, were in violent motion, +yet it is to be observed that as a whole the herd neither advanced nor +retreated, but collectively remained in one place. As is customary in those +cases, the boats at once separated, each making for some one lone whale on +the outskirts of the shoal. In about three minutes' time, Queequeg's harpoon +was flung; the stricken fish darted blinding spray in our faces, and then +running away with us like light, steered straight for the heart of the herd. +Though such a movement on the part of the whale struck under such +circumstances, is in no wise unprecedented; and indeed is almost always more +or less anticipated; yet does it present one of the more perilous vicissitudes +of the fishery. For as the swift monster drags you deeper and deeper into +the frantic shoal, you bid adieu to circumspect life and only exist in a +delirious throb. As, blind and deaf, the whale plunged forward, as if by sheer + + power of speed to rid himself of the iron leech that had fastened to him; as +we thus tore a white gash in the sea, on all sides menaced as we flew, by +the crazed creatures to and fro rushing about us; our beset boat was like a +ship mobbed by ice-isles in a tempest, and striving to steer through their +complicated channels and straits, knowing not at what moment it may be +locked in and crushed. But not a bit daunted, Queequeg steered us manfully; +now sheering off from this monster directly across our route in advance; now +edging away from that, whose colossal flukes were suspended overhead, while +all the time, Starbuck stood up in the bows, lance in hand, pricking out of +our way whatever whales he could reach by short darts, for there was no time +to make long ones. Nor were the oarsmen quite idle, though their wonted +duty was now altogether dispensed with. They chiefly attended to the shouting +part of the business. Out of the way, Commodore! cried one, to a great +dromedary that of a sudden rose bodily to the surface, and for an instant +threatened to swamp us. Hard down with your tail, there! cried a second +..

+to another, which, close to our gunwale, seemed calmly cooling himself with +his own fan-like extremity. All whaleboats carry certain curious contrivances, + + originally invented by the Nantucket Indians, called druggs. Two thick +squares of wood of equal size are stoutly clenched together, so that they +cross each other's grain at right angles; a line of considerable length is +then attached to the middle of this block, and the other end of the line +being looped, it can in a moment be fastened to a harpoon. It is chiefly +among gallied whales that this drugg is used. For then, more whales are close +round you than you can possibly chase at one time. But sperm whales are not +every day encountered; while you may, then, you must kill all you can. And +if you cannot kill them all at once, you must wing them, so that they can be +afterwards killed at your leisure. Hence it is, that at times like these the +drugg comes into requisition. Our boat was furnished with three of them. +The first and second were successfully darted, and we saw the whales +staggeringly running off, fettered by the enormous sidelong resistance of the +towing drugg. They were cramped like malefactors with the chain and ball. +But upon flinging the third, in the act of tossing overboard the clumsy +wooden block, it caught under one of the seats of the boat, and in an +instant tore it out and carried it away, dropping the oarsman in the boat's +bottom as the seat slid from under him. On both sides the sea came in at the +wounded planks, but we stuffed two or three drawers and shirts in, and so +stopped the leaks for the time. It had been next to impossible to dart these +drugged-harpoons, were it not that as we advanced into the herd, our whale's +way greatly diminished; moreover, that as we went still further and further +from the circumference of commotion, the direful disorders seemed waning. So +that when at last the jerking harpoon drew out, and the towing whale sideways +vanished; then, with the tapering force of his parting momentum, we glided +between two whales into the innermost heart of the shoal, as if from some +mountain torrent we had slid into a serene valley lake. Here the storms in the +roaring glens between the outermost whales, were heard but not felt. In this +central expanse the sea presented that smooth satin-like surface, called a +sleek, produced +..

+by the subtle moisture thrown off by the whale in his more quiet moods. Yes, +we were now in that enchanted calm which they say lurks at the heart of every +commotion. And still in the distracted distance we beheld the tumults of the +outer concentric circles, and saw successive pods of whales, eight or ten in +each, swiftly going round and round, like multiplied spans of horses in a +ring; and so closely shoulder to shoulder, that a Titanic circus-rider might +easily have over-arched the middle ones, and so have gone round on their +backs. Owing to the density of the crowd of reposing whales, more +immediately surrounding the embayed axis of the herd, no possible chance of +escape was at present afforded us. We must watch for a breach in the living +wall that hemmed us in; the wall that had only admitted us in order to shut +us up. Keeping at the centre of the lake, we were occasionally visited by +small tame cows and calves; the women and children of this routed host. Now, +inclusive of the occasional wide intervals between the revolving outer +circles, and inclusive of the spaces between the various pods in any one of +those circles, the entire area at this juncture, embraced by the whole +multitude, must have contained at least two or three square miles. At any +rate --though indeed such a test at such a time might be deceptive --spoutings +might be discovered from our low boat that seemed playing up almost from the +rim of the horizon. I mention this circumstance, because, as if the cows and +calves had been purposely locked up in this innermost fold; and as if the +wide extent of the herd had hitherto prevented them from learning the precise +cause of its stopping; or, possibly, being so young, unsophisticated, and +every way innocent and inexperienced; however it may have been, these +smaller whales --now and then visiting our becalmed boat from the margin of the +lake --evinced a wondrous fearlessness and confidence, or else a still +becharmed panic which it was impossible not to marvel at. Like household dogs +they came snuffling round us, right up to our gunwales, and touching them; + + till it almost seemed that some spell had suddenly domesticated them. +Queequeg patted their foreheads; Starbuck scratched their backs with his +lance; but fearful of the consequences, for the time refrained from darting +it. +..

+But far beneath this wondrous world upon the surface, another and still +stranger world met our eyes as we gazed over the side. For, suspended in +those watery vaults, floated the forms of the nursing mothers of the whales, +and those that by their enormous girth seemed shortly to become mothers. The +lake, as I have hinted, was to a considerable depth exceedingly transparent; +and as human infants while suckling will calmly and fixedly gaze away from the +breast, as if leading two different lives at the time; and while yet drawing +mortal nourishment, be still spiritually feasting upon some unearthly +reminiscence; --even so did the young of these whales seem looking up towards +us, but not at us, as if we were but a bit of Gulf-weed in their new-born +sight. floating on their sides, the mothers also seemed quietly eyeing us. +One of these little infants, that from certain queer tokens seemed hardly a +day old, might have measured some fourteen feet in length, and some six feet +in girth. He was a little frisky; though as yet his body seemed scarce yet +recovered from that irksome position it had so lately occupied in the +maternal reticule; where, tail to head, and all ready for the final spring, +the unborn whale lies bent like a Tartar's bow. The delicate side-fins, and +the palms of his flukes, still freshly retained the plaited crumpled +appearance of a baby's ears newly arrived from foreign parts. Line! line! +cried Queequeg, looking over the gunwale; him fast! him fast! --Who line +him! Who struck? Two whale; one big, one little! What ails ye, man? +cried Starbuck. Look-e here, said Queequeg pointing down. As when the +stricken whale, that from the tub has reeled out hundreds of fathoms of rope; +as, after deep sounding, he floats up again, and shows the slackened curling +line buoyantly rising and spiralling towards the air; so now, Starbuck saw +long coils of the umbilical cord of Madame Leviathan, by which the young cub +seemed still tethered to its dam. Not seldom in the rapid vicissitudes of the +chase, this natural line, with the maternal end loose, becomes entangled +with the hempen one, so that the cub is thereby trapped. Some of the +subtlest secrets of the seas +..

+seemed divulged to us in this enchanted pond. We saw young Leviathan amours +in the deep. And thus, though surrounded by circle upon circle of +consternations and affrights, did these inscrutable creatures at the centre +freely and fearlessly indulge in all peaceful concernments; yea, serenely +revelled in dalliance and delight. But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic +of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and +while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep +inland there i still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy. Meanwhile, as we +thus lay entranced, the occasional sudden frantic spectacles in the distance +evinced the activity of the other boats, still engaged in drugging the whales +on the frontier of the host; or possibly carrying on the war within the first + + circle, where abundance of room and some convenient retreats were afforded +them. But the sight of the enraged drugged whales now and then blindly +darting to and fro across the circles, was nothing to what at last met our +eyes. It is sometimes the custom when fast to a whale more than commonly +powerful and alert, to seek to hamstring him, as it were, by sundering or +maiming his gigantic tail-tendon. It is done by darting a short-handled +cutting-spade, to which is attached a rope for hauling it back again. A +whale wounded (as we afterwards learned) in this part, but not effectually, +as it seemed, had broken away from the boat, carrying along with him half of +the harpoon line; and in the extraordinary agony of the wound, he was now +dashing among the revolving circles like the lone mounted desperado +..

+Arnold, at the battle of Saratoga, carrying dismay wherever he went. But +agonizing as was the wound of this whale, and an appalling spectacle enough, +any way; yet the peculiar horror with which he seemed to inspire the rest of +the herd, was owing to a cause which at first the intervening distance +obscured from us. But at length we perceived that by one of the unimaginable +accidents of the fishery, this whale had become entangled in the harpoon-line +that he towed; he had also run away with the cutting-spade in him; and while +the free end of the rope attached to that weapon, had permanently caught in +the coils of the harpoon-line round his tail, the cutting-spade itself had +worked loose from his flesh. So that tormented to madness, he was now +churning through the water, violently flailing with his flexible tail, and +tossing the keen spade about him, wounding and murdering his own comrades. +this terrific object seemed to recall the whole herd from their stationary +fright. First, the whales forming the margin of our lake began to crowd a +little, and tumble against each other, as if lifted by half spent billows +from afar; then the lake itself began faintly to heave and swell; the +submarine bridal-chambers and nurseries vanished; in more and more +contracting orbits the whales in the more central circles began to swim in +thickening clusters. Yes, the long calm was departing. A low advancing hum +was soon heard; and then like to the tumultuous masses of block-ice when the +great river Hudson breaks up in Spring, the entire host of whales came +tumbling upon their inner centre, as if to pile themselves up in one common +mountain. Instantly Starbuck and Queequeg changed places; Starbuck taking +the stern. Oars! Oars! he intensely whispered, seizing the helm -- gripe +your oars, and clutch your souls, now! My God, men, stand by! Shove him off, +you Queequeg --the whale there! --prick him! --hit him! Stand up --stand up, and +stay so! Spring, men -- pull, men; never mind their backs --scrape them! +--scrape away! The boat was now all but jammed between two vast black bulks, +leaving a narrow Dardanelles between their long lengths. But by desperate +endeavor we at last shot into a temporary +..

+opening; then giving way rapidly, and at the same time earnestly watching +for another outlet. After many similar hair-breadth escapes, we at last +swiftly glided into what had just been one of the outer circles, but now +crossed by random whales, all violently making for one centre. This lucky +salvation was cheaply purchased by the loss of Queequeg's hat, who, while +standing in the bows to prick the fugitive whales, had his hat taken clean +from his head by the air-eddy made by the sudden tossing of a pair of broad +flukes close by. Riotous and disordered as the universal commotion now was, +it soon resolved itself into what seemed a systematic movement; for having +clumped together at last in one dense body, they then renewed their onward +flight with augmented fleetness. Further pursuit was useless; but the boats +still lingered in their wake to pick up what drugged whales might be dropped +astern, and likewise to secure one which Flask had killed and waifed. The +waif is a pennoned pole, two or three of which are carried by every boat; +and which, when additional game is at hand, are inserted upright into the +floating body of a dead whale, both to mark its place on the sea, and also +as token of prior possession, should the boats of any other ship draw near. +The result of this lowering was somewhat illustrative of that sagacious saying +in the Fishery, --the more whales the less fish. Of all the drugged whales +only one was captured. The rest contrived to escape for the time, but only +to be taken, as will hereafter be seen, by some other craft than the Pequod. + +..

+To gally, or gallow, is to frighten excessively --to confound with fright. +It is an old Saxon word. It occurs once in Shakespeare: -- The wrathful skies + + Gallow the very wanderers of the dark And make them keep their caves. To +common language, the word is now completely obsolete. When the polite +landsman first hears it from the gaunt Nantucketer, he is apt to set it +down as one of the whaleman's self-derived savageries. Much the same is it +with many other sinewy Saxonisms of this sort, which emigrated to +New-England rocks with the noble brawn of the old English emigrants in the +time of the Commonwealth. Thus, some of the best and furthest-descended +English words --the etymological Howards and Percys --are now democratised, nay, +plebeianised --so to speak --in the New World. +..

+The sperm whale, as with all other species of the Leviathan, but unlike +most other fish, breeds indifferently at all seasons; after a gestation +which may probably be set down at nine months, producing but one at a time; +though in some few known instances giving birth to an Esau and Jacob: -- a +contingency provided for in suckling by two teats, curiously situated, one +on each side of the anus; but the breasts themselves extend upwards from +that. When by chance these precious parts in a nursing whale are cut by the +hunter's lance, the mother's pouring milk and blood rivallingly discolor +the sea for rods. The milk is very sweet and rich; it has been tasted by +man; it might do well with strawberries. When overflowing with mutual +esteem, the whales salute more hominum. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxviii 28 SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS > + + The previous chapter +gave account of an immense body or herd of Sperm Whales, and there was also +then given the probable cause inducing those vast aggregations. Now, though +such great bodies are at times encountered, yet, +..

+as must have been seen, even at the present day, small detached bands are +occasionally observed, embracing from twenty to fifty individuals each. Such +bands are known as schools. They generally are of two sorts; those composed +almost entirely of females, and those mustering none but young vigorous +males, or bulls, as they are familiarly designated. In cavalier attendance +upon the school of females, you invariably see a male of full grown magnitude, +but not old; who, upon any alarm, evinces his gallantry by falling in the +rear and covering the flight of his ladies. In truth, this gentleman is a +luxurious Ottoman, swimming about over the watery world, surroundingly +accompanied by all the solaces and endearments of the harem. The contrast +between this Ottoman and his concubines is striking; because, while he is +always of the largest leviathanic proportions, the ladies, even at full +growth, are not more than one third of the bulk of an average-sized male. +They are comparatively delicate, indeed; I dare say, not to exceed half a +dozen yards round the waist. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that upon the +whole they are hereditarily entitled to en bon point. It is very curious +to watch this harem and its lord in their indolent ramblings. Like +fashionables, they are for ever on the move in leisurely search of variety. +You meet them on the Line in time for the full flower of the Equatorial +feeding season, having just returned, perhaps, from spending the summer in +the Northern seas, and so cheating summer of all unpleasant weariness and +warmth. By the time they have lounged up and down the promenade of the +Equator awhile, they start for the Oriental waters in anticipation of the +cool season there, and so evade the other excessive temperature of the year. +When serenely advancing on one of these journeys, if any strange suspicious +sights are seen, my lord whale keeps a wary eye on his interesting family. +Should any unwarrantably pert young Leviathan coming that way, presume to +draw confidentially close to one of the ladies, with what prodigious fury the + + Bashaw assails him, and chases him away! High times, indeed, if +unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity +of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most +notorious Lothario out +..

+of his bed; for, alas! all fish bed in common. As ashore, the ladies often +cause the most terrible duels among their rival admirers; just so with the +whales, who sometimes come to deadly battle, and all for love. They fence +with their long lower jaws, sometimes locking them together, and so striving +for the supremacy like elks that warringly interweave their antlers. Not a +few are captured having the deep scars of these encounters, --furrowed heads, +broken teeth, scolloped fins; and in some instances, wrenched and dislocated +mouths. but supposing the invader of domestic bliss to betake himself away at +the first rush of the harem's lord, then is it very diverting to watch that +lord. Gently he insinuates his vast bulk among them again and revels there +awhile, still in tantalizing vicinity to young Lothario, like pious Solomon +devoutly worshipping among his thousand concubines. Granting other whales to +be in sight, the fishermen will seldom give chase to one of these Grand +Turks; for these Grand Turks are too lavish of their strength, and hence +their unctuousness is small. As for the sons and the daughters they beget, +why, those sons and daughters must take care of themselves; at least, with +only the maternal help. For like certain other omnivorous roving lovers that +might be named, my Lord Whale has no taste for the nursery, however much for +the bower; and so, being a great traveller, he leaves his anonymous babies +all over the world; every baby an exotic. In good time, nevertheless, as the +ardor of youth declines; as years and dumps increase; as reflection lends +her solemn pauses; in short, as a general lassitude overtakes the sated Turk; + + then a love of ease and virtue supplants the love for maidens; our Ottoman +enters upon the impotent, repentant, admonitory stage of life, forswears, +disbands the harem, and grown to an exemplary, sulky old soul, goes about +all alone among the meridians and parallels saying his prayers, and warning +each young Leviathan from his amorous errors. Now, as the harem of whales is +called by the fishermen a school, so is the lord and master of that school +technically known as the schoolmaster. It is therefore not in strict +character, however admirably satirical, that after going to school himself, +he should then go abroad inculcating not what he learned there, but the folly +of it. His title, schoolmaster, would very naturally +..

+seem derived from the name bestowed upon the harem itself, but some have +surmised that the man who first thus entitled this sort of Ottoman whale, +must have read the memoirs of Vidocq, and informed himself what sort of a +country-schoolmaster that famous Frenchman was in his younger days, and what +was the nature of those occult lessons he inculcated into some of his pupils. + + The same secludedness and isolation to which the schoolmaster whale betakes +himself in his advancing years, is true of all aged Sperm Whales. Almost +universally, a lone whale --as a solitary Leviathan is called --proves an +ancient one. Like venerable moss-bearded Daniel Boone, he will have no one +near him but Nature herself; and her he takes to wife in the wilderness of +waters, and the best of wives she is, though she keeps so many moody +secrets. The schools composing none but young and vigorous males, previously +mentioned, offer a strong contrast to the harem schools. For while those +female whales are characteristically timid, the young males, or +forty-barrel-bulls, as they call them, are by far the most pugnacious of all +Leviathans, and proverbially the most dangerous to encounter; excepting +those wondrous grey-headed, grizzled whales, sometimes met, and these will +fight you like grim fiends exasperated by a penal gout. The Forty-barrel-bull +schools are larger than the harem schools. Like a mob of young collegians, +they are full of fight, fun, and wickedness, tumbling round the world at such +a reckless, rollicking rate, that no prudent underwriter would insure them +any more than he would a riotous lad at Yale or Harvard. They soon relinquish +this turbulence though, and when about three fourths grown, break up, and +separately go about in quest of settlements, that is, harems. Another point +of difference between the male and female schools is still more characteristic +of the sexes. Say you strike a Forty-barrel-bull --poor devil! all his +comrades quit him. But strike a member of the harem school, and her +companions swim around her with every token of concern, sometimes lingering +so near her and so long, as themselves to fall a prey. +..

+.. < chapter lxxxix 2 FAST-FISH AND LOOSE-FISH > + + The allusion to the waifs +and waif-poles in the last chapter but one, necessitates some account of the +laws and regulations of the whale fishery, of which the waif may be deemed +the grand symbol and badge. It frequently happens that when several ships are +cruising in company, a whale may be struck by one vessel, then escape, and +be finally killed and captured by another vessel; and herein are indirectly +comprised many minor contingencies, all partaking of this one grand feature. +For example, --after a weary and perilous chase and capture of a whale, the +body may get loose from the ship by reason of a violent storm; and drifting +far away to leeward, be retaken by a second whaler, who, in a calm, snugly +tows it alongside, without risk of life or line. Thus the most vexatious and +violent disputes would often arise between the fishermen, were there not some +written or unwritten, universal, undisputed law applicable to all cases. +Perhaps the only formal whaling code authorized by legislative enactment, was +that of Holland. It was decreed by the States-General in A. D. +. But +though no other nation has ever had any written whaling law, yet the American +fishermen have been their own legislators and lawyers in this matter. They +have provided a system which for terse comprehensiveness surpasses Justinian's +Pandects and the By-laws of the Chinese Society for the Suppression of +Meddling with other People's Business. Yes; these laws might be engraven on a +Queen Anne's farthing, or the barb of a harpoon, and worn round the neck, so +small are they. I. A Fast-Fish belongs to the party fast to it. II. A +Loose-Fish is fair game for anybody who can soonest catch it. But what plays +the mischief with this masterly code is the +..

+admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to +expound it. First: What is a Fast-Fish? Alive or dead a fish is technically +fast, when it is connected with an occupied ship or boat, by any medium at +all controllable by the occupant or occupants, -- a mast, an oar, a nine-inch +cable, a telegraph wire, or a strand of cobweb, it is all the same. Likewise +a fish is technically fast when it bears a waif, or any other recognised +symbol of possession; so long as the party waifing it plainly evince their +ability at any time to take it alongside, as well as their intention so to +do. These are scientific commentaries; but the commentaries of the whalemen +themselves sometimes consist in hard words and harder knocks --the +Coke-upon-Littleton of the fist. True, among the more upright and honorable +whalemen allowances are always made for peculiar cases, where it would be an +outrageous moral injustice for one party to claim possession of a whale +previously chased or killed by another party. But others are by no means so +scrupulous. Some fifty years ago there was a curious case of whale-trover +litigated in England, wherein the plaintiffs set forth that after a hard +chase of a whale in the Northern seas; and when indeed they (the plaintiffs) +had succeeded in harpooning the fish; they were at last, through peril of +their lives, obliged to forsake not only their lines, but their boat itself. + + Ultimately the defendants (the crew of another ship) came up with the whale, +struck, killed, seized, and finally appropriated it before the very eyes of +the plaintiffs. And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their +captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs' teeth, and assured them that by +way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, +harpoons, and boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of +the seizure. Wherefore the plaintiffs now sued for the recovery of the value +of their whale, line, harpoons, and boat. Mr. Erskine was counsel for the +defendants; Lord Ellenborough was the judge. In the course of the defence, +the witty Erskine went on to illustrate his position, by alluding to a recent + + crim. con. case, wherein a gentleman, after in vain trying to bridle his +wife's viciousness, had at last abandoned her upon +..

+the seas of life; but in the course of years, repenting of that step, he +instituted an action to recover possession of her. Erskine was on the other +side; and he then supported it by saying, that though the gentleman had +originally harpooned the lady, and had once had her fast, and only by reason +of the great stress of her plunging viciousness, had as last abandoned her; +yet abandon her he did, so that she became a loose-fish; and therefore when +a subsequent gentleman re-harpooned her, the lady then became that subsequent +gentleman's property, along with whatever harpoon might have been found +sticking in her. Now in the present case Erskine contended that the examples +of the whale and the lady were reciprocally illustrative of each other. These +pleadings, and the counter pleadings, being duly heard, the very learned judge +in set terms decided, to wit, --That as for the boat, he awarded it to the +plaintiffs, because they had merely abandoned it to save their lives; but +that with regard to the controverted whale, harpoons, and line, they belonged + + to the defendants; the whale, because it was a Loose-Fish at the time of the +final capture; and the harpoons and line because when the fish made off with +them, it (the fish) acquired a property in those articles; and hence anybody +who afterwards took the fish had a right to them. Now the defendants +afterwards took the fish; ergo, the aforesaid articles were theirs. A common +man looking at this decision of the very learned Judge, might possibly object +to it. But ploughed up to the primary rock of the matter, the two great +principles laid down in the twin whaling laws previously quoted, and applied +and elucidated by Lord Ellenborough in the above cited case; these two laws +touching Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish, I say, will, on reflection, be found the +fundamentals of all human jurisprudence; For notwithstanding its complicated +tracery of sculpture, the Temple of the Law, like the Temple of the +Philistines, has but two props to stand on. Is it not a saying in every one's +mouth, Possession is half of the law: that is, regardless of how the thing +came into possession? But often possession is the whole of the law. What are +the sinews and souls of Russian serfs and Republican slaves +..

+but Fast-Fish, whereof possession is the whole of the law? What to the +rapacious landlord is the widow's last mite but a Fast-Fish? What is yonder +undetected villain's marble mansion with a door-plate for a waif; what is +that but a Fast-Fish? What is the ruinous discount which Mordecai, the broker, +gets from poor Woebegone, the bankrupt, on a loan to keep Woebegone's family +from starvation; what is that ruinous discount but a Fast-Fish? What is the +archbishop of Savesoul's income of 100,000 pounds seized from the scant bread +and cheese of hundreds of thousands of broken-backed laborers (all sure of +heaven without any of Savesoul's help) what is that globular 100,000 but a +Fast-Fish? What are the Duke of Dunder's hereditary towns and hamlets but +Fast-Fish? What to that redoubted harpooneer, John Bull, is poor Ireland, +but a Fast-Fish? What to that apostolic lancer, Brother Jonathan, is Texas +but a Fast-Fish? And concerning all these, is not Possession the whole of +the law? But if the doctrine of Fast-Fish be pretty generally applicable, the +kindred doctrine of Loose-Fish is still more widely so. That is +internationally and universally applicable. What was America in + + but a +loose-fish, in which Columbus struck the Spanish standard by way of waifing +it for his royal master and mistress? What was Poland to the Czar? What +Greece to the Turk? What India to England? What at last will Mexico be to +the United States? All Loose-Fish. What are the Rights of Man and the +Liberties of the World but Loose-Fish? What all men's minds and opinions but + + Loose-Fish? What is the principle of religious belief in them but a +Loose-Fish? What to the ostentatious smuggling verbalists are the thoughts of +thinkers but Loose-Fish? What is the great globe itself but a Loose-Fish? +And what are you, reader, but a Loose-Fish and a Fast-Fish, too? +..

+.. < chapter xc 2 HEADS OR TAILS > + + De balena vero sufficit, si rex habeat +caput, et regina caudam. Bracton, l 3. c. 3. Latin from the books of the +Laws of England, which taken along with the context, means, that of all whales +captured by anybody on the coast of that land, the King, as Honorary Grand +Harpooneer, must have the head, and the Queen be respectfully presented with +the tail. A division which, in the whale, is much like halving an apple; +there is no intermediate remainder. Now as this law, under a modified form, +is to this day in force in England; and as it offers in various respects a +strange anomaly touching the general law of Fast and Loose-Fish, it is here +treated of in a separate chapter, on the same courteous principle that +prompts the English railways to be at the expense of a separate car, specially +reserved for the accommodation of royalty. In the first place, in curious +proof of the fact that the above-mentioned law is still in force, I proceed to + + lay before you a circumstance that happened within the last two years. It +seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the +Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine +whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore. Now the +Cinque Ports are partially or somehow under the jurisdiction of a sort of +policeman or beadle, called a Lord Warden. Holding the office directly from +the crown, I believe, all the royal emoluments incident to the Cinque Port +territories become by assignment his. By some writers this office is called a +sinecure. But not so. Because the Lord Warden is busily employed at times +in fobbing his perquisites; which are his chiefly by virtue of that same +fobbing of them. Now when these poor sun-burnt mariners, bare-footed, and +..

+with their trowsers rolled high up on their eely legs, had wearily hauled +their fat fish high and dry, promising themselves a good 150 pounds from the +precious oil and bone; and in fantasy sipping rare tea with their wives, and +good ale with their cronies, upon the strength of their respective shares; +up steps a very learned and most Christian and charitable gentleman, with a +copy of Blackstone under his arm; and laying it upon the whale's head, he +says -- Hands off! this fish, my masters, is a Fast-Fish. I seize it as the +Lord Warden's. Upon this the poor mariners in their respectful consternation +--so truly English --knowing not what to say, fall to vigorously scratching +their heads all round; meanwhile ruefully glancing from the whale to the +stranger. But that did in nowise mend the matter, or at all soften the hard +heart of the learned gentleman with the copy of Blackstone. At length one of +them, after long scratching about for his ideas, made bold to speak. Please, +sir, who is the Lord Warden? The Duke. But the duke had nothing to do +with taking this fish? It is his. We have been at great trouble, and +peril, and some expense, and is all that to go to the Duke's benefit; we +getting nothing at all for our pains but our blisters? It is his. Is the +duke so very poor as to be forced to this desperate mode of getting a +livelihood? It is his. I thought to relieve my old bed-ridden mother by +part of my share of this whale. It is his. Won't the Duke be content +with a quarter or a half? It is his. In a word, the whale was seized and +sold, and his Grace the Duke of Wellington received the money. Thinking that +viewed in some particular lights, the case might by a bare possibility in +some small degree be deemed, under the circumstances, a rather hard one, an +honest clergyman of the town respectfully addressed a note to his Grace, +begging him to take the case of those unfortunate +..

+mariners into full consideration. To which my Lord Duke in substance replied +(both letters were published) that he had already done so, and received the +money, and would be obliged to the reverend gentleman if for the future he +(the reverend gentleman) would decline meddling with other people's business. + + Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three +kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars? It will readily be seen that +in this case the alleged right of the Duke to the whale was a delegated one +from the Sovereign. We must needs inquire then on what principle the Sovereign +is originally invested with that right. The law itself has already been set +forth. But Plowdon gives us the reason for it. Says Plowdon, the whale so +caught belongs to the King and Queen, because of its superior excellence. +And by the soundest commentators this has ever been held a cogent argument +in such matters. But why should the King have the head, and the Queen the +tail? A reason for that, ye lawyers! In his treatise on Queen-Gold, or +Queen-pinmoney, an old King's Bench author, one William Prynne, thus +discourseth: Ye tail is ye Queen's, that ye Queen's wardrobe may be supplied +with ye whalebone. Now this was written at a time when the black limber bone +of the Greenland or Right whale was largely used in ladies' bodices. But this +same bone is not in the tail; it is in the head, which is a sad mistake for +a sagacious lawyer like Prynne. But is the Queen a mermaid, to be presented +with a tail? An allegorical meaning may lurk here. There are two royal fish +so styled by the English law writers -- the whale and the sturgeon; both royal +property under certain limitations, and nominally supplying the tenth branch +of the crown's ordinary revenue. I know not that any other author has hinted +of the matter; but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be +divided in the same way as the whale, the King receiving the highly dense and +elastic head peculiar to that fish, which, symbolically regarded, may +possibly be humorously grounded upon some presumed congeniality. And thus +there seems a reason in all things, even in law. +..

+.. < chapter xci 2 THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSE-BUD > + + In vain it was to rake +for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying +not inquiry. Sir T. Browne, V. E. It was a week or two after the last +whaling scene recounted, and when we were slowly sailing over a sleepy, +vapory, mid-day sea, that the many noses on the Pequod's deck proved more +vigilant discoverers than the three pairs of eyes aloft. A peculiar and not +very pleasant smell was smelt in the sea. I will bet something now, said +Stubb, that somewhere hereabouts are some of those drugged whales we tickled +the other day. I thought they would keel up before long. Presently, the +vapors in advance slid aside; and there in the distance lay a ship, whose +furled sails betokened that some sort of whale must be alongside. As we +glided nearer, the stranger showed French colors from his peak; and by the +eddying cloud of vulture sea-fowl that circled, and hovered, and swooped +around him, it was plain that the whale alongside must be what the fishermen +call a blasted whale, that is, a whale that has died unmolested on the sea, +and so floated an unappropriated corpse. It may well be conceived, what an +unsavory odor such a mass must exhale; worse than an Assyrian city in the +plague, when the living are incompetent to bury the departed. So intolerable +indeed is it regarded by some, that no cupidity could persuade them to moor +alongside of it. Yet are there those who will still do it; notwithstanding +the fact that the oil obtained from such subjects is of a very inferior +quality, and by no means of the nature of attar-of-rose. Coming still nearer +with the expiring breeze, we saw that the Frenchman had a second whale +alongside; and this second whale seemed even more of a nosegay than the +first. In truth, it turned out to be one of those problematical whales that +seem +..

+to dry up and die with a sort of prodigious dyspepsia, or indigestion; +leaving their defunct bodies almost entirely bankrupt of anything like oil. +Nevertheless, in the proper place we shall see that no knowing fisherman will +ever turn up his nose at such a whale as this, however much he may shun +blasted whales in general. The Pequod had now swept so nigh to the stranger, +that Stubb vowed he recognized his cutting spade-pole entangled in the lines +that were knotted round the tail of one of these whales. There's a pretty +fellow, now, he banteringly laughed, standing in the ship's bows, there's +a jackal for ye! I well know that these Crappoes of Frenchmen are but poor +devils in the fishery; sometimes lowering their boats for breakers, mistaking + + them for Sperm Whale spouts; yes, and sometimes sailing from their port with +their hold full of boxes of tallow candles, and cases of snuffers, +foreseeing that all the oil they will get won't be enough to dip the Captain's +wick into; aye, we all know these things; but look ye, here's a Crappo +that is content with our leavings, the drugged whale there, I mean; aye, and +is content too with scraping the dry bones of that other precious fish he has +there. Poor devil! I say, pass round a hat, some one, and let's make him a +present of a little oil for dear charity's sake. For what oil he'll get from +that drugged whale there, wouldn't be fit to burn in a jail; no, not in a +condemned cell. And as for the other whale, why, I'll agree to get more oil +by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he'll get from +that bundle of bones; though, now that I think of it, it may contain +something worth a good deal more than oil; yes, ambergris. I wonder now if +our old man has thought of that. It's worth trying. Yes, I'm for it; and +so saying he started for the quarter-deck. By this time the faint air had +become a complete calm; so that whether or no, the Pequod was now fairly +entrapped in the smell, with no hope of escaping except by its breezing up +again. Issuing from the cabin, Stubb now called his boat's crew, and pulled +off for the stranger. Drawing across her bow, he perceived that in accordance +with the fanciful French taste, the upper part of her stem-piece was carved in +the likeness of a +..

+huge drooping stalk, was painted green, and for thorns had copper spikes +projecting from it here and there; the whole terminating in a symmetrical +folded bulb of a bright red color. Upon her head boards, in large gilt +letters, he read Bouton de Rose, --Rose-button, or Rose-bud; and this was +the romantic name of this aromatic ship. Though Stubb did not understand the + + Bouton part of the inscription, yet the word rose, and the bulbous +figure-head put together, sufficiently explained the whole to him. A wooden +rose-bud, eh? he cried with his hand to his nose, that will do very well; +but how like all creation it smells! Now in order to hold direct +communication with the people on deck, he had to pull round the bows to the +starboard side, and thus come close to the blasted whale; and so talk over +it. Arrived then at this spot, with one hand still to his nose, he bawled +-- Bouton-de-Rose, ahoy! are there any of you Bouton-de-Roses that speak +English? Yes, rejoined a Guernsey-man from the bulwarks, who turned out +to be the chief-mate. Well, then, my Bouton-de-Rose-bud, have you seen the +White Whale? What whale? The White Whale --a Sperm Whale --Moby Dick, +have ye seen him? Never heard of such a whale. Cachalot Blanche! White +Whale --no. Very good, then; good bye now, and I'll call again in a +minute. Then rapidly pulling back towards the Pequod, and seeing Ahab +leaning over the quarter-deck rail awaiting his report, he moulded his two +hands into a trumpet and shouted -- No, Sir! No! Upon which Ahab retired, +and Stubb returned to the Frenchman. He now perceived that the Guernsey-man, +who had just got into the chains, and was using a cutting-spade, had slung his + + nose in a sort of bag. What's the matter with your nose, there? said Stubb. + + Broke it? +..

+ + I wish it was broken, or that I didn't have any nose at all! answered the +Guernsey-man, who did not seem to relish the job he was at very much. But +what are you holding yours for? Oh, nothing! It's a wax nose; I have to +hold it on. Fine day, aint it? Air rather gardenny, I should say; throw us +a bunch of posies, will ye, Bouton-de-Rose? What in the devil's name do you +want here? roared the Guernsey-man, flying into a sudden passion. Oh! +keep cool--cool? yes, that's the word; why don't you pack those whales in ice +while you're working at 'em? But joking aside, though; do you know, +Rose-bud, that it's all nonsense trying to get any oil out of such whales? As +for that dried up one, there, he hasn't a gill in his whole carcase. I +know that well enough; but, d'ye see, the Captain here won't believe it; +this is his first voyage; he was a Cologne manufacturer before. But come +aboard, and mayhap he'll believe you, if he won't me; and so I'll get out of +this dirty scrape. Anything to oblige ye, my sweet and pleasant fellow, +rejoined Stubb, and with that he soon mounted to the deck. There a queer +scene presented itself. The sailors, in tasselled caps of red worsted, were +getting the heavy tackles in readiness for the whales. But they worked rather +slow and talked very fast, and seemed in anything but a good humor. All +their noses upwardly projected from their faces like so many jib-booms. Now +and then pairs of them would drop their work, and run up to the mast-head to +get some fresh air. Some thinking they would catch the plague, dipped oakum +in coal-tar, and at intervals held it to their nostrils. Others having +broken the stems of their pipes almost short off at the bowl, were vigorously + + puffing tobacco-smoke, so that it constantly filled their olfactories. +Stubb was struck by a shower of outcries and anathemas proceeding from the +Captain's round-house abaft; and looking in that direction saw a fiery face +thrust from behind the door, which was held ajar from within. This was the +tormented surgeon, who, after in vain remonstrating against the proceedings of +the day, had betaken himself to the Captain's round-house ( cabinet he +called it) to avoid the pest; but still, could not help yelling out his +entreaties and indignations at times. +..

+Marking all this, Stubb argued well for his scheme, and turning to the +Guernsey-man had a little chat with him, during which the stranger mate +expressed his detestation of his Captain as a conceited ignoramus, who had +brought them all into so unsavory and unprofitable a pickle. Sounding him +carefully, Stubb further perceived that the Guernsey-man had not the +slightest suspicion concerning the ambergris. He therefore held his peace on +that head, but otherwise was quite frank and confidential with him, so that +the two quickly concocted a little plan for both circumventing and satirizing +the Captain, without his at all dreaming of distrusting their sincerity. +According to this little plan of theirs, the Guernsey-man, under cover of an +interpreter's office, was to tell the Captain what he pleased, but as coming +from Stubb; and as for Stubb, he was to utter any nonsense that should come +uppermost in him during the interview. By this time their destined victim +appeared from his cabin. He was a small and dark, but rather delicate looking +man for a sea-captain, with large whiskers and moustache, however; and wore +a red cotton velvet vest with watch-seals at his side. To this gentleman, +Stubb was now politely introduced by the Guernsey-man, who at once +ostentatiously put on the aspect of interpreting between them. What shall I +say to him first? said he. Why, said Stubb, eyeing the velvet vest and the +watch and seals, you may as well begin by telling him that he looks a sort +of babyish to me, though I don't pretend to be a judge. He says, Monsieur, + + said the Guernsey-man, in French, turning to his captain, that only +yesterday his ship spoke a vessel, whose captain and chief-mate, with six +sailors, had all died of a fever caught from a blasted whale they had brought +alongside. Upon this the captain started, and eagerly desired to know more. + + What now? said the Guernsey-man to Stubb. Why, since he takes it so easy, +tell him that now I have eyed him carefully, I'm quite certain that he's no +more fit to command a whale-ship than a St. Jago monkey. In fact, tell him +from me he's a baboon. +..

+ + He vows and declares, Monsieur, that the other whale, the dried one, is far +more deadly than the blasted one; in fine, Monsieur, he conjures us, as we +value our lives, to cut loose from these fish. Instantly the captain ran +forward, and in a loud voice commanded his crew to desist from hoisting the +cutting-tackles, and at once cast loose the cables and chains confining the +whales to the ship. What now? said the Guernsey-man, when the captain had +returned to them. Why, let me see; yes, you may as well tell him now that -- +that --in fact, tell him I've diddled him, and (aside to himself) perhaps +somebody else. He says, Monsieur, that he's very happy to have been of any +service to us. Hearing this, the captain vowed that they were the grateful +parties (meaning himself and mate) and concluded by inviting Stubb down into +his cabin to drink a bottle of Bordeaux. He wants you to take a glass of wine +with him, said the interpreter. Thank him heartily; but tell him it's +against my principles to drink with the man I've diddled. In fact, tell him +I must go. He says, Monsieur, that his principles won't admit of his +drinking; but that if Monsieur wants to live another day to drink, then +Monsieur had best drop all four boats, and pull the ship away from these +whales, for it's so calm they won't drift. By this time Stubb was over the +side, and getting into his boat, hailed the Guernsey-man to this effect, +--that having a long tow-line in his boat, he would do what he could to help +them, by pulling out the lighter whale of the two from the ship's side. While +the Frenchman's boats, then, were engaged in towing the ship one way, Stubb +benevolently towed away at his whale the other way, ostentatiously slacking +out a most unusually long tow-line. Presently a breeze sprang up; Stubb +feigned to cast off from the whale; hoisting his boats, the Frenchman soon +increased his distance, while the Pequod slid in between him and Stubb's +whale. Whereupon Stubb quickly pulled to the floating body, +..

+and hailing the pequod to give notice of his intentions, at once proceeded to +reap the fruit of his unrighteous cunning. Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he +commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin. You would +almost have thought he was digging a cellar there in the sea; and when at +length his spade struck against the gaunt ribs, it was like turning up old +Roman tiles and pottery buried in fat English loam. His boat's crew were all +in high excitement, eagerly helping their chief, and looking as anxious as +gold-hunters. And all the time numberless fowls were diving, and ducking, and +screaming, and yelling, and fighting around them. Stubb was beginning to look +disappointed, especially as the horrible nosegay increased, when suddenly +from out the very heart of this plague, there stole a faint stream of +perfume, which flowed through the tide of bad smells without being absorbed +by it, as one river will flow into and then along with another, without at +all blending with it for a time. I have it, I have it, cried Stubb, with +delight, striking something in the subterranean regions, a purse! a +purse! Dropping his spade, he thrust both hands in, and drew out handfuls +of something that looked like ripe Windsor soap, or rich mottled old cheese; +very unctuous and savory withal. You might easily dent it with your thumb; +it is of a hue between yellow and ash color. And this, good friends, is +ambergris, worth a gold guinea an ounce to any druggist. Some six handfuls +were obtained; but more was unavoidably lost in the sea, and still more, +perhaps, might have been secured were it not for impatient Ahab's loud command +to Stubb to desist, and come on board, else the ship would bid them good +bye. +..

+.. < chapter xcii 31 AMBERGRIS > + + Now this ambergris is a very curious +substance, and so important as an article of commerce, that in + + a +certain Nantucket-born +..

+Captain Coffin was examined at the bar of the English House of Commons on that +subject. for at that time, and indeed until a comparatively late day, the +precise origin of ambergris remained, like amber itself, a problem to the +learned. Though the word ambergris is but the French compound for grey amber, + + yet the two substances are quite distinct. For amber, though at times found +on the sea-coast, is also dug up in some far inland soils, whereas ambergris +is never found except upon the sea. Besides, amber is a hard, transparent, +brittle, odorless substance, used for mouth-pieces to pipes, for beads and +ornaments; but ambergris is soft, waxy, and so highly fragrant and spicy, +that it is largely used in perfumery, in pastiles, precious candles, +hair-powders, and pomatum. The Turks use it in cooking, and also carry it to +Mecca, for the same purpose that frankincense is carried to St. Peter's in +Rome. Some wine merchants drop a few grains into claret, to flavor it. Who +would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale +themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale! +Yet so it is. By some, ambergris is supposed to be the cause, and by others +the effect, of the dyspepsia in the whale. How to cure such a dyspepsia it +were hard to say, unless by administering three or four boat loads of +Brandreth's pills, and then running out of harm's way, as laborers do in +blasting rocks. I have forgotten to say that there were found in this +ambergris, certain hard, round, bony plates, which at first Stubb thought +might be sailors' trousers buttons; but it afterwards turned out that they +were nothing more than pieces of small squid bones embalmed in that manner. +Now that the incorruption of this most fragrant ambergris should be found in +the heart of such decay; is this nothing? Bethink thee of that saying of St. +Paul in Corinthians, about corruption and incorruption; how that we are sown +in dishonor, but raised in glory. And likewise call to mind that saying of +paracelsus about what it is that maketh the best musk. Also forget not the +strange fact that of all things of ill-savor, Cologne-water, in its +rudimental manufacturing stages, is the worst. I should like to conclude the +chapter with the above appeal, but cannot, owing to my anxiety to repel a +charge often made +..

+against whalemen, and which, in the estimation of some already biased minds, +might be considered as indirectly substantiated by what has been said of the +Frenchman's two whales. Elsewhere in this volume the slanderous aspersion has +been disproved, that the vocation of whaling is throughout a slatternly, +untidy business. But there is another thing to rebut. They hint that all +whales always smell bad. Now how did this odious stigma originate? I opine, +that it is plainly traceable to the first arrival of the Greenland whaling +ships in London, more than two centuries ago. Because those whalemen did not +then, and do not now, try out their oil at sea as the Southern ships have +always done; but cutting up the fresh blubber in small bits, thrust it +through the bung holes of large casks, and carry it home in that manner; the +shortness of the season in those Icy Seas, and the sudden and violent storms +to which they are exposed, forbidding any other course. The consequence is, +that upon breaking into the hold, and unloading one of these whale +cemeteries, in the Greenland dock, a savor is given forth somewhat similar to +that arising from excavating an old city grave-yard, for the foundations of +a Lying-in Hospital. I partly surmise also, that this wicked charge against +whalers may be likewise imputed to the existence on the coast of Greenland, +in former times, of a Dutch village called Schmerenburgh or Smeerenberg, +which latter name is the one used by the learned Fogo Von Slack, in his great +work on Smells, a textbook on that subject. As its name imports (smeer, fat; + + berg, to put up), this village was founded in order to afford a place for +the blubber of the dutch whale fleet to be tried out, without being taken +home to Holland for that purpose. It was a collection of furnaces, +fat-kettles, and oil sheds; and when the works were in full operation +certainly gave forth no very pleasant savor. But all this is quite different +from a South Sea Sperm Whaler; which in a voyage of four years perhaps, +after completely filling her hold with oil, does not, perhaps, consume fifty +days in the business of boiling out; and in the state that it is casked, the +oil is nearly scentless. The truth is, that living or dead, if but decently +treated, whales as a species are by no +..

+means creatures of ill odor; nor can whalemen be recognised, as the people of +the middle ages affected to detect a Jew in the company, by the nose. Nor +indeed can the whale possibly be otherwise than fragrant, when, as a general +thing, he enjoys such high health; taking abundance of exercise; always out +of doors; though, it is true, seldom in the open air. I say, that the +motion of a Sperm Whale's flukes above water dispenses a perfume, as when a +musk-scented lady rustles her dress in a warm parlor. What then shall I liken +the Sperm Whale to for fragrance, considering his magnitude? Must it not be +to that famous elephant, with jewelled tusks, and redolent with myrrh, which +was led out of an Indian town to do honor to Alexander the Great? +..

+.. < chapter xciii 15 THE CASTAWAY > + + It was but some few days after +encountering the Frenchman, that a most significant event befell the most +insignificant of the Pequod's crew; an event most lamentable; and which +ended in providing the sometimes madly merry and predestinated craft with a +living and ever accompanying prophecy of whatever shattered sequel might prove +her own. Now, in the whale ship, it is not every one that goes in the boats. +Some few hands are reserved called ship-keepers, whose province it is to work +the vessel while the boats are pursuing the whale. As a general thing, these +ship-keepers are as hardy fellows as the men comprising the boats' crews. But +if there happen to be an unduly slender, clumsy, or timorous wight in the +ship, that wight is certain to be made a ship-keeper. It was so in the +Pequod with the little negro Pippin by nick-name, Pip by abbreviation. Poor +Pip! ye have heard of him before; ye must remember his tambourine on that +dramatic midnight, so gloomy-jolly. +..

+In outer aspect, Pip and Dough-Boy made a match, like a black pony and a +white one, of equal developments, though of dissimilar color, driven in one +eccentric span. But while hapless Dough-Boy was by nature dull and torpid in +his intellects, Pip, though over tender-hearted, was at bottom very bright, +with that pleasant, genial, jolly brightness peculiar to his tribe; a tribe, +which ever enjoy all holidays and festivities with finer, freer relish than +any other race. For blacks, the year's calendar should show naught but three +hundred and sixty-five Fourth of Julys and New Year's Days. Nor smile so, +while I write that this little black was brilliant, for even blackness has +its brilliancy; behold yon lustrous ebony, panelled in king's cabinets. But +Pip loved life, and all life's peaceable securities; so that the +panic-striking business in which he had somehow unaccountably become +entrapped, had most sadly blurred his brightness; though, as ere long will be +seen, what was thus temporarily subdued in him, in the end was destined to +be luridly illumined by strange wild fires, that fictitiously showed him off +to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in +Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler's frolic on the green; and +at melodious even-tide, with his gay ha-ha! had turned the round horizon into +one star-belled tambourine. So, though in the clear air of day, suspended +against a blue-veined neck, the pure-watered diamond drop will healthful +glow; yet, when the cunning jeweller would show you the diamond in its most +impressive lustre, he lays it against a gloomy ground, and then lights it +up, not by the sun, but by some unnatural gases. Then come out those fiery +effulgences, infernally superb; then the evil-blazing diamond, once the +divinest symbol of the crystal skies, looks like some crown-jewel stolen from +the King of Hell. But let us to the story. It came to pass, that in the +ambergris affair Stubb's after-oarsman chanced so to sprain his hand, as +for a time to become quite maimed; and, temporarily, Pip was put into his +place. The first time Stubb lowered with him, Pip evinced much nervousness; +but happily, for that time, escaped close contact with the whale; and +therefore came off not altogether discreditably; though Stubb observing him, +took care, afterwards, +..

+to exhort him to cherish his courageousness to the utmost, for he might often +find it needful. Now upon the second lowering, the boat paddled upon the +whale; and as the fish received the darted iron, it gave its customary rap, +which happened, in this instance, to be right under poor Pip's seat. The +involuntary consternation of the moment caused him to leap, paddle in hand, +out of the boat; and in such a way, that part of the slack whale line coming +against his chest, he breasted it overboard with him, so as to become +entangled in it, when at last plumping into the water. That instant the +stricken whale started on a fierce run, the line swiftly straightened; and +presto! poor Pip came all foaming up to the chocks of the boat, +remorselessly dragged there by the line, which had taken several turns around +his chest and neck. Tashtego stood in the bows. He was full of the fire of +the hunt. He hated Pip for a poltroon. Snatching the boat-knife from its +sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line, and turning towards Stubb, +exclaimed interrogatively, cut? meantime pip's blue, choked face plainly +looked, Do, for God's sake! All passed in a flash. In less than half a +minute, this entire thing happened. Damn him, cut! roared Stubb; and so +the whale was lost and Pip was saved. So soon as he recovered himself, the +poor little negro was assailed by yells and execrations from the crew. +Tranquilly permitting these irregular cursings to evaporate, Stubb then in a +plain, business-like, but still half humorous manner, cursed Pip officially; +and that done, unofficially gave him much wholesome advice. The substance +was, Never jump from a boat, Pip, except --but all the rest was indefinite, +as the soundest advice ever is. Now, in general, Stick to the boat, is +your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when Leap + + from the boat, is still better. Moreover, as if perceiving at last that if +he should give undiluted conscientious advice to Pip, he would be leaving him +too wide a margin to jump in for the future; Stubb suddenly dropped all +advice, and concluded with a peremptory command, Stick to the boat, Pip, or +by the Lord, I wont pick you up if you jump; mind that. We can't afford +..

+to lose whales by the likes of you; a whale would sell for thirty times what +you would, Pip, in Alabama. Bear that in mind, and don't jump any more. +Hereby perhaps Stubb indirectly hinted, that though man loved his fellow, +yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with +his benevolence. But we are all in the hands of the Gods; and Pip jumped +again. It was under very similar circumstances to the first performance; but +this time he did not breast out the line; and hence, when the whale started +to run, Pip was left behind on the sea, like a hurried traveller's trunk. +Alas! Stubb was but too true to his word. It was a beautiful, bounteous, +blue day; the spangled sea calm and cool, and flatly stretching away, all +round, to the horizon, like gold-beater's skin hammered out to the extremest. +Bobbing up and down in that sea, Pip's ebon head showed like a head of cloves. + + No boat-knife was lifted when he fell so rapidly astern. Stubb's inexorable +back was turned upon him; and the whale was winged. In three minutes, a +whole mile of shoreless ocean was between Pip and Stubb. Out from the centre +of the sea, poor Pip turned his crisp, curling, black head to the sun, +another lonely castaway, though the loftiest and the brightest. Now, in calm +weather, to swim in the open ocean is as easy to the practised swimmer as to +ride in a spring-carriage ashore. But the awful lonesomeness is intolerable. +The intense concentration of self in the middle of such a heartless immensity, + + my God! who can tell it? Mark, how when sailors in a dead calm bathe in +the open sea --mark how closely they hug their ship and only coast along her +sides. But had Stubb really abandoned the poor little negro to his fate? No; + + he did not mean to, at least. Because there were two boats in his wake, and +he supposed, no doubt, that they would of course come up to Pip very quickly, +and pick him up; though, indeed, such considerations towards oarsmen +jeopardized through their own timidity, is not always manifested by the +hunters in all similar instances; and such instances not unfrequently occur; +almost invariably in the fishery, a coward, so called, is marked with the same +ruthless detestation peculiar to military navies and armies. +..

+But it so happened, that those boats, without seeing Pip, suddenly spying +whales close to them on one side, turned, and gave chase; and Stubb's boat +was now so far away, and he and all his crew so intent upon his fish, that +Pip's ringed horizon began to expand around him miserably. By the merest +chance the ship itself at last rescued him; but from that hour the little +negro went about the deck an idiot; such, at least, they said he was. The +sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his +soul. Not drowned entirely, though. Rather carried down alive to wondrous +depths, where strange shapes of the unwarped primal world glided to and fro +before his passive eyes; and the miser-merman, Wisdom, revealed his hoarded +heaps; and among the joyous, heartless, ever-juvenile eternities, Pip saw the +multitudinous, God-omnipresent, coral insects, that out of the firmament of +waters heaved the colossal orbs. He saw God's foot upon the treadle of the +loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad. So man's +insanity is heaven's sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes +at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; +and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God. For the +rest, blame not Stubb too hardly. The thing is common in that fishery; and +in the sequel of the narrative, it will then be seen what like abandonment +befell myself. +..

+.. < chapter xciv 26 A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND > + + That whale of Stubb's so dearly +purchased, was duly brought to the Pequod's side, where all those cutting and +hoisting operations previously detailed, were regularly gone through, even to + + the baling of the Heidelburgh Tun, or Case. While some were occupied with +this latter duty, others were employed in dragging away the larger tubs, so +soon as filled with the sperm; and when the proper time arrived, this same +..

+sperm was carefully manipulated ere going to the try-works, of which anon. It +had cooled and crystallized to such a degree, that when, with several others, +I sat down before a large Constantine's bath of it, I found it strangely +concreted into lumps, here and there rolling about in the liquid part. It +was our business to squeeze these lumps back into fluid. A sweet and unctuous +duty! no wonder that in old times this sperm was such a favorite cosmetic. +Such a clearer! such a sweetener! such a softener! such a delicious +mollifier! After having my hands in it for only a few minutes, my fingers +felt like eels, and began, as it were, to serpentine and spiralize. As I sat +there at my ease, cross-legged on the deck; after the bitter exertion at the +windlass; under a blue tranquil sky; the ship under indolent sail, and +gliding so serenely along; as I bathed my hands among those soft, gentle +globules of infiltrated tissues, woven almost within the hour; as they richly + + broke to my fingers, and discharged all their opulence, like fully ripe +grapes their wine; as I snuffed up that uncontaminated aroma, --literally and +truly, like the smell of spring violets; I declare to you, that for the +time I lived as in a musky meadow; I forgot all about our horrible oath; in +that inexpressible sperm, I washed my hands and my heart of it; I almost +began to credit the old Paracelsan superstition that sperm is of rare virtue +in allaying the heat of anger: while bathing in that bath, I felt divinely +free from all ill-will, or petulence, or malice, of any sort whatsoever. +Squeeze! squeeze! squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till +I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of +insanity came over me; and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my +co-laborers' hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules. Such +an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; + + that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into +their eyes sentimentally; as much as to say, --Oh! my dear fellow beings, why +should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest +ill-humor or envy! Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all +squeeze ourselves +..

+into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and +sperm of kindness. Would that I could keep squeezing that sperm for ever! For + + now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, I have perceived that in +all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of +attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; + + but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, +the country; now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case + + eternally. In thoughts of the visions of the night, I saw long rows of +angels in paradise, each with his hands in a jar of spermaceti. Now, while +discoursing of sperm, it behooves to speak of other things akin to it, in the +business of preparing the sperm whale for the try-works. First comes +white-horse, so called, which is obtained from the tapering part of the fish, +and also from the thicker portions of his flukes. It is tough with congealed +tendons --a wad of muscle --but still contains some oil. After being severed +from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going +to the mincer. They look much like blocks of Berkshire marble. Plum-pudding +is the term bestowed upon certain fragmentary parts of the whale's flesh, here +and there adhering to the blanket of blubber, and often participating to a +considerable degree in its unctuousness. It is a most refreshing, convivial, +beautiful object to behold. As its name imports, it is of an exceedingly +rich, mottled tint, with a bestreaked snowy and golden ground, dotted with +spots of the deepest crimson and purple. It is plums of rubies, in pictures +of citron. Spite of reason, it is hard to keep yourself from eating it. I +confess, that once I stole behind the foremast to try it. It tasted something +as I should conceive a royal cutlet from the thigh of Louis le Gros might +have tasted, supposing him to have been killed the first day after the venison +season, and that particular venison season contemporary with an unusually +fine vintage of the vineyards of Champagne. + +..

+There is another substance, and a very singular one, which turns up in the +course of this business, but which I feel it to be very puzzling adequately +to describe. It is called slobgollion; an appellation original with the +whalemen, and even so is the nature of the substance. It is an ineffably +oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a +prolonged squeezing, and subsequent decanting. I hold it to be the +wondrously thin, ruptured membranes of the case, coalescing. Gurry, so +called, is a term properly belonging to right whalemen, but sometimes +incidentally used by the sperm fishermen. It designates the dark, glutinous +substance which is scraped off the back of the Greenland or right whale, and +much of which covers the decks of those inferior souls who hunt that ignoble +Leviathan. Nippers. Strictly this word is not indigenous to the whale's +vocabulary. But as applied by whalemen, it becomes so. A whaleman's nipper +is a short firm strip of tendinous stuff cut from the tapering part of +Leviathan's tail: it averages an inch in thickness, and for the rest, is +about the size of the iron part of a hoe. Edgewise moved along the oily deck, + + it operates like a leathern squilgee; and by nameless blandishments, as of +magic, allures along with it all impurities. But to learn all about these +recondite matters, your best way is at once to descend into the blubber-room, + + and have a long talk with its inmates. This place has previously been +mentioned as the receptacle for the blanket-pieces, when stript and hoisted +from the whale. When the proper time arrives for cutting up its contents, +this apartment is a scene of terror to all tyros, especially by night. On one +side, lit by a dull lantern, a space has been left clear for the workmen. +They generally go in pairs, --a pike-and-gaff-man and a spade-man. The +whaling-pike is similar to a frigate's boarding-weapon of the same name. The +gaff is something like a boat-hook. With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a +sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches +and lurches about. Meanwhile, the spade-man stands on the sheet itself, +perpendicularly chopping it into the portable horse-pieces. This spade is +sharp as hone can make it; the spademan's feet are shoeless; the thing +..

+he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him, like a sledge. +If he cuts off one of his own toes, or one of his assistants', would you be +very much astonished? Toes are scarce among veteran blubber-room men. +..

+.. < chapter xcv 6 THE CASSOCK > + + Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a +certain juncture of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled +forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would have scanned with +no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical object, which you would have +seen there, lying along lengthwise in the lee scuppers. Not the wondrous +cistern in the whale's huge head; not the prodigy of his unhinged lower jaw; +not the miracle of his symmetrical tail; none of these would so surprise you, +as half a glimpse of that unaccountable cone, -- longer than a Kentuckian is +tall, nigh a foot in diameter at the base, and jet-black as Yojo, the ebony +idol of Queequeg. And an idol, indeed, it is; or, rather, in old times, its +likeness was. Such an idol as that found in the secret groves of Queen +Maachah in Judea; and for worshipping which, king Asa, her son, did depose +her, and destroyed the idol, and burnt it for an abomination at the brook +Kedron, as darkly set forth in the 15th chapter of the first book of Kings. +Look at the sailor, called the mincer, who now comes along, and assisted by +two allies, heavily backs the grandissimus, as the mariners call it, and +with bowed shoulders, staggers off with it as if he were a grenadier carrying +a dead comrade from the field. extending it upon the forecastle deck, he now +proceeds cylindrically to remove its dark pelt, as an African hunter the +pelt of a boa. This done he turns the pelt inside out, like a pantaloon leg; +gives it a good stretching, so as almost to double its diameter; and at last +hangs it, well spread, in the +..

+rigging, to dry. Ere long, it is taken down; when removing some three feet +of it, towards the pointed extremity, and then cutting two slits for +arm-holes at the other end, he lengthwise slips himself bodily into it. The +mincer now stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling. +Immemorial to all his order, this investiture alone will adequately protect +him, while employed in the peculiar functions of his office. That office +consists in mincing the horse-pieces of blubber for the pots; an operation +which is conducted at a curious wooden horse, planted endwise against the +bulwarks, and with a capacious tub beneath it, into which the minced pieces +drop, fast as the sheets from a rapt orator's desk. Arrayed in decent black; + + occupying a conspicuous pulpit; intent on bible leaves; what a candidate for +an archbishoprick, what a lad for a Pope were this mincer! +..

+Bible leaves! Bible leaves! This is the invariable cry from the mates to +the mincer. It enjoins him to be careful, and cut his work into as thin +slices as possible, inasmuch as by so doing the business of boiling out the + + oil is much accelerated, and its quantity considerably increased, besides +perhaps improving it in quality. +..

+.. < chapter xcvi 17 THE TRY-WORKS > + + Besides her hoisted boats, an American +whaler is outwardly distinguished by her try-works. She presents the curious +anomaly of the most solid masonry joining with oak and hemp in constituting +the completed ship. it is as if from the open field a brick-kiln were +transported to her planks. The try-works are planted between the foremast and +main-mast, the most roomy part of the deck. The timbers beneath are of a +peculiar strength, fitted to sustain the weight of an almost solid mass of +brick and mortar, some ten feet by eight square, and five in height. The +foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to +the surface by +..

+ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the +timbers. On the flanks it is cased with wood, and at top completely covered +by a large, sloping, battened hatchway. Removing this hatch we expose the +great try-pots, two in number, and each of several barrels' capacity. When +not in use, they are kept remarkably clean. Sometimes they are polished +with soapstone and sand, till they shine within like silver punch-bowls. +During the night-watches some cynical old sailors will crawl into them and +coil themselves away there for a nap. While employed in polishing them --one +man in each pot, side by side --many confidential communications are carried +on, over the iron lips. It is a place also for profound mathematical +meditation. It was in the left hand try-pot of the Pequod, with the +soapstone diligently circling round me, that I was first indirectly struck by +the remarkable fact, that in geometry all bodies gliding along the cycloid, +my soapstone for example, will descend from any point in precisely the same +time. Removing the fire-board from the front of the try-works, the bare +masonry of that side is exposed, penetrated by the two iron mouths of the +furnaces, directly underneath the pots. These mouths are fitted with heavy +doors of iron. The intense heat of the fire is prevented from communicating +itself to the deck, by means of a shallow reservoir extending under the entire + + inclosed surface of the works. By a tunnel inserted at the rear, this +reservoir is kept replenished with water as fast as it evaporates. There are +no external chimneys; they open direct from the rear wall. And here let us +go back for a moment. It was about nine o'clock at night that the Pequod's +try-works were first started on this present voyage. It belonged to Stubb to +oversee the business. All ready there? Off hatch, then, and start her. You +cook, fire the works. This was an easy thing, for the carpenter had been +thrusting his shavings into the furnace throughout the passage. Here be it +said that in a whaling voyage the first fire in the try-works has to be fed +for a time with wood. After that no wood is used, except as a means of quick +ignition to the staple fuel. In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, +shrivelled +..

+blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its +unctuous properties. These fritters feed the flames. Like a plethoric +burning martyr, or a self-consuming misanthrope, once ignited, the whale +supplies his own fuel and burns by his own body. Would that he consumed his +own smoke! for his smoke is horrible to inhale, and inhale it you must, and +not only that, but you must live in it for the time. It has an unspeakable, +wild, Hindoo odor about it, such as may lurk in the vicinity of funereal +pyres. It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment; it is an argument +for the pit. By midnight the works were in full operation. We were clear +from the carcase; sail had been made; the wind was freshening; the wild +ocean darkness was intense. But that darkness was licked up by the fierce +flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and +illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. +The burning ship drove on, as if remorselessly commissioned to some vengeful +deed. So the pitch and sulphur-freighted brigs of the bold Hydriote, Canaris, +issuing from their midnight harbors, with broad sheets of flame for sails, +bore down upon the turkish frigates, and folded them in conflagrations. The +hatch, removed from the top of the works, now afforded a wide hearth in front +of them. Standing on this were the Tartarean shapes of the pagan harpooneers, + + always the whale-ship's stokers. With huge pronged poles they pitched +hissing masses of blubber into the scalding pots, or stirred up the fires +beneath, till the snaky flames darted, curling, out of the doors to catch +them by the feet. The smoke rolled away in sullen heaps. To every pitch of +the ship there was a pitch of the boiling oil, which seemed all eagerness to +leap into their faces. Opposite the mouth of the works, on the further side +of the wide wooden hearth, was the windlass. This served for a sea-sofa. +Here lounged the watch, when not otherwise employed, looking into the red +heat of the fire, till their eyes felt scorched in their heads. Their tawny +features, now all begrimed with smoke and sweat, their matted beards, and +the contrasting barbaric brilliancy of their teeth, all these were strangely +revealed in the capricious emblazonings of the works. As they +..

+narrated to each other their unholy adventures, their tales of terror told in +words of mirth; as their uncivilized laughter forked upwards out of them, +like the flames from the furnace; as to and fro, in their front, the +harpooneers wildly gesticulated with their huge pronged forks and dippers; as +the wind howled on, and the sea leaped, and the ship groaned and dived, and + + yet steadfastly shot her red hell further and further into the blackness of +the sea and the night, and scornfully champed the white bone in her mouth, +and viciously spat round her on all sides; then the rushing Pequod, freighted +with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into +that blackness of darkness, seemed the material counterpart of her +monomaniac commander's soul. So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, +and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the sea. +Wrapped, for that interval, in darkness myself, I but the better saw the +redness, the madness, the ghastliness of others. The continual sight of the +fiend shapes before me, capering half in smoke and half in fire, these at +last begat kindred visions in my soul, so soon as I began to yield to that +unaccountable drowsiness which ever would come over me at a midnight helm. +But that night, in particular, a strange (and ever since inexplicable) +thing occurred to me. Starting from a brief standing sleep, I was horribly +conscious of something fatally wrong. The jaw-bone tiller smote my side, +which leaned against it; in my ears was the low hum of sails, just beginning +to shake in the wind; I thought my eyes were open; I was half conscious of +putting my fingers to the lids and mechanically stretching them still further +apart. But, spite of all this, I could see no compass before me to steer by; + + though it seemed but a minute since I had been watching the card, by the +steady binnacle lamp illuminating it. Nothing seemed before me but a jet +gloom, now and then made ghastly by flashes of redness. Uppermost was the +impression, that whatever swift, rushing thing I stood on was not so much +bound to any haven ahead as rushing from all havens astern. A stark, +bewildered feeling, as of death, came over me. Convulsively my hands grasped +the tiller, but with the crazy conceit that the tiller was, somehow, +..

+in some enchanted way, inverted. My God! what is the matter with me? thought +I. Lo! in my brief sleep I had turned myself about, and was fronting the +ship's stern, with my back to her prow and the compass. In an instant I faced + + back, just in time to prevent the vessel from flying up into the wind, and +very probably capsizing her. How glad and how grateful the relief from this +unnatural hallucination of the night, and the fatal contingency of being +brought by the lee! look not too long in the face of the fire, O man! Never +dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass; accept +the first hint of the hitching tiller; believe not the artificial fire, when +its redness makes all things look ghastly. To-morrow, in the natural sun, +the skies will be bright; those who glared like devils in the forking flames, + + the morn will show in far other, at least gentler, relief; the glorious, +golden, glad sun, the only true lamp --all others but liars! Nevertheless the +sun hides not Virginia's Dismal Swamp, nor Rome's accursed Campagna, nor wide +Sahara, nor all the millions of miles of deserts and of griefs beneath the +moon. The sun hides not the ocean, which is the dark side of this earth, +and which is two thirds of this earth. So, therefore, that mortal man who +hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true --not true, +or undeveloped. With books the same. The truest of all men was the Man of +Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon's, and Ecclesiastes is the +fine hammered steel of woe. All is vanity. ALL. This wilful world hath +not got hold of unchristian Solomon's wisdom yet. But he who dodges hospitals +and jails, and walks fast crossing grave-yards, and would rather talk of +operas than hell; calls Cowper, Young, Pascal, Rousseau, poor devils all of +sick men; and throughout a care-free lifetime swears by Rabelais as passing +wise, and therefore jolly; --not that man is fitted to sit down on +tomb-stones, and break the green damp mould with unfathomably wondrous +Solomon. But even Solomon, he says, the man that wandereth out of the way +of understanding shall remain ( i. e. even while living) in the congregation +of the dead. Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, +deaden thee; as for the time it did me. +..

+There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there +is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest +gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. +And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the +mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still +higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar. +..

+.. < chapter xcvii 9 THE LAMP > + + Had you descended from the Pequod's +try-works to the Pequod's forecastle, where the off duty watch were sleeping, + + for one single moment you would have almost thought you were standing in +some illuminated shrine of canonized kings and counsellors. There they lay in +their triangular oaken vaults, each mariner a chiselled muteness; a score of +lamps flashing upon his hooded eyes. In merchantmen, oil for the sailor is +more scarce than the milk of queens. To dress in the dark, and eat in the +dark, and stumble in darkness to his pallet, this is his usual lot. But the + + whaleman, as he seeks the food of light, so he lives in light. He makes his +berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest +night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination. See with what +entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps --often but old bottles +and vials, though --to the copper cooler at the try-works, and replenishes +them there, as mugs of ale at a vat. He burns, too, the purest of oil, in +its unmanufactured, and, therefore, unvitiated state; a fluid unknown to +solar, lunar, or astral contrivances ashore. It is sweet as early grass +butter in April. He goes and hunts for his oil, so as to be sure of its +freshness and genuineness, even as the traveller on the prairie hunts up his +own supper of game. +..

+.. < chapter xcviii 2 STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP > + + Already has it been +related how the great leviathan is afar off descried from the mast-head; how +he is chased over the watery moors, and slaughtered in the valleys of the +deep; how he is then towed alongside and beheaded; and how (on the +principle which entitled the headsman of old to the garments in which the +beheaded was killed) his great padded surtout becomes the property of his +executioner; how, in due time, he is condemned to the pots, and, like +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, his spermaceti, oil, and bone pass unscathed +through the fire; --but now it remains to conclude the last chapter of this +part of the description by rehearsing --singing, if I may -- the romantic +proceeding of decanting off his oil into the casks and striking them down into +the hold, where once again leviathan returns to his native profundities, +sliding along beneath the surface as before; but, alas! never more to rise +and blow. While still warm, the oil, like hot punch, is received into the +six-barrel casks; and while, perhaps, the ship is pitching and rolling this +way and that in the midnight sea, the enormous casks are slewed round and +headed over, end for end, and sometimes perilously scoot across the slippery +deck, like so many land slides, till at last man-handled and stayed in their +course; and all round the hoops, rap, rap, go as many hammers as can play +upon them, for now, ex officio, every sailor is a cooper. At length, when +the last pint is casked, and all is cool, then the great hatchways are +unsealed, the bowels of the ship are thrown open, and down go the casks to +their final rest in the sea. This done, the hatches are replaced, and +hermetically closed, like a closet walled up. In the sperm fishery, this is +perhaps one of the most remarkable incidents in all the business of whaling. +One day the planks stream with freshets of blood and oil; on the sacred +..

+quarter-deck enormous masses of the whale's head are profanely piled; great +rusty casks lie about, as in a brewery yard; the smoke from the try-works has +besooted all the bulwarks; the mariners go about suffused with unctuousness; +the entire ship seems great leviathan himself; while on all hands the din is +deafening. But a day or two after, you look about you, and prick your ears +in this self-same ship; and were it not for the tell-tale boats and +try-works, you would all but swear you trod some silent merchant vessel, +with a most scrupulously neat commander. The unmanufactured sperm oil +possesses a singularly cleansing virtue. This is the reason why the decks +never look so white as just after what they call an affair of oil. Besides, +from the ashes of the burned scraps of the whale, a potent ley is readily +made; and whenever any adhesiveness from the back of the whale remains +clinging to the side, that ley quickly exterminates it. Hands go diligently +along the bulwarks, and with buckets of water and rags restore them to their +full tidiness. The soot is brushed from the lower rigging. All the numerous +implements which have been in use are likewise faithfully cleansed and put +away. The great hatch is scrubbed and placed upon the try-works, completely +hiding the pots; every cask is out of sight; all tackles are coiled in +unseen nooks; and when by the combined and simultaneous industry of almost +the entire ship's company, the whole of this conscientious duty is at last +concluded, then the crew themselves proceed to their own ablutions; shift +themselves from top to toe; and finally issue to the immaculate deck, fresh +and all aglow, as bridegrooms new-leaped from out the daintiest Holland. Now, +with elated step, they pace the planks in twos and threes, and humorously +discourse of parlors, sofas, carpets, and fine cambrics; propose to mat the +deck; think of having hangings to the top; object not to taking tea by +moonlight on the piazza of the forecastle. To hint to such musked mariners of + + oil, and bone, and blubber, were little short of audacity. They know not the +thing you distantly allude to. Away, and bring us napkins! But mark: aloft +there, at the three mast heads, stand three +..

+men intent on spying out more whales, which, if caught, infallibly will again +soil the old oaken furniture, and drop at least one small grease-spot +somewhere. Yes; and many is the time, when, after the severest uninterrupted +labors, which know no night; continuing straight through for ninety-six +hours; when from the boat, where they have swelled their wrists with all day + + rowing on the Line, --they only step to the deck to carry vast chains, and +heave the heavy windlass, and cut and slash, yea, and in their very +sweatings to be smoked and burned anew by the combined fires of the equatorial +sun and the equatorial try-works; when, on the heel of all this, they have +finally bestirred themselves to cleanse the ship, and make a spotless dairy +room of it; many is the time the poor fellows, just buttoning the necks of +their clean frocks, are startled by the cry of There she blows! and away +they fly to fight another whale, and go through the whole weary thing again. +Oh! my friends, but this is man-killing! Yet this is life. For hardly have +we mortals by long toilings extracted from the world's vast bulk its small but +valuable sperm; and then, with weary patience, cleansed ourselves from its +defilements, and learned to live here in clean tabernacles of the soul; +hardly is this done, when -- There she blows! --the ghost is spouted up, and +away we sail to fight some other world, and go through young life's old +routine again. Oh! the metempsychosis! Oh! Pythagoras, that in bright +Greece, two thousand years ago, did die, so good, so wise, so mild; I +sailed with thee along the Peruvian coast last voyage -- and, foolish as I am, +taught thee, a green simple boy, how to splice a rope! +..

+.. < chapter xcix 30 THE DOUBLOON > + + Ere now it has been related how Ahab was +wont to pace his quarter-deck, taking regular turns at either limit, the +binnacle +..

+and mainmast; but in the multiplicity of other things requiring narration it +has not been added how that sometimes in these walks, when most plunged in +his mood, he was wont to pause in turn at each spot, and stand there +strangely eyeing the particular object before him. When he halted before the +binnacle, with his glance fastened on the pointed needle in the compass, that +glance shot like a javelin with the pointed intensity of his purpose; and +when resuming his walk he again paused before the mainmast, then, as the same +riveted glance fastened upon the riveted gold coin there, he still wore the +same aspect of nailed firmness, only dashed with a certain wild longing, if +not hopefulness. But one morning, turning to pass the doubloon, he seemed +to be newly attracted by the strange figures and inscriptions stamped on it, +as though now for the first time beginning to interpret for himself in some +monomaniac way whatever significance might lurk in them. And some certain +significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth, and the +round world itself but an empty cipher, except to sell by the cartload, as +they do hills about Boston, to fill up some morass in the Milky Way. Now +this doubloon was of purest, virgin gold, raked somewhere out of the heart of +gorgeous hills, whence, east and west, over golden sands, the head-waters of +many a Pactolus flows. And though now nailed amidst all the rustiness of iron +bolts and the verdigris of copper spikes, yet, untouchable and immaculate to +any foulness, it still preserved its Quito glow. Nor, though placed amongst +a ruthless crew and every hour passed by ruthless hands, and through the +livelong nights shrouded with thick darkness which might cover any pilfering +approach, nevertheless every sunrise found the doubloon where the sunset left + + it last. For it was set apart and sanctified to one awe-striking end; and +however wanton in their sailor ways, one and all, the mariners revered it as +the white whale's talisman. Sometimes they talked it over in the weary watch +by night, wondering whose it was to be at last, and whether he would ever +live to spend it. Now those noble golden coins of South America are as +..

+medals of the sun and tropic token-pieces. Here palms, alpacas, and +volcanoes; sun's disks and stars; ecliptics, horns-of-plenty, and rich +banners waving, are in luxuriant profusion stamped; so that the precious gold +seems almost to derive an added preciousness and enhancing glories, by +passing through those fancy mints, so Spanishly poetic. It so chanced that +the doubloon of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things. On its +round border it bore the letters, REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: QUITO. So this +bright coin came from a country planted in the middle of the world, and +beneath the great equator, and named after it; and it had been cast midway +up the Andes, in the unwaning clime that knows no autumn. Zoned by those +letters you saw the likeness of three Andes' summits; from one a flame; a +tower on another; on the third a crowing cock; while arching over all was a +segment of the partitioned zodiac, the signs all marked with their usual +cabalistics, and the keystone sun entering the equinoctial point at Libra. +Before this equatorial coin, Ahab, not unobserved by others, was now pausing. + + There's something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all +other grand and lofty things; look here, --three peaks as proud as Lucifer. +The firm tower, that is Ahab; the volcano, that is Ahab; the courageous, the +undaunted, and victorious fowl, that, too, is Ahab; all are Ahab; and this +round gold is but the image of the rounder globe, which, like a magician's +glass, to each and every man in turn but mirrors back his own mysterious +self. Great pains, small gains for those who ask the world to solve them; it +cannot solve itself. Methinks now this coined sun wears a ruddy face; but +see! aye, he enters the sign of storms, the equinox! and but six months +before he wheeled out of a former equinox at Aries! From storm to storm! So +be it, then. Born in throes, 't is fit that man should live in pains and die +in pangs! So be it, then! Here's stout stuff for woe to work on. So be it, +then. No fairy fingers can have pressed the gold, but devil's claws must +have left their mouldings there since yesterday, murmured Starbuck to +himself, leaning against the bulwarks. The old +..

+man seems to read Belshazzar's awful writing. I have never marked the coin +inspectingly. He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three +mighty, heaven-abiding peaks, that almost seem the Trinity, in some faint +earthly symbol. So in this vale of Death, God girds us round; and over all +our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope. If we +bend down our eyes, the dark vale shows her mouldy soil; but if we lift them, + + the bright sun meets our glance half way, to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun +is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain snatch some sweet solace +from him, we gaze for him in vain! This coin speaks wisely, mildly, truly, +but still sadly to me. I will quit it, lest Truth shake me falsely. There +now's the old Mogul, soliloquized Stubb by the try-works, he's been twigging +it; and there goes Starbuck from the same, and both with faces which I +should say might be somewhere within nine fathoms long. And all from looking +at a piece of gold, which did I have it now on Negro Hill or in Corlaer's +Hook, I'd not look at it very long ere spending it. Humph! in my poor, +insignificant opinion, I regard this as queer. I have seen doubloons before +now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, +your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of +Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, +and quarter joes. what then should there be in this doubloon of the Equator +that is so killing wonderful? By Golconda! let me read it once. Halloa! +here's signs and wonders truly! That, now, is what old Bowditch in his +Epitome calls the zodiac, and what my almanack below calls ditto. I'll get +the almanack and as I have heard devils can be raised with Daboll's +arithmetic, I'll try my hand at raising a meaning out of these queer +curvicues here with the Massachusetts calendar. Here's the book. Let's see +now. Signs and wonders; and the sun, he's always among 'em. Hem, hem, hem; + + here they are --here they go --all alive: --Aries, or the Ram; Taurus, or the +Bull and Jimimi! here's Gemini himself, or the Twins. Well; the sun he +wheels among 'em. Aye, here on the coin he's just crossing the threshold +between two of twelve sitting-rooms all in a ring. Book! you lie there; the +fact is, you books must know your +..

+places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to +supply the thoughts. That's my small experience, so far as the Massachusetts +calendar, and Bowditch's navigator, and Daboll's arithmetic go. Signs and +wonders, eh? Pity if there is nothing wonderful in signs, and significant in +wonders! There's a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist--hark! By Jove, I have +it! Look you, Doubloon, your zodiac here is the life of man in one round +chapter; and now I'll read it off, straight out of the book. Come, Almanack! + + To begin: there's Aries, or the Ram --lecherous dog, he begets us; then, +Taurus, or the Bull --he bumps us the first thing; then Gemini, or the Twins -- + + that is, Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue, when lo! comes Cancer +the Crab, and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring +Lion, lies in the path --he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his +paw; we escape, and hail Virgo, the Virgin! that's our first love; we marry +and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales --happiness + + weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how +we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in rear; we are +curing the wound, when whang come the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the +Archer, is amusing himself. As we pluck out the shafts, stand aside; here's +the battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat; full tilt, he comes rushing, and +headlong we are tossed; when Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, pours out his +whole deluge and drowns us; and to wind up with Pisces, or the Fishes, we +sleep. There's a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through +it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty. Jollily he, +aloft there, wheels through toil and trouble; and so, alow here, does jolly +Stubb. Oh, jolly's the word for aye! Adieu, Doubloon! But stop; here comes +little King-Post; dodge round the try-works, now, and let's hear what he'll +have to say. There; he's before it; he'll out with something presently. So, +so; he's beginning. I see nothing here, but a round thing made of gold, +and whoever raises a certain whale, this round thing belongs to him. So, +what's all this staring been about? It is worth sixteen dollars, that's true; + + and at two cents the cigar, that's nine hundred and +..

+sixty cigars. I wont smoke dirty pipes like Stubb, but I like cigars, and +here's nine hundred and sixty of them; so here goes Flask aloft to spy 'em +out. Shall I call that wise or foolish, now; if it be really wise it has a +foolish look to it; yet, if it be really foolish, then has it a sort of +wiseish look to it. But, avast; here comes our old Manxman --the old +hearse-driver, he must have been, that is, before he took to the sea. He +luffs up before the doubloon; halloa, and goes round on the other side of the +mast; why, there's a horse-shoe nailed on that side; and now he's back +again; what does that mean? Hark! he's muttering --voice like an old +worn-out coffee-mill. Prick ears, and listen! If the White Whale be +raised, it must be in a month and a day, when the sun stands in some one of +these signs. I've studied signs, and know their marks; they were taught me +two score years ago, by the old witch in Copenhagen. Now, in what sign will +the sun then be? The horse-shoe sign; for there it is, right opposite the +gold. And what's the horse-shoe sign? The lion is the horse-shoe sign --the +roaring and devouring lion. Ship, old ship! my old head shakes to think of +thee. There's another rendering now; but still one text. All sorts of men +in one kind of world, you see. Dodge again! here comes Queequeg --all +tattooing --looks like the signs of the Zodiac himself. What says the +Cannibal? As I live he's comparing notes; looking at his thigh bone; thinks +the sun is in the thigh, or in the calf, or in the bowels, I suppose, as +the old women talk Surgeon's Astronomy in the back country. And by Jove, he's + + found something there in the vicinity of his thigh --I guess it's Sagittarius, +or the Archer. No: he don't know what to make of the doubloon; he takes it +for an old button off some king's trowsers. But, aside again! here comes +that ghost-devil, Fedallah; tail coiled out of sight as usual, oakum in the +toes of his pumps as usual. What does he say, with that look of his? Ah, +only makes a sign to the sign and bows himself; there is a sun on the coin +--fire worshipper, depend upon it. Ho! more and more. This way comes Pip +--poor boy! would he had died, or I; he's half horrible to me. He too has +been watching all of these interpreters --myself included --and look now, he +comes to read, +..

+with that unearthly idiot face. stand away again and hear him. hark! I +look, you look, he looks; we look, ye look, they look. Upon my soul, +he's been studying Murray's Grammar! Improving his mind, poor fellow! But +what's that he says now -- hist! I look, you look, he looks; we look, ye +look, they look. Why, he's getting it by heart --hist! again. I look, +you look, he looks; we look, ye look, they look. Well, that's funny. + + And I, you, and he; and we, ye, and they, are all bats; and I'm a crow, +especially when I stand a'top of this pine tree here. Caw! caw! caw! caw! caw! +caw! Ain't I a crow? And where's the scare-crow? There he stands; two +bones stuck into a pair of old trowsers, and two more poked into the sleeves +of an old jacket. Wonder if he means me? --complimentary! --poor lad! --I +could go hang myself. Any way, for the present, I'll quit Pip's vicinity. +I can stand the rest, for they have plain wits; but he's too crazy-witty +for my sanity. So, so, I leave him muttering. Here's the ship's navel, +this doubloon here, and they are all on fire to unscrew it. But, unscrew +your navel, and what's the consequence? Then again, if it stays here, that +is ugly, too, for when aught's nailed to the mast it's a sign that things grow + + desperate. Ha, ha! old Ahab! the White Whale; he'll nail ye! This is a +pine tree. My father, in old Tolland county, cut down a pine tree once, and +found a silver ring grown over in it; some old darkey's wedding ring. How +did it get there? And so they'll say in the resurrection, when they come to +fish up this old mast, and find a doubloon lodged in it, with bedded oysters +for the shaggy bark. Oh, the gold! the precious, precious gold! --the green +miser 'll hoard ye soon! Hish! hish! God goes 'mong the worlds +blackberrying. Cook! ho, cook! and cook us! Jenny! hey, hey, hey, hey, +hey, Jenny, Jenny! and get your hoe-cake done! + +..

+.. < chapter c 2 LEG AND ARM THE PEQUOD, OF NANTUCKET, MEETS THE SAMUEL > + + + + ENDERBY, OF LONDON Ship, ahoy! Hast seen the White Whale? So cried Ahab, +once more hailing a ship showing English colors, bearing down under the +stern. Trumpet to mouth, the old man was standing in his hoisted +quarter-boat, his ivory leg plainly revealed to the stranger captain, who +was carelessly reclining in his own boat's bow. He was a darkly-tanned, +burly, good-natured, fine-looking man, of sixty or thereabouts, dressed in +a spacious roundabout, that hung round him in festoons of blue pilot-cloth; +and one empty arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of +a huzzar's surcoat. Hast seen the White Whale? See you this? and +withdrawing it from the fold that had hidden it, he held up a white arm of +sperm whale bone, terminating in a wooden head like a mallet. Man my boat! +cried Ahab, impetuously, and tossing about the oars near him -- Stand by to +lower! In less than a minute, without quitting his little craft, he and +his crew were dropped to the water, and were soon alongside of the stranger. +But here a curious difficulty presented itself. In the excitement of the +moment, Ahab had forgotten that since the loss of his leg he had never once +stepped on board of any vessel at sea but his own, and then it was always by +an ingenious and very handy mechanical contrivance peculiar to the Pequod, +and a thing not to be rigged and shipped in any other vessel at a moment's +warning. Now, it is no very easy matter for anybody --except those who are +almost hourly used to it, like whalemen --to clamber up a ship's side from a +boat on the open sea; for the great swells now lift the boat high up towards + +..

+the bulwarks, and then instantaneously drop it half way down to the kelson. +so, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether +unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced +to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height +he could hardly hope to attain. It has before been hinted, perhaps, that +every little untoward circumstance that befel him, and which indirectly +sprang from his luckless mishap, almost invariably irritated or exasperated +Ahab. And in the present instance, all this was heightened by the sight of +the two officers of the strange ship, leaning over the side, by the +perpendicular ladder of nailed cleets there, and swinging towards him a pair +of tastefully-ornamented man-ropes; for at first they did not seem to bethink +them that a one-legged man must be too much of a cripple to use their sea +bannisters. But this awkwardness only lasted a minute, because the strange +captain, observing at a glance how affairs stood, cried out, I see, I see! +--avast heaving there! Jump, boys, and swing over the cutting-tackle. As +good luck would have it, they had had a whale alongside a day or two +previous, and the great tackles were still aloft, and the massive curved +blubber-hook, now clean and dry, was still attached to the end. This was +quickly lowered to Ahab, who at once comprehending it all, slid his solitary +thigh into the curve of the hook (it was like sitting in the fluke of an +anchor, or the crotch of an apple tree), and then giving the word, held +himself fast, and at the same time also helped to hoist his own weight, by +pulling hand-over-hand upon one of the running parts of the tackle. Soon he +was carefully swung inside the high bulwarks, and gently landed upon the +capstan head. With his ivory arm frankly thrust forth in welcome, the other +captain advanced, and Ahab, putting out his ivory leg, and crossing the ivory +arm (like two sword-fish blades) cried out in his walrus way, Aye, aye, +hearty! let us shake bones together! --an arm and a leg! --an arm that never +can shrink, d'ye see; and a leg that never can run. Where did'st thou see +the White Whale? --how long ago? The White Whale, said the Englishman, +pointing his ivory +..

+arm towards the East, and taking a rueful sight along it, as if it had been a +telescope; There I saw him, on the Line, last season. And he took that +arm off, did he? asked Ahab, now sliding down from the capstan, and resting +on the Englishman's shoulder, as he did so. Aye, he was the cause of it, at +least; and that leg, too? Spin me the yarn, said Ahab; how was it? It +was the first time in my life that I ever cruised on the Line, began the +Englishman. I was ignorant of the White Whale at that time. Well, one day +we lowered for a pod of four or five whales, and my boat fastened to one of +them; a regular circus horse he was, too, that went milling and milling +round so, that my boat's crew could only trim dish, by sitting all their +sterns on the outer gunwale. Presently up breaches from the bottom of the sea +a bouncing great whale, with a milky-white head and hump, all crows' feet and +wrinkles. It was he, it was he! cried Ahab, suddenly letting out his +suspended breath. And harpoons sticking in near his starboard fin. Aye, +aye --they were mine -- my irons, cried Ahab, exultingly -- but on! Give me a +chance, then, said the Englishman, good-humoredly. Well, this old +great-grandfather, with the white head and hump, runs all afoam into the pod, +and goes to snapping furiously at my fast-line. Aye, I see! --wanted to part +it; free the fast-fish --an old trick --I know him. How it was exactly, +continued the one-armed commander, I do not know; but in biting the line, it +got foul of his teeth, caught there somehow; but we didn't know it then; so +that when we afterwards pulled on the line, bounce we came plump on to his +hump! instead of the other whale's that went off to windward, all fluking. +Seeing how matters stood, and what a noble great whale it was --the noblest +and biggest I ever saw, sir, in my life --I resolved to capture him, spite of +the boiling rage he seemed to be in. And thinking the hap-hazard line would + + get loose, or the tooth it was tangled to might draw (for I have +..

+a devil of a boat's crew for a pull on a whale-line); seeing all this, I say, +I jumped into my first mate's boat --Mr. Mounttop's here (by the way, Captain +--Mounttop; Mounttop--the captain); --as I was saying, I jumped into Mounttop's +boat, which, d'ye see, was gunwale and gunwale with mine, then; and snatching + + the first harpoon, let this old great-grandfather have it. But, Lord, look +you, sir --hearts and souls alive, man --the next instant, in a jiff, I was +blind as a bat --both eyes out --all befogged and bedeadened with black foam +--the whale's tail looming straight up out of it, perpendicular in the air, +like a marble steeple. No use sterning all, then; but as I was groping at +midday, with a blinding sun, all crown-jewels; as I was groping, I say, +after the second iron, to toss it overboard --down comes the tail like a Lima +tower, cutting my boat in two, leaving each half in splinters; and, flukes +first, the white hump backed through the wreck, as though it was all chips. +We all struck out. To escape his terrible flailings, I seized hold of my +harpoon-pole sticking in him, and for a moment clung to that like a sucking +fish. But a combing sea dashed me off, and at the same instant, the fish, +taking one good dart forwards, went down like a flash; and the barb of that +cursed second iron towing along near me caught me here (clapping his hand +just below his shoulder); yes, caught me just here, I say, and bore me down +to Hell's flames, I was thinking; when, when, all of a sudden, thank the +good God, the barb ript its way along the flesh --clear along the whole length +of my arm --came out nigh my wrist, and up i floated; --and that gentleman +there will tell you the rest (by the way, captain --Dr. Bunger, ship's +surgeon: Bunger, my lad, -- the captain). Now, Bunger boy, spin your part +of the yarn. The professional gentleman thus familiarly pointed out, had +been all the time standing near them, with nothing specific visible, to +denote his gentlemanly rank on board. His face was an exceedingly round but +sober one; he was dressed in a faded blue woollen frock or shirt, and patched +trowsers; and had thus far been dividing his attention between a marlingspike +he held in one hand, and a pill-box held in the other, occasionally casting +a critical glance at the ivory limbs of the two crippled captains. But, at his +superior's introduction of him to Ahab, he +..

+politely bowed, and straightway went on to do his captain's bidding. It was +a shocking bad wound, began the whale-surgeon; and, taking my advice, +Captain Boomer here, stood our old Sammy-- Samuel Enderby is the name of +my ship, interrupted the one-armed captain, addressing Ahab; go on, boy. + + Stood our old Sammy off to the northward, to get out of the blazing hot +weather there on the Line. But it was no use --I did all I could; sat up with +him nights; was very severe with him in the matter of diet-- Oh, very +severe! chimed in the patient himself; then suddenly altering his voice, + + Drinking hot rum toddies with me every night, till he couldn't see to put on +the bandages; and sending me to bed, half seas over, about three o'clock in +the morning. Oh, ye stars! he sat up with me indeed, and was very severe +in my diet. Oh! a great watcher, and very dietetically severe, is Dr. +Bunger. (Bunger, you dog, laugh out! why don't ye? You know you're a +precious jolly rascal.) But, heave ahead, boy, I'd rather be killed by you +than kept alive by any other man. My captain, you must have ere this +perceived, respected sir --said the imperturbable godly-looking Bunger, +slightly bowing to Ahab -- is apt to be facetious at times; he spins us many + + clever things of that sort. But I may as well say --en passant, as the French +remark --that I myself --that is to say, Jack Bunger, late of the reverend +clergy --am a strict total abstinence man; I never drink-- Water! cried the +captain; he never drinks it; it's a sort of fits to him; fresh water +throws him into the hydrophobia; but go on --go on with the arm story. Yes, +I may as well, said the surgeon, coolly. I was about observing, sir, before +Captain Boomer's facetious interruption, that spite of my best and severest +endeavors, the wound kept getting worse and worse; the truth was, sir, it +was as ugly gaping wound as surgeon ever saw; more than two feet and several +inches long. I measured it with the lead line. In short, it grew black; I +knew what was threatened, and off it came. +..

+But I had no hand in shipping that ivory arm there; that thing is against all +rule --pointing at it with the marlingspike -- that is the captain's work, +not mine; he ordered the carpenter to make it; he had that club-hammer there +put to the end, to knock some one's brains out with, I suppose, as he tried +mine once. He flies into diabolical passions sometimes. Do ye see this +dent, sir --removing his hat, and brushing aside his hair, and exposing a +bowl-like cavity in his skull, but which bore not the slightest scarry trace, + + or any token of ever having been a wound -- Well, the captain there will tell +you how that came here; he knows. No, I don't, said the captain, but +his mother did; he was born with it. Oh, you solemn rogue, you --you Bunger! +was there ever such another Bunger in the watery world? Bunger, when you +die, you ought to die in pickle, you dog; you should be preserved to future +ages, you rascal. What became of the White Whale? now cried Ahab, who +thus far had been impatiently listening to this bye-play between the two +Englishmen. Oh! cried the one-armed captain, Oh, yes! Well; after he +sounded, we didn't see him again for some time; in fact, as I before hinted, +I didn't then know what whale it was that had served me such a trick, till +some time afterwards, when coming back to the Line, we heard about Moby Dick +--as some call him --and then I knew it was he. Did'st thou cross his wake +again? Twice. But could not fasten? Didn't want to try to: ain't one +limb enough? What should I do without this other arm? And I'm thinking Moby +Dick doesn't bite so much as he swallows. Well, then, interrupted Bunger, + + give him your left arm for bait to get the right. Do you know, gentlemen +--very gravely and mathematically bowing to each Captain in succession -- Do +you know, gentlemen, that the digestive organs of the whale are so +inscrutably constructed by Divine Providence, that it is quite impossible for +him to completely digest even a +..

+man's arm? And he knows it too. So that what you take for the White Whale's +malice is only his awkwardness. For he never means to swallow a single limb; +he only thinks to terrify by feints. But sometimes he is like the old +juggling fellow, formerly a patient of mine in Ceylon, that making believe +swallow jack-knives, once upon a time let one drop into him in good earnest, + + and there it stayed for a twelvemonth or more; when I gave him an emetic, +and he heaved it up in small tacks, d'ye see. No possible way for him to +digest that jack-knife, and fully incorporate it into his general bodily +system. Yes, Captain Boomer, if you are quick enough about it, and have a +mind to pawn one arm for the sake of the privilege of giving decent burial to +the other, why in that case the arm is yours; only let the whale have +another chance at you shortly, that's all. No, thank ye, Bunger, said the +english captain, he's welcome to the arm he has, since I can't help it, +and didn't know him then; but not to another one. No more White Whales for +me; I've lowered for him once, and that has satisfied me. There would be +great glory in killing him, I know that; and there is a ship-load of +precious sperm in him, but, hark ye, he's best let alone; don't you think +so, Captain? --glancing at the ivory leg. He is. But he will still be +hunted, for all that. What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not +always what least allures. He's all a magnet! How long since thou saw'st him +last? Which way heading? Bless my soul, and curse the foul fiend's, +cried Bunger, stoopingly walking round Ahab, and like a dog, strangely +snuffing; this man's blood --bring the thermometer; --it's at the boiling +point! --his pulse makes these planks beat! --sir! --taking a lancet from his +pocket, and drawing near to Ahab's arm. Avast! roared Ahab, dashing him +against the bulwarks -- Man the boat! Which way heading? Good God! cried +the English Captain, to whom the question was put. What's the matter? He +was heading east, I think. --Is your Captain crazy? whispering Fedallah. + + But Fedallah, putting a finger on his lip, slid over the bulwarks +..

+to take the boat's steering oar, and Ahab, swinging the cutting-tackle +towards him, commanded the ship's sailors to stand by to lower. In a moment +he was standing in the boat's stern, and the Manilla men were springing to +their oars. In vain the English Captain hailed him. With back to the +stranger ship, and face set like a flint to his own, Ahab stood upright till +alongside of the Pequod. +..

+.. < chapter ci 10 THE DECANTER > + + Ere the English ship fades from sight, be +it set down here, that she hailed from London, and was named after the late +Samuel Enderby, merchant of that city, the original of the famous whaling +house of enderby and sons; a house which in my poor whaleman's opinion, +comes not far behind the united royal houses of the Tudors and Bourbons, in +point of real historical interest. How long, prior to the year of our Lord 0083 +, this great whaling house was in existence, my numerous fish-documents +do not make plain; but in that year ( +) it fitted out the first English +ships that ever regularly hunted the Sperm Whale; though for some score of +years previous (ever since +) our valiant Coffins and Maceys of Nantucket +and the Vineyard had in large fleets pursued that Leviathan, but only in the +North and South Atlantic: not elsewhere. Be it distinctly recorded here, +that the Nantucketers were the first among mankind to harpoon with civilized +steel the great Sperm Whale; and that for half a century they were the only +people of the whole globe who so harpooned him. In +, a fine ship, the +Amelia, fitted out for the express purpose, and at the sole charge of the +vigorous Enderbys, boldly rounded Cape Horn, and was the first among the +nations to lower a whale-boat of any sort in the great South Sea. The +..

+voyage was a skilful and lucky one; and returning to her berth with her hold +full of the precious sperm, the Amelia's example was soon followed by other +ships, English and American, and thus the vast Sperm Whale grounds of the +Pacific were thrown open. But not content with this good deed, the +indefatigable house again bestirred itself: Samuel and all his Sons --how +many, their mother only knows --and under their immediate auspices, and +partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send +the sloop-of-war Rattler on a whaling voyage of discovery into the South Sea. +Commanded by a naval Post-Captain, the Rattler made a rattling voyage of it, +and did some service; how much does not appear. But this is not all. In 0084 +, the same house fitted out a discovery whale ship of their own, to go on +a tasting cruise to the remote waters of Japan. That ship --well called the + + Syren --made a noble experimental cruise; and it was thus that the great +Japanese Whaling Ground first became generally known. The Syren in this +famous voyage was commanded by a Captain Coffin, a Nantucketer. All honor to +the Enderbies, therefore, whose house, I think, exists to the present day; +though doubtless the original Samuel must long ago have slipped his cable for +the great South Sea of the other world. The ship named after him was worthy +of the honor, being a very fast sailer and a noble craft every way. I +boarded her once at midnight somewhere off the Patagonian coast, and drank +good flip down in the forecastle. It was a fine gam we had, and they were all +trumps --every soul on board. A short life to them, and a jolly death. And +that fine gam I had --long, very long after old Ahab touched her planks with +his ivory heel -- it minds me of the noble, solid, Saxon hospitality of that +ship; and may my parson forget me, and the devil remember me, if I ever lose +sight of it. Flip? Did I say we had flip? Yes, and we flipped it at the +rate of ten gallons the hour; and when the squall came (for it's squally off +there by Patagonia), and all hands --visitors and all --were called to reef +topsails, we were so top-heavy that we had to swing each other aloft in +bowlines; and we ignorantly furled the skirts of our jackets into +..

+the sails, so that we hung there, reefed fast in the howling gale, a warning +example to all drunken tars. However, the masts did not go overboard; and by +and bye we scrambled down, so sober, that we had to pass the flip again, +though the savage salt spray bursting down the forecastle scuttle, rather too +much diluted and pickled it to my taste. The beef was fine --tough, but with +body in it. They said it was bull-beef; others, that it was dromedary beef; +but i do not know, for certain, how that was. they had dumplings too; small, +but substantial, symmetrically globular, and indestructible dumplings. I +fancied that you could feel them, and roll them about in you after they were +swallowed. If you stooped over too far forward, you risked their pitching +out of you like billiard-balls. The bread --but that couldn't be helped; +besides, it was an anti-scorbutic; in short, the bread contained the only +fresh fare they had. But the forecastle was not very light, and it was very +easy to step over into a dark corner when you ate it. But all in all, taking +her from truck to helm, considering the dimensions of the cook's boilers, +including his own live parchment boilers; fore and aft, I say, the Samuel +Enderby was a jolly ship; of good fare and plenty; fine flip and strong; +crack fellows all, and capital from boot heels to hat-band. But why was it, +think ye, that the Samuel Enderby, and some other English whalers I know of +--not all though --were such famous, hospitable ships; that passed round the +beef, and the bread, and the can, and the joke; and were not soon weary +of eating, and drinking, and laughing? I will tell you. The abounding good +cheer of these English whalers is matter for historical research. Nor have I +been at all sparing of historical whale research, when it has seemed needed. +The English were preceded in the whale fishery by the Hollanders, Zealanders, +and Danes; from whom they derived many terms still extant in the fishery; +and what is yet more, their fat old fashions, touching plenty to eat and +drink. For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; +but not so the English whaler. Hence, in the English, this thing of whaling +good cheer is not normal and natural, but incidental and particular; and, +therefore, must have some special origin, +..

+which is here pointed out, and will be still further elucidated. During my +researches in the leviathanic histories, I stumbled upon an ancient Dutch +volume, which, by the musty whaling smell of it, I knew must be about +whalers. The title was, Dan Coopman, wherefore I concluded that this must +be the invaluable memoirs of some Amsterdam cooper in the fishery, as every +whale ship must carry its cooper. I was reinforced in this opinion by seeing +that it was the production of one Fitz Swackhammer. But my friend Dr. +Snodhead, a very learned man, professor of Low Dutch and High German in the +college of Santa Claus and St. Pott's, to whom I handed the work for +translation, giving him a box of sperm candles for his trouble -- this same +Dr. Snodhead, so soon as he spied the book, assured me that Dan Coopman did +not mean The Cooper, but The Merchant. In short, this ancient and +learned Low Dutch book treated of the commerce of Holland; and, among other +subjects, contained a very interesting account of its whale fishery. And in +this chapter it was, headed Smeer, or Fat, that I found a long detailed +list of the outfits for the larders and cellars of 180 sail of Dutch whalemen; + + from which list, as translated by Dr. Snodhead. I transcribe the following: 0084400,000 lbs. of beef. 60,000 lbs. Friesland pork. 150,000 lbs. of stock fish. + 550,000 lbs. of biscuit. 72,000 lbs. of soft bread. 2,800 firkins of butter. + 20,000 lbs. of Texel and Leyden cheese. 144,000 lbs. cheese (probably an +inferior article). 550 ankers of Geneva. 10,800 barrels of beer. Most +statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present +case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, +and gills of good gin and good cheer. At the time, I devoted three days to +the studious digesting of all this beer, beef, and bread, during which many +profound +..

+thoughts were incidentally suggested to me, capable of a transcendental +and Platonic application; and, furthermore, I compiled supplementary tables +of my own, touching the probable quantity of stock-fish, etc., consumed by +every Low Dutch harpooneer in that ancient Greenland and Spitzbergen whale +fishery. In the first place, the amount of butter, and Texel and Leyden +cheese consumed, seems amazing. I impute it, though, to their naturally +unctuous natures, being rendered still more unctuous by the nature of their +vocation, and especially by their pursuing their game in those frigid Polar +Seas, on the very coasts of that Esquimaux country where the convivial +natives pledge each other in bumpers of train oil. The quantity of beer, too, +is very large, 10,800 barrels. Now, as those polar fisheries could only be +prosecuted in the short summer of that climate, so that the whole cruise of +one of these Dutch whalemen, including the short voyage to and from the +Spitzbergen sea, did not much exceed three months, say, and reckoning 30 men +to each of their fleet of 180 sail, we have 5,400 Low Dutch seamen in all; +therefore, I say, we have precisely two barrels of beer per man, for a +twelve weeks' allowance, exclusive of his fair proportion of that 550 ankers +of gin. Now, whether these gin and beer harpooneers, so fuddled as one might +fancy them to have been, were the right sort of men to stand up in a boat's +head, and take good aim at flying whales; this would seem somewhat +improbable. Yet they did aim at them, and hit them too. But this was very +far North, be it remembered, where beer agrees well with the constitution; +upon the Equator, in our southern fishery, beer would be apt to make the +harpooneer sleepy at the mast-head and boozy in his boat; and grievous loss +might ensue to Nantucket and New Bedford. But no more; enough has been said +to show that the old Dutch whalers of two or three centuries ago were high +livers; and that the English whalers have not neglected so excellent an +example. For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get +nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least. And +this empties the decanter. +..

+.. < chapter cii 2 A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES > + + Hitherto, in descriptively +treating of the Sperm Whale, I have chiefly dwelt upon the marvels of his +outer aspect; or separately and in detail upon some few interior structural +features. But to a large and thorough sweeping comprehension of him, it +behoves me now to unbutton him still further, and untagging the points of his +hose, unbuckling his garters, and casting loose the hooks and the eyes of +the joints of his innermost bones, set him before you in his ultimatum; that +is to say, in his unconditional skeleton. But how now, Ishmael? How is it, +that you, a mere oarsman in the fishery, pretend to know aught about the +subterranean parts of the whale? Did erudite Stubb, mounted upon your +capstan, deliver lectures on the anatomy of the Cetacea; and by help of the +windlass, hold up a specimen rib for exhibition? Explain thyself, Ishmael. +Can you land a full-grown whale on your deck for examination, as a cook +dishes a roast-pig? Surely not. A veritable witness have you hitherto been, +Ishmael; but have a care how you seize the privilege of Jonah alone; the +privilege of discoursing upon the joists and beams; the rafters, ridge-pole, +sleepers, and under-pinnings, making up the frame-work of leviathan; and +belike of the tallow-vats, dairy-rooms, butteries, and cheeseries in his +bowels. I confess, that since Jonah, few whalemen have penetrated very far +beneath the skin of the adult whale; nevertheless, I have been blessed with +an opportunity to dissect him in miniature. In a ship I belonged to, a small +cub Sperm Whale was once bodily hoisted to the deck for his poke or bag, to +make sheaths for the barbs of the harpoons, and for the heads of the lances. + + Think you I let that chance go, without using my boat-hatchet and +jack-knife, and breaking the seal and reading all the contents of that young +cub? +..

+And as for my exact knowledge of the bones of the leviathan in their gigantic, +full grown development, for that rare knowledge I am indebted to my late +royal friend Tranquo, king of Tranque, one of the Arsacides. For being at +Tranque, years ago, when attached to the trading-ship Dey of Algiers, I was +invited to spend part of the Arsacidean holidays with the lord of Tranque, at +his retired palm villa at Pupella; a sea-side glen not very far distant from +what our sailors called Bamboo-Town, his capital. Among many other fine +qualities, my royal friend Tranquo, being gifted with a devout love for all +matters of barbaric vertu, had brought together in Pupella whatever rare +things the more ingenious of his people could invent; chiefly carved woods of + + wonderful devices, chiselled shells, inlaid spears, costly paddles, +aromatic canoes; and all these distributed among whatever natural wonders, +the wonder-freighted, tribute-rendering waves had cast upon his shores. Chief +among these latter was a great Sperm Whale, which, after an unusually long +raging gale, had been found dead and stranded, with his head against a +cocoa-nut tree, whose plumage-like, tufted droopings seemed his verdant jet. +When the vast body had at last been stripped of its fathom-deep enfoldings, +and the bones become dust dry in the sun, then the skeleton was carefully +transported up the Pupella glen, where a grand temple of lordly palms now +sheltered it. The ribs were hung with trophies; the vertebrae were carved +with Arsacidean annals, in strange hieroglyphics; in the skull, the priests +kept up an unextinguished aromatic flame, so that the mystic head again sent +forth its vapory spout; while, suspended from a bough, the terrific lower jaw +vibrated over all the devotees, like the hair-hung sword that so affrighted +damocles. it was a wondrous sight. the wood was green as mosses of the icy +Glen; the trees stood high and haughty, feeling their living sap; the +industrious earth beneath was as a weaver's loom, with a gorgeous carpet on +it, whereof the ground-vine tendrils formed the warp and woof, and the +living flowers the figures. All the trees, with all their laden branches; +all the shrubs, and ferns, and grasses; the message-carrying air; all +..

+these unceasingly were active. Through the lacings of the leaves, the great +sun seemed a flying shuttle weaving the unwearied verdure. Oh, busy weaver! +unseen weaver! --pause! --one word! -- whither flows the fabric? what palace may +it deck? wherefore all these ceaseless toilings? Speak, weaver! --stay thy +hand! -- but one single word with thee! Nay --the shuttle flies --the figures + + float from forth the loom; the freshet-rushing carpet for ever slides away. +The weaver-god, he weaves; and by that weaving is he deafened, that he hears +no mortal voice; and by that humming, we, too, who look on the loom are +deafened; and only when we escape it shall we hear the thousand voices that +speak through it. For even so it is in all material factories. The spoken +words that are inaudible among the flying spindles; those same words are +plainly heard without the walls, bursting from the opened casements. Thereby +have villanies been detected. Ah, mortal! then, be heedful; for so, in all +this din of the great world's loom, thy subtlest thinkings may be overheard +afar. Now, amid the green, life-restless loom of that Arsacidean wood, the +great, white, worshipped skeleton lay lounging --a gigantic idler! Yet, as the +ever-woven verdant warp and woof intermixed and hummed around him, the mighty +idler seemed the cunning weaver; himself all woven over with the vines; +every month assuming greener, fresher verdure; but himself a skeleton. Life +folded Death; Death trellised Life; the grim god wived with youthful Life, +and begat him curly-headed glories. Now, when with royal Tranquo I visited +this wondrous whale, and saw the skull an altar, and the artificial smoke +ascending from where the real jet had issued, I marvelled that the king +should regard a chapel as an object of vertu. He laughed. But more I +marvelled that the priests should swear that smoky jet of his was genuine. To +and fro I paced before this skeleton --brushed the vines aside --broke through +the ribs --and with a ball of Arsacidean twine, wandered, eddied long amid +its many winding, shaded collonades and arbors. But soon my line was out; +and following it back, I emerged from the opening where I entered. I saw no +living thing within; naught was there but bones. +..

+Cutting me a green measuring-rod, I once more dived within the skeleton. +From their arrow-slit in the skull, the priests perceived me taking the +altitude of the final rib. How now! they shouted; Dar'st thou measure +this our god! That's for us. Aye, priests --well, how long do ye make him, +then? But hereupon a fierce contest rose among them, concerning feet and +inches; they cracked each other's sconces with their yard-sticks -- the great +skull echoed --and seizing that lucky chance, I quickly concluded my own +admeasurements. These admeasurements I now propose to set before you. But +first, be it recorded, that, in this matter, I am not free to utter any +fancied measurement I please. Because there are skeleton authorities you can +refer to, to test my accuracy. There is a Leviathanic Museum, they tell me, +in Hull, England, one of the whaling ports of that country, where they have +some fine specimens of fin-backs and other whales. Likewise, I have heard +that in the museum of Manchester, in New Hampshire, they have what the +proprietors call the only perfect specimen of a Greenland or River Whale in +the United States. Moreover, at a place in Yorkshire, England, Burton +constable by name, a certain sir clifford constable has in his possession the +skeleton of a Sperm Whale, but of moderate size, by no means of the +full-grown magnitude of my friend King Tranquo's. In both cases, the stranded +whales to which these two skeletons belonged, were originally claimed by +their proprietors upon similar grounds. King Tranquo seizing his because he +wanted it; and Sir Clifford, because he was lord of the seignories of those +parts. Sir Clifford's whale has been articulated throughout; so that, like a +great chest of drawers, you can open and shut him, in all his bony cavities +--spread out his ribs like a gigantic fan --and swing all day upon his lower +jaw. Locks are to be put upon some of his trap-doors and shutters; and a +footman will show round future visitors with a bunch of keys at his side. +Sir Clifford thinks of charging twopence for a peep at the whispering gallery +in the spinal column; threepence to hear the echo in the hollow of his +cerebellum; and sixpence for the unrivalled view from his forehead. The +skeleton dimensions I shall now proceed to set down are +..

+copied verbatim from my right arm, where I had them tattooed; as in my wild +wanderings at that period, there was no other secure way of preserving such +valuable statistics. But as I was crowded for space, and wished the other +parts of my body to remain a blank page for a poem I was then composing --at +least, what untattooed parts might remain --I did not trouble myself with the +odd inches; nor, indeed, should inches at all enter into a congenial +admeasurement of the whale. +..

+.. < chapter ciii 10 MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALE'S SKELETON > + + In the first +place, I wish to lay before you a particular, plain statement, touching the +living bulk of this leviathan, whose skeleton we are briefly to exhibit. +Such a statement may prove useful here. According to a careful calculation I +have made, and which I partly base upon Captain Scoresby's estimate, of +seventy tons for the largest sized Greenland whale of sixty feet in length; +according to my careful calculation, I say, a Sperm Whale of the largest +magnitude, between eighty-five and ninety feet in length, and something less +than forty feet in its fullest circumference, such a whale will weigh at +least ninety tons; so that reckoning thirteen men to a ton, he would +considerably outweigh the combined population of a whole village of one +thousand one hundred inhabitants. Think you not then that brains, like yoked +cattle, should be put to this leviathan, to make him at all budge to any +landsman's imagination? Having already in various ways put before you his +skull, spout-hole, jaw, teeth, tail, forehead, fins, and divers other parts, +I shall now simply point out what is most interesting in the general bulk of +his unobstructed bones. But as the colossal skull embraces so very large a +proportion of the entire extent +..

+of the skeleton; as it is by far the most complicated part; and as nothing +is to be repeated concerning it in this chapter, you must not fail to carry +it in your mind, or under your arm, as we proceed, otherwise you will not +gain a complete notion of the general structure we are about to view. In +length, the Sperm Whale's skeleton at Tranque measured seventy-two feet; so +that when fully invested and extended in life, he must have been ninety feet +long; for in the whale, the skeleton loses about one fifth in length +compared with the living body. Of this seventy-two feet, his skull and jaw +comprised some twenty feet, leaving some fifty feet of plain back-bone. +Attached to this back-bone, for something less than a third of its length, +was the mighty circular basket of ribs which once enclosed his vitals. To me +this vast ivory-ribbed chest, with the long, unrelieved spine, extending far +away from it in a straight line, not a little resembled the hull of a great +ship new-laid upon the stocks, when only some twenty of her naked bow-ribs are +inserted, and the keel is otherwise, for the time, but a long, disconnected +timber. The ribs were ten on a side. The first, to begin from the neck, was +nearly six feet long; the second, third, and fourth were each successively +longer, till you came to the climax of the fifth, or one of the middle ribs, + + which measured eight feet and some inches. From that part, the remaining +ribs diminished, till the tenth and last only spanned five feet and some +inches. In general thickness, they all bore a seemly correspondence to their +length. The middle ribs were the most arched. In some of the Arsacides they +are used for beams whereon to lay foot-path bridges over small streams. In +considering these ribs, I could not but be struck anew with the circumstance, + + so variously repeated in this book, that the skeleton of the whale is by no +means the mould of his invested form. The largest of the Tranque ribs, one +of the middle ones, occupied that part of the fish which, in life, is greatest +in depth. Now, the greatest depth of the invested body of this particular +whale must have been at least sixteen feet; whereas, the corresponding rib +measured but little more than eight feet. So that this rib only conveyed half +of the true notion of the living +..

+magnitude of that part. Besides, for some way, where I now saw but a naked +spine, all that had been once wrapped round with tons of added bulk in flesh, +muscle, blood, and bowels. Still more, for the ample fins, I here saw but a +few disordered joints; and in place of the weighty and majestic, but boneless + + flukes, an utter blank! How vain and foolish, then, thought I, for timid +untravelled man to try to comprehend aright this wondrous whale, by merely +poring over his dead attenuated skeleton, stretched in this peaceful wood. +no. only in the heart of quickest perils; only when within the eddyings of +his angry flukes; only on the profound unbounded sea, can the fully invested +whale be truly and livingly found out. But the spine. For that, the best way +we can consider it is, with a crane, to pile its bones high up on end. No +speedy enterprise. But now it's done, it looks much like Pompey's Pillar. +There are forty and odd vertebrae in all, which in the skeleton are not +locked together. They mostly lie like the great knobbed blocks on a Gothic +spire, forming solid courses of heavy masonry. The largest, a middle one, is +in width something less than three feet, and in depth more than four. The +smallest, where the spine tapers away into the tail, is only two inches in +width, and looks something like a white billiard-ball. I was told that there +were still smaller ones, but they had been lost by some little cannibal +urchins, the priest's children, who had stolen them to play marbles with. +Thus we see how that the spine of even the hugest of living things tapers off +at last into simple child's play. +..

+.. < chapter civ 30 THE FOSSIL WHALE > + + From his mighty bulk the whale +affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally +expatiate. Would you, you could not compress him. By good rights he +..

+should only be treated of in imperial folio. Not to tell over again his +furlongs from spiracle to tail, and the yards he measures about the waist; +only think of the gigantic involutions of his intestines, where they lie in +him like great cables and hausers coiled away in the subterranean orlop-deck +of a line-of-battle-ship. Since I have undertaken to manhandle this +Leviathan, it behoves me to approve myself omnisciently exhaustive in the +enterprise; not overlooking the minutest seminal germs of his blood, and +spinning him out to the uttermost coil of his bowels. Having already described +him in most of his present habitatory and anatomical peculiarities, it now +remains to magnify him in an archaeological, fossiliferous, and antediluvian +point of view. Applied to any other creature than the Leviathan --to an ant or +a flea --such portly terms might justly be deemed unwarrantably grandiloquent. +But when Leviathan is the text, the case is altered. Fain am I to stagger to +this emprise under the weightiest words of the dictionary. And here be it +said, that whenever it has been convenient to consult one in the course of +these dissertations, I have invariably used a huge quarto edition of Johnson, +expressly purchased for that purpose; because that famous lexicographer's +uncommon personal bulk more fitted him to compile a lexicon to be used by a +whale author like me. One often hears of writers that rise and swell with +their subject, though it may seem but an ordinary one. How, then, with me, +writing of this Leviathan? Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard +capitals. Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius' crater for an inkstand! + + Friends, hold my arms! For in the mere act of penning my thoughts of this +Leviathan, they weary me, and make me faint with their out-reaching +comprehensiveness of sweep, as if to include the whole circle of the +sciences, and all the generations of whales, and men, and mastodons, past, +present, and to come, with all the revolving panoramas of empire on earth, +and throughout the whole universe, not excluding its suburbs. Such, and so +magnifying, is the virtue of a large and liberal theme! We expand to its +bulk. To produce a mighty book, you must choose a +..

+mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, +though many there be who have tried it. Ere entering upon the subject of +Fossil Whales, I present my credentials as a geologist, by stating that in my +miscellaneous time i have been a stone-mason, and also a great digger of +ditches, canals, and wells, wine-vaults, cellars, and cisterns of all sorts. +Likewise, by way of preliminary, I desire to remind the reader, that while +in the earlier geological strata there are found the fossils of monsters now +almost completely extinct; the subsequent relics discovered in what are +called the Tertiary formations seem the connecting, or at any rate +intercepted links, between the antichronical creatures, and those whose +remote posterity are said to have entered the Ark; all the Fossil Whales +hitherto discovered belong to the Tertiary period, which is the last +preceding the superficial formations. And though none of them precisely +answer to any known species of the present time, they are yet sufficiently +akin to them in general respects, to justify their taking ranks as Cetacean +fossils. Detached broken fossils of pre-adamite whales, fragments of their +bones and skeletons, have within thirty years past, at various intervals, +been found at the base of the Alps, in Lombardy, in France, in England, in +Scotland, and in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Among the +more curious of such remains is part of a skull, which in the year + + was +disinterred in the Rue Dauphine in Paris, a short street opening almost +directly upon the palace of the Tuileries; and bones disinterred in +excavating the great docks of Antwerp, in Napoleon's time. Cuvier pronounced +these fragments to have belonged to some utterly unknown Leviathanic species. +But by far the most wonderful of all cetacean relics was the almost complete +vast skeleton of an extinct monster, found in the year +, on the +plantation of Judge Creagh, in Alabama. The awe-stricken credulous slaves in +the vicinity took it for the bones of one of the fallen angels. The Alabama +doctors declared it a huge reptile, and bestowed upon it the name of +Basilosaurus. But some specimen bones of it being taken across the sea to +owen, the english anatomist, it turned out that this alleged reptile was a +whale, though of a departed species. +..

+A significant illustration of the fact, again and again repeated in this book, + + that the skeleton of the whale furnishes but little clue to the shape of his +fully invested body. So Owen rechristened the monster Zeuglodon; and in his +paper read before the London Geological Society, pronounced it, in substance, +one of the most extraordinary creatures which the mutations of the globe have +blotted out of existence. When I stand among these mighty Leviathan skeletons, +skulls, tusks, jaws, ribs, and vertebrae, all characterized by partial +resemblances to the existing breeds of sea-monsters; but at the same time +bearing on the other hand similar affinities to the annihilated antichronical +Leviathans, their incalculable seniors; I am, by a flood, borne back to that +wondrous period, ere time itself can be said to have begun; for time began +with man. Here Saturn's grey chaos rolls over me, and I obtain dim, shuddering + + glimpses into those Polar eternities; when wedged bastions of ice pressed +hard upon what are now the Tropics; and in all the 25,000 miles of this +world's circumference, not an inhabitable hand's breadth of land was visible. + + Then the whole world was the whale's; and, king of creation, he left his +wake along the present lines of the Andes and the Himmalehs. Who can show a +pedigree like Leviathan? Ahab's harpoon had shed older blood than the +Pharaoh's. Methuselah seems a school-boy. I look round to shake hands with +Shem. I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the +unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must +needs exist after all humane ages are over. But not alone has this Leviathan +left his pre-adamite traces in the stereotype plates of nature, and in +limestone and marl bequeathed his ancient bust; but upon Egyptian tablets, +whose antiquity seems to claim for them an almost fossiliferous character, we +find the unmistakable print of his fin. In an apartment of the great temple +of Denderah, some fifty years ago, there was discovered upon the granite +ceiling a sculptured and painted planisphere, abounding in centaurs, +griffins, and dolphins, similar to the grotesque figures on the celestial +globe of the moderns. Gliding among them, old Leviathan swam as of yore; was +there swimming in that planisphere, centuries before Solomon was cradled. +..

+Nor must there be omitted another strange attestation of the antiquity of the +whale, in his own osseous post-diluvian reality, as set down by the venerable +John Leo, the old Barbary traveller. Not far from the Sea-side, they have a +Temple, the Rafters and Beams of which are made of Whale-Bones; for Whales +of a monstrous size are oftentimes cast up dead upon that shore. The Common +People imagine, that by a secret Power bestowed by God upon the Temple, no +Whale can pass it without immediate death. But the truth of the Matter is, +that on either side of the Temple, there are Rocks that shoot two Miles into +the Sea, and wound the Whales when they light upon 'em. They keep a Whale's +Rib of an incredible length for a Miracle, which lying upon the Ground with +its convex part uppermost, makes an Arch, the Head of which cannot be +reached by a Man upon a Camel's Back. This Rib (says John Leo) is said to +have layn there a hundred Years before I saw it. Their Historians affirm, +that a Prophet who prophesy'd of Mahomet, came from this Temple, and some do +not stand to assert, that the Prophet Jonas was cast forth by the Whale at +the Base of the Temple. In this Afric Temple of the Whale I leave you, +reader, and if you be a Nantucketer, and a whaleman, you will silently worship + + there. +..

+.. < chapter cv 24 DOES THE WHALE'S MAGNITUDE DIMINISH? WILL HE PERISH? > + + Inasmuch, then, as this Leviathan comes floundering down upon us from the +head-waters of the Eternities, it may be fitly inquired, whether, in the +long course of his generations, he has not degenerated from the original bulk +of his sires. But upon investigation we find, that not only are the whales of +the present day superior in magnitude to those whose fossil remains are found +in the Tertiary system (embracing a distinct geological period prior to man), + + but of the whales found in that +..

+Tertiary system, those belonging to its latter formations exceed in size +those of its earlier ones. Of all the pre-adamite whales yet exhumed, by far +the largest is the Alabama one mentioned in the last chapter, and that was +less than seventy feet in length in the skeleton. Whereas, we have already +seen, that the tape-measure gives seventy-two feet for the skeleton of a +large sized modern whale. And I have heard, on whalemen's authority, that +Sperm Whales have been captured near a hundred feet long at the time of +capture. But may it not be, that while the whales of the present hour are an +advance in magnitude upon those of all previous geological periods; may it +not be, that since Adam's time they have degenerated? Assuredly, we must +conclude so, if we are to credit the accounts of such gentlemen as Pliny, +and the ancient naturalists generally. For Pliny tells us of whales that +embraced acres of living bulk, and Aldrovandus of others which measured eight + + hundred feet in length --Rope Walks and Thames Tunnels of Whales! And even in +the days of Banks and Solander, Cooke's naturalists, we find a Danish member +of the Academy of Sciences setting down certain Iceland Whales +(reydan-siskur, or Wrinkled Bellies) at one hundred and twenty yards; that +is, three hundred and sixty feet. And Lacepede, the French naturalist, in his + + elaborate history of whales, in the very beginning of his work (page 3), +sets down the Right Whale at one hundred metres, three hundred and +twenty-eight feet. And this work was published so late as A. D. +. But +will any whaleman believe these stories? No. The whale of to-day is as big +as his ancestors in Pliny's time. And if ever I go where Pliny is, I, a +whaleman (more than he was), will make bold to tell him so. Because I +cannot understand how it is, that while the Egyptian mummies that were buried +thousands of years before even Pliny was born, do not measure so much in +their coffins as a modern Kentuckian in his socks; and while the cattle and +other animals sculptured on the oldest Egyptian and Nineveh tablets, by the +relative proportions in which they are drawn, just as plainly prove that the +high-bred, stall-fed, prize cattle of Smithfield, not only equal, but far +exceed in magnitude the fattest of Pharaoh's fat kine; in the face of +..

+all this, I will not admit that of all animals the whale alone should have +degenerated. But still another inquiry remains; one often agitated by the +more recondite Nantucketers. Whether owing to the almost omniscient +look-outs at the mast-heads of the whale-ships, now penetrating even through +Behring's straits, and into the remotest secret drawers and lockers of the +world; and the thousand harpoons and lances darted along all continental +coasts; the moot point is, whether Leviathan can long endure so wide a chase, + + and so remorseless a havoc; whether he must not at last be exterminated from +the waters, and the last whale, like the last man, smoke his last pipe, and +then himself evaporate in the final puff. Comparing the humped herds of +whales with the humped herds of buffalo, which, not forty years ago, +overspread by tens of thousands the prairies of Illinois and Missouri, and +shook their iron manes and scowled with their thunder-clotted brows upon the +sites of populous river-capitals, where now the polite broker sells you land +at a dollar an inch; in such a comparison an irresistible argument would seem +furnished, to show that the hunted whale cannot now escape speedy extinction. + + But you must look at this matter in every light. Though so short a period +ago --not a good life-time --the census of the buffalo in Illinois exceeded the +census of men now in London, and though at the present day not one horn or +hoof of them remains in all that region; and though the cause of this +wondrous extermination was the spear of man; yet the far different nature of +the whale-hunt peremptorily forbids so inglorious an end to the Leviathan. +Forty men in one ship hunting the Sperm Whale for forty-eight months think +they have done extremely well, and thank God, if at last they carry home the +oil of forty fish. Whereas, in the days of the old Canadian and Indian hunters + + and trappers of the West, when the far west (in whose sunset suns still +rise) was a wilderness and a virgin, the same number of moccasined men, for +the same number of months, mounted on horse instead of sailing in ships, +would have slain not forty, but forty thousand and more buffaloes; a fact +that, if need were, could be statistically stated. Nor, considered aright, +does it seem any argument in favor +..

+of the gradual extinction of the Sperm Whale, for example, that in former +years (the latter part of the last century, say) these Leviathans, in small +pods, were encountered much oftener than at present, and, in consequence, +the voyages were not so prolonged, and were also much more remunerative. +Because, as has been elsewhere noticed, those whales, influenced by some +views to safety, now swim the seas in immense caravans, so that to a large +degree the scattered solitaries, yokes, and pods, and schools of other days +are now aggregated into vast but widely separated, unfrequent armies. That is +all. And equally fallacious seems the conceit, that because the so-called +whale-bone whales no longer haunt many grounds in former years abounding with +them, hence that species also is declining. For they are only being driven +from promontory to cape; and if one coast is no longer enlivened with their +jets, then, be sure, some other and remoter strand has been very recently +startled by the unfamiliar spectacle. Furthermore: concerning these last +mentioned Leviathans, they have two firm fortresses, which, in all human +probability, will for ever remain impregnable. And as upon the invasion of +their valleys, the frosty Swiss have retreated to their mountains; so, +hunted from the savannas and glades of the middle seas, the whale-bone whales +can at last resort to their Polar citadels, and diving under the ultimate +glassy barriers and walls there, come up among icy fields and floes; and in +a charmed circle of everlasting December, bid defiance to all pursuit from +man. But as perhaps fifty of these whale-bone whales are harpooned for one +cachalot, some philosophers of the forecastle have concluded that this +positive havoc has already very seriously diminished their battalions. But +though for some time past a number of these whales, not less than 13,000 have +been annually slain on the nor' west coast by the Americans alone; yet there +are considerations which render even this circumstance of little or no account +as an opposing argument in this matter. Natural as it is to be somewhat +incredulous concerning the populousness of the more enormous creatures of the +globe, yet what shall we say to Harto, the historian of Goa, when he tells +us that at one hunting the King of Siam took + + elephants; +..

+that in those regions elephants are numerous as droves of cattle in the +temperate climes. And there seems no reason to doubt that if these elephants, + + which have now been hunted for thousands of years, by Semiramis, by Porus, +by hannibal, and by all the successive monarchs of the East --if they still +survive there in great numbers, much more may the great whale outlast all +hunting, since he has a pasture to expatiate in, which is precisely twice as +large as all Asia, both Americas, Europe and Africa, New Holland, and all the +Isles of the sea combined. Moreover: we are to consider, that from the +presumed great longevity of whales, their probably attaining the age of a +century and more, therefore at any one period of time, several distinct +adult generations must be contemporary. And what that is, we may soon gain +some idea of, by imagining all the grave-yards, cemeteries, and family vaults +of creation yielding up the live bodies of all the men, women, and children +who were alive seventy-five years ago; and adding this countless host to the +present human population of the globe. Wherefore, for all these things, we +account the whale immortal in his species, however perishable in his +individuality. He swam the seas before the continents broke water; he once +swam over the site of the Tuileries, and Windsor Castle, and the Kremlin. In +Noah's flood, he despised Noah's Ark; and if ever the world is to be again +flooded, like the Netherlands, to kill off its rats, then the eternal whale +will still survive, and rearing upon the topmost crest of the equatorial +flood, spout his frothed defiance to the skies. +..

+.. < chapter cvi 29 AHAB'S LEG > + + The precipitating manner in which Captain +Ahab had quitted the Samuel Enderby of London, had not been unattended with +some small violence to his own person. He had lighted with such energy upon a +thwart of his boat that his ivory leg had +..

+received a half-splintering shock. And when after gaining his own deck, and +his own pivot-hole there, he so vehemently wheeled round with an urgent +command to the steersman (it was, as ever, something about his not steering +inflexibly enough); then, the already shaken ivory received such an additional +twist and wrench, that though it still remained entire, and to all +appearances lusty, yet Ahab did not deem it entirely trustworthy. And, +indeed, it seemed small matter for wonder, that for all his pervading, mad +recklessness, Ahab did at times give careful heed to the condition of that +dead bone upon which he partly stood. For it had not been very long prior to +the Pequod's sailing from Nantucket, that he had been found one night lying +prone upon the ground, and insensible; by some unknown, and seemingly +inexplicable, unimaginable casualty, his ivory limb having been so violently +displaced, that it had stake-wise smitten, and all but pierced his groin; +nor was it without extreme difficulty that the agonizing wound was entirely +cured. Nor, at the time, had it failed to enter his monomaniac mind, that all +the anguish of that then present suffering was but the direct issue of a +former woe; and he too plainly seemed to see, that as the most poisonous +reptile of the marsh perpetuates his kind as inevitably as the sweetest +songster of the grove; so, equally with every felicity, all miserable events +do naturally beget their like. Yea, more than equally, thought Ahab; since + + both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and +posterity of Joy. For, not to hint of this: that it is an inference from +certain canonic teachings, that while some natural enjoyments here shall have +no children born to them for the other world, but, on the contrary, shall be +followed by the joy-childlessness of all hell's despair; whereas, some guilty + + mortal miseries shall still fertilely beget to themselves an eternally +progressive progeny of griefs beyond the grave; not at all to hint of this, +there still seems an inequality in the deeper analysis of the thing. For, +thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain +unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heart-woes, a +mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their +diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction. To trail the +genealogies +..

+of these high mortal miseries, carries us at last among the sourceless +primogenitures of the gods; so that, in the face of all the glad, hay-making +suns, and soft-cymballing, round harvest-moons, we must needs give in to +this: that the gods themselves are not for ever glad. The ineffaceable, sad +birth-mark in the brow of man, is but the stamp of sorrow in the signers. +Unwittingly here a secret has been divulged, which perhaps might more +properly, in set way, have been disclosed before. With many other particulars +concerning Ahab, always had it remained a mystery to some, why it was, that +for a certain period, both before and after the sailing of the Pequod, he +had hidden himself away with such Grand-Lama-like exclusiveness; and, for +that one interval, sought speechless refuge, as it were, among the marble +senate of the dead. Captain Peleg's bruited reason for this thing appeared by +no means adequate; though, indeed, as touching all Ahab's deeper part, every +revelation partook more of significant darkness than of explanatory light. +But, in the end, it all came out; this one matter did, at least. That direful +mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness. And not only this, but +to that ever-contracting, dropping circle ashore, who, for any reason, +possessed the privilege of a less banned approach to him; to that timid +circle the above hinted casualty --remaining, as it did, moodily unaccounted +for by Ahab --invested itself with terrors, not entirely underived from the +land of spirits and of wails. So that, through their zeal for him, they had +all conspired, so far as in them lay, to muffle up the knowledge of this +thing from others; and hence it was, that not till a considerable interval +had elapsed, did it transpire upon the Pequod's decks. But be all this as it +may; let the unseen, ambiguous synod in the air, or the vindictive princes +and potentates of fire, have to do or not with earthly Ahab, yet, in this +present matter of his leg, he took plain practical procedures; --he called the +carpenter. And when that functionary appeared before him, he bade him +without delay set about making a new leg, and directed the mates to see him +supplied with all the studs and joists of jaw-ivory (Sperm Whale) which had +thus far been accumulated +..

+on the voyage, in order that a careful selection of the stoutest, +clearest-grained stuff might be secured. This done, the carpenter received +orders to have the leg completed that night; and to provide all the fittings +for it, independent of those pertaining to the distrusted one in use. +Moreover, the ship's forge was ordered to be hoisted out of its temporary +idleness in the hold; and, to accelerate the affair, the blacksmith was +commanded to proceed at once to the forging of whatever iron contrivances +might be needed. +..

+.. < chapter cvii 11 THE CARPENTER > + + Seat thyself sultanically among the +moons of Saturn, and take high abstracted man alone; and he seems a wonder, +a grandeur, and a woe. But from the same point, take mankind in mass, and +for the most part, they seem a mob of unnecessary duplicates, both +contemporary and hereditary. But most humble though he was, and far from +furnishing an example of the high, humane abstraction; the Pequod's carpenter +was no duplicate; hence, he now comes in person on this stage. Like all +sea-going ship carpenters, and more especially those belonging to whaling +vessels, he was, to a certain off-handed, practical extent, alike experienced +in numerous trades and callings collateral to his own; the carpenter's +pursuit being the ancient and outbranching trunk of all those numerous +handicrafts which more or less have to do with wood as an auxiliary material. + + but, besides the application to him of the generic remark above, this +carpenter of the Pequod was singularly efficient in those thousand nameless +mechanical emergencies continually recurring in a large ship, upon a three +or four years' voyage, in uncivilized and far-distant seas. For not to speak +of his readiness in ordinary duties: --repairing stove boats, sprung spars, +reforming the shape of clumsy-bladed oars, inserting bull's +..

+eyes in the deck, or new tree-nails in the side planks, and other +miscellaneous matters more directly pertaining to his special business; he +was moreover unhesitatingly expert in all manner of conflicting aptitudes, +both useful and capricious. The one grand stage where he enacted all his +various parts so manifold, was his vice-bench; a long rude ponderous table +furnished with several vices, of different sizes, and both of iron and of +wood. At all times except when whales were alongside, this bench was securely +lashed athwartships against the rear of the Try-works. A belaying pin is +found too large to be easily inserted into its hole: the carpenter claps it +into one of his ever-ready vices, and straightway files it smaller. A lost +land-bird of strange plumage strays on board, and is made a captive: out of +clean shaved rods of right-whale bone, and cross-beams of sperm whale ivory, + + the carpenter makes a pagoda-looking cage for it. An oarsman sprains his +wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion. Stubb longed for vermillion +stars to be painted upon the blade of his every oar; screwing each oar in his +big vice of wood, the carpenter symmetrically supplies the constellation. A +sailor takes a fancy to wear shark-bone ear-rings: the carpenter drills his +ears. Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers, and clapping +one hand upon his bench bids him be seated there; but the poor fellow +unmanageably winces under the unconcluded operation; whirling round the +handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in that, +if he would have him draw the tooth. Thus, this carpenter was prepared at all +points, and alike indifferent and without respect in all. Teeth he +accounted bits of ivory; heads he deemed but top-blocks; men themselves he +lightly held for capstans. But while now upon so wide a field thus variously +accomplished, and with such liveliness of expertness in him, too; all this +would seem to argue some uncommon vivacity of intelligence. But not precisely +so. For nothing was this man more remarkable, than for a certain impersonal +stolidity as it were; impersonal, I say; for it so shaded off into the +surrounding infinite of things, that it seemed one with the general +stolidity discernible in the whole visible world; which while +..

+pauselessly active in uncounted modes, still eternally holds its peace, and +ignores you, though you dig foundations for cathedrals. Yet was this +half-horrible stolidity in him, involving, too, as it appeared, an +all-ramifying heartlessness; --yet was it oddly dashed at times, with an old, +crutch-like, antediluvian, wheezing humorousness, not unstreaked now and then +with a certain grizzled wittiness; such as might have served to pass the time + + during the midnight watch on the bearded forecastle of Noah's ark. Was it +that this old carpenter had been a life-long wanderer, whose much rolling, to +and fro, not only had gathered no moss; but what is more, had rubbed off +whatever small outward clingings might have originally pertained to him? He +was a stript abstract; an unfractioned integral; uncompromised as a new-born +babe; living without premeditated reference to this world or the next. You +might almost say, that this strange uncompromisedness in him involved a sort +of unintelligence; for in his numerous trades, he did not seem to work so +much by reason or by instinct, or simply because he had been tutored to it, +or by any intermixture of all these, even or uneven; but merely by a kind of +deaf and dumb, spontaneous literal process. He was a pure manipulator; his +brain, if he had ever had one, must have early oozed along into the muscles of +his fingers. He was like one of those unreasoning but still highly useful, + + multum in parvo, Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior -- though a +little swelled --of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of +various sizes, but also screw-drivers, cork-screws, tweezers, awls, pens, +rulers, nail-filers, counter-sinkers. So, if his superiors wanted to use the +carpenter for a screw-driver, all they had to do was to open that part of +him, and the screw was fast: or if for tweezers, take him up by the legs, +and there they were. Yet, as previously hinted, this omnitooled, +open-and-shut carpenter, was, after all, no mere machine of an automaton. If +he did not have a common soul in him, he had a subtle something that somehow +anomalously did its duty. What that was, whether essence of quicksilver, or a +few drops of hartshorn, there is no telling. But there it was; and there it +had abided for now some sixty years or more. And this it was, this same +..

+unaccountable, cunning life-principle in him; this it was, that kept him a +great part of the time soliloquizing; but only like an unreasoning wheel, +which also hummingly soliloquizes; or rather, his body was a sentry-box and +this soliloquizer on guard there, and talking all the time to keep himself +awake. +..

+.. < chapter cviii 7 AHAB AND THE CARPENTER THE DECK--FIRST NIGHT WATCH > + + +(Carpenter standing before his vice-bench, and by the light of two lanterns +busily filing the ivory joist for the leg, which joist is firmly fixed in the +vice. Slabs of ivory, leather straps, pads, screws, and various tools of all +sorts lying about the bench. Forward, the red flame of the forge is seen, +where the blacksmith is at work.) Drat the file, and drat the bone! That is +hard which should be soft, and that soft which should be hard. So we go, +who file old jaws and shinbones. Let's try another. Aye, now, this works +better ( sneezes). Halloa, this bone dust is ( sneezes)-- why it's +( sneezes)--yes it's ( sneezes)--bless my soul, it won't let me speak! This is +what an old fellow gets now for working in dead lumber. Saw a live tree, and +you don't get this dust; amputate a live bone, and you don't get it +( sneezes). Come, come, you old Smut, there, bear a hand, and let's have +that ferule and buckle-screw; I'll be ready for them presently. Lucky now +( sneezes) there's no knee-joint to make; that might puzzle a little; but a +mere shinbone --why it's easy as making hop-poles; only I should like to put a +good finish on. Time, time; if I but only had the time, I could turn him +out as neat a leg now as ever ( sneezes) scraped to a lady in a parlor. Those + + buckskin legs and calves of legs I've seen in shop windows wouldn't compare +at all. They soak water, they do; and of +..

+course get rheumatic, and have to be doctored ( sneezes) with washes and +lotions, just like live legs. There; before I saw it off, now, I must call +his old Mogulship, and see whether the length will be all right; too short, +if anything, I guess. Ha! that's the heel; we are in luck; here he comes, +or it's somebody else, that's certain. Ahab ( advancing). (During the +ensuing scene, the carpenter continues sneezing at times). Well, manmaker! +Just in time, sir. If the captain pleases, I will now mark the length. Let +me measure, sir. Measured for a leg! good. Well, it's not the first time. +About it! There; keep thy finger on it. This is a cogent vice thou hast +here, carpenter; let me feel its grip once. so, so; it does pinch some. +Oh, sir, it will break bones--beware, beware! No fear; I like a good grip; I +like to feel something in this slippery world that can hold, man. What's +Prometheus about there? --the blacksmith, I mean --what's he about? He must be +forging the buckle-screw, sir, now. Right. It's a partnership; he supplies +the muscle part. He makes a fierce red flame there! Aye, sir; he must have +the white heat for this kind of fine work. Um-m. So he must. I do deem it +now a most meaning thing, that that old Greek, Prometheus, who made men, they +say, should have been a blacksmith, and animated them with fire; for what's +made in fire must properly belong to fire; and so hell's probable. How the +soot flies! This must be the remainder the Greek made the Africans of. +Carpenter, when he's through with that buckle, tell him to forge a pair of +steel shoulder-blades; there's a pedlar aboard with a crushing pack. Sir? +Hold; while Prometheus is about it, I'll order a complete man after a +desirable pattern. Imprimis, fifty feet high in his socks; then, chest +modelled after the Thames Tunnel; then, legs with roots to 'em, to stay in +one place; then, arms three +..

+feet through the wrist; no heart at all, brass forehead, and about a +quarter of an acre of fine brains; and let me see --shall I order eyes to see +outwards? No, but put a sky-light on top of his head to illuminate inwards. +There, take the order, and away. Now, what's he speaking about, and who's he +speaking to, I should like to know? Shall I keep standing here? ( aside). +'Tis but indifferent architecture to make a blind dome; here's one. No, no, +no; I must have a lantern. Ho, ho! That's it, hey? Here are two, sir; one +will serve my turn. What art thou thrusting that thief-catcher into my face +for, man? thrusted light is worse than presented pistols. i thought, sir, +that you spoke to carpenter. Carpenter? why that's --but no; --a very tidy, +and, I may say, an extremely gentlemanlike sort of business thou art in here, +carpenter; --or would'st thou rather work in clay? Sir? --Clay? clay, sir? +That's mud; we leave clay to ditchers, sir. The fellow's impious! What art +thou sneezing about? Bone is rather dusty, sir. Take the hint, then; and +when thou art dead, never bury thyself under living people's noses. Sir? +--oh! ah! --I guess so; so; --yes, yes --oh dear! Look ye, carpenter, I dare say +thou callest thyself a right good workmanlike workman, eh! Well, then, will +it speak thoroughly well for thy work, if, when I come to mount this leg +thou makest, I shall nevertheless feel another leg in the same identical +place with it; that is, carpenter, my old lost leg; the flesh and blood one, +I mean. Canst thou not drive that old Adam away? Truly, sir, I begin to +understand somewhat now. Yes, I have heard something curious on that score, +sir; how that a dismasted man never entirely loses the feeling of his old +spar, but it will be still pricking him at times. May I humbly ask if it be +really so, sir? It is, man. Look, put thy live leg here in the place where +mine once was; so, now, here is only one distinct leg to the eye, +..

+yet two to the soul. Where thou feelest tingling life; there, exactly there, + + there to a hair, do I. Is't a riddle? I should humbly call it a poser, sir. + + Hist, then. How dost thou know that some entire, living, thinking thing may +not be invisibly and uninterpenetratingly standing precisely where thou now +standest; aye, and standing there in thy spite? In thy most solitary hours, +then, dost thou not fear eavesdroppers? Hold, don't speak! And if I still +feel the smart of my crushed leg, though it be now so long dissolved; then, +why mayest not thou, carpenter, feel the fiery pains of hell for ever, and +without a body? Hah! Good Lord! Truly, sir, if it comes to that, I must +calculate over again; I think I didn't carry a small figure, sir. Look ye, +pudding-heads should never grant premises. --How long before this leg is +done? Perhaps an hour, sir. Bungle away at it then, and bring it to me +(turns to go). Oh, Life! Here I am, proud as Greek god, and yet standing +debtor to this blockhead for a bone to stand on! Cursed be that mortal +inter-indebtedness which will not do away with ledgers. I would be free as +air; and I'm down in the whole world's books. I am so rich, I could have +given bid for bid with the wealthiest Praetorians at the auction of the Roman +empire (which was the world's); and yet I owe for the flesh in the tongue I +brag with. By heavens! I'll get a crucible, and into it, and dissolve +myself down to one small, compendious vertebra. So. Carpenter ( resuming + + his work). Well, well, well! Stubb knows him best of all, and Stubb +always says he's queer; says nothing but that one sufficient little word +queer; he's queer, says Stubb; he's queer--queer, queer; and keeps dinning +it into Mr. Starbuck all the time -- queer, sir --queer, queer, very queer. And +here's his leg! Yes, now that I think of it, here's his bedfellow! has a +stick of whale's jaw-bone for a wife! And this is his leg; he'll stand on +this. What was that now about one leg standing in three places, and all +three places standing in one hell --how was that? Oh! I don't wonder he +looked so scornful at me! I'm a sort of strange-thoughted +..

+sometimes, they say; but that's only haphazard-like. Then, a short, little +old body like me, should never undertake to wade out into deep waters with +tall, heron-built captains; the water chucks you under the chin pretty quick, +and there's a great cry for life-boats. And here's the heron's leg! long and + + slim, sure enough! Now, for most folks one pair of legs lasts a lifetime, +and that must be because they use them mercifully, as a tender-hearted old +lady uses her roly-poly old coach-horses. But Ahab; oh he's a hard driver. +Look, driven one leg to death, and spavined the other for life, and now wears +out bone legs by the cord. Halloa, there, you Smut! bear a hand there with +those screws, and let's finish it before the resurrection fellow comes +a-calling with his horn for all legs, true or false, as brewery-men go round +collecting old beer barrels, to fill 'em up again. What a leg this is! It +looks like a real live leg, filed down to nothing but the core; he'll be +standing on this to-morrow; he'll be taking altitudes on it. Halloa! I +almost forgot the little oval slate, smoothed ivory, where he figures up the +latitude. So, so; chisel, file, and sand-paper, now! +..

+.. < chapter cix 21 AHAB AND STARBUCK IN THE CABIN > + + According to usage they +were pumping the ship next morning; and lo! no inconsiderable oil came up +with the water; the casks below must have sprung a bad leak. Much concern +was shown; and Starbuck went down into the cabin to report this unfavorable +affair. +..

+Now, from the South and West the Pequod was drawing nigh to Formosa and the +Bashee Isles, between which lies one of the tropical outlets from the China +waters into the Pacific. And so Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of +the oriental archipelagoes spread before him; and another separate one +representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands -- Niphon, +Matsmai, and Sikoke. With his snow-white new ivory leg braced against the +screwed leg of his table, and with a long pruning-hook of a jack-knife in his +hand, the wondrous old man, with his back to the gangway door, was wrinkling +his brow, and tracing his old courses again. Who's there? hearing the +footstep at the door, but not turning round to it. On deck! Begone! + + captain ahab mistakes; it is I. The oil in the hold is leaking, sir. We +must up Burtons and break out. Up Burtons and break out? Now that we are +nearing Japan; heave-to here for a week to tinker a parcel of old hoops? + + Either do that, sir, or waste in one day more oil than we may make good in a +year. What we come twenty thousand miles to get is worth saving, sir. So +it is, so it is; if we get it. I was speaking of the oil in the hold, +sir. And I was not speaking or thinking of that at all. Begone! Let it +leak! I'm all aleak myself. Aye! leaks in leaks! not only full of leaky +casks, but those leaky casks are in a leaky ship; and that's a far worse +plight than the Pequod's, man. Yet I don't stop to plug my leak; for who can +find it in the deep-loaded hull; or how hope to plug it, even if found, in +this life's howling gale? Starbuck! I'll not have the Burtons hoisted. + + What will the owners say, sir? Let the owners stand on Nantucket beach and +outyell the Typhoons. What cares Ahab? Owners, owners? Thou art always +prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my +conscience. But look ye, the only real owner of anything is its commander; +and hark ye, my conscience is in this ship's keel. --On deck! Captain +Ahab, said the reddening mate, moving further into the cabin, with a daring +so strangely respectful and cautious that +..

+it almost seemed not only every way seeking to avoid the slightest outward +manifestation of itself, but within also seemed more than half distrustful of +itself; A better man than I might well pass over in thee what he would +quickly enough resent in a younger man; aye! and in a happier, Captain +Ahab. Devils! Dost thou then so much as dare to critically think of me? +--On deck! Nay, sir, not yet; I do entreat. And I do dare, sir --to be +forbearing! Shall we not understand each other better than hitherto, Captain +ahab? ahab seized a loaded musket from the rack (forming part of most +South-Sea-men's cabin furniture), and pointing it towards Starbuck, +exclaimed: There is one God that is Lord over the earth, and one Captain +that is lord over the Pequod. --On deck! For an instant in the flashing eyes +of the mate, and his fiery cheeks, you would have almost thought that he had +really received the blaze of the levelled tube. But, mastering his emotion, +he half calmly rose, and as he quitted the cabin, paused for an instant and +said: Thou hast outraged, not insulted me, Sir; but for that I ask thee not +to beware of Starbuck; thou wouldst but laugh; but let Ahab beware of Ahab; +beware of thyself, old man. He waxes brave, but nevertheless obeys; most +careful bravery that! murmured Ahab, as Starbuck disappeared. What's that +he said --Ahab beware of Ahab --there's something there! Then unconsciously +using the musket for a staff, with an iron brow he paced to and fro in the +little cabin; but presently the thick plaits of his forehead relaxed, and +returning the gun to the rack, he went to the deck. Thou art but too good a +fellow, Starbuck, he said lowly to the mate; then raising his voice to the +crew: Furl the t'gallant-sails and close-reef the top-sails, fore and aft; +back the main-yard; up Burtons, and break out in the main-hold. It were +perhaps vain to surmise exactly why it was, that as respecting Starbuck, +Ahab thus acted. It may have been a flash of honesty in him; or mere +prudential policy which, under the circumstance, imperiously forbade the +slightest symptom of open disaffection, however transient, in the important +chief +..

+officer of his ship. However it was, his orders were executed; and the +Burtons were hoisted. +..

+In Sperm-whalemen with any considerable quantity of oil on board, it is a +regular semi-weekly duty to conduct a hose into the hold, and drench the +casks with sea-water; which afterwards, at varying intervals, is removed by +the ship's pumps. Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; while +by the changed character of the withdrawn water, the mariners readily detect +any serious leakage in the precious cargo. +..

+.. < chapter cx 4 QUEEQUEG IN HIS COFFIN > + + Upon searching, it was found +that the casks last struck into the hold were perfectly sound, and that the +leak must be further off. So, it being calm weather, they broke out deeper +and deeper, disturbing the slumbers of the huge ground-tier butts; and from +that black midnight sending those gigantic moles into the daylight above. So +deep did they go; and so ancient, and corroded, and weedy the aspect of the +lowermost puncheons, that you almost looked next for some mouldy corner-stone +cask containing coins of Captain Noah, with copies of the posted placards, +vainly warning the infatuated old world from the flood. Tierce after tierce, +too, of water, and bread, and beef, and shooks of staves, and iron bundles of +hoops, were hoisted out, till at last the piled decks were hard to get +about; and the hollow hull echoed under foot, as if you were treading over +empty catacombs, and reeled and rolled in the sea like an air-freighted +demijohn. Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle +in his head. Well was it that the Typhoons did not visit them then. Now, at +this time it was that my poor pagan companion, and fast bosom-friend, +Queequeg, was seized with a fever, which brought him nigh to his endless end. + + Be it said, that in this vocation of whaling, sinecures are unknown; +dignity and danger go hand in hand; till you get to be Captain, the higher +you rise the harder you toil. So with poor Queequeg, who, as harpooneer, +must not only face all the rage of the living whale, but --as we have +elsewhere seen -- mount his dead back in a rolling sea; and finally descend +into the gloom of the hold, and bitterly sweating all day in that +..

+subterraneous confinement, resolutely manhandle the clumsiest casks and see +to their stowage. To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the +holders, so called. Poor Queequeg! when the ship was about half +disembowelled, you should have stooped over the hatchway, and peered down +upon him there; where, stripped to his woollen drawers, the tattooed savage +was crawling about amid that dampness and slime, like a green spotted lizard +at the bottom of a well. And a well, or an ice-house, it somehow proved to +him, poor pagan; where, strange to say, for all the heat of his sweatings, +he caught a terrible chill which lapsed into a fever; and at last, after some + + days' suffering, laid him in his hammock, close to the very sill of the door +of death. How he wasted and wasted away in those few long-lingering days, +till there seemed but little left of him but his frame and tattooing. But as +all else in him thinned, and his cheek-bones grew sharper, his eyes, +nevertheless, seemed growing fuller and fuller; they became of a strange +softness of lustre; and mildly but deeply looked out at you there from his +sickness, a wondrous testimony to that immortal health in him which could not +die, or be weakened. And like circles on the water, which, as they grow +fainter, expand; so his eyes seemed rounding and rounding, like the rings of +Eternity. An awe that cannot be named would steal over you as you sat by the +side of this waning savage, and saw as strange things in his face, as any +beheld who were bystanders when Zoroaster died. For whatever is truly +wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. And the +drawing near of Death, which alike levels all, alike impresses all with a +last revelation, which only an author from the dead could adequately tell. So + + that --let us say it again --no dying Chaldee or Greek had higher and holier +thoughts than those, whose mysterious shades you saw creeping over the face +of poor Queequeg, as he quietly lay in his swaying hammock, and the rolling +sea seemed gently rocking him to his final rest, and the ocean's invisible +flood-tide lifted him higher and higher towards his destined heaven. Not a +man of the crew but gave him up; and, as for Queequeg himself, what he +thought of his case was forcibly shown by a curious favor he asked. He called +one to him in the grey +..

+morning watch, when the day was just breaking, and taking his hand, said +that while in Nantucket he had chanced to see certain little canoes of dark +wood, like the rich war-wood of his native isle; and upon inquiry, he had +learned that all whalemen who died in Nantucket, were laid in those same +dark canoes, and that the fancy of being so laid had much pleased him; for +it was not unlike the custom of his own race, who, after embalming a dead +warrior, stretched him out in his canoe, and so left him to be floated away +to the starry archipelagoes; for not only do they believe that the stars are +isles, but that far beyond all visible horizons, their own mild, +uncontinented seas, interflow with the blue heavens; and so form the white +breakers of the milky way. He added, that he shuddered at the thought of +being buried in his hammock, according to the usual sea-custom, tossed like +something vile to the death-devouring sharks. No: he desired a canoe like +those of Nantucket, all the more congenial to him, being a whaleman, that +like a whale-boat these coffin-canoes were without a keel; though that +involved but uncertain steering, and much lee-way adown the dim ages. Now, +when this strange circumstance was made known aft, the carpenter was at once +commanded to do Queequeg's bidding, whatever it might include. There was some +heathenish, coffin-colored old lumber aboard, which, upon a long previous +voyage, had been cut from the aboriginal groves of the Lackaday islands, and +from these dark planks the coffin was recommended to be made. No sooner was +the carpenter apprised of the order, than taking his rule, he forthwith with +all the indifferent promptitude of his character, proceeded into the +forecastle and took Queequeg's measure with great accuracy, regularly +chalking Queequeg's person as he shifted the rule. Ah! poor fellow! he'll +have to die now, ejaculated the Long Island sailor. Going to his +vice-bench, the carpenter for convenience' sake and general reference, now +transferringly measured on it the exact length the coffin was to be, and then +made the transfer permanent by cutting two notches at its extremities. This +done, he marshalled the planks and his tools, and to work. +..

+When the last nail was driven, and the lid duly planed and fitted, he +lightly shouldered the coffin and went forward with it, inquiring whether they +were ready for it yet in that direction. Overhearing the indignant but +half-humorous cries with which the people on deck began to drive the coffin +away, Queequeg, to every one's consternation, commanded that the thing should + + be instantly brought to him, nor was there any denying him; seeing that, of +all mortals, some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they +will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be +indulged. Leaning over in his hammock, Queequeg long regarded the coffin +with an attentive eye. He then called for his harpoon, had the wooden stock +drawn from it, and then had the iron part placed in the coffin along with one +of the paddles of his boat. All by his own request, also, biscuits were +then ranged round the sides within: a flask of fresh water was placed at the +head, and a small bag of woody earth scraped up in the hold at the foot; and +a piece of sail-cloth being rolled up for a pillow, Queequeg now entreated to +be lifted into his final bed, that he might make trial of its comforts, if +any it had. He lay without moving a few minutes, then told one to go to his +bag and bring out his little god, Yojo. Then crossing his arms on his breast +with Yojo between, he called for the coffin lid (hatch he called it) to be +placed over him. The head part turned over with a leather hinge, and there +lay Queequeg in his coffin with little but his composed countenance in view. + + Rarmai (it will do; it is easy), he murmured at last, and signed to be +replaced in his hammock. But ere this was done, Pip, who had been slily +hovering near by all this while, drew nigh to him where he lay, and with +soft sobbings, took him by the hand; in the other, holding his tambourine. + + Poor rover! will ye never have done with all this weary roving? Where go ye +now? But if the currents carry ye to those sweet Antilles where the beaches +are only beat with water-lilies, will ye do one little errand for me? Seek +out one Pip, who's now been missing long: I think he's in those far +Antilles. If ye find him, then comfort him; for he must be very sad; for +look! +..

+he's left his tambourine behind; --I found it. Rig-a-dig, dig, dig! Now, +Queequeg, die; and I'll beat ye your dying march. I have heard, murmured +Starbuck, gazing down the scuttle, that in violent fevers, men, all +ignorance, have talked in ancient tongues; and that when the mystery is +probed, it turns out always that in their wholly forgotten childhood those +ancient tongues had been really spoken in their hearing by some lofty +scholars. So, to my fond faith, poor Pip, in this strange sweetness of his +lunacy, brings heavenly vouchers of all our heavenly homes. Where learned he +that, but there? --Hark! he speaks again: but more wildly now. Form two +and two! Let's make a General of him! Ho, where's his harpoon? Lay it +across here. --Rig-a-dig, dig, dig! huzza! Oh for a game cock now to sit upon +his head and crow! queequeg dies game! --mind ye that; queequeg dies game! -- +take ye good heed of that; Queequeg dies game! I say; game, game, game! +but base little Pip, he died a coward; died all a'shiver; --out upon Pip! +Hark ye; if ye find Pip, tell all the Antilles he's a runaway; a coward, a +coward, a coward! Tell them he jumped from a whale-boat! I'd never beat my +tambourine over base Pip, and hail him General, if he were once more dying +here. No, no! shame upon all cowards --shame upon them! Let 'em go drown +like Pip, that jumped from a whale-boat. Shame! shame! During all this, +Queequeg lay with closed eyes, as if in a dream. Pip was led away, and the +sick man was replaced in his hammock. But now that he had apparently made +every preparation for death; now that his coffin was proved a good fit, +Queequeg suddenly rallied; soon there seemed no need of the carpenter's box: + + and thereupon, when some expressed their delighted surprise, he, in +substance, said, that the cause of his sudden convalescence was this; --at a +critical moment, he had just recalled a little duty ashore, which he was +leaving undone; and therefore had changed his mind about dying: he could not +die yet, he averred. They asked him, then, whether to live or die was a +matter of his own sovereign will and pleasure. He answered, certainly. In a +word, it was Queequeg's conceit, that if a man +..

+made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him: nothing but a +whale, or a gale, or some violent, ungovernable, unintelligent destroyer of +that sort. Now, there is this noteworthy difference between savage and +civilized; that while a sick, civilized man may be six months convalescing, +generally speaking, a sick savage is almost half-well again in a day. So, in +good time my Queequeg gained strength; and at length after sitting on the +windlass for a few indolent days (but eating with a vigorous appetite) he +suddenly leaped to his feet, threw out arms and legs, gave himself a good +stretching, yawned a little bit, and then springing into the head of his +hoisted boat, and poising a harpoon, pronounced himself fit for a fight. +With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying +into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours +he spent, in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and +drawings; and it seemed that hereby he was striving, in his rude way, to copy +parts of the twisted tattooing on his body. And this tattooing, had been the +work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic +marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the +earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth; so that +Queequeg in his own proper person was a riddle to unfold; a wondrous work in +one volume; but whose mysteries not even himself could read, though his own +live heart beat against them; and these mysteries were therefore destined in +the end to moulder away with the living parchment whereon they were inscribed, + + and so be unsolved to the last. And this thought it must have been which +suggested to Ahab that wild exclamation of his, when one morning turning away +from surveying poor Queequeg -- Oh, devilish tantalization of the gods! +..

+.. < chapter cxi 2 THE PACIFIC > + + When gliding by the Bashee isles we emerged +at last upon the great South Sea; were it not for other things, I could have + + greeted my dear Pacific with uncounted thanks, for now the long supplication +of my youth was answered; that serene ocean rolled eastwards from me a +thousand leagues of blue. There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about +this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul +beneath; like those fabled undulations of the Ephesian sod over the buried +Evangelist St. John. And meet it is, that over these sea-pastures, +wide-rolling watery prairies and Potters' Fields of all four continents, the +waves should rise and fall, and ebb and flow unceasingly; for here, millions +of mixed shades and shadows, drowned dreams, somnambulisms, reveries; all +that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still; tossing like +slumberers in their beds; the ever-rolling waves but made so by their +restlessness. To any meditative Magian rover, this serene Pacific, once +beheld, must ever after be the sea of his adoption. It rolls the midmost +waters of the world, the Indian ocean and Atlantic being but its arms. The +same waves wash the moles of the new-built Californian towns, but yesterday +planted by the recentest race of men, and lave the faded but still gorgeous +skirts of Asiatic lands, older than Abraham; while all between float +milky-ways of coral isles, and low-lying, endless, unknown Archipelagoes, and + + impenetrable Japans. Thus this mysterious, divine Pacific zones the world's +whole bulk about; makes all coasts one bay to it; seems the tide-beating +heart of earth. Lifted by those eternal swells, you needs must own the +seductive god, bowing your head to Pan. But few thoughts of Pan stirred +Ahab's brain, as standing like an iron statue at his accustomed place beside +the mizen +..

+rigging, with one nostril he unthinkingly snuffed the sugary musk from the +Bashee isles (in whose sweet woods mild lovers must be walking), and with +the other consciously inhaled the salt breath of the new found sea; that sea +in which the hated White Whale must even then be swimming. Launched at length +upon these almost final waters, and gliding towards the Japanese +cruising-ground, the old man's purpose intensified itself. His firm lips met +like the lips of a vice; the Delta of his forehead's veins swelled like +overladen brooks; in his very sleep, his ringing cry ran through the vaulted +hull, Stern all! the White Whale spouts thick blood! +..

+.. < chapter cxii 13 THE BLACKSMITH > + + The blacksmith availing himself of the mild, +summer-cool weather that now reigned in these latitudes, and in preparation +for the peculiarly active pursuits shortly to be anticipated, Perth, the +begrimed, blistered old blacksmith, had not removed his portable forge to +the hold again, after concluding his contributory work for Ahab's leg, but +still retained it on deck, fast lashed to ringbolts by the foremast; being +now almost incessantly invoked by the headsmen, and harpooneers, and bowsmen +to do some little job for them; altering, or repairing, or new shaping their +various weapons and boat furniture. Often he would be surrounded by an eager +circle, all waiting to be served; holding boat-spades, pike-heads, harpoons, +and lances, and jealously watching his every sooty movement, as he toiled. +Nevertheless, this old man's was a patient hammer wielded by a patient arm. +No murmur, no impatience, no petulence did come from him. Silent, slow, and +solemn; bowing over still further his chronically broken back, he toiled +away, as if toil were life itself, and the heavy beating of his hammer the +heavy beating of his heart. And so it was. --Most miserable! +..

+A peculiar walk in this old man, a certain slight but painful appearing yawing +in his gait, had at an early period of the voyage excited the curiosity of +the mariners. And to the importunity of their persisted questionings he had +finally given in; and so it came to pass that every one now knew the shameful + + story of his wretched fate. Belated, and not innocently, one bitter winter's +midnight, on the road running between two country towns, the blacksmith +half-stupidly felt the deadly numbness stealing over him, and sought refuge +in a leaning, dilapidated barn. The issue was, the loss of the extremities of +both feet. Out of this revelation, part by part, at last came out the four +acts of the gladness, and the one long, and as yet uncatastrophied fifth act +of the grief of his life's drama. He was an old man, who, at the age of +nearly sixty, had postponedly encountered that thing in sorrow's technicals +called ruin. He had been an artisan of famed excellence, and with plenty to +do; owned a house and garden; embraced a youthful, daughter-like, loving +wife, and three blithe, ruddy children; every Sunday went to a +cheerful-looking church, planted in a grove. But one night, under cover of +darkness, and further concealed in a most cunning disguisement, a desperate +burglar slid into his happy home, and robbed them all of everything. And +darker yet to tell, the blacksmith himself did ignorantly conduct this +burglar into his family's heart. It was the Bottle Conjuror! Upon the opening +of that fatal cork, forth flew the fiend, and shrivelled up his home. Now, +for prudent, most wise, and economic reasons, the blacksmith's shop was in the +basement of his dwelling, but with a separate entrance to it; so that always + + had the young and loving healthy wife listened with no unhappy nervousness, +but with vigorous pleasure, to the stout ringing of her young-armed old +husband's hammer; whose reverberations, muffled by passing through the floors +and walls, came up to her, not unsweetly, in her nursery; and so, to stout +Labor's iron lullaby, the blacksmith's infants were rocked to slumber. Oh, +woe on woe! Oh, Death, why canst thou not sometimes be timely? Hadst thou +taken this old blacksmith to thyself ere his full ruin came upon him, then +had the young widow had a +..

+delicious grief, and her orphans a truly venerable, legendary sire to dream +of in their after years; and all of them a care-killing competency. But +Death plucked down some virtuous elder brother, on whose whistling daily toil +solely hung the responsibilities of some other family, and left the worse +than useless old man standing, till the hideous rot of life should make him +easier to harvest. Why tell the whole? The blows of the basement hammer +every day grew more and more between; and each blow every day grew fainter +than the last; the wife sat frozen at the window, with tearless eyes, +glitteringly gazing into the weeping faces of her children; the bellows fell; + + the forge choked up with cinders; the house was sold; the mother dived down +into the long church-yard grass; her children twice followed her thither; +and the houseless, familyless old man staggered off a vagabond in crape; his +every woe unreverenced; his grey head a scorn to flaxen curls! Death seems +the only desirable sequel for a career like this; but Death is only a +launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first +salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, + + the Unshored; therefore, to the death-longing eyes of such men, who still +have left in them some interior compunctions against suicide, does the +all-contributed and all-receptive ocean alluringly spread forth his whole +plain of unimaginable, taking terrors, and wonderful, new-life adventures; +and from the hearts of infinite Pacifics, the thousand mermaids sing to them +-- Come hither, broken-hearted; here is another life without the guilt of +intermediate death; here are wonders supernatural, without dying for them. +Come hither! bury thyself in a life which, to your now equally abhorred and +abhorring, landed world, is more oblivious than death. Come hither! put up + + thy grave-stone, too, within the churchyard, and come hither, till we marry +thee! Hearkening to these voices, East and West, by early sun-rise, and by +fall of eve, the blacksmith's soul responded, Aye, I come! And so Perth +went a-whaling. +..

+.. < chapter cxiii 2 THE FORGE > + + With matted beard, and swathed in a +bristling shark-skin apron, about mid-day, Perth was standing between his +forge and anvil, the latter placed upon an iron-wood log, with one hand +holding a pike-head in the coals, and with the other at his forge's lungs, +when captain ahab came along, carrying in his hand a small rusty-looking +leathern bag. While yet a little distance from the forge, moody Ahab paused; + + till at last, Perth, withdrawing his iron from the fire, began hammering it +upon the anvil --the red mass sending off the sparks in thick hovering +flights, some of which flew close to Ahab. Are these thy Mother Carey's +chickens, Perth? they are always flying in thy wake; birds of good omen, +too, but not to all; --look here, they burn; but thou--thou liv'st among them +without a scorch. Because I am scorched all over, Captain Ahab, answered +Perth, resting for a moment on his hammer; I am past scorching; not easily +can'st thou scorch a scar. Well, well; no more. Thy shrunk voice sounds +too calmly, sanely woful to me. In no Paradise myself, I am impatient of +all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; +say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do +the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad? --What wert thou +making there? Welding an old pike-head, sir; there were seams and dents in +it. And can'st thou make it all smooth, again, blacksmith, after such hard +usage as it had? I think so, sir. And I suppose thou can'st smoothe +almost any seams and dents; never mind how hard the metal, blacksmith? + + Aye, sir, I think I can; all seams and dents but one. +..

+ + Look ye here, then, cried Ahab, passionately advancing, and leaning with +both hands on Perth's shoulders; look ye here -- here --can ye smoothe out a +seam like this, blacksmith, sweeping one hand across his ribbed brow;;if +thou could'st, blacksmith, glad enough would I lay my head upon thy anvil, +and feel thy heaviest hammer between my eyes. Answer! Can'st thou smoothe +this seam? Oh! that is the one, sir! Said I not all seams and dents but +one? aye, blacksmith, it is the one; aye, man, it is unsmoothable; for +though thou only see'st it here in my flesh, it has worked down into the bone +of my skull -- that is all wrinkles! But, away with child's play; no more +gaffs and pikes to-day. Look ye here! jingling the leathern bag, as if it +were full of gold coins. I, too, want a harpoon made; one that a thousand +yoke of fiends could not part, Perth; something that will stick in a whale +like his own fin-bone. There's the stuff, flinging the pouch upon the +anvil. Look ye, blacksmith, these are the gathered nail-stubbs of the steel +shoes of racing horses. Horse-shoe stubbs, sir? Why, Captain Ahab, thou +hast here, then, the best and stubbornest stuff we blacksmiths ever work. I +know it, old man; these stubbs will weld together like glue from the melted +bones of murderers. Quick! forge me the harpoon. And forge me first, twelve +rods for its shank; then wind, and twist, and hammer these twelve together +like the yarns and strands of a tow-line. Quick! I'll blow the fire. When +at last the twelve rods were made, Ahab tried them, one by one, by spiralling +them, with his own hand, round a long, heavy iron bolt. A flaw! rejecting +the last one. Work that over again, Perth. This done, Perth was about to +begin welding the twelve into one, when Ahab stayed his hand, and said he +would weld his own iron. As, then, with regular, gasping hems, he hammered +on the anvil, Perth passing to him the glowing rods, one after the other, +and the hard pressed forge shooting up its intense straight flame, the Parsee +passed silently, and bowing over his head towards the fire, seemed invoking +some curse or some blessing on the toil. But, as Ahab looked up, he slid +aside. +..

+ + What's that bunch of lucifers dodging about there for? muttered Stubb, +looking on from the forecastle. That Parsee smells fire like a fusee; and +smells of it himself, like a hot musket's powder-pan. At last the shank, in +one complete rod, received its final heat; and as perth, to temper it, plunged +it all hissing into the cask of water near by, the scalding steam shot up +into Ahab's bent face. Would'st thou brand me, Perth? wincing for a moment +with the pain; have I been but forging my own branding-iron, then? Pray +God, not that; yet I fear something, Captain Ahab. Is not this harpoon for +the White Whale? For the white fiend! But now for the barbs; thou must +make them thyself, man. Here are my razors --the best of steel; here, and make +the barbs sharp as the needle-sleet of the Icy Sea. For a moment, the old +blacksmith eyed the razors as though he would fain not use them. Take them, +man, I have no need for them; for I now neither shave, sup, nor pray till +--but here --to work! Fashioned at last into an arrowy shape, and welded by +Perth to the shank, the steel soon pointed the end of the iron; and as the +blacksmith was about giving the barbs their final heat, prior to tempering +them, he cried to Ahab to place the water-cask near. No, no --no water for +that; I want it of the true death-temper. Ahoy, there! Tashtego, Queequeg, +Daggoo! What say ye, pagans! Will ye give me as much blood as will cover +this barb? holding it high up. A cluster of dark nods replied, Yes. Three +punctures were made in the heathen flesh, and the White Whale's barbs were +then tempered. Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! +deliriously howled Ahab, as the malignant iron scorchingly devoured the +baptismal blood. Now, mustering the spare poles from below, and selecting one + + of hickory, with the bark still investing it, Ahab fitted the end to the +socket of the iron. A coil of new tow-line was then unwound, and some fathoms +of it taken to the windlass, and +..

+stretched to a great tension. Pressing his foot upon it, till the rope +hummed like a harp-string, then eagerly bending over it, and seeing no +strandings, ahab exclaimed, good! and now for the seizings. At one +extremity the rope was unstranded, and the separate spread yarns were all +braided and woven round the socket of the harpoon; the pole was then driven +hard up into the socket; from the lower end the rope was traced half way along +the pole's length, and firmly secured so, with intertwistings of twine. +This done, pole, iron, and rope --like the Three Fates --remained inseparable, + + and Ahab moodily stalked away with the weapon; the sound of his ivory leg, +and the sound of the hickory pole, both hollowly ringing along every plank. +But ere he entered his cabin, a light, unnatural, half-bantering, yet most +piteous sound was heard. Oh, Pip! thy wretched laugh, thy idle but +unresting eye; all thy strange mummeries not unmeaningly blended with the +black tragedy of the melancholy ship, and mocked it! +..

+.. < chapter cxiv 20 THE GILDER > + + Penetrating further and further into the +heart of the Japanese cruising ground, the Pequod was soon all astir in the +fishery. Often, in mild, pleasant weather, for twelve, fifteen, eighteen, +and twenty hours on the stretch, they were engaged in the boats, steadily +pulling, or sailing, or paddling after the whales, or for an interlude of +sixty or seventy minutes calmly awaiting their uprising; though with but +small success for their pains. At such times, under an abated sun; afloat +all day upon smooth, slow heaving swells; seated in his boat, light as a +birch canoe; and so sociably mixing with the soft waves themselves, that +like hearth-stone cats they purr against the gunwale; these are the times of +dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil +..

+beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that +pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but +conceals a remorseless fang. These are the times, when in his whale-boat the +rover softly feels a certain filial, confident, land-like feeling towards the +sea; that he regards it as so much flowery earth; and the distant ship +revealing only the tops of her masts, seems struggling forward, not though +high rolling waves, but through the tall grass of a rolling prairie: as when +the western emigrants' horses only show their erected ears, while their +hidden bodies widely wade through the amazing verdure. The long-drawn virgin +vales; the mild blue hill-sides; as over these there steals the hush, the +hum; you almost swear that play-wearied children lie sleeping in these +solitudes, in some glad May-time, when the flowers of the woods are plucked. + + And all this mixes with your most mystic mood; so that fact and fancy, +half-way meeting, interpenetrate, and form one seamless whole. Nor did such +soothing scenes, however temporary, fail of at least as temporary an effect on +Ahab. But if these secret golden keys did seem to open in him his own secret +golden treasuries, yet did his breath upon them prove but tarnishing. Oh, +grassy glades! oh, ever vernal endless landscapes in the soul; in ye, +--though long parched by the dead drought of the earthy life, --in ye, men yet +may roll, like young horses in new morning clover; and for some few fleeting +moments, feel the cool dew of the life immortal on them. Would to God these +blessed calms would last. But the mingled, mingling threads of life are woven +by warp and woof: calms crossed by storms, a storm for every calm. There is +no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed +gradations, and at the last one pause: --through infancy's unconscious spell, +boyhood's thoughtless faith, adolescence' doubt (the common doom), then +scepticism, then disbelief, resting at last in manhood's pondering repose of +If. But once gone through, we trace the round again; and are infants, boys, +and men, and Ifs eternally. Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no +more? in what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will +..

+never weary? Where is the foundling's father hidden? Our souls are like +those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our +paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. And that same +day, too, gazing far down from his boat's side into that same golden sea, +Starbuck lowly murmured: -- Loveliness unfathomable, as ever lover saw in his +young bride's eye! --Tell me not of thy teeth-tiered sharks, and thy +kidnapping cannibal ways. Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I +look deep down and do believe. And Stubb, fish-like, with sparkling scales, +leaped up in that same golden light: -- I am Stubb, and Stubb has his +history; but here Stubb takes oaths that he has always been jolly! +..

+.. < chapter cxv 16 THE PEQUOD MEETS THE BACHELOR > + + And jolly enough were +the sights and the sounds that came bearing down before the wind, some few +weeks after Ahab's harpoon had been welded. It was a Nantucket ship, the +Bachelor, which had just wedged in her last cask of oil, and bolted down her +bursting hatches; and now, in glad holiday apparel, was joyously, though +somewhat vain-gloriously, sailing round among the widely-separated ships on +the ground, previous to pointing her prow for home. The three men at her +mast-head wore long streamers of narrow red bunting at their hats; from the +stern, a whale-boat was suspended, bottom down; and hanging captive from the + + bowsprit was seen the long lower jaw of the last whale they had slain. +Signals, ensigns, and jacks of all colors were flying from her rigging, on +every side. Sideways lashed in each of her three basketed tops were two +barrels of sperm; above which, in her top-mast cross-trees, you saw slender +breakers of the +..

+same precious fluid; and nailed to her main truck was a brazen lamp. As was +afterwards learned, the bachelor had met with the most surprising success; +all the more wonderful, for that while cruising in the same seas numerous +other vessels had gone entire months without securing a single fish. Not only +had barrels of beef and bread been given away to make room for the far more +valuable sperm, but additional supplemental casks had been bartered for, +from the ships she had met; and these were stowed along the deck, and in the +captain's and officers' staterooms. Even the cabin table itself had been +knocked into kindling-wood; and the cabin mess dined off the broad head of +an oil-butt, lashed down to the floor for a centrepiece. In the forecastle, +the sailors had actually caulked and pitched their chests, and filled them; +it was humorously added, that the cook had clapped a head on his largest +boiler, and filled it; that the steward had plugged his spare coffee-pot and +filled it; that the harpooneers had headed the sockets of their irons and +filled them; that indeed everything was filled with sperm, except the +captain's pantaloons pockets, and those he reserved to thrust his hands into, +in self-complacent testimony of his entire satisfaction. As this glad ship of +good luck bore down upon the moody Pequod, the barbarian sound of enormous +drums came from her forecastle; and drawing still nearer, a crowd of her men +were seen standing round her huge try-pots, which, covered with the +parchment-like poke or stomach skin of the black fish, gave forth a loud roar +to every stroke of the clenched hands of the crew. On the quarter-deck, the +mates and harpooneers were dancing with the olive-hued girls who had eloped +with them from the Polynesian Isles; while suspended in an ornamented boat, +firmly secured aloft between the foremast and mainmast, three Long Island +negroes, with glittering fiddle-bows of whale ivory, were presiding over the +hilarious jig. Meanwhile, others of the ship's company were tumultuously busy +at the masonry of the try-works, from which the huge pots had been removed. +You would have almost thought they were pulling down the cursed Bastile, such +wild cries they raised, as the now useless brick and mortar were being hurled +into the sea. +..

+Lord and master over all this scene, the captain stood erect on the ship's +elevated quarter-deck, so that the whole rejoicing drama was full before him, + + and seemed merely contrived for his own individual diversion. And Ahab, he +too was standing on his quarter-deck, shaggy and black, with a stubborn +gloom; and as the two ships crossed each other's wakes --one all jubilations +for things passed, the other all forebodings as to things to come --their two +captains in themselves impersonated the whole striking contrast of the scene. + + Come aboard, come aboard! cried the gay Bachelor's commander, lifting a +glass and a bottle in the air. Hast seen the White Whale? gritted Ahab in +reply. No; only heard of him; but don't believe in him at all, said the +other good-humoredly. Come aboard! Thou are too damned jolly. Sail on. +Hast lost any men? Not enough to speak of --two islanders, that's all; --but +come aboard, old hearty, come along. I'll soon take that black from your +brow. Come along, will ye (merry's the play); a full ship and +homeward-bound. How wondrous familiar is a fool! muttered Ahab; then +aloud, Thou art a full ship and homeward bound, thou sayest; well, then, +call me an empty ship, and outward-bound. So go thy ways, and I will mine. +Forward there! Set all sail, and keep her to the wind! And thus, while the +one ship went cheerily before the breeze, the other stubbornly fought against +it; and so the two vessels parted; the crew of the Pequod looking with +grave, lingering glances towards the receding Bachelor; but the Bachelor's +men never heeding their gaze for the lively revelry they were in. And as +Ahab, leaning over the taffrail, eyed the homeward-bound craft, he took from +his pocket a small vial of sand, and then looking from the ship to the vial, +seemed thereby bringing two remote associations together, for that vial was +filled with Nantucket soundings. +..

+.. < chapter cxvi 2 THE DYING WHALE > + + Not seldom in this life, when, on the +right side, fortune's favorites sail close by us, we, though all adroop +before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging +sails fill out. So seemed it with the Pequod. For next day after +encountering the gay Bachelor, whales were seen and four were slain; and one +of them by Ahab. It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of + + the crimson fight were done: and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, +sun and whale both stilly died together; then, such a sweetness and such +plaintiveness, such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy air, that it +almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the +Manilla isles, the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to +sea, freighted with these vesper hymns. Soothed again, but only soothed to +deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently +watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. For that strange +spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying --the turning sunwards of the +head, and so expiring --that strange spectacle, beheld of such a placid +evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness unknown before. He turns +and turns him to it, --how slowly, but how steadfastly, his homage-rendering +and invoking brow, with his last dying motions. He too worships fire; most +faithful, broad, baronial vassal of the sun! --Oh that these too-favoring eyes +should see these too-favoring sights. Look! here, far water-locked; beyond +all hum of human weal or woe; in these most candid and impartial seas; where +to traditions no rocks furnish tablets; where for long Chinese ages, the +billows have still rolled on speechless and unspoken to, as stars that shine +upon the Niger's unknown source; here, too, life dies sunwards full of +..

+faith; but see! no sooner dead, than death whirls round the corpse, and it +heads some other way. -- Oh, thou dark Hindoo half of nature, who of drowned +bones hast builded thy separate throne somewhere in the heart of these +unverdured seas; thou art an infidel, thou queen, and too truly speakest to +me in the wide-slaughtering Typhoon, and the hushed burial of its after calm. + + Nor has this thy whale sunwards turned his dying head, and then gone round +again, without a lesson to me. Oh, trebly hooped and welded hip of power! +Oh, high aspiring, rainbowed jet! --that one strivest, this one jettest all in + + vain! In vain, oh whale, dost thou seek intercedings with yon +all-quickening sun, that only calls forth life, but gives it not again. Yet +dost thou, darker half, rock me with a prouder, if a darker faith. All thy +unnamable imminglings, float beneath me here; I am buoyed by breaths of once +living things, exhaled as air, but water now. Then hail, for ever hail, O +sea, in whose eternal tossings the wild fowl finds his only rest. Born of +earth, yet suckled by the sea; though hill and valley mothered me, ye +billows are my foster-brothers! +..

+.. < chapter cxvii 23 THE WHALE WATCH > + + The four whales slain that evening +had died wide apart; one, far to windward; one, less distant, to leeward; +one ahead; one astern. These last three were brought alongside ere +nightfall; but the windward one could not be reached till morning; and the +boat that had killed it lay by its side all night; and that boat was Ahab's. +The waif-pole was thrust upright into the dead whale's spout-hole; and the +lantern hanging from its top, cast a troubled flickering glare upon the +black, glossy back, and far out upon the +..

+midnight waves, which gently chafed the whale's broad flank, like soft surf +upon a beach. Ahab and all his boat's crew seemed asleep but the Parsee; who +crouching in the bow, sat watching the sharks, that spectrally played round +the whale, and tapped the light cedar planks with their tails. A sound like +the moaning in squadrons over Asphaltites of unforgiven ghosts of Gomorrah, +ran shuddering through the air. Started from his slumbers, Ahab, face to +face, saw the Parsee; and hooped round by the gloom of the night they seemed +the last men in a flooded world. I have dreamed it again, said he. Of the +hearses? Have I not said, old man, that neither hearse nor coffin can be +thine? And who are hearsed that die on the sea? But I said, old man, that +ere thou couldst die on this voyage, two hearses must verily be seen by thee +on the sea; the first not made by mortal hands; and the visible wood of the +last one must be grown in America. Aye, aye! a strange sight that, Parsee: +--a hearse and its plumes floating over the ocean with the waves for the +pall-bearers. Ha! Such a sight we shall not soon see. Believe it or not, +thou canst not die till it be seen, old man. And what was that saying about +thyself? Though it come to the last, I shall still go before thee thy +pilot. And when thou art so gone before --if that ever befall --then ere I +can follow, thou must still appear to me, to pilot me still? --Was it not so? + + Well, then, did I believe all ye say, oh my pilot! I have here two pledges +that I shall yet slay Moby Dick and survive it. Take another pledge, old +man, said the Parsee, as his eyes lighted up like fire-flies in the gloom, +-- Hemp only can kill thee. The gallows, ye mean. --I am immortal then, on +land and on sea, cried Ahab, with a laugh of derision; -- Immortal on land +and on sea! Both were silent again, as one man. The grey dawn came on, and +the slumbering crew arose from the boat's bottom, and ere noon the dead whale +was brought to the ship. + +..

+.. < chapter cxviii 2 THE QUADRANT > + + The season for the Line at length drew +near; and every day when Ahab, coming from his cabin, cast his eyes aloft, +the vigilant helmsman would ostentatiously handle his spokes, and the eager +mariners quickly run to the braces, and would stand there with all their eyes +centrally fixed on the nailed doubloon; impatient for the order to point the +ship's prow for the equator. In good time the order came. It was hard upon +high noon; and Ahab, seated in the bows of his high-hoisted boat, was about +taking his wonted daily obervation of the sun to determine his latitude. Now, +in that Japanese sea, the days in summer are as freshets of effulgences. +That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy +ocean's immeasureable burning-glass. The sky looks lacquered; clouds there +are none; the horizon floats; and this nakedness of unrelieved radiance is +as the insufferable splendors of God's throne. Well that Ahab's quadrant +was furnished with colored glasses, through which to take sight of that solar +fire. So, swinging his seated form to the roll of the ship, and with his +astrological-looking instrument placed to his eye, he remained in that posture +for some moments to catch the precise instant when the sun should gain its +precise meridian. Meantime while his whole attention was absorbed, the Parsee + + was kneeling beneath him on the ship's deck, and with face thrown up like +Ahab's, was eyeing the same sun with him; only the lids of his eyes half +hooded their orbs, and his wild face was subdued to an earthly +passionlessness. At length the desired observation was taken; and with his +pencil upon his ivory leg, Ahab soon calculated what his latitude must be at +that precise instant. Then falling into a moment's revery, he again looked +up towards the sun and murmured to himself: Thou sea-mark! thou high and +mighty Pilot! thou tellest me truly +..

+where I am --but canst thou cast the least hint where I shall be? Or canst +thou tell where some other thing besides me is this moment living? Where is +Moby Dick? This instant thou must be eyeing him. These eyes of mine look +into the very eye that is even now beholding him; aye, and into the eye that +is even now equally beholding the objects on the unknown, thither side of +thee, thou sun! Then gazing at his quadrant, and handling, one after the +other, its numerous cabalistical contrivances, he pondered again, and +muttered: Foolish toy! babies' plaything of haughty Admirals, and +Commodores, and Captains; the world brags of thee, of thy cunning and might; + + but what after all canst thou do, but tell the poor, pitiful point, where +thou thyself happenest to be on this wide planet, and the hand that holds +thee: no! not one jot more! Thou canst not tell where one drop of water or +one grain of sand will be to-morrow noon; and yet with thy impotence thou +insultest the sun! Science! Curse thee, thou vain toy; and cursed be all +the things that cast man's eyes aloft to that heaven, whose live vividness +but scorches him, as these old eyes are even now scorched with thy light, O +sun! Level by nature to this earth's horizon are the glances of man's eyes; +not shot from the crown of his head, as if God had meant him to gaze on his +firmament. Curse thee, thou quadrant! dashing it to the deck, no longer +will I guide my earthly way by thee; the level ship's compass, and the level +dead-reckoning, by log and by line; these shall conduct me, and show me my +place on the sea. Aye, lighting from the boat to the deck, thus I +trample on thee, thou paltry thing that feebly pointest on high; thus I split +and destroy thee! As the frantic old man thus spoke and thus trampled with +his live and dead feet, a sneering triumph that seemed meant for Ahab, and a +fatalistic despair that seemed meant for himself --these passed over the mute, +motionless Parsee's face. Unobserved he rose and glided away; while, +awestruck by the aspect of their commander, the seamen clustered together on +the forecastle, till Ahab, troubledly pacing the deck, shouted out -- To the +braces! Up helm! --square in! In an instant the yards swung round; and as +the ship half-wheeled +..

+upon her heel, her three firm-seated graceful masts erectly poised upon her +long, ribbed hull, seemed as the three Horatii pirouetting on one sufficient +steed. Standing between the knight-heads, Starbuck watched the Pequod's +tumultuous way, and Ahab's also, as he went lurching along the deck. I +have sat before the dense coal fire and watched it all aglow, full of its +tormented flaming life; and I have seen it wane at last, down, down, to +dumbest dust. Old man of oceans! of all this fiery life of thine, what will +at length remain but one little heap of ashes! Aye, cried Stubb, but +sea-coal ashes --mind ye that, Mr. Starbuck --sea-coal, not your common +charcoal. Well, well; I heard Ahab mutter, "Here some one thrusts these +cards into these old hands of mine; swears that I must play them, and no +others." And damn me, Ahab, but thou actest right; live in the game, and +die it! +..

+.. < chapter cxix 19 THE CANDLES > + + Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest +fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. +Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba +knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands. So, too, it is, that in +these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all +storms, the Typhoon. It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, +like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town. Towards evening of that +day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a +Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead. When darkness came on, sky and +sea roared and split with the thunder, and blazed with the lightning, that +showed the disabled masts fluttering here and there with +..

+the rags which the first fury of the tempest had left for its after sport. +Holding by a shroud, Starbuck was standing on the quarter-deck; at every +flash of the lightning glancing aloft, to see what additional disaster might +have befallen the intricate hamper there; while Stubb and Flask were +directing the men in the higher hoisting and firmer lashing of the boats. But +all their pains seemed naught. Though lifted to the very top of the cranes, +the windward quarter boat (Ahab's) did not escape. A great rolling sea, +dashing high up against the reeling ship's high tetering side, stove in the +boat's bottom at the stern, and left it again, all dripping through like a +sieve. Bad work, bad work! Mr. Starbuck, said Stubb, regarding the wreck, + + but the sea will have its way. Stubb, for one, can't fight it. You see, Mr. +Starbuck, a wave has such a great long start before it leaps, all round the +world it runs, and then comes the spring! But as for me, all the start I +have to meet it, is just across the deck here. But never mind; it's all in +fun: so the old song says; --( sings.) Oh! jolly is the gale, And a joker +is the whale, A' flourishin' his tail, -- Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, +joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scud all a flyin' That's his +flip only foamin'; When he stirs in the spicin', -- Such a funny, sporty, +gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! Thunder splits the +ships, But he only smacks his lips, A tastin' of this flip, -- Such a funny, +sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! Avast Stubb, +cried Starbuck, let the Typhoon sing, and strike his harp here in our +rigging; but if thou art a brave man thou wilt hold thy peace. But I am +not a brave man; never said i was a brave man; I am a coward; and I sing to +keep up my spirits. And I tell you what it is, Mr. Starbuck, there's no way +to stop my singing +..

+in this world but to cut my throat. And when that's done, ten to one I sing +ye the doxology for a wind-up. Madman! look through my eyes if thou hast +none of thine own. What! how can you see better of a dark night than +anybody else, never mind how foolish? Here! cried Starbuck, seizing +Stubb by the shoulder, and pointing his hand towards the weather bow, + + markest thou not that the gale comes from the eastward, the very course Ahab + + is to run for Moby Dick? the very course he swung to this day noon? now +mark his boat there; where is that stove? In the stern-sheets, man; where +he is wont to stand --his stand-point is stove, man! Now jump overboard, and +sing away, if thou must! I don't half understand ye: what's in the wind? + + Yes, yes, round the Cape of Good Hope is the shortest way to Nantucket, +soliloquized Starbuck suddenly, heedless of Stubb's question. The gale that +now hammers at us to stave us, we can turn it into a fair wind that will +drive us towards home. Yonder, to windward, all is blackness of doom; but +to leeward, homeward --I see it lightens up there; but not with the +lightning. At that moment in one of the intervals of profound darkness, +following the flashes, a voice was heard at his side; and almost at the same +instant a volley of thunder peals rolled overhead. Who's there? Old +Thunder! said Ahab, groping his way along the bulwarks to his pivot-hole; +but suddenly finding his path made plain to him by elbowed lances of fire. +Now, as the lightning rod to a spire on shore is intended to carry off the +perilous fluid into the soil; so the kindred rod which at sea some ships +carry to each mast, is intended to conduct it into the water. But as this +conductor must descend to considerable depth, that its end may avoid all +contact with the hull; and as moreover, if kept constantly towing there, it +would be liable to many mishaps, besides interfering not a little with some +of the rigging, and more or less impeding the vessel's way in the water; +because of all this, the lower parts of a ship's +..

+lightning-rods are not always overboard; but are generally made in long +slender links, so as to be the more readily hauled up into the chains +outside, or thrown down into the sea, as occasion may require. The rods! +the rods! cried Starbuck to the crew, suddenly admonished to vigilance by +the vivid lightning that had just been darting flambeaux, to light Ahab to his +post. Are they overboard? drop them over, fore and aft. Quick! Avast! +cried Ahab; let's have fair play here, though we be the weaker side. Yet +I'll contribute to raise rods on the Himmalehs and Andes, that all the world +may be secured; but out on privileges! Let them be, sir. Look aloft! +cried Starbuck. The corpusants! the corpusants! All the yard-arms were +tipped with a pallid fire; and touched at each tri-pointed lightning-rod-end +with three tapering white flames, each of the three tall masts was silently +burning in that sulphurous air, like three gigantic wax tapers before an +altar. Blast the boat! let it go! cried Stubb at this instant, as a +swashing sea heaved up under his own little craft, so that its gunwale +violently jammed his hand, as he was passing a lashing. Blast it! --but +slipping backward on the deck, his uplifted eyes caught the flames; and +immediately shifting his tone, he cried -- The corpusants have mercy on us +all! To sailors, oaths are household words; they will swear in the trance +of the calm, and in the teeth of the tempest; they will imprecate curses +from the topsail-yard-arms, when most they teter over to a seething sea; but +in all my voyagings, seldom have I heard a common oath when God's burning +finger has been laid on the ship; when his mene, mene, Tekel Upharsin has +been woven into the shrouds and the cordage. While this pallidness was burning +aloft, few words were heard from the enchanted crew; who in one thick +cluster stood on the forecastle, all their eyes gleaming in that pale +phosphorescence, like a far away constellation of stars. Relieved against +the ghostly light, the gigantic jet negro, Daggoo, loomed up to thrice his +real stature, and seemed the black cloud from which the thunder had come. +The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely +gleamed as if they too +..

+had been tipped by corpusants; while lit up by the preternatural light, +Queequeg's tattooing burned like Satanic blue flames on his body. The tableau +all waned at last with the pallidness aloft; and once more the Pequod and +every soul on her decks were wrapped in a pall. A moment or two passed, when +Starbuck, going forward, pushed against some one. It was Stubb. What +thinkest thou now, man; I heard thy cry; it was not the same in the song. + + No, no, it wasn't; I said the corpusants have mercy on us all; and I hope +they will, still. But do they only have mercy on long faces? --have they no +bowels for a laugh? And look ye, Mr. Starbuck --but it's too dark to look. +Hear me, then: I take that mast-head flame we saw for a sign of good luck; +for those masts are rooted in a hold that is going to be chock a' block with +sperm-oil, d'ye see; and so, all that sperm will work up into the masts, +like sap in a tree. Yes, our three masts will yet be as three spermaceti +candles --that's the good promise we saw. At that moment Starbuck caught +sight of Stubb's face slowly beginning to glimmer into sight. Glancing +upwards, he cried: See! see! and once more the high tapering flames were +beheld with what seemed redoubled supernaturalness in their pallor. The +corpusants have mercy on us all, cried Stubb, again. At the base of the +mainmast, full beneath the doubloon and the flame, the parsee was kneeling +in Ahab's front, but with his head bowed away from him; while near by, from +the arched and overhanging rigging, where they had just been engaged securing + + a spar, a number of the seamen, arrested by the glare, now cohered +together, and hung pendulous, like a knot of numbed wasps from a drooping, +orchard twig. In various enchanted attitudes, like the standing, or +stepping, or running skeletons in Herculaneum, others remained rooted to the +deck; but all their eyes upcast. Aye, aye, men! cried Ahab. Look up at +it; mark it well; the white flame but lights the way to the White Whale! +Hand me those main-mast links there; I would fain feel this pulse, and let +mine beat against it; blood against fire! So. +..

+Then turning --the last link held fast in his left hand, he put his foot upon +the Parsee; and with fixed upward eye, and high-flung right arm, he stood +erect before the lofty tri-pointed trinity of flames. Oh! thou clear spirit +of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian once did worship, till in the +sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this hour I bear the scar; I now +know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know that thy right worship is +defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt thou be kind; and e'en for hate +thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No fearless fool now fronts thee. +I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake +life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me. In the midst +of the personified impersonal, a personality stands here. Though but a +point at best; whencesoe'er I came; wheresoe'er I go; yet while I earthly +live, the queenly personality lives in me, and feels her royal rights. But +war is pain, and hate is woe. Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will +kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and +though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here +that still remains indifferent. Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou +madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee. +[Sudden, repeated flashes of lightning; the nine flames leap lengthwise to +thrice their previous height; Ahab, with the rest, closes his eyes, his +right hand pressed hard upon them.] I own thy speechless, placeless power; +said I not so? Nor was it wrung from me; nor do I now drop these links. +Thou canst blind; but I can then grope. Thou canst consume; but I can then +be ashes. Take the homage of these poor eyes, and shutter-hands. I would +not take it. The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eye-balls ache and +ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning +ground. Oh, oh! Yet blindfold, yet will I talk to thee. Light though thou +be, thou leapest out of darkness; but I am darkness leaping out of light, +leaping out of thee! The javelins cease; open eyes; see, or not? There burn +the flames! Oh, thou magnanimous! now do I glory in my genealogy. But thou +art but my fiery father; my sweet mother, I know not. Oh, cruel! what hast + +..

+thou done with her? There lies my puzzle; but thine is greater. Thou knowest +not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy +beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun. I know that of me, which thou +knowest not of thyself, oh, thou omnipotent. There is some unsuffusing thing +beyond thee, thou clear spirit, to whom all thy eternity is but time, all +thy creativeness mechanical. Through thee, thy flaming self, my scorched +eyes do dimly see it. Oh, thou foundling fire, thou hermit immemorial, thou +too hast thy incommunicable riddle, thy unparticipated grief. Here again with +haughty agony, i read my sire. leap! leap up, and lick the sky! I leap +with thee; I burn with thee; would fain be welded with thee; defyingly I +worship thee! The boat! the boat! cried Starbuck, look at thy boat, old + + man! Ahab's harpoon, the one forged at Perth's fire, remained firmly lashed +in its conspicuous crotch, so that it projected beyond his whale-boat's bow; +but the sea that had stove its bottom had caused the loose leather sheath to +drop off; and from the keen steel barb there now came a levelled flame of +pale, forked fire. As the silent harpoon burned there like a serpent's +tongue, Starbuck grasped Ahab by the arm -- God, God is against thee, old +man; forbear! t'is an ill voyage! ill begun, ill continued; let me square +the yards, while we may, old man, and make a fair wind of it homewards, to +go on a better voyage than this. Overhearing Starbuck, the panic-stricken +crew instantly ran to the braces --though not a sail was left aloft. For the +moment all the aghast mate's thoughts seemed theirs; they raised a half +mutinous cry. But dashing the rattling lightning links to the deck, and +snatching the burning harpoon, Ahab waved it like a torch among them; +swearing to transfix with it the first sailor that but cast loose a rope's +end. Petrified by his aspect, and still more shrinking from the fiery dart +that he held, the men fell back in dismay, and Ahab again spoke: -- All +your oaths to hunt the White Whale are as binding as mine; and heart, soul, +and body, lungs and life, old Ahab is bound. And that ye may know to what +tune this heart beats; +..

+look ye here; thus I blow out the last fear! And with one blast of his +breath he extinguished the flame. As in the hurricane that sweeps the plain, +men fly the neighborhood of some lone, gigantic elm, whose very height and +strength but render it so much the more unsafe, because so much the more a +mark for thunderbolts; so at those last words of ahab's many of the mariners +did run from him in a terror of dismay. +..

+.. < chapter cxx 10 THE DECK TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST NIGHT WATCH > + + +Ahab standing by the helm. Starbuck approaching him. We must send down the +main-top-sail yard, sir. The band is working loose, and the lee lift is +half-stranded. Shall I strike it, sir? Strike nothing; lash it. If I had +sky-sail poles, I'd sway them up now. Sir? --in God's name! --sir? Well. + + The anchors are working, sir. Shall I get them inboard? Strike nothing, +and stir nothing, but lash everything. The wind rises, but it has not got +up to my table-lands yet. Quick, and see to it. --By masts and keels! he +takes me for the hunch-backed skipper of some coasting smack. Send down my +main-top-sail yard! Ho, gluepots! Loftiest trucks were made for wildest +winds, and this brain-truck of mine now sails amid the cloud-scud. Shall I +strike that? Oh, none but cowards send down their brain-trucks in tempest +time. What a hooroosh aloft there! I would e'en take it for sublime, did I +not know that the colic is a noisy malady. Oh, take medicine, take +medicine! +..

+.. < chapter cxxi 2 MIDNIGHT--THE FORECASTLE BULWARKS > + + Stubb and Flask +mounted on them, and passing additional lashings over the anchors there +hanging. No, Stubb; you may pound that knot there as much as you please, +but you will never pound into me what you were just now saying. And how long +ago is it since you said the very contrary? Didn't you once say that whatever +ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance +policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of +lucifers forward? Stop, now; didn't you say so? Well, suppose I did? What +then? i've part changed my flesh since that time, why not my mind? Besides, +supposing we are loaded with powder barrels aft and lucifers forward; how +the devil could the lucifers get afire in this drenching spray here? Why, my +little man, you have pretty red hair, but you couldn't get afire now. Shake +yourself; you're Aquarius, or the water-bearer, Flask; might fill pitchers +at your coat collar. Don't you see, then, that for these extra risks the +Marine Insurance companies have extra guarantees? Here are hydrants, +Flask. But hark, again, and I'll answer ye the other thing. First take your +leg off from the crown of the anchor here, though, so I can pass the rope; +now listen. What's the mighty difference between holding a mast's +lightning-rod in the storm, and standing close by a mast that hasn't got any +lightning-rod at all in a storm? Don't you see, you timber-head, that no +harm can come to the holder of the rod, unless the mast is first struck? +What are you talking about, then? Not one ship in a hundred carries rods, +and Ahab, --aye, man, and all of us, --were in no more danger then, in my poor +opinion, than all the crews in ten thousand ships now sailing the seas. Why, +you King-Post, you, I suppose you would have every man in the world go about +..

+with a small lightning-rod running up the corner of his hat, like a militia +officer's skewered feather, and trailing behind like his sash. Why don't ye +be sensible, Flask? it's easy to be sensible; why don't ye, then? any man +with half an eye can be sensible. I don't know that, Stubb. You sometimes +find it rather hard. Yes, when a fellow's soaked through, it's hard to be +sensible, that's a fact. And I am about drenched with this spray. Never +mind; catch the turn there, and pass it. Seems to me we are lashing down +these anchors now as if they were never going to be used again. tying these +two anchors here, Flask, seems like tying a man's hands behind him. And what +big generous hands they are, to be sure. These are your iron fists, hey? +What a hold they have, too! I wonder, Flask, whether the world is anchored +anywhere; if she is, she swings with an uncommon long cable, though. There, +hammer that knot down, and we've done. So; next to touching land, lighting +on deck is the most satisfactory. I say, just wring out my jacket skirts, +will ye? Thank ye. They laugh at long-togs so, Flask; but seems to me, a +long tailed coat ought always to be worn in all storms afloat. The tails +tapering down that way, serve to carry off the water, d'ye see. Same with +cocked hats; the cocks form gable-end eave-troughs, Flask. No more +monkey-jackets and tarpaulins for me; I must mount a swallow-tail, and drive +down a beaver; so. Halloa! whew! there goes my tarpaulin overboard; Lord, + + Lord, that the winds that come from heaven should be so unmannerly! This is +a nasty night, lad. +..

+.. < chapter cxxii 2 MIDNIGHT ALOFT--THUNDER AND LIGHTNING > + + The +Main-top-sail yard. --Tashtego passing new lashings around it. Um, um, um. +Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What's the use of +thunder? Um, um, um. We don't want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass +of rum. Um, um, um! +..

+.. < chapter cxxiii 10 THE MUSKET > + + During the most violent shocks of the +Typhoon, the man at the Pequod's jaw-bone tiller had several times been +reelingly hurled to the deck by its spasmodic motions, even though preventer +tackles had been attached to it --for they were slack -- because some play to +the tiller was indispensable. In a severe gale like this, while the ship is +but a tossed shuttle-cock to the blast, it is by no means uncommon to see +the needles in the compasses, at intervals, go round and round. It was thus + + with the Pequod's; at almost every shock the helmsman had not failed to +notice the whirling velocity with which they revolved upon the cards; it is a +sight that hardly any one can behold without some sort of unwonted emotion. +Some hours after midnight, the Typhoon abated so much, that through the +strenuous exertions of Starbuck and Stubb --one engaged forward and the other +aft --the shivered remnants of the jib and fore and main-top-sails were cut +adrift from the spars, and went eddying away to leeward, like the feathers +of +..

+an albatross, which sometimes are cast to the winds when that storm-tossed +bird is on the wing. The three corresponding new sails were now bent and +reefed, and a storm-trysail was set further aft; so that the ship soon went +through the water with some precision again; and the course --for the present, +East-south-east --which he was to steer, if practicable, was once more given +to the helmsman. For during the violence of the gale, he had only steered +according to its vicissitudes. But as he was now bringing the ship as near +her course as possible, watching the compass meanwhile, lo! a good sign! +the wind seemed coming round astern; aye! the foul breeze became fair! +Instantly the yards were squared, to the lively song of Ho! the fair + + wind! oh-he-yo, cheerly, men! the crew singing for joy, that so +promising an event should so soon have falsified the evil portents preceding +it. In compliance with the standing order of his commander -- to report +immediately, and at any one of the twenty-four hours, any decided change in +the affairs of the deck, --Starbuck had no sooner trimmed the yards to the +breeze --however reluctantly and gloomily, --than he mechanically went below to +apprise Captain Ahab of the circumstance. Ere knocking at his state-room, he +involuntarily paused before it a moment. The cabin lamp --taking long swings +this way and that --was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the +old man's bolted door, --a thin one, with fixed blinds inserted, in place of +upper panels. The isolated subterraneousness of the cabin made a certain +humming silence to reign there, though it was hooped round by all the roar of +the elements. The loaded muskets in the rack were shiningly revealed, as +they stood upright against the forward bulkhead. Starbuck was an honest, +upright man; but out of Starbuck's heart, at that instant when he saw the +muskets, there strangely evolved an evil thought; but so blent with its +neutral or good accompaniments that for the instant he hardly knew it for +itself. He would have shot me once, he murmured, yes, there's the very +musket that he pointed at me; --that one with the studded stock; let me touch +it --lift it. Strange, that I, who have +..

+handled so many deadly lances, strange, that I should shake so now. Loaded? +I must see. Aye, aye; and powder in the pan; -- that's not good. Best spill +it? --wait. I'll cure myself of this. I'll hold the musket boldly while I +think. --I come to report a fair wind to him. But how fair? Fair for death +and doom, -- that's fair for Moby Dick. It's a fair wind that's only fair for +that accursed fish. --The very tube he pointed at me! --the very one; this one +--I hold it here; he would have killed me with the very thing I handle now. +--Aye and he would fain kill all his crew. Does he not say he will not strike +his spars to any gale? Has he not dashed his heavenly quadrant? and in these +same perilous seas, gropes he not his way by mere dead reckoning of the +error-abounding log? and in this very Typhoon, did he not swear that he +would have no lightning-rods? But shall this crazed old man be tamely +suffered to drag a whole ship's company down to doom with him? --Yes, it would +make him the wilful murderer of thirty men and more, if this ship come to any +deadly harm; and come to deadly harm, my soul swears this ship will, if Ahab + + have his way. If, then, he were this instant--put aside, that crime would +not be his. Ha! is he muttering in his sleep? Yes, just there, --in there, +he's sleeping. Sleeping? aye, but still alive, and soon awake again. I +can't withstand thee, then, old man. Not reasoning; not remonstrance; not +entreaty wilt thou hearken to; all this thou scornest. Flat obedience to thy +own flat commands, this is all thou breathest. Aye, and say'st the men +have vow'd thy vow; say'st all of us are Ahabs. Great God forbid! -- But is +there no other way? no lawful way? --Make him a prisoner to be taken home? +What! hope to wrest this old man's living power from his own living hands? +Only a fool would try it. Say he were pinioned even; knotted all over with +ropes and hawsers; chained down to ring-bolts on this cabin floor; he would +be more hideous than a caged tiger, then. I could not endure the sight; +could not possibly fly his howlings; all comfort, sleep itself, inestimable +reason would leave me on the long intolerable voyage. What, then, remains? +The land is hundreds of leagues away, and locked Japan the nearest. I stand +alone here upon an open sea, with two oceans and a whole continent between +me and law. --Aye, aye, 'tis so. --Is heaven a murderer +..

+when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets +and skin together? --And would I be a murderer, then, if --and slowly, +stealthily, and half sideways looking, he placed the loaded musket's end +against the door. On this level, Ahab's hammock swings within; his head +this way. A touch, and Starbuck may survive to hug his wife and child +again. --Oh Mary! Mary! --boy! boy! boy! --But if I wake thee not to death, old +man, who can tell to what unsounded deeps Starbuck's body this day week may +sink, with all the crew! Great God, where art thou? Shall I? shall I? --The +wind has gone down and shifted, sir; the fore and main topsails are reefed +and set; she heads her course. Stern all! Oh Moby Dick, I clutch thy heart +at last! Such were the sounds that now came hurtling from out the old man's +tormented sleep, as if Starbuck's voice had caused the long dumb dream to +speak. The yet levelled musket shook like a drunkard's arm against the panel; + + Starbuck seemed wrestling with an angel; but turning from the door, he +placed the death-tube in its rack, and left the place. He's too sound +asleep, Mr Stubb; go thou down, and wake him, and tell him. I must see to +the deck here. Thou know'st what to say. +..

+.. < chapter cxxiv 25 THE NEEDLE > + + Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea +rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod's +gurgling track, pushed her on like giants' palms outspread. The strong, +unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying +sails; the whole world boomed before the wind. Muffled in the full morning +light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; + + where his bayonet +..

+rays moved on in stacks. Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and +queens, reigned over everything. The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, +that bubblingly leaps with light and heat. Long maintaining an enchanted +silence, Ahab stood apart; and every time the tetering ship loweringly +pitched down her bowsprit, he turned to eye the bright sun's rays produced +ahead; and when she profoundly settled by the stern, he turned behind, and +saw the sun's rearward place, and how the same yellow rays were blending with +his undeviating wake. Ha, ha, my ship! thou mightest well be taken now for +the sea-chariot of the sun. Ho, ho! all ye nations before my prow, I bring +the sun to ye! Yoke on the further billows; hallo! a tandem, I drive the +sea! But suddenly reined back by some counter thought, he hurried towards +the helm, huskily demanding how the ship was heading. East-sou-east, +sir, said the frightened steersman. Thou liest! smiting him with his +clenched fist. Heading East at this hour in the morning, and the sun +astern? Upon this every soul was confounded; for the phenomenon just then +observed by Ahab had unaccountably escaped every one else; but its very +blinding palpableness must have been the cause. Thrusting his head half way +into the binnacle, Ahab caught one glimpse of the compasses; his uplifted +arm slowly fell; for a moment he almost seemed to stagger. Standing behind +him Starbuck looked, and lo! the two compasses pointed East, and the +Pequod was as infallibly going West. But ere the first wild alarm could get +out abroad among the crew, the old man with a rigid laugh exclaimed, I have +it! It has happened before. Mr. Starbuck, last night's thunder turned our +compasses --that's all. Thou hast before now heard of such a thing, I take +it. Aye; but never before has it happened to me, sir, said the pale +mate, gloomily. Here, it must needs be said, that accidents like this have in +more than one case occurred to ships in violent storms. The +..

+magnetic energy, as developed in the mariner's needle, is, as all know, +essentially one with the electricity beheld in heaven; hence it is not to be +much marvelled at, that such things should be. In instances where the +lightning has actually struck the vessel, so as to smite down some of the +spars and rigging, the effect upon the needle has at times been still more +fatal; all its loadstone virtue being annihilated, so that the before +magnetic steel was of no more use than an old wife's knitting needle. But in +either case, the needle never again, of itself, recovers the original virtue +thus marred or lost; and if the binnacle compasses be affected, the same +fate reaches all the others that may be in the ship; even were the lowermost +one inserted into the kelson. Deliberately standing before the binnacle, and +eyeing the transpointed compasses, the old man, with the sharp of his +extended hand, now took the precise bearing of the sun, and satisfied that +the needles were exactly inverted, shouted out his orders for the ship's +course to be changed accordingly. The yards were hard up; and once more the +Pequod thrust her undaunted bows into the opposing wind, for the supposed +fair one had only been juggling her. Meanwhile, whatever were his own secret +thoughts, Starbuck said nothing, but quietly he issued all requisite orders; + + while Stubb and Flask --who in some small degree seemed then to be sharing +his feelings --likewise unmurmuringly acquiesced. As for the men, though some +of them lowly rumbled, their fear of Ahab was greater than their fear of +Fate. But as ever before, the pagan harpooneers remained almost wholly +unimpressed; or if impressed, it was only with a certain magnetism shot into +their congenial hearts from inflexible Ahab's. For a space the old man walked +the deck in rolling reveries. But chancing to slip with his ivory heel, he +saw the crushed copper sight-tubes of the quadrant he had the day before +dashed to the deck. Thou poor, proud heaven-gazer and sun's pilot! yesterday + + I wrecked thee, and to-day the compasses would feign have wrecked me. So, +so. But Ahab is lord over the level load-stone +..

+yet. Mr. Starbuck--a lance without a pole; a top-maul, and the smallest of +the sail-maker's needles. Quick! Accessory, perhaps, to the impulse +dictating the thing he was now about to do, were certain prudential motives, +whose object might have been to revive the spirits of his crew by a stroke of +his subtile skill, in a matter so wondrous as that of the inverted compasses. + + Besides, the old man well knew that to steer by transpointed needles, though +clumsily practicable, was not a thing to be passed over by superstitious +sailors, without some shudderings and evil portents. Men, said he, +steadily turning upon the crew, as the mate handed him the things he had +demanded, my men, the thunder turned old Ahab's needles; but out of this +bit of steel Ahab can make one of his own, that will point as true as any. +Abashed glances of servile wonder were exchanged by the sailors, as this was +said; and with fascinated eyes they awaited whatever magic might follow. But +Starbuck looked away. With a blow from the top-maul Ahab knocked off the steel + + head of the lance, and then handing to the mate the long iron rod remaining, +bade him hold it upright, without its touching the deck. Then, with the +maul, after repeatedly smiting the upper end of this iron rod, he placed the +blunted needle endwise on the top of it, and less strongly hammered that, +several times, the mate still holding the rod as before. Then going through +some small strange motions with it --whether indispensable to the magnetizing +of the steel, or merely intended to augment the awe of the crew, is uncertain +--he called for linen thread; and moving to the binnacle, slipped out the two +reversed needles there, and horizontally suspended the sail-needle by its +middle, over one of the compass-cards. At first, the steel went round and +round, quivering and vibrating at either end; but at last it settled to its +place, when Ahab, who had been intently watching for this result, stepped +frankly back from the binnacle, and pointing his stretched arm towards it, +exclaimed, --Look ye, for yourselves, if Ahab be not the lord of the level +loadstone! The sun is East, and that compass swears it! One after another +they peered in, for nothing but their own +..

+eyes could persuade such ignorance as theirs, and one after another they +slunk away. In his fiery eyes of scorn and triumph, you then saw Ahab in all +his fatal pride. +..

+.. < chapter cxxv 6 THE LOG AND LINE > + + While now the fated Pequod had been +so long afloat this voyage, the log and line had but very seldom been in use. + + Owing to a confident reliance upon other means of determining the vessel's +place, some merchantmen, and many whalemen, especially when cruising, +wholly neglect to heave the log; though at the same time, and frequently more +for form's sake than anything else, regularly putting down upon the customary +slate the course steered by the ship, as well as the presumed average rate of +progression every hour. It had been thus with the Pequod. The wooden reel +and angular log attached hung, long untouched, just beneath the railing of +the after bulwarks. Rains and spray had damped it; the sun and wind had +warped it; all the elements had combined to rot a thing that hung so idly. +But heedless of all this, his mood seized Ahab, as he happened to glance +upon the reel, not many hours after the magnet scene, and he remembered how +his quadrant was no more, and recalled his frantic oath about the level log +and line. The ship was sailing plungingly; astern the billows rolled in +riots. Forward, there! Heave the log! Two seamen came. The golden-hued +Tahitian and the grizzly Manxman. Take the reel, one of ye, I'll heave. +They went towards the extreme stern, on the ship's lee side, where the deck, +with the oblique energy of the wind, was now almost dipping into the creamy, +sidelong-rushing sea. The Manxman took the reel, and holding it high up, by +the projecting handle-ends of the spindle, round which the spool +..

+of line revolved, so stood with the angular log hanging downwards, till Ahab +advanced to him. Ahab stood before him, and was lightly unwinding some thirty + + or forty turns to form a preliminary hand-coil to toss overboard, when the +old Manxman, who was intently eyeing both him and the line, made bold to +speak. Sir, I mistrust it; this line looks far gone, long heat and wet +have spoiled it. 'Twill hold, old gentleman. Long heat and wet, have they +spoiled thee? Thou seem'st to hold. Or, truer perhaps, life holds thee; not +thou it. I hold the spool, sir. But just as my captain says. With these +grey hairs of mine 'tis not worth while disputing, 'specially with a +superior, who'll ne'er confess. What's that? There now's a patched +professor in Queen Nature's granite-founded College; but methinks he's too +subservient. Where wert thou born? In the little rocky Isle of Man, sir. + + Excellent! Thou'st hit the world by that. I know not, sir, but I was born +there. In the Isle of Man, hey? Well, the other way, it's good. Here's a +man from Man; a man born in once independent Man, and now unmanned of Man; +which is sucked in --by what? Up with the reel! The dead, blind wall butts +all inquiring heads at last. Up with it! So. The log was heaved. The +loose coils rapidly straightened out in a long dragging line astern, and +then, instantly, the reel began to whirl. In turn, jerkingly raised and +lowered by the rolling billows, the towing resistance of the log caused the +old reelman to stagger strangely. Hold hard! Snap! the overstrained line +sagged down in one long festoon; the tugging log was gone. I crush the +quadrant, the thunder turns the needles, and now the mad sea parts the +log-line. But Ahab can mend all. Haul in here, Tahitian; reel up, Manxman. +And look ye, let the carpenter make another log, and mend thou the line. See + + to it. +..

+ + There he goes now; to him nothing's happened; but to me, the skewer seems +loosening out of the middle of the world. Haul in, haul in, Tahitian! These +lines run whole, and whirling out: come in broken, and dragging slow. Ha, +Pip? come to help; eh, Pip? Pip? whom call ye Pip? Pip jumped from the +whale-boat. pip's missing. let's see now if ye haven't fished him up here, +fisherman. It drags hard; I guess he's holding on. Jerk him, Tahiti! Jerk +him off; we haul in no cowards here. Ho! there's his arm just breaking +water. A hatchet! a hatchet! cut it off -- we haul in no cowards here. +Captain Ahab! sir, sir! here's Pip, trying to get on board again. Peace, +thou crazy loon, cried the Manxman, seizing him by the arm. Away from the +quarter-deck! The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser, muttered Ahab, +advancing. Hands off from that holiness! Where sayest thou Pip was, boy? + + Astern there, sir, astern! Lo, lo! And who art thou, boy? I see not my +reflection in the vacant pupils of thy eyes. Oh God! that man should be a +thing for immortal souls to sieve through! Who art thou, boy? Bell-boy, +sir; ship's-crier; ding, dong, ding! Pip! Pip! Pip! One hundred pounds +of clay reward for Pip; five feet high-- looks cowardly --quickest known by +that! Ding, dong, ding! Who's seen Pip the coward? There can be no hearts +above the snow-line. Oh, ye frozen heavens! look down here. Ye did beget +this luckless child, and have abandoned him, ye creative libertines. Here, +boy; Ahab's cabin shall be Pip's home henceforth, while Ahab lives. Thou +touchest my inmost centre, boy; thou art tied to me by cords woven of my +heart-strings. Come, let's down. What's this? here's velvet shark-skin, +intently gazing at Ahab's hand, and feeling it. Ah, now, had poor Pip but +felt so kind a thing as this, perhaps he had ne'er been lost! This seems to +me, sir, as a man-rope; something that weak souls may hold by. Oh, sir, let +old Perth now come and rivet these two hands together; the black one with the +white, for I will not let this go. +..

+ + Oh, boy, nor will I thee, unless I should thereby drag thee to worse horrors +than are here. come, then, to my cabin. Lo! ye believers in gods all +goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient gods oblivious of +suffering man; and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet +full of the sweet things of love and gratitude. Come! I feel prouder leading + + thee by thy black hand, than though I grasped an Emperor's! There go two +daft ones now, muttered the old Manxman. One daft with strength, the other +daft with weakness. But here's the end of the rotten line --all dripping, too. + + Mend it, eh? I think we had best have a new line altogether. I'll see Mr. +Stubb about it. +..

+.. < chapter cxxvi 14 THE LIFE-BUOY > + + Steering now south-eastward by Ahab's +levelled steel, and her progress solely determined by Ahab's level log and +line; the Pequod held on her path towards the Equator. Making so long a +passage through such unfrequented waters, descrying no ships, and ere long, +sideways impelled by unvarying trade winds, over waves monotonously mild; +all these seemed the strange calm things preluding some riotous and desperate +scene. At last, when the ship drew near to the outskirts, as it were, of +the Equatorial fishing-ground, and in the deep darkness that goes before the +dawn, was sailing by a cluster of rocky islets; the watch --then headed by +Flask --was startled by a cry so plaintively wild and unearthly --like +half-articulated wailings of the ghosts of all Herod's murdered Innocents +--that one and all, they started from their reveries, and for the space of +some moments stood, or sat, or leaned all transfixedly listening, like the +carved Roman slave, while that wild cry remained within hearing. The +Christian or civilized part of the crew said it was mermaids, and shuddered; +but the pagan harpooneers remained +..

+unappalled. Yet the grey Manxman --the oldest mariner of all -- declared that +the wild thrilling sounds that were heard, were the voices of newly drowned +men in the sea. below in his hammock, ahab did not hear of this till grey +dawn, when he came to the deck; it was then recounted to him by Flask, not +unaccompanied with hinted dark meanings. He hollowly laughed, and thus +explained the wonder. Those rocky islands the ship had passed were the resort +of great numbers of seals, and some young seals that had lost their dams, +or some dams that had lost their cubs, must have risen nigh the ship and kept +company with her, crying and sobbing with their human sort of wail. But this +only the more affected some of them, because most mariners cherish a very +superstitious feeling about seals, arising not only from their peculiar tones + + when in distress, but also from the human look of their round heads and +semi-intelligent faces, seen peeringly uprising from the water alongside. In +the sea, under certain circumstances, seals have more than once been mistaken +for men. But the bodings of the crew were destined to receive a most +plausible confirmation in the fate of one of their number that morning. At +sun-rise this man went from his hammock to his mast-head at the fore; and +whether it was that he was not yet half waked from his sleep (for sailors +sometimes go aloft in a transition state), whether it was thus with the man, +there is now no telling; but, be that as it may, he had not been long at +his perch, when a cry was heard --a cry and a rushing --and looking up, they +saw a falling phantom in the air; and looking down, a little tossed heap of +white bubbles in the blue of the sea. The life-buoy --a long slender cask --was +dropped from the stern, where it always hung obedient to a cunning spring; +but no hand rose to seize it, and the sun having long beat upon this cask +it had shrunken, so that it slowly filled, and the parched wood also filled +at its every pore; and the studded iron-bound cask followed the sailor to the +bottom, as if to yield him his pillow, though in sooth but a hard one. And +thus the first man of the pequod that mounted the mast to look out for the +White Whale, on the White Whale's own +..

+peculiar ground; that man was swallowed up in the deep. But few, perhaps, +thought of that at the time. Indeed, in some sort, they were not grieved at +this event, at least as a portent; for they regarded it, not as a +foreshadowing of evil in the future, but as the fulfilment of an evil already +presaged. They declared that now they knew the reason of those wild shrieks +they had heard the night before. But again the old Manxman said nay. The +lost life-buoy was now to be replaced; Starbuck was directed to see to it; +but as no cask of sufficient lightness could be found, and as in the feverish +eagerness of what seemed the approaching crisis of the voyage, all hands were +impatient of any toil but what was directly connected with its final end, +whatever that might prove to be; therefore, they were going to leave the +ship's stern unprovided with a buoy, when by certain strange signs and +inuendoes Queequeg hinted a hint concerning his coffin. A life-buoy of a +coffin! cried Starbuck, starting. Rather queer, that, I should say, said +Stubb. It will make a good enough one, said Flask, the carpenter here can +arrange it easily. Bring it up; there's nothing else for it, said +Starbuck, after a melancholy pause. Rig it, carpenter; do not look at me +so -- the coffin, I mean. Dost thou hear me? Rig it. And shall I nail down +the lid, sir? moving his hand as with a hammer. aye. And shall I caulk +the seams, sir? moving his hand as with a caulking-iron. Aye. And shall +I then pay over the same with pitch, sir? moving his hand as with a +pitch-pot. Away! What possesses thee to this? Make a life-buoy of the +coffin, and no more. --Mr. Stubb, Mr. Flask, come forward with me. He goes +off in a huff. The whole he can endure; at the parts he baulks. Now I don't +like this. i make a leg for captain ahab, and he wears it like a gentleman; +but I make a bandbox for Queequeg, and he wont put his head into it. Are +..

+all my pains to go for nothing with that coffin? And now I'm ordered to make +a life-buoy of it. It's like turning an old coat; going to bring the flesh on +the other side now. I don't like this cobbling sort of business --I don't like +it at all; it's undignified; it's not my place. Let tinkers' brats do +tinkerings; we are their betters. I like to take in hand none but clean, +virgin, fair-and-square mathematical jobs, something that regularly begins +at the beginning, and is at the middle when midway, and comes to an end at +the conclusion; not a cobbler's job, that's at an end in the middle, and at +the beginning at the end. It's the old woman's tricks to be giving cobbling +jobs. Lord! what an affection all old women have for tinkers. I know an old + + woman of sixty-five who ran away with a bald-headed young tinker once. And +that's the reason I never would work for lonely widow old women ashore, when +I kept my job-shop in the Vineyard; they might have taken it into their +lonely old heads to run off with me. But heigh-ho! there are no caps at sea +but snow-caps. Let me see. Nail down the lid; caulk the seams; pay over +the same with pitch; batten them down tight, and hang it with the snap-spring +over the ship's stern. Were ever such things done before with a coffin? Some +superstitious old carpenters, now, would be tied up in the rigging, ere they +would do the job. But I'm made of knotty Aroostook hemlock; I don't budge. +Cruppered with a coffin! Sailing about with a grave-yard tray! But never +mind. We workers in woods make bridal-bedsteads and card-tables, as well as +coffins and hearses. We work by the month, or by the job, or by the profit; +not for us to ask the why and wherefore of our work, unless it be too +confounded cobbling, and then we stash it if we can. hem! i'll do the job, +now, tenderly. I'll have me --let's see --how many in the ship's company, all +told? But I've forgotten. Any way, I'll have me thirty separate, +Turk's-headed life-lines, each three feet long hanging all round to the +coffin. Then, if the hull go down, there'll be thirty lively fellows all +fighting for one coffin, a sight not seen very often beneath the sun! Come +hammer, calking-iron, pitch-pot, and marling-spike! Let's to it. +..

+.. < chapter cxxvii 2 THE DECK > + + The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between +the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter calking its seams; the +string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the +bosom of his frock. --Ahab comes slowly from the cabin-gangway, and hears Pip +following him. Back, lad; I will be with ye again presently. He goes! Not +this hand complies with my humor more genially than that boy. -- Middle aisle +of a church! What's here? Life buoy, sir. Mr. Starbuck's orders. Oh, +look, sir! Beware the hatchway! Thank ye, man. Thy coffin lies handy to +the vault. Sir? The hatchway? oh! So it does, sir, so it does. Art +not thou the leg-maker? Look, did not this stump come from thy shop? I +believe it did, sir; does the ferrule stand, sir? Well enough. But art +thou not also the undertaker? Aye, sir; I patched up this thing here as a +coffin for Queequeg; but they've set me now to turning it into something +else. Then tell me; art thou not an arrant, all-grasping, inter-meddling, +monopolizing, heathenish old scamp, to be one day making legs, and the next +day coffins to clap them in, and yet again life-buoys out of those same +coffins? Thou art as unprincipled as the gods, and as much of a +jack-of-all-trades. But I do not mean anything, sir. I do as I do. The +gods again. hark ye, dost thou not ever sing working about a coffin? The +Titans, they say, hummed snatches when chipping out the craters for volcanoes; + + and the grave-digger in the play sings, spade in hand. Dost thou never? + + Sing, sir? Do I sing? Oh, I'm indifferent enough, sir, for that; but the +reason why the grave-digger made music must +..

+have been because there was none in his spade, sir. But the calking mallet is +full of it. Hark to it. Aye, and that's because the lid there's a +sounding-board; and what in all things makes the sounding-board is this +--there's naught beneath. And yet, a coffin with a body in it rings pretty +much the same, Carpenter. Hast thou ever helped carry a bier, and heard the +coffin knock against the churchyard gate, going in? Faith, sir, I've-- + + Faith? What's that? Why, faith, sir, it's only a sort of exclamation-like +--that's all, sir. Um, um; go on. I was about to say, sir, that-- Art +thou a silk-worm? Dost thou spin thy own shroud out of thyself? Look at thy +bosom! Despatch! and get these traps out of sight. He goes aft. That was +sudden, now; but squalls come sudden in hot latitudes. I've heard that the +Isle of Albemarle, one of the Gallipagos, is cut by the Equator right in the +middle. Seems to me some sort of Equator cuts yon old man, too, right in his +middle. He's always under the Line--fiery hot, I tell ye! He's looking this +way --come, oakum; quick. Here we go again. This wooden mallet is the cork, +and I'm the professor of musical glasses --tap, tap! ( Ahab to himself.) + + There's a sight! There's sound! The greyheaded woodpecker tapping the +hollow tree! Blind and dumb might well be envied now. See! that thing rests +on two line-tubs, full of tow-lines. A most malicious wag, that fellow. +Rat-tat! So man's seconds tick! Oh! how immaterial are all materials! What + + things real are there, but imponderable thoughts? Here now's the very +dreaded symbol of grim death, by a mere hap, made the expressive sign of the +help and hope of most endangered life. A life-buoy of a coffin! Does it go +further? Can it be that in some spiritual sense the coffin is, after all, but +an immortality-preserver! I'll think of that. But no. So far gone +..

+am I in the dark side of earth, that its other side, the theoretic bright one, +seems but uncertain twilight to me. Will ye never have done, Carpenter, with +that accursed sound? I go below; let me not see that thing here when I return +again. Now, then, Pip, we'll talk this over; I do suck most wondrous +philosophies from thee! Some unknown conduits from the unknown worlds must +empty into thee! +..

+.. < chapter cxxviii 9 THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL > + + Next day, a large +ship, the Rachel, was descried, bearing directly down upon the Pequod, all her +spars thickly clustering with men. At the time the Pequod was making good +speed through the water; but as the broad-winged windward stranger shot nigh +to her, the boastful sails all fell together as blank bladders that are +burst, and all life fled from the smitten hull. Bad news; she brings bad +news, muttered the old Manxman. But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to +mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was +heard. Hast seen the White Whale? Aye, yesterday. Have ye seen a +whale-boat adrift? Throttling his joy, Ahab negatively answered this +unexpected question; and would then have fain boarded the stranger, when +the stranger captain himself, having stopped his vessel's way, was seen +descending her side. A few keen pulls, and his boat-hook soon clinched the +Pequod's main-chains, and he sprang to the deck. Immediately he was +recognized by ahab for a nantucketer he knew. But no formal salutation was +exchanged. Where was he? --not killed! --not killed! cried Ahab, closely +advancing. How was it? It seemed that somewhat late on the afternoon of the +day previous, while three of the stranger's boats were engaged with +..

+a shoal of whales, which had led them some four or five miles from the ship; +and while they were yet in swift chase to windward, the white hump and head of +Moby Dick had suddenly loomed up out of the blue water, not very far to +leeward; whereupon, the fourth rigged boat --a reserved one --had been +instantly lowered in chase. After a keen sail before the wind, this fourth +boat --the swiftest keeled of all --seemed to have succeeded in fastening --at +least, as well as the man at the mast-head could tell anything about it. In +the distance he saw the diminished dotted boat; and then a swift gleam of +bubbling white water; and after that nothing more; whence it was concluded +that the stricken whale must have indefinitely run away with his pursuers, as +often happens. There was some apprehension, but no positive alarm, as yet. +The recall signals were placed in the rigging; darkness came on; and forced +to pick up her three far to windward boats --ere going in quest of the fourth +one in the precisely opposite direction --the ship had not only been +necessitated to leave that boat to its fate till near midnight, but, for the +time, to increase her distance from it. But the rest of her crew being at +last safe aboard, she crowded all sail --stunsail on stunsail --after the +missing boat; kindling a fire in her try-pots for a beacon; and every +other man aloft on the look-out. But though when she had thus sailed a +sufficient distance to gain the presumed place of the absent ones when last +seen; though she then paused to lower her spare boats to pull all around her; + + and not finding anything, had again dashed on; again paused, and lowered her +boats; and though she had thus continued doing till day light; yet not the +least glimpse of the missing keel had been seen. The story told, the +stranger Captain immediately went on to reveal his object in boarding the +Pequod. He desired that ship to unite with his own in the search; by sailing +over the sea some four or five miles apart, on parallel lines, and so sweeping +a double horizon, as it were. I will wager something now, whispered Stubb +to Flask, that some one in that missing boat wore off that Captain's best +coat; mayhap, his watch --he's so cursed anxious to get it back. Who ever +heard of two pious whale-ships cruising after +..

+one missing whale-boat in the height of the whaling season? See, Flask, only +see how pale he looks --pale in the very buttons of his eyes --look --it wasn't +the coat --it must have been the-- My boy, my own boy is among them. For +God's sake --I beg, I conjure --here exclaimed the stranger Captain to Ahab, +who thus far had but icily received his petition. For eight-and-forty hours +let me charter your ship --I will gladly pay for it, and roundly pay for it +--if there be no other way --for eight-and-forty hours only --only that --you +must, oh, you must, and you shall do this thing. His son! cried Stubb, + + oh, it's his son he's lost! I take back the coat and watch --what says Ahab? + + We must save that boy. He's drowned with the rest on 'em, last night, said +the old Manx sailor standing behind them; I heard; all of ye heard their +spirits. Now, as it shortly turned out, what made this incident of the +Rachel's the more melancholy, was the circumstance, that not only was one of +the Captain's sons among the number of the missing boat's crew; but among the +number of the other boat's crews, at the same time, but on the other hand, +separated from the ship during the dark vicissitudes of the chase, there had +been still another son; as that for a time, the wretched father was plunged +to the bottom of the cruellest perplexity; which was only solved for him by +his chief mate's instinctively adopting the ordinary procedure of a whale-ship +in such emergencies, that is, when placed between jeopardized but divided +boats, always to pick up the majority first. But the captain, for some +unknown constitutional reason, had refrained from mentioning all this, and not +till forced to it by Ahab's iciness did he allude to his one yet missing boy; +a little lad, but twelve years old, whose father with the earnest but +unmisgiving hardihood of a Nantucketer's paternal love, had thus early sought +to initiate him in the perils and wonders of a vocation almost immemorially +the destiny of all his race. Nor does it unfrequently occur, that Nantucket +captains will send a son of such tender age away from them, for a protracted +three or four years' voyage in some other ship than their own; so that their +first knowledge of a whaleman's career shall be unenervated by any chance +display +..

+of a father's natural but untimely partiality, or undue apprehensiveness +and concern. Meantime, now the stranger was still beseeching his poor boon of +Ahab; and Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but +without the least quivering of his own. I will not go, said the stranger, + + till you say aye to me. Do to me as you would have me do to you in the like +case. For you too have a boy, Captain Ahab --though but a child, and nestling +safely at home now --a child of your old age too -- Yes, yes, you relent; I +see it --run, run, men, now, and stand by to square in the yards. Avast, +cried Ahab -- touch not a rope-yarn; then in a voice that prolongingly +moulded every word -- Captain Gardiner, I will not do it. Even now I lose +time. Good bye, good bye. God bless ye, man, and may I forgive myself, +but I must go. Mr. Starbuck, look at the binnacle watch, and in three +minutes from this present instant warn off all strangers: then brace forward +again, and let the ship sail as before. Hurriedly turning, with averted face, + + he descended into his cabin, leaving the strange captain transfixed at this +unconditional and utter rejection of his so earnest suit. But starting from +his enchantment, Gardiner silently hurried to the side; more fell than +stepped into his boat, and returned to his ship. Soon the two ships diverged +their wakes; and long as the strange vessel was in view, she was seen to yaw +hither and thither at every dark spot, however small, on the sea. This way +and that her yards were swung round; starboard and larboard, she continued to +tack; now she beat against a head sea; and again it pushed her before it; +while all the while, her masts and yards were thickly clustered with men, as +three tall cherry trees, when the boys are cherrying among the boughs. But by +her still halting course and winding, woful way, you plainly saw that this +ship that so wept with spray, still remained without comfort. She was +Rachel, weeping for her children, because they were not. +..

+.. < chapter cxxix 2 THE CABIN > + + (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches +him by the hand to follow.) Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab +now. The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would +not have thee by him. There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too +curing to my malady. Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes +my most desired health. Do thou abide below here, where they shall serve +thee, as if thou wert the captain. Aye, lad, thou shalt sit here in my own +screwed chair; another screw to it, thou must be. No, no, no! ye have not +a whole body, sir; do ye but use poor me for your one lost leg; only tread +upon me, sir; I ask no more, so I remain a part of ye. Oh! spite of +million villains, this makes me a bigot in the fadeless fidelity of man! --and +a black! and crazy! --but methinks like-cures-like applies to him too; he +grows so sane again. They tell me, sir, that Stubb did once desert poor +little Pip, whose drowned bones now show white, for all the blackness of his +living skin. But I will never desert ye, sir, as Stubb did him. Sir, I must +go with ye. If thou speakest thus to me much more, Ahab's purpose keels up +in him. I tell thee no; it cannot be. Oh good master, master, master! + + Weep so, and I will murder thee! have a care, for Ahab too is mad. +Listen, and thou wilt often hear my ivory foot upon the deck, and still know +that I am there. And now I quit thee. Thy hand! --Met! True art thou, lad, +as the circumference to its centre. So: God for ever bless thee; and if it +come to that, -- God for ever save thee, let what will befall. +..

+ + Ahab goes; Pip steps one step forward.) Here he this instant stood; +I stand in his air, --but I'm alone. Now were even poor Pip here I could +endure it, but he's missing. Pip! Pip! Ding, dong, ding! Who's seen Pip? +He must be up here; let's try the door. What? neither lock, nor bolt, nor +bar; and yet there's no opening it. It must be the spell; he told me to +stay here: Aye, and told me this screwed chair was mine. Here, then, I'll +seat me, against the transom, in the ship's full middle, all her keel and +her three masts before me. Here, our old sailors say, in their black +seventy-fours great admirals sometimes sit at table, and lord it over rows +of captains and lieutenants. Ha! what's this? epaulets! epaulets! the +epaulets all come crowding! Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill +up, monsieurs! What an odd feeling, now, when a black boy's host to white men +with gold lace upon their coats! --Monsieurs, have ye seen one Pip? --a little +negro lad, five feet high, hang-dog look, and cowardly! Jumped from a +whale-boat once; --seen him? No! Well then, fill up again, captains, and +let's drink shame upon all cowards! I name no names. Shame upon them! Put +one foot upon the table. Shame upon all cowards. --Hist! above there, I hear +ivory --Oh, master, master! I am indeed down-hearted when you walk over me. + + But here I'll stay, though this stern strikes rocks; and they bulge +through; and oysters come to join me. +..

+.. < chapter cxxx 26 THE HAT > + + And now that at the proper time and place, +after so long and wide a preliminary cruise, Ahab, --all other whaling waters +swept --seemed to have chased his foe into an ocean-fold, to slay him the more +securely there; now, that he found himself hard by the very latitude and +longitude where his tormenting wound +..

+had been inflicted; now that a vessel had been spoken which on the very day +preceding had actually encountered Moby Dick; --and now that all his successive +meetings with various ships contrastingly concurred to show the demoniac +indifference with which the white whale tore his hunters, whether sinning or +sinned against; now it was that there lurked a something in the old man's +eyes, which it was hardly sufferable for feeble souls to see. As the +unsetting polar star, which through the livelong, arctic, six months' night +sustains its piercing, steady, central gaze; so Ahab's purpose now fixedly +gleamed down upon the constant midnight of the gloomy crew. It domineered +above them so, that all their bodings, doubts, misgivings, fears, were fain +to hide beneath their souls, and not sprout forth a single spear or leaf. In +this foreshadowing interval too, all humor, forced or natural, vanished. +Stubb no more strove to raise a smile; Starbuck no more strove to check one. +Alike, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, seemed ground to finest dust, and +powdered, for the time, in the clamped mortar of ahab's iron soul. like +machines, they dumbly moved about the deck, ever conscious that the old +man's despot eye was on them. But did you deeply scan him in his more secret +confidential hours; when he thought no glance but one was on him; then you +would have seen that even as Ahab's eyes so awed the crew's, the inscrutable +Parsee's glance awed his; or somehow, at least, in some wild way, at times +affected it. Such an added, gliding strangeness began to invest the thin +Fedallah now; such ceaseless shudderings shook him; that the men looked +dubious at him; half uncertain, as it seemed, whether indeed he were a +mortal substance, or else a tremulous shadow cast upon the deck by some +unseen being's body. And that shadow was always hovering there. For not by +night, even, had Fedallah ever certainly been known to slumber, or go below. +He would stand still for hours: but never sat or leaned; his wan but +wondrous eyes did plainly say --We two watchmen never rest. Nor, at any time, +by night or day could the mariners now step up the deck, unless Ahab was +before them; either standing in his pivot-hole, or exactly pacing the planks +between two +..

+undeviating limits, --the main-mast and the mizen; or else they saw him +standing in the cabin-scuttle, --his living foot advanced upon the deck, as if +to step; his hat slouched heavily over his eyes; so that however motionless +he stood, however the days and nights were added on, that he had not swung +in his hammock; yet hidden beneath that slouching hat, they could never tell +unerringly whether, for all this, his eyes were really closed at times; or +whether he was still intently scanning them; no matter, though he stood so +in the scuttle for a whole hour on the stretch, and the unheeded night-damp +gathered in beads of dew upon that stone-carved coat and hat. The clothes +that the night had wet, the next day's sunshine dried upon him; and so, +day after day, and night after night; he went no more beneath the planks; +whatever he wanted from the cabin that thing he sent for. He ate in the same +open air; that is, his two only meals, -- breakfast and dinner: supper he +never touched; nor reaped his beard; which darkly grew all gnarled, as +unearthed roots of trees blown over, which still grow idly on at naked base, +though perished in the upper verdure. But though his whole life was now +become one watch on deck; and though the Parsee's mystic watch was without +intermission as his own; yet these two never seemed to speak --one man to the +other --unless at long intervals some passing unmomentous matter made it +necessary. Though such a potent spell seemed secretly to join the twain; +openly, and to the awe-struck crew, they seemed pole-like asunder. If by day +they chanced to speak one word; by night, dumb men were both, so far as +concerned the slightest verbal interchange. At times, for longest hours, +without a single hail, they stood far parted in the starlight; Ahab in his +scuttle, the Parsee by the mainmast; but still fixedly gazing upon each +other; as if in the Parsee Ahab saw his forethrown shadow, in Ahab the +Parsee his abandoned substance. And yet, somehow, did Ahab --in his own proper +self, as daily, hourly, and every instant, commandingly revealed to his +subordinates, --Ahab seemed an independent lord; the Parsee but his slave. +Still again both seemed yoked together, and an unseen +..

+tyrant driving them; the lean shade siding the solid rib. For be this Parsee +what he may, all rib and keel was solid Ahab. At the first faintest +glimmering of the dawn, his iron voice was heard from aft -- Man the +mast-heads! --and all through the day, till after sunset and after twilight, +the same voice every hour, at the striking of the helmsman's bell, was heard +-- What d'ye see? --sharp! sharp! But when three or four days had slided by, +after meeting the children-seeking Rachel; and no spout had yet been seen; +the monomaniac old man seemed distrustful of his crew's fidelity; at least, +of nearly all except the Pagan harpooneers; he seemed to doubt, even, whether +Stubb and Flask might not willingly overlook the sight he sought. But if +these suspicions were really his, he sagaciously refrained from verbally +expressing them, however his actions might seem to hint them. I will have +the first sight of the whale myself, --he said. Aye! Ahab must have the +doubloon! and with his own hands he rigged a nest of basketed bowlines; and +sending a hand aloft, with a single sheaved block, to secure to the +main-mast head, he received the two ends of the downward-reeved rope; and +attaching one to his basket prepared a pin for the other end, in order to +fasten it at the rail. This done, with that end yet in his hand and standing +beside the pin, he looked round upon his crew, sweeping from one to the +other; pausing his glance long upon Daggoo, Queequeg, Tashtego; but shunning + + Fedallah; and then settling his firm relying eye upon the chief mate, said, +-- Take the rope, sir --I give it into thy hands, Starbuck. Then arranging +his person in the basket, he gave the word for them to hoist him to his +perch, Starbuck being the one who secured the rope at last; and afterwards +stood near it. And thus, with one hand clinging round the royal mast, Ahab +gazed abroad upon the sea for miles and miles, --ahead, astern, this side, and +that, --within the wide expanded circle commanded at so great a height. When +in working with his hands at some lofty almost isolated place in the rigging, +which chances to afford no foothold, the sailor at sea is hoisted up to that +spot, and sustained there by +..

+the rope; under these circumstances, its fastened end on deck is always given +in strict charge to some one man who has the special watch of it. Because in +such a wilderness of running rigging, whose various different relations aloft +cannot always be infallibly discerned by what is seen of them at the deck; +and when the deck-ends of these ropes are being every few minutes cast down +from the fastenings, it would be but a natural fatality, if, unprovided with +a constant watchman, the hoisted sailor should by some carelessness of the +crew be cast adrift and fall all swooping to the sea. So Ahab's proceedings +in this matter were not unusual; the only strange thing about them seemed to +be, that Starbuck, almost the one only man who had ever ventured to oppose +him with anything in the slightest degree approaching to decision --one of +those too, whose faithfulness on the look-out he had seemed to doubt somewhat; +--it was strange, that this was the very man he should select for his watchman; + + freely giving his whole life into such an otherwise distrusted person's +hands. Now, the first time Ahab was perched aloft; ere he had been there ten +minutes; one of those red-billed savage sea-hawks which so often fly +incommodiously close round the manned mast-heads of whalemen in these +latitudes; one of these birds came wheeling and screaming round his head in a +maze of untrackably swift circlings. Then it darted a thousand feet straight +up into the air; then spiralized downwards, and went eddying again round his +head. But with his gaze fixed upon the dim and distant horizon, Ahab seemed +not to mark this wild bird; nor, indeed, would any one else have marked it +much, it being no uncommon circumstance; only now almost the least heedful +eye seemed to see some sort of cunning meaning in almost every sight. Your +hat, your hat, sir! suddenly cried the Sicilian seaman, who being posted at +the mizen-mast-head, stood directly behind Ahab, though somewhat lower than +his level, and with a deep gulf of air dividing them. But already the sable +wing was before the old man's eyes; the long hooked bill at his head: with a +scream, the black hawk darted away with his prize. +..

+an eagle flew thrice round Tarquin's head, removing his cap to replace it, +and thereupon Tanaquil, his wife, declared that Tarquin would be king of Rome. + + But only by the replacing of the cap was that omen accounted good. Ahab's +hat was never restored; the wild hawk flew on and on with it; far in +advance of the prow: and at last disappeared; while from the point of that +disappearance, a minute black spot was dimly discerned, falling from that vast +height into the sea. +..

+.. < chapter cxxxi 10 THE PEQUOD MEETS THE DELIGHT > + + The intense Pequod +sailed on; the rolling waves and days went by; the life-buoy-coffin still +lightly swung; and another ship, most miserably misnamed the Delight, was +descried. As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, +called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the +height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged, or +disabled boats. Upon the stranger's shears were beheld the shattered, white +ribs, and some few splintered planks, of what had once been a whale-boat; but +you now saw through this wreck, as plainly as you see through the peeled, +half-unhinged, and bleaching skeleton of a horse. Hast seen the White +Whale? Look! replied the hollow-cheeked captain from his taffrail; and +with his trumpet he pointed to the wreck. Hast killed him? The harpoon is +not yet forged that will ever do that, answered the other, sadly glancing +upon a rounded hammock on the deck, whose gathered sides some noiseless +sailors were busy in sewing together. Not forged! and snatching Perth's +levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming -- Look ye, +Nantucketer; +..

+here in this hand I hold his death! Tempered in blood, and tempered by +lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot +place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life! + + Then God keep thee, old man --see'st thou that --pointing to the hammock -- I +bury but one of five stout men, who were alive only yesterday; but were dead +ere night. Only that one I bury; the rest were buried before they died; +you sail upon their tomb. Then turning to his crew -- Are ye ready there? +place the plank then on the rail, and lift the body; so, then -- Oh! God +--advancing towards the hammock with uplifted hands -- may the resurrection and +the life-- Brace forward! Up helm! cried Ahab like lightning to his men. +But the suddenly started Pequod was not quick enough to escape the sound of +the splash that the corpse soon made as it struck the sea; not so quick, +indeed, but that some of the flying bubbles might have sprinkled her hull with +their ghostly baptism. As Ahab now glided from the dejected Delight, the +strange life-buoy hanging at the Pequod's stern came into conspicuous relief. + + Ha! yonder! look yonder, men! cried a foreboding voice in her wake. In +vain, oh, ye strangers, ye fly our sad burial; ye but turn us your taffrail +to show us your coffin! +..

+.. < chapter cxxxii 26 THE SYMPHONY > + + It was a clear steel-blue day. The +firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; +only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, +and the robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells, +as Samson's chest in his sleep. +..

+Hither, and thither, on high, glided the snow-white wings of small, +unspeckled birds; these were the gentle thoughts of the feminine air; but to +and fro in the deeps, far down in the bottomless blue, rushed mighty +leviathans, sword-fish, and sharks; and these were the strong, troubled, +murderous thinkings of the masculine sea. But though thus contrasting within, + + the contrast was only in shades and shadows without; those two seemed one; +it was only the sex, as it were, that distinguished them. Aloft, like a royal +czar and king, the sun seemed giving this gentle air to this bold and rolling +sea; even as bride to groom. And at the girdling line of the horizon, a +soft and tremulous motion --most seen here at the equator --denoted the fond, +throbbing trust, the loving alarms, with which the poor bride gave her bosom +away. Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm +and unyielding; his eyes glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of +ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn; lifting his +splintered helmet of a brow to the fair girl's forehead of heaven. Oh, +immortal infancy, and innocency of the azure! Invisible winged creatures +that frolic all round us! Sweet childhood of air and sky! how oblivious were +ye of old Ahab's close-coiled woe! But so have I seen little Miriam and +Martha, laughing-eyed elves, heedlessly gambol around their old sire; +sporting with the circle of singed locks which grew on the marge of that +burnt-out crater of his brain. Slowly crossing the deck from the scuttle, +Ahab leaned over the side, and watched how his shadow in the water sank and +sank to his gaze, the more and the more that he strove to pierce the +profundity. But the lovely aromas in that enchanted air did at last seem to +dispel, for a moment, the cankerous thing in his soul. That glad, happy air, +that winsome sky, did at last stroke and caress him; the step-mother world, +so long cruel -- forbidding --now threw affectionate arms round his stubborn +neck, and did seem to joyously sob over him, as if over one, that however +wilful and erring, she could yet find it in her +..

+heart to save and to bless. From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear +into the sea; nor did all the pacific contain such wealth as that one wee +drop. Starbuck saw the old man; saw him, how he heavily leaned over the +side; and he seemed to hear in his own true heart the measureless sobbing +that stole out of the centre of the serenity around. Careful not to touch +him, or be noticed by him, he yet drew near to him, and stood there. Ahab +turned. Starbuck! Sir. Oh, Starbuck! it is a mild, mild wind, and a +mild looking sky. On such a day --very much such a sweetness as this --I +struck my first whale --a boy-harpooneer of eighteen! Forty-- forty--forty years +ago! --ago! Forty years of continual whaling! forty years of privation, and +peril, and storm-time! forty years on the pitiless sea! for forty years has +Ahab forsaken the peaceful land, for forty years to make war on the horrors +of the deep! Aye and yes, Starbuck, out of those forty years I have not spent + + three ashore. When I think of this life I have led; the desolation of +solitude it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's exclusiveness, +which admits but small entrance to any sympathy from the green country without +--oh, weariness! heaviness! Guinea-coast slavery of solitary command! --when +I think of all this; only half-suspected, not so keenly known to me before +--and how for forty years I have fed upon dry salted fare -- fit emblem of the +dry nourishment of my soul --when the poorest landsman has had fresh fruit to +his daily hand, and broken the world's fresh bread to my mouldy crusts --away, + + whole oceans away, from that young girl-wife I wedded past fifty, and +sailed for Cape Horn the next day, leaving but one dent in my marriage +pillow --wife? wife? --rather a widow with her husband alive! Aye, I widowed +that poor girl when I married her, Starbuck; and then, the madness, the +frenzy, the boiling blood and the smoking brow, with which, for a thousand +lowerings old Ahab has furiously, foamingly chased his prey --more a demon +than a man! --aye, aye! what a forty years' fool --fool --old fool, has old +Ahab been! Why this strife of the chase? why weary, +..

+and palsy the arm at the oar, and the iron, and the lance? how the richer or +better is Ahab now? Behold. Oh, Starbuck! is it not hard, that with this +weary load I bear, one poor leg should have been snatched from under me? +Here, brush this old hair aside; it blinds me, that I seem to weep. Locks +so grey did never grow but from out some ashes! But do I look very old, so +very, very old, Starbuck? I feel deadly faint, bowed, and humped, as though +I were Adam, staggering beneath the piled centuries since Paradise. God! +God! God! --crack my heart!-- stave my brain! --mockery! mockery! bitter, +biting mockery of grey hairs, have I lived enough joy to wear ye; and seem +and feel thus intolerably old? Close! stand close to me, Starbuck; let me +look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better +than to gaze upon God. By the green land; by the bright hearth-stone! this +is the magic glass, man; I see my wife and my child in thine eye. No, no; +stay on board, on board! --lower not when I do; when branded Ahab gives chase + + to Moby Dick. That hazard shall not be thine. No, no! not with the far +away home I see in that eye! Oh, my Captain! my Captain! noble soul! +grand old heart, after all! why should any one give chase to that hated fish! + + Away with me! let us fly these deadly waters! let us home! Wife and child, +too, are Starbuck's --wife and child of his brotherly, sisterly, play-fellow +youth; even as thine, sir, are the wife and child of thy loving, longing, +paternal old age! Away! let us away! --this instant let me alter the course! +How cheerily, how hilariously, O my Captain, would we bowl on our way to +see old Nantucket again! I think, sir, they have some such mild blue days, +even as this, in nantucket. they have, they have. I have seen them --some +summer days in the morning. About this time --yes, it is his noon nap now -- +the boy vivaciously wakes; sits up in bed; and his mother tells him of me, +of cannibal old me; how I am abroad upon the deep, but will yet come back to +dance him again. Tis my Mary, my Mary herself! She promised that my boy, +every morning, should be carried to the hill to catch the first glimpse of +his father's sail! Yes, yes! no more! it is done! we head for Nantucket! +Come, my Captain, study out the course, +..

+and let us away! See, see! the boy's face from the window! the boy's hand +on the hill! But Ahab's glance was averted; like a blighted fruit tree he +shook, and cast his last, cindered apple to the soil. What is it, what +nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozzening, hidden lord and +master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural +lovings and longings, I so keep pushing, and crowding, and jamming myself on +all the time; recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural +heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, +that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not of himself; but is as an +errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible + + power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think +thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that +living, and not I. By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this +world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike. And all the time, +lo! that smiling sky, and this unsounded sea! Look! see yon Albicore! who +put it into him to chase and fang that flying-fish? Where do murderers go, +man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar? But it is +a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky; and the air smells now, as if it +blew from a far-away meadow; they have been making hay somewhere under the +slopes of the Andes, Starbuck, and the mowers are sleeping among the +new-mown hay. Sleeping? Aye, toil we how we may, we all sleep at last on the +field. Sleep? Aye, and rust amid greenness; as last year's scythes flung +down, and left in the half-cut swaths --Starbuck! But blanched to a +corpse's hue with despair, the Mate had stolen away. Ahab crossed the deck +to gaze over on the other side; but started at two reflected, fixed eyes in +the water there. Fedallah was motionlessly leaning over the same rail. +..

+.. < chapter cxxxiii 2 THE CHASE--FIRST DAY > + + That night, in the mid-watch, +when the old man --as his wont at intervals --stepped forth from the scuttle in +which he leaned, and went to his pivot-hole, he suddenly thrust out his +face fiercely, snuffing up the sea air as a sagacious ship's dog will, in +drawing nigh to some barbarous isle. He declared that a whale must be near. +Soon that peculiar odor, sometimes to a great distance given forth by the +living sperm whale, was palpable to all the watch; nor was any mariner +surprised when, after inspecting the compass, and then the dog-vane, and +then ascertaining the precise bearing of the odor as nearly as possible, Ahab +rapidly ordered the ship's course to be slightly altered, and the sail to be +shortened. The acute policy dictating these movements was sufficiently +vindicated at daybreak, by the sight of a long sleek on the sea directly and +lengthwise ahead, smooth as oil, and resembling in the pleated watery +wrinkles bordering it, the polished metallic-like marks of some swift +tide-rip, at the mouth of a deep, rapid stream. Man the mast-heads! Call +all hands! Thundering with the butts of three clubbed handspikes on the +forecastle deck, Daggoo roused the sleepers with such judgment claps that +they seemed to exhale from the scuttle, so instantaneously did they appear +with their clothes in their hands. What d'ye see? cried Ahab, flattening +his face to the sky. Nothing, nothing, sir! was the sound hailing down in +reply. T'gallant sails! --stunsails! alow and aloft, and on both sides! All +sail being set, he now cast loose the life-line, reserved for swaying him to +the main royal-mast head; and in a few moments they were hoisting him +thither, when, while but two thirds of the way aloft, and while peering +ahead through the horizontal vacancy between the main-top-sail and +top-gallant-sail, +..

+he raised a gull-like cry in the air, There she blows! --there she blows! A +hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick! Fired by the cry which seemed +simultaneously taken up by the three look-outs, the men on deck rushed to the +rigging to behold the famous whale they had so long been pursuing. Ahab had +now gained his final perch, some feet above the other look-outs, Tashtego +standing just beneath him on the cap of the top-gallant mast, so that the +Indian's head was almost on a level with Ahab's heel. From this height the +whale was now seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea revealing +his high sparkling hump, and regularly jetting his silent spout into the air. + + To the credulous mariners it seemed the same silent spout they had so long +ago beheld in the moonlit Atlantic and Indian Oceans. And did none of ye see +it before? cried Ahab, hailing the perched men all around him. I saw him +almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out, said +Tashtego. Not the same instant; not the same --no, the doubloon is mine, +Fate reserved the doubloon for me. I only; none of ye could have raised the +White Whale first. There she blows! there she blows! --there she blows! +There again! --there again! he cried, in long-drawn, lingering, methodic +tones, attuned to the gradual prolongings of the whale's visible jets. He's +going to sound! In stunsails! Down top-gallant-sails! Stand by three +boats. Mr. Starbuck, remember, stay on board, and keep the ship. Helm +there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady! There go flukes! No, +no; only black water! All ready the boats there? Stand by, stand by! +Lower me, Mr. Starbuck; lower, lower, --quick, quicker! and he slid through +the air to the deck. He is heading straight to leeward, sir, cried Stubb, + + right away from us; cannot have seen the ship yet. Be dumb, man! Stand +by the braces! Hard down the helm! --brace up! Shiver her! --shiver her! So; +well that! Boats, boats! Soon all the boats but Starbuck's were dropped; +all the boat-sails set --all the paddles plying; with rippling swiftness, +shooting to leeward; and Ahab heading the onset. A pale, death-glimmer +..

+lit up Fedallah's sunken eyes; a hideous motion gnawed his mouth. Like +noiseless nautilus shells, their light prows sped through the sea; but only +slowly they neared the foe. As they neared him, the ocean grew still more +smooth; seemed drawing a carpet over its waves; seemed a noon-meadow, so +serenely it spread. At length the breathless hunter came so nigh his +seemingly unsuspecting prey, that his entire dazzling hump was distinctly +visible, sliding along the sea as if an isolated thing, and continually +set in a revolving ring of finest, fleecy, greenish foam. He saw the vast, +involved wrinkles of the slightly projecting head beyond. Before it, far out +on the soft Turkish-rugged waters, went the glistening white shadow from his +broad, milky forehead, a musical rippling playfully accompanying the shade; +and behind, the blue waters interchangeably flowed over into the moving valley +of his steady wake; and on either hand bright bubbles arose and danced by his +side. But these were broken again by the light toes of hundreds of gay fowl +softly feathering the sea, alternate with their fitful flight; and like to +some flag-staff rising from the painted hull of an argosy, the tall but +shattered pole of a recent lance projected from the white whale's back; and +at intervals one of the cloud of soft-toed fowls hovering, and to and fro +skimming like a canopy over the fish, silently perched and rocked on this +pole, the long tail feathers streaming like pennons. A gentle joyousness --a +mighty mildness of repose in swiftness, invested the gliding whale. Not the +white bull Jupiter swimming away with ravished Europa clinging to his graceful + + horns; his lovely, leering eyes sideways intent upon the maid; with smooth +bewitching fleetness, rippling straight for the nuptial bower in Crete; not +Jove, not that great majesty Supreme! did surpass the glorified White Whale +as he so divinely swam. On each soft side --coincident with the parted swell, +that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away --on each bright side, +the whale shed off enticings. No wonder there had been some among the hunters +who namelessly transported and allured by all this serenity, had ventured to +assail it; but had fatally +..

+found that quietude but the vesture of tornadoes. Yet calm, enticing calm, +oh, whale! thou glidest on, to all who for the first time eye thee, no +matter how many in that same way thou may'st have bejuggled and destroyed +before. And thus, through the serene tranquillities of the tropical sea, +among waves whose hand-clappings were suspended by exceeding rapture, Moby +Dick moved on, still withholding from sight the full terrors of his submerged +trunk, entirely hiding the wrenched hideousness of his jaw. But soon the +fore part of him slowly rose from the water; for an instant his whole +marbleized body formed a high arch, like Virginia's Natural Bridge, and +warningly waving his bannered flukes in the air, the grand god revealed +himself, sounded, and went out of sight. Hoveringly halting, and dipping on +the wing, the white sea-fowls longingly lingered over the agitated pool that +he left. With oars apeak, and paddles down, the sheets of their sails +adrift, the three boats now stilly floated, awaiting Moby Dick's +reappearance. An hour, said Ahab, standing rooted in his boat's stern; +and he gazed beyond the whale's place, towards the dim blue spaces and wide +wooing vacancies to leeward. It was only an instant; for again his eyes +seemed whirling round in his head as he swept the watery circle. The breeze +now freshened; the sea began to swell. The birds! --the birds! cried +Tashtego. In long Indian file, as when herons take wing, the white birds +were now all flying towards Ahab's boat; and when within a few yards began +fluttering over the water there, wheeling round and round, with joyous, +expectant cries. Their vision was keener than man's; Ahab could discover no +sign in the sea. But suddenly as he peered down and down into its depths, he +profoundly saw a white living spot no bigger than a white weasel, with +wonderful celerity uprising, and magnifying as it rose, till it turned, and +then there were plainly revealed two long crooked rows of white, glistening +teeth, floating up from the undiscoverable bottom. It was Moby Dick's open +mouth and scrolled jaw; his vast, shadowed bulk still half blending with the +blue of the sea. The glittering mouth yawned beneath +..

+the boat like an open-doored marble tomb; and giving one side-long sweep with +his steering oar, Ahab whirled the craft aside from this tremendous +apparition. Then, calling upon Fedallah to change places with him, went +forward to the bows, and seizing Perth's harpoon, commanded his crew to +grasp their oars and stand by to stern. Now, by reason of this timely +spinning round the boat upon its axis, its bow, by anticipation, was made to +face the whale's head while yet under water. But as if perceiving this +strategem, moby dick, with that malicious intelligence ascribed to him, +sidelingly transplanted himself, as it were, in an instant, shooting his +pleated head lengthwise beneath the boat. Through and through; through every +plank and each rib, it thrilled for an instant, the whale obliquely lying on +his back, in the manner of a biting shark, slowly and feelingly taking its +bows full within his mouth, so that the long, narrow, scrolled lower jaw +curled high up into the open air, and one of the teeth caught in a row-lock. +The bluish pearl-white of the inside of the jaw was within six inches of +Ahab's head, and reached higher than that. In this attitude the White Whale +now shook the slight cedar as a mildly cruel cat her mouse. With unastonished + + eyes Fedallah gazed, and crossed his arms; but the tiger-yellow crew were +tumbling over each other's heads to gain the uttermost stern. And now, while +both elastic gunwales were springing in and out, as the whale dallied with +the doomed craft in this devilish way; and from his body being submerged +beneath the boat, he could not be darted at from the bows, for the bows were +almost inside of him, as it were; and while the other boats involuntarily +paused, as before a quick crisis impossible to withstand, then it was that +monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which +placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with +all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to +wrench it from its gripe. As now he thus vainly strove, the jaw slipped +from him; the frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, +like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in +twain, and locked themselves fast again in +..

+the sea, midway between the two floating wrecks. These floated aside, the +broken ends drooping, the crew at the stern-wreck clinging to the gunwales, +and striving to hold fast to the oars to lash them across. At that preluding +moment, ere the boat was yet snapped, Ahab, the first to perceive the whale's +intent, by the crafty upraising of his head, a movement that loosed his +hold for the time; at that moment his hand had made one final effort to push +the boat out of the bite. But only slipping further into the whale's mouth, +and tilting over sideways as it slipped, the boat had shaken off his hold on +the jaw; spilled him out of it, as he leaned to the push; and so he fell +flat-faced upon the sea. Ripplingly withdrawing from his prey, Moby Dick now +lay at a little distance, vertically thrusting his oblong white head up and +down in the billows; and at the same time slowly revolving his whole spindled +body; so that when his vast wrinkled forehead rose --some twenty or more feet +out of the water --the now rising swells, with all their confluent waves, +dazzlingly broke against it; vindictively tossing their shivered spray still +higher into the air. So, in a gale, the but half-baffled Channel billows only +recoil from the base of the Eddystone, triumphantly to overleap its summit +with their scud. But soon resuming his horizontal attitude, Moby Dick swam +swiftly round and round the wrecked crew; sideways churning the water in his +vengeful wake, as if lashing himself up to still another and more deadly +assault. The sight of the splintered boat seemed to madden him, as the blood +of grapes and mulberries cast before Antiochus's elephants in the book of +Maccabees. Meanwhile Ahab half smothered in the foam of the whale's insolent +tail, and too much of a cripple to swim, --though he could still keep afloat, +even in the heart of such a whirlpool as that; helpless Ahab's head was seen, + + like a tossed bubble which the least chance shock might burst. From the +boat's fragmentary +..

+stern, Fedallah incuriously and mildly eyed him; the clinging crew, at the +other drifting end, could not succor him; more than enough was it for them +to look to themselves. For so revolvingly appalling was the White Whale's +aspect, and so planetarily swift the ever-contracting circles he made, that +he seemed horizontally swooping upon them. And though the other boats, +unharmed, still hovered hard by; still they dared not pull into the eddy to +strike, lest that should be the signal for the instant destruction of the +jeopardized castaways, Ahab and all; nor in that case could they themselves +hope to escape. With straining eyes, then, they remained on the outer edge +of the direful zone, whose centre had now become the old man's head. +Meantime, from the beginning all this had been descried from the ship's mast +heads; and squaring her yards, she had borne down upon the scene; and was +now so nigh, that Ahab in the water hailed her; -- Sail on the --but that +moment a breaking sea dashed on him from Moby Dick, and whelmed him for the +time. But struggling out of it again, and chancing to rise on a towering +crest, he shouted, -- Sail on the whale! --Drive him off! The Pequod's +prows were pointed; and breaking up the charmed circle, she effectually +parted the white whale from his victim. As he sullenly swam off, the boats +flew to the rescue. Dragged into Stubb's boat with blood-shot, blinded eyes, +the white brine caking in his wrinkles; the long tension of Ahab's bodily +strength did crack, and helplessly he yielded to his body's doom: for a +time, lying all crushed in the bottom of Stubb's boat, like one trodden under +foot of herds of elephants. Far inland, nameless wails came from him, as +desolate sounds from out ravines. But this intensity of his physical +prostration did but so much the more abbreviate it. In an instant's compass, +great hearts sometimes condense to one deep pang, the sum total of those +shallow pains kindly diffused through feebler men's whole lives. And so, such +hearts, though summary in each one suffering; still, if the gods decree it, +in their life-time aggregate a whole age of woe, wholly made up of +instantaneous intensities; for even in their pointless centres, those noble +natures contain the entire circumferences of inferior souls. +..

+ + The harpoon, said Ahab, half way rising, and draggingly leaning on one +bended arm -- is it safe? Aye, sir, for it was not darted; this is it, said +Stubb, showing it. Lay it before me; --any missing men? One, two, three, +four, five; --there were five oars, sir, and here are five men. That's +good. --Help me, man; I wish to stand. So, so, I see him! there! there! +going to leeward still; what a leaping spout! Hands off from me! The eternal +sap runs up in Ahab's bones again! Set the sail; out oars; the helm! It +is often the case that when a boat is stove, its crew, being picked up by +another boat, help to work that second boat; and the chase is thus continued +with what is called double-banked oars. It was thus now. But the added power +of the boat did not equal the added power of the whale, for he seemed to have + + treble-banked his every fin; swimming with a velocity which plainly showed, +that if now, under these circumstances, pushed on, the chase would prove an +indefinitely prolonged, if not a hopeless one; nor could any crew endure for +so long a period, such an unintermitted, intense straining at the oar; a +thing barely tolerable only in some one brief vicissitude. The ship itself, +then, as it sometimes happens, offered the most promising intermediate means +of overtaking the chase. Accordingly, the boats now made for her, and were +soon swayed up to their cranes --the two parts of the wrecked boat having been +previously secured by her --and then hoisting everything to her side, and +stacking her canvas high up, and sideways outstretching it with stun-sails, +like the double-jointed wings of an albatross; the Pequod bore down in the +leeward wake of Moby Dick. At the well known, methodic intervals, the +whale's glittering spout was regularly announced from the manned mast-heads; +and when he would be reported as just gone down, Ahab would take the time, +and then pacing the deck, binnacle-watch in hand, so soon as the last second +of the allotted hour expired, his voice was heard. -- Whose is the doubloon +now? D'ye see him? and if the reply was, No, sir! straightway he +commanded them to lift him to his perch. In this way the day wore on; Ahab, + +..

+now aloft and motionless; anon, unrestingly pacing the planks. As he was thus +walking, uttering no sound, except to hail the men aloft, or to bid them +hoist a sail still higher, or to spread one to a still greater breadth --thus +to and fro pacing, beneath his slouched hat, at every turn he passed his own +wrecked boat, which had been dropped upon the quarter-deck, and lay there +reversed; broken bow to shattered stern. At last he paused before it; and +as in an already over-clouded sky fresh troops of clouds will sometimes sail +across, so over the old man's face there now stole some such added gloom as +this. Stubb saw him pause; and perhaps intending, not vainly, though, to +evince his own unabated fortitude, and thus keep up a valiant place in his +Captain's mind, he advanced, and eyeing the wreck exclaimed -- The thistle +the ass refused; it pricked his mouth too keenly, sir; ha! ha! What +soulless thing is this that laughs before a wreck? Man, man! did I not know +thee brave as fearless fire (and as mechanical) I could swear thou wert a +poltroon. Groan nor laugh should be heard before a wreck. Aye, sir, said +Starbuck drawing near, 'tis a solemn sight; an omen, and an ill one. + + Omen? omen? --the dictionary! If the gods think to speak outright to man, +they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and give an old +wives' darkling hint. --Begone! Ye two are the opposite poles of one thing; +Starbuck is Stubb reversed, and Stubb is Starbuck; and ye two are all +mankind; and Ahab stands alone among the millions of the peopled earth, nor +gods nor men his neighbors! Cold, cold --I shiver! --How now? Aloft there! +D'ye see him? Sing out for every spout, though he spout ten times a second! +The day was nearly done; only the hem of his golden robe was rustling. Soon, +it was almost dark, but the look-out men still remained unset. Can't see +the spout now, sir; --too dark --cried a voice from the air. How heading when +last seen? As before, sir, --straight to leeward. Good! he will travel +slower now 'tis night. Down royals and +..

+top-gallant stun-sails, Mr. Starbuck. We must not run over him before +morning; he's making a passage now, and may heave-to a while. Helm there! +keep her full before the wind! --Aloft! come down! --Mr. Stubb, send a fresh +hand to the fore-mast head, and see it manned till morning. --Then advancing +towards the doubloon in the main-mast -- Men, this gold is mine, for I earned +it; but I shall let it abide here till the White Whale is dead; and then, +whosoever of ye first raises him, upon the day he shall be killed, this gold +is that man's; and if on that day I shall again raise him, then, ten times +its sum shall be divided among all of ye! Away now! --the deck is thine, sir. + + And so saying, he placed himself half way within the scuttle, and slouching +his hat, stood there till dawn, except when at intervals rousing himself to +see how the night wore on. +..

+This motion is peculiar to the sperm whale. It receives its designation +(pitchpoling) from its being likened to that preliminary up-and-down poise +of the whale-lance, in the exercise called pitchpoling, previously +described. By this motion the whale must best and most comprehensively view +whatever objects may be encircling him. +..

+.. < chapter cxxxiv 16 THE CHASE--SECOND DAY > + + At day-break, the three +mast-heads were punctually manned afresh. D'ye see him? cried Ahab, after +allowing a little space for the light to spread. see nothing, sir. Turn +up all hands and make sail! he travels faster than I thought for; --the +top-gallant sails! --aye, they should have been kept on her all night. But no +matter --'tis but resting for the rush. Here be it said, that this +pertinacious pursuit of one particular whale, continued through day into +night, and through night into day, is a thing by no means unprecedented in +the South sea fishery. For such is the wonderful skill, prescience of +experience, and invincible confidence acquired by some great natural geniuses +among the Nantucket commanders; that from the simple observation of a whale +when last descried, they will, +..

+under certain given circumstances, pretty accurately foretell both the +direction in which he will continue to swim for a time, while out of sight, +as well as his probable rate of progression during that period. And, in these +cases, somewhat as a pilot, when about losing sight of a coast, whose +general trending he well knows, and which he desires shortly to return to +again, but at some further point; like as this pilot stands by his compass, +and takes the precise bearing of the cape at present visible, in order the +more certainly to hit aright the remote, unseen headland, eventually to be +visited: so does the fisherman, at his compass, with the whale; for after +being chased, and diligently marked, through several hours of daylight, +then, when night obscures the fish, the creature's future wake through the +darkness is almost as established to the sagacious mind of the hunter, as the +pilot's coast is to him. So that to this hunter's wondrous skill, the +proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired +purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land. And as the mighty iron +Leviathan of the modern railway is so familiarly known in its every pace, +that, with watches in their hands, men time his rate as doctors that of a +baby's pulse; and lightly say of it, the up train or the down train will +reach such or such a spot, at such or such an hour; even so, almost, there +are occasions when these Nantucketers time that other Leviathan of the deep, +according to the observed humor of his speed; and say to themselves, so many +hours hence this whale will have gone two hundred miles, will have about +reached this or that degree of latitude or longitude. But to render this +acuteness at all successful in the end, the wind and the sea must be the +whaleman's allies; for of what present avail to the becalmed or windbound +mariner is the skill that assures him he is exactly ninety-three leagues and a +quarter from his port? Inferable from these statements, are many +collateral subtile matters touching the chase of whales. The ship tore on; +leaving such a furrow in the sea as when a cannon-ball, missent, becomes a +plough-share and turns up the level field. By salt and hemp! cried Stubb, + + but this swift motion of the deck creeps up one's legs and tingles at the +heart. This +..

+ship and I are two brave fellows! --Ha! ha! Some one take me up, and launch +me, spine-wise, on the sea, --for by live-oaks! my spine's a keel. Ha, ha! +we go the gait that leaves no dust behind! There she blows --she blows! --she +blows! --right ahead! was now the mast-head cry. Aye, aye! cried Stubb. + + I knew it --ye can't escape --blow on and split your spout, O whale! the mad +fiend himself is after ye! blow your trump --blister your lungs! --Ahab will +dam off your blood, as a miller shuts his water-gate upon the stream! And +Stubb did but speak out for well nigh all that crew. The frenzies of the +chase had by this time worked them bubblingly up, like old wine worked anew. +Whatever pale fears and forebodings some of them might have felt before; +these were not only now kept out of sight through the growing awe of Ahab, +but they were broken up, and on all sides routed, as timid prairie hares +that scatter before the bounding bison. The hand of Fate had snatched all +their souls; and by the stirring perils of the previous day; the rack of the +past night's suspense; the fixed, unfearing, blind, reckless way in which +their wild craft went plunging towards its flying mark; by all these things, +their hearts were bowled along. The wind that made great bellies of their +sails, and rushed the vessel on by arms invisible as irresistible; this +seemed the symbol of that unseen agency which so enslaved them to the race. +They were one man, not thirty. For as the one ship that held them all; +though it was put together of all contrasting things --oak, and maple, and pine +wood; iron, and pitch, and hemp --yet all these ran into each other in the one +concrete hull, which shot on its way, both balanced and directed by the long +central keel; even so, all the individualities of the crew, this man's +valor, that man's fear; guilt and guiltiness, all varieties were welded +into oneness, and were all directed to that fatal goal which Ahab their one +lord and keel did point to. The rigging lived. The mast-heads, like the tops +of tall palms, were outspreadingly tufted with arms and legs. Clinging to a +spar with one hand, some reached forth the other with impatient wavings; +others, shading their eyes from the vivid sunlight, sat +..

+far out on the rocking yards; all the spars in full bearing of mortals, +ready and ripe for their fate. Ah! how they still strove through that +infinite blueness to seek out the thing that might destroy them! Why sing ye +not out for him, if ye see him? cried Ahab, when, after the lapse of some +minutes since the first cry, no more had been heard. Sway me up, men; ye +have been deceived; not moby dick casts one odd jet that way, and then +disappears. It was even so; in their headlong eagerness, the men had +mistaken some other thing for the whale-spout, as the event itself soon +proved; for hardly had Ahab reached his perch; hardly was the rope belayed +to its pin on deck, when he struck the key-note to an orchestra, that made +the air vibrate as with the combined discharges of rifles. The triumphant +halloo of thirty buckskin lungs was heard, as --much nearer to the ship than +the place of the imaginary jet, less than a mile ahead --Moby Dick bodily +burst into view! For not by any calm and indolent spoutings; not by the +peaceable gush of that mystic fountain in his head, did the White Whale now +reveal his vicinity; but by the far more wondrous phenomenon of breaching. +Rising with his utmost velocity from the furthest depths, the Sperm Whale +thus booms his entire bulk into the pure element of air, and piling up a +mountain of dazzling foam, shows his place to the distance of seven miles and +more. In those moments, the torn, enraged waves he shakes off, seem his +mane; in some cases, this breaching is his act of defiance. There she +breaches! there she breaches! was the cry, as in his immeasureable +bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to Heaven. So suddenly +seen in the blue plain of the sea, and relieved against the still bluer +margin of the sky, the spray that he raised, for the moment, intolerably +glittered and glared like a glacier; and stood there gradually fading and +fading away from its first sparkling intensity, to the dim mistiness of an +advancing shower in a vale. Aye, breach your last to the sun, Moby Dick! +cried Ahab, thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand! --Down! down all of ye, +but one man at the fore. The boats! --stand by! +..

+Unmindful of the tedious rope-ladders of the shrouds, the men, like shooting +stars, slid to the deck, by the isolated back-stays and halyards; while +Ahab, less dartingly, but still rapidly was dropped from his perch. Lower +away, he cried, so soon as he had reached his boat --a spare one, rigged the +afternoon previous. Mr. Starbuck, the ship is thine --keep away from the +boats, but keep near them. Lower, all! As if to strike a quick terror into +them, by this time being the first assailant himself, Moby Dick had turned, +and was now coming for the three crews. Ahab's boat was central; and +cheering his men, he told them he would take the whale head-and-head, --that +is, pull straight up to his forehead, --a not uncommon thing; for when within +a certain limit, such a course excludes the coming onset from the whale's +sidelong vision. But ere that close limit was gained, and while yet all +three boats were plain as the ship's three masts to his eye; the White Whale +churning himself into furious speed, almost in an instant as it were, +rushing among the boats with open jaws, and a lashing tail, offered +appalling battle on every side; and heedless of the irons darted at him from +every boat, seemed only intent on annihilating each separate plank of which +those boats were made. But skilfully manoeuvred, incessantly wheeling like +trained chargers in the field; the boats for a while eluded him; though, at +times, but by a plank's breadth; while all the time, Ahab's unearthly slogan +tore every other cry but his to shreds. But at last in his untraceable +evolutions, the White Whale so crossed and recrossed, and in a thousand ways +entangled the slack of the three lines now fast to him, that they +foreshortened, and, of themselves, warped the devoted boats towards the +planted irons in him; though now for a moment the whale drew aside a little, +as if to rally for a more tremendous charge. Seizing that opportunity, Ahab +first paid out more line: and then was rapidly hauling and jerking in upon it +again --hoping that way to disencumber it of some snarls --when lo! --a sight +more savage than the embattled teeth of sharks! Caught and twisted +--corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons and lances, with all +their bristling barbs and +..

+points, came flashing and dripping up to the chocks in the bows of Ahab's +boat. Only one thing could be done. Seizing the boat-knife, he critically +reached within --through --and then, without --the rays of steel; dragged in +the line beyond, passed it, inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice +sundering the rope near the chocks --dropped the intercepted fagot of steel +into the sea; and was all fast again. That instant, the White Whale made +a sudden rush among the remaining tangles of the other lines; by so doing, +irresistibly dragged the more involved boats of Stubb and Flask towards his +flukes; dashed them together like two rolling husks on a surf-beaten beach, +and then, diving down into the sea, disappeared in a boiling maelstrom, in +which, for a space, the odorous cedar chips of the wrecks danced round and +round, like the grated nutmeg in a swiftly stirred bowl of punch. While the +two crews were yet circling in the waters, reaching out after the revolving +line-tubs, oars, and other floating furniture, while aslope little Flask +bobbed up and down like an empty vial, twitching his legs upwards to escape +the dreaded jaws of sharks; and Stubb was lustily singing out for some one +to ladle him up; and while the old man's line --now parting -- admitted of his +pulling into the creamy pool to rescue whom he could; --in that wild +simultaneousness of a thousand concreted perils, --Ahab's yet unstricken boat +seemed drawn up towards Heaven by invisible wires, --as, arrow-like, shooting +perpendicularly from the sea, the White Whale dashed his broad forehead +against its bottom, and sent it, turning over and over, into the air; till +it fell again --gunwale downwards --and Ahab and his men struggled out from +under it, like seals from a seaside cave. The first uprising momentum of the +whale --modifying its direction as he struck the surface --involuntarily +launched him along it, to a little distance from the centre of the +destruction he had made; and with his back to it, he now lay for a moment +slowly feeling with his flukes from side to side; and whenever a stray oar, +bit of plank, the least chip or crumb of the boats touched his skin, his tail +swiftly drew back, and came sideways smiting the sea. But soon, as if +satisfied that his work for that time was done, he pushed his pleated +forehead through the +..

+ocean, and trailing after him the intertangled lines, continued his leeward +way at a traveller's methodic pace. As before, the attentive ship having +descried the whole fight, again came bearing down to the rescue, and dropping +a boat, picked up the floating mariners, tubs, oars and whatever else could +be caught at, and safely landed them on her decks. Some sprained shoulders, +wrists, and ankles; livid contusions; wrenched harpoons and lances; +inextricable intricacies of rope; shattered oars and planks; all these were +there; but no fatal or even serious ill seemed to have befallen any one. As +with Fedallah the day before, so Ahab was now found grimly clinging to his +boat's broken half, which afforded a comparatively easy float; nor did it so +exhaust him as the previous day's mishap. But when he was helped to the deck, +all eyes were fastened upon him; as instead of standing by himself he still +half-hung upon the shoulder of Starbuck, who had thus far been the foremost +to assist him. His ivory leg had been snapped off, leaving but one short +sharp splinter. Aye, aye, Starbuck, 'tis sweet to lean sometimes, be the +leaner who he will; and would old Ahab had leaned oftener than he has. The +ferrule has not stood, sir, said the carpenter, now coming up; I put good +work into that leg. But no bones broken, sir, I hope, said Stubb with true +concern. Aye! and all splintered to pieces, Stubb! --d'ye see it. -- But +even with a broken bone, old Ahab is untouched; and I account no living bone +of mine one jot more me, than this dead one that's lost. Nor white whale, +nor man, nor fiend, can so much as graze old Ahab in his own proper and +inaccessible being. Can any lead touch yonder floor, any mast scrape yonder +roof? -- Aloft there! which way? Dead to leeward, sir. Up helm, then; +pile on the sail again, ship keepers! down the rest of the spare boats and +rig them --Mr. Starbuck away, and muster the boat's crews. Let me first help +thee towards the bulwarks, sir. Oh, oh, oh! how this splinter gores me now! + + Accursed fate! +..

+that the unconquerable captain in the soul should have such a craven mate! + + Sir? My body, man, not thee. Give me something for a cane -- there, that +shivered lance will do. Muster the men. Surely I have not seen him yet. By +heaven it cannot be! --missing? -- quick! call them all. The old man's hinted +thought was true. Upon mustering the company, the Parsee was not there. + + The Parsee! cried Stubb -- he must have been caught in-- The black vomit +wrench thee! --run all of ye above, alow, cabin, forecastle --find him --not gone +--not gone! But quickly they returned to him with the tidings that the Parsee +was nowhere to be found. Aye, sir, said Stubb -- caught among the tangles of +your line --I thought I saw him dragging under. My line! my line? Gone? +--gone? What means that little word? --What death-knell rings in it, that old +Ahab shakes as if he were the belfry. The harpoon, too! --toss over the litter + + there, --d'ye see it? --the forged iron, men, the white whale's -- no, no, no, +--blistered fool; this hand did dart it! --'tis in the fish! --Aloft there! +keep him nailed --quick! --all hands to the rigging of the boats --collect the +oars --harpooneers! the irons, the irons! -- hoist the royals higher --a pull +on all the sheets! --helm there! steady, steady for your life! I'll ten +times girdle the unmeasured globe; yea and dive straight through it, but +I'll slay him yet! Great God! but for one single instant show thyself, +cried Starbuck; never, never wilt thou capture him, old man --In Jesus' name +no more of this, that's worse than devil's madness. Two days chased; twice +stove to splinters; thy very leg once more snatched from under thee; thy +evil shadow gone --all good angels mobbing thee with warnings: --what more +wouldst thou have? --Shall we keep chasing this murderous fish till he swamps +the last man? Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea? Shall we +be towed by him to the infernal world? Oh, oh, -- Impiety and blasphemy to +hunt him more! Starbuck, of late I've felt strangely moved to thee; ever +since that hour we both saw --thou know'st what, in one another's +..

+eyes. But in this matter of the whale, be the front of thy face to me as the +palm of this hand --a lipless, unfeatured blank. Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. +This whole act's immutably decreed. 'Twas rehearsed by thee and me a billion +years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the Fates' lieutenant; I act +under orders. Look thou, underling! that thou obeyest mine. --Stand round +me, men. Ye see an old man cut down to the stump; leaning on a shivered +lance; propped up on a lonely foot. 'Tis Ahab --his body's part; but Ahab's +soul's a centipede, that moves upon a hundred legs. I feel strained, half +stranded, as ropes that tow dismasted frigates in a gale; and I may look so. +But ere I break, ye'll hear me crack; and till ye hear that, know that +Ahab's hawser tows his purpose yet. Believe ye, men, in the things called +omens? Then laugh aloud, and cry encore! For ere they drown, drowning things +will twice rise to the surface; then rise again, to sink for evermore. So +with Moby Dick --two days he's floated --to-morrow will be the third. Aye, men, +he'll rise once more, --but only to spout his last! D'ye feel brave men, +brave? As fearless fire, cried Stubb. And as mechanical, muttered Ahab. +Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: -- The things called omens! +And yesterday I talked the same to Starbuck there, concerning my broken +boat. Oh! how valiantly I seek to drive out of others' hearts what's +clinched so fast in mine! --The Parsee --the Parsee! -- gone, gone? and he +was to go before: --but still was to be seen again ere I could perish --How's +that? --There's a riddle now might baffle all the lawyers backed by the ghosts +of the whole line of judges: --like a hawk's beak it pecks my brain. I'll, + + I'll solve it, though! When dusk descended, the whale was still in sight +to leeward. So once more the sail was shortened, and everything passed +nearly as on the previous night; only, the sound of hammers, and the hum of +the grindstone was heard till nearly daylight, as the men toiled by lanterns +in the complete and careful rigging of the spare boats and sharpening their +fresh weapons for the morrow. Meantime, of the broken keel of Ahab's wrecked + + craft the carpenter made him another leg; while still as on the +..

+night before, slouched Ahab stood fixed within his scuttle; his hid, +heliotrope glance anticipatingly gone backward on its dial; sat due eastward +for the earliest sun. +..

+THE CHASE--THIRD DAY The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and +once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds +of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar. + + D'ye see him? cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight. In his +infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that's all. Helm there; +steady, as thou goest, and hast been going. What a lovely day again; were it +a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this +morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn +upon that world. Here's food for thought, had Ahab time to think; but Ahab +never thinks; he only feels, feels, feels; that's tingling enough for +mortal man! to think's audacity. God only has that right and privilege. +Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts +throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that. And yet, I've sometimes +thought my brain was very calm --frozen calm, this old skull cracks so, like +a glass in which the contents turned to ice, and shiver it. And still this +hair is growing now; this moment growing, and heat must breed it; but no, +it's like that sort of common grass that will grow anywhere, between the +earthy clefts of Greenland ice or in Vesuvius lava. How the wild winds blow +it; they whip it about me as the torn shreds of split sails lash the tossed +ship they cling to. A vile wind that has no doubt blown ere this through +prison corridors and cells, and wards of hospitals, and ventilated them, +and now comes blowing hither as innocent as +..

+fleeces. Out upon it! --it's tainted. Were I the wind, I'd blow no more on +such a wicked, miserable world. I'd crawl somewhere to a cave, and slink +there. And yet, 'tis a noble and heroic thing, the wind! who ever +conquered it? In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow. Run tilting +at it, and you but run through it. Ha! a coward wind that strikes stark +naked men, but will not stand to receive a single blow. Even Ahab is a braver + + thing --a nobler thing that that. Would now the wind but had a body; but +all the things that most exasperate and outrage mortal man, all these things +are bodiless, but only bodiless as objects, not as agents. There's a most +special, a most cunning, oh, a most malicious difference! And yet, I say +again, and swear it now, that there's something all glorious and gracious in +the wind. These warm Trade Winds, at least, that in the clear heavens blow +straight on, in strong and steadfast, vigorous mildness; and veer not from +their mark, however the baser currents of the sea may turn and tack, and +mightiest Mississippies of the land swift and swerve about, uncertain where +to go at last. And by the eternal Poles! these same Trades that so directly +blow my good ship on; these Trades, or something like them --something so +unchangeable, and full as strong, blow my keeled soul along! To it! Aloft +there! What d'ye see? Nothing, sir. Nothing! and noon at hand! The +doubloon goes a-begging! See the sun! Aye, aye, it must be so. I've +oversailed him. How, got the start? Aye, he's chasing me now; not I, him +--that's bad; I might have known it, too. Fool! the lines --the harpoons +he's towing. Aye, aye, I have run him by last night. About! about! Come +down, all of ye, but the regular look outs! Man the braces! Steering as +she had done, the wind had been somewhat on the Pequod's quarter, so that +now being pointed in the reverse direction, the braced ship sailed hard upon +the breeze as she rechurned the cream in her own white wake. Against the +wind he now steers for the open jaw, murmured Starbuck to himself, as he +coiled the new-hauled main-brace upon the rail. God keep us, but already my +bones feel +..

+damp within me, and from the inside wet my flesh. I misdoubt me that I +disobey my God in obeying him! Stand by to sway me up! cried Ahab, +advancing to the hempen basket. We should meet him soon. Aye, aye, sir, +and straightway Starbuck did Ahab's bidding, and once more Ahab swung on high. + + a whole hour now passed; gold-beaten out to ages. time itself now held long +breaths with keen suspense. But at last, some three points off the weather +bow, Ahab descried the spout again, and instantly from the three mast-heads +three shrieks went up as if the tongues of fire had voiced it. Forehead to +forehead I meet thee, this third time, Moby Dick! On deck there! --brace +sharper up; crowd her into the wind's eye. He's too far off to lower yet, +Mr. Starbuck. The sails shake! Stand over that helmsman with a top-maul! +So, so; he travels fast, and I must down. But let me have one more good +round look aloft here at the sea; there's time for that. An old, old sight, + + and yet somehow so young; aye, and not changed a wink since I first saw it, + + a boy, from the sand-hills of Nantucket! The same! --the same! --the same to +Noah as to me. There's a soft shower to leeward. Such lovely leewardings! +They must lead somewhere --to something else than common land, more palmy than +the palms. Leeward! the white whale goes that way; look to windward, then; +the better if the bitterer quarter. But good bye, good bye, old mast-head! +What's this? -- green? aye, tiny mosses in these warped cracks. No such green + + weather stains on Ahab's head! There's the difference now between man's old +age and matter's. But aye, old mast, we both grow old together; sound in +our hulls, though, are we not, my ship? Aye, minus a leg, that's all. By +heaven this dead wood has the better of my live flesh every way. I can't +compare with it; and I've known some ships made of dead trees outlast the +lives of men made of the most vital stuff of vital fathers. What's that he +said? he should still go before me, my pilot; and yet to be seen again? But +where? Will I have eyes at the bottom of the sea, supposing I descend those +endless stairs? and all night I've been sailing from him, wherever he did +sink to. Aye, +..

+aye, like many more thou told'st direful truth as touching thyself, O Parsee; + + but, Ahab, there thy shot fell short. Good by, mast-head --keep a good eye +upon the whale, the while I'm gone. We'll talk to-morrow, nay, to-night, +when the white whale lies down there, tied by head and tail. He gave the +word; and still gazing round him, was steadily lowered through the cloven +blue air to the deck. In due time the boats were lowered, but as standing in +his shallop's stern, Ahab just hovered upon the point of the descent, he +waved to the mate, --who held one of the tackle-ropes on deck --and bade him +pause. Starbuck! Sir? For the third time my soul's ship starts upon +this voyage, Starbuck. Aye, sir, thou wilt have it so. Some ships sail +from their ports, and ever afterwards are missing, Starbuck! Truth, sir: +saddest truth. Some men die at ebb tide; some at low water; some at the +full of the flood; --and I feel now like a billow that's all one crested comb, +Starbuck. I am old; --shake hands with me, man. Their hands met; their eyes +fastened; Starbuck's tears the glue. Oh, my captain, my captain! --noble +heart --go not --go not! -- see, it's a brave man that weeps; how great the +agony of the persuasion then! Lower away! --cried Ahab, tossing the mate's +arm from him. Stand by the crew! In an instant the boat was pulling round +close under the stern. The sharks! the sharks! cried a voice from the low +cabin-window there; O master, my master, come back! But Ahab heard +nothing; for his own voice was high-lifted then; and the boat leaped on. +Yet the voice spake true; for scarce had he pushed from the ship, when +numbers of sharks, seemingly rising from out the dark waters beneath the +hull, maliciously snapped at the blades of the oars, every time they dipped +in the water; and in this +..

+way accompanied the boat with their bites. It is a thing not uncommonly +happening to the whale-boats in those swarming seas; the sharks at times +apparently following them in the same prescient way that vultures hover over +the banners of marching regiments in the east. But these were the first +sharks that had been observed by the Pequod since the White Whale had been +first descried; and whether it was that Ahab's crew were all such +tiger-yellow barbarians, and therefore their flesh more musky to the senses +of the sharks --a matter sometimes well known to affect them, --however it was, +they seemed to follow that one boat without molesting the others. Heart of +wrought steel! murmured Starbuck gazing over the side, and following with +his eyes the receding boat -- canst thou yet ring boldly to that sight? +--lowering thy keel among ravening sharks, and followed by them, open-mouthed +to the chase; and this the critical third day? --For when three days flow +together in one continuous intense pursuit; be sure the first is the morning, + + the second the noon, and the third the evening and the end of that thing --be +that end what it may. Oh! my God! what is this that shoots through me, and +leaves me so deadly calm, yet expectant, --fixed at the top of a shudder! +Future things swim before me, as in empty outlines and skeletons; all the +past is somehow grown dim. Mary, girl! thou fadest in pale glories behind +me; boy! I seem to see but thy eyes grown wondrous blue. Strangest problems +of life seem clearing; but clouds sweep between --Is my journey's end coming? +My legs feel faint; like his who has footed it all day. Feel thy heart, +--beats it yet? --Stir thyself, Starbuck! --stave it off-- move, move! speak +aloud! --Mast-head there! See ye my boy's hand on the hill? --Crazed; --aloft +there! --keep thy keenest eye upon the boats: --mark well the whale! --Ho! +again! --drive off that hawk! see! he pecks --he tears the vane --pointing to +the red flag flying at the main-truck -- Ha! he soars away with it! -- Where's +the old man now? sees't thou that sight, oh Ahab! -- shudder, shudder! The +boats had not gone very far, when by a signal from the mast-heads --a downward +pointed arm, Ahab knew that the whale had sounded; but intending to be near +him at the next rising, he +..

+held on his way a little sideways from the vessel; the becharmed crew +maintaining the profoundest silence, as the head-beat waves hammered and +hammered against the opposing bow. Drive, drive in your nails, oh ye waves! +to their uttermost heads, drive them in! ye but strike a thing without a +lid; and no coffin and no hearse can be mine: --and hemp only can kill me! +Ha! ha! Suddenly the waters around them slowly swelled in broad circles; +then quickly upheaved, as if sideways sliding from a submerged berg of ice, +swiftly rising to the surface. A low rumbling sound was heard; a +subterraneous hum; and then all held their breaths; as bedraggled with +trailing ropes, and harpoons, and lances, a vast form shot lengthwise, but +obliquely from the sea. Shrouded in a thin drooping veil of mist, it +hovered for a moment in the rainbowed air; and then fell swamping back into +the deep. Crushed thirty feet upwards, the waters flashed for an instant +like heaps of fountains, then brokenly sank in a shower of flakes, leaving +the circling surface creamed like new milk round the marble trunk of the +whale. Give way! cried Ahab to the oarsmen, and the boats darted forward +to the attack; but maddened by yesterday's fresh irons that corroded in him, +Moby Dick seemed combinedly possessed by all the angels that fell from heaven. + + The wide tiers of welded tendons overspreading his broad white forehead, +beneath the transparent skin, looked knitted together; as head on, he came +churning his tail among the boats; and once more flailed them apart; +spilling out the irons and lances from the two mates' boats, and dashing in +one side of the upper part of their bows, but leaving Ahab's almost without a +scar. While Daggoo and Queequeg were stopping the strained planks; and as +the whale swimming out from them, turned, and showed one entire flank as he +shot by them again; at that moment a quick cry went up. Lashed round and +round to the fish's back; pinioned in the turns upon turns in which, during +the past night, the whale had reeled the involutions of the lines around him, + + the half torn body of the Parsee was seen; his sable raiment frayed to +shreds; his distended eyes turned full upon old Ahab. +..

+The harpoon dropped from his hand. Befooled, befooled! --drawing in a long +lean breath -- Aye, Parsee! I see thee again. --Aye, and thou goest before; +and this, this then is the hearse that thou didst promise. But I hold thee + + to the last letter of thy word. Where is the second hearse? Away, mates, to +the ship! those boats are useless now; repair them if ye can in time, and +return to me; if not, Ahab is enough to die --Down, men! the first thing +that but offers to jump from this boat I stand in, that thing I harpoon. Ye +are not other men, but my arms and my legs; and so obey me. --Where's the +whale? gone down again? But he looked too nigh the boat; for as if bent +upon escaping with the corpse he bore, and as if the particular place of the +last encounter had been but a stage in his leeward voyage, Moby Dick was now +again steadily swimming forward; and had almost passed the ship, --which thus +far had been sailing in the contrary direction to him, though for the present +her headway had been stopped. He seemed swimming with his utmost velocity, +and now only intent upon pursuing his own straight path in the sea. Oh! +Ahab, cried Starbuck, not too late is it, even now, the third day, to +desist. See! Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly +seekest him! Setting sail to the rising wind, the lonely boat was swiftly +impelled to leeward, by both oars and canvas. And at last when Ahab was +sliding by the vessel, so near as plainly to distinguish Starbuck's face as +he leaned over the rail, he hailed him to turn the vessel about, and follow +him, not too swiftly, at a judicious interval. Glancing upwards, he saw +Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo, eagerly mounting to the three mast-heads; +while the oarsmen were rocking in the two staved boats which had but just been +hoisted to the side, and were busily at work in repairing them. One after +the other, through the portholes, as he sped, he also caught flying glimpses +of Stubb and Flask, busying themselves on deck among bundles of new irons and +lances. As he saw all this; as he heard the hammers in the broken boats; +far other hammers seemed driving a nail into his heart. But he rallied. And +now marking that the vane or +..

+flag was gone from the main-mast-head, he shouted to Tashtego, who had just +gained that perch, to descend again for another flag, and a hammer and +nails, and so nail it to the mast. Whether fagged by the three days' running +chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or +whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was +true, the White Whale's way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat +so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale's last start had not +been so long a one as before. And still as Ahab glided over the waves the +unpitying sharks accompanied him; and so pertinaciously stuck to the boat; +and so continually bit at the plying oars, that the blades became jagged and +crunched, and left small splinters in the sea, at almost every dip. Heed +them not! those teeth but give new rowlocks to your oars. Pull on! 'tis the +better rest, the shark's jaw than the yielding water. But at every bite, +sir, the thin blades grow smaller and smaller! They will last long enough! +pull on! --But who can tell --he muttered -- whether these sharks swim to feast +on the whale or on ahab? --But pull on! Aye, all alive, now --we near him. The + + helm! take the helm; let me pass, --and so saying, two of the oarsmen +helped him forward to the bows of the still flying boat. At length as the +craft was cast to one side, and ran ranging along with the White Whale's +flank, he seemed strangely oblivious of its advance --as the whale sometimes +will --and Ahab was fairly within the smoky mountain mist, which, thrown off +from the whale's spout, curled round his great, Monadnock hump; he was even +thus close to him; when, with body arched back, and both arms lengthwise +high-lifted to the poise, he darted his fierce iron, and his far fiercer +curse into the hated whale. As both steel and curse sank to the socket, as +if sucked into a morass, Moby Dick sideways writhed; spasmodically rolled +his nigh flank against the bow, and, without staving a hole in it, so +suddenly canted the boat over, that had it not been for the elevated part of +the gunwale to which he then clung, Ahab would once more have been tossed +into the sea. +..

+As it was, three of the oarsmen --who foreknew not the precise instant of the +dart, and were therefore unprepared for its effects -- these were flung out; +but so fell, that, in an instant two of them clutched the gunwale again, and +rising to its level on a combing wave, hurled themselves bodily inboard +again; the third man helplessly dropping astern, but still afloat and +swimming. Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, +instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea. +But when Ahab cried out to the steersman to take new turns with the line, and +hold it so; and commanded the crew to turn round on their seats, and tow the +boat up to the mark; the moment the treacherous line felt that double strain +and tug, it snapped in the empty air! What breaks in me? Some sinew cracks! +--'tis whole again; oars! oars! Burst in upon him! Hearing the tremendous +rush of the sea-crashing boat, the whale wheeled round to present his blank +forehead at bay; but in that evolution, catching sight of the nearing black +hull of the ship; seemingly seeing in it the source of all his persecutions; +bethinking it --it may be --a larger and nobler foe; of a sudden, he bore down +upon its advancing prow, smiting his jaws amid fiery showers of foam. Ahab +staggered; his hand smote his forehead. I grow blind; hands! stretch out +before me that I may yet grope my way. Is't night? The whale! The ship! +cried the cringing oarsmen. Oars! oars Slope downwards to thy depths, O +sea, that ere it be for ever too late, Ahab may slide this last, last time +upon his mark; I see: the ship! the ship! Dash on, my men! Will ye not +save my ship? But as the oarsmen violently forced their boat through the +sledge-hammering seas, the before whale-smitten bow-ends of two planks burst +through, and in an instant almost, the temporarily disabled boat lay nearly +level with the waves; its half-wading, splashing crew, trying hard to stop +the gap and bale out the pouring water. Meantime, for that one beholding +instant, Tashtego's mast-head hammer remained suspended in his hand; and the +red +..

+flag, half-wrapping him as with a plaid, then streamed itself straight out +from him, as his own forward-flowing heart; while Starbuck and Stubb, +standing upon the bowsprit beneath, caught sight of the down-coming monster +just as soon as he. The whale, the whale! Up helm, up helm! Oh, all ye +sweet powers of air, now hug me close! Let not Starbuck die, if die he +must, in a woman's fainting fit. Up helm, I say --ye fools, the jaw! the +jaw! Is this the end of all my bursting prayers? all my life-long fidelities? + + Oh, Ahab, Ahab, lo, thy work. Steady! helmsman, steady. Nay, nay! Up +helm again! He turns to meet us! Oh, his unappeasable brow drives on towards +one, whose duty tells him he cannot depart. My God, stand by me now! + + Stand not by me, but stand under me, whoever you are that will now help +Stubb; for Stubb, too, sticks here. I grin at thee, thou grinning whale! +Who ever helped Stubb, or kept Stubb awake, but Stubb's own unwinking eye? +And now poor Stubb goes to bed upon a mattrass that is all too soft; would it +were stuffed with brushwood! I grin at thee, thou grinning whale! Look ye, +sun, moon, and stars! I call ye assassins of as good a fellow as ever spouted +up his ghost. For all that, I would yet ring glasses with ye, would ye but +hand the cup! Oh, oh! oh, oh! thou grinning whale, but there'll be plenty +of gulping soon! Why fly ye not, O Ahab! For me, off shoes and jacket to +it; let Stubb die in his drawers! A most mouldy and over salted death, +though; --cherries! cherries! cherries! Oh, Flask, for one red cherry ere we +die! Cherries? I only wish that we were where they grow. Oh, Stubb, I +hope my poor mother's drawn my part-pay ere this; if not, few coppers will now +come to her, for the voyage is up. From the ship's bows, nearly all the +seamen now hung inactive; hammers, bits of plank, lances, and harpoons, +mechanically retained in their hands, just as they had darted from their +various employments; all their enchanted eyes intent upon the whale, which +from side to side strangely vibrating his predestinating head, sent a broad +band of overspreading semicircular foam before him as he rushed. Retribution, + + swift vengeance, eternal malice were in his whole aspect, and spite of all +that mortal man could do, the solid white buttress of his forehead +..

+smote the ship's starboard bow, till men and timbers reeled. Some fell flat +upon their faces. Like dislodged trucks, the heads of the harpooneers aloft +shook on their bull-like necks. Through the breach, they heard the waters +pour, as mountain torrents down a flume. The ship! The hearse! --the second +hearse! cried ahab from the boat; its wood could only be American! +Diving beneath the settling ship, the whale ran quivering along its keel; +but turning under water, swiftly shot to the surface again, far off the +other bow, but within a few yards of Ahab's boat, where, for a time, he lay +quiescent. I turn my body from the sun. What ho, Tashtego! Let me hear thy +hammer. Oh! ye three unsurrendered spires of mine; thou uncracked keel; and +only god-bullied hull; thou firm deck, and haughty helm, and Pole-pointed +prow, --death-glorious ship! must ye then perish, and without me? Am I cut +off from the last fond pride of meanest shipwrecked captains? Oh, lonely +death on lonely life! Oh, now I feel my topmost greatness lies in my topmost +grief. Ho, ho! from all your furthest bounds, pour ye now in, ye bold +billows of my whole foregone life, and top this one piled comber of my death! + + Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last +I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I +spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common +pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still +chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the +spear! The harpoon was darted; the stricken whale flew forward; with +igniting velocity the line ran through the groove; --ran foul. Ahab stooped to +clear it; he did clear it; but the flying turn caught him round the neck, +and voicelessly as Turkish mutes bowstring their victim, he was shot out of +the boat, ere the crew knew he was gone. Next instant, the heavy eye-splice +in the rope's final end flew out of the stark-empty tub, knocked down an +oarsman, and smiting the sea, disappeared in its depths. For an instant, +the tranced boat's crew stood still; then turned. The ship? Great God, +where is the ship? Soon they through dim, bewildering mediums saw her +sidelong fading phantom, + +..

+as in the gaseous Fata Morgana; only the uppermost masts out of water; +while fixed by infatuation, or fidelity, or fate, to their once lofty perches, + + the pagan harpooneers still maintained their sinking lookouts on the sea. +And now, concentric circles seized the lone boat itself, and all its crew, +and each floating oar, and every lance-pole, and spinning, animate and +inanimate, all round and round in one vortex, carried the smallest chip of +the Pequod out of sight. But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured +themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few +inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of +the flag, which calmly undulated, with ironical coincidings, over the +destroying billows they almost touched; --at that instant, a red arm and a +hammer hovered backwardly uplifted in the open air, in the act of nailing the + + flag faster and yet faster to the subsiding spar. A sky-hawk that tauntingly +had followed the main-truck downwards from its natural home among the stars, +pecking at the flag, and incommoding Tashtego there; this bird now chanced +to intercept its broad fluttering wing between the hammer and the wood; and + + simultaneously feeling that etherial thrill, the submerged savage beneath, +in his death-gasp, kept his hammer frozen there; and so the bird of heaven, +with archangelic shrieks, and his imperial beak thrust upwards, and his +whole captive form folded in the flag of Ahab, went down with his ship, +which, like Satan, would not sink to hell till she had dragged a living part +of heaven along with her, and helmeted herself with it. Now small fowls flew +screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its +steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as +it rolled five thousand years ago. +.. < epilogue / This text of Melville's Moby-Dick is based on the Hendricks +House / edition. It was prepared by Professor Eugene F. Irey AT THE +UNIVERSIT +Y / OF +COLORADO, +BOULDER, +COLORADO 80309, +U.+S.+A. / +ANY SUBSEQUENT COP +IES OF THIS DATA MUST INCLUDE THIS NOTICE / AND ANY PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FRO +M ANALYSIS OF THIS DATA MUST INCLUDE / REFERENCE TO +PROFESSOR +IREY'S WORK. +2 +AND +I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE. +JOB. +THE DRAMA'S DONE. ++WHY THEN HERE DOES ANY ONE STEP FORTH? --+BECAUSE ONE DID SURVIVE THE WRECK. + +IT SO CHANCED, THAT AFTER THE +PARSEE'S DISAPPEARANCE, +I WAS HE WHOM THE +FA +TES ORDAINED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF +AHAB'S BOWSMAN, WHEN THAT BOWSMAN ASSUMED TH +E VACANT POST; THE SAME, WHO, WHEN ON THE LAST DAY THE THREE MEN WERE TOSSED F +ROM OUT THE ROCKING BOAT, WAS DROPPED ASTERN. +SO, FLOATING ON THE MARGIN OF + + THE ENSUING SCENE, AND IN FULL SIGHT OF IT, WHEN THE HALF-SPENT SUCTION OF T +HE SUNK SHIP REACHED ME, +I WAS THEN, BUT SLOWLY, DRAWN TOWARDS THE CLOSING VO +RTEX. +WHEN +I REACHED IT, IT HAD SUBSIDED TO A CREAMY POOL. +ROUND AND ROUND +, THEN, AND EVER CONTRACTING TOWARDS THE BUTTON-LIKE BLACK BUBBLE AT THE AXIS + + OF THAT SLOWLY WHEELING CIRCLE, LIKE ANOTHER +IXION +I DID REVOLVE. +TILL, G +AINING THAT VITAL CENTRE, THE BLACK BUBBLE UPWARD BURST; AND NOW, LIBERATED +BY REASON OF ITS CUNNING SPRING, AND OWING TO ITS GREAT BUOYANCY, RISING WITH + + GREAT FORCE, THE COFFIN LIFE-BUOY SHOT LENGTHWISE FROM THE SEA, FELL OVER, +AND FLOATED BY MY SIDE. +BUOYED UP BY THAT COFFIN, FOR ALMOST ONE WHOLE DAY +AND NIGHT, +I FLOATED ON A SOFT AND DIRGE-LIKE MAIN. +THE UNHARMING SHARKS, +THEY GLIDED BY AS IF WITH PADLOCKS ON THEIR MOUTHS; THE SAVAGE SEA-HAWKS SAILE +D WITH SHEATHED BEAKS. +ON THE SECOND DAY, A SAIL DREW NEAR, NEARER, AND PIC +KED ME UP AT LAST. +IT WAS THE DEVIOUS-CRUISING +RACHEL, THAT IN HER RETRACIN diff --git a/sentiment.ipynb b/sentiment.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4bfdb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/sentiment.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,1216 @@ +{ + "cells": [ + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 84, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "VaderSentiment.SentimentIntensityAnalyzer" + ] + }, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "display_data" + } + ], + "source": [ + "using VaderSentiment\n", + "using Plots\n", + "analyzer = VaderSentiment.SentimentIntensityAnalyzer" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 85, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "moving_average (generic function with 1 method)" + ] + }, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "display_data" + } + ], + "source": [ + "moving_average(vs,n) = [sum(@view vs[i:(i+n-1)])/n for i in 1:(length(vs)-(n-1))]" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 86, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "r\"\\d+:\\d+ \"" + ] + }, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "display_data" + } + ], + "source": [ + "CHAPTER_REGEX = r\"CHAPTER .+\\n\\n.+\\n\"\n", + "SENTENCE_REGEX = r\"(? 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But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, +if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by +that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have +nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer +my 'faithful slave,' as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see +I have frightened you- sit down and tell me all the news." + It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna +Pavlovna Scherer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Marya +Fedorovna. With these words she greeted Prince Vasili Kuragin, a man +of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her +reception. Anna Pavlovna had had a cough for some days. She was, as +she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in +St. Petersburg, used only by the elite. + All her invitations without exception, written in French, and +delivered by a scarlet-liveried footman that morning, ran as follows: + "If you have nothing better to do, Count [or Prince], and if the +prospect of spending an evening with a poor invalid is not too +terrible, I shall be very charmed to see you tonight between 7 and 10- +Annette Scherer." + "Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the +least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing +an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had +stars on his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke +in that refined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but +thought, and with the gentle, patronizing intonation natural to a +man of importance who had grown old in society and at court. He went +up to Anna Pavlovna, kissed her hand, presenting to her his bald, +scented, and shining head, and complacently seated himself on the +sofa. + "First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are. Set your friend's +mind at rest," said he without altering his tone, beneath the +politeness and affected sympathy of which indifference and even +irony could be discerned. + "Can one be well while suffering morally? Can one be calm in times +like these if one has any feeling?" said Anna Pavlovna. "You are +staying the whole evening, I hope?" + "And the fete at the English ambassador's? Today is Wednesday. I +must put in an appearance there," said the prince. "My daughter is +coming for me to take me there." + "I thought today's fete had been canceled. I confess all these +festivities and fireworks are becoming wearisome." + "If they had known that you wished it, the entertainment would +have been put off," said the prince, who, like a wound-up clock, by +force of habit said things he did not even wish to be believed. + "Don't tease! Well, and what has been decided about Novosiltsev's +dispatch? You know everything." + "What can one say about it?" replied the prince in a cold, +listless tone. "What has been decided? They have decided that +Buonaparte has burnt his boats, and I believe that we are ready to +burn ours." + Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a +stale part. Anna Pavlovna Scherer on the contrary, despite her forty +years, overflowed with animation and impulsiveness. To be an +enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she +did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to +disappoint the expectations of those who knew her. The subdued smile +which, though it did not suit her faded features, always played +round her lips expressed, as in a spoiled child, a continual +consciousness of her charming defect, which she neither wished, nor +could, nor considered it necessary, to correct. + In the midst of a conversation on political matters Anna Pavlovna +burst out: + "Oh, don't speak to me of Austria. Perhaps I don't understand +things, but Austria never has wished, and does not wish, for war. +She is betraying us! Russia alone must save Europe. Our gracious +sovereign recognizes his high vocation and will be true to it. That is +the one thing I have faith in! Our good and wonderful sovereign has to +perform the noblest role on earth, and he is so virtuous and noble +that God will not forsake him. He will fulfill his vocation and +crush the hydra of revolution, which has become more terrible than +ever in the person of this murderer and villain! We alone must +avenge the blood of the just one.... Whom, I ask you, can we rely +on?... England with her commercial spirit will not and cannot +understand the Emperor Alexander's loftiness of soul. She has +refused to evacuate Malta. She wanted to find, and still seeks, some +secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. +The English have not understood and cannot understand the +self-abnegation of our Emperor who wants nothing for himself, but only +desires the good of mankind. And what have they promised? Nothing! And +what little they have promised they will not perform! Prussia has +always declared that Buonaparte is invincible, and that all Europe +is powerless before him.... And I don't believe a word that Hardenburg +says, or Haugwitz either. This famous Prussian neutrality is just a +trap. I have faith only in God and the lofty destiny of our adored +monarch. He will save Europe!" + She suddenly paused, smiling at her own impetuosity. + "I think," said the prince with a smile, "that if you had been +sent instead of our dear Wintzingerode you would have captured the +King of Prussia's consent by assault. You are so eloquent. Will you +give me a cup of tea?" + "In a moment. A propos," she added, becoming calm again, "I am +expecting two very interesting men tonight, le Vicomte de Mortemart, +who is connected with the Montmorencys through the Rohans, one of +the best French families. He is one of the genuine emigres, the good +ones. And also the Abbe Morio. Do you know that profound thinker? He +has been received by the Emperor. Had you heard?" + "I shall be delighted to meet them," said the prince. "But tell me," +he added with studied carelessness as if it had only just occurred +to him, though the question he was about to ask was the chief motive +of his visit, "is it true that the Dowager Empress wants Baron Funke +to be appointed first secretary at Vienna? The baron by all accounts +is a poor creature." + Prince Vasili wished to obtain this post for his son, but others +were trying through the Dowager Empress Marya Fedorovna to secure it +for the baron. + Anna Pavlovna almost closed her eyes to indicate that neither she +nor anyone else had a right to criticize what the Empress desired or +was pleased with. + "Baron Funke has been recommended to the Dowager Empress by her +sister," was all she said, in a dry and mournful tone. + As she named the Empress, Anna Pavlovna's face suddenly assumed an +expression of profound and sincere devotion and respect mingled with +sadness, and this occurred every time she mentioned her illustrious +patroness. She added that Her Majesty had deigned to show Baron +Funke beaucoup d'estime, and again her face clouded over with sadness. + The prince was silent and looked indifferent. But, with the +womanly and courtierlike quickness and tact habitual to her, Anna +Pavlovna wished both to rebuke him (for daring to speak he had done of +a man recommended to the Empress) and at the same time to console him, +so she said: + "Now about your family. Do you know that since your daughter came +out everyone has been enraptured by her? They say she is amazingly +beautiful." + The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude. + "I often think," she continued after a short pause, drawing nearer +to the prince and smiling amiably at him as if to show that +political and social topics were ended and the time had come for +intimate conversation- "I often think how unfairly sometimes the +joys of life are distributed. Why has fate given you two such splendid +children? I don't speak of Anatole, your youngest. I don't like +him," she added in a tone admitting of no rejoinder and raising her +eyebrows. "Two such charming children. And really you appreciate +them less than anyone, and so you don't deserve to have them." + And she smiled her ecstatic smile. + "I can't help it," said the prince. "Lavater would have said I +lack the bump of paternity." + "Don't joke; I mean to have a serious talk with you. Do you know I +am dissatisfied with your younger son? Between ourselves" (and her +face assumed its melancholy expression), "he was mentioned at Her +Majesty's and you were pitied...." + The prince answered nothing, but she looked at him significantly, +awaiting a reply. He frowned. + "What would you have me do?" he said at last. "You know I did all +a father could for their education, and they have both turned out +fools. Hippolyte is at least a quiet fool, but Anatole is an active +one. That is the only difference between them." He said this smiling +in a way more natural and animated than usual, so that the wrinkles +round his mouth very clearly revealed something unexpectedly coarse +and unpleasant. + "And why are children born to such men as you? If you were not a +father there would be nothing I could reproach you with," said Anna +Pavlovna, looking up pensively. + "I am your faithful slave and to you alone I can confess that my +children are the bane of my life. It is the cross I have to bear. That +is how I explain it to myself. It can't be helped!" + He said no more, but expressed his resignation to cruel fate by a +gesture. Anna Pavlovna meditated. + "Have you never thought of marrying your prodigal son Anatole?" +she asked. "They say old maids have a mania for matchmaking, and +though I don't feel that weakness in myself as yet,I know a little +person who is very unhappy with her father. She is a relation of +yours, Princess Mary Bolkonskaya." + Prince Vasili did not reply, though, with the quickness of memory +and perception befitting a man of the world, he indicated by a +movement of the head that he was considering this information. + "Do you know," he said at last, evidently unable to check the sad +current of his thoughts, "that Anatole is costing me forty thousand +rubles a year? And," he went on after a pause, "what will it be in +five years, if he goes on like this?" Presently he added: "That's what +we fathers have to put up with.... Is this princess of yours rich?" + "Her father is very rich and stingy. He lives in the country. He +is the well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army +under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed 'the King of Prussia.' He is +very clever but eccentric, and a bore. The poor girl is very +unhappy. She has a brother; I think you know him, he married Lise +Meinen lately. He is an aide-de-camp of Kutuzov's and will be here +tonight." + "Listen, dear Annette," said the prince, suddenly taking Anna +Pavlovna's hand and for some reason drawing it downwards. "Arrange +that affair for me and I shall always be your most devoted slave- +slafe wigh an f, as a village elder of mine writes in his reports. She +is rich and of good family and that's all I want." + And with the familiarity and easy grace peculiar to him, he raised +the maid of honor's hand to his lips, kissed it, and swung it to and +fro as he lay back in his armchair, looking in another direction. + "Attendez," said Anna Pavlovna, reflecting, "I'll speak to Lise, +young Bolkonski's wife, this very evening, and perhaps the thing can +be arranged. It shall be on your family's behalf that I'll start my +apprenticeship as old maid." +BK1|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + Anna Pavlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest +Petersburg society was assembled there: people differing widely in age +and character but alike in the social circle to which they belonged. +Prince Vasili's daughter, the beautiful Helene, came to take her +father to the ambassador's entertainment; she wore a ball dress and +her badge as maid of honor. The youthful little Princess +Bolkonskaya, known as la femme la plus seduisante de Petersbourg,* was +also there. She had been married during the previous winter, and being +pregnant did not go to any large gatherings, but only to small +receptions. Prince Vasili's son, Hippolyte, had come with Mortemart, +whom he introduced. The Abbe Morio and many others had also come. + + *The most fascinating woman in Petersburg. + + To each new arrival Anna Pavlovna said, "You have not yet seen my +aunt," or "You do not know my aunt?" and very gravely conducted him or +her to a little old lady, wearing large bows of ribbon in her cap, who +had come sailing in from another room as soon as the guests began to +arrive; and slowly turning her eyes from the visitor to her aunt, Anna +Pavlovna mentioned each one's name and then left them. + Each visitor performed the ceremony of greeting this old aunt whom +not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know, and not one of +them cared about; Anna Pavlovna observed these greetings with mournful +and solemn interest and silent approval. The aunt spoke to each of +them in the same words, about their health and her own, and the health +of Her Majesty, "who, thank God, was better today." And each +visitor, though politeness prevented his showing impatience, left +the old woman with a sense of relief at having performed a vexatious +duty and did not return to her the whole evening. + The young Princess Bolkonskaya had brought some work in a +gold-embroidered velvet bag. Her pretty little upper lip, on which a +delicate dark down was just perceptible, was too short for her +teeth, but it lifted all the more sweetly, and was especially charming +when she occasionally drew it down to meet the lower lip. As is always +the case with a thoroughly attractive woman, her defect- the shortness +of her upper lip and her half-open mouth- seemed to be her own special +and peculiar form of beauty. Everyone brightened at the sight of +this pretty young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life +and health, and carrying her burden so lightly. Old men and dull +dispirited young ones who looked at her, after being in her company +and talking to her a little while, felt as if they too were +becoming, like her, full of life and health. All who talked to her, +and at each word saw her bright smile and the constant gleam of her +white teeth, thought that they were in a specially amiable mood that +day. + The little princess went round the table with quick, short, +swaying steps, her workbag on her arm, and gaily spreading out her +dress sat down on a sofa near the silver samovar, as if all she was +doing was a pleasure to herself and to all around her. "I have brought +my work," said she in French, displaying her bag and addressing all +present. "Mind, Annette, I hope you have not played a wicked trick +on me," she added, turning to her hostess. "You wrote that it was to +be quite a small reception, and just see how badly I am dressed." +And she spread out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, +dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast. + "Soyez tranquille, Lise, you will always be prettier than anyone +else," replied Anna Pavlovna. + "You know," said the princess in the same tone of voice and still in +French, turning to a general, "my husband is deserting me? He is going +to get himself killed. Tell me what this wretched war is for?" she +added, addressing Prince Vasili, and without waiting for an answer she +turned to speak to his daughter, the beautiful Helene. + "What a delightful woman this little princess is!" said Prince +Vasili to Anna Pavlovna. + One of the next arrivals was a stout, heavily built young man with +close-cropped hair, spectacles, the light-colored breeches fashionable +at that time, a very high ruffle, and a brown dress coat. This stout +young man was an illegitimate son of Count Bezukhov, a well-known +grandee of Catherine's time who now lay dying in Moscow. The young man +had not yet entered either the military or civil service, as he had +only just returned from abroad where he had been educated, and this +was his first appearance in society. Anna Pavlovna greeted him with +the nod she accorded to the lowest hierarchy in her drawing room. +But in spite of this lowest-grade greeting, a look of anxiety and +fear, as at the sight of something too large and unsuited to the +place, came over her face when she saw Pierre enter. Though he was +certainly rather bigger than the other men in the room, her anxiety +could only have reference to the clever though shy, but observant +and natural, expression which distinguished him from everyone else +in that drawing room. + "It is very good of you, Monsieur Pierre, to come and visit a poor +invalid," said Anna Pavlovna, exchanging an alarmed glance with her +aunt as she conducted him to her. + Pierre murmured something unintelligible, and continued to look +round as if in search of something. On his way to the aunt he bowed to +the little princess with a pleased smile, as to an intimate +acquaintance. + Anna Pavlovna's alarm was justified, for Pierre turned away from the +aunt without waiting to hear her speech about Her Majesty's health. +Anna Pavlovna in dismay detained him with the words: "Do you know +the Abbe Morio? He is a most interesting man." + "Yes, I have heard of his scheme for perpetual peace, and it is very +interesting but hardly feasible." + "You think so?" rejoined Anna Pavlovna in order to say something and +get away to attend to her duties as hostess. But Pierre now +committed a reverse act of impoliteness. First he had left a lady +before she had finished speaking to him, and now he continued to speak +to another who wished to get away. With his head bent, and his big +feet spread apart, he began explaining his reasons for thinking the +abbe's plan chimerical. + "We will talk of it later," said Anna Pavlovna with a smile. + And having got rid of this young man who did not know how to behave, +she resumed her duties as hostess and continued to listen and watch, +ready to help at any point where the conversation might happen to +flag. As the foreman of a spinning mill, when he has set the hands +to work, goes round and notices here a spindle that has stopped or +there one that creaks or makes more noise than it should, and +hastens to check the machine or set it in proper motion, so Anna +Pavlovna moved about her drawing room, approaching now a silent, now a +too-noisy group, and by a word or slight rearrangement kept the +conversational machine in steady, proper, and regular motion. But amid +these cares her anxiety about Pierre was evident. She kept an +anxious watch on him when he approached the group round Mortemart to +listen to what was being said there, and again when he passed to +another group whose center was the abbe. + Pierre had been educated abroad, and this reception at Anna +Pavlovna's was the first he had attended in Russia. He knew that all +the intellectual lights of Petersburg were gathered there and, like +a child in a toyshop, did not know which way to look, afraid of +missing any clever conversation that was to be heard. Seeing the +self-confident and refined expression on the faces of those present he +was always expecting to hear something very profound. At last he +came up to Morio. Here the conversation seemed interesting and he +stood waiting for an opportunity to express his own views, as young +people are fond of doing. +BK1|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + Anna Pavlovna's reception was in full swing. The spindles hummed +steadily and ceaselessly on all sides. With the exception of the aunt, +beside whom sat only one elderly lady, who with her thin careworn face +was rather out of place in this brilliant society, the whole company +had settled into three groups. One, chiefly masculine, had formed +round the abbe. Another, of young people, was grouped round the +beautiful Princess Helene, Prince Vasili's daughter, and the little +Princess Bolkonskaya, very pretty and rosy, though rather too plump +for her age. The third group was gathered round Mortemart and Anna +Pavlovna. + The vicomte was a nice-looking young man with soft features and +polished manners, who evidently considered himself a celebrity but out +of politeness modestly placed himself at the disposal of the circle in +which he found himself. Anna Pavlovna was obviously serving him up +as a treat to her guests. As a clever maitre d'hotel serves up as a +specially choice delicacy a piece of meat that no one who had seen +it in the kitchen would have cared to eat, so Anna Pavlovna served +up to her guests, first the vicomte and then the abbe, as peculiarly +choice morsels. The group about Mortemart immediately began discussing +the murder of the Duc d'Enghien. The vicomte said that the Duc +d'Enghien had perished by his own magnanimity, and that there were +particular reasons for Buonaparte's hatred of him. + "Ah, yes! Do tell us all about it, Vicomte," said Anna Pavlovna, +with a pleasant feeling that there was something a la Louis XV in +the sound of that sentence: "Contez nous cela, Vicomte." + The vicomte bowed and smiled courteously in token of his willingness +to comply. Anna Pavlovna arranged a group round him, inviting everyone +to listen to his tale. + "The vicomte knew the duc personally," whispered Anna Pavlovna to of +the guests. "The vicomte is a wonderful raconteur," said she to +another. "How evidently he belongs to the best society," said she to a +third; and the vicomte was served up to the company in the choicest +and most advantageous style, like a well-garnished joint of roast beef +on a hot dish. + The vicomte wished to begin his story and gave a subtle smile. + "Come over here, Helene, dear," said Anna Pavlovna to the +beautiful young princess who was sitting some way off, the center of +another group. + The princess smiled. She rose with the same unchanging smile with +which she had first entered the room- the smile of a perfectly +beautiful woman. With a slight rustle of her white dress trimmed +with moss and ivy, with a gleam of white shoulders, glossy hair, and +sparkling diamonds, she passed between the men who made way for her, +not looking at any of them but smiling on all, as if graciously +allowing each the privilege of admiring her beautiful figure and +shapely shoulders, back, and bosom- which in the fashion of those days +were very much exposed- and she seemed to bring the glamour of a +ballroom with her as she moved toward Anna Pavlovna. Helene was so +lovely that not only did she not show any trace of coquetry, but on +the contrary she even appeared shy of her unquestionable and all too +victorious beauty. She seemed to wish, but to be unable, to diminish +its effect. + "How lovely!" said everyone who saw her; and the vicomte lifted +his shoulders and dropped his eyes as if startled by something +extraordinary when she took her seat opposite and beamed upon him also +with her unchanging smile. + "Madame, I doubt my ability before such an audience," said he, +smilingly inclining his head. + The princess rested her bare round arm on a little table and +considered a reply unnecessary. She smilingly waited. All the time the +story was being told she sat upright, glancing now at her beautiful +round arm, altered in shape by its pressure on the table, now at her +still more beautiful bosom, on which she readjusted a diamond +necklace. From time to time she smoothed the folds of her dress, and +whenever the story produced an effect she glanced at Anna Pavlovna, at +once adopted just the expression she saw on the maid of honor's +face, and again relapsed into her radiant smile. + The little princess had also left the tea table and followed Helene. + "Wait a moment, I'll get my work.... Now then, what are you thinking +of?" she went on, turning to Prince Hippolyte. "Fetch me my workbag." + There was a general movement as the princess, smiling and talking +merrily to everyone at once, sat down and gaily arranged herself in +her seat. + "Now I am all right," she said, and asking the vicomte to begin, she +took up her work. + Prince Hippolyte, having brought the workbag, joined the circle +and moving a chair close to hers seated himself beside her. + Le charmant Hippolyte was surprising by his extraordinary +resemblance to his beautiful sister, but yet more by the fact that +in spite of this resemblance he was exceedingly ugly. His features +were like his sister's, but while in her case everything was lit up by +a joyous, self-satisfied, youthful, and constant smile of animation, +and by the wonderful classic beauty of her figure, his face on the +contrary was dulled by imbecility and a constant expression of +sullen self-confidence, while his body was thin and weak. His eyes, +nose, and mouth all seemed puckered into a vacant, wearied grimace, +and his arms and legs always fell into unnatural positions. + "It's not going to be a ghost story?" said he, sitting down beside +the princess and hastily adjusting his lorgnette, as if without this +instrument he could not begin to speak. + "Why no, my dear fellow," said the astonished narrator, shrugging +his shoulders. + "Because I hate ghost stories," said Prince Hippolyte in a tone +which showed that he only understood the meaning of his words after he +had uttered them. + He spoke with such self-confidence that his hearers could not be +sure whether what he said was very witty or very stupid. He was +dressed in a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of +cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, shoes, and silk stockings. + The vicomte told his tale very neatly. It was an anecdote, then +current, to the effect that the Duc d'Enghien had gone secretly to +Paris to visit Mademoiselle George; that at her house he came upon +Bonaparte, who also enjoyed the famous actress' favors, and that in +his presence Napoleon happened to fall into one of the fainting fits +to which he was subject, and was thus at the duc's mercy. The latter +spared him, and this magnanimity Bonaparte subsequently repaid by +death. + The story was very pretty and interesting, especially at the point +where the rivals suddenly recognized one another; and the ladies +looked agitated. + "Charming!" said Anna Pavlovna with an inquiring glance at the +little princess. + "Charming!" whispered the little princess, sticking the needle +into her work as if to testify that the interest and fascination of +the story prevented her from going on with it. + The vicomte appreciated this silent praise and smiling gratefully +prepared to continue, but just then Anna Pavlovna, who had kept a +watchful eye on the young man who so alarmed her, noticed that he +was talking too loudly and vehemently with the abbe, so she hurried to +the rescue. Pierre had managed to start a conversation with the abbe +about the balance of power, and the latter, evidently interested by +the young man's simple-minded eagerness, was explaining his pet +theory. Both were talking and listening too eagerly and too naturally, +which was why Anna Pavlovna disapproved. + "The means are... the balance of power in Europe and the rights of +the people," the abbe was saying. "It is only necessary for one +powerful nation like Russia- barbaric as she is said to be- to place +herself disinterestedly at the head of an alliance having for its +object the maintenance of the balance of power of Europe, and it would +save the world!" + "But how are you to get that balance?" Pierre was beginning. + At that moment Anna Pavlovna came up and, looking severely at +Pierre, asked the Italian how he stood Russian climate. The +Italian's face instantly changed and assumed an offensively +affected, sugary expression, evidently habitual to him when conversing +with women. + "I am so enchanted by the brilliancy of the wit and culture of the +society, more especially of the feminine society, in which I have +had the honor of being received, that I have not yet had time to think +of the climate," said he. + Not letting the abbe and Pierre escape, Anna Pavlovna, the more +conveniently to keep them under observation, brought them into the +larger circle. +BK1|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Just them another visitor entered the drawing room: Prince Andrew +Bolkonski, the little princess' husband. He was a very handsome +young man, of medium height, with firm, clearcut features. +Everything about him, from his weary, bored expression to his quiet, +measured step, offered a most striking contrast to his quiet, little +wife. It was evident that he not only knew everyone in the drawing +room, but had found them to be so tiresome that it wearied him to look +at or listen to them. And among all these faces that he found so +tedious, none seemed to bore him so much as that of his pretty wife. +He turned away from her with a grimace that distorted his handsome +face, kissed Anna Pavlovna's hand, and screwing up his eyes scanned +the whole company. + "You are off to the war, Prince?" said Anna Pavlovna. + "General Kutuzov," said Bolkonski, speaking French and stressing the +last syllable of the general's name like a Frenchman, "has been +pleased to take me as an aide-de-camp...." + "And Lise, your wife?" + "She will go to the country." + "Are you not ashamed to deprive us of your charming wife?" + "Andre," said his wife, addressing her husband in the same +coquettish manner in which she spoke to other men, "the vicomte has +been telling us such a tale about Mademoiselle George and Buonaparte!" + Prince Andrew screwed up his eyes and turned away. Pierre, who +from the moment Prince Andrew entered the room had watched him with +glad, affectionate eyes, now came up and took his arm. Before he +looked round Prince Andrew frowned again, expressing his annoyance +with whoever was touching his arm, but when he saw Pierre's beaming +face he gave him an unexpectedly kind and pleasant smile. + "There now!... So you, too, are in the great world?" said he to +Pierre. + "I knew you would be here," replied Pierre. "I will come to supper +with you. May I?" he added in a low voice so as not to disturb the +vicomte who was continuing his story. + "No, impossible!" said Prince Andrew, laughing and pressing Pierre's +hand to show that there was no need to ask the question. He wished +to say something more, but at that moment Prince Vasili and his +daughter got up to go and the two young men rose to let them pass. + "You must excuse me, dear Vicomte," said Prince Vasili to the +Frenchman, holding him down by the sleeve in a friendly way to prevent +his rising. "This unfortunate fete at the ambassador's deprives me +of a pleasure, and obliges me to interrupt you. I am very sorry to +leave your enchanting party," said he, turning to Anna Pavlovna. + His daughter, Princess Helene, passed between the chairs, lightly +holding up the folds of her dress, and the smile shone still more +radiantly on her beautiful face. Pierre gazed at her with rapturous, +almost frightened, eyes as she passed him. + "Very lovely," said Prince Andrew. + "Very," said Pierre. + In passing Prince Vasili seized Pierre's hand and said to Anna +Pavlovna: "Educate this bear for me! He has been staying with me a +whole month and this is the first time I have seen him in society. +Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the society of clever +women." + + Anna Pavlovna smiled and promised to take Pierre in hand. She knew +his father to be a connection of Prince Vasili's. The elderly lady who +had been sitting with the old aunt rose hurriedly and overtook +Prince Vasili in the anteroom. All the affectation of interest she had +assumed had left her kindly and tearworn face and it now expressed +only anxiety and fear. + "How about my son Boris, Prince?" said she, hurrying after him +into the anteroom. "I can't remain any longer in Petersburg. Tell me +what news I may take back to my poor boy." + Although Prince Vasili listened reluctantly and not very politely to +the elderly lady, even betraying some impatience, she gave him an +ingratiating and appealing smile, and took his hand that he might +not go away. + "What would it cost you to say a word to the Emperor, and then he +would be transferred to the Guards at once?" said she. + "Believe me, Princess, I am ready to do all I can," answered +Prince Vasili, "but it is difficult for me to ask the Emperor. I +should advise you to appeal to Rumyantsev through Prince Golitsyn. +That would be the best way." + The elderly lady was a Princess Drubetskaya, belonging to one of the +best families in Russia, but she was poor, and having long been out of +society had lost her former influential connections. She had now +come to Petersburg to procure an appointment in the Guards for her +only son. It was, in fact, solely to meet Prince Vasili that she had +obtained an invitation to Anna Pavlovna's reception and had sat +listening to the vicomte's story. Prince Vasili's words frightened +her, an embittered look clouded her once handsome face, but only for a +moment; then she smiled again and dutched Prince Vasili's arm more +tightly. + "Listen to me, Prince," said she. "I have never yet asked you for +anything and I never will again, nor have I ever reminded you of my +father's friendship for you; but now I entreat you for God's sake to +do this for my son- and I shall always regard you as a benefactor," +she added hurriedly. "No, don't be angry, but promise! I have asked +Golitsyn and he has refused. Be the kindhearted man you always +were," she said, trying to smile though tears were in her eyes. + "Papa, we shall be late," said Princess Helene, turning her +beautiful head and looking over her classically molded shoulder as she +stood waiting by the door. + Influence in society, however, is a capital which has to be +economized if it is to last. Prince Vasili knew this, and having +once realized that if he asked on behalf of all who begged of him, +he would soon be unable to ask for himself, he became chary of using +his influence. But in Princess Drubetskaya's case he felt, after her +second appeal, something like qualms of conscience. She had reminded +him of what was quite true; he had been indebted to her father for the +first steps in his career. Moreover, he could see by her manners +that she was one of those women- mostly mothers- who, having once made +up their minds, will not rest until they have gained their end, and +are prepared if necessary to go on insisting day after day and hour +after hour, and even to make scenes. This last consideration moved +him. + "My dear Anna Mikhaylovna," said he with his usual familiarity and +weariness of tone, "it is almost impossible for me to do what you ask; +but to prove my devotion to you and how I respect your father's +memory, I will do the impossible- your son shall be transferred to the +Guards. Here is my hand on it. Are you satisfied?" + "My dear benefactor! This is what I expected from you- I knew your +kindness!" He turned to go. + "Wait- just a word! When he has been transferred to the Guards..." +she faltered. "You are on good terms with Michael Ilarionovich +Kutuzov... recommend Boris to him as adjutant! Then I shall be at +rest, and then..." + Prince Vasili smiled. + "No, I won't promise that. You don't know how Kutuzov is pestered +since his appointment as Commander in Chief. He told me himself that +all the Moscow ladies have conspired to give him all their sons as +adjutants." + "No, but do promise! I won't let you go! My dear benefactor..." + "Papa," said his beautiful daughter in the same tone as before, +"we shall be late." + "Well, au revoir! Good-by! You hear her?" + "Then tomorrow you will speak to the Emperor?" + "Certainly; but about Kutuzov, I don't promise." + "Do promise, do promise, Vasili!" cried Anna Mikhaylovna as he went, +with the smile of a coquettish girl, which at one time probably came +naturally to her, but was now very ill-suited to her careworn face. + Apparently she had forgotten her age and by force of habit +employed all the old feminine arts. But as soon as the prince had gone +her face resumed its former cold, artificial expression. She +returned to the group where the vicomte was still talking, and again +pretended to listen, while waiting till it would be time to leave. Her +task was accomplished. +BK1|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + "And what do you think of this latest comedy, the coronation at +Milan?" asked Anna Pavlovna, "and of the comedy of the people of Genoa +and Lucca laying their petitions before Monsieur Buonaparte, and +Monsieur Buonaparte sitting on a throne and granting the petitions +of the nations? Adorable! It is enough to make one's head whirl! It is +as if the whole world had gone crazy." + Prince Andrew looked Anna Pavlovna straight in the face with a +sarcastic smile. + "'Dieu me la donne, gare a qui la touche!'* They say he was very +fine when he said that," he remarked, repeating the words in +Italian: "'Dio mi l'ha dato. Guai a chi la tocchi!'" + + *God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware! + + "I hope this will prove the last drop that will make the glass run +over," Anna Pavlovna continued. "The sovereigns will not be able to +endure this man who is a menace to everything." + "The sovereigns? I do not speak of Russia," said the vicomte, polite +but hopeless: "The sovereigns, madame... What have they done for Louis +XVII, for the Queen, or for Madame Elizabeth? Nothing!" and he +became more animated. "And believe me, they are reaping the reward +of their betrayal of the Bourbon cause. The sovereigns! Why, they +are sending ambassadors to compliment the usurper." + And sighing disdainfully, he again changed his position. + Prince Hippolyte, who had been gazing at the vicomte for some time +through his lorgnette, suddenly turned completely round toward the +little princess, and having asked for a needle began tracing the Conde +coat of arms on the table. He explained this to her with as much +gravity as if she had asked him to do it. + "Baton de gueules, engrele de gueules d' azur- maison Conde," said +he. + The princess listened, smiling. + "If Buonaparte remains on the throne of France a year longer," the +vicomte continued, with the air of a man who, in a matter with which +he is better acquainted than anyone else, does not listen to others +but follows the current of his own thoughts, "things will have gone +too far. By intrigues, violence, exile, and executions, French +society- I mean good French society- will have been forever destroyed, +and then..." + He shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands. Pierre wished to +make a remark, for the conversation interested him, but Anna Pavlovna, +who had him under observation, interrupted: + "The Emperor Alexander," said she, with the melancholy which +always accompanied any reference of hers to the Imperial family, +"has declared that he will leave it to the French people themselves to +choose their own form of government; and I believe that once free from +the usurper, the whole nation will certainly throw itself into the +arms of its rightful king," she concluded, trying to be amiable to the +royalist emigrant. + "That is doubtful," said Prince Andrew. "Monsieur le Vicomte quite +rightly supposes that matters have already gone too far. I think it +will be difficult to return to the old regime." + "From what I have heard," said Pierre, blushing and breaking into +the conversation, "almost all the aristocracy has already gone over to +Bonaparte's side." + "It is the Buonapartists who say that," replied the vicomte +without looking at Pierre. "At the present time it is difficult to +know the real state of French public opinion. + "Bonaparte has said so," remarked Prince Andrew with a sarcastic +smile. + It was evident that he did not like the vicomte and was aiming his +remarks at him, though without looking at him. + "'I showed them the path to glory, but they did not follow it,'" +Prince Andrew continued after a short silence, again quoting +Napoleon's words. "'I opened my antechambers and they crowded in.' I +do not know how far he was justified in saying so." + "Not in the least," replied the vicomte. "After the murder of the +duc even the most partial ceased to regard him as a hero. If to some +people," he went on, turning to Anna Pavlovna, "he ever was a hero, +after the murder of the duc there was one martyr more in heaven and +one hero less on earth." + Before Anna Pavlovna and the others had time to smile their +appreciation of the vicomte's epigram, Pierre again broke into the +conversation, and though Anna Pavlovna felt sure he would say +something inappropriate, she was unable to stop him. + "The execution of the Duc d'Enghien," declared Monsieur Pierre, "was +a political necessity, and it seems to me that Napoleon showed +greatness of soul by not fearing to take on himself the whole +responsibility of that deed." + "Dieu! Mon Dieu!" muttered Anna Pavlovna in a terrified whisper. + "What, Monsieur Pierre... Do you consider that assassination shows +greatness of soul?" said the little princess, smiling and drawing +her work nearer to her. + "Oh! Oh!" exclaimed several voices. + "Capital!" said Prince Hippolyte in English, and began slapping +his knee with the palm of his hand. + The vicomte merely shrugged his shoulders. Pierre looked solemnly at +his audience over his spectacles and continued. + "I say so," he continued desperately, "because the Bourbons fled +from the Revolution leaving the people to anarchy, and Napoleon +alone understood the Revolution and quelled it, and so for the general +good, he could not stop short for the sake of one man's life." + "Won't you come over to the other table?" suggested Anna Pavlovna. + But Pierre continued his speech without heeding her. + "No," cried he, becoming more and more eager, "Napoleon is great +because he rose superior to the Revolution, suppressed its abuses, +preserved all that was good in it- equality of citizenship and freedom +of speech and of the press- and only for that reason did he obtain +power." + "Yes, if having obtained power, without availing himself of it to +commit murder he had restored it to the rightful king, I should have +called him a great man," remarked the vicomte. + "He could not do that. The people only gave him power that he +might rid them of the Bourbons and because they saw that he was a +great man. The Revolution was a grand thing!" continued Monsieur +Pierre, betraying by this desperate and provocative proposition his +extreme youth and his wish to express all that was in his mind. + "What? Revolution and regicide a grand thing?... Well, after that... +But won't you come to this other table?" repeated Anna Pavlovna. + "Rousseau's Contrat social," said the vicomte with a tolerant smile. + "I am not speaking of regicide, I am speaking about ideas." + "Yes: ideas of robbery, murder, and regicide," again interjected +an ironical voice. + "Those were extremes, no doubt, but they are not what is most +important. What is important are the rights of man, emancipation +from prejudices, and equality of citizenship, and all these ideas +Napoleon has retained in full force." + "Liberty and equality," said the vicomte contemptuously, as if at +last deciding seriously to prove to this youth how foolish his words +were, "high-sounding words which have long been discredited. Who +does not love liberty and equality? Even our Saviour preached +liberty and equality. Have people since the Revolution become happier? +On the contrary. We wanted liberty, but Buonaparte has destroyed it." + Prince Andrew kept looking with an amused smile from Pierre to the +vicomte and from the vicomte to their hostess. In the first moment +of Pierre's outburst Anna Pavlovna, despite her social experience, was +horror-struck. But when she saw that Pierre's sacrilegious words had +not exasperated the vicomte, and had convinced herself that it was +impossible to stop him, she rallied her forces and joined the +vicomte in a vigorous attack on the orator. + "But, my dear Monsieur Pierre," said she, "how do you explain the +fact of a great man executing a duc- or even an ordinary man who- is +innocent and untried?" + "I should like," said the vicomte, "to ask how monsieur explains the +18th Brumaire; was not that an imposture? It was a swindle, and not at +all like the conduct of a great man!" + "And the prisoners he killed in Africa? That was horrible!" said the +little princess, shrugging her shoulders. + "He's a low fellow, say what you will," remarked Prince Hippolyte. + Pierre, not knowing whom to answer, looked at them all and smiled. +His smile was unlike the half-smile of other people. When he smiled, +his grave, even rather gloomy, look was instantaneously replaced by +another- a childlike, kindly, even rather silly look, which seemed +to ask forgiveness. + The vicomte who was meeting him for the first time saw clearly +that this young Jacobin was not so terrible as his words suggested. +All were silent. + "How do you expect him to answer you all at once?" said Prince +Andrew. "Besides, in the actions of a statesman one has to distinguish +between his acts as a private person, as a general, and as an emperor. +So it seems to me." + "Yes, yes, of course!" Pierre chimed in, pleased at the arrival of +this reinforcement. + "One must admit," continued Prince Andrew, "that Napoleon as a man +was great on the bridge of Arcola, and in the hospital at Jaffa +where he gave his hand to the plague-stricken; but... but there are +other acts which it is difficult to justify." + Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness +of Pierre's remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time +to go. + + Suddenly Prince Hippolyte started up making signs to everyone to +attend, and asking them all to be seated began: + "I was told a charming Moscow story today and must treat you to +it. Excuse me, Vicomte- I must tell it in Russian or the point will be +lost...." And Prince Hippolyte began to tell his story in such Russian +as a Frenchman would speak after spending about a year in Russia. +Everyone waited, so emphatically and eagerly did he demand their +attention to his story. + "There is in Moscow a lady, une dame, and she is very stingy. She +must have two footmen behind her carriage, and very big ones. That was +her taste. And she had a lady's maid, also big. She said..." + Here Prince Hippolyte paused, evidently collecting his ideas with +difficulty. + "She said... Oh yes! She said, 'Girl,' to the maid, 'put on a +livery, get up behind the carriage, and come with me while I make some +calls.'" + Here Prince Hippolyte spluttered and burst out laughing long +before his audience, which produced an effect unfavorable to the +narrator. Several persons, among them the elderly lady and Anna +Pavlovna, did however smile. + "She went. Suddenly there was a great wind. The girl lost her hat +and her long hair came down...." Here he could contain himself no +longer and went on, between gasps of laughter: "And the whole world +knew...." + And so the anecdote ended. Though it was unintelligible why he had +told it, or why it had to be told in Russian, still Anna Pavlovna +and the others appreciated Prince Hippolyte's social tact in so +agreeably ending Pierre's unpleasant and unamiable outburst. After the +anecdote the conversation broke up into insignificant small talk about +the last and next balls, about theatricals, and who would meet whom, +and when and where. +BK1|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Having thanked Anna Pavlovna for her charming soiree, the guests +began to take their leave. + Pierre was ungainly. Stout, about the average height, broad, with +huge red hands; he did not know, as the saying is, to enter a +drawing room and still less how to leave one; that is, how to say +something particularly agreeable before going away. Besides this he +was absent-minded. When he rose to go, he took up instead of his +own, the general's three-cornered hat, and held it, pulling at the +plume, till the general asked him to restore it. All his +absent-mindedness and inability to enter a room and converse in it +was, however, redeemed by his kindly, simple, and modest expression. +Anna Pavlovna turned toward him and, with a Christian mildness that +expressed forgiveness of his indiscretion, nodded and said: "I hope to +see you again, but I also hope you will change your opinions, my +dear Monsieur Pierre." + When she said this, he did not reply and only bowed, but again +everybody saw his smile, which said nothing, unless perhaps, "Opinions +are opinions, but you see what a capital, good-natured fellow I am." +And everyone, including Anna Pavlovna, felt this. + Prince Andrew had gone out into the hall, and, turning his shoulders +to the footman who was helping him on with his cloak, listened +indifferently to his wife's chatter with Prince Hippolyte who had also +come into the hall. Prince Hippolyte stood close to the pretty, +pregnant princess, and stared fixedly at her through his eyeglass. + "Go in, Annette, or you will catch cold," said the little +princess, taking leave of Anna Pavlovna. "It is settled," she added in +a low voice. + Anna Pavlovna had already managed to speak to Lise about the match +she contemplated between Anatole and the little princess' +sister-in-law. + "I rely on you, my dear," said Anna Pavlovna, also in a low tone. +"Write to her and let me know how her father looks at the matter. Au +revoir!"- and she left the hall. + Prince Hippolyte approached the little princess and, bending his +face close to her, began to whisper something. + Two footmen, the princess' and his own, stood holding a shawl and +a cloak, waiting for the conversation to finish. They listened to +the French sentences which to them were meaningless, with an air of +understanding but not wishing to appear to do so. The princess as +usual spoke smilingly and listened with a laugh. + "I am very glad I did not go to the ambassador's," said Prince +Hippolyte "-so dull-. It has been a delightful evening, has it not? +Delightful!" + "They say the ball will be very good," replied the princess, drawing +up her downy little lip. "All the pretty women in society will be +there." + "Not all, for you will not be there; not all," said Prince Hippolyte +smiling joyfully; and snatching the shawl from the footman, whom he +even pushed aside, he began wrapping it round the princess. Either +from awkwardness or intentionally (no one could have said which) after +the shawl had been adjusted he kept his arm around her for a long +time, as though embracing her. + Still smiling, she gracefully moved away, turning and glancing at +her husband. Prince Andrew's eyes were closed, so weary and sleepy did +he seem. + "Are you ready?" he asked his wife, looking past her. + Prince Hippolyte hurriedly put on his cloak, which in the latest +fashion reached to his very heels, and, stumbling in it, ran out +into the porch following the princess, whom a footman was helping into +the carriage. + "Princesse, au revoir," cried he, stumbling with his tongue as +well as with his feet. + The princess, picking up her dress, was taking her seat in the +dark carriage, her husband was adjusting his saber; Prince +Hippolyte, under pretense of helping, was in everyone's way. + "Allow me, sir," said Prince Andrew in Russian in a cold, +disagreeable tone to Prince Hippolyte who was blocking his path. + "I am expecting you, Pierre," said the same voice, but gently and +affectionately. + The postilion started, the carriage wheels rattled. Prince Hippolyte +laughed spasmodically as he stood in the porch waiting for the vicomte +whom he had promised to take home. + "Well, mon cher," said the vicomte, having seated himself beside +Hippolyte in the carriage, "your little princess is very nice, very +nice indeed, quite French," and he kissed the tips of his fingers. +Hippolyte burst out laughing. + "Do you know, you are a terrible chap for all your innocent airs," +continued the vicomte. "I pity the poor husband, that little officer +who gives himself the airs of a monarch." + Hippolyte spluttered again, and amid his laughter said, "And you +were saying that the Russian ladies are not equal to the French? One +has to know how to deal with them." + + Pierre reaching the house first went into Prince Andrew's study like +one quite at home, and from habit immediately lay down on the sofa, +took from the shelf the first book that came to his hand (it was +Caesar's Commentaries), and resting on his elbow, began reading it +in the middle. + "What have you done to Mlle Scherer? She will be quite ill now," +said Prince Andrew, as he entered the study, rubbing his small white +hands. + Pierre turned his whole body, making the sofa creak. He lifted his +eager face to Prince Andrew, smiled, and waved his hand. + "That abbe is very interesting but he does not see the thing in +the right light.... In my opinion perpetual peace is possible but- I +do not know how to express it... not by a balance of political +power...." + It was evident that Prince Andrew was not interested in such +abstract conversation. + "One can't everywhere say all one thinks, mon cher. Well, have you +at last decided on anything? Are you going to be a guardsman or a +diplomatist?" asked Prince Andrew after a momentary silence. + Pierre sat up on the sofa, with his legs tucked under him. + "Really, I don't yet know. I don't like either the one or the +other." + "But you must decide on something! Your father expects it." + Pierre at the age of ten had been sent abroad with an abbe as tutor, +and had remained away till he was twenty. When he returned to Moscow +his father dismissed the abbe and said to the young man, "Now go to +Petersburg, look round, and choose your profession. I will agree to +anything. Here is a letter to Prince Vasili, and here is money. +Write to me all about it, and I will help you in everything." Pierre +had already been choosing a career for three months, and had not +decided on anything. It was about this choice that Prince Andrew was +speaking. Pierre rubbed his forehead. + "But he must be a Freemason," said he, referring to the abbe whom he +had met that evening. + "That is all nonsense." Prince Andrew again interrupted him, "let us +talk business. Have you been to the Horse Guards?" + "No, I have not; but this is what I have been thinking and wanted to +tell you. There is a war now against Napoleon. If it were a war for +freedom I could understand it and should be the first to enter the +army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest man in +the world is not right." + Prince Andrew only shrugged his shoulders at Pierre's childish +words. He put on the air of one who finds it impossible to reply to +such nonsense, but it would in fact have been difficult to give any +other answer than the one Prince Andrew gave to this naive question. + "If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no +wars," he said. + "And that would be splendid," said Pierre. + Prince Andrew smiled ironically. + "Very likely it would be splendid, but it will never come about..." + "Well, why are you going to the war?" asked Pierre. + "What for? I don't know. I must. Besides that I am going..." He +paused. "I am going because the life I am leading here does not suit +me!" +BK1|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + The rustle of a woman's dress was heard in the next room. Prince +Andrew shook himself as if waking up, and his face assumed the look it +had had in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room. Pierre removed his feet +from the sofa. The princess came in. She had changed her gown for a +house dress as fresh and elegant as the other. Prince Andrew rose +and politely placed a chair for her. + "How is it," she began, as usual in French, settling down briskly +and fussily in the easy chair, "how is it Annette never got married? +How stupid you men all are not to have married her! Excuse me for +saying so, but you have no sense about women. What an argumentative +fellow you are, Monsieur Pierre!" + "And I am still arguing with your husband. I can't understand why he +wants to go to the war," replied Pierre, addressing the princess +with none of the embarrassment so commonly shown by young men in their +intercourse with young women. + The princess started. Evidently Pierre's words touched her to the +quick. + "Ah, that is just what I tell him!" said she. "I don't understand +it; I don't in the least understand why men can't live without wars. +How is it that we women don't want anything of the kind, don't need +it? Now you shall judge between us. I always tell him: Here he is +Uncle's aide-de-camp, a most brilliant position. He is so well +known, so much appreciated by everyone. The other day at the +Apraksins' I heard a lady asking, 'Is that the famous Prince +Andrew?' I did indeed." She laughed. "He is so well received +everywhere. He might easily become aide-de-camp to the Emperor. You +know the Emperor spoke to him most graciously. Annette and I were +speaking of how to arrange it. What do you think?" + Pierre looked at his friend and, noticing that he did not like the +conversation, gave no reply. + "When are you starting?" he asked. + "Oh, don't speak of his going, don't! I won't hear it spoken of," +said the princess in the same petulantly playful tone in which she had +spoken to Hippolyte in the drawing room and which was so plainly +ill-suited to the family circle of which Pierre was almost a member. +"Today when I remembered that all these delightful associations must +be broken off... and then you know, Andre..." (she looked +significantly at her husband) "I'm afraid, I'm afraid!" she whispered, +and a shudder ran down her back. + Her husband looked at her as if surprised to notice that someone +besides Pierre and himself was in the room, and addressed her in a +tone of frigid politeness. + "What is it you are afraid of, Lise? I don't understand," said he. + "There, what egotists men all are: all, all egotists! Just for a +whim of his own, goodness only knows why, he leaves me and locks me up +alone in the country." + "With my father and sister, remember," said Prince Andrew gently. + "Alone all the same, without my friends.... And he expects me not to +be afraid." + Her tone was now querulous and her lip drawn up, giving her not a +joyful, but an animal, squirrel-like expression. She paused as if +she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though +the gist of the matter lay in that. + "I still can't understand what you are afraid of," said Prince +Andrew slowly, not taking his eyes off his wife. + The princess blushed, and raised her arms with a gesture of despair. + "No, Andrew, I must say you have changed. Oh, how you have..." + "Your doctor tells you to go to bed earlier," said Prince Andrew. +"You had better go." + The princess said nothing, but suddenly her short downy lip +quivered. Prince Andrew rose, shrugged his shoulders, and walked about +the room. + Pierre looked over his spectacles with naive surprise, now at him +and now at her, moved as if about to rise too, but changed his mind. + "Why should I mind Monsieur Pierre being here?" exclaimed the little +princess suddenly, her pretty face all at once distorted by a +tearful grimace. "I have long wanted to ask you, Andrew, why you +have changed so to me? What have I done to you? You are going to the +war and have no pity for me. Why is it?" + "Lise!" was all Prince Andrew said. But that one word expressed an +entreaty, a threat, and above all conviction that she would herself +regret her words. But she went on hurriedly: + "You treat me like an invalid or a child. I see it all! Did you +behave like that six months ago?" + "Lise, I beg you to desist," said Prince Andrew still more +emphatically. + Pierre, who had been growing more and more agitated as he listened +to all this, rose and approached the princess. He seemed unable to +bear the sight of tears and was ready to cry himself. + "Calm yourself, Princess! It seems so to you because... I assure you +I myself have experienced... and so... because... No, excuse me! An +outsider is out of place here... No, don't distress yourself... +Good-by!" + Prince Andrew caught him by the hand. + "No, wait, Pierre! The princess is too kind to wish to deprive me of +the pleasure of spending the evening with you." + "No, he thinks only of himself," muttered the princess without +restraining her angry tears. + "Lise!" said Prince Andrew dryly, raising his voice to the pitch +which indicates that patience is exhausted. + Suddenly the angry, squirrel-like expression of the princess' pretty +face changed into a winning and piteous look of fear. Her beautiful +eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the +timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags +its drooping tail. + "Mon Dieu, mon Dieu!" she muttered, and lifting her dress with one +hand she went up to her husband and kissed him on the forehead. + "Good night, Lise," said he, rising and courteously kissing her hand +as he would have done to a stranger. +BK1|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + The friends were silent. Neither cared to begin talking. Pierre +continually glanced at Prince Andrew; Prince Andrew rubbed his +forehead with his small hand. + "Let us go and have supper," he said with a sigh, going to the door. + They entered the elegant, newly decorated, and luxurious dining +room. Everything from the table napkins to the silver, china, and +glass bore that imprint of newness found in the households of the +newly married. Halfway through supper Prince Andrew leaned his +elbows on the table and, with a look of nervous agitation such as +Pierre had never before seen on his face, began to talk- as one who +has long had something on his mind and suddenly determines to speak +out. + "Never, never marry, my dear fellow! That's my advice: never marry +till you can say to yourself that you have done all you are capable +of, and until you have ceased to love the woman of your choice and +have seen her plainly as she is, or else you will make a cruel and +irrevocable mistake. Marry when you are old and good for nothing- or +all that is good and noble in you will be lost. It will all be +wasted on trifles. Yes! Yes! Yes! Don't look at me with such surprise. +If you marry expecting anything from yourself in the future, you +will feel at every step that for you all is ended, all is closed +except the drawing room, where you will be ranged side by side with +a court lackey and an idiot!... But what's the good?..." and he +waved his arm. + Pierre took off his spectacles, which made his face seem different +and the good-natured expression still more apparent, and gazed at +his friend in amazement. + "My wife," continued Prince Andrew, "is an excellent woman, one of +those rare women with whom a man's honor is safe; but, O God, what +would I not give now to be unmarried! You are the first and only one +to whom I mention this, because I like you." + As he said this Prince Andrew was less than ever like that Bolkonski +who had lolled in Anna Pavlovna's easy chairs and with half-closed +eyes had uttered French phrases between his teeth. Every muscle of his +thin face was now quivering with nervous excitement; his eyes, in +which the fire of life had seemed extinguished, now flashed with +brilliant light. It was evident that the more lifeless he seemed at +ordinary times, the more impassioned he became in these moments of +almost morbid irritation. + "You don't understand why I say this," he continued, "but it is +the whole story of life. You talk of Bonaparte and his career," said +he (though Pierre had not mentioned Bonaparte), "but Bonaparte when he +worked went step by step toward his goal. He was free, he had +nothing but his aim to consider, and he reached it. But tie yourself +up with a woman and, like a chained convict, you lose all freedom! And +all you have of hope and strength merely weighs you down and +torments you with regret. Drawing rooms, gossip, balls, vanity, and +triviality- these are the enchanted circle I cannot escape from. I +am now going to the war, the greatest war there ever was, and I know +nothing and am fit for nothing. I am very amiable and have a caustic +wit," continued Prince Andrew, "and at Anna Pavlovna's they listen +to me. And that stupid set without whom my wife cannot exist, and +those women... If you only knew what those society women are, and +women in general! My father is right. Selfish, vain, stupid, trivial +in everything- that's what women are when you see them in their true +colors! When you meet them in society it seems as if there were +something in them, but there's nothing, nothing, nothing! No, don't +marry, my dear fellow; don't marry!" concluded Prince Andrew. + "It seems funny to me," said Pierre, "that you, you should +consider yourself incapable and your life a spoiled life. You have +everything before you, everything. And you..." + He did not finish his sentence, but his tone showed how highly he +thought of his friend and how much he expected of him in the future. + "How can he talk like that?" thought Pierre. He considered his +friend a model of perfection because Prince Andrew possessed in the +highest degree just the very qualities Pierre lacked, and which +might be best described as strength of will. Pierre was always +astonished at Prince Andrew's calm manner of treating everybody, his +extraordinary memory, his extensive reading (he had read everything, +knew everything, and had an opinion about everything), but above all +at his capacity for work and study. And if Pierre was often struck +by Andrew's lack of capacity for philosophical meditation (to which he +himself was particularly addicted), he regarded even this not as a +defect but as a sign of strength. + Even in the best, most friendly and simplest relations of life, +praise and commendation are essential, just as grease is necessary +to wheels that they may run smoothly. + "My part is played out," said Prince Andrew. "What's the use of +talking about me? Let us talk about you," he added after a silence, +smiling at his reassuring thoughts. + That smile was immediately reflected on Pierre's face. + "But what is there to say about me?" said Pierre, his face +relaxing into a careless, merry smile. "What am I? An illegitimate +son!" He suddenly blushed crimson, and it was plain that he had made a +great effort to say this. "Without a name and without means... And +it really..." But he did not say what "it really" was. "For the +present I am free and am all right. Only I haven't the least idea what +I am to do; I wanted to consult you seriously." + Prince Andrew looked kindly at him, yet his glance- friendly and +affectionate as it was- expressed a sense of his own superiority. + "I am fond of you, especially as you are the one live man among +our whole set. Yes, you're all right! Choose what you will; it's all +the same. You'll be all right anywhere. But look here: give up +visiting those Kuragins and leading that sort of life. It suits you so +badly- all this debauchery, dissipation, and the rest of it!" + "What would you have, my dear fellow?" answered Pierre, shrugging +his shoulders. "Women, my dear fellow; women!" + "I don't understand it," replied Prince Andrew. "Women who are comme +il faut, that's a different matter; but the Kuragins' set of women, +'women and wine' I don't understand!" + Pierre was staying at Prince Vasili Kuragin's and sharing the +dissipated life of his son Anatole, the son whom they were planning to +reform by marrying him to Prince Andrew's sister. + "Do you know?" said Pierre, as if suddenly struck by a happy +thought, "seriously, I have long been thinking of it.... Leading +such a life I can't decide or think properly about anything. One's +head aches, and one spends all one's money. He asked me for tonight, +but I won't go." + "You give me your word of honor not to go?" + "On my honor!" +BK1|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + It was past one o'clock when Pierre left his friend. It was a +cloudless, northern, summer night. Pierre took an open cab intending +to drive straight home. But the nearer he drew to the house the more +he felt the impossibility of going to sleep on such a night. It was +light enough to see a long way in the deserted street and it seemed +more like morning or evening than night. On the way Pierre +remembered that Anatole Kuragin was expecting the usual set for +cards that evening, after which there was generally a drinking bout, +finishing with visits of a kind Pierre was very fond of. + "I should like to go to Kuragin's," thought he. + But he immediately recalled his promise to Prince Andrew not to go +there. Then, as happens to people of weak character, he desired so +passionately once more to enjoy that dissipation he was so +accustomed to that he decided to go. The thought immediately +occurred to him that his promise to Prince Andrew was of no account, +because before he gave it he had already promised Prince Anatole to +come to his gathering; "besides," thought he, "all such 'words of +honor' are conventional things with no definite meaning, especially if +one considers that by tomorrow one may be dead, or something so +extraordinary may happen to one that honor and dishonor will be all +the same!" Pierre often indulged in reflections of this sort, +nullifying all his decisions and intentions. He went to Kuragin's. + Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards' barracks, in which +Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the +stairs, and went in at the open door. There was no one in the +anteroom; empty bottles, cloaks, and overshoes were lying about; there +was a smell of alcohol, and sounds of voices and shouting in the +distance. + Cards and supper were over, but the visitors had not yet +dispersed. Pierre threw off his cloak and entered the first room, in +which were the remains of supper. A footman, thinking no one saw +him, was drinking on the sly what was left in the glasses. From the +third room came sounds of laughter, the shouting of familiar voices, +the growling of a bear, and general commotion. Some eight or nine +young men were crowding anxiously round an open window. Three others +were romping with a young bear, one pulling him by the chain and +trying to set him at the others. + "I bet a hundred on Stevens!" shouted one. + "Mind, no holding on!" cried another. + "I bet on Dolokhov!" cried a third. "Kuragin, you part our hands." + "There, leave Bruin alone; here's a bet on." + "At one draught, or he loses!" shouted a fourth. + "Jacob, bring a bottle!" shouted the host, a tall, handsome fellow +who stood in the midst of the group, without a coat, and with his fine +linen shirt unfastened in front. "Wait a bit, you fellows.... Here +is Petya! Good man!" cried he, addressing Pierre. + Another voice, from a man of medium height with clear blue eyes, +particularly striking among all these drunken voices by its sober +ring, cried from the window: "Come here; part the bets!" This was +Dolokhov, an officer of the Semenov regiment, a notorious gambler +and duelist, who was living with Anatole. Pierre smiled, looking about +him merrily. + "I don't understand. What's it all about?" + "Wait a bit, he is not drunk yet! A bottle here," said Anatole, +taking a glass from the table he went up to Pierre. + "First of all you must drink!" + Pierre drank one glass after another, looking from under his brows +at the tipsy guests who were again crowding round the window, and +listening to their chatter. Anatole kept on refilling Pierre's glass +while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English +naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the +outer ledge of the third floor window with his legs hanging out. + "Go on, you must drink it all," said Anatole, giving Pierre the last +glass, "or I won't let you go!" + "No, I won't," said Pierre, pushing Anatole aside, and he went up to +the window. + Dolokhov was holding the Englishman's hand and clearly and +distinctly repeating the terms of the bet, addressing himself +particularly to Anatole and Pierre. + Dolokhov was of medium height, with curly hair and light-blue +eyes. He was about twenty-five. Like all infantry officers he wore +no mustache, so that his mouth, the most striking feature of his face, +was clearly seen. The lines of that mouth were remarkably finely +curved. The middle of the upper lip formed a sharp wedge and closed +firmly on the firm lower one, and something like two distinct smiles +played continually round the two corners of the mouth; this, +together with the resolute, insolent intelligence of his eyes, +produced an effect which made it impossible not to notice his face. +Dolokhov was a man of small means and no connections. Yet, though +Anatole spent tens of thousands of rubles, Dolokhov lived with him and +had placed himself on such a footing that all who knew them, including +Anatole himself, respected him more than they did Anatole. Dolokhov +could play all games and nearly always won. However much he drank, +he never lost his clearheadedness. Both Kuragin and Dolokhov were at +that time notorious among the rakes and scapegraces of Petersburg. + The bottle of rum was brought. The window frame which prevented +anyone from sitting on the outer sill was being forced out by two +footmen, who were evidently flurried and intimidated by the directions +and shouts of the gentlemen around. + Anatole with his swaggering air strode up to the window. He wanted +to smash something. Pushing away the footmen he tugged at the frame, +but could not move it. He smashed a pane. + "You have a try, Hercules," said he, turning to Pierre. + Pierre seized the crossbeam, tugged, and wrenched the oak frame +out with a crash. + "Take it right out, or they'll think I'm holding on," said Dolokhov. + "Is the Englishman bragging?... Eh? Is it all right?" said Anatole. + "First-rate," said Pierre, looking at Dolokhov, who with a bottle of +rum in his hand was approaching the window, from which the light of +the sky, the dawn merging with the afterglow of sunset, was visible. + Dolokhov, the bottle of rum still in his hand, jumped onto the +window sill. "Listen!" cried he, standing there and addressing those +in the room. All were silent. + "I bet fifty imperials"- he spoke French that the Englishman might +understand him, but he did, not speak it very well- "I bet fifty +imperials... or do you wish to make it a hundred?" added he, +addressing the Englishman. + "No, fifty," replied the latter. + "All right. Fifty imperials... that I will drink a whole bottle of +rum without taking it from my mouth, sitting outside the window on +this spot" (he stooped and pointed to the sloping ledge outside the +window) "and without holding on to anything. Is that right?" + "Quite right," said the Englishman. + Anatole turned to the Englishman and taking him by one of the +buttons of his coat and looking down at him- the Englishman was short- +began repeating the terms of the wager to him in English. + "Wait!" cried Dolokhov, hammering with the bottle on the window sill +to attract attention. "Wait a bit, Kuragin. Listen! If anyone else +does the same, I will pay him a hundred imperials. Do you understand?" + The Englishman nodded, but gave no indication whether he intended to +accept this challenge or not. Anatole did not release him, and +though he kept nodding to show that he understood, Anatole went on +translating Dolokhov's words into English. A thin young lad, an hussar +of the Life Guards, who had been losing that evening, climbed on the +window sill, leaned over, and looked down. + "Oh! Oh! Oh!" he muttered, looking down from the window at the +stones of the pavement. + "Shut up!" cried Dolokhov, pushing him away from the window. The lad +jumped awkwardly back into the room, tripping over his spurs. + Placing the bottle on the window sill where he could reach it +easily, Dolokhov climbed carefully and slowly through the window and +lowered his legs. Pressing against both sides of the window, he +adjusted himself on his seat, lowered his hands, moved a little to the +right and then to the left, and took up the bottle. Anatole brought +two candles and placed them on the window sill, though it was +already quite light. Dolokhov's back in his white shirt, and his curly +head, were lit up from both sides. Everyone crowded to the window, the +Englishman in front. Pierre stood smiling but silent. One man, older +than the others present, suddenly pushed forward with a scared and +angry look and wanted to seize hold of Dolokhov's shirt. + "I say, this is folly! He'll be killed," said this more sensible +man. + Anatole stopped him. + "Don't touch him! You'll startle him and then he'll be killed. +Eh?... What then?... Eh?" + Dolokhov turned round and, again holding on with both hands, +arranged himself on his seat. + "If anyone comes meddling again," said he, emitting the words +separately through his thin compressed lips, "I will throw him down +there. Now then!" + Saying this he again turned round, dropped his hands, took the +bottle and lifted it to his lips, threw back his head, and raised +his free hand to balance himself. One of the footmen who had stooped +to pick up some broken glass remained in that position without +taking his eyes from the window and from Dolokhov's back. Anatole +stood erect with staring eyes. The Englishman looked on sideways, +pursing up his lips. The man who had wished to stop the affair ran +to a corner of the room and threw himself on a sofa with his face to +the wall. Pierre hid his face, from which a faint smile forgot to fade +though his features now expressed horror and fear. All were still. +Pierre took his hands from his eyes. Dolokhov still sat in the same +position, only his head was thrown further back till his curly hair +touched his shirt collar, and the hand holding the bottle was lifted +higher and higher and trembled with the effort. The bottle was +emptying perceptibly and rising still higher and his head tilting +yet further back. "Why is it so long?" thought Pierre. It seemed to +him that more than half an hour had elapsed. Suddenly Dolokhov made +a backward movement with his spine, and his arm trembled nervously; +this was sufficient to cause his whole body to slip as he sat on the +sloping ledge. As he began slipping down, his head and arm wavered +still more with the strain. One hand moved as if to clutch the +window sill, but refrained from touching it. Pierre again covered +his eyes and thought he would never never them again. Suddenly he +was aware of a stir all around. He looked up: Dolokhov was standing on +the window sill, with a pale but radiant face. + "It's empty." + He threw the bottle to the Englishman, who caught it neatly. +Dolokhov jumped down. He smelt strongly of rum. + "Well done!... Fine fellow!... There's a bet for you!... Devil +take you!" came from different sides. + The Englishman took out his purse and began counting out the +money. Dolokhov stood frowning and did not speak. Pierre jumped upon +the window sill. + "Gentlemen, who wishes to bet with me? I'll do the same thing!" he +suddenly cried. "Even without a bet, there! Tell them to bring me a +bottle. I'll do it.... Bring a bottle!" + "Let him do it, let him do it," said Dolokhov, smiling. + "What next? Have you gone mad?... No one would let you!... Why, +you go giddy even on a staircase," exclaimed several voices. + "I'll drink it! Let's have a bottle of rum!" shouted Pierre, banging +the table with a determined and drunken gesture and preparing to climb +out of the window. + They seized him by his arms; but he was so strong that everyone +who touched him was sent flying. + "No, you'll never manage him that way," said Anatole. "Wait a bit +and I'll get round him.... Listen! I'll take your bet tomorrow, but +now we are all going to -'s." + "Come on then," cried Pierre. "Come on!... And we'll take Bruin with +us." + And he caught the bear, took it in his arms, lifted it from the +ground, and began dancing round the room with it. +BK1|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Prince Vasili kept the promise he had given to Princess +Drubetskaya who had spoken to him on behalf of her only son Boris on +the evening of Anna Pavlovna's soiree. The matter was mentioned to the +Emperor, an exception made, and Boris transferred into the regiment of +Semenov Guards with the rank of cornet. He received, however, no +appointment to Kutuzov's staff despite all Anna Mikhaylovna's +endeavors and entreaties. Soon after Anna Pavlovna's reception Anna +Mikhaylovna returned to Moscow and went straight to her rich +relations, the Rostovs, with whom she stayed when in the town and +where and where her darling Bory, who had only just entered a regiment +of the line and was being at once transferred to the Guards as a +cornet, had been educated from childhood and lived for years at a +time. The Guards had already left Petersburg on the tenth of August, +and her son, who had remained in Moscow for his equipment, was to join +them on the march to Radzivilov. + It was St. Natalia's day and the name day of two of the Rostovs- the +mother and the youngest daughter- both named Nataly. Ever since the +morning, carriages with six horses had been coming and going +continually, bringing visitors to the Countess Rostova's big house +on the Povarskaya, so well known to all Moscow. The countess herself +and her handsome eldest daughter were in the drawing-room with the +visitors who came to congratulate, and who constantly succeeded one +another in relays. + The countess was a woman of about forty-five, with a thin Oriental +type of face, evidently worn out with childbearing- she had had +twelve. A languor of motion and speech, resulting from weakness, +gave her a distinguished air which inspired respect. Princess Anna +Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya, who as a member of the household was also +seated in the drawing room, helped to receive and entertain the +visitors. The young people were in one of the inner rooms, not +considering it necessary to take part in receiving the visitors. The +count met the guests and saw them off, inviting them all to dinner. + "I am very, very grateful to you, mon cher," or "ma chere"- he +called everyone without exception and without the slightest +variation in his tone, "my dear," whether they were above or below him +in rank- "I thank you for myself and for our two dear ones whose +name day we are keeping. But mind you come to dinner or I shall be +offended, ma chere! On behalf of the whole family I beg you to come, +mon cher!" These words he repeated to everyone without exception or +variation, and with the same expression on his full, cheerful, +clean-shaven face, the same firm pressure of the hand and the same +quick, repeated bows. As soon as he had seen a visitor off he returned +to one of those who were still in the drawing room, drew a chair +toward him or her, and jauntily spreading out his legs and putting his +hands on his knees with the air of a man who enjoys life and knows how +to live, he swayed to and fro with dignity, offered surmises about the +weather, or touched on questions of health, sometimes in Russian and +sometimes in very bad but self-confident French; then again, like a +man weary but unflinching in the fulfillment of duty, he rose to see +some visitors off and, stroking his scanty gray hairs over his bald +patch, also asked them to dinner. Sometimes on his way back from the +anteroom he would pass through the conservatory and pantry into the +large marble dining hall, where tables were being set out for eighty +people; and looking at the footmen, who were bringing in silver and +china, moving tables, and unfolding damask table linen, he would +call Dmitri Vasilevich, a man of good family and the manager of all +his affairs, and while looking with pleasure at the enormous table +would say: "Well, Dmitri, you'll see that things are all as they +should be? That's right! The great thing is the serving, that's it." +And with a complacent sigh he would return to the drawing room. + "Marya Lvovna Karagina and her daughter!" announced the countess' +gigantic footman in his bass voice, entering the drawing room. The +countess reflected a moment and took a pinch from a gold snuffbox with +her husband's portrait on it. + "I'm quite worn out by these callers. However, I'll see her and no +more. She is so affected. Ask her in," she said to the footman in a +sad voice, as if saying: "Very well, finish me off." + A tall, stout, and proud-looking woman, with a round-faced smiling +daughter, entered the drawing room, their dresses rustling. + "Dear Countess, what an age... She has been laid up, poor child... +at the Razumovski's ball... and Countess Apraksina... I was so +delighted..." came the sounds of animated feminine voices, +interrupting one another and mingling with the rustling of dresses and +the scraping of chairs. Then one of those conversations began which +last out until, at the first pause, the guests rise with a rustle of +dresses and say, "I am so delighted... Mamma's health... and +Countess Apraksina... and then, again rustling, pass into the +anteroom, put on cloaks or mantles, and drive away. The conversation +was on the chief topic of the day: the illness of the wealthy and +celebrated beau of Catherine's day, Count Bezukhov, and about his +illegitimate son Pierre, the one who had behaved so improperly at Anna +Pavlovna's reception. + "I am so sorry for the poor count," said the visitor. "He is in such +bad health, and now this vexation about his son is enough to kill +him!" + "What is that?" asked the countess as if she did not know what the +visitor alluded to, though she had already heard about the cause of +Count Bezukhov's distress some fifteen times. + "That's what comes of a modern education," exclaimed the visitor. +"It seems that while he was abroad this young man was allowed to do as +he liked, now in Petersburg I hear he has been doing such terrible +things that he has been expelled by the police." + "You don't say so!" replied the countess. + "He chose his friends badly," interposed Anna Mikhaylovna. "Prince +Vasili's son, he, and a certain Dolokhov have, it is said, been up +to heaven only knows what! And they have had to suffer for it. +Dolokhov has been degraded to the ranks and Bezukhov's son sent back +to Moscow. Anatole Kuragin's father managed somehow to get his son's +affair hushed up, but even he was ordered out of Petersburg." + "But what have they been up to?" asked the countess. + "They are regular brigands, especially Dolokhov," replied the +visitor. "He is a son of Marya Ivanovna Dolokhova, such a worthy +woman, but there, just fancy! Those three got hold of a bear +somewhere, put it in a carriage, and set off with it to visit some +actresses! The police tried to interfere, and what did the young men +do? They tied a policeman and the bear back to back and put the bear +into the Moyka Canal. And there was the bear swimming about with the +policeman on his back!" + "What a nice figure the policeman must have cut, my dear!" shouted +the count, dying with laughter. + "Oh, how dreadful! How can you laugh at it, Count?" + Yet the ladies themselves could not help laughing. + "It was all they could do to rescue the poor man," continued the +visitor. "And to think it is Cyril Vladimirovich Bezukhov's son who +amuses himself in this sensible manner! And he was said to be so +well educated and clever. This is all that his foreign education has +done for him! I hope that here in Moscow no one will receive him, in +spite of his money. They wanted to introduce him to me, but I quite +declined: I have my daughters to consider." + "Why do you say this young man is so rich?" asked the countess, +turning away from the girls, who at once assumed an air of +inattention. "His children are all illegitimate. I think Pierre also +is illegitimate." + The visitor made a gesture with her hand. + "I should think he has a score of them." + Princess Anna Mikhaylovna intervened in the conversation, +evidently wishing to show her connections and knowledge of what went +on in society. + "The fact of the matter is," said she significantly, and also in a +half whisper, "everyone knows Count Cyril's reputation.... He has lost +count of his children, but this Pierre was his favorite." + "How handsome the old man still was only a year ago!" remarked the +countess. "I have never seen a handsomer man." + "He is very much altered now," said Anna Mikhaylovna. "Well, as I +was saying, Prince Vasili is the next heir through his wife, but the +count is very fond of Pierre, looked after his education, and wrote to +the Emperor about him; so that in the case of his death- and he is +so ill that he may die at any moment, and Dr. Lorrain has come from +Petersburg- no one knows who will inherit his immense fortune, +Pierre or Prince Vasili. Forty thousand serfs and millions of +rubles! I know it all very well for Prince Vasili told me himself. +Besides, Cyril Vladimirovich is my mother's second cousin. He's also +my Bory's godfather," she added, as if she attached no importance at +all to the fact. + "Prince Vasili arrived in Moscow yesterday. I hear he has come on +some inspection business," remarked the visitor. + "Yes, but between ourselves," said the princess, that is a +pretext. The fact is he has come to see Count Cyril Vladimirovich, +hearing how ill he is." + "But do you know, my dear, that was a capital joke," said the count; +and seeing that the elder visitor was not listening, he turned to +the young ladies. "I can just imagine what a funny figure that +policeman cut!" + And as he waved his arms to impersonate the policeman, his portly +form again shook with a deep ringing laugh, the laugh of one who +always eats well and, in particular, drinks well. "So do come and dine +with us!" he said. +BK1|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Silence ensued. The countess looked at her callers, smiling affably, +but not concealing the fact that she would not be distressed if they +now rose and took their leave. The visitor's daughter was already +smoothing down her dress with an inquiring look at her mother, when +suddenly from the next room were heard the footsteps of boys and girls +running to the door and the noise of a chair falling over, and a +girl of thirteen, hiding something in the folds of her short muslin +frock, darted in and stopped short in the middle of the room. It was +evident that she had not intended her flight to bring her so far. +Behind her in the doorway appeared a student with a crimson coat +collar, an officer of the Guards, a girl of fifteen, and a plump +rosy-faced boy in a short jacket. + The count jumped up and, swaying from side to side, spread his +arms wide and threw them round the little girl who had run in. + "Ah, here she is!" he exclaimed laughing. "My pet, whose name day it +is. My dear pet!" + "Ma chere, there is a time for everything," said the countess with +feigned severity. "You spoil her, Ilya," she added, turning to her +husband. + "How do you do, my dear? I wish you many happy returns of your +name day," said the visitor. "What a charming child," she added, +addressing the mother. + This black-eyed, wide-mouthed girl, not pretty but full of life- +with childish bare shoulders which after her run heaved and shook +her bodice, with black curls tossed backward, thin bare arms, little +legs in lace-frilled drawers, and feet in low slippers- was just at +that charming age when a girl is no longer a child, though the child +is not yet a young woman. Escaping from her father she ran to hide her +flushed face in the lace of her mother's mantilla- not paying the +least attention to her severe remark- and began to laugh. She laughed, +and in fragmentary sentences tried to explain about a doll which she +produced from the folds of her frock. + "Do you see?... My doll... Mimi... You see..." was all Natasha +managed to utter (to her everything seemed funny). She leaned +against her mother and burst into such a loud, ringing fit of laughter +that even the prim visitor could not help joining in. + "Now then, go away and take your monstrosity with you," said the +mother, pushing away her daughter with pretended sternness, and +turning to the visitor she added: "She is my youngest girl." + Natasha, raising her face for a moment from her mother's mantilla, +glanced up at her through tears of laughter, and again hid her face. + The visitor, compelled to look on at this family scene, thought it +necessary to take some part in it. + "Tell me, my dear," said she to Natasha, "is Mimi a relation of +yours? A daughter, I suppose?" + Natasha did not like the visitor's tone of condescension to childish +things. She did not reply, but looked at her seriously. + Meanwhile the younger generation: Boris, the officer, Anna +Mikhaylovna's son; Nicholas, the undergraduate, the count's eldest +son; Sonya, the count's fifteen-year-old niece, and little Petya, +his youngest boy, had all settled down in the drawing room and were +obviously trying to restrain within the bounds of decorum the +excitement and mirth that shone in all their faces. Evidently in the +back rooms, from which they had dashed out so impetuously, the +conversation had been more amusing than the drawing-room talk of +society scandals, the weather, and Countess Apraksina. Now and then +they glanced at one another, hardly able to suppress their laughter. + The two young men, the student and the officer, friends from +childhood, were of the same age and both handsome fellows, though +not alike. Boris was tall and fair, and his calm and handsome face had +regular, delicate features. Nicholas was short with curly hair and +an open expression. Dark hairs were already showing on his upper +lip, and his whole face expressed impetuosity and enthusiasm. Nicholas +blushed when he entered the drawing room. He evidently tried to find +something to say, but failed. Boris on the contrary at once found +his footing, and related quietly and humorously how he had know that +doll Mimi when she was still quite a young lady, before her nose was +broken; how she had aged during the five years he had known her, and +how her head had cracked right across the skull. Having said this he +glanced at Natasha. She turned away from him and glanced at her +younger brother, who was screwing up his eyes and shaking with +suppressed laughter, and unable to control herself any longer, she +jumped up and rushed from the room as fast as her nimble little feet +would carry her. Boris did not laugh. + "You were meaning to go out, weren't you, Mamma? Do you want the +carriage?" he asked his mother with a smile. + "Yes, yes, go and tell them to get it ready," she answered, +returning his smile. + Boris quietly left the room and went in search of Natasha. The plump +boy ran after them angrily, as if vexed that their program had been +disturbed. +BK1|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + The only young people remaining in the drawing room, not counting +the young lady visitor and the countess' eldest daughter (who was four +years older than her sister and behaved already like a grown-up +person), were Nicholas and Sonya, the niece. Sonya was a slender +little brunette with a tender look in her eyes which were veiled by +long lashes, thick black plaits coiling twice round her head, and a +tawny tint in her complexion and especially in the color of her +slender but graceful and muscular arms and neck. By the grace of her +movements, by the softness and flexibility of her small limbs, and +by a certain coyness and reserve of manner, she reminded one of a +pretty, half-grown kitten which promises to become a beautiful +little cat. She evidently considered it proper to show an interest +in the general conversation by smiling, but in spite of herself her +eyes under their thick long lashes watched her cousin who was going to +join the army, with such passionate girlish adoration that her smile +could not for a single instant impose upon anyone, and it was clear +that the kitten had settled down only to spring up with more energy +and again play with her cousin as soon as they too could, like Natasha +and Boris, escape from the drawing room. + "Ah yes, my dear," said the count, addressing the visitor and +pointing to Nicholas, "his friend Boris has become an officer, and +so for friendship's sake he is leaving the university and me, his +old father, and entering the military service, my dear. And there +was a place and everything waiting for him in the Archives Department! +Isn't that friendship?" remarked the count in an inquiring tone. + "But they say that war has been declared," replied the visitor. + "They've been saying so a long while," said the count, "and +they'll say so again and again, and that will be the end of it. My +dear, there's friendship for you," he repeated. "He's joining the +hussars." + The visitor, not knowing what to say, shook her head. + "It's not at all from friendship," declared Nicholas, flaring up and +turning away as if from a shameful aspersion. "It is not from +friendship at all; I simply feel that the army is my vocation." + He glanced at his cousin and the young lady visitor; and they were +both regarding him with a smile of approbation. + "Schubert, the colonel of the Pavlograd Hussars, is dining with us +today. He has been here on leave and is taking Nicholas back with him. +It can't be helped!" said the count, shrugging his shoulders and +speaking playfully of a matter that evidently distressed him. + "I have already told you, Papa," said his son, "that if you don't +wish to let me go, I'll stay. But I know I am no use anywhere except +in the army; I am not a diplomat or a government clerk.- I don't +know how to hide what I feel." As he spoke he kept glancing with the +flirtatiousness of a handsome youth at Sonya and the young lady +visitor. + The little kitten, feasting her eyes on him, seemed ready at any +moment to start her gambols again and display her kittenish nature. + "All right, all right!" said the old count. "He always flares up! +This Buonaparte has turned all their heads; they all think of how he +rose from an ensign and became Emperor. Well, well, God grant it," +he added, not noticing his visitor's sarcastic smile. + The elders began talking about Bonaparte. Julie Karagina turned to +young Rostov. + "What a pity you weren't at the Arkharovs' on Thursday. It was so +dull without you," said she, giving him a tender smile. + The young man, flattered, sat down nearer to her with a coquettish +smile, and engaged the smiling Julie in a confidential conversation +without at all noticing that his involuntary smile had stabbed the +heart of Sonya, who blushed and smiled unnaturally. In the midst of +his talk he glanced round at her. She gave him a passionately angry +glance, and hardly able to restrain her tears and maintain the +artificial smile on her lips, she got up and left the room. All +Nicholas' animation vanished. He waited for the first pause in the +conversation, and then with a distressed face left the room to find +Sonya. + "How plainly all these young people wear their hearts on their +sleeves!" said Anna Mikhaylovna, pointing to Nicholas as he went +out. "Cousinage- dangereux voisinage;"* she added. + + *Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood. + + "Yes," said the countess when the brightness these young people +had brought into the room had vanished; and as if answering a question +no one had put but which was always in her mind, "and how much +suffering, how much anxiety one has had to go through that we might +rejoice in them now! And yet really the anxiety is greater now than +the joy. One is always, always anxious! Especially just at this age, +so dangerous both for girls and boys." + "It all depends on the bringing up," remarked the visitor. + "Yes, you're quite right," continued the countess. "Till now I +have always, thank God, been my children's friend and had their full +confidence," said she, repeating the mistake of so many parents who +imagine that their children have no secrets from them. "I know I shall +always be my daughters' first confidante, and that if Nicholas, with +his impulsive nature, does get into mischief (a boy can't help it), he +will all the same never be like those Petersburg young men." + "Yes, they are splendid, splendid youngsters," chimed in the +count, who always solved questions that seemed to him perplexing by +deciding that everything was splendid. "Just fancy: wants to be an +hussar. What's one to do, my dear?" + "What a charming creature your younger girl is," said the visitor; +"a little volcano!" + "Yes, a regular volcano," said the count. "Takes after me! And +what a voice she has; though she's my daughter, I tell the truth +when I say she'll be a singer, a second Salomoni! We have engaged an +Italian to give her lessons." + "Isn't she too young? I have heard that it harms the voice to +train it at that age." + "Oh no, not at all too young!" replied the count. "Why, our +mothers used to be married at twelve or thirteen." + "And she's in love with Boris already. Just fancy!" said the +countess with a gentle smile, looking at Boris' and went on, evidently +concerned with a thought that always occupied her: "Now you see if I +were to be severe with her and to forbid it... goodness knows what +they might be up to on the sly" (she meant that they would be +kissing), "but as it is, I know every word she utters. She will come +running to me of her own accord in the evening and tell me everything. +Perhaps I spoil her, but really that seems the best plan. With her +elder sister I was stricter." + "Yes, I was brought up quite differently," remarked the handsome +elder daughter, Countess Vera, with a smile. + But the smile did not enhance Vera's beauty as smiles generally +do; on the contrary it gave her an unnatural, and therefore +unpleasant, expression. Vera was good-looking, not at all stupid, +quick at learning, was well brought up, and had a pleasant voice; what +she said was true and appropriate, yet, strange to say, everyone- +the visitors and countess alike- turned to look at her as if wondering +why she had said it, and they all felt awkward. + "People are always too clever with their eldest children and try +to make something exceptional of them," said the visitor. + "What's the good of denying it, my dear? Our dear countess was too +clever with Vera," said the count. "Well, what of that? She's turned +out splendidly all the same," he added, winking at Vera. + The guests got up and took their leave, promising to return to +dinner. + "What manners! I thought they would never go," said the countess, +when she had seen her guests out. +BK1|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + When Natasha ran out of the drawing room she only went as far as the +conservatory. There she paused and stood listening to the conversation +in the drawing room, waiting for Boris to come out. She was already +growing impatient, and stamped her foot, ready to cry at his not +coming at once, when she heard the young man's discreet steps +approaching neither quickly nor slowly. At this Natasha dashed swiftly +among the flower tubs and hid there. + Boris paused in the middle of the room, looked round, brushed a +little dust from the sleeve of his uniform, and going up to a mirror +examined his handsome face. Natasha, very still, peered out from her +ambush, waiting to see what he would do. He stood a little while +before the glass, smiled, and walked toward the other door. Natasha +was about to call him but changed her mind. "Let him look for me," +thought she. Hardly had Boris gone than Sonya, flushed, in tears, +and muttering angrily, came in at the other door. Natasha checked +her first impulse to run out to her, and remained in her hiding place, +watching- as under an invisible cap- to see what went on in the world. +She was experiencing a new and peculiar pleasure. Sonya, muttering +to herself, kept looking round toward the drawing-room door. It opened +and Nicholas came in. + "Sonya, what is the matter with you? How can you?" said he, +running up to her. + "It's nothing, nothing; leave me alone!" sobbed Sonya. + "Ah, I know what it is." + "Well, if you do, so much the better, and you can go back to her!" + "So-o-onya! Look here! How can you torture me and yourself like +that, for a mere fancy?" said Nicholas taking her hand. + Sonya did not pull it away, and left off crying. Natasha, not +stirring and scarcely breathing, watched from her ambush with +sparkling eyes. "What will happen now?" thought she. + "Sonya! What is anyone in the world to me? You alone are +everything!" said Nicholas. "And I will prove it to you." + "I don't like you to talk like that." + "Well, then, I won't; only forgive me, Sonya!" He drew her to him +and kissed her. + "Oh, how nice," thought Natasha; and when Sonya and Nicholas had +gone out of the conservatory she followed and called Boris to her. + "Boris, come here," said she with a sly and significant look. "I +have something to tell you. Here, here!" and she led him into the +conservatory to the place among the tubs where she had been hiding. + Boris followed her, smiling. + "What is the something?" asked he. + She grew confused, glanced round, and, seeing the doll she had +thrown down on one of the tubs, picked it up. + "Kiss the doll," said she. + Boris looked attentively and kindly at her eager face, but did not +reply. + "Don't you want to? Well, then, come here," said she, and went +further in among the plants and threw down the doll. "Closer, closer!" +she whispered. + She caught the young officer by his cuffs, and a look of solemnity +and fear appeared on her flushed face. + "And me? Would you like to kiss me?" she whispered almost inaudibly, +glancing up at him from under her brows, smiling, and almost crying +from excitement. + Boris blushed. + "How funny you are!" he said, bending down to her and blushing still +more, but he waited and did nothing. + Suddenly she jumped up onto a tub to be higher than he, embraced him +so that both her slender bare arms clasped him above his neck, and, +tossing back her hair, kissed him full on the lips. + Then she slipped down among the flowerpots on the other side of +the tubs and stood, hanging her head. + "Natasha," he said, "you know that I love you, but..." + "You are in love with me?" Natasha broke in. + "Yes, I am, but please don't let us do like that.... In another four +years... then I will ask for your hand." + Natasha considered. + "Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen," she counted on her slender +little fingers. "All right! Then it's settled?" + A smile of joy and satisfaction lit up her eager face. + "Settled!" replied Boris. + "Forever?" said the little girl. "Till death itself?" + She took his arm and with a happy face went with him into the +adjoining sitting room. +BK1|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + After receiving her visitors, the countess was so tired that she +gave orders to admit no more, but the porter was told to be sure to +invite to dinner all who came "to congratulate." The countess wished +to have a tete-a-tete talk with the friend of her childhood, +Princess Anna Mikhaylovna, whom she had not seen properly since she +returned from Petersburg. Anna Mikhaylovna, with her tear-worn but +pleasant face, drew her chair nearer to that of the countess. + "With you I will be quite frank," said Anna Mikhaylovna. "There +are not many left of us old friends! That's why I so value your +friendship." + Anna Mikhaylovna looked at Vera and paused. The countess pressed her +friend's hand. + "Vera," she said to her eldest daughter who was evidently not a +favorite, "how is it you have so little tact? Don't you see you are +not wanted here? Go to the other girls, or..." + The handsome Vera smiled contemptuously but did not seem at all +hurt. + "If you had told me sooner, Mamma, I would have gone," she replied +as she rose to go to her own room. + But as she passed the sitting room she noticed two couples +sitting, one pair at each window. She stopped and smiled scornfully. +Sonya was sitting close to Nicholas who was copying out some verses +for her, the first he had ever written. Boris and Natasha were at +the other window and ceased talking when Vera entered. Sonya and +Natasha looked at Vera with guilty, happy faces. + It was pleasant and touching to see these little girls in love; +but apparently the sight of them roused no pleasant feeling in Vera. + "How often have I asked you not to take my things?" she said. "You +have a room of your own," and she took the inkstand from Nicholas. + "In a minute, in a minute," he said, dipping his pen. + "You always manage to do things at the wrong time," continued +Vera. "You came rushing into the drawing room so that everyone felt +ashamed of you." + Though what she said was quite just, perhaps for that very reason no +one replied, and the four simply looked at one another. She lingered +in the room with the inkstand in her hand. + "And at your age what secrets can there be between Natasha and +Boris, or between you two? It's all nonsense!" + "Now, Vera, what does it matter to you?" said Natasha in defense, +speaking very gently. + She seemed that day to be more than ever kind and affectionate to +everyone. + "Very silly," said Vera. "I am ashamed of you. Secrets indeed!" + "All have secrets of their own," answered Natasha, getting warmer. +"We don't interfere with you and Berg." + "I should think not," said Vera, "because there can never be +anything wrong in my behavior. But I'll just tell Mamma how you are +behaving with Boris." + "Natalya Ilynichna behaves very well to me," remarked Boris. "I have +nothing to complain of." + "Don't, Boris! You are such a diplomat that it is really +tiresome," said Natasha in a mortified voice that trembled slightly. +(She used the word "diplomat," which was just then much in vogue among +the children, in the special sense they attached to it.) "Why does she +bother me?" And she added, turning to Vera, "You'll never understand +it, because you've never loved anyone. You have no heart! You are a +Madame de Genlis and nothing more" (this nickname, bestowed on Vera by +Nicholas, was considered very stinging), "and your greatest pleasure +is to be unpleasant to people! Go and flirt with Berg as much as you +please," she finished quickly. + "I shall at any rate not run after a young man before visitors..." + "Well, now you've done what you wanted," put in Nicholas- "said +unpleasant things to everyone and upset them. Let's go to the +nursery." + All four, like a flock of scared birds, got up and left the room. + "The unpleasant things were said to me," remarked Vera, "I said none +to anyone." + "Madame de Genlis! Madame de Genlis!" shouted laughing voices +through the door. + The handsome Vera, who produced such an irritating and unpleasant +effect on everyone, smiled and, evidently unmoved by what had been +said to her, went to the looking glass and arranged her hair and +scarf. Looking at her own handsome face she seemed to become still +colder and calmer. + + In the drawing room the conversation was still going on. + "Ah, my dear," said the countess, "my life is not all roses +either. Don't I know that at the rate we are living our means won't +last long? It's all the Club and his easygoing nature. Even in the +country do we get any rest? Theatricals, hunting, and heaven knows +what besides! But don't let's talk about me; tell me how you managed +everything. I often wonder at you, Annette- how at your age you can +rush off alone in a carriage to Moscow, to Petersburg, to those +ministers and great people, and know how to deal with them all! It's +quite astonishing. How did you get things settled? I couldn't possibly +do it." + "Ah, my love," answered Anna Mikhaylovna, "God grant you never +know what it is to be left a widow without means and with a son you +love to distraction! One learns many things then," she added with a +certain pride. "That lawsuit taught me much. When I want to see one of +those big people I write a note: 'Princess So-and-So desires an +interview with So and-So,' and then I take a cab and go myself two, +three, or four times- till I get what I want. I don't mind what they +think of me." + "Well, and to whom did you apply about Bory?" asked the countess. +"You see yours is already an officer in the Guards, while my +Nicholas is going as a cadet. There's no one to interest himself for +him. To whom did you apply?" + "To Prince Vasili. He was so kind. He at once agreed to +everything, and put the matter before the Emperor," said Princess Anna +Mikhaylovna enthusiastically, quite forgetting all the humiliation she +had endured to gain her end. + "Has Prince Vasili aged much?" asked the countess. "I have not +seen him since we acted together at the Rumyantsovs' theatricals. I +expect he has forgotten me. He paid me attentions in those days," said +the countess, with a smile. + "He is just the same as ever," replied Anna Mikhaylovna, +"overflowing with amiability. His position has not turned his head +at all. He said to me, 'I am sorry I can do so little for you, dear +Princess. I am at your command.' Yes, he is a fine fellow and a very +kind relation. But, Nataly, you know my love for my son: I would do +anything for his happiness! And my affairs are in such a bad way +that my position is now a terrible one," continued Anna Mikhaylovna, +sadly, dropping her voice. "My wretched lawsuit takes all I have and +makes no progress. Would you believe it, I have literally not a +penny and don't know how to equip Boris." She took out her +handkerchief and began to cry. "I need five hundred rubles, and have +only one twenty-five-ruble note. I am in such a state.... My only hope +now is in Count Cyril Vladimirovich Bezukhov. If he will not assist +his godson- you know he is Bory's godfather- and allow him something +for his maintenance, all my trouble will have been thrown away.... I +shall not be able to equip him." + The countess' eyes filled with tears and she pondered in silence. + "I often think, though, perhaps it's a sin," said the princess, +"that here lives Count Cyril Vladimirovich Bezukhov so rich, all +alone... that tremendous fortune... and what is his life worth? It's a +burden to him, and Bory's life is only just beginning...." + "Surely he will leave something to Boris," said the countess. + "Heaven only knows, my dear! These rich grandees are so selfish. +Still, I will take Boris and go to see him at once, and I shall +speak to him straight out. Let people think what they will of me, it's +really all the same to me when my son's fate is at stake." The +princess rose. "It's now two o'clock and you dine at four. There +will just be time." + And like a practical Petersburg lady who knows how to make the +most of time, Anna Mikhaylovna sent someone to call her son, and +went into the anteroom with him. + "Good-by, my dear," said she to the countess who saw her to the +door, and added in a whisper so that her son should not hear, "Wish me +good luck." + "Are you going to Count Cyril Vladimirovich, my dear?" said the +count coming out from the dining hall into the anteroom, and he added: +"If he is better, ask Pierre to dine with us. He has been to the +house, you know, and danced with the children. Be sure to invite +him, my dear. We will see how Taras distinguishes himself today. He +says Count Orlov never gave such a dinner as ours will be!" +BK1|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + "My dear Boris," said Princess Anna Mikhaylovna to her son as +Countess Rostova's carriage in which they were seated drove over the +straw covered street and turned into the wide courtyard of Count Cyril +Vladimirovich Bezukhov's house. "My dear Boris," said the mother, +drawing her hand from beneath her old mantle and laying it timidly and +tenderly on her son's arm, "be affectionate and attentive to him. +Count Cyril Vladimirovich is your godfather after all, your future +depends on him. Remember that, my dear, and be nice to him, as you +so well know how to be." + "If only I knew that anything besides humiliation would come of +it..." answered her son coldly. "But I have promised and will do it +for your sake." + Although the hall porter saw someone's carriage standing at the +entrance, after scrutinizing the mother and son (who without asking to +be announced had passed straight through the glass porch between the +rows of statues in niches) and looking significantly at the lady's old +cloak, he asked whether they wanted the count or the princesses, +and, hearing that they wished to see the count, said his excellency +was worse today, and that his excellency was not receiving anyone. + "We may as well go back," said the son in French. + "My dear!" exclaimed his mother imploringly, again laying her hand +on his arm as if that touch might soothe or rouse him. + Boris said no more, but looked inquiringly at his mother without +taking off his cloak. + "My friend," said Anna Mikhaylovna in gentle tones, addressing the +hall porter, I know Count Cyril Vladimirovich is very ill... that's +why I have come... I am a relation. I shall not disturb him, my +friend... I only need see Prince Vasili Sergeevich: he is staying +here, is he not? Please announce me." + The hall porter sullenly pulled a bell that rang upstairs, and +turned away. + "Princess Drubetskaya to see Prince Vasili Sergeevich," he called to +a footman dressed in knee breeches, shoes, and a swallow-tail coat, +who ran downstairs and looked over from the halfway landing. + The mother smoothed the folds of her dyed silk dress before a +large Venetian mirror in the wall, and in her trodden-down shoes +briskly ascended the carpeted stairs. + "My dear," she said to her son, once more stimulating him by a +touch, "you promised me!" + The son, lowering his eyes, followed her quietly. + They entered the large hall, from which one of the doors led to +the apartments assigned to Prince Vasili. + Just as the mother and son, having reached the middle of the hall, +were about to ask their way of an elderly footman who had sprung up as +they entered, the bronze handle of one of the doors turned and +Prince Vasili came out- wearing a velvet coat with a single star on +his breast, as was his custom when at home- taking leave of a +good-looking, dark-haired man. This was the celebrated Petersburg +doctor, Lorrain. + "Then it is certain?" said the prince. + "Prince, humanum est errare,* but..." replied the doctor, swallowing +his r's, and pronouncing the Latin words with a French accent. + + *To err is human. + + "Very well, very well..." + Seeing Anna Mikhaylovna and her son, Prince Vasili dismissed the +doctor with a bow and approached them silently and with a look of +inquiry. The son noticed that an expression of profound sorrow +suddenly clouded his mother's face, and he smiled slightly. + "Ah, Prince! In what sad circumstances we meet again! And how is our +dear invalid?" said she, as though unaware of the cold offensive +look fixed on her. + Prince Vasili stared at her and at Boris questioningly and +perplexed. Boris bowed politely. Prince Vasili without acknowledging +the bow turned to Anna Mikhaylovna, answering her query by a +movement of the head and lips indicating very little hope for the +patient. + "Is it possible?" exclaimed Anna Mikhaylovna. "Oh, how awful! It +is terrible to think.... This is my son," she added, indicating Boris. +"He wanted to thank you himself." + Boris bowed again politely. + "Believe me, Prince, a mother's heart will never forget what you +have done for us." + "I am glad I was able to do you a service, my dear Anna +Mikhaylovna," said Prince Vasili, arranging his lace frill, and in +tone and manner, here in Moscow to Anna Mikhaylovna whom he had placed +under an obligation, assuming an air of much greater importance than +he had done in Petersburg at Anna Scherer's reception. + "Try to serve well and show yourself worthy," added he, addressing +Boris with severity. "I am glad.... Are you here on leave?" he went on +in his usual tone of indifference. + "I am awaiting orders to join my new regiment, your excellency," +replied Boris, betraying neither annoyance at the prince's brusque +manner nor a desire to enter into conversation, but speaking so +quietly and respectfully that the prince gave him a searching glance. + "Are you living with your mother?" + "I am living at Countess Rostova's," replied Boris, again adding, +"your excellency." + "That is, with Ilya Rostov who married Nataly Shinshina," said +Anna Mikhaylovna. + "I know, I know," answered Prince Vasili in his monotonous voice. "I +never could understand how Nataly made up her mind to marry that +unlicked bear! A perfectly absurd and stupid fellow, and a gambler +too, I am told." + "But a very kind man, Prince," said Anna Mikhaylovna with a pathetic +smile, as though she too knew that Count Rostov deserved this censure, +but asked him not to be too hard on the poor old man. "What do the +doctors say?" asked the princess after a pause, her worn face again +expressing deep sorrow. + "They give little hope," replied the prince. + "And I should so like to thank Uncle once for all his kindness to me +and Boris. He is his godson," she added, her tone suggesting that this +fact ought to give Prince Vasili much satisfaction. + Prince Vasili became thoughtful and frowned. Anna Mikhaylovna saw +that he was afraid of finding in her a rival for Count Bezukhov's +fortune, and hastened to reassure him. + "If it were not for my sincere affection and devotion to Uncle," +said she, uttering the word with peculiar assurance and unconcern, +"I know his character: noble, upright... but you see he has no one +with him except the young princesses.... They are still young...." She +bent her head and continued in a whisper: "Has he performed his +final duty, Prince? How priceless are those last moments! It can +make things no worse, and it is absolutely necessary to prepare him if +he is so ill. We women, Prince," and she smiled tenderly, "always know +how to say these things. I absolutely must see him, however painful it +may be for me. I am used to suffering." + Evidently the prince understood her, and also understood, as he +had done at Anna Pavlovna's, that it would be difficult to get rid +of Anna Mikhaylovna. + "Would not such a meeting be too trying for him, dear Anna +Mikhaylovna?" said he. "Let us wait until evening. The doctors are +expecting a crisis." + "But one cannot delay, Prince, at such a moment! Consider that the +welfare of his soul is at stake. Ah, it is awful: the duties of a +Christian..." + A door of one of the inner rooms opened and one of the princesses, +the count's niece, entered with a cold, stern face. The length of +her body was strikingly out of proportion to her short legs. Prince +Vasili turned to her. + "Well, how is he?" + "Still the same; but what can you expect, this noise..." said the +princess, looking at Anna Mikhaylovna as at a stranger. + "Ah, my dear, I hardly knew you," said Anna Mikhaylovna with a happy +smile, ambling lightly up to the count's niece. "I have come, and am +at your service to help you nurse my uncle. I imagine what you have +gone through," and she sympathetically turned up her eyes. + The princess gave no reply and did not even smile, but left the room +at Anna Mikhaylovna took off her gloves and, occupying the position +she had conquered, settled down in an armchair, inviting Prince Vasili +to take a seat beside her. + "Boris," she said to her son with a smile, "I shall go in to see the +count, my uncle; but you, my dear, had better go to Pierre meanwhile +and don't forget to give him the Rostovs' invitation. They ask him +to dinner. I suppose he won't go?" she continued, turning to the +prince. + "On the contrary," replied the prince, who had plainly become +depressed, "I shall be only too glad if you relieve me of that young +man.... Here he is, and the count has not once asked for him." + He shrugged his shoulders. A footman conducted Boris down one flight +of stairs and up another, to Pierre's rooms. +BK1|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Pierre, after all, had not managed to choose a career for himself in +Petersburg, and had been expelled from there for riotous conduct and +sent to Moscow. The story told about him at Count Rostov's was true. +Pierre had taken part in tying a policeman to a bear. He had now +been for some days in Moscow and was staying as usual at his +father's house. Though he expected that the story of his escapade +would be already known in Moscow and that the ladies about his father- +who were never favorably disposed toward him- would have used it to +turn the count against him, he nevertheless on the day of his +arrival went to his father's part of the house. Entering the drawing +room, where the princesses spent most of their time, he greeted the +ladies, two of whom were sitting at embroidery frames while a third +read aloud. It was the eldest who was reading- the one who had met +Anna Mikhaylovna. The two younger ones were embroidering: both were +rosy and pretty and they differed only in that one had a little mole +on her lip which made her much prettier. Pierre was received as if +he were a corpse or a leper. The eldest princess paused in her reading +and silently stared at him with frightened eyes; the second assumed +precisely the same expression; while the youngest, the one with the +mole, who was of a cheerful and lively disposition, bent over her +frame to hide a smile probably evoked by the amusing scene she +foresaw. She drew her wool down through the canvas and, scarcely +able to refrain from laughing, stooped as if trying to make out the +pattern. + "How do you do, cousin?" said Pierre. "You don't recognize me?" + "I recognize you only too well, too well." + "How is the count? Can I see him?" asked Pierre, awkwardly as usual, +but unabashed. + "The count is suffering physically and mentally, and apparently +you have done your best to increase his mental sufferings." + "Can I see the count?" Pierre again asked. + "Hm.... If you wish to kill him, to kill him outright, you can see +him... Olga, go and see whether Uncle's beef tea is ready- it is +almost time," she added, giving Pierre to understand that they were +busy, and busy making his father comfortable, while evidently he, +Pierre, was only busy causing him annoyance. + Olga went out. Pierre stood looking at the sisters; then he bowed +and said: "Then I will go to my rooms. You will let me know when I can +see him." + And he left the room, followed by the low but ringing laughter of +the sister with the mole. + Next day Prince Vasili had arrived and settled in the count's house. +He sent for Pierre and said to him: "My dear fellow, if you are +going to behave here as you did in Petersburg, you will end very +badly; that is all I have to say to you. The count is very, very +ill, and you must not see him at all." + Since then Pierre had not been disturbed and had spent the whole +time in his rooms upstairs. + When Boris appeared at his door Pierre was pacing up and down his +room, stopping occasionally at a corner to make menacing gestures at +the wall, as if running a sword through an invisible foe, and +glaring savagely over his spectacles, and then again resuming his +walk, muttering indistinct words, shrugging his shoulders and +gesticulating. + "England is done for," said he, scowling and pointing his finger +at someone unseen. "Mr. Pitt, as a traitor to the nation and to the +rights of man, is sentenced to..." But before Pierre- who at that +moment imagined himself to be Napoleon in person and to have just +effected the dangerous crossing of the Straits of Dover and captured +London- could pronounce Pitt's sentence, he saw a well-built and +handsome young officer entering his room. Pierre paused. He had left +Moscow when Boris was a boy of fourteen, and had quite forgotten +him, but in his usual impulsive and hearty way he took Boris by the +hand with a friendly smile. + "Do you remember me?" asked Boris quietly with a pleasant smile. +"I have come with my mother to see the count, but it seems he is not +well." + "Yes, it seems he is ill. People are always disturbing him," +answered Pierre, trying to remember who this young man was. + Boris felt that Pierre did not recognize him but did not consider it +necessary to introduce himself, and without experiencing the least +embarrassment looked Pierre straight in the face. + "Count Rostov asks you to come to dinner today," said he, after a +considerable pause which made Pierre feel uncomfortable. + "Ah, Count Rostov!" exclaimed Pierre joyfully. "Then you are his +son, Ilya? Only fancy, I didn't know you at first. Do you remember how +we went to the Sparrow Hills with Madame Jacquot?... It's such an +age..." + "You are mistaken," said Boris deliberately, with a bold and +slightly sarcastic smile. "I am Boris, son of Princess Anna +Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya. Rostov, the father, is Ilya, and his son is +Nicholas. I never knew any Madame Jacquot." + Pierre shook his head and arms as if attacked by mosquitoes or bees. + "Oh dear, what am I thinking about? I've mixed everything up. One +has so many relatives in Moscow! So you are Boris? Of course. Well, +now we know where we are. And what do you think of the Boulogne +expedition? The English will come off badly, you know, if Napoleon +gets across the Channel. I think the expedition is quite feasible. +If only Villeneuve doesn't make a mess of things! + Boris knew nothing about the Boulogne expedition; he did not read +the papers and it was the first time he had heard Villeneuve's name. + "We here in Moscow are more occupied with dinner parties and scandal +than with politics," said he in his quiet ironical tone. "I know +nothing about it and have not thought about it. Moscow is chiefly busy +with gossip," he continued. "Just now they are talking about you and +your father." + Pierre smiled in his good-natured way as if afraid for his +companion's sake that the latter might say something he would +afterwards regret. But Boris spoke distinctly, clearly, and dryly, +looking straight into Pierre's eyes. + "Moscow has nothing else to do but gossip," Boris went on. +"Everybody is wondering to whom the count will leave his fortune, +though he may perhaps outlive us all, as I sincerely hope he will..." + "Yes, it is all very horrid," interrupted Pierre, "very horrid." + Pierre was still afraid that this officer might inadvertently say +something disconcerting to himself. + "And it must seem to you," said Boris flushing slightly, but not +changing his tone or attitude, "it must seem to you that everyone is +trying to get something out of the rich man?" + "So it does," thought Pierre. + "But I just wish to say, to avoid misunderstandings, that you are +quite mistaken if you reckon me or my mother among such people. We are +very poor, but for my own part at any rate, for the very reason that +your father is rich, I don't regard myself as a relation of his, and +neither I nor my mother would ever ask or take anything from him." + For a long time Pierre could not understand, but when he did, he +jumped up from the sofa, seized Boris under the elbow in his quick, +clumsy way, and, blushing far more than Boris, began to speak with a +feeling of mingled shame and vexation. + "Well, this is strange! Do you suppose I... who could think?... I +know very well..." + But Boris again interrupted him. + "I am glad I have spoken out fully. Perhaps you did not like it? You +must excuse me," said he, putting Pierre at ease instead of being +put at ease by him, "but I hope I have not offended you. I always make +it a rule to speak out... Well, what answer am I to take? Will you +come to dinner at the Rostovs'?" + And Boris, having apparently relieved himself of an onerous duty and +extricated himself from an awkward situation and placed another in it, +became quite pleasant again. + "No, but I say," said Pierre, calming down, "you are a wonderful +fellow! What you have just said is good, very good. Of course you +don't know me. We have not met for such a long time... not since we +were children. You might think that I... I understand, quite +understand. I could not have done it myself, I should not have had the +courage, but it's splendid. I am very glad to have made your +acquaintance. It's queer," he added after a pause, "that you should +have suspected me!" He began to laugh. "Well, what of it! I hope we'll +get better acquainted," and he pressed Boris' hand. "Do you know, I +have not once been in to see the count. He has not sent for me.... I +am sorry for him as a man, but what can one do?" + "And so you think Napoleon will manage to get an army across?" asked +Boris with a smile. + Pierre saw that Boris wished to change the subject, and being of the +same mind he began explaining the advantages and disadvantages of +the Boulogne expedition. + A footman came in to summon Boris- the princess was going. Pierre, +in order to make Boris' better acquaintance, promised to come to +dinner, and warmly pressing his hand looked affectionately over his +spectacles into Boris' eyes. After he had gone Pierre continued pacing +up and down the room for a long time, no longer piercing an +imaginary foe with his imaginary sword, but smiling at the remembrance +of that pleasant, intelligent, and resolute young man. + As often happens in early youth, especially to one who leads a +lonely life, he felt an unaccountable tenderness for this young man +and made up his mind that they would be friends. + Prince Vasili saw the princess off. She held a handkerchief to her +eyes and her face was tearful. + "It is dreadful, dreadful!" she was saying, "but cost me what it may +I shall do my duty. I will come and spend the night. He must not be +left like this. Every moment is precious. I can't think why his nieces +put it off. Perhaps God will help me to find a way to prepare +him!... Adieu, Prince! May God support you..." + "Adieu, ma bonne," answered Prince Vasili turning away from her. + "Oh, he is in a dreadful state," said the mother to her son when +they were in the carriage. "He hardly recognizes anybody." + "I don't understand, Mamma- what is his attitude to Pierre?" asked +the son. + "The will will show that, my dear; our fate also depends on it." + "But why do you expect that he will leave us anything?" + "Ah, my dear! He is so rich, and we are so poor!" + "Well, that is hardly a sufficient reason, Mamma..." + "Oh, Heaven! How ill he is!" exclaimed the mother. +BK1|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + After Anna Mikhaylovna had driven off with her son to visit Count +Cyril Vladimirovich Bezukhov, Countess Rostova sat for a long time all +alone applying her handkerchief to her eyes. At last she rang. + "What is the matter with you, my dear?" she said crossly to the maid +who kept her waiting some minutes. "Don't you wish to serve me? Then +I'll find you another place." + The countess was upset by her friend's sorrow and humiliating +poverty, and was therefore out of sorts, a state of mind which with +her always found expression in calling her maid "my dear" and speaking +to her with exaggerated politeness. + "I am very sorry, ma'am," answered the maid. + "Ask the count to come to me." + The count came waddling in to see his wife with a rather guilty look +as usual. + "Well, little countess? What a saute of game au madere we are to +have, my dear! I tasted it. The thousand rubles I paid for Taras +were not ill-spent. He is worth it!" + He sat down by his wife, his elbows on his knees and his hands +ruffling his gray hair. + "What are your commands, little countess?" + "You see, my dear... What's that mess?" she said, pointing to his +waistcoat. "It's, the saute, most likely," she added with a smile. +"Well, you see, Count, I want some money." + Her face became sad. + "Oh, little countess!"... and the count began bustling to get out +his pocketbook. + "I want a great deal, Count! I want five hundred rubles," and taking +out her cambric handkerchief she began wiping her husband's waistcoat. + "Yes, immediately, immediately! Hey, who's there?" he called out +in a tone only used by persons who are certain that those they call +will rush to obey the summons. "Send Dmitri to me!" + Dmitri, a man of good family who had been brought up in the +count's house and now managed all his affairs, stepped softly into the +room. + "This is what I want, my dear fellow," said the count to the +deferential young man who had entered. "Bring me..." he reflected a +moment, "yes, bring me seven hundred rubles, yes! But mind, don't +bring me such tattered and dirty notes as last time, but nice clean +ones for the countess." + "Yes, Dmitri, clean ones, please," said the countess, sighing +deeply. + "When would you like them, your excellency?" asked Dmitri. "Allow me +to inform you... But, don't be uneasy," he added, noticing that the +count was beginning to breathe heavily and quickly which was always +a sign of approaching anger. "I was forgetting... Do you wish it +brought at once?" + "Yes, yes; just so! Bring it. Give it to the countess." + "What a treasure that Dmitri is," added the count with a smile +when the young man had departed. "There is never any 'impossible' with +him. That's a thing I hate! Everything is possible." + "Ah, money, Count, money! How much sorrow it causes in the world," +said the countess. "But I am in great need of this sum." + "You, my little countess, are a notorious spendthrift," said the +count, and having kissed his wife's hand he went back to his study. + When Anna Mikhaylovna returned from Count Bezukhov's the money, +all in clean notes, was lying ready under a handkerchief on the +countess' little table, and Anna Mikhaylovna noticed that something +was agitating her. + "Well, my dear?" asked the countess. + "Oh, what a terrible state he is in! One would not know him, he is +so ill! I was only there a few moments and hardly said a word..." + "Annette, for heaven's sake don't refuse me," the countess began, +with a blush that looked very strange on her thin, dignified, +elderly face, and she took the money from under the handkerchief. + Anna Mikhaylovna instantly guessed her intention and stooped to be +ready to embrace the countess at the appropriate moment. + "This is for Boris from me, for his outfit." + Anna Mikhaylovna was already embracing her and weeping. The countess +wept too. They wept because they were friends, and because they were +kindhearted, and because they- friends from childhood- had to think +about such a base thing as money, and because their youth was over.... +But those tears were pleasant to them both. +BK1|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Countess Rostova, with her daughters and a large number of guests, +was already seated in the drawing room. The count took the gentlemen +into his study and showed them his choice collection of Turkish pipes. +From time to time he went out to ask: "Hasn't she come yet?" They were +expecting Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, known in society as le +terrible dragon, a lady distinguished not for wealth or rank, but +for common sense and frank plainness of speech. Marya Dmitrievna was +known to the Imperial family as well as to all Moscow and +Petersburg, and both cities wondered at her, laughed privately at +her rudenesses, and told good stories about her, while none the less +all without exception respected and feared her. + In the count's room, which was full of tobacco smoke, they talked of +war that had been announced in a manifesto, and about the +recruiting. None of them had yet seen the manifesto, but they all knew +it had appeared. The count sat on the sofa between two guests who were +smoking and talking. He neither smoked nor talked, but bending his +head first to one side and then to the other watched the smokers +with evident pleasure and listened to the conversation of his two +neighbors, whom he egged on against each other. + One of them was a sallow, clean-shaven civilian with a thin and +wrinkled face, already growing old, though he was dressed like a +most fashionable young man. He sat with his legs up on the sofa as +if quite at home and, having stuck an amber mouthpiece far into his +mouth, was inhaling the smoke spasmodically and screwing up his +eyes. This was an old bachelor, Shinshin, a cousin of the countess', a +man with "a sharp tongue" as they said in Moscow society. He seemed to +be condescending to his companion. The latter, a fresh, rosy officer +of the Guards, irreproachably washed, brushed, and buttoned, held +his pipe in the middle of his mouth and with red lips gently inhaled +the smoke, letting it escape from his handsome mouth in rings. This +was Lieutenant Berg, an officer in the Semenov regiment with whom +Boris was to travel to join the army, and about whom Natasha had, +teased her elder sister Vera, speaking of Berg as her "intended." +The count sat between them and listened attentively. His favorite +occupation when not playing boston, a card game he was very fond of, +was that of listener, especially when he succeeded in setting two +loquacious talkers at one another. + "Well, then, old chap, mon tres honorable Alphonse Karlovich," +said Shinshin, laughing ironically and mixing the most ordinary +Russian expressions with the choicest French phrases- which was a +peculiarity of his speech. "Vous comptez vous faire des rentes sur +l'etat;* you want to make something out of your company?" + + *You expect to make an income out of the government. + + "No, Peter Nikolaevich; I only want to show that in the cavalry +the advantages are far less than in the infantry. Just consider my own +position now, Peter Nikolaevich..." + Berg always spoke quietly, politely, and with great precision. His +conversation always related entirely to himself; he would remain +calm and silent when the talk related to any topic that had no +direct bearing on himself. He could remain silent for hours without +being at all put out of countenance himself or making others +uncomfortable, but as soon as the conversation concerned himself he +would begin to talk circumstantially and with evident satisfaction. + "Consider my position, Peter Nikolaevich. Were I in the cavalry I +should get not more than two hundred rubles every four months, even +with the rank of lieutenant; but as it is I receive two hundred and +thirty," said he, looking at Shinshin and the count with a joyful, +pleasant smile, as if it were obvious to him that his success must +always be the chief desire of everyone else. + "Besides that, Peter Nikolaevich, by exchanging into the Guards I +shall be in a more prominent position," continued Berg, "and vacancies +occur much more frequently in the Foot Guards. Then just think what +can be done with two hundred and thirty rubles! I even manage to put a +little aside and to send something to my father," he went on, emitting +a smoke ring. + "La balance y est...* A German knows how to skin a flint, as the +proverb says," remarked Shinshin, moving his pipe to the other side of +his mouth and winking at the count. + + *So that squares matters. + + The count burst out laughing. The other guests seeing that +Shinshin was talking came up to listen. Berg, oblivious of irony or +indifference, continued to explain how by exchanging into the Guards +he had already gained a step on his old comrades of the Cadet Corps; +how in wartime the company commander might get killed and he, as +senior in the company, might easily succeed to the post; how popular +he was with everyone in the regiment, and how satisfied his father was +with him. Berg evidently enjoyed narrating all this, and did not +seem to suspect that others, too, might have their own interests. +But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his +youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers. + "Well, my boy, you'll get along wherever you go- foot or horse- that +I'll warrant," said Shinshin, patting him on the shoulder and taking +his feet off the sofa. + Berg smiled joyously. The count, by his guests, went into the +drawing room. + + It was just the moment before a big dinner when the assembled +guests, expecting the summons to zakuska,* avoid engaging in any +long conversation but think it necessary to move about and talk, in +order to show that they are not at all impatient for their food. The +host and hostess look toward the door, and now and then glance at +one another, and the visitors try to guess from these glances who, +or what, they are waiting for- some important relation who has not yet +arrived, or a dish that is not yet ready. + + *Hors d'oeuvres. + + Pierre had come just at dinnertime and was sitting awkwardly in +the middle of the drawing room on the first chair he had come +across, blocking the way for everyone. The countess tried to make +him talk, but he went on naively looking around through his spectacles +as if in search of somebody and answered all her questions in +monosyllables. He was in the way and was the only one who did not +notice the fact. Most of the guests, knowing of the affair with the +bear, looked with curiosity at this big, stout, quiet man, wondering +how such a clumsy, modest fellow could have played such a prank on a +policeman. + "You have only lately arrived?" the countess asked him. + "Oui, madame," replied he, looking around him. + "You have not yet seen my husband?" + "Non, madame." He smiled quite inappropriately. + "You have been in Paris recently, I believe? I suppose it's very +interesting." + "Very interesting." + The countess exchanged glances with Anna Mikhaylovna. The latter +understood that she was being asked to entertain this young man, and +sitting down beside him she began to speak about his father; but he +answered her, as he had the countess, only in monosyllables. The other +guests were all conversing with one another. "The Razumovskis... It +was charming... You are very kind... Countess Apraksina..." was +heard on all sides. The countess rose and went into the ballroom. + "Marya Dmitrievna?" came her voice from there. + "Herself," came the answer in a rough voice, and Marya Dmitrievna +entered the room. + All the unmarried ladies and even the married ones except the very +oldest rose. Marya Dmitrievna paused at the door. Tall and stout, +holding high her fifty-year-old head with its gray curls, she stood +surveying the guests, and leisurely arranged her wide sleeves as if +rolling them up. Marya Dmitrievna always spoke in Russian. + "Health and happiness to her whose name day we are keeping and to +her children," she said, in her loud, full-toned voice which drowned +all others. "Well, you old sinner," she went on, turning to the +count who was kissing her hand, "you're feeling dull in Moscow, I +daresay? Nowhere to hunt with your dogs? But what is to be done, old +man? Just see how these nestlings are growing up," and she pointed +to the girls. "You must look for husbands for them whether you like it +or not...." + Well," said she, "how's my Cossack?" (Marya Dmitrievna always called +Natasha a Cossack) and she stroked the child's arm as she came up +fearless and gay to kiss her hand. "I know she's a scamp of a girl, +but I like her." + She took a pair of pear-shaped ruby earrings from her huge +reticule and, having given them to the rosy Natasha, who beamed with +the pleasure of her saint's-day fete, turned away at once and +addressed herself to Pierre. + "Eh, eh, friend! Come here a bit," said she, assuming a soft high +tone of voice. "Come here, my friend..." and she ominously tucked up +her sleeves still higher. Pierre approached, looking at her in a +childlike way through his spectacles. + "Come nearer, come nearer, friend! I used to be the only one to tell +your father the truth when he was in favor, and in your case it's my +evident duty." She paused. All were silent, expectant of what was to +follow, for this was dearly only a prelude. + "A fine lad! My word! A fine lad!... His father lies on his deathbed +and he amuses himself setting a policeman astride a bear! For shame, +sir, for shame! It would be better if you went to the war." + She turned away and gave her hand to the count, who could hardly +keep from laughing. + "Well, I suppose it is time we were at table?" said Marya +Dmitrievna. + The count went in first with Marya Dmitrievna, the countess followed +on the arm of a colonel of hussars, a man of importance to them +because Nicholas was to go with him to the regiment; then came Anna +Mikhaylovna with Shinshin. Berg gave his arm to Vera. The smiling +Julie Karagina went in with Nicholas. After them other couples +followed, filling the whole dining hall, and last of all the children, +tutors, and governesses followed singly. The footmen began moving +about, chairs scraped, the band struck up in the gallery, and the +guests settled down in their places. Then the strains of the count's +household band were replaced by the clatter of knives and forks, the +voices of visitors, and the soft steps of the footmen. At one end of +the table sat the countess with Marya Dmitrievna on her right and Anna +Mikhaylovna on her left, the other lady visitors were farther down. At +the other end sat the count, with the hussar colonel on his left and +Shinshin and the other male visitors on his right. Midway down the +long table on one side sat the grownup young people: Vera beside Berg, +and Pierre beside Boris; and on the other side, the children, +tutors, and governesses. From behind the crystal decanters and fruit +vases the count kept glancing at his wife and her tall cap with its +light-blue ribbons, and busily filled his neighbors' glasses, not +neglecting his own. The countess in turn, without omitting her +duties as hostess, threw significant glances from behind the +pineapples at her husband whose face and bald head seemed by their +redness to contrast more than usual with his gray hair. At the ladies' +end an even chatter of voices was heard all the time, at the men's end +the voices sounded louder and louder, especially that of the colonel +of hussars who, growing more and more flushed, ate and drank so much +that the count held him up as a pattern to the other guests. Berg with +tender smiles was saying to Vera that love is not an earthly but a +heavenly feeling. Boris was telling his new friend Pierre who the +guests were and exchanging glances with Natasha, who was sitting +opposite. Pierre spoke little but examined the new faces, and ate a +great deal. Of the two soups he chose turtle with savory patties and +went on to the game without omitting a single dish or one of the +wines. These latter the butler thrust mysteriously forward, wrapped in +a napkin, from behind the next man's shoulders and whispered: "Dry +Madeira"... "Hungarian"... or "Rhine wine" as the case might be. Of +the four crystal glasses engraved with the count's monogram that stood +before his plate, Pierre held out one at random and drank with +enjoyment, gazing with ever-increasing amiability at the other guests. +Natasha, who sat opposite, was looking at Boris as girls of thirteen +look at the boy they are in love with and have just kissed for the +first time. Sometimes that same look fell on Pierre, and that funny +lively little girl's look made him inclined to laugh without knowing +why. + Nicholas sat at some distance from Sonya, beside Julie Karagina, +to whom he was again talking with the same involuntary smile. Sonya +wore a company smile but was evidently tormented by jealousy; now +she turned pale, now blushed and strained every nerve to overhear what +Nicholas and Julie were saying to one another. The governess kept +looking round uneasily as if preparing to resent any slight that might +be put upon the children. The German tutor was trying to remember +all the dishes, wines, and kinds of dessert, in order to send a full +description of the dinner to his people in Germany; and he felt +greatly offended when the butler with a bottle wrapped in a napkin +passed him by. He frowned, trying to appear as if he did not want +any of that wine, but was mortified because no one would understand +that it was not to quench his thirst or from greediness that he wanted +it, but simply from a conscientious desire for knowledge. +BK1|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + At the men's end of the table the talk grew more and more +animated. The colonel told them that the declaration of war had +already appeared in Petersburg and that a copy, which he had himself +seen, had that day been forwarded by courier to the commander in +chief. + "And why the deuce are we going to fight Bonaparte?" remarked +Shinshin. "He has stopped Austria's cackle and I fear it will be our +turn next." + The colonel was a stout, tall, plethoric German, evidently devoted +to the service and patriotically Russian. He resented Shinshin's +remark. + "It is for the reasson, my goot sir," said he, speaking with a +German accent, "for the reasson zat ze Emperor knows zat. He +declares in ze manifessto zat he cannot fiew wiz indifference ze +danger vreatening Russia and zat ze safety and dignity of ze Empire as +vell as ze sanctity of its alliances..." he spoke this last word +with particular emphasis as if in it lay the gist of the matter. + Then with the unerring official memory that characterized him he +repeated from the opening words of the manifesto: + ... and the wish, which constitutes the Emperor's sole and +absolute aim- to establish peace in Europe on firm foundations- has +now decided him to despatch part of the army abroad and to create a +new condition for the attainment of that purpose. + "Zat, my dear sir, is vy..." he concluded, drinking a tumbler of +wine with dignity and looking to the count for approval. + "Connaissez-vous le Proverbe:* 'Jerome, Jerome, do not roam, but +turn spindles at home!'?" said Shinshin, puckering his brows and +smiling. "Cela nous convient a merveille.*[2] Suvorov now- he knew +what he was about; yet they beat him a plate couture,*[3] and where +are we to find Suvorovs now? Je vous demande un peu,"*[4] said he, +continually changing from French to Russian. + + *Do you know the proverb? + *[2] That suits us down to the ground. + *[3] Hollow. + *[4] I just ask you that. + + "Ve must vight to the last tr-r-op of our plood!" said the +colonel, thumping the table; "and ve must tie for our Emperor, and zen +all vill pe vell. And ve must discuss it as little as po-o-ossible"... +he dwelt particularly on the word possible... "as po-o-ossible," he +ended, again turning to the count. "Zat is how ve old hussars look +at it, and zere's an end of it! And how do you, a young man and a +young hussar, how do you judge of it?" he added, addressing +Nicholas, who when he heard that the war was being discussed had +turned from his partner with eyes and ears intent on the colonel. + "I am quite of your opinion," replied Nicholas, flaming up, +turning his plate round and moving his wineglasses about with as +much decision and desperation as though he were at that moment +facing some great danger. "I am convinced that we Russians must die or +conquer," he concluded, conscious- as were others- after the words +were uttered that his remarks were too enthusiastic and emphatic for +the occasion and were therefore awkward. + "What you said just now was splendid!" said his partner Julie. + Sonya trembled all over and blushed to her ears and behind them +and down to her neck and shoulders while Nicholas was speaking. + Pierre listened to the colonel's speech and nodded approvingly. + "That's fine," said he. + "The young man's a real hussar!" shouted the colonel, again thumping +the table. + "What are you making such a noise about over there?" Marya +Dmitrievna's deep voice suddenly inquired from the other end of the +table. "What are you thumping the table for?" she demanded of the +hussar, "and why are you exciting yourself? Do you think the French +are here?" + "I am speaking ze truce," replied the hussar with a smile. + "It's all about the war," the count shouted down the table. "You +know my son's going, Marya Dmitrievna? My son is going." + "I have four sons in the army but still I don't fret. It is all in +God's hands. You may die in your bed or God may spare you in a +battle," replied Marya Dmitrievna's deep voice, which easily carried +the whole length of the table. + "That's true!" + Once more the conversations concentrated, the ladies' at the one end +and the men's at the other. + "You won't ask," Natasha's little brother was saying; "I know you +won't ask!" + "I will," replied Natasha. + Her face suddenly flushed with reckless and joyous resolution. She +half rose, by a glance inviting Pierre, who sat opposite, to listen to +what was coming, and turning to her mother: + "Mamma!" rang out the clear contralto notes of her childish voice, +audible the whole length of the table. + "What is it?" asked the countess, startled; but seeing by her +daughter's face that it was only mischief, she shook a finger at her +sternly with a threatening and forbidding movement of her head. + The conversation was hushed. + "Mamma! What sweets are we going to have?" and Natasha's voice +sounded still more firm and resolute. + The countess tried to frown, but could not. Marya Dmitrievna shook +her fat finger. + "Cossack!" she said threateningly. + Most of the guests, uncertain how to regard this sally, looked at +the elders. + "You had better take care!" said the countess. + "Mamma! What sweets are we going to have?" Natasha again cried +boldly, with saucy gaiety, confident that her prank would be taken +in good part. + Sonya and fat little Petya doubled up with laughter. + "You see! I have asked," whispered Natasha to her little brother and +to Pierre, glancing at him again. + "Ice pudding, but you won't get any," said Marya Dmitrievna. + Natasha saw there was nothing to be afraid of and so she braved even +Marya Dmitrievna. + "Marya Dmitrievna! What kind of ice pudding? I don't like ice +cream." + "Carrot ices." + "No! What kind, Marya Dmitrievna? What kind?" she almost screamed; +"I want to know!" + Marya Dmitrievna and the countess burst out laughing, and all the +guests joined in. Everyone laughed, not at Marya Dmitrievna's answer +but at the incredible boldness and smartness of this little girl who +had dared to treat Marya Dmitrievna in this fashion. + Natasha only desisted when she had been told that there would be +pineapple ice. Before the ices, champagne was served round. The band +again struck up, the count and countess kissed, and the guests, +leaving their seats, went up to "congratulate" the countess, and +reached across the table to clink glasses with the count, with the +children, and with one another. Again the footmen rushed about, chairs +scraped, and in the same order in which they had entered but with +redder faces, the guests returned to the drawing room and to the +count's study. +BK1|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + The card tables were drawn out, sets made up for boston, and the +count's visitors settled themselves, some in the two drawing rooms, +some in the sitting room, some in the library. + The count, holding his cards fanwise, kept himself with difficulty +from dropping into his usual after-dinner nap, and laughed at +everything. The young people, at the countess' instigation, gathered +round the clavichord and harp. Julie by general request played +first. After she had played a little air with variations on the +harp, she joined the other young ladies in begging Natasha and +Nicholas, who were noted for their musical talent, to sing +something. Natasha, who was treated as though she were grown up, was +evidently very proud of this but at the same time felt shy. + "What shall we sing?" she said. + "'The Brook,'" suggested Nicholas. + "Well, then,let's be quick. Boris, come here," said Natasha. "But +where is Sonya?" + She looked round and seeing that her friend was not in the room +ran to look for her. + Running into Sonya's room and not finding her there, Natasha ran +to the nursery, but Sonya was not there either. Natasha concluded that +she must be on the chest in the passage. The chest in the passage +was the place of mourning for the younger female generation in the +Rostov household. And there in fact was Sonya lying face downward on +Nurse's dirty feather bed on the top of the chest, crumpling her gauzy +pink dress under her, hiding her face with her slender fingers, and +sobbing so convulsively that her bare little shoulders shook. +Natasha's face, which had been so radiantly happy all that saint's +day, suddenly changed: her eyes became fixed, and then a shiver passed +down her broad neck and the corners of her mouth drooped. + "Sonya! What is it? What is the matter?... Oo... Oo... Oo...!" And +Natasha's large mouth widened, making her look quite ugly, and she +began to wail like a baby without knowing why, except that Sonya was +crying. Sonya tried to lift her head to answer but could not, and +hid her face still deeper in the bed. Natasha wept, sitting on the +blue-striped feather bed and hugging her friend. With an effort +Sonya sat up and began wiping her eyes and explaining. + "Nicholas is going away in a week's time, his... papers... have +come... he told me himself... but still I should not cry," and she +showed a paper she held in her hand- with the verses Nicholas had +written, "still, I should not cry, but you can't... no one can +understand... what a soul he has!" + And she began to cry again because he had such a noble soul. + "It's all very well for you... I am not envious... I love you and +Boris also," she went on, gaining a little strength; "he is nice... +there are no difficulties in your way.... But Nicholas is my cousin... +one would have to... the Metropolitan himself... and even then it +can't be done. And besides, if she tells Mamma" (Sonya looked upon the +countess as her mother and called her so) "that I am spoiling +Nicholas' career and am heartless and ungrateful, while truly... God +is my witness," and she made the sign of the cross, "I love her so +much, and all of you, only Vera... And what for? What have I done to +her? I am so grateful to you that I would willingly sacrifice +everything, only I have nothing...." + Sonya could not continue, and again hid her face in her hands and in +the feather bed. Natasha began consoling her, but her face showed that +she understood all the gravity of her friend's trouble. + "Sonya," she suddenly exclaimed, as if she had guessed the true +reason of her friend's sorrow, "I'm sure Vera has said something to +you since dinner? Hasn't she?" + "Yes, these verses Nicholas wrote himself and I copied some +others, and she found them on my table and said she'd show them to +Mamma, and that I was ungrateful, and that Mamma would never allow him +to marry me, but that he'll marry Julie. You see how he's been with +her all day... Natasha, what have I done to deserve it?..." + And again she began to sob, more bitterly than before. Natasha +lifted her up, hugged her, and, smiling through her tears, began +comforting her. + "Sonya, don't believe her, darling! Don't believe her! Do you +remember how we and Nicholas, all three of us, talked in the sitting +room after supper? Why, we settled how everything was to be. I don't +quite remember how, but don't you remember that it could all be +arranged and how nice it all was? There's Uncle Shinshin's brother has +married his first cousin. And we are only second cousins, you know. +And Boris says it is quite possible. You know I have told him all +about it. And he is so clever and so good!" said Natasha. "Don't you +cry, Sonya, dear love, darling Sonya!" and she kissed her and laughed. +"Vera's spiteful; never mind her! And all will come right and she +won't say anything to Mamma. Nicholas will tell her himself, and he +doesn't care at all for Julie." + Natasha kissed her on the hair. + Sonya sat up. The little kitten brightened, its eyes shone, and it +seemed ready to lift its tail, jump down on its soft paws, and begin +playing with the ball of worsted as a kitten should. + "Do you think so?... Really? Truly?" she said, quickly smoothing her +frock and hair. + "Really, truly!" answered Natasha, pushing in a crisp lock that +had strayed from under her friend's plaits. + Both laughed. + "Well, let's go and sing 'The Brook.'" + "Come along!" + "Do you know, that fat Pierre who sat opposite me is so funny!" said +Natasha, stopping suddenly. "I feel so happy!" + And she set off at a run along the passage. + Sonya, shaking off some down which clung to her and tucking away the +verses in the bosom of her dress close to her bony little chest, ran +after Natasha down the passage into the sitting room with flushed face +and light, joyous steps. At the visitors' request the young people +sang the quartette, "The Brook," with which everyone was delighted. +Then Nicholas sang a song he had just learned: + + At nighttime in the moon's fair glow + How sweet, as fancies wander free, + To feel that in this world there's one + Who still is thinking but of thee! + + That while her fingers touch the harp + Wafting sweet music music the lea, + It is for thee thus swells her heart, + Sighing its message out to thee... + + A day or two, then bliss unspoilt, + But oh! till then I cannot live!... + + He had not finished the last verse before the young people began +to get ready to dance in the large hall, and the sound of the feet and +the coughing of the musicians were heard from the gallery. + + Pierre was sitting in the drawing-room where Shinshin had engaged +him, as a man recently returned from abroad, in a political +conversation in which several others joined but which bored Pierre. +When the music began Natasha came in and walking straight up to Pierre +said, laughing and blushing: + "Mamma told me to ask you to join the dancers." + "I am afraid of mixing the figures," Pierre replied; "but if you +will be my teacher..." And lowering his big arm he offered it to the +slender little girl. + While the couples were arranging themselves and the musicians tuning +up, Pierre sat down with his little partner. Natasha was perfectly +happy; she was dancing with a grown-up man, who had been abroad. She +was sitting in a conspicuous place and talking to him like a +grown-up lady. She had a fan in her hand that one of the ladies had +given her to hold. Assuming quite the pose of a society woman +(heaven knows when and where she had learned it) she talked with her +partner, fanning herself and smiling over the fan. + "Dear, dear! Just look at her!" exclaimed the countess as she +crossed the ballroom, pointing to Natasha. + Natasha blushed and laughed. + "Well, really, Mamma! Why should you? What is there to be +surprised at?" + + In the midst of the third ecossaise there was a clatter of chairs +being pushed back in the sitting room where the count and Marya +Dmitrievna had been playing cards with the majority of the more +distinguished and older visitors. They now, stretching themselves +after sitting so long, and replacing their purses and pocketbooks, +entered the ballroom. First came Marya Dmitrievna and the count, +both with merry countenances. The count, with playful ceremony +somewhat in ballet style, offered his bent arm to Marya Dmitrievna. He +drew himself up, a smile of debonair gallantry lit up his face and +as soon as the last figure of the ecossaise was ended, he clapped +his hands to the musicians and shouted up to their gallery, addressing +the first violin: + "Semen! Do you know the Daniel Cooper?" + This was the count's favorite dance, which he had danced in his +youth. (Strictly speaking, Daniel Cooper was one figure of the +anglaise.) + "Look at Papa!" shouted Natasha to the whole company, and quite +forgetting that she was dancing with a grown-up partner she bent her +curly head to her knees and made the whole room ring with her +laughter. + And indeed everybody in the room looked with a smile of pleasure +at the jovial old gentleman, who standing beside his tall and stout +partner, Marya Dmitrievna, curved his arms, beat time, straightened +his shoulders, turned out his toes, tapped gently with his foot, +and, by a smile that broadened his round face more and more, +prepared the onlookers for what was to follow. As soon as the +provocatively gay strains of Daniel Cooper (somewhat resembling +those of a merry peasant dance) began to sound, all the doorways of +the ballroom were suddenly filled by the domestic serfs- the men on +one side and the women on the other- who with beaming faces had come +to see their master making merry. + "Just look at the master! A regular eagle he is!" loudly remarked +the nurse, as she stood in one of the doorways. + The count danced well and knew it. But his partner could not and did +not want to dance well. Her enormous figure stood erect, her +powerful arms hanging down (she had handed her reticule to the +countess), and only her stern but handsome face really joined in the +dance. What was expressed by the whole of the count's plump figure, in +Marya Dmitrievna found expression only in her more and more beaming +face and quivering nose. But if the count, getting more and more +into the swing of it, charmed the spectators by the unexpectedness +of his adroit maneuvers and the agility with which he capered about on +his light feet, Marya Dmitrievna produced no less impression by slight +exertions- the least effort to move her shoulders or bend her arms +when turning, or stamp her foot- which everyone appreciated in view of +her size and habitual severity. The dance grew livelier and +livelier. The other couples could not attract a moment's attention +to their own evolutions and did not even try to do so. All were +watching the count and Marya Dmitrievna. Natasha kept pulling everyone +by sleeve or dress, urging them to "look at Papa!" though as it was +they never took their eyes off the couple. In the intervals of the +dance the count, breathing deeply, waved and shouted to the +musicians to play faster. Faster, faster, and faster; lightly, more +lightly, and yet more lightly whirled the count, flying round Marya +Dmitrievna, now on his toes, now on his heels; until, turning his +partner round to her seat, he executed the final pas, raising his soft +foot backwards, bowing his perspiring head, smiling and making a +wide sweep with his arm, amid a thunder of applause and laughter led +by Natasha. Both partners stood still, breathing heavily and wiping +their faces with their cambric handkerchiefs. + "That's how we used to dance in our time, ma chere," said the count. + "That was a Daniel Cooper!" exclaimed Marya Dmitrievna, tucking up +her sleeves and puffing heavily. +BK1|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + While in the Rostovs' ballroom the sixth anglaise was being +danced, to a tune in which the weary musicians blundered, and while +tired footmen and cooks were getting the supper, Count Bezukhov had +a sixth stroke. The doctors pronounced recovery impossible. After a +mute confession, communion was administered to the dying man, +preparations made for the sacrament of unction, and in his house there +was the bustle and thrill of suspense usual at such moments. Outside +the house, beyond the gates, a group of undertakers, who hid +whenever a carriage drove up, waited in expectation of an important +order for an expensive funeral. The Military Governor of Moscow, who +had been assiduous in sending aides-de-camp to inquire after the +count's health, came himself that evening to bid a last farewell to +the celebrated grandee of Catherine's court, Count Bezukhov. + The magnificent reception room was crowded. Everyone stood up +respectfully when the Military Governor, having stayed about half an +hour alone with the dying man, passed out, slightly acknowledging +their bows and trying to escape as quickly as from the glances fixed +on him by the doctors, clergy, and relatives of the family. Prince +Vasili, who had grown thinner and paler during the last few days, +escorted him to the door, repeating something to him several times +in low tones. + When the Military Governor had gone, Prince Vasili sat down all +alone on a chair in the ballroom, crossing one leg high over the +other, leaning his elbow on his knee and covering his face with his +hand. After sitting so for a while he rose, and, looking about him +with frightened eyes, went with unusually hurried steps down the +long corridor leading to the back of the house, to the room of the +eldest princess. + Those who were in the dimly lit reception room spoke in nervous +whispers, and, whenever anyone went into or came from the dying +man's room, grew silent and gazed with eyes full of curiosity or +expectancy at his door, which creaked slightly when opened. + "The limits of human life... are fixed and may not be o'erpassed," +said an old priest to a lady who had taken a seat beside him and was +listening naively to his words. + "I wonder, is it not too late to administer unction?" asked the +lady, adding the priest's clerical title, as if she had no opinion +of her own on the subject. + "Ah, madam, it is a great sacrament, "replied the priest, passing +his hand over the thin grizzled strands of hair combed back across his +bald head. + "Who was that? The Military Governor himself?" was being asked at +the other side of the room. "How young-looking he is!" + "Yes, and he is over sixty. I hear the count no longer recognizes +anyone. They wished to administer the sacrament of unction." + "I knew someone who received that sacrament seven times." + The second princess had just come from the sickroom with her eyes +red from weeping and sat down beside Dr. Lorrain, who was sitting in a +graceful pose under a portrait of Catherine, leaning his elbow on a +table. + "Beautiful," said the doctor in answer to a remark about the +weather. "The weather is beautiful, Princess; and besides, in Moscow +one feels as if one were in the country." + "Yes, indeed," replied the princess with a sigh. "So he may have +something to drink?" + Lorrain considered. + "Has he taken his medicine?" + "Yes." + The doctor glanced at his watch. + "Take a glass of boiled water and put a pinch of cream of tartar," +and he indicated with his delicate fingers what he meant by a pinch. + "Dere has neffer been a gase," a German doctor was saying to an +aide-de-camp, "dat one liffs after de sird stroke." + "And what a well-preserved man he was!" remarked the aide-de-camp. +"And who will inherit his wealth?" he added in a whisper. + "It von't go begging," replied the German with a smile. + Everyone again looked toward the door, which creaked as the second +princess went in with the drink she had prepared according to +Lorrain's instructions. The German doctor went up to Lorrain. + "Do you think he can last till morning?" asked the German, +addressing Lorrain in French which he pronounced badly. + Lorrain, pursing up his lips, waved a severely negative finger +before his nose. + "Tonight, not later," said he in a low voice, and he moved away with +a decorous smile of self-satisfaction at being able clearly to +understand and state the patient's condition. + + Meanwhile Prince Vasili had opened the door into the princess' room. + In this room it was almost dark; only two tiny lamps were burning +before the icons and there was a pleasant scent of flowers and burnt +pastilles. The room was crowded with small pieces of furniture, +whatnots, cupboards, and little tables. The quilt of a high, white +feather bed was just visible behind a screen. A small dog began to +bark. + "Ah, is it you, cousin?" + She rose and smoothed her hair, which was as usual so extremely +smooth that it seemed to be made of one piece with her head and +covered with varnish. + "Has anything happened?" she asked. "I am so terrified." + "No, there is no change. I only came to have a talk about +business, Catiche,"* muttered the prince, seating himself wearily on +the chair she had just vacated. "You have made the place warm, I +must say," he remarked. "Well, sit down: let's have a talk." + + *Catherine. + + "I thought perhaps something had happened," she said with her +unchanging stonily severe expression; and, sitting down opposite the +prince, she prepared to listen. + "I wished to get a nap, mon cousin, but I can't." + "Well, my dear?" said Prince Vasili, taking her hand and bending +it downwards as was his habit. + It was plain that this "well?" referred to much that they both +understood without naming. + The princess, who had a straight, rigid body, abnormally long for +her legs, looked directly at Prince Vasili with no sign of emotion +in her prominent gray eyes. Then she shook her head and glanced up +at the icons with a sigh. This might have been taken as an +expression of sorrow and devotion, or of weariness and hope of resting +before long. Prince Vasili understood it as an expression of +weariness. + "And I?" he said; "do you think it is easier for me? I am as worn +out as a post horse, but still I must have a talk with you, Catiche, a +very serious talk." + Prince Vasili said no more and his cheeks began to twitch nervously, +now on one side, now on the other, giving his face an unpleasant +expression which was never to be seen on it in a drawing room. His +eyes too seemed strange; at one moment they looked impudently sly +and at the next glanced round in alarm. + The princess, holding her little dog on her lap with her thin bony +hands, looked attentively into Prince Vasili's eyes evidently resolved +not to be the first to break silence, if she had to wait till morning. + "Well, you see, my dear princess and cousin, Catherine Semenovna," +continued Prince Vasili, returning to his theme, apparently not +without an inner struggle; "at such a moment as this one must think of +everything. One must think of the future, of all of you... I love +you all, like children of my own, as you know." + The princess continued to look at him without moving, and with the +same dull expression. + "And then of course my family has also to be considered," Prince +Vasili went on, testily pushing away a little table without looking at +her. "You know, Catiche, that we- you three sisters, Mamontov, and +my wife- are the count's only direct heirs. I know, I know how hard it +is for you to talk or think of such matters. It is no easier for me; +but, my dear, I am getting on for sixty and must be prepared for +anything. Do you know I have sent for Pierre? The count," pointing +to his portrait, "definitely demanded that he should be called." + Prince Vasili looked questioningly at the princess, but could not +make out whether she was considering what he had just said or +whether she was simply looking at him. + "There is one thing I constantly pray God to grant, mon cousin," she +replied, "and it is that He would be merciful to him and would allow +his noble soul peacefully to leave this..." + "Yes, yes, of course," interrupted Prince Vasili impatiently, +rubbing his bald head and angrily pulling back toward him the little +table that he had pushed away. "But... in short, the fact is... you +know yourself that last winter the count made a will by which he +left all his property, not to us his direct heirs, but to Pierre." + "He has made wills enough!" quietly remarked the princess. "But he +cannot leave the estate to Pierre. Pierre is illegitimate." + "But, my dear," said Prince Vasili suddenly, clutching the little +table and becoming more animated and talking more rapidly: "what if +a letter has been written to the Emperor in which the count asks for +Pierre's legitimation? Do you understand that in consideration of +the count's services, his request would be granted?..." + The princess smiled as people do who think they know more about +the subject under discussion than those they are talking with. + "I can tell you more," continued Prince Vasili, seizing her hand, +"that letter was written, though it was not sent, and the Emperor knew +of it. The only question is, has it been destroyed or not? If not, +then as soon as all is over," and Prince Vasili sighed to intimate +what he meant by the words all is over, "and the count's papers are +opened, the will and letter will be delivered to the Emperor, and +the petition will certainly be granted. Pierre will get everything +as the legitimate son." + "And our share?" asked the princess smiling ironically, as if +anything might happen, only not that. + "But, my poor Catiche, it is as clear as daylight! He will then be +the legal heir to everything and you won't get anything. You must +know, my dear, whether the will and letter were written, and whether +they have been destroyed or not. And if they have somehow been +overlooked, you ought to know where they are, and must find them, +because..." + "What next?" the princess interrupted, smiling sardonically and +not changing the expression of her eyes. "I am a woman, and you +think we are all stupid; but I know this: an illegitimate son cannot +inherit... un batard!"* she added, as if supposing that this +translation of the word would effectively prove to Prince Vasili the +invalidity of his contention. + + *A bastard. + + "Well, really, Catiche! Can't you understand! You are so +intelligent, how is it you don't see that if the count has written a +letter to the Emperor begging him to recognize Pierre as legitimate, +it follows that Pierre will not be Pierre but will become Count +Bezukhov, and will then inherit everything under the will? And if +the will and letter are not destroyed, then you will have nothing +but the consolation of having been dutiful et tout ce qui s'ensuit!* +That's certain." + + *And all that follows therefrom. + + "I know the will was made, but I also know that it is invalid; and +you, mon cousin, seem to consider me a perfect fool," said the +princess with the expression women assume when they suppose they are +saying something witty and stinging. + "My dear Princess Catherine Semenovna," began Prince Vasili +impatiently, "I came here not to wrangle with you, but to talk about +your interests as with a kinswoman, a good, kind, true relation. And I +tell you for the tenth time that if the letter to the Emperor and +the will in Pierre's favor are among the count's papers, then, my dear +girl, you and your sisters are not heiresses! If you don't believe me, +then believe an expert. I have just been talking to Dmitri Onufrich" +(the family solicitor) "and he says the same." + At this a sudden change evidently took place in the princess' ideas; +her thin lips grew white, though her eyes did not change, and her +voice when she began to speak passed through such transitions as she +herself evidently did not expect. + "That would be a fine thing!" said she. "I never wanted anything and +I don't now." + She pushed the little dog off her lap and smoothed her dress. + "And this is gratitude- this is recognition for those who have +sacrificed everything for his sake!" she cried. "It's splendid! +Fine! I don't want anything, Prince." + "Yes, but you are not the only one. There are your sisters..." +replied Prince Vasili. + But the princess did not listen to him. + "Yes, I knew it long ago but had forgotten. I knew that I could +expect nothing but meanness, deceit, envy, intrigue, and +ingratitude- the blackest ingratitude- in this house..." + "Do you or do you not know where that will is?" insisted Prince +Vasili, his cheeks twitching more than ever. + "Yes, I was a fool! I still believed in people, loved them, and +sacrificed myself. But only the base, the vile succeed! I know who has +been intriguing!" + The princees wished to rise, but the prince held her by the hand. +She had the air of one who has suddenly lost faith in the whole +human race. She gave her companion an angry glance. + "There is still time, my dear. You must remember, Catiche, that it +was all done casually in a moment of anger, of illness, and was +afterwards forgotten. Our duty, my dear, is to rectify his mistake, to +ease his last moments by not letting him commit this injustice, and +not to let him die feeling that he is rendering unhappy those who..." + "Who sacrificed everything for him," chimed in the princess, who +would again have risen had not the prince still held her fast, "though +he never could appreciate it. No, mon cousin," she added with a +sigh, "I shall always remember that in this world one must expect no +reward, that in this world there is neither honor nor justice. In this +world one has to be cunning and cruel." + "Now come, come! Be reasonable. I know your excellent heart." + "No, I have a wicked heart." + "I know your heart," repeated the prince. "I value your friendship +and wish you to have as good an opinion of me. Don't upset yourself, +and let us talk sensibly while there is still time, be it a day or +be it but an hour.... Tell me all you know about the will, and above +all where it is. You must know. We will take it at once and show it to +the count. He has, no doubt, forgotten it and will wish to destroy it. +You understand that my sole desire is conscientiously to carry out his +wishes; that is my only reason for being here. I came simply to help +him and you." + "Now I see it all! I know who has been intriguing- I know!" cried +the princess. + "That's not the point, my dear." + "It's that protege of yours, that sweet Princess Drubetskaya, that +Anna Mikhaylovna whom I would not take for a housemaid... the +infamous, vile woman!" + "Do not let us lose any time..." + "Ah, don't talk to me! Last winter she wheedled herself in here +and told the count such vile, disgraceful things about us, +especially about Sophie- I can't repeat them- that it made the count +quite ill and he would not see us for a whole fortnight. I know it was +then he wrote this vile, infamous paper, but I thought the thing was +invalid." + "We've got to it at last- why did you not tell me about it sooner?" + "It's in the inlaid portfolio that he keeps under his pillow," +said the princess, ignoring his question. "Now I know! Yes; if I +have a sin, a great sin, it is hatred of that vile woman!" almost +shrieked the princess, now quite changed. "And what does she come +worming herself in here for? But I will give her a piece of my mind. +The time will come!" +BK1|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + While these conversations were going on in the reception room and +the princess' room, a carriage containing Pierre (who had been sent +for) and Anna Mikhaylovna (who found it necessary to accompany him) +was driving into the court of Count Bezukhov's house. As the wheels +rolled softly over the straw beneath the windows, Anna Mikhaylovna, +having turned with words of comfort to her companion, realized that he +was asleep in his corner and woke him up. Rousing himself, Pierre +followed Anna Mikhaylovna out of the carriage, and only then began +to think of the interview with his dying father which awaited him. +He noticed that they had not come to the front entrance but to the +back door. While he was getting down from the carriage steps two +men, who looked like tradespeople, ran hurriedly from the entrance and +hid in the shadow of the wall. Pausing for a moment, Pierre noticed +several other men of the same kind hiding in the shadow of the house +on both sides. But neither Anna Mikhaylovna nor the footman nor the +coachman, who could not help seeing these people, took any notice of +them. "It seems to be all right," Pierre concluded, and followed +Anna Mikhaylovna. She hurriedly ascended the narrow dimly lit stone +staircase, calling to Pierre, who was lagging behind, to follow. +Though he did not see why it was necessary for him to go to the +count at all, still less why he had to go by the back stairs, yet +judging by Anna Mikhaylovna's air of assurance and haste, Pierre +concluded that it was all absolutely necessary. Halfway up the +stairs they were almost knocked over by some men who, carrying +pails, came running downstairs, their boots clattering. These men +pressed close to the wall to let Pierre and Anna Mikhaylovna pass +and did not evince the least surprise at seeing them there. + "Is this the way to the princesses' apartments?" asked Anna +Mikhaylovna of one of them. + "Yes," replied a footman in a bold loud voice, as if anything were +now permissible; "the door to the left, ma'am." + "Perhaps the count did not ask for me," said Pierre when he +reached the landing. "I'd better go to my own room." + Anna Mikhaylovna paused and waited for him to come up. + "Ah, my friend!" she said, touching his arm as she had done her +son's when speaking to him that afternoon, "believe me I suffer no +less than you do, but be a man!" + "But really, hadn't I better go away?" he asked, looking kindly at +her over his spectacles. + "Ah, my dear friend! Forget the wrongs that may have been done +you. Think that he is your father... perhaps in the agony of death." +She sighed. "I have loved you like a son from the first. Trust +yourself to me, Pierre. I shall not forget your interests." + Pierre did not understand a word, but the conviction that all this +had to be grew stronger, and he meekly followed Anna Mikhaylovna who +was already opening a door. + This door led into a back anteroom. An old man, a servant of the +princesses, sat in a corner knitting a stocking. Pierre had never been +in this part of the house and did not even know of the existence of +these rooms. Anna Mikhaylovna, addressing a maid who was hurrying past +with a decanter on a tray as "my dear" and "my sweet," asked about the +princess' health and then led Pierre along a stone passage. The +first door on the left led into the princesses' apartments. The maid +with the decanter in her haste had not closed the door (everything +in the house was done in haste at that time), and Pierre and Anna +Mikhaylovna in passing instinctively glanced into the room, where +Prince Vasili and the eldest princess were sitting close together +talking. Seeing them pass, Prince Vasili drew back with obvious +impatience, while the princess jumped up and with a gesture of +desperation slammed the door with all her might. + This action was so unlike her usual composure and the fear +depicted on Prince Vasili's face so out of keeping with his dignity +that Pierre stopped and glanced inquiringly over his spectacles at his +guide. Anna Mikhaylovna evinced no surprise, she only smiled faintly +and sighed, as if to say that this was no more than she had expected. + "Be a man, my friend. I will look after your interests," said she in +reply to his look, and went still faster along the passage. + Pierre could not make out what it was all about, and still less what +"watching over his interests" meant, but he decided that all these +things had to be. From the passage they went into a large, dimly lit +room adjoining the count's reception room. It was one of those +sumptuous but cold apartments known to Pierre only from the front +approach, but even in this room there now stood an empty bath, and +water had been spilled on the carpet. They were met by a deacon with a +censer and by a servant who passed out on tiptoe without heeding them. +They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian +windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full +length portrait of Catherine the Great. The same people were still +sitting here in almost the same positions as before, whispering to one +another. All became silent and turned to look at the pale tear-worn +Anna Mikhaylovna as she entered, and at the big stout figure of Pierre +who, hanging his head, meekly followed her. + Anna Mikhaylovna's face expressed a consciousness that the +decisive moment had arrived. With the air of a practical Petersburg +lady she now, keeping Pierre close beside her, entered the room even +more boldly than that afternoon. She felt that as she brought with her +the person the dying man wished to see, her own admission was assured. +Casting a rapid glance at all those in the room and noticing the +count's confessor there, she glided up to him with a sort of amble, +not exactly bowing yet seeming to grow suddenly smaller, and +respectfully received the blessing first of one and then of another +priest. + "God be thanked that you are in time," said she to one of the +priests; "all we relatives have been in such anxiety. This young man +is the count's son," she added more softly. "What a terrible moment!" + Having said this she went up to the doctor. + "Dear doctor," said she, "this young man is the count's son. Is +there any hope?" + The doctor cast a rapid glance upwards and silently shrugged his +shoulders. Anna Mikhaylovna with just the same movement raised her +shoulders and eyes, almost closing the latter, sighed, and moved +away from the doctor to Pierre. To him, in a particularly respectful +and tenderly sad voice, she said: + "Trust in His mercy!" and pointing out a small sofa for him to sit +and wait for her, she went silently toward the door that everyone +was watching and it creaked very slightly as she disappeared behind +it. + Pierre, having made up his mind to obey his monitress implicitly, +moved toward the sofa she had indicated. As soon as Anna Mikhaylovna +had disappeared he noticed that the eyes of all in the room turned +to him with something more than curiosity and sympathy. He noticed +that they whispered to one another, casting significant looks at him +with a kind of awe and even servility. A deference such as he had +never before received was shown him. A strange lady, the one who had +been talking to the priests, rose and offered him her seat; an +aide-de-camp picked up and returned a glove Pierre had dropped; the +doctors became respectfully silent as he passed by, and moved to +make way for him. At first Pierre wished to take another seat so as +not to trouble the lady, and also to pick up the glove himself and +to pass round the doctors who were not even in his way; but all at +once he felt that this would not do, and that tonight he was a +person obliged to perform some sort of awful rite which everyone +expected of him, and that he was therefore bound to accept their +services. He took the glove in silence from the aide-de-camp, and +sat down in the lady's chair, placing his huge hands symmetrically +on his knees in the naive attitude of an Egyptian statue, and +decided in his own mind that all was as it should be, and that in +order not to lose his head and do foolish things he must not act on +his own ideas tonight, but must yield himself up entirely to the +will of those who were guiding him. + Not two minutes had passed before Prince Vasili with head erect +majestically entered the room. He was wearing his long coat with three +stars on his breast. He seemed to have grown thinner since the +morning; his eyes seemed larger than usual when he glanced round and +noticed Pierre. He went up to him, took his hand (a thing he never +used to do), and drew it downwards as if wishing to ascertain +whether it was firmly fixed on. + "Courage, courage, my friend! He has asked to see you. That is +well!" and he turned to go. + But Pierre thought it necessary to ask: "How is..." and hesitated, +not knowing whether it would be proper to call the dying man "the +count," yet ashamed to call him "father." + "He had another stroke about half an hour ago. Courage, my +friend..." + Pierre's mind was in such a confused state that the word "stroke" +suggested to him a blow from something. He looked at Prince Vasili +in perplexity, and only later grasped that a stroke was an attack of +illness. Prince Vasili said something to Lorrain in passing and went +through the door on tiptoe. He could not walk well on tiptoe and his +whole body jerked at each step. The eldest princess followed him, +and the priests and deacons and some servants also went in at the +door. Through that door was heard a noise of things being moved about, +and at last Anna Mikhaylovna, still with the same expression, pale but +resolute in the discharge of duty, ran out and touching Pierre lightly +on the arm said: + "The divine mercy is inexhaustible! Unction is about to be +administered. Come." + Pierre went in at the door, stepping on the soft carpet, and noticed +that the strange lady, the aide-de-camp, and some of the servants, all +followed him in, as if there were now no further need for permission +to enter that room. +BK1|CH23 + CHAPTER XXIII + + Pierre well knew this large room divided by columns and an arch, its +walls hung round with Persian carpets. The part of the room behind the +columns, with a high silk-curtained mahogany bedstead on one side +and on the other an immense case containing icons, was brightly +illuminated with red light like a Russian church during evening +service. Under the gleaming icons stood a long invalid chair, and in +that chair on snowy-white smooth pillows, evidently freshly changed, +Pierre saw- covered to the waist by a bright green quilt- the +familiar, majestic figure of his father, Count Bezukhov, with that +gray mane of hair above his broad forehead which reminded one of a +lion, and the deep characteristically noble wrinkles of his +handsome, ruddy face. He lay just under the icons; his large thick +hands outside the quilt. Into the right hand, which was lying palm +downwards, a wax taper had been thrust between forefinger and thumb, +and an old servant, bending over from behind the chair, held it in +position. By the chair stood the priests, their long hair falling over +their magnificent glittering vestments, with lighted tapers in their +hands, slowly and solemnly conducting the service. A little behind +them stood the two younger princesses holding handkerchiefs to their +eyes, and just in front of them their eldest sister, Catiche, with a +vicious and determined look steadily fixed on the icons, as though +declaring to all that she could not answer for herself should she +glance round. Anna Mikhaylovna, with a meek, sorrowful, and +all-forgiving expression on her face, stood by the door near the +strange lady. Prince Vasili in front of the door, near the invalid +chair, a wax taper in his left hand, was leaning his left arm on the +carved back of a velvet chair he had turned round for the purpose, and +was crossing himself with his right hand, turning his eyes upward each +time he touched his forehead. His face wore a calm look of piety and +resignation to the will of God. "If you do not understand these +sentiments," he seemed to be saying, "so much the worse for you!" + Behind him stood the aide-de-camp, the doctors, and the menservants; +the men and women had separated as in church. All were silently +crossing themselves, and the reading of the church service, the +subdued chanting of deep bass voices, and in the intervals sighs and +the shuffling of feet were the only sounds that could be heard. Anna +Mikhaylovna, with an air of importance that showed that she felt she +quite knew what she was about, went across the room to where Pierre +was standing and gave him a taper. He lit it and, distracted by +observing those around him, began crossing himself with the hand +that held the taper. + Sophie, the rosy, laughter-loving, youngest princess with the +mole, watched him. She smiled, hid her face in her handkerchief, and +remained with it hidden for awhile; then looking up and seeing +Pierre she again began to laugh. She evidently felt unable to look +at him without laughing, but could not resist looking at him: so to be +out of temptation she slipped quietly behind one of the columns. In +the midst of the service the voices of the priests suddenly ceased, +they whispered to one another, and the old servant who was holding the +count's hand got up and said something to the ladies. Anna Mikhaylovna +stepped forward and, stooping over the dying man, beckoned to +Lorrain from behind her back. The French doctor held no taper; he +was leaning against one of the columns in a respectful attitude +implying that he, a foreigner, in spite of all differences of faith, +understood the full importance of the rite now being performed and +even approved of it. He now approached the sick man with the noiseless +step of one in full vigor of life, with his delicate white fingers +raised from the green quilt the hand that was free, and turning +sideways felt the pulse and reflected a moment. The sick man was given +something to drink, there was a stir around him, then the people +resumed their places and the service continued. During this interval +Pierre noticed that Prince Vasili left the chair on which he had +been leaning, and- with air which intimated that he knew what he was +about and if others did not understand him it was so much the worse +for them- did not go up to the dying man, but passed by him, joined +the eldest princess, and moved with her to the side of the room +where stood the high bedstead with its silken hangings. On leaving the +bed both Prince Vasili and the princess passed out by a back door, but +returned to their places one after the other before the service was +concluded. Pierre paid no more attention to this occurrence than to +the rest of what went on, having made up his mind once for all that +what he saw happening around him that evening was in some way +essential. + The chanting of the service ceased, and the voice of the priest +was heard respectfully congratulating the dying man on having received +the sacrament. The dying man lay as lifeless and immovable as +before. Around him everyone began to stir: steps were audible and +whispers, among which Anna Mikhaylovna's was the most distinct. + Pierre heard her say: + "Certainly he must be moved onto the bed; here it will be +impossible..." + The sick man was so surrounded by doctors, princesses, and +servants that Pierre could no longer see the reddish-yellow face +with its gray mane- which, though he saw other faces as well, he had +not lost sight of for a single moment during the whole service. He +judged by the cautious movements of those who crowded round the +invalid chair that they had lifted the dying man and were moving him. + "Catch hold of my arm or you'll drop him!" he heard one of the +servants say in a frightened whisper. "Catch hold from underneath. +Here!" exclaimed different voices; and the heavy breathing of the +bearers and the shuffling of their feet grew more hurried, as if the +weight they were carrying were too much for them. + As the bearers, among whom was Anna Mikhaylovna, passed the young +man he caught a momentary glimpse between their heads and backs of the +dying man's high, stout, uncovered chest and powerful shoulders, +raised by those who were holding him under the armpits, and of his +gray, curly, leonine head. This head, with its remarkably broad brow +and cheekbones, its handsome, sensual mouth, and its cold, majestic +expression, was not disfigured by the approach of death. It was the +same as Pierre remembered it three months before, when the count had +sent him to Petersburg. But now this head was swaying helplessly +with the uneven movements of the bearers, and the cold listless gaze +fixed itself upon nothing. + After a few minutes' bustle beside the high bedstead, those who +had carried the sick man dispersed. Anna Mikhaylovna touched +Pierre's hand and said, "Come." Pierre went with her to the bed on +which the sick man had been laid in a stately pose in keeping with the +ceremony just completed. He lay with his head propped high on the +pillows. His hands were symmetrically placed on the green silk +quilt, the palms downward. When Pierre came up the count was gazing +straight at him, but with a look the significance of which could not +be understood by mortal man. Either this look meant nothing but that +as long as one has eyes they must look somewhere, or it meant too +much. Pierre hesitated, not knowing what to do, and glanced +inquiringly at his guide. Anna Mikhaylovna made a hurried sign with +her eyes, glancing at the sick man's hand and moving her lips as if to +send it a kiss. Pierre, carefully stretching his neck so as not to +touch the quilt, followed her suggestion and pressed his lips to the +large boned, fleshy hand. Neither the hand nor a single muscle of +the count's face stirred. Once more Pierre looked questioningly at +Anna Mikhaylovna to see what he was to do next. Anna Mikhaylovna +with her eyes indicated a chair that stood beside the bed. Pierre +obediently sat down, his eyes asking if he were doing right. Anna +Mikhaylovna nodded approvingly. Again Pierre fell into the naively +symmetrical pose of an Egyptian statue, evidently distressed that +his stout and clumsy body took up so much room and doing his utmost to +look as small as possible. He looked at the count, who still gazed +at the spot where Pierre's face had been before he sat down. Anna +Mikhaylovna indicated by her attitude her consciousness of the +pathetic importance of these last moments of meeting between the +father and son. This lasted about two minutes, which to Pierre +seemed an hour. Suddenly the broad muscles and lines of the count's +face began to twitch. The twitching increased, the handsome mouth +was drawn to one side (only now did Pierre realize how near death +his father was), and from that distorted mouth issued an indistinct, +hoarse sound. Anna Mikhaylovna looked attentively at the sick man's +eyes, trying to guess what he wanted; she pointed first to Pierre, +then to some drink, then named Prince Vasili in an inquiring +whisper, then pointed to the quilt. The eyes and face of the sick +man showed impatience. He made an effort to look at the servant who +stood constantly at the head of the bed. + "Wants to turn on the other side," whispered the servant, and got up +to turn the count's heavy body toward the wall. + Pierre rose to help him. + While the count was being turned over, one of his arms fell back +helplessly and he made a fruitless effort to pull it forward. +Whether he noticed the look of terror with which Pierre regarded +that lifeless arm, or whether some other thought flitted across his +dying brain, at any rate he glanced at the refractory arm, at Pierre's +terror-stricken face, and again at the arm, and on his face a +feeble, piteous smile appeared, quite out of keeping with his +features, that seemed to deride his own helplessness. At sight of this +smile Pierre felt an unexpected quivering in his breast and a tickling +in his nose, and tears dimmed his eyes. The sick man was turned on +to his side with his face to the wall. He sighed. + "He is dozing," said Anna Mikhaylovna, observing that one of the +princesses was coming to take her turn at watching. "Let us go." + Pierre went out. +BK1|CH24 + CHAPTER XXIV + + There was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasili +and the eldest princess, who were sitting under the portrait of +Catherine the Great and talking eagerly. As soon as they saw Pierre +and his companion they became silent, and Pierre thought he saw the +princess hide something as she whispered: + "I can't bear the sight of that woman." + "Catiche has had tea served in the small drawing room," said +Prince Vasili to Anna Mikhaylovna. "Go and take something, my poor +Anna Mikhaylovna, or you will not hold out." + To Pierre he said nothing, merely giving his arm a sympathetic +squeeze below the shoulder. Pierre went with Anna Mikhaylovna into the +small drawing room. + "There is nothing so refreshing after a sleepless night as a cup +of this delicious Russian tea," Lorrain was saying with an air of +restrained animation as he stood sipping tea from a delicate Chinese +handleless cup before a table on which tea and a cold supper were laid +in the small circular room. Around the table all who were at Count +Bezukhov's house that night had gathered to fortify themselves. Pierre +well remembered this small circular drawing room with its mirrors +and little tables. During balls given at the house Pierre, who did not +know how to dance, had liked sitting in this room to watch the +ladies who, as they passed through in their ball dresses with diamonds +and pearls on their bare shoulders, looked at themselves in the +brilliantly lighted mirrors which repeated their reflections several +times. Now this same room was dimly lighted by two candles. On one +small table tea things and supper dishes stood in disorder, and in the +middle of the night a motley throng of people sat there, not +merrymaking, but somberly whispering, and betraying by every word +and movement that they none of them forgot what was happening and what +was about to happen in the bedroom. Pierre did not eat anything though +he would very much have liked to. He looked inquiringly at his +monitress and saw that she was again going on tiptoe to the +reception room where they had left Prince Vasili and the eldest +princess. Pierre concluded that this also was essential, and after a +short interval followed her. Anna Mikhaylovna was standing beside +the princess, and they were both speaking in excited whispers. + "Permit me, Princess, to know what is necessary and what is not +necessary," said the younger of the two speakers, evidently in the +same state of excitement as when she had slammed the door of her room. + "But, my dear princess," answered Anna Mikhaylovna blandly but +impressively, blocking the way to the bedroom and preventing the other +from passing, "won't this be too much for poor Uncle at a moment +when he needs repose? Worldly conversation at a moment when his soul +is already prepared..." + Prince Vasili was seated in an easy chair in his familiar +attitude, with one leg crossed high above the other. His cheeks, which +were so flabby that they looked heavier below, were twitching +violently; but he wore the air of a man little concerned in what the +two ladies were saying. + "Come, my dear Anna Mikhaylovna, let Catiche do as she pleases. +You know how fond the count is of her." + "I don't even know what is in this paper," said the younger of the +two ladies, addressing Prince Vasili and pointing to an inlaid +portfolio she held in her hand. "All I know is that his real will is +in his writing table, and this is a paper he has forgotten...." + She tried to pass Anna Mikhaylovna, but the latter sprang so as to +bar her path. + "I know, my dear, kind princess," said Anna Mikhaylovna, seizing the +portfolio so firmly that it was plain she would not let go easily. +"Dear princess, I beg and implore you, have some pity on him! Je +vous en conjure..." + The princess did not reply. Their efforts in the struggle for the +portfolio were the only sounds audible, but it was evident that if the +princess did speak, her words would not be flattering to Anna +Mikhaylovna. Though the latter held on tenaciously, her voice lost +none of its honeyed firmness and softness. + "Pierre, my dear, come here. I think he will not be out of place +in a family consultation; is it not so, Prince?" + "Why don't you speak, cousin?" suddenly shrieked the princess so +loud that those in the drawing room heard her and were startled. +"Why do you remain silent when heaven knows who permits herself to +interfere, making a scene on the very threshold of a dying man's room? +Intriguer!" she hissed viciously, and tugged with all her might at the +portfolio. + But Anna Mikhaylovna went forward a step or two to keep her hold +on the portfolio, and changed her grip. + Prince Vasili rose. "Oh!" said he with reproach and surprise, +"this is absurd! Come, let go I tell you." + The princess let go. + "And you too!" + But Anna Mikhaylovna did not obey him. + "Let go, I tell you! I will take the responsibility. I myself will +go and ask him, I!... does that satisfy you?" + "But, Prince," said Anna Mikhaylovna, "after such a solemn +sacrament, allow him a moment's peace! Here, Pierre, tell them your +opinion," said she, turning to the young man who, having come quite +close, was gazing with astonishment at the angry face of the +princess which had lost all dignity, and at the twitching cheeks of +Prince Vasili. + "Remember that you will answer for the consequences," said Prince +Vasili severely. "You don't know what you are doing." + "Vile woman!" shouted the princess, darting unexpectedly at Anna +Mikhaylovna and snatching the portfolio from her. + Prince Vasili bent his head and spread out his hands. + At this moment that terrible door, which Pierre had watched so +long and which had always opened so quietly, burst noisily open and +banged against the wall, and the second of the three sisters rushed +out wringing her hands. + "What are you doing!" she cried vehemently. "He is dying and you +leave me alone with him!" + Her sister dropped the portfolio. Anna Mikhaylovna, stooping, +quickly caught up the object of contention and ran into the bedroom. +The eldest princess and Prince Vasili, recovering themselves, followed +her. A few minutes later the eldest sister came out with a pale hard +face, again biting her underlip. At sight of Pierre her expression +showed an irrepressible hatred. + "Yes, now you may be glad!" said she; "this is what you have been +waiting for." And bursting into tears she hid her face in her +handkerchief and rushed from the room. + Prince Vasili came next. He staggered to the sofa on which Pierre +was sitting and dropped onto it, covering his face with his hand. +Pierre noticed that he was pale and that his jaw quivered and shook as +if in an ague. + "Ah, my friend!" said he, taking Pierre by the elbow; and there +was in his voice a sincerity and weakness Pierre had never observed in +it before. "How often we sin, how much we deceive, and all for what? I +am near sixty, dear friend... I too... All will end in death, all! +Death is awful..." and he burst into tears. + Anna Mikhaylovna came out last. She approached Pierre with slow, +quiet steps. + "Pierre!" she said. + Pierre gave her an inquiring look. She kissed the young man on his +forehead, wetting him with her tears. Then after a pause she said: + "He is no more...." + Pierre looked at her over his spectacles. + "Come, I will go with you. Try to weep, nothing gives such relief as +tears." + She led him into the dark drawing room and Pierre was glad no one +could see his face. Anna Mikhaylovna left him, and when she returned +he was fast asleep with his head on his arm. + In the morning Anna Mikhaylovna said to Pierre: + "Yes, my dear, this is a great loss for us all, not to speak of you. +But God will support you: you are young, and are now, I hope, in +command of an immense fortune. The will has not yet been opened. I +know you well enough to be sure that this will not turn your head, but +it imposes duties on you, and you must be a man." + Pierre was silent. + "Perhaps later on I may tell you, my dear boy, that if I had not +been there, God only knows what would have happened! You know, Uncle +promised me only the day before yesterday not to forget Boris. But +he had no time. I hope, my dear friend, you will carry out your +father's wish?" + Pierre understood nothing of all this and coloring shyly looked in +silence at Princess Anna Mikhaylovna. After her talk with Pierre, Anna +Mikhaylovna returned to the Rostovs' and went to bed. On waking in the +morning she told the Rostovs and all her acquaintances the details +of Count Bezukhov's death. She said the count had died as she would +herself wish to die, that his end was not only touching but +edifying. As to the last meeting between father and son, it was so +touching that she could not think of it without tears, and did not +know which had behaved better during those awful moments- the father +who so remembered everything and everybody at last and last and had +spoken such pathetic words to the son, or Pierre, whom it had been +pitiful to see, so stricken was he with grief, though he tried hard to +hide it in order not to sadden his dying father. "It is painful, but +it does one good. It uplifts the soul to see such men as the old count +and his worthy son," said she. Of the behavior of the eldest +princess and Prince Vasili she spoke disapprovingly, but in whispers +and as a great secret. +BK1|CH25 + CHAPTER XXV + + At Bald Hills, Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski's estate, the +arrival of young Prince Andrew and his wife was daily expected, but +this expectation did not upset the regular routine of life in the +old prince's household. General in Chief Prince Nicholas Andreevich +(nicknamed in society, "the King of Prussia") ever since the Emperor +Paul had exiled him to his country estate had lived there continuously +with his daughter, Princess Mary, and her companion, Mademoiselle +Bourienne. Though in the new reign he was free to return to the +capitals, he still continued to live in the country, remarking that +anyone who wanted to see him could come the hundred miles from +Moscow to Bald Hills, while he himself needed no one and nothing. He +used to say that there are only two sources of human vice- idleness +and superstition, and only two virtues- activity and intelligence. +He himself undertook his daughter's education, and to develop these +two cardinal virtues in her gave her lessons in algebra and geometry +till she was twenty, and arranged her life so that her whole time +was occupied. He was himself always occupied: writing his memoirs, +solving problems in higher mathematics, turning snuffboxes on a lathe, +working in the garden, or superintending the building that was +always going on at his estate. As regularity is a prime condition +facilitating activity, regularity in his household was carried to +the highest point of exactitude. He always came to table under +precisely the same conditions, and not only at the same hour but at +the same minute. With those about him, from his daughter to his serfs, +the prince was sharp and invariably exacting, so that without being +a hardhearted man he inspired such fear and respect as few hardhearted +men would have aroused. Although he was in retirement and had now no +influence in political affairs, every high official appointed to the +province in which the prince's estate lay considered it his duty to +visit him and waited in the lofty antechamber ante chamber just as the +architect, gardener, or Princess Mary did, till the prince appeared +punctually to the appointed hour. Everyone sitting in this antechamber +experienced the same feeling of respect and even fear when the +enormously high study door opened and showed the figure of a rather +small old man, with powdered wig, small withered hands, and bushy gray +eyebrows which, when he frowned, sometimes hid the gleam of his +shrewd, youthfully glittering eyes. + On the morning of the day that the young couple were to arrive, +Princess Mary entered the antechamber as usual at the time appointed +for the morning greeting, crossing herself with trepidation and +repeating a silent prayer. Every morning she came in like that, and +every morning prayed that the daily interview might pass off well. + An old powdered manservant who was sitting in the antechamber rose +quietly and said in a whisper: "Please walk in." + Through the door came the regular hum of a lathe. The princess +timidly opened the door which moved noiselessly and easily. She paused +at the entrance. The prince was working at the lathe and after +glancing round continued his work. + The enormous study was full of things evidently in constant use. The +large table covered with books and plans, the tall glass-fronted +bookcases with keys in the locks, the high desk for writing while +standing up, on which lay an open exercise book, and the lathe with +tools laid ready to hand and shavings scattered around- all +indicated continuous, varied, and orderly activity. The motion of +the small foot shod in a Tartar boot embroidered with silver, and +the firm pressure of the lean sinewy hand, showed that the prince +still possessed the tenacious endurance and vigor of hardy old age. +After a few more turns of the lathe he removed his foot from the +pedal, wiped his chisel, dropped it into a leather pouch attached to +the lathe, and, approaching the table, summoned his daughter. He never +gave his children a blessing, so he simply held out his bristly +cheek (as yet unshaven) and, regarding her tenderly and attentively, +said severely: + "Quite well? All right then, sit down." He took the exercise book +containing lessons in geometry written by himself and drew up a +chair with his foot. + "For tomorrow!" said he, quickly finding the page and making a +scratch from one paragraph to another with his hard nail. + The princess bent over the exercise book on the table. + "Wait a bit, here's a letter for you," said the old man suddenly, +taking a letter addressed in a woman's hand from a bag hanging above +the table, onto which he threw it. + At the sight of the letter red patches showed themselves on the +princess' face. She took it quickly and bent her head over it. + "From Heloise?" asked the prince with a cold smile that showed his +still sound, yellowish teeth. + "Yes, it's from Julie," replied the princess with a timid glance and +a timid smile. + "I'll let two more letters pass, but the third I'll read," said +the prince sternly; "I'm afraid you write much nonsense. I'll read the +third!" + "Read this if you like, Father," said the princess, blushing still +more and holding out the letter. + "The third, I said the third!" cried the prince abruptly, pushing +the letter away, and leaning his elbows on the table he drew toward +him the exercise book containing geometrical figures. + "Well, madam," he began, stooping over the book close to his +daughter and placing an arm on the back of the chair on which she sat, +so that she felt herself surrounded on all sides by the acrid scent of +old age and tobacco, which she had known so long. "Now, madam, these +triangles are equal; please note that the angle ABC..." + The princess looked in a scared way at her father's eyes +glittering close to her; the red patches on her face came and went, +and it was plain that she understood nothing and was so frightened +that her fear would prevent her understanding any of her father's +further explanations, however clear they might be. Whether it was +the teacher's fault or the pupil's, this same thing happened every +day: the princess' eyes grew dim, she could not see and could not hear +anything, but was only conscious of her stern father's withered face +close to her, of his breath and the smell of him, and could think only +of how to get away quickly to her own room to make out the problem +in peace. The old man was beside himself: moved the chair on which +he was sitting noisily backward and forward, made efforts to control +himself and not become vehement, but almost always did become +vehement, scolded, and sometimes flung the exercise book away. + The princess gave a wrong answer. + "Well now, isn't she a fool!" shouted the prince, pushing the book +aside and turning sharply away; but rising immediately, he paced up +and down, lightly touched his daughter's hair and sat down again. + He drew up his chair. and continued to explain. + "This won't do, Princess; it won't do," said he, when Princess Mary, +having taken and closed the exercise book with the next day's +lesson, was about to leave: "Mathematics are most important, madam! +I don't want to have you like our silly ladies. Get used to it and +you'll like it," and he patted her cheek. "It will drive all the +nonsense out of your head." + She turned to go, but he stopped her with a gesture and took an +uncut book from the high desk. + "Here is some sort of Key to the Mysteries that your Heloise has +sent you. Religious! I don't interfere with anyone's belief... I +have looked at it. Take it. Well, now go. Go." + He patted her on the shoulder and himself closed the door after her. + Princess Mary went back to her room with the sad, scared +expression that rarely left her and which made her plain, sickly +face yet plainer. She sat down at her writing table, on which stood +miniature portraits and which was littered with books and papers. +The princess was as untidy as her father was tidy. She put down the +geometry book and eagerly broke the seal of her letter. It was from +her most intimate friend from childhood; that same Julie Karagina +who had been at the Rostovs' name-day party. + Julie wrote in French: + + Dear and precious Friend, How terrible and frightful a thing is +separation! Though I tell myself that half my life and half my +happiness are wrapped up in you, and that in spite of the distance +separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart +rebels against fate and in spite of the pleasures and distractions +around me I cannot overcome a certain secret sorrow that has been in +my heart ever since we parted. Why are we not together as we were last +summer, in your big study, on the blue sofa, the confidential sofa? +Why cannot I now, as three months ago, draw fresh moral strength +from your look, so gentle, calm, and penetrating, a look I loved so +well and seem to see before me as I write? + + Having read thus far, Princess Mary sighed and glanced into the +mirror which stood on her right. It reflected a weak, ungraceful +figure and thin face. Her eyes, always sad, now looked with particular +hopelessness at her reflection in the glass. "She flatters me," +thought the princess, turning away and continuing to read. But Julie +did not flatter her friend, the princess' eyes- large, deep and +luminous (it seemed as if at times there radiated from them shafts +of warm light)- were so beautiful that very often in spite of the +plainness of her face they gave her an attraction more powerful than +that of beauty. But the princess never saw the beautiful expression of +her own eyes- the look they had when she was not thinking of +herself. As with everyone, her face assumed a forced unnatural +expression as soon as she looked in a glass. She went on reading: + + All Moscow talks of nothing but war. One of my two brothers is +already abroad, the other is with the Guards, who are starting on +their march to the frontier. Our dear Emperor has left Petersburg +and it is thought intends to expose his precious person to the chances +of war. God grant that the Corsican monster who is destroying the +peace of Europe may be overthrown by the angel whom it has pleased the +Almighty, in His goodness, to give us as sovereign! To say nothing +of my brothers, this war has deprived me of one of the associations +nearest my heart. I mean young Nicholas Rostov, who with his +enthusiasm could not bear to remain inactive and has left the +university to join the army. I will confess to you, dear Mary, that in +spite of his extreme youth his departure for the army was a great +grief to me. This young man, of whom I spoke to you last summer, is so +noble-minded and full of that real youthfulness which one seldom finds +nowadays among our old men of twenty and, particularly, he is so frank +and has so much heart. He is so pure and poetic that my relations with +him, transient as they were, have been one of the sweetest comforts to +my poor heart, which has already suffered so much. Someday I will tell +you about our parting and all that was said then. That is still too +fresh. Ah, dear friend, you are happy not to know these poignant +joys and sorrows. You are fortunate, for the latter are generally +the stronger! I know very well that Count Nicholas is too young ever +to be more to me than a friend, but this sweet friendship, this poetic +and pure intimacy, were what my heart needed. But enough of this! +The chief news, about which all Moscow gossips, is the death of old +Count Bezukhov, and his inheritance. Fancy! The three princesses +have received very little, Prince Vasili nothing, and it is Monsieur +Pierre who has inherited all the property and has besides been +recognized as legitimate; so that he is now Count Bezukhov and +possessor of the finest fortune in Russia. It is rumored that Prince +Vasili played a very despicable part in this affair and that he +returned to Petersburg quite crestfallen. + I confess I understand very little about all these matters of +wills and inheritance; but I do know that since this young man, whom +we all used to know as plain Monsieur Pierre, has become Count +Bezukhov and the owner of one of the largest fortunes in Russia, I +am much amused to watch the change in the tone and manners of the +mammas burdened by marriageable daughters, and of the young ladies +themselves, toward him, though, between you and me, he always seemed +to me a poor sort of fellow. As for the past two years people have +amused themselves by finding husbands for me (most of whom I don't +even know), the matchmaking chronicles of Moscow now speak of me as +the future Countess Bezukhova. But you will understand that I have +no desire for the post. A propos of marriages: do you know that a +while ago that universal auntie Anna Mikhaylovna told me, under the +seal of strict secrecy, of a plan of marriage for you. It is neither +more nor less than with Prince Vasili's son Anatole, whom they wish to +reform by marrying him to someone rich and distinguee, and it is on +you that his relations' choice has fallen. I don't know what you +will think of it, but I consider it my duty to let you know of it. +He is said to be very handsome and a terrible scapegrace. That is +all I have been able to find out about him. + But enough of gossip. I am at the end of my second sheet of paper, +and Mamma has sent for me to go and dine at the Apraksins'. Read the +mystical book I am sending you; it has an enormous success here. +Though there are things in it difficult for the feeble human mind to +grasp, it is an admirable book which calms and elevates the soul. +Adieu! Give my respects to monsieur your father and my compliments +to Mademoiselle Bourienne. I embrace you as I love you. + JULIE + P.S. Let me have news of your brother and his charming little wife. + + The princess pondered awhile with a thoughtful smile and her +luminous eyes lit up so that her face was entirely transformed. Then +she suddenly rose and with her heavy tread went up to the table. She +took a sheet of paper and her hand moved rapidly over it. This is +the reply she wrote, also in French: + + Dear and precious Friend, Your letter of the 13th has given me great +delight. So you still love me, my romantic Julie? Separation, of which +you say so much that is bad, does not seem to have had its usual +effect on you. You complain of our separation. What then should I say, +if I dared complain, I who am deprived of all who are dear to me? +Ah, if we had not religion to console us life would be very sad. Why +do you suppose that I should look severely on your affection for +that young man? On such matters I am only severe with myself. I +understand such feelings in others, and if never having felt them I +cannot approve of them, neither do I condemn them. Only it seems to me +that Christian love, love of one's neighbor, love of one's enemy, is +worthier, sweeter, and better than the feelings which the beautiful +eyes of a young man can inspire in a romantic and loving young girl +like yourself. + The news of Count Bezukhov's death reached us before your letter and +my father was much affected by it. He says the count was the last +representative but one of the great century, and that it is his own +turn now, but that he will do all he can to let his turn come as +late as possible. God preserve us from that terrible misfortune! + I cannot agree with you about Pierre, whom I knew as a child. He +always seemed to me to have an excellent heart, and that is the +quality I value most in people. As to his inheritance and the part +played by Prince Vasili, it is very sad for both. Ah, my dear +friend, our divine Saviour's words, that it is easier for a camel to +go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the +Kingdom of God, are terribly true. I pity Prince Vasili but am still +more sorry for Pierre. So young, and burdened with such riches- to +what temptations he will be exposed! If I were asked what I desire +most on earth, it would be to be poorer than the poorest beggar. A +thousand thanks, dear friend, for the volume you have sent me and +which has such success in Moscow. Yet since you tell me that among +some good things it contains others which our weak human understanding +cannot grasp, it seems to me rather useless to spend time in reading +what is unintelligible and can therefore bear no fruit. I never +could understand the fondness some people have for confusing their +minds by dwelling on mystical books that merely awaken their doubts +and excite their imagination, giving them a bent for exaggeration +quite contrary to Christian simplicity. Let us rather read the +Epistles and Gospels. Let us not seek to penetrate what mysteries they +contain; for how can we, miserable sinners that we are, know the +terrible and holy secrets of Providence while we remain in this +flesh which forms an impenetrable veil between us and the Eternal? Let +us rather confine ourselves to studying those sublime rules which +our divine Saviour has left for our guidance here below. Let us try to +conform to them and follow them, and let us be persuaded that the less +we let our feeble human minds roam, the better we shall please God, +who rejects all knowledge that does not come from Him; and the less we +seek to fathom what He has been pleased to conceal from us, the sooner +will He vouchsafe its revelation to us through His divine Spirit. + My father has not spoken to me of a suitor, but has only told me +that he has received a letter and is expecting a visit from Prince +Vasili. In regard to this project of marriage for me, I will tell you, +dear sweet friend, that I look on marriage as a divine institution +to which we must conform. However painful it may be to me, should +the Almighty lay the duties of wife and wife and mother upon me I +shall try to perform them as faithfully as I can, without +disquieting myself by examining my feelings toward him whom He may +give me for husband. + I have had a letter from my brother, who announces his speedy +arrival at Bald Hills with his wife. This pleasure will be but a brief +one, however, for he will leave, us again to take part in this unhappy +war into which we have been drawn, God knows how or why. Not only +where you are- at the heart of affairs and of the world- is the talk +all of war, even here amid fieldwork and the calm of nature- which +townsfolk consider characteristic of the country- rumors of war are +heard and painfully felt. My father talks of nothing but marches and +countermarches, things of which I understand nothing; and the day +before yesterday during my daily walk through the village I +witnessed a heartrending scene.... It was a convoy of conscripts +enrolled from our people and starting to join the army. You should +have seen the state of the mothers, wives, and children of the men who +were going and should have heard the sobs. It seems as though +mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached +love and forgiveness of injuries- and that men attribute the +greatest merit to skill in killing one another. + Adieu, dear and kind friend; may our divine Saviour and His most +Holy Mother keep you in their holy and all-powerful care! + MARY + + "Ah, you are sending off a letter, Princess? I have already +dispatched mine. I have written to my poor mother," said the smiling +Mademoiselle Bourienne rapidly, in her pleasant mellow tones and +with guttural r's. She brought into Princess Mary's strenuous, +mournful, and gloomy world a quite different atmosphere, careless, +lighthearted, and self-satisfied. + "Princess, I must warn you," she added, lowering her voice and +evidently listening to herself with pleasure, and speaking with +exaggerated grasseyement, "the prince has been scolding Michael +Ivanovich. He is in a very bad humor, very morose. Be prepared." + "Ah, dear friend," replied Princess Mary, "I have asked you never to +warn me of the humor my father is in. I do not allow myself to judge +him and would not have others do so." + The princess glanced at her watch and, seeing that she was five +minutes late in starting her practice on the clavichord, went into the +sitting room with a look of alarm. Between twelve and two o'clock, +as the day was mapped out, the prince rested and the princess played +the clavichord. +BK1|CH26 + CHAPTER XXVI + + The gray-haired valet was sitting drowsily listening to the +snoring of the prince, who was in his large study. From the far side +of the house through the closed doors came the sound of difficult +passages- twenty times repeated- of a sonata by Dussek. + Just then a closed carriage and another with a hood drove up to +the porch. Prince Andrew got out of the carriage, helped his little +wife to alight, and let her pass into the house before him. Old +Tikhon, wearing a wig, put his head out of the door of the +antechamber, reported in a whisper that the prince was sleeping, and +hastily closed the door. Tikhon knew that neither the son's arrival +nor any other unusual event must be allowed to disturb the appointed +order of the day. Prince Andrew apparently knew this as well as +Tikhon; he looked at his watch as if to ascertain whether his father's +habits had changed since he was at home last, and, having assured +himself that they had not, he turned to his wife. + "He will get up in twenty minutes. Let us go across to Mary's room," +he said. + The little princess had grown stouter during this time, but her eyes +and her short, downy, smiling lip lifted when she began to speak +just as merrily and prettily as ever. + "Why, this is a palace!" she said to her husband, looking around +with the expression with which people compliment their host at a ball. +"Let's come, quick, quick!" And with a glance round, she smiled at +Tikhon, at her husband, and at the footman who accompanied them. + "Is that Mary practicing? Let's go quietly and take her by +surprise." + Prince Andrew followed her with a courteous but sad expression. + "You've grown older, Tikhon," he said in passing to the old man, who +kissed his hand. + Before they reached the room from which the sounds of the clavichord +came, the pretty, fair haired Frenchwoman, Mademoiselle Bourienne, +rushed out apparently beside herself with delight. + "Ah! what joy for the princess!" exclaimed she: "At last! I must let +her know." + "No, no, please not... You are Mademoiselle Bourienne," said the +little princess, kissing her. "I know you already through my +sister-in-law's friendship for you. She was not expecting us?" + They went up to the door of the sitting room from which came the +sound of the oft-repeated passage of the sonata. Prince Andrew stopped +and made a grimace, as if expecting something unpleasant. + The little princess entered the room. The passage broke off in the +middle, a cry was heard, then Princess Mary's heavy tread and the +sound of kissing. When Prince Andrew went in the two princesses, who +had only met once before for a short time at his wedding, were in each +other's arms warmly pressing their lips to whatever place they +happened to touch. Mademoiselle Bourienne stood near them pressing her +hand to her heart, with a beatific smile and obviously equally ready +to cry or to laugh. Prince Andrew shrugged his shoulders and +frowned, as lovers of music do when they hear a false note. The two +women let go of one another, and then, as if afraid of being too late, +seized each other's hands, kissing them and pulling them away, and +again began kissing each other on the face, and then to Prince +Andrew's surprise both began to cry and kissed again. Mademoiselle +Bourienne also began to cry. Prince Andrew evidently felt ill at ease, +but to the two women it seemed quite natural that they should cry, and +apparently it never entered their heads that it could have been +otherwise at this meeting. + "Ah! my dear!... Ah! Mary!" they suddenly exclaimed, and then +laughed. "I dreamed last night..."- "You were not expecting us?..."- +"Ah! Mary, you have got thinner?..." "And you have grown stouter!..." + "I knew the princess at once," put in Mademoiselle Bourienne. + "And I had no idea!..." exclaimed Princess Mary. "Ah, Andrew, I +did not see you." + Prince Andrew and his sister, hand in hand, kissed one another, +and he told her she was still the same crybaby as ever. Princess +Mary had turned toward her brother, and through her tears the +loving, warm, gentle look of her large luminous eyes, very beautiful +at that moment, rested on Prince Andrew's face. + The little princess talked incessantly, her short, downy upper lip +continually and rapidly touching her rosy nether lip when necessary +and drawing up again next moment when her face broke into a smile of +glittering teeth and sparkling eyes. She told of an accident they +had had on the Spasski Hill which might have been serious for her in +her condition, and immediately after that informed them that she had +left all her clothes in Petersburg and that heaven knew what she would +have to dress in here; and that Andrew had quite changed, and that +Kitty Odyntsova had married an old man, and that there was a suitor +for Mary, a real one, but that they would talk of that later. Princess +Mary was still looking silently at her brother and her beautiful +eyes were full of love and sadness. It was plain that she was +following a train of thought independent of her sister-in-law's words. +In the midst of a description of the last Petersburg fete she +addressed her brother: + "So you are really going to the war, Andrew?" she said sighing. + Lise sighed too. + "Yes, and even tomorrow," replied her brother. + "He is leaving me here, God knows why, when he might have had +promotion..." + Princess Mary did not listen to the end, but continuing her train of +thought turned to her sister-in-law with a tender glance at her +figure. + "Is it certain?" she said. + The face of the little princess changed. She sighed and said: +"Yes, quite certain. Ah! it is very dreadful..." + Her lip descended. She brought her face close to her sister-in-law's +and unexpectedly again began to cry. + "She needs rest," said Prince Andrew with a frown. "Don't you, Lise? +Take her to your room and I'll go to Father. How is he? Just the +same?" + "Yes, just the same. Though I don't know what your opinion will be," +answered the princess joyfully. + "And are the hours the same? And the walks in the avenues? And the +lathe?" asked Prince Andrew with a scarcely perceptible smile which +showed that, in spite of all his love and respect for his father, he +was aware of his weaknesses. + "The hours are the same, and the lathe, and also the mathematics and +my geometry lessons," said Princess Mary gleefully, as if her +lessons in geometry were among the greatest delights of her life. + When the twenty minutes had elapsed and the time had come for the +old prince to get up, Tikhon came to call the young prince to his +father. The old man made a departure from his usual routine in honor +of his son's arrival: he gave orders to admit him to his apartments +while he dressed for dinner. The old prince always dressed in +old-fashioned style, wearing an antique coat and powdered hair; and +when Prince Andrew entered his father's dressing room (not with the +contemptuous look and manner he wore in drawing rooms, but with the +animated face with which he talked to Pierre), the old man was sitting +on a large leather-covered chair, wrapped in a powdering mantle, +entrusting his head to Tikhon. + "Ah! here's the warrior! Wants to vanquish Buonaparte?" said the old +man, shaking his powdered head as much as the tail, which Tikhon was +holding fast to plait, would allow. + "You at least must tackle him properly, or else if he goes on like +this he'll soon have us, too, for his subjects! How are you?" And he +held out his cheek. + The old man was in a good temper after his nap before dinner. (He +used to say that a nap "after dinner was silver- before dinner, +golden.") He cast happy, sidelong glances at his son from under his +thick, bushy eyebrows. Prince Andrew went up and kissed his father +on the spot indicated to him. He made no reply on his father's +favorite topic- making fun of the military men of the day, and more +particularly of Bonaparte. + "Yes, Father, I have come come to you and brought my wife who is +pregnant," said Prince Andrew, following every movement of his +father's face with an eager and respectful look. "How is your health?" + "Only fools and rakes fall ill, my boy. You know me: I am busy +from morning till night and abstemious, so of course I am well." + "Thank God," said his son smiling. + "God has nothing to do with it! Well, go on," he continued, +returning to his hobby; "tell me how the Germans have taught you to +fight Bonaparte by this new science you call 'strategy.'" + Prince Andrew smiled. + "Give me time to collect my wits, Father," said he, with a smile +that showed that his father's foibles did not prevent his son from +loving and honoring him. "Why, I have not yet had time to settle +down!" + "Nonsense, nonsense!" cried the old man, shaking his pigtail to +see whether it was firmly plaited, and grasping his by the hand. +"The house for your wife is ready. Princess Mary will take her there +and show her over, and they'll talk nineteen to the dozen. That's +their woman's way! I am glad to have her. Sit down and talk. About +Mikhelson's army I understand- Tolstoy's too... a simultaneous +expedition.... But what's the southern army to do? Prussia is +neutral... I know that. What about Austria?" said he, rising from +his chair and pacing up and down the room followed by Tikhon, who +ran after him, handing him different articles of clothing. "What of +Sweden? How will they cross Pomerania?" + Prince Andrew, seeing that his father insisted, began- at first +reluctantly, but gradually with more and more animation, and from +habit changing unconsciously from Russian to French as he went on- +to explain the plan of operation for the coming campaign. He explained +how an army, ninety thousand strong, was to threaten Prussia so as +to bring her out of her neutrality and draw her into the war; how part +of that army was to join some Swedish forces at Stralsund; how two +hundred and twenty thousand Austrians, with a hundred thousand +Russians, were to operate in Italy and on the Rhine; how fifty +thousand Russians and as many English were to land at Naples, and +how a total force of five hundred thousand men was to attack the +French from different sides. The old prince did not evince the least +interest during this explanation, but as if he were not listening to +it continued to dress while walking about, and three times +unexpectedly interrupted. Once he stopped it by shouting: "The white +one, the white one!" + This meant that Tikhon was not handing him the waistcoat he +wanted. Another time he interrupted, saying: + "And will she soon be confined?" and shaking his head +reproachfully said: "That's bad! Go on, go on." + The third interruption came when Prince Andrew was finishing his +description. The old man began to sing, in the cracked voice of old +age: "Malbrook s'en va-t-en guerre. Dieu sait quand reviendra."* + + *"Marlborough is going to the wars; God knows when he'll return." + + His son only smiled. + "I don't say it's a plan I approve of," said the son; "I am only +telling you what it is. Napoleon has also formed his plan by now, +not worse than this one." + "Well, you've told me nothing new," and the old man repeated, +meditatively and rapidly: + "Dieu sait quand reviendra. Go to the dining room." +BK1|CH27 + CHAPTER XXVII + + At the appointed hour the prince, powdered and shaven, entered the +dining room where his daughter-in-law, Princess Mary, and Mademoiselle +Bourienne were already awaiting him together with his architect, who +by a strange caprice of his employer's was admitted to table though +the position of that insignificant individual was such as could +certainly not have caused him to expect that honor. The prince, who +generally kept very strictly to social distinctions and rarely +admitted even important government officials to his table, had +unexpectedly selected Michael Ivanovich (who always went into a corner +to blow his nose on his checked handkerchief) to illustrate the theory +that all men are equals, and had more than once impressed on his +daughter that Michael Ivanovich was "not a whit worse than you or +I." At dinner the prince usually spoke to the taciturn Michael +Ivanovich more often than to anyone else. + In the dining room, which like all the rooms in the house was +exceedingly lofty, the members of the household and the footmen- one +behind each chair- stood waiting for the prince to enter. The head +butler, napkin on arm, was scanning the setting of the table, making +signs to the footmen, and anxiously glancing from the clock to the +door by which the prince was to enter. Prince Andrew was looking at +a large gilt frame, new to him, containing the genealogical tree of +the Princes Bolkonski, opposite which hung another such frame with a +badly painted portrait (evidently by the hand of the artist +belonging to the estate) of a ruling prince, in a crown- an alleged +descendant of Rurik and ancestor of the Bolkonskis. Prince Andrew, +looking again at that genealogical tree, shook his head, laughing as a +man laughs who looks at a portrait so characteristic of the original +as to be amusing. + "How thoroughly like him that is!" he said to Princess Mary, who had +come up to him. + Princess Mary looked at her brother in surprise. She did not +understand what he was laughing at. Everything her father did inspired +her with reverence and was beyond question. + "Everyone has his Achilles' heel," continued Prince Andrew. +"Fancy, with his powerful mind, indulging in such nonsense!" + Princess Mary could not understand the boldness of her brother's +criticism and was about to reply, when the expected footsteps were +heard coming from the study. The prince walked in quickly and jauntily +as was his wont, as if intentionally contrasting the briskness of +his manners with the strict formality of his house. At that moment the +great clock struck two and another with a shrill tone joined in from +the drawing room. The prince stood still; his lively glittering eyes +from under their thick, bushy eyebrows sternly scanned all present and +rested on the little princess. She felt, as courtiers do when the Tsar +enters, the sensation of fear and respect which the old man inspired +in all around him. He stroked her hair and then patted her awkwardly +on the back of her neck. + "I'm glad, glad, to see you," he said, looking attentively into +her eyes, and then quickly went to his place and sat down. "Sit +down, sit down! Sit down, Michael Ianovich!" + He indicated a place beside him to his daughter-in-law. A footman +moved the chair for her. + "Ho, ho!" said the old man, casting his eyes on her rounded +figure. "You've been in a hurry. That's bad!" + He laughed in his usual dry, cold, unpleasant way, with his lips +only and not with his eyes. + "You must walk, walk as much as possible, as much as possible," he +said. + The little princess did not, or did not wish to, hear his words. She +was silent and seemed confused. The prince asked her about her father, +and she began to smile and talk. He asked about mutual +acquaintances, and she became still more animated and chattered away +giving him greetings from various people and retailing the town +gossip. + "Countess Apraksina, poor thing, has lost her husband and she has +cried her eyes out," she said, growing more and more lively. + As she became animated the prince looked at her more and more +sternly, and suddenly, as if he had studied her sufficiently and had +formed a definite idea of her, he turned away and addressed Michael +Ivanovich. + "Well, Michael Ivanovich, our Bonaparte will be having a bad time of +it. Prince Andrew" (he always spoke thus of his son) "has been telling +me what forces are being collected against him! While you and I +never thought much of him." + Michael Ivanovich did not at all know when "you and I" had said such +things about Bonaparte, but understanding that he was wanted as a +peg on which to hang the prince's favorite topic, he looked +inquiringly at the young prince, wondering what would follow. + "He is a great tactician!" said the prince to his son, pointing to +the architect. + And the conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and +the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced +not only that all the men of the day were mere babies who did not know +the A B C of war or of politics, and that Bonaparte was an +insignificant little Frenchy, successful only because there were no +longer any Potemkins or Suvorovs left to oppose him; but he was also +convinced that there were no political difficulties in Europe and no +real war, but only a sort of puppet show at which the men of the day +were playing, pretending to do something real. Prince Andrew gaily +bore with his father's ridicule of the new men, and drew him on and +listened to him with evident pleasure. + "The past always seems good," said he, "but did not Suvorov +himself fall into a trap Moreau set him, and from which he did not +know how to escape?" + "Who told you that? Who?" cried the prince. "Suvorov!" And he jerked +away his plate, which Tikhon briskly caught. "Suvorov!... Consider, +Prince Andrew. Two... Frederick and Suvorov; Moreau!... Moreau would +have been a prisoner if Suvorov had had a free hand; but he had the +Hofs-kriegs-wurst-schnapps-Rath on his hands. It would have puzzled +the devil himself! When you get there you'll find out what those +Hofs-kriegs-wurst-Raths are! Suvorov couldn't manage them so what +chance has Michael Kutuzov? No, my dear boy," he continued, "you and +your generals won't get on against Buonaparte; you'll have to call +in the French, so that birds of a feather may fight together. The +German, Pahlen, has been sent to New York in America, to fetch the +Frenchman, Moreau," he said, alluding to the invitation made that year +to Moreau to enter the Russian service.... "Wonderful!... Were the +Potemkins, Suvorovs, and Orlovs Germans? No, lad, either you fellows +have all lost your wits, or I have outlived mine. May God help you, +but we'll see what will happen. Buonaparte has become a great +commander among them! Hm!..." + "I don't at all say that all the plans are good," said Prince +Andrew, "I am only surprised at your opinion of Bonaparte. You may +laugh as much as you like, but all the same Bonaparte is a great +generall" + "Michael Ivanovich!" cried the old prince to the architect who, busy +with his roast meat, hoped he had been forgotten: "Didn't I tell you +Buonaparte was a great tactician? Here, he says same thing." + "To be sure, your excellency." replied the architect. + The prince again laughed his frigid laugh. + "Buonaparte was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He has got +splendid soldiers. Besides he began by attacking Germans. And only +idlers have failed to beat the Germans. Since the world began +everybody has beaten the Germans. They beat no one- except one +another. He made his reputation fighting them." + And the prince began explaining all the blunders which, according to +him, Bonaparte had made in his campaigns and even in politics. His son +made no rejoinder, but it was evident that whatever arguments were +presented he was as little able as his father to change his opinion. +He listened, refraining from a reply, and involuntarily wondered how +this old man, living alone in the country for so many years, could +know and discuss so minutely and acutely all the recent European +military and political events. + "You think I'm an old man and don't understand the present state +of affairs?" concluded his father. "But it troubles me. I don't +sleep at night. Come now, where has this great commander of yours +shown his skill?" he concluded. + "That would take too long to tell," answered the son. + "Well, then go to your Buonaparte! Mademoiselle Bourienne, here's +another admirer of that powder-monkey emperor of yours," he +exclaimed in excellent French. + "You know, Prince, I am not a Bonapartist!" + "Dieu sait quand reviendra"... hummed the prince out of tune and, +with a laugh still more so, he quitted the table. + The little princess during the whole discussion and the rest of +the dinner sat silent, glancing with a frightened look now at her +father-in-law and now at Princess Mary. When they left the table she +took her sister-in-law's arm and drew her into another room. + "What a clever man your father is," said she; "perhaps that is why I +am afraid of him." + "Oh, he is so kind!" answered Princess Mary. +BK1|CH28 + CHAPTER XXVIII + + Prince Andrew was to leave next evening. The old prince, not +altering his routine, retired as usual after dinner. The little +princess was in her sister-in-law's room. Prince Andrew in a traveling +coat without epaulettes had been packing with his valet in the rooms +assigned to him. After inspecting the carriage himself and seeing +the trunks put in, he ordered the horses to be harnessed. Only those +things he always kept with him remained in his room; a small box, a +large canteen fitted with silver plate, two Turkish pistols and a +saber- a present from his father who had brought it from the siege +of Ochakov. All these traveling effects of Prince Andrew's were in +very good order: new, clean, and in cloth covers carefully tied with +tapes. + When starting on a journey or changing their mode of life, men +capable of reflection are generally in a serious frame of mind. At +such moments one reviews the past and plans for the future. Prince +Andrew's face looked very thoughtful and tender. With his hands behind +him he paced briskly from corner to corner of the room, looking +straight before him and thoughtfully shaking his head. Did he fear +going to the war, or was he sad at leaving his wife?- perhaps both, +but evidently he did not wish to be seen in that mood, for hearing +footsteps in the passage he hurriedly unclasped his hands, stopped +at a table as if tying the cover of the small box, and assumed his +usual tranquil and impenetrable expression. It was the heavy tread +of Princess Mary that he heard. + "I hear you have given orders to harness," she cried, panting (she +had apparently been running), "and I did so wish to have another +talk with you alone! God knows how long we may again be parted. You +are not angry with me for coming? You have changed so, Andrusha," +she added, as if to explain such a question. + She smiled as she uttered his pet name, "Andrusha." It was obviously +strange to her to think that this stern handsome man should be +Andrusha- the slender mischievous boy who had been her playfellow in +childhood. + "And where is Lise?" he asked, answering her question only by a +smile. + "She was so tired that she has fallen asleep on the sofa in my room. +Oh, Andrew! What a treasure of a wife you have," said she, sitting +down on the sofa, facing her brother. "She is quite a child: such a +dear, merry child. I have grown so fond of her." + Prince Andrew was silent, but the princess noticed the ironical +and contemptuous look that showed itself on his face. + "One must be indulgent to little weaknesses; who is free from +them, Andrew? Don't forget that she has grown up and been educated +in society, and so her position now is not a rosy one. We should enter +into everyone's situation. Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner.* +Think it must be for her, poor thing, after what she has been used to, +to be parted from her husband and be left alone the country, in her +condition! It's very hard." + + *To understand all is to forgive all. + + Prince Andrew smiled as he looked at his sister, as we smile at +those we think we thoroughly understand. + "You live in the country and don't think the life terrible," he +replied. + "I... that's different. Why speak of me? I don't want any other +life, and can't, for I know no other. But think, Andrew: for a young +society woman to be buried in the country during the best years of her +life, all alone- for Papa is always busy, and I... well, you know what +poor resources I have for entertaining a woman used to the best +society. There is only Mademoiselle Bourienne...." + "I don't like your Mademoiselle Bourienne at all," said Prince +Andrew. + "No? She is very nice and kind and, above all, she's much to be +pitied. She has no one, no one. To tell the truth, I don't need her, +and she's even in my way. You know I always was a savage, and now am +even more so. I like being alone.... Father likes her very much. She +and Michael Ivanovich are the two people to whom he is always gentle +and kind, because he has been a benefactor to them both. As Sterne +says: 'We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as +for the good we have done them.' Father took her when she was homeless +after losing her own father. She is very good-natured, and my father +likes her way of reading. She reads to him in the evenings and reads +splendidly." + "To be quite frank, Mary, I expect Father's character sometimes +makes things trying for you, doesn't it?" Prince Andrew asked +suddenly. + Princess Mary was first surprised and then aghast at this question. + "For me? For me?... Trying for me!..." said she. + "He always was rather harsh; and now I should think he's getting +very trying," said Prince Andrew, apparently speaking lightly of their +father in order to puzzle or test his sister. + "You are good in every way, Andrew, but you have a kind of +intellectual pride," said the princess, following the train of her own +thoughts rather than the trend of the conversation- "and that's a +great sin. How can one judge Father? But even if one might, what +feeling except veneration could such a man as my father evoke? And I +am so contented and happy with him. I only wish you were all as +happy as I am." + Her brother shook his head incredulously. + "The only thing that is hard for me... I will tell you the truth, +Andrew... is Father's way of treating religious subjects. I don't +understand how a man of his immense intellect can fail to see what +is as clear as day, and can go so far astray. That is the only thing +that makes me unhappy. But even in this I can see lately a shade of +improvement. His satire has been less bitter of late, and there was +a monk he received and had a long talk with." + "Ah! my dear, I am afraid you and your monk are wasting your +powder," said Prince Andrew banteringly yet tenderly. + "Ah! mon ami, I only pray, and hope that God will hear me. +Andrew..." she said timidly after a moment's silence, "I have a +great favor to ask of you." + "What is it, dear?" + "No- promise that you will not refuse! It will give you no trouble +and is nothing unworthy of you, but it will comfort me. Promise, +Andrusha!..." said she, putting her hand in her reticule but not yet +taking out what she was holding inside it, as if what she held were +the subject of her request and must not be shown before the request +was granted. + She looked timidly at her brother. + "Even if it were a great deal of trouble..." answered Prince Andrew, +as if guessing what it was about. + "Think what you please! I know you are just like Father. Think as +you please, but do this for my sake! Please do! Father's father, our +grandfather, wore it in all his wars." (She still did not take out +what she was holding in her reticule.) "So you promise?" + "Of course. What is it?" + "Andrew, I bless you with this icon and you must promise me you will +never take it off. Do you promise?" + "If it does not weigh a hundredweight and won't break my neck... +To please you..." said Prince Andrew. But immediately, noticing the +pained expression his joke had brought to his sister's face, he +repented and added: "I am glad; really, dear, I am very glad." + "Against your will He will save and have mercy on you and bring +you to Himself, for in Him alone is truth and peace," said she in a +voice trembling with emotion, solemnly holding up in both hands before +her brother a small, oval, antique, dark-faced icon of the Saviour +in a gold setting, on a finely wrought silver chain. + She crossed herself, kissed the icon, and handed it to Andrew. + "Please, Andrew, for my sake!..." + Rays of gentle light shone from her large, timid eyes. Those eyes +lit up the whole of her thin, sickly face and made it beautiful. Her +brother would have taken the icon, but she stopped him. Andrew +understood, crossed himself and kissed the icon. There was a look of +tenderness, for he was touched, but also a gleam of irony on his face. + "Thank you, my dear." She kissed him on the forehead and sat down +again on the sofa. They were silent for a while. + "As I was saying to you, Andrew, be kind and generous as you +always used to be. Don't judge Lise harshly," she began. "She is so +sweet, so good-natured, and her position now is a very hard one." + "I do not think I have complained of my wife to you, Masha, or +blamed her. Why do you say all this to me?" + Red patches appeared on Princess Mary's face and she was silent as +if she felt guilty. + "I have said nothing to you, but you have already been talked to. +And I am sorry for that," he went on. + The patches grew deeper on her forehead, neck, and cheeks. She tried +to say something but could not. Her brother had guessed right: the +little princess had been crying after dinner and had spoken of her +forebodings about her confinement, and how she dreaded it, and had +complained of her fate, her father-in-law, and her husband. After +crying she had fallen asleep. Prince Andrew felt sorry for his sister. + "Know this, Masha: I can't reproach, have not reproached, and +never shall reproach my wife with anything, and I cannot reproach +myself with anything in regard to her; and that always will be so in +whatever circumstances I may be placed. But if you want to know the +truth... if you want to know whether I am happy? No! Is she happy? No! +But why this is so I don't know..." + As he said this he rose, went to his sister, and, stooping, kissed +her forehead. His fine eyes lit up with a thoughtful, kindly, and +unaccustomed brightness, but he was looking not at his sister but over +her head toward the darkness of the open doorway. + "Let us go to her, I must say good-by. Or- go and wake and I'll come +in a moment. Petrushka!" he called to his valet: "Come here, take +these away. Put this on the seat and this to the right." + Princess Mary rose and moved to the door, then stopped and said: +"Andrew, if you had faith you would have turned to God and asked Him +to give you the love you do not feel, and your prayer would have +been answered." + "Well, may be!" said Prince Andrew. "Go, Masha; I'll come +immediately." + On the way to his sister's room, in the passage which connected +one wing with the other, Prince Andrew met Mademoiselle Bourienne +smiling sweetly. It was the third time that day that, with an ecstatic +and artless smile, she had met him in secluded passages. + "Oh! I thought you were in your room," she said, for some reason +blushing and dropping her eyes. + Prince Andrew looked sternly at her and an expression of anger +suddenly came over his face. He said nothing to her but looked at +her forehead and hair, without looking at her eyes, with such contempt +that the Frenchwoman blushed and went away without a word. When he +reached his sister's room his wife was already awake and her merry +voice, hurrying one word after another, came through the open door. +She was speaking as usual in French, and as if after long +self-restraint she wished to make up for lost time. + "No, but imagine the old Countess Zubova, with false curls and her +mouth full of false teeth, as if she were trying to cheat old +age.... Ha, ha, ha! Mary!" + This very sentence about Countess Zubova and this same laugh +Prince Andrew had already heard from his wife in the presence of +others some five times. He entered the room softly. The little +princess, plump and rosy, was sitting in an easy chair with her work +in her hands, talking incessantly, repeating Petersburg +reminiscences and even phrases. Prince Andrew came up, stroked her +hair, and asked if she felt rested after their journey. She answered +him and continued her chatter. + The coach with six horses was waiting at the porch. It was an autumn +night, so dark that the coachman could not see the carriage pole. +Servants with lanterns were bustling about in the porch. The immense +house was brilliant with lights shining through its lofty windows. The +domestic serfs were crowding in the hall, waiting to bid good-by to +the young prince. The members of the household were all gathered in +the reception hall: Michael Ivanovich, Mademoiselle Bourienne, +Princess Mary, and the little princess. Prince Andrew had been +called to his father's study as the latter wished to say good-by to +him alone. All were waiting for them to come out. + When Prince Andrew entered the study the old man in his old-age +spectacles and white dressing gown, in which he received no one but +his son, sat at the table writing. He glanced round. + "Going?" And he went on writing. + "I've come to say good-by." + "Kiss me here," and he touched his cheek: "Thanks, thanks!" + "What do you thank me for?" + "For not dilly-dallying and not hanging to a woman's apron +strings. The Service before everything. Thanks, thanks!" And he went +on writing, so that his quill spluttered and squeaked. "If you have +anything to say, say it. These two things can be done together," he +added. + "About my wife... I am ashamed as it is to leave her on your +hands..." + "Why talk nonsense? Say what you want." + "When her confinement is due, send to Moscow for an accoucheur.... +Let him be here...." + The old prince stopped writing and, as if not understanding, fixed +his stern eyes on his son. + "I know that no one can help if nature does not do her work," said +Prince Andrew, evidently confused. "I know that out of a million cases +only one goes wrong, but it is her fancy and mine. They have been +telling her things. She has had a dream and is frightened." + "Hm... Hm..." muttered the old prince to himself, finishing what +he was writing. "I'll do it." + He signed with a flourish and suddenly turning to his son began to +laugh. + "It's a bad business, eh?" + "What is bad, Father?" + "The wife!" said the old prince, briefly and significantly. + "I don't understand!" said Prince Andrew. + "No, it can't be helped, lad," said the prince. "They're all like +that; one can't unmarry. Don't be afraid; I won't tell anyone, but you +know it yourself." + He seized his son by the hand with small bony fingers, shook it, +looked straight into his son's face with keen eyes which seemed to see +through him, and again laughed his frigid laugh. + The son sighed, thus admitting that his father had understood him. +The old man continued to fold and seal his letter, snatching up and +throwing down the wax, the seal, and the paper, with his accustomed +rapidity. + "What's to be done? She's pretty! I will do everything. Make your +mind easy," said he in abrupt sentences while sealing his letter. + Andrew did not speak; he was both pleased and displeased that his +father understood him. The old man got up and gave the letter to his +son. + "Listen!" said he; "don't worry about your wife: what can be done +shall be. Now listen! Give this letter to Michael Ilarionovich.* I +have written that he should make use of you in proper places and not +keep you long as an adjutant: a bad position! Tell him I remember +and like him. Write and tell me how he receives you. If he is all +right- serve him. Nicholas Bolkonski's son need not serve under anyone +if he is in disfavor. Now come here." + + *Kutuzov. + + He spoke so rapidly that he did not finish half his words, but his +son was accustomed to understand him. He led him to the desk, raised +the lid, drew out a drawer, and took out an exercise book filled +with his bold, tall, close handwriting. + "I shall probably die before you. So remember, these are my memoirs; +hand them to the Emperor after my death. Now here is a Lombard bond +and a letter; it is a premium for the man who writes a history of +Suvorov's wars. Send it to the Academy. Here are some jottings for you +to read when I am gone. You will find them useful." + Andrew did not tell his father that he would no doubt live a long +time yet. He felt that he must not say it. + "I will do it all, Father," he said. + "Well, now, good-by!" He gave his son his hand to kiss, and embraced +him. "Remember this, Prince Andrew, if they kill you it will hurt +me, your old father..." he paused unexpectedly, and then in a +querulous voice suddenly shrieked: "but if I hear that you have not +behaved like a son of Nicholas Bolkonski, I shall be ashamed!" + "You need not have said that to me, Father," said the son with a +smile. + The old man was silent. + "I also wanted to ask you," continued Prince Andrew, "if I'm +killed and if I have a son, do not let him be taken away from you- +as I said yesterday... let him grow up with you.... Please." + "Not let the wife have him?" said the old man, and laughed. + They stood silent, facing one another. The old man's sharp eyes were +fixed straight on his son's. Something twitched in the lower part of +the old prince's face. + "We've said good-by. Go!" he suddenly shouted in a loud, angry +voice, opening his door. + "What is it? What?" asked both princesses when they saw for a moment +at the door Prince Andrew and the figure of the old man in a white +dressing gown, spectacled and wigless, shouting in an angry voice. + Prince Andrew sighed and made no reply. + "Well!" he said, turning to his wife. + And this "Well!" sounded coldly ironic, as if he were saying,: +"Now go through your performance." + "Andrew, already!" said the little princess, turning pale and +looking with dismay at her husband. + He embraced her. She screamed and fell unconscious on his shoulder. + He cautiously released the shoulder she leaned on, looked into her +face, and carefully placed her in an easy chair. + "Adieu, Mary," said he gently to his sister, taking her by the +hand and kissing her, and then he left the room with rapid steps. + The little princess lay in the armchair, Mademoiselle Bourienne +chafing her temples. Princess Mary, supporting her sister-in-law, +still looked with her beautiful eyes full of tears at the door through +which Prince Andrew had gone and made the sign of the cross in his +direction. From the study, like pistol shots, came the frequent +sound of the old man angrily blowing his nose. Hardly had Prince +Andrew gone when the study door opened quickly and the stern figure of +the old man in the white dressing gown looked out. + "Gone? That's all right!" said he; and looking angrily at the +unconscious little princess, he shook his head reprovingly and slammed +the door. +BK2 + BOOK TWO: 1805 +BK2|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + In October, 1805, a Russian army was occupying the villages and +towns of the Archduchy of Austria, and yet other regiments freshly +arriving from Russia were settling near the fortress of Braunau and +burdening the inhabitants on whom they were quartered. Braunau was the +headquarters of the commander-in-chief, Kutuzov. + On October 11, 1805, one of the infantry regiments that had just +reached Braunau had halted half a mile from the town, waiting to be +inspected by the commander in chief. Despite the un-Russian appearance +of the locality and surroundings- fruit gardens, stone fences, tiled +roofs, and hills in the distance- and despite the fact that the +inhabitants (who gazed with curiosity at the soldiers) were not +Russians, the regiment had just the appearance of any Russian regiment +preparing for an inspection anywhere in the heart of Russia. + On the evening of the last day's march an order had been received +that the commander in chief would inspect the regiment on the march. +Though the words of the order were not clear to the regimental +commander, and the question arose whether the troops were to be in +marching order or not, it was decided at a consultation between the +battalion commanders to present the regiment in parade order, on the +principle that it is always better to "bow too low than not bow low +enough." So the soldiers, after a twenty-mile march, were kept mending +and cleaning all night long without closing their eyes, while the +adjutants and company commanders calculated and reckoned, and by +morning the regiment- instead of the straggling, disorderly crowd it +had been on its last march the day before- presented a well-ordered +array of two thousand men each of whom knew his place and his duty, +had every button and every strap in place, and shone with cleanliness. +And not only externally was all in order, but had it pleased the +commander in chief to look under the uniforms he would have found on +every man a clean shirt, and in every knapsack the appointed number of +articles, "awl, soap, and all," as the soldiers say. There was only +one circumstance concerning which no one could be at ease. It was +the state of the soldiers' boots. More than half the men's boots +were in holes. But this defect was not due to any fault of the +regimental commander, for in spite of repeated demands boots had not +been issued by the Austrian commissariat, and the regiment had marched +some seven hundred miles. + The commander of the regiment was an elderly, choleric, stout, and +thick-set general with grizzled eyebrows and whiskers, and wider +from chest to back than across the shoulders. He had on a brand-new +uniform showing the creases where it had been folded and thick gold +epaulettes which seemed to stand rather than lie down on his massive +shoulders. He had the air of a man happily performing one of the +most solemn duties of his life. He walked about in front of the line +and at every step pulled himself up, slightly arching his back. It was +plain that the commander admired his regiment, rejoiced in it, and +that his whole mind was engrossed by it, yet his strut seemed to +indicate that, besides military matters, social interests and the fair +sex occupied no small part of his thoughts. + "Well, Michael Mitrich, sir?" he said, addressing one of the +battalion commanders who smilingly pressed forward (it was plain +that they both felt happy). "We had our hands full last night. +However, I think the regiment is not a bad one, eh?" + The battalion commander perceived the jovial irony and laughed. + "It would not be turned off the field even on the Tsaritsin Meadow." + "What?" asked the commander. + At that moment, on the road from the town on which signalers had +been posted, two men appeared on horse back. They were an +aide-decamp followed by a Cossack. + The aide-de-camp was sent to confirm the order which had not been +clearly worded the day before, namely, that the commander in chief +wished to see the regiment just in the state in which it had been on +the march: in their greatcoats, and packs, and without any preparation +whatever. + A member of the Hofkriegsrath from Vienna had come to Kutuzov the +day before with proposals and demands for him to join up with the army +of the Archduke Ferdinand and Mack, and Kutuzov, not considering +this junction advisable, meant, among other arguments in support of +his view, to show the Austrian general the wretched state in which the +troops arrived from Russia. With this object he intended to meet the +regiment; so the worse the condition it was in, the better pleased the +commander in chief would be. Though the aide-de-camp did not know +these circumstances, he nevertheless delivered the definite order that +the men should be in their greatcoats and in marching order, and +that the commander in chief would otherwise be dissatisfied. On +hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged +his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture. + "A fine mess we've made of it!" he remarked. + "There now! Didn't I tell you, Michael Mitrich, that if it was +said 'on the march' it meant in greatcoats?" said he reproachfully +to the battalion commander. "Oh, my God!" he added, stepping +resolutely forward. "Company commanders!" he shouted in a voice +accustomed to command. "Sergeants major!... How soon will he be here?" +he asked the aide-de-camp with a respectful politeness evidently +relating to the personage he was referring to. + "In an hour's time, I should say." + "Shall we have time to change clothes?" + "I don't know, General...." + The regimental commander, going up to the line himself, ordered +the soldiers to change into their greatcoats. The company commanders +ran off to their companies, the sergeants major began bustling (the +greatcoats were not in very good condition), and instantly the squares +that had up to then been in regular order and silent began to sway and +stretch and hum with voices. On all sides soldiers were running to and +fro, throwing up their knapsacks with a jerk of their shoulders and +pulling the straps over their heads, unstrapping their overcoats and +drawing the sleeves on with upraised arms. + In half an hour all was again in order, only the squares had +become gray instead of black. The regimental commander walked with his +jerky steps to the front of the regiment and examined it from a +distance. + "Whatever is this? This!" he shouted and stood still. "Commander +of the third company!" + "Commander of the third company wanted by the general!... +commander to the general... third company to the commander." The words +passed along the lines and an adjutant ran to look for the missing +officer. + When the eager but misrepeated words had reached their destination +in a cry of: "The general to the third company," the missing officer +appeared from behind his company and, though he was a middle-aged +man and not in the habit of running, trotted awkwardly stumbling on +his toes toward the general. The captain's face showed the +uneasiness of a schoolboy who is told to repeat a lesson he has not +learned. Spots appeared on his nose, the redness of which was +evidently due to intemperance, and his mouth twitched nervously. The +general looked the captain up and down as he came up panting, +slackening his pace as he approached. + "You will soon be dressing your men in petticoats! What is this?" +shouted the regimental commander, thrusting forward his jaw and +pointing at a soldier in the ranks of the third company in a greatcoat +of bluish cloth, which contrasted with the others. "What have you been +after? The commander in chief is expected and you leave your place? +Eh? I'll teach you to dress the men in fancy coats for a parade.... +Eh...?" + The commander of the company, with his eyes fixed on his superior, +pressed two fingers more and more rigidly to his cap, as if in this +pressure lay his only hope of salvation. + "Well, why don't you speak? Whom have you got there dressed up as +a Hungarian?" said the commander with an austere gibe. + "Your excellency..." + "Well, your excellency, what? Your excellency! But what about your +excellency?... nobody knows." + "Your excellency, it's the officer Dolokhov, who has been reduced to +the ranks," said the captain softly. + "Well? Has he been degraded into a field marshal, or into a soldier? +If a soldier, he should be dressed in regulation uniform like the +others." + "Your excellency, you gave him leave yourself, on the march." + "Gave him leave? Leave? That's just like you young men," said the +regimental commander cooling down a little. "Leave indeed.... One says +a word to you and you... What?" he added with renewed irritation, "I +beg you to dress your men decently." + And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his +jerky steps down the line. He was evidently pleased at his own display +of anger and walking up to the regiment wished to find a further +excuse for wrath. Having snapped at an officer for an unpolished +badge, at another because his line was not straight, he reached the +third company. + "H-o-o-w are you standing? Where's your leg? Your leg?" shouted +the commander with a tone of suffering in his voice, while there +were still five men between him and Dolokhov with his bluish-gray +uniform. + Dolokhov slowly straightened his bent knee, looking straight with +his clear, insolent eyes in the general's face. + "Why a blue coat? Off with it... Sergeant major! Change his +coat... the ras..." he did not finish. + "General, I must obey orders, but I am not bound to endure..." +Dolokhov hurriedly interrupted. + "No talking in the ranks!... No talking, no talking!" + "Not bound to endure insults," Dolokhov concluded in loud, ringing +tones. + The eyes of the general and the soldier met. The general became +silent, angrily pulling down his tight scarf. + "I request you to have the goodness to change your coat," he said as +he turned away. +BK2|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + "He's coming!" shouted the signaler at that moment. + The regimental commander, flushing, ran to his horse, seized the +stirrup with trembling hands, threw his body across the saddle, +righted himself, drew his saber, and with a happy and resolute +countenance, opening his mouth awry, prepared to shout. The regiment +fluttered like a bird preening its plumage and became motionless. + "Att-ention!" shouted the regimental commander in a soul-shaking +voice which expressed joy for himself, severity for the regiment, +and welcome for the approaching chief. + Along the broad country road, edged on both sides by trees, came a +high, light blue Viennese caleche, slightly creaking on its springs +and drawn by six horses at a smart trot. Behind the caleche galloped +the suite and a convoy of Croats. Beside Kutuzov sat an Austrian +general, in a white uniform that looked strange among the Russian +black ones. The caleche stopped in front of the regiment. Kutuzov +and the Austrian general were talking in low voices and Kutuzov smiled +slightly as treading heavily he stepped down from the carriage just as +if those two thousand men breathlessly gazing at him and the +regimental commander did not exist. + The word of command rang out, and again the regiment quivered, as +with a jingling sound it presented arms. Then amidst a dead silence +the feeble voice of the commander in chief was heard. The regiment +roared, "Health to your ex... len... len... lency!" and again all +became silent. At first Kutuzov stood still while the regiment +moved; then he and the general in white, accompanied by the suite, +walked between the ranks. + From the way the regimental commander saluted the commander in chief +and devoured him with his eyes, drawing himself up obsequiously, and +from the way he walked through the ranks behind the generals, +bending forward and hardly able to restrain his jerky movements, and +from the way he darted forward at every word or gesture of the +commander in chief, it was evident that he performed his duty as a +subordinate with even greater zeal than his duty as a commander. +Thanks to the strictness and assiduity of its commander the +regiment, in comparison with others that had reached Braunau at the +same time, was in splendid condition. There were only 217 sick and +stragglers. Everything was in good order except the boots. + Kutuzov walked through the ranks, sometimes stopping to say a few +friendly words to officers he had known in the Turkish war, +sometimes also to the soldiers. Looking at their boots he several +times shook his head sadly, pointing them out to the Austrian +general with an expression which seemed to say that he was not blaming +anyone, but could not help noticing what a bad state of things it was. +The regimental commander ran forward on each such occasion, fearing to +miss a single word of the commander in chief's regarding the regiment. +Behind Kutuzov, at a distance that allowed every softly spoken word to +be heard, followed some twenty men of his suite. These gentlemen +talked among themselves and sometimes laughed. Nearest of all to the +commander in chief walked a handsome adjutant. This was Prince +Bolkonski. Beside him was his comrade Nesvitski, a tall staff officer, +extremely stout, with a kindly, smiling, handsome face and moist eyes. +Nesvitski could hardly keep from laughter provoked by a swarthy hussar +officer who walked beside him. This hussar, with a grave face and +without a smile or a change in the expression of his fixed eyes, +watched the regimental commander's back and mimicked his every +movement. Each time the commander started and bent forward, the hussar +started and bent forward in exactly the same manner. Nesvitski laughed +and nudged the others to make them look at the wag. + Kutuzov walked slowly and languidly past thousands of eyes which +were starting from their sockets to watch their chief. On reaching the +third company he suddenly stopped. His suite, not having expected +this, involuntarily came closer to him. + "Ah, Timokhin!" said he, recognizing the red-nosed captain who had +been reprimanded on account of the blue greatcoat. + One would have thought it impossible for a man to stretch himself +more than Timokhin had done when he was reprimanded by the +regimental commander, but now that the commander in chief addressed +him he drew himself up to such an extent that it seemed he could not +have sustained it had the commander in chief continued to look at him, +and so Kutuzov, who evidently understood his case and wished him +nothing but good, quickly turned away, a scarcely perceptible smile +flitting over his scarred and puffy face. + "Another Ismail comrade," said he. "A brave officer! Are you +satisfied with him?" he asked the regimental commander. + And the latter- unconscious that he was being reflected in the +hussar officer as in a looking glass- started, moved forward, and +answered: "Highly satisfied, your excellency!" + "We all have our weaknesses," said Kutuzov smiling and walking +away from him. "He used to have a predilection for Bacchus." + The regimental commander was afraid he might be blamed for this +and did not answer. The hussar at that moment noticed the face of +the red-nosed captain and his drawn-in stomach, and mimicked his +expression and pose with such exactitude that Nesvitski could not help +laughing. Kutuzov turned round. The officer evidently had complete +control of his face, and while Kutuzov was turning managed to make a +grimace and then assume a most serious, deferential, and innocent +expression. + The third company was the last, and Kutuzov pondered, apparently +trying to recollect something. Prince Andrew stepped forward from +among the suite and said in French: + "You told me to remind you of the officer Dolokhov, reduced to the +ranks in this regiment." + "Where is Dolokhov?" asked Kutuzov. + Dolokhov, who had already changed into a soldier's gray greatcoat, +did not wait to be called. The shapely figure of the fair-haired +soldier, with his clear blue eyes, stepped forward from the ranks, +went up to the commander in chief, and presented arms. + "Have you a complaint to make?" Kutuzov asked with a slight frown. + "This is Dolokhov," said Prince Andrew. + "Ah!" said Kutuzov. "I hope this will be a lesson to you. Do your +duty. The Emperor is gracious, and I shan't forget you if you +deserve well." + The clear blue eyes looked at the commander in chief just as +boldly as they had looked at the regimental commander, seeming by +their expression to tear open the veil of convention that separates +a commander in chief so widely from a private. + "One thing I ask of your excellency," Dolokhov said in his firm, +ringing, deliberate voice. "I ask an opportunity to atone for my fault +and prove my devotion to His Majesty the Emperor and to Russia!" + Kutuzov turned away. The same smile of the eyes with which he had +turned from Captain Timokhin again flitted over his face. He turned +away with a grimace as if to say that everything Dolokhov had said +to him and everything he could say had long been known to him, that he +was weary of it and it was not at all what he wanted. He turned away +and went to the carriage. + The regiment broke up into companies, which went to their +appointed quarters near Braunau, where they hoped to receive boots and +clothes and to rest after their hard marches. + "You won't bear me a grudge, Prokhor Ignatych?" said the +regimental commander, overtaking the third company on its way to its +quarters and riding up to Captain Timokhin who was walking in front. +(The regimental commander's face now that the inspection was happily +over beamed with irrepressible delight.) "It's in the Emperor's +service... it can't be helped... one is sometimes a bit hasty on +parade... I am the first to apologize, you know me!... He was very +pleased!" And he held out his hand to the captain. + "Don't mention it, General, as if I'd be so bold!" replied the +captain, his nose growing redder as he gave a smile which showed where +two front teeth were missing that had been knocked out by the butt end +of a gun at Ismail. + "And tell Mr. Dolokhov that I won't forget him- he may be quite +easy. And tell me, please- I've been meaning to ask- how is to ask- +how is he behaving himself, and in general..." + "As far as the service goes he is quite punctilious, your +excellency; but his character..." said Timokhin. + "And what about his character?" asked the regimental commander. + "It's different on different days," answered the captain. "One day +he is sensible, well educated, and good-natured, and the next he's a +wild beast.... In Poland, if you please, he nearly killed a Jew." + "Oh, well, well!" remarked the regimental commander. "Still, one +must have pity on a young man in misfortune. You know he has important +connections... Well, then, you just..." + "I will, your excellency," said Timokhin, showing by his smile +that he understood his commander's wish. + "Well, of course, of course!" + The regimental commander sought out Dolokhov in the ranks and, +reining in his horse, said to him: + "After the next affair... epaulettes." + Dolokhov looked round but did not say anything, nor did the +mocking smile on his lips change. + "Well, that's all right," continued the regimental commander. "A cup +of vodka for the men from me," he added so that the soldiers could +hear. "I thank you all! God be praised!" and he rode past that company +and overtook the next one. + "Well, he's really a good fellow, one can serve under him," said +Timokhin to the subaltern beside him. + "In a word, a hearty one..." said the subaltern, laughing (the +regimental commander was nicknamed King of Hearts). + The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection infected +the soldiers. The company marched on gaily. The soldiers' voices could +be heard on every side. + "And they said Kutuzov was blind of one eye?" + "And so he is! Quite blind!" + "No, friend, he is sharper-eyed than you are. Boots and leg bands... +he noticed everything..." + "When he looked at my feet, friend... well, thinks I..." + "And that other one with him, the Austrian, looked as if he were +smeared with chalk- as white as flour! I suppose they polish him up as +they do the guns." + "I say, Fedeshon!... Did he say when the battles are to begin? You +were near him. Everybody said that Buonaparte himself was at Braunau." + "Buonaparte himself!... Just listen to the fool, what he doesn't +know! The Prussians are up in arms now. The Austrians, you see, are +putting them down. When they've been put down, the war with Buonaparte +will begin. And he says Buonaparte is in Braunau! Shows you're a fool. +You'd better listen more carefully!" + "What devils these quartermasters are! See, the fifth company is +turning into the village already... they will have their buckwheat +cooked before we reach our quarters." + "Give me a biscuit, you devil!" + "And did you give me tobacco yesterday? That's just it, friend! +Ah, well, never mind, here you are." + "They might call a halt here or we'll have to do another four +miles without eating." + "Wasn't it fine when those Germans gave us lifts! You just sit still +and are drawn along." + "And here, friend, the people are quite beggarly. There they all +seemed to be Poles- all under the Russian crown- but here they're +all regular Germans." + "Singers to the front " came the captain's order. + And from the different ranks some twenty men ran to the front. A +drummer, their leader, turned round facing the singers, and +flourishing his arm, began a long-drawn-out soldiers' song, commencing +with the words: "Morning dawned, the sun was rising," and +concluding: "On then, brothers, on to glory, led by Father +Kamenski." This song had been composed in the Turkish campaign and now +being sung in Austria, the only change being that the words "Father +Kamenski" were replaced by "Father Kutuzov." + Having jerked out these last words as soldiers do and waved his arms +as if flinging something to the ground, the drummer- a lean, +handsome soldier of forty- looked sternly at the singers and screwed +up his eyes. Then having satisfied himself that all eyes were fixed on +him, he raised both arms as if carefully lifting some invisible but +precious object above his head and, holding it there for some seconds, +suddenly flung it down and began: + "Oh, my bower, oh, my bower...!" + "Oh, my bower new...!" chimed in twenty voices, and the castanet +player, in spite of the burden of his equipment, rushed out to the +front and, walking backwards before the company, jerked his +shoulders and flourished his castanets as if threatening someone. +The soldiers, swinging their arms and keeping time spontaneously, +marched with long steps. Behind the company the sound of wheels, the +creaking of springs, and the tramp of horses' hoofs were heard. +Kutuzov and his suite were returning to the town. The commander in +chief made a sign that the men should continue to march at ease, and +he and all his suite showed pleasure at the sound of the singing and +the sight of the dancing soldier and the gay and smartly marching men. +In the second file from the right flank, beside which the carriage +passed the company, a blue-eyed soldier involuntarily attracted +notice. It was Dolokhov marching with particular grace and boldness in +time to the song and looking at those driving past as if he pitied all +who were not at that moment marching with the company. The hussar +cornet of Kutuzov's suite who had mimicked the regimental commander, +fell back from the carriage and rode up to Dolokhov. + Hussar cornet Zherkov had at one time, in Petersburg, belonged to +the wild set led by Dolokhov. Zherkov had met Dolokhov abroad as a +private and had not seen fit to recognize him. But now that Kutuzov +had spoken to the gentleman ranker, he addressed him with the +cordiality of an old friend. + "My dear fellow, how are you?" said he through the singing, making +his horse keep pace with the company. + "How am I?" Dolokhov answered coldly. "I am as you see." + The lively song gave a special flavor to the tone of free and easy +gaiety with which Zherkov spoke, and to the intentional coldness of +Dolokhov's reply. + "And how do you get on with the officers?" inquired Zherkov. + "All right. They are good fellows. And how have you wriggled onto +the staff?" + "I was attached; I'm on duty." + Both were silent. + "She let the hawk fly upward from her wide right sleeve," went the +song, arousing an involuntary sensation of courage and cheerfulness. +Their conversation would probably have been different but for the +effect of that song. + "Is it true that Austrians have been beaten?" asked Dolokhov. + "The devil only knows! They say so." + "I'm glad," answered Dolokhov briefly and clearly, as the song +demanded. + "I say, come round some evening and we'll have a game of faro!" said +Zherkov. + "Why, have you too much money?" + "Do come." + "I can't. I've sworn not to. I won't drink and won't play till I get +reinstated." + "Well, that's only till the first engagement." + "We shall see." + They were again silent. + "Come if you need anything. One can at least be of use on the +staff..." + Dolokhov smiled. "Don't trouble. If I want anything, I won't beg- +I'll take it!" + "Well, never mind; I only..." + "And I only..." + "Good-by." + "Good health..." + + "It's a long, long way. + To my native land..." + + Zherkov touched his horse with the spurs; it pranced excitedly +from foot to foot uncertain with which to start, then settled down, +galloped past the company, and overtook the carriage, still keeping +time to the song. +BK2|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + On returning from the review, Kutuzov took the Austrian general into +his private room and, calling his adjutant, asked for some papers +relating to the condition of the troops on their arrival, and the +letters that had come from the Archduke Ferdinand, who was in +command of the advanced army. Prince Andrew Bolkonski came into the +room with the required papers. Kutuzov and the Austrian member of +the Hofkriegsrath were sitting at the table on which a plan was spread +out. + "Ah!..." said Kutuzov glancing at Bolkonski as if by this +exclamation he was asking the adjutant to wait, and he went on with +the conversation in French. + "All I can say, General," said he with a pleasant elegance of +expression and intonation that obliged one to listen to each +deliberately spoken word. It was evident that Kutuzov himself listened +with pleasure to his own voice. "All I can say, General, is that if +the matter depended on my personal wishes, the will of His Majesty the +Emperor Francis would have been fulfilled long ago. I should long +ago have joined the archduke. And believe me on my honour that to me +personally it would be a pleasure to hand over the supreme command +of the army into the hands of a better informed and more skillful +general- of whom Austria has so many- and to lay down all this heavy +responsibility. But circumstances are sometimes too strong for us, +General." + And Kutuzov smiled in a way that seemed to say, "You are quite at +liberty not to believe me and I don't even care whether you do or not, +but you have no grounds for telling me so. And that is the whole +point." + The Austrian general looked dissatisfied, but had no option but to +reply in the same tone. + "On the contrary," he said, in a querulous and angry tone that +contrasted with his flattering words, "on the contrary, your +excellency's participation in the common action is highly valued by +His Majesty; but we think the present delay is depriving the +splendid Russian troops and their commander of the laurels they have +been accustomed to win in their battles," he concluded his evidently +prearranged sentence. + Kutuzov bowed with the same smile. + "But that is my conviction, and judging by the last letter with +which His Highness the Archduke Ferdinand has honored me, I imagine +that the Austrian troops, under the direction of so skillful a +leader as General Mack, have by now already gained a decisive +victory and no longer need our aid," said Kutuzov. + The general frowned. Though there was no definite news of an +Austrian defeat, there were many circumstances confirming the +unfavorable rumors that were afloat, and so Kutuzov's suggestion of an +Austrian victory sounded much like irony. But Kutuzov went on +blandly smiling with the same expression, which seemed to say that +he had a right to suppose so. And, in fact, the last letter he had +received from Mack's army informed him of a victory and stated +strategically the position of the army was very favorable. + "Give me that letter," said Kutuzov turning to Prince Andrew. +"Please have a look at it"- and Kutuzov with an ironical smile about +the corners of his mouth read to the Austrian general the following +passage, in German, from the Archduke Ferdinand's letter: + + We have fully concentrated forces of nearly seventy thousand men +with which to attack and defeat the enemy should he cross the Lech. +Also, as we are masters of Ulm, we cannot be deprived of the advantage +of commanding both sides of the Danube, so that should the enemy not +cross the Lech, we can cross the Danube, throw ourselves on his line +of communications, recross the river lower down, and frustrate his +intention should he try to direct his whole force against our faithful +ally. We shall therefore confidently await the moment when the +Imperial Russian army will be fully equipped, and shall then, in +conjunction with it, easily find a way to prepare for the enemy the +fate he deserves. + + Kutuzov sighed deeply on finishing this paragraph and looked at +the member of the Hofkriegsrath mildly and attentively. + "But you know the wise maxim your excellency, advising one to expect +the worst," said the Austrian general, evidently wishing to have +done with jests and to come to business. He involuntarily looked round +at the aide-de-camp. + "Excuse me, General," interrupted Kutuzov, also turning to Prince +Andrew. "Look here, my dear fellow, get from Kozlovski all the reports +from our scouts. Here are two letters from Count Nostitz and here is +one from His Highness the Archduke Ferdinand and here are these," he +said, handing him several papers, "make a neat memorandum in French +out of all this, showing all the news we have had of the movements +of the Austrian army, and then give it to his excellency." + Prince Andrew bowed his head in token of having understood from +the first not only what had been said but also what Kutuzov would have +liked to tell him. He gathered up the papers and with a bow to both, +stepped softly over the carpet and went out into the waiting room. + Though not much time had passed since Prince Andrew had left Russia, +he had changed greatly during that period. In the expression of his +face, in his movements, in his walk, scarcely a trace was left of +his former affected languor and indolence. He now looked like a man +who has time to think of the impression he makes on others, but is +occupied with agreeable and interesting work. His face expressed +more satisfaction with himself and those around him, his smile and +glance were brighter and more attractive. + Kutuzov, whom he had overtaken in Poland, had received him very +kindly, promised not to forget him, distinguished him above the +other adjutants, and had taken him to Vienna and given him the more +serious commissions. From Vienna Kutuzov wrote to his old comrade, +Prince Andrew's father. + + Your son bids fair to become an officer distinguished by his +industry, firmness, and expedition. I consider myself fortunate to +have such a subordinate by me. + + On Kutuzov's staff, among his fellow officers and in the army +generally, Prince Andrew had, as he had had in Petersburg society, two +quite opposite reputations. Some, a minority, acknowledged him to be +different from themselves and from everyone else, expected great +things of him, listened to him, admired, and imitated him, and with +them Prince Andrew was natural and pleasant. Others, the majority, +disliked him and considered him conceited, cold, and disagreeable. But +among these people Prince Andrew knew how to take his stand so that +they respected and even feared him. + Coming out of Kutuzov's room into the waiting room with the papers +in his hand Prince Andrew came up to his comrade, the aide-de-camp +on duty, Kozlovski, who was sitting at the window with a book. + "Well, Prince?" asked Kozlovski. + "I am ordered to write a memorandum explaining why we are not +advancing." + "And why is it?" + Prince Andrew shrugged his shoulders. + "Any news from Mack?" + "No." + "If it were true that he has been beaten, news would have come." + "Probably," said Prince Andrew moving toward the outer door. + But at that instant a tall Austrian general in a greatcoat, with the +order of Maria Theresa on his neck and a black bandage round his head, +who had evidently just arrived, entered quickly, slamming the door. +Prince Andrew stopped short. + "Commander in Chief Kutuzov?" said the newly arrived general +speaking quickly with a harsh German accent, looking to both sides and +advancing straight toward the inner door. + "The commander in chief is engaged," said Kozlovski, going hurriedly +up to the unknown general and blocking his way to the door. "Whom +shall I announce?" + The unknown general looked disdainfully down at Kozlovski, who was +rather short, as if surprised that anyone should not know him. + "The commander in chief is engaged," repeated Kozlovski calmly. + The general's face clouded, his lips quivered and trembled. He +took out a notebook, hurriedly scribbled something in pencil, tore out +the leaf, gave it to Kozlovski, stepped quickly to the window, and +threw himself into a chair, gazing at those in the room as if +asking, "Why do they look at me?" Then he lifted his head, stretched +his neck as if he intended to say something, but immediately, with +affected indifference, began to hum to himself, producing a queer +sound which immediately broke off. The door of the private room opened +and Kutuzov appeared in the doorway. The general with the bandaged +head bent forward as though running away from some danger, and, making +long, quick strides with his thin legs, went up to Kutuzov. + "Vous voyez le malheureux Mack," he uttered in a broken voice. + Kutuzov's face as he stood in the open doorway remained perfectly +immobile for a few moments. Then wrinkles ran over his face like a +wave and his forehead became smooth again, he bowed his head +respectfully, closed his eyes, silently let Mack enter his room before +him, and closed the door himself behind him. + The report which had been circulated that the Austrians had been +beaten and that the whole army had surrendered at Ulm proved to be +correct. Within half an hour adjutants had been sent in various +directions with orders which showed that the Russian troops, who had +hitherto been inactive, would also soon have to meet the enemy. + Prince Andrew was one of those rare staff officers whose chief +interest lay in the general progress of the war. When he saw Mack +and heard the details of his disaster he understood that half the +campaign was lost, understood all the difficulties of the Russian +army's position, and vividly imagined what awaited it and the part +he would have to play. Involuntarily he felt a joyful agitation at the +thought of the humiliation of arrogant Austria and that in a week's +time he might, perhaps, see and take part in the first Russian +encounter with the French since Suvorov met them. He feared that +Bonaparte's genius might outweigh all the courage of the Russian +troops, and at the same time could not admit the idea of his hero +being disgraced. + Excited and irritated by these thoughts Prince Andrew went toward +his room to write to his father, to whom he wrote every day. In the +corridor he met Nesvitski, with whom he shared a room, and the wag +Zherkov; they were as usual laughing. + "Why are you so glum?" asked Nesvitski noticing Prince Andrew's pale +face and glittering eyes. + "There's nothing to be gay about," answered Bolkonski. + Just as Prince Andrew met Nesvitski and Zherkov, there came toward +them from the other end of the corridor, Strauch, an Austrian +general who on Kutuzov's staff in charge of the provisioning of the +Russian army, and the member of the Hofkriegsrath who had arrived +the previous evening. There was room enough in the wide corridor for +the generals to pass the three officers quite easily, but Zherkov, +pushing Nesvitski aside with his arm, said in a breathless voice, + "They're coming!... they're coming!... Stand aside, make way, please +make way!" + The generals were passing by, looking as if they wished to avoid +embarrassing attentions. On the face of the wag Zherkov there suddenly +appeared a stupid smile of glee which he seemed unable to suppress. + "Your excellency," said he in German, stepping forward and +addressing the Austrian general, "I have the honor to congratulate +you." + He bowed his head and scraped first with one foot and then with +the other, awkwardly, like a child at a dancing lesson. + The member of the Hofkriegsrath looked at him severely but, seeing +the seriousness of his stupid smile, could not but give him a moment's +attention. He screwed up his eyes showing that he was listening. + "I have the honor to congratulate you. General Mack has arrived, +quite well, only a little bruised just here," he added, pointing +with a beaming smile to his head. + The general frowned, turned away, and went on. + "Gott, wie naiv!"* said he angrily, after he had gone a few steps. + + *"Good God, what simplicity!" + + Nesvitski with a laugh threw his arms round Prince Andrew, but +Bolkonski, turning still paler, pushed him away with an angry look and +turned to Zherkov. The nervous irritation aroused by the appearance of +Mack, the news of his defeat, and the thought of what lay before the +Russian army found vent in anger at Zherkov's untimely jest. + "If you, sir, choose to make a buffoon of yourself," he said +sharply, with a slight trembling of the lower jaw, "I can't prevent +your doing so; but I warn you that if you dare to play the fool in +my presence, I will teach you to behave yourself." + Nesvitski and Zherkov were so surprised by this outburst that they +gazed at Bolkonski silently with wide-open eyes. + "What's the matter? I only congratulated them," said Zherkov. + "I am not jesting with you; please be silent!" cried Bolkonski, +and taking Nesvitski's arm he left Zherkov, who did not know what to +say. + "Come, what's the matter, old fellow?" said Nesvitski trying to +soothe him. + "What's the matter?" exclaimed Prince Andrew standing still in his +excitement. "Don't you understand that either we are officers +serving our Tsar and our country, rejoicing in the successes and +grieving at the misfortunes of our common cause, or we are merely +lackeys who care nothing for their master's business. Quarante mille +hommes massacres et l'armee de nos allies detruite, et vous trouvez la +le mot pour rire,"* he said, as if strengthening his views by this +French sentence. "C' est bien pour un garcon de rein comme cet +individu dont vous avez fait un ami, mais pas pour vous, pas pour +vous.*[2] Only a hobbledehoy could amuse himself in this way," he +added in Russian- but pronouncing the word with a French accent- +having noticed that Zherkov could still hear him. + + *"Forty thousand men massacred and the army of our allies destroyed, +and you find that a cause for jesting!" + *[2] "It is all very well for that good-for-nothing fellow of whom +you have made a friend, but not for you, not for you." + + He waited a moment to see whether the cornet would answer, but he +turned and went out of the corridor. +BK2|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + The Pavlograd Hussars were stationed two miles from Braunau. The +squadron in which Nicholas Rostov served as a cadet was quartered in +the German village of Salzeneck. The best quarters in the village were +assigned to cavalry-captain Denisov, the squadron commander, known +throughout the whole cavalry division as Vaska Denisov. Cadet +Rostov, ever since he had overtaken the regiment in Poland, had +lived with the squadron commander. + On October 11, the day when all was astir at headquarters over the +news of Mack's defeat, the camp life of the officers of this +squadron was proceeding as usual. Denisov, who had been losing at +cards all night, had not yet come home when Rostov rode back early +in the morning from a foraging expedition. Rostov in his cadet +uniform, with a jerk to his horse, rode up to the porch, swung his leg +over the saddle with a supple youthful movement, stood for a moment in +the stirrup as if loathe to part from his horse, and at last sprang +down and called to his orderly. + "Ah, Bondarenko, dear friend!" said he to the hussar who rushed up +headlong to the horse. "Walk him up and down, my dear fellow," he +continued, with that gay brotherly cordiality which goodhearted +young people show to everyone when they are happy. + "Yes, your excellency," answered the Ukrainian gaily, tossing his +head. + "Mind, walk him up and down well!" + Another hussar also rushed toward the horse, but Bondarenko had +already thrown the reins of the snaffle bridle over the horse's +head. It was evident that the cadet was liberal with his tips and that +it paid to serve him. Rostov patted the horse's neck and then his +flank, and lingered for a moment. + "Splendid! What a horse he will be!" he thought with a smile, and +holding up his saber, his spurs jingling, he ran up the steps of the +porch. His landlord, who in a waistcoat and a pointed cap, pitchfork +in hand, was clearing manure from the cowhouse, looked out, and his +face immediately brightened on seeing Rostov. "Schon gut Morgen! Schon +gut Morgen!"* he said winking with a merry smile, evidently pleased to +greet the young man. + + *"A very good morning! A very good morning!" + + "Schon fleissig?"* said Rostov with the same gay brotherly smile +which did not leave his eager face. "Hoch Oestreicher! Hoch Russen! +Kaiser Alexander hoch!"*[2] said he, quoting words often repeated by +the German landlord. + + *"Busy already?" + *[2] "Hurrah for the Austrians! Hurrah for the Russians! Hurrah +for Emperor Alexander!" + + The German laughed, came out of the cowshed, pulled off his cap, and +waving it above his head cried: + "Und die ganze Welt hoch!"* + + *"And hurrah for the whole world!" + + Rostov waved his cap above his head like the German and ctied +laughing, "Und vivat die ganze Welt!" Though neither the German +cleaning his cowshed nor Rostov back with his platoon from foraging +for hay had any reason for rejoicing, they looked at each other with +joyful delight and brotherly love, wagged their heads in token of +their mutual affection, and parted smiling, the German returning to +his cowshed and Rostov going to the cottage he occupied with Denisov. + "What about your master?" he asked Lavrushka, Denisov's orderly, +whom all the regiment knew for a rogue. + "Hasn't been in since the evening. Must have been losing," +answered Lavrushka. "I know by now, if he wins he comes back early +to brag about it, but if he stays out till morning it means he's +lost and will come back in a rage. Will you have coffee?" + "Yes, bring some." + Ten minutes later Lavrushka brought the coffee. "He's coming!" +said he. "Now for trouble!" Rostov looked out of the window and saw +Denisov coming home. Denisov was a small man with a red face, +sparkling black eyes, and black tousled mustache and hair. He wore +an unfastened cloak, wide breeches hanging down in creases, and a +crumpled shako on the back of his head. He came up to the porch +gloomily, hanging his head. + "Lavwuska!" he shouted loudly and angrily, "take it off, blockhead!" + "Well, I am taking it off," replied Lavrushka's voice. + "Ah, you're up already," said Denisov, entering the room. + "Long ago," answered Rostov, "I have already been for the hay, and +have seen Fraulein Mathilde." + "Weally! And I've been losing, bwother. I lost yesterday like a +damned fool!" cried Denisov, not pronouncing his r's. "Such ill +luck! Such ill luck. As soon as you left, it began and went on. +Hullo there! Tea!" + Puckering up his face though smiling, and showing his short strong +teeth, he began with stubby fingers of both hands to ruffle up his +thick tangled black hair. + "And what devil made me go to that wat?" (an officer nicknamed +"the rat") he said, rubbing his forehead and whole face with both +hands. "Just fancy, he didn't let me win a single cahd, not one cahd." + He took the lighted pipe that was offered to him, gripped it in +his fist, and tapped it on the floor, making the sparks fly, while +he continued to shout. + "He lets one win the singles and collahs it as soon as one doubles +it; gives the singles and snatches the doubles!" + He scattered the burning tobacco, smashed the pipe, and threw it +away. Then he remained silent for a while, and all at once looked +cheerfully with his glittering, black eyes at Rostov. + "If at least we had some women here; but there's nothing foh one +to do but dwink. If we could only get to fighting soon. Hullo, who's +there?" he said, turning to the door as he heard a tread of heavy +boots and the clinking of spurs that came to a stop, and a +respectful cough. + "The squadron quartermaster!" said Lavrushka. + Denisov's face puckered still more. + "Wetched!" he muttered, throwing down a purse with some gold in +it. "Wostov, deah fellow, just see how much there is left and shove +the purse undah the pillow," he said, and went out to the +quartermaster. + Rostov took the money and, mechanically arranging the old and new +coins in separate piles, began counting them. + "Ah! Telyanin! How d'ye do? They plucked me last night," came +Denisov's voice from the next room. + "Where? At Bykov's, at the rat's... I knew it," replied a piping +voice, and Lieutenant Telyanin, a small officer of the same +squadron, entered the room. + Rostov thrust the purse under the pillow and shook the damp little +hand which was offered him. Telyanin for some reason had been +transferred from the Guards just before this campaign. He behaved very +well in the regiment but was not liked; Rostov especially detested him +and was unable to overcome or conceal his groundless antipathy to +the man. + "Well, young cavalryman, how is my Rook behaving?" he asked. (Rook +was a young horse Telyanin had sold to Rostov.) + The lieutenant never looked the man he was speaking to straight in +the face; his eyes continually wandered from one object to another. + "I saw you riding this morning..." he added. + "Oh, he's all right, a good horse," answered Rostov, though the +horse for which he had paid seven hundred rubbles was not worth half +that sum. "He's begun to go a little lame on the left foreleg," he +added. + "The hoof's cracked! That's nothing. I'll teach you what to do and +show you what kind of rivet to use." + "Yes, please do," said Rostov. + "I'll show you, I'll show you! It's not a secret. And it's a horse +you'll thank me for." + "Then I'll have it brought round," said Rostov wishing to avoid +Telyanin, and he went out to give the order. + In the passage Denisov, with a pipe, was squatting on the +threshold facing the quartermaster who was reporting to him. On seeing +Rostov, Denisov screwed up his face and pointing over his shoulder +with his thumb to the room where Telyanin was sitting, he frowned +and gave a shudder of disgust. + "Ugh! I don't like that fellow"' he said, regardless of the +quartermaster's presence. + Rostov shrugged his shoulders as much as to say: "Nor do I, but +what's one to do?" and, having given his order, he returned to +Telyanin. + Telyanin was sitting in the same indolent pose in which Rostov had +left him, rubbing his small white hands. + "Well there certainly are disgusting people," thought Rostov as he +entered. + "Have you told them to bring the horse?" asked Telyanin, getting +up and looking carelessly about him. + "I have." + "Let us go ourselves. I only came round to ask Denisov about +yesterday's order. Have you got it, Denisov?" + "Not yet. But where are you off to?" + "I want to teach this young man how to shoe a horse," said Telyanin. + They went through the porch and into the stable. The lieutenant +explained how to rivet the hoof and went away to his own quarters. + When Rostov went back there was a bottle of vodka and a sausage on +the table. Denisov was sitting there scratching with his pen on a +sheet of paper. He looked gloomily in Rostov's face and said: "I am +witing to her." + He leaned his elbows on the table with his pen in his hand and, +evidently glad of a chance to say quicker in words what he wanted to +write, told Rostov the contents of his letter. + "You see, my fwiend," he said, "we sleep when we don't love. We +are childwen of the dust... but one falls in love and one is a God, +one is pua' as on the first day of cweation... Who's that now? Send +him to the devil, I'm busy!" he shouted to Lavrushka, who went up to +him not in the least abashed. + "Who should it be? You yourself told him to come. It's the +quartermaster for the money." + Denisov frowned and was about to shout some reply but stopped. + "Wetched business," he muttered to himself. "How much is left in the +puhse?" he asked, turning to Rostov. + "Seven new and three old imperials." + "Oh, it's wetched! Well, what are you standing there for, you +sca'cwow? Call the quahtehmasteh," he shouted to Lavrushka. + "Please, Denisov, let me lend you some: I have some, you know," said +Rostov, blushing. + "Don't like bowwowing from my own fellows, I don't," growled +Denisov. + "But if you won't accept money from me like a comrade, you will +offend me. Really I have some," Rostov repeated. + "No, I tell you." + And Denisov went to the bed to get the purse from under the pillow. + "Where have you put it, Wostov?" + "Under the lower pillow." + "It's not there." + Denisov threw both pillows on the floor. The purse was not there. + "That's a miwacle." + "Wait, haven't you dropped it?" said Rostov, picking up the +pillows one at a time and shaking them. + He pulled off the quilt and shook it. The purse was not there. + "Dear me, can I have forgotten? No, I remember thinking that you +kept it under your head like a treasure," said Rostov. "I put it +just here. Where is it?" he asked, turning to Lavrushka. + "I haven't been in the room. It must be where you put it." + "But it isn't?..." + "You're always like that; you thwow a thing down anywhere and forget +it. Feel in your pockets." + "No, if I hadn't thought of it being a treasure," said Rostov, +"but I remember putting it there." + Lavrushka turned all the bedding over, looked under the bed and +under the table, searched everywhere, and stood still in the middle of +the room. Denisov silently watched Lavrushka's movements, and when the +latter threw up his arms in surprise saying it was nowhere to be found +Denisov glanced at Rostov. + "Wostov, you've not been playing schoolboy twicks..." + Rostov felt Denisov's gaze fixed on him, raised his eyes, and +instantly dropped them again. All the blood which had seemed congested +somewhere below his throat rushed to his face and eyes. He could not +draw breath. + "And there hasn't been anyone in the room except the lieutenant +and yourselves. It must be here somewhere," said Lavrushka. + "Now then, you devil's puppet, look alive and hunt for it!" +shouted Denisov, suddenly, turning purple and rushing at the man +with a threatening gesture. "If the purse isn't found I'll flog you, +I'll flog you all." + Rostov, his eyes avoiding Denisov, began buttoning his coat, buckled +on his saber, and put on his cap. + "I must have that purse, I tell you," shouted Denisov, shaking his +orderly by the shoulders and knocking him against the wall. + "Denisov, let him alone, I know who has taken it," said Rostov, +going toward the door without raising his eyes. Denisov paused, +thought a moment, and, evidently understanding what Rostov hinted +at, seized his arm. + "Nonsense!" he cried, and the veins on his forehead and neck stood +out like cords. "You are mad, I tell you. I won't allow it. The +purse is here! I'll flay this scoundwel alive, and it will be found." + "I know who has taken it," repeated Rostov in an unsteady voice, and +went to the door. + "And I tell you, don't you dahe to do it!" shouted Denisov, +rushing at the cadet to restrain him. + But Rostov pulled away his arm and, with as much anger as though +Denisov were his worst enemy, firmly fixed his eyes directly on his +face. + "Do you understand what you're saying?" he said in a trembling +voice. "There was no one else in the room except myself. So that if it +is not so, then..." + He could not finish, and ran out of the room. + "Ah, may the devil take you and evewybody," were the last words +Rostov heard. + Rostov went to Telyanin's quarters. + "The master is not in, he's gone to headquarters," said Telyanin's +orderly. "Has something happened?" he added, surprised at the +cadet's troubled face. + "No, nothing." + "You've only just missed him," said the orderly. + The headquarters were situated two miles away from Salzeneck, and +Rostov, without returning home, took a horse and rode there. There was +an inn in the village which the officers frequented. Rostov rode up to +it and saw Telyanin's horse at the porch. + In the second room of the inn the lieutenant was sitting over a dish +of sausages and a bottle of wine. + "Ah, you've come here too, young man!" he said, smiling and +raising his eyebrows. + "Yes," said Rostov as if it cost him a great deal to utter the word; +and he sat down at the nearest table. + Both were silent. There were two Germans and a Russian officer in +the room. No one spoke and the only sounds heard were the clatter of +knives and the munching of the lieutenant. + When Telyanin had finished his lunch he took out of his pocket a +double purse and, drawing its rings aside with his small, white, +turned-up fingers, drew out a gold imperial, and lifting his +eyebrows gave it to the waiter. + "Please be quick," he said. + The coin was a new one. Rostov rose and went up to Telyanin. + "Allow me to look at your purse," he said in a low, almost +inaudible, voice. + With shifting eyes but eyebrows still raised, Telyanin handed him +the purse. + "Yes, it's a nice purse. Yes, yes," he said, growing suddenly +pale, and added, "Look at it, young man." + Rostov took the purse in his hand, examined it and the money in +it, and looked at Telyanin. The lieutenant was looking about in his +usual way and suddenly seemed to grow very merry. + "If we get to Vienna I'll get rid of it there but in these +wretched little towns there's nowhere to spend it," said he. "Well, +let me have it, young man, I'm going." + Rostov did not speak. + "And you? Are you going to have lunch too? They feed you quite +decently here," continued Telyanin. "Now then, let me have it." + He stretched out his hand to take hold of the purse. Rostov let go +of it. Telyanin took the purse and began carelessly slipping it into +the pocket of his riding breeches, with his eyebrows lifted and his +mouth slightly open, as if to say, "Yes, yes, I am putting my purse in +my pocket and that's quite simple and is no else's business." + "Well, young man?" he said with a sigh, and from under his lifted +brows he glanced into Rostov's eyes. + Some flash as of an electric spark shot from Telyanin's eyes to +Rostov's and back, and back again and again in an instant. + "Come here," said Rostov, catching hold of Telyanin's arm and almost +dragging him to the window. "That money is Denisov's; you took +it..." he whispered just above Telyanin's ear. + "What? What? How dare you? What?" said Telyanin. + But these words came like a piteous, despairing cry and an +entreaty for pardon. As soon as Rostov heard them, an enormous load of +doubt fell from him. He was glad, and at the same instant began to +pity the miserable man who stood before him, but the task he had begun +had to be completed. + "Heaven only knows what the people here may imagine," muttered +Telyanin, taking up his cap and moving toward a small empty room. +"We must have an explanation..." + "I know it and shall prove it," said Rostov. + "I..." + Every muscle of Telyanin's pale, terrified face began to quiver, his +eyes still shifted from side to side but with a downward look not +rising to Rostov's face, and his sobs were audible. + "Count!... Don't ruin a young fellow... here is this wretched money, +take it..." He threw it on the table. "I have an old father and +mother!..." + Rostov took the money, avoiding Telyanin's eyes, and went out of the +room without a word. But at the door he stopped and then retraced +his steps. "O God," he said with tears in his eyes, "how could you +do it?" + "Count..." said Telyanin drawing nearer to him. + "Don't touch me," said Rostov, drawing back. "If you need it, take +the money," and he threw the purse to him and ran out of the inn. +BK2|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + That same evening there was an animated discussion among the +squadron's officers in Denisov's quarters. + "And I tell you, Rostov, that you must apologize to the colonel!" +said a tall, grizzly-haired staff captain, with enormous mustaches and +many wrinkles on his large features, to Rostov who was crimson with +excitement. + The staff captain, Kirsten, had twice been reduced to the ranks +for affairs of honor and had twice regained his commission. + "I will allow no one to call me a liar!" cried Rostov. "He told me I +lied, and I told him he lied. And there it rests. He may keep me on +duty every day, or may place me under arrest, but no one can make me +apologize, because if he, as commander of this regiment, thinks it +beneath his dignity to give me satisfaction, then..." + "You just wait a moment, my dear fellow, and listen," interrupted +the staff captain in his deep bass, calmly stroking his long mustache. +"You tell the colonel in the presence of other officers that an +officer has stolen..." + "I'm not to blame that the conversation began in the presence of +other officers. Perhaps I ought not to have spoken before them, but +I am not a diplomatist. That's why I joined the hussars, thinking that +here one would not need finesse; and he tells me that I am lying- so +let him give me satisfaction..." + "That's all right. No one thinks you a coward, but that's not the +point. Ask Denisov whether it is not out of the question for a cadet +to demand satisfaction of his regimental commander?" + Denisov sat gloomily biting his mustache and listening to the +conversation, evidently with no wish to take part in it. He answered +the staff captain's question by a disapproving shake of his head. + "You speak to the colonel about this nasty business before other +officers," continued the staff captain, "and Bogdanich" (the colonel +was called Bogdanich) "shuts you up." + "He did not shut me up, he said I was telling an untruth." + "Well, have it so, and you talked a lot of nonsense to him and +must apologize." + "Not on any account!" exclaimed Rostov. + "I did not expect this of you," said the staff captain seriously and +severely. "You don't wish to apologize, but, man, it's not only to him +but to the whole regiment- all of us- you're to blame all round. The +case is this: you ought to have thought the matter over and taken +advice; but no, you go and blurt it all straight out before the +officers. Now what was the colonel to do? Have the officer tried and +disgrace the whole regiment? Disgrace the whole regiment because of +one scoundrel? Is that how you look at it? We don't see it like +that. And Bogdanich was a brick: he told you you were saying what +was not true. It's not pleasant, but what's to be done, my dear +fellow? You landed yourself in it. And now, when one wants to smooth +the thing over, some conceit prevents your apologizing, and you wish +to make the whole affair public. You are offended at being put on duty +a bit, but why not apologize to an old and honorable officer? Whatever +Bogdanich may be, anyway he is an honorable and brave old colonel! +You're quick at taking offense, but you don't mind disgracing the +whole regiment!" The staff captain's voice began to tremble. "You have +been in the regiment next to no time, my lad, you're here today and +tomorrow you'll be appointed adjutant somewhere and can snap your +fingers when it is said 'There are thieves among the Pavlograd +officers!' But it's not all the same to us! Am I not right, Denisov? +It's not the same!" + Denisov remained silent and did not move, but occasionally looked +with his glittering black eyes at Rostov. + "You value your own pride and don't wish to apologize," continued +the staff captain, "but we old fellows, who have grown up in and, +God willing, are going to die in the regiment, we prize the honor of +the regiment, and Bogdanich knows it. Oh, we do prize it, old +fellow! And all this is not right, it's not right! You may take +offense or not but I always stick to mother truth. It's not right!" + And the staff captain rose and turned away from Rostov. + "That's twue, devil take it" shouted Denisov, jumping up. "Now then, +Wostov, now then!" + Rostov, growing red and pale alternately, looked first at one +officer and then at the other. + "No, gentlemen, no... you mustn't think... I quite understand. +You're wrong to think that of me... I... for me... for the honor of +the regiment I'd... Ah well, I'll show that in action, and for me +the honor of the flag... Well, never mind, it's true I'm to blame, +to blame all round. Well, what else do you want?..." + "Come, that's right, Count!" cried the staff captain, turning +round and clapping Rostov on the shoulder with his big hand. + "I tell you," shouted Denisov, "he's a fine fellow." + "That's better, Count," said the staff captain, beginning to address +Rostov by his title, as if in recognition of his confession. "Go and +apologize, your excellency. Yes, go!" + "Gentlemen, I'll do anything. No one shall hear a word from me," +said Rostov in an imploring voice, "but I can't apologize, by God I +can't, do what you will! How can I go and apologize like a little +boy asking forgiveness?" + Denisov began to laugh. + "It'll be worse for you. Bogdanich is vindictive and you'll pay +for your obstinacy," said Kirsten. + "No, on my word it's not obstinacy! I can't describe the feeling. +I can't..." + "Well, it's as you like," said the staff captain. "And what has +become of that scoundrel?" he asked Denisov. + "He has weported himself sick, he's to be stwuck off the list +tomowwow," muttered Denisov. + "It is an illness, there's no other way of explaining it," said +the staff captain. + "Illness or not, he'd better not cwoss my path. I'd kill him!" +shouted Denisov in a bloodthirsty tone. + Just then Zherkov entered the room. + "What brings you here?" cried the officers turning to the newcomer. + "We're to go into action, gentlemen! Mack has surrendered with his +whole army." + "It's not true!" + "I've seen him myself!" + "What? Saw the real Mack? With hands and feet?" + "Into action! Into action! Bring him a bottle for such news! But how +did you come here?" + "I've been sent back to the regiment all on account of that devil, +Mack. An Austrian general complained of me. I congratulated him on +Mack's arrival... What's the matter, Rostov? You look as if you'd just +come out of a hot bath." + "Oh, my dear fellow, we're in such a stew here these last two days." + The regimental adjutant came in and confirmed the news brought by +Zherkov. They were under orders to advance next day. + "We're going into action, gentlemen!" + "Well, thank God! We've been sitting here too long!" +BK2|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Kutuzov fell back toward Vienna, destroying behind him the bridges +over the rivers Inn (at Braunau) and Traun (near Linz). On October +23 the Russian troops were crossing the river Enns. At midday the +Russian baggage train, the artillery, and columns of troops were +defiling through the town of Enns on both sides of the bridge. + It was a warm, rainy, autumnal day. The wide expanse that opened out +before the heights on which the Russian batteries stood guarding the +bridge was at times veiled by a diaphanous curtain of slanting rain, +and then, suddenly spread out in the sunlight, far-distant objects +could be clearly seen glittering as though freshly varnished. Down +below, the little town could be seen with its white, red-roofed +houses, its cathedral, and its bridge, on both sides of which streamed +jostling masses of Russian troops. At the bend of the Danube, vessels, +an island, and a castle with a park surrounded by the waters of the +confluence of the Enns and the Danube became visible, and the rocky +left bank of the Danube covered with pine forests, with a mystic +background of green treetops and bluish gorges. The turrets of a +convent stood out beyond a wild virgin pine forest, and far away on +the other side of the Enns the enemy's horse patrols could be +discerned. + Among the field guns on the brow of the hill the general in +command of the rearguard stood with a staff officer, scanning the +country through his fieldglass. A little behind them Nesvitski, who +had been sent to the rearguard by the commander in chief, was +sitting on the trail of a gun carriage. A Cossack who accompanied +him had handed him a knapsack and a flask, and Nesvitski was +treating some officers to pies and real doppelkummel. The officers +gladly gathered round him, some on their knees, some squatting Turkish +fashion on the wet grass. + "Yes, the Austrian prince who built that castle was no fool. It's +a fine place! Why are you not eating anything, gentlemen?" Nesvitski +was saying. + "Thank you very much, Prince," answered one of the officers, pleased +to be talking to a staff officer of such importance. "It's a lovely +place! We passed close to the park and saw two deer... and what a +splendid house!" + "Look, Prince," said another, who would have dearly liked to take +another pie but felt shy, and therefore pretended to be examining +the countryside- "See, our infantrymen have already got there. Look +there in the meadow behind the village, three of them are dragging +something. They'll ransack that castle," he remarked with evident +approval. + "So they will," said Nesvitski. "No, but what I should like," +added he, munching a pie in his moist-lipped handsome mouth, "would be +to slip in over there." + He pointed with a smile to a turreted nunnery, and his eyes narrowed +and gleamed. + "That would be fine, gentlemen!" + The officers laughed. + "Just to flutter the nuns a bit. They say there are Italian girls +among them. On my word I'd give five years of my life for it!" + "They must be feeling dull, too," said one of the bolder officers, +laughing. + Meanwhile the staff officer standing in front pointed out +something to the general, who looked through his field glass. + "Yes, so it is, so it is," said the general angrily, lowering the +field glass and shrugging his shoulders, "so it is! They'll be fired +on at the crossing. And why are they dawdling there?" + On the opposite side the enemy could be seen by the naked eye, and +from their battery a milk-white cloud arose. Then came the distant +report of a shot, and our troops could be seen hurrying to the +crossing. + Nesvitski rose, puffing, and went up to the general, smiling. + "Would not your excellency like a little refreshment?" he said. + "It's a bad business," said the general without answering him, +"our men have been wasting time." + "Hadn't I better ride over, your excellency?" asked Nesvitski. + "Yes, please do," answered the general, and he repeated the order +that had already once been given in detail: "and tell the hussars that +they are to cross last and to fire the bridge as I ordered; and the +inflammable material on the bridge must be reinspected." + "Very good," answered Nesvitski. + He called the Cossack with his horse, told him to put away the +knapsack and flask, and swung his heavy person easily into the saddle. + "I'll really call in on the nuns," he said to the officers who +watched him smilingly, and he rode off by the winding path down the +hill. + "Now then, let's see how far it will carry, Captain. Just try!" said +the general, turning to an artillery officer. "Have a little fun to +pass the time." + "Crew, to your guns!" commanded the officer. + In a moment the men came running gaily from their campfires and +began loading. + "One!" came the command. + Number one jumped briskly aside. The gun rang out with a deafening +metallic roar, and a whistling grenade flew above the heads of our +troops below the hill and fell far short of the enemy, a little +smoke showing the spot where it burst. + The faces of officers and men brightened up at the sound. Everyone +got up and began watching the movements of our troops below, as +plainly visible as if but a stone's throw away, and the movements of +the approaching enemy farther off. At the same instant the sun came +fully out from behind the clouds, and the clear sound of the +solitary shot and the brilliance of the bright sunshine merged in a +single joyous and spirited impression. +BK2|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Two of the enemy's shots had already flown across the bridge, +where there was a crush. Halfway across stood Prince Nesvitski, who +had alighted from his horse and whose big body was body was jammed +against the railings. He looked back laughing to the Cossack who stood +a few steps behind him holding two horses by their bridles. Each +time Prince Nesvitski tried to move on, soldiers and carts pushed +him back again and pressed him against the railings, and all he +could do was to smile. + "What a fine fellow you are, friend!" said the Cossack to a convoy +soldier with a wagon, who was pressing onto the infantrymen who were +crowded together close to his wheels and his horses. "What a fellow! +You can't wait a moment! Don't you see the general wants to pass?" + But the convoyman took no notice of the word "general" and shouted +at the soldiers who were blocking his way. "Hi there, boys! Keep to +the left! Wait a bit." But the soldiers, crowded together shoulder +to shoulder, their bayonets interlocking, moved over the bridge in a +dense mass. Looking down over the rails Prince Nesvitski saw the +rapid, noisy little waves of the Enns, which rippling and eddying +round the piles of the bridge chased each other along. Looking on +the bridge he saw equally uniform living waves of soldiers, shoulder +straps, covered shakos, knapsacks, bayonets, long muskets, and, +under the shakos, faces with broad cheekbones, sunken cheeks, and +listless tired expressions, and feet that moved through the sticky mud +that covered the planks of the bridge. Sometimes through the +monotonous waves of men, like a fleck of white foam on the waves of +the Enns, an officer, in a cloak and with a type of face different +from that of the men, squeezed his way along; sometimes like a chip of +wood whirling in the river, an hussar on foot, an orderly, or a +townsman was carried through the waves of infantry; and sometimes like +a log floating down the river, an officers' or company's baggage +wagon, piled high, leather covered, and hemmed in on all sides, +moved across the bridge. + "It's as if a dam had burst," said the Cossack hopelessly. "Are +there many more of you to come?" + "A million all but one!" replied a waggish soldier in a torn coat, +with a wink, and passed on followed by another, an old man. + "If he" (he meant the enemy) "begins popping at the bridge now," +said the old soldier dismally to a comrade, "you'll forget to +scratch yourself." + That soldier passed on, and after him came another sitting on a +cart. + "Where the devil have the leg bands been shoved to?" said an +orderly, running behind the cart and fumbling in the back of it. + And he also passed on with the wagon. Then came some merry +soldiers who had evidently been drinking. + "And then, old fellow, he gives him one in the teeth with the butt +end of his gun..." a soldier whose greatcoat was well tucked up said +gaily, with a wide swing of his arm. + "Yes, the ham was just delicious..." answered another with a loud +laugh. And they, too, passed on, so that Nesvitski did not learn who +had been struck on the teeth, or what the ham had to do with it. + "Bah! How they scurry. He just sends a ball and they think they'll +all be killed," a sergeant was saying angrily and reproachfully. + "As it flies past me, Daddy, the ball I mean," said a young +soldier with an enormous mouth, hardly refraining from laughing, "I +felt like dying of fright. I did, 'pon my word, I got that +frightened!" said he, as if bragging of having been frightened. + That one also passed. Then followed a cart unlike any that had +gone before. It was a German cart with a pair of horses led by a +German, and seemed loaded with a whole houseful of effects. A fine +brindled cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind. A +woman with an unweaned baby, an old woman, and a healthy German girl +with bright red cheeks were sitting on some feather beds. Evidently +these fugitives were allowed to pass by special permission. The eyes +of all the soldiers turned toward the women, and while the vehicle was +passing at foot pace all the soldiers' remarks related to the two +young ones. Every face bore almost the same smile, expressing unseemly +thoughts about the women. + "Just see, the German sausage is making tracks, too!" + "Sell me the missis," said another soldier, addressing the German, +who, angry and frightened, strode energetically along with downcast +eyes. + "See how smart she's made herself! Oh, the devils!" + "There, Fedotov, you should be quartered on them!" + "I have seen as much before now, mate!" + "Where are you going?" asked an infantry officer who was eating an +apple, also half smiling as he looked at the handsome girl. + The German closed his eyes, signifying that he did not understand. + "Take it if you like," said the officer, giving the girl an apple. + The girl smiled and took it. Nesvitski like the rest of the men on +the bridge did not take his eyes off the women till they had passed. +When they had gone by, the same stream of soldiers followed, with +the same kind of talk, and at last all stopped. As often happens, +the horses of a convoy wagon became restive at the end of the +bridge, and the whole crowd had to wait. + "And why are they stopping? There's no proper order!" said the +soldiers. "Where are you shoving to? Devil take you! Can't you wait? +It'll be worse if he fires the bridge. See, here's an officer jammed +in too"- different voices were saying in the crowd, as the men +looked at one another, and all pressed toward the exit from the +bridge. + Looking down at the waters of the Enns under the bridge, Nesvitski +suddenly heard a sound new to him, of something swiftly approaching... +something big, that splashed into the water. + "Just see where it carries to!" a soldier near by said sternly, +looking round at the sound. + "Encouraging us to get along quicker," said another uneasily. + The crowd moved on again. Nesvitski realized that it was a cannon +ball. + "Hey, Cossack, my horse!" he said. "Now, then, you there! get out of +the way! Make way!" + With great difficulty he managed to get to his horse, and shouting +continually he moved on. The soldiers squeezed themselves to make +way for him, but again pressed on him so that they jammed his leg, and +those nearest him were not to blame for they were themselves pressed +still harder from behind. + "Nesvitski, Nesvitski! you numskull!" came a hoarse voice from +behind him. + Nesvitski looked round and saw, some fifteen paces away but +separated by the living mass of moving infantry, Vaska Denisov, red +and shaggy, with his cap on the back of his black head and a cloak +hanging jauntily over his shoulder. + "Tell these devils, these fiends, to let me pass!" shouted Denisov +evidently in a fit of rage, his coal-black eyes with their bloodshot +whites glittering and rolling as he waved his sheathed saber in a +small bare hand as red as his face. + "Ah, Vaska!" joyfully replied Nesvitski. "What's up with you?" + "The squadwon can't pass," shouted Vaska Denisov, showing his +white teeth fiercely and spurring his black thoroughbred Arab, which +twitched its ears as the bayonets touched it, and snorted, spurting +white foam from his bit, tramping the planks of the bridge with his +hoofs, and apparently ready to jump over the railings had his rider +let him. "What is this? They're like sheep! Just like sheep! Out of +the way!... Let us pass!... Stop there, you devil with the cart! +I'll hack you with my saber!" he shouted, actually drawing his saber +from its scabbard and flourishing it + The soldiers crowded against one another with terrified faces, and +Denisov joined Nesvitski. + "How's it you're not drunk today?" said Nesvitski when the other had +ridden up to him. + "They don't even give one time to dwink!" answered Vaska Denisov. +"They keep dwagging the wegiment to and fwo all day. If they mean to +fight, let's fight. But the devil knows what this is." + "What a dandy you are today!" said Nesvitski, looking at Denisov's +new cloak and saddlecloth. + Denisov smiled, took out of his sabretache a handkerchief that +diffused a smell of perfume, and put it to Nesvitski's nose. + "Of course. I'm going into action! I've shaved, bwushed my teeth, +and scented myself." + The imposing figure of Nesvitski followed by his Cossack, and the +determination of Denisov who flourished his sword and shouted +frantically, had such an effect that they managed to squeeze through +to the farther side of the bridge and stopped the infantry. Beside the +bridge Nesvitski found the colonel to whom he had to deliver the +order, and having done this he rode back. + Having cleared the way Denisov stopped at the end of the bridge. +Carelessly holding in his stallion that was neighing and pawing the +ground, eager to rejoin its fellows, he watched his squadron draw +nearer. Then the clang of hoofs, as of several horses galloping, +resounded on the planks of the bridge, and the squadron, officers in +front and men four abreast, spread across the bridge and began to +emerge on his side of it. + The infantry who had been stopped crowded near the bridge in the +trampled mud and gazed with that particular feeling of ill-will, +estrangement, and ridicule with which troops of different arms usually +encounter one another at the clean, smart hussars who moved past +them in regular order. + "Smart lads! Only fit for a fair!" said one. + "What good are they? They're led about just for show!" remarked +another. + "Don't kick up the dust, you infantry!" jested an hussar whose +prancing horse had splashed mud over some foot soldiers. + "I'd like to put you on a two days' march with a knapsack! Your fine +cords would soon get a bit rubbed," said an infantryman, wiping the +mud off his face with his sleeve. "Perched up there, you're more +like a bird than a man." + "There now, Zikin, they ought to put you on a horse. You'd look +fine," said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent +under the weight of his knapsack. + "Take a stick between your legs, that'll suit you for a horse!" +the hussar shouted back. +BK2|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing +together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel. At last +the baggage wagons had all crossed, the crush was less, and the last +battalion came onto the bridge. Only Denisov's squadron of hussars +remained on the farther side of the bridge facing the enemy, who could +be seen from the hill on the opposite bank but was not yet visible +from the bridge, for the horizon as seen from the valley through which +the river flowed was formed by the rising ground only half a mile +away. At the foot of the hill lay wasteland over which a few groups of +our Cossack scouts were moving. Suddenly on the road at the top of the +high ground, artillery and troops in blue uniform were seen. These +were the French. A group of Cossack scouts retired down the hill at +a trot. All the officers and men of Denisov's squadron, though they +tried to talk of other things and to look in other directions, thought +only of what was there on the hilltop, and kept constantly looking +at the patches appearing on the skyline, which they knew to be the +enemy's troops. The weather had cleared again since noon and the sun +was descending brightly upon the Danube and the dark hills around +it. It was calm, and at intervals the bugle calls and the shouts of +the enemy could be heard from the hill. There was no one now between +the squadron and the enemy except a few scattered skirmishers. An +empty space of some seven hundred yards was all that separated them. +The enemy ceased firing, and that stern, threatening, inaccessible, +and intangible line which separates two hostile armies was all the +more clearly felt. + "One step beyond that boundary line which resembles the line +dividing the living from the dead lies uncertainty, suffering, and +death. And what is there? Who is there?- there beyond that field, that +tree, that roof lit up by the sun? No one knows, but one wants to +know. You fear and yet long to cross that line, and know that sooner +or later it must be crossed and you will have to find out what is +there, just as you will inevitably have to learn what lies the other +side of death. But you are strong, healthy, cheerful, and excited, and +are surrounded by other such excitedly animated and healthy men." So +thinks, or at any rate feels, anyone who comes in sight of the +enemy, and that feeling gives a particular glamour and glad keenness +of impression to everything that takes place at such moments. + On the high ground where the enemy was, the smoke of a cannon +rose, and a ball flew whistling over the heads of the hussar squadron. +The officers who had been standing together rode off to their +places. The hussars began carefully aligning their horses. Silence +fell on the whole squadron. All were looking at the enemy in front and +at the squadron commander, awaiting the word of command. A second +and a third cannon ball flew past. Evidently they were firing at the +hussars, but the balls with rapid rhythmic whistle flew over the heads +of the horsemen and fell somewhere beyond them. The hussars did not +look round, but at the sound of each shot, as at the word of +command, the whole squadron with its rows of faces so alike yet so +different, holding its breath while the ball flew past, rose in the +stirrups and sank back again. The soldiers without turning their heads +glanced at one another, curious to see their comrades' impression. +Every face, from Denisov's to that of the bugler, showed one common +expression of conflict, irritation, and excitement, around chin and +mouth. The quartermaster frowned, looking at the soldiers as if +threatening to punish them. Cadet Mironov ducked every time a ball +flew past. Rostov on the left flank, mounted on his Rook- a handsome +horse despite its game leg- had the happy air of a schoolboy called up +before a large audience for an examination in which he feels sure he +will distinguish himself. He was glancing at everyone with a clear, +bright expression, as if asking them to notice how calmly he sat under +fire. But despite himself, on his face too that same indication of +something new and stern showed round the mouth. + "Who's that curtseying there? Cadet Miwonov! That's not wight! +Look at me," cried Denisov who, unable to keep still on one spot, kept +turning his horse in front of the squadron. + The black, hairy, snub-nosed face of Vaska Denisov, and his whole +short sturdy figure with the sinewy hairy hand and stumpy fingers in +which he held the hilt of his naked saber, looked just as it usually +did, especially toward evening when he had emptied his second +bottle; he was only redder than usual. With his shaggy head thrown +back like birds when they drink, pressing his spurs mercilessly into +the sides of his good horse, Bedouin, and sitting as though falling +backwards in the saddle, he galloped to the other flank of the +squadron and shouted in a hoarse voice to the men to look to their +pistols. He rode up to Kirsten. The staff captain on his broad-backed, +steady mare came at a walk to meet him. His face with its long +mustache was serious as always, only his eyes were brighter than +usual. + "Well, what about it?" said he to Denisov. "It won't come to a +fight. You'll see- we shall retire." + "The devil only knows what they're about!" muttered Denisov. "Ah, +Wostov," he cried noticing the cadet's bright face, "you've got it +at last." + And he smiled approvingly, evidently pleased with the cadet. +Rostov felt perfectly happy. Just then the commander appeared on the +bridge. Denisov galloped up to him. + "Your excellency! Let us attack them! I'll dwive them off." + "Attack indeed!" said the colonel in a bored voice, puckering up his +face as if driving off a troublesome fly. "And why are you stopping +here? Don't you see the skirmishers are retreating? Lead the +squadron back." + The squadron crossed the bridge and drew out of range of fire +without having lost a single man. The second squadron that had been in +the front line followed them across and the last Cossacks quitted +the farther side of the river. + The two Pavlograd squadrons, having crossed the bridge, retired up +the hill one after the other. Their colonel, Karl Bogdanich +Schubert, came up to Denisov's squadron and rode at a footpace not far +from Rostov, without taking any notice of him although they were now +meeting for the first time since their encounter concerning +Telyanin. Rostov, feeling that he was at the front and in the power of +a man toward whom he now admitted that he had been to blame, did not +lift his eyes from the colonel's athletic back, his nape covered +with light hair, and his red neck. It seemed to Rostov that +Bogdanich was only pretending not to notice him, and that his whole +aim now was to test the cadet's courage, so he drew himself up and +looked around him merrily; then it seemed to him that Bogdanich rode +so near in order to show him his courage. Next he thought that his +enemy would send the squadron on a desperate attack just to punish +him- Rostov. Then he imagined how, after the attack, Bogdanich would +come up to him as he lay wounded and would magnanimously extend the +hand of reconciliation. + The high-shouldered figure of Zherkov, familiar to the Pavlograds as +he had but recently left their regiment, rode up to the colonel. After +his dismissal from headquarters Zherkov had not remained in the +regiment, saying he was not such a fool as to slave at the front +when he could get more rewards by doing nothing on the staff, and +had succeeded in attaching himself as an orderly officer to Prince +Bagration. He now came to his former chief with an order from the +commander of the rear guard. + "Colonel," he said, addressing Rostov's enemy with an air of +gloomy gravity and glancing round at his comrades, "there is an +order to stop and fire the bridge." + "An order to who?" asked the colonel morosely. + "I don't myself know 'to who,'" replied the cornet in a serious +tone, "but the prince told me to 'go and tell the colonel that the +hussars must return quickly and fire the bridge.'" + Zherkov was followed by an officer of the suite who rode up to the +colonel of hussars with the same order. After him the stout +Nesvitski came galloping up on a Cossack horse that could scarcely +carry his weight. + "How's this, Colonel?" he shouted as he approached. "I told you to +fire the bridge, and now someone has gone and blundered; they are +all beside themselves over there and one can't make anything out." + The colonel deliberately stopped the regiment and turned to +Nesvitski. + "You spoke to me of inflammable material," said he, "but you said +nothing about firing it." + "But, my dear sir," said Nesvitski as he drew up, taking off his cap +and smoothing his hair wet with perspiration with his plump hand, +"wasn't I telling you to fire the bridge, when inflammable material +had been put in position?" + "I am not your 'dear sir,' Mr. Staff Officer, and you did not tell +me to burn the bridge! I know the service, and it is my habit orders +strictly to obey. You said the bridge would be burned, but who would +it burn, I could not know by the holy spirit!" + "Ah, that's always the way!" said Nesvitski with a wave of the hand. +"How did you get here?" said he, turning to Zherkov. + "On the same business. But you are damp! Let me wring you out!" + "You were saying, Mr. Staff Officer..." continued the colonel in +an offended tone. + "Colonel," interrupted the officer of the suite, "You must be +quick or the enemy will bring up his guns to use grapeshot." + The colonel looked silently at the officer of the suite, at the +stout staff officer, and at Zherkov, and he frowned. + "I will the bridge fire," he said in a solemn tone as if to announce +that in spite of all the unpleasantness he had to endure he would +still do the right thing. + Striking his horse with his long muscular legs as if it were to +blame for everything, the colonel moved forward and ordered the second +squadron, that in which Rostov was serving under Denisov, to return to +the bridge. + "There, it's just as I thought," said Rostov to himself. "He +wishes to test me!" His heart contracted and the blood rushed to his +face. "Let him see whether I am a coward!" he thought. + Again on all the bright faces of the squadron the serious expression +appeared that they had worn when under fire. Rostov watched his enemy, +the colonel, closely- to find in his face confirmation of his own +conjecture, but the colonel did not once glance at Rostov, and +looked as he always did when at the front, solemn and stern. Then came +the word of command. + "Look sharp! Look sharp!" several voices repeated around him. + Their sabers catching in the bridles and their spurs jingling, the +hussars hastily dismounted, not knowing what they were to do. The +men were crossing themselves. Rostov no longer looked at the +colonel, he had no time. He was afraid of falling behind the +hussars, so much afraid that his heart stood still. His hand +trembled as he gave his horse into an orderly's charge, and he felt +the blood rush to his heart with a thud. Denisov rode past him, +leaning back and shouting something. Rostov saw nothing but the +hussars running all around him, their spurs catching and their +sabers clattering. + "Stretchers!" shouted someone behind him. + Rostov did not think what this call for stretchers meant; he ran on, +trying only to be ahead of the others; but just at the bridge, not +looking at the ground, he came on some sticky, trodden mud, +stumbled, and fell on his hands. The others outstripped him. + "At boss zides, Captain," he heard the voice of the colonel, who, +having ridden ahead, had pulled up his horse near the bridge, with a +triumphant, cheerful face. + Rostov wiping his muddy hands on his breeches looked at his enemy +and was about to run on, thinking that the farther he went to the +front the better. But Bogdanich, without looking at or recognizing +Rostov, shouted to him: + "Who's that running on the middle of the bridge? To the right! +Come back, Cadet!" he cried angrily; and turning to Denisov, who, +showing off his courage, had ridden on to the planks of the bridge: + "Why run risks, Captain? You should dismount," he said. + "Oh, every bullet has its billet," answered Vaska Denisov, turning +in his saddle. + + Meanwhile Nesvitski, Zherkov, and the officer of the suite were +standing together out of range of the shots, watching, now the small +group of men with yellow shakos, dark-green jackets braided with cord, +and blue riding breeches, who were swarming near the bridge, and +then at what was approaching in the distance from the opposite side- +the blue uniforms and groups with horses, easily recognizable as +artillery. + "Will they burn the bridge or not? Who'll get there first? Will they +get there and fire the bridge or will the French get within +grapeshot range and wipe them out?" These were the questions each +man of the troops on the high ground above the bridge involuntarily +asked himself with a sinking heart- watching the bridge and the +hussars in the bright evening light and the blue tunics advancing from +the other side with their bayonets and guns. + "Ugh. The hussars will get it hot!" said Nesvitski; "they are within +grapeshot range now." + "He shouldn't have taken so many men," said the officer of the +suite. + "True enough," answered Nesvitski; "two smart fellows could have +done the job just as well." + "Ah, your excellency," put in Zherkov, his eyes fixed on the +hussars, but still with that naive air that made it impossible to know +whether he was speaking in jest or in earnest. "Ah, your excellency! +How you look at things! Send two men? And who then would give us the +Vladimir medal and ribbon? But now, even if they do get peppered, +the squadron may be recommended for honors and he may get a ribbon. +Our Bogdanich knows how things are done." + "There now!" said the officer of the suite, "that's grapeshot." + He pointed to the French guns, the limbers of which were being +detached and hurriedly removed. + On the French side, amid the groups with cannon, a cloud of smoke +appeared, then a second and a third almost simultaneously, and at +the moment when the first report was heard a fourth was seen. Then two +reports one after another, and a third. + "Oh! Oh!" groaned Nesvitski as if in fierce pain, seizing the +officer of the suite by the arm. "Look! A man has fallen! Fallen, +fallen!" + "Two, I think." + "If I were Tsar I would never go to war," said Nesvitski, turning +away. + The French guns were hastily reloaded. The infantry in their blue +uniforms advanced toward the bridge at a run. Smoke appeared again but +at irregular intervals, and grapeshot cracked and rattled onto the +bridge. But this time Nesvitski could not see what was happening +there, as a dense cloud of smoke arose from it. The hussars had +succeeded in setting it on fire and the French batteries were now +firing at them, no longer to hinder them but because the guns were +trained and there was someone to fire at. + The French had time to fire three rounds of grapeshot before the +hussars got back to their horses. Two were misdirected and the shot +went too high, but the last round fell in the midst of a group of +hussars and knocked three of them over. + Rostov, absorbed by his relations with Bogdanich, had paused on +the bridge not knowing what to do. There was no one to hew down (as he +had always imagined battles to himself), nor could he help to fire the +bridge because he had not brought any burning straw with him like +the other soldiers. He stood looking about him, when suddenly he heard +a rattle on the bridge as if nuts were being spilt, and the hussar +nearest to him fell against the rails with a groan. Rostov ran up to +him with the others. Again someone shouted, "Stretchers!" Four men +seized the hussar and began lifting him. + "Oooh! For Christ's sake let me alone!" cried the wounded man, but +still he was lifted and laid on the stretcher. + Nicholas Rostov turned away and, as if searching for something, +gazed into the distance, at the waters of the Danube, at the sky, +and at the sun. How beautiful the sky looked; how blue, how calm, +and how deep! How bright and glorious was the setting sun! With what +soft glitter the waters of the distant Danube shone. And fairer +still were the faraway blue mountains beyond the river, the nunnery, +the mysterious gorges, and the pine forests veiled in the mist of +their summits... There was peace and happiness... "I should wishing +for nothing else, nothing, if only I were there," thought Rostov. +"In myself alone and in that sunshine there is so much happiness; +but here... groans, suffering, fear, and this uncertainty and hurry... +There- they are shouting again, and again are all running back +somewhere, and I shall run with them, and it, death, is here above +me and around... Another instant and I shall never again see the +sun, this water, that gorge!..." + At that instant the sun began to hide behind the clouds, and other +stretchers came into view before Rostov. And the fear of death and +of the stretchers, and love of the sun and of life, all merged into +one feeling of sickening agitation. + "O Lord God! Thou who art in that heaven, save, forgive, and protect +me!" Rostov whispered. + The hussars ran back to the men who held their horses; their +voices sounded louder and calmer, the stretchers disappeared from +sight. + "Well, fwiend? So you've smelt powdah!" shouted Vaska Denisov just +above his ear. + "It's all over; but I am a coward- yes, a coward!" thought Rostov, +and sighing deeply he took Rook, his horse, which stood resting one +foot, from the orderly and began to mount. + "Was that grapeshot?" he asked Denisov. + "Yes and no mistake!" cried Denisov. "You worked like wegular bwicks +and it's nasty work! An attack's pleasant work! Hacking away at the +dogs! But this sort of thing is the very devil, with them shooting +at you like a target." + And Denisov rode up to a group that had stopped near Rostov, +composed of the colonel, Nesvitski, Zherkov, and the officer from +the suite. + "Well, it seems that no one has noticed," thought Rostov. And this +was true. No one had taken any notice, for everyone knew the sensation +which the cadet under fire for the first time had experienced. + "Here's something for you to report," said Zherkov. "See if I +don't get promoted to a sublieutenancy." + "Inform the prince that I the bridge fired!" said the colonel +triumphantly and gaily. + "And if he asks about the losses?" + "A trifle," said the colonel in his bass voice: "two hussars +wounded, and one knocked out," he added, unable to restrain a happy +smile, and pronouncing the phrase "knocked out" with ringing +distinctness. +BK2|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Pursued by the French army of a hundred thousand men under the +command of Bonaparte, encountering a population that was unfriendly to +it, losing confidence in its allies, suffering from shortness of +supplies, and compelled to act under conditions of war unlike anything +that had been foreseen, the Russian army of thirty-five thousand men +commanded by Kutuzov was hurriedly retreating along the Danube, +stopping where overtaken by the enemy and fighting rearguard actions +only as far as necessary to enable it to retreat without losing its +heavy equipment. There had been actions at Lambach, Amstetten, and +Melk; but despite the courage and endurance- acknowledged even by +the enemy- with which the Russians fought, the only consequence of +these actions was a yet more rapid retreat. Austrian troops that had +escaped capture at Ulm and had joined Kutuzov at Braunau now separated +from the Russian army, and Kutuzov was left with only his own weak and +exhausted forces. The defense of Vienna was no longer to be thought +of. Instead of an offensive, the plan of which, carefully prepared +in accord with the modern science of strategics, had been handed to +Kutuzov when he was in Vienna by the Austrian Hofkriegsrath, the +sole and almost unattainable aim remaining for him was to effect a +junction with the forces that were advancing from Russia, without +losing his army as Mack had done at Ulm. + On the twenty-eighth of October Kutuzov with his army crossed to the +left bank of the Danube and took up a position for the first time with +the river between himself and the main body of the French. On the +thirtieth he attacked Mortier's division, which was on the left +bank, and broke it up. In this action for the first time trophies were +taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals. For the first time, +after a fortnight's retreat, the Russian troops had halted and after a +fight had not only held the field but had repulsed the French. +Though the troops were ill-clad, exhausted, and had lost a third of +their number in killed, wounded, sick, and stragglers; though a number +of sick and wounded had been abandoned on the other side of the Danube +with a letter in which Kutuzov entrusted them to the humanity of the +enemy; and though the big hospitals and the houses in Krems +converted into military hospitals could no longer accommodate all +the sick and wounded, yet the stand made at Krems and the victory over +Mortier raised the spirits of the army considerably. Throughout the +whole army and at headquarters most joyful though erroneous rumors +were rife of the imaginary approach of columns from Russia, of some +victory gained by the Austrians, and of the retreat of the +frightened Bonaparte. + Prince Andrew during the battle had been in attendance on the +Austrian General Schmidt, who was killed in the action. His horse +had been wounded under him and his own arm slightly grazed by a +bullet. As a mark of the commander in chief's special favor he was +sent with the news of this victory to the Austrian court, now no +longer at Vienna (which was threatened by the French) but at Brunn. +Despite his apparently delicate build Prince Andrew could endure +physical fatigue far better than many very muscular men, and on the +night of the battle, having arrived at Krems excited but not weary, +with dispatches from Dokhturov to Kutuzov, he was sent immediately +with a special dispatch to Brunn. To be so sent meant not only a +reward but an important step toward promotion. + The night was dark but starry, the road showed black in the snow +that had fallen the previous day- the day of the battle. Reviewing his +impressions of the recent battle, picturing pleasantly to himself +the impression his news of a victory would create, or recalling the +send-off given him by the commander in chief and his fellow +officers, Prince Andrew was galloping along in a post chaise +enjoying the feelings of a man who has at length begun to attain a +long-desired happiness. As soon as he closed his eyes his ears +seemed filled with the rattle of the wheels and the sensation of +victory. Then he began to imagine that the Russians were running +away and that he himself was killed, but he quickly roused himself +with a feeling of joy, as if learning afresh that this was not so +but that on the contrary the French had run away. He again recalled +all the details of the victory and his own calm courage during the +battle, and feeling reassured he dozed off.... The dark starry night +was followed by a bright cheerful morning. The snow was thawing in the +sunshine, the horses galloped quickly, and on both sides of the road +were forests of different kinds, fields, and villages. + At one of the post stations he overtook a convoy of Russian wounded. +The Russian officer in charge of the transport lolled back in the +front cart, shouting and scolding a soldier with coarse abuse. In each +of the long German carts six or more pale, dirty, bandaged men were +being jolted over the stony road. Some of them were talking (he +heard Russian words), others were eating bread; the more severely +wounded looked silently, with the languid interest of sick children, +at the envoy hurrying past them. + Prince Andrew told his driver to stop, and asked a soldier in what +action they had been wounded. "Day before yesterday, on the Danube," +answered the soldier. Prince Andrew took out his purse and gave the +soldier three gold pieces. + "That's for them all," he said to the officer who came up. + "Get well soon, lads!" he continued, turning to the soldiers. +"There's plenty to do still." + "What news, sir?" asked the officer, evidently anxious to start a +conversation. + "Good news!... Go on!" he shouted to the driver, and they galloped +on. + It was already quite dark when Prince Andrew rattled over the +paved streets of Brunn and found himself surrounded by high buildings, +the lights of shops, houses, and street lamps, fine carriages, and all +that atmosphere of a large and active town which is always so +attractive to a soldier after camp life. Despite his rapid journey and +sleepless night, Prince Andrew when he drove up to the palace felt +even more vigorous and alert than he had done the day before. Only his +eyes gleamed feverishly and his thoughts followed one another with +extraordinary clearness and rapidity. He again vividly recalled the +details of the battle, no longer dim, but definite and in the +concise form concise form in which he imagined himself stating them to +the Emperor Francis. He vividly imagined the casual questions that +might be put to him and the answers he would give. He expected to be +at once presented to the Emperor. At the chief entrance to the palace, +however, an official came running out to meet him, and learning that +he was a special messenger led him to another entrance. + "To the right from the corridor, Euer Hochgeboren! There you will +find the adjutant on duty," said the official. "He will conduct you to +the Minister of War." + The adjutant on duty, meeting Prince Andrew, asked him to wait, +and went in to the Minister of War. Five minutes later he returned and +bowing with particular courtesy ushered Prince Andrew before him along +a corridor to the cabinet where the Minister of War was at work. The +adjutant by his elaborate courtesy appeared to wish to ward off any +attempt at familiarity on the part of the Russian messenger. + Prince Andrew's joyous feeling was considerably weakened as he +approached the door of the minister's room. He felt offended, and +without his noticing it the feeling of offense immediately turned into +one of disdain which was quite uncalled for. His fertile mind +instantly suggested to him a point of view which gave him a right to +despise the adjutant and the minister. "Away from the smell of powder, +they probably think it easy to gain victories!" he thought. His eyes +narrowed disdainfully, he entered the room of the Minister of War with +peculiarly deliberate steps. This feeling of disdain was heightened +when he saw the minister seated at a large table reading some papers +and making pencil notes on them, and for the first two or three +minutes taking no notice of his arrival. A wax candle stood at each +side of the minister's bent bald head with its gray temples. He went +on reading to the end, without raising his eyes at the opening of +the door and the sound of footsteps. + "Take this and deliver it," said he to his adjutant, handing him the +papers and still taking no notice of the special messenger. + Prince Andrew felt that either the actions of Kutuzov's army +interested the Minister of War less than any of the other matters he +was concerned with, or he wanted to give the Russian special messenger +that impression. "But that is a matter of perfect indifference to me," +he thought. The minister drew the remaining papers together, +arranged them evenly, and then raised his head. He had an intellectual +and distinctive head, but the instant he turned to Prince Andrew the +firm, intelligent expression on his face changed in a way evidently +deliberate and habitual to him. His face took on the stupid artificial +smile (which does not even attempt to hide its artificiality) of a man +who is continually receiving many petitioners one after another. + "From General Field Marshal Kutuzov?" he asked. "I hope it is good +news? There has been an encounter with Mortier? A victory? It was high +time!" + He took the dispatch which was addressed to him and began to read it +with a mournful expression. + "Oh, my God! My God! Schmidt!" he exclaimed in German. "What a +calamity! What a calamity!" + Having glanced through the dispatch he laid it on the table and +looked at Prince Andrew, evidently considering something. + "Ah what a calamity! You say the affair was decisive? But Mortier is +not captured." Again he pondered. "I am very glad you have brought +good news, though Schmidt's death is a heavy price to pay for the +victory. His Majesty will no doubt wish to see you, but not today. I +thank you! You must have a rest. Be at the levee tomorrow after the +parade. However, I will let you know." + The stupid smile, which had left his face while he was speaking, +reappeared. + "Au revoir! Thank you very much. His Majesty will probably desire to +see you," he added, bowing his head. + When Prince Andrew left the palace he felt that all the interest and +happiness the victory had afforded him had been now left in the +indifferent hands of the Minister of War and the polite adjutant. +The whole tenor of his thoughts instantaneously changed; the battle +seemed the memory of a remote event long past. +BK2|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Prince Andrew stayed at Brunn with Bilibin, a Russian acquaintance +of his in the diplomatic service. + "Ah, my dear prince! I could not have a more welcome visitor," +said Bilibin as he came out to meet Prince Andrew. "Franz, put the +prince's things in my bedroom," said he to the servant who was +ushering Bolkonski in. "So you're a messenger of victory, eh? +Splendid! And I am sitting here ill, as you see." + After washing and dressing, Prince Andrew came into the diplomat's +luxurious study and sat down to the dinner prepared for him. Bilibin +settled down comfortably beside the fire. + After his journey and the campaign during which he had been deprived +of all the comforts of cleanliness and all the refinements of life, +Prince Andrew felt a pleasant sense of repose among luxurious +surroundings such as he had been accustomed to from childhood. Besides +it was pleasant, after his reception by the Austrians, to speak if not +in Russian (for they were speaking French) at least with a Russian who +would, he supposed, share the general Russian antipathy to the +Austrians which was then particularly strong. + Bilibin was a man of thirty-five, a bachelor, and of the same circle +as Prince Andrew. They had known each other previously in +Petersburg, but had become more intimate when Prince Andrew was in +Vienna with Kutuzov. Just as Prince Andrew was a young man who gave +promise of rising high in the military profession, so to an even +greater extent Bilibin gave promise of rising in his diplomatic +career. He still a young man but no longer a young diplomat, as he had +entered the service at the age of sixteen, had been in Paris and +Copenhagen, and now held a rather important post in Vienna. Both the +foreign minister and our ambassador in Vienna knew him and valued him. +He was not one of those many diplomats who are esteemed because they +have certain negative qualities, avoid doing certain things, and speak +French. He was one of those, who, liking work, knew how to do it, +and despite his indolence would sometimes spend a whole night at his +writing table. He worked well whatever the import of his work. It +was not the question "What for?" but the question "How?" that +interested him. What the diplomatic matter might be he did not care, +but it gave him great pleasure to prepare a circular, memorandum, or +report, skillfully, pointedly, and elegantly. Bilibin's services +were valued not only for what he wrote, but also for his skill in +dealing and conversing with those in the highest spheres. + Bilibin liked conversation as he liked work, only when it could be +made elegantly witty. In society he always awaited an opportunity to +say something striking and took part in a conversation only when +that was possible. His conversation was always sprinkled with +wittily original, finished phrases of general interest. These +sayings were prepared in the inner laboratory of his mind in a +portable form as if intentionally, so that insignificant society +people might carry them from drawing room to drawing room. And, in +fact, Bilibin's witticisms were hawked about in the Viennese drawing +rooms and often had an influence on matters considered important. + His thin, worn, sallow face was covered with deep wrinkles, which +always looked as clean and well washed as the tips of one's fingers +after a Russian bath. The movement of these wrinkles formed the +principal play of expression on his face. Now his forehead would +pucker into deep folds and his eyebrows were lifted, then his eyebrows +would descend and deep wrinkles would crease his cheeks. His small, +deep-set eyes always twinkled and looked out straight. + "Well, now tell me about your exploits," said he. + Bolkonski, very modestly without once mentioning himself, +described the engagement and his reception by the Minister of War. + "They received me and my news as one receives a dog in a game of +skittles," said he in conclusion. + Bilibin smiled and the wrinkles on his face disappeared. + "Cependant, mon cher," he remarked, examining his nails from a +distance and puckering the skin above his left eye, "malgre la haute +estime que je professe pour the Orthodox Russian army, j'avoue que +votre victoire n'est pas des plus victorieuses."* + + *"But my dear fellow, with all my respect for the Orthodox Russian +army, I must say that your victory was not particularly victorious." + + He went on talking in this way in French, uttering only those +words in Russian on which he wished to put a contemptuous emphasis. + "Come now! You with all your forces fall on the unfortunate +Mortier and his one division, and even then Mortier slips through your +fingers! Where's the victory?" + "But seriously," said Prince Andrew, "we can at any rate say without +boasting that it was a little better than at Ulm..." + "Why didn't you capture one, just one, marshal for us?" + "Because not everything happens as one expects or with the +smoothness of a parade. We had expected, as I told you, to get at +their rear by seven in the morning but had not reached it by five in +the afternoon." + "And why didn't you do it at seven in the morning? You ought to have +been there at seven in the morning," returned Bilibin with a smile. +"You ought to have been there at seven in the morning." + "Why did you not succeed in impressing on Bonaparte by diplomatic +methods that he had better leave Genoa alone?" retorted Prince +Andrew in the same tone. + "I know," interrupted Bilibin, "you're thinking it's very easy to +take marshals, sitting on a sofa by the fire! That is true, but +still why didn't you capture him? So don't be surprised if not only +the Minister of War but also his Most August Majesty the Emperor and +King Francis is not much delighted by your victory. Even I, a poor +secretary of the Russian Embassy, do not feel any need in token of +my joy to give my Franz a thaler, or let him go with his Liebchen to +the Prater... True, we have no Prater here..." + He looked straight at Prince Andrew and suddenly unwrinkled his +forehead. + "It is now my turn to ask you 'why?' mon cher," said Bolkonski. "I +confess I do not understand: perhaps there are diplomatic subtleties +here beyond my feeble intelligence, but I can't make it out. Mack +loses a whole army, the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduke Karl +give no signs of life and make blunder after blunder. Kutuzov alone at +last gains a real victory, destroying the spell of the invincibility +of the French, and the Minister of War does not even care to hear +the details." + "That's just it, my dear fellow. You see it's hurrah for the Tsar, +for Russia, for the Orthodox Greek faith! All that is beautiful, but +what do we, I mean the Austrian court, care for your victories? +Bring us nice news of a victory by the Archduke Karl or Ferdinand (one +archduke's as good as another, as you know) and even if it is only +over a fire brigade of Bonaparte's, that will be another story and +we'll fire off some cannon! But this sort of thing seems done on +purpose to vex us. The Archduke Karl does nothing, the Archduke +Ferdinand disgraces himself. You abandon Vienna, give up its +defense- as much as to say: 'Heaven is with us, but heaven help you +and your capital!' The one general whom we all loved, Schmidt, you +expose to a bullet, and then you congratulate us on the victory! Admit +that more irritating news than yours could not have been conceived. +It's as if it had been done on purpose, on purpose. Besides, suppose +you did gain a brilliant victory, if even the Archduke Karl gained a +victory, what effect would that have on the general course of +events? It's too late now when Vienna is occupied by the French army!" + "What? Occupied? Vienna occupied?" + "Not only occupied, but Bonaparte is at Schonbrunn, and the count, +our dear Count Vrbna, goes to him for orders." + After the fatigues and impressions of the journey, his reception, +and especially after having dined, Bolkonski felt that he could not +take in the full significance of the words he heard. + "Count Lichtenfels was here this morning," Bilibin continued, "and +showed me a letter in which the parade of the French in Vienna was +fully described: Prince Murat et tout le tremblement... You see that +your victory is not a matter for great rejoicing and that you can't be +received as a savior." + "Really I don't care about that, I don't care at all," said Prince +Andrew, beginning to understand that his news of the battle before +Krems was really of small importance in view of such events as the +fall of Austria's capital. "How is it Vienna was taken? What of the +bridge and its celebrated bridgehead and Prince Auersperg? We heard +reports that Prince Auersperg was defending Vienna?" he said. + "Prince Auersperg is on this, on our side of the river, and is +defending us- doing it very badly, I think, but still he is +defending us. But Vienna is on the other side. No, the bridge has +not yet been taken and I hope it will not be, for it is mined and +orders have been given to blow it up. Otherwise we should long ago +have been in the mountains of Bohemia, and you and your army would +have spent a bad quarter of an hour between two fires." + "But still this does not mean that the campaign is over," said +Prince Andrew. + "Well, I think it is. The bigwigs here think so too, but they +daren't say so. It will be as I said at the beginning of the campaign, +it won't be your skirmishing at Durrenstein, or gunpowder at all, that +will decide the matter, but those who devised it," said Bilibin +quoting one of his own mots, releasing the wrinkles on his forehead, +and pausing. "The only question is what will come of the meeting +between the Emperor Alexander and the King of Prussia in Berlin? If +Prussia joins the Allies, Austria's hand will be forced and there will +be war. If not it is merely a question of settling where the +preliminaries of the new Campo Formio are to be drawn up." + "What an extraordinary genius!" Prince Andrew suddenly exclaimed, +clenching his small hand and striking the table with it, "and what +luck the man has!" + "Buonaparte?" said Bilibin inquiringly, puckering up his forehead to +indicate that he was about to say something witty. "Buonaparte?" he +repeated, accentuating the u: "I think, however, now that he lays down +laws for Austria at Schonbrunn, il faut lui faire grace de l'u!* I +shall certainly adopt an innovation and call him simply Bonaparte!" + + *"We must let him off the u!" + + "But joking apart," said Prince Andrew, "do you really think the +campaign is over?" + "This is what I think. Austria has been made a fool of, and she is +not used to it. She will retaliate. And she has been fooled in the +first place because her provinces have been pillaged- they say the +Holy Russian army loots terribly- her army is destroyed, her capital +taken, and all this for the beaux yeux* of His Sardinian Majesty. +And therefore- this is between ourselves- I instinctively feel that we +are being deceived, my instinct tells me of negotiations with France +and projects for peace, a secret peace concluded separately." + + *Fine eyes. + + "Impossible!" cried Prince Andrew. "That would be too base." + "If we live we shall see," replied Bilibin, his face again +becoming smooth as a sign that the conversation was at an end. + When Prince Andrew reached the room prepared for him and lay down in +a clean shirt on the feather bed with its warmed and fragrant pillows, +he felt that the battle of which he had brought tidings was far, far +away from him. The alliance with Prussia, Austria's treachery, +Bonaparte's new triumph, tomorrow's levee and parade, and the audience +with the Emperor Francis occupied his thoughts. + He closed his eyes, and immediately a sound of cannonading, of +musketry and the rattling of carriage wheels seemed to fill his +ears, and now again drawn out in a thin line the musketeers were +descending the hill, the French were firing, and he felt his heart +palpitating as he rode forward beside Schmidt with the bullets merrily +whistling all around, and he experienced tenfold the joy of living, as +he had not done since childhood. + He woke up... + "Yes, that all happened!" he said, and, smiling happily to himself +like a child, he fell into a deep, youthful slumber. +BK2|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Next day he woke late. Recalling his recent impressions, the first +thought that came into his mind was that today he had to be +presented to the Emperor Francis; he remembered the Minister of War, +the polite Austrian adjutant, Bilibin, and last night's +conversation. Having dressed for his attendance at court in full +parade uniform, which he had not worn for a long time, he went into +Bilibin's study fresh, animated, and handsome, with his hand bandaged. +In the study were four gentlemen of the diplomatic corps. With +Prince Hippolyte Kuragin, who was a secretary to the embassy, +Bolkonski was already acquainted. Bilibin introduced him to the +others. + The gentlemen assembled at Bilibin's were young, wealthy, gay +society men, who here, as in Vienna, formed a special set which +Bilibin, their leader, called les notres.* This set, consisting almost +exclusively of diplomats, evidently had its own interests which had +nothing to do with war or politics but related to high society, to +certain women, and to the official side of the service. These +gentlemen received Prince Andrew as one of themselves, an honor they +did not extend to many. From politeness and to start conversation, +they asked him a few questions about the army and the battle, and then +the talk went off into merry jests and gossip. + + *Ours. + + "But the best of it was," said one, telling of the misfortune of a +fellow diplomat, "that the Chancellor told him flatly that his +appointment to London was a promotion and that he was so to regard it. +Can you fancy the figure he cut?..." + "But the worst of it, gentlemen- I am giving Kuragin away to you- is +that that man suffers, and this Don Juan, wicked fellow, is taking +advantage of it!" + Prince Hippolyte was lolling in a lounge chair with his legs over +its arm. He began to laugh. + "Tell me about that!" he said. + "Oh, you Don Juan! You serpent!" cried several voices. + "You, Bolkonski, don't know," said Bilibin turning to Prince Andrew, +"that all the atrocities of the French army (I nearly said of the +Russian army) are nothing compared to what this man has been doing +among the women!" + "La femme est la compagne de l'homme,"* announced Prince +Hippolyte, and began looking through a lorgnette at his elevated legs. + + *"Woman is man's companion." + + Bilibin and the rest of "ours" burst out laughing in Hippolyte's +face, and Prince Andrew saw that Hippolyte, of whom- he had to +admit- he had almost been jealous on his wife's account, was the +butt of this set. + "Oh, I must give you a treat," Bilibin whispered to Bolkonski. +"Kuragin is exquisite when he discusses politics- you should see his +gravity!" + He sat down beside Hippolyte and wrinkling his forehead began +talking to him about politics. Prince Andrew and the others gathered +round these two. + "The Berlin cabinet cannot express a feeling of alliance," began +Hippolyte gazing round with importance at the others, "without +expressing... as in its last note... you understand... Besides, unless +His Majesty the Emperor derogates from the principle of our +alliance... + "Wait, I have not finished..." he said to Prince Andrew, seizing him +by the arm, "I believe that intervention will be stronger than +nonintervention. And..." he paused. "Finally one cannot impute the +nonreceipt of our dispatch of November 18. That is how it will end." +And he released Bolkonski's arm to indicate that he had now quite +finished. + "Demosthenes, I know thee by the pebble thou secretest in thy golden +mouth!" said Bilibin, and the mop of hair on his head moved with +satisfaction. + Everybody laughed, and Hippolyte louder than anyone. He was +evidently distressed, and breathed painfully, but could not restrain +the wild laughter that convulsed his usually impassive features. + "Well now, gentlemen," said Bilibin, "Bolkonski is my guest in +this house and in Brunn itself. I want to entertain him as far as I +can, with all the pleasures of life here. If we were in Vienna it +would be easy, but here, in this wretched Moravian hole, it is more +difficult, and I beg you all to help me. Brunn's attractions must be +shown him. You can undertake the theater, I society, and you, +Hippolyte, of course the women." + "We must let him see Amelie, she's exquisite!" said one of "ours," +kissing his finger tips. + "In general we must turn this bloodthirsty soldier to more humane +interests," said Bilibin. + "I shall scarcely be able to avail myself of your hospitality, +gentlemen, it is already time for me to go," replied Prince Andrew +looking at his watch. + "Where to?" + "To the Emperor." + "Oh! Oh! Oh!" Well, au revoir, Bolkonski! Au revoir, Prince! Come +back early to dinner," cried several voices. "We'll take you in hand." + "When speaking to the Emperor, try as far as you can to praise the +way that provisions are supplied and the routes indicated," said +Bilibin, accompanying him to the hall. + "I should like to speak well of them, but as far as I the facts, I +can't," replied Bolkonski, smiling. + "Well, talk as much as you can, anyway. He has a passion for +giving audiences, but he does not like talking himself and can't do +it, as you will see." +BK2|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + At the levee Prince Andrew stood among the Austrian officers as he +had been told to, and the Emperor Francis merely looked fixedly into +his face and just nodded to him with to him with his long head. But +after it was over, the adjutant he had seen the previous day +ceremoniously informed Bolkonski that the Emperor desired to give +him an audience. The Emperor Francis received him standing in the +middle of the room. Before the conversation began Prince Andrew was +struck by the fact that the Emperor seemed confused and blushed as +if not knowing what to say. + "Tell me, when did the battle begin?" he asked hurriedly. + Prince Andrew replied. Then followed other questions just as simple: +"Was Kutuzov well? When had he left Krems?" and so on. The Emperor +spoke as if his sole aim were to put a given number of questions- +the answers to these questions, as was only too evident, did not +interest him. + "At what o'clock did the battle begin?" asked the Emperor. + "I cannot inform Your Majesty at what o'clock the battle began at +the front, but at Durrenstein, where I was, our attack began after +five in the afternoon," replied Bolkonski growing more animated and +expecting that he would have a chance to give a reliable account, +which he had ready in his mind, of all he knew and had seen. But the +Emperor smiled and interrupted him. + "How many miles?" + "From where to where, Your Majesty?" + "From Durrenstein to Krems." + "Three and a half miles, Your Majesty." + "The French have abandoned the left bank?" + "According to the scouts the last of them crossed on rafts during +the night." + "Is there sufficient forage in Krems?" + "Forage has not been supplied to the extent..." + The Emperor interrupted him. + "At what o'clock was General Schmidt killed?" + "At seven o'clock, I believe." + "At seven o'clock? It's very sad, very sad!" + The Emperor thanked Prince Andrew and bowed. Prince Andrew +withdrew and was immediately surrounded by courtiers on all sides. +Everywhere he saw friendly looks and heard friendly words. Yesterday's +adjutant reproached him for not having stayed at the palace, and +offered him his own house. The Minister of War came up and +congratulated him on the Maria Theresa Order of the third grade, which +the Emperor was conferring on him. The Empress' chamberlain invited +him to see Her Majesty. The archduchess also wished to see him. He did +not know whom to answer, and for a few seconds collected his thoughts. +Then the Russian ambassador took him by the shoulder, led him to the +window, and began to talk to him. + Contrary to Bilibin's forecast the news he had brought was +joyfully received. A thanksgiving service was arranged, Kutuzov was +awarded the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa, and the whole army +received rewards. Bolkonski was invited everywhere, and had to spend +the whole morning calling on the principal Austrian dignitaries. +Between four and five in the afternoon, having made all his calls, +he was returning to Bilibin's house thinking out a letter to his +father about the battle and his visit to Brunn. At the door he found a +vehicle half full of luggage. Franz, Bilibin's man, was dragging a +portmanteau with some difficulty out of the front door. + Before returning to Bilibin's Prince Andrew had gone to bookshop +to provide himself with some books for the campaign, and had spent +some time in the shop. + "What is it?" he asked. + "Oh, your excellency!" said Franz, with difficulty rolling the +portmanteau into the vehicle, "we are to move on still farther. The +scoundrel is again at our heels!" + "Eh? What?" asked Prince Andrew. + Bilibin came out to meet him. His usually calm face showed +excitement. + "There now! Confess that this is delightful," said he. "This +affair of the Thabor Bridge, at Vienna.... They have crossed without +striking a blow!" + Prince Andrew could not understand. + "But where do you come from not to know what every coachman in the +town knows?" + "I come from the archduchess'. I heard nothing there." + "And you didn't see that everybody is packing up?" + "I did not... What is it all about?" inquired Prince Andrew +impatiently. + "What's it all about? Why, the French have crossed the bridge that +Auersperg was defending, and the bridge was not blown up: so Murat +is now rushing along the road to Brunn and will be here in a day or +two." + "What? Here? But why did they not blow up the bridge, if it was +mined?" + "That is what I ask you. No one, not even Bonaparte, knows why." + Bolkonski shrugged his shoulders. + "But if the bridge is crossed it means that the army too is lost? It +will be cut off," said he. + "That's just it," answered Bilibin. "Listen! The French entered +Vienna as I told you. Very well. Next day, which was yesterday, +those gentlemen, messieurs les marechaux,* Murat, Lannes,and Belliard, +mount and ride to bridge. (Observe that all three are Gascons.) +'Gentlemen,' says one of them, 'you know the Thabor Bridge is mined +and doubly mined and that there are menacing fortifications at its +head and an army of fifteen thousand men has been ordered to blow up +the bridge and not let us cross? But it will please our sovereign +the Emperor Napoleon if we take this bridge, so let us three go and +take it!' 'Yes, let's!' say the others. And off they go and take the +bridge, cross it, and now with their whole army are on this side of +the Danube, marching on us, you, and your lines of communication." + + *The marshalls. + + "Stop jesting," said Prince Andrew sadly and seriously. This news +grieved him and yet he was pleased. + As soon as he learned that the Russian army was in such a hopeless +situation it occurred to him that it was he who was destined to lead +it out of this position; that here was the Toulon that would lift +him from the ranks of obscure officers and offer him the first step to +fame! Listening to Bilibin he was already imagining how on reaching +the army he would give an opinion at the war council which would be +the only one that could save the army, and how he alone would be +entrusted with the executing of the plan. + "Stop this jesting," he said + "I am not jesting," Bilibin went on. "Nothing is truer or sadder. +These gentlemen ride onto the bridge alone and wave white +handkerchiefs; they assure the officer on duty that they, the +marshals, are on their way to negotiate with Prince Auersperg. He lets +them enter the tete-de-pont.* They spin him a thousand gasconades, +saying that the war is over, that the Emperor Francis is arranging a +meeting with Bonaparte, that they desire to see Prince Auersperg, +and so on. The officer sends for Auersperg; these gentlemen embrace +the officers, crack jokes, sit on the cannon, and meanwhile a French +battalion gets to the bridge unobserved, flings the bags of incendiary +material into the water, and approaches the tete-de-pont. At length +appears the lieutenant general, our dear Prince Auersperg von +Mautern himself. 'Dearest foe! Flower of the Austrian army, hero of +the Turkish wars Hostilities are ended, we can shake one another's +hand.... The Emperor Napoleon burns with impatience to make Prince +Auersperg's acquaintance.' In a word, those gentlemen, Gascons indeed, +so bewildered him with fine words, and he is so flattered by his +rapidly established intimacy with the French marshals, and so +dazzled by the sight of Murat's mantle and ostrich plumes, qu'il n'y +voit que du feu, et oublie celui qu'il devait faire faire sur +l'ennemi!"*[2] In spite of the animation of his speech, Bilibin did +not forget to pause after this mot to give time for its due +appreciation. "The French battalion rushes to the bridgehead, spikes +the guns, and the bridge is taken! But what is best of all," he went +on, his excitement subsiding under the delightful interest of his +own story, "is that the sergeant in charge of the cannon which was +to give the signal to fire the mines and blow up the bridge, this +sergeant, seeing that the French troops were running onto the +bridge, was about to fire, but Lannes stayed his hand. The sergeant, +who was evidently wiser than his general, goes up to Auersperg and +says: 'Prince, you are being deceived, here are the French!' Murat, +seeing that all is lost if the sergeant is allowed to speak, turns +to Auersperg with feigned astonishment (he is a true Gascon) and says: +'I don't recognize the world-famous Austrian discipline, if you +allow a subordinate to address you like that!' It was a stroke of +genius. Prince Auersperg feels his dignity at stake and orders the +sergeant to be arrested. Come, you must own that this affair of the +Thabor Bridge is delightful! It is not exactly stupidity, nor +rascality...." + + *Bridgehead. + *[2] That their fire gets into his eyes and he forgets that he ought +to be firing at the enemy. + + "It may be treachery," said Prince Andrew, vividly imagining the +gray overcoats, wounds, the smoke of gunpowder, the sounds of +firing, and the glory that awaited him. + "Not that either. That puts the court in too bad a light," replied +Bilibin."It's not treachery nor rascality nor stupidity: it is just as +at Ulm... it is..."- he seemed to be trying to find the right +expression. "C'est... c'est du Mack. Nous sommes mackes [It is... it +is a bit of Mack. We are Macked]," he concluded, feeling that he had +produced a good epigram, a fresh one that would be repeated. His +hitherto puckered brow became smooth as a sign of pleasure, and with a +slight smile he began to examine his nails. + "Where are you off to?" he said suddenly to Prince Andrew who had +risen and was going toward his room. + "I am going away." + "Where to?" + "To the army." + "But you meant to stay another two days?" + "But now I am off at once." + And Prince Andrew after giving directions about his departure went +to his room. + "Do you know, mon cher," said Bilibin following him, "I have been +thinking about you. Why are you going?" + And in proof of the conclusiveness of his opinion all the wrinkles +vanished from his face. + Prince Andrew looked inquiringly at him and gave no reply. + "Why are you going? I know you think it your duty to gallop back +to the army now that it is in danger. I understand that. Mon cher, +it is heroism!" + "Not at all," said Prince Andrew. + "But as you are a philosopher, be a consistent one, look at the +other side of the question and you will see that your duty, on the +contrary, is to take care of yourself. Leave it to those who are no +longer fit for anything else.... You have not been ordered to return +and have not been dismissed from here; therefore, you can stay and +go with us wherever our ill luck takes us. They say we are going to +Olmutz, and Olmutz is a very decent town. You and I will travel +comfortably in my caleche." + "Do stop joking, Bilibin," cried Bolkonski. + "I am speaking sincerely as a friend! Consider! Where and why are +you going, when you might remain here? You are faced by one of two +things," and the skin over his left temple puckered, "either you +will not reach your regiment before peace is concluded, or you will +share defeat and disgrace with Kutuzov's whole army." + And Bilibin unwrinkled his temple, feeling that the dilemma was +insoluble. + "I cannot argue about it," replied Prince Andrew coldly, but he +thought: "I am going to save the army." + "My dear fellow, you are a hero!" said Bilibin. +BK2|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + That same night, having taken leave of the Minister of War, +Bolkonski set off to rejoin the army, not knowing where he would +find it and fearing to be captured by the French on the way to Krems. + In Brunn everybody attached to the court was packing up, and the +heavy baggage was already being dispatched to Olmutz. Near Hetzelsdorf +Prince Andrew struck the high road along which the Russian army was +moving with great haste and in the greatest disorder. The road was +so obstructed with carts that it was impossible to get by in a +carriage. Prince Andrew took a horse and a Cossack from a Cossack +commander, and hungry and weary, making his way past the baggage +wagons, rode in search of the commander in chief and of his own +luggage. Very sinister reports of the position of the army reached him +as he went along, and the appearance of the troops in their disorderly +flight confirmed these rumors. + "Cette armee russe que l'or de l'Angleterre a transportee des +extremites de l'univers, nous allons lui faire eprouver le meme +sort- (le sort de l'armee d'Ulm)."* He remembered these words in +Bonaparte's address to his army at the beginning of the campaign, +and they awoke in him astonishment at the genius of his hero, a +feeling of wounded pride, and a hope of glory. "And should there be +nothing left but to die?" he thought. "Well, if need be, I shall do it +no worse than others." + + *"That Russian army which has been brought from the ends of the +earth by English gold, we shall cause to share the same fate- (the +fate of the army at Ulm)." + + He looked with disdain at the endless confused mass of +detachments, carts, guns, artillery, and again baggage wagons and +vehicles of all kinds overtaking one another and blocking the muddy +road, three and sometimes four abreast. From all sides, behind and +before, as far as ear could reach, there were the rattle of wheels, +the creaking of carts and gun carriages, the tramp of horses, the +crack of whips, shouts, the urging of horses, and the swearing of +soldiers, orderlies, and officers. All along the sides of the road +fallen horses were to be seen, some flayed, some not, and +broken-down carts beside which solitary soldiers sat waiting for +something, and again soldiers straggling from their companies, +crowds of whom set off to the neighboring villages, or returned from +them dragging sheep, fowls, hay, and bulging sacks. At each ascent +or descent of the road the crowds were yet denser and the din of +shouting more incessant. Soldiers floundering knee-deep in mud +pushed the guns and wagons themselves. Whips cracked, hoofs slipped, +traces broke, and lungs were strained with shouting. The officers +directing the march rode backward and forward between the carts. Their +voices were but feebly heard amid the uproar and one saw by their +faces that they despaired of the possibility of checking this +disorder. + "Here is our dear Orthodox Russian army," thought Bolkonski, +recalling Bilibin's words. + Wishing to find out where the commander in chief was, he rode up +to a convoy. Directly opposite to him came a strange one-horse +vehicle, evidently rigged up by soldiers out of any available +materials and looking like something between a cart, a cabriolet, +and a caleche. A soldier was driving, and a woman enveloped in +shawls sat behind the apron under the leather hood of the vehicle. +Prince Andrew rode up and was just putting his question to a soldier +when his attention was diverted by the desperate shrieks of the +woman in the vehicle. An officer in charge of transport was beating +the soldier who was driving the woman's vehicle for trying to get +ahead of others, and the strokes of his whip fell on the apron of +the equipage. The woman screamed piercingly. Seeing Prince Andrew +she leaned out from behind the apron and, waving her thin arms from +under the woolen shawl, cried: + "Mr. Aide-de-camp! Mr. Aide-de-camp!... For heaven's sake... Protect +me! What will become of us? I am the wife of the doctor of the Seventh +Chasseurs.... They won't let us pass, we are left behind and have lost +our people..." + "I'll flatten you into a pancake!" shouted the angry officer to +the soldier. "Turn back with your slut!" + "Mr. Aide-de-camp! Help me!... What does it all mean?" screamed +the doctor's wife. + "Kindly let this cart pass. Don't you see it's a woman?" said Prince +Andrew riding up to the officer. + The officer glanced at him, and without replying turned again to the +soldier. "I'll teach you to push on!... Back!" + "Let them pass, I tell you!" repeated Prince Andrew, compressing his +lips. + "And who are you?" cried the officer, turning on him with tipsy +rage, "who are you? Are you in command here? Eh? I am commander +here, not you! Go back or I'll flatten you into a pancake," repeated +he. This expression evidently pleased him. + "That was a nice snub for the little aide-de-camp," came a voice +from behind. + Prince Andrew saw that the officer was in that state of senseless, +tipsy rage when a man does not know what he is saying. He saw that his +championship of the doctor's wife in her queer trap might expose him +to what he dreaded more than anything in the world- to ridicule; but +his instinct urged him on. Before the officer finished his sentence +Prince Andrew, his face distorted with fury, rode up to him and raised +his riding whip. + "Kind...ly let- them- pass!" + The officer flourished his arm and hastily rode away. + "It's all the fault of these fellows on the staff that there's +this disorder," he muttered. "Do as you like." + Prince Andrew without lifting his eyes rode hastily away from the +doctor's wife, who was calling him her deliverer, and recalling with a +sense of disgust the minutest details of this humiliating scene he +galloped on to the village where he was told that the commander in +chief was. + On reaching the village he dismounted and went to the nearest house, +intending to rest if but for a moment, eat something, and try to +sort out the stinging and tormenting thoughts that confused his +mind. "This is a mob of scoundrels and not an army," he was thinking +as he went up to the window of the first house, when a familiar +voice called him by name. + He turned round. Nesvitski's handsome face looked out of the +little window. Nesvitski, moving his moist lips as he chewed +something, and flourishing his arm, called him to enter. + "Bolkonski! Bolkonski!... Don't you hear? Eh? Come quick..." he +shouted. + Entering the house, Prince Andrew saw Nesvitski and another adjutant +having something to eat. They hastily turned round to him asking if he +had any news. On their familiar faces he read agitation and alarm. +This was particularly noticeable on Nesvitski's usually laughing +countenance. + "Where is the commander in chief?" asked Bolkonski. + "Here, in that house," answered the adjutant. + "Well, is it true that it's peace and capitulation?" asked +Nesvitski. + "I was going to ask you. I know nothing except that it was all I +could do to get here." + "And we, my dear boy! It's terrible! I was wrong to laugh at Mack, +we're getting it still worse," said Nesvitski. "But sit down and +have something to eat." + "You won't be able to find either your baggage or anything else now, +Prince. And God only knows where your man Peter is," said the other +adjutant. + "Where are headquarters?" + "We are to spend the night in Znaim." + "Well, I have got all I need into packs for two horses," said +Nesvitski. "They've made up splendid packs for me- fit to cross the +Bohemian mountains with. It's a bad lookout, old fellow! But what's +the matter with you? You must be ill to shiver like that," he added, +noticing that Prince Andrew winced as at an electric shock. + "It's nothing," replied Prince Andrew. + He had just remembered his recent encounter with the doctor's wife +and the convoy officer. + "What is the commander in chief doing here?" he asked. + "I can't make out at all," said Nesvitski. + "Well, all I can make out is that everything is abominable, +abominable, quite abominable!" said Prince Andrew, and he went off +to the house where the commander in chief was. + Passing by Kutuzov's carriage and the exhausted saddle horses of his +suite, with their Cossacks who were talking loudly together, Prince +Andrew entered the passage. Kutuzov himself, he was told, was in the +house with Prince Bagration and Weyrother. Weyrother was the +Austrian general who had succeeded Schmidt. In the passage little +Kozlovski was squatting on his heels in front of a clerk. The clerk, +with cuffs turned up, was hastily writing at a tub turned bottom +upwards. Kozlovski's face looked worn- he too had evidently not +slept all night. He glanced at Prince Andrew and did not even nod to +him. + "Second line... have you written it?" he continued dictating to +the clerk. "The Kiev Grenadiers, Podolian..." + "One can't write so fast, your honor," said the clerk, glancing +angrily and disrespectfully at Kozlovski. + Through the door came the sounds of Kutuzov's voice, excited and +dissatisfied, interrupted by another, an unfamiliar voice. From the +sound of these voices, the inattentive way Kozlovski looked at him, +the disrespectful manner of the exhausted clerk, the fact that the +clerk and Kozlovski were squatting on the floor by a tub so near to +the commander in chief, and from the noisy laughter of the Cossacks +holding the horses near the window, Prince Andrew felt that +something important and disastrous was about to happen. + He turned to Kozlovski with urgent questions. + "Immediately, Prince," said Kozlovski. "Dispositions for Bagration." + "What about capitulation?" + "Nothing of the sort. Orders are issued for a battle." + Prince Andrew moved toward the door from whence voices were heard. +Just as he was going to open it the sounds ceased, the door opened, +and Kutuzov with his eagle nose and puffy face appeared in the +doorway. Prince Andrew stood right in front of Kutuzov but the +expression of the commander in chief's one sound eye showed him to +be so preoccupied with thoughts and anxieties as to be oblivious of +his presence. He looked straight at his adjutant's face without +recognizing him. + "Well, have you finished?" said he to Kozlovski. + "One moment, your excellency." + Bagration, a gaunt middle-aged man of medium height with a firm, +impassive face of Oriental type, came out after the commander in +chief. + "I have the honor to present myself," repeated Prince Andrew +rather loudly, handing Kutuzov an envelope. + Ah, from Vienna? Very good. Later, later!" + Kutuzov went out into the porch with Bagration. + "Well, good-by, Prince," said he to Bagration. "My blessing, and may +Christ be with you in your great endeavor!" + His face suddenly softened and tears came into his eyes. With his +left hand he drew Bagration toward him, and with his right, on which +he wore a ring, he made the sign of the cross over him with a +gesture evidently habitual, offering his puffy cheek, but Bagration +kissed him on the neck instead. + "Christ be with you!" Kutuzov repeated and went toward his carriage. +"Get in with me," said he to Bolkonski. + "Your excellency, I should like to be of use here. Allow me to +remain with Prince Bagration's detachment." + "Get in," said Kutuzov, and noticing that Bolkonski still delayed, +he added: "I need good officers myself, need them myself!" + They got into the carriage and drove for a few minutes in silence. + "There is still much, much before us," he said, as if with an old +man's penetration he understood all that was passing in Bolkonski's +mind. "If a tenth part of his detachment returns I shall thank God," +he added as if speaking to himself. + Prince Andrew glanced at Kutuzov's face only a foot distant from him +and involuntarily noticed the carefully washed seams of the scar +near his temple, where an Ismail bullet had pierced his skull, and the +empty eye socket. "Yes, he has a right to speak so calmly of those +men's death," thought Bolkonski. + "That is why I beg to be sent to that detachment," he said. + Kutuzov did not reply. He seemed to have forgotten what he had +been saying, and sat plunged in thought. Five minutes later, gently +swaying on the soft springs of the carriage, he turned to Prince +Andrew. There was not a trace of agitation on his face. With +delicate irony he questioned Prince Andrew about the details of his +interview with the Emperor, about the remarks he had heard at court +concerning the Krems affair, and about some ladies they both knew. +BK2|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + On November 1 Kutuzov had received, through a spy, news that the +army he commanded was in an almost hopeless position. The spy reported +that the French, after crossing the bridge at Vienna, were advancing +in immense force upon Kutuzov's line of communication with the +troops that were arriving from Russia. If Kutuzov decided to remain at +Krems, Napoleon's army of one hundred and fifty thousand men would cut +him off completely and surround his exhausted army of forty +thousand, and he would find himself in the position of Mack at Ulm. If +Kutuzov decided to abandon the road connecting him with the troops +arriving from Russia, he would have to march with no road into unknown +parts of the Bohemian mountains, defending himself against superior +forces of the enemy and abandoning all hope of a junction with +Buxhowden. If Kutuzov decided to retreat along the road from Krems +to Olmutz, to unite with the troops arriving from Russia, he risked +being forestalled on that road by the French who had crossed the +Vienna bridge, and encumbered by his baggage and transport, having +to accept battle on the march against an enemy three times as +strong, who would hem him in from two sides. + Kutuzov chose this latter course. + The French, the spy reported, having crossed the Vienna bridge, were +advancing by forced marches toward Znaim, which lay sixty-six miles +off on the line of Kutuzov's retreat. If he reached Znaim before the +French, there would be great hope of saving the army; to let the +French forestall him at Znaim meant the exposure of his whole army +to a disgrace such as that of Ulm, or to utter destruction. But to +forestall the French with his whole army was impossible. The road +for the French from Vienna to Znaim was shorter and better than the +road for the Russians from Krems to Znaim. + The night he received the news, Kutuzov sent Bagration's vanguard, +four thousand strong, to the right across the hills from the +Krems-Znaim to the Vienna-Znaim road. Bagration was to make this march +without resting, and to halt facing Vienna with Znaim to his rear, and +if he succeeded in forestalling the French he was to delay them as +long as possible. Kutuzov himself with all his transport took the road +to Znaim. + Marching thirty miles that stormy night across roadless hills, +with his hungry, ill-shod soldiers, and losing a third of his men as +stragglers by the way, Bagration came out on the Vienna-Znaim road +at Hollabrunn a few hours ahead of the French who were approaching +Hollabrunn from Vienna. Kutuzov with his transport had still to +march for some days before he could reach Znaim. Hence Bagration +with his four thousand hungry, exhausted men would have to detain +for days the whole enemy army that came upon him at Hollabrunn, +which was clearly impossible. But a freak of fate made the +impossible possible. The success of the trick that had placed the +Vienna bridge in the hands of the French without a fight led Murat +to try to deceive Kutuzov in a similar way. Meeting Bagration's weak +detachment on the Znaim road he supposed it to be Kutuzov's whole +army. To be able to crush it absolutely he awaited the arrival of +the rest of the troops who were on their way from Vienna, and with +this object offered a three days' truce on condition that both +armies should remain in position without moving. Murat declared that +negotiations for peace were already proceeding, and that he +therefore offered this truce to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Count +Nostitz, the Austrian general occupying the advanced posts, believed +Murat's emissary and retired, leaving Bagration's division exposed. +Another emissary rode to the Russian line to announce the peace +negotiations and to offer the Russian army the three days' truce. +Bagration replied that he was not authorized either to accept or +refuse a truce and sent his adjutant to Kutuzov to report the offer he +had received. + A truce was Kutuzov's sole chance of gaining time, giving +Bagration's exhausted troops some rest, and letting the transport +and heavy convoys (whose movements were concealed from the French) +advance if but one stage nearer Znaim. The offer of a truce gave the +only, and a quite unexpected, chance of saving the army. On +receiving the news he immediately dispatched Adjutant General +Wintzingerode, who was in attendance on him, to the enemy camp. +Wintzingerode was not merely to agree to the truce but also to offer +terms of capitulation, and meanwhile Kutuzov sent his adjutants back +to hasten to the utmost the movements of the baggage trains of the +entire army along the Krems-Znaim road. Bagration's exhausted and +hungry detachment, which alone covered this movement of the +transport and of the whole army, had to remain stationary in face of +an enemy eight times as strong as itself. + Kutuzov's expectations that the proposals of capitulation (which +were in no way binding) might give time for part of the transport to +pass, and also that Murat's mistake would very soon be discovered, +proved correct. As soon as Bonaparte (who was at Schonbrunn, sixteen +miles from Hollabrunn) received Murat's dispatch with the proposal +of a truce and a capitulation, he detected a ruse and wrote the +following letter to Murat: + + Schonbrunn, 25th Brumaire, 1805, + at eight o'clock in the morning + To PRINCE MURAT, + I cannot find words to express to you my displeasure. You command +only my advance guard, and have no right to arrange an armistice +without my order. You are causing me to lose the fruits of a campaign. +Break the armistice immediately and march on the enemy. Inform him +that the general who signed that capitulation had no right to do so, +and that no one but the Emperor of Russia has that right. + If, however, the Emperor of Russia ratifies that convention, I +will ratify it; but it is only a trick. March on, destroy the +Russian army.... You are in a position to seize its baggage and +artillery. + The Russian Emperor's aide-de-camp is an impostor. Officers are +nothing when they have no powers; this one had none.... The +Austrians let themselves be tricked at the crossing of the Vienna +bridge, you are letting yourself be tricked by an aide-de-camp of +the Emperor. + NAPOLEON + + Bonaparte's adjutant rode full gallop with this menacing letter to +Murat. Bonaparte himself, not trusting to his generals, moved with all +the Guards to the field of battle, afraid of letting a ready victim +escape, and Bagration's four thousand men merrily lighted campfires, +dried and warmed themselves, cooked their porridge for the first +time for three days, and not one of them knew or imagined what was +in store for him. +BK2|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon Prince Andrew, who +had persisted in his request to Kutuzov, arrived at Grunth and +reported himself to Bagration. Bonaparte's adjutant had not yet +reached Murat's detachment and the battle had not yet begun. In +Bagration's detachment no one knew anything of the general position of +affairs. They talked of peace but did not believe in its +possibility; others talked of a battle but also disbelieved in the +nearness of an engagement. Bagration, knowing Bolkonski to be a +favorite and trusted adjutant, received him with distinction and +special marks of favor, explaining to him that there would probably be +an engagement that day or the next, and giving him full liberty to +remain with him during the battle or to join the rearguard and have an +eye on the order of retreat, "which is also very important." + "However, there will hardly be an engagement today," said +Bagration as if to reassure Prince Andrew. + "If he is one of the ordinary little staff dandies sent to earn a +medal he can get his reward just as well in the rearguard, but if he +wishes to stay with me, let him... he'll be of use here if he's a +brave officer," thought Bagration. Prince Andrew, without replying, +asked the prince's permission to ride round the position to see the +disposition of the forces, so as to know his bearings should he be +sent to execute an order. The officer on duty, a handsome, elegantly +dressed man with a diamond ring on his forefinger, who was fond of +speaking French though he spoke it badly, offered to conduct Prince +Andrew. + On all sides they saw rain-soaked officers with dejected faces who +seemed to be seeking something, and soldiers dragging doors, +benches, and fencing from the village. + "There now, Prince! We can't stop those fellows," said the staff +officer pointing to the soldiers. "The officers don't keep them in +hand. And there," he pointed to a sutler's tent, "they crowd in and +sit. This morning I turned them all out and now look, it's full again. +I must go there, Prince, and scare them a bit. It won't take a +moment." + "Yes, let's go in and I will get myself a roll and some cheese," +said Prince Andrew who had not yet had time to eat anything. + "Why didn't you mention it, Prince? I would have offered you +something." + They dismounted and entered the tent. Several officers, with flushed +and weary faces, were sitting at the table eating and drinking. + "Now what does this mean, gentlemen?" said the staff officer, in the +reproachful tone of a man who has repeated the same thing more than +once. "You know it won't do to leave your posts like this. The +prince gave orders that no one should leave his post. Now you, +Captain," and he turned to a thin, dirty little artillery officer +who without his boots (he had given them to the canteen keeper to +dry), in only his stockings, rose when they entered, smiling not +altogether comfortably. + "Well, aren't you ashamed of yourself, Captain Tushin?" he +continued. "One would think that as an artillery officer you would set +a good example, yet here you are without your boots! The alarm will be +sounded and you'll be in a pretty position without your boots!" (The +staff officer smiled.) "Kindly return to your posts, gentlemen, all of +you, all!" he added in a tone of command. + Prince Andrew smiled involuntarily as he looked at the artillery +officer Tushin, who silent and smiling, shifting from one stockinged +foot to the other, glanced inquiringly with his large, intelligent, +kindly eyes from Prince Andrew to the staff officer. + "The soldiers say it feels easier without boots," said Captain +Tushin smiling shyly in his uncomfortable position, evidently +wishing to adopt a jocular tone. But before he had finished he felt +that his jest was unacceptable and had not come off. He grew confused. + "Kindly return to your posts," said the staff officer trying to +preserve his gravity. + Prince Andrew glanced again at the artillery officer's small figure. +There was something peculiar about it, quite unsoldierly, rather +comic, but extremely attractive. + The staff officer and Prince Andrew mounted their horses and rode +on. + Having ridden beyond the village, continually meeting and overtaking +soldiers and officers of various regiments, they saw on their left +some entrenchments being thrown up, the freshly dug clay of which +showed up red. Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt +sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host +of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown +up from behind the bank by unseen hands. Prince Andrew and the officer +rode up, looked at the entrenchment, and went on again. Just behind it +they came upon some dozens of soldiers, continually replaced by +others, who ran from the entrenchment. They had to hold their noses +and put their horses to a trot to escape from the poisoned +atmosphere of these latrines. + "Voila l'agrement des camps, monsieur le Prince,"* said the staff +officer. + + *"This is a pleasure one gets in camp, Prince." + + They rode up the opposite hill. From there the French could +already be seen. Prince Andrew stopped and began examining the +position. + "That's our battery," said the staff officer indicating the +highest point. "It's in charge of the queer fellow we saw without +his boots. You can see everything from there; let's go there, Prince." + "Thank you very much, I will go on alone," said Prince Andrew, +wishing to rid himself of this staff officer's company, "please +don't trouble yourself further." + The staff officer remained behind and Prince Andrew rode on alone. + The farther forward and nearer the enemy he went, the more orderly +and cheerful were the troops. The greatest disorder and depression had +been in the baggage train he had passed that morning on the Znaim road +seven miles away from the French. At Grunth also some apprehension and +alarm could be felt, but the nearer Prince Andrew came to the French +lines the more confident was the appearance of our troops. The +soldiers in their greatcoats were ranged in lines, the sergeants major +and company officers were counting the men, poking the last man in +each section in the ribs and telling him to hold his hand up. Soldiers +scattered over the whole place were dragging logs and brushwood and +were building shelters with merry chatter and laughter; around the +fires sat others, dressed and undressed, drying their shirts and leg +bands or mending boots or overcoats and crowding round the boilers and +porridge cookers. In one company dinner was ready, and the soldiers +were gazing eagerly at the steaming boiler, waiting till the sample, +which a quartermaster sergeant was carrying in a wooden bowl to an +officer who sat on a log before his shelter, had been tasted. + Another company, a lucky one for not all the companies had vodka, +crowded round a pock-marked, broad-shouldered sergeant major who, +tilting a keg, filled one after another the canteen lids held out to +him. The soldiers lifted the canteen lids to their lips with +reverential faces, emptied them, rolling the vodka in their mouths, +and walked away from the sergeant major with brightened expressions, +licking their lips and wiping them on the sleeves of their greatcoats. +All their faces were as serene as if all this were happening at home +awaiting peaceful encampment, and not within sight of the enemy before +an action in which at least half of them would be left on the field. +After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev +grenadiers- fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs- near +the shelter of the regimental commander, higher than and different +from the others, Prince Andrew came out in front of a platoon of +grenadiers before whom lay a naked man. Two soldiers held him while +two others were flourishing their switches and striking him +regularly on his bare back. The man shrieked unnaturally. A stout +major was pacing up and down the line, and regardless of the screams +kept repeating: + "It's a shame for a soldier to steal; a soldier must be honest, +honorable, and brave, but if he robs his fellows there is no honor +in him, he's a scoundrel. Go on! Go on!" + So the swishing sound of the strokes, and the desperate but +unnatural screams, continued. + "Go on, go on!" said the major. + A young officer with a bewildered and pained expression on his +face stepped away from the man and looked round inquiringly at the +adjutant as he rode by. + Prince Andrew, having reached the front line, rode along it. Our +front line and that of the enemy were far apart on the right and +left flanks, but in the center where the men with a flag of truce +had passed that morning, the lines were so near together that the +men could see one another's faces and speak to one another. Besides +the soldiers who formed the picket line on either side, there were +many curious onlookers who, jesting and laughing, stared at their +strange foreign enemies. + Since early morning- despite an injunction not to approach the +picket line- the officers had been unable to keep sight-seers away. +The soldiers forming the picket line, like showmen exhibiting a +curiosity, no longer looked at the French but paid attention to the +sight-seers and grew weary waiting to be relieved. Prince Andrew +halted to have a look at the French. + "Look! Look there!" one soldier was saying to another, pointing to a +Russian musketeer who had gone up to the picket line with an officer +and was rapidly and excitedly talking to a French grenadier. "Hark +to him jabbering! Fine, isn't it? It's all the Frenchy can do to +keep up with him. There now, Sidorov!" + "Wait a bit and listen. It's fine!" answered Sidorov, who was +considered an adept at French. + The soldier to whom the laughers referred was Dolokhov. Prince +Andrew recognized him and stopped to listen to what he was saying. +Dolokhov had come from the left flank where their regiment was +stationed, with his captain. + "Now then, go on, go on!" incited the officer, bending forward and +trying not to lose a word of the speech which was incomprehensible +to him. "More, please: more! What's he saying?" + Dolokhov did not answer the captain; he had been drawn into a hot +dispute with the French grenadier. They were naturally talking about +the campaign. The Frenchman, confusing the Austrians with the +Russians, was trying to prove that the Russians had surrendered and +had fled all the way from Ulm, while Dolokhov maintained that the +Russians had not surrendered but had beaten the French. + "We have orders to drive you off here, and we shall drive you +off," said Dolokhov. + "Only take care you and your Cossacks are not all captured!" said +the French grenadier. + The French onlookers and listeners laughed. + "We'll make you dance as we did under Suvorov...,"* said Dolokhov. + + *"On vous fera danser." + + "Qu' est-ce qu'il chante?"* asked a Frenchman. + + *"What's he singing about?" + + "It's ancient history," said another, guessing that it referred to a +former war. "The Emperor will teach your Suvara as he has taught the +others..." + "Bonaparte..." began Dolokhov, but the Frenchman interrupted him. + "Not Bonaparte. He is the Emperor! Sacre nom...!" cried he angrily. + "The devil skin your Emperor." + And Dolokhov swore at him in coarse soldier's Russian and +shouldering his musket walked away. + "Let us go, Ivan Lukich," he said to the captain. + "Ah, that's the way to talk French," said the picket soldiers. "Now, +Sidorov, you have a try!" + Sidorov, turning to the French, winked, and began to jabber +meaningless sounds very fast: "Kari, mala, tafa, safi, muter, +Kaska," he said, trying to give an expressive intonation to his voice. + "Ho! ho! ho! Ha! ha! ha! ha! Ouh! ouh!" came peals of such healthy +and good-humored laughter from the soldiers that it infected the +French involuntarily, so much so that the only thing left to do seemed +to be to unload the muskets, muskets, explode the ammunition, and +all return home as quickly as possible. + But the guns remained loaded, the loopholes in blockhouses and +entrenchments looked out just as menacingly, and the unlimbered cannon +confronted one another as before. +BK2|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Having ridden round the whole line from right flank to left, +Prince Andrew made his way up to the battery from which the staff +officer had told him the whole field could be seen. Here he +dismounted, and stopped beside the farthest of the four unlimbered +cannon. Before the guns an artillery sentry was pacing up and down; he +stood at attention when the officer arrived, but at a sign resumed his +measured, monotonous pacing. Behind the guns were their limbers and +still farther back picket ropes and artillerymen's bonfires. To the +left, not far from the farthest cannon, was a small, newly constructed +wattle shed from which came the sound of officers' voices in eager +conversation. + It was true that a view over nearly the whole Russian position and +the greater part of the enemy's opened out from this battery. Just +facing it, on the crest of the opposite hill, the village of Schon +Grabern could be seen, and in three places to left and right the +French troops amid the smoke of their campfires, the greater part of +whom were evidently in the village itself and behind the hill. To +the left from that village, amid the smoke, was something resembling a +battery, but it was impossible to see it clearly with the naked eye. +Our right flank was posted on a rather steep incline which dominated +the French position. Our infantry were stationed there, and at the +farthest point the dragoons. In the center, where Tushin's battery +stood and from which Prince Andrew was surveying the position, was the +easiest and most direct descent and ascent to the brook separating +us from Schon Grabern. On the left our troops were close to a copse, +in which smoked the bonfires of our infantry who were felling wood. +The French line was wider than ours, and it was plain that they +could easily outflank us on both sides. Behind our position was a +steep and deep dip, making it difficult for artillery and cavalry to +retire. Prince Andrew took out his notebook and, leaning on the +cannon, sketched a plan of the position. He made some notes on two +points, intending to mention them to Bagration. His idea was, first, +to concentrate all the artillery in the center, and secondly, to +withdraw the cavalry to the other side of the dip. Prince Andrew, +being always near the commander in chief, closely following the mass +movements and general orders, and constantly studying historical +accounts of battles, involuntarily pictured to himself the course of +events in the forthcoming action in broad outline. He imagined only +important possibilities: "If the enemy attacks the right flank," he +said to himself, "the Kiev grenadiers and the Podolsk chasseurs must +hold their position till reserves from the center come up. In that +case the dragoons could successfully make a flank counterattack. If +they attack our center we, having the center battery on this high +ground, shall withdraw the left flank under its cover, and retreat +to the dip by echelons." So he reasoned.... All the time he had been +beside the gun, he had heard the voices of the officers distinctly, +but as often happens had not understood a word of what they were +saying. Suddenly, however, he was struck by a voice coming from the +shed, and its tone was so sincere that he could not but listen. + "No, friend," said a pleasant and, as it seemed to Prince Andrew, +a familiar voice, "what I say is that if it were possible to know what +is beyond death, none of us would be afraid of it. That's so, friend." + Another, a younger voice, interrupted him: "Afraid or not, you can't +escape it anyhow." + "All the same, one is afraid! Oh, you clever people," said a third +manly voice interrupting them both. "Of course you artillery men are +very wise, because you can take everything along with you- vodka and +snacks." + And the owner of the manly voice, evidently an infantry officer, +laughed. + "Yes, one is afraid," continued the first speaker, he of the +familiar voice. "One is afraid of the unknown, that's what it is. +Whatever we may say about the soul going to the sky... we know there +is no sky but only an atmosphere." + The manly voice again interrupted the artillery officer. + "Well, stand us some of your herb vodka, Tushin," it said. + "Why," thought Prince Andrew, "that's the captain who stood up in +the sutler's hut without his boots." He recognized the agreeable, +philosophizing voice with pleasure. + "Some herb vodka? Certainly!" said Tushin. "But still, to conceive a +future life..." + He did not finish. Just then there was a whistle in the air; +nearer and nearer, faster and louder, louder and faster, a cannon +ball, as if it had not finished saying what was necessary, thudded +into the ground near the shed with super human force, throwing up a +mass of earth. The ground seemed to groan at the terrible impact. + And immediately Tushin, with a short pipe in the corner of his mouth +and his kind, intelligent face rather pale, rushed out of the shed +followed by the owner of the manly voice, a dashing infantry officer +who hurried off to his company, buttoning up his coat as he ran. +BK2|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Mounting his horse again Prince Andrew lingered with the battery, +looking at the puff from the gun that had sent the ball. His eyes +ran rapidly over the wide space, but he only saw that the hitherto +motionless masses of the French now swayed and that there really was a +battery to their left. The smoke above it had not yet dispersed. Two +mounted Frenchmen, probably adjutants, were galloping up the hill. A +small but distinctly visible enemy column was moving down the hill, +probably to strengthen the front line. The smoke of the first shot had +not yet dispersed before another puff appeared, followed by a +report. The battle had begun! Prince Andrew turned his horse and +galloped back to Grunth to find Prince Bagration. He heard the +cannonade behind him growing louder and more frequent. Evidently our +guns had begun to reply. From the bottom of the slope, where the +parleys had taken place, came the report of musketry. + Lemarrois had just arrived at a gallop with Bonaparte's stern +letter, and Murat, humiliated and anxious to expiate his fault, had at +once moved his forces to attack the center and outflank both the +Russian wings, hoping before evening and before the arrival of the +Emperor to crush the contemptible detachment that stood before him. + "It has begun. Here it is!" thought Prince Andrew, feeling the blood +rush to his heart. "But where and how will my Toulon present itself?" + Passing between the companies that had been eating porridge and +drinking vodka a quarter of an hour before, he saw everywhere the same +rapid movement of soldiers forming ranks and getting their muskets +ready, and on all their faces he recognized the same eagerness that +filled his heart. "It has begun! Here it is, dreadful but +enjoyable!" was what the face of each soldier and each officer +seemed to say. + Before he had reached the embankments that were being thrown up, +he saw, in the light of the dull autumn evening, mounted men coming +toward him. The foremost, wearing a Cossack cloak and lambskin cap and +riding a white horse, was Prince Bagration. Prince Andrew stopped, +waiting for him to come up; Prince Bagration reined in his horse and +recognizing Prince Andrew nodded to him. He still looked ahead while +Prince Andrew told him what he had seen. + The feeling, "It has begun! Here it is!" was seen even on Prince +Bagration's hard brown face with its half-closed, dull, sleepy eyes. +Prince Andrew gazed with anxious curiosity at that impassive face +and wished he could tell what, if anything, this man was thinking +and feeling at that moment. "Is there anything at all behind that +impassive face?" Prince Andrew asked himself as he looked. Prince +Bagration bent his head in sign of agreement with what Prince Andrew +told him, and said, "Very good!" in a tone that seemed to imply that +everything that took place and was reported to him was exactly what he +had foreseen. Prince Andrew, out of breath with his rapid ride, +spoke quickly. Prince Bagration, uttering his words with an Oriental +accent, spoke particularly slowly, as if to impress the fact that +there was no need to hurry. However, he put his horse to a trot in the +direction of Tushin's battery. Prince Andrew followed with the +suite. Behind Prince Bagration rode an officer of the suite, the +prince's personal adjutant, Zherkov, an orderly officer, the staff +officer on duty, riding a fine bobtailed horse, and a civilian- an +accountant who had asked permission to be present at the battle out of +curiosity. The accountant, a stout, full-faced man, looked around +him with a naive smile of satisfaction and presented a strange +appearance among the hussars, Cossacks, and adjutants, in his camlet +coat, as he jolted on his horse with a convoy officer's saddle. + "He wants to see a battle," said Zherkov to Bolkonski, pointing to +the accountant, "but he feels a pain in the pit of his stomach +already." + "Oh, leave off!" said the accountant with a beaming but rather +cunning smile, as if flattered at being made the subject of +Zherkov's joke, and purposely trying to appear stupider than he really +was. + "It is very strange, mon Monsieur Prince," said the staff officer. +(He remembered that in French there is some peculiar way of addressing +a prince, but could not get it quite right.) + By this time they were all approaching Tushin's battery, and a +ball struck the ground in front of them. + "What's that that has fallen?" asked the accountant with a naive +smile. + "A French pancake," answered Zherkov. + "So that's what they hit with?" asked the accountant. "How awful!" + He seemed to swell with satisfaction. He had hardly finished +speaking when they again heard an unexpectedly violent whistling which +suddenly ended with a thud into something soft... f-f-flop! and a +Cossack, riding a little to their right and behind the accountant, +crashed to earth with his horse. Zherkov and the staff officer bent +over their saddles and turned their horses away. The accountant +stopped, facing the Cossack, and examined him with attentive +curiosity. The Cossack was dead, but the horse still struggled. + Prince Bagration screwed up his eyes, looked round, and, seeing +the cause of the confusion, turned away with indifference, as if to +say, "Is it worth while noticing trifles?" He reined in his horse with +the case of a skillful rider and, slightly bending over, disengaged +his saber which had caught in his cloak. It was an old-fashioned saber +of a kind no longer in general use. Prince Andrew remembered the story +of Suvorov giving his saber to Bagration in Italy, and the +recollection was particularly pleasant at that moment. They had +reached the battery at which Prince Andrew had been when he examined +the battlefield. + "Whose company?" asked Prince Bagration of an artilleryman +standing by the ammunition wagon. + He asked, "Whose company?" but he really meant, "Are you +frightened here?" and the artilleryman understood him. + "Captain Tushin's, your excellency!" shouted the red-haired, +freckled gunner in a merry voice, standing to attention. + "Yes, yes," muttered Bagration as if considering something, and he +rode past the limbers to the farthest cannon. + As he approached, a ringing shot issued from it deafening him and +his suite, and in the smoke that suddenly surrounded the gun they +could see the gunners who had seized it straining to roll it quickly +back to its former position. A huge, broad-shouldered gunner, Number +One, holding a mop, his legs far apart, sprang to the wheel; while +Number Two with a trembling hand placed a charge in the cannon's +mouth. The short, round-shouldered Captain Tushin, stumbling over +the tail of the gun carriage, moved forward and, not noticing the +general, looked out shading his eyes with his small hand. + "Lift it two lines more and it will be just right," cried he in a +feeble voice to which he tried to impart a dashing note, ill suited to +his weak figure. "Number Two!" he squeaked. "Fire, Medvedev!" + Bagration called to him, and Tushin, raising three fingers to his +cap with a bashful and awkward gesture not at all like a military +salute but like a priest's benediction, approached the general. Though +Tushin's guns had been intended to cannonade the valley, he was firing +incendiary balls at the village of Schon Grabern visible just +opposite, in front of which large masses of French were advancing. + No one had given Tushin orders where and at what to fire, but +after consulting his sergeant major, Zakharchenko, for whom he had +great respect, he had decided that it would be a good thing to set +fire to the village. "Very good!" said Bagration in reply to the +officer's report, and began deliberately to examine the whole +battlefield extended before him. The French had advanced nearest on +our right. Below the height on which the Kiev regiment was +stationed, in the hollow where the rivulet flowed, the soul-stirring +rolling and crackling of musketry was heard, and much farther to the +right beyond the dragoons, the officer of the suite pointed out to +Bagration a French column that was outflanking us. To the left the +horizon bounded by the adjacent wood. Prince Bagration ordered two +battalions from the center to be sent to reinforce the right flank. +The officer of the suite ventured to remark to the prince that if +these battalions went away, the guns would remain without support. +Prince Bagration turned to the officer and with his dull eyes looked +at him in silence. It seemed to Prince Andrew that the officer's +remark was just and that really no answer could be made to it. But +at that moment an adjutant galloped up with a message from the +commander of the regiment in the hollow and news that immense masses +of the French were coming down upon them and that his regiment was +in disorder and was retreating upon the Kiev grenadiers. Prince +Bagration bowed his head in sign of assent and approval. He rode off +at a walk to the right and sent an adjutant to the dragoons with +orders to attack the French. But this adjutant returned half an hour +later with the news that the commander of the dragoons had already +retreated beyond the dip in the ground, as a heavy fire had been +opened on him and he was losing men uselessly, and so had hastened +to throw some sharpshooters into the wood. + "Very good!" said Bagration. + As he was leaving the battery, firing was heard on the left also, +and as it was too far to the left flank for him to have time to go +there himself, Prince Bagration sent Zherkov to tell the general in +command (the one who had paraded his regiment before Kutuzov at +Braunau) that he must retreat as quickly as possible behind the hollow +in the rear, as the right flank would probably not be able to +withstand the enemy's attack very long. About Tushin and the battalion +that had been in support of his battery all was forgotten. Prince +Andrew listened attentively to Bagration's colloquies with the +commanding officers and the orders he gave them and, to his +surprise, found that no orders were really given, but that Prince +Bagration tried to make it appear that everything done by necessity, +by accident, or by the will of subordinate commanders was done, if not +by his direct command, at least in accord with his intentions. +Prince Andrew noticed, however, that though what happened was due to +chance and was independent of the commander's will, owing to the +tact Bagration showed, his presence was very valuable. Officers who +approached him with disturbed countenances became calm; soldiers and +officers greeted him gaily, grew more cheerful in his presence, and +were evidently anxious to display their courage before him. +BK2|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Prince Bagration, having reached the highest point of our right +flank, began riding downhill to where the roll of musketry was heard +but where on account of the smoke nothing could be seen. The nearer +they got to the hollow the less they could see but the more they +felt the nearness of the actual battlefield. They began to meet +wounded men. One with a bleeding head and no cap was being dragged +along by two soldiers who supported him under the arms. There was a +gurgle in his throat and he was spitting blood. A bullet had evidently +hit him in the throat or mouth. Another was walking sturdily by +himself but without his musket, groaning aloud and swinging his arm +which had just been hurt, while blood from it was streaming over his +greatcoat as from a bottle. He had that moment been wounded and his +face showed fear rather than suffering. Crossing a road they descended +a steep incline and saw several men lying on the ground; they also met +a crowd of soldiers some of whom were unwounded. The soldiers were +ascending the hill breathing heavily, and despite the general's +presence were talking loudly and gesticulating. In front of them +rows of gray cloaks were already visible through the smoke, and an +officer catching sight of Bagration rushed shouting after the crowd of +retreating soldiers, ordering them back. Bagration rode up to the +ranks along which shots crackled now here and now there, drowning +the sound of voices and the shouts of command. The whole air reeked +with smoke. The excited faces of the soldiers were blackened with +it. Some were using their ramrods, others putting powder on the +touchpans or taking charges from their pouches, while others were +firing, though who they were firing at could not be seen for the smoke +which there was no wind to carry away. A pleasant humming and +whistling of bullets were often heard. "What is this?" thought +Prince Andrew approaching the crowd of soldiers. "It can't be an +attack, for they are not moving; it can't be a square- for they are +not drawn up for that." + The commander of the regiment, a thin, feeble-looking old man with a +pleasant smile- his eyelids drooping more than half over his old eyes, +giving him a mild expression, rode up to Bagration and welcomed him as +a host welcomes an honored guest. He reported that his regiment had +been attacked by French cavalry and that, though the attack had been +repulsed, he had lost more than half his men. He said the attack had +been repulsed, employing this military term to describe what had +occurred to his regiment, but in reality he did not himself know +what had happened during that half-hour to the troops entrusted to +him, and could not say with certainty whether the attack had been +repulsed or his regiment had been broken up. All he knew was that at +the commencement of the action balls and shells began flying all +over his regiment and hitting men and that afterwards someone had +shouted "Cavalry!" and our men had begun firing. They were still +firing, not at the cavalry which had disappeared, but at French +infantry who had come into the hollow and were firing at our men. +Prince Bagration bowed his head as a sign that this was exactly what +he had desired and expected. Turning to his adjutant he ordered him to +bring down the two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs whom they had +just passed. Prince Andrew was struck by the changed expression on +Prince Bagration's face at this moment. It expressed the +concentrated and happy resolution you see on the face of a man who +on a hot day takes a final run before plunging into the water. The +dull, sleepy expression was no longer there, nor the affectation of +profound thought. The round, steady, hawk's eyes looked before him +eagerly and rather disdainfully, not resting on anything although +his movements were still slow and measured. + The commander of the regiment turned to Prince Bagration, entreating +him to go back as it was too dangerous to remain where they were. +"Please, your excellency, for God's sake!" he kept saying, glancing +for support at an officer of the suite who turned away from him. +"There, you see!" and he drew attention to the bullets whistling, +singing, and hissing continually around them. He spoke in the tone +of entreaty and reproach that a carpenter uses to a gentleman who +has picked up an ax: "We are used to it, but you, sir, will blister +your hands." He spoke as if those bullets could not kill him, and +his half-closed eyes gave still more persuasiveness to his words. +The staff officer joined in the colonel's appeals, but Bagration did +not reply; he only gave an order to cease firing and re-form, so as to +give room for the two approaching battalions. While he was speaking, +the curtain of smoke that had concealed the hollow, driven by a rising +wind, began to move from right to left as if drawn by an invisible +hand, and the hill opposite, with the French moving about on it, +opened out before them. All eyes fastened involuntarily on this French +column advancing against them and winding down over the uneven ground. +One could already see the soldiers' shaggy caps, distinguish the +officers from the men, and see the standard flapping against its +staff. + "They march splendidly," remarked someone in Bagration's suite. + The head of the column had already descended into the hollow. The +clash would take place on this side of it... + The remains of our regiment which had been in action rapidly +formed up and moved to the right; from behind it, dispersing the +laggards, came two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs in fine order. +Before they had reached Bagration, the weighty tread of the mass of +men marching in step could be heard. On their left flank, nearest to +Bagration, marched a company commander, a fine round-faced man, with a +stupid and happy expression- the same man who had rushed out of the +wattle shed. At that moment he was clearly thinking of nothing but how +dashing a fellow he would appear as he passed the commander. + With the self-satisfaction of a man on parade, he stepped lightly +with his muscular legs as if sailing along, stretching himself to +his full height without the smallest effort, his ease contrasting with +the heavy tread of the soldiers who were keeping step with him. He +carried close to his leg a narrow unsheathed sword (small, curved, and +not like a real weapon) and looked now at the superior officers and +now back at the men without losing step, his whole powerful body +turning flexibly. It was as if all the powers of his soul were +concentrated on passing the commander in the best possible manner, and +feeling that he was doing it well he was happy. "Left... left... +left..." he seemed to repeat to himself at each alternate step; and in +time to this, with stern but varied faces, the wall of soldiers +burdened with knapsacks and muskets marched in step, and each one of +these hundreds of soldiers seemed to be repeating to himself at each +alternate step, "Left... left... left..." A fat major skirted a +bush, puffing and falling out of step; a soldier who had fallen +behind, his face showing alarm at his defection, ran at a trot, +panting to catch up with his company. A cannon ball, cleaving the air, +flew over the heads of Bagration and his suite, and fell into the +column to the measure of "Left... left!" "Close up!" came the +company commander's voice in jaunty tones. The soldiers passed in a +semicircle round something where the ball had fallen, and an old +trooper on the flank, a noncommissioned officer who had stopped beside +the dead men, ran to catch up his line and, falling into step with a +hop, looked back angrily, and through the ominous silence and the +regular tramp of feet beating the ground in unison, one seemed to hear +left... left... left. + "Well done, lads!" said Prince Bagration. + "Glad to do our best, your ex'len-lency!" came a confused shout from +the ranks. A morose soldier marching on the left turned his eyes on +Bagration as he shouted, with an expression that seemed to say: "We +know that ourselves!" Another, without looking round, as though +fearing to relax, shouted with his mouth wide open and passed on. + The order was given to halt and down knapsacks. + Bagration rode round the ranks that had marched past him and +dismounted. He gave the reins to a Cossack, took off and handed over +his felt coat, stretched his legs, and set his cap straight. The +head of the French column, with its officers leading, appeared from +below the hill. + "Forward, with God!" said Bagration, in a resolute, sonorous +voice, turning for a moment to the front line, and slightly swinging +his arms, he went forward uneasily over the rough field with the +awkward gait of a cavalryman. Prince Andrew felt that an invisible +power was leading him forward, and experienced great happiness. + The French were already near. Prince Andrew, walking beside +Bagration, could clearly distinguish their bandoliers, red epaulets, +and even their faces. (He distinctly saw an old French officer who, +with gaitered legs and turned-out toes, climbed the hill with +difficulty.) Prince Bagration gave no further orders and silently +continued to walk on in front of the ranks. Suddenly one shot after +another rang out from the French, smoke appeared all along their +uneven ranks, and musket shots sounded. Several of our men fell, among +them the round-faced officer who had marched so gaily and +complacently. But at the moment the first report was heard, +Bagration looked round and shouted, "Hurrah!" + "Hurrah- ah!- ah!" rang a long-drawn shout from our ranks, and +passing Bagration and racing one another they rushed in an irregular +but joyous and eager crowd down the hill at their disordered foe. +BK2|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + The attack of the Sixth Chasseurs secured the retreat of our right +flank. In the center Tushin's forgotten battery, which had managed +to set fire to the Schon Grabern village, delayed the French +advance. The French were putting out the fire which the wind was +spreading, and thus gave us time to retreat. The retirement of the +center to the other side of the dip in the ground at the rear was +hurried and noisy, but the different companies did not get mixed. +But our left- which consisted of the Azov and Podolsk infantry and the +Pavlograd hussars- was simultaneously attacked and outflanked by +superior French forces under Lannes and was thrown into confusion. +Bagration had sent Zherkov to the general commanding that left flank +with orders to retreat immediately. + Zherkov, not removing his hand from his cap, turned his horse +about and galloped off. But no sooner had he left Bagration than his +courage failed him. He was seized by panic and could not go where it +was dangerous. + Having reached the left flank, instead of going to the front where +the firing was, he began to look for the general and his staff where +they could not possibly be, and so did not deliver the order. + The command of the left flank belonged by seniority to the commander +of the regiment Kutuzov had reviewed at Braunau and in which +Dolokhov was serving as a private. But the command of the extreme left +flank had been assigned to the commander of the Pavlograd regiment +in which Rostov was serving, and a misunderstanding arose. The two +commanders were much exasperated with one another and, long after +the action had begun on the right flank and the French were already +advancing, were engaged in discussion with the sole object of +offending one another. But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, +were by no means ready for the impending action. From privates to +general they were not expecting a battle and were engaged in +peaceful occupations, the cavalry feeding the horses and the +infantry collecting wood. + "He higher iss dan I in rank," said the German colonel of the +hussars, flushing and addressing an adjutant who had ridden up, "so +let him do what he vill, but I cannot sacrifice my hussars... +Bugler, sount ze retreat!" + But haste was becoming imperative. Cannon and musketry, mingling +together, thundered on the right and in the center, while the +capotes of Lannes' sharpshooters were already seen crossing the +milldam and forming up within twice the range of a musket shot. The +general in command of the infantry went toward his horse with jerky +steps, and having mounted drew himself up very straight and tall and +rode to the Pavlograd commander. The commanders met with polite bows +but with secret malevolence in their hearts. + "Once again, Colonel," said the general, "I can't leave half my +men in the wood. I beg of you, I beg of you," he repeated, "to +occupy the position and prepare for an attack." + "I peg of you yourself not to mix in vot is not your business!" +suddenly replied the irate colonel. "If you vere in the cavalry..." + "I am not in the cavalry, Colonel, but I am a Russian general and if +you are not aware of the fact..." + "Quite avare, your excellency," suddenly shouted the colonel, +touching his horse and turning purple in the face. "Vill you be so +goot to come to ze front and see dat zis position iss no goot? I don't +vish to destroy my men for your pleasure!" + "You forget yourself, Colonel. I am not considering my own +pleasure and I won't allow it to be said!" + Taking the colonel's outburst as a challenge to his courage, the +general expanded his chest and rode, frowning, beside him to the front +line, as if their differences would be settled there amongst the +bullets. They reached the front, several bullets sped over them, and +they halted in silence. There was nothing fresh to be seen from the +line, for from where they had been before it had been evident that +it was impossible for cavalry to act among the bushes and broken +ground, as well as that the French were outflanking our left. The +general and colonel looked sternly and significantly at one another +like two fighting cocks preparing for battle, each vainly trying to +detect signs of cowardice in the other. Both passed the examination +successfully. As there was nothing to said, and neither wished to give +occasion for it to be alleged that he had been the first to leave +the range of fire, they would have remained there for a long time +testing each other's courage had it not been that just then they heard +the rattle of musketry and a muffled shout almost behind them in the +wood. The French had attacked the men collecting wood in the copse. It +was no longer possible for the hussars to retreat with the infantry. +They were cut off from the line of retreat on the left by the +French. However inconvenient the position, it was now necessary to +attack in order to cut away through for themselves. + The squadron in which Rostov was serving had scarcely time to +mount before it was halted facing the enemy. Again, as at the Enns +bridge, there was nothing between the squadron and the enemy, and +again that terrible dividing line of uncertainty and fear- +resembling the line separating the living from the dead- lay between +them. All were conscious of this unseen line, and the question whether +they would they would cross it or not, and how they would cross it, +agitated them all. + The colonel rode to the front, angrily gave some reply to +questions put to him by the officers, and, like a man desperately +insisting on having his own way, gave an order. No one said anything +definite, but the rumor of an attack spread through the squadron. +The command to form up rang out and the sabers whizzed as they were +drawn from their scabbards. Still no one moved. The troops of the left +flank, infantry and hussars alike, felt that the commander did not +himself know what to do, and this irresolution communicated itself +to the men. + "If only they would be quick!" thought Rostov, feeling that at +last the time had come to experience the joy of an attack of which +he had so often heard from his fellow hussars. + "Fo'ward, with God, lads!" rang out Denisov's voice. "At a twot +fo'ward!" + The horses' croups began to sway in the front line. Rook pulled at +the reins and started of his own accord. + Before him, on the right, Rostov saw the front lines of his +hussars and still farther ahead a dark line which he could not see +distinctly but took to be the enemy. Shots could be heard, but some +way off. + "Faster!" came the word of command, and Rostov felt Rook's flanks +drooping as he broke into a gallop. + Rostov anticipated his horse's movements and became more and more +elated. He had noticed a solitary tree ahead of him. This tree had +been in the middle of the line that had seemed so terrible- and now he +had crossed that line and not only was there nothing terrible, but +everything was becoming more and more happy and animated. "Oh, how I +will slash at him!" thought Rostov, gripping the hilt of his saber. + "Hur-a-a-a-ah!" came a roar of voices. "Let anyone come my way now," +thought Rostov driving his spurs into Rook and letting him go at a +full gallop so that he outstripped the others. Ahead, the enemy was +already visible. Suddenly something like a birch broom seemed to sweep +over the squadron. Rostov raised his saber, ready to strike, but at +that instant the trooper Nikitenko, who was galloping ahead, shot away +from him, and Rostov felt as in a dream that he continued to be +carried forward with unnatural speed but yet stayed on the same +spot. From behind him Bondarchuk, an hussar he knew, jolted against +him and looked angrily at him. Bondarchuk's horse swerved and galloped +past. + "How is it I am not moving? I have fallen, I am killed!" Rostov +asked and answered at the same instant. He was alone in the middle +of a field. Instead of the moving horses and hussars' backs, he saw +nothing before him but the motionless earth and the stubble around +him. There was warm blood under his arm. "No, I am wounded and the +horse is killed." Rook tried to rise on his forelegs but fell back, +pinning his rider's leg. Blood was flowing from his head; he struggled +but could not rise. Rostov also tried to rise but fell back, his +sabretache having become entangled in the saddle. Where our men +were, and where the French, he did not know. There was no one near. + Having disentangled his leg, he rose. "Where, on which side, was now +the line that had so sharply divided the two armies?" he asked himself +and could not answer. "Can something bad have happened to me?" he +wondered as he got up: and at that moment he felt that something +superfluous was hanging on his benumbed left arm. The wrist felt as if +it were not his. He examined his hand carefully, vainly trying to find +blood on it. "Ah, here are people coming," he thought joyfully, seeing +some men running toward him. "They will help me!" In front came a +man wearing a strange shako and a blue cloak, swarthy, sunburned, +and with a hooked nose. Then came two more, and many more running +behind. One of them said something strange, not in Russian. In among +the hindmost of these men wearing similar shakos was a Russian hussar. +He was being held by the arms and his horse was being led behind him. + "It must be one of ours, a prisoner. Yes. Can it be that they will +take me too? Who are these men?" thought Rostov, scarcely believing +his eyes. "Can they be French?" He looked at the approaching +Frenchmen, and though but a moment before he had been galloping to get +at them and hack them to pieces, their proximity now seemed so awful +that he could not believe his eyes. "Who are they? Why are they +running? Can they be coming at me? And why? To kill me? Me whom +everyone is so fond of?" He remembered his mother's love for him, +and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to +kill him seemed impossible. "But perhaps they may do it!" For more +than ten seconds he stood not moving from the spot or realizing the +situation. The foremost Frenchman, the one with the hooked nose, was +already so close that the expression of his face could be seen. And +the excited, alien face of that man, his bayonet hanging down, holding +his breath, and running so lightly, frightened Rostov. He seized his +pistol and, instead of firing it, flung it at the Frenchman and ran +with all his might toward the bushes. He did not now run with the +feeling of doubt and conflict with which he had trodden the Enns +bridge, but with the feeling of a hare fleeing from the hounds. One +single sentiment, that of fear for his young and happy life, possessed +his whole being. Rapidly leaping the furrows, he fled across the field +with the impetuosity he used to show at catchplay, now and then +turning his good-natured, pale, young face to look back. A shudder +of terror went through him: "No, better not look," he thought, but +having reached the bushes he glanced round once more. The French had +fallen behind, and just as he looked round the first man changed his +run to a walk and, turning, shouted something loudly to a comrade +farther back. Rostov paused. "No, there's some mistake," thought he. +"They can't have wanted to kill me." But at the same time, his left +arm felt as heavy as if a seventy-pound weight were tied to it. He +could run no more. The Frenchman also stopped and took aim. Rostov +closed his eyes and stooped down. One bullet and then another whistled +past him. He mustered his last remaining strength, took hold of his +left hand with his right, and reached the bushes. Behind these were +some Russian sharpshooters. +BK2|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + The infantry regiments that had been caught unawares in the +outskirts of the wood ran out of it, the different companies getting +mixed, and retreated as a disorderly crowd. One soldier, in his +fear, uttered the senseless cry, "Cut off!" that is so terrible in +battle, and that word infected the whole crowd with a feeling of +panic. + "Surrounded! Cut off? We're lost!" shouted the fugitives. + The moment he heard the firing and the cry from behind, the +general realized that something dreadful had happened to his regiment, +and the thought that he, an exemplary officer of many years' service +who had never been to blame, might be held responsible at headquarters +for negligence or inefficiency so staggered him that, forgetting the +recalcitrant cavalry colonel, his own dignity as a general, and +above all quite forgetting the danger and all regard for +self-preservation, he clutched the crupper of his saddle and, spurring +his horse, galloped to the regiment under a hail of bullets which fell +around, but fortunately missed him. His one desire was to know what +was happening and at any cost correct, or remedy, the mistake if he +had made one, so that he, an exemplary officer of twenty-two years' +service, who had never been censured, should not be held to blame. + Having galloped safely through the French, he reached a field behind +the copse across which our men, regardless of orders, were running and +descending the valley. That moment of moral hesitation which decides +the fate of battles had arrived. Would this disorderly crowd of +soldiers attend to the voice of their commander, or would they, +disregarding him, continue their flight? Despite his desperate +shouts that used to seem so terrible to the soldiers, despite his +furious purple countenance distorted out of all likeness to his former +self, and the flourishing of his saber, the soldiers all continued +to run, talking, firing into the air, and disobeying orders. The moral +hesitation which decided the fate of battles was evidently culminating +in a panic. + The general had a fit of coughing as a result of shouting and of the +powder smoke and stopped in despair. Everything seemed lost. But at +that moment the French who were attacking, suddenly and without any +apparent reason, ran back and disappeared from the outskirts, and +Russian sharpshooters showed themselves in the copse. It was +Timokhin's company, which alone had maintained its order in the wood +and, having lain in ambush in a ditch, now attacked the French +unexpectedly. Timokhin, armed only with a sword, had rushed at the +enemy with such a desperate cry and such mad, drunken determination +that, taken by surprise, the French had thrown down their muskets +and run. Dolokhov, running beside Timokhin, killed a Frenchman at +close quarters and was the first to seize the surrendering French +officer by his collar. Our fugitives returned, the battalions +re-formed, and the French who had nearly cut our left flank in half +were for the moment repulsed. Our reserve units were able to join +up, and the fight was at an end. The regimental commander and Major +Ekonomov had stopped beside a bridge, letting the retreating companies +pass by them, when a soldier came up and took hold of the +commander's stirrup, almost leaning against him. The man was wearing a +bluish coat of broadcloth, he had no knapsack or cap, his head was +bandaged, and over his shoulder a French munition pouch was slung. +He had an officer's sword in his hand. The soldier was pale, his +blue eyes looked impudently into the commander's face, and his lips +were smiling. Though the commander was occupied in giving instructions +to Major Ekonomov, he could not help taking notice of the soldier. + "Your excellency, here are two trophies," said Dolokhov, pointing to +the French sword and pouch. "I have taken an officer prisoner. I +stopped the company." Dolokhov breathed heavily from weariness and +spoke in abrupt sentences. "The whole company can bear witness. I +beg you will remember this, your excellency!" + "All right, all right," replied the commander, and turned to Major +Ekonomov. + But Dolokhov did not go away; he untied the handkerchief around +his head, pulled it off, and showed the blood congealed on his hair. + "A bayonet wound. I remained at the front. Remember, your +excellency!" + + Tushin's battery had been forgotten and only at the very end of +the action did Prince Bagration, still hearing the cannonade in the +center, send his orderly staff officer, and later Prince Andrew +also, to order the battery to retire as quickly as possible. When +the supports attached to Tushin's battery had been moved away in the +middle of the action by someone's order, the battery had continued +firing and was only not captured by the French because the enemy could +not surmise that anyone could have the effrontery to continue firing +from four quite undefended guns. On the contrary, the energetic action +of that battery led the French to suppose that here- in the center- +the main Russian forces were concentrated. Twice they had attempted to +attack this point, but on each occasion had been driven back by +grapeshot from the four isolated guns on the hillock. + Soon after Prince Bagration had left him, Tushin had succeeded in +setting fire to Schon Grabern. + "Look at them scurrying! It's burning! Just see the smoke! Fine! +Grand! Look at the smoke, the smoke!" exclaimed the artillerymen, +brightening up. + All the guns, without waiting for orders, were being fired in the +direction of the conflagration. As if urging each other on, the +soldiers cried at each shot: "Fine! That's good! Look at it... Grand!" +The fire, fanned by the breeze, was rapidly spreading. The French +columns that had advanced beyond the village went back; but as +though in revenge for this failure, the enemy placed ten guns to the +right of the village and began firing them at Tushin's battery. + In their childlike glee, aroused by the fire and their luck in +successfully cannonading the French, our artillerymen only noticed +this battery when two balls, and then four more, fell among our +guns, one knocking over two horses and another tearing off a +munition-wagon driver's leg. Their spirits once roused were, +however, not diminished, but only changed character. The horses were +replaced by others from a reserve gun carriage, the wounded were +carried away, and the four guns were turned against the ten-gun +battery. Tushin's companion officer had been killed at the beginning +of the engagement and within an hour seventeen of the forty men of the +guns' crews had been disabled, but the artillerymen were still as +merry and lively as ever. Twice they noticed the French appearing +below them, and then they fired grapeshot at them. + Little Tushin, moving feebly and awkwardly, kept telling his orderly +to "refill my pipe for that one!" and then, scattering sparks from it, +ran forward shading his eyes with his small hand to look at the +French. + "Smack at 'em, lads!" he kept saying, seizing the guns by the wheels +and working the screws himself. + Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always +made him jump, Tushin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from +gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders +about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, +and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute. +His face grew more and more animated. Only when a man was killed or +wounded did he frown and turn away from the sight, shouting angrily at +the men who, as is always the case, hesitated about lifting the +injured or dead. The soldiers, for the most part handsome fellows and, +as is always the case in an artillery company, a head and shoulders +taller and twice as broad as their officer- all looked at their +commander like children in an embarrassing situation, and the +expression on his face was invariably reflected on theirs. + Owing to the terrible uproar and the necessity for concentration and +activity, Tushin did not experience the slightest unpleasant sense +of fear, and the thought that he might be killed or badly wounded +never occurred to him. On the contrary, he became more and more +elated. It seemed to him that it was a very long time ago, almost a +day, since he had first seen the enemy and fired the first shot, and +that the corner of the field he stood on was well-known and familiar +ground. Though he thought of everything, considered everything, and +did everything the best of officers could do in his position, he was +in a state akin to feverish delirium or drunkenness. + From the deafening sounds of his own guns around him, the whistle +and thud of the enemy's cannon balls, from the flushed and +perspiring faces of the crew bustling round the guns, from the sight +of the blood of men and horses, from the little puffs of smoke on +the enemy's side (always followed by a ball flying past and striking +the earth, a man, a gun, a horse), from the sight of all these +things a fantastic world of his own had taken possession of his +brain and at that moment afforded him pleasure. The enemy's guns +were in his fancy not guns but pipes from which occasional puffs +were blown by an invisible smoker. + "There... he's puffing again," muttered Tushin to himself, as a +small cloud rose from the hill and was borne in a streak to the left +by the wind. + "Now look out for the ball... we'll throw it back." + "What do you want, your honor?" asked an artilleryman, standing +close by, who heard him muttering. + "Nothing... only a shell..." he answered. + "Come along, our Matvevna!" he said to himself. "Matvevna"* was +the name his fancy gave to the farthest gun of the battery, which +was large and of an old pattern. The French swarming round their +guns seemed to him like ants. In that world, the handsome drunkard +Number One of the second gun's crew was "uncle"; Tushin looked at +him more often than at anyone else and took delight in his every +movement. The sound of musketry at the foot of the hill, now +diminishing, now increasing, seemed like someone's breathing. He +listened intently to the ebb and flow of these sounds. + + *Daughter of Matthew. + + "Ah! Breathing again, breathing!" he muttered to himself. + He imagined himself as an enormously tall, powerful man who was +throwing cannon balls at the French with both hands. + "Now then, Matvevna, dear old lady, don't let me down!" he was +saying as he moved from the gun, when a strange, unfamiliar voice +called above his head: "Captain Tushin! Captain!" + Tushin turned round in dismay. It was the staff officer who had +turned him out of the booth at Grunth. He was shouting in a gasping +voice: + "Are you mad? You have twice been ordered to retreat, and you..." + "Why are they down on me?" thought Tushin, looking in alarm at his +superior. + "I... don't..." he muttered, holding up two fingers to his cap. +"I..." + But the staff officer did not finish what he wanted to say. A cannon +ball, flying close to him, caused him to duck and bend over his horse. +He paused, and just as he was about to say something more, another +ball stopped him. He turned his horse and galloped off. + "Retire! All to retire!" he shouted from a distance. + The soldiers laughed. A moment later, an adjutant arrived with the +same order. + It was Prince Andrew. The first thing he saw on riding up to the +space where Tushin's guns were stationed was an unharnessed horse with +a broken leg, that lay screaming piteously beside the harnessed +horses. Blood was gushing from its leg as from a spring. Among the +limbers lay several dead men. One ball after another passed over as he +approached and he felt a nervous shudder run down his spine. But the +mere thought of being afraid roused him again. "I cannot be afraid," +thought he, and dismounted slowly among the guns. He delivered the +order and did not leave the battery. He decided to have the guns +removed from their positions and withdrawn in his presence. Together +with Tushin, stepping across the bodies and under a terrible fire from +the French, he attended to the removal of the guns. + "A staff officer was here a minute ago, but skipped off," said an +artilleryman to Prince Andrew. "Not like your honor!" + Prince Andrew said nothing to Tushin. They were both so busy as to +seem not to notice one another. When having limbered up the only two +cannon that remained uninjured out of the four, they began moving down +the hill (one shattered gun and one unicorn were left behind), +Prince Andrew rode up to Tushin. + "Well, till we meet again..." he said, holding out his hand to +Tushin. + "Good-by, my dear fellow," said Tushin. "Dear soul! Good-by, my dear +fellow!" and for some unknown reason tears suddenly filled his eyes. +BK2|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + The wind had fallen and black clouds, merging with the powder smoke, +hung low over the field of battle on the horizon. It was growing +dark and the glow of two conflagrations was the more conspicuous. +The cannonade was dying down, but the rattle of musketry behind and on +the right sounded oftener and nearer. As soon as Tushin with his guns, +continually driving round or coming upon wounded men, was out of range +of fire and had descended into the dip, he was met by some of the +staff, among them the staff officer and Zherkov, who had been twice +sent to Tushin's battery but had never reached it. Interrupting one +another, they all gave, and transmitted, orders as to how to +proceed, reprimanding and reproaching him. Tushin gave no orders, and, +silently- fearing to speak because at every word he felt ready to weep +without knowing why- rode behind on his artillery nag. Though the +orders were to abandon the wounded, many of them dragged themselves +after troops and begged for seats on the gun carriages. The jaunty +infantry officer who just before the battle had rushed out of Tushin's +wattle shed was laid, with a bullet in his stomach, on "Matvevna's" +carriage. At the foot of the hill, a pale hussar cadet, supporting one +hand with the other, came up to Tushin and asked for a seat. + "Captain, for God's sake! I've hurt my arm," he said timidly. "For +God's sake... I can't walk. For God's sake!" + It was plain that this cadet had already repeatedly asked for a lift +and been refused. He asked in a hesitating, piteous voice. + "Tell them to give me a seat, for God's sake!" + "Give him a seat," said Tushin. "Lay a cloak for him to sit on, +lad," he said, addressing his favorite soldier. "And where is the +wounded officer?" + "He has been set down. He died," replied someone. + "Help him up. Sit down, dear fellow, sit down! Spread out the cloak, +Antonov." + The cadet was Rostov. With one hand he supported the other; he was +pale and his jaw trembled, shivering feverishly. He was placed on +"Matvevna," the gun from which they had removed the dead officer. +The cloak they spread under him was wet with blood which stained his +breeches and arm. + "What, are you wounded, my lad?" said Tushin, approaching the gun on +which Rostov sat. + "No, it's a sprain." + "Then what is this blood on the gun carriage?" inquired Tushin. + "It was the officer, your honor, stained it," answered the +artilleryman, wiping away the blood with his coat sleeve, as if +apologizing for the state of his gun. + It was all that they could do to get the guns up the rise aided by +the infantry, and having reached the village of Gruntersdorf they +halted. It had grown so dark that one could not distinguish the +uniforms ten paces off, and the firing had begun to subside. Suddenly, +near by on the right, shouting and firing were again heard. Flashes of +shot gleamed in the darkness. This was the last French attack and +was met by soldiers who had sheltered in the village houses. They +all rushed out of the village again, but Tushin's guns could not move, +and the artillerymen, Tushin, and the cadet exchanged silent glances +as they awaited their fate. The firing died down and soldiers, talking +eagerly, streamed out of a side street. + "Not hurt, Petrov?" asked one. + "We've given it 'em hot, mate! They won't make another push now," +said another. + "You couldn't see a thing. How they shot at their own fellows! +Nothing could be seen. Pitch-dark, brother! Isn't there something to +drink?" + The French had been repulsed for the last time. And again and +again in the complete darkness Tushin's guns moved forward, surrounded +by the humming infantry as by a frame. + In the darkness, it seemed as though a gloomy unseen river was +flowing always in one direction, humming with whispers and talk and +the sound of hoofs and wheels. Amid the general rumble, the groans and +voices of the wounded were more distinctly heard than any other +sound in the darkness of the night. The gloom that enveloped the +army was filled with their groans, which seemed to melt into one +with the darkness of the night. After a while the moving mass became +agitated, someone rode past on a white horse followed by his suite, +and said something in passing: "What did he say? Where to, now? +Halt, is it? Did he thank us?" came eager questions from all sides. +The whole moving mass began pressing closer together and a report +spread that they were ordered to halt: evidently those in front had +halted. All remained where they were in the middle of the muddy road. + Fires were lighted and the talk became more audible. Captain Tushin, +having given orders to his company, sent a soldier to find a +dressing station or a doctor for the cadet, and sat down by a +bonfire the soldiers had kindled on the road. Rostov, too, dragged +himself to the fire. From pain, cold, and damp, a feverish shivering +shook his whole body. Drowsiness was irresistibly mastering him, but +he kept awake kept awake by an excruciating pain in his arm, for which +he could find no satisfactory position. He kept closing his eyes and +then again looking at the fire, which seemed to him dazzlingly red, +and at the feeble, round-shouldered figure of Tushin who was sitting +cross-legged like a Turk beside him. Tushin's large, kind, intelligent +eyes were fixed with sympathy and commiseration on Rostov, who saw +that Tushin with his whole heart wished to help him but could not. + From all sides were heard the footsteps and talk of the infantry, +who were walking, driving past, and settling down all around. The +sound of voices, the tramping feet, the horses' hoofs moving in mud, +the crackling of wood fires near and afar, merged into one tremulous +rumble. + It was no longer, as before, a dark, unseen river flowing through +the gloom, but a dark sea swelling and gradually subsiding after a +storm. Rostov looked at and listened listlessly to what passed +before and around him. An infantryman came to the fire, squatted on +his heels, held his hands to the blaze, and turned away his face. + "You don't mind your honor?" he asked Tushin. "I've lost my company, +your honor. I don't know where... such bad luck!" + With the soldier, an infantry officer with a bandaged cheek came +up to the bonfire, and addressing Tushin asked him to have the guns +moved a trifle to let a wagon go past. After he had gone, two soldiers +rushed to the campfire. They were quarreling and fighting desperately, +each trying to snatch from the other a boot they were both holding +on to. + "You picked it up?... I dare say! You're very smart!" one of them +shouted hoarsely. + Then a thin, pale soldier, his neck bandaged with a bloodstained leg +band, came up and in angry tones asked the artillerymen for water. + "Must one die like a dog?" said he. + Tushin told them to give the man some water. Then a cheerful soldier +ran up, begging a little fire for the infantry. + "A nice little hot torch for the infantry! Good luck to you, +fellow countrymen. Thanks for the fire- we'll return it with +interest," said he, carrying away into the darkness a glowing stick. + Next came four soldiers, carrying something heavy on a cloak, and +passed by the fire. One of them stumbled. + "Who the devil has put the logs on the road?" snarled he. + "He's dead- why carry him?" said another. + "Shut up!" + And they disappeared into the darkness with with their load. + "Still aching?" Tushin asked Rostov in a whisper. + "Yes." + "Your honor, you're wanted by the general. He is in the hut here," +said a gunner, coming up to Tushin. + "Coming, friend." + Tushin rose and, buttoning his greatcoat and pulling it straight, +walked away from the fire. + Not far from the artillery campfire, in a hut that had been prepared +for him, Prince Bagration sat at dinner, talking with some +commanding officers who had gathered at his quarters. The little old +man with the half-closed eyes was there greedily gnawing a mutton +bone, and the general who had served blamelessly for twenty-two years, +flushed by a glass of vodka and the dinner; and the staff officer with +the signet ring, and Zherkov, uneasily glancing at them all, and +Prince Andrew, pale, with compressed lips and feverishly glittering +eyes. + In a corner of the hut stood a standard captured from the French, +and the accountant with the naive face was feeling its texture, +shaking his head in perplexity- perhaps because the banner really +interested him, perhaps because it was hard for him, hungry as he was, +to look on at a dinner where there was no place for him. In the next +hut there was a French colonel who had been taken prisoner by our +dragoons. Our officers were flocking in to look at him. Prince +Bagration was thanking the individual commanders and inquiring into +details of the action and our losses. The general whose regiment had +been inspected at Braunau was informing the prince that as soon as the +action began he had withdrawn from the wood, mustered the men who were +woodcutting, and, allowing the French to pass him, had made a +bayonet charge with two battalions and had broken up the French +troops. + "When I saw, your excellency, that their first battalion was +disorganized, I stopped in the road and thought: 'I'll let them come +on and will meet them with the fire of the whole battalion'- and +that's what I did." + The general had so wished to do this and was so sorry he had not +managed to do it that it seemed to him as if it had really happened. +Perhaps it might really have been so? Could one possibly make out amid +all that confusion what did or did not happen? + "By the way, your excellency, I should inform you," he continued- +remembering Dolokhov's conversation with Kutuzov and his last +interview with the gentleman-ranker- "that Private Dolokhov, who was +reduced to the ranks, took a French officer prisoner in my presence +and particularly distinguished himself." + "I saw the Pavlograd hussars attack there, your excellency," +chimed in Zherkov, looking uneasily around. He had not seen the +hussars all that day, but had heard about them from an infantry +officer. "They broke up two squares, your excellency." + Several of those present smiled at Zherkov's words, expecting one of +his usual jokes, but noticing that what he was saying redounded to the +glory of our arms and of the day's work, they assumed a serious +expression, though many of them knew that what he was saying was a lie +devoid of any foundation. Prince Bagration turned to the old colonel: + "Gentlemen, I thank you all; all arms have behaved heroically: +infantry, cavalry, and artillery. How was it that two guns were +abandoned in the center?" he inquired, searching with his eyes for +someone. (Prince Bagration did not ask about the guns on the left +flank; he knew that all the guns there had been abandoned at the +very beginning of the action.) "I think I sent you?" he added, turning +to the staff officer on duty. + "One was damaged," answered the staff officer, "and the other I +can't understand. I was there all the time giving orders and had +only just left.... It is true that it was hot there," he added, +modestly. + Someone mentioned that Captain Tushin was bivouacking close to the +village and had already been sent for. + "Oh, but you were there?" said Prince Bagration, addressing Prince +Andrew. + "Of course, we only just missed one another," said the staff +officer, with a smile to Bolkonski. + "I had not the pleasure of seeing you," said Prince Andrew, coldly +and abruptly. + All were silent. Tushin appeared at the threshold and made his way +timidly from behind the backs of the generals. As he stepped past +the generals in the crowded hut, feeling embarrassed as he always +was by the sight of his superiors, he did not notice the staff of +the banner and stumbled over it. Several of those present laughed. + "How was it a gun was abandoned?" asked Bagration, frowning, not +so much at the captain as at those who were laughing, among whom +Zherkov laughed loudest. + Only now, when he was confronted by the stern authorities, did his +guilt and the disgrace of having lost two guns and yet remaining alive +present themselves to Tushin in all their horror. He had been so +excited that he had not thought about it until that moment. The +officers' laughter confused him still more. He stood before +Bagration with his lower jaw trembling and was hardly able to +mutter: "I don't know... your excellency... I had no men... your +excellency." + "You might have taken some from the covering troops." + Tushin did not say that there were no covering troops, though that +was perfectly true. He was afraid of getting some other officer into +trouble, and silently fixed his eyes on Bagration as a schoolboy who +has blundered looks at an examiner. + The silence lasted some time. Prince Bagration, apparently not +wishing to be severe, found nothing to say; the others did not venture +to intervene. Prince Andrew looked at Tushin from under his brows +and his fingers twitched nervously. + "Your excellency!" Prince Andrew broke the silence with his abrupt +voice," you were pleased to send me to Captain Tushin's battery. I +went there and found two thirds of the men and horses knocked out, two +guns smashed, and no supports at all." + Prince Bagration and Tushin looked with equal intentness at +Bolkonski, who spoke with suppressed agitation. + "And, if your excellency will allow me to express my opinion," he +continued, "we owe today's success chiefly to the action of that +battery and the heroic endurance of Captain Tushin and his company," +and without awaiting a reply, Prince Andrew rose and left the table. + Prince Bagration looked at Tushin, evidently reluctant to show +distrust in Bolkonski's emphatic opinion yet not feeling able fully to +credit it, bent his head, and told Tushin that he could go. Prince +Andrew went out with him. + "Thank you; you saved me, my dear fellow!" said Tushin. + Prince Andrew gave him a look, but said nothing and went away. He +felt sad and depressed. It was all so strange, so unlike what he had +hoped. + + "Who are they? Why are they here? What do they want? And when will +all this end?" thought Rostov, looking at the changing shadows +before him. The pain in his arm became more and more intense. +Irresistible drowsiness overpowered him, red rings danced before his +eyes, and the impression of those voices and faces and a sense of +loneliness merged with the physical pain. It was they, these soldiers- +wounded and unwounded- it was they who were crushing, weighing down, +and twisting the sinews and scorching the flesh of his sprained arm +and shoulder. To rid himself of them he closed his eyes. + For a moment he dozed, but in that short interval innumerable things +appeared to him in a dream: his mother and her large white hand, +Sonya's thin little shoulders, Natasha's eyes and laughter, Denisov +with his voice and mustache, and Telyanin and all that affair with +Telyanin and Bogdanich. That affair was the same thing as this soldier +with the harsh voice, and it was that affair and this soldier that +were so agonizingly, incessantly pulling and pressing his arm and +always dragging it in one direction. He tried to get away from them, +but they would not for an instant let his shoulder move a hair's +breadth. It would not ache- it would be well- if only they did not +pull it, but it was immpossible to get rid of them. + He opened his eyes and looked up. The black canopy of night hung +less than a yard above the glow of the charcoal. Flakes of falling +snow were fluttering in that light. Tushin had not returned, the +doctor had not come. He was alone now, except for a soldier who was +sitting naked at the other side of the fire, warming his thin yellow +body. + "Nobody wants me!" thought Rostov. "There is no one to help me or +pity me. Yet I was once at home, strong, happy, and loved." He +sighed and, doing so, groaned involuntarily. + "Eh, is anything hurting you?" asked the soldier, shaking his +shirt out over the fire, and not waiting for an answer he gave a grunt +and added: "What a lot of men have been crippled today- frightful!" + Rostov did not listen to the soldier. He looked at the snowflakes +fluttering above the fire and remembered a Russian winter at his warm, +bright home, his fluffy fur coat, his quickly gliding sleigh, his +healthy body, and all the affection and care of his family. "And why +did I come here?" he wondered. + Next day the French army did not renew their attack, and the remnant +of Bagration's detachment was reunited to Kutuzov's army. +BK3 + BOOK THREE: 1805 +BK3|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Prince Vasili was not a man who deliberately thought out his +plans. Still less did he think of injuring anyone for his own +advantage. He was merely a man of the world who had got on and to whom +getting on had become a habit. Schemes and devices for which he +never rightly accounted to himself, but which formed the whole +interest of his life, were constantly shaping themselves in his +mind, arising from the circumstances and persons he met. Of these +plans he had not merely one or two in his head but dozens, some only +beginning to form themselves, some approaching achievement, and some +in course of disintegration. He did not, for instance, say to himself: +"This man now has influence, I must gain his confidence and friendship +and through him obtain a special grant." Nor did he say to himself: +"Pierre is a rich man, I must entice him to marry my daughter and lend +me the forty thousand rubles I need." But when he came across came +across a man of position his instinct immediately told him that this +man could be useful, and without any premeditation Prince Vasili +took the first opportunity to gain his confidence, flatter him, become +intimate with him, and finally make his request. + He had Pierre at hand in Moscow and procured for him an +appointment as Gentleman of the Bedchamber, which at that time +conferred the status of Councilor of State, and insisted on the +young man accompanying him to Petersburg and staying at his house. +With apparent absent-mindedness, yet with unhesitating assurance +that he was doing the right thing, Prince Vasili did everything to get +Pierre to marry his daughter. Had he thought out his plans +beforehand he could not have been so natural and shown such unaffected +familiarity in intercourse with everybody both above and below him +in social standing. Something always drew him toward those richer +and more powerful than himself and he had rare skill in seizing the +most opportune moment for making use of people. + Pierre, on unexpectedly becoming Count Bezukhov and a rich man, felt +himself after his recent loneliness and freedom from cares so beset +and preoccupied that only in bed was he able to be by himself. He +had to sign papers, to present himself at government offices, the +purpose of which was not clear to him, to question his chief +steward, to visit his estate near Moscow, and to receive many people +who formerly did not even wish to know of his existence but would +now have been offended and grieved had he chosen not to see them. +These different people- businessmen, relations, and acquaintances +alike- were all disposed to treat the young heir in the most +friendly and flattering manner: they were all evidently firmly +convinced of Pierre's noble qualities. He was always hearing such +words as: "With your remarkable kindness," or, "With your excellent +heart," "You are yourself so honorable Count," or, "Were he as +clever as you," and so on, till he began sincerely to believe in his +own exceptional kindness and extraordinary intelligence, the more so +as in the depth of his heart it had always seemed to him that he +really was very kind and intelligent. Even people who had formerly +been spiteful toward him and evidently unfriendly now became gentle +and affectionate. The angry eldest princess, with the long waist and +hair plastered down like a doll's, had come into Pierre's room after +the funeral. With drooping eyes and frequent blushes she told him +she was very sorry about their past misunderstandings and did not +now feel she had a right to ask him for anything, except only for +permission, after the blow she had received, to remain for a few weeks +longer in the house she so loved and where she had sacrificed so much. +She could not refrain from weeping at these words. Touched that this +statuesque princess could so change, Pierre took her hand and begged +her forgiveness, without knowing what for. From that day the eldest +princess quite changed toward Pierre and began knitting a striped +scarf for him. + "Do this for my sake, mon cher; after all, she had to put up with +a great deal from the deceased," said Prince Vasili to him, handing +him a deed to sign for the princess' benefit. + Prince Vasili had come to the conclusion that it was necessary to +throw this bone- a bill for thirty thousand rubles- to the poor +princess that it might not occur to her to speak of his share in the +affair of the inlaid portfolio. Pierre signed the deed and after +that the princess grew still kinder. The younger sisters also became +affectionate to him, especially the youngest, the pretty one with +the mole, who often made him feel confused by her smiles and her own +confusion when meeting him. + It seemed so natural to Pierre that everyone should like him, and it +would have seemed so unnatural had anyone disliked him, that he +could not but believe in the sincerity of those around him. Besides, +he had no time to ask himself whether these people were sincere or +not. He was always busy and always felt in a state of mild and +cheerful intoxication. He felt as though he were the center of some +important and general movement; that something was constantly expected +of him, that if he did not do it he would grieve and disappoint many +people, but if he did this and that, all would be well; and he did +what was demanded of him, but still that happy result always +remained in the future. + More than anyone else, Prince Vasili took possession of Pierre's +affairs and of Pierre himself in those early days. From the death of +Count Bezukhov he did not let go his hold of the lad. He had the air +of a man oppressed by business, weary and suffering, who yet would +not, for pity's sake, leave this helpless youth who, after all, was +the son of his old friend and the possessor of such enormous wealth, +to the caprice of fate and the designs of rogues. During the few +days he spent in Moscow after the death of Count Bezukhov, he would +call Pierre, or go to him himself, and tell him what ought to be +done in a tone of weariness and assurance, as if he were adding +every time: "You know I am overwhelmed with business and it is +purely out of charity that I trouble myself about you, and you also +know quite well that what I propose is the only thing possible." + "Well, my dear fellow, tomorrow we are off at last," said Prince +Vasili one day, closing his eyes and fingering Pierre's elbow, +speaking as if he were saying something which had long since been +agreed upon and could not now be altered. "We start tomorrow and I'm +giving you a place in my carriage. I am very glad. All our important +business here is now settled, and I ought to have been off long ago. +Here is something I have received from the chancellor. I asked him for +you, and you have been entered in the diplomatic corps and made a +Gentleman of the Bedchamber. The diplomatic career now lies open +before you." + Notwithstanding the tone of wearied assurance with which these words +were pronounced, Pierre, who had so long been considering his +career, wished to make some suggestion. But Prince Vasili +interrupted him in the special deep cooing tone, precluding the +possibility of interrupting his speech, which he used in extreme cases +when special persuasion was needed. + "Mais, mon cher, I did this for my own sake, to satisfy my +conscience, and there is nothing to thank me for. No one has ever +complained yet of being too much loved; and besides, you are free, you +could throw it up tomorrow. But you will see everything for yourself +when you get to Petersburg. It is high time for you to get away from +these terrible recollections." Prince Vasili sighed. "Yes, yes, my +boy. And my valet can go in your carriage. Ah! I was nearly +forgetting," he added. "You know, mon cher, your father and I had some +accounts to settle, so I have received what was due from the Ryazan +estate and will keep it; you won't require it. We'll go into the +accounts later." + By "what was due from the Ryazan estate" Prince Vasili meant several +thousand rubles quitrent received from Pierre's peasants, which the +prince had retained for himself. + In Petersburg, as in Moscow, Pierre found the same atmosphere of +gentleness and affection. He could not refuse the post, or rather +the rank (for he did nothing), that Prince Vasili had procured for +him, and acquaintances, invitations, and social occupations were so +numerous that, even more than in Moscow, he felt a sense of +bewilderment, bustle, and continual expectation of some good, always +in front of him but never attained. + Of his former bachelor acquaintances many were no longer in +Petersburg. The Guards had gone to the front; Dolokhov had been +reduced to the ranks; Anatole was in the army somewhere in the +provinces; Prince Andrew was abroad; so Pierre had not the opportunity +to spend his nights as he used to like to spend them, or to open his +mind by intimate talks with a friend older than himself and whom he +respected. His whole time was taken up with dinners and balls and +was spent chiefly at Prince Vasili's house in the company of the stout +princess, his wife, and his beautiful daughter Helene. + Like the others, Anna Pavlovna Scherer showed Pierre the change of +attitude toward him that had taken place in society. + Formerly in Anna Pavlovna's presence, Pierre had always felt that +what he was saying was out of place, tactless and unsuitable, that +remarks which seemed to him clever while they formed in his mind +became foolish as soon as he uttered them, while on the contrary +Hippolyte's stupidest remarks came out clever and apt. Now +everything Pierre said was charmant. Even if Anna Pavlovna did not say +so, he could see that she wished to and only refrained out of regard +for his modesty. + In the beginning of the winter of 1805-6 Pierre received one of Anna +Pavlovna's usual pink notes with an invitation to which was added: +"You will find the beautiful Helene here, whom it is always delightful +to see." + When he read that sentence, Pierre felt for the first time that some +link which other people recognized had grown up between himself and +Helene, and that thought both alarmed him, as if some obligation +were being imposed on him which he could not fulfill, and pleased +him as an entertaining supposition. + Anna Pavlovna's "At Home" was like the former one, only the +novelty she offered her guests this time was not Mortemart, but a +diplomatist fresh from Berlin with the very latest details of the +Emperor Alexander's visit to Potsdam, and of how the two august +friends had pledged themselves in an indissoluble alliance to uphold +the cause of justice against the enemy of the human race. Anna +Pavlovna received Pierre with a shade of melancholy, evidently +relating to the young man's recent loss by the death of Count Bezukhov +(everyone constantly considered it a duty to assure Pierre that he was +greatly afflicted by the death of the father he had hardly known), and +her melancholy was just like the august melancholy she showed at the +mention of her most august Majesty the Empress Marya Fedorovna. Pierre +felt flattered by this. Anna Pavlovna arranged the different groups in +her drawing room with her habitual skill. The large group, in which +were Prince Vasili and the generals, had the benefit of the +diplomat. Another group was at the tea table. Pierre wished to join +the former, but Anna Pavlovna- who was in the excited condition of a +commander on a battlefield to whom thousands of new and brilliant +ideas occur which there is hardly time to put in action- seeing +Pierre, touched his sleeve with her finger, saying: + "Wait a bit, I have something in view for you this evening." (She +glanced at Helene and smiled at her.) "My dear Helene, be charitable +to my poor aunt who adores you. Go and keep her company for ten +minutes. And that it will not be too dull, here is the dear count +who will not refuse to accompany you." + The beauty went to the aunt, but Anna Pavlovna detained Pierre, +looking as if she had to give some final necessary instructions. + "Isn't she exquisite?" she said to Pierre, pointing to the stately +beauty as she glided away. "And how she carries herself! For so +young a girl, such tact, such masterly perfection of manner! It +comes from her heart. Happy the man who wins her! With her the least +worldly of men would occupy a most brilliant position in society. +Don't you think so? I only wanted to know your opinion," and Anna +Pavlovna let Pierre go. + Pierre, in reply, sincerely agreed with her as to Helene's +perfection of manner. If he ever thought of Helene, it was just of her +beauty and her remarkable skill in appearing silently dignified in +society. + The old aunt received the two young people in her corner, but seemed +desirous of hiding her adoration for Helene and inclined rather to +show her fear of Anna Pavlovna. She looked at her niece, as if +inquiring what she was to do with these people. On leaving them, +Anna Pavlovna again touched Pierre's sleeve, saying: "I hope you won't +say that it is dull in my house again," and she glanced at Helene. + Helene smiled, with a look implying that she did not admit the +possibility of anyone seeing her without being enchanted. The aunt +coughed, swallowed, and said in French that she was very pleased to +see Helene, then she turned to Pierre with the same words of welcome +and the same look. In the middle of a dull and halting conversation, +Helene turned to Pierre with the beautiful bright smile that she +gave to everyone. Pierre was so used to that smile, and it had so +little meaning for him, that he paid no attention to it. The aunt +was just speaking of a collection of snuffboxes that had belonged to +Pierre's father, Count Bezukhov, and showed them her own box. Princess +Helene asked to see the portrait of the aunt's husband on the box lid. + "That is probably the work of Vinesse," said Pierre, mentioning a +celebrated miniaturist, and he leaned over the table to take the +snuffbox while trying to hear what was being said at the other table. + He half rose, meaning to go round, but the aunt handed him the +snuffbox, passing it across Helene's back. Helene stooped forward to +make room, and looked round with a smile. She was, as always at +evening parties, wearing a dress such as was then fashionable, cut +very low at front and back. Her bust, which had always seemed like +marble to Pierre, was so close to him that his shortsighted eyes could +not but perceive the living charm of her neck and shoulders, so near +to his lips that he need only have bent his head a little to have +touched them. He was conscious of the warmth of her body, the scent of +perfume, and the creaking of her corset as she moved. He did not see +her marble beauty forming a complete whole with her dress, but all the +charm of her body only covered by her garments. And having once seen +this he could not help being aware it, just as we cannot renew an +illusion we have once seen through. + "So you have never noticed before how beautiful I am?" Helene seemed +to say. "You had not noticed that I am a woman? Yes, I am a woman +who may belong to anyone- to you too," said her glance. And at that +moment Pierre felt that Helene not only could, but must, be his +wife, and that it could not be otherwise. + He knew this at that moment as surely as if he had been standing +at the altar with her. How and when this would be he did not know, +he did not even know if it would be a good thing (he even felt, he +knew not why, that it would be a bad thing), but he knew it would +happen. + Pierre dropped his eyes, lifted them again, and wished once more +to see her as a distant beauty far removed from him, as he had seen +her every day until then, but he could no longer do it. He could +not, any more than a man who has been looking at a tuft of steppe +grass through the mist and taking it for a tree can again take it +for a tree after he has once recognized it to be a tuft of grass. +She was terribly close to him. She already had power over him, and +between them there was no longer any barrier except the barrier of his +own will. + "Well, I will leave you in your little corner," came Anna Pavlovna's +voice, "I see you are all right there." + And Pierre, anxiously trying to remember whether he had done +anything reprehensible, looked round with a blush. It seemed to him +that everyone knew what had happened to him as he knew it himself. + A little later when he went up to the large circle, Anna Pavlovna +said to him: "I hear you are refitting your Petersburg house?" + This was true. The architect had told him that it was necessary, and +Pierre, without knowing why, was having his enormous Petersburg +house done up. + "That's a good thing, but don't move from Prince Vasili's. It is +good to have a friend like the prince," she said, smiling at Prince +Vasili. "I know something about that. Don't I? And you are still so +young. You need advice. Don't be angry with me for exercising an old +woman's privilege." + She paused, as women always do, expecting something after they +have mentioned their age. "If you marry it will be a different thing," +she continued, uniting them both in one glance. Pierre did not look at +Helene nor she at him. But she was just as terribly close to him. He +muttered something and colored. + When he got home he could not sleep for a long time for thinking +of what had happened. What had happened? Nothing. He had merely +understood that the woman he had known as a child, of whom when her +beauty was mentioned he had said absent-mindedly: "Yes, she's good +looking," he had understood that this woman might belong to him. + "But she's stupid. I have myself said she is stupid," he thought. +"There is something nasty, something wrong, in the feeling she excites +in me. I have been told that her brother Anatole was in love with +her and she with him, that there was quite a scandal and that that's +why he was sent away. Hippolyte is her brother... Prince Vasili is her +father... It's bad...." he reflected, but while he was thinking this +(the reflection was still incomplete), he caught himself smiling and +was conscious that another line of thought had sprung up, and while +thinking of her worthlessness he was also dreaming of how she would be +his wife, how she would love him become quite different, and how all +he had thought and heard of her might be false. And he again saw her +not as the daughter of Prince Vasili, but visualized her whole body +only veiled by its gray dress. "But no! Why did this thought never +occur to me before?" and again he told himself that it was impossible, +that there would be something unnatural, and as it seemed to him +dishonorable, in this marriage. He recalled her former words and looks +and the words and looks of those who had seen them together. He +recalled Anna Pavlovna's words and looks when she spoke to him about +his house, recalled thousands of such hints from Prince Vasili and +others, and was seized by terror lest he had already, in some way, +bound himself to do something that was evidently wrong and that he +ought not to do. But at the very time he was expressing this +conviction to himself, in another part of his mind her image rose in +all its womanly beauty. +BK3|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + In November, 1805, Prince Vasili had to go on a tour of inspection +in four different provinces. He had arranged this for himself so as to +visit his neglected estates at the same time and pick up his son +Anatole where his regiment was stationed, and take him to visit Prince +Nicholas Bolkonski in order to arrange a match for him with the +daughter of that rich old man. But before leaving home and undertaking +these new affairs, Prince Vasili had to settle matters with Pierre, +who, it is true, had latterly spent whole days at home, that is, in +Prince Vasili's house where he was staying, and had been absurd, +excited, and foolish in Helene's presence (as a lover should be), +but had not yet proposed to her. + "This is all very fine, but things must be settled," said Prince +Vasili to himself, with a sorrowful sigh, one morning, feeling that +Pierre who was under such obligations to him ("But never mind that") +was not behaving very well in this matter. "Youth, frivolity... +well, God be with him," thought he, relishing his own goodness of +heart, "but it must be brought to a head. The day after tomorrow +will be Lelya's name day. I will invite two or three people, and if he +does not understand what he ought to do then it will be my affair- +yes, my affair. I am her father." + Six weeks after Anna Pavlovna's "At Home" and after the sleepless +night when he had decided that to marry Helene would be a calamity and +that he ought to avoid her and go away, Pierre, despite that decision, +had not left Prince Vasili's and felt with terror that in people's +eyes he was every day more and more connected with her, that it was +impossible for him to return to his former conception of her, that +he could not break away from her, and that though it would be a +terrible thing he would have to unite his fate with hers. He might +perhaps have been able to free himself but that Prince Vasili (who had +rarely before given receptions) now hardly let a day go by without +having an evening party at which Pierre had to be present unless he +wished to spoil the general pleasure and disappoint everyone's +expectation. Prince Vasili, in the rare moments when he was at home, +would take Pierre's hand in passing and draw it downwards, or +absent-mindedly hold out his wrinkled, clean-shaven cheek for Pierre +to kiss and would say: "Till tomorrow," or, "Be in to dinner or I +shall not see you," or, "I am staying in for your sake," and so on. +And though Prince Vasili, when he stayed in (as he said) for +Pierre's sake, hardly exchanged a couple of words with him, Pierre +felt unable to disappoint him. Every day he said to himself one and +the same thing: "It is time I understood her and made up my mind +what she really is. Was I mistaken before, or am I mistaken now? No, +she is not stupid, she is an excellent girl," he sometimes said to +himself "she never makes a mistake, never says anything stupid. She +says little, but what she does say is always clear and simple, so +she is not stupid. She never was abashed and is not abashed now, so +she cannot be a bad woman!" He had often begun to make reflections +or think aloud in her company, and she had always answered him +either by a brief but appropriate remark- showing that it did not +interest her- or by a silent look and smile which more palpably than +anything else showed Pierre her superiority. She was right in +regarding all arguments as nonsense in comparison with that smile. + She always addressed him with a radiantly confiding smile meant +for him alone, in which there was something more significant than in +the general smile that usually brightened her face. Pierre knew that +everyone was waiting for him to say a word and cross a certain line, +and he knew that sooner or later he would step across it, but an +incomprehensible terror seized him at the thought of that dreadful +step. A thousand times during that month and a half while he felt +himself drawn nearer and nearer to that dreadful abyss, Pierre said to +himself: "What am I doing? I need resolution. Can it be that I have +none?" + He wished to take a decision, but felt with dismay that in this +matter he lacked that strength of will which he had known in himself +and really possessed. Pierre was one of those who are only strong when +they feel themselves quite innocent, and since that day when he was +overpowered by a feeling of desire while stooping over the snuffbox at +Anna Pavlovna's, an unacknowledged sense of the guilt of that desire +paralyzed his will. + On Helene's name day, a small party of just their own people- as his +wife said- met for supper at Prince Vasili's. All these friends and +relations had been given to understand that the fate of the young girl +would be decided that evening. The visitors were seated at supper. +Princess Kuragina, a portly imposing woman who had once been handsome, +was sitting at the head of the table. On either side of her sat the +more important guests- an old general and his wife, and Anna +Pavlovna Scherer. At the other end sat the younger and less +important guests, and there too sat the members of the family, and +Pierre and Helene, side by side. Prince Vasili was not having any +supper: he went round the table in a merry mood, sitting down now by +one, now by another, of the guests. To each of them he made some +careless and agreeable remark except to Pierre and Helene, whose +presence he seemed not to notice. He enlivened the whole party. The +wax candles burned brightly, the silver and crystal gleamed, so did +the ladies' toilets and the gold and silver of the men's epaulets; +servants in scarlet liveries moved round the table, the clatter of +plates, knives, and glasses mingled with the animated hum of several +conversations. At one end of the table, the old chamberlain was +heard assuring an old baroness that he loved her passionately, at +which she laughed; at the other could be heard the story of the +misfortunes of some Mary Viktorovna or other. At the center of the +table, Prince Vasili attracted everybody's attention. With a facetious +smile on his face, he was telling the ladies about last Wednesday's +meeting of the Imperial Council, at which Sergey Kuzmich +Vyazmitinov, the new military governor general of Petersburg, had +received and read the then famous rescript of the Emperor Alexander +from the army to Sergey Kuzmich, in which the Emperor said that he was +receiving from all sides declarations of the people's loyalty, that +the declaration from Petersburg gave him particular pleasure, and that +he was proud to be at the head of such a nation and would endeavor +to be worthy of it. This rescript began with the words: "Sergey +Kuzmich, From all sides reports reach me," etc. + "Well, and so he never got farther than: 'Sergey Kuzmich'?" asked +one of the ladies. + "Exactly, not a hair's breadth farther," answered Prince Vasili, +laughing, "'Sergey Kuzmich... From all sides... From all sides... +Sergey Kuzmich...' Poor Vyazmitinov could not get any farther! He +began the rescript again and again, but as soon as he uttered 'Sergey' +he sobbed, 'Kuz-mi-ch,' tears, and 'From all sides' was smothered in +sobs and he could get no farther. And again his handkerchief, and +again: 'Sergey Kuzmich, From all sides,'... and tears, till at last +somebody else was asked to read it." + "Kuzmich... From all sides... and then tears," someone repeated +laughing. + "Don't be unkind," cried Anna Pavlovna from her end of the table +holding up a threatening finger. "He is such a worthy and excellent +man, our dear Vyazmitinov...." + Everybody laughed a great deal. At the head of the table, where +the honored guests sat, everyone seemed to be in high spirits and +under the influence of a variety of exciting sensations. Only Pierre +and Helene sat silently side by side almost at the bottom of the +table, a suppressed smile brightening both their faces, a smile that +had nothing to do with Sergey Kuzmich- a smile of bashfulness at their +own feelings. But much as all the rest laughed, talked, and joked, +much as they enjoyed their Rhine wine, saute, and ices, and however +they avoided looking at the young couple, and heedless and unobservant +as they seemed of them, one could feel by the occasional glances +they gave that the story about Sergey Kuzmich, the laughter, and the +food were all a pretense, and that the whole attention of that company +was directed to- Pierre and Helene. Prince Vasili mimicked the sobbing +of Sergey Kuzmich and at the same time his eyes glanced toward his +daughter, and while he laughed the expression on his face clearly +said: "Yes... it's getting on, it will all be settled today." Anna +Pavlovna threatened him on behalf of "our dear Vyazmitinov," and in +her eyes, which, for an instant, glanced at Pierre, Prince Vasili read +a congratulation on his future son-in-law and on his daughter's +happiness. The old princess sighed sadly as she offered some wine to +the old lady next to her and glanced angrily at her daughter, and +her sigh seemed to say: "Yes, there's nothing left for you and me +but to sip sweet wine, my dear, now that the time has come for these +young ones to be thus boldly, provocatively happy." "And what nonsense +all this is that I am saying!" thought a diplomatist, glancing at +the happy faces of the lovers. "That's happiness!" + Into the insignificant, trifling, and artificial interests uniting +that society had entered the simple feeling of the attraction of a +healthy and handsome young man and woman for one another. And this +human feeling dominated everything else and soared above all their +affected chatter. Jests fell flat, news was not interesting, and the +animation was evidently forced. Not only the guests but even the +footmen waiting at table seemed to feel this, and they forgot their +duties as they looked at the beautiful Helene with her radiant face +and at the red, broad, and happy though uneasy face of Pierre. It +seemed as if the very light of the candles was focused on those two +happy faces alone. + Pierre felt that he the center of it all, and this both pleased +and embarrassed him. He was like a man entirely absorbed in some +occupation. He did not see, hear, or understand anything clearly. Only +now and then detached ideas and impressions from the world of +reality shot unexpectedly through his mind. + "So it is all finished!" he thought. "And how has it all happened? +How quickly! Now I know that not because of her alone, nor of myself +alone, but because of everyone, it must inevitably come about. They +are all expecting it, they are so sure that it will happen that I +cannot, I cannot, disappoint them. But how will it be? I do not +know, but it will certainly happen!" thought Pierre, glancing at those +dazzling shoulders close to his eyes. + Or he would suddenly feel ashamed of he knew not what. He felt it +awkward to attract everyone's attention and to be considered a lucky +man and, with his plain face, to be looked on as a sort of Paris +possessed of a Helen. "But no doubt it always is and must be so!" he +consoled himself. "And besides, what have I done to bring it about? +How did it begin? I traveled from Moscow with Prince Vasili. Then +there was nothing. So why should I not stay at his house? Then I +played cards with her and picked up her reticule and drove out with +her. How did it begin, when did it all come about?" And here he was +sitting by her side as her betrothed, seeing, hearing, feeling her +nearness, her breathing, her movements, her beauty. Then it would +suddenly seem to him that it was not she but he was so unusually +beautiful, and that that was why they all looked so at him, and +flattered by this general admiration he would expand his chest, +raise his head, and rejoice at his good fortune. Suddenly he heard a +familiar voice repeating something to him a second time. But Pierre +was so absorbed that he did not understand what was said. + "I am asking you when you last heard from Bolkonski," repeated +Prince Vasili a third time. "How absent-minded you are, my dear +fellow." + Prince Vasili smiled, and Pierre noticed that everyone was smiling +at him and Helene. "Well, what of it, if you all know it?" thought +Pierre. "What of it? It's the truth!" and he himself smiled his gentle +childlike smile, and Helene smiled too. + "When did you get the letter? Was it from Olmutz?" repeated Prince +Vasili, who pretended to want to know this in order to settle a +dispute. + "How can one talk or think of such trifles?" thought Pierre. + "Yes, from Olmutz," he answered, with a sigh. + After supper Pierre with his partner followed the others into the +drawing room. The guests began to disperse, some without taking +leave of Helene. Some, as if unwilling to distract her from an +important occupation, came up to her for a moment and made haste to go +away, refusing to let her see them off. The diplomatist preserved a +mournful silence as he left the drawing room. He pictured the vanity +of his diplomatic career in comparison with Pierre's happiness. The +old general grumbled at his wife when she asked how his leg was. +"Oh, the old fool," he thought. "That Princess Helene will be +beautiful still when she's fifty." + "I think I may congratulate you," whispered Anna Pavlovna to the old +princess, kissing her soundly. "If I hadn't this headache I'd have +stayed longer." + The old princess did not reply, she was tormented by jealousy of her +daughter's happiness. + While the guests were taking their leave Pierre remained for a +long time alone with Helene in the little drawing room where they were +sitting. He had often before, during the last six weeks, remained +alone with her, but had never spoken to her of love. Now he felt +that it was inevitable, but he could not make up his mind to take +the final step. He felt ashamed; he felt that he was occupying someone +else's place here beside Helene. "This happiness is not for you," some +inner voice whispered to him. "This happiness is for those who have +not in them what there is in you." + But, as he had to say something, he began by asking her whether +she was satisfied with the party. She replied in her usual simple +manner that this name day of hers had been one of the pleasantest +she had ever had. + Some of the nearest relatives had not yet left. They were sitting in +the large drawing room. Prince Vasili came up to Pierre with languid +footsteps. Pierre rose and said it was getting late. Prince Vasili +gave him a look of stern inquiry, as though what Pierre had just +said was so strange that one could not take it in. But then the +expression of severity changed, and he drew Pierre's hand downwards, +made him sit down, and smiled affectionately. + "Well, Lelya?" he asked, turning instantly to his daughter and +addressing her with the careless tone of habitual tenderness natural +to parents who have petted their children from babyhood, but which +Prince Vasili had only acquired by imitating other parents. + And he again turned to Pierre. + "Sergey Kuzmich- From all sides-" he said, unbuttoning the top +button of his waistcoat. + Pierre smiled, but his smile showed that he knew it was not the +story about Sergey Kuzmich that interested Prince Vasili just then, +and Prince Vasili saw that Pierre knew this. He suddenly muttered +something and went away. It seemed to Pierre that even the prince +was disconcerted. The sight of the discomposure of that old man of the +world touched Pierre: he looked at Helene and she too seemed +disconcerted, and her look seemed to say: "Well, it is your own +fault." + "The step must be taken but I cannot, I cannot!" thought Pierre, and +he again began speaking about indifferent matters, about Sergey +Kuzmich, asking what the point of the story was as he had not heard it +properly. Helene answered with a smile that she too had missed it. + When Prince Vasili returned to the drawing room, the princess, his +wife, was talking in low tones to the elderly lady about Pierre. + "Of course, it is a very brilliant match, but happiness, my dear..." + "Marriages are made in heaven," replied the elderly lady. + Prince Vasili passed by, seeming not to hear the ladies, and sat +down on a sofa in a far corner of the room. He closed his eyes and +seemed to be dozing. His head sank forward and then he roused himself. + "Aline," he said to his wife, "go and see what they are about." + The princess went up to the door, passed by it with a dignified +and indifferent air, and glanced into the little drawing room. +Pierre and Helene still sat talking just as before. + "Still the same," she said to her husband. + Prince Vasili frowned, twisting his mouth, his cheeks quivered and +his face assumed the coarse, unpleasant expression peculiar to him. +Shaking himself, he rose, threw back his head, and with resolute steps +went past the ladies into the little drawing room. With quick steps he +went joyfully up to Pierre. His face was so unusually triumphant +that Pierre rose in alarm on seeing it. + "Thank God!" said Prince Vasili. "My wife has told me everything!- +(He put one arm around Pierre and the other around his daughter.)- "My +dear boy... Lelya... I am very pleased." (His voice trembled.) "I +loved your father... and she will make you a good wife... God bless +you!..." + He embraced his daughter, and then again Pierre, and kissed him with +his malodorous mouth. Tears actually moistened his cheeks. + "Princess, come here!" he shouted. + The old princess came in and also wept. The elderly lady was using +her handkerchief too. Pierre was kissed, and he kissed the beautiful +Helene's hand several times. After a while they were left alone again. + "All this had to be and could not be otherwise," thought Pierre, "so +it is useless to ask whether it is good or bad. It is good because +it's definite and one is rid of the old tormenting doubt." Pierre held +the hand of his betrothed in silence, looking at her beautiful bosom +as it rose and fell. + "Helene!" he said aloud and paused. + "Something special is always said in such cases," he thought, but +could not remember what it was that people say. He looked at her face. +She drew nearer to him. Her face flushed. + "Oh, take those off... those..." she said, pointing to his +spectacles. + Pierre took them off, and his eyes, besides the strange look eyes +have from which spectacles have just been removed, had also a +frightened and inquiring look. He was about to stoop over her hand and +kiss it, but with a rapid, almost brutal movement of her head, she +intercepted his lips and met them with her own. Her face struck +Pierre, by its altered, unpleasantly excited expression. + "It is too late now, it's done; besides I love her," thought Pierre. + "Je vous aime!"* he said, remembering what has to be said at such +moments: but his words sounded so weak that he felt ashamed of +himself. + + *"I love you." + + Six weeks later he was married, and settled in Count Bezukhov's +large, newly furnished Petersburg house, the happy possessor, as +people said, of a wife who was a celebrated beauty and of millions +of money. +BK3|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + Old Prince Nicholas Bolkonski received a letter from Prince Vasili +in November, 1805, announcing that he and his son would be paying +him a visit. "I am starting on a journey of inspection, and of +course I shall think nothing of an extra seventy miles to come and see +you at the same time, my honored benefactor," wrote Prince Vasili. "My +son Anatole is accompanying me on his way to the army, so I hope you +will allow him personally to express the deep respect that, +emulating his father, he feels for you." + "It seems that there will be no need to bring Mary out, suitors +are coming to us of their own accord," incautiously remarked the +little princess on hearing the news. + Prince Nicholas frowned, but said nothing. + A fortnight after the letter Prince Vasili's servants came one +evening in advance of him, and he and his son arrived next day. + Old Bolkonski had always had a poor opinion of Prince Vasili's +character, but more so recently, since in the new reigns of Paul and +Alexander Prince Vasili had risen to high position and honors. And +now, from the hints contained in his letter and given by the little +princess, he saw which way the wind was blowing, and his low opinion +changed into a feeling of contemptuous ill will. He snorted whenever +he mentioned him. On the day of Prince Vasili's arrival, Prince +Bolkonski was particularly discontented and out of temper. Whether +he was in a bad temper because Prince Vasili was coming, or whether +his being in a bad temper made him specially annoyed at Prince +Vasili's visit, he was in a bad temper, and in the morning Tikhon +had already advised the architect not to go the prince with his +report. + "Do you hear how he's walking?" said Tikhon, drawing the architect's +attention to the sound of the prince's footsteps. "Stepping flat on +his heels- we know what that means...." + However, at nine o'clock the prince, in his velvet coat with a sable +collar and cap, went out for his usual walk. It had snowed the day +before and the path to the hothouse, along which the prince was in the +habit of walking, had been swept: the marks of the broom were still +visible in the snow and a shovel had been left sticking in one of +the soft snowbanks that bordered both sides of the path. The prince +went through the conservatories, the serfs' quarters, and the +outbuildings, frowning and silent. + "Can a sleigh pass?" he asked his overseer, a venerable man, +resembling his master in manners and looks, who was accompanying him +back to the house. + "The snow is deep. I am having the avenue swept, your honor." + The prince bowed his head and went up to the porch. "God be +thanked," thought the overseer, "the storm has blown over!" + "It would have been hard to drive up, your honor," he added. "I +heard, your honor, that a minister is coming to visit your honor." + The prince turned round to the overseer and fixed his eyes on him, +frowning. + "What? A minister? What minister? Who gave orders?" he said in his +shrill, harsh voice. "The road is not swept for the princess my +daughter, but for a minister! For me, there are no ministers!" + "Your honor, I thought..." + "You thought!" shouted the prince, his words coming more and more +rapidly and indistinctly. "You thought!... Rascals! Blackgaurds!... +I'll teach you to think!" and lifting his stick he swung it and +would have hit Alpatych, the overseer, had not the latter +instinctively avoided the blow. "Thought... Blackguards..." shouted +the prince rapidly. + But although Alpatych, frightened at his own temerity in avoiding +the stroke, came up to the prince, bowing his bald head resignedly +before him, or perhaps for that very reason, the prince, though he +continued to shout: "Blackgaurds!... Throw the snow back on the road!" +did not lift his stick again but hurried into the house. + Before dinner, Princess Mary and Mademoiselle Bourienne, who knew +that the prince was in a bad humor, stood awaiting him; Mademoiselle +Bourienne with a radiant face that said: "I know nothing, I am the +same as usual," and Princess Mary pale, frightened, and with +downcast eyes. What she found hardest to bear was to know that on such +occasions she ought to behave like Mademoiselle Bourienne, but could +not. She thought: "If I seem not to notice he will think that I do not +sympathize with him; if I seem sad and out of spirits myself, he +will say (as he has done before) that I'm in the dumps." + The prince looked at his daughter's frightened face and snorted. + "Fool... or dummy!" he muttered. + "And the other one is not here. They've been telling tales," he +thought- referring to the little princess who was not in the dining +room. + "Where is the princess?" he asked. "Hiding?" + "She is not very well," answered Mademoiselle Bourienne with a +bright smile, "so she won't come down. It is natural in her state." + "Hm! Hm!" muttered the prince, sitting down. + His plate seemed to him not quite clean, and pointing to a spot he +flung it away. Tikhon caught it and handed it to a footman. The little +princess was not unwell, but had such an overpowering fear of the +prince that, hearing he was in a bad humor, she had decided not to +appear. + "I am afraid for the baby," she said to Mademoiselle Bourienne: +"Heaven knows what a fright might do." + In general at Bald Hills the little princess lived in constant fear, +and with a sense of antipathy to the old prince which she did not +realize because the fear was so much the stronger feeling. The +prince reciprocated this antipathy, but it was overpowered by his +contempt for her. When the little princess had grown accustomed to +life at Bald Hills, she took a special fancy to Mademoiselle +Bourienne, spent whole days with her, asked her to sleep in her +room, and often talked with her about the old prince and criticized +him. + "So we are to have visitors, mon prince?" remarked Mademoiselle +Bourienne, unfolding her white napkin with her rosy fingers. "His +Excellency Prince Vasili Kuragin and his son, I understand?" she +said inquiringly. + "Hm!- his excellency is a puppy.... I got him his appointment in the +service," said the prince disdainfully. "Why his son is coming I don't +understand. Perhaps Princess Elizabeth and Princess Mary know. I don't +want him." (He looked at his blushing daughter.) "Are you unwell +today? Eh? Afraid of the 'minister' as that idiot Alpatych called +him this morning?" + "No, mon pere." + Though Mademoiselle Bourienne had been so unsuccessful in her choice +of a subject, she did not stop talking, but chattered about the +conservatories and the beauty of a flower that had just opened, and +after the soup the prince became more genial. + After dinner, he went to see his daughter-in-law. The little +princess was sitting at a small table, chattering with Masha, her +maid. She grew pale on seeing her father-in-law. + She was much altered. She was now plain rather than pretty. Her +cheeks had sunk, her lip was drawn up, and her eyes drawn down. + "Yes, I feel a kind of oppression," she said in reply to the +prince's question as to how she felt. + "Do you want anything?" + "No, merci, mon pere." + "Well, all right, all right." + He left the room and went to the waiting room where Alpatych stood +with bowed head. + "Has the snow been shoveled back?" + "Yes, your excellency. Forgive me for heaven's sake... It was only +my stupidity." + "All right, all right," interrupted the prince, and laughing his +unnatural way, he stretched out his hand for Alpatych to kiss, and +then proceeded to his study. + Prince Vasili arrived that evening. He was met in the avenue by +coachmen and footmen, who, with loud shouts, dragged his sleighs up to +one of the lodges over the road purposely laden with snow. + Prince Vasili and Anatole had separate rooms assigned to them. + Anatole, having taken off his overcoat, sat with arms akimbo +before a table on a corner of which he smilingly and absent-mindedly +fixed his large and handsome eyes. He regarded his whole life as a +continual round of amusement which someone for some reason had to +provide for him. And he looked on this visit to a churlish old man and +a rich and ugly heiress in the same way. All this might, he thought, +turn out very well and amusingly. "And why not marry her if she really +has so much money? That never does any harm," thought Anatole. + He shaved and scented himself with the care and elegance which had +become habitual to him and, his handsome head held high, entered his +father's room with the good-humored and victorious air natural to him. +Prince Vasili's two valets were busy dressing him, and he looked round +with much animation and cheerfully nodded to his son as the latter +entered, as if to say: "Yes, that's how I want you to look." + "I say, Father, joking apart, is she very hideous?" Anatole asked, +as if continuing a conversation the subject of which had often been +mentioned during the journey. + "Enough! What nonsense! Above all, try to be respectful and cautious +with the old prince." + "If he starts a row I'll go away," said Prince Anatole. "I can't +bear those old men! Eh?" + "Remember, for you everything depends on this." + In the meantime, not only was it known in the maidservants' rooms +that the minister and his son had arrived, but the appearance of +both had been minutely described. Princess Mary was sitting alone in +her room, vainly trying to master her agitation. + "Why did they write, why did Lise tell me about it? It can never +happen!" she said, looking at herself in the glass. "How shall I enter +the drawing room? Even if I like him I can't now be myself with +him." The mere thought of her father's look filled her with terror. +The little princess and Mademoiselle Bourienne had already received +from Masha, the lady's maid, the necessary report of how handsome +the minister's son was, with his rosy cheeks and dark eyebrows, and +with what difficulty the father had dragged his legs upstairs while +the son had followed him like an eagle, three steps at a time. +Having received this information, the little princess and Mademoiselle +Bourienne, whose chattering voices had reached her from the +corridor, went into Princess Mary's room. + "You know they've come, Marie?" said the little princess, waddling +in, and sinking heavily into an armchair. + She was no longer in the loose gown she generally wore in the +morning, but had on one of her best dresses. Her hair was carefully +done and her face was animated, which, however, did not conceal its +sunken and faded outlines. Dressed as she used to be in Petersburg +society, it was still more noticeable how much plainer she had become. +Some unobtrusive touch had been added to Mademoiselle Bourienne's +toilet which rendered her fresh and prettyface yet more attractive. + "What! Are you going to remain as you are, dear princess?" she +began. "They'll be announcing that the gentlemen are in the drawing +room and we shall have to go down, and you have not smartened yourself +up at all!" + The little princess got up, rang for the maid, and hurriedly and +merrily began to devise and carry out a plan of how Princess Mary +should be dressed. Princess Mary's self-esteem was wounded by the fact +that the arrival of a suitor agitated her, and still more so by both +her companions' not having the least conception that it could be +otherwise. To tell them that she felt ashamed for herself and for them +would be to betray her agitation, while to decline their offers to +dress her would prolong their banter and insistence. She flushed, +her beautiful eyes grew dim, red blotches came on her face, and it +took on the unattractive martyrlike expression it so often wore, as +she submitted herself to Mademoiselle Bourienne and Lise. Both these +women quite sincerely tried to make her look pretty. She was so +plain that neither of them could think of her as a rival, so they +began dressing her with perfect sincerity, and with the naive and firm +conviction women have that dress can make a face pretty. + "No really, my dear, this dress is not pretty," said Lise, looking +sideways at Princess Mary from a little distance. "You have a maroon +dress, have it fetched. Really! You know the fate of your whole life +may be at stake. But this one is too light, it's not becoming!" + It was not the dress, but the face and whole figure of Princess Mary +that was not pretty, but neither Mademoiselle Bourienne nor the little +princess felt this; they still thought that if a blue ribbon were +placed in the hair, the hair combed up, and the blue scarf arranged +lower on the best maroon dress, and so on, all would be well. They +forgot that the frightened face and the figure could not be altered, +and that however they might change the setting and adornment of that +face, it would still remain piteous and plain. After two or three +changes to which Princess Mary meekly submitted, just as her hair +had been arranged on the top of her head (a style that quite altered +and spoiled her looks) and she had put on a maroon dress with a +pale-blue scarf, the little princess walked twice round her, now +adjusting a fold of the dress with her little hand, now arranging +the scarf and looking at her with her head bent first on one side +and then on the other. + "No, it will not do," she said decidedly, clasping her hands. "No, +Mary, really this dress does not suit you. I prefer you in your little +gray everyday dress. Now please, do it for my sake. Katie," she said +to the maid, "bring the princess her gray dress, and you'll see, +Mademoiselle Bourienne, how I shall arrange it," she added, smiling +with a foretaste of artistic pleasure. + But when Katie brought the required dress, Princess Mary remained +sitting motionless before the glass, looking at her face, and saw in +the mirror her eyes full of tears and her mouth quivering, ready to +burst into sobs. + "Come, dear princess," said Mademoiselle Bourienne, "just one more +little effort." + The little princess, taking the dress from the maid, came up to +Princess Mary. + "Well, now we'll arrange something quite simple and becoming," she +said. + The three voices, hers, Mademoiselle Bourienne's, and Katie's, who +was laughing at something, mingled in a merry sound, like the chirping +of birds. + "No, leave me alone," said Princess Mary. + Her voice sounded so serious and so sad that the chirping of the +birds was silenced at once. They looked at the beautiful, large, +thoughtful eyes full of tears and of thoughts, gazing shiningly and +imploringly at them, and understood that it was useless and even cruel +to insist. + "At least, change your coiffure," said the little princess. +"Didn't I tell you," she went on, turning reproachfully to +Mademoiselle Bourienne, "Mary's is a face which such a coiffure does +not suit in the least. Not in the least! Please change it." + "Leave me alone, please leave me alone! It is all quite the same +to me," answered a voice struggling with tears. + Mademoiselle Bourienne and the little princess had to own to +themselves that Princess Mary in this guise looked very plain, worse +than usual, but it was too late. She was looking at them with an +expression they both knew, an expression thoughtful and sad. This +expression in Princess Mary did not frighten them (she never +inspired fear in anyone), but they knew that when it appeared on her +face, she became mute and was not to be shaken in her determination. + "You will change it, won't you?" said Lise. And as Princess Mary +gave no answer, she left the room. + Princess Mary was left alone. She did not comply with Lise's +request, she not only left her hair as it was, but did not even look +in her glass. Letting her arms fall helplessly, she sat with +downcast eyes and pondered. A husband, a man, a strong dominant and +strangely attractive being rose in her imagination, and carried her +into a totally different happy world of his own. She fancied a +child, her own- such as she had seen the day before in the arms of her +nurse's daughter- at her own breast, the husband standing by and +gazing tenderly at her and the child. "But no, it is impossible, I +am too ugly," she thought. + "Please come to tea. The prince will be out in a moment," came the +maid's voice at the door. + She roused herself, and felt appalled at what she had been thinking, +and before going down she went into the room where the icons hung and, +her eyes fixed on the dark face of a large icon of the Saviour lit +by a lamp, she stood before it with folded hands for a few moments. +A painful doubt filled her soul. Could the joy of love, of earthly +love for a man, be for her? In her thoughts of marriage Princess +Mary dreamed of happiness and of children, but her strongest, most +deeply hidden longing was for earthly love. The more she tried to hide +this feeling from others and even from herself, the stronger it +grew. "O God," she said, "how am I to stifle in my heart these +temptations of the devil? How am I to renounce forever these vile +fancies, so as peacefully to fulfill Thy will?" And scarcely had she +put that question than God gave her the answer in her own heart. +"Desire nothing for thyself, seek nothing, be not anxious or +envious. Man's future and thy own fate must remain hidden from thee, +but live so that thou mayest be ready for anything. If it be God's +will to prove thee in the duties of marriage, be ready to fulfill +His will." With this consoling thought (but yet with a hope for the +fulfillment of her forbidden earthly longing) Princess Mary sighed, +and having crossed herself went down, thinking neither of her gown and +coiffure nor of how she would go in nor of what she would say. What +could all that matter in comparison with the will of God, without +Whose care not a hair of man's head can fall? +BK3|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + When Princess Mary came down, Prince Vasili and his son were already +in the drawing room, talking to the little princess and Mademoiselle +Bourienne. When she entered with her heavy step, treading on her +heels, the gentlemen and Mademoiselle Bourienne rose and the little +princess, indicating her to the gentlemen, said: "Voila Marie!" +Princess Mary saw them all and saw them in detail. She saw Prince +Vasili's face, serious for an instant at the sight of her, but +immediately smiling again, and the little princess curiously noting +the impression "Marie" produced on the visitors. And she saw +Mademoiselle Bourienne, with her ribbon and pretty face, and her +unusually animated look which was fixed on him, but him she could +not see, she only saw something large, brilliant, and handsome +moving toward her as she entered the room. Prince Vasili approached +first, and she kissed the bold forehead that bent over her hand and +answered his question by saying that, on the contrary, she +remembered him quite well. Then Anatole came up to her. She still +could not see him. She only felt a soft hand taking hers firmly, and +she touched with her lips a white forehead, over which was beautiful +light-brown hair smelling of pomade. When she looked up at him she was +struck by his beauty. Anatole stood with his right thumb under a +button of his uniform, his chest expanded and his back drawn in, +slightly swinging one foot, and, with his head a little bent, looked +with beaming face at the princess without speaking and evidently not +thinking about her at all. Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready +or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable +in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession. If a man +lacking in self-confidence remains dumb on a first introduction and +betrays a consciousness of the impropriety of such silence and an +anxiety to find something to say, the effect is bad. But Anatole was +dumb, swung his foot, and smilingly examined the princess' hair. It +was evident that he could be silent in this way for a very long +time. "If anyone finds this silence inconvenient, let him talk, but +I don't want to"' he seemed to say. Besides this, in his behavior to +women Anatole had a manner which particularly inspires in them +curiosity, awe, and even love- a supercilious consciousness of his own +superiority. It was was as if he said to them: "I know you, I know +you, but why should I bother about you? You'd be only too glad, of +course." Perhaps he did not really think this when he met women- +even probably he did not, for in general he thought very little- but +his looks and manner gave that impression. The princess felt this, and +as if wishing to show him that she did not even dare expect to +interest him, she turned to his father. The conversation was general +and animated, thanks to Princess Lise's voice and little downy lip +that lifted over her white teeth. She met Prince Vasili with that +playful manner often employed by lively chatty people, and +consisting in the assumption that between the person they so address +and themselves there are some semi-private, long-established jokes and +amusing reminiscences, though no such reminiscences really exist- just +as none existed in this case. Prince Vasili readily adopted her tone +and the little princess also drew Anatole, whom she hardly knew, +into these amusing recollections of things that had never occurred. +Mademoiselle Bourienne also shared them and even Princess Mary felt +herself pleasantly made to share in these merry reminiscences. + "Here at least we shall have the benefit of your company all to +ourselves, dear prince," said the little princess (of course, in +French) to Prince Vasili. "It's not as at Annette's* receptions +where you always ran away; you remember cette chere Annette!" + + *Anna Pavlovna. + + "Ah, but you won't talk politics to me like Annette!" + "And our little tea table?" + "Oh, yes!" + "Why is it you were never at Annette's?" the little princess asked +Anatole. "Ah, I know, I know," she said with a sly glance, "your +brother Hippolyte told me about your goings on. Oh!" and she shook her +finger at him, "I have even heard of your doings in Paris!" + "And didn't Hippolyte tell you?" asked Prince Vasili, turning to his +son and seizing the little princess' arm as if she would have run away +and he had just managed to catch her, "didn't he tell you how he +himself was pining for the dear princess, and how she showed him the +door? Oh, she is a pearl among women, Princess," he added, turning +to Princess Mary. + When Paris was mentioned, Mademoiselle Bourienne for her part seized +the opportunity of joining in the general current of recollections. + She took the liberty of inquiring whether it was long since +Anatole had left Paris and how he had liked that city. Anatole +answered the Frenchwoman very readily and, looking at her with a +smile, talked to her about her native land. When he saw the pretty +little Bourienne, Anatole came to the conclusion that he would not +find Bald Hills dull either. "Not at all bad!" he thought, examining +her, "not at all bad, that little companion! I hope she will bring her +along with her when we're married, la petite est gentille."* + + *The little one is charming. + + The old prince dressed leisurely in his study, frowning and +considering what he was to do. The coming of these visitors annoyed +him. "What are Prince Vasili and that son of his to me? Prince +Vasili is a shallow braggart and his son, no doubt, is a fine +specimen," he grumbled to himself. What angered him was that the +coming of these visitors revived in his mind an unsettled question +he always tried to stifle, one about which he always deceived himself. +The question was whether he could ever bring himself to part from +his daughter and give her to a husband. The prince never directly +asked himself that question, knowing beforehand that he would have +to answer it justly, and justice clashed not only with his feelings +but with the very possibility of life. Life without Princess Mary, +little as he seemed to value her, was unthinkable to him. "And why +should she marry?" he thought. "To be unhappy for certain. There's +Lise, married to Andrew- a better husband one would think could hardly +be found nowadays- but is she contented with her lot? And who would +marry Marie for love? Plain and awkward! They'll take her for her +connections and wealth. Are there no women living unmarried, and +even the happier for it?" So thought Prince Bolkonski while +dressing, and yet the question he was always putting off demanded an +immediate answer. Prince Vasili had brought his son with the evident +intention of proposing, and today or tomorrow he would probably ask +for an answer. His birth and position in society were not bad. +"Well, I've nothing against it," the prince said to himself, "but he +must be worthy of her. And that is what we shall see." + "That is what we shall see! That is what we shall see!" he added +aloud. + He entered the drawing room with his usual alert step, glancing +rapidly round the company. He noticed the change in the little +princess' dress, Mademoiselle Bourienne's ribbon, Princess Mary's +unbecoming coiffure, Mademoiselle Bourienne's and Anatole's smiles, +and the loneliness of his daughter amid the general conversation. "Got +herself up like a fool!" he thought, looking irritably at her. "She is +shameless, and he ignores her!" + He went straight up to Prince Vasili. + "Well! How d'ye do? How d'ye do? Glad to see you!" + "Friendship laughs at distance," began Prince Vasili in his usual +rapid, self-confident, familiar tone. "Here is my second son; please +love and befriend him." + Prince Bolkonski surveyed Anatole. + "Fine young fellow! Fine young fellow!" he said. "Well, come and +kiss me," and he offered his cheek. + Anatole kissed the old man, and looked at him with curiosity and +perfect composure, waiting for a display of the eccentricities his +father had told him to expect. + Prince Bolkonski sat down in his usual place in the corner of the +sofa and, drawing up an armchair for Prince Vasili, pointed to it +and began questioning him about political affairs and news. He +seemed to listen attentively to what Prince Vasili said, but kept +glancing at Princess Mary. + "And so they are writing from Potsdam already?" he said, repeating +Prince Vasili's last words. Then rising, he suddenly went up to his +daughter. + "Is it for visitors you've got yourself up like that, eh?" said +he. "Fine, very fine! You have done up your hair in this new way for +the visitors, and before the visitors I tell you that in future you +are never to dare to change your way of dress without my consent." + "It was my fault, mon pere," interceded the little princess, with +a blush. + "You must do as you please," said Prince Bolkonski, bowing to his +daughter-in-law, "but she need not make a fool of herself, she's plain +enough as it is." + And he sat down again, paying no more attention to his daughter, who +was reduced to tears. + "On the contrary, that coiffure suits the princess very well," +said Prince Vasili. + "Now you, young prince, what's your name?" said Prince Bolkonski, +turning to Anatole, "come here, let us talk and get acquainted." + "Now the fun begins," thought Anatole, sitting down with a smile +beside the old prince. + "Well, my dear boy, I hear you've been educated abroad, not taught +to read and write by the deacon, like your father and me. Now tell me, +my dear boy, are you serving in the Horse Guards?" asked the old +man, scrutinizing Anatole closely and intently. + "No, I have been transferred to the line," said Anatole, hardly able +to restrain his laughter. + "Ah! That's a good thing. So, my dear boy, you wish to serve the +Tsar and the country? It is wartime. Such a fine fellow must serve. +Well, are you off to the front?" + "No, Prince, our regiment has gone to the front, but I am +attached... what is it I am attached to, Papa?" said Anatole, +turning to his father with a laugh. + "A splendid soldier, splendid! 'What am I attached to!' Ha, ha, ha!" +laughed Prince Bolkonski, and Anatole laughed still louder. Suddenly +Prince Bolkonski frowned. + "You may go," he said to Anatole. + Anatole returned smiling to the ladies. + "And so you've had him educated abroad, Prince Vasili, haven't you?" +said the old prince to Prince Vasili. + "I have done my best for him, and I can assure you the education +there is much better than ours." + "Yes, everything is different nowadays, everything is changed. The +lad's a fine fellow, a fine fellow! Well, come with me now." He took +Prince Vasili's arm and led him to his study. As soon as they were +alone together, Prince Vasili announced his hopes and wishes to the +old prince. + "Well, do you think I shall prevent her, that I can't part from +her?" said the old prince angrily. "What an idea! I'm ready for it +tomorrow! Only let me tell you, I want to know my son-in-law better. +You know my principles- everything aboveboard? I will ask her tomorrow +in your presence; if she is willing, then he can stay on. He can +stay and I'll see." The old prince snorted. "Let her marry, it's all +the same to me!" he screamed in the same piercing tone as when parting +from his son. + "I will tell you frankly," said Prince Vasili in the tone of a +crafty man convinced of the futility of being cunning with so +keen-sighted companion. "You know, you see right through people. +Anatole is no genius, but he is an honest, goodhearted lad; an +excellent son or kinsman." + "All right, all right, we'll see!" + As always happens when women lead lonely lives for any length of +time without male society, on Anatole's appearance all the three women +of Prince Bolkonski's household felt that their life had not been real +till then. Their powers of reasoning, feeling, and observing +immediately increased tenfold, and their life, which seemed to have +been passed in darkness, was suddenly lit up by a new brightness, full +of significance. + Princess Mary grew quite unconscious of her face and coiffure. The +handsome open face of the man who might perhaps be her husband +absorbed all her attention. He seemed to her kind, brave, +determined, manly, and magnanimous. She felt convinced of that. +Thousands of dreams of a future family life continually rose in her +imagination. She drove them away and tried to conceal them. + "But am I not too cold with him?" thought the princess. "I try to be +reserved because in the depth of my soul I feel too near to him +already, but then he cannot know what I think of him and may imagine +that I do not like him." + And Princess Mary tried, but could not manage, to be cordial to +her new guest. "Poor girl, she's devilish ugly!" thought Anatole. + Mademoiselle Bourienne, also roused to great excitement by Anatole's +arrival, thought in another way. Of course, she, a handsome young +woman without any definite position, without relations or even a +country, did not intend to devote her life to serving Prince +Bolkonski, to reading aloud to him and being friends with Princess +Mary. Mademoiselle Bourienne had long been waiting for a Russian +prince who, able to appreciate at a glance her superiority to the +plain, badly dressed, ungainly Russian princesses, would fall in +love with her and carry her off; and here at last was a Russian +prince. Mademoiselle Bourienne knew a story, heard from her aunt but +finished in her own way, which she liked to repeat to herself. It +was the story of a girl who had been seduced, and to whom her poor +mother (sa pauvre mere) appeared, and reproached her for yielding to a +man without being married. Mademoiselle Bourienne was often touched to +tears as in imagination she told this story to him, her seducer. And +now he, a real Russian prince, had appeared. He would carry her away +and then sa pauvre mere would appear and he would marry her. So her +future shaped itself in Mademoiselle Bourienne's head at the very time +she was talking to Anatole about Paris. It was not calculation that +guided her (she did not even for a moment consider what she should +do), but all this had long been familiar to her, and now that +Anatole had appeared it just grouped itself around him and she +wished and tried to please him as much as possible. + The little princess, like an old war horse that hears the trumpet, +unconsciously and quite forgetting her condition, prepared for the +familiar gallop of coquetry, without any ulterior motive or any +struggle, but with naive and lighthearted gaiety. + Although in female society Anatole usually assumed the role of a man +tired of being run after by women, his vanity was flattered by the +spectacle of his power over these three women. Besides that, he was +beginning to feel for the pretty and provocative Mademoiselle +Bourienne that passionate animal feeling which was apt to master him +with great suddenness and prompt him to the coarsest and most reckless +actions. + After tea, the company went into the sitting room and Princess +Mary was asked to play on the clavichord. Anatole, laughing and in +high spirits, came and leaned on his elbows, facing her and beside +Mademoiselle Bourienne. Princess Mary felt his look with a painfully +joyous emotion. Her favorite sonata bore her into a most intimately +poetic world and the look she felt upon her made that world still more +poetic. But Anatole's expression, though his eyes were fixed on her, +referred not to her but to the movements of Mademoiselle Bourienne's +little foot, which he was then touching with his own under the +clavichord. Mademoiselle Bourienne was also looking at Princess +Mary, and in her lovely eyes there was a look of fearful joy and +hope that was also new to the princess. + "How she loves me!" thought Princess Mary. "How happy I am now, +and how happy I may be with such a friend and such a husband! Husband? +Can it be possible?" she thought, not daring to look at his face, +but still feeling his eyes gazing at her. + In the evening, after supper, when all were about to retire, Anatole +kissed Princess Mary's hand. She did not know how she found the +courage, but she looked straight into his handsome face as it came +near to her shortsighted eyes. Turning from Princess Mary he went up +and kissed Mademoiselle Bourienne's hand. (This was not etiquette, but +then he did everything so simply and with such assurance!) +Mademoiselle Bourienne flushed, and gave the princess a frightened +look. + "What delicacy! " thought the princess. "Is it possible that Amelie" +(Mademoiselle Bourienne) "thinks I could be jealous of her, and not +value her pure affection and devotion to me?" She went up to her and +kissed her warmly. Anatole went up to kiss the little princess' hand. + "No! No! No! When your father writes to tell me that you are +behaving well I will give you my hand to kiss. Not till then!" she +said. And smilingly raising a finger at him, she left the room. +BK3|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + They all separated, but, except Anatole who fell asleep as soon as +he got into bed, all kept awake a long time that night. + "Is he really to be my husband, this stranger who is so kind- yes, +kind, that is the chief thing," thought Princess Mary; and fear, which +she had seldom experienced, came upon her. She feared to look round, +it seemed to her that someone was there standing behind the screen +in the dark corner. And this someone was he- the devil- and he was +also this man with the white forehead, black eyebrows, and red lips. + She rang for her maid and asked her to sleep in her room. + Mademoiselle Bourienne walked up and down the conservatory for a +long time that evening, vainly expecting someone, now smiling at +someone, now working herself up to tears with the imaginary words of +her pauvre mere rebuking her for her fall. + The little princess grumbled to her maid that her bed was badly +made. She could not lie either on her face or on her side. Every +position was awkward and uncomfortable, and her burden oppressed her +now more than ever because Anatole's presence had vividly recalled +to her the time when she was not like that and when everything was +light and gay. She sat in an armchair in her dressing jacket and +nightcap and Katie, sleepy and disheveled, beat and turned the heavy +feather bed for the third time, muttering to herself. + "I told you it was all lumps and holes!" the little princess +repeated. "I should be glad enough to fall asleep, so it's not my +fault!" and her voice quivered like that of a child about to cry. + The old prince did not sleep either. Tikhon, half asleep, heard +him pacing angrily about and snorting. The old prince felt as though +he had been insulted through his daughter. The insult was the more +pointed because it concerned not himself but another, his daughter, +whom he loved more than himself. He kept telling himself that he would +consider the whole matter and decide what was right and how he +should act, but instead of that he only excited himself more and more. + "The first man that turns up- she forgets her father and +everything else, runs upstairs and does up her hair and wags her +tail and is unlike herself! Glad to throw her father over! And she +knew I should notice it. Fr... fr... fr! And don't I see that that +idiot had eyes only for Bourienne- I shall have to get rid of her. And +how is it she has not pride enough to see it? If she has no pride +for herself she might at least have some for my sake! She must be +shown that the blockhead thinks nothing of her and looks only at +Bourienne. No, she has no pride... but I'll let her see...." + The old prince knew that if he told his daughter she was making a +mistake and that Anatole meant to flirt with Mademoiselle Bourienne, +Princess Mary's self-esteem would be wounded and his point (not to +be parted from her) would be gained, so pacifying himself with this +thought, he called Tikhon and began to undress. + "What devil brought them here?" thought he, while Tikhon was putting +the nightshirt over his dried-up old body and gray-haired chest. "I +never invited them. They came to disturb my life- and there is not +much of it left." + "Devil take 'em!" he muttered, while his head was still covered by +the shirt. + Tikhon knew his master's habit of sometimes thinking aloud, and +therefore met with unaltered looks the angrily inquisitive +expression of the face that emerged from the shirt. + "Gone to bed?" asked the prince. + Tikhon, like all good valets, instinctively knew the direction of +his master's thoughts. He guessed that the question referred to Prince +Vasili and his son. + "They have gone to bed and put out their lights, your excellency." + "No good... no good..." said the prince rapidly, and thrusting his +feet into his slippers and his arms into the sleeves of his dressing +gown, he went to the couch on which he slept. + Though no words had passed between Anatole and Mademoiselle +Bourienne, they quite understood one another as to the first part of +their romance, up to the appearance of the pauvre mere; they +understood that they had much to say to one another in private and +so they had been seeking an opportunity since morning to meet one +another alone. When Princess Mary went to her father's room at the +usual hour, Mademoiselle Bourienne and Anatole met in the +conservatory. + Princess Mary went to the door of the study with special +trepidation. It seemed to her that not only did everybody know that +her fate would be decided that day, but that they also knew what she +thought about it. She read this in Tikhon's face and in that of Prince +Vasili's valet, who made her a low bow when she met him in the +corridor carrying hot water. + The old prince was very affectionate and careful in his treatment of +his daughter that morning. Princess Mary well knew this painstaking +expression of her father's. His face wore that expression when his dry +hands clenched with vexation at her not understanding a sum in +arithmetic, when rising from his chair he would walk away from her, +repeating in a low voice the same words several times over. + He came to the point at once, treating her ceremoniously. + "I have had a proposition made me concerning you," he said with an +unnatural smile. "I expect you have guessed that Prince Vasili has not +come and brought his pupil with him" (for some reason Prince Bolkonski +referred to Anatole as a "pupil") "for the sake of my beautiful +eyes. Last night a proposition was made me on your account and, as you +know my principles, I refer it to you." + "How am I to understand you, mon pere?" said the princess, growing +pale and then blushing. + "How understand me!" cried her father angrily. "Prince Vasili +finds you to his taste as a daughter-in-law and makes a proposal to +you on his pupil's behalf. That's how it's to be understood! 'How +understand it'!... And I ask you!" + "I do not know what you think, Father," whispered the princess. + "I? I? What of me? Leave me out of the question. I'm not going to +get married. What about you? That's what I want to know." + The princess saw that her father regarded the matter with +disapproval, but at that moment the thought occurred to her that her +fate would be decided now or never. She lowered her eyes so as not +to see the gaze under which she felt that she could not think, but +would only be able to submit from habit, and she said: "I wish only to +do your will, but if I had to express my own desire..." She had no +time to finish. The old prince interrupted her. + "That's admirable!" he shouted. "He will take you with your dowry +and take Mademoiselle Bourienne into the bargain. She'll be the +wife, while you..." + The prince stopped. He saw the effect these words had produced on +his daughter. She lowered her head and was ready to burst into tears. + "Now then, now then, I'm only joking!" he said. "Remember this, +Princess, I hold to the principle that a maiden has a full right to +choose. I give you freedom. Only remember that your life's happiness +depends on your decision. Never mind me!" + "But I do not know, Father!" + "There's no need to talk! He receives his orders and will marry +you or anybody; but you are free to choose.... Go to your room, +think it over, and come back in an hour and tell me in his presence: +yes or no. I know you will pray over it. Well, pray if you like, but +you had better think it over. Go! Yes or no, yes or no, yes or no!" he +still shouted when the princess, as if lost in a fog, had already +staggered out of the study. + Her fate was decided and happily decided. But what her father had +said about Mademoiselle Bourienne was dreadful. It was untrue to be +sure, but still it was terrible, and she could not help thinking of +it. She was going straight on through the conservatory, neither seeing +nor hearing anything, when suddenly the well-known whispering of +Mademoiselle Bourienne aroused her. She raised her eyes, and two steps +away saw Anatole embracing the Frenchwoman and whispering something to +her. With a horrified expression on his handsome face, Anatole +looked at Princess Mary, but did not at once take his arm from the +waist of Mademoiselle Bourienne who had not yet seen her. + "Who's that? Why? Wait a moment!" Anatole's face seemed to say. +Princess Mary looked at them in silence. She could not understand +it. At last Mademoiselle Bourienne gave a scream and ran away. Anatole +bowed to Princess Mary with a gay smile, as if inviting her to join in +a laugh at this strange incident, and then shrugging his shoulders +went to the door that led to his own apartments. + An hour later, Tikhon came to call Princess Mary to the old +prince; he added that Prince Vasili was also there. When Tikhon came +to her Princess Mary was sitting on the sofa in her room, holding +the weeping Mademoiselle Bourienne in her arms and gently stroking her +hair. The princess' beautiful eyes with all their former calm radiance +were looking with tender affection and pity at Mademoiselle +Bourienne's pretty face. + "No, Princess, I have lost your affection forever!" said +Mademoiselle Bourienne. + "Why? I love you more than ever," said Princess Mary, "and I will +try to do all I can for your happiness." + "But you despise me. You who are so pure can never understand +being so carried away by passion. Oh, only my poor mother..." + "I quite understand," answered Princess Mary, with a sad smile. +"Calm yourself, my dear. I will go to my father," she said, and went +out. + Prince Vasili, with one leg thrown high over the other and a +snuffbox in his hand, was sitting there with a smile of deep emotion +on his face, as if stirred to his heart's core and himself +regretting and laughing at his own sensibility, when Princess Mary +entered. He hurriedly took a pinch of snuff. + "Ah, my dear, my dear!" he began, rising and taking her by both +hands. Then, sighing, he added: "My son's fate is in your hands. +Decide, my dear, good, gentle Marie, whom I have always loved as a +daughter!" + He drew back and a real tear appeared in his eye. + "Fr... fr..." snorted Prince Bolkonski. "The prince is making a +proposition to you in his pupil's- I mean, his son's- name. Do you +wish or not to be Prince Anatole Kuragin's wife? Reply: yes or no," he +shouted, "and then I shall reserve the right to state my opinion also. +Yes, my opinion, and only my opinion," added Prince Bolkonski, turning +to Prince Vasili and answering his imploring look. "Yes, or no?" + "My desire is never to leave you, Father, never to separate my +life from yours. I don't wish to marry," she answered positively, +glancing at Prince Vasili and at her father with her beautiful eyes. + "Humbug! Nonsense! Humbug, humbug, humbug!" cried Prince +Bolkonski, frowning and taking his daughter's hand; he did not kiss +her, but only bending his forehead to hers just touched it, and +pressed her hand so that she winced and uttered a cry. + Prince Vasili rose. + "My dear, I must tell you that this is a moment I shall never, never +forget. But, my dear, will you not give us a little hope of touching +this heart, so kind and generous? Say 'perhaps'... The future is so +long. Say 'perhaps.'" + "Prince, what I have said is all there is in my heart. I thank you +for the honor, but I shall never be your son's wife." + "Well, so that's finished, my dear fellow! I am very glad to have +seen you. Very glad! Go back to your rooms, Princess. Go!" said the +old prince. "Very, very glad to glad to have seen you," repeated he, +embracing Prince Vasili. + "My vocation is a different one," thought Princess Mary. "My +vocation is to be happy with another kind of happiness, the +happiness of love and self-sacrifice. And cost what it may, I will +arrange poor Amelie's happiness, she loves him so passionately, and so +passionately repents. I will do all I can to arrange the match between +them. If he is not rich I will give her the means; I will ask my +father and Andrew. I shall be so happy when she is his wife. She is so +unfortunate, a stranger, alone, helpless! And, oh God, how +passionately she must love him if she could so far forget herself! +Perhaps I might have done the same!..." thought Princess Mary. +BK3|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + It was long since the Rostovs had news of Nicholas. Not till +midwinter was the count at last handed a letter addressed in his son's +handwriting. On receiving it, he ran on tiptoe to his study in alarm +and haste, trying to escape notice, closed the door, and began to read +the letter. + Anna Mikhaylovna, who always knew everything that passed in the +house, on hearing of the arrival of the letter went softly into the +room and found the count with it in his hand, sobbing and laughing +at the same time. + Anna Mikhaylovna, though her circumstances had improved, was still +living with the Rostovs. + "My dear friend?" said she, in a tone of pathetic inquiry, +prepared to sympathize in any way. + The count sobbed yet more. + "Nikolenka... a letter... wa... a... s... wounded... my darling +boy... the countess... promoted to be an officer... thank God... How +tell the little countess!" + Anna Mikhaylovna sat down beside him, with her own handkerchief +wiped the tears from his eyes and from the letter, then having dried +her own eyes she comforted the count, and decided that at dinner and +till teatime she would prepare the countess, and after tea, with God's +help, would inform her. + At dinner Anna Mikhaylovna talked the whole time about the war +news and about Nikolenka, twice asked when the last letter had been +received from him, though she knew that already, and remarked that +they might very likely be getting a letter from him that day. Each +time that these hints began to make the countess anxious and she +glanced uneasily at the count and at Anna Mikhaylovna, the latter very +adroitly turned the conversation to insignificant matters. Natasha, +who, of the whole family, was the most gifted with a capacity to +feel any shades of intonation, look, and expression, pricked up her +ears from the beginning of the meal and was certain that there was +some secret between her father and Anna Mikhaylovna, that it had +something to do with her brother, and that Anna Mikhaylovna was +preparing them for it. Bold as she was, Natasha, who knew how +sensitive her mother was to anything relating to Nikolenka, did not +venture to ask any questions at dinner, but she was too excited to eat +anything and kept wriggling about on her chair regardless of her +governess' remarks. After dinner, she rushed head long after Anna +Mikhaylovna and, dashing at her, flung herself on her neck as soon +as she overtook her in the sitting room. + "Auntie, darling, do tell me what it is!" + "Nothing, my dear." + "No, dearest, sweet one, honey, I won't give up- I know you know +something." + Anna Mikhaylovna shook her head. + "You are a little slyboots," she said. + "A letter from Nikolenka! I'm sure of it!" exclaimed Natasha, +reading confirmation in Anna Mikhaylovna's face. + "But for God's sake, be careful, you know how it may affect your +mamma." + "I will, I will, only tell me! You won't? Then I will go and tell at +once." + Anna Mikhaylovna, in a few words, told her the contents of the +letter, on condition that she should tell no one. + "No, on my true word of honor," said Natasha,crossing herself, "I +won't tell anyone!" and she ran off at once to Sonya. + "Nikolenka... wounded... a letter," she announced in gleeful +triumph. + "Nicholas!" was all Sonya said, instantly turning white. + Natasha, seeing the impression the of her brother's wound produced +on Sonya, felt for the first time the sorrowful side of the news. + She rushed to Sonya, hugged her, and began to cry. + "A little wound, but he has been made an officer; he is well now, he +wrote himself," said she through her tears. + "There now! It's true that all you women are crybabies," remarked +Petya, pacing the room with large, resolute strides. "Now I'm very +glad, very glad indeed, that my brother has distinguished himself +so. You are all blubberers and understand nothing." + Natasha smiled through her tears. + "You haven't read the letter?" asked Sonya. + "No, but she said that it was all over and that he's now an +officer." + "Thank God!" said Sonya, crossing herself. "But perhaps she deceived +you. Let us go to Mamma." + Petya paced the room in silence for a time. + "If I'd been in Nikolenka's place I would have killed even more of +those Frenchmen," he said. "What nasty brutes they are! I'd have +killed so many that there'd have been a heap of them." + "Hold your tongue, Petya, what a goose you are!" + "I'm not a goose, but they are who cry about trifles," said Petya. + "Do you remember him?" Natasha suddenly asked, after a moment's +silence. + Sonya smiled. + "Do I remember Nicholas?" + "No, Sonya, but do you remember so that you remember him +perfectly, remember everything?" said Natasha, with an expressive +gesture, evidently wishing to give her words a very definite +meaning. "I remember Nikolenka too, I remember him well," she said. +"But I don't remember Boris. I don't remember him a bit." + "What! You don't remember Boris?" asked Sonya in surprise. + "It's not that I don't remember- I know what he is like, but not +as I remember Nikolenka. Him- I just shut my eyes and remember, but +Boris... No!" (She shut her eyes.)"No! there's nothing at all." + "Oh, Natasha!" said Sonya, looking ecstatically and earnestly at her +friend as if she did not consider her worthy to hear what she meant to +say and as if she were saying it to someone else, with whom joking was +out of the question, "I am in love with your brother once for all and, +whatever may happen to him or to me, shall never cease to love him +as long as I live." + Natasha looked at Sonya with wondering and inquisitive eyes, and +said nothing. She felt that Sonya was speaking the truth, that there +was such love as Sonya was speaking of. But Natasha had not yet felt +anything like it. She believed it could be, but did not understand it. + "Shall you write to him?" she asked. + Sonya became thoughtful. The question of how to write to Nicholas, +and whether she ought to write, tormented her. Now that he was already +an officer and a wounded hero, would it be right to remind him of +herself and, as it might seem, of the obligations to her he had +taken on himself? + "I don't know. I think if he writes, I will write too," she said, +blushing. + "And you won't feel ashamed to write to him?" + Sonya smiled. + "No." + "And I should be ashamed to write to Boris. I'm not going to." + "Why should you be ashamed?" + "Well, I don't know. It's awkward and would make me ashamed." + "And I know why she'd be ashamed," said Petya, offended by Natasha's +previous remark. "It's because she was in love with that fat one in +spectacles" (that was how Petya described his namesake, the new +Count Bezukhov) "and now she's in love with that singer" (he meant +Natasha's Italian singing master), "that's why she's ashamed!" + "Petya, you're a stupid!" said Natasha. + "Not more stupid than you, madam," said the nine-year-old Petya, +with the air of an old brigadier. + The countess had been prepared by Anna Mikhaylovna's hints at +dinner. On retiring to her own room, she sat in an armchair, her +eyes fixed on a miniature portrait of her son on the lid of a +snuffbox, while the tears kept coming into her eyes. Anna Mikhaylovna, +with the letter, came on tiptoe to the countess' door and paused. + "Don't come in," she said to the old count who was following her. +"Come later." And she went in, closing the door behind her. + The count put his ear to the keyhole and listened. + At first he heard the sound of indifferent voices, then Anna +Mikhaylovna's voice alone in a long speech, then a cry, then +silence, then both voices together with glad intonations, and then +footsteps. Anna Mikhaylovna opened the door. Her face wore the proud +expression of a surgeon who has just performed a difficult operation +and admits the public to appreciate his skill. + "It is done!" she said to the count, pointing triumphantly to the +countess, who sat holding in one hand the snuffbox with its portrait +and in the other the letter, and pressing them alternately to her +lips. + When she saw the count, she stretched out her arms to him, +embraced his bald head, over which she again looked at the letter +and the portrait, and in order to press them again to her lips, she +slightly pushed away the bald head. Vera, Natasha, Sonya, and Petya +now entered the room, and the reading of the letter began. After a +brief description of the campaign and the two battles in which he +had taken part, and his promotion, Nicholas said that he kissed his +father's and mother's hands asking for their blessing, and that he +kissed Vera, Natasha, and Petya. Besides that, he sent greetings to +Monsieur Schelling, Madame Schoss, and his old nurse, and asked them +to kiss for him "dear Sonya, whom he loved and thought of just the +same as ever." When she heard this Sonya blushed so that tears came +into her eyes and, unable to bear the looks turned upon her, ran +away into the dancing hall, whirled round it at full speed with her +dress puffed out like a balloon, and, flushed and smiling, plumped +down on the floor. The countess was crying. + "Why are you crying, Mamma?" asked Vera. "From all he says one +should be glad and not cry." + This was quite true, but the count, the countess, and Natasha looked +at her reproachfully. "And who is it she takes after?" thought the +countess. + Nicholas' letter was read over hundreds of times, and those who were +considered worthy to hear it had to come to the countess, for she +did not let it out of her hands. The tutors came, and the nurses, +and Dmitri, and several acquaintances, and the countess reread the +letter each time with fresh pleasure and each time discovered in it +fresh proofs of Nikolenka's virtues. How strange, how extraordinary, +how joyful it seemed, that her son, the scarcely perceptible motion of +whose tiny limbs she had felt twenty years ago within her, that son +about whom she used to have quarrels with the too indulgent count, +that son who had first learned to say "pear" and then "granny," that +this son should now be away in a foreign land amid strange +surroundings, a manly warrior doing some kind of man's work of his +own, without help or guidance. The universal experience of ages, +showing that children do grow imperceptibly from the cradle to +manhood, did not exist for the countess. Her son's growth toward +manhood, at each of its stages, had seemed as extraordinary to her +as if there had never existed the millions of human beings who grew up +in the same way. As twenty years before, it seemed impossible that the +little creature who lived somewhere under her heart would ever cry, +suck her breast, and begin to speak, so now she could not believe that +that little creature could be this strong, brave man, this model son +and officer that, judging by this letter, he now was. + "What a style! How charmingly he describes!" said she, reading the +descriptive part of the letter. "And what a soul! Not a word about +himself.... Not a word! About some Denisov or other, though he +himself, I dare say, is braver than any of them. He says nothing about +his sufferings. What a heart! How like him it is! And how he has +remembered everybody! Not forgetting anyone. I always said when he was +only so high- I always said...." + For more than a week preparations were being made, rough drafts of +letters to Nicholas from all the household were written and copied +out, while under the supervision of the countess and the solicitude of +the count, money and all things necessary for the uniform and +equipment of the newly commissioned officer were collected. Anna +Mikhaylovna, practical woman that she was, had even managed by favor +with army authorities to secure advantageous means of communication +for herself and her son. She had opportunities of sending her +letters to the Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, who commanded the +Guards. The Rostovs supposed that The Russian Guards, Abroad, was +quite a definite address, and that if a letter reached the Grand +Duke in command of the Guards there was no reason why it should not +reach the Pavlograd regiment, which was presumably somewhere in the +same neighborhood. And so it was decided to send the letters and money +by the Grand Duke's courier to Boris and Boris was to forward them +to Nicholas. The letters were from the old count, the countess, Petya, +Vera, Natasha, and Sonya, and finally there were six thousand rubles +for his outfit and various other things the old count sent to his son. +BK3|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + On the twelfth of November, Kutuzov's active army, in camp before +Olmutz, was preparing to be reviewed next day by the two Emperors- the +Russian and the Austrian. The Guards, just arrived from Russia, +spent the night ten miles from Olmutz and next morning were to come +straight to the review, reaching the field at Olmutz by ten o'clock. + That day Nicholas Rostov received a letter from Boris, telling him +that the Ismaylov regiment was quartered for the night ten miles +from Olmutz and that he wanted to see him as he had a letter and money +for him. Rostov was particularly in need of money now that the troops, +after their active service, were stationed near Olmutz and the camp +swarmed with well-provisioned sutlers and Austrian Jews offering all +sorts of tempting wares. The Pavlograds held feast after feast, +celebrating awards they had received for the campaign, and made +expeditions to Olmutz to visit a certain Caroline the Hungarian, who +had recently opened a restaurant there with girls as waitresses. +Rostov, who had just celebrated his promotion to a cornetcy and bought +Denisov's horse, Bedouin, was in debt all round, to his comrades and +the sutlers. On receiving Boris' letter he rode with a fellow +officer to Olmutz, dined there, drank a bottle of wine, and then set +off alone to the Guards' camp to find his old playmate. Rostov had not +yet had time to get his uniform. He had on a shabby cadet jacket, +decorated with a soldier's cross, equally shabby cadet's riding +breeches lined with worn leather, and an officer's saber with a +sword knot. The Don horse he was riding was one he had bought from a +Cossack during the campaign, and he wore a crumpled hussar cap stuck +jauntily back on one side of his head. As he rode up to the camp he +thought how he would impress Boris and all his comrades of the +Guards by his appearance- that of a fighting hussar who had been under +fire. + The Guards had made their whole march as if on a pleasure trip, +parading their cleanliness and discipline. They had come by easy +stages, their knapsacks conveyed on carts, and the Austrian +authorities had provided excellent dinners for the officers at every +halting place. The regiments had entered and left the town with +their bands playing, and by the Grand Duke's orders the men had +marched all the way in step (a practice on which the Guards prided +themselves), the officers on foot and at their proper posts. Boris had +been quartered, and had marched all the way, with Berg who was already +in command of a company. Berg, who had obtained his captaincy during +the campaign, had gained the confidence of his superiors by his +promptitude and accuracy and had arranged his money matters very +satisfactorily. Boris, during the campaign, had made the +acquaintance of many persons who might prove useful to him, and by a +letter of recommendation he had brought from Pierre had become +acquainted with Prince Andrew Bolkonski, through whom he hoped to +obtain a post on the commander in chief's staff. Berg and Boris, +having rested after yesterday's march, were sitting, clean and +neatly dressed, at a round table in the clean quarters allotted to +them, playing chess. Berg held a smoking pipe between his knees. +Boris, in the accurate way characteristic of him, was building a +little pyramid of chessmen with his delicate white fingers while +awaiting Berg's move, and watched his opponent's face, evidently +thinking about the game as he always thought only of whatever he was +engaged on. + "Well, how are you going to get out of that?" he remarked. + "We'll try to," replied Berg, touching a pawn and then removing +his hand. + At that moment the door opened. + "Here he is at last!" shouted Rostov. "And Berg too! Oh, you +petisenfans, allay cushay dormir!" he exclaimed, imitating his Russian +nurse's French, at which he and Boris used to laugh long ago. + "Dear me, how you have changed!" + Boris rose to meet Rostov, but in doing so did not omit to steady +and replace some chessmen that were falling. He was about to embrace +his friend, but Nicholas avoided him. With that peculiar feeling of +youth, that dread of beaten tracks, and wish to express itself in a +manner different from that of its elders which is often insincere, +Nicholas wished to do something special on meeting his friend. He +wanted to pinch him, push him, do anything but kiss him- a thing +everybody did. But notwithstanding this, Boris embraced him in a +quiet, friendly way and kissed him three times. + They had not met for nearly half a year and, being at the age when +young men take their first steps on life's road, each saw immense +changes in the other, quite a new reflection of the society in which +they had taken those first steps. Both had changed greatly since +they last met and both were in a hurry to show the changes that had +taken place in them. + "Oh, you damned dandies! Clean and fresh as if you'd been to a fete, +not like us sinners of the line," cried Rostov, with martial swagger +and with baritone notes in his voice, new to Boris, pointing to his +own mud-bespattered breeches. The German landlady, hearing Rostov's +loud voice, popped her head in at the door. + "Eh, is she pretty?" he asked with a wink. + "Why do you shout so? You'll frighten them!" said Boris. "I did +not expect you today," he added. "I only sent you the note yesterday +by Bolkonski- an adjutant of Kutuzov's, who's a friend of mine. I +did not think he would get it to you so quickly.... Well, how are you? +Been under fire already?" asked Boris. + Without answering, Rostov shook the soldier's Cross of St. George +fastened to the cording of his uniform and, indicating a bandaged arm, +glanced at Berg with a smile. + "As you see," he said. + "Indeed? Yes, yes!" said Boris, with a smile. "And we too have had a +splendid march. You know, of course, that His Imperial Highness rode +with our regiment all the time, so that we had every comfort and every +advantage. What receptions we had in Poland! What dinners and balls! I +can't tell you. And the Tsarevich was very gracious to all our +officers." + And the two friends told each other of their doings, the one of +his hussar revels and life in the fighting line, the other of the +pleasures and advantages of service under members of the Imperial +family. + "Oh, you Guards!" said Rostov. "I say, send for some wine." + Boris made a grimace. + "If you really want it," said he. + He went to his bed, drew a purse from under the clean pillow, and +sent for wine. + "Yes, and I have some money and a letter to give you," he added. + Rostov took the letter and, throwing the money on the sofa, put both +arms on the table and began to read. After reading a few lines, he +glanced angrily at Berg, then, meeting his eyes, hid his face behind +the letter. + "Well, they've sent you a tidy sum," said Berg, eying the heavy +purse that sank into the sofa. "As for us, Count, we get along on +our pay. I can tell you for myself..." + "I say, Berg, my dear fellow," said Rostov, "when you get a letter +from home and meet one of your own people whom you want to talk +everything over with, and I happen to be there, I'll go at once, to be +out of your way! Do go somewhere, anywhere... to the devil!" he +exclaimed, and immediately seizing him by the shoulder and looking +amiably into his face, evidently wishing to soften the rudeness of his +words, he added, "Don't be hurt, my dear fellow; you know I speak from +my heart as to an old acquaintance." + "Oh, don't mention it, Count! I quite understand," said Berg, +getting up and speaking in a muffled and guttural voice. + "Go across to our hosts: they invited you," added Boris. + Berg put on the cleanest of coats, without a spot or speck of +dust, stood before a looking glass and brushed the hair on his temples +upwards, in the way affected by the Emperor Alexander, and, having +assured himself from the way Rostov looked at it that his coat had +been noticed, left the room with a pleasant smile. + "Oh dear, what a beast I am!" muttered Rostov, as he read the +letter. + "Why?" + "Oh, what a pig I am, not to have written and to have given them +such a fright! Oh, what a pig I am!" he repeated, flushing suddenly. +"Well, have you sent Gabriel for some wine? All right let's have +some!" + In the letter from his parents was enclosed a letter of +recommendation to Bagration which the old countess at Anna +Mikhaylovna's advice had obtained through an acquaintance and sent +to her son, asking him to take it to its destination and make use of +it. + "What nonsense! Much I need it!" said Rostov, throwing the letter +under the table. + "Why have you thrown that away?" asked Boris. + "It is some letter of recommendation... what the devil do I want +it for!" + "Why 'What the devil'?" said Boris, picking it up and reading the +address. "This letter would be of great use to you." + "I want nothing, and I won't be anyone's adjutant." + "Why not?" inquired Boris. + "It's a lackey's job!" + "You are still the same dreamer, I see," remarked Boris, shaking his +head. + "And you're still the same diplomatist! But that's not the +point... Come, how are you?" asked Rostov. + "Well, as you see. So far everything's all right, but I confess I +should much like to be an adjutant and not remain at the front." + "Why?" + "Because when once a man starts on military service, he should try +to make as successful a career of it as possible." + "Oh, that's it!" said Rostov, evidently thinking of something else. + He looked intently and inquiringly into his friend's eyes, evidently +trying in vain to find the answer to some question. + Old Gabriel brought in the wine. + "Shouldn't we now send for Berg?" asked Boris. "He would drink +with you. I can't." + "Well, send for him... and how do you get on with that German?" +asked Rostov, with a contemptuous smile. + "He is a very, very nice, honest, and pleasant fellow," answered +Boris. + Again Rostov looked intently into Boris' eyes and sighed. Berg +returned, and over the bottle of wine conversation between the three +officers became animated. The Guardsmen told Rostov of their march and +how they had been made much of in Russia, Poland, and abroad. They +spoke of the sayings and doings of their commander, the Grand Duke, +and told stories of his kindness and irascibility. Berg, as usual, +kept silent when the subject did not relate to himself, but in +connection with the stories of the Grand Duke's quick temper he +related with gusto how in Galicia he had managed to deal with the +Grand Duke when the latter made a tour of the regiments and was +annoyed at the irregularity of a movement. With a pleasant smile +Berg related how the Grand Duke had ridden up to him in a violent +passion, shouting: "Arnauts!" ("Arnauts" was the Tsarevich's +favorite expression when he was in a rage) and called for the +company commander. + "Would you believe it, Count, I was not at all alarmed, because I +knew I was right. Without boasting, you know, I may say that I know +the Army Orders by heart and know the Regulations as well as I do +the Lord's Prayer. So, Count, there never is any negligence in my +company, and so my conscience was at ease. I came forward...." (Berg +stood up and showed how he presented himself, with his hand to his +cap, and really it would have been difficult for a face to express +greater respect and self-complacency than his did.) "Well, he +stormed at me, as the saying is, stormed and stormed and stormed! It +was not a matter of life but rather of death, as the saying is. +'Albanians!' and 'devils!' and 'To Siberia!'" said Berg with a +sagacious smile. "I knew I was in the right so I kept silent; was +not that best, Count?... 'Hey, are you dumb?' he shouted. Still I +remained silent. And what do you think, Count? The next day it was not +even mentioned in the Orders of the Day. That's what keeping one's +head means. That's the way, Count," said Berg, lighting his pipe and +emitting rings of smoke. + "Yes, that was fine," said Rostov, smiling. + But Boris noticed that he was preparing to make fun of Berg, and +skillfully changed the subject. He asked him to tell them how and +where he got his wound. This pleased Rostov and he began talking about +it, and as he went on became more and more animated. He told them of +his Schon Grabern affair, just as those who have taken part in a +battle generally do describe it, that is, as they would like it to +have been, as they have heard it described by others, and as sounds +well, but not at all as it really was. Rostov was a truthful young man +and would on no account have told a deliberate lie. He began his story +meaning to tell everything just as it happened, but imperceptibly, +involuntarily, and inevitably he lapsed into falsehood. If he had told +the truth to his hearers- who like himself had often heard stories +of attacks and had formed a definite idea of what an attack was and +were expecting to hear just such a story- they would either not have +believed him or, still worse, would have thought that Rostov was +himself to blame since what generally happens to the narrators of +cavalry attacks had not happened to him. He could not tell them simply +that everyone went at a trot and that he fell off his horse and +sprained his arm and then ran as hard as he could from a Frenchman +into the wood. Besides, to tell everything as it really happened, it +would have been necessary to make an effort of will to tell only +what happened. It is very difficult to tell the truth, and young +people are rarely capable of it. His hearers expected a story of how +beside himself and all aflame with excitement, he had flown like a +storm at the square, cut his way in, slashed right and left, how his +saber had tasted flesh and he had fallen exhausted, and so on. And +so he told them all that. + In the middle of his story, just as he was saying: "You cannot +imagine what a strange frenzy one experiences during an attack," +Prince Andrew, whom Boris was expecting, entered the room. Prince +Andrew, who liked to help young men, was flattered by being asked +for his assistance and being well disposed toward Boris, who had +managed to please him the day before, he wished to do what the young +man wanted. Having been sent with papers from Kutuzov to the +Tsarevich, he looked in on Boris, hoping to find him alone. When he +came in and saw an hussar of the line recounting his military exploits +(Prince Andrew could not endure that sort of man), he gave Boris a +pleasant smile, frowned as with half-closed eyes he looked at +Rostov, bowed slightly and wearily, and sat down languidly on the +sofa: he felt it unpleasant to have dropped in on bad company. +Rostov flushed up on noticing this, but he did not care, this was a +mere stranger. Glancing, however, at Boris, he saw that he too +seemed ashamed of the hussar of the line. + In spite of Prince Andrew's disagreeable, ironical tone, in spite of +the contempt with which Rostov, from his fighting army point of +view, regarded all these little adjutants on the staff of whom the +newcomer was evidently one, Rostov felt confused, blushed, and +became silent. Boris inquired what news there might be on the staff, +and what, without indiscretion, one might ask about our plans. + "We shall probably advance," replied Bolkonski, evidently +reluctant to say more in the presence of a stranger. + Berg took the opportunity to ask, with great politeness, whether, as +was rumored, the allowance of forage money to captains of companies +would be doubled. To this Prince Andrew answered with a smile that +he could give no opinion on such an important government order, and +Berg laughed gaily. + "As to your business," Prince Andrew continued, addressing Boris, +"we will talk of it later" (and he looked round at Rostov). "Come to +me after the review and we will do what is possible." + And, having glanced round the room, Prince Andrew turned to +Rostov, whose state of unconquerable childish embarrassment now +changing to anger he did not condescend to notice, and said: "I +think you were talking of the Schon Grabern affair? Were you there?" + "I was there," said Rostov angrily, as if intending to insult the +aide-de-camp. + Bolkonski noticed the hussar's state of mind, and it amused him. +With a slightly contemptuous smile, he said: "Yes, there are many +stories now told about that affair!" + "Yes, stories!" repeated Rostov loudly, looking with eyes suddenly +grown furious, now at Boris, now at Bolkonski. "Yes, many stories! But +our stories are the stories of men who have been under the enemy's +fire! Our stories have some weight, not like the stories of those +fellows on the staff who get rewards without doing anything!" + "Of whom you imagine me to be one?" said Prince Andrew, with a quiet +and particularly amiable smile. + A strange feeling of exasperation and yet of respect for this +man's self-possession mingled at that moment in Rostov's soul. + "I am not talking about you," he said, "I don't know you and, +frankly, I don't want to. I am speaking of the staff in general." + "And I will tell you this," Prince Andrew interrupted in a tone of +quiet authority, "you wish to insult me, and I am ready to agree +with you that it would be very easy to do so if you haven't sufficient +self-respect, but admit that the time and place are very badly chosen. +In a day or two we shall all have to take part in a greater and more +serious duel, and besides, Drubetskoy, who says he is an old friend of +yours, is not at all to blame that my face has the misfortune to +displease you. However," he added rising, "you know my name and +where to find me, but don't forget that I do not regard either +myself or you as having been at all insulted, and as a man older +than you, my advice is to let the matter drop. Well then, on Friday +after the review I shall expect you, Drubetskoy. Au revoir!" exclaimed +Prince Andrew, and with a bow to them both he went out. + Only when Prince Andrew was gone did Rostov think of what he ought +to have said. And he was still more angry at having omitted to say it. +He ordered his horse at once and, coldly taking leave of Boris, rode +home. Should he go to headquarters next day and challenge that +affected adjutant, or really let the matter drop, was the question +that worried him all the way. He thought angrily of the pleasure he +would have at seeing the fright of that small and frail but proud +man when covered by his pistol, and then he felt with surprise that of +all the men he knew there was none he would so much like to have for a +friend as that very adjutant whom he so hated. +BK3|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + The day after Rostov had been to see Boris, a review was held of the +Austrian and Russian troops, both those freshly arrived from Russia +and those who had been campaigning under Kutuzov. The two Emperors, +the Russian with his heir the Tsarevich, and the Austrian with the +Archduke, inspected the allied army of eighty thousand men. + From early morning the smart clean troops were on the move, +forming up on the field before the fortress. Now thousands of feet and +bayonets moved and halted at the officers' command, turned with +banners flying, formed up at intervals, and wheeled round other +similar masses of infantry in different uniforms; now was heard the +rhythmic beat of hoofs and the jingling of showy cavalry in blue, red, +and green braided uniforms, with smartly dressed bandsmen in front +mounted on black, roan, or gray horses; then again, spreading out with +the brazen clatter of the polished shining cannon that quivered on the +gun carriages and with the smell of linstocks, came the artillery +which crawled between the infantry and cavalry and took up its +appointed position. Not only the generals in full parade uniforms, +with their thin or thick waists drawn in to the utmost, their red +necks squeezed into their stiff collars, and wearing scarves and all +their decorations, not only the elegant, pomaded officers, but every +soldier with his freshly washed and shaven face and his weapons +clean and polished to the utmost, and every horse groomed till its +coat shone like satin and every hair of its wetted mane lay smooth- +felt that no small matter was happening, but an important and solemn +affair. Every general and every soldier was conscious of his own +insignificance, aware of being but a drop in that ocean of men, and +yet at the same time was conscious of his strength as a part of that +enormous whole. + From early morning strenuous activities and efforts had begun and by +ten o'clock all had been brought into due order. The ranks were +drown up on the vast field. The whole army was extended in three +lines: the cavalry in front, behind it the artillery, and behind +that again the infantry. + A space like a street was left between each two lines of troops. The +three parts of that army were sharply distinguished: Kutuzov's +fighting army (with the Pavlograds on the right flank of the front); +those recently arrived from Russia, both Guards and regiments of the +line; and the Austrian troops. But they all stood in the same lines, +under one command, and in a like order. + Like wind over leaves ran an excited whisper: "They're coming! +They're coming!" Alarmed voices were heard, and a stir of final +preparation swept over all the troops. + From the direction of Olmutz in front of them, a group was seen +approaching. And at that moment, though the day was still, a light +gust of wind blowing over the army slightly stirred the streamers on +the lances and the unfolded standards fluttered against their +staffs. It looked as if by that slight motion the army itself was +expressing its joy at the approach of the Emperors. One voice was +heard shouting: "Eyes front!" Then, like the crowing of cocks at +sunrise, this was repeated by others from various sides and all became +silent. + In the deathlike stillness only the tramp of horses was heard. +This was the Emperors' suites. The Emperors rode up to the flank, +and the trumpets of the first cavalry regiment played the general +march. It seemed as though not the trumpeters were playing, but as +if the army itself, rejoicing at the Emperors' approach, had naturally +burst into music. Amid these sounds, only the youthful kindly voice of +the Emperor Alexander was clearly heard. He gave the words of +greeting, and the first regiment roared "Hurrah!" so deafeningly, +continuously, and joyfully that the men themselves were awed by +their multitude and the immensity of the power they constituted. + Rostov, standing in the front lines of Kutuzov's army which the Tsar +approached first, experienced the same feeling as every other man in +that army: a feeling of self-forgetfulness, a proud consciousness of +might, and a passionate attraction to him who was the cause of this +triumph. + He felt that at a single word from that man all this vast mass +(and he himself an insignificant atom in it) would go through fire and +water, commit crime, die, or perform deeds of highest heroism, and +so he could not but tremble and his heart stand still at the imminence +of that word. + "Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!" thundered from all sides, one regiment +after another greeting the Tsar with the strains of the march, and +then "Hurrah!"... Then the general march, and again "Hurrah! +Hurrah!" growing ever stronger and fuller and merging into a deafening +roar. + Till the Tsar reached it, each regiment in its silence and +immobility seemed like a lifeless body, but as soon as he came up it +became alive, its thunder joining the roar of the whole line along +which he had already passed. Through the terrible and deafening roar +of those voices, amid the square masses of troops standing +motionless as if turned to stone, hundreds of riders composing the +suites moved carelessly but symmetrically and above all freely, and in +front of them two men- the Emperors. Upon them the undivided, +tensely passionate attention of that whole mass of men was +concentrated. + The handsome young Emperor Alexander, in the uniform of the Horse +Guards, wearing a cocked hat with its peaks front and back, with his +pleasant face and resonant though not loud voice, attracted everyone's +attention. + Rostov was not far from the trumpeters, and with his keen sight +had recognized the Tsar and watched his approach. When he was within +twenty paces, and Nicholas could clearly distinguish every detail of +his handsome, happy young face, he experienced a feeling tenderness +and ecstasy such as he had never before known. Every trait and every +movement of the Tsar's seemed to him enchanting. + Stopping in front of the Pavlograds, the Tsar said something in +French to the Austrian Emperor and smiled. + Seeing that smile, Rostov involuntarily smiled himself and felt a +still stronger flow of love for his sovereign. He longed to show +that love in some way and knowing that this was impossible was ready +to cry. The Tsar called the colonel of the regiment and said a few +words to him. + "Oh God, what would happen to me if the Emperor spoke to me?" +thought Rostov. "I should die of happiness!" + The Tsar addressed the officers also: "I thank you all, gentlemen, I +thank you with my whole heart." To Rostov every word sounded like a +voice from heaven. How gladly would he have died at once for his Tsar! + "You have earned the St. George's standards and will be worthy of +them." + "Oh, to die, to die for him " thought Rostov. + The Tsar said something more which Rostov did not hear, and the +soldiers, straining their lungs, shouted "Hurrah!" + Rostov too, bending over his saddle, shouted "Hurrah!" with all +his might, feeling that he would like to injure himself by that shout, +if only to express his rapture fully. + The Tsar stopped a few minutes in front of the hussars as if +undecided. + "How can the Emperor be undecided?" thought Rostov, but then even +this indecision appeared to him majestic and enchanting, like +everything else the Tsar did. + That hesitation lasted only an instant. The Tsar's foot, in the +narrow pointed boot then fashionable, touched the groin of the +bobtailed bay mare he rode, his hand in a white glove gathered up +the reins, and he moved off accompanied by an irregularly swaying +sea of aides-de-camp. Farther and farther he rode away, stopping at +other regiments, till at last only his white plumes were visible to +Rostov from amid the suites that surrounded the Emperors. + Among the gentlemen of the suite, Rostov noticed Bolkonski, +sitting his horse indolently and carelessly. Rostov recalled their +quarrel of yesterday and the question presented itself whether he +ought or ought not to challenge Bolkonski. "Of course not!" he now +thought. "Is it worth thinking or speaking of it at such a moment? +At a time of such love, such rapture, and such self-sacrifice, what do +any of our quarrels and affronts matter? I love and forgive +everybody now." + When the Emperor had passed nearly all the regiments, the troops +began a ceremonial march past him, and Rostov on Bedouin, recently +purchased from Denisov, rode past too, at the rear of his squadron- +that is, alone and in full view of the Emperor. + Before he reached him, Rostov, who was a splendid horseman, +spurred Bedouin twice and successfully put him to the showy trot in +which the animal went when excited. Bending his foaming muzzle to +his chest, his tail extended, Bedouin, as if also conscious of the +Emperor's eye upon him, passed splendidly, lifting his feet with a +high and graceful action, as if flying through the air without +touching the ground. + Rostov himself, his legs well back and his stomach drawn in and +feeling himself one with his horse, rode past the Emperor with a +frowning but blissful face "like a vewy devil," as Denisov expressed +it. + "Fine fellows, the Pavlograds!" remarked the Emperor. + "My God, how happy I should be if he ordered me to leap into the +fire this instant!" thought Rostov. + When the review was over, the newly arrived officers, and also +Kutuzov's, collected in groups and began to talk about the awards, +about the Austrians and their uniforms, about their lines, about +Bonaparte, and how badly the latter would fare now, especially if +the Essen corps arrived and Prussia took our side. + But the talk in every group was chiefly about the Emperor Alexander. +His every word and movement was described with ecstasy. + They all had but one wish: to advance as soon as possible against +the enemy under the Emperor's command. Commanded by the Emperor +himself they could not fail to vanquish anyone, be it whom it might: +so thought Rostov and most of the officers after the review. + All were then more confident of victory than the winning of two +battles would have made them. +BK3|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + The day after the review, Boris, in his best uniform and with his +comrade Berg's best wishes for success, rode to Olmutz to see +Bolkonski, wishing to profit by his friendliness and obtain for +himself the best post he could- preferably that of adjutant to some +important personage, a position in the army which seemed to him most +attractive. "It is all very well for Rostov, whose father sends him +ten thousand rubles at a time, to talk about not wishing to cringe +to anybody and not be anyone's lackey, but I who have nothing but my +brains have to make a career and must not miss opportunities, but must +avail myself of them!" he reflected. + He did not find Prince Andrew in Olmutz that day, but the appearance +of the town where the headquarters and the diplomatic corps were +stationed and the two Emperors were living with their suites, +households, and courts only strengthened his desire to belong to +that higher world. + He knew no one, and despite his smart Guardsman's uniform, all these +exalted personages passing in the streets in their elegant carriages +with their plumes, ribbons, and medals, both courtiers and military +men, seemed so immeasurably above him, an insignificant officer of the +Guards, that they not only did not wish to, but simply could not, be +aware of his existence. At the quarters of the commander in chief, +Kutuzov, where he inquired for Bolkonski, all the adjutants and even +the orderlies looked at him as if they wished to impress on him that a +great many officers like him were always coming there and that +everybody was heartily sick of them. In spite of this, or rather +because of it, next day, November 15, after dinner he again went to +Olmutz and, entering the house occupied by Kutuzov, asked for +Bolkonski. Prince Andrew was in and Boris was shown into a large +hall probably formerly used for dancing, but in which five beds now +stood, and furniture of various kinds: a table, chairs, and a +clavichord. One adjutant, nearest the door, was sitting at the table +in a Persian dressing gown, writing. Another, the red, stout +Nesvitski, lay on a bed with his arms under his head, laughing with an +officer who had sat down beside him. A third was playing a Viennese +waltz on the clavichord, while a fourth, lying on the clavichord, sang +the tune. Bolkonski was not there. None of these gentlemen changed his +position on seeing Boris. The one who was writing and whom Boris +addressed turned round crossly and told him Bolkonski was on duty +and that he should go through the door on the left into the +reception room if he wished to see him. Boris thanked him and went +to the reception room, where he found some ten officers and generals. + When he entered, Prince Andrew, his eyes drooping contemptuously +(with that peculiar expression of polite weariness which plainly says, +"If it were not my duty I would not talk to you for a moment"), was +listening to an old Russian general with decorations, who stood very +erect, almost on tiptoe, with a soldier's obsequious expression on his +purple face, reporting something. + "Very well, then, be so good as to wait," said Prince Andrew to +the general, in Russian, speaking with the French intonation he +affected when he wished to speak contemptuously, and noticing Boris, +Prince Andrew, paying no more heed to the general who ran after him +imploring him to hear something more, nodded and turned to him with +a cheerful smile. + At that moment Boris clearly realized what he had before surmised, +that in the army, besides the subordination and discipline +prescribed in the military code, which he and the others knew in the +regiment, there was another, more important, subordination, which made +this tight-laced, purple-faced general wait respectfully while Captain +Prince Andrew, for his own pleasure, chose to chat with Lieutenant +Drubetskoy. More than ever was Boris resolved to serve in future not +according to the written code, but under this unwritten law. He felt +now that merely by having been recommended to Prince Andrew he had +already risen above the general who at the front had the power to +annihilate him, a lieutenant of the Guards. Prince Andrew came up to +him and took his hand. + "I am very sorry you did not find me in yesterday. I was fussing +about with Germans all day. We went with Weyrother to survey the +dispositions. When Germans start being accurate, there's no end to +it!" + Boris smiled, as if he understood what Prince Andrew was alluding to +as something generally known. But it the first time he had heard +Weyrother's name, or even the term "dispositions." + "Well, my dear fellow, so you still want to be an adjutant? I have +been thinking about you." + "Yes, I was thinking"- for some reason Boris could not help +blushing- "of asking the commander in chief. He has had a letter +from Prince Kuragin about me. I only wanted to ask because I fear +the Guards won't be in action," he added as if in apology. + "All right, all right. We'll talk it over," replied Prince Andrew. +"Only let me report this gentleman's business, and I shall be at +your disposal." + While Prince Andrew went to report about the purple-faced general, +that gentleman- evidently not sharing Boris' conception of the +advantages of the unwritten code of subordination- looked so fixedly +at the presumptuous lieutenant who had prevented his finishing what he +had to say to the adjutant that Boris felt uncomfortable. He turned +away and waited impatiently for Prince Andrew's return from the +commander in chief's room. + "You see, my dear fellow, I have been thinking about you," said +Prince Andrew when they had gone into the large room where the +clavichord was. "It's no use your going to the commander in chief. +He would say a lot of pleasant things, ask you to dinner" ("That would +not be bad as regards the unwritten code," thought Boris), "but +nothing more would come of it. There will soon be a battalion of us +aides-de-camp and adjutants! But this is what we'll do: I have a +good friend, an adjutant general and an excellent fellow, Prince +Dolgorukov; and though you may not know it, the fact is that now +Kutuzov with his staff and all of us count for nothing. Everything +is now centered round the Emperor. So we will go to Dolgorukov; I have +to go there anyhow and I have already spoken to him about you. We +shall see whether he cannot attach you to himself or find a place +for you somewhere nearer the sun." + Prince Andrew always became specially keen when he had to guide a +young man and help him to worldly success. Under cover of obtaining +help of this kind for another, which from pride he would never +accept for himself, he kept in touch with the circle which confers +success and which attracted him. He very readily took up Boris' +cause and went with him to Dolgorukov. + It was late in the evening when they entered the palace at Olmutz +occupied by the Emperors and their retinues. + That same day a council of war had been held in which all the +members of the Hofkriegsrath and both Emperors took part. At that +council, contrary to the views of the old generals Kutuzov and +Prince Schwartzenberg, it had been decided to advance immediately +and give battle to Bonaparte. The council of war was just over when +Prince Andrew accompanied by Boris arrived at the palace to find +Dolgorukov. Everyone at headquarters was still under the spell of +the day's council, at which the party of the young had triumphed. +The voices of those who counseled delay and advised waiting for +something else before advancing had been so completely silenced and +their arguments confuted by such conclusive evidence of the advantages +of attacking that what had been discussed at the council- the coming +battle and the victory that would certainly result from it- no +longer seemed to be in the future but in the past. All the +advantages were on our side. Our enormous forces, undoubtedly superior +to Napoleon's, were concentrated in one place, the troops inspired +by the Emperors' presence were eager for action. The strategic +position where the operations would take place was familiar in all its +details to the Austrian General Weyrother: a lucky accident had +ordained that the Austrian army should maneuver the previous year on +the very fields where the French had now to be fought; the adjacent +locality was known and shown in every detail on the maps, and +Bonaparte, evidently weakened, was undertaking nothing. + Dolgorukov, one of the warmest advocates of an attack, had just +returned from the council, tired and exhausted but eager and proud +of the victory that had been gained. Prince Andrew introduced his +protege, but Prince Dolgorukov politely and firmly pressing his hand +said nothing to Boris and, evidently unable to suppress the thoughts +which were uppermost in his mind at that moment, addressed Prince +Andrew in French. + "Ah, my dear fellow, what a battle we have gained! God grant that +the one that will result from it will be as victorious! However, +dear fellow," he said abruptly and eagerly, "I must confess to +having been unjust to the Austrians and especially to Weyrother. +What exactitude, what minuteness, what knowledge of the locality, what +foresight for every eventuality, every possibility even to the +smallest detail! No, my dear fellow, no conditions better than our +present ones could have been devised. This combination of Austrian +precision with Russian valor- what more could be wished for?" + "So the attack is definitely resolved on?" asked Bolkonski. + "And do you know, my dear fellow, it seems to me that Bonaparte +has decidedly lost bearings, you know that a letter was received +from him today for the Emperor." Dolgorukov smiled significantly. + "Is that so? And what did he say?" inquired Bolkonski. + "What can he say? Tra-di-ri-di-ra and so on... merely to gain +time. I tell you he is in our hands, that's certain! But what was most +amusing," he continued, with a sudden, good-natured laugh, "was that +we could not think how to address the reply! If not as 'Consul' and of +course not as 'Emperor,' it seemed to me it should be to 'General +Bonaparte.'" + "But between not recognizing him as Emperor and calling him +General Bonaparte, there is a difference," remarked Bolkonski. + "That's just it," interrupted Dolgorukov quickly, laughing. "You +know Bilibin- he's a very clever fellow. He suggested addressing him +as 'Usurper and Enemy of Mankind.'" + Dolgorukov laughed merrily. + "Only that?" said Bolkonski. + "All the same, it was Bilibin who found a suitable form for the +address. He is a wise and clever fellow." + "What was it?" + "To the Head of the French Government... Au chef du gouvernement +francais," said Dolgorukov, with grave satisfaction. "Good, wasn't +it?" + "Yes, but he will dislike it extremely," said Bolkonski. + "Oh yes, very much! My brother knows him, he's dined with him- the +present Emperor- more than once in Paris, and tells me he never met +a more cunning or subtle diplomatist- you know, a combination of +French adroitness and Italian play-acting! Do you know the tale +about him and Count Markov? Count Markov was the only man who knew how +to handle him. You know the story of the handkerchief? It is +delightful!" + And the talkative Dolgorukov, turning now to Boris, now to Prince +Andrew, told how Bonaparte wishing to test Markov, our ambassador, +purposely dropped a handkerchief in front of him and stood looking +at Markov, probably expecting Markov to pick it up for him, and how +Markov immediately dropped his own beside it and picked it up +without touching Bonaparte's. + "Delightful!" said Bolkonski. "But I have come to you, Prince, as +a petitioner on behalf of this young man. You see..." but before +Prince Andrew could finish, an aide-de-camp came in to summon +Dolgorukov to the Emperor. + "Oh, what a nuisance," said Dolgorukov, getting up hurriedly and +pressing the hands of Prince Andrew and Boris. "You know I should be +very glad to do all in my power both for you and for this dear young +man." Again he pressed the hand of the latter with an expression of +good-natured, sincere, and animated levity. "But you see... another +time!" + Boris was excited by the thought of being so close to the higher +powers as he felt himself to be at that moment. He was conscious +that here he was in contact with the springs that set in motion the +enormous movements of the mass of which in his regiment he felt +himself a tiny, obedient, and insignificant atom. They followed Prince +Dolgorukov out into the corridor and met- coming out of the door of +the Emperor's room by which Dolgorukov had entered- a short man in +civilian clothes with a clever face and sharply projecting jaw +which, without spoiling his face, gave him a peculiar vivacity and +shiftiness of expression. This short man nodded to Dolgorukov as to an +intimate friend and stared at Prince Andrew with cool intensity, +walking straight toward him and evidently expecting him to bow or to +step out of his way. Prince Andrew did neither: a look of animosity +appeared on his face and the other turned away and went down the +side of the corridor. + "Who was that?" asked Boris. + "He is one of the most remarkable, but to me most unpleasant of men- +the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Adam Czartoryski.... It is +such men as he who decide the fate of nations," added Bolkonski with a +sigh he could not suppress, as they passed out of the palace. + Next day, the army began its campaign, and up to the very battle +of Austerlitz, Boris was unable to see either Prince Andrew or +Dolgorukov again and remained for a while with the Ismaylov regiment. +BK3|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + At dawn on the sixteenth of November, Denisov's squadron, in which +Nicholas Rostov served and which was in Prince Bagration's detachment, +moved from the place where it had spent the night, advancing into +action as arranged, and after going behind other columns for about two +thirds of a mile was stopped on the highroad. Rostov saw the +Cossacks and then the first and second squadrons of hussars and +infantry battalions and artillery pass by and go forward and then +Generals Bagration and Dolgorukov ride past with their adjutants. +All the fear before action which he had experienced as previously, all +the inner struggle to conquer that fear, all his dreams of +distinguishing himself as a true hussar in this battle, had been +wasted. Their squadron remained in reserve and Nicholas Rostov spent +that day in a dull and wretched mood. At nine in the morning, he heard +firing in front and shouts of hurrah, and saw wounded being brought +back (there were not many of them), and at last he saw how a whole +detachment of French cavalry was brought in, convoyed by a sontnya +of Cossacks. Evidently the affair was over and, though not big, had +been a successful engagement. The men and officers returning spoke +of a brilliant victory, of the occupation of the town of Wischau and +the capture of a whole French squadron. The day was bright and sunny +after a sharp night frost, and the cheerful glitter of that autumn day +was in keeping with the news of victory which was conveyed, not only +by the tales of those who had taken part in it, but also by the joyful +expression on the faces of soldiers, officers, generals, and +adjutants, as they passed Rostov going or coming. And Nicholas, who +had vainly suffered all the dread that precedes a battle and had spent +that happy day in inactivity, was all the more depressed. + "Come here, Wostov. Let's dwink to dwown our gwief!" shouted +Denisov, who had settled down by the roadside with a flask and some +food. + The officers gathered round Denisov's canteen, eating and talking. + "There! They are bringing another!" cried one of the officers, +indicating a captive French dragoon who was being brought in on foot +by two Cossacks. + One of them was leading by the bridle a fine large French horse he +had taken from the prisoner. + "Sell us that horse!" Denisov called out to the Cossacks. + "If you like, your honor!" + The officers got up and stood round the Cossacks and their prisoner. +The French dragoon was a young Alsatian who spoke French with a German +accent. He was breathless with agitation, his face was red, and when +he heard some French spoken he at once began speaking to the officers, +addressing first one, then another. He said he would not have been +taken, it was not his fault but the corporal's who had sent him to +seize some horsecloths, though he had told him the Russians were +there. And at every word he added: "But don't hurt my little horse!" +and stroked the animal. It was plain that he did not quite grasp where +he was. Now he excused himself for having been taken prisoner and now, +imagining himself before his own officers, insisted on his soldierly +discipline and zeal in the service. He brought with him into our +rearguard all the freshness of atmosphere of the French army, which +was so alien to us. + The Cossacks sold the horse for two gold pieces, and Rostov, being +the richest of the officers now that he had received his money, bought +it. + "But don't hurt my little horse!" said the Alsatian good-naturedly +to Rostov when the animal was handed over to the hussar. + Rostov smilingly reassured the dragoon and gave him money. + "Alley! Alley!" said the Cossack, touching the prisoner's arm to +make him go on. + "The Emperor! The Emperor!" was suddenly heard among the hussars. + All began to run and bustle, and Rostov saw coming up the road +behind him several riders with white plumes in their hats. In a moment +everyone was in his place, waiting. + Rostov did not know or remember how he ran to his place and mounted. +Instantly his regret at not having been in action and his dejected +mood amid people of whom he was weary had gone, instantly every +thought of himself had vanished. He was filled with happiness at his +nearness to the Emperor. He felt that this nearness by itself made +up to him for the day he had lost. He was happy as a lover when the +longed-for moment of meeting arrives. Not daring to look round and +without looking round, he was ecstatically conscious of his +approach. He felt it not only from the sound of the hoofs of the +approaching cavalcade, but because as he drew near everything grew +brighter, more joyful, more significant, and more festive around +him. Nearer and nearer to Rostov came that sun shedding beams of +mild and majestic light around, and already he felt himself +enveloped in those beams, he heard his voice, that kindly, calm, and +majestic voice that was yet so simple! And as if in accord with +Rostov's feeling, there was a deathly stillness amid which was heard +the Emperor's voice. + "The Pavlograd hussars?" he inquired. + "The reserves, sire!" replied a voice, a very human one compared +to that which had said: "The Pavlograd hussars?" + The Emperor drew level with Rostov and halted. Alexander's face +was even more beautiful than it had been three days before at the +review. It shone with such gaiety and youth, such innocent youth, that +it suggested the liveliness of a fourteen-year-old boy, and yet it was +the face of the majestic Emperor. Casually, while surveying the +squadron, the Emperor's eyes met Rostov's and rested on them for not +more than two seconds. Whether or no the Emperor understood what was +going on in Rostov's soul (it seemed to Rostov that he understood +everything), at any rate his light-blue eyes gazed for about two +seconds into Rostov's face. A gentle, mild light poured from them. +Then all at once he raised his eyebrows, abruptly touched his horse +with his left foot, and galloped on. + The younger Emperor could not restrain his wish to be present at the +battle and, in spite of the remonstrances of his courtiers, at +twelve o'clock left the third column with which he had been and +galloped toward the vanguard. Before he came up with the hussars, +several adjutants met him with news of the successful result of the +action. + This battle, which consisted in the capture of a French squadron, +was represented as a brilliant victory over the French, and so the +Emperor and the whole army, especially while the smoke hung over the +battlefield, believed that the French had been defeated and were +retreating against their will. A few minutes after the Emperor had +passed, the Pavlograd division was ordered to advance. In Wischau +itself, a petty German town, Rostov saw the Emperor again. In the +market place, where there had been some rather heavy firing before the +Emperor's arrival, lay several killed and wounded soldiers whom +there had not been time to move. The Emperor, surrounded by his +suite of officers and courtiers, was riding a bobtailed chestnut mare, +a different one from that which he had ridden at the review, and +bending to one side he gracefully held a gold lorgnette to his eyes +and looked at a soldier who lay prone, with blood on his uncovered +head. The wounded soldier was so dirty, coarse, and revolting that his +proximity to the Emperor shocked Rostov. Rostov saw how the +Emperor's rather round shoulders shuddered as if a cold shiver had run +down them, how his left foot began convulsively tapping the horse's +side with the spur, and how the well-trained horse looked round +unconcerned and did not stir. An adjutant, dismounting, lifted the +soldier under the arms to place him on a stretcher that had been +brought. The soldier groaned. + "Gently, gently! Can't you do it more gently?" said the Emperor +apparently suffering more than the dying soldier, and he rode away. + Rostov saw tears filling the Emperor's eyes and heard him, as he was +riding away, say to Czartoryski: "What a terrible thing war is: what a +terrible thing! Quelle terrible chose que la guerre!" + The troops of the vanguard were stationed before Wischau, within +sight of the enemy's lines, which all day long had yielded ground to +us at the least firing. The Emperor's gratitude was announced to the +vanguard, rewards were promised, and the men received a double +ration of vodka. The campfires crackled and the soldiers' songs +resounded even more merrily than on the previous night. Denisov +celebrated his promotion to the rank of major, and Rostov, who had +already drunk enough, at the end of the feast proposed the Emperor's +health. "Not 'our Sovereign, the Emperor,' as they say at official +dinners," said he, "but the health of our Sovereign, that good, +enchanting, and great man! Let us drink to his health and to the +certain defeat of the French!" + "If we fought before," he said, "not letting the French pass, as +at Schon Grabern, what shall we not do now when he is at the front? We +will all die for him gladly! Is it not so, gentlemen? Perhaps I am not +saying it right, I have drunk a good deal- but that is how I feel, and +so do you too! To the health of Alexander the First! Hurrah!" + "Hurrah!" rang the enthusiastic voices of the officers. + And the old cavalry captain, Kirsten, shouted enthusiastically and +no less sincerely than the twenty-year-old Rostov. + When the officers had emptied and smashed their glasses, Kirsten +filled others and, in shirt sleeves and breeches, went glass in hand +to the soldiers' bonfires and with his long gray mustache, his white +chest showing under his open shirt, he stood in a majestic pose in the +light of the campfire, waving his uplifted arm. + "Lads! here's to our Sovereign, the Emperor, and victory over our +enemies! Hurrah!" he exclaimed in his dashing, old, hussar's baritone. + The hussars crowded round and responded heartily with loud shouts. + Late that night, when all had separated, Denisov with his short hand +patted his favorite, Rostov, on the shoulder. + "As there's no one to fall in love with on campaign, he's fallen +in love with the Tsar," he said. + "Denisov, don't make fun of it!" cried Rostov. "It is such a +lofty, beautiful feeling, such a..." + "I believe it, I believe it, fwiend, and I share and appwove..." + "No, you don't understand!" + And Rostov got up and went wandering among the campfires, dreaming +of what happiness it would be to die- not in saving the Emperor's life +(he did not even dare to dream of that), but simply to die before +his eyes. He really was in love with the Tsar and the glory of the +Russian arms and the hope of future triumph. And he was not the only +man to experience that feeling during those memorable days preceding +the battle of Austerlitz: nine tenths of the men in the Russian army +were then in love, though less ecstatically, with their Tsar and the +glory of the Russian arms. +BK3|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + The next day the Emperor stopped at Wischau, and Villier, his +physician, was repeatedly summoned to see him. At headquarters and +among the troops near by the news spread that the Emperor was +unwell. He ate nothing and had slept badly that night, those around +him reported. The cause of this indisposition was the strong +impression made on his sensitive mind by the sight of the killed and +wounded. + At daybreak on the seventeenth, a French officer who had come with a +flag of truce, demanding an audience with the Russian Emperor, was +brought into Wischau from our outposts. This officer was Savary. The +Emperor had only just fallen asleep and so Savary had to wait. At +midday he was admitted to the Emperor, and an hour later he rode off +with Prince Dolgorukov to the advanced post of the French army. + It was rumored that Savary had been sent to propose to Alexander a +meeting with Napoleon. To the joy and pride of the whole army, a +personal interview was refused, and instead of the Sovereign, Prince +Dolgorukov, the victor at Wischau, was sent with Savary to negotiate +with Napoleon if, contrary to expectations, these negotiations were +actuated by a real desire for peace. + Toward evening Dolgorukov came back, went straight to the Tsar, +and remained alone with him for a long time. + On the eighteenth and nineteenth of November, the army advanced +two days' march and the enemy's outposts after a brief interchange +of shots retreated. In the highest army circles from midday on the +nineteenth, a great, excitedly bustling activity began which lasted +till the morning of the twentieth, when the memorable battle of +Austerlitz was fought. + Till midday on the nineteenth, the activity- the eager talk, running +to and fro, and dispatching of adjutants- was confined to the +Emperor's headquarters. But on the afternoon of that day, this +activity reached Kutiizov's headquarters and the staffs of the +commanders of columns. By evening, the adjutants had spread it to +all ends and parts of the army, and in the night from the nineteenth +to the twentieth, the whole eighty thousand allied troops rose from +their bivouacs to the hum of voices, and the army swayed and started +in one enormous mass six miles long. + The concentrated activity which had begun at the Emperor's +headquarters in the morning and had started the whole movement that +followed was like the first movement of the main wheel of a large +tower clock. One wheel slowly moved, another was set in motion, and +a third, and wheels began to revolve faster and faster, levers and +cogwheels to work, chimes to play, figures to pop out, and the hands +to advance with regular motion as a result of all that activity. + Just as in the mechanism of a clock, so in the mechanism of the +military machine, an impulse once given leads to the final result; and +just as indifferently quiescent till the moment when motion is +transmitted to them are the parts of the mechanism which the impulse +has not yet reached. Wheels creak on their axles as the cogs engage +one another and the revolving pulleys whirr with the rapidity of their +movement, but a neighboring wheel is as quiet and motionless as though +it were prepared to remain so for a hundred years; but the moment +comes when the lever catches it and obeying the impulse that wheel +begins to creak and joins in the common motion the result and aim of +which are beyond its ken. + Just as in a clock, the result of the complicated motion of +innumerable wheels and pulleys is merely a slow and regular movement +of the hands which show the time, so the result of all the complicated +human activities of 160,000 Russians and French- all their passions, +desires, remorse, humiliations, sufferings, outbursts of pride, +fear, and enthusiasm- was only the loss of the battle of Austerlitz, +the so-called battle of the three Emperors- that is to say, a slow +movement of the hand on the dial of human history. + Prince Andrew was on duty that day and in constant attendance on the +commander in chief. + At six in the evening, Kutuzov went to the Emperor's headquarters +and after staying but a short time with the Tsar went to see the grand +marshal of the court, Count Tolstoy. + Bolkonski took the opportunity to go in to get some details of the +coming action from Dolgorukov. He felt that Kutuzov was upset and +dissatisfied about something and that at headquarters they were +dissatisfied with him, and also that at the Emperor's headquarters +everyone adopted toward him the tone of men who know something +others do not know: he therefore wished to speak to Dolgorukov. + "Well, how d'you do, my dear fellow?" said Dolgorukov, who was +sitting at tea with Bilibin. "The fete is for tomorrow. How is your +old fellow? Out of sorts?" + "I won't say he is out of sorts, but I fancy he would like to be +heard." + "But they heard him at the council of war and will hear him when +he talks sense, but to temporize and wait for something now when +Bonaparte fears nothing so much as a general battle is impossible." + "Yes, you have seen him?" said Prince Andrew. "Well, what is +Bonaparte like? How did he impress you?" + "Yes, I saw him, and am convinced that he fears nothing so much as a +general engagement," repeated Dolgorukov, evidently prizing this +general conclusion which he had arrived at from his interview with +Napoleon. "If he weren't afraid of a battle why did he ask for that +interview? Why negotiate, and above all why retreat, when to retreat +is so contrary to his method of conducting war? Believe me, he is +afraid, afraid of a general battle. His hour has come! Mark my words!" + "But tell me, what is he like, eh?" said Prince Andrew again. + "He is a man in a gray overcoat, very anxious that I should call him +'Your Majesty,' but who, to his chagrin, got no title from me! +That's the sort of man he is, and nothing more," replied Dolgorukov, +looking round at Bilibin with a smile. + "Despite my great respect for old Kutuzov," he continued, "we should +be a nice set of fellows if we were to wait about and so give him a +chance to escape, or to trick us, now that we certainly have him in +our hands! No, we mustn't forget Suvorov and his rule- not to put +yourself in a position to be attacked, but yourself to attack. Believe +me in war the energy of young men often shows the way better than +all the experience of old Cunctators." + "But in what position are we going to attack him? I have been at the +outposts today and it is impossible to say where his chief forces +are situated," said Prince Andrew. + He wished to explain to Dolgorukov a plan of attack he had himself +formed. + "Oh, that is all the same," Dolgorukov said quickly, and getting +up he spread a map on the table. "All eventualities have been +foreseen. If he is standing before Brunn..." + And Prince Dolgorukov rapidly but indistinctly explained Weyrother's +plan of a flanking movement. + Prince Andrew began to reply and to state his own plan, which +might have been as good as Weyrother's, but for the disadvantage +that Weyrother's had already been approved. As soon as Prince Andrew +began to demonstrate the defects of the latter and the merits of his +own plan, Prince Dolgorukov ceased to listen to him and gazed +absent-mindedly not at the map, but at Prince Andrew's face. + "There will be a council of war at Kutuzov's tonight, though; you +can say all this there," remarked Dolgorukov. + "I will do so," said Prince Andrew, moving away from the map. + "Whatever are you bothering about, gentlemen?" said Bilibin, who, +till then, had listened with an amused smile to their conversation and +now was evidently ready with a joke. "Whether tomorrow brings +victory or defeat, the glory of our Russian arms is secure. Except +your Kutuzov, there is not a single Russian in command of a column! +The commanders are: Herr General Wimpfen, le Comte de Langeron, le +Prince de Lichtenstein, le Prince, de Hohenlohe, and finally +Prishprish, and so on like all those Polish names." + "Be quiet, backbiter!" said Dolgorukov. "It is not true; there are +now two Russians, Miloradovich, and Dokhturov, and there would be a +third, Count Arakcheev, if his nerves were not too weak." + "However, I think General Kutuzov has come out," said Prince Andrew. +"I wish you good luck and success, gentlemen!" he added and went out +after shaking hands with Dolgorukov and Bilibin. + On the way home, Prince Andrew could not refrain from asking +Kutuzov, who was sitting silently beside him, what he thought of +tomorrow's battle. + Kutuzov looked sternly at his adjutant and, after a pause, +replied: "I think the battle will be lost, and so I told Count Tolstoy +and asked him to tell the Emperor. What do you think he replied? 'But, +my dear general, I am engaged with rice and cutlets, look after +military matters yourself!' Yes... That was the answer I got!" +BK3|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + Shortly after nine o'clock that evening, Weyrother drove with his +plans to Kutuzov's quarters where the council of war was to be held. +All the commanders of columns were summoned to the commander in +chief's and with the exception of Prince Bagration, who declined to +come, were all there at the appointed time. + Weyrother, who was in full control of the proposed battle, by his +eagerness and briskness presented a marked contrast to the +dissatisfied and drowsy Kutuzov, who reluctantly played the part of +chairman and president of the council of war. Weyrother evidently felt +himself to be at the head of a movement that had already become +unrestrainable. He was like a horse running downhill harnessed to a +heavy cart. Whether he was pulling it or being pushed by it he did not +know, but rushed along at headlong speed with no time to consider what +this movement might lead to. Weyrother had been twice that evening +to the enemy's picket line to reconnoiter personally, and twice to the +Emperors, Russian and Austrian, to report and explain, and to his +headquarters where he had dictated the dispositions in German, and +now, much exhausted, he arrived at Kutuzov's. + He was evidently so busy that he even forgot to be polite to the +commander in chief. He interrupted him, talked rapidly and +indistinctly, without looking at the man he was addressing, and did +not reply to questions put to him. He was bespattered with mud and had +a pitiful, weary, and distracted air, though at the same time he was +haughty and self-confident. + Kutuzov was occupying a nobleman's castle of modest dimensions +near Ostralitz. In the large drawing room which had become the +commander in chief's office were gathered Kutuzov himself, +Weyrother, and the members of the council of war. They were drinking +tea, and only awaited Prince Bagration to begin the council. At last +Bagration's orderly came with the news that the prince could not +attend. Prince Andrew came in to inform the commander in chief of this +and, availing himself of permission previously given him by Kutuzov to +be present at the council, he remained in the room. + "Since Prince Bagration is not coming, we may begin," said +Weyrother, hurriedly rising from his seat and going up to the table on +which an enormous map of the environs of Brunn was spread out. + Kutuzov, with his uniform unbuttoned so that his fat neck bulged +over his collar as if escaping, was sitting almost asleep in a low +chair, with his podgy old hands resting symmetrically on its arms. +At the sound of Weyrother's voice, he opened his one eye with an +effort. + "Yes, yes, if you please! It is already late," said he, and +nodding his head he let it droop and again closed his eye. + If at first the members of the council thought that Kutuzov was +pretending to sleep, the sounds his nose emitted during the reading +that followed proved that the commander in chief at that moment was +absorbed by a far more serious matter than a desire to show his +contempt for the dispositions or anything else- he was engaged in +satisfying the irresistible human need for sleep. He really was +asleep. Weyrother, with the gesture of a man too busy to lose a +moment, glanced at Kutuzov and, having convinced himself that he was +asleep, took up a paper and in a loud, monotonous voice began to +read out the dispositions for the impending battle, under a heading +which he also read out: + "Dispositions for an attack on the enemy position behind Kobelnitz +and Sokolnitz, November 30, 1805." + The dispositions were very complicated and difficult. They began +as follows: + "As the enemy's left wing rests on wooded hills and his right +extends along Kobelnitz and Sokolnitz behind the ponds that are there, +while we, on the other hand, with our left wing by far outflank his +right, it is advantageous to attack the enemy's latter wing especially +if we occupy the villages of Sokolnitz and Kobelnitz, whereby we can +both fall on his flank and pursue him over the plain between +Schlappanitz and the Thuerassa forest, avoiding the defiles of +Schlappanitz and Bellowitz which cover the enemy's front. For this +object it is necessary that... The first column marches... The +second column marches... The third column marches..." and so on, +read Weyrother. + The generals seemed to listen reluctantly to the difficult +dispositions. The tall, fair-haired General Buxhowden stood, leaning +his back against the wall, his eyes fixed on a burning candle, and +seemed not to listen or even to wish to be thought to listen. +Exactly opposite Weyrother, with his glistening wide-open eyes fixed +upon him and his mustache twisted upwards, sat the ruddy +Miloradovich in a military pose, his elbows turned outwards, his hands +on his knees, and his shoulders raised. He remained stubbornly silent, +gazing at Weyrother's face, and only turned away his eyes when the +Austrian chief of staff finished reading. Then Miloradovich looked +round significantly at the other generals. But one could not tell from +that significant look whether he agreed or disagreed and was satisfied +or not with the arrangements. Next to Weyrother sat Count Langeron +who, with a subtle smile that never left his typically southern French +face during the whole time of the reading, gazed at his delicate +fingers which rapidly twirled by its corners a gold snuffbox on +which was a portrait. In the middle of one of the longest sentences, +he stopped the rotary motion of the snuffbox, raised his head, and +with inimical politeness lurking in the corners of his thin lips +interrupted Weyrother, wishing to say something. But the Austrian +general, continuing to read, frowned angrily and jerked his elbows, as +if to say: "You can tell me your views later, but now be so good as to +look at the map and listen." Langeron lifted his eyes with an +expression of perplexity, turned round to Miloradovich as if seeking +an explanation, but meeting the latter's impressive but meaningless +gaze drooped his eyes sadly and again took to twirling his snuffbox. + "A geography lesson!" he muttered as if to himself, but loud +enough to be heard. + Przebyszewski, with respectful but dignified politeness, held his +hand to his ear toward Weyrother, with the air of a man absorbed in +attention. Dohkturov, a little man, sat opposite Weyrother, with an +assiduous and modest mien, and stooping over the outspread map +conscientiously studied the dispositions and the unfamiliar +locality. He asked Weyrother several times to repeat words he had +not clearly heard and the difficult names of villages. Weyrother +complied and Dohkturov noted them down. + When the reading which lasted more than an hour was over, Langeron +again brought his snuffbox to rest and, without looking at Weyrother +or at anyone in particular, began to say how difficult it was to carry +out such a plan in which the enemy's position was assumed to be known, +whereas it was perhaps not known, since the enemy was in movement. +Langeron's objections were valid but it was obvious that their chief +aim was to show General Weyrother- who had read his dispositions +with as much self-confidence as if he were addressing school children- +that he had to do, not with fools, but with men who could teach him +something in military matters. + When the monotonous sound of Weyrother's voice ceased, Kutuzov +opened his eye as a miller wakes up when the soporific drone of the +mill wheel is interrupted. He listened to what Langeron said, as if +remarking, "So you are still at that silly business!" quickly closed +his eye again, and let his head sink still lower. + Langeron, trying as virulently as possible to sting Weyrother's +vanity as author of the military plan, argued that Bonaparte might +easily attack instead of being attacked, and so render the whole of +this plan perfectly worthless. Weyrother met all objections with a +firm and contemptuous smile, evidently prepared beforehand to meet all +objections be they what they might. + "If he could attack us, he would have done so today," said he. + "So you think he is powerless?" said Langeron. + "He has forty thousand men at most," replied Weyrother, with the +smile of a doctor to whom an old wife wishes to explain the +treatment of a case. + "In that case he is inviting his doom by awaiting our attack," +said Langeron, with a subtly ironical smile, again glancing round +for support to Miloradovich who was near him. + But Miloradovich was at that moment evidently thinking of anything +rather than of what the generals were disputing about. + "Ma foi!" said he, "tomorrow we shall see all that on the +battlefield." + Weyrother again gave that smile which seemed to say that to him it +was strange and ridiculous to meet objections from Russian generals +and to have to prove to them what he had not merely convinced +himself of, but had also convinced the sovereign Emperors of. + "The enemy has quenched his fires and a continual noise is heard +from his camp," said he. "What does that mean? Either he is +retreating, which is the only thing we need fear, or he is changing +his position." (He smiled ironically.) "But even if he also took up +a position in the Thuerassa, he merely saves us a great deal of +trouble and all our arrangements to the minutest detail remain the +same." + "How is that?..." began Prince Andrew, who had for long been waiting +an opportunity to express his doubts. + Kutuzov here woke up, coughed heavily, and looked round at the +generals. + "Gentlemen, the dispositions for tomorrow- or rather for today, +for it is past midnight- cannot now be altered," said he. "You have +heard them, and we shall all do our duty. But before a battle, there +is nothing more important..." he paused, "than to have a good sleep." + He moved as if to rise. The generals bowed and retired. It was +past midnight. Prince Andrew went out. + + The council of war, at which Prince Andrew had not been able to +express his opinion as he had hoped to, left on him a vague and uneasy +impression. Whether Dolgorukov and Weyrother, or Kutuzov, Langeron, +and the others who did not approve of the plan of attack, were +right- he did not know. "But was it really not possible for Kutuzov to +state his views plainly to the Emperor? Is it possible that on account +of court and personal considerations tens of thousands of lives, and +my life, my life," he thought, "must be risked?" + "Yes, it is very likely that I shall be killed tomorrow," he +thought. And suddenly, at this thought of death, a whole series of +most distant, most intimate, memories rose in his imagination: he +remembered his last parting from his father and his wife; he +remembered the days when he first loved her. He thought of her +pregnancy and felt sorry for her and for himself, and in a nervously +emotional and softened mood he went out of the hut in which he was +billeted with Nesvitski and began to walk up and down before it. + The night was foggy and through the fog the moonlight gleamed +mysteriously. "Yes, tomorrow, tomorrow!" he thought. "Tomorrow +everything may be over for me! All these memories will be no more, +none of them will have any meaning for me. Tomorrow perhaps, even +certainly, I have a presentiment that for the first time I shall +have to show all I can do." And his fancy pictured the battle, its +loss, the concentration of fighting at one point, and the hesitation +of all the commanders. And then that happy moment, that Toulon for +which he had so long waited, presents itself to him at last. He firmly +and clearly expresses his opinion to Kutuzov, to Weyrother, and to the +Emperors. All are struck by the justness of his views, but no one +undertakes to carry them out, so he takes a regiment, a division- +stipulates that no one is to interfere with his arrangements- leads +his division to the decisive point, and gains the victory alone. +"But death and suffering?" suggested another voice. Prince Andrew, +however, did not answer that voice and went on dreaming of his +triumphs. The dispositions for the next battle are planned by him +alone. Nominally he is only an adjutant on Kutuzov's staff, but he +does everything alone. The next battle is won by him alone. Kutuzov is +removed and he is appointed... "Well and then?" asked the other voice. +"If before that you are not ten times wounded, killed, or betrayed, +well... what then?..." "Well then," Prince Andrew answered himself, "I +don't know what will happen and don't want to know, and can't, but +if I want this- want glory, want to be known to men, want to be +loved by them, it is not my fault that I want it and want nothing +but that and live only for that. Yes, for that alone! I shall never +tell anyone, but, oh God! what am I to do if I love nothing but fame +and men's esteem? Death, wounds, the loss of family- I fear nothing. +And precious and dear as many persons are to me- father, sister, wife- +those dearest to me- yet dreadful and unnatural as it seems, I would +give them all at once for a moment of glory, of triumph over men, of +love from men I don't know and never shall know, for the love of these +men here," he thought, as he listened to voices in Kutuzov's +courtyard. The voices were those of the orderlies who were packing up; +one voice, probably a coachman's, was teasing Kutuzov's old cook +whom Prince Andrew knew, and who was called Tit. He was saying, +"Tit, I say, Tit!" + "Well?" returned the old man. + "Go, Tit, thresh a bit!" said the wag. + "Oh, go to the devil!" called out a voice, drowned by the laughter +of the orderlies and servants. + "All the same, I love and value nothing but triumph over them all, I +value this mystic power and glory that is floating here above me in +this mist!" +BK3|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + That same night, Rostov was with a platoon on skirmishing duty in +front of Bagration's detachment. His hussars were placed along the +line in couples and he himself rode along the line trying to master +the sleepiness that kept coming over him. An enormous space, with +our army's campfires dimly glowing in the fog, could be seen behind +him; in front of him was misty darkness. Rostov could see nothing, +peer as he would into that foggy distance: now something gleamed gray, +now there was something black, now little lights seemed to glimmer +where the enemy ought to be, now he fancied it was only something in +his own eyes. His eyes kept closing, and in his fancy appeared- now +the Emperor, now Denisov, and now Moscow memories- and he again +hurriedly opened his eyes and saw close before him the head and ears +of the horse he was riding, and sometimes, when he came within six +paces of them, the black figures of hussars, but in the distance was +still the same misty darkness. "Why not?... It might easily happen," +thought Rostov, "that the Emperor will meet me and give me an order as +he would to any other officer; he'll say: 'Go and find out what's +there.' There are many stories of his getting to know an officer in +just such a chance way and attaching him to himself! What if he gave +me a place near him? Oh, how I would guard him, how I would tell him +the truth, how I would unmask his deceivers!" And in order to +realize vividly his love devotion to the sovereign, Rostov pictured to +himself an enemy or a deceitful German, whom he would not only kill +with pleasure but whom he would slap in the face before the Emperor. +Suddenly a distant shout aroused him. He started and opened his eyes. + "Where am I? Oh yes, in the skirmishing line... pass and +watchword- shaft, Olmutz. What a nuisance that our squadron will be in +reserve tomorrow," he thought. "I'll ask leave to go to the front, +this may be my only chance of seeing the Emperor. It won't be long now +before I am off duty. I'll take another turn and when I get back +I'll go to the general and ask him." He readjusted himself in the +saddle and touched up his horse to ride once more round his hussars. +It seemed to him that it was getting lighter. To the left he saw a +sloping descent lit up, and facing it a black knoll that seemed as +steep as a wall. On this knoll there was a white patch that Rostov +could not at all make out: was it a glade in the wood lit up by the +moon, or some unmelted snow, or some white houses? He even thought +something moved on that white spot. "I expect it's snow... that +spot... a spot- une tache," he thought. "There now... it's not a +tache... Natasha... sister, black eyes... Na... tasha... (Won't she be +surprised when I tell her how I've seen the Emperor?) Natasha... +take my sabretache..."- "Keep to the right, your honor, there are +bushes here," came the voice of an hussar, past whom Rostov was riding +in the act of falling asleep. Rostov lifted his head that had sunk +almost to his horse's mane and pulled up beside the hussar. He was +succumbing to irresistible, youthful, childish drowsiness. "But what +was I thinking? I mustn't forget. How shall I speak to the Emperor? +No, that's not it- that's tomorrow. Oh yes! Natasha... sabretache... +saber them...Whom? The hussars... Ah, the hussars with mustaches. +Along the Tverskaya Street rode the hussar with mustaches... I thought +about him too, just opposite Guryev's house... Old Guryev.... Oh, +but Denisov's a fine fellow. But that's all nonsense. The chief +thing is that the Emperor is here. How he looked at me and wished to +say something, but dared not.... No, it was I who dared not. But +that's nonsense, the chief thing is not to forget the important +thing I was thinking of. Yes, Na-tasha, sabretache, oh, yes, yes! +That's right!" And his head once more sank to his horse's neck. All at +once it seemed to him that he was being fired at. "What? What? +What?... Cut them down! What?..." said Rostov, waking up. At the +moment he opened his eyes his eyes he heard in front of him, where the +enemy was, the long-drawn shouts of thousands of voices. His horse and +the horse of the hussar near him pricked their ears at these shouts. +Over there, where the shouting came from, a fire flared up and went +out again, then another, and all along the French line on the hill +fires flared up and the shouting grew louder and louder. Rostov +could hear the sound of French words but could not distinguish them. +The din of many voices was too great; all he could hear was: "ahahah!" +and "rrrr!" + "What's that? What do you make of it?" said Rostov to the hussar +beside him. "That must be the enemy's camp!" + The hussar did not reply. + "Why, don't you hear it?" Rostov asked again, after waiting for a +reply. + "Who can tell, your honor?" replied the hussar reluctantly. + "From the direction, it must be the enemy," repeated Rostov. + "It may be he or it may be nothing," muttered the hussar. "It's +dark... Steady!" he cried to his fidgeting horse. + Rostov's horse was also getting restive: it pawed the frozen ground, +pricking its ears at the noise and looking at the lights. The shouting +grew still louder and merged into a general roar that only an army +of several thousand men could produce. The lights spread farther and +farther, probably along the line of the French camp. Rostov no +longer wanted to sleep. The gay triumphant shouting of the enemy +army had a stimulating effect on him. "Vive l'Empereur! L'Empereur!" +he now heard distinctly. + "They can't be far off, probably just beyond the stream," he said to +the hussar beside him. + The hussar only sighed without replying and coughed angrily. The +sound of horse's hoofs approaching at a trot along the line of hussars +was heard, and out of the foggy darkness the figure of a sergeant of +hussars suddenly appeared, looming huge as an elephant. + "Your honor, the generals!" said the sergeant, riding up to Rostov. + Rostov, still looking round toward the fires and the shouts, rode +with the sergeant to meet some mounted men who were riding along the +line. One was on a white horse. Prince Bagration and Prince Dolgorukov +with their adjutants had come to witness the curious phenomenon of the +lights and shouts in the enemy's camp. Rostov rode up to Bagration, +reported to him, and then joined the adjutants listening to what the +generals were saying. + "Believe me," said Prince Dolgorukov, addressing Bagration, "it is +nothing but a trick! He has retreated and ordered the rearguard to +kindle fires and make a noise to deceive us." + "Hardly," said Bagration. "I saw them this evening on that knoll; if +they had retreated they would have withdrawn from that too.... +Officer!" said Bagration to Rostov, "are the enemy's skirmishers still +there?" + "They were there this evening, but now I don't know, your +excellency. Shall I go with some of my hussars to see?" replied +Rostov. + Bagration stopped and, before replying, tried to see Rostov's face +in the mist. + "Well, go and see," he said, after a pause. + "Yes, sir." + Rostov spurred his horse, called to Sergeant Fedchenko and two other +hussars, told them to follow him, and trotted downhill in the +direction from which the shouting came. He felt both frightened and +pleased to be riding alone with three hussars into that mysterious and +dangerous misty distance where no one had been before him. Bagration +called to him from the hill not to go beyond the stream, but Rostov +pretended not to hear him and did not stop but rode on and on, +continually mistaking bushes for trees and gullies for men and +continually discovering his mistakes. Having descended the hill at a +trot, he no longer saw either our own or the enemy's fires, but +heard the shouting of the French more loudly and distinctly. In the +valley he saw before him something like a river, but when he reached +it he found it was a road. Having come out onto the road he reined +in his horse, hesitating whether to ride along it or cross it and ride +over the black field up the hillside. To keep to the road which +gleamed white in the mist would have been safer because it would be +easier to see people coming along it. "Follow me!" said he, crossed +the road, and began riding up the hill at a gallop toward the point +where the French pickets had been standing that evening. + "Your honor, there he is!" cried one of the hussars behind him. +And before Rostov had time to make out what the black thing was that +had suddenly appeared in the fog, there was a flash, followed by a +report, and a bullet whizzing high up in the mist with a plaintive +sound passed out of hearing. Another musket missed fire but flashed in +the pan. Rostov turned his horse and galloped back. Four more +reports followed at intervals, and the bullets passed somewhere in the +fog singing in different tones. Rostov reined in his horse, whose +spirits had risen, like his own, at the firing, and went back at a +footpace. "Well, some more! Some more!" a merry voice was saying in +his soul. But no more shots came. + Only when approaching Bagration did Rostov let his horse gallop +again, and with his hand at the salute rode up to the general. + Dolgorukov was still insisting that the French had retreated and had +only lit fires to deceive us. + "What does that prove?" he was saying as Rostov rode up. "They might +retreat and leave the pickets." + "It's plain that they have not all gone yet, Prince," said +Bagration. "Wait till tomorrow morning, we'll find out everything +tomorrow." + "The picket is still on the hill, your excellency, just where it was +in the evening," reported Rostov, stooping forward with his hand at +the salute and unable to repress the smile of delight induced by his +ride and especially by the sound of the bullets. + "Very good, very good," said Bagration. "Thank you, officer." + "Your excellency," said Rostov, "may I ask a favor?" + "What is it?" + "Tomorrow our squadron is to be in reserve. May I ask to be attached +to the first squadron?" + "What's your name?" + "Count Rostov." + "Oh, very well, you may stay in attendance on me." + "Count Ilya Rostov's son?" asked Dolgorukov. + But Rostov did not reply. + "Then I may reckon on it, your excellency?" + "I will give the order." + "Tomorrow very likely I may be sent with some message to the +Emperor," thought Rostov. + "Thank God!" + + The fires and shouting in the enemy's army were occasioned by the +fact that while Napoleon's proclamation was being read to the troops +the Emperor himself rode round his bivouacs. The soldiers, on seeing +him, lit wisps of straw and ran after him, shouting, "Vive +l'Empereur!" Napoleon's proclamation was as follows: + + Soldiers! The Russian army is advancing against you to avenge the +Austrian army of Ulm. They are the same battalions you broke at +Hollabrunn and have pursued ever since to this place. The position +we occupy is a strong one, and while they are marching to go round +me on the right they will expose a flank to me. Soldiers! I will +myself direct your battalions. I will keep out of fire if you with +your habitual valor carry disorder and confusion into the enemy's +ranks, but should victory be in doubt, even for a moment, you will see +your Emperor exposing himself to the first blows of the enemy, for +there must be no doubt of victory, especially on this day when what is +at stake is the honor of the French infantry, so necessary to the +honor of our nation. + Do not break your ranks on the plea of removing the wounded! Let +every man be fully imbued with the thought that we must defeat these +hirelings of England, inspired by such hatred of our nation! This +victory will conclude our campaign and we can return to winter +quarters, where fresh French troops who are being raised in France +will join us, and the peace I shall conclude will be worthy of my +people, of you, and of myself. + NAPOLEON +BK3|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + At five in the morning it was still quite dark. The troops of the +center, the reserves, and Bagration's right flank had not yet moved, +but on the left flank the columns of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, +which were to be the first to descend the heights to attack the French +right flank and drive it into the Bohemian mountains according to +plan, were already up and astir. The smoke of the campfires, into +which they were throwing everything superfluous, made the eyes +smart. It was cold and dark. The officers were hurriedly drinking +tea and breakfasting, the soldiers, munching biscuit and beating a +tattoo with their feet to warm themselves, gathering round the fires +throwing into the flames the remains of sheds, chairs, tables, wheels, +tubs, and everything that they did not want or could not carry away +with them. Austrian column guides were moving in and out among the +Russian troops and served as heralds of the advance. As soon as an +Austrian officer showed himself near a commanding officer's +quarters, the regiment began to move: the soldiers ran from the fires, +thrust their pipes into their boots, their bags into the carts, got +their muskets ready, and formed rank. The officers buttoned up their +coats, buckled on their swords and pouches, and moved along the +ranks shouting. The train drivers and orderlies harnessed and packed +the wagons and tied on the loads. The adjutants and battalion and +regimental commanders mounted, crossed themselves, gave final +instructions, orders, and commissions to the baggage men who +remained behind, and the monotonous tramp of thousands of feet +resounded. The column moved forward without knowing where and +unable, from the masses around them, the smoke and the increasing fog, +to see either the place they were leaving or that to which they were +going. + A soldier on the march is hemmed in and borne along by his +regiment as much as a sailor is by his ship. However far he has +walked, whatever strange, unknown, and dangerous places he reaches, +just as a sailor is always surrounded by the same decks, masts, and +rigging of his ship, so the soldier always has around him the same +comrades, the same ranks, the same sergeant major Ivan Mitrich, the +same company dog Jack, and the same commanders. The sailor rarely +cares to know the latitude in which his ship is sailing, but on the +day of battle- heaven knows how and whence- a stern note of which +all are conscious sounds in the moral atmosphere of an army, +announcing the approach of something decisive and solemn, and +awakening in the men an unusual curiosity. On the day of battle the +soldiers excitedly try to get beyond the interests of their +regiment, they listen intently, look about, and eagerly ask concerning +what is going on around them. + The fog had grown so dense that though it was growing light they +could not see ten paces ahead. Bushes looked like gigantic trees and +level ground like cliffs and slopes. Anywhere, on any side, one +might encounter an enemy invisible ten paces off. But the columns +advanced for a long time, always in the same fog, descending and +ascending hills, avoiding gardens and enclosures, going over new and +unknown ground, and nowhere encountering the enemy. On the contrary, +the soldiers became aware that in front, behind, and on all sides, +other Russian columns were moving in the same direction. Every soldier +felt glad to know that to the unknown place where he was going, many +more of our men were going too. + "There now, the Kurskies have also gone past," was being said in the +ranks. + "It's wonderful what a lot of our troops have gathered, lads! Last +night I looked at the campfires and there was no end of them. A +regular Moscow!" + Though none of the column commanders rode up to the ranks or +talked to the men (the commanders, as we saw at the council of war, +were out of humor and dissatisfied with the affair, and so did not +exert themselves to cheer the men but merely carried out the +orders), yet the troops marched gaily, as they always do when going +into action, especially to an attack. But when they had marched for +about an hour in the dense fog, the greater part of the men had to +halt and an unpleasant consciousness of some dislocation and blunder +spread through the ranks. How such a consciousness is communicated +is very difficult to define, but it certainly is communicated very +surely, and flows rapidly, imperceptibly, and irrepressibly, as +water does in a creek. Had the Russian army been alone without any +allies, it might perhaps have been a long time before this +consciousness of mismanagement became a general conviction, but as +it was, the disorder was readily and naturally attributed to the +stupid Germans, and everyone was convinced that a dangerous muddle had +been occasioned by the sausage eaters. + "Why have we stopped? Is the way blocked? Or have we already come up +against the French?" + "No, one can't hear them. They'd be firing if we had." + "They were in a hurry enough to start us, and now here we stand in +the middle of a field without rhyme or reason. It's all those damned +Germans' muddling! What stupid devils!" + "Yes, I'd send them on in front, but no fear, they're crowding up +behind. And now here we stand hungry." + "I say, shall we soon be clear? They say the cavalry are blocking +the way," said an officer. + "Ah, those damned Germans! They don't know their own country!" +said another. + "What division are you?" shouted an adjutant, riding up. + "The Eighteenth." + "Then why are you here? You should have gone on long ago, now you +won't get there till evening." + "What stupid orders! They don't themselves know what they are +doing!" said the officer and rode off. + Then a general rode past shouting something angrily, not in Russian. + "Tafa-lafa! But what he's jabbering no one can make out," said a +soldier, mimicking the general who had ridden away. "I'd shoot them, +the scoundrels!" + "We were ordered to be at the place before nine, but we haven't +got halfway. Fine orders!" was being repeated on different sides. + And the feeling of energy with which the troops had started began to +turn into vexation and anger at the stupid arrangements and at the +Germans. + The cause of the confusion was that while the Austrian cavalry was +moving toward our left flank, the higher command found that our center +was too far separated from our right flank and the cavalry were all +ordered to turn back to the right. Several thousand cavalry crossed in +front of the infantry, who had to wait. + At the front an altercation occurred between an Austrian guide and a +Russian general. The general shouted a demand that the cavalry +should be halted, the Austrian argued that not he, but the higher +command, was to blame. The troops meanwhile stood growing listless and +dispirited. After an hour's delay they at last moved on, descending +the hill. The fog that was dispersing on the hill lay still more +densely below, where they were descending. In front in the fog a +shot was heard and then another, at first irregularly at varying +intervals- trata... tat- and then more and more regularly and rapidly, +and the action at the Goldbach Stream began. + Not expecting to come on the enemy down by the stream, and having +stumbled on him in the fog, hearing no encouraging word from their +commanders, and with a consciousness of being too late spreading +through the ranks, and above all being unable to see anything in front +or around them in the thick fog, the Russians exchanged shots with the +enemy lazily and advanced and again halted, receiving no timely orders +from the officers or adjutants who wandered about in the fog in +those unknown surroundings unable to find their own regiments. In this +way the action began for the first, second, and third columns, which +had gone down into the valley. The fourth column, with which Kutuzov +was, stood on the Pratzen Heights. + Below, where the fight was beginning, there was still thick fog; +on the higher ground it was clearing, but nothing could be seen of +what was going on in front. Whether all the enemy forces were, as we +supposed, six miles away, or whether they were near by in that sea +of mist, no one knew till after eight o'clock. + It was nine o'clock in the morning. The fog lay unbroken like a +sea down below, but higher up at the village of Schlappanitz where +Napoleon stood with his marshals around him, it was quite light. Above +him was a clear blue sky, and the sun's vast orb quivered like a +huge hollow, crimson float on the surface of that milky sea of mist. +The whole French army, and even Napoleon himself with his staff, +were not on the far side of the streams and hollows of Sokolnitz and +Schlappanitz beyond which we intended to take up our position and +begin the action, but were on this side, so close to our own forces +that Napoleon with the naked eye could distinguish a mounted man +from one on foot. Napoleon, in the blue cloak which he had worn on his +Italian campaign, sat on his small gray Arab horse a little in front +of his marshals. He gazed silently at the hills which seemed to rise +out of the sea of mist and on which the Russian troops were moving +in the distance, and he listened to the sounds of firing in the +valley. Not a single muscle of his face- which in those days was still +thin- moved. His gleaming eyes were fixed intently on one spot. His +predictions were being justified. Part of the Russian force had +already descended into the valley toward the ponds and lakes and +part were leaving these Pratzen Heights which he intended to attack +and regarded as the key to the position. He saw over the mist that +in a hollow between two hills near the village of Pratzen, the Russian +columns, their bayonets glittering, were moving continuously in one +direction toward the valley and disappearing one after another into +the mist. From information he had received the evening before, from +the sound of wheels and footsteps heard by the outposts during the +night, by the disorderly movement of the Russian columns, and from all +indications, he saw clearly that the allies believed him to be far +away in front of them, and that the columns moving near Pratzen +constituted the center of the Russian army, and that that center was +already sufficiently weakened to be successfully attacked. But still +he did not begin the engagement. + Today was a great day for him- the anniversary of his coronation. +Before dawn he had slept for a few hours, and refreshed, vigorous, and +in good spirits, he mounted his horse and rode out into the field in +that happy mood in which everything seems possible and everything +succeeds. He sat motionless, looking at the heights visible above +the mist, and his cold face wore that special look of confident, +self-complacent happiness that one sees on the face of a boy happily +in love. The marshals stood behind him not venturing to distract his +attention. He looked now at the Pratzen Heights, now at the sun +floating up out of the mist. + When the sun had entirely emerged from the fog, and fields and +mist were aglow with dazzling light- as if he had only awaited this to +begin the action- he drew the glove from his shapely white hand, +made a sign with it to the marshals, and ordered the action to +begin. The marshals, accompanied by adjutants, galloped off in +different directions, and a few minutes later the chief forces of +the French army moved rapidly toward those Pratzen Heights which +were being more and more denuded by Russian troops moving down the +valley to their left. +BK3|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + At eight o'clock Kutuzov rode to Pratzen at the head of the fourth +column, Miloradovich's, the one that was to take the place of +Przebyszewski's and Langeron's columns which had already gone down +into the valley. He greeted the men of the foremost regiment and +gave them the order to march, thereby indicating that he intended to +lead that column himself. When he had reached the village of Pratzen +he halted. Prince Andrew was behind, among the immense number +forming the commander in chief's suite. He was in a state of +suppressed excitement and irritation, though controlledly calm as a +man is at the approach of a long-awaited moment. He was firmly +convinced that this was the day of his Toulon, or his bridge of +Arcola. How it would come about he did not know, but he felt sure it +would do so. The locality and the position of our troops were known to +him as far as they could be known to anyone in our army. His own +strategic plan, which obviously could not now be carried out, was +forgotten. Now, entering into Weyrother's plan, Prince Andrew +considered possible contingencies and formed new projects such as +might call for his rapidity of perception and decision. + To the left down below in the mist, the musketry fire of unseen +forces could be heard. It was there Prince Andrew thought the fight +would concentrate. "There we shall encounter difficulties, and there," +thought he, "I shall be sent with a brigade or division, and there, +standard in hand, I shall go forward and break whatever is in front of +me." + He could not look calmly at the standards of the passing battalions. +Seeing them he kept thinking, "That may be the very standard with +which I shall lead the army." + In the morning all that was left of the night mist on the heights +was a hoar frost now turning to dew, but in the valleys it still lay +like a milk-white sea. Nothing was visible in the valley to the left +into which our troops had descended and from whence came the sounds of +firing. Above the heights was the dark clear sky, and to the right the +vast orb of the sun. In front, far off on the farther shore of that +sea of mist, some wooded hills were discernible, and it was there +the enemy probably was, for something could be descried. On the +right the Guards were entering the misty region with a sound of +hoofs and wheels and now and then a gleam of bayonets; to the left +beyond the village similar masses of cavalry came up and disappeared +in the sea of mist. In front and behind moved infantry. The +commander in chief was standing at the end of the village letting +the troops pass by him. That morning Kutuzov seemed worn and +irritable. The infantry passing before him came to a halt without +any command being given, apparently obstructed by something in front. + "Do order them to form into battalion columns and go round the +village!" he said angrily to a general who had ridden up. "Don't you +understand, your excellency, my dear sir, that you must not defile +through narrow village streets when we are marching against the +enemy?" + "I intended to re-form them beyond the village, your excellency," +answered the general. + Kutuzov laughed bitterly. + "You'll make a fine thing of it, deploying in sight of the enemy! +Very fine!" + "The enemy is still far away, your excellency. According to the +dispositions..." + "The dispositions!" exclaimed Kutuzov bitterly. "Who told you +that?... Kindly do as you are ordered." + "Yes, sir." + "My dear fellow," Nesvitski whispered to Prince Andrew, "the old man +is as surly as a dog." + An Austrian officer in a white uniform with green plumes in his +hat galloped up to Kutuzov and asked in the Emperor's name had the +fourth column advanced into action. + Kutuzov turned round without answering and his eye happened to +fall upon Prince Andrew, who was beside him. Seeing him, Kutuzov's +malevolent and caustic expression softened, as if admitting that +what was being done was not his adjutant's fault, and still not +answering the Austrian adjutant, he addressed Bolkonski. + "Go, my dear fellow, and see whether the third division has passed +the village. Tell it to stop and await my orders." + Hardly had Prince Andrew started than he stopped him. + "And ask whether sharpshooters have been posted," he added. "What +are they doing? What are they doing?" he murmured to himself, still +not replying to the Austrian. + Prince Andrew galloped off to execute the order. + Overtaking the battalions that continued to advance, he stopped +the third division and convinced himself that there really were no +sharpshooters in front of our columns. The colonel at the head of +the regiment was much surprised at the commander in chief's order to +throw out skirmishers. He had felt perfectly sure that there were +other troops in front of him and that the enemy must be at least six +miles away. There was really nothing to be seen in front except a +barren descent hidden by dense mist. Having given orders in the +commander in chief's name to rectify this omission, Prince Andrew +galloped back. Kutuzov still in the same place, his stout body resting +heavily in the saddle with the lassitude of age, sat yawning wearily +with closed eyes. The troops were no longer moving, but stood with the +butts of their muskets on the ground. + "All right, all right!" he said to Prince Andrew, and turned to a +general who, watch in hand, was saying it was time they started as all +the left-flank columns had already descended. + "Plenty of time, your excellency," muttered Kutuzov in the midst +of a yawn. "Plenty of time," he repeated. + Just then at a distance behind Kutuzov was heard the sound of +regiments saluting, and this sound rapidly came nearer along the whole +extended line of the advancing Russian columns. Evidently the person +they were greeting was riding quickly. When the soldiers of the +regiment in front of which Kutuzov was standing began to shout, he +rode a little to one side and looked round with a frown. Along the +road from Pratzen galloped what looked like a squadron of horsemen +in various uniforms. Two of them rode side by side in front, at full +gallop. One in a black uniform with white plumes in his hat rode a +bobtailed chestnut horse, the other who was in a white uniform rode +a black one. These were the two Emperors followed by their suites. +Kutuzov, affecting the manners of an old soldier at the front, gave +the command "Attention!" and rode up to the Emperors with a salute. +His whole appearance and manner were suddenly transformed. He put on +the air of a subordinate who obeys without reasoning. With an +affectation of respect which evidently struck Alexander +unpleasantly, he rode up and saluted. + This unpleasant impression merely flitted over the young and happy +face of the Emperor like a cloud of haze across a clear sky and +vanished. After his illness he looked rather thinner that day than +on the field of Olmutz where Bolkonski had seen him for the first time +abroad, but there was still the same bewitching combination of majesty +and mildness in his fine gray eyes, and on his delicate lips the +same capacity for varying expression and the same prevalent appearance +of goodhearted innocent youth. + At the Olmutz review he had seemed more majestic; here he seemed +brighter and more energetic. He was slightly flushed after galloping +two miles, and reining in his horse he sighed restfully and looked +round at the faces of his suite, young and animated as his own. +Czartoryski, Novosiltsev, Prince Volkonsky, Strogonov, and the others, +all richly dressed gay young men on splendid, well-groomed, fresh, +only slightly heated horses, exchanging remarks and smiling, had +stopped behind the Emperor. The Emperor Francis, a rosy, long faced +young man, sat very erect on his handsome black horse, looking about +him in a leisurely and preoccupied manner. He beckoned to one of his +white adjutants and asked some question- "Most likely he is asking +at what o'clock they started," thought Prince Andrew, watching his old +acquaintance with a smile he could not repress as he recalled his +reception at Brunn. In the Emperors' suite were the picked young +orderly officers of the Guard and line regiments, Russian and +Austrian. Among them were grooms leading the Tsar's beautiful relay +horses covered with embroidered cloths. + As when a window is opened a whiff of fresh air from the fields +enters a stuffy room, so a whiff of youthfulness, energy, and +confidence of success reached Kutuzov's cheerless staff with the +galloping advent of all these brilliant young men. + "Why aren't you beginning, Michael Ilarionovich?" said the Emperor +Alexander hurriedly to Kutuzov, glancing courteously at the same +time at the Emperor Francis. + "I am waiting, Your Majesty," answered Kutuzov, bending forward +respectfully. + The Emperor, frowning slightly, bent his ear forward as if he had +not quite heard. + "Waiting, Your Majesty," repeated Kutuzov. (Prince Andrew noted that +Kutuzov's upper lip twitched unnaturally as he said the word +"waiting.") "Not all the columns have formed up yet, Your Majesty." + The Tsar heard but obviously did not like the reply; he shrugged his +rather round shoulders and glanced at Novosiltsev who was near him, as +if complaining of Kutuzov. + "You know, Michael Ilarionovich, we are not are not on the +Empress' Field where a parade does not begin till all the troops are +assembled," said the Tsar with another glance at the Emperor +Francis, as if inviting him if not to join in at least to listen to +what he was saying. But the Emperor Francis continued to look about +him and did not listen. + "That is just why I do not begin, sire," said Kutuzov in a +resounding voice, apparently to preclude the possibility of not +being heard, and again something in his face twitched- "That is just +why I do not begin, sire, because we are not on parade and not on +the Empress' Field." said clearly and distinctly. + In the Emperor's suite all exchanged rapid looks that expressed +dissatisfaction and reproach. "Old though he may be, he should not, he +certainly should not, speak like that," their glances seemed to say. + The Tsar looked intently and observantly into Kutuzov's eye +waiting to hear whether he would say anything more. But Kutuzov, +with respectfully bowed head, seemed also to be waiting. The silence +lasted for about a minute. + "However, if you command it, Your Majesty," said Kutuzov, lifting +his head and again assuming his former tone of a dull, unreasoning, +but submissive general. + He touched his horse and having called Miloradovich, the commander +of the column, gave him the order to advance. + The troops again began to move, and two battalions of the Novgorod +and one of the Apsheron regiment went forward past the Emperor. + As this Apsheron battalion marched by, the red-faced Miloradovich, +without his greatcoat, with his Orders on his breast and an enormous +tuft of plumes in his cocked hat worn on one side with its corners +front and back, galloped strenuously forward, and with a dashing +salute reined in his horse before the Emperor. + "God be with you, general!" said the Emperor. + "Ma foi, sire, nous ferons ce qui sera dans notre possibilite, +sire,"* he answered gaily, raising nevertheless ironic smiles among +the gentlemen of the Tsar's suite by his poor French. + + *"Indeed, Sire, we shall do everything it is possible to do, Sire." + + Miloradovich wheeled his horse sharply and stationed himself a +little behind the Emperor. The Apsheron men, excited by the Tsar's +presence, passed in step before the Emperors and their suites at a +bold, brisk pace. + "Lads!" shouted Miloradovich in a loud, self-confident, and cheery +voice, obviously so elated by the sound of firing, by the prospect +of battle, and by the sight of the gallant Apsherons, his comrades +in Suvorov's time, now passing so gallantly before the Emperors, +that he forgot the sovereigns' presence. "Lads, it's not the first +village you've had to take," cried he. + "Glad to do our best!" shouted the soldiers. + The Emperor's horse started at the sudden cry. This horse that had +carried the sovereign at reviews in Russia bore him also here on the +field of Austerlitz, enduring the heedless blows of his left foot +and pricking its ears at the sound of shots just as it had done on the +Empress' Field, not understanding the significance of the firing, +nor of the nearness of the Emperor Francis' black cob, nor of all that +was being said, thought, and felt that day by its rider. + The Emperor turned with a smile to one of his followers and made a +remark to him, pointing to the gallant Apsherons. +BK3|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Kutuzov accompanied by his adjutants rode at a walking pace behind +the carabineers. + When he had gone less than half a mile in the rear of the column +he stopped at a solitary, deserted house that had probably once been +an inn, where two roads parted. Both of them led downhill and troops +were marching along both. + The fog had begun to clear and enemy troops were already dimly +visible about a mile and a half off on the opposite heights. Down +below, on the left, the firing became more distinct. Kutuzov had +stopped and was speaking to an Austrian general. Prince Andrew, who +was a little behind looking at them, turned to an adjutant to ask +him for a field glass. + "Look, look!" said this adjutant, looking not at the troops in the +distance, but down the hill before him. "It's the French!" + The two generals and the adjutant took hold of the field glass, +trying to snatch it from one another. The expression on all their +faces suddenly changed to one of horror. The French were supposed to +be a mile and a half away, but had suddenly and unexpectedly +appeared just in front of us. + "It's the enemy?... No!... Yes, see it is!... for certain.... But +how is that?" said different voices. + With the naked eye Prince Andrew saw below them to the right, not +more than five hundred paces from where Kutuzov was standing, a +dense French column coming up to meet the Apsherons. + "Here it is! The decisive moment has arrived. My turn has come," +thought Prince Andrew, and striking his horse he rode up to Kutuzov. + "The Apsherons must be stopped, your excellency," cried he. But at +that very instant a cloud of smoke spread all round, firing was +heard quite close at hand, and a voice of naive terror barely two +steps from Prince Andrew shouted, "Brothers! All's lost!" And at +this as if at a command, everyone began to run. + Confused and ever-increasing crowds were running back to where +five minutes before the troops had passed the Emperors. Not only would +it have been difficult to stop that crowd, it was even impossible +not to be carried back with it oneself. Bolkonski only tried not to +lose touch with it, and looked around bewildered and unable to grasp +what was happening in front of him. Nesvitski with an angry face, +red and unlike himself, was shouting to Kutuzov that if he did not +ride away at once he would certainly be taken prisoner. Kutuzov +remained in the same place and without answering drew out a +handkerchief. Blood was flowing from his cheek. Prince Andrew forced +his way to him. + "You are wounded?" he asked, hardly able to master the trembling +of his lower jaw. + "The wound is not here, it is there!" said Kutuzov, pressing the +handkerchief to his wounded cheek and pointing to the fleeing +soldiers. "Stop them!" he shouted, and at the same moment, probably +realizing that it was impossible to stop them, spurred his horse and +rode to the right. + A fresh wave of the flying mob caught him and bore him back with it. + The troops were running in such a dense mass that once surrounded by +them it was difficult to get out again. One was shouting, "Get on! Why +are you hindering us?" Another in the same place turned round and +fired in the air; a third was striking the horse Kutuzov himself rode. +Having by a great effort got away to the left from that flood of +men, Kutuzov, with his suite diminished by more than half, rode toward +a sound of artillery fire near by. Having forced his way out of the +crowd of fugitives, Prince Andrew, trying to keep near Kutuzov, saw on +the slope of the hill amid the smoke a Russian battery that was +still firing and Frenchmen running toward it. Higher up stood some +Russian infantry, neither moving forward to protect the battery nor +backward with the fleeing crowd. A mounted general separated himself +from the infantry and approached Kutuzov. Of Kutuzov's suite only four +remained. They were all pale and exchanged looks in silence. + "Stop those wretches!" gasped Kutuzov to the regimental commander, +pointing to the flying soldiers; but at that instant, as if to +punish him for those words, bullets flew hissing across the regiment +and across Kutuzov's suite like a flock of little birds. + The French had attacked the battery and, seeing Kutuzov, were firing +at him. After this volley the regimental commander clutched at his +leg; several soldiers fell, and a second lieutenant who was holding +the flag let it fall from his hands. It swayed and fell, but caught on +the muskets of the nearest soldiers. The soldiers started firing +without orders. + "Oh! Oh! Oh!" groaned Kutuzov despairingly and looked around.... +"Bolkonski!" he whispered, his voice trembling from a consciousness of +the feebleness of age, "Bolkonski!" he whispered, pointing to the +disordered battalion and at the enemy, "what's that?" + But before he had finished speaking, Prince Andrew, feeling tears of +shame and anger choking him, had already leapt from his horse and +run to the standard. + "Forward, lads!" he shouted in a voice piercing as a child's. + "Here it is!" thought he, seizing the staff of the standard and +hearing with pleasure the whistle of bullets evidently aimed at him. +Several soldiers fell. + "Hurrah!" shouted Prince Andrew, and, scarcely able to hold up the +heavy standard, he ran forward with full confidence that the whole +battalion would follow him. + And really he only ran a few steps alone. One soldier moved and then +another and soon the whole battalion ran forward shouting "Hurrah!" +and overtook him. A sergeant of the battalion ran up and took the flag +that was swaying from its weight in Prince Andrew's hands, but he +was immediately killed. Prince Andrew again seized the standard and, +dragging it by the staff, ran on with the battalion. In front he saw +our artillerymen, some of whom were fighting, while others, having +abandoned their guns, were running toward him. He also saw French +infantry soldiers who were seizing the artillery horses and turning +the guns round. Prince Andrew and the battalion were already within +twenty paces of the cannon. He heard the whistle of bullets above +him unceasingly and to right and left of him soldiers continually +groaned and dropped. But he did not look at them: he looked only at +what was going on in front of him- at the battery. He now saw +clearly the figure of a red-haired gunner with his shako knocked awry, +pulling one end of a mop while a French soldier tugged at the other. +He could distinctly see the distraught yet angry expression on the +faces of these two men, who evidently did not realize what they were +doing. + "What are they about?" thought Prince Andrew as he gazed at them. +"Why doesn't the red-haired gunner run away as he is unarmed? Why +doesn't the Frenchman stab him? He will not get away before the +Frenchman remembers his bayonet and stabs him...." + And really another French soldier, trailing his musket, ran up to +the struggling men, and the fate of the red-haired gunner, who had +triumphantly secured the mop and still did not realize what awaited +him, was about to be decided. But Prince Andrew did not see how it +ended. It seemed to him as though one of the soldiers near him hit him +on the head with the full swing of a bludgeon. It hurt a little, but +the worst of it was that the pain distracted him and prevented his +seeing what he had been looking at. + "What's this? Am I falling? My legs are giving way," thought he, and +fell on his back. He opened his eyes, hoping to see how the struggle +of the Frenchmen with the gunners ended, whether the red-haired gunner +had been killed or not and whether the cannon had been captured or +saved. But he saw nothing. Above him there was now nothing but the +sky- the lofty sky, not clear yet still immeasurably lofty, with +gray clouds gliding slowly across it. "How quiet, peaceful, and +solemn; not at all as I ran," thought Prince Andrew- "not as we ran, +shouting and fighting, not at all as the gunner and the Frenchman with +frightened and angry faces struggled for the mop: how differently do +those clouds glide across that lofty infinite sky! How was it I did +not see that lofty sky before? And how happy I am to have found it +at last! Yes! All is vanity, all falsehood, except that infinite +sky. There is nothing, nothing, but that. But even it does not +exist, there is nothing but quiet and peace. Thank God!..." +BK3|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + On our right flank commanded by Bagration, at nine o'clock the +battle had not yet begun. Not wishing to agree to Dolgorukov's +demand to commence the action, and wishing to avert responsibility +from himself, Prince Bagration proposed to Dolgorukov to send to +inquire of the commander in chief. Bagration knew that as the distance +between the two flanks was more than six miles, even if the +messenger were not killed (which he very likely would be), and found +the commander in chief (which would be very difficult), he would not +be able to get back before evening. + Bagration cast his large, expressionless, sleepy eyes round his +suite, and the boyish face Rostov, breathless with excitement and +hope, was the first to catch his eye. He sent him. + "And if I should meet His Majesty before I meet the commander in +chief, your excellency?" said Rostov, with his hand to his cap. + "You can give the message to His Majesty," said Dolgorukov, +hurriedly interrupting Bagration. + On being relieved from picket duty Rostov had managed to get a few +hours' sleep before morning and felt cheerful, bold, and resolute, +with elasticity of movement, faith in his good fortune, and +generally in that state of mind which makes everything seem +possible, pleasant, and easy. + All his wishes were being fulfilled that morning: there was to be +a general engagement in which he was taking part, more than that, he +was orderly to the bravest general, and still more, he was going +with a message to Kutuzov, perhaps even to the sovereign himself. +The morning was bright, he had a good horse under him, and his heart +was full of joy and happiness. On receiving the order he gave his +horse the rein and galloped along the line. At first he rode along the +line of Bagration's troops, which had not yet advanced into action but +were standing motionless; then he came to the region occupied by +Uvarov's cavalry and here he noticed a stir and signs of preparation +for battle; having passed Uvarov's cavalry he clearly heard the +sound of cannon and musketry ahead of him. The firing grew louder +and louder. + In the fresh morning air were now heard, not two or three musket +shots at irregular intervals as before, followed by one or two +cannon shots, but a roll of volleys of musketry from the slopes of the +hill before Pratzen, interrupted by such frequent reports of cannon +that sometimes several of them were not separated from one another but +merged into a general roar. + He could see puffs of musketry smoke that seemed to chase one +another down the hillsides, and clouds of cannon smoke rolling, +spreading, and mingling with one another. He could also, by the +gleam of bayonets visible through the smoke, make out moving masses of +infantry and narrow lines of artillery with green caissons. + Rostov stopped his horse for a moment on a hillock to see what was +going on, but strain his attention as he would he could not understand +or make out anything of what was happening: there in the smoke men +of some sort were moving about, in front and behind moved lines of +troops; but why, whither, and who they were, it was impossible to make +out. These sights and sounds had no depressing or intimidating +effect on him; on the contrary, they stimulated his energy and +determination. + "Go on! Go on! Give it them!" he mentally exclaimed at these sounds, +and again proceeded to gallop along the line, penetrating farther +and farther into the region where the army was already in action. + "How it will be there I don't know, but all will be well!" thought +Rostov. + After passing some Austrian troops he noticed that the next part +of the line (the Guards) was already in action. + "So much the better! I shall see it close," he thought. + He was riding almost along the front line. A handful of men came +galloping toward him. They were our Uhlans who with disordered ranks +were returning from the attack. Rostov got out of their way, +involuntarily noticed that one of them was bleeding, and galloped on. + "That is no business of mine," he thought. He had not ridden many +hundred yards after that before he saw to his left, across the whole +width of the field, an enormous mass of cavalry in brilliant white +uniforms, mounted on black horses, trotting straight toward him and +across his path. Rostov put his horse to full gallop to get out of the +way of these men, and he would have got clear had they continued at +the same speed, but they kept increasing their pace, so that some of +the horses were already galloping. Rostov heard the thud of their +hoofs and the jingle of their weapons and saw their horses, their +figures, and even their faces, more and more distinctly. They were our +Horse Guards, advancing to attack the French cavalry that was coming +to meet them. + The Horse Guards were galloping, but still holding in their +horses. Rostov could already see their faces and heard the command: +"Charge!" shouted by an officer who was urging his thoroughbred to +full speed. Rostov, fearing to be crushed or swept into the attack +on the French, galloped along the front as hard as his horse could go, +but still was not in time to avoid them. + The last of the Horse Guards, a huge pockmarked fellow, frowned +angrily on seeing Rostov before him, with whom he would inevitably +collide. This Guardsman would certainly have bowled Rostov and his +Bedouin over (Rostov felt himself quite tiny and weak compared to +these gigantic men and horses) had it not occurred to Rostov to +flourish his whip before the eyes of the Guardsman's horse. The +heavy black horse, sixteen hands high, shied, throwing back its +ears; but the pockmarked Guardsman drove his huge spurs in +violently, and the horse, flourishing its tail and extending its neck, +galloped on yet faster. Hardly had the Horse Guards passed Rostov +before he heard them shout, "Hurrah!" and looking back saw that +their foremost ranks were mixed up with some foreign cavalry with +red epaulets, probably French. He could see nothing more, for +immediately afterwards cannon began firing from somewhere and smoke +enveloped everything. + At that moment, as the Horse Guards, having passed him, +disappeared in the smoke, Rostov hesitated whether to gallop after +them or to go where he was sent. This was the brilliant charge of +the Horse Guards that amazed the French themselves. Rostov was +horrified to hear later that of all that mass of huge and handsome +men, of all those brilliant, rich youths, officers and cadets, who had +galloped past him on their thousand-ruble horses, only eighteen were +left after the charge. + "Why should I envy them? My chance is not lost, and maybe I shall +see the Emperor immediately! " thought Rostov and galloped on. + When he came level with the Foot Guards he noticed that about them +and around them cannon balls were flying, of which he was aware not so +much because he heard their sound as because he saw uneasiness on +the soldiers' faces and unnatural warlike solemnity on those of the +officers. + Passing behind one of the lines of a regiment of Foot Guards he +heard a voice calling him by name. + "Rostov!" + "What?" he answered, not recognizing Boris. + "I say, we've been in the front line! Our regiment attacked!" said +Boris with the happy smile seen on the faces of young men who have +been under fire for the first time. + Rostov stopped. + "Have you?" he said. "Well, how did it go?" + "We drove them back!" said Boris with animation, growing +talkative. "Can you imagine it?" and he began describing how the +Guards, having taken up their position and seeing troops before +them, thought they were Austrians, and all at once discovered from the +cannon balls discharged by those troops that they were themselves in +the front line and had unexpectedly to go into action. Rostov +without hearing Boris to the end spurred his horse. + "Where are you off to?" asked Boris. + "With a message to His Majesty." + "There he is!" said Boris, thinking Rostov had said "His +Highness," and pointing to the Grand Duke who with his high +shoulders and frowning brows stood a hundred paces away from them in +his helmet and Horse Guards' jacket, shouting something to a pale, +white uniformed Austrian officer. + "But that's the Grand Duke, and I want the commander in chief or the +Emperor," said Rostov, and was about to spur his horse. + "Count! Count!" shouted Berg who ran up from the other side as eager +as Boris. "Count! I am wounded in my right hand" (and he showed his +bleeding hand with a handkerchief tied round it) "and I remained at +the front. I held my sword in my left hand, Count. All our family- the +von Bergs- have been knights!" + He said something more, but Rostov did not wait to hear it and +rode away. + Having passed the Guards and traversed an empty space, Rostov, to +avoid again getting in front of the first line as he had done when the +Horse Guards charged, followed the line of reserves, going far round +the place where the hottest musket fire and cannonade were heard. +Suddenly he heard musket fire quite close in front of him and behind +our troops, where he could never have expected the enemy to be. + "What can it be?" he thought. "The enemy in the rear of our army? +Impossible!" And suddenly he was seized by a panic of fear for himself +and for the issue of the whole battle. "But be that what it may," he +reflected, "there is no riding round it now. I must look for the +commander in chief here, and if all is lost it is for me to perish +with the rest." + The foreboding of evil that had suddenly come over Rostov was more +and more confirmed the farther he rode into the region behind the +village of Pratzen, which was full of troops of all kinds. + "What does it mean? What is it? Whom are they firing at? Who is +firing?" Rostov kept asking as he came up to Russian and Austrian +soldiers running in confused crowds across his path. + "The devil knows! They've killed everybody! It's all up now!" he was +told in Russian, German, and Czech by the crowd of fugitives who +understood what was happening as little as he did. + "Kill the Germans!" shouted one. + "May the devil take them- the traitors!" + "Zum Henker diese Russen!"* muttered a German. + + *"Hang these Russians!" + + Several wounded men passed along the road, and words of abuse, +screams, and groans mingled in a general hubbub, then the firing +died down. Rostov learned later that Russian and Austrian soldiers had +been firing at one another. + "My God! What does it all mean?" thought he. "And here, where at any +moment the Emperor may see them.... But no, these must be only a +handful of scoundrels. It will soon be over, it can't be that, it +can't be! Only to get past them quicker, quicker!" + The idea of defeat and flight could not enter Rostov's head. +Though he saw French cannon and French troops on the Pratzen Heights +just where he had been ordered to look for the commander in chief, +he could not, did not wish to, believe that. +BK3|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Rostov had been ordered to look for Kutuzov and the Emperor near the +village of Pratzen. But neither they nor a single commanding officer +were there, only disorganized crowds of troops of various kinds. He +urged on his already weary horse to get quickly past these crowds, but +the farther he went the more disorganized they were. The highroad on +which he had come out was thronged with caleches, carriages of all +sorts, and Russian and Austrian soldiers of all arms, some wounded and +some not. This whole mass droned and jostled in confusion under the +dismal influence of cannon balls flying from the French batteries +stationed on the Pratzen Heights. + "Where is the Emperor? Where is Kutuzov?" Rostov kept asking +everyone he could stop, but got no answer from anyone. + At last seizing a soldier by his collar he forced him to answer. + "Eh, brother! They've all bolted long ago!" said the soldier, +laughing for some reason and shaking himself free. + Having left that soldier who was evidently drunk, Rostov stopped the +horse of a batman or groom of some important personage and began to +question him. The man announced that the Tsar had been driven in a +carriage at full speed about an hour before along that very road and +that he was dangerously wounded. + "It can't be!" said Rostov. "It must have been someone else." + "I saw him myself." replied the man with a self-confident smile of +derision. "I ought to know the Emperor by now, after the times I've +seen him in Petersburg. I saw him just as I see you.... There he sat +in the carriage as pale as anything. How they made the four black +horses fly! Gracious me, they did rattle past! It's time I knew the +Imperial horses and Ilya Ivanych. I don't think Ilya drives anyone +except the Tsar!" + Rostov let go of the horse and was about to ride on, when a +wounded officer passing by addressed him: + "Who is it you want?" he asked. "The commander in chief? He was +killed by a cannon ball- struck in the breast before our regiment." + "Not killed- wounded!" another officer corrected him. + "Who? Kutuzov?" asked Rostov. + "Not Kutuzov, but what's his name- well, never mind... there are not +many left alive. Go that way, to that village, all the commanders +are there," said the officer, pointing to the village of Hosjeradek, +and he walked on. + Rostov rode on at a footpace not knowing why or to whom he was now +going. The Emperor was wounded, the battle lost. It was impossible +to doubt it now. Rostov rode in the direction pointed out to him, in +which he saw turrets and a church. What need to hurry? What was he now +to say to the Tsar or to Kutuzov, even if they were alive and +unwounded? + "Take this road, your honor, that way you will be killed at once!" a +soldier shouted to him. "They'd kill you there!" + "Oh, what are you talking about?" said another. "Where is he to +go? That way is nearer." + Rostov considered, and then went in the direction where they said he +would be killed. + "It's all the same now. If the Emperor is wounded, am I to try to +save myself?" he thought. He rode on to the region where the +greatest number of men had perished in fleeing from Pratzen. The +French had not yet occupied that region, and the Russians- the +uninjured and slightly wounded- had left it long ago. All about the +field, like heaps of manure on well-kept plowland, lay from ten to +fifteen dead and wounded to each couple of acres. The wounded crept +together in twos and threes and one could hear their distressing +screams and groans, sometimes feigned- or so it seemed to Rostov. He +put his horse to a trot to avoid seeing all these suffering men, and +he felt afraid- afraid not for his life, but for the courage he needed +and which he knew would not stand the sight of these unfortunates. + The French, who had ceased firing at this field strewn with dead and +wounded where there was no one left to fire at, on seeing an +adjutant riding over it trained a gun on him and fired several +shots. The sensation of those terrible whistling sounds and of the +corpses around him merged in Rostov's mind into a single feeling of +terror and pity for himself. He remembered his mother's last letter. +"What would she feel," thought he, "if she saw me here now on this +field with the cannon aimed at me?" + In the village of Hosjeradek there were Russian troops retiring from +the field of battle, who though still in some confusion were less +disordered. The French cannon did not reach there and the musketry +fire sounded far away. Here everyone clearly saw and said that the +battle was lost. No one whom Rostov asked could tell him where the +Emperor or Kutuzov was. Some said the report that the Emperor was +wounded was correct, others that it was not, and explained the false +rumor that had spread by the fact that the Emperor's carriage had +really galloped from the field of battle with the pale and terrified +Ober-Hofmarschal Count Tolstoy, who had ridden out to the +battlefield with others in the Emperor's suite. One officer told +Rostov that he had seen someone from headquarters behind the village +to the left, and thither Rostov rode, not hoping to find anyone but +merely to ease his conscience. When he had ridden about two miles +and had passed the last of the Russian troops, he saw, near a +kitchen garden with a ditch round it, two men on horseback facing +the ditch. One with a white plume in his hat seemed familiar to +Rostov; the other on a beautiful chestnut horse (which Rostov +fancied he had seen before) rode up to the ditch, struck his horse +with his spurs, and giving it the rein leaped lightly over. Only a +little earth crumbled from the bank under the horse's hind hoofs. +Turning the horse sharply, he again jumped the ditch, and +deferentially addressed the horseman with the white plumes, +evidently suggesting that he should do the same. The rider, whose +figure seemed familiar to Rostov and involuntarily riveted his +attention, made a gesture of refusal with his head and hand and by +that gesture Rostov instantly recognized his lamented and adored +monarch. + "But it can't be he, alone in the midst of this empty field!" +thought Rostov. At that moment Alexander turned his head and Rostov +saw the beloved features that were so deeply engraved on his memory. +The Emperor was pale, his cheeks sunken and his eyes hollow, but the +charm, the mildness of his features, was all the greater. Rostov was +happy in the assurance that the rumors about the Emperor being wounded +were false. He was happy to be seeing him. He knew that he might and +even ought to go straight to him and give the message Dolgorukov had +ordered him to deliver. + But as a youth in love trembles, is unnerved, and dares not utter +the thoughts he has dreamed of for nights, but looks around for help +or a chance of delay and flight when the longed-for moment comes and +he is alone with her, so Rostov, now that he had attained what he +had longed for more than anything else in the world, did not know +how to approach the Emperor, and a thousand reasons occurred to him +why it would be inconvenient, unseemly, and impossible to do so. + "What! It is as if I were glad of a chance to take advantage of +his being alone and despondent! A strange face may seem unpleasant +or painful to him at this moment of sorrow; besides, what can I say to +him now, when my heart fails me and my mouth feels dry at the mere +sight of him?" Not one of the innumerable speeches addressed to the +Emperor that he had composed in his imagination could he now recall. +Those speeches were intended for quite other conditions, they were for +the most part to be spoken at a moment of victory and triumph, +generally when he was dying of wounds and the sovereign had thanked +him for heroic deeds, and while dying he expressed the love his +actions had proved. + "Besides how can I ask the Emperor for his instructions for the +right flank now that it is nearly four o'clock and the battle is lost? +No, certainly I must not approach him, I must not intrude on his +reflections. Better die a thousand times than risk receiving an unkind +look or bad opinion from him," Rostov decided; and sorrowfully and +with a heart full despair he rode away, continually looking back at +the Tsar, who still remained in the same attitude of indecision. + While Rostov was thus arguing with himself and riding sadly away, +Captain von Toll chanced to ride to the same spot, and seeing the +Emperor at once rode up to him, offered his services, and assisted him +to cross the ditch on foot. The Emperor, wishing to rest and feeling +unwell, sat down under an apple tree and von Toll remained beside him. +Rostov from a distance saw with envy and remorse how von Toll spoke +long and warmly to the Emperor and how the Emperor, evidently weeping, +covered his eyes with his hand and pressed von Toll's hand. + "And I might have been in his place!" thought Rostov, and hardly +restraining his tears of pity for the Emperor, he rode on in utter +despair, not knowing where to or why he was now riding. + His despair was all the greater from feeling that his own weakness +was the cause his grief. + He might... not only might but should, have gone up to the +sovereign. It was a unique chance to show his devotion to the +Emperor and he had not made use of it.... "What have I done?" +thought he. And he turned round and galloped back to the place where +he had seen the Emperor, but there was no one beyond the ditch now. +Only some carts and carriages were passing by. From one of the drivers +he learned that Kutuzov's staff were not far off, in the village the +vehicles were going to. Rostov followed them. In front of him walked +Kutuzov's groom leading horses in horsecloths. Then came a cart, and +behind that walked an old, bandy-legged domestic serf in a peaked +cap and sheepskin coat. + "Tit! I say, Tit!" said the groom. + "What?" answered the old man absent-mindedly. + "Go, Tit! Thresh a bit!" + "Oh, you fool!" said the old man, spitting angrily. Some time passed +in silence, and then the same joke was repeated. + + Before five in the evening the battle had been lost at all points. +More than a hundred cannon were already in the hands of the French. + Przebyszewski and his corps had laid down their arms. Other +columns after losing half their men were retreating in disorderly +confused masses. + The remains of Langeron's and Dokhturov's mingled forces were +crowding around the dams and banks of the ponds near the village of +Augesd. + After five o'clock it was only at the Augesd Dam that a hot +cannonade (delivered by the French alone) was still to be heard from +numerous batteries ranged on the slopes of the Pratzen Heights, +directed at our retreating forces. + In the rearguard, Dokhturov and others rallying some battalions kept +up a musketry fire at the French cavalry that was pursuing our troops. +It was growing dusk. On the narrow Augesd Dam where for so many +years the old miller had been accustomed to sit in his tasseled cap +peacefully angling, while his grandson, with shirt sleeves rolled +up, handled the floundering silvery fish in the watering can, on +that dam over which for so many years Moravians in shaggy caps and +blue jackets had peacefully driven their two-horse carts loaded with +wheat and had returned dusty with flour whitening their carts- on that +narrow dam amid the wagons and the cannon, under the horses' hoofs and +between the wagon wheels, men disfigured by fear of death now +crowded together, crushing one another, dying, stepping over the dying +and killing one another, only to move on a few steps and be killed +themselves in the same way. + Every ten seconds a cannon ball flew compressing the air around, +or a shell burst in the midst of that dense throng, killing some and +splashing with blood those near them. + Dolokhov- now an officer- wounded in the arm, and on foot, with +the regimental commander on horseback and some ten men of his company, +represented all that was left of that whole regiment. Impelled by +the crowd, they had got wedged in at the approach to the dam and, +jammed in on all sides, had stopped because a horse in front had +fallen under a cannon and the crowd were dragging it out. A cannon +ball killed someone behind them, another fell in front and splashed +Dolokhov with blood. The crowd, pushing forward desperately, +squeezed together, moved a few steps, and again stopped. + "Move on a hundred yards and we are certainly saved, remain here +another two minutes and it is certain death," thought each one. + Dolokhov who was in the midst of the crowd forced his way to the +edge of the dam, throwing two soldiers off their feet, and ran onto +the slippery ice that covered the millpool. + "Turn this way!" he shouted, jumping over the ice which creaked +under him; "turn this way!" he shouted to those with the gun. "It +bears!..." + The ice bore him but it swayed and creaked, and it was plain that it +would give way not only under a cannon or a crowd, but very soon +even under his weight alone. The men looked at him and pressed to +the bank, hesitating to step onto the ice. The general on horseback at +the entrance to the dam raised his hand and opened his mouth to +address Dolokhov. Suddenly a cannon ball hissed so low above the crowd +that everyone ducked. It flopped into something moist, and the general +fell from his horse in a pool of blood. Nobody gave him a look or +thought of raising him. + "Get onto the ice, over the ice! Go on! Turn! Don't you hear? Go +on!" innumerable voices suddenly shouted after the ball had struck the +general, the men themselves not knowing what, or why, they were +shouting. + One of the hindmost guns that was going onto the dam turned off onto +the ice. Crowds of soldiers from the dam began running onto the frozen +pond. The ice gave way under one of the foremost soldiers, and one leg +slipped into the water. He tried to right himself but fell in up to +his waist. The nearest soldiers shrank back, the gun driver stopped +his horse, but from behind still came the shouts: "Onto the ice, why +do you stop? Go on! Go on!" And cries of horror were heard in the +crowd. The soldiers near the gun waved their arms and beat the +horses to make them turn and move on. The horses moved off the bank. +The ice, that had held under those on foot, collapsed in a great mass, +and some forty men who were on it dashed, some forward and some +back, drowning one another. + Still the cannon balls continued regularly to whistle and flop +onto the ice and into the water and oftenest of all among the crowd +that covered the dam, the pond, and the bank. +BK3|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + On the Pratzen Heights, where he had fallen with the flagstaff in +his hand, lay Prince Andrew Bolkonski bleeding profusely and +unconsciously uttering a gentle, piteous, and childlike moan. + Toward evening he ceased moaning and became quite still. He did +not know how long his unconsciousness lasted. Suddenly he again felt +that he was alive and suffering from a burning, lacerating pain in his +head. + "Where is it, that lofty sky that I did not know till now, but saw +today?" was his first thought. "And I did not know this suffering +either," he thought. "Yes, I did not know anything, anything at all +till now. But where am I?" + He listened and heard the sound of approaching horses, and voices +speaking French. He opened his eyes. Above him again was the same +lofty sky with clouds that had risen and were floating still higher, +and between them gleamed blue infinity. He did not turn his head and +did not see those who, judging by the sound of hoofs and voices, had +ridden up and stopped near him. + It was Napoleon accompanied by two aides-de-camp. Bonaparte riding +over the battlefield had given final orders to strengthen the +batteries firing at the Augesd Dam and was looking at the killed and +wounded left on the field. + "Fine men!" remarked Napoleon, looking at a dead Russian +grenadier, who, with his face buried in the ground and a blackened +nape, lay on his stomach with an already stiffened arm flung wide. + "The ammunition for the guns in position is exhausted, Your +Majesty," said an adjutant who had come from the batteries that were +firing at Augesd. + "Have some brought from the reserve," said Napoleon, and having gone +on a few steps he stopped before Prince Andrew, who lay on his back +with the flagstaff that had been dropped beside him. (The flag had +already been taken by the French as a trophy.) + "That's a fine death!" said Napoleon as he gazed at Bolkonski. + Prince Andrew understood that this was said of him and that it was +Napoleon who said it. He heard the speaker addressed as Sire. But he +heard the words as he might have heard the buzzing of a fly. Not +only did they not interest him, but he took no notice of them and at +once forgot them. His head was burning, he felt himself bleeding to +death, and he saw above him the remote, lofty, and everlasting sky. He +knew it was Napoleon- his hero- but at that moment Napoleon seemed +to him such a small, insignificant creature compared with what was +passing now between himself and that lofty infinite sky with the +clouds flying over it. At that moment it meant nothing to him who +might be standing over him, or what was said of him; he was only +glad that people were standing near him and only wished that they +would help him and bring him back to life, which seemed to him so +beautiful now that he had today learned to understand it so +differently. He collected all his strength, to stir and utter a sound. +He feebly moved his leg and uttered a weak, sickly groan which aroused +his own pity. + "Ah! He is alive," said Napoleon. "Lift this young man up and +carry him to the dressing station." + Having said this, Napoleon rode on to meet Marshal Lannes, who, +hat in hand, rode up smiling to the Emperor to congratulate him on the +victory. + Prince Andrew remembered nothing more: he lost consciousness from +the terrible pain of being lifted onto the stretcher, the jolting +while being moved, and the probing of his wound at the dressing +station. He did not regain consciousness till late in the day, when +with other wounded and captured Russian officers he was carried to the +hospital. During this transfer he felt a little stronger and was +able to look about him and even speak. + The first words he heard on coming to his senses were those of a +French convoy officer, who said rapidly: "We must halt here: the +Emperor will pass here immediately; it will please him to see these +gentlemen prisoners." + "There are so many prisoners today, nearly the whole Russian army, +that he is probably tired of them," said another officer. + "All the same! They say this one is the commander of all the Emperor +Alexander's Guards," said the first one, indicating a Russian +officer in the white uniform of the Horse Guards. + Bolkonski recognized Prince Repnin whom he had met in Petersburg +society. Beside him stood a lad of nineteen, also a wounded officer of +the Horse Guards. + Bonaparte, having come up at a gallop, stopped his horse. + "Which is the senior?" he asked, on seeing the prisoners. + They named the colonel, Prince Repnin. + "You are the commander of the Emperor Alexander's regiment of +Horse Guards?" asked Napoleon. + "I commanded a squadron," replied Repnin. + "Your regiment fulfilled its duty honorably," said Napoleon. + "The praise of a great commander is a soldier's highest reward," +said Repnin. + "I bestow it with pleasure," said Napoleon. "And who is that young +man beside you?" + Prince Repnin named Lieutenant Sukhtelen. + After looking at him Napoleon smiled. + "He's very young to come to meddle with us." + "Youth is no hindrance to courage," muttered Sukhtelen in a +failing voice. + "A splendid reply!" said Napoleon. "Young man, you will go far!" + Prince Andrew, who had also been brought forward before the +Emperor's eyes to complete the show of prisoners, could not fail to +attract his attention. Napoleon apparently remembered seeing him on +the battlefield and, addressing him, again used the epithet "young +man" that was connected in his memory with Prince Andrew. + "Well, and you, young man," said he. "How do you feel, mon brave?" + Though five minutes before, Prince Andrew had been able to say a few +words to the soldiers who were carrying him, now with his eyes fixed +straight on Napoleon, he was silent.... So insignificant at that +moment seemed to him all the interests that engrossed Napoleon, so +mean did his hero himself with his paltry vanity and joy in victory +appear, compared to the lofty, equitable, and kindly sky which he +had seen and understood, that he could not answer him. + Everything seemed so futile and insignificant in comparison with the +stern and solemn train of thought that weakness from loss of blood, +suffering, and the nearness of death aroused in him. Looking into +Napoleon's eyes Prince Andrew thought of the insignificance of +greatness, the unimportance of life which no one could understand, and +the still greater unimportance of death, the meaning of which no one +alive could understand or explain. + The Emperor without waiting for an answer turned away and said to +one of the officers as he went: "Have these gentlemen attended to +and taken to my bivouac; let my doctor, Larrey, examine their +wounds. Au revoir, Prince Repnin!" and he spurred his horse and +galloped away. + His face shone with self-satisfaction and pleasure. + The soldiers who had carried Prince Andrew had noticed and taken the +little gold icon Princess Mary had hung round her brother's neck, +but seeing the favor the Emperor showed the prisoners, they now +hastened to return the holy image. + Prince Andrew did not see how and by whom it was replaced, but the +little icon with its thin gold chain suddenly appeared upon his +chest outside his uniform. + "It would be good," thought Prince Andrew, glancing at the icon +his sister had hung round his neck with such emotion and reverence, +"it would be good if everything were as clear and simple as it seems +to Mary. How good it would be to know where to seek for help in this +life, and what to expect after it beyond the grave! How happy and calm +I should be if I could now say: 'Lord, have mercy on me!'... But to +whom should I say that? Either to a Power indefinable, +incomprehensible, which I not only cannot address but which I cannot +even express in words- the Great All or Nothing-" said he to +himself, "or to that God who has been sewn into this amulet by Mary! +There is nothing certain, nothing at all except the unimportance of +everything I understand, and the greatness of something +incomprehensible but all-important. + The stretchers moved on. At every jolt he again felt unendurable +pain; his feverishness increased and he grew delirious. Visions of his +father, wife, sister, and future son, and the tenderness he had felt +the night before the battle, the figure of the insignificant little +Napoleon, and above all this the lofty sky, formed the chief +subjects of his delirious fancies. + The quiet home life and peaceful happiness of Bald Hills presented +itself to him. He was already enjoying that happiness when that little +Napoleon had suddenly appeared with his unsympathizing look of +shortsighted delight at the misery of others, and doubts and +torments had followed, and only the heavens promised peace. Toward +morning all these dreams melted and merged into the chaos and darkness +of unconciousness and oblivion which in the opinion of Napoleon's +doctor, Larrey, was much more likely to end in death than in +convalescence. + "He is a nervous, bilious subject," said Larrey, "and will not +recover." + And Prince Andrew, with others fatally wounded, was left to the care +of the inhabitants of the district. +BK4|CH1 + BOOK FOUR: 1806 + CHAPTER I + + Early in the year 1806 Nicholas Rostov returned home on leave. +Denisov was going home to Voronezh and Rostov persuaded him to +travel with him as far as Moscow and to stay with him there. Meeting a +comrade at the last post station but one before Moscow, Denisov had +drunk three bottles of wine with him and, despite the jolting ruts +across the snow-covered road, did not once wake up on the way to +Moscow, but lay at the bottom of the sleigh beside Rostov, who grew +more and more impatient the nearer they got to Moscow. + "How much longer? How much longer? Oh, these insufferable streets, +shops, bakers' signboards, street lamps, and sleighs!" thought Rostov, +when their leave permits had been passed at the town gate and they had +entered Moscow. + "Denisov! We're here! He's asleep," he added, leaning forward with +his whole body as if in that position he hoped to hasten the speed +of the sleigh. + Denisov gave no answer. + "There's the corner at the crossroads, where the cabman, Zakhar, has +his stand, and there's Zakhar himself and still the same horse! And +here's the little shop where we used to buy gingerbread! Can't you +hurry up? Now then!" + "Which house is it?" asked the driver. + "Why, that one, right at the end, the big one. Don't you see? That's +our house," said Rostov. "Of course, it's our house! Denisov, Denisov! +We're almost there!" + Denisov raised his head, coughed, and made no answer. + "Dmitri," said Rostov to his valet on the box, "those lights are +in our house, aren't they?" + "Yes, sir, and there's a light in your father's study." + "Then they've not gone to bed yet? What do you think? Mind now, +don't forget to put out my new coat," added Rostov, fingering his +new mustache. "Now then, get on," he shouted to the driver. "Do wake +up, Vaska!" he went on, turning to Denisov, whose head was again +nodding. "Come, get on! You shall have three rubles for vodka- get +on!" Rostov shouted, when the sleigh was only three houses from his +door. It seemed to him the horses were not moving at all. At last +the sleigh bore to the right, drew up at an entrance, and Rostov saw +overhead the old familiar cornice with a bit of plaster broken off, +the porch, and the post by the side of the pavement. He sprang out +before the sleigh stopped, and ran into the hall. The house stood cold +and silent, as if quite regardless of who had come to it. There was no +one in the hall. "Oh God! Is everyone all right?" he thought, stopping +for a moment with a sinking heart, and then immediately starting to +run along the hall and up the warped steps of the familiar +staircase. The well-known old door handle, which always angered the +countess when it was not properly cleaned, turned as loosely as +ever. A solitary tallow candle burned in the anteroom. + Old Michael was asleep on the chest. Prokofy, the footman, who was +so strong that he could lift the back of the carriage from behind, sat +plaiting slippers out of cloth selvedges. He looked up at the +opening door and his expression of sleepy indifference suddenly +changed to one of delighted amazement. + "Gracious heavens! The young count!" he cried, recognizing his young +master. "Can it be? My treasure!" and Prokofy, trembling with +excitement, rushed toward the drawing-room door, probably in order +to announce him, but, changing his mind, came back and stooped to kiss +the young man's shoulder. + "All well?" asked Rostov, drawing away his arm. + "Yes, God be thanked! Yes! They've just finished supper. Let me have +a look at you, your excellency." + "Is everything quite all right?" + "The Lord be thanked, yes!" + Rostov, who had completely forgotten Denisov, not wishing anyone +to forestall him, threw off his fur coat and ran on tiptoe through the +large dark ballroom. All was the same: there were the same old card +tables and the same chandelier with a cover over it; but someone had +already seen the young master, and, before he had reached the +drawing room, something flew out from a side door like a tornado and +began hugging and kissing him. Another and yet another creature of the +same kind sprang from a second door and a third; more hugging, more +kissing, more outcries, and tears of joy. He could not distinguish +which was Papa, which Natasha, and which Petya. Everyone shouted, +talked, and kissed him at the same time. Only his mother was not +there, he noticed that. + "And I did not know... Nicholas... My darling!..." + "Here he is... our own... Kolya,* dear fellow... How he has +changed!... Where are the candles?... Tea!..." + + *Nicholas. + + "And me, kiss me!" + "Dearest... and me!" + Sonya, Natasha, Petya, Anna Mikhaylovna, Vera, and the old count +were all hugging him, and the serfs, men and maids, flocked into the +room, exclaiming and oh-ing and ah-ing. + Petya, clinging to his legs, kept shouting, "And me too!" + Natasha, after she had pulled him down toward her and covered his +face with kisses, holding him tight by the skirt of his coat, sprang +away and pranced up and down in one place like a goat and shrieked +piercingly. + All around were loving eyes glistening with tears of joy, and all +around were lips seeking a kiss. + Sonya too, all rosy red, clung to his arm and, radiant with bliss, +looked eagerly toward his eyes, waiting for the look for which she +longed. Sonya now was sixteen and she was very pretty, especially at +this moment of happy, rapturous excitement. She gazed at him, not +taking her eyes off him, and smiling and holding her breath. He gave +her a grateful look, but was still expectant and looking for +someone. The old countess had not yet come. But now steps were heard +at the door, steps so rapid that they could hardly be his mother's. + Yet it was she, dressed in a new gown which he did not know, made +since he had left. All the others let him go, and he ran to her. +When they met, she fell on his breast, sobbing. She could not lift her +face, but only pressed it to the cold braiding of his hussar's jacket. +Denisov, who had come into the room unnoticed by anyone, stood there +and wiped his eyes at the sight. + "Vasili Denisov, your son's friend," he said, introducing himself to +the count, who was looking inquiringly at him. + "You are most welcome! I know, I know," said the count, kissing +and embracing Denisov. "Nicholas wrote us... Natasha, Vera, look! Here +is Denisov!" + The same happy, rapturous faces turned to the shaggy figure of +Denisov. + "Darling Denisov!" screamed Natasha, beside herself with rapture, +springing to him, putting her arms round him, and kissing him. This +escapade made everybody feel confused. Denisov blushed too, but smiled +and, taking Natasha's hand, kissed it. + Denisov was shown to the room prepared for him, and the Rostovs +all gathered round Nicholas in the sitting room. + The old countess, not letting go of his hand and kissing it every +moment, sat beside him: the rest, crowding round him, watched every +movement, word, or look of his, never taking their blissfully +adoring eyes off him. His brother and sisters struggled for the places +nearest to him and disputed with one another who should bring him +his tea, handkerchief, and pipe. + Rostov was very happy in the love they showed him; but the first +moment of meeting had been so beatific that his present joy seemed +insufficient, and he kept expecting something more, more and yet more. + Next morning, after the fatigues of their journey, the travelers +slept till ten o'clock. + In the room next their bedroom there was a confusion of sabers, +satchels, sabretaches, open portmanteaus, and dirty boots. Two freshly +cleaned pairs with spurs had just been placed by the wall. The +servants were bringing in jugs and basins, hot water for shaving, +and their well-brushed clothes. There was a masculine odor and a smell +of tobacco. + "Hallo, Gwiska- my pipe!" came Vasili Denisov's husky voice. +"Wostov, get up!" + Rostov, rubbing his eyes that seemed glued together, raised his +disheveled head from the hot pillow. + "Why, is it late?" + "Late! It's nearly ten o'clock," answered Natasha's voice. A +rustle of starched petticoats and the whispering and laughter of +girls' voices came from the adjoining room. The door was opened a +crack and there was a glimpse of something blue, of ribbons, black +hair, and merry faces. It was Natasha, Sonya, and Petya, who had +come to see whether they were getting up. + "Nicholas! Get up!" Natasha's voice was again heard at the door. + "Directly!" + Meanwhile, Petya, having found and seized the sabers in the outer +room, with the delight boys feel at the sight of a military elder +brother, and forgetting that it was unbecoming for the girls to see +men undressed, opened the bedroom door. + "Is this your saber?" he shouted. + The girls sprang aside. Denisov hid his hairy legs under the +blanket, looking with a scared face at his comrade for help. The door, +having let Petya in, closed again. A sound of laughter came from +behind it. + "Nicholas! Come out in your dressing gown!" said Natasha's voice. + "Is this your saber?" asked Petya. "Or is it yours?" he said, +addressing the black-mustached Denisov with servile deference. + Rostov hurriedly put something on his feet, drew on his dressing +gown, and went out. Natasha had put on one spurred boot and was just +getting her foot into the other. Sonya, when he came in, was +twirling round and was about to expand her dresses into a balloon +and sit down. They were dressed alike, in new pale-blue frocks, and +were both fresh, rosy, and bright. Sonya ran away, but Natasha, taking +her brother's arm, led him into the sitting room, where they began +talking. They hardly gave one another time to ask questions and give +replies concerning a thousand little matters which could not +interest anyone but themselves. Natasha laughed at every word he +said or that she said herself, not because what they were saying was +amusing, but because she felt happy and was unable to control her +joy which expressed itself by laughter. + "Oh, how nice, how splendid!" she said to everything. + Rostov felt that, under the influence of the warm rays of love, that +childlike smile which had not once appeared on his face since he +left home now for the first time after eighteen months again +brightened his soul and his face. + "No, but listen," she said, "now you are quite a man, aren't you? +I'm awfully glad you're my brother." She touched his mustache. "I want +to know what you men are like. Are you the same as we? No?" + "Why did Sonya run away?" asked Rostov. + "Ah, yes! That's a whole long story! How are you going to speak to +her- thou or you?" + "As may happen," said Rostov. + "No, call her you, please! I'll tell you all about it some other +time. No, I'll tell you now. You know Sonya's my dearest friend. +Such a friend that I burned my arm for her sake. Look here!" + She pulled up her muslin sleeve and showed him a red scar on her +long, slender, delicate arm, high above the elbow on that part that is +covered even by a ball dress. + "I burned this to prove my love for her. I just heated a ruler in +the fire and pressed it there!" + Sitting on the sofa with the little cushions on its arms, in what +used to be his old schoolroom, and looking into Natasha's wildly +bright eyes, Rostov re-entered that world of home and childhood +which had no meaning for anyone else, but gave him some of the best +joys of his life; and the burning of an arm with a ruler as a proof of +love did not seem to him senseless, he understood and was not +surprised at it. + "Well, and is that all?" he asked. + "We are such friends, such friends! All that ruler business was just +nonsense, but we are friends forever. She, if she loves anyone, does +it for life, but I don't understand that, I forget quickly." + "Well, what then?" + "Well, she loves me and you like that." + Natasha suddenly flushed. + "Why, you remember before you went away?... Well, she says you are +to forget all that.... She says: 'I shall love him always, but let him +be free.' Isn't that lovely and noble! Yes, very noble? Isn't it?" +asked Natasha, so seriously and excitedly that it was evident that +what she was now saying she had talked of before, with tears. + Rostov became thoughtful. + "I never go back on my word," he said. "Besides, Sonya is so +charming that only a fool would renounce such happiness." + "No, no!" cried Natasha, "she and I have already talked it over. +We knew you'd say so. But it won't do, because you see, if you say +that- if you consider yourself bound by your promise- it will seem +as if she had not meant it seriously. It makes it as if you were +marrying her because you must, and that wouldn't do at all." + Rostov saw that it had been well considered by them. Sonya had +already struck him by her beauty on the preceding day. Today, when +he had caught a glimpse of her, she seemed still more lovely. She +was a charming girl of sixteen, evidently passionately in love with +him (he did not doubt that for an instant). Why should he not love her +now, and even marry her, Rostov thought, but just now there were so +many other pleasures and interests before him! "Yes, they have taken a +wise decision," he thought, "I must remain free." + "Well then, that's excellent," said he. "We'll talk it over later +on. Oh, how glad I am to have you! + "Well, and are you still true to Boris?" he continued. + "Oh, what nonsense!" cried Natasha, laughing. "I don't think about +him or anyone else, and I don't want anything of the kind." + "Dear me! Then what are you up now?" + "Now?" repeated Natasha, and a happy smile lit up her face. "Have +you seen Duport?" + "No." + "Not seen Duport- the famous dancer? Well then, you won't +understand. That's what I'm up to." + Curving her arms, Natasha held out her skirts as dancers do, ran +back a few steps, turned, cut a caper, brought her little feet sharply +together, and made some steps on the very tips of her toes. + "See, I'm standing! See!" she said, but could not maintain herself +on her toes any longer. "So that's what I'm up to! I'll never marry +anyone, but will be a dancer. Only don't tell anyone." + Rostov laughed so loud and merrily that Denisov, in his bedroom, +felt envious and Natasha could not help joining in. + "No, but don't you think it's nice?" she kept repeating. + "Nice! And so you no longer wish to marry Boris?" + Natasha flared up. "I don't want to marry anyone. And I'll tell +him so when I see him!" + "Dear me!" said Rostov. + "But that's all rubbish," Natasha chattered on. "And is Denisov +nice?" she asked. + "Yes, indeed!" + "Oh, well then, good-by: go and dress. Is he very terrible, +Denisov?" + "Why terrible?" asked Nicholas. "No, Vaska is a splendid fellow." + "You call him Vaska? That's funny! And is he very nice?" + "Very." + "Well then, be quick. We'll all have breakfast together." + And Natasha rose and went out of the room on tiptoe, like a ballet +dancer, but smiling as only happy girls of fifteen can smile. When +Rostov met Sonya in the drawing room, he reddened. He did not know how +to behave with her. The evening before, in the first happy moment of +meeting, they had kissed each other, but today they felt it could +not be done; he felt that everybody, including his mother and sisters, +was looking inquiringly at him and watching to see how he would behave +with her. He kissed her hand and addressed her not as thou but as you- +Sonya. But their eyes met and said thou, and exchanged tender +kisses. Her looks asked him to forgive her for having dared, by +Natasha's intermediacy, to remind him of his promise, and then thanked +him for his love. His looks thanked her for offering him his freedom +and told her that one way or another he would never cease to love her, +for that would be impossible. + "How strange it is," said Vera, selecting a moment when all were +silent, "that Sonya and Nicholas now say you to one another and meet +like strangers." + Vera's remark was correct, as her remarks always were, but, like +most of her observations, it made everyone feel uncomfortable, not +only Sonya, Nicholas, and Natasha, but even the old countess, who- +dreading this love affair which might hinder Nicholas from making a +brilliant match- blushed like a girl. + Denisov, to Rostov's surprise, appeared in the drawing room with +pomaded hair, perfumed, and in a new uniform, looking just as smart as +he made himself when going into battle, and he was more amiable to the +ladies and gentlemen than Rostov had ever expected to see him. +BK4|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + On his return to Moscow from the army, Nicholas Rostov was +welcomed by his home circle as the best of sons, a hero, and their +darling Nikolenka; by his relations as a charming, attractive, and +polite young man; by his acquaintances as a handsome lieutenant of +hussars, a good dancer, and one of the best matches in the city. + The Rostovs knew everybody in Moscow. The old count had money enough +that year, as all his estates had been remortgaged, and so Nicholas, +acquiring a trotter of his own, very stylish riding breeches of the +latest cut, such as no one else yet had in Moscow, and boots of the +latest fashion, with extremely pointed toes and small silver spurs, +passed his time very gaily. After a short period of adapting himself +to the old conditions of life, Nicholas found it very pleasant to be +at home again. He felt that he had grown up and matured very much. His +despair at failing in a Scripture examination, his borrowing money +from Gavril to pay a sleigh driver, his kissing Sonya on the sly- he +now recalled all this as childishness he had left immeasurably behind. +Now he was a lieutenant of hussars, in a jacket laced with silver, and +wearing the Cross of St. George, awarded to soldiers for bravery in +action, and in the company of well-known, elderly, and respected +racing men was training a trotter of his own for a race. He knew a +lady on one of the boulevards whom he visited of an evening. He led +the mazurka at the Arkharovs' ball, talked about the war with Field +Marshal Kamenski, visited the English Club, and was on intimate +terms with a colonel of forty to whom Denisov had introduced + His passion for the Emperor had cooled somewhat in Moscow. But +still, as he did not see him and had no opportunity of seeing him, +he often spoke about him and about his love for him, letting it be +understood that he had not told all and that there was something in +his feelings for the Emperor not everyone could understand, and with +his whole soul he shared the adoration then common in Moscow for the +Emperor, who was spoken of as the "angel incarnate." + During Rostov's short stay in Moscow, before rejoining the army, +he did not draw closer to Sonya, but rather drifted away from her. She +was very pretty and sweet, and evidently deeply in love with him, +but he was at the period of youth when there seems so much to do +that there is no time for that sort of thing and a young man fears +to bind himself and prizes his freedom which he needs for so many +other things. When he thought of Sonya, during this stay in Moscow, he +said to himself, "Ah, there will be, and there are, many more such +girls somewhere whom I do not yet know. There will be time enough to +think about love when I want to, but now I have no time." Besides, +it seemed to him that the society of women was rather derogatory to +his manhood. He went to balls and into ladies' society with an +affectation of doing so against his will. The races, the English Club, +sprees with Denisov, and visits to a certain house- that was another +matter and quite the thing for a dashing young hussar! + At the beginning of March, old Count Ilya Rostov was very busy +arranging a dinner in honor of Prince Bagration at the English Club. + The count walked up and down the hall in his dressing gown, giving +orders to the club steward and to the famous Feoktist, the Club's head +cook, about asparagus, fresh cucumbers, strawberries, veal, and fish +for this dinner. The count had been a member and on the committee of +the Club from the day it was founded. To him the Club entrusted the +arrangement of the festival in honor of Bagration, for few men knew so +well how to arrange a feast on an open-handed, hospitable scale, and +still fewer men would be so well able and willing to make up out of +their own resources what might be needed for the success of the +fete. The club cook and the steward listened to the count's orders +with pleased faces, for they knew that under no other management could +they so easily extract a good profit for themselves from a dinner +costing several thousand rubles. + "Well then, mind and have cocks' comb in the turtle soup, you know!" + "Shall we have three cold dishes then?" asked the cook. + The count considered. + "We can't have less- yes, three... the mayonnaise, that's one," said +he, bending down a finger. + "Then am I to order those large sterlets?" asked the steward. + "Yes, it can't be helped if they won't take less. Ah, dear me! I was +forgetting. We must have another entree. Ah, goodness gracious!" he +clutched at his head. "Who is going to get me the flowers? Dmitri! Eh, +Dmitri! Gallop off to our Moscow estate," he said to the factotum +who appeared at his call. "Hurry off and tell Maksim, the gardener, to +set the serfs to work. Say that everything out of the hothouses must +be brought here well wrapped up in felt. I must have two hundred +pots here on Friday." + Having given several more orders, he was about to go to his +"little countess" to have a rest, but remembering something else of +importance, he returned again, called back the cook and the club +steward, and again began giving orders. A light footstep and the +clinking of spurs were heard at the door, and the young count, +handsome, rosy, with a dark little mustache, evidently rested and made +sleeker by his easy life in Moscow, entered the room. + "Ah, my boy, my head's in a whirl!" said the old man with a smile, +as if he felt a little confused before his son. "Now, if you would +only help a bit! I must have singers too. I shall have my own +orchestra, but shouldn't we get the gypsy singers as well? You +military men like that sort of thing." + "Really, Papa, I believe Prince Bagration worried himself less +before the battle of Schon Grabern than you do now," said his son with +a smile. + The old count pretended to be angry. + "Yes, you talk, but try it yourself!" + And the count turned to the cook, who, with a shrewd and +respectful expression, looked observantly and sympathetically at the +father and son. + "What have the young people come to nowadays, eh, Feoktist?" said +he. "Laughing at us old fellows!" + "That's so, your excellency, all they have to do is to eat a good +dinner, but providing it and serving it all up, that's not their +business! + "That's it, that's it!" exclaimed the count, and gaily seizing his +son by both hands, he cried, "Now I've got you, so take the sleigh and +pair at once, and go to Bezukhob's, and tell him 'Count Ilya has +sent you to ask for strawberries and fresh pineapples.' We can't get +them from anyone else. He's not there himself, so you'll have to go in +and ask the princesses; and from there go on to the Rasgulyay- the +coachman Ipatka knows- and look up the gypsy Ilyushka, the one who +danced at Count Orlov's, you remember, in a white Cossack coat, and +bring him along to me." + "And am I to bring the gypsy girls along with him?" asked +Nicholas, laughing. "Dear, dear!..." + At that moment, with noiseless footsteps and with the +businesslike, preoccupied, yet meekly Christian look which never +left her face, Anna Mikhaylovna entered the hall. Though she came upon +the count in his dressing gown every day, he invariably became +confused and begged her to excuse his costume. + "No matter at all, my dear count," she said, meekly closing her +eyes. "But I'll go to Bezukhov's myself. Pierre has arrived, and now +we shall get anything we want from his hothouses. I have to see him in +any case. He has forwarded me a letter from Boris. Thank God, Boris is +now on the staff." + The count was delighted at Anna Mikhaylovna's taking upon herself +one of his commissions and ordered the small closed carriage for her. + "Tell Bezukhov to come. I'll put his name down. Is his wife with +him?" he asked. + Anna Mikhaylovna turned up her eyes, and profound sadness was +depicted on her face. + "Ah, my dear friend, he is very unfortunate," she said. "If what +we hear is true, it is dreadful. How little we dreamed of such a thing +when we were rejoicing at his happiness! And such a lofty angelic soul +as young Bezukhov! Yes, I pity him from my heart, and shall try to +give him what consolation I can." + "Wh-what is the matter?" asked both the young and old Rostov. + Anna Mikhaylovna sighed deeply. + "Dolokhov, Mary Ivanovna's son," she said in a mysterious whisper, +"has compromised her completely, they say. Pierre took him up, invited +him to his house in Petersburg, and now... she has come here and +that daredevil after her!" said Anna Mikhaylovna, wishing to show +her sympathy for Pierre, but by involuntary intonations and a half +smile betraying her sympathy for the "daredevil," as she called +Dolokhov. "They say Pierre is quite broken by his misfortune." + "Dear, dear! But still tell him to come to the Club- it will all +blow over. It will be a tremendous banquet." + Next day, the third of March, soon after one o'clock, two hundred +and fifty members of the English Club and fifty guests were awaiting +the guest of honor and hero of the Austrian campaign, Prince +Bagration, to dinner. + On the first arrival of the news of the battle of Austerlitz, Moscow +had been bewildered. At that time, the Russians were so used to +victories that on receiving news of the defeat some would simply not +believe it, while others sought some extraordinary explanation of so +strange an event. In the English Club, where all who were +distinguished, important, and well informed forgathered when the +news began to arrive in December, nothing was said about the war and +the last battle, as though all were in a conspiracy of silence. The +men who set the tone in conversation- Count Rostopchin, Prince Yuri +Dolgorukov, Valuev, Count Markov, and Prince Vyazemski- did not show +themselves at the Club, but met in private houses in intimate circles, +and the Moscovites who took their opinions from others- Ilya Rostov +among them- remained for a while without any definite opinion on the +subject of the war and without leaders. The Moscovites felt that +something was wrong and that to discuss the bad news was difficult, +and so it was best to be silent. But after a while, just as a jury +comes out of its room, the bigwigs who guided the Club's opinion +reappeared, and everybody began speaking clearly and definitely. +Reasons were found for the incredible, unheard-of, and impossible +event of a Russian defeat, everything became clear, and in all corners +of Moscow the same things began to be said. These reasons were the +treachery of the Austrians, a defective commissariat, the treachery of +the Pole Przebyszewski and of the Frenchman Langeron, Kutuzov's +incapacity, and (it was whispered) the youth and inexperience of the +sovereign, who had trusted worthless and insignificant people. But the +army, the Russian army, everyone declared, was extraordinary and had +achieved miracles of valor.The soldiers, officers, and generals were +heroes. But the hero of heroes was Prince Bagration, distinguished +by his Schon Grabern affair and by the retreat from Austerlitz, +where he alone had withdrawn his column unbroken and had all day +beaten back an enemy force twice as numerous as his own. What also +conduced to Bagration's being selected as Moscow's hero was the fact +that he had no connections in the city and was a stranger there. In +his person, honor was shown to a simple fighting Russian soldier +without connections and intrigues, and to one who was associated by +memories of the Italian campaign with the name of Suvorov. Moreover, +paying such honor to Bagration was the best way of expressing +disapproval and dislike of Kutuzov. + "Had there been no Bagration, it would have been necessary to invent +him," said the wit Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire. +Kutuzov no one spoke of, except some who abused him in whispers, +calling him a court weathercock and an old satyr. + All Moscow repeated Prince Dolgorukov's saying: "If you go on +modeling and modeling you must get smeared with clay," suggesting +consolation for our defeat by the memory of former victories; and +the words of Rostopchin, that French soldiers have to be incited to +battle by highfalutin words, and Germans by logical arguments to +show them that it is more dangerous to run away than to advance, but +that Russian soldiers only need to be restrained and held back! On all +sides, new and fresh anecdotes were heard of individual examples of +heroism shown by our officers and men at Austerlitz. One had saved a +standard, another had killed five Frenchmen, a third had loaded five +cannon singlehanded. Berg was mentioned, by those who did not know +him, as having, when wounded in the right hand, taken his sword in the +left, and gone forward. Of Bolkonski, nothing was said, and only those +who knew him intimately regretted that he had died so young, leaving a +pregnant wife with his eccentric father. +BK4|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + On that third of March, all the rooms in the English Club were +filled with a hum of conversation, like the hum of bees swarming in +springtime. The members and guests of the Club wandered hither and +thither, sat, stood, met, and separated, some in uniform and some in +evening dress, and a few here and there with powdered hair and in +Russian kaftans. Powdered footmen, in livery with buckled shoes and +smart stockings, stood at every door anxiously noting visitors' +every movement in order to offer their services. Most of those present +were elderly, respected men with broad, self-confident faces, fat +fingers, and resolute gestures and voices. This class of guests and +members sat in certain habitual places and met in certain habitual +groups. A minority of those present were casual guests- chiefly +young men, among whom were Denisov, Rostov, and Dolokhov- who was +now again an officer in the Semenov regiment. The faces of these young +people, especially those who were militarymen, bore that expression of +condescending respect for their elders which seems to say to the older +generation, "We are prepared to respect and honor you, but all the +same remember that the future belongs to us." + Nesvitski was there as an old member of the Club. Pierre, who at his +wife's command had let his hair grow and abandoned his spectacles, +went about the rooms fashionably dressed but looking sad and dull. +Here, as elsewhere, he was surrounded by an atmosphere of subservience +to his wealth, and being in the habit of lording it over these people, +he treated them with absent-minded contempt. + By his age he should have belonged to the younger men, but by his +wealth and connections he belonged to the groups old and honored +guests, and so he went from one group to another. Some of the most +important old men were the center of groups which even strangers +approached respectfully to hear the voices of well-known men. The +largest circles formed round Count Rostopchin, Valuev, and +Naryshkin. Rostopchin was describing how the Russians had been +overwhelmed by flying Austrians and had had to force their way through +them with bayonets. + Valuev was confidentially telling that Uvarov had been sent from +Petersburg to ascertain what Moscow was thinking about Austerlitz. + In the third circle, Naryshkin was speaking of the meeting of the +Austrian Council of War at which Suvorov crowed like a cock in reply +to the nonsense talked by the Austrian generals. Shinshin, standing +close by, tried to make a joke, saying that Kutuzov had evidently +failed to learn from Suvorov even so simple a thing as the art of +crowing like a cock, but the elder members glanced severely at the +wit, making him feel that in that place and on that day, it was +improper to speak so of Kutuzov. + Count Ilya Rostov, hurried and preoccupied, went about in his soft +boots between the dining and drawing rooms, hastily greeting the +important and unimportant, all of whom he knew, as if they were all +equals, while his eyes occasionally sought out his fine well-set-up +young son, resting on him and winking joyfully at him. Young Rostov +stood at a window with Dolokhov, whose acquaintance he had lately made +and highly valued. The old count came up to them and pressed +Dolokhov's hand. + "Please come and visit us... you know my brave boy... been +together out there... both playing the hero... Ah, Vasili +Ignatovich... How d'ye do, old fellow?" he said, turning to an old man +who was passing, but before he had finished his greeting there was a +general stir, and a footman who had run in announced, with a +frightened face: "He's arrived!" + Bells rang, the stewards rushed forward, and- like rye shaken +together in a shovel- the guests who had been scattered about in +different rooms came together and crowded in the large drawing room by +the door of the ballroom. + Bagration appeared in the doorway of the anteroom without hat or +sword, which, in accord with the Club custom, he had given up to the +hall porter. He had no lambskin cap on his head, nor had he a loaded +whip over his shoulder, as when Rostov had seen him on the eve of +the battle of Austerlitz, but wore a tight new uniform with Russian +and foreign Orders, and the Star of St. George on his left breast. +Evidently just before coming to the dinner he had had his hair and +whiskers trimmed, which changed his appearance for the worse. There +was something naively festive in his air, which, in conjunction with +his firm and virile features, gave him a rather comical expression. +Bekleshev and Theodore Uvarov, who had arrived with him, paused at the +doorway to allow him, as the guest of honor, to enter first. Bagration +was embarrassed, not wishing to avail himself of their courtesy, and +this caused some delay at the doors, but after all he did at last +enter first. He walked shyly and awkwardly over the parquet floor of +the reception room, not knowing what to do with his hands; he was more +accustomed to walk over a plowed field under fire, as he had done at +the head of the Kursk regiment at Schon Grabern- and he would have +found that easier. The committeemen met him at the first door and, +expressing their delight at seeing such a highly honored guest, took +possession of him as it were, without waiting for his reply, +surrounded him, and led him to the drawing room. It was at first +impossible to enter the drawing-room door for the crowd of members and +guests jostling one another and trying to get a good look at Bagration +over each other's shoulders, as if he were some rare animal. Count +Ilya Rostov, laughing and repeating the words, "Make way, dear boy! +Make way, make way!" pushed through the crowd more energetically +than anyone, led the guests into the drawing room, and seated them +on the center sofa. The bigwigs, the most respected members of the +Club, beset the new arrivals. Count Ilya, again thrusting his way +through the crowd, went out of the drawing room and reappeared a +minute later with another committeeman, carrying a large silver salver +which he presented to Prince Bagration. On the salver lay some +verses composed and printed in the hero's honor. Bagration, on +seeing the salver, glanced around in dismay, as though seeking help. +But all eyes demanded that he should submit. Feeling himself in +their power, he resolutely took the salver with both hands and +looked sternly and reproachfully at the count who had presented it +to him. Someone obligingly took the dish from Bagration (or he +would, it seemed, have held it till evening and have gone in to dinner +with it) and drew his attention to the verses. + "Well, I will read them, then!" Bagration seemed to say, and, fixing +his weary eyes on the paper, began to read them with a fixed and +serious expression. But the author himself took the verses and began +reading them aloud. Bagration bowed his bead and listened: + + Bring glory then to Alexander's reign + And on the throne our Titus shield. + A dreaded foe be thou, kindhearted as a man, + A Rhipheus at home, a Caesar in the field! + E'en fortunate Napoleon + Knows by experience, now, Bagration, + And dare not Herculean Russians trouble... + +But before he had finished reading, a stentorian major-domo +announced that dinner was ready! The door opened, and from the +dining room came the resounding strains of the polonaise: + + Conquest's joyful thunder waken, + Triumph, valiant Russians, now!... + +and Count Rostov, glancing angrily at the author who went on reading +his verses, bowed to Bagration. Everyone rose, feeling that dinner was +more important than verses, and Bagration, again preceding all the +rest, went in to dinner. He was seated in the place of honor between +two Alexanders- Bekleshev and Naryshkin- which was a significant +allusion to the name of the sovereign. Three hundred persons took +their seats in the dining room, according to their rank and +importance: the more important nearer to the honored guest, as +naturally as water flows deepest where the land lies lowest. + Just before dinner, Count Ilya Rostov presented his son to +Bagration, who recognized him and said a few words to him, +disjointed and awkward, as were all the words he spoke that day, and +Count Ilya looked joyfully and proudly around while Bagration spoke to +his son. + Nicholas Rostov, with Denisov and his new acquaintance, Dolokhov, +sat almost at the middle of the table. Facing them sat Pierre, +beside Prince Nesvitski. Count Ilya Rostov with the other members of +the committee sat facing Bagration and, as the very personification of +Moscow hospitality, did the honors to the prince. + His efforts had not been in vain. The dinner, both the Lenten and +the other fare, was splendid, yet he could not feel quite at ease till +the end of the meal. He winked at the butler, whispered directions +to the footmen, and awaited each expected dish with some anxiety. +Everything was excellent. With the second course, a gigantic sterlet +(at sight of which Ilya Rostov blushed with self-conscious +pleasure), the footmen began popping corks and filling the champagne +glasses. After the fish, which made a certain sensation, the count +exchanged glances with the other committeemen. "There will be many +toasts, it's time to begin," he whispered, and taking up his glass, he +rose. All were silent, waiting for what he would say. + "To the health of our Sovereign, the Emperor!" he cried, and at +the same moment his kindly eyes grew moist with tears of joy and +enthusiasm. The band immediately struck up "Conquest's joyful +thunder waken..." All rose and cried "Hurrah!" Bagration also rose and +shouted "Hurrah!" in exactly the same voice in which he had shouted it +on the field at Schon Grabern. Young Rostov's ecstatic voice could +be heard above the three hundred others. He nearly wept. "To the +health of our Sovereign, the Emperor!" he roared, "Hurrah!" and +emptying his glass at one gulp he dashed it to the floor. Many +followed his example, and the loud shouting continued for a long time. +When the voices subsided, the footmen cleared away the broken glass +and everybody sat down again, smiling at the noise they had made and +exchanging remarks. The old count rose once more, glanced at a note +lying beside his plate, and proposed a toast, "To the health of the +hero of our last campaign, Prince Peter Ivanovich Bagration!" and +again his blue eyes grew moist. "Hurrah!" cried the three hundred +voices again, but instead of the band a choir began singing a +cantata composed by Paul Ivanovich Kutuzov: + + Russians! O'er all barriers on! + Courage conquest guarantees; + Have we not Bagration? + He brings foe men to their knees,... etc. + + As soon as the singing was over, another and another toast was +proposed and Count Ilya Rostov became more and more moved, more +glass was smashed, and the shouting grew louder. They drank to +Bekleshev, Naryshkin, Uvarov, Dolgorukov, Apraksin, Valuev, to the +committee, to all the Club members and to all the Club guests, and +finally to Count Ilya Rostov separately, as the organizer of the +banquet. At that toast, the count took out his handkerchief and, +covering his face, wept outright. +BK4|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Pierre sat opposite Dolokhov and Nicholas Rostov. As usual, he ate +and drank much, and eagerly. But those who knew him intimately noticed +that some great change had come over him that day. He was silent all +through dinner and looked about, blinking and scowling, or, with fixed +eyes and a look of complete absent-mindedness, kept rubbing the bridge +of his nose. His face was depressed and gloomy. He seemed to see and +hear nothing of what was going on around him and to be absorbed by +some depressing and unsolved problem. + The unsolved problem that tormented him was caused by hints given by +the princess, his cousin, at Moscow, concerning Dolokhov's intimacy +with his wife, and by an anonymous letter he had received that +morning, which in the mean jocular way common to anonymous letters +said that he saw badly through his spectacles, but that his wife's +connection with Dolokhov was a secret to no one but himself. Pierre +absolutely disbelieved both the princess' hints and the letter, but he +feared now to look at Dolokhov, who was sitting opposite him. Every +time he chanced to meet Dolokhov's handsome insolent eyes, Pierre felt +something terrible and monstrous rising in his soul and turned quickly +away. Involuntarily recalling his wife's past and her relations with +Dolokhov, Pierre saw clearly that what was said in the letter might be +true, or might at least seem to be true had it not referred to his +wife. He involuntarily remembered how Dolokhov, who had fully +recovered his former position after the campaign, had returned to +Petersburg and come to him. Availing himself of his friendly relations +with Pierre as a boon companion, Dolokhov had come straight to his +house, and Pierre had put him up and lent him money. Pierre recalled +how Helene had smilingly expressed disapproval of Dolokhov's living at +their house, and how cynically Dolokhov had praised his wife's +beauty to him and from that time till they came to Moscow had not left +them for a day. + "Yes, he is very handsome," thought Pierre, "and I know him. It +would be particularly pleasant to him to dishonor my name and ridicule +me, just because I have exerted myself on his behalf, befriended +him, and helped him. I know and understand what a spice that would add +to the pleasure of deceiving me, if it really were true. Yes, if it +were true, but I do not believe it. I have no right to, and can't, +believe it." He remembered the expression Dolokhov's face assumed in +his moments of cruelty, as when tying the policeman to the bear and +dropping them into the water, or when he challenged a man to a duel +without any reason, or shot a post-boy's horse with a pistol. That +expression was often on Dolokhov's face when looking at him. "Yes, +he is a bully," thought Pierre, "to kill a man means nothing to him. +It must seem to him that everyone is afraid of him, and that must +please him. He must think that I, too, am afraid of him- and in fact I +am afraid of him," he thought, and again he felt something terrible +and monstrous rising in his soul. Dolokhov, Denisov, and Rostov were +now sitting opposite Pierre and seemed very gay. Rostov was talking +merrily to his two friends, one of whom was a dashing hussar and the +other a notorious duelist and rake, and every now and then he +glanced ironically at Pierre, whose preoccupied, absent-minded, and +massive figure was a very noticeable one at the dinner. Rostov +looked inimically at Pierre, first because Pierre appeared to his +hussar eyes as a rich civilian, the husband of a beauty, and in a +word- an old woman; and secondly because Pierre in his preoccupation +and absent-mindedness had not recognized Rostov and had not +responded to his greeting. When the Emperor's health was drunk, +Pierre, lost in thought, did not rise or lift his glass. + "What are you about?" shouted Rostov, looking at him in an ecstasy +of exasperation. "Don't you hear it's His Majesty the Emperor's +health?" + Pierre sighed, rose submissively, emptied his glass, and, waiting +till all were seated again, turned with his kindly smile to Rostov. + "Why, I didn't recognize you!" he said. But Rostov was otherwise +engaged; he was shouting "Hurrah!" + "Why don't you renew the acquaintance?" said Dolokhov to Rostov. + "Confound him, he's a fool!" said Rostov. + "One should make up to the husbands of pretty women," said Denisov. + Pierre did not catch what they were saying, but knew they were +talking about him. He reddened and turned away. + "Well, now to the health of handsome women!" said Dolokhov, and with +a serious expression, but with a smile lurking at the corners of his +mouth, he turned with his glass to Pierre. + "Here's to the health of lovely women, Peterkin- and their +lovers!" he added. + Pierre, with downcast eyes, drank out of his glass without looking +at Dolokhov or answering him. The footman, who was distributing +leaflets with Kutuzov's cantata, laid one before Pierre as one of +the principal guests. He was just going to take it when Dolokhov, +leaning across, snatched it from his hand and began reading it. Pierre +looked at Dolokhov and his eyes dropped, the something terrible and +monstrous that had tormented him all dinnertime rose and took +possession of him. He leaned his whole massive body across the table. + "How dare you take it?" he shouted. + Hearing that cry and seeing to whom it was addressed, Nesvitski +and the neighbor on his right quickly turned in alarm to Bezukhov. + "Don't! Don't! What are you about?" whispered their frightened +voices. + Dolokhov looked at Pierre with clear, mirthful, cruel eyes, and that +smile of his which seemed to say, "Ah! This is what I like!" + "You shan't have it!" he said distinctly. + Pale, with quivering lips, Pierre snatched the copy. + "You...! you... scoundrel! I challenge you!" he ejaculated, and, +pushing back his chair, he rose from the table. + At the very instant he did this and uttered those words, Pierre felt +that the question of his wife's guilt which had been tormenting him +the whole day was finally and indubitably answered in the affirmative. +He hated her and was forever sundered from her. Despite Denisov's +request that he would take no part in the matter, Rostov agreed to +be Dolokhov's second, and after dinner he discussed the arrangements +for the duel with Nesvitski, Bezukhov's second. Pierre went home, +but Rostov with Dolokhov and Denisov stayed on at the Club till +late, listening to the gypsies and other singers. + "Well then, till tomorrow at Sokolniki,"said Dolokhov, as he took +leave of Rostov in the Club porch. + "And do you feel quite calm?" Rostov asked. + Dolokhov paused. + "Well, you see, I'll tell you the whole secret of dueling in two +words. If you are going to fight a duel, and you make a will and write +affectionate letters to your parents, and if you think you may be +killed, you are a fool and are lost for certain. But go with the +firm intention of killing your man as quickly and surely as +possible, and then all will be right, as our bear huntsman at Kostroma +used to tell me. 'Everyone fears a bear,' he says, 'but when you see +one your fear's all gone, and your only thought is not to let him +get away!' And that's how it is with me. A demain, mon cher."* + + *Till tomorrow, my dear fellow. + + Next day, at eight in the morning, Pierre and Nesvitski drove to the +Sokolniki forest and found Dolokhov, Denisov, and Rostov already +there. Pierre had the air of a man preoccupied with considerations +which had no connection with the matter in hand. His haggard face +was yellow. He had evidently not slept that night. He looked about +distractedly and screwed up his eyes as if dazzled by the sun. He +was entirely absorbed by two considerations: his wife's guilt, of +which after his sleepless night he had not the slightest doubt, and +the guiltlessness of Dolokhov, who had no reason to preserve the honor +of a man who was nothing to him.... "I should perhaps have done the +same thing in his place," thought Pierre. "It's even certain that I +should have done the same, then why this duel, this murder? Either I +shall kill him, or he will hit me in the head, or elbow, or knee. +Can't I go away from here, run away, bury myself somewhere?" passed +through his mind. But just at moments when such thoughts occurred to +him, he would ask in a particularly calm and absent-minded way, +which inspired the respect of the onlookers, "Will it be long? Are +things ready?" + When all was ready, the sabers stuck in the snow to mark the +barriers, and the pistols loaded, Nesvitski went up to Pierre. + "I should not be doing my duty, Count," he said in timid tones, "and +should not justify your confidence and the honor you have done me in +choosing me for your second, if at this grave, this very grave, moment +I did not tell you the whole truth. I think there is no sufficient +ground for this affair, or for blood to be shed over it.... You were +not right, not quite in the right, you were impetuous..." + "Oh yes, it is horribly stupid," said Pierre. + "Then allow me to express your regrets, and I am sure your +opponent will accept them," said Nesvitski (who like the others +concerned in the affair, and like everyone in similar cases, did not +yet believe that the affair had come to an actual duel). "You know, +Count, it is much more honorable to admit one's mistake than to let +matters become irreparable. There was no insult on either side. +Allow me to convey...." + "No! What is there to talk about?" said Pierre. "It's all the +same.... Is everything ready?" he added. "Only tell me where to go and +where to shoot," he said with an unnaturally gentle smile. + He took the pistol in his hand and began asking about the working of +the trigger, as he had not before held a pistol in his hand- a fact +that he did not to confess. + "Oh yes, like that, I know, I only forgot," said he. + "No apologies, none whatever," said Dolokhov to Denisov (who on +his side had been attempting a reconciliation), and he also went up to +the appointed place. + The spot chosen for the duel was some eighty paces from the road, +where the sleighs had been left, in a small clearing in the pine +forest covered with melting snow, the frost having begun to break up +during the last few days. The antagonists stood forty paces apart at +the farther edge of the clearing. The seconds, measuring the paces, +left tracks in the deep wet snow between the place where they had been +standing and Nesvitski's and Dolokhov's sabers, which were stuck +intothe ground ten paces apart to mark the barrier. It was thawing and +misty; at forty paces' distance nothing could be seen. For three +minutes all had been ready, but they still delayed and all were +silent. +BK4|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + "Well begin!" said Dolokhov. + "All right," said Pierre, still smiling in the same way. A feeling +of dread was in the air. It was evident that the affair so lightly +begun could no longer be averted but was taking its course +independently of men's will. + Denisov first went to the barrier and announced: "As the adve'sawies +have wefused a weconciliation, please pwoceed. Take your pistols, +and at the word thwee begin to advance. + "O-ne! T-wo! Thwee!" he shouted angrily and stepped aside. + The combatants advanced along the trodden tracks, nearer and +nearer to one another, beginning to see one another through the +mist. They had the right to fire when they liked as they approached +the barrier. Dolokhov walked slowly without raising his pistol, +looking intently with his bright, sparkling blue eyes into his +antagonist's face. His mouth wore its usual semblance of a smile. + "So I can fire when I like!" said Pierre, and at the word "three," +he went quickly forward, missing the trodden path and stepping into +the deep snow. He held the pistol in his right hand at arm's length, +apparently afraid of shooting himself with it. His left hand he held +carefully back, because he wished to support his right hand with it +and knew he must not do so. Having advanced six paces and strayed +off the track into the snow, Pierre looked down at his feet, then +quickly glanced at Dolokhov and, bending his finger as he had been +shown, fired. Not at all expecting so loud a report, Pierre +shuddered at the sound and then, smiling at his own sensations, +stood still. The smoke, rendered denser by the mist, prevented him +from seeing anything for an instant, but there was no second report as +he had expected. He only heard Dolokhov's hurried steps, and his +figure came in view through the smoke. He was pressing one hand to his +left side, while the other clutched his drooping pistol. His face +was pale. Rostov ran toward him and said something. + "No-o-o!" muttered Dolokhov through his teeth, "no, it's not +over." And after stumbling a few staggering steps right up to the +saber, he sank on the snow beside it. His left hand was bloody; he +wiped it on his coat and supported himself with it. His frowning +face was pallid and quivered. + "Plea..." began Dolokhov, but could not at first pronounce the word. + "Please," he uttered with an effort. + Pierre, hardly restraining his sobs, began running toward Dolokhov +and was about to cross the space between the barriers, when Dolokhov +cried: + "To your barrier!" and Pierre, grasping what was meant, stopped by +his saber. Only ten paces divided them. Dolokhov lowered his head to +the snow, greedily bit at it, again raised his head, adjusted himself, +drew in his legs and sat up, seeking a firm center of gravity. He +sucked and sucked and swallowed the cold snow, his lips quivered but +his eyes, still smiling, glittered with effort and exasperation as +he mustered his remaining strength. He raised his pistol and aimed. + "Sideways! Cover yourself with your pistol!" ejaculated Nesvitski. + "Cover yourself!" even Denisov cried to his adversary. + Pierre, with a gentle smile of pity and remorse, his arms and legs +helplessly spread out, stood with his broad chest directly facing +Dolokhov looked sorrowfully at him. Denisov, Rostov, and Nesvitski +closed their eyes. At the same instant they heard a report and +Dolokhov's angry cry. + "Missed!" shouted Dolokhov, and he lay helplessly, face downwards on +the snow. + Pierre clutched his temples, and turning round went into the forest, +trampling through the deep snow, and muttering incoherent words: + "Folly... folly! Death... lies..." he repeated, puckering his face. + Nesvitski stopped him and took him home. + Rostov and Denisov drove away with the wounded Dolokhov. + The latter lay silent in the sleigh with closed eyes and did not +answer a word to the questions addressed to him. But on entering +Moscow he suddenly came to and, lifting his head with an effort, +took Rostov, who was sitting beside him, by the hand. Rostov was +struck by the totally altered and unexpectedly rapturous and tender +expression on Dolokhov's face. + "Well? How do you feel?" he asked. + "Bad! But it's not that, my friend-" said Dolokhov with a gasping +voice. "Where are we? In Moscow, I know. I don't matter, but I have +killed her, killed... She won't get over it! She won't survive...." + "Who?" asked Rostov. + "My mother! My mother, my angel, my adored angel mother," and +Dolokhov pressed Rostov's hand and burst into tears. + When he had become a little quieter, he explained to Rostov that +he was living with his mother, who, if she saw him dying, would not +survive it. He implored Rostov to go on and prepare her. + Rostov went on ahead to do what was asked, and to his great surprise +learned that Dolokhov the brawler, Dolokhov the bully, lived in Moscow +with an old mother and a hunchback sister, and was the most +affectionate of sons and brothers. +BK4|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Pierre had of late rarely seen his wife alone. Both in Petersburg +and in Moscow their house was always full of visitors. The night after +the duel he did not go to his bedroom but, as he often did, remained +in his father's room, that huge room in which Count Bezukhov had died. + He lay down on the sofa meaning to fall asleep and forget all that +had happened to him, but could not do so. Such a storm of feelings, +thoughts, and memories suddenly arose within him that he could not +fall asleep, nor even remain in one place, but had to jump up and pace +the room with rapid steps. Now he seemed to see her in the early +days of their marriage, with bare shoulders and a languid, +passionate look on her face, and then immediately he saw beside her +Dolokhov's handsome, insolent, hard, and mocking face as he had seen +it at the banquet, and then that same face pale, quivering, and +suffering, as it had been when he reeled and sank on the snow. + "What has happened?" he asked himself. "I have killed her lover, +yes, killed my wife's lover. Yes, that was it! And why? How did I come +to do it?"- "Because you married her," answered an inner voice. + "But in what was I to blame?" he asked. "In marrying her without +loving her; in deceiving yourself and her." And he vividly recalled +that moment after supper at Prince Vasili's, when he spoke those words +he had found so difficult to utter: "I love you." "It all comes from +that! Even then I felt it," he thought. "I felt then that it was not +so, that I had no right to do it. And so it turns out." + He remembered his honeymoon and blushed at the recollection. +Particularly vivid, humiliating, and shameful was the recollection +of how one day soon after his marriage he came out of the bedroom into +his study a little before noon in his silk dressing gown and found his +head steward there, who, bowing respectfully, looked into his face and +at his dressing gown and smiled slightly, as if expressing +respectful understanding of his employer's happiness. + "But how often I have felt proud of her, proud of her majestic +beauty and social tact," thought he; "been proud of my house, in which +she received all Petersburg, proud of her unapproachability and +beauty. So this is what I was proud of! I then thought that I did +not understand her. How often when considering her character I have +told myself that I was to blame for not understanding her, for not +understanding that constant composure and complacency and lack of +all interests or desires, and the whole secret lies in the terrible +truth that she is a depraved woman. Now I have spoken that terrible +word to myself all has become clear. + "Anatole used to come to borrow money from her and used to kiss +her naked shoulders. She did not give him the money, but let herself +be kissed. Her father in jest tried to rouse her jealousy, and she +replied with a calm smile that she was not so stupid as to be jealous: +'Let him do what he pleases,' she used to say of me. One day I asked +her if she felt any symptoms of pregnancy. She laughed +contemptuously and said she was not a fool to want to have children, +and that she was not going to have any children by me." + Then he recalled the coarseness and bluntness of her thoughts and +the vulgarity of the expressions that were natural to her, though +she had been brought up in the most aristocratic circles. + "I'm not such a fool.... Just you try it on.... Allez-vous +promener,"* she used to say. Often seeing the success she had with +young and old men and women Pierre could not understand why he did not +love her. + + *"You clear out of this." + + "Yes, I never loved her," said he to himself; "I knew she was a +depraved woman," he repeated, "but dared not admit it to myself. And +now there's Dolokhov sitting in the snow with a forced smile and +perhaps dying, while meeting my remorse with some forced bravado!" + Pierre was one of those people who, in spite of an appearance of +what is called weak character, do not seek a confidant in their +troubles. He digested his sufferings alone. + "It is all, all her fault," he said to himself; "but what of that? +Why did I bind myself to her? Why did I say 'Je vous aime'* to her, +which was a lie, and worse than a lie? I am guilty and must +endure... what? A slur on my name? A misfortune for life? Oh, that's +nonsense," he thought. "The slur on my name and honor- that's all +apart from myself. + + *I love you. + + "Louis XVI was executed because they said he was dishonorable and +a criminal," came into Pierre's head, "and from their point of view +they were right, as were those too who canonized him and died a +martyr's death for his sake. Then Robespierre was beheaded for being a +despot. Who is right and who is wrong? No one! But if you are alive- +live: tomorrow you'll die as I might have died an hour ago. And is +it worth tormenting oneself, when one has only a moment of life in +comparison with eternity?" + But at the moment when he imagined himself calmed by such +reflections, she suddenly came into his mind as she was at the moments +when he had most strongly expressed his insincere love for her, and he +felt the blood rush to his heart and had again to get up and move +about and break and tear whatever came to his hand. "Why did I tell +her that 'Je vous aime'?" he kept repeating to himself. And when he +had said it for the tenth time, Molibre's words: "Mais que diable +alloit-il faire dans cette galere?" occurred to him, and he began to +laugh at himself. + In the night he called his valet and told him to pack up to go to +Petersburg. He could not imagine how he could speak to her now. He +resolved to go away next day and leave a letter informing her of his +intention to part from her forever. + Next morning when the valet came into the room with his coffee, +Pierre was lying asleep on the ottoman with an open book in his hand. + He woke up and looked round for a while with a startled +expression, unable to realize where he was. + "The countess told me to inquire whether your excellency was at +home," said the valet. + But before Pierre could decide what answer he would send, the +countess herself in a white satin dressing gown embroidered with +silver and with simply dressed hair (two immense plaits twice round +her lovely head like a coronet) entered the room, calm and majestic, +except that there was a wrathful wrinkle on her rather prominent +marble brow. With her imperturbable calm she did not begin to speak in +front of the valet. She knew of the duel and had come to speak about +it. She waited till the valet had set down the coffee things and +left the room. Pierre looked at her timidly over his spectacles, and +like a hare surrounded by hounds who lays back her ears and +continues to crouch motionless before her enemies, he tried to +continue reading. But feeling this to be senseless and impossible, +he again glanced timidly at her. She did not sit down but looked at +him with a contemptuous smile, waiting for the valet to go. + "Well, what's this now? What have you been up to now, I should +like to know?" she asked sternly. + "I? What have I...?" stammered Pierre. + "So it seems you're a hero, eh? Come now, what was this duel +about? What is it meant to prove? What? I ask you." + Pierre turned over heavily on the ottoman and opened his mouth, +but could not reply. + "If you won't answer, I'll tell you..." Helene went on. "You believe +everything you're told. You were told..." Helene laughed, "that +Dolokhov was my lover," she said in French with her coarse plainness +of speech, uttering the word amant as casually as any other word, "and +you believed it! Well, what have you proved? What does this duel +prove? That you're a fool, que vous etes un sot, but everybody knew +that. What will be the result? That I shall be the laughingstock of +all Moscow, that everyone will say that you, drunk and not knowing +what you were about, challenged a man you are jealous of without +cause." Helene raised her voice and became more and more excited, "A +man who's a better man than you in every way..." + "Hm... Hm...!" growled Pierre, frowning without looking at her, +and not moving a muscle. + "And how could you believe he was my lover? Why? Because I like +his company? If you were cleverer and more agreeable, I should +prefer yours." + "Don't speak to me... I beg you," muttered Pierre hoarsely. + "Why shouldn't I speak? I can speak as I like, and I tell you +plainly that there are not many wives with husbands such as you who +would not have taken lovers (des amants), but I have not done so," +said she. + Pierre wished to say something, looked at her with eyes whose +strange expression she did not understand, and lay down again. He +was suffering physically at that moment, there was a weight on his +chest and he could not breathe. He knew that he must do something to +put an end to this suffering, but what he wanted to do was too +terrible. + "We had better separate," he muttered in a broken voice. + "Separate? Very well, but only if you give me a fortune," said +Helene. "Separate! That's a thing to frighten me with!" + Pierre leaped up from the sofa and rushed staggering toward her. + "I'll kill you!" he shouted, and seizing the marble top of a table +with a strength he had never before felt, he made a step toward her +brandishing the slab. + Helene's face became terrible, she shrieked and sprang aside. His +father's nature showed itself in Pierre. He felt the fascination and +delight of frenzy. He flung down the slab, broke it, and swooping down +on her with outstretched hands shouted, "Get out!" in such a +terrible voice that the whole house heard it with horror. God knows +what he would have done at that moment had Helene not fled from the +room. + + A week later Pierre gave his wife full power to control all his +estates in Great Russia, which formed the larger part of his property, +and left for Petersburg alone. +BK4|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Two months had elapsed since the news of the battle of Austerlitz +and the loss of Prince Andrew had reached Bald Hills, and in spite +of the letters sent through the embassy and all the searches made, his +body had not been found nor was he on the list of prisoners. What +was worst of all for his relations was the fact that there was still a +possibility of his having been picked up on the battlefield by the +people of the place and that he might now be lying, recovering or +dying, alone among strangers and unable to send news of himself. The +gazettes from which the old prince first heard of the defeat at +Austerlitz stated, as usual very briefly and vaguely, that after +brilliant engagements the Russians had had to retreat and had made +their withdrawal in perfect order. The old prince understood from this +official report that our army had been defeated. A week after the +gazette report of the battle of Austerlitz came a letter from +Kutuzov informing the prince of the fate that had befallen his son. + "Your son," wrote Kutuzov, "fell before my eyes, a standard in his +hand and at the head of a regiment- he fell as a hero, worthy of his +father and his fatherland. To the great regret of myself and of the +whole army it is still uncertain whether he is alive or not. I comfort +myself and you with the hope that your son is alive, for otherwise +he would have been mentioned among the officers found on the field +of battle, a list of whom has been sent me under flag of truce." + After receiving this news late in the evening, when he was alone +in his study, the old prince went for his walk as usual next +morning, but he was silent with his steward, the gardener, and the +architect, and though he looked very grim he said nothing to anyone. + When Princess Mary went to him at the usual hour he was working at +his lathe and, as usual, did not look round at her. + "Ah, Princess Mary!" he said suddenly in an unnatural voice, +throwing down his chisel. (The wheel continued to revolve by its own +impetus, and Princess Mary long remembered the dying creak of that +wheel, which merged in her memory with what followed.) + She approached him, saw his face, and something gave way within her. +Her eyes grew dim. By the expression of her father's face, not sad, +not crushed, but angry and working unnaturally, she saw that hanging +over her and about to crush her was some terrible misfortune, the +worst in life, one she had not yet experienced, irreparable and +incomprehensible- the death of one she loved. + "Father! Andrew!"- said the ungraceful, awkward princess with such +an indescribable charm of sorrow and self-forgetfulness that her +father could not bear her look but turned away with a sob. + "Bad news! He's not among the prisoners nor among the killed! +Kutuzov writes..." and he screamed as piercingly as if he wished to +drive the princess away by that scream... "Killed!" + The princess did not fall down or faint. She was already pale, but +on hearing these words her face changed and something brightened in +her beautiful, radiant eyes. It was as if joy- a supreme joy apart +from the joys and sorrows of this world- overflowed the great grief +within her. She forgot all fear of her father, went up to him, took +his hand, and drawing him down put her arm round his thin, scraggy +neck. + "Father" she said, "do not turn away from me, let us weep together." + "Scoundrels! Blackguards!" shrieked the old man, turning his face +away from her. "Destroying the army, destroying the men! And why? +Go, go and tell Lise." + The princess sank helplessly into an armchair beside her father +and wept. She saw her brother now as he had been at the moment when he +took leave of her and of Lise, his look tender yet proud. She saw +him tender and amused as he was when he put on the little icon. "Did +he believe? Had he repented of his unbelief? Was he now there? There +in the realms of eternal peace and blessedness?" she thought. + "Father, tell me how it happened," she asked through her tears. + "Go! Go! Killed in battle, where the best of Russian men and +Russia's glory were led to destruction. Go, Princess Mary. Go and tell +Lise. I will follow." + When Princess Mary returned from her father, the little princess sat +working and looked up with that curious expression of inner, happy +calm peculiar to pregnant women. It was evident that her eyes did +not see Princess Mary but were looking within... into herself... at +something joyful and mysterious taking place within her. + "Mary," she said, moving away from the embroidery frame and lying +back, "give me your hand." She took her sister-in-law's hand and +held it below her waist. + Her eyes were smiling expectantly, her downy lip rose and remained +lifted in childlike happiness. + Princess Mary knelt down before her and hid her face in the folds of +her sister-in-law's dress. + "There, there! Do you feel it? I feel so strange. And do you know, +Mary, I am going to love him very much," said Lise, looking with +bright and happy eyes at her sister-in-law. + Princess Mary could not lift her head, she was weeping. + "What is the matter, Mary?" + "Nothing... only I feel sad... sad about Andrew," she said, wiping +away her tears on her sister-in-law's knee. + Several times in the course of the morning Princess Mary began +trying to prepare her sister-in-law, and every time began to cry. +Unobservant as was the little princess, these tears, the cause of +which she did not understand, agitated her. She said nothing but +looked about uneasily as if in search of something. Before dinner +the old prince, of whom she was always afraid, came into her room with +a peculiarly restless and malign expression and went out again without +saying a word. She looked at Princess Mary, then sat thinking for a +while with that expression of attention to something within her that +is only seen in pregnant women, and suddenly began to cry. + "Has anything come from Andrew?" she asked. + "No, you know it's too soon for news. But my father is anxious and I +feel afraid." + "So there's nothing?" + "Nothing," answered Princess Mary, looking firmly with her radiant +eyes at her sister-in-law. + She had determined not to tell her and persuaded her father to +hide the terrible news from her till after her confinement, which +was expected within a few days. Princess Mary and the old prince +each bore and hid their grief in their own way. The old prince would +not cherish any hope: he made up his mind that Prince Andrew had +been killed, and though he sent an official to Austria to seek for +traces of his son, he ordered a monument from Moscow which he intended +to erect in his own garden to his memory, and he told everybody that +his son had been killed. He tried not to change his former way of +life, but his strength failed him. He walked less, ate less, slept +less, and became weaker every day. Princess Mary hoped. She prayed for +her brother as living and was always awaiting news of his return. +BK4|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + "Dearest," said the little princess after breakfast on the morning +of the nineteenth March, and her downy little lip rose from old habit, +but as sorrow was manifest in every smile, the sound of every word, +and even every footstep in that house since the terrible news had +come, so now the smile of the little princess- influenced by the +general mood though without knowing its cause- was such as to remind +one still more of the general sorrow. + "Dearest, I'm afraid this morning's fruschtique*- as Foka the cook +calls it- has disagreed with me." + + *Fruhstuck: breakfast. + + "What is the matter with you, my darling? You look pale. Oh, you are +very pale!" said Princess Mary in alarm, running with her soft, +ponderous steps up to her sister-in-law. + "Your excellency, should not Mary Bogdanovna be sent for?" said +one of the maids who was present. (Mary Bogdanovna was a midwife +from the neighboring town, who had been at Bald Hills for the last +fortnight.) + "Oh yes," assented Princess Mary, "perhaps that's it. I'll go. +Courage, my angel." She kissed Lise and was about to leave the room. + "Oh, no, no!" And besides the pallor and the physical suffering on +the little princess' face, an expression of childish fear of +inevitable pain showed itself. + "No, it's only indigestion?... Say it's only indigestion, say so, +Mary! Say..." And the little princess began to cry capriciously like a +suffering child and to wring her little hands even with some +affectation. Princess Mary ran out of the room to fetch Mary +Bogdanovna. + "Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Oh!" she heard as she left the room. + The midwife was already on her way to meet her, rubbing her small, +plump white hands with an air of calm importance. + "Mary Bogdanovna, I think it's beginning!" said Princess Mary +looking at the midwife with wide-open eyes of alarm. + "Well, the Lord be thanked, Princess," said Mary Bogdanovna, not +hastening her steps. "You young ladies should not know anything +about it." + "But how is it the doctor from Moscow is not here yet?" said the +princess. (In accordance with Lise's and Prince Andrew's wishes they +had sent in good time to Moscow for a doctor and were expecting him at +any moment.) + "No matter, Princess, don't be alarmed," said Mary Bogdanovna. +"We'll manage very well without a doctor." + Five minutes later Princess Mary from her room heard something heavy +being carried by. She looked out. The men servants were carrying the +large leather sofa from Prince Andrew's study into the bedroom. On +their faces was a quiet and solemn look. + Princess Mary sat alone in her room listening to the sounds in the +house, now and then opening her door when someone passed and +watching what was going on in the passage. Some women passing with +quiet steps in and out of the bedroom glanced at the princess and +turned away. She did not venture to ask any questions, and shut the +door again, now sitting down in her easy chair, now taking her +prayer book, now kneeling before the icon stand. To her surprise and +distress she found that her prayers did not calm her excitement. +Suddenly her door opened softly and her old nurse, Praskovya Savishna, +who hardly ever came to that room as the old prince had forbidden +it, appeared on the threshold with a shawl round her head. + "I've come to sit with you a bit, Masha," said the nurse, "and +here I've brought the prince's wedding candles to light before his +saint, my angel," she said with a sigh. + "Oh, nurse, I'm so glad!" + "God is merciful, birdie." + The nurse lit the gilt candles before the icons and sat down by +the door with her knitting. Princess Mary took a book and began +reading. Only when footsteps or voices were heard did they look at one +another, the princess anxious and inquiring, the nurse encouraging. +Everyone in the house was dominated by the same feeling that +Princess Mary experienced as she sat in her room. But owing to the +superstition that the fewer the people who know of it the less a woman +in travail suffers, everyone tried to pretend not to know; no one +spoke of it, but apart from the ordinary staid and respectful good +manners habitual in the prince's household, a common anxiety, a +softening of the heart, and a consciousness that something great and +mysterious was being accomplished at that moment made itself felt. + There was no laughter in the maids' large hall. In the men servants' +hall all sat waiting, silently and alert. In the outlying serfs' +quarters torches and candles were burning and no one slept. The old +prince, stepping on his heels, paced up and down his study and sent +Tikhon to ask Mary Bogdanovna what news.- "Say only that 'the prince +told me to ask,' and come and tell me her answer." + "Inform the prince that labor has begun," said Mary Bogdanovna, +giving the messenger a significant look. + Tikhon went and told the prince. + "Very good!" said the prince closing the door behind him, and Tikhon +did not hear the slightest sound from the study after that. + After a while he re-entered it as if to snuff the candles, and, +seeing the prince was lying on the sofa, looked at him, noticed his +perturbed face, shook his head, and going up to him silently kissed +him on the shoulder and left the room without snuffing the candles +or saying why he had entered. The most solemn mystery in the world +continued its course. Evening passed, night came, and the feeling of +suspense and softening of heart in the presence of the unfathomable +did not lessen but increased. No one slept. + It was one of those March nights when winter seems to wish to resume +its sway and scatters its last snows and storms with desperate fury. A +relay of horses had been sent up the highroad to meet the German +doctor from Moscow who was expected every moment, and men on horseback +with lanterns were sent to the crossroads to guide him over the +country road with its hollows and snow-covered pools of water. + Princess Mary had long since put aside her book: she sat silent, her +luminous eyes fixed on her nurse's wrinkled face (every line of +which she knew so well), on the lock of gray hair that escaped from +under the kerchief, and the loose skin that hung under her chin. + Nurse Savishna, knitting in hand, was telling in low tones, scarcely +hearing or understanding her own words, what she had told hundreds +of times before: how the late princess had given birth to Princess +Mary in Kishenev with only a Moldavian peasant woman to help instead +of a midwife. + "God is merciful, doctors are never needed," she said. + Suddenly a gust of wind beat violently against the casement of the +window, from which the double frame had been removed (by order of +the prince, one window frame was removed in each room as soon as the +larks returned), and, forcing open a loosely closed latch, set the +damask curtain flapping and blew out the candle with its chill, +snowy draft. Princess Mary shuddered; her nurse, putting down the +stocking she was knitting, went to the window and leaning out tried to +catch the open casement. The cold wind flapped the ends of her +kerchief and her loose locks of gray hair. + "Princess, my dear, there's someone driving up the avenue! " she +said, holding the casement and not closing it. "With lanterns. Most +likely the doctor." + "Oh, my God! thank God!" said Princess Mary. "I must go and meet +him, he does not know Russian." + Princess Mary threw a shawl over her head and ran to meet the +newcomer. As she was crossing the anteroom she saw through the +window a carriage with lanterns, standing at the entrance. She went +out on the stairs. On a banister post stood a tallow candle which +guttered in the draft. On the landing below, Philip, the footman, +stood looking scared and holding another candle. Still lower, beyond +the turn of the staircase, one could hear the footstep of someone in +thick felt boots, and a voice that seemed familiar to Princess Mary +was saying something. + "Thank God!" said the voice. "And Father?" + "Gone to bed," replied the voice of Demyan the house steward, who +was downstairs. + Then the voice said something more, Demyan replied, and the steps in +the felt boots approached the unseen bend of the staircase more +rapidly. + "It's Andrew!" thought Princess Mary. "No it can't be, that would be +too extraordinary," and at the very moment she thought this, the +face and figure of Prince Andrew, in a fur cloak the deep collar of +which covered with snow, appeared on the landing where the footman +stood with the candle. Yes, it was he, pale, thin, with a changed +and strangely softened but agitated expression on his face. He came up +the stairs and embraced his sister. + "You did not get my letter?" he asked, and not waiting for a +reply- which he would not have received, for the princess was unable +to speak- he turned back, rapidly mounted the stairs again with the +doctor who had entered the hall after him (they had met at the last +post station), and again embraced his sister. + "What a strange fate, Masha darling!" And having taken off his cloak +and felt boots, he went to the little princess' apartment. +BK4|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + The little princess lay supported by pillows, with a white cap on +her head (the pains had just left her). Strands of her black hair +lay round her inflamed and perspiring cheeks, her charming rosy +mouth with its downy lip was open and she was smiling joyfully. Prince +Andrew entered and paused facing her at the foot of the sofa on +which she was lying. Her glittering eyes, filled with childlike fear +and excitement, rested on him without changing their expression. "I +love you all and have done no harm to anyone; why must I suffer so? +Help me!" her look seemed to say. She saw her husband, but did not +realize the significance of his appearance before her now. Prince +Andrew went round the sofa and kissed her forehead. + "My darling!" he said- a word he had never used to her before. +"God is merciful...." + She looked at him inquiringly and with childlike reproach. + "I expected help from you and I get none, none from you either!" +said her eyes. She was not surprised at his having come; she did not +realize that he had come. His coming had nothing to do with her +sufferings or with their relief. The pangs began again and Mary +Bogdanovna advised Prince Andrew to leave the room. + The doctor entered. Prince Andrew went out and, meeting Princess +Mary, again joined her. They began talking in whispers, but their talk +broke off at every moment. They waited and listened. + "Go, dear," said Princess Mary. + Prince Andrew went again to his wife and sat waiting in the room +next to hers. A woman came from the bedroom with a frightened face and +became confused when she saw Prince Andrew. He covered his face with +his hands and remained so for some minutes. Piteous, helpless, +animal moans came through the door. Prince Andrew got up, went to +the door, and tried to open it. Someone was holding it shut. + "You can't come in! You can't!" said a terrified voice from within. + He began pacing the room. The screaming ceased, and a few more +seconds went by. Then suddenly a terrible shriek- it could not be +hers, she could not scream like that- came from the bedroom. Prince +Andrew ran to the door; the scream ceased and he heard the wail of +an infant. + "What have they taken a baby in there for?" thought Prince Andrew in +the first second. "A baby? What baby...? Why is there a baby there? Or +is the baby born?" + Then suddenly he realized the joyful significance of that wail; +tears choked him, and leaning his elbows on the window sill be began +to cry, sobbing like a child. The door opened. The doctor with his +shirt sleeves tucked up, without a coat, pale and with a trembling +jaw, came out of the room. Prince Andrew turned to him, but the doctor +gave him a bewildered look and passed by without a word. A woman +rushed out and seeing Prince Andrew stopped, hesitating on the +threshold. He went into his wife's room. She was lying dead, in the +same position he had seen her in five minutes before and, despite +the fixed eyes and the pallor of the cheeks, the same expression was +on her charming childlike face with its upper lip covered with tiny +black hair. + "I love you all, and have done no harm to anyone; and what have +you done to me?"- said her charming, pathetic, dead face. + In a corner of the room something red and tiny gave a grunt and +squealed in Mary Bogdanovna's trembling white hands. + + Two hours later Prince Andrew, stepping softly, went into his +father's room. The old man already knew everything. He was standing +close to the door and as soon as it opened his rough old arms closed +like a vise round his son's neck, and without a word he began to sob +like a child. + + Three days later the little princess was buried, and Prince Andrew +went up the steps to where the coffin stood, to give her the +farewell kiss. And there in the coffin was the same face, though +with closed eyes. "Ah, what have you done to me?" it still seemed to +say, and Prince Andrew felt that something gave way in his soul and +that he was guilty of a sin he could neither remedy nor forget. He +could not weep. The old man too came up and kissed the waxen little +hands that lay quietly crossed one on the other on her breast, and +to him, too, her face seemed to say: "Ah, what have you done to me, +and why?" And at the sight the old man turned angrily away. + + Another five days passed, and then the young Prince Nicholas +Andreevich was baptized. The wet nurse supported the coverlet with her +while the priest with a goose feather anointed the boy's little red +and wrinkled soles and palms. + His grandfather, who was his godfather, trembling and afraid of +dropping him, carried the infant round the battered tin font and +handed him over to the godmother, Princess Mary. Prince Andrew sat +in another room, faint with fear lest the baby should be drowned in +the font, and awaited the termination of the ceremony. He looked up +joyfully at the baby when the nurse brought it to him and nodded +approval when she told him that the wax with the baby's hair had not +sunk in the font but had floated. +BK4|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Rostov's share in Dolokhov's duel with Bezukhov was hushed up by the +efforts of the old count, and instead of being degraded to the ranks +as he expected he was appointed an adjutant to the governor general of +Moscow. As a result he could not go to the country with the rest of +the family, but was kept all summer in Moscow by his new duties. +Dolokhov recovered, and Rostov became very friendly with him during +his convalescence. Dolokhov lay ill at his mother's who loved him +passionately and tenderly, and old Mary Ivanovna, who had grown fond +of Rostov for his friendship to her Fedya, often talked to him about +her son. + "Yes, Count," she would say, "he is too noble and pure-souled for +our present, depraved world. No one now loves virtue; it seems like +a reproach to everyone. Now tell me, Count, was it right, was it +honorable, of Bezukhov? And Fedya, with his noble spirit, loved him +and even now never says a word against him. Those pranks in Petersburg +when they played some tricks on a policeman, didn't they do it +together? And there! Bezukhov got off scotfree, while Fedya had to +bear the whole burden on his shoulders. Fancy what he had to go +through! It's true he has been reinstated, but how could they fail +to do that? I think there were not many such gallant sons of the +fatherland out there as he. And now- this duel! Have these people no +feeling, or honor? Knowing him to be an only son, to challenge him and +shoot so straight! It's well God had mercy on us. And what was it for? +Who doesn't have intrigues nowadays? Why, if he was so jealous, as I +see things he should have shown it sooner, but he lets it go on for +months. And then to call him out, reckoning on Fedya not fighting +because he owed him money! What baseness! What meanness! I know you +understand Fedya, my dear count; that, believe me, is why I am so fond +of you. Few people do understand him. He is such a lofty, heavenly +soul!" + Dolokhov himself during his convalescence spoke to Rostov in a way +no one would have expected of him. + "I know people consider me a bad man!" he said. "Let them! I don't +care a straw about anyone but those I love; but those I love, I love +so that I would give my life for them, and the others I'd throttle +if they stood in my way. I have an adored, a priceless mother, and two +or three friends- you among them- and as for the rest I only care +about them in so far as they are harmful or useful. And most of them +are harmful, especially the women. Yes, dear boy," he continued, "I +have met loving, noble, high-minded men, but I have not yet met any +women- countesses or cooks- who were not venal. I have not yet met +that divine purity and devotion I look for in women. If I found such a +one I'd give my life for her! But those!... and he made a gesture of +contempt. "And believe me, if I still value my life it is only because +I still hope to meet such a divine creature, who will regenerate, +purify, and elevate me. But you don't understand it." + "Oh, yes, I quite understand, "answered Rostov, who was under his +new friend's influence. + In the autumn the Rostovs returned to Moscow. Early in the winter +Denisov also came back and stayed with them. The first half of the +winter of 1806, which Nicholas Rostov spent in Moscow, was one of +the happiest, merriest times for him and the whole family. Nicholas +brought many young men to his parents' house. Vera was a handsome girl +of twenty; Sonya a girl of sixteen with all the charm of an opening +flower; Natasha, half grown up and half child, was now childishly +amusing, now girlishly enchanting. + At that time in the Rostovs' house there prevailed an amorous +atmosphere characteristic of homes where there are very young and very +charming girls. Every young man who came to the house- seeing those +impressionable, smiling young faces (smiling probably at their own +happiness), feeling the eager bustle around him, and hearing the +fitful bursts of song and music and the inconsequent but friendly +prattle of young girls ready for anything and full of hope- +experienced the same feeling; sharing with the young folk of the +Rostovs' household a readiness to fall in love and an expectation of +happiness. + Among the young men introduced by Rostov one of the first was +Dolokhov, whom everyone in the house liked except Natasha. She +almost quarreled with her brother about him. She insisted that he +was a bad man, and that in the duel with Bezukhov, Pierre was right +and Dolokhov wrong, and further that he was disagreeable and +unnatural. + "There's nothing for me to understand," cried out with resolute +self-will, "he is wicked and heartless. There now, I like your Denisov +though he is a rake and all that, still I like him; so you see I do +understand. I don't know how to put it... with this one everything +is calculated, and I don't like that. But Denisov..." + "Oh, Denisov is quite different," replied Nicholas, implying that +even Denisov was nothing compared to Dolokhov- "you must understand +what a soul there is in Dolokhov, you should see him with his +mother. What a heart!" + "Well, I don't know about that, but I am uncomfortable with him. And +do you know he has fallen in love with Sonya?" + "What nonsense..." + "I'm certain of it; you'll see." + Natasha's prediction proved true. Dolokhov, who did not usually care +for the society of ladies, began to come often to the house, and the +question for whose sake he came (though no one spoke of it) was soon +settled. He came because of Sonya. And Sonya, though she would never +have dared to say so, knew it and blushed scarlet every time +Dolokhov appeared. + Dolokhov often dined at the Rostovs', never missed a performance +at which they were present, and went to Iogel's balls for young people +which the Rostovs always attended. He was pointedly attentive to Sonya +and looked at her in such a way that not only could she not bear his +glances without coloring, but even the old countess and Natasha +blushed when they saw his looks. + It was evident that this strange, strong man was under the +irresistible influence of the dark, graceful girl who loved another. + Rostov noticed something new in Dolokhov's relations with Sonya, but +he did not explain to himself what these new relations were. +"They're always in love with someone," he thought of Sonya and +Natasha. But he was not as much at ease with Sonya and Dolokhov as +before and was less frequently at home. + In the autumn of 1806 everybody had again begun talking of the war +with Napoleon with even greater warmth than the year before. Orders +were given to raise recruits, ten men in every thousand for the +regular army, and besides this, nine men in every thousand for the +militia. Everywhere Bonaparte was anathematized and in Moscow +nothing but the coming war was talked of. For the Rostov family the +whole interest of these preparations for war lay in the fact that +Nicholas would not hear of remaining in Moscow, and only awaited the +termination of Denisov's furlough after Christmas to return with him +to their regiment. His approaching departure did not prevent his +amusing himself, but rather gave zest to his pleasures. He spent the +greater part of his time away from home, at dinners, parties, and +balls. +BK4|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + On the third day after Christmas Nicholas dined at home, a thing +he had rarely done of late. It was a grand farewell dinner, as he +and Denisov were leaving to join their regiment after Epiphany. +About twenty people were present, including Dolokhov and Denisov. + Never had love been so much in the air, and never had the amorous +atmosphere made itself so strongly felt in the Rostovs' house as at +this holiday time. "Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! +That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the +one thing we are interested in here," said the spirit of the place. + Nicholas, having as usual exhausted two pairs of horses, without +visiting all the places he meant to go to and where he had been +invited, returned home just before dinner. As soon as he entered he +noticed and felt the tension of the amorous air in the house, and also +noticed a curious embarrassment among some of those present. Sonya, +Dolokhov, and the old countess were especially disturbed, and to a +lesser degree Natasha. Nicholas understood that something must have +happened between Sonya and Dolokhov before dinner, and with the kindly +sensitiveness natural to him was very gentle and wary with them both +at dinner. On that same evening there was to be one of the balls +that Iogel (the dancing master) gave for his pupils durings the +holidays. + "Nicholas, will you come to Iogel's? Please do!" said Natasha. "He +asked you, and Vasili Dmitrich* is also going." + + *Denisov. + + "Where would I not go at the countess' command!" said Denisov, who +at the Rostovs' had jocularly assumed the role of Natasha's knight. +"I'm even weady to dance the pas de chale." + "If I have time," answered Nicholas. "But I promised the +Arkharovs; they have a party." + "And you?" he asked Dolokhov, but as soon as he had asked the +question he noticed that it should not have been put. + "Perhaps," coldly and angrily replied Dolokhov, glancing at Sonya, +and, scowling, he gave Nicholas just such a look as he had given +Pierre at the Club dinner. + "There is something up," thought Nicholas, and he was further +confirmed in this conclusion by the fact that Dolokhov left +immediately after dinner. He called Natasha and asked her what was the +matter. + "And I was looking for you," said Natasha running out to him. "I +told you, but you would not believe it," she said triumphantly. "He +has proposed to Sonya!" + Little as Nicholas had occupied himself with Sonya of late, +something seemed to give way within him at this news. Dolokhov was a +suitable and in some respects a brilliant match for the dowerless, +orphan girl. From the point of view of the old countess and of society +it was out of the question for her to refuse him. And therefore +Nicholas' first feeling on hearing the news was one of anger with +Sonya.... He tried to say, "That's capital; of course she'll forget +her childish promises and accept the offer," but before he had time to +say it Natasha began again. + "And fancy! she refused him quite definitely!" adding, after a +pause, "she told him she loved another." + "Yes, my Sonya could not have done otherwise!" thought Nicholas. + "Much as Mamma pressed her, she refused, and I know she won't change +once she has said..." + "And Mamma pressed her!" said Nicholas reproachfully. + "Yes," said Natasha. "Do you know, Nicholas- don't be angry- but I +know you will not marry her. I know, heaven knows how, but I know +for certain that you won't marry her." + "Now don't know that at all!" said Nicholas. "But I must talk to +her. What a darling Sonya is!" he added with a smile. + "Ah, she is indeed a darling! I'll send her to you." + And Natasha kissed her brother and ran away. + A minute later Sonya came in with a frightened, guilty, and scared +look. Nicholas went up to her and kissed her hand. This was the +first time since his return that they had talked alone and about their +love. + "Sophie," he began, timidly at first and then more and more +boldly, "if you wish to refuse one who is not only a brilliant and +advantageous match but a splendid, noble fellow... he is my friend..." + Sonya interrupted him. + "I have already refused," she said hurriedly. + "If you are refusing for my sake, I am afraid that I..." + Sonya again interrupted. She gave him an imploring, frightened look. + "Nicholas, don't tell me that!" she said. + "No, but I must. It may be arrogant of me, but still it is best to +say it. If you refuse him on my account, I must tell you the whole +truth. I love you, and I think I love you more than anyone else...." + "That is enough for me," said Sonya, blushing. + "No, but I have been in love a thousand times and shall fall in love +again, though for no one have I such a feeling of friendship, +confidence, and love as I have for you. Then I am young. Mamma does +not wish it. In a word, I make no promise. And I beg you to consider +Dolokhov's offer," he said, articulating his friend's name with +difficulty. + "Don't say that to me! I want nothing. I love you as a brother and +always shall, and I want nothing more." + "You are an angel: I am not worthy of you, but I am afraid of +misleading you." + And Nicholas again kissed her hand. +BK4|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + Iogel's were the most enjoyable balls in Moscow. So said the mothers +as they watched their young people executing their newly learned +steps, and so said the youths and maidens themselves as they danced +till they were ready to drop, and so said the grown-up young men and +women who came to these balls with an air of condescension and found +them most enjoyable. That year two marriages had come of these +balls. The two pretty young Princesses Gorchakov met suitors there and +were married and so further increased the fame of these dances. What +distinguished them from others was the absence of host or hostess +and the presence of the good-natured Iogel, flying about like a +feather and bowing according to the rules of his art, as he +collected the tickets from all his visitors. There was the fact that +only those came who wished to dance and amuse themselves as girls of +thirteen and fourteen do who are wearing long dresses for the first +time. With scarcely any exceptions they all were, or seemed to be, +pretty- so rapturous were their smiles and so sparkling their eyes. +Sometimes the best of the pupils, of whom Natasha, who was +exceptionally graceful, was first, even danced the pas de chale, but +at this last ball only the ecossaise, the anglaise, and the mazurka, +which was just coming into fashion, were danced. Iogel had taken a +ballroom in Bezukhov's house, and the ball, as everyone said, was a +great success. There were many pretty girls and the Rostov girls +were among the prettiest. They were both particularly happy and gay. +That evening, proud of Dolokhov's proposal, her refusal, and her +explanation with Nicholas, Sonya twirled about before she left home so +that the maid could hardly get her hair plaited, and she was +transparently radiant with impulsive joy. + Natasha no less proud of her first long dress and of being at a real +ball was even happier. They were both dressed in white muslin with +pink ribbons. + Natasha fell in love the very moment she entered the ballroom. She +was not in love with anyone in particular, but with everyone. Whatever +person she happened to look at she was in love with for that moment. + "Oh, how delightful it is!" she kept saying, running up to Sonya. + Nicholas and Denisov were walking up and down, looking with kindly +patronage at the dancers. + "How sweet she is- she will be a weal beauty!" said Denisov. + "Who?" + "Countess Natasha," answered Denisov. + "And how she dances! What gwace!" he said again after a pause. + "Who are you talking about?" + "About your sister," ejaculated Denisov testily. + Rostov smiled. + "My dear count, you were one of my best pupils- you must dance," +said little Iogel coming up to Nicholas. "Look how many charming young +ladies-" He turned with the same request to Denisov who was also a +former pupil of his. + "No, my dear fellow, I'll be a wallflower," said Denisov. "Don't you +wecollect what bad use I made of your lessons?" + "Oh no!" said Iogel, hastening to reassure him. "You were only +inattentive, but you had talent- oh yes, you had talent!" + The band struck up the newly introduced mazurka. Nicholas could not +refuse Iogel and asked Sonya to dance. Denisov sat down by the old +ladies and, leaning on his saber and beating time with his foot, +told them something funny and kept them amused, while he watched the +young people dancing, Iogel with Natasha, his pride and his best +pupil, were the first couple. Noiselessly, skillfully stepping with +his little feet in low shoes, Iogel flew first across the hall with +Natasha, who, though shy, went on carefully executing her steps. +Denisov did not take his eyes off her and beat time with his saber +in a way that clearly indicated that if he was not dancing it was +because he would not and not because he could not. In the middle of +a figure he beckoned to Rostov who was passing: + "This is not at all the thing," he said. "What sort of Polish +mazuwka is this? But she does dance splendidly." + Knowing that Denisov had a reputation even in Poland for the +masterly way in which he danced the mazurka, Nicholas ran up to +Natasha: + "Go and choose Denisov. He is a real dancer, a wonder!" he said. + When it came to Natasha's turn to choose a partner, she rose and, +tripping rapidly across in her little shoes trimmed with bows, ran +timidly to the corner where Denisov sat. She saw that everybody was +looking at her and waiting. Nicholas saw that Denisov was refusing +though he smiled delightedly. He ran up to them. + "Please, Vasili Dmitrich," Natasha was saying, "do come!" + "Oh no, let me off, Countess," Denisov replied. + "Now then, Vaska," said Nicholas. + "They coax me as if I were Vaska the cat!" said Denisov jokingly. + "I'll sing for you a whole evening," said Natasha. + "Oh, the faiwy! She can do anything with me!" said Denisov, and he +unhooked his saber. He came out from behind the chairs, clasped his +partner's hand firmly, threw back his head, and advanced his foot, +waiting for the beat. Only on horse back and in the mazurka was +Denisov's short stature not noticeable and he looked the fine fellow +he felt himself to be. At the right beat of the music he looked +sideways at his partner with a merry and triumphant air, suddenly +stamped with one foot, bounded from the floor like a ball, and flew +round the room taking his partner with him. He glided silently on +one foot half across the room, and seeming not to notice the chairs +was dashing straight at them, when suddenly, clinking his spurs and +spreading out his legs, he stopped short on his heels, stood so a +second, stamped on the spot clanking his spurs, whirled rapidly round, +and, striking his left heel against his right, flew round again in a +circle. Natasha guessed what he meant to do, and abandoning herself to +him followed his lead hardly knowing how. First he spun her round, +holding her now with his left, now with his right hand, then falling +on one knee he twirled her round him, and again jumping up, dashed +so impetuously forward that it seemed as if he would rush through +the whole suite of rooms without drawing breath, and then he +suddenly stopped and performed some new and unexpected steps. When +at last, smartly whirling his partner round in front of her chair, +he drew up with a click of his spurs and bowed to her, Natasha did not +even make him a curtsy. She fixed her eyes on him in amazement, +smiling as if she did not recognize him. + "What does this mean?" she brought out. + Although Iogel did not acknowledge this to be the real mazurka, +everyone was delighted with Denisov's skill, he was asked again and +again as a partner, and the old men began smilingly to talk about +Poland and the good old days. Denisov, flushed after the mazurka and +mopping himself with his handkerchief, sat down by Natasha and did not +leave her for the rest of the evening. +BK4|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + For two days after that Rostov did not see Dolokhov at his own or at +Dolokhov's home: on the third day he received a note from him: + + As I do not intend to be at your house again for reasons you know +of, and am going to rejoin my regiment, I am giving a farewell +supper tonight to my friends- come to the English Hotel. + + About ten o'clock Rostov went to the English Hotel straight from the +theater, where he had been with his family and Denisov. He was at once +shown to the best room, which Dolokhov had taken for that evening. +Some twenty men were gathered round a table at which Dolokhov sat +between two candles. On the table was a pile of gold and paper +money, and he was keeping the bank. Rostov had not seen him since +his proposal and Sonya's refusal and felt uncomfortable at the thought +of how they would meet. + Dolokhov's clear, cold glance met Rostov as soon as he entered the +door, as though he had long expected him. + "It's a long time since we met," he said. "Thanks for coming. I'll +just finish dealing, and then Ilyushka will come with his chorus." + "I called once or twice at your house," said Rostov, reddening. + Dolokhov made no reply. + "You may punt," he said. + Rostov recalled at that moment a strange conversation he had once +had with Dolokhov. "None but fools trust to luck in play," Dolokhov +had then said. + "Or are you afraid to play with me?" Dolokhov now asked as if +guessing Rostov's thought. + Beneath his smile Rostov saw in him the mood he had shown at the +Club dinner and at other times, when as if tired of everyday life he +had felt a need to escape from it by some strange, and usually +cruel, action. + Rostov felt ill at ease. He tried, but failed, to find some joke +with which to reply to Dolokhov's words. But before he had thought +of anything, Dolokhov, looking straight in his face, said slowly and +deliberately so that everyone could hear: + "Do you remember we had a talk about cards... 'He's a fool who +trusts to luck, one should make certain,' and I want to try." + "To try his luck or the certainty?" Rostov asked himself. + "Well, you'd better not play," Dolokhov added, and springing a new +pack of cards said: "Bank, gentlemen!" + Moving the money forward he prepared to deal. Rostov sat down by his +side and at first did not play. Dolokhov kept glancing at him. + "Why don't you play?" he asked. + And strange to say Nicholas felt that he could not help taking up +a card, putting a small stake on it, and beginning to play. + "I have no money with me," he said. + "I'll trust you." + Rostov staked five rubles on a card and lost, staked again, and +again lost. Dolokhov "killed," that is, beat, ten cards of Rostov's +running. + "Gentlemen," said Dolokhov after he had dealt for some time. "Please +place your money on the cards or I may get muddled in the reckoning." + One of the players said he hoped he might be trusted. + "Yes, you might, but I am afraid of getting the accounts mixed. So I +ask you to put the money on your cards," replied Dolokhov. "Don't +stint yourself, we'll settle afterwards," he added, turning to Rostov. + The game continued; a waiter kept handing round champagne. + All Rostov's cards were beaten and he had eight hundred rubles +scored up against him. He wrote "800 rubles" on a card, but while +the waiter filled his glass he changed his mind and altered it to +his usual stake of twenty rubles. + "Leave it," said Dolokhov, though he did not seem to be even looking +at Rostov, "you'll win it back all the sooner. I lose to the others +but win from you. Or are you afraid of me?" he asked again. + Rostov submitted. He let the eight hundred remain and laid down a +seven of hearts with a torn corner, which he had picked up from the +floor. He well remembered that seven afterwards. He laid down the +seven of hearts, on which with a broken bit of chalk he had written +"800 rubles" in clear upright figures; he emptied the glass of warm +champagne that was handed him, smiled at Dolokhov's words, and with +a sinking heart, waiting for a seven to turn up, gazed at Dolokhov's +hands which held the pack. Much depended on Rostov's winning or losing +on that seven of hearts. On the previous Sunday the old count had +given his son two thousand rubles, and though he always disliked +speaking of money difficulties had told Nicholas that this was all +he could let him have till May, and asked him to be more economical +this time. Nicholas had replied that it would be more than enough +for him and that he gave his word of honor not to take anything more +till the spring. Now only twelve hundred rubles was left of that +money, so that this seven of hearts meant for him not only the loss of +sixteen hundred rubles, but the necessity of going back on his word. +With a sinking heart he watched Dolokhov's hands and thought, "Now +then, make haste and let me have this card and I'll take my cap and +drive home to supper with Denisov, Natasha, and Sonya, and will +certainly never touch a card again." At that moment his home life, +jokes with Petya, talks with Sonya, duets with Natasha, piquet with +his father, and even his comfortable bed in the house on the +Povarskaya rose before him with such vividness, clearness, and charm +that it seemed as if it were all a lost and unappreciated bliss, +long past. He could not conceive that a stupid chance, letting the +seven be dealt to the right rather than to the left, might deprive him +of all this happiness, newly appreciated and newly illumined, and +plunge him into the depths of unknown and undefined misery. That could +not be, yet he awaited with a sinking heart the movement of Dolokhov's +hands. Those broad, reddish hands, with hairy wrists visible from +under the shirt cuffs, laid down the pack and took up a glass and a +pipe that were handed him. + "So you are not afraid to play with me?" repeated Dolokhov, and as +if about to tell a good story he put down the cards, leaned back in +his chair, and began deliberately with a smile: + "Yes, gentlemen, I've been told there's a rumor going about Moscow +that I'm a sharper, so I advise you to be careful." + "Come now, deal!" exclaimed Rostov. + "Oh, those Moscow gossips!" said Dolokhov, and he took up the +cards with a smile. + "Aah!" Rostov almost screamed lifting both hands to his head. The +seven he needed was lying uppermost, the first card in the pack. He +had lost more than he could pay. + "Still, don't ruin yourself!" said Dolokhov with a side glance at +Rostov as he continued to deal. +BK4|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + An hour and a half later most of the players were but little +interested in their own play. + The whole interest was concentrated on Rostov. Instead of sixteen +hundred rubles he had a long column of figures scored against him, +which he had reckoned up to ten thousand, but that now, as he +vaguely supposed, must have risen to fifteen thousand. In reality it +already exceeded twenty thousand rubles. Dolokhov was no longer +listening to stories or telling them, but followed every movement of +Rostov's hands and occasionally ran his eyes over the score against +him. He had decided to play until that score reached forty-three +thousand. He had fixed on that number because forty-three was the +sum of his and Sonya's joint ages. Rostov, leaning his head on both +hands, sat at the table which was scrawled over with figures, wet with +spilled wine, and littered with cards. One tormenting impression did +not leave him: that those broad-boned reddish hands with hairy +wrists visible from under the shirt sleeves, those hands which he +loved and hated, held him in their power. + "Six hundred rubles, ace, a corner, a nine... winning it back's +impossible... Oh, how pleasant it was at home!... The knave, double or +quits... it can't be!... And why is he doing this to me?" Rostov +pondered. Sometimes he staked a large sum, but Dolokhov refused to +accept it and fixed the stake himself. Nicholas submitted to him, +and at one moment prayed to God as he had done on the battlefield at +the bridge over the Enns, and then guessed that the card that came +first to hand from the crumpled heap under the table would save him, +now counted the cords on his coat and took a card with that number and +tried staking the total of his losses on it, then he looked round +for aid from the other players, or peered at the now cold face of +Dolokhov and tried to read what was passing in his mind. + "He knows of course what this loss means to me. He can't want my +ruin. Wasn't he my friend? Wasn't I fond of him? But it's not his +fault. What's he to do if he has such luck?... And it's not my fault +either," he thought to himself, "I have done nothing wrong. Have I +killed anyone, or insulted or wished harm to anyone? Why such a +terrible misfortune? And when did it begin? Such a little while ago +I came to this table with the thought of winning a hundred rubles to +buy that casket for Mamma's name day and then going home. I was so +happy, so free, so lighthearted! And I did not realize how happy I +was! When did that end and when did this new, terrible state of things +begin? What marked the change? I sat all the time in this same place +at this table, chose and placed cards, and watched those broad-boned +agile hands in the same way. When did it happen and what has happened? +I am well and strong and still the same and in the same place. No, +it can't be! Surely it will all end in nothing!" + He was flushed and bathed in perspiration, though the room was not +hot. His face was terrible and piteous to see, especially from its +helpless efforts to seem calm. + The score against him reached the fateful sum of forty-three +thousand. Rostov had just prepared a card, by bending the corner of +which he meant to double the three thousand just put down to his +score, when Dolokhov, slamming down the pack of cards, put it aside +and began rapidly adding up the total of Rostov's debt, breaking the +chalk as he marked the figures in his clear, bold hand. + "Supper, it's time for supper! And here are the gypsies!" + Some swarthy men and women were really entering from the cold +outside and saying something in their gypsy accents. Nicholas +understood that it was all over; but he said in an indifferent tone: + "Well, won't you go on? I had a splendid card all ready," as if it +were the fun of the game which interested him most. + "It's all up! I'm lost!" thought he. "Now a bullet through my brain- +that's all that's left me! " And at the same time he said in a +cheerful voice: + "Come now, just this one more little card!" + "All right!" said Dolokhov, having finished the addition. "All +right! Twenty-one rubles," he said, pointing to the figure +twenty-one by which the total exceeded the round sum of forty-three +thousand; and taking up a pack he prepared to deal. Rostov +submissively unbent the corner of his card and, instead of the six +thousand he had intended, carefully wrote twenty-one. + "It's all the same to me," he said. "I only want to see whether +you will let me win this ten, or beat it." + Dolokhov began to deal seriously. Oh, how Rostov detested at that +moment those hands with their short reddish fingers and hairy +wrists, which held him in their power.... The ten fell to him. + "You owe forty-three thousand, Count," said Dolokhov, and stretching +himself he rose from the table. "One does get tired sitting so +long," he added. + "Yes, I'm tired too," said Rostov. + Dolokhov cut him short, as if to remind him that it was not for +him to jest. + "When am I to receive the money, Count?" + Rostov, flushing, drew Dolokhov into the next room. + "I cannot pay it all immediately. Will you take an I.O.U.?" he said. + "I say, Rostov," said Dolokhov clearly, smiling and looking Nicholas +straight in the eyes, "you know the saying, 'Lucky in love, unlucky at +cards.' Your cousin is in love with you, I know." + "Oh, it's terrible to feel oneself so in this man's power," +thought Rostov. He knew what a shock he would inflict on his father +and mother by the news of this loss, he knew what a relief it would be +to escape it all, and felt that Dolokhov knew that he could save him +from all this shame and sorrow, but wanted now to play with him as a +cat does with a mouse. + "Your cousin..." Dolokhov started to say, but Nicholas interrupted +him. + "My cousin has nothing to do with this and it's not necessary to +mention her!" he exclaimed fiercely. + "Then when am I to have it?" + "Tomorrow," replied Rostov and left the room. +BK4|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + To say "tomorrow" and keep up a dignified tone was not difficult, +but to go home alone, see his sisters, brother, mother, and father, +confess and ask for money he had no right to after giving his word +of honor, was terrible. + At home, they had not yet gone to bed. The young people, after +returning from the theater, had had supper and were grouped round +the clavichord. As soon as Nicholas entered, he was enfolded in that +poetic atmosphere of love which pervaded the Rostov household that +winter and, now after Dolokhov's proposal and Iogel's ball, seemed +to have grown thicker round Sonya and Natasha as the air does before a +thunderstorm. Sonya and Natasha, in the light-blue dresses they had +worn at the theater, looking pretty and conscious of it, were standing +by the clavichord, happy and smiling. Vera was playing chess with +Shinshin in the drawing room. The old countess, waiting for the return +of her husband and son, sat playing patience with the old +gentlewoman who lived in their house. Denisov, with sparkling eyes and +ruffled hair, sat at the clavichord striking chords with his short +fingers, his legs thrown back and his eyes rolling as he sang, with +his small, husky, but true voice, some verses called "Enchantress," +which he had composed, and to which he was trying to fit music: + + Enchantress, say, to my forsaken lyre + What magic power is this recalls me still? + What spark has set my inmost soul on fire, + What is this bliss that makes my fingers thrill? + +He was singing in passionate tones, gazing with gazing with his +sparkling black-agate eyes at the frightened and happy Natasha. + "Splendid! Excellent!" exclaimed Natasha. "Another verse, she +said, without noticing Nicholas. + "Everything's still the same with them," thought Nicholas, +glancing into the drawing room, where he saw Vera and his mother +with the old lady. + "Ah, and here's Nicholas!" cried Natasha, running up to him. + "Is Papa at home?" he asked. + "I am so glad you've come!" said Natasha, without answering him. "We +are enjoying ourselves! Vasili Dmitrich is staying a day longer for my +sake! Did you know?" + "No, Papa is not back yet," said Sonya. + "Nicholas, have you come? Come here, dear!" called the old +countess from the drawing room. + Nicholas went to her, kissed her hand, and sitting down silently +at her table began to watch her hands arranging the cards. From the +dancing room, they still heard the laughter and merry voices trying to +persuade Natasha to sing. + "All wight! All wight!" shouted Denisov. "It's no good making +excuses now! It's your turn to sing the ba'cawolla- I entweat you!" + The countess glanced at her silent son. + "What is the matter?" she asked. + "Oh, nothing," said he, as if weary of being continually asked the +same question. "Will Papa be back soon?" + "I expect so." + "Everything's the same with them. They know nothing about it! +Where am I to go?" thought Nicholas, and went again into the dancing +room where the clavichord stood. + Sonya was sitting at the clavichord, playing the prelude to +Denisov's favorite barcarolle. Natasha was preparing to sing. +Denisov was looking at her with enraptured eyes. + Nicholas began pacing up and down the room. + "Why do they want to make her sing? How can she sing? There's +nothing to be happy about!" thought he. + Sonya struck the first chord of the prelude. + "My God, I'm a ruined and dishonored man! A bullet through my +brain is the only thing left me- not singing! " his thoughts ran on. +"Go away? But where to? It's one- let them sing!" + He continued to pace the room, looking gloomily at Denisov and the +girls and avoiding their eyes. + "Nikolenka, what is the matter?" Sonya's eyes fixed on him seemed to +ask. She noticed at once that something had happened to him. + Nicholas turned away from her. Natasha too, with her quick instinct, +had instantly noticed her brother's condition. But, though she noticed +it, she was herself in such high spirits at that moment, so far from +sorrow, sadness, or self-reproach, that she purposely deceived herself +as young people often do. "No, I am too happy now to spoil my +enjoyment by sympathy with anyone's sorrow," she felt, and she said to +herself: "No, I must be mistaken, he must be feeling happy, just as +I am." + "Now, Sonya!" she said, going to the very middle of the room, +where she considered the resonance was best. + Having lifted her head and let her arms droop lifelessly, as +ballet dancers do, Natasha, rising energetically from her heels to her +toes, stepped to the middle of the room and stood still. + "Yes, that's me!" she seemed to say, answering the rapt gaze with +which Denisov followed her. + "And what is she so pleased about?" thought Nicholas, looking at his +sister. "Why isn't she dull and ashamed?" + Natasha took the first note, her throat swelled, her chest rose, her +eyes became serious. At that moment she was oblivious of her +surroundings, and from her smiling lips flowed sounds which anyone may +produce at the same intervals hold for the same time, but which +leave you cold a thousand times and the thousand and first time thrill +you and make you weep. + Natasha, that winter, had for the first time begun to sing +seriously, mainly because Denisov so delighted in her singing. She +no longer sang as a child, there was no longer in her singing that +comical, childish, painstaking effect that had been in it before; +but she did not yet sing well, as all the connoisseurs who heard her +said: "It is not trained, but it is a beautiful voice that must be +trained." Only they generally said this some time after she had +finished singing. While that untrained voice, with its incorrect +breathing and labored transitions, was sounding, even the connoisseurs +said nothing, but only delighted in it and wished to hear it again. In +her voice there was a virginal freshness, an unconsciousness of her +own powers, and an as yet untrained velvety softness, which so mingled +with her lack of art in singing that it seemed as if nothing in that +voice could be altered without spoiling it. + "What is this?" thought Nicholas, listening to her with widely +opened eyes. "What has happened to her? How she is singing today!" And +suddenly the whole world centered for him on anticipation of the +next note, the next phrase, and everything in the world was divided +into three beats: "Oh mio crudele affetto."... One, two, three... one, +two, three... One... "Oh mio crudele affetto."... One, two, three... +One. "Oh, this senseless life of ours!" thought Nicholas. "All this +misery, and money, and Dolokhov, and anger, and honor- it's all +nonsense... but this is real.... Now then, Natasha, now then, dearest! +Now then, darling! How will she take that si? She's taken it! Thank +God!" And without noticing that he was singing, to strengthen the si +he sung a second, a third below the high note. "Ah, God! How fine! Did +I really take it? How fortunate!" he thought. + Oh, how that chord vibrated, and how moved was something that was +finest in Rostov's soul! And this something was apart from +everything else in the world and above everything in the world. +"What were losses, and Dolokhov, and words of honor?... All +nonsense! One might kill and rob and yet be happy..." +BK4|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + It was long since Rostov had felt such enjoyment from music as he +did that day. But no sooner had Natasha finished her barcarolle than +reality again presented itself. He got up without saying a word and +went downstairs to his own room. A quarter of an hour later the old +count came in from his Club, cheerful and contented. Nicholas, hearing +him drive up, went to meet him. + "Well- had a good time?" said the old count, smiling gaily and +proudly at his son. + Nicholas tried to say "Yes," but could not: and he nearly burst into +sobs. The count was lighting his pipe and did not notice his son's +condition. + "Ah, it can't be avoided!" thought Nicholas, for the first and +last time. And suddenly, in the most casual tone, which made him +feel ashamed feel of himself, he said, as if merely asking his +father to let him have the carriage to drive to town: + "Papa, I have come on a matter of business. I was nearly forgetting. +I need some money." + "Dear me!" said his father, who was in a specially good humor. "I +told you it would not be enough. How much?" + "Very much," said Nicholas flushing, and with a stupid careless +smile, for which he was long unable to forgive himself, "I have lost a +little, I mean a good deal, a great deal- forty three thousand." + "What! To whom?... Nonsense!" cried the count, suddenly reddening +with an apoplectic flush over neck and nape as old people do. + "I promised to pay tomorrow," said Nicholas. + "Well!..." said the old count, spreading out his arms and sinking +helplessly on the sofa. + "It can't be helped It happens to everyone!" said the son, with a +bold, free, and easy tone, while in his soul he regarded himself as +a worthless scoundrel whose whole life could not atone for his +crime. He longed to kiss his father's hands and kneel to beg his +forgiveness, but said, in a careless and even rude voice, that it +happens to everyone! + The old count cast down his eyes on hearing his son's words and +began bustlingly searching for something. + "Yes, yes," he muttered, "it will be difficult, I fear, difficult to +raise... happens to everybody! Yes, who has not done it?" + And with a furtive glance at his son's face, the count went out of +the room.... Nicholas had been prepared for resistance, but had not at +all expected this. + "Papa! Pa-pa!" he called after him, sobbing, "forgive me!" And +seizing his father's hand, he pressed it to his lips and burst into +tears. + While father and son were having their explanation, the mother and +daughter were having one not less important. Natasha came running to +her mother, quite excited. + "Mamma!... Mamma!... He has made me..." + "Made what?" + "Made, made me an offer, Mamma! Mamma!" she exclaimed. + The countess did not believe her ears. Denisov had proposed. To +whom? To this chit of a girl, Natasha, who not so long ago was playing +with dolls and who was still having lessons. + "Don't, Natasha! What nonsense!" she said, hoping it was a joke. + "Nonsense, indeed! I am telling you the fact," said Natasha +indignantly. "I come to ask you what to do, and you call it +'nonsense!'" + The countess shrugged her shoulders. + "If it true that Monsieur Denisov has made you a proposal, tell +him he is a fool, that's all!" + "No, he's not a fool!" replied Natasha indignantly and seriously. + "Well then, what do you want? You're all in love nowadays. Well, +if you are in love, marry him!" said the countess, with a laugh of +annoyance. "Good luck to you!" + "No, Mamma, I'm not in love with him, I suppose I'm not in love with +him." + "Well then, tell him so." + "Mamma, are you cross? Don't be cross, dear! Is it my fault?" + "No, but what is it, my dear? Do you want me to go and tell him?" +said the countess smiling. + "No, I will do it myself, only tell me what to say. It's all very +well for you," said Natasha, with a responsive smile. "You should have +seen how he said it! I know he did not mean to say it, but it came out +accidently." + "Well, all the same, you must refuse him." + "No, I mustn't. I am so sorry for him! He's so nice." + "Well then, accept his offer. It's high time for you to be married," +answered the countess sharply and sarcastically. + "No, Mamma, but I'm so sorry for him. I don't know how I'm to say +it." + "And there's nothing for you to say. I shall speak to him myself," +said the countess, indignant that they should have dared to treat this +little Natasha as grown up. + "No, not on any account! I will tell him myself, and you'll listen +at the door," and Natasha ran across the drawing room to the dancing +hall, where Denisov was sitting on the same chair by the clavichord +with his face in his hands. + He jumped up at the sound of her light step. + "Nataly," he said, moving with rapid steps toward her, "decide my +fate. It is in your hands." + "Vasili Dmitrich, I'm so sorry for you!... No, but you are so +nice... but it won't do...not that... but as a friend, I shall +always love you." + Denisov bent over her hand and she heard strange sounds she did +not understand. She kissed his rough curly black head. At this +instant, they heard the quick rustle of the countess' dress. She +came up to them. + "Vasili Dmitrich, I thank you for the honor," she said, with an +embarrassed voice, though it sounded severe to Denisov- "but my +daughter is so young, and I thought that, as my son's friend, you +would have addressed yourself first to me. In that case you would +not have obliged me to give this refusal." + "Countess..." said Denisov, with downcast eyes and a guilty face. He +tried to say more, but faltered. + Natasha could not remain calm, seeing him in such a plight. She +began to sob aloud. + "Countess, I have done w'ong," Denisov went on in an unsteady voice, +"but believe me, I so adore your daughter and all your family that I +would give my life twice over..." He looked at the countess, and +seeing her severe face said: "Well, good-by, Countess," and kissing +her hand, he left the room with quick resolute strides, without +looking at Natasha. + + Next day Rostov saw Denisov off. He not wish to stay another day +in Moscow. All Denisov's Moscow friends gave him a farewell +entertainment at the gypsies', with the result that he had no +recollection of how he was put in the sleigh or of the first three +stages of his journey. + After Denisov's departure, Rostov spent another fortnight in Moscow, +without going out of the house, waiting for the money his father could +not at once raise, and he spent most of his time in the girls' room. + Sonya was more tender and devoted to him than ever. It was as if she +wanted to show him that his losses were an achievement that made her +love him all the more, but Nicholas now considered himself unworthy of +her. + He filled the girls' albums with verses and music, and having at +last sent Dolokhov the whole forty-three thousand rubles and +received his receipt, he left at the end of November, without taking +leave of any of his acquaintances, to overtake his regiment which +was already in Poland. +BK5 + BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 07 +BK5|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + After his interview with his wife Pierre left for Petersburg. At the +Torzhok post station, either there were no horses or the postmaster +would not supply them. Pierre was obliged to wait. Without undressing, +he lay down on the leather sofa in front of a round table, put his big +feet in their overboots on the table, and began to reflect. + "Will you have the portmanteaus brought in? And a bed got ready, and +tea?" asked his valet. + Pierre gave no answer, for he neither heard nor saw anything. He had +begun to think of the last station and was still pondering on the same +question- one so important that he took no notice of what went on +around him. Not only was he indifferent as to whether he got to +Petersburg earlier or later, or whether he secured accommodation at +this station, but compared to the thoughts that now occupied him it +was a matter of indifference whether he remained there for a few hours +or for the rest of his life. + The postmaster, his wife, the valet, and a peasant woman selling +Torzhok embroidery came into the room offering their services. Without +changing his careless attitude, Pierre looked at them over his +spectacles unable to understand what they wanted or how they could +go on living without having solved the problems that so absorbed +him. He had been engrossed by the same thoughts ever since the day +he returned from Sokolniki after the duel and had spent that first +agonizing, sleepless night. But now, in the solitude of the journey, +they seized him with special force. No matter what he thought about, +he always returned to these same questions which he could not solve +and yet could not cease to ask himself. It was as if the thread of the +chief screw which held his life together were stripped, so that the +screw could not get in or out, but went on turning uselessly in the +same place. + The postmaster came in and began obsequiously to beg his +excellency to wait only two hours, when, come what might, he would let +his excellency have the courier horses. It was plain that he was lying +and only wanted to get more money from the traveler. + "Is this good or bad?" Pierre asked himself. "It is good for me, bad +for another traveler, and for himself it's unavoidable, because he +needs money for food; the man said an officer had once given him a +thrashing for letting a private traveler have the courier horses. +But the officer thrashed him because he had to get on as quickly as +possible. And I," continued Pierre, "shot Dolokhov because I +considered myself injured, and Louis XVI was executed because they +considered him a criminal, and a year later they executed those who +executed him- also for some reason. What is bad? What is good? What +should one love and what hate? What does one live for? And what am +I? What is life, and what is death? What power governs all?" + There was no answer to any of these questions, except one, and +that not a logical answer and not at all a reply to them. The answer +was: "You'll die and all will end. You'll die and know all, or cease +asking." But dying was also dreadful. + The Torzhok peddler woman, in a whining voice, went on offering +her wares, especially a pair of goatskin slippers. "I have hundreds of +rubles I don't know what to do with, and she stands in her tattered +cloak looking timidly at me," he thought. "And what does she want +the money for? As if that money could add a hair's breadth to +happiness or peace of mind. Can anything in the world make her or me +less a prey to evil and death?- death which ends all and must come +today or tomorrow- at any rate, in an instant as compared with +eternity." And again he twisted the screw with the stripped thread, +and again it turned uselessly in the same place. + His servant handed him a half-cut novel, in the form of letters, +by Madame de Souza. He began reading about the sufferings and virtuous +struggles of a certain Emilie de Mansfeld. "And why did she resist her +seducer when she loved him?" he thought. "God could not have put +into her heart an impulse that was against His will. My wife- as she +once was- did not struggle, and perhaps she was right. Nothing has +been found out, nothing discovered," Pierre again said to himself. +"All we can know is that we know nothing. And that's the height of +human wisdom." + Everything within and around him seemed confused, senseless, and +repellent. Yet in this very repugnance to all his circumstances Pierre +found a kind of tantalizing satisfaction. + "I make bold to ask your excellency to move a little for this +gentleman," said the postmaster, entering the room followed by another +traveler, also detained for lack of horses. + The newcomer was a short, large-boned, yellow-faced, wrinkled old +man, with gray bushy eyebrows overhanging bright eyes of an indefinite +grayish color. + Pierre took his feet off the table, stood up, and lay down on a +bed that had been got ready for him, glancing now and then at the +newcomer, who, with a gloomy and tired face, was wearily taking off +his wraps with the aid of his servant, and not looking at Pierre. With +a pair of felt boots on his thin bony legs, and keeping on a worn, +nankeen-covered, sheepskin coat, the traveler sat down on the sofa, +leaned back his big head with its broad temples and close-cropped +hair, and looked at Bezukhov. The stern, shrewd, and penetrating +expression of that look struck Pierre. He felt a wish to speak to +the stranger, but by the time he had made up his mind to ask him a +question about the roads, the traveler had closed his eyes. His +shriveled old hands were folded and on the finger of one of them +Pierre noticed a large cast iron ring with a seal representing a +death's head. The stranger sat without stirring, either resting or, as +it seemed to Pierre, sunk in profound and calm meditation. His servant +was also a yellow, wrinkled old man, without beard or mustache, +evidently not because he was shaven but because they had never +grown. This active old servant was unpacking the traveler's canteen +and preparing tea. He brought in a boiling samovar. When everything +was ready, the stranger opened his eyes, moved to the table, filled +a tumbler with tea for himself and one for the beardless old man to +whom he passed it. Pierre began to feel a sense of uneasiness, and the +need, even the inevitability, of entering into conversation with +this stranger. + The servant brought back his tumbler turned upside down,* with an +unfinished bit of nibbled sugar, and asked if anything more would be +wanted. + + *To indicate he did not want more tea. + + "No. Give me the book," said the stranger. + The servant handed him a book which Pierre took to be a devotional +work, and the traveler became absorbed in it. Pierre looked at him. +All at once the stranger closed the book, putting in a marker, and +again, leaning with his arms on the back of the sofa, sat in his +former position with his eyes shut. Pierre looked at him and had not +time to turn away when the old man, opening his eyes, fixed his steady +and severe gaze straight on Pierre's face. + Pierre felt confused and wished to avoid that look, but the bright +old eyes attracted him irresistibly. +BK5|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + "I have the pleasure of addressing Count Bezukhov, if I am not +mistaken," said the stranger in a deliberate and loud voice. + Pierre looked silently and inquiringly at him over his spectacles. + "I have heard of you, my dear sir, "continued the stranger, "and +of your misfortune." He seemed to emphasize the last word, as if to +say- "Yes, misfortune! Call it what you please, I know that what +happened to you in Moscow was a misfortune."- "I regret it very +much, my dear sir." + Pierre flushed and, hurriedly putting his legs down from the bed, +bent forward toward the old man with a forced and timid smile. + "I have not referred to this out of curiosity, my dear sir, but +for greater reasons." + He paused, his gaze still on Pierre, and moved aside on the sofa +by way of inviting the other to take a seat beside him. Pierre felt +reluctant to enter into conversation with this old man, but, +submitting to him involuntarily, came up and sat down beside him. + "You are unhappy, my dear sir," the stranger continued. "You are +young and I am old. I should like to help you as far as lies in my +power." + "Oh, yes!" said Pierre, with a forced smile. "I am very grateful +to you. Where are you traveling from?" + The stranger's face was not genial, it was even cold and severe, but +in spite of this, both the face and words of his new acquaintance were +irresistibly attractive to Pierre. + "But if for reason you don't feel inclined to talk to me," said +the old man, "say so, my dear sir." And he suddenly smiled, in an +unexpected and tenderly paternal way. + "Oh no, not at all! On the contrary, I am very glad to make your +acquaintance," said Pierre. And again, glancing at the stranger's +hands, he looked more closely at the ring, with its skull- a Masonic +sign. + "Allow me to ask," he said, "are you a Mason?" + "Yes, I belong to the Brotherhood of the Freemasons," said the +stranger, looking deeper and deeper into Pierre's eyes. "And in +their name and my own I hold out a brotherly hand to you." + "I am afraid," said Pierre, smiling, and wavering between the +confidence the personality of the Freemason inspired in him and his +own habit of ridiculing the Masonic beliefs- "I am afraid I am very +far from understanding- how am I to put it?- I am afraid my way of +looking at the world is so opposed to yours that we shall not +understand one another." + "I know your outlook," said the Mason, "and the view of life you +mention, and which you think is the result of your own mental efforts, +is the one held by the majority of people, and is the invariable fruit +of pride, indolence, and ignorance. Forgive me, my dear sir, but if +I had not known it I should not have addressed you. Your view of +life is a regrettable delusion." + "Just as I may suppose you to be deluded," said Pierre, with a faint +smile. + "I should never dare to say that I know the truth," said the +Mason, whose words struck Pierre more and more by their precision +and firmness. "No one can attain to truth by himself. Only by laying +stone on stone with the cooperation of all, by the millions of +generations from our forefather Adam to our own times, is that +temple reared which is to be a worthy dwelling place of the Great +God," he added, and closed his eyes. + "I ought to tell you that I do not believe... do not believe in God, +said Pierre, regretfully and with an effort, feeling it essential to +speak the whole truth. + The Mason looked intently at Pierre and smiled as a rich man with +millions in hand might smile at a poor fellow who told him that he, +poor man, had not the five rubles that would make him happy. + "Yes, you do not know Him, my dear sir," said the Mason. "You cannot +know Him. You do not know Him and that is why you are unhappy." + "Yes, yes, I am unhappy," assented Pierre. "But what am I to do?" + "You know Him not, my dear sir, and so you are very unhappy. You +do not know Him, but He is here, He is in me, He is in my words, He is +in thee, and even in those blasphemous words thou hast just +uttered!" pronounced the Mason in a stern and tremulous voice. + He paused and sighed, evidently trying to calm himself. + "If He were not," he said quietly, "you and I would not be +speaking of Him, my dear sir. Of what, of whom, are we speaking? +Whom hast thou denied?" he suddenly asked with exulting austerity +and authority in his voice. "Who invented Him, if He did not exist? +Whence came thy conception of the existence of such an +incomprehensible Being? didst thou, and why did the whole world, +conceive the idea of the existence of such an incomprehensible +Being, a Being all-powerful, eternal, and infinite in all His +attributes?..." + He stopped and remained silent for a long time. + Pierre could not and did not wish to break this silence. + "He exists, but to understand Him is hard," the Mason began again, +looking not at Pierre but straight before him, and turning the +leaves of his book with his old hands which from excitement he could +not keep still. "If it were a man whose existence thou didst doubt I +could bring him to thee, could take him by the hand and show him to +thee. But how can I, an insignificant mortal, show His omnipotence, +His infinity, and all His mercy to one who is blind, or who shuts +his eyes that he may not see or understand Him and may not see or +understand his own vileness and sinfulness?" He paused again. "Who art +thou? Thou dreamest that thou art wise because thou couldst utter +those blasphemous words," he went on, with a somber and scornful +smile. "And thou art more foolish and unreasonable than a little +child, who, playing with the parts of a skillfully made watch, dares +to say that, as he does not understand its use, he does not believe in +the master who made it. To know Him is hard.... For ages, from our +forefather Adam to our own day, we labor to attain that knowledge +and are still infinitely far from our aim; but in our lack of +understanding we see only our weakness and His greatness...." + Pierre listened with swelling heart, gazing into the Mason's face +with shining eyes, not interrupting or questioning him, but +believing with his whole soul what the stranger said. Whether he +accepted the wise reasoning contained in the Mason's words, or +believed as a child believes, in the speaker's tone of conviction +and earnestness, or the tremor of the speaker's voice- which sometimes +almost broke- or those brilliant aged eyes grown old in this +conviction, or the calm firmness and certainty of his vocation, +which radiated from his whole being (and which struck Pierre +especially by contrast with his own dejection and hopelessness)- at +any rate, Pierre longed with his whole soul to believe and he did +believe, and felt a joyful sense of comfort, regeneration, and +return to life. + "He is not to be apprehended by reason, but by life," said the +Mason. + "I do not understand," said Pierre, feeling with dismay doubts +reawakening. He was afraid of any want of clearness, any weakness, +in the Mason's arguments; he dreaded not to be able to believe in him. +"I don't understand," he said, "how it is that the mind of man +cannot attain the knowledge of which you speak." + The Mason smiled with his gentle fatherly smile. + "The highest wisdom and truth are like the purest liquid we may wish +to imbibe," he said. "Can I receive that pure liquid into an impure +vessel and judge of its purity? Only by the inner purification of +myself can I retain in some degree of purity the liquid I receive." + "Yes, yes, that is so," said Pierre joyfully. + "The highest wisdom is not founded on reason alone, not on those +worldly sciences of physics, history, chemistry, and the like, into +which intellectual knowledge is divided. The highest wisdom is one. +The highest wisdom has but one science- the science of the whole- +the science explaining the whole creation and man's place in it. To +receive that science it is necessary to purify and renew one's inner +self, and so before one can know, it is necessary to believe and to +perfect one's self. And to attain this end, we have the light called +conscience that God has implanted in our souls." + "Yes, yes," assented Pierre. + "Look then at thy inner self with the eyes of the spirit, and ask +thyself whether thou art content with thyself. What hast thou attained +relying on reason only? What art thou? You are young, you are rich, +you are clever, you are well educated. And what have you done with all +these good gifts? Are you content with yourself and with your life?" + "No, I hate my life," Pierre muttered, wincing. + "Thou hatest it. Then change it, purify thyself; and as thou art +purified, thou wilt gain wisdom. Look at your life, my dear sir. How +have you spent it? In riotous orgies and debauchery, receiving +everything from society and giving nothing in return. You have +become the possessor of wealth. How have you used it? What have you +done for your neighbor? Have you ever thought of your tens of +thousands of slaves? Have you helped them physically and morally? +No! You have profited by their toil to lead a profligate life. That is +what you have done. Have you chosen a post in which you might be of +service to your neighbor? No! You have spent your life in idleness. +Then you married, my dear sir- took on yourself responsibility for the +guidance of a young woman; and what have you done? You have not helped +her to find the way of truth, my dear sir, but have thrust her into an +abyss of deceit and misery. A man offended you and you shot him, and +you say you do not know God and hate your life. There is nothing +strange in that, my dear sir!" + After these words, the Mason, as if tired by his long discourse, +again leaned his arms on the back of the sofa and closed his eyes. +Pierre looked at that aged, stern, motionless, almost lifeless face +and moved his lips without uttering a sound. He wished to say, "Yes, a +vile, idle, vicious life!" but dared not break the silence. + The Mason cleared his throat huskily, as old men do, and called +his servant. + "How about the horses?" he asked, without looking at Pierre. + "The exchange horses have just come," answered the servant. "Will +you not rest here?" + "No, tell them to harness." + "Can he really be going away leaving me alone without having told me +all, and without promising to help me?" thought Pierre, rising with +downcast head; and he began to pace the room, glancing occasionally at +the Mason. "Yes, I never thought of it, but I have led a +contemptible and profligate life, though I did not like it and did not +want to," thought Pierre. "But this man knows the truth and, if he +wished to, could disclose it to me." + Pierre wished to say this to the Mason, but did not dare to. The +traveler, having packed his things with his practiced hands, began +fastening his coat. When he had finished, he turned to Bezukhov, and +said in a tone of indifferent politeness: + "Where are you going to now, my dear sir?" + "I?... I'm going to Petersburg," answered Pierre, in a childlike, +hesitating voice. "I thank you. I agree with all you have said. But do +not suppose me to be so bad. With my whole soul I wish to be what +you would have me be, but I have never had help from anyone.... But it +is I, above all, who am to blame for everything. Help me, teach me, +and perhaps I may..." + Pierre could not go on. He gulped and turned away. + The Mason remained silent for a long time, evidently considering. + "Help comes from God alone," he said, "but such measure of help as +our Order can bestow it will render you, my dear sir. You are going to +Petersburg. Hand this to Count Willarski" (he took out his notebook +and wrote a few words on a large sheet of paper folded in four). +"Allow me to give you a piece of advice. When you reach the capital, +first of all devote some time to solitude and self-examination and +do not resume your former way of life. And now I wish you a good +journey, my dear sir," he added, seeing that his servant had +entered... "and success." + The traveler was Joseph Alexeevich Bazdeev, as Pierre saw from the +postmaster's book. Bazdeev had been one of the best-known Freemasons +and Martinists, even in Novikov's time. For a long while after he +had gone, Pierre did not go to bed or order horses but paced up and +down the room, pondering over his vicious past, and with a rapturous +sense of beginning anew pictured to himself the blissful, +irreproachable, virtuous future that seemed to him so easy. It +seemed to him that he had been vicious only because he had somehow +forgotten how good it is to be virtuous. Not a trace of his former +doubts remained in his soul. He firmly believed in the possibility +of the brotherhood of men united in the aim of supporting one +another in the path of virtue, and that is how Freemasonry presented +itself to him. +BK5|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + On reaching Petersburg Pierre did not let anyone know of his +arrival, he went nowhere and spent whole days in reading Thomas a +Kempis, whose book had been sent him by someone unknown. One thing +he continually realized as he read that book: the joy, hitherto +unknown to him, of believing in the possibility of attaining +perfection, and in the possibility of active brotherly love among men, +which Joseph Alexeevich had revealed to him. A week after his arrival, +the young Polish count, Willarski, whom Pierre had known slightly in +Petersburg society, came into his room one evening in the official and +ceremonious manner in which Dolokhov's second had called on him, +and, having closed the door behind him and satisfied himself that +there was nobody else in the room, addressed Pierre. + "I have come to you with a message and an offer, Count," he said +without sitting down. "A person of very high standing in our +Brotherhood has made application for you to be received into our Order +before the usual term and has proposed to me to be your sponsor. I +consider it a sacred duty to fulfill that person's wishes. Do you wish +to enter the Brotherhood of Freemasons under my sponsorship?" + The cold, austere tone of this man, whom he had almost always +before met at balls, amiably smiling in the society of the most +brilliant women, surprised Pierre. + "Yes, I do wish it," said he. + Willarski bowed his head. + "One more question, Count," he said, "which beg you to answer in all +sincerity- not as a future Mason but as an honest man: have you +renounced your former convictions- do you believe in God?" + Pierre considered. + "Yes... yes, I believe in God," he said. + "In that case..." began Willarski, but Pierre interrupted him. + "Yes, I do believe in God," he repeated. + "In that case we can go," said Willarski. "My carriage is at your +service." + Willarski was silent throughout the drive. To Pierre's inquiries +as to what he must do and how he should answer, Willarski only replied +that brothers more worthy than he would test him and that Pierre had +only to tell the truth. + Having entered the courtyard of a large house where the Lodge had +its headquarters, and having ascended a dark staircase, they entered a +small well-lit anteroom where they took off their cloaks without the +aid of a servant. From there they passed into another room. A man in +strange attire appeared at the door. Willarski, stepping toward him, +said something to him in French in an undertone and then went up to +a small wardrobe in which Pierre noticed garments such as he had never +seen before. Having taken a kerchief from the cupboard, Willarski +bound Pierre's eyes with it and tied it in a knot behind, catching +some hairs painfully in the knot. Then he drew his face down, kissed +him, and taking him by the hand led him forward. The hairs tied in the +knot hurt Pierre and there were lines of pain on his face and a +shamefaced smile. His huge figure, with arms hanging down and with a +puckered, though smiling face, moved after Willarski with uncertain, +timid steps. + Having led him about ten paces, Willarski stopped. + "Whatever happens to you," he said, "you must bear it all manfully +if you have firmly resolved to join our Brotherhood." (Pierre nodded +affirmatively.) "When you hear a knock at the door, you will uncover +your eyes," added Willarski. "I wish you courage and success," and, +pressing Pierre's hand, he went out. + Left alone, Pierre went on smiling in the same way. Once or twice he +shrugged his and raised his hand to the kerchief, as if wishing to +take it off, but let it drop again. The five minutes spent with his +eyes bandaged seemed to him an hour. His arms felt numb, his legs +almost gave way, it seemed to him that he was tired out. He +experienced a variety of most complex sensations. He felt afraid of +what would happen to him and still more afraid of showing his fear. He +felt curious to know what was going to happen and what would be +revealed to him; but most of all, he felt joyful that the moment had +come when he would at last start on that path of regeneration and on +the actively virtuous life of which he had been dreaming since he +met Joseph Alexeevich. Loud knocks were heard at the door. Pierre took +the bandage off his eyes and glanced around him. The room was in black +darkness, only a small lamp was burning inside something white. Pierre +went nearer and saw that the lamp stood on a black table on which +lay an open book. The book was the Gospel, and the white thing with +the lamp inside was a human skull with its cavities and teeth. After +reading the first words of the Gospel: "In the beginning was the +Word and the Word was with God," Pierre went round the table and saw a +large open box filled with something. It was a coffin with bones +inside. He was not at all surprised by what he saw. Hoping to enter on +an entirely new life quite unlike the old one, he expected +everything to be unusual, even more unusual than what he was seeing. A +skull, a coffin, the Gospel- it seemed to him that he had expected all +this and even more. Trying to stimulate his emotions he looked around. +"God, death, love, the brotherhood of man," he kept saying to himself, +associating these words with vague yet joyful ideas. The door opened +and someone came in. + By the dim light, to which Pierre had already become accustomed, +he saw rather short man. Having evidently come from the light into the +darkness, the man paused, then moved with cautious steps toward the +table and placed on it his small leather-gloved hands. + This short man had on a white leather apron which covered his +chest and part of his legs; he had on a kind of necklace above which +rose a high white ruffle, outlining his rather long face which was lit +up from below. + "For what have you come hither?" asked the newcomer, turning in +Pierre's direction at a slight rustle made by the latter. "Why have +you, who do not believe in the truth of the light and who have not +seen the light, come here? What do you seek from us? Wisdom, virtue, +enlightenment?" + At the moment the door opened and the stranger came in, Pierre +felt a sense of awe and veneration such as he had experienced in his +boyhood at confession; he felt himself in the presence of one socially +a complete stranger, yet nearer to him through the brotherhood of man. +With bated breath and beating heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by +which name the brother who prepared a seeker for entrance into the +Brotherhood was known). Drawing nearer, he recognized in the Rhetor +a man he knew, Smolyaninov, and it mortified him to think that the +newcomer was an acquaintance- he wished him simply a brother and a +virtuous instructor. For a long time he could not utter a word, so +that the Rhetor had to repeat his question. + "Yes... I... I... desire regeneration," Pierre uttered with +difficulty. + "Very well," said Smolyaninov, and went on at once: "Have you any +idea of the means by which our holy Order will help you to reach +your aim?" said he quietly and quickly. + "I... hope... for guidance... help... in regeneration," said Pierre, +with a trembling voice and some difficulty in utterance due to his +excitement and to being unaccustomed to speak of abstract matters in +Russian. + "What is your conception of Freemasonry?" + "I imagine that Freemasonry is the fraternity and equality of men +who have virtuous aims," said Pierre, feeling ashamed of the +inadequacy of his words for the solemnity of the moment, as he +spoke. "I imagine..." + "Good!" said the Rhetor quickly, apparently satisfied with this +answer. "Have you sought for means of attaining your aim in religion?" + "No, I considered it erroneous and did not follow it," said +Pierre, so softly that the Rhetor did not hear him and asked him +what he was saying. "I have been an atheist," answered Pierre. + "You are seeking for truth in order to follow its laws in your life, +therefore you seek wisdom and virtue. Is that not so?" said the +Rhetor, after a moment's pause. + "Yes, yes," assented Pierre. + The Rhetor cleared his throat, crossed his gloved hands on his +breast, and began to speak. + "Now I must disclose to you the chief aim of our Order," he said, +"and if this aim coincides with yours, you may enter our Brotherhood +with profit. The first and chief object of our Order, the foundation +on which it rests and which no human power can destroy, is the +preservation and handing on to posterity of a certain important +mystery... which has come down to us from the remotest ages, even from +the first man- a mystery on which perhaps the fate of mankind depends. +But since this mystery is of such a nature that nobody can know or use +it unless he be prepared by long and diligent self-purification, not +everyone can hope to attain it quickly. Hence we have a secondary aim, +that of preparing our members as much as possible to reform their +hearts, to purify and enlighten their minds, by means handed on to +us by tradition from those who have striven to attain this mystery, +and thereby to render them capable of receiving it. + "By purifying and regenerating our members we try, thirdly, to +improve the whole human race, offering it in our members an example of +piety and virtue, and thereby try with all our might to combat the +evil which sways the world. Think this over and I will come to you +again." + "To combat the evil which sways the world..." Pierre repeated, and a +mental image of his future activity in this direction rose in his +mind. He imagined men such as he had himself been a fortnight ago, and +he addressed an edifying exhortation to them. He imagined to himself +vicious and unfortunate people whom he would assist by word and +deed, imagined oppressors whose victims he would rescue. Of the +three objects mentioned by the Rhetor, this last, that of improving +mankind, especially appealed to Pierre. The important mystery +mentioned by the Rhetor, though it aroused his curiosity, did not seem +to him essential, and the second aim, that of purifying and +regenerating himself, did not much interest him because at that moment +he felt with delight that he was already perfectly cured of his former +faults and was ready for all that was good. + Half an hour later, the Rhetor returned to inform the seeker of +the seven virtues, corresponding to the seven steps of Solomon's +temple, which every Freemason should cultivate in himself. These +virtues were: 1. Discretion, the keeping of the secrets of the Order. + 2. Obedience to those of higher ranks in the Order. 3. Morality. 4. +Love of mankind. 5. Courage. 6. Generosity. 7. The love of death. + "In the seventh place, try, by the frequent thought of death," the +Rhetor said, "to bring yourself to regard it not as a dreaded foe, but +as a friend that frees the soul grown weary in the labors of virtue +from this distressful life, and leads it to its place of recompense +and peace." + "Yes, that must be so," thought Pierre, when after these words the +Rhetor went away, leaving him to solitary meditation. "It must be +so, but I am still so weak that I love my life, the meaning of which +is only now gradually opening before me." But five of the other +virtues which Pierre recalled, counting them on his fingers, he felt +already in his soul: courage, generosity, morality, love of mankind, +and especially obedience- which did not even seem to him a virtue, but +a joy. (He now felt so glad to be free from his own lawlessness and to +submit his will to those who knew the indubitable truth.) He forgot +what the seventh virtue was and could not recall it. + The third time the Rhetor came back more quickly and asked Pierre +whether he was still firm in his intention and determined to submit to +all that would be required of him. + "I am ready for everything," said Pierre. + "I must also inform you," said the Rhetor, "that our Order +delivers its teaching not in words only but also by other means, which +may perhaps have a stronger effect on the sincere seeker after +wisdom and virtue than mere words. This chamber with what you see +therein should already have suggested to your heart, if it is sincere, +more than words could do. You will perhaps also see in your further +initiation a like method of enlightenment. Our Order imitates the +ancient societies that explained their teaching by hieroglyphics. A +hieroglyph," said the Rhetor, "is an emblem of something not +cognizable by the senses but which possesses qualities resembling +those of the symbol." + Pierre knew very well what a hieroglyph was, but dared not speak. He +listened to the Rhetor in silence, feeling from all he said that his +ordeal was about to begin. + "If you are resolved, I must begin your initiation," said the Rhetor +coming closer to Pierre. "In token of generosity I ask you to give +me all your valuables." + "But I have nothing here," replied Pierre, supposing that he was +asked to give up all he possessed. + "What you have with you: watch, money, rings...." + Pierre quickly took out his purse and watch, but could not manage +for some time to get the wedding ring off his fat finger. When that +had been done, the Rhetor said: + "In token of obedience, I ask you to undress." + Pierre took off his coat, waistcoat, and left boot according to +the Rhetor's instructions. The Mason drew the shirt back from Pierre's +left breast, and stooping down pulled up the left leg of his +trousers to above the knee. Pierre hurriedly began taking off his +right boot also and was going to tuck up the other trouser leg to save +this stranger the trouble, but the Mason told him that was not +necessary and gave him a slipper for his left foot. With a childlike +smile of embarrassment, doubt, and self-derision, which appeared on +his face against his will, Pierre stood with his arms hanging down and +legs apart, before his brother Rhetor, and awaited his further +commands. + "And now, in token of candor, I ask you to reveal to me your chief +passion," said the latter. + "My passion! I have had so many," replied Pierre. + "That passion which more than all others caused you to waver on +the path of virtue," said the Mason. + Pierre paused, seeking a reply. + "Wine? Gluttony? Idleness? Laziness? Irritability? Anger? Women?" He +went over his vices in his mind, not knowing to which of them to +give the pre-eminence. + "Women," he said in a low, scarcely audible voice. + The Mason did not move and for a long time said nothing after this +answer. At last he moved up to Pierre and, taking the kerchief that +lay on the table, again bound his eyes. + "For the last time I say to you- turn all your attention upon +yourself, put a bridle on your senses, and seek blessedness, not in +passion but in your own heart. The source of blessedness is not +without us but within...." + Pierre had already long been feeling in himself that refreshing +source of blessedness which now flooded his heart with glad emotion. +BK5|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Soon after this there came into the dark chamber to fetch Pierre, +not the Rhetor but Pierre's sponsor, Willarski, whom he recognized +by his voice. To fresh questions as to the firmness of his +resolution Pierre replied: "Yes, yes, I agree," and with a beaming, +childlike smile, his fat chest uncovered, stepping unevenly and +timidly in one slippered and one booted foot, he advanced, while +Willarski held a sword to his bare chest. He was conducted from that +room along passages that turned backwards and forwards and was at last +brought to the doors of the Lodge. Willarski coughed, he was +answered by the Masonic knock with mallets, the doors opened before +them. A bass voice (Pierre was still blindfold) questioned him as to +who he was, when and where he was born, and so on. Then he was again +led somewhere still blindfold, and as they went along he was told +allegories of the toils of his pilgrimage, of holy friendship, of +the Eternal Architect of the universe, and of the courage with which +he should endure toils and dangers. During these wanderings, Pierre +noticed that he was spoken of now as the "Seeker," now as the +"Sufferer," and now as the "Postulant," to the accompaniment of +various knockings with mallets and swords. As he was being led up to +some object he noticed a hesitation and uncertainty among his +conductors. He heard those around him disputing in whispers and one of +them insisting that he should be led along a certain carpet. After +that they took his right hand, placed it on something, and told him to +hold a pair of compasses to his left breast with the other hand and to +repeat after someone who read aloud an oath of fidelity to the laws of +the Order. The candles were then extinguished and some spirit lighted, +as Pierre knew by the smell, and he was told that he would now see the +lesser light. The bandage was taken off his eyes and, by the faint +light of the burning spirit, Pierre, as in a dream, saw several men +standing before him, wearing aprons like the Rhetor's and holding +swords in their hands pointed at his breast. Among them stood a man +whose white shirt was stained with blood. On seeing this, Pierre moved +forward with his breast toward the swords, meaning them to pierce +it. But the swords were drawn back from him and he was at once +blindfolded again. + "Now thou hast seen the lesser light," uttered a voice. Then the +candles were relit and he was told that he would see the full light; +the bandage was again removed and more than ten voices said +together: "Sic transit gloria mundi." + Pierre gradually began to recover himself and looked about at the +room and at the people in it. Round a long table covered with black +sat some twelve men in garments like those he had already seen. Some +of them Pierre had met in Petersburg society. In the President's chair +sat a young man he did not know, with a peculiar cross hanging from +his neck. On his right sat the Italian abbe whom Pierre had met at +Anna Pavlovna's two years before. There were also present a very +distinguished dignitary and a Swiss who had formerly been tutor at the +Kuragins'. All maintained a solemn silence, listening to the words +of the President, who held a mallet in his hand. Let into the wall was +a star-shaped light. At one side of the table was a small carpet +with various figures worked upon it, at the other was something +resembling an altar on which lay a Testament and a skull. Round it +stood seven large candlesticks like those used in churches. Two of the +brothers led Pierre up to the altar, placed his feet at right +angles, and bade him lie down, saying that he must prostrate himself +at the Gates of the Temple. + "He must first receive the trowel," whispered one of the brothers. + "Oh, hush, please!" said another. + Pierre, perplexed, looked round with his shortsighted eyes without +obeying, and suddenly doubts arose in his mind. "Where am I? What am I +doing? Aren't they laughing at me? Shan't I be ashamed to remember +this?" But these doubts only lasted a moment. Pierre glanced at the +serious faces of those around, remembered all he had already gone +through, and realized that he could not stop halfway. He was aghast at +his hesitation and, trying to arouse his former devotional feeling, +prostrated himself before the Gates of the Temple. And really, the +feeling of devotion returned to him even more strongly than before. +When he had lain there some time, he was told to get up, and a white +leather apron, such as the others wore, was put on him: he was given a +trowel and three pairs of gloves, and then the Grand Master +addressed him. He told him that he should try to do nothing to stain +the whiteness of that apron, which symbolized strength and purity; +then of the unexplained trowel, he told him to toil with it to cleanse +his own heart from vice, and indulgently to smooth with it the heart +of his neighbor. As to the first pair of gloves, a man's, he said that +Pierre could not know their meaning but must keep them. The second +pair of man's gloves he was to wear at the meetings, and finally of +the third, a pair of women's gloves, he said: "Dear brother, these +woman's gloves are intended for you too. Give them to the woman whom +you shall honor most of all. This gift will be a pledge of your purity +of heart to her whom you select to be your worthy helpmeet in +Masonry." And after a pause, he added: "But beware, dear brother, that +these gloves do not deck hands that are unclean." While the Grand +Master said these last words it seemed to Pierre that he grew +embarrassed. Pierre himself grew still more confused, blushed like a +child till tears came to his eyes, began looking about him uneasily, +and an awkward pause followed. + This silence was broken by one of the brethren, who led Pierre up to +the rug and began reading to him from a manuscript book an explanation +of all the figures on it: the sun, the moon, a hammer, a plumb line, a +trowel, a rough stone and a squared stone, a pillar, three windows, +and so on. Then a place was assigned to Pierre, he was shown the signs +of the Lodge, told the password, and at last was permitted to sit +down. The Grand Master began reading the statutes. They were very +long, and Pierre, from joy, agitation, and embarrassment, was not in a +state to understand what was being read. He managed to follow only the +last words of the statutes and these remained in his mind. + "In our temples we recognize no other distinctions," read the +Grand Master, "but those between virtue and vice. Beware of making any +distinctions which may infringe equality. Fly to a brother's aid +whoever he may be, exhort him who goeth astray, raise him that +falleth, never bear malice or enmity toward thy brother. Be kindly and +courteous. Kindle in all hearts the flame of virtue. Share thy +happiness with thy neighbor, and may envy never dim the purity of that +bliss. Forgive thy enemy, do not avenge thyself except by doing him +good. Thus fulfilling the highest law thou shalt regain traces of +the ancient dignity which thou hast lost." + He finished and, getting up, embraced and kissed Pierre, who, with +tears of joy in his eyes, looked round him, not knowing how to +answer the congratulations and greetings from acquaintances that met +him on all sides. He acknowledged no acquaintances but saw in all +these men only brothers, and burned with impatience to set to work +with them. + The Grand Master rapped with his mallet. All the Masons sat down +in their places, and one of them read an exhortation on the +necessity of humility. + The Grand Master proposed that the last duty should be performed, +and the distinguished dignitary who bore the title of "Collector of +Alms" went round to all the brothers. Pierre would have liked to +subscribe all he had, but fearing that it might look like pride +subscribed the same amount as the others. + The meeting was at an end, and on reaching home Pierre felt as if he +had returned from a long journey on which he had spent dozens of +years, had become completely changed, and had quite left behind his +former habits and way of life. +BK5|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + The day after he had been received into the Lodge, Pierre was +sitting at home reading a book and trying to fathom the significance +of the Square, one side of which symbolized God, another moral things, +a third physical things, and the fourth a combination of these. Now +and then his attention wandered from the book and the Square and he +formed in imagination a new plan of life. On the previous evening at +the Lodge, he had heard that a rumor of his duel had reached the +Emperor and that it would be wiser for him to leave Petersburg. Pierre +proposed going to his estates in the south and there attending to +the welfare of his serfs. He was joyfully planning this new life, when +Prince Vasili suddenly entered the room. + "My dear fellow, what have you been up to in Moscow? Why have you +quarreled with Helene, mon cher? You are under a delusion," said +Prince Vasili, as he entered. "I know all about it, and I can tell you +positively that Helene is as innocent before you as Christ was +before the Jews." + Pierre was about to reply, but Prince Vasili interrupted him. + "And why didn't you simply come straight to me as to a friend? I +know all about it and understand it all," he said. "You behaved as +becomes a man values his honor, perhaps too hastily, but we won't go +into that. But consider the position in which you are placing her +and me in the eyes of society, and even of the court," he added, +lowering his voice. "She is living in Moscow and you are here. +Remember, dear boy," and he drew Pierre's arm downwards, "it is simply +a misunderstanding. I expect you feel it so yourself. Let us write her +a letter at once, and she'll come here and all will be explained, or +else, my dear boy, let me tell you it's quite likely you'll have to +suffer for it." + Prince Vasili gave Pierre a significant look. + "I know from reliable sources that the Dowager Empress is taking a +keen interest in the whole affair. You know she is very gracious to +Helene." + Pierre tried several times to speak, but, on one hand, Prince Vasili +did not let him and, on the other, Pierre himself feared to begin to +speak in the tone of decided refusal and disagreement in which he +had firmly resolved to answer his father-in-law. Moreover, the words +of the Masonic statutes, "be kindly and courteous," recurred to him. +He blinked, went red, got up and sat down again, struggling with +himself to do what was for him the most difficult thing in life- to +say an unpleasant thing to a man's face, to say what the other, +whoever he might be, did not expect. He was so used to submitting to +Prince Vasili's tone of careless self-assurance that he felt he +would be unable to withstand it now, but he also felt that on what +he said now his future depended- whether he would follow the same +old road, or that new path so attractively shown him by the Masons, on +which he firmly believed he would be reborn to a new life. + "Now, dear boy," said Prince Vasili playfully, "say 'yes,' and +I'll write to her myself, and we will kill the fatted calf." + But before Prince Vasili had finished his playful speech, Pierre, +without looking at him, and with a kind of fury that made him like his +father, muttered in a whisper: + "Prince, I did not ask you here. Go, please go!" And he jumped up +and opened the door for him. + "Go!" he repeated, amazed at himself and glad to see the look of +confusion and fear that showed itself on Prince Vasili's face. + "What's the matter with you? Are you ill?" + "Go!" the quivering voice repeated. And Prince Vasili had to go +without receiving any explanation. + A week later, Pierre, having taken leave of his new friends, the +Masons, and leaving large sums of money with them for alms, went +away to his estates. His new brethren gave him letters to the Kiev and +Odessa Masons and promised to write to him and guide him in his new +activity. +BK5|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + The duel between Pierre and Dolokhov was hushed up and, in spite +of the Emperor's severity regarding duels at that time, neither the +principals nor their seconds suffered for it. But the story of the +duel, confirmed by Pierre's rupture with his wife, was the talk of +society. Pierre who had been regarded with patronizing condescension +when he was an illegitimate son, and petted and extolled when he was +the best match in Russia, had sunk greatly in the esteem of society +after his marriage- when the marriageable daughters and their +mothers had nothing to hope from him- especially as he did not know +how, and did not wish, to court society's favor. Now he alone was +blamed for what had happened, he was said to be insanely jealous and +subject like his father to fits of bloodthirsty rage. And when after +Pierre's departure Helene returned to Petersburg, she was received +by all her acquaintances not only cordially, but even with a shade +of deference due to her misfortune. When conversation turned on her +husband Helene assumed a dignified expression, which with +characteristic tact she had acquired though she did not understand its +significance. This expression suggested that she had resolved to +endure her troubles uncomplainingly and that her husband was a cross +laid upon her by God. Prince Vasili expressed his opinion more openly. +He shrugged his shoulders when Pierre was mentioned and, pointing to +his forehead, remarked: + "A bit touched- I always said so." + "I said from the first," declared Anna Pavlovna referring to Pierre, +"I said at the time and before anyone else" (she insisted on her +priority) "that that senseless young man was spoiled by the depraved +ideas of these days. I said so even at the time when everybody was +in raptures about him, when he had just returned from abroad, and +when, if you remember, he posed as a sort of Marat at one of my +soirees. And how has it ended? I was against this marriage even then +and foretold all that has happened." + Anna Pavlovna continued to give on free evenings the same kind of +soirees as before- such as she alone had the gift of arranging- at +which was to be found "the cream of really good society, the bloom +of the intellectual essence of Petersburg," as she herself put it. +Besides this refined selection of society Anna Pavlovna's receptions +were also distinguished by the fact that she always presented some new +and interesting person to the visitors and that nowhere else was the +state of the political thermometer of legitimate Petersburg court +society so dearly and distinctly indicated. + Toward the end of 1806, when all the sad details of Napoleon's +destruction of the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstadt and the +surrender of most of the Prussian fortresses had been received, when +our troops had already entered Prussia and our second war with +Napoleon was beginning, Anna Pavlovna gave one of her soirees. The +"cream of really good society" consisted of the fascinating Helene, +forsaken by her husband, Mortemart, the delightful Prince Hippolyte +who had just returned from Vienna, two diplomatists, the old aunt, a +young man referred to in that drawing room as "a man of great merit" +(un homme de beaucoup de merite), a newly appointed maid of honor +and her mother, and several other less noteworthy persons. + The novelty Anna Pavlovna was setting before her guests that evening +was Boris Drubetskoy, who had just arrived as a special messenger from +the Prussian army and was aide-de-camp to a very important personage. + The temperature shown by the political thermometer to the company +that evening was this: + "Whatever the European sovereigns and commanders may do to +countenance Bonaparte, and to cause me, and us in general, annoyance +and mortification, our opinion of Bonaparte cannot alter. We shall not +cease to express our sincere views on that subject, and can only say +to the King Prussia and others: 'So much the worse for you. Tu l'as +voulu, George Dandin,' that's all we have to say about it!" + When Boris, who was to be served up to the guests, entered the +drawing room, almost all the company had assembled, and the +conversation, guided by Anna Pavlovna, was about our diplomatic +relations with Austria and the hope of an alliance with her. + Boris, grown more manly and looking fresh, rosy and +self-possessed, entered the drawing room elegantly dressed in the +uniform of an aide-de-camp and was duly conducted to pay his +respects to the aunt and then brought back to the general circle. + Anna Pavlovna gave him her shriveled hand to kiss and introduced him +to several persons whom he did not know, giving him a whispered +description of each. +charge d'affaires from Copenhagen- a profound intellect," and +simply, "Mr. Shitov- a man of great merit"- this of the man usually so +described. + Thanks to Anna Mikhaylovna's efforts, his own tastes, and the +peculiarities of his reserved nature, Boris had managed during his +service to place himself very advantageously. He was aide-de-camp to a +very important personage, had been sent on a very important mission to +Prussia, and had just returned from there as a special messenger. He +had become thoroughly conversant with that unwritten code with which +he had been so pleased at Olmutz and according to which an ensign +might rank incomparably higher than a general, and according to +which what was needed for success in the service was not effort or +work, or courage, or perseverance, but only the knowledge of how to +get on with those who can grant rewards, and he was himself often +surprised at the rapidity of his success and at the inability of +others to understand these things. In consequence of this discovery +his whole manner of life, all his relations with old friends, all +his plans for his future, were completely altered. He was not rich, +but would spend his last groat to be better dressed than others, and +would rather deprive himself of many pleasures than allow himself to +be seen in a shabby equipage or appear in the streets of Petersburg in +an old uniform. He made friends with and sought the acquaintance of +only those above him in position and who could therefore be of use +to him. He liked Petersburg and despised Moscow. The remembrance of +the Rostovs' house and of his childish love for Natasha was unpleasant +to him and he had not once been to see the Rostovs since the day of +his departure for the army. To be in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room he +considered an important step up in the service, and he at once +understood his role, letting his hostess make use of whatever interest +he had to offer. He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising +the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, +and the advantages that might accrue. He took the seat indicated to +him beside the fair Helene and listened to the general conversation. + "Vienna considers the bases of the proposed treaty so unattainable +that not even a continuity of most brilliant successes would secure +them, and she doubts the means we have of gaining them. That is the +actual phrase used by the Vienna cabinet," said the Danish charge +d'affaires. + "The doubt is flattering," said "the man of profound intellect," +with a subtle smile. + "We must distinguish between the Vienna cabinet and the Emperor of +Austria," said Mortemart. "The Emperor of Austria can never have +thought of such a thing, it is only the cabinet that says it." + "Ah, my dear vicomte," put in Anna Pavlovna, "L'Urope" (for some +reason she called it Urope as if that were a specially refined +French pronunciation which she could allow herself when conversing +with a Frenchman), "L'Urope ne sera jamais notre alliee sincere."* + + *"Europe will never be our sincere ally." + + After that Anna Pavlovna led up to the courage and firmness of the +King of Prussia, in order to draw Boris into the conversation. + Boris listened attentively to each of the speakers, awaiting his +turn, but managed meanwhile to look round repeatedly at his +neighbor, the beautiful Helene, whose eyes several times met those +of the handsome young aide-de-camp with a smile. + Speaking of the position of Prussia, Anna Pavlovna very naturally +asked Boris to tell them about his journey to Glogau and in what state +he found the Prussian army. Boris, speaking with deliberation, told +them in pure, correct French many interesting details about the armies +and the court, carefully abstaining from expressing an opinion of +his own about the facts he was recounting. For some time he +engrossed the general attention, and Anna Pavlovna felt that the +novelty she had served up was received with pleasure by all her +visitors. The greatest attention of all to Boris' narrative was +shown by Helene. She asked him several questions about his journey and +seemed greatly interested in the state of the Prussian army. As soon +as he had finished she turned to him with her usual smile. + "You absolutely must come and see me," she said in a tone that +implied that, for certain considerations he could not know of, this +was absolutely necessary. + "On Tuesday between eight and nine. It will give me great pleasure." + Boris promised to fulfill her wish and was about to begin a +conversation with her, when Anna Pavlovna called him away on the +pretext that her aunt wished to hear him. + "You know her husband, of course?" said Anna Pavlovna, closing her +eyes and indicating Helene with a sorrowful gesture. "Ah, she is +such an unfortunate and charming woman! Don't mention him before +her- please don't! It is too painful for her!" +BK5|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + When Boris and Anna Pavlovna returned to the others Prince Hippolyte +had the ear of the company. + Bending forward in his armchair he said: "Le Roi de Prusse!" and +having said this laughed. Everyone turned toward him. + "Le Roi de Prusse?" Hippolyte said interrogatively, again +laughing, and then calmly and seriously sat back in his chair. Anna +Pavlovna waited for him to go on, but as he seemed quite decided to +say no more she began to tell of how at Potsdam the impious +Bonaparte had stolen the sword of Frederick the Great. + "It is the sword of Frederick the Great which I..." she began, but +Hippolyte interrupted her with the words: "Le Roi de Prusse..." and +again, as soon as soon as all turned toward him, excused himself and +said no more. + Anna Pavlovna frowned. Mortemart, Hippolyte's friend, addressed +him firmly. + "Come now, what about your Roi de Prusse?" + Hippolyte laughed as if ashamed of laughing. + "Oh, it's nothing. I only wished to say..." (he wanted to repeat a +joke he had heard in Vienna and which he had been trying all that +evening to get in) "I only wished to say that we are wrong to fight +pour le Roi de Prusse!" + Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or +appreciative according to the way the joke was received. Everybody +laughed. + "Your joke is too bad, it's witty but unjust," said Anna Pavlovna, +shaking her little shriveled finger at him. + "We are not fighting pour le Roi de Prusse, but for right +principles. Oh, that wicked Prince Hippolyte!" she said. + The conversation did not flag all evening and turned chiefly on +the political news. It became particularly animated toward the end +of the evening when the rewards bestowed by the Emperor were +mentioned. + "You know N- N- received a snuffbox with the portrait last year?" +said "the man of profound intellect." "Why shouldn't S- S- get the +same distinction?" + "Pardon me! A snuffbox with the Emperor's portrait is a reward but +not a distinction," said the diplomatist- "a gift, rather." + "There are precedents, I may mention Schwarzenberg." + "It's impossible," replied another. + "Will you bet? The ribbon of the order is a different matter...." + When everybody rose to go, Helene who had spoken very little all the +evening again turned to Boris, asking him in a tone of caressing +significant command to come to her on Tuesday. + "It is of great importance to me," she said, turning with a smile +toward Anna Pavlovna, and Anna Pavlovna, with the same sad smile +with which she spoke of her exalted patroness, supported Helene's +wish. + It seemed as if from some words Boris had spoken that evening +about the Prussian army, Helene had suddenly found it necessary to see +him. She seemed to promise to explain that necessity to him when he +came on Tuesday. + But on Tuesday evening, having come to Helene's splendid salon, +Boris received no clear explanation of why it had been necessary for +him to come. There were other guests and the countess talked little to +him, and only as he kissed her hand on taking leave said +unexpectedly and in a whisper, with a strangely unsmiling face: +"Come to dinner tomorrow... in the evening. You must come.... Come!" + During that stay in Petersburg, Boris became an intimate in the +countess' house. +BK5|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + The war was flaming up and nearing the Russian frontier. +Everywhere one heard curses on Bonaparte, "the enemy of mankind." +Militiamen and recruits were being enrolled in the villages, and +from the seat of war came contradictory news, false as usual and +therefore variously interpreted. The life of old Prince Bolkonski, +Prince Andrew, and Princess Mary had greatly changed since 1805. + In 1806 the old prince was made one of the eight commanders in chief +then appointed to supervise the enrollment decreed throughout +Russia. Despite the weakness of age, which had become particularly +noticeable since the time when he thought his son had been killed, +he did not think it right to refuse a duty to which he had been +appointed by the Emperor himself, and this fresh opportunity for +action gave him new energy and strength. He was continually +traveling through the three provinces entrusted to him, was pedantic +in the fulfillment of his duties, severe to cruelty with his +subordinates, and went into everything down to the minutest details +himself. Princess Mary had ceased taking lessons in mathematics from +her father, and when the old prince was at home went to his study with +the wet nurse and little Prince Nicholas (as his grandfather called +him). The baby Prince Nicholas lived with his wet nurse and nurse +Savishna in the late princess' rooms and Princess Mary spent most of +the day in the nursery, taking a mother's place to her little nephew +as best she could. Mademoiselle Bourienne, too, seemed passionately +fond of the boy, and Princess Mary often deprived herself to give +her friend the pleasure of dandling the little angel- as she called +her nephew- and playing with him. + Near the altar of the church at Bald Hills there was a chapel over +the tomb of the little princess, and in this chapel was a marble +monument brought from Italy, representing an angel with outspread +wings ready to fly upwards. The angel's upper lip was slightly +raised as though about to smile, and once on coming out of the +chapel Prince Andrew and Princess Mary admitted to one another that +the angel's face reminded them strangely of the little princess. But +what was still stranger, though of this Prince Andrew said nothing +to his sister, was that in the expression the sculptor had happened to +give the angel's face, Prince Andrew read the same mild reproach he +had read on the face of his dead wife: "Ah, why have you done this +to me?" + Soon after Prince Andrew's return the old prince made over to him +a large estate, Bogucharovo, about twenty-five miles from Bald +Hills. Partly because of the depressing memories associated with +Bald Hills, partly because Prince Andrew did not always feel equal +to bearing with his father's peculiarities, and partly because he +needed solitude, Prince Andrew made use of Bogucharovo, began building +and spent most of his time there. + After the Austerlitz campaign Prince Andrew had firmly resolved +not to continue his military service, and when the war recommenced and +everybody had to serve, he took a post under his father in the +recruitment so as to avoid active service. The old prince and his +son seemed to have changed roles since the campaign of 1805. The old +man, roused by activity, expected the best results from the new +campaign, while Prince Andrew on the contrary, taking no part in the +war and secretly regretting this, saw only the dark side. + On February 26, 1807, the old prince set off on one of his circuits. +Prince Andrew remained at Bald Hills as usual during his father's +absence. Little Nicholas had been unwell for four days. The coachman +who had driven the old prince to town returned bringing papers and +letters for Prince Andrew. + Not finding the young prince in his study the valet went with the +letters to Princess Mary's apartments, but did not find him there. +He was told that the prince had gone to the nursery. + "If you please, your excellency, Petrusha has brought some +papers," said one of the nursemaids to Prince Andrew who was sitting +on a child's little chair while, frowning and with trembling hands, he +poured drops from a medicine bottle into a wineglass half full of +water. + "What is it?" he said crossly, and, his hand shaking +unintentionally, he poured too many drops into the glass. He threw the +mixture onto the floor and asked for some more water. The maid brought +it. + There were in the room a child's cot, two boxes, two armchairs, a +table, a child's table, and the little chair on which Prince Andrew +was sitting. The curtains were drawn, and a single candle was +burning on the table, screened by a bound music book so that the light +did not fall on the cot. + "My dear," said Princess Mary, addressing her brother from beside +the cot where she was standing, "better wait a bit... later..." + "Oh, leave off, you always talk nonsense and keep putting things +off- and this is what comes of it!" said Prince Andrew in an +exasperated whisper, evidently meaning to wound his sister. + "My dear, really... it's better not to wake him... he's asleep," +said the princess in a tone of entreaty. + Prince Andrew got up and went on tiptoe up to the little bed, +wineglass in hand. + "Perhaps we'd really better not wake him," he said hesitating. + "As you please... really... I think so... but as you please," said +Princess Mary, evidently intimidated and confused that her opinion had +prevailed. She drew her brother's attention to the maid who was +calling him in a whisper. + It was the second night that neither of them had slept, watching the +boy who was in a high fever. These last days, mistrusting their +household doctor and expecting another for whom they had sent to town, +they had been trying first one remedy and then another. Worn out by +sleeplessness and anxiety they threw their burden of sorrow on one +another and reproached and disputed with each other. + "Petrusha has come with papers from your father," whispered the +maid. + Prince Andrew went out. + "Devil take them!" he muttered, and after listening to the verbal +instructions his father had sent and taking the correspondence and his +father's letter, he returned to the nursery. + "Well?" he asked. + "Still the same. Wait, for heaven's sake. Karl Ivanich always says +that sleep is more important than anything," whispered Princess Mary +with a sigh. + Prince Andrew went up to the child and felt him. He was burning hot. + "Confound you and your Karl Ivanich!" He took the glass with the +drops and again went up to the cot. + "Andrew, don't!" said Princess Mary. + But he scowled at her angrily though also with suffering in his +eyes, and stooped glass in hand over the infant. + "But I wish it," he said. "I beg you- give it him!" + Princess Mary shrugged her shoulders but took the glass submissively +and calling the nurse began giving the medicine. The child screamed +hoarsely. Prince Andrew winced and, clutching his head, went out and +sat down on a sofa in the next room. + He still had all the letters in his hand. Opening them +mechanically he began reading. The old prince, now and then using +abbreviations, wrote in his large elongated hand on blue paper as +follows: + + Have just this moment received by special messenger very joyful +news- if it's not false. Bennigsen seems to have obtained a complete +victory over Buonaparte at Eylau. In Petersburg everyone is rejoicing, +and the rewards sent to the army are innumerable. Though he is a +German- I congratulate him! I can't make out what the commander at +Korchevo- a certain Khandrikov- is up to; till now the additional +men and provisions have not arrived. Gallop off to him at once and say +I'll have his head off if everything is not here in a week. Have +received another letter about the Preussisch-Eylau battle from +Petenka- he took part in it- and it's all true. When mischief-makers +don't meddle even a German beats Buonaparte. He is said to be +fleeing in great disorder. Mind you gallop off to Korchevo without +delay and carry out instructions! + + Prince Andrew sighed and broke the seal of another envelope. It +was a closely written letter of two sheets from Bilibin. He folded +it up without reading it and reread his father's letter, ending with +the words: "Gallop off to Korchevo and carry out instructions!" + "No, pardon me, I won't go now till the child is better," thought +he, going to the door and looking into the nursery. + Princess Mary was still standing by the cot, gently rocking the +baby. + "Ah yes, and what else did he say that's unpleasant?" thought Prince +Andrew, recalling his father's letter. "Yes, we have gained a +victory over Bonaparte, just when I'm not serving. Yes, yes, he's +always poking fun at me.... Ah, well! Let him!" And he began reading +Bilibin's letter which was written in French. He read without +understanding half of it, read only to forget, if but for a moment, +what he had too long been thinking of so painfully to the exclusion of +all else. +BK5|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Bilibin was now at army headquarters in a diplomatic capacity, and +though he wrote in French and used French jests and French idioms, +he described the whole campaign with a fearless self-censure and +self-derision genuinely Russian. Bilibin wrote that the obligation +of diplomatic discretion tormented him, and he was happy to have in +Prince Andrew a reliable correspondent to whom he could pour out the +bile he had accumulated at the sight of all that was being done in the +army. The letter was old, having been written before the battle at +Preussisch-Eylau. + "Since the day of our brilliant success at Austerlitz," wrote +Bilibin, "as you know, my dear prince, I never leave headquarters. I +have certainly acquired a taste for war, and it is just as well for +me; what I have seen during these last three months is incredible. + "I begin ab ovo. 'The enemy of the human race,' as you know, attacks +the Prussians. The Prussians are our faithful allies who have only +betrayed us three times in three years. We take up their cause, but it +turns out that 'the enemy of the human race' pays no heed to our +fine speeches and in his rude and savage way throws himself on the +Prussians without giving them time to finish the parade they had +begun, and in two twists of the hand he breaks them to smithereens and +installs himself in the palace at Potsdam. + "'I most ardently desire,' writes the King of Prussia to +Bonaparte, 'that Your Majesty should be received and treated in my +palace in a manner agreeable to yourself, and in so far as +circumstances allowed, I have hastened to take all steps to that +end. May I have succeeded!' The Prussian generals pride themselves +on being polite to the French and lay down their arms at the first +demand. + "The head of the garrison at Glogau, with ten thousand men, asks the +King of Prussia what he is to do if he is summoned to surrender.... +All this is absolutely true. + "In short, hoping to settle matters by taking up a warlike attitude, +it turns out that we have landed ourselves in war, and what is more, +in war on our own frontiers, with and for the King of Prussia. We have +everything in perfect order, only one little thing is lacking, namely, +a commander in chief. As it was considered that the Austerlitz success +might have been more decisive had the commander in chief not been so +young, all our octogenarians were reviewed, and of Prozorovski and +Kamenski the latter was preferred. The general comes to us, +Suvorov-like, in a kibitka, and is received with acclamations of joy +and triumph. + "On the 4th, the first courier arrives from Petersburg. The mails +are taken to the field marshal's room, for he likes to do everything +himself. I am called in to help sort the letters and take those +meant for us. The field marshal looks on and waits for letters +addressed to him. We search, but none are to be found. The field +marshal grows impatient and sets to work himself and finds letters +from the Emperor to Count T., Prince V., and others. Then he bursts +into one of his wild furies and rages at everyone and everything, +seizes the letters, opens them, and reads those from the Emperor +addressed to others. 'Ah! So that's the way they treat me! No +confidence in me! Ah, ordered to keep an eye on me! Very well then! +Get along with you!' So he writes the famous order of the day to +General Bennigsen: + 'I am wounded and cannot ride and consequently cannot command the +army. You have brought your army corps to Pultusk, routed: here it +is exposed, and without fuel or forage, so something must be done, +and, as you yourself reported to Count Buxhowden yesterday, you must +think of retreating to our frontier- which do today.' + "'From all my riding,' he writes to the Emperor, 'I have got a +saddle sore which, coming after all my previous journeys, quite +prevents my riding and commanding so vast an army, so I have passed on +the command to the general next in seniority, Count Buxhowden, +having sent him my whole staff and all that belongs to it, advising +him if there is a lack of bread, to move farther into the interior +of Prussia, for only one day's ration of bread remains, and in some +regiments none at all, as reported by the division commanders, +Ostermann and Sedmoretzki, and all that the peasants had has been +eaten up. I myself will remain in hospital at Ostrolenka till I +recover. In regard to which I humbly submit my report, with the +information that if the army remains in its present bivouac another +fortnight there will not be a healthy man left in it by spring. + "'Grant leave to retire to his country seat to an old man who is +already in any case dishonored by being unable to fulfill the great +and glorious task for which he was chosen. I shall await your most +gracious permission here in hospital, that I may not have to play +the part of a secretary rather than commander in the army. My +removal from the army does not produce the slightest stir- a blind man +has left it. There are thousands such as I in Russia.' + "The field marshal is angry with the Emperor and he punishes us all, +isn't it logical? + "This is the first act. Those that follow are naturally increasingly +interesting and entertaining. After the field marshal's departure it +appears that we are within sight of the enemy and must give battle. +Buxhowden is commander in chief by seniority, but General Bennigsen +does not quite see it; more particularly as it is he and his corps who +are within sight of the enemy and he wishes to profit by the +opportunity to fight a battle 'on his own hand' as the Germans say. He +does so. This is the battle of Pultusk, which is considered a great +victory but in my opinion was nothing of the kind. We civilians, as +you know, have a very bad way of deciding whether a battle was won +or lost. Those who retreat after a battle have lost it is what we say; +and according to that it is we who lost the battle of Pultusk. In +short, we retreat after the battle but send a courier to Petersburg +with news of a victory, and General Bennigsen, hoping to receive +from Petersburg the post of commander in chief as a reward for his +victory, does not give up the command of the army to General +Buxhowden. During this interregnum we begin a very original and +interesting series of maneuvers. Our aim is no longer, as it should +be, to avoid or attack the enemy, but solely to avoid General +Buxhowden who by right of seniority should be our chief. So +energetically do we pursue this aim that after crossing an +unfordable river we burn the bridges to separate ourselves from our +enemy, who at the moment is not Bonaparte but Buxhowden. General +Buxhowden was all but attacked and captured by a superior enemy +force as a result of one of these maneuvers that enabled us to +escape him. Buxhowden pursues us- we scuttle. He hardly crosses the +river to our side before we recross to the other. At last our enemy. +Buxhowden, catches us and attacks. Both generals are angry, and the +result is a challenge on Buxhowden's part and an epileptic fit on +Bennigsen's. But at the critical moment the courier who carried the +news of our victory at Pultusk to Petersburg returns bringing our +appointment as commander in chief, and our first foe, Buxhowden, is +vanquished; we can now turn our thoughts to the second, Bonaparte. But +as it turns out, just at that moment a third enemy rises before us- +namely the Orthodox Russian soldiers, loudly demanding bread, meat, +biscuits, fodder, and whatnot! The stores are empty, the roads +impassable. The Orthodox begin looting, and in a way of which our last +campaign can give you no idea. Half the regiments form bands and scour +the countryside and put everything to fire and sword. The +inhabitants are totally ruined, the hospitals overflow with sick, +and famine is everywhere. Twice the marauders even attack our +headquarters, and the commander in chief has to ask for a battalion to +disperse them. During one of these attacks they carried off my empty +portmanteau and my dressing gown. The Emperor proposes to give all +commanders of divisions the right to shoot marauders, but I much +fear this will oblige one half the army to shoot the other." + At first Prince Andrew read with his eyes only, but after a while, +in spite of himself (although he knew how far it was safe to trust +Bilibin), what he had read began to interest him more and more. When +he had read thus far, he crumpled the letter up and threw it away. +It was not what he had read that vexed him, but the fact that the life +out there in which he had now no part could perturb him. He shut his +eyes, rubbed his forehead as if to rid himself of all interest in what +he had read, and listened to what was passing in the nursery. Suddenly +he thought he heard a strange noise through the door. He was seized +with alarm lest something should have happened to the child while he +was reading the letter. He went on tiptoe to the nursery door and +opened it. + Just as he went in he saw that the nurse was hiding something from +him with a scared look and that Princess Mary was no longer by the +cot. + "My dear," he heard what seemed to him her despairing whisper behind +him. + As often happens after long sleeplessness and long anxiety, he was +seized by an unreasoning panic- it occurred to him that the child +was dead. All that he saw and heard seemed to confirm this terror. + "All is over," he thought, and a cold sweat broke out on his +forehead. He went to the cot in confusion, sure that he would find +it empty and that the nurse had been hiding the dead baby. He drew the +curtain aside and for some time his frightened, restless eyes could +not find the baby. At last he saw him: the rosy boy had tossed about +till he lay across the bed with his head lower than the pillow, and +was smacking his lips in his sleep and breathing evenly. + Prince Andrew was as glad to find the boy like that, as if he had +already lost him. He bent over him and, as his sister had taught +him, tried with his lips whether the child was still feverish. The +soft forehead was moist. Prince Andrew touched the head with his hand; +even the hair was wet, so profusely had the child perspired. He was +not dead, but evidently the crisis was over and he was convalescent. +Prince Andrew longed to snatch up, to squeeze, to hold to his heart, +this helpless little creature, but dared not do so. He stood over him, +gazing at his head and at the little arms and legs which showed +under the blanket. He heard a rustle behind him and a shadow +appeared under the curtain of the cot. He did not look round, but +still gazing at the infant's face listened to his regular breathing. +The dark shadow was Princess Mary, who had come up to the cot with +noiseless steps, lifted the curtain, and dropped it again behind +her. Prince Andrew recognized her without looking and held out his +hand to her. She pressed it. + "He has perspired," said Prince Andrew. + "I was coming to tell you so." + The child moved slightly in his sleep, smiled, and rubbed his +forehead against the pillow. + Prince Andrew looked at his sister. In the dim shadow of the curtain +her luminous eyes shone more brightly than usual from the tears of joy +that were in them. She leaned over to her brother and kissed him, +slightly catching the curtain of the cot. Each made the other a +warning gesture and stood still in the dim light beneath the curtain +as if not wishing to leave that seclusion where they three were shut +off from all the world. Prince Andrew was the first to move away, +ruffling his hair against the muslin of the curtain. + "Yes, this is the one thing left me now," he said with a sigh. +BK5|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Soon after his admission to the Masonic Brotherhood, Pierre went +to the Kiev province, where he had the greatest number of serfs, +taking with him full directions which he had written down for his +own guidance as to what he should do on his estates. + When he reached Kiev he sent for all his stewards to the head office +and explained to them his intentions and wishes. He told them that +steps would be taken immediately to free his serfs- and that till then +they were not to be overburdened with labor, women while nursing their +babies were not to be sent to work, assistance was to be given to +the serfs, punishments were to be admonitory and not corporal, and +hospitals, asylums, and schools were to be established on all the +estates. Some of the stewards (there were semiliterate foremen among +them) listened with alarm, supposing these words to mean that the +young count was displeased with their management and embezzlement of +money, some after their first fright were amused by Pierre's lisp +and the new words they had not heard before, others simply enjoyed +hearing how the master talked, while the cleverest among them, +including the chief steward, understood from this speech how they +could best handle the master for their own ends. + The chief steward expressed great sympathy with Pierre's intentions, +but remarked that besides these changes it would be necessary to go +into the general state of affairs which was far from satisfactory. + Despite Count Bezukhov's enormous wealth, since he had come into +an income which was said to amount to five hundred thousand rubles a +year, Pierre felt himself far poorer than when his father had made him +an allowance of ten thousand rubles. He had a dim perception of the +following budget: + About 80,000 went in payments on all the estates to the Land Bank, +about 30,000 went for the upkeep of the estate near Moscow, the town +house, and the allowance to the three princesses; about 15,000 was +given in pensions and the same amount for asylums; 150,000 alimony was +sent to the countess; about 70,00 went for interest on debts. The +building of a new church, previously begun, had cost about 10,000 in +each of the last two years, and he did not know how the rest, about +100,000 rubles, was spent, and almost every year he was obliged to +borrow. Besides this the chief steward wrote every year telling him of +fires and bad harvests, or of the necessity of rebuilding factories +and workshops. So the first task Pierre had to face was one for +which he had very little aptitude or inclination- practical business. + He discussed estate affairs every day with his chief steward. But he +felt that this did not forward matters at all. He felt that these +consultations were detached from real affairs and did not link up with +them or make them move. On the one hand, the chief steward put the +state of things to him in the very worst light, pointing out the +necessity of paying off the debts and undertaking new activities +with serf labor, to which Pierre did not agree. On the other hand, +Pierre demanded that steps should be taken to liberate the serfs, +which the steward met by showing the necessity of first paying off the +loans from the Land Bank, and the consequent impossibility of a speedy +emancipation. + The steward did not say it was quite impossible, but suggested +selling the forests in the province of Kostroma, the land lower down +the river, and the Crimean estate, in order to make it possible: all +of which operations according to him were connected with such +complicated measures- the removal of injunctions, petitions, +permits, and so on- that Pierre became quite bewildered and only +replied: + "Yes, yes, do so." + Pierre had none of the practical persistence that would have enabled +him to attend to the business himself and so he disliked it and only +tried to pretend to the steward that he was attending to it. The +steward for his part tried to pretend to the count that he +considered these consultations very valuable for the proprietor and +troublesome to himself. + In Kiev Pierre found some people he knew, and strangers hastened +to make his acquaintance and joyfully welcomed the rich newcomer, +the largest landowner of the province. Temptations to Pierre's +greatest weakness- the one to which he had confessed when admitted +to the Lodge- were so strong that he could not resist them. Again +whole days, weeks, and months of his life passed in as great a rush +and were as much occupied with evening parties, dinners, lunches, +and balls, giving him no time for reflection, as in Petersburg. +Instead of the new life he had hoped to lead he still lived the old +life, only in new surroundings. + Of the three precepts of Freemasonry Pierre realized that he did not +fulfill the one which enjoined every Mason to set an example of +moral life, and that of the seven virtues he lacked two- morality +and the love of death. He consoled himself with the thought that he +fulfilled another of the precepts- that of reforming the human race- +and had other virtues- love of his neighbor, and especially +generosity. + In the spring of 1807 he decided to return to Petersburg. On the way +he intended to visit all his estates and see for himself how far his +orders had been carried out and in what state were the serfs whom +God had entrusted to his care and whom he intended to benefit. + The chief steward, who considered the young count's attempts +almost insane- unprofitable to himself, to the count, and to the +serfs- made some concessions. Continuing to represent the liberation +of the serfs as impracticable, he arranged for the erection of large +buildings- schools, hospitals, and asylums- on all the estates +before the master arrived. Everywhere preparations were made not for +ceremonious welcomes (which he knew Pierre would not like), but for +just such gratefully religious ones, with offerings of icons and the +bread and salt of hospitality, as, according to his understanding of +his master, would touch and delude him. + The southern spring, the comfortable rapid traveling in a Vienna +carriage, and the solitude of the road, all had a gladdening effect on +Pierre. The estates he had not before visited were each more +picturesque than the other; the serfs everywhere seemed thriving and +touchingly grateful for the benefits conferred on them. Everywhere +were receptions, which though they embarrassed Pierre awakened a +joyful feeling in the depth of his heart. In one place the peasants +presented him with bread and salt and an icon of Saint Peter and Saint +Paul, asking permission, as a mark of their gratitude for the benefits +he had conferred on them, to build a new chantry to the church at +their own expense in honor of Peter and Paul, his patron saints. In +another place the women with infants in arms met him to thank him +for releasing them from hard work. On a third estate the priest, +bearing a cross, came to meet him surrounded by children whom, by +the count's generosity, he was instructing in reading, writing, and +religion. On all his estates Pierre saw with his own eyes brick +buildings erected or in course of erection, all on one plan, for +hospitals, schools, and almshouses, which were soon to be opened. +Everywhere he saw the stewards' accounts, according to which the +serfs' manorial labor had been diminished, and heard the touching +thanks of deputations of serfs in their full-skirted blue coats. + What Pierre did not know was that the place where they presented him +with bread and salt and wished to build a chantry in honor of Peter +and Paul was a market village where a fair was held on St. Peter's +day, and that the richest peasants (who formed the deputation) had +begun the chantry long before, but that nine tenths of the peasants in +that villages were in a state of the greatest poverty. He did not know +that since the nursing mothers were no longer sent to work on his +land, they did still harder work on their own land. He did not know +that the priest who met him with the cross oppressed the peasants by +his exactions, and that the pupils' parents wept at having to let +him take their children and secured their release by heavy payments. +He did not know that the brick buildings, built to plan, were being +built by serfs whose manorial labor was thus increased, though +lessened on paper. He did not know that where the steward had shown +him in the accounts that the serfs' payments had been diminished by +a third, their obligatory manorial work had been increased by a +half. And so Pierre was delighted with his visit to his estates and +quite recovered the philanthropic mood in which he had left +Petersburg, and wrote enthusiastic letters to his "brother-instructor" +as he called the Grand Master. + "How easy it is, how little effort it needs, to do so much good," +thought Pierre, "and how little attention we pay to it!" + He was pleased at the gratitude he received, but felt abashed at +receiving it. This gratitude reminded him of how much more he might do +for these simple, kindly people. + The chief steward, a very stupid but cunning man who saw perfectly +through the naive and intelligent count and played with him as with +a toy, seeing the effect these prearranged receptions had on Pierre, +pressed him still harder with proofs of the impossibility and above +all the uselessness of freeing the serfs, who were quite happy as it +was. + Pierre in his secret soul agreed with the steward that it would be +difficult to imagine happier people, and that God only knew what would +happen to them when they were free, but he insisted, though +reluctantly, on what he thought right. The steward promised to do +all in his power to carry out the count's wishes, seeing clearly +that not only would the count never be able to find out whether all +measures had been taken for the sale of the land and forests and to +release them from the Land Bank, but would probably never even inquire +and would never know that the newly erected buildings were standing +empty and that the serfs continued to give in money and work all +that other people's serfs gave- that is to say, all that could be +got out of them. +BK5|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Returning from his journey through South Russia in the happiest +state of mind, Pierre carried out an intention he had long had of +visiting his friend Bolkonski, whom he had not seen for two years. + Bogucharovo lay in a flat uninteresting part of the country among +fields and forests of fir and birch, which were partly cut down. The +house lay behind a newly dug pond filled with water to the brink and +with banks still bare of grass. It was at the end of a village that +stretched along the highroad in the midst of a young copse in which +were a few fir trees. + The homestead consisted of a threshing floor, outhouses, stables, +a bathhouse, a lodge, and a large brick house with semicircular facade +still in course of construction. Round the house was a garden newly +laid out. The fences and gates were new and solid; two fire pumps +and a water cart, painted green, stood in a shed; the paths were +straight, the bridges were strong and had handrails. Everything bore +an impress of tidiness and good management. Some domestic serfs Pierre +met, in reply to inquiries as to where the prince lived, pointed out a +small newly built lodge close to the pond. Anton, a man who had looked +after Prince Andrew in his boyhood, helped Pierre out of his carriage, +said that the prince was at home, and showed him into a clean little +anteroom. + Pierre was struck by the modesty of the small though clean house +after the brilliant surroundings in which he had last met his friend +in Petersburg. + He quickly entered the small reception room with its +still-unplastered wooden walls redolent of pine, and would have gone +farther, but Anton ran ahead on tiptoe and knocked at a door. + "Well, what is it?" came a sharp, unpleasant voice. + "A visitor," answered Anton. + "Ask him to wait," and the sound was heard of a chair being pushed +back. + Pierre went with rapid steps to the door and suddenly came face to +face with Prince Andrew, who came out frowning and looking old. Pierre +embraced him and lifting his spectacles kissed his friend on the cheek +and looked at him closely. + "Well, I did not expect you, I am very glad," said Prince Andrew. + Pierre said nothing; he looked fixedly at his friend with +surprise. He was struck by the change in him. His words were kindly +and there was a smile on his lips and face, but his eyes were dull and +lifeless and in spite of his evident wish to do so he could not give +them a joyous and glad sparkle. Prince Andrew had grown thinner, +paler, and more manly-looking, but what amazed and estranged Pierre +till he got used to it were his inertia and a wrinkle on his brow +indicating prolonged concentration on some one thought. + As is usually the case with people meeting after a prolonged +separation, it was long before their conversation could settle on +anything. They put questions and gave brief replies about things +they knew ought to be talked over at length. At last the +conversation gradually settled on some of the topics at first +lightly touched on: their past life, plans for the future, Pierre's +journeys and occupations, the war, and so on. The preoccupation and +despondency which Pierre had noticed in his friend's look was now +still more clearly expressed in the smile with which he listened to +Pierre, especially when he spoke with joyful animation of the past +or the future. It was as if Prince Andrew would have liked to +sympathize with what Pierre was saying, but could not. The latter +began to feel that it was in bad taste to speak of his enthusiasms, +dreams, and hopes of happiness or goodness, in Prince Andrew's +presence. He was ashamed to express his new Masonic views, which had +been particularly revived and strengthened by his late tour. He +checked himself, fearing to seem naive, yet he felt an irresistible +desire to show his friend as soon as possible that he was now a +quite different, and better, Pierre than he had been in Petersburg. + "I can't tell you how much I have lived through since then. I hardly +know myself again." + "Yes, we have altered much, very much, since then," said Prince +Andrew. + "Well, and you? What are your plans?" + "Plans!" repeated Prince Andrew ironically. "My plans?" he said, +as if astonished at the word. "Well, you see, I'm building. I mean +to settle here altogether next year...." + Pierre looked silently and searchingly into Prince Andrew's face, +which had grown much older. + "No, I meant to ask..." Pierre began, but Prince Andrew +interrupted him. + "But why talk of me?... Talk to me, yes, tell me about your +travels and all you have been doing on your estates." + Pierre began describing what he had done on his estates, trying as +far as possible to conceal his own part in the improvements that had +been made. Prince Andrew several times prompted Pierre's story of what +he had been doing, as though it were all an old-time story, and he +listened not only without interest but even as if ashamed of what +Pierre was telling him. + Pierre felt uncomfortable and even depressed in his friend's company +and at last became silent. + "I'll tell you what, my dear fellow," said Prince Andrew, who +evidently also felt depressed and constrained with his visitor, "I +am only bivouacking here and have just come to look round. I am +going back to my sister today. I will introduce you to her. But of +course you know her already," he said, evidently trying to entertain a +visitor with whom he now found nothing in common. "We will go after +dinner. And would you now like to look round my place?" + They went out and walked about till dinnertime, talking of the +political news and common acquaintances like people who do not know +each other intimately. Prince Andrew spoke with some animation and +interest only of the new homestead he was constructing and its +buildings, but even here, while on the scaffolding, in the midst of +a talk explaining the future arrangements of the house, he interrupted +himself: + "However, this is not at all interesting. Let us have dinner, and +then we'll set off." + At dinner, conversation turned on Pierre's marriage. + "I was very much surprised when I heard of it," said Prince Andrew. + Pierre blushed, as he always did when it was mentioned, and said +hurriedly: "I will tell you some time how it all happened. But you +know it is all over, and forever." + "Forever?" said Prince Andrew. "Nothing's forever." + "But you know how it all ended, don't you? You heard of the duel?" + "And so you had to go through that too!" + "One thing I thank God for is that I did not kill that man," said +Pierre. + "Why so?" asked Prince Andrew. "To kill a vicious dog is a very good +thing really." + "No, to kill a man is bad- wrong." + "Why is it wrong?" urged Prince Andrew. "It is not given to man to +know what is right and what is wrong. Men always did and always will +err, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong." + "What does harm to another is wrong," said Pierre, feeling with +pleasure that for the first time since his arrival Prince Andrew was +roused, had begun to talk, and wanted to express what had brought +him to his present state. + "And who has told you what is bad for another man?" he asked. + "Bad! Bad!" exclaimed Pierre. "We all know what is bad for +ourselves." + "Yes, we know that, but the harm I am conscious of in myself is +something I cannot inflict on others," said Prince Andrew, growing +more and more animated and evidently wishing to express his new +outlook to Pierre. He spoke in French. "I only know two very real +evils in life: remorse and illness. The only good is the absence of +those evils. To live for myself avoiding those two evils is my whole +philosophy now." + "And love of one's neighbor, and self-sacrifice?" began Pierre. "No, +I can't agree with you! To live only so as not to do evil and not to +have to repent is not enough. I lived like that, I lived for myself +and ruined my life. And only now when I am living, or at least trying" +(Pierre's modesty made him correct himself) "to live for others, +only now have I understood all the happiness of life. No, I shall +not agree with you, and you do not really believe what you are +saying." Prince Andrew looked silently at Pierre with an ironic smile. + "When you see my sister, Princess Mary, you'll get on with her," +he said. "Perhaps you are right for yourself," he added after a +short pause, "but everyone lives in his own way. You lived for +yourself and say you nearly ruined your life and only found +happiness when you began living for others. I experienced just the +reverse. I lived for glory.- And after all what is glory? The same +love of others, a desire to do something for them, a desire for +their approval.- So I lived for others, and not almost, but quite, +ruined my life. And I have become calmer since I began to live only +for myself." + "But what do you mean by living only for yourself?" asked Pierre, +growing excited. "What about your son, your sister, and your father?" + "But that's just the same as myself- they are not others," explained +Prince Andrew. "The others, one's neighbors, le prochain, as you and +Princess Mary call it, are the chief source of all error and evil. +Le prochain- your Kiev peasants to whom you want to do good." + And he looked at Pierre with a mocking, challenging expression. He +evidently wished to draw him on. + "You are joking," replied Pierre, growing more and more excited. +"What error or evil can there be in my wishing to do good, and even +doing a little- though I did very little and did it very badly? What +evil can there be in it if unfortunate people, our serfs, people +like ourselves, were growing up and dying with no idea of God and +truth beyond ceremonies and meaningless prayers and are now instructed +in a comforting belief in future life, retribution, recompense, and +consolation? What evil and error are there in it, if people were dying +of disease without help while material assistance could so easily be +rendered, and I supplied them with a doctor, a hospital, and an asylum +for the aged? And is it not a palpable, unquestionable good if a +peasant, or a woman with a baby, has no rest day or night and I give +them rest and leisure?" said Pierre, hurrying and lisping. "And I have +done that though badly and to a small extent; but I have done +something toward it and you cannot persuade me that it was not a +good action, and more than that, you can't make me believe that you do +not think so yourself. And the main thing is," he continued, "that I +know, and know for certain, that the enjoyment of doing this good is +the only sure happiness in life." + "Yes, if you put it like that it's quite a different matter," said +Prince Andrew. "I build a house and lay out a garden, and you build +hospitals. The one and the other may serve as a pastime. But what's +right and what's good must be judged by one who knows all, but not +by us. Well, you want an argument," he added, come on then." + They rose from the table and sat down in the entrance porch which +served as a veranda. + "Come, let's argue then," said Prince Andrew, "You talk of schools," +he went on, crooking a finger, "education and so forth; that is, you +want to raise him" (pointing to a peasant who passed by them taking +off his cap) "from his animal condition and awaken in him spiritual +needs, while it seems to me that animal happiness is the only +happiness possible, and that is just what you want to deprive him +of. I envy him, but you want to make him what I am, without giving him +my means. Then you say, 'lighten his toil.' But as I see it, +physical labor is as essential to him, as much a condition of his +existence, as mental activity is to you or me. You can't help +thinking. I go to bed after two in the morning, thoughts come and I +can't sleep but toss about till dawn, because I think and can't help +thinking, just as he can't help plowing and mowing; if he didn't, he +would go to the drink shop or fall ill. Just as I could not stand +his terrible physical labor but should die of it in a week, so he +could not stand my physical idleness, but would grow fat and die. +The third thing- what else was it you talked about?" and Prince Andrew +crooked a third finger. "Ah, yes, hospitals, medicine. He has a fit, +he is dying, and you come and bleed him and patch him up. He will drag +about as a cripple, a burden to everybody, for another ten years. It +would be far easier and simpler for him to die. Others are being +born and there are plenty of them as it is. It would be different if +you grudged losing a laborer- that's how I regard him- but you want to +cure him from love of him. And he does not want that. And besides, +what a notion that medicine ever cured anyone! Killed them, yes!" said +he, frowning angrily and turning away from Pierre. + Prince Andrew expressed his ideas so clearly and distinctly that +it was evident he had reflected on this subject more than once, and he +spoke readily and rapidly like a man who has not talked for a long +time. His glance became more animated as his conclusions became more +hopeless. + "Oh, that is dreadful, dreadful!" said Pierre. "I don't understand +how one can live with such ideas. I had such moments myself not long +ago, in Moscow and when traveling, but at such times I collapsed so +that I don't live at all- everything seems hateful to me... myself +most of all. Then I don't eat, don't wash... and how is it with +you?..." + "Why not wash? That is not cleanly," said Prince Andrew; "on the +contrary one must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. +I'm alive, that is not my fault, so I must live out my life as best +I can without hurting others." + "But with such ideas what motive have you for living? One would +sit without moving, undertaking nothing...." + "Life as it is leaves one no peace. I should be thankful to do +nothing, but here on the one hand the local nobility have done me +the honor to choose me to be their marshal; it was all I could do to +get out of it. They could not understand that I have not the necessary +qualifications for it- the kind of good-natured, fussy shallowness +necessary for the position. Then there's this house, which must be +built in order to have a nook of one's own in which to be quiet. And +now there's this recruiting." + "Why aren't you serving in the army?" + "After Austerlitz!" said Prince Andrew gloomily. "No, thank you very +much! I have promised myself not to serve again in the active +Russian army. And I won't- not even if Bonaparte were here at Smolensk +threatening Bald Hills- even then I wouldn't serve in the Russian +army! Well, as I was saying," he continued, recovering his +composure, "now there's this recruiting. My father is chief in command +of the Third District, and my only way of avoiding active service is +to serve under him." + "Then you are serving?" + "I am." + He paused a little while. + "And why do you serve?" + "Why, for this reason! My father is one of the most remarkable men +of his time. But he is growing old, and though not exactly cruel he +has too energetic a character. He is so accustomed to unlimited +power that he is terrible, and now he has this authority of a +commander in chief of the recruiting, granted by the Emperor. If I had +been two hours late a fortnight ago he would have had a paymaster's +clerk at Yukhnovna hanged," said Prince Andrew with a smile. "So I +am serving because I alone have any influence with my father, and +now and then can save him from actions which would torment him +afterwards." + "Well, there you see!" + "Yes, but it is not as you imagine," Prince Andrew continued. "I did +not, and do not, in the least care about that scoundrel of a clerk who +had stolen some boots from the recruits; I should even have been +very glad to see him hanged, but I was sorry for my father- that again +is for myself." + Prince Andrew grew more and more animated. His eyes glittered +feverishly while he tried to prove to Pierre that in his actions there +was no desire to do good to his neighbor. + "There now, you wish to liberate your serfs," he continued; "that is +a very good thing, but not for you- I don't suppose you ever had +anyone flogged or sent to Siberia- and still less for your serfs. If +they are beaten, flogged, or sent to Siberia, I don't suppose they are +any the worse off. In Siberia they lead the same animal life, and +the stripes on their bodies heal, and they are happy as before. But it +is a good thing for proprietors who perish morally, bring remorse upon +themselves, stifle this remorse and grow callous, as a result of being +able to inflict punishments justly and unjustly. It is those people +I pity, and for their sake I should like to liberate the serfs. You +may not have seen, but I have seen, how good men brought up in those +traditions of unlimited power, in time when they grow more +irritable, become cruel and harsh, are conscious of it, but cannot +restrain themselves and grow more and more miserable." + Prince Andrew spoke so earnestly that Pierre could not help thinking +that these thoughts had been suggested to Prince Andrew by his +father's case. + He did not reply. + "So that's what I'm sorry for- human dignity, peace of mind, purity, +and not the serfs' backs and foreheads, which, beat and shave as you +may, always remain the same backs and foreheads." + "No, no! A thousand times no! I shall never agree with you," said +Pierre. +BK5|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + In the evening Andrew and Pierre got into the open carriage and +drove to Bald Hills. Prince Andrew, glancing at Pierre, broke the +silence now and then with remarks which showed that he was in a good +temper. + Pointing to the fields, he spoke of the improvements he was making +in his husbandry. + Pierre remained gloomily silent, answering in monosyllables and +apparently immersed in his own thoughts. + He was thinking that Prince Andrew was unhappy, had gone astray, did +not see the true light, and that he, Pierre, ought to aid, +enlighten, and raise him. But as soon as he thought of what he +should say, he felt that Prince Andrew with one word, one argument, +would upset all his teaching, and he shrank from beginning, afraid +of exposing to possible ridicule what to him was precious and sacred. + "No, but why do you think so?" Pierre suddenly began, lowering his +head and looking like a bull about to charge, "why do you think so? +You should not think so." + "Think? What about?" asked Prince Andrew with surprise. + "About life, about man's destiny. It can't be so. I myself thought +like that, and do you know what saved me? Freemasonry! No, don't +smile. Freemasonry is not a religious ceremonial sect, as I thought it +was: Freemasonry is the best expression of the best, the eternal, +aspects of humanity." + And he began to explain Freemasonry as he understood it to Prince +Andrew. He said that Freemasonry is the teaching of Christianity freed +from the bonds of State and Church, a teaching of equality, +brotherhood, and love. + "Only our holy brotherhood has the real meaning of life, all the +rest is a dream," said Pierre. "Understand, my dear fellow, that +outside this union all is filled with deceit and falsehood and I agree +with you that nothing is left for an intelligent and good man but to +live out his life, like you, merely trying not to harm others. But +make our fundamental convictions your own, join our brotherhood, +give yourself up to us, let yourself be guided, and you will at once +feel yourself, as I have felt myself, a part of that vast invisible +chain the beginning of which is hidden in heaven," said Pierre. + Prince Andrew, looking straight in front of him, listened in silence +to Pierre's words. More than once, when the noise of the wheels +prevented his catching what Pierre said, he asked him to repeat it, +and by the peculiar glow that came into Prince Andrew's eyes and by +his silence, Pierre saw that his words were not in vain and that +Prince Andrew would not interrupt him or laugh at what he said. + They reached a river that had overflowed its banks and which they +had to cross by ferry. While the carriage and horses were being placed +on it, they also stepped on the raft. + Prince Andrew, leaning his arms on the raft railing, gazed +silently at the flooding waters glittering in the setting sun. + "Well, what do you think about it?" Pierre asked. "Why are you +silent?" + "What do I think about it? I am listening to you. It's all very +well.... You say: join our brotherhood and we will show you the aim of +life, the destiny of man, and the laws which govern the world. But who +are we? Men. How is it you know everything? Why do I alone not see +what you see? You see a reign of goodness and truth on earth, but I +don't see it." + Pierre interrupted him. + "Do you believe in a future life?" he asked. + "A future life?" Prince Andrew repeated, but Pierre, giving him no +time to reply, took the repetition for a denial, the more readily as +he knew Prince Andrew's former atheistic convictions. + "You say you can't see a reign of goodness and truth on earth. Nor +could I, and it cannot be seen if one looks on our life here as the +end of everything. On earth, here on this earth" (Pierre pointed to +the fields), "there is no truth, all is false and evil; but in the +universe, in the whole universe there is a kingdom of truth, and we +who are now the children of earth are- eternally- children of the +whole universe. Don't I feel in my soul that I am part of this vast +harmonious whole? Don't I feel that I form one link, one step, between +the lower and higher beings, in this vast harmonious multitude of +beings in whom the Deity- the Supreme Power if you prefer the term- is +manifest? If I see, clearly see, that ladder leading from plant to +man, why should I suppose it breaks off at me and does not go +farther and farther? I feel that I cannot vanish, since nothing +vanishes in this world, but that I shall always exist and always +have existed. I feel that beyond me and above me there are spirits, +and that in this world there is truth." + "Yes, that is Herder's theory," said Prince Andrew, "but it is not +that which can convince me, dear friend- life and death are what +convince. What convinces is when one sees a being dear to one, bound +up with one's own life, before whom one was to blame and had hoped +to make it right" (Prince Andrew's voice trembled and he turned away), +"and suddenly that being is seized with pain, suffers, and ceases to +exist.... Why? It cannot be that there is no answer. And I believe +there is.... That's what convinces, that is what has convinced me," +said Prince Andrew. + "Yes, yes, of course," said Pierre, "isn't that what I'm saying?" + "No. All I say is that it is not argument that convinces me of the +necessity of a future life, but this: when you go hand in hand with +someone and all at once that person vanishes there, into nowhere, +and you yourself are left facing that abyss, and look in. And I have +looked in...." + "Well, that's it then! You know that there is a there and there is a +Someone? There is the future life. The Someone is- God." + Prince Andrew did not reply. The carriage and horses had long +since been taken off, onto the farther bank, and reharnessed. The +sun had sunk half below the horizon and an evening frost was +starring the puddles near the ferry, but Pierre and Andrew, to the +astonishment of the footmen, coachmen, and ferrymen, still stood on +the raft and talked. + "If there is a God and future life, there is truth and good, and +man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain them. We must +live, we must love, and we must believe that we live not only today on +this scrap of earth, but have lived and shall live forever, there, +in the Whole," said Pierre, and he pointed to the sky. + Prince Andrew stood leaning on the railing of the raft listening +to Pierre, and he gazed with his eyes fixed on the red reflection of +the sun gleaming on the blue waters. There was perfect stillness. +Pierre became silent. The raft had long since stopped and only the +waves of the current beat softly against it below. Prince Andrew +felt as if the sound of the waves kept up a refrain to Pierre's words, +whispering: + "It is true, believe it." + He sighed, and glanced with a radiant, childlike, tender look at +Pierre's face, flushed and rapturous, but yet shy before his +superior friend. + "Yes, if it only were so!" said Prince Andrew. "However, it is +time to get on," he added, and, stepping off the raft, he looked up at +the sky to which Pierre had pointed, and for the first time since +Austerlitz saw that high, everlasting sky he had seen while lying on +that battlefield; and something that had long been slumbering, +something that was best within him, suddenly awoke, joyful and +youthful, in his soul. It vanished as soon as he returned to the +customary conditions of his life, but he knew that this feeling +which he did not know how to develop existed within him. His meeting +with Pierre formed an epoch in Prince Andrew's life. Though +outwardly he continued to live in the same old way, inwardly he +began a new life. +BK5|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + It was getting dusk when Prince Andrew and Pierre drove up to the +front entrance of the house at Bald Hills. As they approached the +house, Prince Andrew with asmile drew Pierre's attention to a +commotion going on at the back porch. A woman, bent with age, with a +wallet on her back, and a short, long-haired, young man in a black +garment had rushed back to the gate on seeing the carriage driving up. +Two women ran out after them, and all four, looking round at the +carriage, ran in dismay up the steps of the back porch. + "Those are Mary's 'God's folk,'" said Prince Andrew. "They have +mistaken us for my father. This is the one matter in which she +disobeys him. He orders these pilgrims to be driven away, but she +receives them." + "But what are 'God's folk'?" asked Pierre. + Prince Andrew had no time to answer. The servants came out to meet +them, and he asked where the old prince was and whether he was +expected back soon. + The old prince had gone to the town and was expected back any +minute. + Prince Andrew led Pierre to his own apartments, which were always +kept in perfect order and readiness for him in his father's house; +he himself went to the nursery. + "Let us go and see my sister," he said to Pierre when he returned. +"I have not found her yet, she is hiding now, sitting with her +'God's folk.' It will serve her right, she will be confused, but you +will see her 'God's folk.' It's really very curious." + "What are 'God's folk'?" asked Pierre. + "Come, and you'll see for yourself." + Princess Mary really was disconcerted and red patches came on her +face when they went in. In her snug room, with lamps burning before +the icon stand, a young lad with a long nose and long hair, wearing +a monk's cassock, sat on the sofa beside her, behind a samovar. Near +them, in an armchair, sat a thin, shriveled, old woman, with a meek +expression on her childlike face. + "Andrew, why didn't you warn me?" said the princess, with mild +reproach, as she stood before her pilgrims like a hen before her +chickens. + "Charmee de vous voir. Je suis tres contente de vous voir,"* she +said to Pierre as he kissed her hand. She had known him as a child, +and now his friendship with Andrew, his misfortune with his wife, +and above all his kindly, simple face disposed her favorably toward +him. She looked at him with her beautiful radiant eyes and seemed to +say, "I like you very much, but please don't laugh at my people." +After exchanging the first greetings, they sat down. + + *"Delighted to see you. I am very glad to see you." + + "Ah, and Ivanushka is here too!" said Prince Andrew, glancing with a +smile at the young pilgrim. + "Andrew!" said Princess Mary, imploringly. "Il faut que vous sachiez +que c'est une femme,"* said Prince Andrew to Pierre. + "Andrew, au nom de Dieu!"*[2] Princess Mary repeated. + + *"You must know that this is a woman." + *[2] "For heaven's sake." + + It was evident that Prince Andrew's ironical tone toward the +pilgrims and Princess Mary's helpless attempts to protect them were +their customary long-established relations on the matter. + "Mais, ma bonne amie," said Prince Andrew, "vous devriez au +contraire m'etre reconnaissante de ce que j'explique a Pierre votre +intimite avec ce jeune homme."* + + *"But, my dear, you ought on the contrary to be grateful to me for +explaining to Pierre your intimacy with this young man." + + "Really?" said Pierre, gazing over his spectacles with curiosity and +seriousness (for which Princess Mary was specially grateful to him) +into Ivanushka's face, who, seeing that she was being spoken about, +looked round at them all with crafty eyes. + Princess Mary's embarrassment on her people's account was quite +unnecessary. They were not in the least abashed. The old woman, +lowering her eyes but casting side glances at the newcomers, had +turned her cup upside down and placed a nibbled bit of sugar beside +it, and sat quietly in her armchair, though hoping to be offered +another cup of tea. Ivanushka, sipping out of her saucer, looked +with sly womanish eyes from under her brows at the young men. + "Where have you been? To Kiev?" Prince Andrew asked the old woman. + "I have, good sir," she answered garrulously. "Just at Christmastime +I was deemed worthy to partake of the holy and heavenly sacrament at +the shrine of the saint. And now I'm from Kolyazin, master, where a +great and wonderful blessing has been revealed." + "And was Ivanushka with you?" + "I go by myself, benefactor," said Ivanushka, trying to speak in a +bass voice. "I only came across Pelageya in Yukhnovo..." + Pelageya interrupted her companion; she evidently wished to tell +what she had seen. + "In Kolyazin, master, a wonderful blessing has been revealed." + "What is it? Some new relics?" asked Prince Andrew. + "Andrew, do leave off," said Princess Mary. "Don't tell him, +Pelageya." + "No... why not, my dear, why shouldn't I? I like him. He is kind, he +is one of God's chosen, he's a benefactor, he once gave me ten rubles, +I remember. When I was in Kiev, Crazy Cyril says to me (he's one of +God's own and goes barefoot summer and winter), he says, 'Why are +you not going to the right place? Go to Kolyazin where a +wonder-working icon of the Holy Mother of God has been revealed.' On +hearing those words I said good-by to the holy folk and went." + All were silent, only the pilgrim woman went on in measured tones, +drawing in her breath. + "So I come, master, and the people say to me: 'A great blessing +has been revealed, holy oil trickles from the cheeks of our blessed +Mother, the Holy Virgin Mother of God'...." + "All right, all right, you can tell us afterwards," said Princess +Mary, flushing. + "Let me ask her," said Pierre. "Did you see it yourselves?" he +inquired. + "Oh, yes, master, I was found worthy. Such a brightness on the +face like the light of heaven, and from the blessed Mother's cheek +it drops and drops...." + "But, dear me, that must be a fraud!" said Pierre, naively, who +had listened attentively to the pilgrim. + "Oh, master, what are you saying?" exclaimed the horrified Pelageya, +turning to Princess Mary for support. + "They impose on the people," he repeated. + "Lord Jesus Christ!" exclaimed the pilgrim woman, crossing +herself. "Oh, don't speak so, master! There was a general who did +not believe, and said, 'The monks cheat,' and as soon as he'd said +it he went blind. And he dreamed that the Holy Virgin Mother of the +Kiev catacombs came to him and said, 'Believe in me and I will make +you whole.' So he begged: 'Take me to her, take me to her.' It's the +real truth I'm telling you, I saw it myself. So he was brought, +quite blind, straight to her, and he goes up to her and falls down and +says, 'Make me whole,' says he, 'and I'll give thee what the Tsar +bestowed on me.' I saw it myself, master, the star is fixed into the +icon. Well, and what do you think? He received his sight! It's a sin +to speak so. God will punish you," she said admonishingly, turning +to Pierre. + "How did the star get into the icon?" Pierre asked. + "And was the Holy Mother promoted to the rank of general?" said +Prince Andrew, with a smile. + Pelageya suddenly grew quite pale and clasped her hands. + "Oh, master, master, what a sin! And you who have a son!" she began, +her pallor suddenly turning to a vivid red. "Master, what have you +said? God forgive you!" And she crossed herself. "Lord forgive him! My +dear, what does it mean?..." she asked, turning to Princess Mary. +She got up and, almost crying, began to arrange her wallet. She +evidently felt frightened and ashamed to have accepted charity in a +house where such things could be said, and was at the same time +sorry to have now to forgo the charity of this house. + "Now, why need you do it?" said Princess Mary. "Why did you come +to me?..." + "Come, Pelageya, I was joking," said Pierre. "Princesse, ma +parole, je n'ai pas voulu l'offenser.* I did not mean anything, I +was only joking," he said, smiling shyly and trying to efface his +offense. "It was all my fault, and Andrew was only joking." + + *"Princess, on my word, I did not wish to offend her." + + Pelageya stopped doubtfully, but in Pierre's face there was such a +look of sincere penitence, and Prince Andrew glanced so meekly now +at her and now at Pierre, that she was gradually reassured. +BK5|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + The pilgrim woman was appeased and, being encouraged to talk, gave a +long account of Father Amphilochus, who led so holy a life that his +hands smelled of incense, and how on her last visit to Kiev some monks +she knew let her have the keys of the catacombs, and how she, taking +some dried bread with her, had spent two days in the catacombs with +the saints. "I'd pray awhile to one, ponder awhile, then go on to +another. I'd sleep a bit and then again go and kiss the relics, and +there was such peace all around, such blessedness, that one don't want +to come out, even into the light of heaven again." + Pierre listened to her attentively and seriously. Prince Andrew went +out of the room, and then, leaving "God's folk" to finish their tea, +Princess Mary took Pierre into the drawing room. + "You are very kind," she said to him. + "Oh, I really did not mean to hurt her feelings. I understand them +so well and have the greatest respect for them." + Princess Mary looked at him silently and smiled affectionately. + "I have known you a long time, you see, and am as fond of you as +of a brother," she said. "How do you find Andrew?" she added +hurriedly, not giving him time to reply to her affectionate words. +"I am very anxious about him. His health was better in the winter, but +last spring his wound reopened and the doctor said he ought to go away +for a cure. And I am also very much afraid for him spiritually. He has +not a character like us women who, when we suffer, can weep away our +sorrows. He keeps it all within him. Today he is cheerful and in +good spirits, but that is the effect of your visit- he is not often +like that. If you could persuade him to go abroad. He needs +activity, and this quiet regular life is very bad for him. Others +don't notice it, but I see it." + Toward ten o'clock the men servants rushed to the front door, +hearing the bells of the old prince's carriage approaching. Prince +Andrew and Pierre also went out into the porch. + "Who's that?" asked the old prince, noticing Pierre as he got out +of, the carriage. + "Ah! Very glad! Kiss me," he said, having learned who the young +stranger was. + The old prince was in a good temper and very gracious to Pierre. + Before supper, Prince Andrew, coming back to his father's study, +found him disputing hotly with his visitor. Pierre was maintaining +that a time would come when there would be no more wars. The old +prince disputed it chaffingly, but without getting angry. + "Drain the blood from men's veins and put in water instead, then +there will be no more war! Old women's nonsense- old women's +nonsense!" he repeated, but still he patted Pierre affectionately on +the shoulder, and then went up to the table where Prince Andrew, +evidently not wishing to join in the conversation, was looking over +the papers his father had brought from town. The old prince went up to +him and began to talk business. + "The marshal, a Count Rostov, hasn't sent half his contingent. He +came to town and wanted to invite me to dinner- I gave him a pretty +dinner!... And there, look at this.... Well, my boy," the old prince +went on, addressing his son and patting Pierre on the shoulder. "A +fine fellow- your friend- I like him! He stirs me up. Another says +clever things and one doesn't care to listen, but this one talks +rubbish yet stirs an old fellow up. Well, go! Get along! Perhaps +I'll come and sit with you at supper. We'll have another dispute. Make +friends with my little fool, Princess Mary," he shouted after +Pierre, through the door. + Only now, on his visit to Bald Hills, did Pierre fully realize the +strength and charm of his friendship with Prince Andrew. That charm +was not expressed so much in his relations with him as with all his +family and with the household. With the stern old prince and the +gentle, timid Princess Mary, though he had scarcely known them, Pierre +at once felt like an old friend. They were all fond of him already. +Not only Princess Mary, who had been won by his gentleness with the +pilgrims, gave him her most radiant looks, but even the one-year-old +"Prince Nicholas" (as his grandfather called him) smiled at Pierre and +let himself be taken in his arms, and Michael Ivanovich and +Mademoiselle Bourienne looked at him with pleasant smiles when he +talked to the old prince. + The old prince came in to supper; this was evidently on Pierre's +account. And during the two days of the young man's visit he was +extremely kind to him and told him to visit them again. + When Pierre had gone and the members of the household met +together, they began to express their opinions of him as people always +do after a new acquaintance has left, but as seldom happens, no one +said anything but what was good of him. +BK5|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + When returning from his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, +how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and and the whole +regiment. + On approaching it, Rostov felt as he had done when approaching his +home in Moscow. When he saw the first hussar with the unbuttoned +uniform of his regiment, when he recognized red-haired Dementyev and +saw the picket ropes of the roan horses, when Lavrushka gleefully +shouted to his master, "The count has come!" and Denisov, who had been +asleep on his bed, ran all disheveled out of the mud hut to embrace +him, and the officers collected round to greet the new arrival, Rostov +experienced the same feeling his mother, his father, and his sister +had embraced him, and tears of joy choked him so that he could not +speak. The regiment was also a home, and as unalterably dear and +precious as his parents' house. + When he had reported himself to the commander of the regiment and +had been reassigned to his former squadron, had been on duty and had +gone out foraging, when he had again entered into all the little +interests of the regiment and felt himself deprived of liberty and +bound in one narrow, unchanging frame, he experienced the same sense +of peace, of moral support, and the same sense being at home here in +his own place, as he had felt under the parental roof. But here was +none of all that turmoil of the world at large, where he did not +know his right place and took mistaken decisions; here was no Sonya +with whom he ought, or ought not, to have an explanation; here was +no possibility of going there or not going there; here there were +not twenty-four hours in the day which could be spent in such a +variety of ways; there was not that innumerable crowd of people of +whom not one was nearer to him or farther from him than another; there +were none of those uncertain and undefined money relations with his +father, and nothing to recall that terrible loss to Dolokhov. Here, in +the regiment, all was clear and simple. The whole world was divided +into two unequal parts: one, our Pavlograd regiment; the other, all +the rest. And the rest was no concern of his. In the regiment, +everything was definite: who was lieutenant, who captain, who was a +good fellow, who a bad one, and most of all, who was a comrade. The +canteenkeeper gave one credit, one's pay came every four months, there +was nothing to think out or decide, you had only to do nothing that +was considered bad in the Pavlograd regiment and, when given an order, +to do what was clearly, distinctly, and definitely ordered- and all +would be well. + Having once more entered into the definite conditions of this +regimental life, Rostov felt the joy and relief a tired man feels on +lying down to rest. Life in the regiment, during this campaign, was +all the pleasanter for him, because, after his loss to Dolokhov (for +which, in spite of all his family's efforts to console him, he could +not forgive himself), he had made up his mind to atone for his fault +by serving, not as he had done before, but really well, and by being a +perfectly first-rate comrade and officer- in a word, a splendid man +altogether, a thing which seemed so difficult out in the world, but so +possible in the regiment. + After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his +parents in five years. He received ten thousand rubles a year, but now +resolved to take only two thousand and leave the rest to repay the +debt to his parents. + Our army, after repeated retreats and advances and battles at +Pultusk and Preussisch-Eylau, was concentrated near Bartenstein. It +was awaiting the Emperor's arrival and the beginning of a new +campaign. + The Pavlograd regiment, belonging to that part of the army which had +served in the 1805 campaign, had been recruiting up to strength in +Russia, and arrived too late to take part in the first actions of +the campaign. It had been neither at Pultusk nor at Preussisch-Eylau +and, when it joined the army in the field in the second half of the +campaign, was attached to Platov's division. + Platov's division was acting independently of the main army. Several +times parts of the Pavlograd regiment had exchanged shots with the +enemy, had taken prisoners, and once had even captured Marshal +Oudinot's carriages. In April the Pavlograds were stationed +immovably for some weeks near a totally ruined and deserted German +village. + A thaw had set in, it was muddy and cold, the ice on the river +broke, and the roads became impassable. For days neither provisions +for the men nor fodder for the horses had been issued. As no +transports could arrive, the men dispersed about the abandoned and +deserted villages, searching for potatoes, but found few even of +these. + Everything had been eaten up and the inhabitants had all fled- if +any remained, they were worse than beggars and nothing more could be +taken from them; even the soldiers, usually pitiless enough, instead +of taking anything from them, often gave them the last of their +rations. + The Pavlograd regiment had had only two men wounded in action, but +had lost nearly half its men from hunger and sickness. In the +hospitals, death was so certain that soldiers suffering from fever, or +the swelling that came from bad food, preferred to remain on duty, and +hardly able to drag their legs went to the front rather than to the +hospitals. When spring came on, the soldiers found a plant just +showing out of the ground that looked like asparagus, which, for +some reason, they called "Mashka's sweet root." It was very bitter, +but they wandered about the fields seeking it and dug it out with +their sabers and ate it, though they were ordered not to do so, as +it was a noxious plant. That spring a new disease broke out broke +out among the soldiers, a swelling of the arms, legs, and face, +which the doctors attributed to eating this root. But in spite of +all this, the soldiers of Denisov's squadron fed chiefly on +"Mashka's sweet root," because it was the second week that the last of +the biscuits were being doled out at the rate of half a pound a man +and the last potatoes received had sprouted and frozen. + The horses also had been fed for a fortnight on straw from the +thatched roofs and had become terribly thin, though still covered with +tufts of felty winter hair. + Despite this destitution, the soldiers and officers went on living +just as usual. Despite their pale swollen faces and tattered uniforms, +the hussars formed line for roll call, kept things in order, groomed +their horses, polished their arms, brought in straw from the +thatched roofs in place of fodder, and sat down to dine round the +caldrons from which they rose up hungry, joking about their nasty food +and their hunger. As usual, in their spare time, they lit bonfires, +steamed themselves before them naked; smoked, picked out and baked +sprouting rotten potatoes, told and listened to stories of +Potemkin's and Suvorov's campaigns, or to legends of Alesha the Sly, +or the priest's laborer Mikolka. + The officers, as usual, lived in twos and threes in the roofless, +half-ruined houses. The seniors tried to collect straw and potatoes +and, in general, food for the men. The younger ones occupied +themselves as before, some playing cards (there was plenty of money, +though there was no food), some with more innocent games, such as +quoits and skittles. The general trend of the campaign was rarely +spoken of, partly because nothing certain was known about it, partly +because there was a vague feeling that in the main it was going badly. + Rostov lived, as before, with Denisov, and since their furlough they +had become more friendly than ever. Denisov never spoke of Rostov's +family, but by the tender friendship his commander showed him, +Rostov felt that the elder hussar's luckless love for Natasha played a +part in strengthening their friendship. Denisov evidently tried to +expose Rostov to danger as seldom as possible, and after an action +greeted his safe return with evident joy. On one of his foraging +expeditions, in a deserted and ruined village to which he had come +in search of provisions, Rostov found a family consisting of an old +Pole and his daughter with an infant in arms. They were half clad, +hungry, too weak to get away on foot and had no means of obtaining a +conveyance. Rostov brought them to his quarters, placed them in his +own lodging, and kept them for some weeks while the old man was +recovering. One of his comrades, talking of women, began chaffing +Rostov, saying that he was more wily than any of them and that it +would not be a bad thing if he introduced to them the pretty Polish +girl he had saved. Rostov took the joke as an insult, flared up, and +said such unpleasant things to the officer that it was all Denisov +could do to prevent a duel. When the officer had gone away, Denisov, +who did not himself know what Rostov's relations with the Polish +girl might be, began to upbraid him for his quickness of temper, and +Rostov replied: + "Say what you like.... She is like a sister to me, and I can't +tell you how it offended me... because... well, for that reason...." + Denisov patted him on the shoulder and began rapidly pacing the room +without looking at Rostov, as was his way at moments of deep feeling. + "Ah, what a mad bweed you Wostovs are!" he muttered, and Rostov +noticed tears in his eyes. +BK5|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + In April the troops were enlivened by news of the Emperor's arrival, +but Rostov had no chance of being present at the review he held at +Bartenstein, as the Pavlograds were at the outposts far beyond that +place. + They were bivouacking. Denisov and Rostov were living in an earth +hut, dug out for them by the soldiers and roofed with branches and +turf. The hut was made in the following manner, which had then come +into vogue. A trench was dug three and a half feet wide, four feet +eight inches deep, and eight feet long. At one end of the trench, +steps were cut out and these formed the entrance and vestibule. The +trench itself was the room, in which the lucky ones, such as the +squadron commander, had a board, lying on piles at the end opposite +the entrance, to serve as a table. On each side of the trench, the +earth was cut out to a breadth of about two and a half feet, and +this did duty for bedsteads and couches. The roof was so constructed +that one could stand up in the middle of the trench and could even sit +up on the beds if one drew close to the table. Denisov, who was living +luxuriously because the soldiers of his squadron liked him, had also a +board in the roof at the farther end, with a piece of (broken but +mended) glass in it for a window. When it was very cold, embers from +the soldiers' campfire were placed on a bent sheet of iron on the +steps in the "reception room"- as Denisov called that part of the hut- +and it was then so warm that the officers, of whom there were always +some with Denisov and Rostov, sat in their shirt sleeves. + In April, Rostov was on orderly duty. One morning, between seven and +eight, returning after a sleepless night, he sent for embers, +changed his rain-soaked underclothes, said his prayers, drank tea, got +warm, then tidied up the things on the table and in his own corner, +and, his face glowing from exposure to the wind and with nothing on +but his shirt, lay down on his back, putting his arms under his +head. He was pleasantly considering the probability of being +promoted in a few days for his last reconnoitering expedition, and was +awaiting Denisov, who had gone out somewhere and with whom he wanted a +talk. + Suddenly he heard Denisov shouting in a vibrating voice behind the +hut, evidently much excited. Rostov moved to the window to see whom he +was speaking to, and saw the quartermaster, Topcheenko. + "I ordered you not to let them that Mashka woot stuff!" Denisov +was shouting. "And I saw with my own eyes how Lazarchuk bwought some +fwom the fields." + "I have given the order again and again, your honor, but they +don't obey," answered the quartermaster. + Rostov lay down again on his bed and thought complacently: "Let +him fuss and bustle now, my job's done and I'm lying down- capitally!" +He could hear that Lavrushka- that sly, bold orderly of Denisov's- was +talking, as well as the quartermaster. Lavrushka was saying +something about loaded wagons, biscuits, and oxen he had seen when +he had gone out for provisions. + Then Denisov's voice was heard shouting farther and farther away. +"Saddle! Second platoon!" + "Where are they off to now?" thought Rostov. + Five minutes later, Denisov came into the hut, climbed with muddy +boots on the bed, lit his pipe, furiously scattered his things +about, took his leaded whip, buckled on his saber, and went out again. +In answer to Rostov's inquiry where he was going, he answered +vaguely and crossly that he had some business. + "Let God and our gweat monarch judge me afterwards!" said Denisov +going out, and Rostov heard the hoofs of several horses splashing +through the mud. He did not even trouble to find out where Denisov had +gone. Having got warm in his corner, he fell asleep and did not +leave the hut till toward evening. Denisov had not yet returned. The +weather had cleared up, and near the next hut two officers and a cadet +were playing svayka, laughing as they threw their missiles which +buried themselves in the soft mud. Rostov joined them. In the middle +of the game, the officers saw some wagons approaching with fifteen +hussars on their skinny horses behind them. The wagons escorted by the +hussars drew up to the picket ropes and a crowd of hussars +surrounded them. + "There now, Denisov has been worrying," said Rostov, "and here are +the provisions." + "So they are!" said the officers. "Won't the soldiers be glad!" + A little behind the hussars came Denisov, accompanied by two +infantry officers with whom he was talking. + Rostov went to meet them. + "I warn you, Captain," one of the officers, a short thin man, +evidently very angry, was saying. + "Haven't I told you I won't give them up?" replied Denisov. + "You will answer for it, Captain. It is mutiny- seizing the +transport of one's own army. Our men have had nothing to eat for two +days." + "And mine have had nothing for two weeks," said Denisov. + "It is robbery! You'll answer for it, sir!" said the infantry +officer, raising his voice. + "Now, what are you pestewing me for?" cried Denisov, suddenly losing +his temper. "I shall answer for it and not you, and you'd better not +buzz about here till you get hurt. Be off! Go!" he shouted at the +officers. + "Very well, then!" shouted the little officer, undaunted and not +riding away. "If you are determined to rob, I'll..." + "Go to the devil! quick ma'ch, while you're safe and sound!" and +Denisov turned his horse on the officer. + "Very well, very well!" muttered the officer, threateningly, and +turning his horse he trotted away, jolting in his saddle. + "A dog astwide a fence! A weal dog astwide a fence!" shouted Denisov +after him (the most insulting expression a cavalryman can address to a +mounted infantryman) and riding up to Rostov, he burst out laughing. + "I've taken twansports from the infantwy by force!" he said. +"After all, can't let our men starve." + The wagons that had reached the hussars had been consigned to an +infantry regiment, but learning from Lavrushka that the transport +was unescorted, Denisov with his hussars had seized it by force. The +soldiers had biscuits dealt out to them freely, and they even shared +them with the other squadrons. + The next day the regimental commander sent for Denisov, and +holding his fingers spread out before his eyes said: + "This is how I look at this affair: I know nothing about it and +won't begin proceedings, but I advise you to ride over to the staff +and settle the business there in the commissariat department and if +possible sign a receipt for such and such stores received. If not, +as the demand was booked against an infantry regiment, there will be a +row and the affair may end badly." + From the regimental commander's, Denisov rode straight to the +staff with a sincere desire to act on this advice. In the evening he +came back to his dugout in a state such as Rostov had never yet seen +him in. Denisov could not speak and gasped for breath. When Rostov +asked what was the matter, he only uttered some incoherent oaths and +threats in a hoarse, feeble voice. + Alarmed at Denisov's condition, Rostov suggested that he should +undress, drink some water, and send for the doctor. + "Twy me for wobbewy... oh! Some more water... Let them twy me, but +I'll always thwash scoundwels... and I'll tell the Empewo'... +Ice..." he muttered. + The regimental doctor, when he came, said it was absolutely +necessary to bleed Denisov. A deep saucer of black blood was taken +from his hairy arm and only then was he able to relate what had +happened to him. + "I get there," began Denisov. "'Now then, where's your chief's +quarters?' They were pointed out. 'Please to wait.' 'I've widden +twenty miles and have duties to attend to and no time to wait. +Announce me.' Vewy well, so out comes their head chief- also took it +into his head to lecture me: 'It's wobbewy!'- 'Wobbewy,' I say, 'is +not done by man who seizes pwovisions to feed his soldiers, but by him +who takes them to fill his own pockets!' 'Will you please be +silent?' 'Vewy good!' Then he says: 'Go and give a weceipt to the +commissioner, but your affair will be passed on to headquarters.' I go +to the commissioner. I enter, and at the table... who do you think? +No, but wait a bit!... Who is it that's starving us?" shouted Denisov, +hitting the table with the fist of his newly bled arm so violently +that the table nearly broke down and the tumblers on it jumped +about. "Telyanin! 'What? So it's you who's starving us to death! Is +it? Take this and this!' and I hit him so pat, stwaight on his +snout... 'Ah, what a... what...!' and I sta'ted fwashing him... +Well, I've had a bit of fun I can tell you!" cried Denisov, gleeful +and yet angry, his showing under his black mustache. "I'd have +killed him if they hadn't taken him away!" + "But what are you shouting for? Calm yourself," said Rostov. "You've +set your arm bleeding afresh. Wait, we must tie it up again." + Denisov was bandaged up again and put to bed. Next day he woke +calm and cheerful. + But at noon the adjutant of the regiment came into Rostov's and +Denisov's dugout with a grave and serious face and regretfully +showed them a paper addressed to Major Denisov from the regimental +commander in which inquiries were made about yesterday's occurrence. +The adjutant told them that the affair was likely to take a very bad +turn: that a court-martial had been appointed, and that in view of the +severity with which marauding and insubordination were now regarded, +degradation to the ranks would be the best that could be hoped for. + The case, as represented by the offended parties, was that, after +seizing the transports, Major Denisov, being drunk, went to the +chief quartermaster and without any provocation called him a thief, +threatened to strike him, and on being led out had rushed into the +office and given two officials a thrashing, and dislocated the arm +of one of them. + In answer to Rostov's renewed questions, Denisov said, laughing, +that he thought he remembered that some other fellow had got mixed +up in it, but that it was all nonsense and rubbish, and he did not +in the least fear any kind of trial, and that if those scoundrels +dared attack him he would give them an answer that they would not +easily forget. + Denisov spoke contemptuously of the whole matter, but Rostov knew +him too well not to detect that (while hiding it from others) at heart +he feared a court-martial and was worried over the affair, which was +evidently taking a bad turn. Every day, letters of inquiry and notices +from the court arrived, and on the first of May, Denisov was ordered +to hand the squadron over to the next in seniority and appear before +the staff of his division to explain his violence at the +commissariat office. On the previous day Platov reconnoitered with two +Cossack regiments and two squadrons of hussars. Denisov, as was his +wont, rode out in front of the outposts, parading his courage. A +bullet fired by a French sharpshooter hit him in the fleshy part of +his leg. Perhaps at another time Denisov would not have left the +regiment for so slight a wound, but now he took advantage of it to +excuse himself from appearing at the staff and went into hospital. +BK5|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + In June the battle of Friedland was fought, in which the +Pavlograds did not take part, and after that an armistice was +proclaimed. Rostov, who felt his friend's absence very much, having no +news of him since he left and feeling very anxious about his wound and +the progress of his affairs, took advantage of the armistice to get +leave to visit Denisov in hospital. + The hospital was in a small Prussian town that had been twice +devastated by Russian and French troops. Because it was summer, when +it is so beautiful out in the fields, the little town presented a +particularly dismal appearance with its broken roofs and fences, its +foul streets, tattered inhabitants, and the sick and drunken +soldiers wandering about. + The hospital was in a brick building with some of the window +frames and panes broken and a courtyard surrounded by the remains of a +wooden fence that had been pulled to pieces. Several bandaged +soldiers, with pale swollen faces, were sitting or walking about in +the sunshine in the yard. + Directly Rostov entered the door he was enveloped by a smell of +putrefaction and hospital air. On the stairs he met a Russian army +doctor smoking a cigar. The doctor was followed by a Russian +assistant. + "I can't tear myself to pieces," the doctor was saying. "Come to +Makar Alexeevich in the evening. I shall be there." + The assistant asked some further questions. + "Oh, do the best you can! Isn't it all the same?" The doctor noticed +Rostov coming upstairs. + "What do you want, sir?" said the doctor. "What do you want? The +bullets having spared you, do you want to try typhus? This is a +pesthouse, sir." + "How so?" asked Rostov. + "Typhus, sir. It's death to go in. Only we two, Makeev and I" (he +pointed to the assistant), "keep on here. Some five of us doctors have +died in this place.... When a new one comes he is done for in a week," +said the doctor with evident satisfaction. "Prussian doctors have been +invited here, but our allies don't like it at all." + Rostov explained that he wanted to see Major Denisov of the hussars, +who was wounded. + "I don't know. I can't tell you, sir. Only think! I am alone in +charge of three hospitals with more than four hundred patients! It's +well that the charitable Prussian ladies send us two pounds of +coffee and some lint each month or we should be lost!" he laughed. +"Four hundred, sir, and they're always sending me fresh ones. There +are four hundred? Eh?" he asked, turning to the assistant. + The assistant looked fagged out. He was evidently vexed and +impatient for the talkative doctor to go. + "Major Denisov," Rostov said again. "He was wounded at Molliten." + "Dead, I fancy. Eh, Makeev?" queried the doctor, in a tone of +indifference. + The assistant, however, did not confirm the doctor's words. + "Is he tall and with reddish hair?" asked the doctor. + Rostov described Denisov's appearance. + "There was one like that," said the doctor, as if pleased. "That one +is dead, I fancy. However, I'll look up our list. We had a list. +Have you got it, Makeev?" + "Makar Alexeevich has the list," answered the assistant. "But if +you'll step into the officers' wards you'll see for yourself," he +added, turning to Rostov. + "Ah, you'd better not go, sir," said the doctor, "or you may have to +stay here yourself." + But Rostov bowed himself away from the doctor and asked the +assistant to show him the way. + "Only don't blame me!" the doctor shouted up after him. + Rostov and the assistant went into the dark corridor. The smell +was so strong there that Rostov held his nose and had to pause and +collect his strength before he could go on. A door opened to the +right, and an emaciated sallow man on crutches, barefoot and in +underclothing, limped out and, leaning against the doorpost, looked +with glittering envious eyes at those who were passing. Glancing in at +the door, Rostov saw that the sick and wounded were lying on the floor +on straw and overcoats. + "May I go in and look?" + "What is there to see?" said the assistant. + But, just because the assistant evidently did not want him to go in, +Rostov entered the soldiers' ward. The foul air, to which he had +already begun to get used in the corridor, was still stronger here. It +was a little different, more pungent, and one felt that this was where +it originated. + In the long room, brightly lit up by the sun through the large +windows, the sick and wounded lay in two rows with their heads to +the walls, and leaving a passage in the middle. Most of them were +unconscious and paid no attention to the newcomers. Those who were +conscious raised themselves or lifted their thin yellow faces, and all +looked intently at Rostov with the same expression of hope, of relief, +reproach, and envy of another's health. Rostov went to the middle of +the room and looking through the open doors into the two adjoining +rooms saw the same thing there. He stood still, looking silently +around. He had not at all expected such a sight. Just before him, +almost across the middle of the passage on the bare floor, lay a +sick man, probably a Cossack to judge by the cut of his hair. The +man lay on his back, his huge arms and legs outstretched. His face was +purple, his eyes were rolled back so that only the whites were seen, +and on his bare legs and arms which were still red, the veins stood +out like cords. He was knocking the back of his head against the +floor, hoarsely uttering some word which he kept repeating. Rostov +listened and made out the word. It was "drink, drink, a drink!" Rostov +glanced round, looking for someone who would put this man back in +his place and bring him water. + "Who looks after the sick here?" he asked the assistant. + Just then a commissariat soldier, a hospital orderly, came in from +the next room, marching stiffly, and drew up in front of Rostov. + "Good day, your honor!" he shouted, rolling his eyes at Rostov and +evidently mistaking him for one of the hospital authorities. + "Get him to his place and give him some water," said Rostov, +pointing to the Cossack. + "Yes, your honor," the soldier replied complacently, and rolling his +eyes more than ever he drew himself up still straighter, but did not +move. + "No, it's impossible to do anything here," thought Rostov, +lowering his eyes, and he was going out, but became aware of an +intense look fixed on him on his right, and he turned. Close to the +corner, on an overcoat, sat an old, unshaven, gray-bearded soldier +as thin as a skeleton, with a stern sallow face and eyes intently +fixed on Rostov. The man's neighbor on one side whispered something to +him, pointing at Rostov, who noticed that the old man wanted to +speak to him. He drew nearer and saw that the old man had only one leg +bent under him, the other had been amputated above the knee. His +neighbor on the other side, who lay motionless some distance from +him with his head thrown back, was a young soldier with a snub nose. +His pale waxen face was still freckled and his eyes were rolled +back. Rostov looked at the young soldier and a cold chill ran down his +back. + "Why, this one seems..." he began, turning to the assistant. + "And how we've been begging, your honor," said the old soldier, +his jaw quivering. "He's been dead since morning. After all we're men, +not dogs." + "I'll send someone at once. He shall be taken away- taken away at +once," said the assistant hurriedly. "Let us go, your honor." + "Yes, yes, let us go," said Rostov hastily, and lowering his eyes +and shrinking, he tried to pass unnoticed between the rows of +reproachful envious eyes that were fixed upon him, and went out of the +room. +BK5|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Going along the corridor, the assistant led Rostov to the +officers' wards, consisting of three rooms, the doors of which stood +open. There were beds in these rooms and the sick and wounded officers +were lying or sitting on them. Some were walking about the rooms in +hospital dressing gowns. The first person Rostov met in the +officers' ward was a thin little man with one arm, who was walking +about the first room in a nightcap and hospital dressing gown, with +a pipe between his teeth. Rostov looked at him, trying to remember +where he had seen him before. + "See where we've met again!" said the little man. "Tushin, Tushin, +don't you remember, who gave you a lift at Schon Grabern? And I've had +a bit cut off, you see..." he went on with a smile, pointing to the +empty sleeve of his dressing gown. "Looking for Vasili Dmitrich +Denisov? My neighbor," he added, when he heard who Rostov wanted. +"Here, here," and Tushin led him into the next room, from whence +came sounds of several laughing voices. + "How can they laugh, or even live at all here?" thought Rostov, +still aware of that smell of decomposing flesh that had been so strong +in the soldiers' ward, and still seeming to see fixed on him those +envious looks which had followed him out from both sides, and the face +of that young soldier with eyes rolled back. + Denisov lay asleep on his bed with his head under the blanket, +though it was nearly noon. + "Ah, Wostov? How are you, how are you?" he called out, still in +the same voice as in the regiment, but Rostov noticed sadly that under +this habitual ease and animation some new, sinister, hidden feeling +showed itself in the expression of Denisov's face and the +intonations of his voice. + His wound, though a slight one, had not yet healed even now, six +weeks after he had been hit. His face had the same swollen pallor as +the faces of the other hospital patients, but it was not this that +struck Rostov. What struck him was that Denisov did not seem glad to +see him, and smiled at him unnaturally. He did not ask about the +regiment, nor about the general state of affairs, and when Rostov +spoke of these matters did not listen. + Rostov even noticed that Denisov did not like to be reminded of +the regiment, or in general of that other free life which was going on +outside the hospital. He seemed to try to forget that old life and was +only interested in the affair with the commissariat officers. On +Rostov's inquiry as to how the matter stood, he at once produced +from under his pillow a paper he had received from the commission +and the rough draft of his answer to it. He became animated when he +began reading his paper and specially drew Rostov's attention to the +stinging rejoinders he made to his enemies. His hospital companions, +who had gathered round Rostov- a fresh arrival from the world outside- +gradually began to disperse as soon as Denisov began reading his +answer. Rostov noticed by their faces that all those gentlemen had +already heard that story more than once and were tired of it. Only the +man who had the next bed, a stout Uhlan, continued to sit on his +bed, gloomily frowning and smoking a pipe, and little one-armed Tushin +still listened, shaking his head disapprovingly. In the middle of +the reading, the Uhlan interrupted Denisov. + "But what I say is," he said, turning to Rostov, "it would be best +simply to petition the Emperor for pardon. They say great rewards will +now be distributed, and surely a pardon would be granted...." + "Me petition the Empewo'!" exclaimed Denisov, in a voice to which he +tried hard to give the old energy and fire, but which sounded like +an expression of irritable impotence. "What for? If I were a wobber +I would ask mercy, but I'm being court-martialed for bwinging +wobbers to book. Let them twy me, I'm not afwaid of anyone. I've +served the Tsar and my countwy honowably and have not stolen! And am I +to be degwaded?... Listen, I'm w'iting to them stwaight. This is +what I say: 'If I had wobbed the Tweasuwy...'" + "It's certainly well written," said Tushin, "but that's not the +point, Vasili Dmitrich," and he also turned to Rostov. "One has to +submit, and Vasili Dmitrich doesn't want to. You know the auditor told +you it was a bad business. + "Well, let it be bad," said Denisov. + "The auditor wrote out a petition for you," continued Tushin, "and +you ought to sign it and ask this gentleman to take it. No doubt he" +(indicating Rostov) "has connections on the staff. You won't find a +better opportunity." + "Haven't I said I'm not going to gwovel?" Denisov interrupted him, +went on reading his paper. + Rostov had not the courage to persuade Denisov, though he +instinctively felt that the way advised by Tushin and the other +officers was the safest, and though he would have been glad to be of +service to Denisov. He knew his stubborn will and straightforward +hasty temper. + When the reading of Denisov's virulent reply, which took more than +an hour, was over, Rostov said nothing, and he spent the rest of the +day in a most dejected state of mind amid Denisov's hospital comrades, +who had round him, telling them what he knew and listening to their +stories. Denisov was moodily silent all the evening. + Late in the evening, when Rostov was about to leave, he asked +Denisov whether he had no commission for him. + "Yes, wait a bit," said Denisov, glancing round at the officers, and +taking his papers from under his pillow he went to the window, where +he had an inkpot, and sat down to write. + "It seems it's no use knocking one's head against a wall!" he +said, coming from the window and giving Rostov a large envelope. In it +was the petition to the Emperor drawn up by the auditor, in which +Denisov, without alluding to the offenses of the commissariat +officials, simply asked for pardon. + "Hand it in. It seems..." + He did not finish, but gave a painfully unnatural smile. +BK5|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + Having returned to the regiment and told the commander the state +of Denisov's affairs, Rostov rode to Tilsit with the letter to the +Emperor. + On the thirteenth of June the French and Russian Emperors arrived in +Tilsit. Boris Drubetskoy had asked the important personage on whom +he was in attendance, to include him in the suite appointed for the +stay at Tilsit. + "I should like to see the great man," he said, alluding to Napoleon, +whom hitherto he, like everyone else, had always called Buonaparte. + "You are speaking of Buonaparte?" asked the general, smiling. + Boris looked at his general inquiringly and immediately saw that +he was being tested. + "I am speaking, Prince, of the Emperor Napoleon," he replied. The +general patted him on the shoulder, with a smile. + "You will go far," he said, and took him to Tilsit with him. + Boris was among the few present at the Niemen on the day the two +Emperors met. He saw the raft, decorated with monograms, saw +Napoleon pass before the French Guards on the farther bank of the +river, saw the pensive face of the Emperor Alexander as he sat in +silence in a tavern on the bank of the Niemen awaiting Napoleon's +arrival, saw both Emperors get into boats, and saw how Napoleon- +reaching the raft first- stepped quickly forward to meet Alexander and +held out his hand to him, and how they both retired into the pavilion. +Since he had begun to move in the highest circles Boris had made it +his habit to watch attentively all that went on around him and to note +it down. At the time of the meeting at Tilsit he asked the names of +those who had come with Napoleon and about the uniforms they wore, and +listened attentively to words spoken by important personages. At the +moment the Emperors went into the pavilion he looked at his watch, and +did not forget to look at it again when Alexander came out. The +interview had lasted an hour and fifty-three minutes. He noted this +down that same evening, among other facts he felt to be of historic +importance. As the Emperor's suite was a very small one, it was a +matter of great importance, for a man who valued his success in the +service, to be at Tilsit on the occasion of this interview between the +two Emperors, and having succeeded in this, Boris felt that henceforth +his position was fully assured. He had not only become known, but +people had grown accustomed to him and accepted him. Twice he had +executed commissions to the Emperor himself, so that the latter knew +his face, and all those at court, far from cold-shouldering him as +at first when they considered him a newcomer, would now have been +surprised had he been absent. + Boris lodged with another adjutant, the Polish Count Zhilinski. +Zhilinski, a Pole brought up in Paris, was rich, and passionately fond +of the French, and almost every day of the stay at Tilsit, French +officers of the Guard and from French headquarters were dining and +lunching with him and Boris. + On the evening of the twenty-fourth of June, Count Zhilinski +arranged a supper for his French friends. The guest of honor was an +aide-de-camp of Napoleon's, there were also several French officers of +the Guard, and a page of Napoleon's, a young lad of an old +aristocratic French family. That same day, Rostov, profiting by the +darkness to avoid being recognized in civilian dress. came to Tilsit +and went to the lodging occupied by Boris and Zhilinski. + Rostov, in common with the whole army from which he came, was far +from having experienced the change of feeling toward Napoleon and +the French- who from being foes had suddenly become friends- that +had taken place at headquarters and in Boris. In the army, Bonaparte +and the French were still regarded with mingled feelings of anger, +contempt, and fear. Only recently, talking with one of Platov's +Cossack officers, Rostov had argued that if Napoleon were taken +prisoner he would be treated not as a sovereign, but as a criminal. +Quite lately, happening to meet a wounded French colonel on the +road, Rostov had maintained with heat that peace was impossible +between a legitimate sovereign and the criminal Bonaparte. Rostov +was therefore unpleasantly struck by the presence of French officers +in Boris' lodging, dressed in uniforms he had been accustomed to see +from quite a different point of view from the outposts of the flank. +As soon as he noticed a French officer, who thrust his head out of the +door, that warlike feeling of hostility which he always experienced at +the sight of the enemy suddenly seized him. He stopped at the +threshold and asked in Russian whether Drubetskoy lived there. +Boris, hearing a strange voice in the anteroom, came out to meet +him. An expression of annoyance showed itself for a moment on his face +on first recognizing Rostov. + "Ah, it's you? Very glad, very glad to see you," he said, however, +coming toward him with a smile. But Rostov had noticed his first +impulse. + "I've come at a bad time I think. I should not have come, but I have +business," he said coldly. + "No, I only wonder how you managed to get away from your regiment. +Dans un moment je suis a vous,"* he said, answering someone who called +him. + + *"In a minute I shall be at your disposal." + + "I see I'm intruding," Rostov repeated. + The look of annoyance had already disappeared from Boris' face: +having evidently reflected and decided how to act, he very quietly +took both Rostov's hands and led him into the next room. His eyes, +looking serenely and steadily at Rostov, seemed to be veiled by +something, as if screened by blue spectacles of conventionality. So it +seemed to Rostov. + "Oh, come now! As if you could come at a wrong time!" said Boris, +and he led him into the room where the supper table was laid and +introduced him to his guests, explaining that he was not a civilian, +but an hussar officer, and an old friend of his. + "Count Zhilinski- le Comte N. N.- le Capitaine S. S.," said he, +naming his guests. Rostov looked frowningly at the Frenchmen, bowed +reluctantly, and remained silent. + Zhilinski evidently did not receive this new Russian person very +willingly into his circle and did not speak to Rostov. Boris did not +appear to notice the constraint the newcomer produced and, with the +same pleasant composure and the same veiled look in his eyes with +which he had met Rostov, tried to enliven the conversation. One of the +Frenchmen, with the politeness characteristic of his countrymen, +addressed the obstinately taciturn Rostov, saying that the latter +had probably come to Tilsit to see the Emperor. + "No, I came on business," replied Rostov, briefly. + Rostov had been out of humor from the moment he noticed the look +of dissatisfaction on Boris' face, and as always happens to those in a +bad humor, it seemed to him that everyone regarded him with aversion +and that he was in everybody's way. He really was in their way, for he +alone took no part in the conversation which again became general. The +looks the visitors cast on him seemed to say: "And what is he +sitting here for?" He rose and went up to Boris. + "Anyhow, I'm in your way," he said in a low tone. "Come and talk +over my business and I'll go away." + "Oh, no, not at all," said Boris. "But if you are tired, come and +lie down in my room and have a rest." + "Yes, really..." + They went into the little room where Boris slept. Rostov, without +sitting down, began at once, irritably (as if Boris were to blame in +some way) telling him about Denisov's affair, asking him whether, +through his general, he could and would intercede with the Emperor +on Denisov's behalf and get Denisov's petition handed in. When he +and Boris were alone, Rostov felt for the first time that he could not +look Boris in the face without a sense of awkwardness. Boris, with one +leg crossed over the other and stroking his left hand with the slender +fingers of his right, listened to Rostov as a general listens to the +report of a subordinate, now looking aside and now gazing straight +into Rostov's eyes with the same veiled look. Each time this +happened Rostov felt uncomfortable and cast down his eyes. + "I have heard of such cases and know that His Majesty is very severe +in such affairs. I think it would be best not to bring it before the +Emperor, but to apply to the commander of the corps.... But in +general, I think..." + "So you don't want to do anything? Well then, say so!" Rostov almost +shouted, not looking Boris in the face. + Boris smiled. + "On the contrary, I will do what I can. Only I thought..." + At that moment Zhilinski's voice was heard calling Boris. + "Well then, go, go, go..." said Rostov, and refusing supper and +remaining alone in the little room, he walked up and down for a long +time, hearing the lighthearted French conversation from the next room. +BK5|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + Rostov had come to Tilsit the day least suitable for a petition on +Denisov's behalf. He could not himself go to the general in attendance +as he was in mufti and had come to Tilsit without permission to do so, +and Boris, even had he wished to, could not have done so on the +following day. On that day, June 27, the preliminaries of peace were +signed. The Emperors exchanged decorations: Alexander received the +Cross of the Legion of Honor and Napoleon the Order of St. Andrew of +the First Degree, and a dinner had been arranged for the evening, +given by a battalion of the French Guards to the Preobrazhensk +battalion. The Emperors were to be present at that banquet. + Rostov felt so ill at ease and uncomfortable with Boris that, when +the latter looked in after supper, he pretended to be asleep, and +early next morning went away, avoiding Boris. In his civilian +clothes and a round hat, he wandered about the town, staring at the +French and their uniforms and at the streets and houses where the +Russian and French Emperors were staying. In a square he saw tables +being set up and preparations made for the dinner; he saw the +Russian and French colors draped from side to side of the streets, +with hugh monograms A and N. In the windows of the houses also flags +and bunting were displayed. + "Boris doesn't want to help me and I don't want to ask him. That's +settled," thought Nicholas. "All is over between us, but I won't leave +here without having done all I can for Denisov and certainly not +without getting his letter to the Emperor. The Emperor!... He is +here!" thought Rostov, who had unconsciously returned to the house +where Alexander lodged. + Saddled horses were standing before the house and the suite were +assembling, evidently preparing for the Emperor to come out. + "I may see him at any moment," thought Rostov. "If only I were to +hand the letter direct to him and tell him all... could they really +arrest me for my civilian clothes? Surely not! He would understand +on whose side justice lies. He understands everything, knows +everything. Who can be more just, more magnanimous than he? And even +if they did arrest me for being here, what would it matter?" thought +he, looking at an officer who was entering the house the Emperor +occupied. "After all, people do go in.... It's all nonsense! I'll go +in and hand the letter to the Emperor myself so much the worse for +Drubetskoy who drives me to it!" And suddenly with a determination +he himself did not expect, Rostov felt for the letter in his pocket +and went straight to the house. + "No, I won't miss my opportunity now, as I did after Austerlitz," he +thought, expecting every moment to meet the monarch, and conscious +of the blood that rushed to his heart at the thought. "I will fall +at his feet and beseech him. He will lift me up, will listen, and will +even thank me. 'I am happy when I can do good, but to remedy injustice +is the greatest happiness,'" Rostov fancied the sovereign saying. +And passing people who looked after him with curiosity, he entered the +porch of the Emperor's house. + A broad staircase led straight up from the entry, and to the right +he saw a closed door. Below, under the staircase, was a door leading +to the lower floor. + "Whom do you want?" someone inquired. + "To hand in a letter, a petition, to His Majesty," said Nicholas, +with a tremor in his voice. + "A petition? This way, to the officer the officer on duty" (he was +shown the door leading downstairs), "only it won't be accepted." + On hearing this indifferent voice, Rostov grew frightened at what he +was doing; the thought of meeting the Emperor at any moment was so +fascinating and consequently so alarming that he was ready to run +away, but the official who had questioned him opened the door, and +Rostov entered. + A short stout man of about thirty, in white breeches and high +boots and a batiste shirt that he had evidently only just put on, +standing in that room, and his valet was buttoning on to the back of +his breeches a new pair of handsome silk-embroidered braces that, +for some reason, attracted Rostov's attention. This man was was +speaking to someone in the adjoining room. + "A good figure and in her first bloom," he was saying, but on seeing +Rostov, he stopped short and frowned. + "What is it? A petition?" + "What is it?" asked the person in the other room. + "Another petitioner," answered the man with the braces. + "Tell him to come later. He'll be coming out directly, we must go." + "Later... later! Tomorrow. It's too late..." + Rostov turned and was about to go, but the man in the braces stopped +him. + "Whom have you come from? Who are you?" + "I come from Major Denisov," answered Rostov. + "Are you an officer?" + "Lieutenant Count Rostov." + "What audacity! Hand it in through your commander. And go along with +you... go," and he continued to put on the uniform the valet handed +him. + Rostov went back into the hall and noticed that in the porch there +were many officers and generals in full parade uniform, whom he had to +pass. + Cursing his temerity, his heart sinking at the thought of finding +himself at any moment face to face with the Emperor and being put to +shame and arrested in his presence, fully alive now to the impropriety +of his conduct and repenting of it, Rostov, with downcast eyes, was +making his way out of the house through the brilliant suite when a +familiar voice called him and a hand detained him. + "What are you doing here, sir, in civilian dress?" asked a deep +voice. + It was a cavalry general who had obtained the Emperor's special +favor during this campaign, and who had formerly commanded the +division in which Rostov was serving. + Rostov, in dismay, began justifying himself, but seeing the +kindly, jocular face of the general, he took him aside and in an +excited voice told him the whole affair, asking him to intercede for +Denisov, whom the general knew. Having heard Rostov to the end, the +general shook his head gravely. + "I'm sorry, sorry for that fine fellow. Give me the letter." + Hardly had Rostov handed him the letter and finished explaining +Denisov's case, when hasty steps and the jingling of spurs were +heard on the stairs, and the general, leaving him, went to the +porch. The gentlemen of the Emperor's suite ran down the stairs and +went to their horses. Hayne, the same groom who had been at +Austerlitz, led up the Emperor's horse, and the faint creak of a +footstep Rostov knew at once was heard on the stairs. Forgetting the +danger of being recognized, Rostov went close to the porch, together +with some inquisitive civilians, and again, after two years, saw those +features he adored: that same face and same look and step, and the +same union of majesty and mildness.... And the feeling of enthusiasm +and love for his sovereign rose again in Rostov's soul in all its +old force. In the uniform of the Preobrazhensk regiment- white +chamois-leather breeches and high boots- and wearing a star Rostov did +not know (it was that of the Legion d'honneur), the monarch came out +into the porch, putting on his gloves and carrying his hat under his +arm. He stopped and looked about him, brightening everything around by +his glance. He spoke a few words to some of the generals, and, +recognizing the former commander of Rostov's division, smiled and +beckoned to him. + All the suite drew back and Rostov saw the general talking for +some time to the Emperor. + The Emperor said a few words to him and took a step toward his +horse. Again the crowd of members of the suite and street gazers +(among whom was Rostov) moved nearer to the Emperor. Stopping beside +his horse, with his hand on the saddle, the Emperor turned to the +cavalry general and said in a loud voice, evidently wishing to be +heard by all: + "I cannot do it, General. I cannot, because the law is stronger than +I," and he raised his foot to the stirrup. + The general bowed his head respectfully, and the monarch mounted and +rode down the street at a gallop. Beside himself with enthusiasm, +Rostov ran after him with the crowd. +BK5|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + The Emperor rode to the square where, facing one another, a +battalion of the Preobrazhensk regiment stood on the right and a +battalion of the French Guards in their bearskin caps on the left. + As the Tsar rode up to one flank of the battalions, which +presented arms, another group of horsemen galloped up to the +opposite flank, and at the head of them Rostov recognized Napoleon. It +could be no one else. He came at a gallop, wearing a small hat, a blue +uniform open over a white vest, and the St. Andrew ribbon over his +shoulder. He was riding a very fine thoroughbred gray Arab horse +with a crimson gold-embroidered saddlecloth. On approaching +Alexander he raised his hat, and as he did so, Rostov, with his +cavalryman's eye, could not help noticing that Napoleon did not sit +well or firmly in the saddle. The battalions shouted "Hurrah!" and +"Vive l'Empereur!" Napoleon said something to Alexander, and both +Emperors dismounted and took each other's hands. Napoleon's face +wore an unpleasant and artificial smile. Alexander was saying +something affable to him. + In spite of the trampling of the French gendarmes' horses, which +were pushing back the crowd, Rostov kept his eyes on every movement of +Alexander and Bonaparte. It struck him as a surprise that Alexander +treated Bonaparte as an equal and that the latter was quite at ease +with the Tsar, as if such relations with an Emperor were an everyday +matter to him. + Alexander and Napoleon, with the long train of their suites, +approached the right flank of the Preobrazhensk battalion and came +straight up to the crowd standing there. The crowd unexpectedly +found itself so close to the Emperors that Rostov, standing in the +front row, was afraid he might be recognized. + "Sire, I ask your permission to present the Legion of Honor to the +bravest of your soldiers," said a sharp, precise voice, articulating +every letter. + This was said by the undersized Napoleon, looking up straight into +Alexander's eyes. Alexander listened attentively to what was said to +him and, bending his head, smiled pleasantly. + "To him who has borne himself most bravely in this last war," +added Napoleon, accentuating each syllable, as with a composure and +assurance exasperating to Rostov, he ran his eyes over the Russian +ranks drawn up before him, who all presented arms with their eyes +fixed on their Emperor. + "Will Your Majesty allow me to consult the colonel?" said +Alexander and took a few hasty steps toward Prince Kozlovski, the +commander of the battalion. + Bonaparte meanwhile began taking the glove off his small white hand, +tore it in doing so, and threw it away. An aide-de-camp behind him +rushed forward and picked it up. + "To whom shall it be given?" the Emperor Alexander asked +Koslovski, in Russian in a low voice. + "To whomever Your Majesty commands." + The Emperor knit his brows with dissatisfaction and, glancing +back, remarked: + "But we must give him an answer." + Kozlovski scanned the ranks resolutely and included Rostov in his +scrutiny. + "Can it be me?" thought Rostov. + "Lazarev!" the colonel called, with a frown, and Lazarev, the +first soldier in the rank, stepped briskly forward. + "Where are you off to? Stop here!" voices whispered to Lazarev who +did not know where to go. Lazarev stopped, casting a sidelong look +at his colonel in alarm. His face twitched, as often happens to +soldiers called before the ranks. + Napoleon slightly turned his head, and put his plump little hand out +behind him as if to take something. The members of his suite, guessing +at once what he wanted, moved about and whispered as they passed +something from one to another, and a page- the same one Rostov had +seen the previous evening at Boris'- ran forward and, bowing +respectfully over the outstretched hand and not keeping it waiting a +moment, laid in it an Order on a red ribbon. Napoleon, without +looking, pressed two fingers together and the badge was between +them. Then he approached Lazarev (who rolled his eyes and persistently +gazed at his own monarch), looked round at the Emperor Alexander to +imply that what he was now doing was done for the sake of his ally, +and the small white hand holding the Order touched one of Lazarev's +buttons. It was as if Napoleon knew that it was only necessary for his +hand to deign to touch that soldier's breast for the soldier to be +forever happy, rewarded, and distinguished from everyone else in the +world. Napoleon merely laid the cross on Lazarev's breast and, +dropping his hand, turned toward Alexander as though sure that the +cross would adhere there. And it really did. + Officious hands, Russian and French, immediately seized the cross +and fastened it to the uniform. Lazarev glanced morosely at the little +man with white hands who was doing something to him and, still +standing motionless presenting arms, looked again straight into +Alexander's eyes, as if asking whether he should stand there, or go +away, or do something else. But receiving no orders, he remained for +some time in that rigid position. + The Emperors remounted and rode away. The Preobrazhensk battalion, +breaking rank, mingled with the French Guards and sat down at the +tables prepared for them. + Lazarev sat in the place of honor. Russian and French officers +embraced him, congratulated him, and pressed his hands. Crowds of +officers and civilians drew near merely to see him. A rumble of +Russian and French voices and laughter filled the air round the tables +in the square. Two officers with flushed faces, looking cheerful and +happy, passed by Rostov. + "What d'you think of the treat? All on silver plate," one of them +was saying. "Have you seen Lazarev?" + "I have." + "Tomorrow, I hear, the Preobrazhenskis will give them a dinner." + "Yes, but what luck for Lazarev! Twelve hundred francs' pension +for life." + "Here's a cap, lads!" shouted a Preobrazhensk soldier, donning a +shaggy French cap. + "It's a fine thing! First-rate!" + "Have you heard the password?" asked one Guards' officer of another. +"The day before yesterday it was 'Napoleon, France, bravoure'; +yesterday, 'Alexandre, Russie, grandeur.' One day our Emperor gives it +and next day Napoleon. Tomorrow our Emperor will send a St. George's +Cross to the bravest of the French Guards. It has to be done. He +must respond in kind." + Boris, too, with his friend Zhilinski, came to see the Preobrazhensk +banquet. On his way back, he noticed Rostov standing by the corner +of a house. + "Rostov! How d'you do? We missed one another," he said, and could +not refrain from asking what was the matter, so strangely dismal and +troubled was Rostov's face. + "Nothing, nothing," replied Rostov. + "You'll call round?" + "Yes, I will." + Rostov stood at that corner for a long time, watching the feast from +a distance. a distance. In his mind, a painful process was going on +which he could not bring to a conclusion. Terrible doubts rose in +his soul. Now he remembered Denisov with his changed expression, his +submission, and the whole hospital, with arms and legs torn off and +its dirt and disease. So vividly did he recall that hospital stench of +dead flesh that he looked round to see where the smell came from. Next +he thought of that self-satisfied Bonaparte, with his small white +hand, who was now an Emperor, liked and respected by Alexander. Then +why those severed arms and legs and those dead men?... Then again he +thought of Lazarev rewarded and Denisov punished and unpardoned. He +caught himself harboring such strange thoughts that he was frightened. + The smell of the food the Preobrazhenskis were eating and a sense of +hunger recalled him from these reflections; he had to get something to +eat before going away. He went to a hotel he had noticed that morning. +There he found so many people, among them officers who, like +himself, had come in civilian clothes, that he had difficulty in +getting a dinner. Two officers of his own division joined him. The +conversation naturally turned on the peace. The officers, his +comrades, like most of the army, were dissatisfied with the peace +concluded after the battle of Friedland. They said that had we held +out a little longer Napoleon would have been done for, as his troops +had neither provisions nor ammunition. Nicholas ate and drank (chiefly +the latter) in silence. He finished a couple of bottles of wine by +himself. The process in his mind went on tormenting him without +reaching a conclusion. He feared to give way to his thoughts, yet +could not get rid of them. Suddenly, on one of the officers' saying +that it was humiliating to look at the French, Rostov began shouting +with uncalled-for wrath, and therefore much to the surprise of the +officers: + "How can you judge what's best?" he cried, the blood suddenly +rushing to his face. "How can you judge the Emperor's actions? What +right have we to argue? We cannot comprehend either the Emperor's or +his actions!" + "But I never said a word about the Emperor!" said the officer, +justifying himself, and unable to understand Rostov's outburst, except +on the supposition that he was drunk. + But Rostov did not listen to him. + "We are not diplomatic officials, we are soldiers and nothing more," +he went on. "If we are ordered to die, we must die. If we're punished, +it means that we have deserved it, it's not for us to judge. If the +Emperor pleases to recognize Bonaparte as Emperor and to conclude an +alliance with him, it means that that is the right thing to do. If +once we begin judging and arguing about everything, nothing sacred +will be left! That way we shall be saying there is no God- nothing!" +shouted Nicholas, banging the table- very little to the point as it +seemed to his listeners, but quite relevantly to the course of his own +thoughts. + "Our business is to do our duty, to fight and not to think! That's +all...." said he. + "And to drink," said one of the officers, not wishing to quarrel. + "Yes, and to drink," assented Nicholas. "Hullo there! Another +bottle!" he shouted. + In 1808 the Emperor Alexander went to Erfurt for a fresh interview +with the Emperor Napoleon, and in the upper circles of Petersburg +there was much talk of the grandeur of this important meeting. +BK5|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + In 1809 the intimacy between "the world's two arbiters," as Napoleon +and Alexander were called, was such that when Napoleon declared war on +Austria a Russian corps crossed the frontier to co-operate with our +old enemy Bonaparte against our old ally the Emperor of Austria, and +in court circles the possibility of marriage between Napoleon and +one of Alexander's sisters was spoken of. But besides considerations +of foreign policy, the attention of Russian society was at that time +keenly directed on the internal changes that were being undertaken +in all the departments of government. + Life meanwhile- real life, with its essential interests of health +and sickness, toil and rest, and its intellectual interests in +thought, science, poetry, music, love, friendship, hatred, and +passions- went on as usual, independently of and apart from +political friendship or enmity with Napoleon Bonaparte and from all +the schemes of reconstruction. +BK6 + BOOK SIX: 1808 - 10 +BK6|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Prince Andrew had spent two years continuously in the country. + All the plans Pierre had attempted on his estates- and constantly +changing from one thing to another had never accomplished- were +carried out by Prince Andrew without display and without perceptible +difficulty. + He had in the highest degree a practical tenacity which Pierre +lacked, and without fuss or strain on his part this set things going. + On one of his estates the three hundred serfs were liberated and +became free agricultural laborers- this being one of the first +examples of the kind in Russia. On other estates the serfs' compulsory +labor was commuted for a quitrent. A trained midwife was engaged for +Bogucharovo at his expense, and a priest was paid to teach reading and +writing to the children of the peasants and household serfs. + Prince Andrew spent half his time at Bald Hills with his father +and his son, who was still in the care of nurses. The other half he +spent in "Bogucharovo Cloister," as his father called Prince +Andrew's estate. Despite the indifference to the affairs of the +world he had expressed to Pierre, he diligently followed all that went +on, received many books, and to his surprise noticed that when he or +his father had visitors from Petersburg, the very vortex of life, +these people lagged behind himself- who never left the country- in +knowledge of what was happening in home and foreign affairs. + Besides being occupied with his estates and reading a great +variety of books, Prince Andrew was at this time busy with a +critical of survey our last two unfortunate campaigns, and with +drawing up a proposal for a reform of the army rules and regulations. + In the spring of 1809 he went to visit the Ryazan estates which +had been inherited by his son, whose guardian he was. + Warmed by the spring sunshine he sat in the caleche looking at the +new grass, the first leaves on the birches, and the first puffs of +white spring clouds floating across the clear blue sky. He was not +thinking of anything, but looked absent-mindedly and cheerfully from +side to side. + They crossed the ferry where he had talked with Pierre the year +before. They went through the muddy village, past threshing floors and +green fields of winter rye, downhill where snow still lodged near +the bridge, uphill where the clay had been liquefied by the rain, past +strips of stubble land and bushes touched with green here and there, +and into a birch forest growing on both sides of the road. In the +forest it was almost hot, no wind could be felt. The birches with +their sticky green leaves were motionless, and lilac-colored flowers +and the first blades of green grass were pushing up and lifting last +year's leaves. The coarse evergreen color of the small fir trees +scattered here and there among the birches was an unpleasant +reminder of winter. On entering the forest the horses began to snort +and sweated visibly. + Peter the footman made some remark to the coachman; the latter +assented. But apparently the coachman's sympathy was not enough for +Peter, and he turned on the box toward his master. + "How pleasant it is, your excellency!" he said with a respectful +smile. + "What?" + "It's pleasant, your excellency!" + "What is he talking about?" thought Prince Andrew. "Oh, the +spring, I suppose," he thought as he turned round. "Yes, really +everything is green already.... How early! The birches and cherry +and alders too are coming out.... But the oaks show no sign yet. Ah, +here is one oak!" + At the edge of the road stood an oak. Probably ten times the age of +the birches that formed the forest, it was ten times as thick and +twice as tall as they. It was an enormous tree, its girth twice as +great as a man could embrace, and evidently long ago some of its +branches had been broken off and its bark scarred. With its huge +ungainly limbs sprawling unsymmetrically, and its gnarled hands and +fingers, it stood an aged, stern, and scornful monster among the +smiling birch trees. Only the dead-looking evergreen firs dotted about +in the forest, and this oak, refused to yield to the charm of spring +or notice either the spring or the sunshine. + "Spring, love, happiness!" this oak seemed to say. "Are you not +weary of that stupid, meaningless, constantly repeated fraud? Always +the same and always a fraud? There is no spring, no sun, no happiness! +Look at those cramped dead firs, ever the same, and at me too, +sticking out my broken and barked fingers just where they have +grown, whether from my back or my sides: as they have grown so I +stand, and I do not believe in your hopes and your lies." + As he passed through the forest Prince Andrew turned several times +to look at that oak, as if expecting something from it. Under the oak, +too, were flowers and grass, but it stood among them scowling, +rigid, misshapen, and grim as ever. + "Yes, the oak is right, a thousand times right," thought Prince +Andrew. "Let others- the young- yield afresh to that fraud, but we +know life, our life is finished!" + A whole sequence of new thoughts, hopeless but mournfully +pleasant, rose in his soul in connection with that tree. During this +journey he, as it were, considered his life afresh and arrived at +his old conclusion, restful in its hopelessness: that it was not for +him to begin anything anew- but that he must live out his life, +content to do no harm, and not disturbing himself or desiring +anything. +BK6|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + Prince Andrew had to see the Marshal of the Nobility for the +district in connection with the affairs of the Ryazan estate of +which he was trustee. This Marshal was Count Ilya Rostov, and in the +middle of May Prince Andrew went to visit him. + It was now hot spring weather. The whole forest was already +clothed in green. It was dusty and so hot that on passing near water +one longed to bathe. + Prince Andrew, depressed and preoccupied with the business about +which he had to speak to the Marshal, was driving up the avenue in the +grounds of the Rostovs' house at Otradnoe. He heard merry girlish +cries behind some trees on the right and saw group of girls running to +cross the path of his caleche. Ahead of the rest and nearer to him ran +a dark-haired, remarkably slim, pretty girl in a yellow chintz +dress, with a white handkerchief on her head from under which loose +locks of hair escaped. The girl was shouting something but, seeing +that he was a stranger, ran back laughing without looking at him. + Suddenly, he did not know why, he felt a pang. The day was so +beautiful, the sun so bright, everything around so gay, but that +slim pretty girl did not know, or wish to know, of his existence and +was contented and cheerful in her own separate- probably foolish- +but bright and happy life. "What is she so glad about? What is she +thinking of? Not of the military regulations or of the arrangement +of the Ryazan serfs' quitrents. Of what is she thinking? Why is she so +happy?" Prince Andrew asked himself with instinctive curiosity. + In 1809 Count Ilya Rostov was living at Otradnoe just as he had done +in former years, that is, entertaining almost the whole province +with hunts, theatricals, dinners, and music. He was glad to see Prince +Andrew, as he was to see any new visitor, and insisted on his +staying the night. + During the dull day, in the course of which he was entertained by +his elderly hosts and by the more important of the visitors (the old +count's house was crowded on account of an approaching name day), +Prince Andrew repeatedly glanced at Natasha, gay and laughing among +the younger members of the company, and asked himself each time, "What +is she thinking about? Why is she so glad?" + That night, alone in new surroundings, he was long unable to +sleep. He read awhile and then put out his candle, but relit it. It +was hot in the room, the inside shutters of which were closed. He +was cross with the stupid old man (as he called Rostov), who had +made him stay by assuring him that some necessary documents had not +yet arrived from town, and he was vexed with himself for having +stayed. + He got up and went to the window to open it. As soon as he opened +the shutters the moonlight, as if it had long been watching for +this, burst into the room. He opened the casement. The night was +fresh, bright, and very still. Just before the window was a row of +pollard trees, looking black on one side and with a silvery light on +the other. Beneath the trees grewsome kind of lush, wet, bushy +vegetation with silver-lit leaves and stems here and there. Farther +back beyond the dark trees a roof glittered with dew, to the right was +a leafy tree with brilliantly white trunk and branches, and above it +shone the moon, nearly at its full, in a pale, almost starless, spring +sky. Prince Andrew leaned his elbows on the window ledge and his +eyes rested on that sky. + His room was on the first floor. Those in the rooms above were +also awake. He heard female voices overhead. + "Just once more," said a girlish voice above him which Prince Andrew +recognized at once. + "But when are you coming to bed?" replied another voice. + "I won't, I can't sleep, what's the use? Come now for the last +time." + Two girlish voices sang a musical passage- the end of some song. + "Oh, how lovely! Now go to sleep, and there's an end of it." + "You go to sleep, but I can't," said the first voice, coming +nearer to the window. She was evidently leaning right out, for the +rustle of her dress and even her breathing could be heard. +Everything was stone-still, like the moon and its light and the +shadows. Prince Andrew, too, dared not stir, for fear of betraying his +unintentional presence. + "Sonya! Sonya!" he again heard the first speaker. "Oh, how can you +sleep? Only look how glorious it is! Ah, how glorious! Do wake up, +Sonya!" she said almost with tears in her voice. "There never, never +was such a lovely night before!" + Sonya made some reluctant reply. + "Do just come and see what a moon!... Oh, how lovely! Come +here.... Darling, sweetheart, come here! There, you see? I feel like +sitting down on my heels, putting my arms round my knees like this, +straining tight, as tight as possible, and flying away! Like this...." + "Take care, you'll fall out." + He heard the sound of a scuffle and Sonya's disapproving voice: +"It's past one o'clock." + "Oh, you only spoil things for me. All right, go, go!" + Again all was silent, but Prince Andrew knew she was still sitting +there. From time to time he heard a soft rustle and at times a sigh. + "O God, O God! What does it mean?" she suddenly exclaimed. "To bed +then, if it must be!" and she slammed the casement. + "For her I might as well not exist!" thought Prince Andrew while +he listened to her voice, for some reason expecting yet fearing that +she might say something about him. "There she is again! As if it +were on purpose," thought he. + In his soul there suddenly arose such an unexpected turmoil of +youthful thoughts and hopes, contrary to the whole tenor of his +life, that unable to explain his condition to himself he lay down +and fell asleep at once. +BK6|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + Next morning, having taken leave of no one but the count, and not +waiting for the ladies to appear, Prince Andrew set off for home. + It was already the beginning of June when on his return journey he +drove into the birch forest where the gnarled old oak had made so +strange and memorable an impression on him. In the forest the +harness bells sounded yet more muffled than they had done six weeks +before, for now all was thick, shady, and dense, and the young firs +dotted about in the forest did not jar on the general beauty but, +lending themselves to the mood around, were delicately green with +fluffy young shoots. + The whole day had been hot. Somewhere a storm was gathering, but +only a small cloud had scattered some raindrops lightly, sprinkling +the road and the sappy leaves. The left side of the forest was dark in +the shade, the right side glittered in the sunlight, wet and shiny and +scarcely swayed by the breeze. Everything was in blossom, the +nightingales trilled, and their voices reverberated now near, now +far away. + "Yes, here in this forest was that oak with which I agreed," thought +Prince Andrew. "But where is it?" he again wondered, gazing at the +left side of the road, and without recognizing it he looked with +admiration at the very oak he sought. The old oak, quite transfigured, +spreading out a canopy of sappy dark-green foliage, stood rapt and +slightly trembling in the rays of the evening sun. Neither gnarled +fingers nor old scars nor old doubts and sorrows were any of them in +evidence now. Through the hard century-old bark, even where there were +no twigs, leaves had sprouted such as one could hardly believe the old +veteran could have produced. + "Yes, it is the same oak," thought Prince Andrew, and all at once he +was seized by an unreasoning springtime feeling of joy and renewal. +All the best moments of his life suddenly rose to his memory. +Austerlitz with the lofty heavens, his wife's dead reproachful face, +Pierre at the ferry, that girl thrilled by the beauty of the night, +and that night itself and the moon, and.... all this rushed suddenly +to his mind. + "No, life is not over at thirty-one!" Prince Andrew suddenly decided +finally and decisively. "It is not enough for me to know what I have +in me- everyone must know it: Pierre, and that young girl who wanted +to fly away into the sky, everyone must know me, so that my life may +not be lived for myself alone while others live so apart from it, +but so that it may be reflected in them all, and they and I may live +in harmony!" + + On reaching home Prince Andrew decided to go to Petersburg that +autumn and found all sorts of reasons for this decision. A whole +serics of sensible and logical considerations showing it to be +essential for him to go to Petersburg, and even to re-enter the +service, kept springing up in his mind. He could not now understand +how he could ever even have doubted the necessity of taking an +active share in life, just as a month before he had not understood how +the idea of leaving the quiet country could ever enter his head. It +now seemed clear to him that all his experience of life must be +senselessly wasted unless he applied it to some kind of work and again +played an active part in life. He did not even remember how +formerly, on the strength of similar wretched logical arguments, it +had seemed obvious that he would be degrading himself if he now, after +the lessons he had had in life, allowed himself to believe in the +possibility of being useful and in the possibility of happiness or +love. Now reason suggested quite the opposite. After that journey to +Ryazan he found the country dull; his former pursuits no longer +interested him, and often when sitting alone in his study he got up, +went to the mirror, and gazed a long time at his own face. Then he +would turn away to the portrait of his dead Lise, who with hair curled +a la grecque looked tenderly and gaily at him out of the gilt frame. +She did not now say those former terrible words to him, but looked +simply, merrily, and inquisitively at him. And Prince Andrew, crossing +his arms behind him, long paced the room, now frowning, now smiling, +as he reflected on those irrational, inexpressible thoughts, secret as +a crime, which altered his whole life and were connected with +Pierre, with fame, with the girl at the window, the oak, and woman's +beauty and love. And if anyone came into his room at such moments he +was particularly cold, stern, and above all unpleasantly logical. + "My dear," Princess Mary entering at such a moment would say, +"little Nicholas can't go out today, it's very cold." + "If it were hot," Prince Andrew would reply at such times very dryly +to his sister, "he could go out in his smock, but as it is cold he +must wear warm clothes, which were designed for that purpose. That +is what follows from the fact that it is cold; and not that a child +who needs fresh air should remain at home," he would add with +extreme logic, as if punishing someone for those secret illogical +emotions that stirred within him. + At such moments Princess Mary would think how intellectual work +dries men up. +BK6|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Prince Andrew arrived in Petersburg in August, 1809. It was the time +when the youthful Speranski was at the zenith of his fame and his +reforms were being pushed forward with the greatest energy. That +same August the Emperor was thrown from his caleche, injured his +leg, and remained three weeks at Peterhof, receiving Speranski every +day and no one else. At that time the two famous decrees were being +prepared that so agitated society- abolishing court ranks and +introducing examinations to qualify for the grades of Collegiate +Assessor and State Councilor- and not merely these but a whole state +constitution, intended to change the existing order of government in +Russia: legal, administrative, and financial, from the Council of +State down to the district tribunals. Now those vague liberal dreams +with which the Emperor Alexander had ascended the throne, and which he +had tried to put into effect with the aid of his associates, +Czartoryski, Novosiltsev, Kochubey, and Strogonov- whom he himself +in jest had called his Comite de salut public- were taking shape and +being realized. + Now all these men were replaced by Speranski on the civil side, +and Arakcheev on the military. Soon after his arrival Prince Andrew, +as a gentleman of the chamber, presented himself at court and at a +levee. The Emperor, though he met him twice, did not favor him with +a single word. It had always seemed to Prince Andrew before that he +was antipathetic to the Emperor and that the latter disliked his +face and personality generally, and in the cold, repellent glance +the Emperor gave him, he now found further confirmation of this +surmise. The courtiers explained the Emperor's neglect of him by His +Majesty's displeasure at Bolkonski's not having served since 1805. + "I know myself that one cannot help one's sympathies and +antipathies," thought Prince Andrew, "so it will not do to present +my proposal for the reform of the army regulations to the Emperor +personally, but the project will speak for itself." + He mentioned what he had written to an old field marshal, a friend +of his father's. The field marshal made an appointment to see him, +received him graciously, and promised to inform the Emperor. A few +days later Prince Andrew received notice that he was to go to see +the Minister of War, Count Arakcheev. + + On the appointed day Prince Andrew entered Count Arakcheev's waiting +room at nine in the morning. + He did not know Arakcheev personally, had never seen him, and all he +had heard of him inspired him with but little respect for the man. + "He is Minister of War, a man trusted by the Emperor, and I need not +concern myself about his personal qualities: he has been +commissioned to consider my project, so he alone can get it +adopted," thought Prince Andrew as he waited among a number of +important and unimportant people in Count Arakcheev's waiting room. + During his service, chiefly as an adjutant, Prince Andrew had seen +the anterooms of many important men, and the different types of such +rooms were well known to him. Count Arakcheev's anteroom had quite a +special character. The faces of the unimportant people awaiting +their turn for an audience showed embarrassment and servility; the +faces of those of higher rank expressed a common feeling of +awkwardness, covered by a mask of unconcern and ridicule of +themselves, their situation, and the person for whom they were +waiting. Some walked thoughtfully up and down, others whispered and +laughed. Prince Andrew heard the nickname "Sila Andreevich" and the +words, "Uncle will give it to us hot," in reference to Count +Arakcheev. One general (an important personage), evidently feeling +offended at having to wait so long, sat crossing and uncrossing his +legs and smiling contemptuously to himself. + But the moment the door opened one feeling alone appeared on all +faces- that of fear. Prince Andrew for the second time asked the +adjutant on duty to take in his name, but received an ironical look +and was told that his turn would come in due course. After some others +had been shown in and out of the minister's room by the adjutant on +duty, an officer who struck Prince Andrew by his humiliated and +frightened air was admitted at that terrible door. This officer's +audience lasted a long time. Then suddenly the grating sound of a +harsh voice was heard from the other side of the door, and the +officer- with pale face and trembling lips- came out and passed +through the waiting room, clutching his head. + After this Prince Andrew was conducted to the door and the officer +on duty said in a whisper, "To the right, at the window." + Prince Andrew entered a plain tidy room and saw at the table a man +of forty with a long waist, a long closely cropped head, deep +wrinkles, scowling brows above dull greenish-hazel eyes and an +overhanging red nose. Arakcheev turned his head toward him without +looking at him. + "What is your petition?" asked Arakcheev. + "I am not petitioning, your excellency," returned Prince Andrew +quietly. + Arakcheev's eyes turned toward him. + "Sit down," said he. "Prince Bolkonski?" + "I am not petitioning about anything. His Majesty the Emperor has +deigned to send your excellency a project submitted by me..." + "You see, my dear sir, I have read your project," interrupted +Arakcheev, uttering only the first words amiably and then- again +without looking at Prince Andrew- relapsing gradually into a tone of +grumbling contempt. "You are proposing new military laws? There are +many laws but no one to carry out the old ones. Nowadays everybody +designs laws, it is easier writing than doing." + "I came at His Majesty the Emperor's wish to learn from your +excellency how you propose to deal with the memorandum I have +presented," said Prince Andrew politely. + "I have endorsed a resolution on your memorandum and sent it to +the committee. I do not approve of it," said Arakcheev, rising and +taking a paper from his writing table. "Here!" and he handed it to +Prince Andrew. + Across the paper was scrawled in pencil, without capital letters, +misspelled, and without punctuation: "Unsoundly constructed because +resembles an imitation of the French military code and from the +Articles of War needlessly deviating." + "To what committee has the memorandum been referred?" inquired +Prince Andrew. + "To the Committee on Army Regulations, and I have recommended that +your honor should be appointed a member, but without a salary." + Prince Andrew smiled. + "I don't want one." + "A member without salary," repeated Arakcheev. "I have the +honor... Eh! Call the next one! Who else is there?" he shouted, bowing +to Prince Andrew. +BK6|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + While waiting for the announcement of his appointment to the +committee Prince Andrew looked up his former acquaintances, +particularly those he knew to be in power and whose aid he might need. +In Petersburg he now experienced the same feeling he had had on the +eve of a battle, when troubled by anxious curiosity and irresistibly +attracted to the ruling circles where the future, on which the fate of +millions depended, was being shaped. From the irritation of the +older men, the curiosity of the uninitiated. the reserve of the +initiated, the hurry and preoccupation of everyone, and the +innumerable committees and commissions of whose existence he learned +every day, he felt that now, in 1809, here in Petersburg a vast +civil conflict was in preparation, the commander in chief of which was +a mysterious person he did not know, but who was supposed to be a +man of genius- Speranski. And this movement of reconstruction of which +Prince Andrew had a vague idea, and Speranski its chief promoter, +began to interest him so keenly that the question of the army +regulations quickly receded to a secondary place in his consciousness. + Prince Andrew was most favorably placed to secure good reception +in the highest and most diverse Petersburg circles of the day. The +reforming party cordially welcomed and courted him, the first place +because he was reputed to be clever and very well read, and secondly +because by liberating his serfs he had obtained the reputation of +being a liberal. The party of the old and dissatisfied, who censured +the innovations, turned to him expecting his sympathy in their +disapproval of the reforms, simply because he was the son of his +father. The feminine society world welcomed him gladly, because he was +rich, distinguished, a good match, and almost a newcomer, with a +halo of romance on account of his supposed death and the tragic loss +of his wife. Besides this the general opinion of all who had known him +previously was that he had greatly improved during these last five +years, having softened and grown more manly, lost his former +affectation, pride, and contemptuous irony, and acquired the +serenity that comes with years. People talked about him, were +interested in him, and wanted to meet him. + The day after his interview with Count Arakcheev, Prince Andrew +spent the evening at Count Kochubey's. He told the count of his +interview with Sila Andreevich (Kochubey spoke of Arakcheev by that +nickname with the same vague irony Prince Andrew had noticed in the +Minister of War's anteroom). + "Mon cher, even in this case you can't do without Michael +Mikhaylovich Speranski. He manages everything. I'll speak to him. He +has promised to come this evening." + "What has Speranski to do with the army regulations?" asked Prince +Andrew. + Kochubey shook his head smilingly, as if surprised at Bolkonski's +simplicity. + "We were talking to him about you a few days ago," Kochubey +continued, "and about your freed plowmen." + "Oh, is it you, Prince, who have freed your serfs?" said an old +man of Catherine's day, turning contemptuously toward Bolkonski. + "It was a small estate that brought in no profit," replied Prince +Andrew, trying to extenuate his action so as not to irritate the old +man uselessly. + "Afraid of being late..." said the old man, looking at Kochubey. + "There's one thing I don't understand," he continued. "Who will plow +the land if they are set free? It is easy to write laws, but difficult +to rule.... Just the same as now- I ask you, Count- who will be +heads of the departments when everybody has to pass examinations?" + "Those who pass the examinations, I suppose," replied Kochubey, +crossing his legs and glancing round. + "Well, I have Pryanichnikov serving under me, a splendid man, a +priceless man, but he's sixty. Is he to go up for examination?" + "Yes, that's a difficulty, as education is not at all general, +but..." + Count Kochubey did not finish. He rose, took Prince Andrew by the +arm, and went to meet a tall, bald, fair man of about forty with a +large open forehead and a long face of unusual and peculiar whiteness, +who was just entering. The newcomer wore a blue swallow-tail coat with +a cross suspended from his neck and a star on his left breast. It +was Speranski. Prince Andrew recognized him at once, and felt a +throb within him, as happens at critical moments of life. Whether it +was from respect, envy, or anticipation, he did not know. +Speranski's whole figure was of a peculiar type that made him easily +recognizable. In the society in which Prince Andrew lived he had never +seen anyone who together with awkward and clumsy gestures possessed +such calmness and self-assurance; he had never seen so resolute yet +gentle an expression as that in those half-closed, rather humid +eyes, or so firm a smile that expressed nothing; nor had he heard such +a refined, smooth, soft voice; above all he had never seen such +delicate whiteness of face or hands- hands which were broad, but +very plump, soft, and white. Such whiteness and softness Prince Andrew +had only seen on the faces of soldiers who had been long in +hospital. This was Speranski, Secretary of State, reporter to the +Emperor and his companion at Erfurt, where he had more than once met +and talked with Napoleon. + Speranski did not shift his eyes from one face to another as +people involuntarily do on entering a large company and was in no +hurry to speak. He spoke slowly, with assurance that he would be +listened to, and he looked only at the person with whom he was +conversing. + Prince Andrew followed Speranski's every word and movement with +particular attention. As happens to some people, especially to men who +judge those near to them severely, he always on meeting anyone new- +especially anyone whom, like Speranski, he knew by reputation- +expected to discover in him the perfection of human qualities. + Speranski told Kochubey he was sorry he had been unable to come +sooner as he had been detained at the palace. He did not say that +the Emperor had kept him, and Prince Andrew noticed this affectation +of modesty. When Kochubey introduced Prince Andrew, Speranski slowly +turned his eyes to Bolkonski with his customary smile and looked at +him in silence. + "I am very glad to make your acquaintance. I had heard of you, as +everyone has," he said after a pause. + Kochubey said a few words about the reception Arakcheev had given +Bolkonski. Speranski smiled more markedly. + "The chairman of the Committee on Army Regulations is my good friend +Monsieur Magnitski," he said, fully articulating every word and +syllable, "and if you like I can put you in touch with him." He paused +at the full stop. "I hope you will find him sympathetic and ready to +co-operate in promoting all that is reasonable." + A circle soon formed round Speranski, and the old man who had talked +about his subordinate Pryanichnikov addressed a question to him. + Prince Andrew without joining in the conversation watched every +movement of Speranski's: this man, not long since an insignificant +divinity student, who now, Bolkonski thought, held in his hands- those +plump white hands- the fate of Russia. Prince Andrew was struck by the +extraordinarily disdainful composure with which Speranski answered the +old man. He appeared to address condescending words to him from an +immeasurable height. When the old man began to speak too loud, +Speranski smiled and said he could not judge of the advantage or +disadvantage of what pleased the sovereign. + Having talked for a little while in the general circle, Speranski +rose and coming up to Prince Andrew took him along to the other end of +the room. It was clear that he thought it necessary to interest +himself in Bolkonski. + "I had no chance to talk with you, Prince, during the animated +conversation in which that venerable gentleman involved me," he said +with a mildly contemptuous smile, as if intimating by that smile +that he and Prince Andrew understood the insignificance of the +people with whom he had just been talking. This flattered Prince +Andrew. "I have known of you for a long time: first from your action +with regard to your serfs, a first example, of which it is very +desirable that there should be more imitators; and secondly because +you are one of those gentlemen of the chamber who have not +considered themselves offended by the new decree concerning the +ranks allotted to courtiers, which is causing so much gossip and +tittle-tattle." + "No," said Prince Andrew, "my father did not wish me to take +advantage of the privilege. I began the service from the lower grade." + "Your father, a man of the last century, evidently stands above +our contemporaries who so condemn this measure which merely +reestablishes natural justice." + "I think, however, that these condemnations have some ground," +returned Prince Andrew, trying to resist Speranski's influence, of +which he began to be conscious. He did not like to agree with him in +everything and felt a wish to contradict. Though he usually spoke +easily and well, he felt a difficulty in expressing himself now +while talking with Speranski. He was too much absorbed in observing +the famous man's personality. + "Grounds of personal ambition maybe," Speranski put in quietly. + "And of state interest to some extent," said Prince Andrew. + "What do you mean?" asked Speranski quietly, lowering his eyes. + "I am an admirer of Montesquieu," replied Prince Andrew, "and his +idea that le principe des monarchies est l'honneur me parait +incontestable. Certains droits et privileges de la noblesse me +paraissent etre des moyens de soutenir ce sentiment."* + + *"The principle of monarchies is honor seems to me incontestable. +Certain rights and privileges for the aristocracy appear to me a means +of maintaining that sentiment." + + The smile vanished from Speranski's white face, which was much +improved by the change. Probably Prince Andrew's thought interested +him. + "Si vous envisagez la question sous ce point de vue,"* he began, +pronouncing French with evident difficulty, and speaking even slower +than in Russian but quite calmly. + + *"If you regard the question from that point of view." + + Speranski went on to say that honor, l'honeur, cannot be upheld by +privileges harmful to the service; that honor, l'honneur, is either +a negative concept of not doing what is blameworthy or it is a +source of emulation in pursuit of commendation and rewards, which +recognize it. His arguments were concise, simple, and clear. + "An institution upholding honor, the source of emulation, is one +similar to the Legion d'honneur of the great Emperor Napoleon, not +harmful but helpful to the success of the service, but not a class +or court privilege." + "I do not dispute that, but it cannot be denied that court +privileges have attained the same end," returned Prince Andrew. "Every +courtier considers himself bound to maintain his position worthily." + "Yet you do not care to avail yourself of the privilege, Prince," +said Speranski, indicating by a smile that he wished to finish amiably +an argument which was embarrassing for his companion. "If you will +do me the honor of calling on me on Wednesday," he added, "I will, +after talking with Magnitski, let you know what may interest you, +and shall also have the pleasure of a more detailed chat with you." + Closing his eyes, he bowed a la francaise, without taking leave, and +trying to attract as little attention as possible, he left the room. +BK6|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + During the first weeks of his stay in Petersburg Prince Andrew +felt the whole trend of thought he had formed during his life of +seclusion quite overshadowed by the trifling cares that engrossed +him in that city. + On returning home in the evening he would jot down in his notebook +four or five necessary calls or appointments for certain hours. The +mechanism of life, the arrangement of the day so as to be in time +everywhere, absorbed the greater part of his vital energy. He did +nothing, did not even think or find time to think, but only talked, +and talked successfully, of what he had thought while in the country. + He sometimes noticed with dissatisfaction that he repeated the +same remark on the same day in different circles. But he was so busy +for whole days together that he had no time to notice that he was +thinking of nothing. + As he had done on their first meeting at Kochubey's, Speranski +produced a strong impression on Prince Andrew on the Wednesday, when +he received him tete-a-tate at his own house and talked to him long +and confidentially. + To Bolkonski so many people appeared contemptible and +insignificant creatures, and he so longed to find in someone the +living ideal of that perfection toward which he strove, that he +readily believed that in Speranski he had found this ideal of a +perfectly rational and virtuous man. Had Speranski sprung from the +same class as himself and possessed the same breeding and +traditions, Bolkonski would soon have discovered his weak, human, +unheroic sides; but as it was, Speranski's strange and logical turn of +mind inspired him with respect all the more because he did not quite +understand him. Moreover, Speranski, either because he appreciated the +other's capacity or because he considered it necessary to win him to +his side, showed off his dispassionate calm reasonableness before +Prince Andrew and flattered him with that subtle flattery which goes +hand in hand with self-assurance and consists in a tacit assumption +that one's companion is the only man besides oneself capable of +understanding the folly of the rest of mankind and the +reasonableness and profundity of one's own ideas. + During their long conversation on Wednesday evening, Speranski +more than once remarked: "We regard everything that is above the +common level of rooted custom..." or, with a smile: "But we want the +wolves to be fed and the sheep to be safe..." or: "They cannot +understand this..." and all in a way that seemed to say: "We, you +and I, understand what they are and who we are." + This first long conversation with Speranski only strengthened in +Prince Andrew the feeling he had experienced toward him at their first +meeting. He saw in him a remarkable, clear-thinking man of vast +intellect who by his energy and persistence had attained power, +which he was using solely for the welfare of Russia. In Prince +Andrew's eyes Speranski was the man he would himself have wished to +be- one who explained all the facts of life reasonably, considered +important only what was rational, and was capable of applying the +standard of reason to everything. Everything seemed so simple and +clear in Speranski's exposition that Prince Andrew involuntarily +agreed with him about everything. If he replied and argued, it was +only because he wished to maintain his independence and not submit +to Speranski's opinions entirely. Everything was right and +everything was as it should be: only one thing disconcerted Prince +Andrew. This was Speranski's cold, mirrorlike look, which did not +allow one to penetrate to his soul, and his delicate white hands, +which Prince Andrew involuntarily watched as one does watch the +hands of those who possess power. This mirrorlike gaze and those +delicate hands irritated Prince Andrew, he knew not why. He was +unpleasantly struck, too, by the excessive contempt for others that he +observed in Speranski, and by the diversity of lines of argument he +used to support his opinions. He made use of every kind of mental +device, except analogy, and passed too boldly, it seemed to Prince +Andrew, from one to another. Now he would take up the position of a +practical man and condemn dreamers; now that of a satirist, and +laugh ironically at his opponents; now grow severely logical, or +suddenly rise to the realm of metaphysics. (This last resource was one +he very frequently employed.) He would transfer a question to +metaphysical heights, pass on to definitions of space, time, and +thought, and, having deduced the refutation he needed, would again +descend to the level of the original discussion. + In general the trait of Speranski's mentality which struck Prince +Andrew most was his absolute and unshakable belief in the power and +authority of reason. It was evident that the thought could never occur +to him which to Prince Andrew seemed so natural, namely, that it is +after all impossible to express all one thinks; and that he had +never felt the doubt, "Is not all I think and believe nonsense?" And +it was just this peculiarity of Speranski's mind that particularly +attracted Prince Andrew. + During the first period of their acquaintance Bolkonski felt a +passionate admiration for him similar to that which he had once felt +for Bonaparte. The fact that Speranski was the son of a village +priest, and that stupid people might meanly despise him on account +of his humble origin (as in fact many did), caused Prince Andrew to +cherish his sentiment for him the more, and unconsciously to +strengthen it. + On that first evening Bolkonski spent with him, having mentioned the +Commission for the Revision of the Code of Laws, Speranski told him +sarcastically that the Commission had existed for a hundred and +fifty years, had cost millions, and had done nothing except that +Rosenkampf had stuck labels on the corresponding paragraphs of the +different codes. + "And that is all the state has for the millions it has spent," +said he. "We want to give the Senate new juridical powers, but we have +no laws. That is why it is a sin for men like you, Prince, not to +serve in these times!" + Prince Andrew said that for that work an education in +jurisprudence was needed which he did not possess. + "But nobody possesses it, so what would you have? It is a vicious +circle from which we must break a way out." + A week later Prince Andrew was a member of the Committee on Army +Regulations and- what he had not at all expected- was chairman of a +section of the committee for the revision of the laws. At +Speranski's request he took the first part of the Civil Code that +was being drawn up and, with the aid of the Code Napoleon and the +Institutes of Justinian, he worked at formulating the section on +Personal Rights. +BK6|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Nearly two years before this, in 1808, Pierre on returning to +Petersburg after visiting his estates had involuntarily found +himself in a leading position among the Petersburg Freemasons. He +arranged dining and funeral lodge meetings, enrolled new members, +and busied himself uniting various lodges and acquiring authentic +charters. He gave money for the erection of temples and supplemented +as far as he could the collection of alms, in regard to which the +majority of members were stingy and irregular. He supported almost +singlehanded a poorhouse the order had founded in Petersburg. + His life meanwhile continued as before, with the same infatuations +and dissipations. He liked to dine and drink well, and though he +considered it immoral and humiliating could not resist the temptations +of the bachelor circles in which he moved. + Amid the turmoil of his activities and distractions, however, Pierre +at the end of a year began to feel that the more firmly he tried to +rest upon it, the more Masonic ground on which he stood gave way under +him. At the same time he felt that the deeper the ground sank under +him the closer bound he involuntarily became to the order. When he had +joined the Freemasons he had experienced the feeling of one who +confidently steps onto the smooth surface of a bog. When he put his +foot down it sank in. To make quite sure of the firmness the ground, +he put his other foot down and sank deeper still, became stuck in +it, and involuntarily waded knee-deep in the bog. + Joseph Alexeevich was not in Petersburg- he had of late stood +aside from the affairs of the Petersburg lodges, and lived almost +entirely in Moscow. All the members of the lodges were men Pierre knew +in ordinary life, and it was difficult for him to regard them merely +as Brothers in Freemasonry and not as Prince B. or Ivan Vasilevich D., +whom he knew in society mostly as weak and insignificant men. Under +the Masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at +which they aimed in ordinary life. Often after collecting alms, and +reckoning up twenty to thirty rubles received for the most part in +promises from a dozen members, of whom half were as well able to pay +as himself, Pierre remembered the Masonic vow in which each Brother +promised to devote all his belongings to his neighbor, and doubts on +which he tried not to dwell arose in his soul. + He divided the Brothers he knew into four categories. In the first +he put those who did not take an active part in the affairs of the +lodges or in human affairs, but were exclusively occupied with the +mystical science of the order: with questions of the threefold +designation of God, the three primordial elements- sulphur, mercury, +and salt- or the meaning of the square and all the various figures +of the temple of Solomon. Pierre respected this class of Brothers to +which the elder ones chiefly belonged, including, Pierre thought, +Joseph Alexeevich himself, but he did not share their interests. His +heart was not in the mystical aspect of Freemasonry. + In the second category Pierre reckoned himself and others like +him, seeking and vacillating, who had not yet found in Freemasonry a +straight and comprehensible path, but hoped to do so. + In the third category he included those Brothers (the majority) +who saw nothing in Freemasonry but the external forms and +ceremonies, and prized the strict performance of these forms without +troubling about their purport or significance. Such were Willarski and +even the Grand Master of the principal lodge. + Finally, to the fourth category also a great many Brothers belonged, +particularly those who had lately joined. These according to +Pierre's observations were men who had no belief in anything, nor +desire for anything, but joined the Freemasons merely to associate +with the wealthy young Brothers who were influential through their +connections or rank, and of whom there were very many in the lodge. + Pierre began to feel dissatisfied with what he was doing. +Freemasonry, at any rate as he saw it here, sometimes seemed to him +based merely on externals. He did not think of doubting Freemasonry +itself, but suspected that Russian Masonry had taken a wrong path +and deviated from its original principles. And so toward the end of +the year he went abroad to be initiated into the higher secrets of the +order. + In the summer of 1809 Pierre returned to Petersburg. Our +Freemasons knew from correspondence with those abroad that Bezukhov +had obtained the confidence of many highly placed persons, had been +initiated into many mysteries, had been raised to a higher grade, +and was bringing back with him much that might conduce to the +advantage of the Masonic cause in Russia. The Petersburg Freemasons +all came to see him, tried to ingratiate themselves with him, and it +seemed to them all that he was preparing something for them and +concealing it. + A solemn meeting of the lodge of the second degree was convened, +at which Pierre promised to communicate to the Petersburg Brothers +what he had to deliver to them from the highest leaders of their +order. The meeting was a full one. After the usual ceremonies Pierre +rose and began his address. + "Dear Brothers," he began, blushing and stammering, with a written +speech in his hand, "it is not sufficient to observe our mysteries +in the seclusion of our lodge- we must act- act! We are drowsing, +but we must act." Pierre raised his notebook and began to read. + "For the dissemination of pure truth and to secure the triumph of +virtue," he read, "we must cleanse men from prejudice, diffuse +principles in harmony with the spirit of the times, undertake the +education of the young, unite ourselves in indissoluble bonds with the +wisest men, boldly yet prudently overcome superstitions, infidelity, +and folly, and form of those devoted to us a body linked together by +unity of purpose and possessed of authority and power. + "To attain this end we must secure a preponderance of virtue over +vice and must endeavor to secure that the honest man may, even in this +world, receive a lasting reward for his virtue. But in these great +endeavors we are gravely hampered by the political institutions of +today. What is to be done in these circumstances? To favor +revolutions, overthrow everything, repel force by force?... No! We are +very far from that. Every violent reform deserves censure, for it +quite fails to remedy evil while men remain what they are, and also +because wisdom needs no violence. + "The whole plan of our order should be based on the idea of +preparing men of firmness and virtue bound together by unity of +conviction- aiming at the punishment of vice and folly, and +patronizing talent and virtue: raising worthy men from the dust and +attaching them to our Brotherhood. Only then will our order have the +power unobtrusively to bind the hands of the protectors of disorder +and to control them without their being aware of it. In a word, we +must found a form of government holding universal sway, which should +be diffused over the whole world without destroying the bonds of +citizenship, and beside which all other governments can continue in +their customary course and do everything except what impedes the great +aim of our order, which is to obtain for virtue the victory over vice. +This aim was that of Christianity itself. It taught men to be wise and +good and for their own benefit to follow the example and instruction +of the best and wisest men. + "At that time, when everything was plunged in darkness, preaching +alone was of course sufficient. The novelty of Truth endowed her +with special strength, but now we need much more powerful methods. +It is now necessary that man, governed by his senses, should find in +virtue a charm palpable to those senses. It is impossible to eradicate +the passions; but we must strive to direct them to a noble aim, and it +is therefore necessary that everyone should be able to satisfy his +passions within the limits of virtue. Our order should provide means +to that end. + "As soon as we have a certain number of worthy men in every state, +each of them again training two others and all being closely united, +everything will be possible for our order, which has already in secret +accomplished much for the welfare of mankind." + This speech not only made a strong impression, but created +excitement in the lodge. The majority of the Brothers, seeing in it +dangerous designs of Illuminism,* met it with a coldness that +surprised Pierre. The Grand Master began answering him, and Pierre +began developing his views with more and more warmth. It was long +since there had been so stormy a meeting. Parties were formed, some +accusing Pierre of Illuminism, others supporting him. At that +meeting he was struck for the first time by the endless variety of +men's minds, which prevents a truth from ever presenting itself +identically to two persons. Even those members who seemed to be on his +side understood him in their own way with limitations and +alterations he could not agree to, as what he always wanted most was +to convey his thought to others just as he himself understood it. + + *The Illuminati sought to substitute republican for monarchical +institutions. + + At the end of the meeting the Grand Master with irony and ill-will +reproved Bezukhov for his vehemence and said it was not love of virtue +alone, but also a love of strife that had moved him in the dispute. +Pierre did not answer him and asked briefly whether his proposal would +be accepted. He was told that it would not, and without waiting for +the usual formalities he left the lodge and went home. +BK6|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded. For +three days after the delivery of his speech at the lodge he lay on a +sofa at home receiving no one and going nowhere. + It was just then that he received a letter from his wife, who +implored him to see her, telling him how grieved she was about him and +how she wished to devote her whole life to him. + At the end of the letter she informed him that in a few days she +would return to Petersburg from abroad. + Following this letter one of the Masonic Brothers whom Pierre +respected less than the others forced his way in to see him and, +turning the conversation upon Pierre's matrimonial affairs, by way +of fraternal advice expressed the opinion that his severity to his +wife was wrong and that he was neglecting one of the first rules of +Freemasonry by not forgiving the penitent. + At the same time his mother-in-law, Prince Vasili's wife, sent to +him imploring him to come if only for a few minutes to discuss a +most important matter. Pierre saw that there was a conspiracy +against him and that they wanted to reunite him with his wife, and +in the mood he then was, this was not even unpleasant to him. +Nothing mattered to him. Nothing in life seemed to him of much +importance, and under the influence of the depression that possessed +him he valued neither his liberty nor his resolution to punish his +wife. + "No one is right and no one is to blame; so she too is not to +blame," he thought. + If he did not at once give his consent to a reunion with his wife, +it was only because in his state of depression he did not feel able to +take any step. Had his wife come to him, he would not have turned +her away. Compared to what preoccupied him, was it not a matter of +indifference whether he lived with his wife or not? + Without replying either to his wife or his mother-in-law, Pierre +late one night prepared for a journey and started for Moscow to see +Joseph Alexeevich. This is what he noted in his diary: + + Moscow, 17th November + I have just returned from my benefactor, and hasten to write down +what I have experienced. Joseph Alexeevich is living poorly and has +for three years been suffering from a painful disease of the +bladder. No one has ever heard him utter a groan or a word of +complaint. From morning till late at night, except when he eats his +very plain food, he is working at science. He received me graciously +and made me sit down on the bed on which he lay. I made the sign of +the Knights of the East and of Jerusalem, and he responded in the same +manner, asking me with a mild smile what I had learned and gained in +the Prussian and Scottish lodges. I told him everything as best I +could, and told him what I had proposed to our Petersburg lodge, of +the bad reception I had encountered, and of my rupture with the +Brothers. Joseph Alexeevich, having remained silent and thoughtful for +a good while, told me his view of the matter, which at once lit up for +me my whole past and the future path I should follow. He surprised +me by asking whether I remembered the threefold aim of the order: +(1) The preservation and study of the mystery. (2) The purification +and reformation of oneself for its reception, and (3) The +improvement of the human race by striving for such purification. Which +is the principal aim of these three? Certainly self-reformation and +self-purification. Only to this aim can we always strive independently +of circumstances. But at the same time just this aim demands the +greatest efforts of us; and so, led astray by pride, losing sight of +this aim, we occupy ourselves either with the mystery which in our +impurity we are unworthy to receive, or seek the reformation of the +human race while ourselves setting an example of baseness and +profligacy. Illuminism is not a pure doctrine, just because it is +attracted by social activity and puffed up by pride. On this ground +Joseph Alexeevich condemned my speech and my whole activity, and in +the depth of my soul I agreed with him. Talking of my family affairs +he said to me, "the chief duty of a true Mason, as I have told you, +lies in perfecting himself. We often think that by removing all the +difficulties of our life we shall more quickly reach our aim, but on +the contrary, my dear sir, it is only in the midst of worldly cares +that we can attain our three chief aims: (1) Self-knowledge- for man +can only know himself by comparison, (2) Self-perfecting, which can +only be attained by conflict, and (3) The attainment of the chief +virtue- love of death. Only the vicissitudes of life can show us its +vanity and develop our innate love of death or of rebirth to a new +life." These words are all the more remarkable because, in spite of +his great physical sufferings, Joseph Alexeevich is never weary of +life though he loves death, for which- in spite of the purity and +loftiness of his inner man- he does not yet feel himself +sufficiently prepared. My benefactor then explained to me fully the +meaning of the Great Square of creation and pointed out to me that the +numbers three and seven are the basis of everything. He advised me not +to avoid intercourse with the Petersburg Brothers, but to take up only +second-grade posts in the lodge, to try, while diverting the +Brothers from pride, to turn them toward the true path +self-knowledge and self-perfecting. Besides this he advised me for +myself personally above all to keep a watch over myself, and to that +end he gave me a notebook, the one I am now writing in and in which +I will in future note down all my actions. + + Petersburg, 23rd November + I am again living with my wife. My mother-in-law came to me in tears +and said that Helene was here and that she implored me to hear her; +that she was innocent and unhappy at my desertion, and much more. I +knew that if I once let myself see her I should not have strength to +go on refusing what she wanted. In my perplexity I did not know +whose aid and advice to seek. Had my benefactor been here he would +have told me what to do. I went to my room and reread Joseph +Alexeevich's letters and recalled my conversations with him, and +deduced from it all that I ought not to refuse a suppliant, and +ought to reach a helping hand to everyone- especially to one so +closely bound to me- and that I must bear my cross. But if I forgive +her for the sake of doing right, then let union with her have only a +spiritual aim. That is what I decided, and what I wrote to Joseph +Alexeevich. I told my wife that I begged her to forget the past, to +forgive me whatever wrong I may have done her, and that I had +nothing to forgive. It gave me joy to tell her this. She need not know +how hard it was for me to see her again. I have settled on the upper +floor of this big house and am experiencing a happy feeling of +regeneration. +BK6|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + At that time, as always happens, the highest society that met at +court and at the grand balls was divided into several circles, each +with its own particular tone. The largest of these was the French +circle of the Napoleonic alliance, the circle of Count Rumyantsev +and Caulaincourt. In this group Helene, as soon as she had settled +in Petersburg with her husband, took a very prominent place. She was +visited by the members of the French embassy and by many belonging +to that circle and noted for their intellect and polished manners. + Helene had been at Erfurt during the famous meeting of the +Emperors and had brought from there these connections with the +Napoleonic notabilities. At Erfurt her success had been brilliant. +Napoleon himself had noticed her in the theater and said of her: +"C'est un superbe animal."* Her success as a beautiful and elegant +woman did not surprise Pierre, for she had become even handsomer +than before. What did surprise him was that during these last two +years his wife had succeeded in gaining the reputation "d' une femme +charmante, aussi spirituelle que belle."*[2] The distinguished +Prince de Ligne wrote her eight-page letters. Bilibin saved up his +epigrams to produce them in Countess Bezukhova's presence. To be +received in the Countess Bezukhova's salon was regarded as a diploma +of intellect. Young men read books before attending Helene's evenings, +to have something to say in her salon, and secretaries of the embassy, +and even ambassadors, confided diplomatic secrets to her, so that in a +way Helene was a power. Pierre, who knew she was very stupid, +sometimes attended, with a strange feeling of perplexity and fear, her +evenings and dinner parties, where politics, poetry, and philosophy +were discussed. At these parties his feelings were like those of a +conjuror who always expects his trick to be found out at any moment. +But whether because stupidity was just what was needed to run such a +salon, or because those who were deceived found pleasure in the +deception, at any rate it remained unexposed and Helene Bezukhova's +reputation as a lovely and clever woman became so firmly established +that she could say the emptiest and stupidest things and everybody +would go into raptures over every word of hers and look for a profound +meaning in it of which she herself had no conception. + + *"That's a superb animal." + *[2] "Of a charming woman, as witty as she is lovely." + + Pierre was just the husband needed for a brilliant society woman. He +was that absent-minded crank, a grand seigneur husband who was in no +one's way, and far from spoiling the high tone and general +impression of the drawing room, he served, by the contrast he +presented to her, as an advantageous background to his elegant and +tactful wife. Pierre during the last two years, as a result of his +continual absorption in abstract interests and his sincere contempt +for all else, had acquired in his wife's circle, which did not +interest him, that air of unconcern, indifference, and benevolence +toward all, which cannot be acquired artificially and therefore +inspires involuntary respect. He entered his wife's drawing room as +one enters a theater, was acquainted with everybody, equally pleased +to see everyone, and equally indifferent to them all. Sometimes he +joined in a conversation which interested him and, regardless of +whether any "gentlemen of the embassy" were present or not, +lispingly expressed his views, which were sometimes not at all in +accord with the accepted tone of the moment. But the general opinion +concerning the queer husband of "the most distinguished woman in +Petersburg" was so well established that no one took his freaks +seriously. + Among the many young men who frequented her house every day, Boris +Drubetskoy, who had already achieved great success in the service, was +the most intimate friend of the Bezukhov household since Helene's +return from Erfurt. Helene spoke of him as "mon page" and treated +him like a child. Her smile for him was the same as for everybody, but +sometimes that smile made Pierre uncomfortable. Toward him Boris +behaved with a particularly dignified and sad deference. This shade of +deference also disturbed Pierre. He had suffered so painfully three +years before from the mortification to which his wife had subjected +him that he now protected himself from the danger of its repetition, +first by not being a husband to his wife, and secondly by not allowing +himself to suspect. + "No, now that she has become a bluestocking she has finally +renounced her former infatuations," he told himself. "There has +never been an instance of a bluestocking being carried away by affairs +of the heart"- a statement which, though gathered from an unknown +source, he believed implicitly. Yet strange to say Boris' presence +in his wife's drawing room (and he was almost always there) had a +physical effect upon Pierre; it constricted his limbs and destroyed +the unconsciousness and freedom of his movements. + "What a strange antipathy," thought Pierre, "yet I used to like +him very much." + In the eyes of the world Pierre was a great gentleman, the rather +blind and absurd husband of a distinguished wife, a clever crank who +did nothing but harmed nobody and was a first-rate, good-natured +fellow. But a complex and difficult process of internal development +was taking place all this time in Pierre's soul, revealing much to him +and causing him many spiritual doubts and joys. +BK6|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Pierre went on with his diary, and this is what he wrote in it +during that time: + + 24th November + Got up at eight, read the Scriptures, then went to my duties. [By +Joseph Alexeevich's advice Pierre had entered the service of the state +and served on one of the committees.] Returned home for dinner and +dined alone- the countess had many visitors I do not like. I ate and +drank moderately and after dinner copied out some passages for the +Brothers. In the evening I went down to the countess and told a +funny story about B., and only remembered that I ought not to have +done so when everybody laughed loudly at it. + I am going to bed with a happy and tranquil mind. Great God, help me +to walk in Thy paths, (1) to conquer anger by calmness and +deliberation, (2) to vanquish lust by self-restraint and repulsion, +(3) to withdraw from worldliness, but not avoid (a) the service of the +state, (b) family duties, (c) relations with my friends, and the +management of my affairs. + + 27th November + I got up late. On waking I lay long in bed yielding to sloth. O God, +help and strengthen me that I may walk in Thy ways! Read the +Scriptures, but without proper feeling. Brother Urusov came and we +talked about worldly vanities. He told me of the Emperor's new +projects. I began to criticize them, but remembered my rules and my +benefactor's words- that a true Freemason should be a zealous worker +for the state when his aid is required and a quiet onlooker when not +called on to assist. My tongue is my enemy. Brothers G. V. and O. +visited me and we had a preliminary talk about the reception of a +new Brother. They laid on me the duty of Rhetor. I feel myself weak +and unworthy. Then our talk turned to the interpretation of the +seven pillars and steps of the Temple, the seven sciences, the seven +virtues, the seven vices, and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. +Brother O. was very eloquent. In the evening the admission took place. +The new decoration of the Premises contributed much to the +magnificence of the spectacle. It was Boris Drubetskoy who was +admitted. I nominated him and was the Rhetor. A strange feeling +agitated me all the time I was alone with him in the dark chamber. I +caught myself harboring a feeling of hatred toward him which I +vainly tried to overcome. That is why I should really like to save him +from evil and lead him into the path of truth, but evil thoughts of +him did not leave me. It seemed to me that his object in entering +the Brotherhood was merely to be intimate and in favor with members of +our lodge. Apart from the fact that he had asked me several times +whether N. and S. were members of our lodge (a question to which I +could not reply) and that according to my observation he is +incapable of feeling respect for our holy order and is too preoccupied +and satisfied with the outer man to desire spiritual improvement, I +had no cause to doubt him, but he seemed to me insincere, and all +the time I stood alone with him in the dark temple it seemed to me +that he was smiling contemptuously at my words, and I wished really to +stab his bare breast with the sword I held to it. I could not be +eloquent, nor could I frankly mention my doubts to the Brothers and to +the Grand Master. Great Architect of Nature, help me to find the +true path out of the labyrinth of lies! + + After this, three pages were left blank in the diary, and then +the following was written: + + I have had a long and instructive talk alone with Brother V., who +advised me to hold fast by brother A. Though I am unworthy, much was +revealed to me. Adonai is the name of the creator of the world. Elohim +is the name of the ruler of all. The third name is the name +unutterable which means the All. Talks with Brother V. strengthen, +refresh, and support me in the path of virtue. In his presence doubt +has no place. The distinction between the poor teachings of mundane +science and our sacred all-embracing teaching is clear to me. Human +sciences dissect everything to comprehend it, and kill everything to +examine it. In the holy science of our order all is one, all is +known in its entirety and life. The Trinity- the three elements of +matter- are sulphur, mercury, and salt. Sulphur is of an oily and +fiery nature; in combination with salt by its fiery nature it +arouses a desire in the latter by means of which it attracts +mercury, seizes it, holds it, and in combination produces other +bodies. Mercury is a fluid, volatile, spiritual essence. Christ, the +Holy Spirit, Him!... + + 3rd December + Awoke late, read the Scriptures but was apathetic. Afterwards went +and paced up and down the large hall. I wished to meditate, but +instead my imagination pictured an occurrence of four years ago, +when Dolokhov, meeting me in Moscow after our duel, said he hoped I +was enjoying perfect peace of mind in spite of my wife's absence. At +the time I gave him no answer. Now I recalled every detail of that +meeting and in my mind gave him the most malevolent and bitter +replies. I recollected myself and drove away that thought only when +I found myself glowing with anger, but I did not sufficiently +repent. Afterwards Boris Drubetskoy came and began relating various +adventures. His coming vexed me from the first, and I said something +disagreeable to him. He replied. I flared up and said much that was +unpleasant and even rude to him. He became silent, and I recollected +myself only when it was too late. My God, I cannot get on with him +at all. The cause of this is my egotism. I set myself above him and so +become much worse than he, for he is lenient to my rudeness while I on +the contrary nourish contempt for him. O God, grant that in his +presence I may rather see my own vileness, and behave so that he too +may benefit. After dinner I fell asleep and as I was drowsing off I +clearly heard a voice saying in my left ear, "Thy day!" + I dreamed that I was walking in the dark and was suddenly surrounded +by dogs, but I went on undismayed. Suddenly a smallish dog seized my +left thigh with its teeth and would not let go. I began to throttle it +with my hands. Scarcely had I torn it off before another, a bigger +one, began biting me. I lifted it up, but the higher I lifted it the +bigger and heavier it grew. And suddenly Brother A. came and, taking +my arm, led me to a building to enter which we had to pass along a +narrow plank. I stepped on it, but it bent and gave way and I began to +clamber up a fence which I could scarcely reach with my hands. After +much effort I dragged myself up, so that my leg hung down on one +side and my body on the other. I looked round and saw Brother A. +standing on the fence and pointing me to a broad avenue and garden, +and in the garden was a large and beautiful building. I woke up. O +Lord, great Architect of Nature, help me to tear from myself these +dogs- my passions especially the last, which unites in itself the +strength of all the former ones, and aid me to enter that temple of +virtue to a vision of which I attained in my dream. + + 7th December + I dreamed that Joseph Alexeevich was sitting in my house, and that I +was very glad and wished to entertain him. It seemed as if I chattered +incessantly with other people and suddenly remembered that this +could not please him, and I wished to come close to him and embrace +him. But as soon as I drew near I saw that his face had changed and +grown young, and he was quietly telling me something about the +teaching of our order, but so softly that I could not hear it. Then it +seemed that we all left the room and something strange happened. We +were sitting or lying on the floor. He was telling me something, and I +wished to show him my sensibility, and not listening to what he was +saying I began picturing to myself the condition of my inner man and +the grace of God sanctifying me. And tears came into my eyes, and I +was glad he noticed this. But be looked at me with vexation and jumped +up, breaking off his remarks. I felt abashed and asked whether what he +had been saying did not concern me; but he did not reply, gave me a +kind look, and then we suddenly found ourselves in my bedroom where +there is a double bed. He lay down on the edge of it and I burned with +longing to caress him and lie down too. And he said, "Tell me +frankly what is your chief temptation? Do you know it? I think you +know it already." Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was +my chief temptation. He shook his head incredulously; and even more +abashed, I said that though I was living with my wife as he advised, I +was not living with her as her husband. To this he replied that one +should not deprive a wife of one's embraces and gave me to +understand that that was my duty. But I replied that I should be +ashamed to do it, and suddenly everything vanished. And I awoke and +found in my mind the text from the Gospel: "The life was the light +of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness +comprehended it not." Joseph Alexeevich's face had looked young and +bright. That day I received a letter from my benefactor in which he +wrote about "conjugal duties." + + 9th December + I had a dream from which I awoke with a throbbing heart. I saw +that I was in Moscow in my house, in the big sitting room, and +Joseph Alexeevich came in from the drawing room. I seemed to know at +once that the process of regeneration had already taken place in +him, and I rushed to meet him. I embraced him and kissed his hands, +and he said, "Hast thou noticed that my face is different?" I looked +at him, still holding him in my arms, and saw that his face was young, +but that he had no hair on his head and his features were quite +changed. And I said, "I should have known you had I met you by +chance," and I thought to myself, "Am I telling the truth?" And +suddenly I saw him lying like a dead body; then he gradually recovered +and went with me into my study carrying a large book of sheets of +drawing paper; I said, "I drew that," and he answered by bowing his +head. I opened the book, and on all the pages there were excellent +drawings. And in my dream I knew that these drawings represented the +love adventures of the soul with its beloved. And on its pages I saw a +beautiful representation of a maiden in transparent garments and +with a transparent body, flying up to the clouds. And I seemed to know +that this maiden was nothing else than a representation of the Song of +Songs. And looking at those drawings I dreamed I felt that I was doing +wrong, but could not tear myself away from them. Lord, help me! My +God, if Thy forsaking me is Thy doing, Thy will be done; but if I am +myself the cause, teach me what I should do! I shall perish of my +debauchery if Thou utterly desertest me! +BK6|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + The Rostovs' monetary affairs had not improved during the two +years they had spent in the country. + Though Nicholas Rostov had kept firmly to his resolution and was +still serving modestly in an obscure regiment, spending +comparatively little, the way of life at Otradnoe- Mitenka's +management of affairs, in particular- was such that the debts +inevitably increased every year. The only resource obviously +presenting itself to the old count was to apply for an official +post, so he had come to Petersburg to look for one and also, as he +said, to let the lassies enjoy themselves for the last time. + Soon after their arrival in Petersburg Berg proposed to Vera and was +accepted. + Though in Moscow the Rostovs belonged to the best society without +themselves giving it a thought, yet in Petersburg their circle of +acquaintances was a mixed and indefinite one. In Petersburg they +were provincials, and the very people they had entertained in Moscow +without inquiring to what set they belonged, here looked down on them. + The Rostovs lived in the same hospitable way in Petersburg as in +Moscow, and the most diverse people met at their suppers. Country +neighbors from Otradnoe, impoverished old squires and their daughters, +Peronskaya a maid of honor, Pierre Bezukhov, and the son of their +district postmaster who had obtained a post in Petersburg. Among the +men who very soon became frequent visitors at the Rostovs' house in +Petersburg were Boris, Pierre whom the count had met in the street and +dragged home with him, and Berg who spent whole days at the Rostovs' +and paid the eldest daughter, Countess Vera, the attentions a young +man pays when he intends to propose. + Not in vain had Berg shown everybody his right hand wounded at +Austerlitz and held a perfectly unnecessary sword in his left. He +narrated that episode so persistently and with so important an air +that everyone believed in the merit and usefulness of his deed, and he +had obtained two decorations for Austerlitz. + In the Finnish war he also managed to distinguish himself. He had +picked up the scrap of a grenade that had killed an aide-de-camp +standing near the commander in chief and had taken it to his +commander. Just as he had done after Austerlitz, he related this +occurrence at such length and so insistently that everyone again +believed it had been necessary to do this, and he received two +decorations for the Finnish war also. In 1809 he was a captain in +the Guards, wore medals, and held some special lucrative posts in +Petersburg. + Though some skeptics smiled when told of Berg's merits, it could not +be denied that he was a painstaking and brave officer, on excellent +terms with his superiors, and a moral young man with a brilliant +career before him and an assured position in society. + Four years before, meeting a German comrade in the stalls of a +Moscow theater, Berg had pointed out Vera Rostova to him and had +said in German, "das soll mein Weib werden,"* and from that moment had +made up his mind to marry her. Now in Petersburg, having considered +the Rostovs' position and his own, he decided that the time had come +to propose. + + *"That girl shall be my wife." + + Berg's proposal was at first received with a perplexity that was not +flattering to him. At first it seemed strange that the son of an +obscure Livonian gentleman should propose marriage to a Countess +Rostova; but Berg's chief characteristic was such a naive and good +natured egotism that the Rostovs involuntarily came to think it +would be a good thing, since he himself was so firmly convinced that +it was good, indeed excellent. Moreover, the Rostovs' affairs were +seriously embarrassed, as the suitor could not but know; and above +all, Vera was twenty-four, had been taken out everywhere, and though +she was certainly good-looking and sensible, no one up to now had +proposed to her. So they gave their consent. + "You see," said Berg to his comrade, whom he called "friend" only +because he knew that everyone has friends, "you see, I have considered +it all, and should not marry if I had not thought it all out or if +it were in any way unsuitable. But on the contrary, my papa and +mamma are now provided for- I have arranged that rent for them in +the Baltic Provinces- and I can live in Petersburg on my pay, and with +her fortune and my good management we can get along nicely. I am not +marrying for money- I consider that dishonorable- but a wife should +bring her share and a husband his. I have my position in the +service, she has connections and some means. In our times that is +worth something, isn't it? But above all, she is a handsome, estimable +girl, and she loves me..." + Berg blushed and smiled. + "And I love her, because her character is sensible and very good. +Now the other sister, though they are the same family, is quite +different- an unpleasant character and has not the same +intelligence. She is so... you know?... Unpleasant... But my +fiancee!... Well, you will be coming," he was going to say, "to dine," +but changed his mind and said "to take tea with us," and quickly +doubling up his tongue he blew a small round ring of tobacco smoke, +perfectly embodying his dream of happiness. + After the first feeling of perplexity aroused in the parents by +Berg's proposal, the holiday tone of joyousness usual at such times +took possession of the family, but the rejoicing was external and +insincere. In the family's feeling toward this wedding a certain +awkwardness and constraint was evident, as if they were ashamed of not +having loved Vera sufficiently and of being so ready to get her off +their hands. The old count felt this most. He would probably have been +unable to state the cause of his embarrassment, but it resulted from +the state of his affairs. He did not know at all how much he had, what +his debts amounted to, or what dowry he could give Vera. When his +daughters were born he had assigned to each of them, for her dowry, an +estate with three hundred serfs; but one of these estates had +already been sold, and the other was mortgaged and the interest so +much in arrears that it would have to be sold, so that it was +impossible to give it to Vera. Nor had he any money. + Berg had already been engaged a month, and only a week remained +before the wedding, but the count had not yet decided in his own +mind the question of the dowry, nor spoken to his wife about it. At +one time the count thought of giving her the Ryazan estate or of +selling a forest, at another time of borrowing money on a note of +hand. A few days before the wedding Berg entered the count's study +early one morning and, with a pleasant smile, respectfully asked his +future father-in-law to let him know what Vera's dowry would be. The +count was so disconcerted by this long-foreseen inquiry that without +consideration he gave the first reply that came into his head. "I like +your being businesslike about it.... I like it. You shall be +satisfied...." + And patting Berg on the shoulder he got up, wishing to end the +conversation. But Berg, smiling pleasantly, explained that if he did +not know for certain how much Vera would have and did not receive at +least part of the dowry in advance, he would have to break matters +off. + "Because, consider, Count- if I allowed myself to marry now +without having definite means to maintain my wife, I should be +acting badly...." + The conversation ended by the count, who wished to be generous and +to avoid further importunity, saying that he would give a note of hand +for eighty thousand rubles. Berg smiled meekly, kissed the count on +the shoulder, and said that he was very grateful, but that it was +impossible for him to arrange his new life without receiving thirty +thousand in ready money. "Or at least twenty thousand, Count," he +added, "and then a note of hand for only sixty thousand." + "Yes, yes, all right!" said the count hurriedly. "Only excuse me, my +dear fellow, I'll give you twenty thousand and a note of hand for +eighty thousand as well. Yes, yes! Kiss me." +BK6|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + Natasha was sixteen and it was the year 1809, the very year to which +she had counted on her fingers with Boris after they had kissed four +years ago. Since then she had not seen him. Before Sonya and her +mother, if Boris happened to be mentioned, she spoke quite freely of +that episode as of some childish, long-forgotten matter that was not +worth mentioning. But in the secret depths of her soul the question +whether her engagement to Boris was a jest or an important, binding +promise tormented her. + Since Boris left Moscow in 1805 to join the army he had had not seen +the Rostovs. He had been in Moscow several times, and had passed +near Otradnoe, but had never been to see them. + Sometimes it occurred to Natasha that he not wish to see her, and +this conjecture was confirmed by the sad tone in which her elders +spoke of him. + "Nowadays old friends are not remembered," the countess would say +when Boris was mentioned. + Anna Mikhaylovna also had of late visited them less frequently, +seemed to hold herself with particular dignity, and always spoke +rapturously and gratefully of the merits of her son and the +brilliant career on which he had entered. When the Rostovs came to +Petersburg Boris called on them. + He drove to their house in some agitation. The memory of Natasha was +his most poetic recollection. But he went with the firm intention of +letting her and her parents feel that the childish relations between +himself and Natasha could not be binding either on her or on him. He +had a brilliant position in society thanks to his intimacy with +Countess Bezukhova, a brilliant position in the service thanks to +the patronage of an important personage whose complete confidence he +enjoyed, and he was beginning to make plans for marrying one of the +richest heiresses in Petersburg, plans which might very easily be +realized. When he entered the Rostovs' drawing room Natasha was in her +own room. When she heard of his arrival she almost ran into the +drawing room, flushed and beaming with a more than cordial smile. + Boris remembered Natasha in a short dress, with dark eyes shining +from under her curls and boisterous, childish laughter, as he had +known her four years before; and so he was taken aback when quite a +different Natasha entered, and his face expressed rapturous +astonishment. This expression on his face pleased Natasha. + "Well, do you recognize your little madcap playmate?" asked the +countess. + Boris kissed Natasha's hand and said that he was astonished at the +change in her. + "How handsome you have grown!" + "I should think so!" replied Natasha's laughing eyes. + "And is Papa older?" she asked. + Natasha sat down and, without joining in Boris' conversation with +the countess, silently and minutely studied her childhood's suitor. He +felt the weight of that resolute and affectionate scrutiny and glanced +at her occasionally. + Boris' uniform, spurs, tie, and the way his hair was brushed were +all comme il faut and in the latest fashion. This Natasha noticed at +once. He sat rather sideways in the armchair next to the countess, +arranging with his right hand the cleanest of gloves that fitted his +left hand like a skin, and he spoke with a particularly refined +compression of his lips about the amusements of the highest Petersburg +society, recalling with mild irony old times in Moscow and Moscow +acquaintances. It was not accidentally, Natasha felt, that he alluded, +when speaking of the highest aristocracy, to an ambassador's ball he +had attended, and to invitations he had received from N.N. and S.S. + All this time Natasha sat silent, glancing up at him from under +her brows. This gaze disturbed and confused Boris more and more. He +looked round more frequently toward her, and broke off in what he +was saying. He did not stay more than ten minutes, then rose and +took his leave. The same inquisitive, challenging, and rather +mocking eyes still looked at him. After his first visit Boris said +to himself that Natasha attracted him just as much as ever, but that +he must not yield to that feeling, because to marry her, a girl almost +without fortune, would mean ruin to his career, while to renew their +former relations without intending to marry her would be dishonorable. +Boris made up his mind to avoid meeting Natasha, but despite that +resolution he called again a few days later and began calling often +and spending whole days at the Rostovs'. It seemed to him that he +ought to have an explanation with Natasha and tell her that the old +times must be forgotten, that in spite of everything... she could +not be his wife, that he had no means, and they would never let her +marry him. But he failed to do so and felt awkward about entering on +such an explanation. From day to day he became more and more +entangled. It seemed to her mother and Sonya that Natasha was in +love with Boris as of old. She sang him his favorite songs, showed him +her album, making him write in it, did not allow him to allude to +the past, letting it be understood how was the present; and every +day he went away in a fog, without having said what he meant to, and +not knowing what he was doing or why he came, or how it would all end. +He left off visiting Helene and received reproachful notes from her +every day, and yet he continued to spend whole days with the Rostovs. +BK6|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + One night when the old countess, in nightcap and dressing jacket, +without her false curls, and with her poor little knob of hair showing +under her white cotton cap, knelt sighing and groaning on a rug and +bowing to the ground in prayer, her door creaked and Natasha, also +in a dressing jacket with slippers on her bare feet and her hair in +curlpapers, ran in. The countess- her prayerful mood dispelled- looked +round and frowned. She was finishing her last prayer: "Can it be +that this couch will be my grave?" Natasha, flushed and eager, +seeing her mother in prayer, suddenly checked her rush, half sat down, +and unconsciously put out her tongue as if chiding herself. Seeing +that her mother was still praying she ran on tiptoe to the bed and, +rapidly slipping one little foot against the other, pushed off her +slippers and jumped onto the bed the countess had feared might +become her grave. This couch was high, with a feather bed and five +pillows each smaller than the one below. Natasha jumped on it, sank +into the feather bed, rolled over to the wall, and began snuggling +up the bedclothes as she settled down, raising her knees to her +chin, kicking out and laughing almost inaudibly, now covering +herself up head and all, and now peeping at her mother. The countess +finished her prayers and came to the bed with a stern face, but +seeing, that Natasha's head was covered, she smiled in her kind, +weak way. + "Now then, now then!" said she. + "Mamma, can we have a talk? Yes?" said Natasha. "Now, just one on +your throat and another... that'll do!" And seizing her mother round +the neck, she kissed her on the throat. In her behavior to her +mother Natasha seemed rough, but she was so sensitive and tactful that +however she clasped her mother she always managed to do it without +hurting her or making her feel uncomfortable or displeased. + "Well, what is it tonight?" said the mother, having arranged her +pillows and waited until Natasha, after turning over a couple of +times, had settled down beside her under the quilt, spread out her +arms, and assumed a serious expression. + These visits of Natasha's at night before the count returned from +his club were one of the greatest pleasures of both mother, and +daughter. + "What is it tonight?- But I have to tell you..." + Natasha put her hand on her mother's mouth. + "About Boris... I know," she said seriously; "that's what I have +come about. Don't say it- I know. No, do tell me!" and she removed her +hand. "Tell me, Mamma! He's nice?" + "Natasha, you are sixteen. At your age I was married. You say +Boris is nice. He is very nice, and I love him like a son. But what +then?... What are you thinking about? You have quite turned his +head, I can see that...." + As she said this the countess looked round at her daughter. +Natasha was lying looking steadily straight before her at one of the +mahogany sphinxes carved on the corners of the bedstead, so that the +countess only saw her daughter's face in profile. That face struck her +by its peculiarly serious and concentrated expression. + Natasha was listening and considering. + "Well, what then?" said she. + "You have quite turned his head, and why? What do you want of him? +You know you can't marry him." + "Why not?" said Natasha, without changing her position. + "Because he is young, because he is poor, because he is a +relation... and because you yourself don't love him." + "How do you know?" + "I know. It is not right, darling!" + "But if I want to..." said Natasha. + "Leave off talking nonsense," said the countess. + "But if I want to..." + "Natasha, I am in earnest..." + Natasha did not let her finish. She drew the countess' large hand to +her, kissed it on the back and then on the palm, then again turned +it over and began kissing first one knuckle, then the space between +the knuckles, then the next knuckle, whispering, "January, February, +March, April, May. Speak, Mamma, why don't you say anything? Speak!" +said she, turning to her mother, who was tenderly gazing at her +daughter and in that contemplation seemed to have forgotten all she +had wished to say. + "It won't do, my love! Not everyone will understand this +friendship dating from your childish days, and to see him so +intimate with you may injure you in the eyes of other young men who +visit us, and above all it torments him for nothing. He may already +have found a suitable and wealthy match, and now he's half crazy." + "Crazy?" repeated Natasha. + "I'll tell you some things about myself. I had a cousin..." + "I know! Cyril Matveich... but he is old." + "He was not always old. But this is what I'll do, Natasha, I'll have +a talk with Boris. He need not come so often...." + "Why not, if he likes to?" + "Because I know it will end in nothing...." + "How can you know? No, Mamma, don't speak to him! What nonsense!" +said Natasha in the tone of one being deprived of her property. "Well, +I won't marry, but let him come if he enjoys it and I enjoy it." +Natasha smiled and looked at her mother. "Not to marry, but just +so," she added. + "How so, my pet?" + "Just so. There's no need for me to marry him. But... just so." + "Just so, just so," repeated the countess, and shaking all over, she +went off into a good humored, unexpected, elderly laugh. + "Don't laugh, stop!" cried Natasha. "You're shaking the whole bed! +You're awfully like me, just such another giggler.... Wait..." and she +seized the countess' hands and kissed a knuckle of the little +finger, saying, "June," and continued, kissing, "July, August," on the +other hand. "But, Mamma, is he very much in love? What do you think? +Was anybody ever so much in love with you? And he's very nice, very, +very nice. Only not quite my taste- he is so narrow, like the +dining-room clock.... Don't you understand? Narrow, you know- gray, +light gray..." + "What rubbish you're talking!" said the countess. + Natasha continued: "Don't you really understand? Nicholas would +understand.... Bezukhov, now, is blue, dark-blue and red, and he is +square." + "You flirt with him too," said the countess, laughing. + "No, he is a Freemason, I have found out. He is fine, dark-blue +and red.... How can I explain it to you?" + "Little countess!" the count's voice called from behind the door. +"You're not asleep?" Natasha jumped up, snatched up her slippers, +and ran barefoot to her own room. + It was a long time before she could sleep. She kept thinking that no +one could understand all that she understood and all there was in her. + "Sonya?" she thought, glancing at that curled-up, sleeping little +kitten with her enormous plait of hair. "No, how could she? She's +virtuous. She fell in love with Nicholas and does not wish to know +anything more. Even Mamma does not understand. It is wonderful how +clever I am and how... charming she is," she went on, speaking of +herself in the third person, and imagining it was some very wise +man- the wisest and best of men- who was saying it of her. "There is +everything, everything in her," continued this man. "She is +unusually intelligent, charming... and then she is pretty, +uncommonly pretty, and agile- she swims and rides splendidly... and +her voice! One can really say it's a wonderful voice!" + She hummed a scrap from her favorite opera by Cherubini, threw +herself on her bed, laughed at the pleasant thought that she would +immediately fall asleep, called Dunyasha the maid to put out the +candle, and before Dunyasha had left the room had already passed +into yet another happier world of dreams, where everything was as +light and beautiful as in reality, and even more so because it was +different. + + Next day the countess called Boris aside and had a talk with him, +after which he ceased coming to the Rostovs'. +BK6|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + On the thirty-first of December, New Year's Eve, 1809 - 10 an old +grandee of Catherine's day was giving a ball and midnight supper. +The diplomatic corps and the Emperor himself were to be present. + The grandee's well-known mansion on the English Quay glittered +with innumerable lights. Police were stationed at the brightly lit +entrance which was carpeted with red baize, and not only gendarmes but +dozens of police officers and even the police master himself stood +at the porch. Carriages kept driving away and fresh ones arriving, +with red-liveried footmen and footmen in plumed hats. From the +carriages emerged men wearing uniforms, stars, and ribbons, while +ladies in satin and ermine cautiously descended the carriage steps +which were let down for them with a clatter, and then walked hurriedly +and noiselessly over the baize at the entrance. + Almost every time a new carriage drove up a whisper ran through +the crowd and caps were doffed. + "The Emperor?... No, a minister.... prince... ambassador. Don't +you see the plumes?..." was whispered among the crowd. + One person, better dressed than the rest, seemed to know everyone +and mentioned by name the greatest dignitaries of the day. + A third of the visitors had already arrived, but the Rostovs, who +were to be present, were still hurrying to get dressed. + There had been many discussions and preparations for this ball in +the Rostov family, many fears that the invitation would not arrive, +that the dresses would not be ready, or that something would not be +arranged as it should be. + Marya Ignatevna Peronskaya, a thin and shallow maid of honor at +the court of the Dowager Empress, who was a friend and relation of the +countess and piloted the provincial Rostovs in Petersburg high +society, was to accompany them to the ball. + They were to call for her at her house in the Taurida Gardens at ten +o'clock, but it was already five minutes to ten, and the girls were +not yet dressed. + Natasha was going to her first grand ball. She had got up at eight +that morning and had been in a fever of excitement and activity all +day. All her powers since morning had been concentrated on ensuring +that they all- she herself, Mamma, and Sonya- should be as well +dressed as possible. Sonya and her mother put themselves entirely in +her hands. The countess was to wear a claret-colored velvet dress, and +the two girls white gauze over pink silk slips, with roses on their +bodices and their hair dressed a la grecque. + Everything essential had already been done; feet, hands, necks, +and ears washed, perfumed, and powdered, as befits a ball; the +openwork silk stockings and white satin shoes with ribbons were +already on; the hairdressing was almost done. Sonya was finishing +dressing and so was the countess, but Natasha, who had bustled about +helping them all, was behindhand. She was still sitting before a +looking-glass with a dressing jacket thrown over her slender +shoulders. Sonya stood ready dressed in the middle of the room and, +pressing the head of a pin till it hurt her dainty finger, was +fixing on a last ribbon that squeaked as the pin went through it. + "That's not the way, that's not the way, Sonya!" cried Natasha +turning her head and clutching with both hands at her hair which the +maid who was dressing it had not time to release. "That bow is not +right. Come here!" + Sonya sat down and Natasha pinned the ribbon on differently. + "Allow me, Miss! I can't do it like that," said the maid who was +holding Natasha's hair. + "Oh, dear! Well then, wait. That's right, Sonya." + "Aren't you ready? It is nearly ten," came the countess' voice. + "Directly! Directly! And you, Mamma?" + "I have only my cap to pin on." + "Don't do it without me!" called Natasha. "You won't do it right." + "But it's already ten." + They had decided to be at the ball by half past ten, and Natasha had +still to get dressed and they had to call at the Taurida Gardens. + When her hair was done, Natasha, in her short petticoat from under +which her dancing shoes showed, and in her mother's dressing jacket, +ran up to Sonya, scrutinized her, and then ran to her mother. +Turning her mother's head this way and that, she fastened on the cap +and, hurriedly kissing her gray hair, ran back to the maids who were +turning up the hem of her skirt. + The cause of the delay was Natasha's skirt, which was too long. +Two maids were turning up the hem and hurriedly biting off the ends of +thread. A third with pins in her mouth was running about between the +countess and Sonya, and a fourth held the whole of the gossamer +garment up high on one uplifted hand. + "Mavra, quicker, darling!" + "Give me my thimble, Miss, from there..." + "Whenever will you be ready?" asked the count coming to the door. +"Here is here is some scent. Peronskaya must be tired of waiting." + "It's ready, Miss," said the maid, holding up the shortened gauze +dress with two fingers, and blowing and shaking something off it, as +if by this to express a consciousness of the airiness and purity of +what she held. + Natasha began putting on the dress. + "In a minute! In a minute! Don't come in, Papa!" she cried to her +father as he opened the door- speaking from under the filmy skirt +which still covered her whole face. + Sonya slammed the door to. A minute later they let the count in. +He was wearing a blue swallow-tail coat, shoes and stockings, and +was perfumed and his hair pomaded. + "Oh, Papa! how nice you look! Charming!" cried Natasha, as she stood +in the middle of the room smoothing out the folds of the gauze. + "If you please, Miss! allow me," said the maid, who on her knees was +pulling the skirt straight and shifting the pins from one side of +her mouth to the other with her tongue. + "Say what you like," exclaimed Sonya, in a despairing voice as she +looked at Natasha, "say what you like, it's still too long." + Natasha stepped back to look at herself in the pier glass. The dress +was too long. + "Really, madam, it is not at all too long," said Mavra, crawling +on her knees after her young lady. + "Well, if it's too long we'll take it up... we'll tack it up in +one minute," said the resolute Dunyasha taking a needle that was stuck +on the front of her little shawl and, still kneeling on the floor, set +to work once more. + At that moment, with soft steps, the countess came in shyly, in +her cap and velvet gown. + "Oo-oo, my beauty!" exclaimed the count, "she looks better than +any of you!" + He would have embraced her but, blushing, she stepped aside +fearing to be rumpled. + "Mamma, your cap, more to this side," said Natasha. "I'll arrange +it," and she rushed forward so that the maids who were tacking up +her skirt could not move fast enough and a piece of gauze was torn +off. + "Oh goodness! What has happened? Really it was not my fault!" + "Never mind, I'll run it up, it won't show," said Dunyasha. + "What a beauty- a very queen!" said the nurse as she came to the +door. "And Sonya! They are lovely!" + At a quarter past ten they at last got into their carriages and +started. But they had still to call at the Taurida Gardens. + Peronskaya was quite ready. In spite of her age and plainness she +had gone through the same process as the Rostovs, but with less +flurry- for to her it was a matter of routine. Her ugly old body was +washed, perfumed, and powdered in just the same way. She had washed +behind her ears just as carefully, and when she entered her drawing +room in her yellow dress, wearing her badge as maid of honor, her +old lady's maid was as full of rapturous admiration as the Rostovs' +servants had been. + She praised the Rostovs' toilets. They praised her taste and toilet, +and at eleven o'clock, careful of their coiffures and dresses, they +settled themselves in their carriages and drove off. +BK6|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + Natasha had not had a moment free since early morning and had not +once had time to think of what lay before her. + In the damp chill air and crowded closeness of the swaying carriage, +she for the first time vividly imagined what was in store for her +there at the ball, in those brightly lighted rooms- with music, +flowers, dances, the Emperor, and all the brilliant young people of +Petersburg. The prospect was so splendid that she hardly believed it +would come true, so out of keeping was it with the chill darkness +and closeness of the carriage. She understood all that awaited her +only when, after stepping over the red baize at the entrance, she +entered the hall, took off her fur cloak, and, beside Sonya and in +front of her mother, mounted the brightly illuminated stairs between +the flowers. Only then did she remember how she must behave at a ball, +and tried to assume the majestic air she considered indispensable +for a girl on such an occasion. But, fortunately for her, she felt her +eyes growing misty, she saw nothing clearly, her pulse beat a +hundred to the minute, and the blood throbbed at her heart. She +could not assume that pose, which would have made her ridiculous, +and she moved on almost fainting from excitement and trying with all +her might to conceal it. And this was the very attitude that became +her best. Before and behind them other visitors were entering, also +talking in low tones and wearing ball dresses. The mirrors on the +landing reflected ladies in white, pale-blue, and pink dresses, with +diamonds and pearls on their bare necks and arms. + Natasha looked in the mirrors and could not distinguish her +reflection from the others. All was blended into one brilliant +procession. On entering the ballroom the regular hum of voices, +footsteps, and greetings deafened Natasha, and the light and glitter +dazzled her still more. The host and hostess, who had already been +standing at the door for half an hour repeating the same words to +the various arrivals, "Charme de vous voir,"* greeted the Rostovs +and Peronskaya in the same manner. + + *"Delighted to see you." + + The two girls in their white dresses, each with a rose in her +black hair, both curtsied in the same way, but the hostess' eye +involuntarily rested longer on the slim Natasha. She looked at her and +gave her alone a special smile in addition to her usual smile as +hostess. Looking at her she may have recalled the golden, +irrecoverable days of her own girlhood and her own first ball. The +host also followed Natasha with his eyes and asked the count which was +his daughter. + "Charming!" said he, kissing the tips of his fingers. + In the ballroom guests stood crowding at the entrance doors awaiting +the Emperor. The countess took up a position in one of the front +rows of that crowd. Natasha heard and felt that several people were +asking about her and looking at her. She realized that those +noticing her liked her, and this observation helped to calm her. + "There are some like ourselves and some worse," she thought. + Peronskaya was pointing out to the countess the most important +people at the ball. + "That is the Dutch ambassador, do you see? That gray-haired man," +she said, indicating an old man with a profusion of silver-gray +curly hair, who was surrounded by ladies laughing at something he +said. + "Ah, here she is, the Queen of Petersburg, Countess Bezukhova," said +Peronskaya, indicating Helene who had just entered. "How lovely! She +is quite equal to Marya Antonovna. See how the men, young and old, pay +court to her. Beautiful and clever... they say Prince- is quite mad +about her. But see, those two, though not good-looking, are even +more run after." + She pointed to a lady who was crossing the room followed by a very +plain daughter. + "She is a splendid match, a millionairess," said Peronskaya. "And +look, here come her suitors." + "That is Bezukhova's brother, Anatole Kuragin," she said, indicating +a handsome officer of the Horse Guards who passed by them with head +erect, looking at something over the heads of the ladies. "He's +handsome, isn't he? I hear they will marry him to that rich girl. +But your cousin, Drubetskoy, is also very attentive to her. They say +she has millions. Oh yes, that's the French ambassador himself!" she +replied to the countess' inquiry about Caulaincourt. "Looks as if he +were a king! All the same, the French are charming, very charming. +No one more charming in society. Ah, here she is! Yes, she is still +the most beautiful of them all, our Marya Antonovna! And how simply +she is dressed! Lovely! And that stout one in spectacles is the +universal Freemason," she went on, indicating Pierre. "Put him +beside his wife and he looks a regular buffoon!" + Pierre, swaying his stout body, advanced, making way through the +crowd and nodding to right and left as casually and good-naturedly +as if he were passing through a crowd at a fair. He pushed through, +evidently looking for someone. + Natasha looked joyfully at the familiar face of Pierre, "the +buffoon," as Peronskaya had called him, and knew he was looking for +them, and for her in particular. He had promised to be at the ball and +introduce partners to her. + But before he reached them Pierre stopped beside a very handsome, +dark man of middle height, and in a white uniform, who stood by a +window talking to a tall man wearing stars and a ribbon. Natasha at +once recognized the shorter and younger man in the white uniform: it +was Bolkonski, who seemed to her to have grown much younger, +happier, and better-looking. + "There's someone else we know- Bolkonski, do you see, Mamma?" said +Natasha, pointing out Prince Andrew. "You remember, he stayed a +night with us at Otradnoe." + "Oh, you know him?" said Peronskaya. "I can't bear him. Il fait a +present la pluie et le beau temps."* He's too proud for anything. +Takes after his father. And he's hand in glove with Speranski, writing +some project or other. Just look how he treats the ladies! There's one +talking to him and he has turned away," she said, pointing at him. +"I'd give it to him if he treated me as he does those ladies." + + *"He is all the rage just now. +BK6|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Suddenly everybody stirred, began talking, and pressed forward and +then back, and between the two rows, which separated, the Emperor +entered to the sounds of music that had immediately struck up. +Behind him walked his host and hostess. He walked in rapidly, bowing +to right and left as if anxious to get the first moments of the +reception over. The band played the polonaise in vogue at that time on +account of the words that had been set to it, beginning: "Alexander, +Elisaveta, all our hearts you ravish quite..." The Emperor passed on +to the drawing room, the crowd made a rush for the doors, and +several persons with excited faces hurried there and back again. +Then the crowd hastily retired from the drawing-room door, at which +the Emperor reappeared talking to the hostess. A young man, looking +distraught, pounced down on the ladies, asking them to move aside. +Some ladies, with faces betraying complete forgetfulness of all the +rules of decorum, pushed forward to the detriment of their toilets. +The men began to choose partners and take their places for the +polonaise. + Everyone moved back, and the Emperor came smiling out of the drawing +room leading his hostess by the hand but not keeping time to the +music. The host followed with Marya Antonovna Naryshkina; then came +ambassadors, ministers, and various generals, whom Peronskaya +diligently named. More than half the ladies already had partners and +were taking up, or preparing to take up, their positions for the +polonaise. Natasha felt that she would be left with her mother and +Sonya among a minority of women who crowded near the wall, not +having been invited to dance. She stood with her slender arms +hanging down, her scarcely defined bosom rising and falling regularly, +and with bated breath and glittering, frightened eyes gazed straight +before her, evidently prepared for the height of joy or misery. She +was not concerned about the Emperor or any of those great people +whom Peronskaya was pointing out- she had but one thought: "Is it +possible no one will ask me, that I shall not be among the first to +dance? Is it possible that not one of all these men will notice me? +They do not even seem to see me, or if they do they look as if they +were saying, 'Ah, she's not the one I'm after, so it's not worth +looking at her!' No, it's impossible," she thought. "They must know +how I long to dance, how splendidly I dance, and how they would +enjoy dancing with me." + The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable +time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to Natasha's ears. +She wanted to cry. Peronskaya had left them. The count was at the +other end of the room. She and the countess and Sonya were standing by +themselves as in the depths of a forest amid that crowd of +strangers, with no one interested in them and not wanted by anyone. +Prince Andrew with a lady passed by, evidently not recognizing them. +The handsome Anatole was smilingly talking to a partner on his arm and +looked at Natasha as one looks at a wall. Boris passed them twice +and each time turned away. Berg and his wife, who were not dancing, +came up to them. + This family gathering seemed humiliating to Natasha- as if there +were nowhere else for the family to talk but here at the ball. She did +not listen to or look at Vera, who was telling her something about her +own green dress. + At last the Emperor stopped beside his last partner (he had danced +with three) and the music ceased. A worried aide-de-camp ran up to the +Rostovs requesting them to stand farther back, though as it was they +were already close to the wall, and from the gallery resounded the +distinct, precise, enticingly rhythmical strains of a waltz. The +Emperor looked smilingly down the room. A minute passed but no one had +yet begun dancing. An aide-de-camp, the Master of Ceremonies, went +up to Countess Bezukhova and asked her to dance. She smilingly +raised her hand and laid it on his shoulder without looking at him. +The aide-de-camp, an adept in his art, grasping his partner firmly +round her waist, with confident deliberation started smoothly, gliding +first round the edge of the circle, then at the corner of the room +he caught Helene's left hand and turned her, the only sound audible, +apart from the ever-quickening music, being the rhythmic click of +the spurs on his rapid, agile feet, while at every third beat his +partner's velvet dress spread out and seemed to flash as she whirled +round. Natasha gazed at them and was ready to cry because it was not +she who was dancing that first turn of the waltz. + Prince Andrew, in the white uniform of a cavalry colonel, wearing +stockings and dancing shoes, stood looking animated and bright in +the front row of the circle not far from the Rostovs. Baron Firhoff +was talking to him about the first sitting of the Council of State +to be held next day. Prince Andrew, as one closely connected with +Speranski and participating in the work of the legislative commission, +could give reliable information about that sitting, concerning which +various rumors were current. But not listening to what Firhoff was +saying, he was gazing now at the sovereign and now at the men +intending to dance who had not yet gathered courage to enter the +circle. + Prince Andrew was watching these men abashed by the Emperor's +presence, and the women who were breathlessly longing to be asked to +dance. + Pierre came up to him and caught him by the arm. + "You always dance. I have a protegee, the young Rostova, here. Ask +her," he said. + "Where is she?" asked Bolkonski. "Excuse me!" he added, turning to +the baron, "we will finish this conversation elsewhere- at a ball +one must dance." He stepped forward in the direction Pierre indicated. +The despairing, dejected expression of Natasha's face caught his +eye. He recognized her, guessed her feelings, saw that it was her +debut, remembered her conversation at the window, and with an +expression of pleasure on his face approached Countess Rostova. + "Allow me to introduce you to my daughter," said the countess, +with heightened color. + "I have the pleasure of being already acquainted, if the countess +remembers me," said Prince Andrew with a low and courteous bow quite +belying Peronskaya's remarks about his rudeness, and approaching +Natasha he held out his arm to grasp her waist before he had completed +his invitation. He asked her to waltz. That tremulous expression on +Natasha's face, prepared either for despair or rapture, suddenly +brightened into a happy, grateful, childlike smile. + "I have long been waiting for you," that frightened happy little +girl seemed to say by the smile that replaced the threatened tears, as +she raised her hand to Prince Andrew's shoulder. They were the +second couple to enter the circle. Prince Andrew was one of the best +dancers of his day and Natasha danced exquisitely. Her little feet +in their white satin dancing shoes did their work swiftly, lightly, +and independently of herself, while her face beamed with ecstatic +happiness. Her slender bare arms and neck were not beautiful- compared +to Helene's her shoulders looked thin and her bosom undeveloped. But +Helene seemed, as it were, hardened by a varnish left by the thousands +of looks that had scanned her person, while Natasha was like a girl +exposed for the first time, who would have felt very much ashamed +had she not been assured that this was absolutely necessary. + Prince Andrew liked dancing, and wishing to escape as quickly as +possible from the political and clever talk which everyone addressed +to him, wishing also to break up the circle of restraint he +disliked, caused by the Emperor's presence, he danced, and had +chosen Natasha because Pierre pointed her out to him and because she +was the first pretty girl who caught his eye; but scarcely had he +embraced that slender supple figure and felt her stirring so close +to him and smiling so near him than the wine of her charm rose to +his head, and he felt himself revived and rejuvenated when after +leaving her he stood breathing deeply and watching the other dancers. +BK6|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + After Prince Andrew, Boris came up to ask Natasha for dance, and +then the aide-de-camp who had opened the ball, and several other young +men, so that, flushed and happy, and passing on her superfluous +partners to Sonya, she did not cease dancing all the evening. She +noticed and saw nothing of what occupied everyone else. Not only did +she fail to notice that the Emperor talked a long time with the French +ambassador, and how particularly gracious he was to a certain lady, or +that Prince So-and-so and So-and-so did and said this and that, and +that Helene had great success and was honored was by the special +attention of So-and-so, but she did not even see the Emperor, and only +noticed that he had gone because the ball became livelier after his +departure. For one of the merry cotillions before supper Prince Andrew +was again her partner. He reminded her of their first encounter in the +Otradnoe avenue, and how she had been unable to sleep that moonlight +night, and told her how he had involuntarily overheard her. Natasha +blushed at that recollection and tried to excuse herself, as if +there had been something to be ashamed of in what Prince Andrew had +overheard. + Like all men who have grown up in society, Prince Andrew liked +meeting someone there not of the conventional society stamp. And +such was Natasha, with her surprise, her delight, her shyness, and +even her mistakes in speaking French. With her he behaved with special +care and tenderness, sitting beside her and talking of the simplest +and most unimportant matters; he admired her shy grace. In the +middle of the cotillion, having completed one of the figures, Natasha, +still out of breath, was returning to her seat when another dancer +chose her. She was tired and panting and evidently thought of +declining, but immediately put her hand gaily on the man's shoulder, +smiling at Prince Andrew. + "I'd be glad to sit beside you and rest: I'm tired; but you see +how they keep asking me, and I'm glad of it, I'm happy and I love +everybody, and you and I understand it all," and much, much more was +said in her smile. When her partner left her Natasha ran across the +room to choose two ladies for the figure. + "If she goes to her cousin first and then to another lady, she +will be my wife," said Prince Andrew to himself quite to his own +surprise, as he watched her. She did go first to her cousin. + "What rubbish sometimes enters one's head!" thought Prince Andrew, +"but what is certain is that that girl is so charming, so original, +that she won't be dancing here a month before she will be +married.... Such as she are rare here," he thought, as Natasha, +readjusting a rose that was slipping on her bodice, settled herself +beside him. + When the cotillion was over the old count in his blue coat came up +to the dancers. He invited Prince Andrew to come and see them, and +asked his daughter whether she was enjoying herself. Natasha did not +answer at once but only looked up with a smile that said +reproachfully: "How can you ask such a question?" + "I have never enjoyed myself so much before!" she said, and Prince +Andrew noticed how her thin arms rose quickly as if to embrace her +father and instantly dropped again. Natasha was happier than she had +ever been in her life. She was at that height of bliss when one +becomes completely kind and good and does not believe in the +possibility of evil, unhappiness, or sorrow. + At that ball Pierre for the first time felt humiliated by the +position his wife occupied in court circles. He was gloomy and +absent-minded. A deep furrow ran across his forehead, and standing +by a window he stared over his spectacles seeing no one. + On her way to supper Natasha passed him. + Pierre's gloomy, unhappy look struck her. She stopped in front of +him. She wished to help him, to bestow on him the superabundance of +her own happiness. + "How delightful it is, Count!" said she. "Isn't it?" + Pierre smiled absent-mindedly, evidently not grasping what she said. + "Yes, I am very glad," he said. + "How can people be dissatisfied with anything?" thought Natasha. +"Especially such a capital fellow as Bezukhov!" In Natasha's eyes +all the people at the ball alike were good, kind, and splendid people, +loving one another; none of them capable of injuring another- and so +they ought all to be happy. +BK6|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Next day Prince Andrew thought of the ball, but his mind did not +dwell on it long. "Yes, it was a very brilliant ball," and then... +"Yes, that little Rostova is very charming. There's something fresh, +original, un-Petersburg-like about her that distinguishes her." That +was all he thought about yesterday's ball, and after his morning tea +he set to work. + But either from fatigue or want of sleep he was ill-disposed for +work and could get nothing done. He kept criticizing his own work, +as he often did, and was glad when he heard someone coming. + The visitor was Bitski, who served on various committees, frequented +all the societies in Petersburg, and a passionate devotee of the new +ideas and of Speranski, and a diligent Petersburg newsmonger- one of +those men who choose their opinions like their clothes according to +the fashion, but who for that very reason appear to be the warmest +partisans. Hardly had he got rid of his hat before he ran into +Prince Andrew's room with a preoccupied air and at once began talking. +He had just heard particulars of that morning's sitting of the Council +of State opened by the Emperor, and he spoke of it enthusiastically. +The Emperor's speech had been extraordinary. It had been a speech such +as only constitutional monarchs deliver. "The Sovereign plainly said +that the Council and Senate are estates of the realm, he said that the +government must rest not on authority but on secure bases. The Emperor +said that the fiscal system must be reorganized and the accounts +published," recounted Bitski, emphasizing certain words and opening +his eyes significantly. + "Ah, yes! Today's events mark an epoch, the greatest epoch in our +history," he concluded. + Prince Andrew listened to the account of the opening of the +Council of State, which he had so impatiently awaited and to which +he had attached such importance, and was surprised that this event, +now that it had taken place, did not affect him, and even seemed quite +insignificant. He listened with quiet irony to Bitski's enthusiastic +account of it. A very simple thought occurred to him: "What does it +matter to me or to Bitski what the Emperor was pleased to say at the +Council? Can all that make me any happier or better?" + And this simple reflection suddenly destroyed all the interest +Prince Andrew had felt in the impending reforms. He was going to +dine that evening at Speranski's, "with only a few friends," as the +host had said when inviting him. The prospect of that dinner in the +intimate home circle of the man he so admired had greatly interested +Prince Andrew, especially as he had not yet seen Speranski in his +domestic surroundings, but now he felt disinclined to go to it. + At the appointed hour, however, he entered the modest house +Speranski owned in the Taurida Gardens. In the parqueted dining room +this small house, remarkable for its extreme cleanliness (suggesting +that of a monastery), Prince Andrew, who was rather late, found the +friendly gathering of Speranski's intimate acquaintances already +assembled at five o'clock. There were no ladies present except +Speranski's little daughter (long-faced like her father) and her +governess. The other guests were Gervais, Magnitski, and Stolypin. +While still in the anteroom Prince Andrew heard loud voices and a +ringing staccato laugh- a laugh such as one hears on the stage. +Someone- it sounded like Speranski- was distinctly ejaculating +ha-ha-ha. Prince Andrew had never before heard Speranski's famous +laugh, and this ringing, high pitched laughter from a statesman made a +strange impression on him. + He entered the dining room. The whole company were standing +between two windows at a small table laid with hors-d'oeuvres. +Speranski, wearing a gray swallow-tail coat with a star on the breast, +and evidently still the same waistcoat and high white stock he had +worn at the meeting of the Council of State, stood at the table with a +beaming countenance. His guests surrounded him. Magnitski, +addressing himself to Speranski, was relating an anecdote, and +Speranski was laughing in advance at what Magnitski was going to +say. When Prince Andrew entered the room Magnitski's words were +again crowned by laughter. Stolypin gave a deep bass guffaw as he +munched a piece of bread and cheese. Gervais laughed softly with a +hissing chuckle, and Speranski in a high-pitched staccato manner. + Still laughing, Speranski held out his soft white hand to Prince +Andrew. + "Very pleased to see you, Prince," he said. "One moment..." he +went on, turning to Magnitski and interrupting his story. "We have +agreed that this is a dinner for recreation, with not a word about +business!" and turning again to the narrator he began to laugh afresh. + Prince Andrew looked at the laughing Speranski with astonishment, +regret, and disillusionment. It seemed to him that this was not +Speranski but someone else. Everything that had formerly appeared +mysterious and fascinating in Speranski suddenly became plain and +unattractive. + At dinner the conversation did not cease for a moment and seemed +to consist of the contents of a book of funny anecdotes. Before +Magnitski had finished his story someone else was anxious to relate +something still funnier. Most of the anecdotes, if not relating to the +state service, related to people in the service. It seemed that in +this company the insignificance of those people was so definitely +accepted that the only possible attitude toward them was one of good +humored ridicule. Speranski related how at the Council that morning +a deaf dignitary, when asked his opinion, replied that he thought so +too. Gervais gave a long account of an official revision, remarkable +for the stupidity of everybody concerned. Stolypin, stuttering, +broke into the conversation and began excitedly talking of the +abuses that existed under the former order of things- threatening to +give a serious turn to the conversation. Magnitski starting quizzing +Stolypin about his vehemence. Gervais intervened with a joke, and +the talk reverted to its former lively tone. + Evidently Speranski liked to rest after his labors and find +amusement in a circle of friends, and his guests, understanding his +wish, tried to enliven him and amuse themselves. But their gaiety +seemed to Prince Andrew mirthless and tiresome. Speranski's +high-pitched voice struck him unpleasantly, and the incessant laughter +grated on him like a false note. Prince Andrew did not laugh and +feared that he would be a damper on the spirits of the company, but no +one took any notice of his being out of harmony with the general mood. +They all seemed very gay. + He tried several times to join in the conversation, but his +remarks were tossed aside each time like a cork thrown out of the +water, and he could not jest with them. + There was nothing wrong or unseemly in what they said, it was +witty and might have been funny, but it lacked just that something +which is the salt of mirth, and they were not even aware that such a +thing existed. + After dinner Speranski's daughter and her governess rose. He +patted the little girl with his white hand and kissed her. And that +gesture, too, seemed unnatural to Prince Andrew. + The men remained at table over their port- English fashion. In the +midst of a conversation that was started about Napoleon's Spanish +affairs, which they all agreed in approving, Prince Andrew began to +express a contrary opinion. Speranski smiled and, with an evident wish +to prevent the conversation from taking an unpleasant course, told a +story that had no connection with the previous conversation. For a few +moments all were silent. + Having sat some time at table, Speranski corked a bottle of wine +and, remarking, "Nowadays good wine rides in a carriage and pair," +passed it to the servant and got up. All rose and continuing to talk +loudly went into the drawing room. Two letters brought by a courier +were handed to Speranski and he took them to his study. As soon as +he had left the room the general merriment stopped and the guests +began to converse sensibly and quietly with one another. + "Now for the recitation!" said Speranski on returning from his +study. "A wonderful talent!" he said to Prince Andrew, and Magnitski +immediately assumed a pose and began reciting some humorous verses +in French which he had composed about various well-known Petersburg +people. He was interrupted several times by applause. When the +verses were finished Prince Andrew went up to Speranski and took his +leave. + "Where are you off to so early?" asked Speranski. + "I promised to go to a reception." + They said no more. Prince Andrew looked closely into those +mirrorlike, impenetrable eyes, and felt that it had been ridiculous of +him to have expected anything from Speranski and from any of his own +activities connected with him, or ever to have attributed importance +to what Speranski was doing. That precise, mirthless laughter rang +in Prince Andrew's ears long after he had left the house. + When he reached home Prince Andrew began thinking of his life in +Petersburg during those last four months as if it were something +new. He recalled his exertions and solicitations, and the history of +his project of army reform, which had been accepted for +consideration and which they were trying to pass over in silence +simply because another, a very poor one, had already been prepared and +submitted to the Emperor. He thought of the meetings of a committee of +which Berg was a member. He remembered how carefully and at what +length everything relating to form and procedure was discussed at +those meetings, and how sedulously and promptly all that related to +the gist of the business was evaded. He recalled his labors on the +Legal Code, and how painstakingly he had translated the articles of +the Roman and French codes into Russian, and he felt ashamed of +himself. Then he vividly pictured to himself Bogucharovo, his +occupations in the country, his journey to Ryazan; he remembered the +peasants and Dron the village elder, and mentally applying to them the +Personal Rights he had divided into paragraphs, he felt astonished +that he could have spent so much time on such useless work. +BK6|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + Next day Prince Andrew called at a few houses he had not visited +before, and among them at the Rostovs' with whom he had renewed +acquaintance at the ball. Apart from considerations of politeness +which demanded the call, he wanted to see that original, eager girl +who had left such a pleasant impression on his mind, in her own home. + Natasha was one of the first to meet him. She was wearing a +dark-blue house dress in which Prince Andrew thought her even prettier +than in her ball dress. She and all the Rostov family welcomed him +as an old friend, simply and cordially. The whole family, whom he +had formerly judged severely, now seemed to him to consist of +excellent, simple, and kindly people. The old count's hospitality +and good nature, which struck one especially in Petersburg as a +pleasant surprise, were such that Prince Andrew could not refuse to +stay to dinner. "Yes," he thought, "they are capital people, who of +course have not the slightest idea what a treasure they possess in +Natasha; but they are kindly folk and form the best possible setting +for this strikingly poetic, charming girl, overflowing with life!" + In Natasha Prince Andrew was conscious of a strange world completely +alien to him and brimful of joys unknown to him, a different world, +that in the Otradnoe avenue and at the window that moonlight night had +already begun to disconcert him. Now this world disconcerted him no +longer and was no longer alien to him, but he himself having entered +it found in it a new enjoyment. + After dinner Natasha, at Prince Andrew's request, went to the +clavichord and began singing. Prince Andrew stood by a window +talking to the ladies and listened to her. In the midst of a phrase he +ceased speaking and suddenly felt tears choking him, a thing he had +thought impossible for him. He looked at Natasha as she sang, and +something new and joyful stirred in his soul. He felt happy and at the +same time sad. He had absolutely nothing to weep about yet he was +ready to weep. What about? His former love? The little princess? His +disillusionments?... His hopes for the future?... Yes and no. The +chief reason was a sudden, vivid sense of the terrible contrast +between something infinitely great and illimitable within him and that +limited and material something that he, and even she, was. This +contrast weighed on and yet cheered him while she sang. + As soon as Natasha had finished she went up to him and asked how +he liked her voice. She asked this and then became confused, feeling +that she ought not to have asked it. He smiled, looking at her, and +said he liked her singing as he liked everything she did. + Prince Andrew left the Rostovs' late in the evening. He went to +bed from habit, but soon realized that he could not sleep. Having +lit his candle he sat up in bed, then got up, then lay down again +not at all troubled by his sleeplessness: his soul was as fresh and +joyful as if he had stepped out of a stuffy room into God's own +fresh air. It did not enter his head that he was in love with Natasha; +he was not thinking about her, but only picturing her to himself, +and in consequence all life appeared in a new light. "Why do I strive, +why do I toil in this narrow, confined frame, when life, all life with +all its joys, is open to me?" said he to himself. And for the first +time for a very long while he began making happy plans for the future. +He decided that he must attend to his son's education by finding a +tutor and putting the boy in his charge, then he ought to retire +from the service and go abroad, and see England, Switzerland and +Italy. "I must use my freedom while I feel so much strength and +youth in me," he said to himself. "Pierre was right when he said one +must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and +now I do believe in it. Let the dead bury their dead, but while one +has life one must live and be happy!" thought he. +BK6|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + One morning Colonel Berg, whom Pierre knew as he knew everybody in +Moscow and Petersburg, came to see him. Berg arrived in an +immaculate brand-new uniform, with his hair pomaded and brushed +forward over his temples as the Emperor Alexander wore his hair. + "I have just been to see the countess, your wife. Unfortunately +she could not grant my request, but I hope, Count, I shall be more +fortunate with you," he said with a smile. + "What is it you wish, Colonel? I am at your service." + "I have now quite settled in my new rooms, Count" (Berg said this +with perfect conviction that this information could not but be +agreeable), "and so I wish to arrange just a small party for my own +and my wife's friends." (He smiled still more pleasantly.) "I wished +to ask the countess and you to do me the honor of coming to tea and to +supper." + Only Countess Helene, considering the society of such people as +the Bergs beneath her, could be cruel enough to refuse such an +invitation. Berg explained so clearly why he wanted to collect at +his house a small but select company, and why this would give him +pleasure, and why though he grudged spending money on cards or +anything harmful, he was prepared to run into some expense for the +sake of good society- that Pierre could not refuse, and promised to +come. + "But don't be late, Count, if I may venture to ask; about ten +minutes to eight, please. We shall make up a rubber. Our general is +coming. He is very good to me. We shall have supper, Count. So you +will do me the favor." + Contrary to his habit of being late, Pierre on that day arrived at +the Bergs' house, not at ten but at fifteen minutes to eight. + Having prepared everything necessary for the party, the Bergs were +really for their guests' arrival. + In their new, clean, and light study with its small busts and +pictures and new furniture sat Berg and his wife. Berg, closely +buttoned up in his new uniform, sat beside his wife explaining to +her that one always could and should be acquainted with people above +one, because only then does one get satisfaction from acquaintances. + "You can get to know something, you can ask for something. See how I +managed from my first promotion." (Berg measured his life not by years +but by promotions.) "My comrades are still nobodies, while I am only +waiting for a vacancy to command a regiment, and have the happiness to +be your husband." (He rose and kissed Vera's hand, and on the way to +her straightened out a turned-up corner of the carpet.) "And how +have I obtained all this? Chiefly by knowing how to choose my +aquaintances. It goes without saying that one must be conscientious +and methodical." + Berg smiled with a sense of his superiority over a weak woman, and +paused, reflecting that this dear wife of his was after all but a weak +woman who could not understand all that constitutes a man's dignity, +what it was ein Mann zu sein.* Vera at the same time smiling with a +sense of superiority over her good, conscientious husband, who all the +same understood life wrongly, as according to Vera all men did. +Berg, judging by his wife, thought all women weak and foolish. Vera, +judging only by her husband and generalizing from that observation, +supposed that all men, though they understand nothing and are +conceited and selfish, ascribe common sense to themselves alone. + + *To be a man. + + Berg rose and embraced his wife carefully, so as not to crush her +lace fichu for which he had paid a good price, kissing her straight on +the lips. + "The only thing is, we mustn't have children too soon," he +continued, following an unconscious sequence of ideas. + "Yes," answered Vera, "I don't at all want that. We must live for +society." + "Princess Yusupova wore one exactly like this," said Berg, +pointing to the fichu with a happy and kindly smile. + Just then Count Bezukhov was announced. Husband and wife glanced +at one another, both smiling with self-satisfaction, and each mentally +claiming the honor of this visit. + "This is what what comes of knowing how to make acquaintances," +thought Berg. "This is what comes of knowing how to conduct oneself." + "But please don't interrupt me when I am entertaining the guests," +said Vera, "because I know what interests each of them and what to say +to different people." + Berg smiled again. + "It can't be helped: men must sometimes have masculine +conversation," said he. + They received Pierre in their small, new drawing-room, where it +was impossible to sit down anywhere without disturbing its symmetry, +neatness, and order; so it was quite comprehensible and not strange +that Berg, having generously offered to disturb the symmetry of an +armchair or of the sofa for his dear guest, but being apparently +painfully undecided on the matter himself, eventually left the visitor +to settle the question of selection. Pierre disturbed the symmetry +by moving a chair for himself, and Berg and Vera immediately began +their evening party, interrupting each other in their efforts to +entertain their guest. + Vera, having decided in her own mind that Pierre ought to be +entertained with conversation about the French embassy, at once +began accordingly. Berg, having decided that masculine conversation +was required, interrupted his wife's remarks and touched on the +question of the war with Austria, and unconsciously jumped from the +general subject to personal considerations as to the proposals made +him to take part in the Austrian campaign and the reasons why he had +declined them. Though the conversation was very incoherent and Vera +was angry at the intrusion of the masculine element, both husband +and wife felt with satisfaction that, even if only one guest was +present, their evening had begun very well and was as like as two peas +to every other evening party with its talk, tea, and lighted candles. + Before long Boris, Berg's old comrade, arrived. There was a shade of +condescension and patronage in his treatment of Berg and Vera. After +Boris came a lady with the colonel, then the general himself, then the +Rostovs, and the party became unquestionably exactly like all other +evening parties. Berg and Vera could not repress their smiles of +satisfaction at the sight of all this movement in their drawing +room, at the sound of the disconnected talk, the rustling of +dresses, and the bowing and scraping. Everything was just as everybody +always has it, especially so the general, who admired the apartment, +patted Berg on the shoulder, and with parental authority superintended +the setting out of the table for boston. The general sat down by Count +Ilya Rostov, who was next to himself the most important guest. The old +people sat with the old, the young with the young, and the hostess +at the tea table, on which stood exactly the same kind of cakes in a +silver cake basket as the Panins had at their party. Everything was +just as it was everywhere else. +BK6|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + Pierre, as one of the principal guests, had to sit down to boston +with Count Rostov, the general, and the colonel. At the card table +he happened to be directly facing Natasha, and was struck by a curious +change that had come over her since the ball, She was silent, and +not only less pretty than at the ball, but only redeemed from +plainness by her look of gentle indifference to everything around. + "What's the matter with her?" thought Pierre, glancing at her. She +was sitting by her sister at the tea table, and reluctantly, without +looking at him, made some reply to Boris who sat down beside her. +After playing out a whole suit and to his partner's delight taking +five tricks, Pierre, hearing greetings and the steps of someone who +had entered the room while he was picking up his tricks, glanced again +at Natasha. + "What has happened to her?" he asked himself with still greater +surprise. + Prince Andrew was standing before her, saying something to her +with a look of tender solicitude. She, having raised her head, was +looking up at him, flushed and evidently trying to master her rapid +breathing. And the bright glow of some inner fire that had been +suppressed was again alight in her. She was completely transformed and +from a plain girl had again become what she had been at the ball. + Prince Andrew went up to Pierre, and the latter noticed a new and +youthful expression in his friend's face. + Pierre changed places several times during the game, sitting now +with his back to Natasha and now facing her, but during the whole of +the six rubbers he watched her and his friend. + "Something very important is happening between them," thought +Pierre, and a feeling that was both joyful and painful agitated him +and made him neglect the game. + After six rubbers the general got up, saying that it was no use +playing like that, and Pierre was released. Natasha on one side was +talking with Sonya and Boris, and Vera with a subtle smile was +saying something to Prince Andrew. Pierre went up to his friend and, +asking whether they were talking secrets, sat down beside them. +Vera, having noticed Prince Andrew's attentions to Natasha, decided +that at a party, a real evening party, subtle allusions to the +tender passion were absolutely necessary and, seizing a moment when +Prince Andrew was alone, began a conversation with him about +feelings in general and about her sister. With so intellectual a guest +as she considered Prince Andrew to be, she felt that she had to employ +her diplomatic tact. + When Pierre went up to them he noticed that Vera was being carried +away by her self-satisfied talk, but that Prince Andrew seemed +embarrassed, a thing that rarely happened with him. + "What do you think?" Vera was saying with an arch smile. "You are so +discerning, Prince, and understand people's characters so well at a +glance. What do you think of Natalie? Could she be constant in her +attachments? Could she, like other women" (Vera meant herself), +"love a man once for all and remain true to him forever? That is +what I consider true love. What do you think, Prince?" + "I know your sister too little," replied Prince Andrew, with a +sarcastic smile under which he wished to hide his embarrassment, "to +be able to solve so delicate a question, and then I have noticed +that the less attractive a woman is the more constant she is likely to +be," he added, and looked up Pierre who was just approaching them. + "Yes, that is true, Prince. In our days," continued Vera- mentioning +"our days" as people of limited intelligence are fond of doing, +imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of +"our days" and that human characteristics change with the times- "in +our days a girl has so much freedom that the pleasure of being courted +often stifles real feeling in her. And it must be confessed that +Natalie is very susceptible." This return to the subject of Natalie +caused Prince Andrew to knit his brows with discomfort: he was about +to rise, but Vera continued with a still more subtle smile: + "I think no one has been more courted than she," she went on, "but +till quite lately she never cared seriously for anyone. Now you +know, Count," she said to Pierre, "even our dear cousin Boris, who, +between ourselves, was very far gone in the land of tenderness..." +(alluding to a map of love much in vogue at that time). + Prince Andrew frowned and remained silent. + "You are friendly with Boris, aren't you?" asked Vera. + "Yes, I know him..." + "I expect he has told you of his childish love for Natasha?" + "Oh, there was childish love?" suddenly asked Prince Andrew, +blushing unexpectedly. + "Yes, you know between cousins intimacy often leads to love. Le +cousinage est un dangereux voisinage.* Don't you think so?" + + *"Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood." + + "Oh, undoubtedly!" said Prince Andrew, and with sudden and unnatural +liveliness he began chaffing Pierre about the need to be very +careful with his fifty-year-old Moscow cousins, and in the midst of +these jesting remarks he rose, taking Pierre by the arm, and drew +him aside. + "Well?" asked Pierre, seeing his friend's strange animation with +surprise, and noticing the glance he turned on Natasha as he rose. + "I must... I must have a talk with you," said Prince Andrew. "You +know that pair of women's gloves?" (He referred to the Masonic +gloves given to a newly initiated Brother to present to the woman he +loved.) "I... but no, I will talk to you later on," and with a strange +light in his eyes and restlessness in his movements, Prince Andrew +approached Natasha and sat down beside her. Pierre saw how Prince +Andrew asked her something and how she flushed as she replied. + But at that moment Berg came to Pierre and began insisting that he +should take part in an argument between the general and the colonel on +the affairs in Spain. + Berg was satisfied and happy. The smile of pleasure never left his +face. The party was very successful and quite like other parties he +had seen. Everything was similar: the ladies' subtle talk, the +cards, the general raising his voice at the card table, and the +samovar and the tea cakes; only one thing was lacking that he had +always seen at the evening parties he wished to imitate. They had +not yet had a loud conversation among the men and a dispute about +something important and clever. Now the general had begun such a +discussion and so Berg drew Pierre to it. +BK6|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + Next day, having been invited by the count, Prince Andrew dined with +the Rostovs and spent the rest of the day there. + Everyone in the house realized for whose sake Prince Andrew came, +and without concealing it he tried to be with Natasha all day. Not +only in the soul of the frightened yet happy and enraptured Natasha, +but in the whole house, there was a feeling of awe at something +important that was bound to happen. The countess looked with sad and +sternly serious eyes at Prince Andrew when he talked to Natasha and +timidly started some artificial conversation about trifles as soon +as he looked her way. Sonya was afraid to leave Natasha and afraid +of being in the way when she was with them. Natasha grew pale, in a +panic of expectation, when she remained alone with him for a moment. +Prince Andrew surprised her by his timidity. She felt that he wanted +to say something to her but could not bring himself to do so. + In the evening, when Prince Andrew had left, the countess went up to +Natasha and whispered: "Well, what?" + "Mamma! For heaven's sake don't ask me anything now! One can't +talk about that," said Natasha. + But all the same that night Natasha, now agitated and now +frightened, lay long time in her mother's bed gazing straight before +her. She told her how he had complimented her, how he told her he +was going abroad, asked her where they were going to spend the summer, +and then how he had asked her about Boris. + "But such a... such a... never happened to me before!" she said. +"Only I feel afraid in his presence. I am always afraid when I'm +with him. What does that mean? Does it mean that it's the real +thing? Yes? Mamma, are you asleep?" + "No, my love; I am frightened myself," answered her mother. "Now +go!" + "All the same I shan't sleep. What silliness, to sleep! Mummy! +Mummy! such a thing never happened to me before," she said, +surprised and alarmed at the feeling she was aware of in herself. "And +could we ever have thought!..." + It seemed to Natasha that even at the time she first saw Prince +Andrew at Otradnoe she had fallen in love with him. It was as if she +feared this strange, unexpected happiness of meeting again the very +man she had then chosen (she was firmly convinced she had done so) and +of finding him, as it seemed, not indifferent to her. + "And it had to happen that he should come specially to Petersburg +while we are here. And it had to happen that we should meet at that +ball. It is fate. Clearly it is fate that everything led up to this! +Already then, directly I saw him I felt something peculiar." + "What else did he say to you? What are those verses? Read them..." +said her mother, thoughtfully, referring to some verses Prince +Andrew had written in Natasha's album. + "Mamma, one need not be ashamed of his being a widower?" + "Don't, Natasha! Pray to God. 'Marriages are made in heaven,'" +said her mother. + "Darling Mummy, how I love you! How happy I am!" cried Natasha, +shedding tears of joy and excitement and embracing her mother. + At that very time Prince Andrew was sitting with Pierre and +telling him of his love for Natasha and his firm resolve to make her +his wife. + That day Countess Helene had a reception at her house. The French +ambassador was there, and a foreign prince of the blood who had of +late become a frequent visitor of hers, and many brilliant ladies +and gentlemen. Pierre, who had come downstairs, walked through the +rooms and struck everyone by his preoccupied, absent-minded, and +morose air. + Since the ball he had felt the approach of a fit of nervous +depression and had made desperate efforts to combat it. Since the +intimacy of his wife with the royal prince, Pierre had unexpectedly +been made a gentleman of the bedchamber, and from that time he had +begun to feel oppressed and ashamed in court society, and dark +thoughts of the vanity of all things human came to him oftener than +before. At the same time the feeling he had noticed between his +protegee Natasha and Prince Andrew accentuated his gloom by the +contrast between his own position and his friend's. He tried equally +to avoid thinking about his wife, and about Natasha and Prince Andrew; +and again everything seemed to him insignificant in comparison with +eternity; again the question: for what? presented itself; and he +forced himself to work day and night at Masonic labors, hoping to +drive away the evil spirit that threatened him. Toward midnight, after +he had left the countess' apartments, he was sitting upstairs in a +shabby dressing gown, copying out the original transaction of the +Scottish lodge of Freemasons at a table in his low room cloudy with +tobacco smoke, when someone came in. It was Prince Andrew. + "Ah, it's you!" said Pierre with a preoccupied, dissatisfied air. +"And I, you see, am hard at it." He pointed to his manuscript book +with that air of escaping from the ills of life with which unhappy +people look at their work. + Prince Andrew, with a beaming, ecstatic expression of renewed life +on his face, paused in front of Pierre and, not noticing his sad look, +smiled at him with the egotism of joy. + "Well, dear heart," said he, "I wanted to tell you about it +yesterday and I have come to do so today. I never experienced anything +like it before. I am in love, my friend!" + Suddenly Pierre heaved a deep sigh and dumped his heavy person +down on the sofa beside Prince Andrew. + "With Natasha Rostova, yes?" said he. + "Yes, yes! Who else should it be? I should never have believed it, +but the feeling is stronger than I. Yesterday I tormented myself and +suffered, but I would not exchange even that torment for anything in +the world, I have not lived till now. At last I live, but I can't live +without her! But can she love me?... I am too old for her.... Why +don't you speak?" + "I? I? What did I tell you?" said Pierre suddenly, rising and +beginning to pace up and down the room. "I always thought it.... +That girl is such a treasure... she is a rare girl.... My dear friend, +I entreat you, don't philosophize, don't doubt, marry, marry, +marry.... And I am sure there will not be a happier man than you." + "But what of her?" + "She loves you." + "Don't talk rubbish..." said Prince Andrew, smiling and looking into +Pierre's eyes. + "She does, I know," Pierre cried fiercely. + "But do listen," returned Prince Andrew, holding him by the arm. "Do +you know the condition I am in? I must talk about it to someone." + "Well, go on, go on. I am very glad," said Pierre, and his face +really changed, his brow became smooth, and he listened gladly to +Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew seemed, and really was, quite a +different, quite a new man. Where was his spleen, his contempt for +life, his disillusionment? Pierre was the only person to whom he +made up his mind to speak openly; and to him he told all that was in +his soul. Now he boldly and lightly made plans for an extended future, +said he could not sacrifice his own happiness to his father's caprice, +and spoke of how he would either make his father consent to this +marriage and love her, or would do without his consent; then he +marveled at the feeling that had mastered him as at something strange, +apart from and independent of himself. + "I should not have believed anyone who told me that I was capable of +such love," said Prince Andrew. "It is not at all the same feeling +that I knew in the past. The whole world is now for me divided into +two halves: one half is she, and there all is joy, hope, light: the +other half is everything where she is not, and there is all gloom +and darkness...." + "Darkness and gloom," reiterated Pierre: "yes, yes, I understand +that." + "I cannot help loving the light, it is not my fault. And I am very +happy! You understand me? I know you are glad for my sake." + "Yes, yes," Pierre assented, looking at his friend with a touched +and sad expression in his eyes. The brighter Prince Andrew's lot +appeared to him, the gloomier seemed his own. +BK6|CH23 + CHAPTER XXIII + + Prince Andrew needed his father's consent to his marriage, and to +obtain this he started for the country next day. + His father received his son's communication with external composure, +but inward wrath. He could not comprehend how anyone could wish to +alter his life or introduce anything new into it, when his own life +was already ending. "If only they would let me end my days as I want +to," thought the old man, "then they might do as they please." With +his son, however, he employed the diplomacy he reserved for +important occasions and, adopting a quiet tone, discussed the whole +matter. + In the first place the marriage was not a brilliant one as regards +birth, wealth, or rank. Secondly, Prince Andrew was no longer as young +as he had been and his health was poor (the old man laid special +stress on this), while she was very young. Thirdly, he had a son +whom it would be a pity to entrust to a chit of a girl. "Fourthly +and finally," the father said, looking ironically at his son, "I beg +you to put it off for a year: go abroad, take a cure, look out as +you wanted to for a German tutor for Prince Nicholas. Then if your +love or passion or obstinacy- as you please- is still as great, marry! +And that's my last word on it. Mind, the last..." concluded the +prince, in a tone which showed that nothing would make him alter his +decision. + Prince Andrew saw clearly that the old man hoped that his +feelings, or his fiancee's, would not stand a year's test, or that +he (the old prince himself) would die before then, and he decided to +conform to his father's wish- to propose, and postpone the wedding for +a year. + Three weeks after the last evening he had spent with the Rostovs, +Prince Andrew returned to Petersburg. + + Next day after her talk with her mother Natasha expected Bolkonski +all day, but he did not come. On the second and third day it was the +same. Pierre did not come either and Natasha, not knowing that +Prince Andrew had gone to see his father, could not explain his +absence to herself. + Three weeks passed in this way. Natasha had no desire to go out +anywhere and wandered from room to room like a shadow, idle and +listless; she wept secretly at night and did not go to her mother in +the evenings. She blushed continually and was irritable. It seemed +to her that everybody knew about her disappointment and was laughing +at her and pitying her. Strong as was her inward grief, this wound +to her vanity intensified her misery. + Once she came to her mother, tried to say something, and suddenly +began to cry. Her tears were those of an offended child who does not +know why it is being punished. + The countess began to soothe Natasha, who after first listening to +her mother's words, suddenly interrupted her: + "Leave off, Mamma! I don't think, and don't want to think about +it! He just came and then left off, left off..." + Her voice trembled, and she again nearly cried, but recovered and +went on quietly: + "And I don't at all want to get married. And I am afraid of him; I +have now become quite calm, quite calm." + The day after this conversation Natasha put on the old dress which +she knew had the peculiar property of conducing to cheerfulness in the +mornings, and that day she returned to the old way of life which she +had abandoned since the ball. Having finished her morning tea she went +to the ballroom, which she particularly liked for its loud +resonance, and began singing her solfeggio. When she had finished +her first exercise she stood still in the middle of the room and +sang a musical phrase that particularly pleased her. She listened +joyfully (as though she had not expected it) to the charm of the notes +reverberating, filling the whole empty ballroom, and slowly dying +away; and all at once she felt cheerful. "What's the good of making so +much of it? Things are nice as it is," she said to herself, and she +began walking up and down the room, not stepping simply on the +resounding parquet but treading with each step from the heel to the +toe (she had on a new and favorite pair of shoes) and listening to the +regular tap of the heel and creak of the toe as gladly as she had to +the sounds of her own voice. Passing a mirror she glanced into it. +"There, that's me!" the expression of her face seemed to say as she +caught sight of herself. "Well, and very nice too! I need nobody." + A footman wanted to come in to clear away something in the room +but she would not let him, and having closed the door behind him +continued her walk. That morning she had returned to her favorite +mood- love of, and delight in, herself. "How charming that Natasha +is!" she said again, speaking as some third, collective, male +person. "Pretty, a good voice, young, and in nobody's way if only they +leave her in peace." But however much they left her in peace she could +not now be at peace, and immediately felt this. + In the hall the porch door opened, and someone asked, "At home?" and +then footsteps were heard. Natasha was looking at the mirror, but +did not see herself. She listened to the sounds in the hall. When +she saw herself, her face was pale. It was he. She knew this for +certain, though she hardly heard his voice through the closed doors. + Pale and agitated, Natasha ran into the drawing room. + "Mamma! Bolkonski has come!" she said. "Mamma, it is awful, it is +unbearable! I don't want... to be tormented? What am I to do?..." + Before the countess could answer, Prince Andrew entered the room +with an agitated and serious face. As soon as he saw Natasha his +face brightened. He kissed the countess' hand and Natasha's, and sat +down beside the sofa. + "It is long since we had the pleasure..." began the countess, but +Prince Andrew interrupted her by answering her intended question, +obviously in haste to say what he had to. + "I have not been to see all this time because I have been at my +father's. I had to talk over a very important matter with him. I +only got back last night," he said glancing at Natasha; "I want to +have a talk with you, Countess," he added after a moment's pause. + The countess lowered her eyes, sighing deeply. + "I am at your disposal," she murmured. + Natasha knew that she ought to go away, but was unable to do so: +something gripped her throat, and regardless of manners she stared +straight at Prince Andrew with wide-open eyes. + "At once? This instant!... No, it can't be!" she thought. + Again he glanced at her, and that glance convinced her that she +was not mistaken. Yes, at once, that very instant, her fate would be +decided. + "Go, Natasha! I will call you," said the countess in a whisper. + Natasha glanced with frightened imploring eyes at Prince Andrew +and at her mother and went out. + "I have come, Countess, to ask for your daughter's hand," said +Prince Andrew. + The countess' face flushed hotly, but she said nothing. + "Your offer..." she began at last sedately. He remained silent, +looking into her eyes. "Your offer..." (she grew confused) "is +agreeable to us, and I accept your offer. I am glad. And my husband... +I hope... but it will depend on her...." + "I will speak to her when I have your consent.... Do you give it +to me?" said Prince Andrew. + "Yes," replied the countess. She held out her hand to him, and +with a mixed feeling of estrangement and tenderness pressed her lips +to his forehead as he stooped to kiss her hand. She wished to love him +as a son, but felt that to her he was a stranger and a terrifying man. +"I am sure my husband will consent," said the countess, "but your +father..." + "My father, to whom I have told my plans, has made it an express +condition of his consent that the wedding is not to take place for a +year. And I wished to tell you of that," said Prince Andrew. + "It is true that Natasha is still young, but- so long as that?..." + "It is unavoidable," said Prince Andrew with a sigh. + "I will send her to you," said the countess, and left the room. + "Lord have mercy upon us!" she repeated while seeking her daughter. + Sonya said that Natasha was in her bedroom. Natasha was sitting on +the bed, pale and dry eyed, and was gazing at the icons and whispering +something as she rapidly crossed herself. Seeing her mother she jumped +up and flew to her. + "Well, Mamma?... Well?..." + "Go, go to him. He is asking for your hand," said the countess, +coldly it seemed to Natasha. "Go... go," said the mother, sadly and +reproachfully, with a deep sigh, as her daughter ran away. + Natasha never remembered how she entered the drawing room. When +she came in and saw him she paused. "Is it possible that this stranger +has now become everything to me?" she asked herself, and immediately +answered, "Yes, everything! He alone is now dearer to me than +everything in the world." Prince Andrew came up to her with downcast +eyes. + "I have loved you from the very first moment I saw you. May I hope?" + He looked at her and was struck by the serious impassioned +expression of her face. Her face said: "Why ask? Why doubt what you +cannot but know? Why speak, when words cannot express what one feels?" + She drew near to him and stopped. He took her hand and kissed it. + "Do you love me?" + "Yes, yes!" Natasha murmured as if in vexation. Then she sighed +loudly and, catching her breath more and more quickly, began to sob. + "What is it? What's the matter?" + "Oh, I am so happy!" she replied, smiled through her tears, bent +over closer to him, paused for an instant as if asking herself whether +she might, and then kissed him. + Prince Andrew held her hands, looked into her eyes, and did not find +in his heart his former love for her. Something in him had suddenly +changed; there was no longer the former poetic and mystic charm of +desire, but there was pity for her feminine and childish weakness, +fear at her devotion and trustfulness, and an oppressive yet joyful +sense of the duty that now bound him to her forever. The present +feeling, though not so bright and poetic as the former, was stronger +and more serious. + "Did your mother tell you that it cannot be for a year?" asked +Prince Andrew, still looking into her eyes. + "Is it possible that I- the 'chit of a girl,' as everybody called +me," thought Natasha- "is it possible that I am now to be the wife and +the equal of this strange, dear, clever man whom even my father +looks up to? Can it be true? Can it be true that there can be no +more playing with life, that now I am grown up, that on me now lies +a responsibility for my every word and deed? Yes, but what did he +ask me?" + "No," she replied, but she had not understood his question. + "Forgive me!" he said. "But you are so young, and I have already +been through so much in life. I am afraid for you, you do not yet know +yourself." + Natasha listened with concentrated attention, trying but failing +to take in the meaning of his words. + "Hard as this year which delays my happiness will be," continued +Prince Andrew, "it will give you time to be sure of yourself. I ask +you to make me happy in a year, but you are free: our engagement shall +remain a secret, and should you find that you do not love me, or +should you come to love..." said Prince Andrew with an unnatural +smile. + "Why do you say that?" Natasha interrupted him. "You know that +from the very day you first came to Otradnoe I have loved you," she +cried, quite convinced that she spoke the truth. + "In a year you will learn to know yourself...." + "A whole year!" Natasha repeated suddenly, only now realizing that +the marriage was to be postponed for a year. "But why a year? Why a +year?..." + Prince Andrew began to explain to her the reasons for this delay. +Natasha did not hear him. + "And can't it be helped?" she asked. Prince Andrew did not reply, +but his face expressed the impossibility of altering that decision. + "It's awful! Oh, it's awful! awful!" Natasha suddenly cried, and +again burst into sobs. "I shall die, waiting a year: it's +impossible, it's awful!" She looked into her lover's face and saw in +it a look of commiseration and perplexity. + "No, no! I'll do anything!" she said, suddenly checking her tears. +"I am so happy." + The father and mother came into the room and gave the betrothed +couple their blessing. + From that day Prince Andrew began to frequent the Rostovs' as +Natasha's affianced lover. +BK6|CH24 + CHAPTER XXIV + + No betrothal ceremony took place and Natasha's engagement to +Bolkonski was not announced; Prince Andrew insisted on that. He said +that as he was responsible for the delay he ought to bear the whole +burden of it; that he had given his word and bound himself forever, +but that he did not wish to bind Natasha and gave her perfect freedom. +If after six months she felt that she did not love him she would +have full right to reject him. Naturally neither Natasha nor her +parents wished to hear of this, but Prince Andrew was firm. He came +every day to the Rostovs', but did not behave to Natasha as an +affianced lover: he did not use the familiar thou, but said you to +her, and kissed only her hand. After their engagement, quite +different, intimate, and natural relations sprang up between them. +It was as if they had not known each other till now. Both liked to +recall how they had regarded each other when as yet they were +nothing to one another; they felt themselves now quite different +beings: then they were artificial, now natural and sincere. At first +the family felt some constraint in intercourse with Prince Andrew; +he seemed a man from another world, and for a long time Natasha +trained the family to get used to him, proudly assuring them all +that he only appeared to be different, but was really just like all of +them, and that she was not afraid of him and no one else ought to +be. After a few days they grew accustomed to him, and without +restraint in his presence pursued their usual way of life, in which he +took his part. He could talk about rural economy with the count, +fashions with the countess and Natasha, and about albums and fancywork +with Sonya. Sometimes the household both among themselves and in his +presence expressed their wonder at how it had all happened, and at the +evident omens there had been of it: Prince Andrew's coming to Otradnoe +and their coming to Petersburg, and the likeness between Natasha and +Prince Andrew which her nurse had noticed on his first visit, and +Andrew's encounter with Nicholas in 1805, and many other incidents +betokening that it had to be. + In the house that poetic dullness and quiet reigned which always +accompanies the presence of a betrothed couple. Often when all sitting +together everyone kept silent. Sometimes the others would get up and +go away and the couple, left alone, still remained silent. They rarely +spoke of their future life. Prince Andrew was afraid and ashamed to +speak of it. Natasha shared this as she did all his feelings, which +she constantly divined. Once she began questioning him about his +son. Prince Andrew blushed, as he often did now- Natasha +particularly liked it in him- and said that his son would not live +with them. + "Why not?" asked Natasha in a frightened tone. + "I cannot take him away from his grandfather, and besides..." + "How I should have loved him!" said Natasha, immediately guessing +his thought; "but I know you wish to avoid any pretext for finding +fault with us." + Sometimes the old count would come up, kiss Prince Andrew, and ask +his advice about Petya's education or Nicholas' service. The old +countess sighed as she looked at them; Sonya was always getting +frightened lest she should be in the way and tried to find excuses for +leaving them alone, even when they did not wish it. When Prince Andrew +spoke (he could tell a story very well), Natasha listened to him +with pride; when she spoke she noticed with fear and joy that he gazed +attentively and scrutinizingly at her. She asked herself in +perplexity: "What does he look for in me? He is trying to discover +something by looking at me! What if what he seeks in me is not there?" +Sometimes she fell into one of the mad, merry moods characteristic +of her, and then she particularly loved to hear and see how Prince +Andrew laughed. He seldom laughed, but when he did he abandoned +himself entirely to his laughter, and after such a laugh she always +felt nearer to him. Natasha would have been completely happy if the +thought of the separation awaiting her and drawing near had not +terrified her, just as the mere thought of it made him turn pale and +cold. + On the eve of his departure from Petersburg Prince Andrew brought +with him Pierre, who had not been to the Rostovs' once since the ball. +Pierre seemed disconcerted and embarrassed. He was talking to the +countess, and Natasha sat down beside a little chess table with Sonya, +thereby inviting Prince Andrew to come too. He did so. + "You have known Bezukhov a long time?" he asked. "Do you like him?" + "Yes, he's a dear, but very absurd." + And as usual when speaking of Pierre, she began to tell anecdotes of +his absent-mindedness, some of which had even been invented about him. + "Do you know I have entrusted him with our secret? I have known +him from childhood. He has a heart of gold. I beg you, Natalie," +Prince Andrew said with sudden seriousness- "I am going away and +heaven knows what may happen. You may cease to... all right, I know +I am not to say that. Only this, then: whatever may happen to you when +I am not here..." + "What can happen?" + "Whatever trouble may come," Prince Andrew continued, "I beg you, +Mademoiselle Sophie, whatever may happen, to turn to him alone for +advice and help! He is a most absent-minded and absurd fellow, but +he has a heart of gold." + Neither her father, nor her mother, nor Sonya, nor Prince Andrew +himself could have foreseen how the separation from her lover would +act on Natasha. Flushed and agitated she went about the house all that +day, dry-eyed, occupied with most trivial matters as if not +understanding what awaited her. She did not even cry when, on taking +leave, he kissed her hand for the last time. "Don't go!" she said in a +tone that made him wonder whether he really ought not to stay and +which he remembered long afterwards. Nor did she cry when he was gone; +but for several days she sat in her room dry-eyed, taking no +interest in anything and only saying now and then, "Oh, why did he +go away?" + But a fortnight after his departure, to the surprise of those around +her, she recovered from her mental sickness just as suddenly and +became her old self again, but with a change in her moral physiognomy, +as a child gets up after a long illness with a changed expression of +face. +BK6|CH25 + CHAPTER XXV + + During that year after his son's departure, Prince Nicholas +Bolkonski's health and temper became much worse. He grew still more +irritable, and it was Princess Mary who generally bore the brunt of +his frequent fits of unprovoked anger. He seemed carefully to seek out +her tender spots so as to torture her mentally as harshly as possible. +Princess Mary had two passions and consequently two joys- her +nephew, little Nicholas, and religion- and these were the favorite +subjects of the prince's attacks and ridicule. Whatever was spoken +of he would bring round to the superstitiousness of old maids, or +the petting and spoiling of children. "You want to make him"- little +Nicholas- "into an old maid like yourself! A pity! Prince Andrew wants +a son and not an old maid," he would say. Or, turning to +Mademoiselle Bourienne, he would ask her in Princess Mary's presence +how she liked our village priests and icons and would joke about them. + He continually hurt Princess Mary's feelings and tormented her, +but it cost her no effort to forgive him. Could he be to blame +toward her, or could her father, whom she knew loved her in spite of +it all, be unjust? And what is justice? The princess never thought +of that proud word "justice." All the complex laws of man centered for +her in one clear and simple law- the law of love and self-sacrifice +taught us by Him who lovingly suffered for mankind though He Himself +was God. What had she to do with the justice or injustice of other +people? She had to endure and love, and that she did. + During the winter Prince Andrew had come to Bald Hills and had +been gay, gentle, and more affectionate than Princess Mary had known +him for a long time past. She felt that something had happened to him, +but he said nothing to her about his love. Before he left he had a +long talk with his father about something, and Princess Mary noticed +that before his departure they were dissatisfied with one another. + Soon after Prince Andrew had gone, Princess Mary wrote to her friend +Julie Karagina in Petersburg, whom she had dreamed (as all girls +dream) of marrying to her brother, and who was at that time in +mourning for her own brother, killed in Turkey. + + Sorrow, it seems, is our common lot, my dear, tender friend Julie. + Your loss is so terrible that I can only explain it to myself as a +special providence of God who, loving you, wishes to try you and +your excellent mother. Oh, my friend! Religion, and religion alone, +can- I will not say comfort us- but save us from despair. Religion +alone can explain to us what without its help man cannot comprehend: +why, for what cause, kind and noble beings able to find happiness in +life- not merely harming no one but necessary to the happiness of +others- are called away to God, while cruel, useless, harmful persons, +or such as are a burden to themselves and to others, are left +living. The first death I saw, and one I shall never forget- that of +my dear sister-in-law- left that impression on me. Just as you ask +destiny why your splendid brother had to die, so I asked why that +angel Lise, who not only never wronged anyone, but in whose soul there +were never any unkind thoughts, had to die. And what do you think, +dear friend? Five years have passed since then, and already I, with my +petty understanding, begin to see clearly why she had to die, and in +what way that death was but an expression of the infinite goodness +of the Creator, whose every action, though generally +incomprehensible to us, is but a manifestation of His infinite love +for His creatures. Perhaps, I often think, she was too angelically +innocent to have the strength to perform all a mother's duties. As a +young wife she was irreproachable; perhaps she could not have been +so as a mother. As it is, not only has she left us, and particularly +Prince Andrew, with the purest regrets and memories, but probably +she will there receive a place I dare not hope for myself. But not +to speak of her alone, that early and terrible death has had the +most beneficent influence on me and on my brother in spite of all +our grief. Then, at the moment of our loss, these thoughts could not +occur to me; I should then have dismissed them with horror, but now +they are very clear and certain. I write all this to you, dear friend, +only to convince you of the Gospel truth which has become for me a +principle of life: not a single hair of our heads will fall without +His will. And His will is governed only by infinite love for us, and +so whatever befalls us is for our good. + You ask whether we shall spend next winter in Moscow. In spite of my +wish to see you, I do not think so and do not want to do so. You +will be surprised to hear that the reason for this is Buonaparte! +The case is this: my father's health is growing noticeably worse, he +cannot stand any contradiction and is becoming irritable. This +irritability is, as you know, chiefly directed to political questions. +He cannot endure the notion that Buonaparte is negotiating on equal +terms with all the sovereigns of Europe and particularly with our own, +the grandson of the Great Catherine! As you know, I am quite +indifferent to politics, but from my father's remarks and his talks +with Michael Ivanovich I know all that goes on in the world and +especially about the honors conferred on Buonaparte, who only at +Bald Hills in the whole world, it seems, is not accepted as a great +man, still less as Emperor of France. And my father cannot stand this. +It seems to me that it is chiefly because of his political views +that my father is reluctant to speak of going to Moscow; for he +foresees the encounters that would result from his way of expressing +his views regardless of anybody. All the benefit he might derive +from a course of treatment he would lose as a result of the disputes +about Buonaparte which would be inevitable. In any case it will be +decided very shortly. + Our family life goes on in the old way except for my brother +Andrew's absence. He, as I wrote you before, has changed very much +of late. After his sorrow he only this year quite recovered his +spirits. He has again become as I used to know him when a child: kind, +affectionate, with that heart of gold to which I know no equal. He has +realized, it seems to me, that life is not over for him. But +together with this mental change he has grown physically much +weaker. He has become thinner and more nervous. I am anxious about him +and glad he is taking this trip abroad which the doctors recommended +long ago. I hope it will cure him. You write that in Petersburg he +is spoken of as one of the most active, cultivated, and capable of the +young men. Forgive my vanity as a relation, but I never doubted it. +The good he has done to everybody here, from his peasants up to the +gentry, is incalculable. On his arrival in Petersburg he received only +his due. I always wonder at the way rumors fly from Petersburg to +Moscow, especially such false ones as that you write about- I mean the +report of my brother's betrothal to the little Rostova. I do not think +my brother will ever marry again, and certainly not her; and this is +why: first, I know that though he rarely speaks about the wife he +has lost, the grief of that loss has gone too deep in his heart for +him ever to decide to give her a successor and our little angel a +stepmother. Secondly because, as far as I know, that girl is not the +kind of girl who could please Prince Andrew. I do not think he would +choose her for a wife, and frankly I do not wish it. But I am +running on too long and am at the end of my second sheet. Good-by, +my dear friend. May God keep you in His holy and mighty care. My +dear friend, Mademoiselle Bourienne, sends you kisses. + MARY +BK6|CH26 + CHAPTER XXVI + + In the middle of the summer Princess Mary received an unexpected +letter from Prince Andrew in Switzerland in which he gave her +strange and surprising news. He informed her of his engagement to +Natasha Rostova. The whole letter breathed loving rapture for his +betrothed and tender and confiding affection for his sister. He +wrote that he had never loved as he did now and that only now did he +understand and know what life was. He asked his sister to forgive +him for not having told her of his resolve when he had last visited +Bald Hills, though he had spoken of it to his father. He had not +done so for fear Princess Mary should ask her father to give his +consent, irritating him and having to bear the brunt of his +displeasure without attaining her object. "Besides," he wrote, "the +matter was not then so definitely settled as it is now. My father then +insisted on a delay of a year and now already six months, half of that +period, have passed, and my resolution is firmer than ever. If the +doctors did not keep me here at the spas I should be back in Russia, +but as it is I have to postpone my return for three months. You know +me and my relations with Father. I want nothing from him. I have +been and always shall be independent; but to go against his will and +arouse his anger, now that he may perhaps remain with us such a +short time, would destroy half my happiness. I am now writing to him +about the same question, and beg you to choose a good moment to hand +him the letter and to let me know how he looks at the whole matter and +whether there is hope that he may consent to reduce the term by four +months." + After long hesitations, doubts, and prayers, Princess Mary gave +the letter to her father. The next day the old prince said to her +quietly: + "Write and tell your brother to wait till I am dead.... It won't +be long- I shall soon set him free." + The princess was about to reply, but her father would not let her +speak and, raising his voice more and more, cried: + "Marry, marry, my boy!... A good family!... Clever people, eh? Rich, +eh? Yes, a nice stepmother little Nicholas will have! Write and tell +him that he may marry tomorrow if he likes. She will be little +Nicholas' stepmother and I'll marry Bourienne!... Ha, ha, ha! He +mustn't be without a stepmother either! Only one thing, no more +women are wanted in my house- let him marry and live by himself. +Perhaps you will go and live with him too?" he added, turning to +Princess Mary. "Go in heavens name! Go out into the frost... the +frost... the frost! + After this outburst the prince did not speak any more about the +matter. But repressed vexation at his son's poor-spirited behavior +found expression in his treatment of his daughter. To his former +pretexts for irony a fresh one was now added- allusions to stepmothers +and amiabilities to Mademoiselle Bourienne. + "Why shouldn't I marry her?" he asked his daughter. "She'll make a +splendid princess!" + And latterly, to her surprise and bewilderment, Princess Mary +noticed that her father was really associating more and more with +the Frenchwoman. She wrote to Prince Andrew about the reception of his +letter, but comforted him with hopes of reconciling their father to +the idea. + Little Nicholas and his education, her brother Andrew, and +religion were Princess Mary's joys and consolations; but besides that, +since everyone must have personal hopes, Princess Mary in the +profoundest depths of her heart had a hidden dream and hope that +supplied the chief consolation of her life. This comforting dream +and hope were given her by God's folk- the half-witted and other +pilgrims who visited her without the prince's knowledge. The longer +she lived, the more experience and observation she had of life, the +greater was her wonder at the short-sightedness of men who seek +enjoyment and happiness here on earth: toiling, suffering, struggling, +and harming one another, to obtain that impossible, visionary, +sinful happiness. Prince Andrew had loved his wife, she died, but that +was not enough: he wanted to bind his happiness to another woman. +Her father objected to this because he wanted a more distinguished and +wealthier match for Andrew. And they all struggled and suffered and +tormented one another and injured their souls, their eternal souls, +for the attainment of benefits which endure but for an instant. Not +only do we know this ourselves, but Christ, the Son of God, came +down to earth and told us that this life is but for a moment and is +a probation; yet we cling to it and think to find happiness in it. +"How is it that no one realizes this?" thought Princess Mary. "No +one except these despised God's folk who, wallet on back, come to me +by the back door, afraid of being seen by the prince, not for fear +of ill-usage by him but for fear of causing him to sin. To leave +family, home, and all the cares of worldly welfare, in order without +clinging to anything to wander in hempen rags from place to place +under an assumed name, doing no one any harm but praying for all- +for those who drive one away as well as for those who protect one: +higher than that life and truth there is no life or truth!" + There was one pilgrim, a quiet pockmarked little woman of fifty +called Theodosia, who for over thirty years had gone about barefoot +and worn heavy chains. Princess Mary was particularly fond of her. +Once, when in a room with a lamp dimly lit before the icon Theodosia +was talking of her life, the thought that Theodosia alone had found +the true path of life suddenly came to Princess Mary with such force +that she resolved to become a pilgrim herself. When Theodosia had gone +to sleep Princess Mary thought about this for a long time, and at last +made up her mind that, strange as it might seem, she must go on a +pilgrimage. She disclosed this thought to no one but to her confessor, +Father Akinfi, the monk, and he approved of her intention. Under guise +of a present for the pilgrims, Princess Mary prepared a pilgrim's +complete costume for herself: a coarse smock, bast shoes, a rough +coat, and a black kerchief. Often, approaching the chest of drawers +containing this secret treasure, Princess Mary paused, uncertain +whether the time had not already come to put her project into +execution. + Often, listening to the pilgrims' tales, she was so stimulated by +their simple speech, mechanical to them but to her so full of deep +meaning, that several times she was on the point of abandoning +everything and running away from home. In imagination she already +pictured herself by Theodosia's side, dressed in coarse rags, +walking with a staff, a wallet on her back, along the dusty road, +directing her wanderings from one saint's shrine to another, free from +envy, earthly love, or desire, and reaching at last the place where +there is no more sorrow or sighing, but eternal joy and bliss. + "I shall come to a place and pray there, and before having time to +get used to it or getting to love it, I shall go farther. I will go on +till my legs fail, and I'll lie down and die somewhere, and shall at +last reach that eternal, quiet haven, where there is neither sorrow +nor sighing..." thought Princess Mary. + But afterwards, when she saw her father and especially little Koko +(Nicholas), her resolve weakened. She wept quietly, and felt that +she was a sinner who loved her father and little nephew more than God. +BK7 + BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 11 +BK7|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + The Bible legend tells us that the absence of labor- idleness- was a +condition of the first man's blessedness before the Fall. Fallen man +has retained a love of idleness, but the curse weighs on the race +not only because we have to seek our bread in the sweat of our +brows, but because our moral nature is such that we cannot be both +idle and at ease. An inner voice tells us we are in the wrong if we +are idle. If man could find a state in which he felt that though +idle he was fulfilling his duty, he would have found one of the +conditions of man's primitive blessedness. And such a state of +obligatory and irreproachable idleness is the lot of a whole class- +the military. The chief attraction of military service has consisted +and will consist in this compulsory and irreproachable idleness. + Nicholas Rostov experienced this blissful condition to the full +when, after 1807, he continued to serve in the Pavlograd regiment, +in which he already commanded the squadron he had taken over from +Denisov. + Rostov had become a bluff, good-natured fellow, whom his Moscow +acquaintances would have considered rather bad form, but who was liked +and respected by his comrades, subordinates, and superiors, and was +well contented with his life. Of late, in 1809, he found in letters +from home more frequent complaints from his mother that their +affairs were falling into greater and greater disorder, and that it +was time for him to come back to gladden and comfort his old parents. + Reading these letters, Nicholas felt a dread of their wanting to +take him away from surroundings in which, protected from all the +entanglements of life, he was living so calmly and quietly. He felt +that sooner or later he would have to re-enter that whirlpool of life, +with its embarrassments and affairs to be straightened out, its +accounts with stewards, quarrels, and intrigues, its ties, society, +and with Sonya's love and his promise to her. It was all dreadfully +difficult and complicated; and he replied to his mother in cold, +formal letters in French, beginning: "My dear Mamma," and ending: +"Your obedient son," which said nothing of when he would return. In +1810 he received letters from his parents, in which they told him of +Natasha's engagement to Bolkonski, and that the wedding would be in +a year's time because the old prince made difficulties. This letter +grieved and mortified Nicholas. In the first place he was sorry that +Natasha, for whom he cared more than for anyone else in the family, +should be lost to the home; and secondly, from his hussar point of +view, he regretted not to have been there to show that fellow +Bolkonski that connection with him was no such great honor after +all, and that if he loved Natasha he might dispense with permission +from his dotard father. For a moment he hesitated whether he should +not apply for leave in order to see Natasha before she was married, +but then came the maneuvers, and considerations about Sonya and +about the confusion of their affairs, and Nicholas again put it off. +But in the spring of that year, he received a letter from his +mother, written without his father's knowledge, and that letter +persuaded him to return. She wrote that if he did not come and take +matters in hand, their whole property would be sold by auction and +they would all have to go begging. The count was so weak, and +trusted Mitenka so much, and was so good-natured, that everybody +took advantage of him and things were going from bad to worse. "For +God's sake, I implore you, come at once if you do not wish to make +me and the whole family wretched," wrote the countess. + This letter touched Nicholas. He had that common sense of a +matter-of-fact man which showed him what he ought to do. + The right thing now was, if not to retire from the service, at any +rate to go home on leave. Why he had to go he did not know; but +after his after-dinner nap he gave orders to saddle Mars, an extremely +vicious gray stallion that had not been ridden for a long time, and +when he returned with the horse all in a lather, he informed Lavrushka +(Denisov's servant who had remained with him) and his comrades who +turned up in the evening that he was applying for leave and was +going home. Difficult and strange as it was for him to reflect that he +would go away without having heard from the staff- and this interested +him extremely- whether he was promoted to a captaincy or would receive +the Order of St. Anne for the last maneuvers; strange as it was to +think that he would go away without having sold his three roans to the +Polish Count Golukhovski, who was bargaining for the horses Rostov had +betted he would sell for two thousand rubles; incomprehensible as it +seemed that the ball the hussars were giving in honor of the Polish +Mademoiselle Przazdziecka (out of rivalry to the Uhlans who had +given one in honor of their Polish Mademoiselle Borzozowska) would +take place without him- he knew he must go away from this good, bright +world to somewhere where everything was stupid and confused. A week +later he obtained his leave. His hussar comrades- not only those of +his own regiment, but the whole brigade- gave Rostov a dinner to which +the subscription was fifteen rubles a head, and at which there were +two bands and two choirs of singers. Rostov danced the Trepak with +Major Basov; the tipsy officers tossed, embraced, and dropped +Rostov; the soldiers of the third squadron tossed him too, and shouted +"hurrah!" and then they put him in his sleigh and escorted him as +far as the first post station. + During the first half of the journey- from Kremenchug to Kiev- all +Rostov's thoughts, as is usual in such cases, were behind him, with +the squadron; but when he had gone more than halfway he began to +forget his three roans and Dozhoyveyko, his quartermaster, and to +wonder anxiously how things would be at Otradnoe and what he would +find there. Thoughts of home grew stronger the nearer he approached +it- far stronger, as though this feeling of his was subject to the law +by which the force of attraction is in inverse proportion to the +square of the distance. At the last post station before Otradnoe he +gave the driver a three-ruble tip, and on arriving he ran +breathlessly, like a boy, up the steps of his home. + After the rapture of meeting, and after that odd feeling of +unsatisfied expectation- the feeling that "everything is just the +same, so why did I hurry?"- Nicholas began to settle down in his old +home world. His father and mother were much the same, only a little +older. What was new in them was a certain uneasiness and occasional +discord, which there used not to be, and which, as Nicholas soon found +out, was due to the bad state of their affairs. Sonya was nearly +twenty; she had stopped growing prettier and promised nothing more +than she was already, but that was enough. She exhaled happiness and +love from the time Nicholas returned, and the faithful, unalterable +love of this girl had a gladdening effect on him. Petya and Natasha +surprised Nicholas most. Petya was a big handsome boy of thirteen, +merry, witty, and mischievous, with a voice that was already breaking. +As for Natasha, for a long while Nicholas wondered and laughed +whenever he looked at her. + "You're not the same at all," he said. + "How? Am I uglier?" + "On the contrary, but what dignity? A princess!" he whispered to +her. + "Yes, yes, yes!" cried Natasha, joyfully. + She told him about her romance with Prince Andrew and of his visit +to Otradnoe and showed him his last letter. + "Well, are you glad?" Natasha asked. "I am so tranquil and happy +now." + "Very glad," answered Nicholas. "He is an excellent fellow.... And +are you very much in love?" + "How shall I put it?" replied Natasha. "I was in love with Boris, +with my teacher, and with Denisov, but this is quite different. I feel +at peace and settled. I know that no better man than he exists, and +I am calm and contented now. Not at all as before." + Nicholas expressed his disapproval of the postponement of the +marriage for a year; but Natasha attacked her brother with +exasperation, proving to him that it could not be otherwise, and +that it would be a bad thing to enter a family against the father's +will, and that she herself wished it so. + "You don't at all understand," she said. + Nicholas was silent and agreed with her. + Her brother often wondered as he looked at her. She did not seem +at all like a girl in love and parted from her affianced husband. +She was even-tempered and calm and quite as cheerful as of old. This +amazed Nicholas and even made him regard Bolkonski's courtship +skeptically. He could not believe that her fate was sealed, especially +as he had not seen her with Prince Andrew. It always seemed to him +that there was something not quite right about this intended marriage. + "Why this delay? Why no betrothal?" he thought. Once, when he had +touched on this topic with his mother, he discovered, to his +surprise and somewhat to his satisfaction, that in the depth of her +soul she too had doubts about this marriage. + "You see he writes," said she, showing her son a letter of Prince +Andrew's, with that latent grudge a mother always has in regard to a +daughter's future married happiness, "he writes that he won't come +before December. What can be keeping him? Illness, probably! His +health is very delicate. Don't tell Natasha. And don't attach +importance to her being so bright: that's because she's living through +the last days of her girlhood, but I know what she is like every +time we receive a letter from him! However, God grant that +everything turns out well!" (She always ended with these words.) "He +is an excellent man!" +BK7|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + After reaching home Nicholas was at first serious and even dull. +He was worried by the impending necessity of interfering in the stupid +business matters for which his mother had called him home. To throw +off this burden as quickly as possible, on the third day after his +arrival he went, angry and scowling and without answering questions as +to where he was going, to Mitenka's lodge and demanded an account of +everything. But what an account of everything might be Nicholas knew +even less than the frightened and bewildered Mitenka. The conversation +and the examination of the accounts with Mitenka did not last long. +The village elder, a peasant delegate, and the village clerk, who were +waiting in the passage, heard with fear and delight first the young +count's voice roaring and snapping and rising louder and louder, and +then words of abuse, dreadful words, ejaculated one after the other. + "Robber!... Ungrateful wretch!... I'll hack the dog to pieces! I'm +not my father!... Robbing us!..." and so on. + Then with no less fear and delight they saw how the young count, red +in the face and with bloodshot eyes, dragged Mitenka out by the scruff +of the neck and applied his foot and knee to him behind with great +agility at convenient moments between the words, shouting, "Be off! +Never let me see your face here again, you villain!" + Mitenka flew headlong down the six steps and ran away into the +shrubbery. (This shrubbery was a well-known haven of refuge for +culprits at Otradnoe. Mitenka himself, returning tipsy from the +town, used to hide there, and many of the residents at Otradnoe, +hiding from Mitenka, knew of its protective qualities.) + Mitenka's wife and sisters-in-law thrust their heads and +frightened faces out of the door of a room where a bright samovar +was boiling and where the steward's high bedstead stood with its +patchwork quilt. + The young count paid no heed to them, but, breathing hard, passed by +with resolute strides and went into the house. + The countess, who heard at once from the maids what had happened +at the lodge, was calmed by the thought that now their affairs would +certainly improve, but on the other hand felt anxious as to the effect +this excitement might have on her son. She went several times to his +door on tiptoe and listened, as he lighted one pipe after another. + Next day the old count called his son aside and, with an embarrassed +smile, said to him: + "But you know, my dear boy, it's a pity you got excited! Mitenka has +told me all about it." + "I knew," thought Nicholas, "that I should never understand anything +in this crazy world." + "You were angry that he had not entered those 700 rubles. But they +were carried forward- and you did not look at the other page." + "Papa, he is a blackguard and a thief! I know he is! And what I have +done, I have done; but, if you like, I won't speak to him again." + "No, my dear boy" (the count, too, felt embarrassed. He knew he +had mismanaged his wife's property and was to blame toward his +children, but he did not know how to remedy it). "No, I beg you to +attend to the business. I am old. I..." + "No, Papa. Forgive me if I have caused you unpleasantness. I +understand it all less than you do." + "Devil take all these peasants, and money matters, and carryings +forward from page to page," he thought. "I used to understand what a +'corner' and the stakes at cards meant, but carrying forward to +another page I don't understand at all," said he to himself, and after +that he did not meddle in business affairs. But once the countess +called her son and informed him that she had a promissory note from +Anna Mikhaylovna for two thousand rubles, and asked him what he +thought of doing with it. + "This," answered Nicholas. "You say it rests with me. Well, I +don't like Anna Mikhaylovna and I don't like Boris, but they were +our friends and poor. Well then, this!" and he tore up the note, and +by so doing caused the old countess to weep tears of joy. After +that, young Rostov took no further part in any business affairs, but +devoted himself with passionate enthusiasm to what was to him a new +pursuit- the chase- for which his father kept a large establishment. +BK7|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + The weather was already growing wintry and morning frosts +congealed an earth saturated by autumn rains. The verdure had +thickened and its bright green stood out sharply against the +brownish strips of winter rye trodden down by the cattle, and +against the pale-yellow stubble of the spring buckwheat. The wooded +ravines and the copses, which at the end of August had still been +green islands amid black fields and stubble, had become golden and +bright-red islands amid the green winter rye. The hares had already +half changed their summer coats, the fox cubs were beginning to +scatter, and the young wolves were bigger than dogs. It was the best +time of the year for the chase. The hounds of that ardent young +sportsman Rostov had not merely reached hard winter condition, but +were so jaded that at a meeting of the huntsmen it was decided to give +them a three days' rest and then, on the sixteenth of September, to go +on a distant expedition, starting from the oak grove where there was +an undisturbed litter of wolf cubs. + All that day the hounds remained at home. It was frosty and the +air was sharp, but toward evening the sky became overcast and it began +to thaw. On the fifteenth, when young Rostov, in his dressing gown, +looked out of the window, he saw it was an unsurpassable morning for +hunting: it was as if the sky were melting and sinking to the earth +without any wind. The only motion in the air was that of the dripping, +microscopic particles of drizzling mist. The bare twigs in the +garden were hung with transparent drops which fell on the freshly +fallen leaves. The earth in the kitchen garden looked wet and black +and glistened like poppy seed and at a short distance merged into +the dull, moist veil of mist. Nicholas went out into the wet and muddy +porch. There was a smell of decaying leaves and of dog. Milka, a +black-spotted, broad-haunched bitch with prominent black eyes, got +up on seeing her master, stretched her hind legs, lay down like a +hare, and then suddenly jumped up and licked him right on his nose and +mustache. Another borzoi, a dog, catching sight of his master from the +garden path, arched his back and, rushing headlong toward the porch +with lifted tail, began rubbing himself against his legs. + "O-hoy!" came at that moment, that inimitable huntsman's call +which unites the deepest bass with the shrillest tenor, and round +the corner came Daniel the head huntsman and head kennelman, a gray, +wrinkled old man with hair cut straight over his forehead, Ukrainian +fashion, a long bent whip in his hand, and that look of independence +and scorn of everything that is only seen in huntsmen. He doffed his +Circassian cap to his master and looked at him scornfully. This +scorn was not offensive to his master. Nicholas knew that this Daniel, +disdainful of everybody and who considered himself above them, was all +the same his serf and huntsman. + "Daniel!" Nicholas said timidly, conscious at the sight of the +weather, the hounds, and the huntsman that he was being carried away +by that irresistible passion for sport which makes a man forget all +his previous resolutions, as a lover forgets in the presence of his +mistress. + "What orders, your excellency?" said the huntsman in his deep +bass, deep as a proto-deacon's and hoarse with hallooing- and two +flashing black eyes gazed from under his brows at his master, who +was silent. "Can you resist it?" those eyes seemed to be asking. + "It's a good day, eh? For a hunt and a gallop, eh?" asked +Nicholas, scratching Milka behind the ears. + Daniel did not answer, but winked instead. + "I sent Uvarka at dawn to listen," his bass boomed out after a +minute's pause. "He says she's moved them into the Otradnoe enclosure. +They were howling there." (This meant that the she-wolf, about whom +they both knew, had moved with her cubs to the Otradnoe copse, a small +place a mile and a half from the house.) + "We ought to go, don't you think so?" said Nicholas. "Come to me +with Uvarka." + "As you please." + "Then put off feeding them." + "Yes, sir." + Five minutes later Daniel and Uvarka were standing in Nicholas' +big study. Though Daniel was not a big man, to see him in a room was +like seeing a horse or a bear on the floor among the furniture and +surroundings of human life. Daniel himself felt this, and as usual +stood just inside the door, trying to speak softly and not move, for +fear of breaking something in the master's apartment, and he +hastened to say all that was necessary so as to get from under that +ceiling, out into the open under the sky once more. + Having finished his inquiries and extorted from Daniel an opinion +that the hounds were fit (Daniel himself wished to go hunting), +Nicholas ordered the horses to be saddled. But just as Daniel was +about to go Natasha came in with rapid steps, not having done up her +hair or finished dressing and with her old nurse's big shawl wrapped +round her. Petya ran in at the same time. + "You are going?" asked Natasha. "I knew you would! Sonya said you +wouldn't go, but I knew that today is the sort of day when you +couldn't help going." + "Yes, we are going," replied Nicholas reluctantly, for today, as +he intended to hunt seriously, he did not want to take Natasha and +Petya. "We are going, but only wolf hunting: it would be dull for +you." + "You know it is my greatest pleasure," said Natasha. "It's not fair; +you are going by yourself, are having the horses saddled and said +nothing to us about it." + "'No barrier bars a Russian's path'- we'll go!" shouted Petya. + "But you can't. Mamma said you mustn't," said Nicholas to Natasha. + "Yes, I'll go. I shall certainly go," said Natasha decisively. +"Daniel, tell them to saddle for us, and Michael must come with my +dogs," she added to the huntsman. + It seemed to Daniel irksome and improper to be in a room at all, but +to have anything to do with a young lady seemed to him impossible. +He cast down his eyes and hurried out as if it were none of his +business, careful as he went not to inflict any accidental injury on +the young lady. +BK7|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + The old count, who had always kept up an enormous hunting +establishment but had now handed it all completely over to his son's +care, being in very good spirits on this fifteenth of September, +prepared to go out with the others. + In an hour's time the whole hunting party was at the porch. +Nicholas, with a stern and serious air which showed that now was no +time for attending to trifles, went past Natasha and Petya who were +trying to tell him something. He had a look at all the details of +the hunt, sent a pack of hounds and huntsmen on ahead to find the +quarry, mounted his chestnut Donets, and whistling to his own leash of +borzois, set off across the threshing ground to a field leading to the +Otradnoe wood. The old count's horse, a sorrel gelding called +Viflyanka, was led by the groom in attendance on him, while the +count himself was to drive in a small trap straight to a spot reserved +for him. + They were taking fifty-four hounds, with six hunt attendants and +whippers-in. Besides the family, there were eight borzoi kennelmen and +more than forty borzois, so that, with the borzois on the leash +belonging to members of the family, there were about a hundred and +thirty dogs and twenty horsemen. + Each dog knew its master and its call. Each man in the hunt knew his +business. his place, what he had to do. As soon as they had passed the +fence they all spread out evenly and quietly, without noise or talk, +along the road and field leading to the Otradnoe covert. + The horses stepped over the field as over a thick carpet, now and +then splashing into puddles as they crossed a road. The misty sky +still seemed to descend evenly and imperceptibly toward the earth, the +air was still, warm, and silent. Occasionally the whistle of a +huntsman, the snort of a horse, the crack of a whip, or the whine of a +straggling hound could be heard. + When they had gone a little less than a mile, five more riders +with dogs appeared out of the mist, approaching the Rostovs. In +front rode a fresh-looking, handsome old man with a large gray +mustache. + "Good morning, Uncle!" said Nicholas, when the old man drew near. + "That's it. Come on!... I was sure of it," began "Uncle." (He was +a distant relative of the Rostovs', a man of small means, and their +neighbor.) "I knew you wouldn't be able to resist it and it's a good +thing you're going. That's it! Come on! (This was "Uncle's" favorite +expression.) "Take the covert at once, for my Girchik says the Ilagins +are at Korniki with their hounds. That's it. Come on!... They'll +take the cubs from under your very nose." + "That's where I'm going. Shall we join up our packs?" asked +Nicholas. + The hounds were joined into one pack, and "Uncle" and Nicholas +rode on side by side. Natasha, muffled up in shawls which did not hide +her eager face and shining eyes, galloped up to them. She was followed +by Petya who always kept close to her, by Michael, a huntsman, and +by a groom appointed to look after her. Petya, who was laughing, +whipped and pulled at his horse. Natasha sat easily and confidently on +her black Arabchik and reined him in without effort with a firm hand. + "Uncle" looked round disapprovingly at Petya and Natasha. He did not +like to combine frivolity with the serious business of hunting. + "Good morning, Uncle! We are going too!" shouted Petya. + "Good morning, good morning! But don't go overriding the hounds," +said "Uncle" sternly. + "Nicholas, what a fine dog Trunila is! He knew me," said Natasha, +referring to her favorite hound. + "In the first place, Trunila is not a 'dog,' but a harrier," thought +Nicholas, and looked sternly at his sister, trying to make her feel +the distance that ought to separate them at that moment. Natasha +understood it. + "You mustn't think we'll be in anyone's way, Uncle," she said. +"We'll go to our places and won't budge." + "A good thing too, little countess," said "Uncle," "only mind you +don't fall off your horse," he added, "because- that's it, come on!- +you've nothing to hold on to." + The oasis of the Otradnoe covert came in sight a few hundred yards +off, the huntsmen were already nearing it. Rostov, having finally +settled with "Uncle" where they should set on the hounds, and having +shown Natasha where she was to stand- a spot where nothing could +possibly run out- went round above the ravine. + "Well, nephew, you're going for a big wolf," said "Uncle." "Mind and +don't let her slip!" + "That's as may happen," answered Rostov. "Karay, here!" he +shouted, answering "Uncle's" remark by this call to his borzoi. +Karay was a shaggy old dog with a hanging jowl, famous for having +tackled a big wolf unaided. They all took up their places. + The old count, knowing his son's ardor in the hunt, hurried so as +not to be late, and the hunstmen had not yet reached their places when +Count Ilya Rostov, cheerful, flushed, and with quivering cheeks, drove +up with his black horses over the winter rye to the place reserved for +him, where a wolf might come out. Having straightened his coat and +fastened on his hunting knives and horn, he mounted his good, sleek, +well-fed, and comfortable horse, Viflyanka, which was turning gray, +like himself. His horses and trap were sent home. Count Ilya Rostov, +though not at heart a keen sportsman, knew the rules of the hunt well, +and rode to the bushy edge of the road where he was to stand, arranged +his reins, settled himself in the saddle, and, feeling that he was +ready, looked about with a smile. + Beside him was Simon Chekmar, his personal attendant, an old +horseman now somewhat stiff in the saddle. Chekmar held in leash three +formidable wolfhounds, who had, however, grown fat like their master +and his horse. Two wise old dogs lay down unleashed. Some hundred +paces farther along the edge of the wood stood Mitka, the count's +other groom, a daring horseman and keen rider to hounds. Before the +hunt, by old custom, the count had drunk a silver cupful of mulled +brandy, taken a snack, and washed it down with half a bottle of his +favorite Bordeaux. + He was somewhat flushed with the wine and the drive. His eyes were +rather moist and glittered more than usual, and as he sat in his +saddle, wrapped up in his fur coat, he looked like a child taken out +for an outing. + The thin, hollow-cheeked Chekmar, having got everything ready, +kept glancing at his master with whom he had lived on the best of +terms for thirty years, and understanding the mood he was in +expected a pleasant chat. A third person rode up circumspectly through +the wood (it was plain that he had had a lesson) and stopped behind +the count. This person was a gray-bearded old man in a woman's +cloak, with a tall peaked cap on his head. He was the buffoon, who +went by a woman's name, Nastasya Ivanovna. + "Well, Nastasya Ivanovna!" whispered the count, winking at him. +"If you scare away the beast, Daniel'll give it you!" + "I know a thing or two myself!" said Nastasya Ivanovna. + "Hush!" whispered the count and turned to Simon. "Have you seen +the young countess?" he asked. "Where is she?" + "With young Count Peter, by the Zharov rank grass," answered +Simon, smiling. "Though she's a lady, she's very fond of hunting." + "And you're surprised at the way she rides, Simon, eh?" said the +count. "She's as good as many a man!" + "Of course! It's marvelous. So bold, so easy!" + "And Nicholas? Where is he? By the Lyadov upland, isn't he?" + "Yes, sir. He knows where to stand. He understands the matter so +well that Daniel and I are often quite astounded," said Simon, well +knowing what would please his master. + "Rides well, eh? And how well he looks on his horse, eh?" + "A perfect picture! How he chased a fox out of the rank grass by the +Zavarzinsk thicket the other day! Leaped a fearful place; what a sight +when they rushed from the covert... the horse worth a thousand +rubles and the rider beyond all price! Yes, one would have to search +far to find another as smart." + "To search far..." repeated the count, evidently sorry Simon had not +said more. "To search far," he said, turning back the skirt of his +coat to get at his snuffbox. + "The other day when he came out from Mass in full uniform, Michael +Sidorych..." Simon did not finish, for on the still air he had +distinctly caught the music of the hunt with only two or three +hounds giving tongue. He bent down his head and listened, shaking a +warning finger at his master. "They are on the scent of the cubs... +" he whispered, "straight to the Lyadov uplands." + The count, forgetting to smooth out the smile on his face, looked +into the distance straight before him, down the narrow open space, +holding the snuffbox in his hand but not taking any. After the cry +of the hounds came the deep tones of the wolf call from Daniel's +hunting horn; the pack joined the first three hounds and they could be +heard in full cry, with that peculiar lift in the note that +indicates that they are after a wolf. The whippers-in no longer set on +the hounds, but changed to the cry of ulyulyu, and above the others +rose Daniel's voice, now a deep bass, now piercingly shrill. His voice +seemed to fill the whole wood and carried far beyond out into the open +field. + After listening a few moments in silence, the count and his +attendant convinced themselves that the hounds had separated into +two packs: the sound of the larger pack, eagerly giving tongue, +began to die away in the distance, the other pack rushed by the wood +past the count, and it was with this that Daniel's voice was heard +calling ulyulyu. The sounds of both packs mingled and broke apart +again, but both were becoming more distant. + Simon sighed and stooped to straighten the leash a young borzoi +had entangled; the count too sighed and, noticing the snuffbox in +his hand, opened it and took a pinch. "Back!" cried Simon to a +borzoi that was pushing forward out of the wood. The count started and +dropped the snuffbox. Nastasya Ivanovna dismounted to pick it up. +The count and Simon were looking at him. + Then, unexpectedly, as often happens, the sound of the hunt suddenly +approached, as if the hounds in full cry and Daniel ulyulyuing were +just in front of them. + The count turned and saw on his right Mitka staring at him with eyes +starting out of his head, raising his cap and pointing before him to +the other side. + "Look out!" he shouted, in a voice plainly showing that he had +long fretted to utter that word, and letting the borzois slip he +galloped toward the count. + The count and Simon galloped out of the wood and saw on their left a +wolf which, softly swaying from side to side, was coming at a quiet +lope farther to the left to the very place where they were standing. +The angry borzois whined and getting free of the leash rushed past the +horses' feet at the wolf. + The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs +awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly +swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish +of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood. At the same +instant, with a cry like a wail, first one hound, then another, and +then another, sprang helter-skelter from the wood opposite and the +whole pack rushed across the field toward the very spot where the wolf +had disappeared. The hazel bushes parted behind the hounds and +Daniel's chestnut horse appeared, dark with sweat. On its long back +sat Daniel, hunched forward, capless, his disheveled gray hair hanging +over his flushed, perspiring face. + "Ulyulyulyu! ulyulyu!..." he cried. When he caught sight of the +count his eyes flashed lightning. + "Blast you!" he shouted, holding up his whip threateningly at the +count. + "You've let the wolf go!... What sportsmen! and as if scorning to +say more to the frightened and shamefaced count, he lashed the heaving +flanks of his sweating chestnut gelding with all the anger the count +had aroused and flew off after the hounds. The count, like a +punished schoolboy, looked round, trying by a smile to win Simon's +sympathy for his plight. But Simon was no longer there. He was +galloping round by the bushes while the field was coming up on both +sides, all trying to head the wolf, but it vanished into the wood +before they could do so. +BK7|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Nicholas Rostov meanwhile remained at his post, waiting for the +wolf. By the way the hunt approached and receded, by the cries of +the dogs whose notes were familiar to him, by the way the voices of +the huntsmen approached, receded, and rose, he realized what was +happening at the copse. He knew that young and old wolves were +there, that the hounds had separated into two packs, that somewhere +a wolf was being chased, and that something had gone wrong. He +expected the wolf to come his way any moment. He made thousands of +different conjectures as to where and from what side the beast would +come and how he would set upon it. Hope alternated with despair. +Several times he addressed a prayer to God that the wolf should come +his way. He prayed with that passionate and shame-faced feeling with +which men pray at moments of great excitement arising from trivial +causes. "What would it be to Thee to do this for me?" he said to +God. "I know Thou art great, and that it is a sin to ask this of Thee, +but for God's sake do let the old wolf come my way and let Karay +spring at it- in sight of 'Uncle' who is watching from over there- and +seize it by the throat in a death grip!" A thousand times during +that half-hour Rostov cast eager and restless glances over the edge of +the wood, with the two scraggy oaks rising above the aspen undergrowth +and the gully with its water-worn side and "Uncle's" cap just +visible above the bush on his right. + "No, I shan't have such luck," thought Rostov, "yet what wouldn't it +be worth! It is not to be! Everywhere, at cards and in war, I am +always unlucky." Memories of Austerlitz and of Dolokhov flashed +rapidly and clearly through his mind. "Only once in my life to get +an old wolf, I want only that!" thought he, straining eyes and ears +and looking to the left and then to the right and listening to the +slightest variation of note in the cries of the dogs. + Again he looked to the right and saw something running toward him +across the deserted field. "No, it can't be!" thought Rostov, taking a +deep breath, as a man does at the coming of something long hoped +for. The height of happiness was reached- and so simply, without +warning, or noise, or display, that Rostov could not believe his +eyes and remained in doubt for over a second. The wolf ran forward and +jumped heavily over a gully that lay in her path. She was an old +animal with a gray back and big reddish belly. She ran without +hurry, evidently feeling sure that no one saw her. Rostov, holding his +breath, looked round at the borzois. They stood or lay not seeing +the wolf or understanding the situation. Old Karay had turned his head +and was angrily searching for fleas, baring his yellow teeth and +snapping at his hind legs. + "Ulyulyulyu!" whispered Rostov, pouting his lips. The borzois jumped +up, jerking the rings of the leashes and pricking their ears. Karay +finished scratching his hindquarters and, cocking his ears, got up +with quivering tail from which tufts of matted hair hung down. + "Shall I loose them or not?" Nicholas asked himself as the wolf +approached him coming from the copse. Suddenly the wolf's whole +physiognomy changed: she shuddered, seeing what she had probably never +seen before- human eyes fixed upon her- and turning her head a +little toward Rostov, she paused. + "Back or forward? Eh, no matter, forward..." the wolf seemed to +say to herself, and she moved forward without again looking round +and with a quiet, long, easy yet resolute lope. + "Ulyulyu!" cried Nicholas, in a voice not his own, and of its own +accord his good horse darted headlong downhill, leaping over gullies +to head off the wolf, and the borzois passed it, running faster still. +Nicholas did not hear his own cry nor feel that he was galloping, +nor see the borzois, nor the ground over which he went: he saw only +the wolf, who, increasing her speed, bounded on in the same +direction along the hollow. The first to come into view was Milka, +with her black markings and powerful quarters, gaining upon the +wolf. Nearer and nearer... now she was ahead of it; but the wolf +turned its head to face her, and instead of putting on speed as she +usually did Milka suddenly raised her tail and stiffened her forelegs. + "Ulyulyulyulyu!" shouted Nicholas. + The reddish Lyubim rushed forward from behind Milka, sprang +impetuously at the wolf, and seized it by its hindquarters, but +immediately jumped aside in terror. The wolf crouched, gnashed her +teeth, and again rose and bounded forward, followed at the distance of +a couple of feet by all the borzois, who did not get any closer to +her. + "She'll get away! No, it's impossible!" thought Nicholas, still +shouting with a hoarse voice. + "Karay, ulyulyu!..." he shouted, looking round for the old borzoi +who was now his only hope. Karay, with all the strength age had left +him, stretched himself to the utmost and, watching the wolf, +galloped heavily aside to intercept it. But the quickness of the +wolf's lope and the borzoi's slower pace made it plain that Karay +had miscalculated. Nicholas could already see not far in front of +him the wood where the wolf would certainly escape should she reach +it. But, coming toward him, he saw hounds and a huntsman galloping +almost straight at the wolf. There was still hope. A long, yellowish +young borzoi, one Nicholas did not know, from another leash, rushed +impetuously at the wolf from in front and almost knocked her over. But +the wolf jumped up more quickly than anyone could have expected and, +gnashing her teeth, flew at the yellowish borzoi, which, with a +piercing yelp, fell with its head on the ground, bleeding from a +gash in its side. + "Karay? Old fellow!..." wailed Nicholas. + Thanks to the delay caused by this crossing of the wolf's path, +the old dog with its felted hair hanging from its thigh was within +five paces of it. As if aware of her danger, the wolf turned her +eyes on Karay, tucked her tail yet further between her legs, and +increased her speed. But here Nicholas only saw that something +happened to Karay- the borzoi was suddenly on the wolf, and they +rolled together down into a gully just in front of them. + That instant, when Nicholas saw the wolf struggling in the gully +with the dogs, while from under them could be seen her gray hair and +outstretched hind leg and her frightened choking head, with her ears +laid back (Karay was pinning her by the throat), was the happiest +moment of his life. With his hand on his saddlebow, he was ready to +dismount and stab the wolf, when she suddenly thrust her head up +from among that mass of dogs, and then her forepaws were on the edge +of the gully. She clicked her teeth (Karay no longer had her by the +throat), leaped with a movement of her hind legs out of the gully, and +having disengaged herself from the dogs, with tail tucked in again, +went forward. Karay, his hair bristling, and probably bruised or +wounded, climbed with difficulty out of the gully. + "Oh my God! Why?" Nicholas cried in despair. + "Uncle's" huntsman was galloping from the other side across the +wolf's path and his borzois once more stopped the animal's advance. +She was again hemmed in. + Nicholas and his attendant, with "Uncle" and his huntsman, were +all riding round the wolf, crying "ulyulyu!" shouting and preparing to +dismount each moment that the wolf crouched back, and starting forward +again every time she shook herself and moved toward the wood where she +would be safe. + Already, at the beginning of this chase, Daniel, hearing the +ulyulyuing, had rushed out from the wood. He saw Karay seize the wolf, +and checked his horse, supposing the affair to be over. But when he +saw that the horsemen did not dismount and that the wolf shook herself +and ran for safety, Daniel set his chestnut galloping, not at the wolf +but straight toward the wood, just as Karay had run to cut the +animal off. As a result of this, he galloped up to the wolf just +when she had been stopped a second time by "Uncle's" borzois. + Daniel galloped up silently, holding a naked dagger in his left hand +and thrashing the laboring sides of his chestnut horse with his whip +as if it were a flail. + Nicholas neither saw nor heard Daniel until the chestnut, +breathing heavily, panted past him, and he heard the fall of a body +and saw Daniel lying on the wolf's back among the dogs, trying to +seize her by the ears. It was evident to the dogs, the hunters, and to +the wolf herself that all was now over. The terrified wolf pressed +back her ears and tried to rise, but the borzois stuck to her. +Daniel rose a little, took a step, and with his whole weight, as if +lying down to rest, fell on the wolf, seizing her by the ears. +Nicholas was about to stab her, but Daniel whispered, "Don't! We'll +gag her!" and, changing his position, set his foot on the wolf's neck. +A stick was thrust between her jaws and she was fastened with a leash, +as if bridled, her legs were bound together, and Daniel rolled her +over once or twice from side to side. + With happy, exhausted faces, they laid the old wolf, alive, on a +shying and snorting horse and, accompanied by the dogs yelping at her, +took her to the place where they were all to meet. The hounds had +killed two of the cubs and the borzois three. The huntsmen assembled +with their booty and their stories, and all came to look at the +wolf, which, with her broad-browed head hanging down and the bitten +stick between her jaws, gazed with great glassy eyes at this crowd +of dogs and men surrounding her. When she was touched, she jerked +her bound legs and looked wildly yet simply at everybody. Old Count +Rostov also rode up and touched the wolf. + "Oh, what a formidable one!" said he. "A formidable one, eh?" he +asked Daniel, who was standing near. + "Yes, your excellency," answered Daniel, quickly doffing his cap. + The count remembered the wolf he had let slip and his encounter with +Daniel. + "Ah, but you are a crusty fellow, friend!" said the count. + For sole reply Daniel gave him a shy, childlike, meek, and amiable +smile. +BK7|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + The old count went home, and Natasha and Petya promised to return +very soon, but as it was still early the hunt went farther. At +midday they put the hounds into a ravine thickly overgrown with +young trees. Nicholas standing in a fallow field could see all his +whips. + Facing him lay a field of winter rye, there his own huntsman stood +alone in a hollow behind a hazel bush. The hounds had scarcely been +loosed before Nicholas heard one he knew, Voltorn, giving tongue at +intervals; other hounds joined in, now pausing and now again giving +tongue. A moment later he heard a cry from the wooded ravine that a +fox had been found, and the whole pack, joining together, rushed along +the ravine toward the ryefield and away from Nicholas. + He saw the whips in their red caps galloping along the edge of the +ravine, he even saw the hounds, and was expecting a fox to show itself +at any moment on the ryefield opposite. + The huntsman standing in the hollow moved and loosed his borzois, +and Nicholas saw a queer, short-legged red fox with a fine brush going +hard across the field. The borzois bore down on it.... Now they drew +close to the fox which began to dodge between the field in sharper and +sharper curves, trailing its brush, when suddenly a strange white +borzoi dashed in followed by a black one, and everything was in +confusion; the borzois formed a star-shaped figure, scarcely swaying +their bodies and with tails turned away from the center of the +group. Two huntsmen galloped up to the dogs; one in a red cap, the +other, a stranger, in a green coat. + "What's this?" thought Nicholas. "Where's that huntsman from? He +is not 'Uncle's' man." + The huntsmen got the fox, but stayed there a long time without +strapping it to the saddle. Their horses, bridled and with high +saddles, stood near them and there too the dogs were lying. The +huntsmen waved their arms and did something to the fox. Then from that +spot came the sound of a horn, with the signal agreed on in case of +a fight. + "That's Ilagin's huntsman having a row with our Ivan," said +Nicholas' groom. + Nicholas sent the man to call Natasha and Petya to him, and rode +at a footpace to the place where the whips were getting the hounds +together. Several of the field galloped to the spot where the fight +was going on. + Nicholas dismounted, and with Natasha and Petya, who had ridden +up, stopped near the hounds, waiting to see how the matter would +end. Out of the bushes came the huntsman who had been fighting and +rode toward his young master, with the fox tied to his crupper. +While still at a distance he took off his cap and tried to speak +respectfully, but he was pale and breathless and his face was angry. +One of his eyes was black, but he probably was not even aware of it. + "What has happened?" asked Nicholas. + "A likely thing, killing a fox our dogs had hunted! And it was my +gray bitch that caught it! Go to law, indeed!... He snatches at the +fox! I gave him one with the fox. Here it is on my saddle! Do you want +a taste of this?..." said the huntsman, pointing to his dagger and +probably imagining himself still speaking to his foe. + Nicholas, not stopping to talk to the man, asked his sister and +Petya to wait for him and rode to the spot where the enemy's, +Ilagin's, hunting party was. + The victorious huntsman rode off to join the field, and there, +surrounded by inquiring sympathizers, recounted his exploits. + The facts were that Ilagin, with whom the Rostovs had a quarrel +and were at law, hunted over places that belonged by custom to the +Rostovs, and had now, as if purposely, sent his men to the very +woods the Rostovs were hunting and let his man snatch a fox their dogs +had chased. + Nicholas, though he had never seen Ilagin, with his usual absence of +moderation in judgment, hated him cordially from reports of his +arbitrariness and violence, and regarded him as his bitterest foe. +He rode in angry agitation toward him, firmly grasping his whip and +fully prepared to take the most resolute and desperate steps to punish +his enemy. + Hardly had he passed an angle of the wood before a stout gentleman +in a beaver cap came riding toward him on a handsome raven-black +horse, accompanied by two hunt servants. + Instead of an enemy, Nicholas found in Ilagin a stately and +courteous gentleman who was particularly anxious to make the young +count's acquaintance. Having ridden up to Nicholas, Ilagin raised +his beaver cap and said he much regretted what had occurred and +would have the man punished who had allowed himself to seize a fox +hunted by someone else's borzois. He hoped to become better acquainted +with the count and invited him to draw his covert. + Natasha, afraid that her brother would do something dreadful, had +followed him in some excitement. Seeing the enemies exchanging +friendly greetings, she rode up to them. Ilagin lifted his beaver +cap still higher to Natasha and said, with a pleasant smile, that +the young countess resembled Diana in her passion for the chase as +well as in her beauty, of which he had heard much. + To expiate his huntsman's offense, Ilagin pressed the Rostovs to +come to an upland of his about a mile away which he usually kept for +himself and which, he said, swarmed with hares. Nicholas agreed, and +the hunt, now doubled, moved on. + The way to Iligin's upland was across the fields. The hunt +servants fell into line. The masters rode together. "Uncle," Rostov, +and Ilagin kept stealthily glancing at one another's dogs, trying +not to be observed by their companions and searching uneasily for +rivals to their own borzois. + Rostov was particularly struck by the beauty of a small, +pure-bred, red-spotted bitch on Ilagin's leash, slender but with +muscles like steel, a delicate muzzle, and prominent black eyes. He +had heard of the swiftness of Ilagin's borzois, and in that +beautiful bitch saw a rival to his own Milka. + In the middle of a sober conversation begun by Ilagin about the +year's harvest, Nicholas pointed to the red-spotted bitch. + "A fine little bitch, that!" said he in a careless tone. "Is she +swift?" + "That one? Yes, she's a good dog, gets what she's after," answered +Ilagin indifferently, of the red-spotted bitch Erza, for which, a year +before, he had given a neighbor three families of house serfs. "So +in your parts, too, the harvest is nothing to boast of, Count?" he +went on, continuing the conversation they had begun. And considering +it polite to return the young count's compliment, Ilagin looked at his +borzois and picked out Milka who attracted his attention by her +breadth. "That black-spotted one of yours is fine- well shaped!" +said he. + "Yes, she's fast enough," replied Nicholas, and thought: "If only +a full-grown hare would cross the field now I'd show you what sort +of borzoi she is," and turning to his groom, he said he would give a +ruble to anyone who found a hare. + "I don't understand," continued Ilagin, "how some sportsmen can be +so jealous about game and dogs. For myself, I can tell you, Count, I +enjoy riding in company such as this... what could be better?" (he +again raised his cap to Natasha) "but as for counting skins and what +one takes, I don't care about that." + "Of course not!" + "Or being upset because someone else's borzoi and not mine catches +something. All I care about is to enjoy seeing the chase, is it not +so, Count? For I consider that..." + "A-tu!" came the long-drawn cry of one of the borzoi whippers-in, +who had halted. He stood on a knoll in the stubble, holding his whip +aloft, and again repeated his long-drawn cry, "A-tu!" (This call and +the uplifted whip meant that he saw a sitting hare.) + "Ah, he has found one, I think," said Ilagin carelessly. "Yes, we +must ride up.... Shall we both course it?" answered Nicholas, seeing +in Erza and "Uncle's" red Rugay two rivals he had never yet had a +chance of pitting against his own borzois. "And suppose they outdo +my Milka at once!" he thought as he rode with "Uncle" and Ilagin +toward the hare. + "A full-grown one?" asked Ilagin as he approached the whip who had +sighted the hare- and not without agitation he looked round and +whistled to Erza. + "And you, Michael Nikanorovich?" he said, addressing "Uncle." + The latter was riding with a sullen expression on his face. + "How can I join in? Why, you've given a village for each of your +borzois! That's it, come on! Yours are worth thousands. Try yours +against one another, you two, and I'll look on!" + "Rugay, hey, hey!" he shouted. "Rugayushka!" he added, involuntarily +by this diminutive expressing his affection and the hopes he placed on +this red borzoi. Natasha saw and felt the agitation the two elderly +men and her brother were trying to conceal, and was herself excited by +it. + The huntsman stood halfway up the knoll holding up his whip and +the gentlefolk rode up to him at a footpace; the hounds that were +far off on the horizon turned away from the hare, and the whips, but +not the gentlefolk, also moved away. All were moving slowly and +sedately. + "How is it pointing?" asked Nicholas, riding a hundred paces +toward the whip who had sighted the hare. + But before the whip could reply, the hare, scenting the frost coming +next morning, was unable to rest and leaped up. The pack on leash +rushed downhill in full cry after the hare, and from all sides the +borzois that were not on leash darted after the hounds and the hare. +All the hunt, who had been moving slowly, shouted, "Stop!" calling +in the hounds, while the borzoi whips, with a cry of "A-tu!"galloped +across the field setting the borzois on the hare. The tranquil Ilagin, +Nicholas, Natasha, and "Uncle" flew, reckless of where and how they +went, seeing only the borzois and the hare and fearing only to lose +sight even for an instant of the chase. The hare they had started +was a strong and swift one. When he jumped up he did not run at +once, but pricked his ears listening to the shouting and trampling +that resounded from all sides at once. He took a dozen bounds, not +very quickly, letting the borzois gain on him, and, finally having +chosen his direction and realized his danger, laid back his ears and +rushed off headlong. He had been lying in the stubble, but in front of +him was the autumn sowing where the ground was soft. The two borzois +of the huntsman who had sighted him, having been the nearest, were the +first to see and pursue him, but they had not gone far before Ilagin's +red-spotted Erza passed them, got within a length, flew at the hare +with terrible swiftness aiming at his scut, and, thinking she had +seized him, rolled over like a ball. The hare arched his back and +bounded off yet more swiftly. From behind Erza rushed the +broad-haunched, black-spotted Milka and began rapidly gaining on the +hare. + "Milashka, dear!" rose Nicholas' triumphant cry. It looked as if +Milka would immediately pounce on the hare, but she overtook him and +flew past. The hare had squatted. Again the beautiful Erza reached +him, but when close to the hare's scut paused as if measuring the +distance, so as not to make a mistake this time but seize his hind +leg. + "Erza, darling! Ilagin wailed in a voice unlike his own. Erza did +not hearken to his appeal. At the very moment when she would have +seized her prey, the hare moved and darted along the balk between +the winter rye and the stubble. Again Erza and Milka were abreast, +running like a pair of carriage horses, and began to overtake the +hare, but it was easier for the hare to run on the balk and the +borzois did not overtake him so quickly. + "Rugay, Rugayushka! That's it, come on!" came a third voice just +then, and "Uncle's" red borzoi, straining and curving its back, caught +up with the two foremost borzois, pushed ahead of them regardless of +the terrible strain, put on speed close to the hare, knocked it off +the balk onto the ryefield, again put on speed still more viciously, +sinking to his knees in the muddy field, and all one could see was +how, muddying his back, he rolled over with the hare. A ring of +borzois surrounded him. A moment later everyone had drawn up round the +crowd of dogs. Only the delighted "Uncle" dismounted, and cut off a +pad, shaking the hare for the blood to drip off, and anxiously +glancing round with restless eyes while his arms and legs twitched. He +spoke without himself knowing whom to or what about. "That's it, +come on! That's a dog!... There, it has beaten them all, the +thousand-ruble as well as the one-ruble borzois. That's it, come +on!" said he, panting and looking wrathfully around as if he were +abusing someone, as if they were all his enemies and had insulted him, +and only now had he at last succeeded in justifying himself. "There +are your thousand-ruble ones.... That's it, come on!..." + "Rugay, here's a pad for you!" he said, throwing down the hare's +muddy pad. "You've deserved it, that's it, come on!" + "She'd tired herself out, she'd run it down three times by herself," +said Nicholas, also not listening to anyone and regardless of +whether he were heard or not. + "But what is there in running across it like that?" said Ilagin's +groom. + "Once she had missed it and turned it away, any mongrel could take +it," Ilagin was saying at the same time, breathless from his gallop +and his excitement. At the same moment Natasha, without drawing +breath, screamed joyously, ecstatically, and so piercingly that it set +everyone's ear tingling. By that shriek she expressed what the +others expressed by all talking at once, and it was so strange that +she must herself have been ashamed of so wild a cry and everyone +else would have been amazed at it at any other time. "Uncle" himself +twisted up the hare, threw it neatly and smartly across his horse's +back as if by that gesture he meant to rebuke everybody, and, with +an air of not wishing to speak to anyone, mounted his bay and rode +off. The others all followed, dispirited and shamefaced, and only much +later were they able to regain their former affectation of +indifference. For a long time they continued to look at red Rugay who, +his arched back spattered with mud and clanking the ring of his leash, +walked along just behind "Uncle's" horse with the serene air of a +conqueror. + "Well, I am like any other dog as long as it's not a question of +coursing. But when it is, then look out!" his appearance seem to +Nicholas to be saying. + When, much later, "Uncle" rode up to Nicholas and began talking to +him, he felt flattered that, after what had happened, "Uncle" +deigned to speak to him. +BK7|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Toward evening Ilagin took leave of Nicholas, who found that they +were so far from home that he accepted "Uncle's" offer that the +hunting party should spend the night in his little village of +Mikhaylovna. + "And if you put up at my house that will be better still. That's it, +come on!" said "Uncle." "You see it's damp weather, and you could +rest, and the little countess could be driven home in a trap." + "Uncle's" offer was accepted. A huntsman was sent to Otradnoe for +a trap, while Nicholas rode with Natasha and Petya to "Uncle's" house. + Some five male domestic serfs, big and little, rushed out to the +front porch to meet their master. A score of women serfs, old and +young, as well as children, popped out from the back entrance to +have a look at the hunters who were arriving. The presence of Natasha- +a woman, a lady, and on horseback- raised the curiosity of the serfs +to such a degree that many of them came up to her, stared her in the +face, and unabashed by her presence made remarks about her as though +she were some prodigy on show and not a human being able to hear or +understand what was said about her. + "Arinka! Look, she sits sideways! There she sits and her skirt +dangles.... See, she's got a little hunting horn!" + "Goodness gracious! See her knife?..." + "Isn't she a Tartar!" + "How is it you didn't go head over heels?" asked the boldest of all, +addressing Natasha directly. + "Uncle" dismounted at the porch of his little wooden house which +stood in the midst of an overgrown garden and, after a glance at his +retainers, shouted authoritatively that the superfluous ones should +take themselves off and that all necessary preparations should be made +to receive the guests and the visitors. + The serfs all dispersed. "Uncle" lifted Natasha off her horse and +taking her hand led her up the rickety wooden steps of the porch. +The house, with its bare, unplastered log walls, was not overclean- it +did not seem that those living in it aimed at keeping it spotless- but +neither was it noticeably neglected. In the entry there was a smell of +fresh apples, and wolf and fox skins hung about. + "Uncle" led the visitors through the anteroom into a small hall with +a folding table and red chairs, then into the drawing room with a +round birchwood table and a sofa, and finally into his private room +where there was a tattered sofa, a worn carpet, and portraits of +Suvorov, of the host's father and mother, and of himself in military +uniform. The study smelt strongly of tobacco and dogs. "Uncle" asked +his visitors to sit down and make themselves at home, and then went +out of the room. Rugay, his back still muddy, came into the room and +lay down on the sofa, cleaning himself with his tongue and teeth. +Leading from the study was a passage in which a partition with +ragged curtains could be seen. From behind this came women's +laughter and whispers. Natasha, Nicholas, and Petya took off their +wraps and sat down on the sofa. Petya, leaning on his elbow, fell +asleep at once. Natasha and Nicholas were silent. Their faces +glowed, they were hungry and very cheerful. They looked at one another +(now that the hunt was over and they were in the house, Nicholas no +longer considered it necessary to show his manly superiority over +his sister), Natasha gave him a wink, and neither refrained long +from bursting into a peal of ringing laughter even before they had a +pretext ready to account for it. + After a while "Uncle" came in, in a Cossack coat, blue trousers, and +small top boots. And Natasha felt that this costume, the very one +she had regarded with surprise and amusement at Otradnoe, was just the +right thing and not at all worse than a swallow-tail or frock coat. +"Uncle" too was in high spirits and far from being offended by the +brother's and sister's laughter (it could never enter his head that +they might be laughing at his way of life) he himself joined in the +merriment. + "That's right, young countess, that's it, come on! I never saw +anyone like her!" said he, offering Nicholas a pipe with a long stem +and, with a practiced motion of three fingers, taking down another +that had been cut short. "She's ridden all day like a man, and is as +fresh as ever! + Soon after "Uncle's" reappearance the door was opened, evidently +from the sound by a barefooted girl, and a stout, rosy, good-looking +woman of about forty, with a double chin and full red lips, entered +carrying a large loaded tray. With hospitable dignity and cordiality +in her glance and in every motion, she looked at the visitors and, +with a pleasant smile, bowed respectfully. In spite of her exceptional +stoutness, which caused her to protrude her chest and stomach and +throw back her head, this woman (who was "Uncle's" housekeeper) trod +very lightly. She went to the table, set down the tray, and with her +plump white hands deftly took from it the bottles and various hors +d'oeuvres and dishes and arranged them on the table. When she had +finished, she stepped aside and stopped at the door with a smile on +her face. "Here I am. I am she! Now do you understand 'Uncle'?" her +expression said to Rostov. How could one help understanding? Not +only Nicholas, but even Natasha understood the meaning of his puckered +brow and the happy complacent smile that slightly puckered his lips +when Anisya Fedorovna entered. On the tray was a bottle of herb +wine, different kinds of vodka, pickled mushrooms, rye cakes made with +buttermilk, honey in the comb, still mead and sparkling mead, +apples, nuts (raw and roasted), and nut-and-honey sweets. Afterwards +she brought a freshly roasted chicken, ham, preserves made with honey, +and preserves made with sugar. + All this was the fruit of Anisya Fedorovna's housekeeping, +gathered and prepared by her. The smell and taste of it all had a +smack of Anisya Fedorovna herself: a savor of juiciness, +cleanliness, whiteness, and pleasant smiles. + "Take this, little Lady-Countess!" she kept saying, as she offered +Natasha first one thing and then another. + Natasha ate of everything and thought she had never seen or eaten +such buttermilk cakes, such aromatic jam, such honey-and-nut sweets, +or such a chicken anywhere. Anisya Fedorovna left the room. + After supper, over their cherry brandy, Rostov and "Uncle" talked of +past and future hunts, of Rugay and Ilagin's dogs, while Natasha sat +upright on the sofa and listened with sparkling eyes. She tried +several times to wake Petya that he might eat something, but he only +muttered incoherent words without waking up. Natasha felt so +lighthearted and happy in these novel surroundings that she only +feared the trap would come for her too soon. After a casual pause, +such as often occurs when receiving friends for the first time in +one's own house, "Uncle," answering a thought that was in his +visitors' mind, said: + "This, you see, is how I am finishing my days... Death will come. +That's it, come on! Nothing will remain. Then why harm anyone?" + "Uncle's" face was very significant and even handsome as he said +this. Involuntarily Rostov recalled all the good he had heard about +him from his father and the neighbors. Throughout the whole province +"Uncle" had the reputation of being the most honorable and +disinterested of cranks. They called him in to decide family disputes, +chose him as executor, confided secrets to him, elected him to be a +justice and to other posts; but he always persistently refused +public appointments, passing the autumn and spring in the fields on +his bay gelding, sitting at home in winter, and lying in his overgrown +garden in summer. + "Why don't you enter the service, Uncle?" + "I did once, but gave it up. I am not fit for it. That's it, come +on! I can't make head or tail of it. That's for you- I haven't +brains enough. Now, hunting is another matter- that's it, come on! +Open the door, there!" he shouted. "Why have you shut it?" + The door at the end of the passage led to the huntsmen's room, as +they called the room for the hunt servants. + There was a rapid patter of bare feet, and an unseen hand opened the +door into the huntsmen's room, from which came the clear sounds of a +balalayka on which someone, who was evidently a master of the art, was +playing. Natasha had been listening to those strains for some time and +now went out into the passage to hear better. + "That's Mitka, my coachman.... I have got him a good balalayka. +I'm fond of it," said "Uncle." + It was the custom for Mitka to play the balalayka in the +huntsmen's room when "Uncle" returned from the chase. "Uncle" was fond +of such music. + "How good! Really very good!" said Nicholas with some +unintentional superciliousness, as if ashamed to confess that the +sounds pleased him very much. + "Very good?" said Natasha reproachfully, noticing her brother's +tone. "Not 'very good' it's simply delicious!" + Just as "Uncle's" pickled mushrooms, honey, and cherry brandy had +seemed to her the best in the world, so also that song, at that +moment, seemed to her the acme of musical delight. + "More, please, more!" cried Natasha at the door as soon as the +balalayka ceased. Mitka tuned up afresh, and recommenced thrumming the +balalayka to the air of My Lady, with trills and variations. "Uncle" +sat listening, slightly smiling, with his head on one side. The air +was repeated a hundred times. The balalayka was retuned several +times and the same notes were thrummed again, but the listeners did +not grow weary of it and wished to hear it again and again. Anisya +Fedorovna came in and leaned her portly person against the doorpost. + "You like listening?" she said to Natasha, with a smile extremely +like "Uncle's." "That's a good player of ours," she added. + "He doesn't play that part right!" said "Uncle" suddenly, with an +energetic gesture. "Here he ought to burst out- that's it, come on!- +ought to burst out." + "Do you play then?" asked Natasha. + "Uncle" did not answer, but smiled. + "Anisya, go and see if the strings of my guitar are all right. I +haven't touched it for a long time. That's it- come on! I've given +it up." + Anisya Fedorovna, with her light step, willingly went to fulfill her +errand and brought back the guitar. + Without looking at anyone, "Uncle" blew the dust off it and, tapping +the case with his bony fingers, tuned the guitar and settled himself +in his armchair. He took the guitar a little above the fingerboard, +arching his left elbow with a somewhat theatrical gesture, and, with a +wink at Anisya Fedorovna, struck a single chord, pure and sonorous, +and then quietly, smoothly, and confidently began playing in very slow +time, not My Lady, but the well-known song: Came a maiden down the +street. The tune, played with precision and in exact time, began to +thrill in the hearts of Nicholas and Natasha, arousing in them the +same kind of sober mirth as radiated from Anisya Fedorovna's whole +being. Anisya Fedorovna flushed, and drawing her kerchief over her +face went laughing out of the room. "Uncle" continued to play +correctly, carefully, with energetic firmness, looking with a +changed and inspired expression at the spot where Anisya Fedorovna had +just stood. Something seemed to be laughing a little on one side of +his face under his gray mustaches, especially as the song grew brisker +and the time quicker and when, here and there, as he ran his fingers +over the strings, something seemed to snap. + "Lovely, lovely! Go on, Uncle, go on!" shouted Natasha as soon as he +had finished. She jumped up and hugged and kissed him. "Nicholas, +Nicholas!" she said, turning to her brother, as if asking him: "What +is it moves me so?" + Nicholas too was greatly pleased by "Uncle's" playing, and "Uncle" +played the piece over again. Anisya Fedorovna's smiling face +reappeared in the doorway and behind hers other faces... + + Fetching water clear and sweet, + Stop, dear maiden, I entreat- + +played "Uncle" once more, running his fingers skillfully over the +strings, and then he stopped short and jerked his shoulders. + "Go on, Uncle dear," Natasha wailed in an imploring tone as if her +life depended on it. + "Uncle" rose, and it was as if there were two men in him: one of +them smiled seriously at the merry fellow, while the merry fellow +struck a naive and precise attitude preparatory to a folk dance. + "Now then, niece!" he exclaimed, waving to Natasha the hand that had +just struck a chord. + Natasha threw off the shawl from her shoulders, ran forward to +face "Uncle," and setting her arms akimbo also made a motion with +her shoulders and struck an attitude. + Where, how, and when had this young countess, educated by an emigree +French governess, imbibed from the Russian air she breathed that +spirit and obtained that manner which the pas de chale* would, one +would have supposed, long ago have effaced? But the spirit and the +movements were those inimitable and unteachable Russian ones that +"Uncle" had expected of her. As soon as she had struck her pose, and +smiled triumphantly, proudly, and with sly merriment, the fear that +had at first seized Nicholas and the others that she might not do +the right thing was at an end, and they were already admiring her. + + *The French shawl dance. + + She did the right thing with such precision, such complete +precision, that Anisya Fedorovna, who had at once handed her the +handkerchief she needed for the dance, had tears in her eyes, though +she laughed as she watched this slim, graceful countess, reared in +silks and velvets and so different from herself, who yet was able to +understand all that was in Anisya and in Anisya's father and mother +and aunt, and in every Russian man and woman. + "Well, little countess; that's it- come on!" cried "Uncle," with a +joyous laugh, having finished the dance. "Well done, niece! Now a fine +young fellow must be found as husband for you. That's it- come on!" + "He's chosen already," said Nicholas smiling. + "Oh?" said "Uncle" in surprise, looking inquiringly at Natasha, +who nodded her head with a happy smile. + "And such a one!" she said. But as soon as she had said it a new +train of thoughts and feelings arose in her. "What did Nicholas' smile +mean when he said 'chosen already'? Is he glad of it or not? It is +as if he thought my Bolkonski would not approve of or understand our +gaiety. But he would understand it all. Where is he now?" she thought, +and her face suddenly became serious. But this lasted only a second. +"Don't dare to think about it," she said to herself, and sat down +again smilingly beside "Uncle," begging him to play something more. + "Uncle" played another song and a valse; then after a pause he +cleared his throat and sang his favorite hunting song: + + As 'twas growing dark last night + Fell the snow so soft and light... + + "Uncle" sang as peasants sing, with full and naive conviction that +the whole meaning of a song lies in the words and that the tune +comes of itself, and that apart from the words there is no tune, which +exists only to give measure to the words. As a result of this the +unconsidered tune, like the song of a bird, was extraordinarily +good. Natasha was in ecstasies over "Uncle's" singing. She resolved to +give up learning the harp and to play only the guitar. She asked +"Uncle" for his guitar and at once found the chords of the song. + After nine o'clock two traps and three mounted men, who had been +sent to look for them, arrived to fetch Natasha and Petya. The count +and countess did not know where they were and were very anxious, +said one of the men. + Petya was carried out like a log and laid in the larger of the two +traps. Natasha and Nicholas got into the other. "Uncle" wrapped +Natasha up warmly and took leave of her with quite a new tenderness. +He accompanied them on foot as far as the bridge that could not be +crossed, so that they had to go round by the ford, and he sent +huntsmen to ride in front with lanterns. + "Good-by, dear niece," his voice called out of the darkness- not the +voice Natasha had known previously, but the one that had sung As 'twas +growing dark last night. + In the village through which they passed there were red lights and a +cheerful smell of smoke. + "What a darling Uncle is!" said Natasha, when they had come out onto +the highroad. + "Yes," returned Nicholas. "You're not cold?" + "No. I'm quite, quite all right. I feel so comfortable!" answered +Natasha, almost perplexed by her feelings. They remained silent a long +while. The night was dark and damp. They could not see the horses, but +only heard them splashing through the unseen mud. + What was passing in that receptive childlike soul that so eagerly +caught and assimilated all the diverse impressions of life? How did +they all find place in her? But she was very happy. As they were +nearing home she suddenly struck up the air of As 'twas growing dark +last night- the tune of which she had all the way been trying to get +and had at last caught. + "Got it?" said Nicholas. + "What were you thinking about just now, Nicholas?" inquired Natasha. + They were fond of asking one another that question. + "I?" said Nicholas, trying to remember. "Well, you see, first I +thought that Rugay, the red hound, was like Uncle, and that if he were +a man he would always keep Uncle near him, if not for his riding, then +for his manner. What a good fellow Uncle is! Don't you think so?... +Well, and you?" + "I? Wait a bit, wait.... Yes, first I thought that we are driving +along and imagining that we are going home, but that heaven knows +where we are really going in the darkness, and that we shall arrive +and suddenly find that we are not in Otradnoe, but in Fairyland. And +then I thought... No, nothing else." + "I know, I expect you thought of him," said Nicholas, smiling as +Natasha knew by the sound of his voice. + "No," said Natasha, though she had in reality been thinking about +Prince Andrew at the same time as of the rest, and of how he would +have liked "Uncle." "And then I was saying to myself all the way, 'How +well Anisya carried herself, how well!'" And Nicholas heard her +spontaneous, happy, ringing laughter. "And do you know," she +suddenly said, "I know that I shall never again be as happy and +tranquil as I am now." + "Rubbish, nonsense, humbug!" exclaimed Nicholas, and he thought: +"How charming this Natasha of mine is! I have no other friend like her +and never shall have. Why should she marry? We might always drive +about together! + "What a darling this Nicholas of mine is!" thought Natasha. + "Ah, there are still lights in the drawingroom!" she said, +pointing to the windows of the house that gleamed invitingly in the +moist velvety darkness of the night. +BK7|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Count Ilya Rostov had resigned the position of Marshal of the +Nobility because it involved him in too much expense, but still his +affairs did not improve. Natasha and Nicholas often noticed their +parents conferring together anxiously and privately and heard +suggestions of selling the fine ancestral Rostov house and estate near +Moscow. It was not necessary to entertain so freely as when the +count had been Marshal, and life at Otradnoe was quieter than in +former years, but still the enormous house and its lodges were full of +people and more than twenty sat down to table every day. These were +all their own people who had settled down in the house almost as +members of the family, or persons who were, it seemed, obliged to live +in the count's house. Such were Dimmler the musician and his wife, +Vogel the dancing master and his family, Belova, an old maiden lady, +an inmate of the house, and many others such as Petya's tutors, the +girls' former governess, and other people who simply found it +preferable and more advantageous to live in the count's house than +at home. They had not as many visitors as before, but the old habits +of life without which the count and countess could not conceive of +existence remained unchanged. There was still the hunting +establishment which Nicholas had even enlarged, the same fifty +horses and fifteen grooms in the stables, the same expensive +presents and dinner parties to the whole district on name days; +there were still the count's games of whist and boston, at which- +spreading out his cards so that everybody could see them- he let +himself be plundered of hundreds of rubles every day by his neighbors, +who looked upon an opportunity to play a rubber with Count Rostov as a +most profitable source of income. + The count moved in his affairs as in a huge net, trying not to +believe that he was entangled but becoming more and more so at every +step, and feeling too feeble to break the meshes or to set to work +carefully and patiently to disentangle them. The countess, with her +loving heart, felt that her children were being ruined, that it was +not the count's fault for he could not help being what he was- that +(though he tried to hide it) he himself suffered from the +consciousness of his own and his children's ruin, and she tried to +find means of remedying the position. From her feminine point of +view she could see only one solution, namely, for Nicholas to marry +a rich heiress. She felt this to be their last hope and that if +Nicholas refused the match she had found for him, she would have to +abandon the hope of ever getting matters right. This match was with +Julie Karagina, the daughter of excellent and virtuous parents, a girl +the Rostovs had known from childhood, and who had now become a wealthy +heiress through the death of the last of her brothers. + The countess had written direct to Julie's mother in Moscow +suggesting a marriage between their children and had received a +favorable answer from her. Karagina had replied that for her part +she was agreeable, and everything depend on her daughter's +inclination. She invited Nicholas to come to Moscow. + Several times the countess, with tears in her eyes, told her son +that now both her daughters were settled, her only wish was to see him +married. She said she could lie down in her grave peacefully if that +were accomplished. Then she told him that she knew of a splendid +girl and tried to discover what he thought about marriage. + At other times she praised Julie to him and advised him to go to +Moscow during the holidays to amuse himself. Nicholas guessed what his +mother's remarks were leading to and during one of these conversations +induced her to speak quite frankly. She told him that her only hope of +getting their affairs disentangled now lay in his marrying Julie +Karagina. + "But, Mamma, suppose I loved a girl who has no fortune, would you +expect me to sacrifice my feelings and my honor for the sake of +money?" he asked his mother, not realizing the cruelty of his question +and only wishing to show his noble-mindedness. + "No, you have not understood me," said his mother, not knowing how +to justify herself. "You have not understood me, Nikolenka. It is your +happiness I wish for," she added, feeling that she was telling an +untruth and was becoming entangled. She began to cry. + "Mamma, don't cry! Only tell me that you wish it, and you know I +will give my life, anything, to put you at ease," said Nicholas. "I +would sacrifice anything for you- even my feelings." + But the countess did not want the question put like that: she did +not want a sacrifice from her son, she herself wished to make a +sacrifice for him. + "No, you have not understood me, don't let us talk about it," she +replied, wiping away her tears. + "Maybe I do love a poor girl," said Nicholas to himself. "Am I to +sacrifice my feelings and my honor for money? I wonder how Mamma could +speak so to me. Because Sonya is poor I must not love her," he +thought, "must not respond to her faithful, devoted love? Yet I should +certainly be happier with her than with some doll-like Julie. I can +always sacrifice my feelings for my family's welfare," he said to +himself, "but I can't coerce my feelings. If I love Sonya, that +feeling is for me stronger and higher than all else." + Nicholas did not go to Moscow, and the countess did not renew the +conversation with him about marriage. She saw with sorrow, and +sometimes with exasperation, symptoms of a growing attachment +between her son and the portionless Sonya. Though she blamed herself +for it, she could not refrain from grumbling at and worrying Sonya, +often pulling her up without reason, addressing her stiffly as "my +dear," and using the formal "you" instead of the intimate "thou" in +speaking to her. The kindhearted countess was the more vexed with +Sonya because that poor, dark-eyed niece of hers was so meek, so kind, +so devotedly grateful to her benefactors, and so faithfully, +unchangingly, and unselfishly in love with Nicholas, that there were +no grounds for finding fault with her. + Nicholas was spending the last of his leave at home. A fourth letter +had come from Prince Andrew, from Rome, in which he wrote that he +would have been on his way back to Russia long ago had not his wound +unexpectedly reopened in the warm climate, which obliged him to +defer his return till the beginning of the new year. Natasha was still +as much in love with her betrothed, found the same comfort in that +love, and was still as ready to throw herself into all the pleasures +of life as before; but at the end of the fourth month of their +separation she began to have fits of depression which she could not +master. She felt sorry for herself: sorry that she was being wasted +all this time and of no use to anyone- while she felt herself so +capable of loving and being loved. + Things were not cheerful in the Rostovs' home. +BK7|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Christmas came and except for the ceremonial Mass, the solemn and +wearisome Christmas congratulations from neighbors and servants, and +the new dresses everyone put on, there were no special festivities, +though the calm frost of twenty degrees Reaumur, the dazzling sunshine +by day, and the starlight of the winter nights seemed to call for some +special celebration of the season. + On the third day of Christmas week, after the midday dinner, all the +inmates of the house dispersed to various rooms. It was the dullest +time of the day. Nicholas, who had been visiting some neighbors that +morning, was asleep on the sitting-room sofa. The old count was +resting in his study. Sonya sat in the drawing room at the round +table, copying a design for embroidery. The countess was playing +patience. Nastasya Ivanovna the buffoon sat with a sad face at the +window with two old ladies. Natasha came into the room, went up to +Sonya, glanced at what she was doing, and then went up to her mother +and stood without speaking. + "Why are you wandering about like an outcast?" asked her mother. +"What do you want?" + "Him... I want him... now, this minute! I want him!" said Natasha, +with glittering eyes and no sign of a smile. + The countess lifted her head and looked attentively at her daughter. + "Don't look at me, Mamma! Don't look; I shall cry directly." + "Sit down with me a little," said the countess. + "Mamma, I want him. Why should I be wasted like this, Mamma?" + Her voice broke, tears gushed from her eyes, and she turned +quickly to hide them and left the room. + She passed into the sitting room, stood there thinking awhile, and +then went into the maids' room. There an old maidservant was grumbling +at a young girl who stood panting, having just run in through the cold +from the serfs' quarters. + "Stop playing- there's a time for everything," said the old woman. + "Let her alone, Kondratevna," said Natasha. "Go, Mavrushka, go." + Having released Mavrushka, Natasha crossed the dancing hall and went +to the vestibule. There an old footman and two young ones were playing +cards. They broke off and rose as she entered. + "What can I do with them?" thought Natasha. + "Oh, Nikita, please go... where can I send him?... Yes, go to the +yard and fetch a fowl, please, a cock, and you, Misha, bring me some +oats." + "Just a few oats?" said Misha, cheerfully and readily. + "Go, go quickly," the old man urged him. + "And you, Theodore, get me a piece of chalk." + On her way past the butler's pantry she told them to set a +samovar, though it was not at all the time for tea. + Foka, the butler, was the most ill-tempered person in the house. +Natasha liked to test her power over him. He distrusted the order +and asked whether the samovar was really wanted. + "Oh dear, what a young lady!" said Foka, pretending to frown at +Natasha. + No one in the house sent people about or gave them as much trouble +as Natasha did. She could not see people unconcernedly, but had to +send them on some errand. She seemed to be trying whether any of +them would get angry or sulky with her; but the serfs fulfilled no +one's orders so readily as they did hers. "What can I do, where can +I go?" thought she, as she went slowly along the passage. + "Nastasya Ivanovna, what sort of children shall I have?" she asked +the buffoon, who was coming toward her in a woman's jacket. + "Why, fleas, crickets, grasshoppers," answered the buffoon. + "O Lord, O Lord, it's always the same! Oh, where am I to go? What am +I to do with myself?" And tapping with her heels, she ran quickly +upstairs to see Vogel and his wife who lived on the upper story. + Two governesses were sitting with the Vogels at a table, on which +were plates of raisins, walnuts, and almonds. The governesses were +discussing whether it was cheaper to live in Moscow or Odessa. Natasha +sat down, listened to their talk with a serious and thoughtful air, +and then got up again. + "The island of Madagascar," she said, "Ma-da-gas-car," she repeated, +articulating each syllable distinctly, and, not replying to Madame +Schoss who asked her what she was saying, she went out of the room. + Her brother Petya was upstairs too; with the man in attendance on +him he was preparing fireworks to let off that night. + "Petya! Petya!" she called to him. "Carry me downstairs." + Petya ran up and offered her his back. She jumped on it, putting her +arms round his neck, and he pranced along with her. + "No, don't... the island of Madagascar!" she said, and jumping off +his back she went downstairs. + Having as it were reviewed her kingdom, tested her power, and made +sure that everyone was submissive, but that all the same it was +dull, Natasha betook herself to the ballroom, picked up her guitar, +sat down in a dark corner behind a bookcase, and began to run her +fingers over the strings in the bass, picking out a passage she +recalled from an opera she had heard in Petersburg with Prince Andrew. +What she drew from the guitar would have had no meaning for other +listeners, but in her imagination a whole series of reminiscences +arose from those sounds. She sat behind the bookcase with her eyes +fixed on a streak of light escaping from the pantry door and +listened to herself and pondered. She was in a mood for brooding on +the past. + Sonya passed to the pantry with a glass in her hand. Natasha glanced +at her and at the crack in the pantry door, and it seemed to her +that she remembered the light failing through that crack once before +and Sonya passing with a glass in her hand. "Yes it was exactly the +same," thought Natasha. + "Sonya, what is this?" she cried, twanging a thick string. + "Oh, you are there!" said Sonya with a start, and came near and +listened. "I don't know. A storm?" she ventured timidly, afraid of +being wrong. + "There! That's just how she started and just how she came up smiling +timidly when all this happened before," thought Natasha, "and in +just the same way I thought there was something lacking in her." + "No, it's the chorus from The Water-Carrier, listen! " and Natasha +sang the air of the chorus so that Sonya should catch it. "Where +were you going?" she asked. + "To change the water in this glass. I am just finishing the design." + "You always find something to do, but I can't," said Natasha. "And +where's Nicholas?" + "Asleep, I think." + "Sonya, go and wake him," said Natasha. "Tell him I want him to come +and sing." + She sat awhile, wondering what the meaning of it all having happened +before could be, and without solving this problem, or at all +regretting not having done so, she again passed in fancy to the time +when she was with him and he was looking at her with a lover's eyes. + "Oh, if only he would come quicker! I am so afraid it will never be! +And, worst of all, I am growing old- that's the thing! There won't +then be in me what there is now. But perhaps he'll come today, will +come immediately. Perhaps he has come and is sitting in the drawing +room. Perhaps he came yesterday and I have forgotten it." She rose, +put down the guitar, and went to the drawing room. + All the domestic circle, tutors, governesses, and guests, were +already at the tea table. The servants stood round the table- but +Prince Andrew was not there and life was going on as before. + "Ah, here she is!" said the old count, when he saw Natasha enter. +"Well, sit down by me." But Natasha stayed by her mother and glanced +round as if looking for something. + "Mamma!" she muttered, "give him to me, give him, Mamma, quickly, +quickly!" and she again had difficulty in repressing her sobs. + She sat down at the table and listened to the conversation between +the elders and Nicholas, who had also come to the table. "My God, my +God! The same faces, the same talk, Papa holding his cup and blowing +in the same way!" thought Natasha, feeling with horror a sense of +repulsion rising up in her for the whole household, because they +were always the same. + After tea, Nicholas, Sonya, and Natasha went to the sitting room, to +their favorite corner where their most intimate talks always began. +BK7|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Does it ever happen to you," said Natasha to her brother, when +they settled down in the sitting room, "does it ever happen to you +to feel as if there were nothing more to come- nothing; that +everything good is past? And to feel not exactly dull, but sad?" + "I should think so!" he replied. "I have felt like that when +everything was all right and everyone was cheerful. The thought has +come into my mind that I was already tired of it all, and that we must +all die. Once in the regiment I had not gone to some merrymaking where +there was music... and suddenly I felt so depressed..." + "Oh yes, I know, I know, I know!" Natasha interrupted him. "When I +was quite little that used to be so with me. Do you remember when I +was punished once about some plums? You were all dancing, and I sat +sobbing in the schoolroom? I shall never forget it: I felt sad and +sorry for everyone, for myself, and for everyone. And I was +innocent- that was the chief thing," said Natasha. "Do you remember?" + "I remember," answered Nicholas. "I remember that I came to you +afterwards and wanted to comfort you, but do you know, I felt +ashamed to. We were terribly absurd. I had a funny doll then and +wanted to give it to you. Do you remember?" + "And do you remember," Natasha asked with a pensive smile, "how +once, long, long ago, when we were quite little, Uncle called us +into the study- that was in the old house- and it was dark- we went in +and suddenly there stood..." + "A Negro," chimed in Nicholas with a smile of delight. "Of course +I remember. Even now I don't know whether there really was a Negro, or +if we only dreamed it or were told about him." + "He was gray, you remember, and had white teeth, and stood and +looked at us..." + "Sonya, do you remember?" asked Nicholas. + "Yes, yes, I do remember something too," Sonya answered timidly. + "You know I have asked Papa and Mamma about that Negro," said +Natasha, "and they say there was no Negro at all. But you see, you +remember!" + "Of course I do, I remember his teeth as if I had just seen them." + "How strange it is! It's as if it were a dream! I like that." + "And do you remember how we rolled hard-boiled eggs in the ballroom, +and suddenly two old women began spinning round on the carpet? Was +that real or not? Do you remember what fun it was?" + "Yes, and you remember how Papa in his blue overcoat fired a gun +in the porch?" + So they went through their memories, smiling with pleasure: not +the sad memories of old age, but poetic, youthful ones- those +impressions of one's most distant past in which dreams and realities +blend- and they laughed with quiet enjoyment. + Sonya, as always, did not quite keep pace with them, though they +shared the same reminiscences. + Much that they remembered had slipped from her mind, and what she +recalled did not arouse the same poetic feeling as they experienced. +She simply enjoyed their pleasure and tried to fit in with it. + She only really took part when they recalled Sonya's first +arrival. She told them how afraid she had been of Nicholas because +he had on a corded jacket and her nurse had told her that she, too, +would be sewn up with cords. + "And I remember their telling me that you had been born under a +cabbage," said Natasha, and I remember that I dared not disbelieve +it then, but knew that it was not true, and I felt so uncomfortable." + While they were talking a maid thrust her head in at the other +door of the sitting room. + "They have brought the cock, Miss," she said in a whisper. + "It isn't wanted, Petya. Tell them to take it away," replied +Natasha. + In the middle of their talk in the sitting room, Dimmler came in and +went up to the harp that stood there in a corner. He took off its +cloth covering, and the harp gave out a jarring sound. + "Mr. Dimmler, please play my favorite nocturne by Field," came the +old countess' voice from the drawing room. + Dimmler struck a chord and, turning to Natasha, Nicholas, and Sonya, +remarked: "How quiet you young people are!" + "Yes, we're philosophizing," said Natasha, glancing round for a +moment and then continuing the conversation. They were now +discussing dreams. + Dimmler began to play; Natasha went on tiptoe noiselessly to the +table, took up a candle, carried it out, and returned, seating herself +quietly in her former place. It was dark in the room especially +where they were sitting on the sofa, but through the big windows the +silvery light of the full moon fell on the floor. Dimmler had finished +the piece but still sat softly running his fingers over the strings, +evidently uncertain whether to stop or to play something else. + "Do you know," said Natasha in a whisper, moving closer to +Nicholas and Sonya, "that when one goes on and on recalling +memories, one at last begins to remember what happened before one +was in the world..." + "That is metempsychosis," said Sonya, who had always learned well, +and remembered everything. "The Egyptians believed that our souls have +lived in animals, and will go back into animals again." + "No, I don't believe we ever were in animals," said Natasha, still +in a whisper though the music had ceased. "But I am certain that we +were angels somewhere there, and have been here, and that is why we +remember...." + "May I join you?" said Dimmler who had come up quietly, and he sat +down by them. + "If we have been angels, why have we fallen lower?" said Nicholas. +"No, that can't be!" + "Not lower, who said we were lower?... How do I know what I was +before?" Natasha rejoined with conviction. "The soul is immortal- well +then, if I shall always live I must have lived before, lived for a +whole eternity." + "Yes, but it is hard for us to imagine eternity," remarked +Dimmler, who had joined the young folk with a mildly condescending +smile but now spoke as quietly and seriously as they. + "Why is it hard to imagine eternity?" said Natasha. "It is now +today, and it will be tomorrow, and always; and there was yesterday, +and the day before..." + "Natasha! Now it's your turn. Sing me something," they heard the +countess say. "Why are you sitting there like conspirators?" + "Mamma, I don't at all want to," replied Natasha, but all the same +she rose. + None of them, not even the middle-aged Dimmler, wanted to break +off their conversation and quit that corner in the sitting room, but +Natasha got up and Nicholas sat down at the clavichord. Standing as +usual in the middle of the hall and choosing the place where the +resonance was best, Natasha began to sing her mother's favorite song. + She had said she did not want to sing, but it was long since she had +sung, and long before she again sang, as she did that evening. The +count, from his study where he was talking to Mitenka, heard her +and, like a schoolboy in a hurry to run out to play, blundered in +his talk while giving orders to the steward, and at last stopped, +while Mitenka stood in front of him also listening and smiling. +Nicholas did not take his eyes off his sister and drew breath in +time with her. Sonya, as she listened, thought of the immense +difference there was between herself and her friend, and how +impossible it was for her to be anything like as bewitching as her +cousin. The old countess sat with a blissful yet sad smile and with +tears in her eyes, occasionally shaking her head. She thought of +Natasha and of her own youth, and of how there was something unnatural +and dreadful in this impending marriage of Natasha and Prince Andrew. + Dimmler, who had seated himself beside the countess, listened with +closed eyes. + "Ah, Countess," he said at last, "that's a European talent, she +has nothing to learn- what softness, tenderness, and strength...." + "Ah, how afraid I am for her, how afraid I am!" said the countess, +not realizing to whom she was speaking. Her maternal instinct told her +that Natasha had too much of something, and that because of this she +would not be happy. Before Natasha had finished singing, +fourteen-year-old Petya rushed in delightedly, to say that some +mummers had arrived. + Natasha stopped abruptly. + "Idiot!" she screamed at her brother and, running to a chair, +threw herself on it, sobbing so violently that she could not stop +for a long time. + "It's nothing, Mamma, really it's nothing; only Petya startled +me," she said, trying to smile, but her tears still flowed and sobs +still choked her. + The mummers (some of the house serfs) dressed up as bears, Turks, +innkeepers, and ladies- frightening and funny- bringing in with them +the cold from outside and a feeling of gaiety, crowded, at first +timidly, into the anteroom, then hiding behind one another they pushed +into the ballroom where, shyly at first and then more and more merrily +and heartily, they started singing, dancing, and playing Christmas +games. The countess, when she had identified them and laughed at their +costumes, went into the drawing room. The count sat in the ballroom, +smiling radiantly and applauding the players. The young people had +disappeared. + Half an hour later there appeared among the other mummers in the +ballroom an old lady in a hooped skirt- this was Nicholas. A Turkish +girl was Petya. A clown was Dimmler. An hussar was Natasha, and a +Circassian was Sonya with burnt-cork mustache and eyebrows. + After the condescending surprise, nonrecognition, and praise, from +those who were not themselves dressed up, the young people decided +that their costumes were so good that they ought to be shown +elsewhere. + Nicholas, who, as the roads were in splendid condition, wanted to +take them all for a drive in his troyka, proposed to take with them +about a dozen of the serf mummers and drive to "Uncle's." + "No, why disturb the old fellow?" said the countess. "Besides, you +wouldn't have room to turn round there. If you must go, go to the +Melyukovs'" + Melyukova was a widow, who, with her family and their tutors and +governesses, lived three miles from the Rostovs. + "That's right, my dear," chimed in the old count, thoroughly +aroused. "I'll dress up at once and go with them. I'll make Pashette +open her eyes." + But the countess would not agree to his going; he had had a bad +leg all these last days. It was decided that the count must not go, +but that if Louisa Ivanovna (Madame Schoss) would go with them, the +young ladies might go to the Melyukovs', Sonya, generally so timid and +shy, more urgently than anyone begging Louisa Ivanovna not to refuse. + Sonya's costume was the best of all. Her mustache and eyebrows +were extraordinarily becoming. Everyone told her she looked very +handsome, and she was in a spirited and energetic mood unusual with +her. Some inner voice told her that now or never her fate would be +decided, and in her male attire she seemed quite a different person. +Louisa Ivanovna consented to go, and in half an hour four troyka +sleighs with large and small bells, their runners squeaking and +whistling over the frozen snow, drove up to the porch. + Natasha was foremost in setting a merry holiday tone, which, passing +from one to another, grew stronger and stronger and reached its climax +when they all came out into the frost and got into the sleighs, +talking, calling to one another, laughing, and shouting. + Two of the troykas were the usual household sleighs, the third was +the old count's with a trotter from the Orlov stud as shaft horse, the +fourth was Nicholas' own with a short shaggy black shaft horse. +Nicholas, in his old lady's dress over which he had belted his +hussar overcoat, stood in the middle of the sleigh, reins in hand. + It was so light that he could see the moonlight reflected from the +metal harness disks and from the eyes of the horses, who looked +round in alarm at the noisy party under the shadow of the porch roof. + Natasha, Sonya, Madame Schoss, and two maids got into Nicholas' +sleigh; Dimmler, his wife, and Petya, into the old count's, and the +rest of the mummers seated themselves in the other two sleighs. + "You go ahead, Zakhar!" shouted Nicholas to his father's coachman, +wishing for a chance to race past him. + The old count's troyka, with Dimmler and his party, started forward, +squeaking on its runners as though freezing to the snow, its +deep-toned bell clanging. The side horses, pressing against the shafts +of the middle horse, sank in the snow, which was dry and glittered +like sugar, and threw it up. + Nicholas set off, following the first sleigh; behind him the +others moved noisily, their runners squeaking. At first they drove +at a steady trot along the narrow road. While they drove past the +garden the shadows of the bare trees often fell across the road and +hid the brilliant moonlight, but as soon as they were past the +fence, the snowy plain bathed in moonlight and motionless spread out +before them glittering like diamonds and dappled with bluish +shadows. Bang, bang! went the first sleigh over a cradle hole in the +snow of the road, and each of the other sleighs jolted in the same +way, and rudely breaking the frost-bound stillness, the troykas +began to speed along the road, one after the other. + "A hare's track, a lot of tracks!" rang out Natasha's voice +through the frost-bound air. + "How light it is, Nicholas!" came Sonya's voice. + Nicholas glanced round at Sonya, and bent down to see her face +closer. Quite a new, sweet face with black eyebrows and mustaches +peeped up at him from her sable furs- so close and yet so distant- +in the moonlight. + "That used to be Sonya," thought he, and looked at her closer and +smiled. + "What is it, Nicholas?" + "Nothing," said he and turned again to the horses. + When they came out onto the beaten highroad- polished by sleigh +runners and cut up by rough-shod hoofs, the marks of which were +visible in the moonlight- the horses began to tug at the reins of +their own accord and increased their pace. The near side horse, +arching his head and breaking into a short canter, tugged at his +traces. The shaft horse swayed from side to side, moving his ears as +if asking: "Isn't it time to begin now?" In front, already far ahead +the deep bell of the sleigh ringing farther and farther off, the black +horses driven by Zakhar could be clearly seen against the white +snow. From that sleigh one could hear the shouts, laughter, and voices +of the mummers. + "Gee up, my darlings!" shouted Nicholas, pulling the reins to one +side and flourishing the whip. + It was only by the keener wind that met them and the jerks given +by the side horses who pulled harder- ever increasing their gallop- +that one noticed how fast the troyka was flying. Nicholas looked back. +With screams squeals, and waving of whips that caused even the shaft +horses to gallop- the other sleighs followed. The shaft horse swung +steadily beneath the bow over its head, with no thought of +slackening pace and ready to put on speed when required. + Nicholas overtook the first sleigh. They were driving downhill and +coming out upon a broad trodden track across a meadow, near a river. + "Where are we?" thought he. "It's the Kosoy meadow, I suppose. But +no- this is something new I've never seen before. This isn't the Kosoy +meadow nor the Demkin hill, and heaven only knows what it is! It is +something new and enchanted. Well, whatever it may be..." And shouting +to his horses, he began to pass the first sleigh. + Zakhar held back his horses and turned his face, which was already +covered with hoarfrost to his eyebrows. + Nicholas gave the horses the rein, and Zakhar, stretching out his +arms, clucked his tongue and let his horses go. + "Now, look out, master!" he cried. + Faster still the two troykas flew side by side, and faster moved the +feet of the galloping side horses. Nicholas began to draw ahead. +Zakhar, while still keeping his arms extended, raised one hand with +the reins. + "No you won't, master!" he shouted. + Nicholas put all his horses to a gallop and passed Zakhar. The +horses showered the fine dry snow on the faces of those in the sleigh- +beside them sounded quick ringing bells and they caught confused +glimpses of swiftly moving legs and the shadows of the troyka they +were passing. The whistling sound of the runners on the snow and the +voices of girls shrieking were heard from different sides. + Again checking his horses, Nicholas looked around him. They were +still surrounded by the magic plain bathed in moonlight and spangled +with stars. + "Zakhar is shouting that I should turn to the left, but why to the +left?" thought Nicholas. "Are we getting to the Melyukovs'? Is this +Melyukovka? Heaven only knows where we are going, and heaven knows +what is happening to us- but it is very strange and pleasant +whatever it is." And he looked round in the sleigh. + "Look, his mustache and eyelashes are all white!" said one of the +strange, pretty, unfamiliar people- the one with fine eyebrows and +mustache. + "I think this used to be Natasha," thought Nicholas, "and that was +Madame Schoss, but perhaps it's not, and this Circassian with the +mustache I don't know, but I love her." + "Aren't you cold?" he asked. + They did not answer but began to laugh. Dimmler from the sleigh +behind shouted something- probably something funny- but they could not +make out what he said. + "Yes, yes!" some voices answered, laughing. + "But here was a fairy forest with black moving shadows, and a +glitter of diamonds and a flight of marble steps and the silver +roofs of fairy buildings and the shrill yells of some animals. And +if this is really Melyukovka, it is still stranger that we drove +heaven knows where and have come to Melyukovka," thought Nicholas. + It really was Melyukovka, and maids and footmen with merry faces +came running, out to the porch carrying candles. + "Who is it?" asked someone in the porch. + "The mummers from the count's. I know by the horses," replied some +voices. +BK7|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Pelageya Danilovna Melyukova, a broadly built, energetic woman +wearing spectacles, sat in the drawing room in a loose dress, +surrounded by her daughters whom she was trying to keep from feeling +dull. They were quietly dropping melted wax into snow and looking at +the shadows the wax figures would throw on the wall, when they heard +the steps and voices of new arrivals in the vestibule. + Hussars, ladies, witches, clowns, and bears, after clearing their +throats and wiping the hoarfrost from their faces in the vestibule, +came into the ballroom where candles were hurriedly lighted. The +clown- Dimmler- and the lady- Nicholas- started a dance. Surrounded by +the screaming children the mummers, covering their faces and +disguising their voices, bowed to their hostess and arranged +themselves about the room. + "Dear me! there's no recognizing them! And Natasha! See whom she +looks like! She really reminds me of somebody. But Herr Dimmler- isn't +he good! I didn't know him! And how he dances. Dear me, there's a +Circassian. Really, how becoming it is to dear Sonya. And who is that? +Well, you have cheered us up! Nikita and Vanya- clear away the tables! +And we were sitting so quietly. Ha, ha, ha!... The hussar, the hussar! +Just like a boy! And the legs!... I can't look at him..." different +voices were saying. + Natasha, the young Melyukovs' favorite, disappeared with them into +the back rooms where a cork and various dressing gowns and male +garments were called for and received from the footman by bare girlish +arms from behind the door. Ten minutes later, all the young +Melyukovs joined the mummers. + Pelageya Danilovna, having given orders to clear the rooms for the +visitors and arranged about refreshments for the gentry and the serfs, +went about among the mummers without removing her spectacles, +peering into their faces with a suppressed smile and failing to +recognize any of them. It was not merely Dimmler and the Rostovs she +failed to recognize, she did not even recognize her own daughters, +or her late husband's, dressing gowns and uniforms, which they had put +on. + "And who is is this?" she asked her governess, peering into the face +of her own daughter dressed up as a Kazan-Tartar. "I suppose it is one +of the Rostovs! Well, Mr. Hussar, and what regiment do you serve +in?" she asked Natasha. "Here, hand some fruit jelly to the Turk!" she +ordered the butler who was handing things round. "That's not forbidden +by his law." + Sometimes, as she looked at the strange but amusing capers cut by +the dancers, who- having decided once for all that being disguised, no +one would recognize them- were not at all shy, Pelageya Danilovna +hid her face in her handkerchief, and her whole stout body shook +with irrepressible, kindly, elderly laughter. + "My little Sasha! Look at Sasha!" she said. + After Russian country dances and chorus dances, Pelageya Danilovna +made the serfs and gentry join in one large circle: a ring, a +string, and a silver ruble were fetched and they all played games +together. + In an hour, all the costumes were crumpled and disordered. The +corked eyebrows and mustaches were smeared over the perspiring, +flushed, and merry faces. Pelageya Danilovna began to recognize the +mummers, admired their cleverly contrived costumes, and particularly +how they suited the young ladies, and she thanked them all for +having entertained her so well. The visitors were invited to supper in +the drawing room, and the serfs had something served to them in the +ballroom. + "Now to tell one's fortune in the empty bathhouse is frightening!" +said an old maid who lived with the Melyukovs, during supper. + "Why?" said the eldest Melyukov girl. + "You wouldn't go, it takes courage..." + "I'll go," said Sonya. + "Tell what happened to the young lady!" said the second Melyukov +girl. + "Well," began the old maid, "a young lady once went out, took a +cock, laid the table for two, all properly, and sat down. After +sitting a while, she suddenly hears someone coming... a sleigh +drives up with harness bells; she hears him coming! He comes in, +just in the shape of a man, like an officer- comes in and sits down to +table with her." + "Ah! ah!" screamed Natasha, rolling her eyes with horror. + "Yes? And how... did he speak?" + "Yes, like a man. Everything quite all right, and he began +persuading her; and she should have kept him talking till cockcrow, +but she got frightened, just got frightened and hid her face in her +hands. Then he caught her up. It was lucky the maids ran in just +then..." + "Now, why frighten them?" said Pelageya Danilovna. + "Mamma, you used to try your fate yourself..." said her daughter. + "And how does one do it in a barn?" inquired Sonya. + "Well, say you went to the barn now, and listened. It depends on +what you hear; hammering and knocking- that's bad; but a sound of +shifting grain is good and one sometimes hears that, too." + "Mamma, tell us what happened to you in the barn." + Pelageya Danilovna smiled. + "Oh, I've forgotten..." she replied. "But none of you would go?" + "Yes, I will; Pelageya Danilovna, let me! I'll go," said Sonya. + "Well, why not, if you're not afraid?" + "Louisa Ivanovna, may I?" asked Sonya. + Whether they were playing the ring and string game or the ruble game +or talking as now, Nicholas did not leave Sonya's side, and gazed at +her with quite new eyes. It seemed to him that it was only today, +thanks to that burnt-cork mustache, that he had fully learned to +know her. And really, that evening, Sonya was brighter, more animated, +and prettier than Nicholas had ever seen her before. + "So that's what she is like; what a fool I have been!" he thought +gazing at her sparkling eyes, and under the mustache a happy rapturous +smile dimpled her cheeks, a smile he had never seen before. + "I'm not afraid of anything," said Sonya. "May I go at once?" She +got up. + They told her where the barn was and how she should stand and +listen, and they handed her a fur cloak. She threw this over her +head and shoulders and glanced at Nicholas. + "What a darling that girl is!" thought he. "And what have I been +thinking of till now?" + Sonya went out into the passage to go to the barn. Nicholas went +hastily to the front porch, saying he felt too hot. The crowd of +people really had made the house stuffy. + Outside, there was the same cold stillness and the same moon, but +even brighter than before. The light was so strong and the snow +sparkled with so many stars that one did not wish to look up at the +sky and the real stars were unnoticed. The sky was black and dreary, +while the earth was gay. + "I am a fool, a fool! what have I been waiting for?" thought +Nicholas. and running out from the porch he went round the corner of +the house and along the path that led to the back porch. He knew Sonya +would pass that way. Halfway lay some snow-covered piles of firewood +and across and along them a network of shadows from the bare old +lime trees fell on the snow and on the path. This path led to the +barn. The log walls of the barn and its snow-covered roof, that looked +as if hewn out of some precious stone, sparkled in the moonlight. A +tree in the garden snapped with the frost, and then all was again +perfectly silent. His bosom seemed to inhale not air but the +strength of eternal youth and gladness. + From the back porch came the sound of feet descending the steps, the +bottom step upon which snow had fallen gave a ringing creak and he +heard the voice of an old maidservant saying, "Straight, straight, +along the path, Miss. Only, don't look back." + "I am not afraid," answered Sonya's voice, and along the path toward +Nicholas came the crunching, whistling sound of Sonya's feet in her +thin shoes. + Sonya came along, wrapped in her cloak. She was only a couple of +paces away when she saw him, and to her too he was not the Nicholas +she had known and always slightly feared. He was in a woman's dress, +with tousled hair and a happy smile new to Sonya. She ran rapidly +toward him. + "Quite different and yet the same," thought Nicholas, looking at her +face all lit up by the moonlight. He slipped his arms under the +cloak that covered her head, embraced her, pressed her to him, and +kissed her on the lips that wore a mustache and had a smell of burnt +cork. Sonya kissed him full on the lips, and disengaging her little +hands pressed them to his cheeks. + "Sonya!... Nicholas!"... was all they said. They ran to the barn and +then back again, re-entering, he by the front and she by the back +porch. +BK7|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + When they all drove back from Pelageya Danilovna's, Natasha, who +always saw and noticed everything, arranged that she and Madame Schoss +should go back in the sleigh with Dimmler, and Sonya with Nicholas and +the maids. + On the way back Nicholas drove at a steady pace instead of racing +and kept peering by that fantastic all-transforming light into Sonya's +face and searching beneath the eyebrows and mustache for his former +and his present Sonya from whom he had resolved never to be parted +again. He looked and recognizing in her both the old and the new +Sonya, and being reminded by the smell of burnt cork of the +sensation of her kiss, inhaled the frosty air with a full breast +and, looking at the ground flying beneath him and at the sparkling +sky, felt himself again in fairyland. + "Sonya, is it well with thee?" he asked from time to time. + "Yes!" she replied. "And with thee?" + When halfway home Nicholas handed the reins to the coachman and +ran for a moment to Natasha's sleigh and stood on its wing. + "Natasha!" he whispered in French, "do you know I have made up my +mind about Sonya?" + "Have you told her?" asked Natasha, suddenly beaming all over with +joy. + "Oh, how strange you are with that mustache and those eyebrows!... +Natasha- are you glad?" + "I am so glad, so glad! I was beginning to be vexed with you. I +did not tell you, but you have been treating her badly. What a heart +she has, Nicholas! I am horrid sometimes, but I was ashamed to be +happy while Sonya was not," continued Natasha. "Now I am so glad! +Well, run back to her." + "No, wait a bit.... Oh, how funny you look!" cried Nicholas, peering +into her face and finding in his sister too something new, unusual, +and bewitchingly tender that he had not seen in her before. +"Natasha, it's magical, isn't it?" + "Yes," she replied. "You have done splendidly." + "Had I seen her before as she is now," thought Nicholas, "I should +long ago have asked her what to do and have done whatever she told me, +and all would have been well." + "So you are glad and I have done right?" + "Oh, quite right! I had a quarrel with Mamma some time ago about it. +Mamma said she was angling for you. How could she say such a thing! +I nearly stormed at Mamma. I will never let anyone say anything bad of +Sonya, for there is nothing but good in her." + "Then it's all right?" said Nicholas, again scrutinizing the +expression of his sister's face to see if she was in earnest. Then +he jumped down and, his boots scrunching the snow, ran back to his +sleigh. The same happy, smiling Circassian, with mustache and +beaming eyes looking up from under a sable hood, was still sitting +there, and that Circassian was Sonya, and that Sonya was certainly his +future happy and loving wife. + When they reached home and had told their mother how they had +spent the evening at the Melyukovs', the girls went to their +bedroom. When they had undressed, but without washing off the cork +mustaches, they sat a long time talking of their happiness. They +talked of how they would live when they were married, how their +husbands would be friends, and how happy they would be. On Natasha's +table stood two looking glasses which Dunyasha had prepared +beforehand. + "Only when will all that be? I am afraid never.... It would be too +good!" said Natasha, rising and going to the looking glasses. + "Sit down, Natasha; perhaps you'll see him," said Sonya. + Natasha lit the candles, one on each side of one of the looking +glasses, and sat down. + "I see someone with a mustache," said Natasha, seeing her own face. + "You mustn't laugh, Miss," said Dunyasha. + With Sonya's help and the maid's, Natasha got the glass she held +into the right position opposite the other; her face assumed a serious +expression and she sat silent. She sat a long time looking at the +receding line of candles reflected in the glasses and expecting +(from tales she had heard) to see a coffin, or him, Prince Andrew, +in that last dim, indistinctly outlined square. But ready as she was +to take the smallest speck for the image of a man or of a coffin, +she saw nothing. She began blinking rapidly and moved away from the +looking glasses. + "Why is it others see things and I don't?" she said. "You sit down +now, Sonya. You absolutely must, tonight! Do it for me.... Today I +feel so frightened!" + Sonya sat down before the glasses, got the right position, and began +looking. + "Now, Miss Sonya is sure to see something," whispered Dunyasha; +"while you do nothing but laugh." + Sonya heard this and Natasha's whisper: + "I know she will. She saw something last year." + For about three minutes all were silent. + "Of course she will!" whispered Natasha, but did not finish... +suddenly Sonya pushed away the glass she was holding and covered her +eyes with her hand. + "Oh, Natasha!" she cried. + "Did you see? Did you? What was it?" exclaimed Natasha, holding up +the looking glass. + Sonya had not seen anything, she was just wanting to blink and to +get up when she heard Natasha say, "Of course she will!" She did not +wish to disappoint either Dunyasha or Natasha, but it was hard to +sit still. She did not herself know how or why the exclamation escaped +her when she covered her eyes. + "You saw him?" urged Natasha, seizing her hand. + "Yes. Wait a bit... I... saw him," Sonya could not help saying, +not yet knowing whom Natasha meant by him, Nicholas or Prince Andrew. + "But why shouldn't I say I saw something? Others do see! Besides who +can tell whether I saw anything or not?" flashed through Sonya's mind. + "Yes, I saw him," she said. + "How? Standing or lying?" + "No, I saw... At first there was nothing, then I saw him lying +down." + "Andrew lying? Is he ill?" asked Natasha, her frightened eyes +fixed on her friend. + "No, on the contrary, on the contrary! His face was cheerful, and he +turned to me." And when saying this she herself fancied she had really +seen what she described. + "Well, and then, Sonya?..." + "After that, I could not make out what there was; something blue and +red..." + "Sonya! When will he come back? When shall I see him! O, God, how +afraid I am for him and for myself and about everything!..." Natasha +began, and without replying to Sonya's words of comfort she got into +bed, and long after her candle was out lay open-eyed and motionless, +gazing at the moonlight through the frosty windowpanes. +BK7|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + Soon after the Christmas holidays Nicholas told his mother of his +love for Sonya and of his firm resolve to marry her. The countess, who +had long noticed what was going on between them and was expecting this +declaration, listened to him in silence and then told her son that +he might marry whom he pleased, but that neither she nor his father +would give their blessing to such a marriage. Nicholas, for the +first time, felt that his mother was displeased with him and that, +despite her love for him, she would not give way. Coldly, without +looking at her son, she sent for her husband and, when he came, +tried briefly and coldly to inform him of the facts, in her son's +presence, but unable to restrain herself she burst into tears of +vexation and left the room. The old count began irresolutely to +admonish Nicholas and beg him to abandon his purpose. Nicholas replied +that he could not go back on his word, and his father, sighing and +evidently disconcerted, very soon became silent and went in to the +countess. In all his encounters with his son, the count was always +conscious of his own guilt toward him for having wasted the family +fortune, and so he could not be angry with him for refusing to marry +an heiress and choosing the dowerless Sonya. On this occasion, he +was only more vividly conscious of the fact that if his affairs had +not been in disorder, no better wife for Nicholas than Sonya could +have been wished for, and that no one but himself with his Mitenka and +his uncomfortable habits was to blame for the condition of the +family finances. + The father and mother did not speak of the matter to their son +again, but a few days later the countess sent for Sonya and, with a +cruelty neither of them expected, reproached her niece for trying to +catch Nicholas and for ingratitude. Sonya listened silently with +downcast eyes to the countess' cruel words, without understanding what +was required of her. She was ready to sacrifice everything for her +benefactors. Self-sacrifice was her most cherished idea but in this +case she could not see what she ought to sacrifice, or for whom. She +could not help loving the countess and the whole Rostov family, but +neither could she help loving Nicholas and knowing that his +happiness depended on that love. She was silent and sad and did not +reply. Nicholas felt the situation to be intolerable and went to +have an explanation with his mother. He first implored her to +forgive him and Sonya and consent to their marriage, then he +threatened that if she molested Sonya he would at once marry her +secretly. + The countess, with a coldness her son had never seen in her +before, replied that he was of age, that Prince Andrew was marrying +without his father's consent, and he could do the same, but that she +would never receive that intriguer as her daughter. + Exploding at the word intriguer, Nicholas, raising his voice, told +his mother he had never expected her to try to force him to sell his +feelings, but if that were so, he would say for the last time.... +But he had no time to utter the decisive word which the expression +of his face caused his mother to await with terror, and which would +perhaps have forever remained a cruel memory to them both. He had +not time to say it, for Natasha, with a pale and set face, entered the +room from the door at which she had been listening. + "Nicholas, you are talking nonsense! Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet, I +tell you!..." she almost screamed, so as to drown his voice. + "Mamma darling, it's not at all so... my poor, sweet darling," she +said to her mother, who conscious that they had been on the brink of a +rupture gazed at her son with terror, but in the obstinacy and +excitement of the conflict could not and would not give way. + "Nicholas, I'll explain to you. Go away! Listen, Mamma darling," +said Natasha. + Her words were incoherent, but they attained the purpose at which +she was aiming. + The countess, sobbing heavily, hid her face on her daughter's +breast, while Nicholas rose, clutching his head, and left the room. + Natasha set to work to effect a reconciliation, and so far succeeded +that Nicholas received a promise from his mother that Sonya should not +be troubled, while he on his side promised not to undertake anything +without his parents' knowledge. + Firmly resolved, after putting his affairs in order in the regiment, +to retire from the army and return and marry Sonya, Nicholas, serious, +sorrowful, and at variance with his parents, but, as it seemed to him, +passionately in love, left at the beginning of January to rejoin his +regiment. + After Nicholas had gone things in the Rostov household were more +depressing than ever, and the countess fell ill from mental agitation. + Sonya was unhappy at the separation from Nicholas and still more +so on account of the hostile tone the countess could not help adopting +toward her. The count was more perturbed than ever by the condition of +his affairs, which called for some decisive action. Their town house +and estate near Moscow had inevitably to be sold, and for this they +had to go to Moscow. But the countess' health obliged them to delay +their departure from day to day. + Natasha, who had borne the first period of separation from her +betrothed lightly and even cheerfully, now grew more agitated and +impatient every day. The thought that her best days, which she would +have employed in loving him, were being vainly wasted, with no +advantage to anyone, tormented her incessantly. His letters for the +most part irritated her. It hurt her to think that while she lived +only in the thought of him, he was living a real life, seeing new +places and new people that interested him. The more interesting his +letters were the more vexed she felt. Her letters to him, far from +giving her any comfort, seemed to her a wearisome and artificial +obligation. She could not write, because she could not conceive the +possibility of expressing sincerely in a letter even a thousandth part +of what she expressed by voice, smile, and glance. She wrote to him +formal, monotonous, and dry letters, to which she attached no +importance herself, and in the rough copies of which the countess +corrected her mistakes in spelling. + There was still no improvement in the countess' health, but it was +impossible to defer the journey to Moscow any longer. Natasha's +trousseau had to be ordered and the house sold. Moreover, Prince +Andrew was expected in Moscow, where old Prince Bolkonski was spending +the winter, and Natasha felt sure he had already arrived. + So the countess remained in the country, and the count, taking Sonya +and Natasha with him, went to Moscow at the end of January. +BK8 + BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 12 +BK8|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + After Prince Andrews engagement to Natasha, Pierre without any +apparent cause suddenly felt it impossible to go on living as +before. Firmly convinced as he was of the truths revealed to him by +his benefactor, and happy as he had been in perfecting his inner +man, to which he had devoted himself with such ardor- all the zest +of such a life vanished after the engagement of Andrew and Natasha and +the death of Joseph Alexeevich, the news of which reached him almost +at the same time. Only the skeleton of life remained: his house, a +brilliant wife who now enjoyed the favors of a very important +personage, acquaintance with all Petersburg, and his court service +with its dull formalities. And this life suddenly seemed to Pierre +unexpectedly loathsome. He ceased keeping a diary, avoided the company +of the Brothers, began going to the Club again, drank a great deal, +and came once more in touch with the bachelor sets, leading such a +life that the Countess Helene thought it necessary to speak severely +to him about it. Pierre felt that she right, and to avoid compromising +her went away to Moscow. + In Moscow as soon as he entered his huge house in which the faded +and fading princesses still lived, with its enormous retinue; as +soon as, driving through the town, he saw the Iberian shrine with +innumerable tapers burning before the golden covers of the icons, +the Kremlin Square with its snow undisturbed by vehicles, the sleigh +drivers and hovels of the Sivtsev Vrazhok, those old Moscovites who +desired nothing, hurried nowhere, and were ending their days +leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, +and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven. In +Moscow he felt at peace, at home, warm and dirty as in an old dressing +gown. + Moscow society, from the old women down to the children, received +Pierre like a long-expected guest whose place was always ready +awaiting him. For Moscow society Pierre was the nicest, kindest, +most intellectual, merriest, and most magnanimous of cranks, a +heedless, genial nobleman of the old Russian type. His purse was +always empty because it was open to everyone. + Benefit performances, poor pictures, statues, benevolent +societies, gypsy choirs, schools, subscription dinners, sprees, +Freemasons, churches, and books- no one and nothing met with a refusal +from him, and had it not been for two friends who had borrowed large +sums from him and taken him under their protection, he would have +given everything away. There was never a dinner or soiree at the +Club without him. As soon as he sank into his place on the sofa +after two bottles of Margaux he was surrounded, and talking, +disputing, and joking began. When there were quarrels, his kindly +smile and well-timed jests reconciled the antagonists. The Masonic +dinners were dull and dreary when he was not there. + When after a bachelor supper he rose with his amiable and kindly +smile, yielding to the entreaties of the festive company to drive +off somewhere with them, shouts of delight and triumph arose among the +young men. At balls he danced if a partner was needed. Young ladies, +married and unmarried, liked him because without making love to any of +them, he was equally amiable to all, especially after supper. "Il +est charmant; il n'a pas de sexe,"* they said of him. + + *"He is charming; he has no sex." + + Pierre was one of those retired gentlemen-in-waiting of whom there +were hundreds good-humoredly ending their days in Moscow. + How horrified he would have been seven years before, when he first +arrived from abroad, had he been told that there was no need for him +to seek or plan anything, that his rut had long been shaped, eternally +predetermined, and that wriggle as he might, he would be what all in +his position were. He could not have believed it! Had he not at one +time longed with all his heart to establish a republic in Russia; then +himself to be a Napoleon; then to be a philosopher; and then a +strategist and the conqueror of Napoleon? Had he not seen the +possibility of, and passionately desired, the regeneration of the +sinful human race, and his own progress to the highest degree of +perfection? Had he not established schools and hospitals and liberated +his serfs? + But instead of all that- here he was, the wealthy husband of an +unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, fond of eating and +drinking and, as he unbuttoned his waistcoat, of abusing the +government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal +favorite in Moscow society. For a long time he could not reconcile +himself to the idea that he was one of those same retired Moscow +gentlemen-in-waiting he had so despised seven years before. + Sometimes he consoled himself with the thought that he was only +living this life temporarily; but then he was shocked by the thought +of how many, like himself, had entered that life and that Club +temporarily, with all their teeth and hair, and had only left it +when not a single tooth or hair remained. + In moments of pride, when he thought of his position it seemed to +him that he was quite different and distinct from those other +retired gentlemen-in-waiting he had formerly despised: they were +empty, stupid, contented fellows, satisfied with their position, +"while I am still discontented and want to do something for mankind. +But perhaps all these comrades of mine struggled just like me and +sought something new, a path in life of their own, and like me were +brought by force of circumstances, society, and race- by that +elemental force against which man is powerless- to the condition I +am in," said he to himself in moments of humility; and after living +some time in Moscow he no longer despised, but began to grow fond +of, to respect, and to pity his comrades in destiny, as he pitied +himself. + Pierre longer suffered moments of despair, hypochondria, and disgust +with life, but the malady that had formerly found expression in such +acute attacks was driven inwards and never left him for a moment. +"What for? Why? What is going on in the world?" he would ask himself +in perplexity several times a day, involuntarily beginning to +reflect anew on the meaning of the phenomena of life; but knowing by +experience that there were no answers to these questions he made haste +to turn away from them, and took up a book, or hurried of to the +Club or to Apollon Nikolaevich's, to exchange the gossip of the town. + "Helene, who has never cared for anything but her own body and is +one of the stupidest women in the world," thought Pierre, "is regarded +by people as the acme of intelligence and refinement, and they pay +homage to her. Napoleon Bonaparte was despised by all as long as he +was great, but now that he has become a wretched comedian the +Emperor Francis wants to offer him his daughter in an illegal +marriage. The Spaniards, through the Catholic clergy, offer praise +to God for their victory over the French on the fourteenth of June, +and the French, also through the Catholic clergy, offer praise because +on that same fourteenth of June they defeated the Spaniards. My +brother Masons swear by the blood that they are ready to sacrifice +everything for their neighbor, but they do not give a ruble each to +the collections for the poor, and they intrigue, the Astraea Lodge +against the Manna Seekers, and fuss about an authentic Scotch carpet +and a charter that nobody needs, and the meaning of which the very man +who wrote it does not understand. We all profess the Christian law +of forgiveness of injuries and love of our neighbors, the law in honor +of which we have built in Moscow forty times forty churches- but +yesterday a deserter was knouted to death and a minister of that +same law of love and forgiveness, a priest, gave the soldier a cross +to kiss before his execution." So thought Pierre, and the whole of +this general deception which everyone accepts, accustomed as he was to +it, astonished him each time as if it were something new. "I +understand the deception and confusion," he thought, "but how am I +to tell them all that I see? I have tried, and have always found +that they too in the depths of their souls understand it as I do, +and only try not to see it. So it appears that it must be so! But I- +what is to become of me?" thought he. He had the unfortunate +capacity many men, especially Russians, have of seeing and believing +in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and +falsehood of life too clearly to be able to take a serious part in it. +Every sphere of work was connected, in his eyes, with evil and +deception. Whatever he tried to be, whatever he engaged in, the evil +and falsehood of it repulsed him and blocked every path of activity. +Yet he had to live and to find occupation. It was too dreadful to be +under the burden of these insoluble problems, so he abandoned +himself to any distraction in order to forget them. He frequented +every kind of society, drank much, bought pictures, engaged in +building, and above all- read. + He read, and read everything that came to hand. On coming home, +while his valets were still taking off his things, he picked up a book +and began to read. From reading he passed to sleeping, from sleeping +to gossip in drawing rooms of the Club, from gossip to carousals and +women; from carousals back to gossip, reading, and wine. Drinking +became more and more a physical and also a moral necessity. Though the +doctors warned him that with his corpulence wine was dangerous for +him, he drank a great deal. He was only quite at ease when having +poured several glasses of wine mechanically into his large mouth he +felt a pleasant warmth in his body, an amiability toward all his +fellows, and a readiness to respond superficially to every idea +without probing it deeply. Only after emptying a bottle or two did +he feel dimly that the terribly tangled skein of life which previously +had terrified him was not as dreadful as he had thought. He was always +conscious of some aspect of that skein, as with a buzzing in his +head after dinner or supper he chatted or listened to conversation +or read. But under the influence of wine he said to himself: "It +doesn't matter. I'll get it unraveled. I have a solution ready, but +have no time now- I'll think it all out later on!" But the later on +never came. + In the morning, on an empty stomach, all the old questions +appeared as insoluble and terrible as ever, and Pierre hastily +picked up a book, and if anyone came to see him he was glad. + Sometimes he remembered how he had heard that soldiers in war when +entrenched under the enemy's fire, if they have nothing to do, try +hard to find some occupation the more easily to bear the danger. To +Pierre all men seemed like those soldiers, seeking refuge from life: +some in ambition, some in cards, some in framing laws, some in +women, some in toys, some in horses, some in politics, some in +sport, some in wine, and some in governmental affairs. "Nothing is +trivial, and nothing is important, it's all the same- only to save +oneself from it as best one can," thought Pierre. "Only not to see it, +that dreadful it!" +BK8|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + At the beginning of winter Prince Nicholas Bolkonski and his +daughter moved to Moscow. At that time enthusiasm for the Emperor +Alexander's regime had weakened and a patriotic and anti-French +tendency prevailed there, and this, together with his past and his +intellect and his originality, at once made Prince Nicholas +Bolkonski an object of particular respect to the Moscovites and the +center of the Moscow opposition to the government. + The prince had aged very much that year. He showed marked signs of +senility by a tendency to fall asleep, forgetfulness of quite recent +events, remembrance of remote ones, and the childish vanity with which +he accepted the role of head of the Moscow opposition. In spite of +this the old man inspired in all his visitors alike a feeling of +respectful veneration- especially of an evening when he came in to tea +in his old-fashioned coat and powdered wig and, aroused by anyone, +told his abrupt stories of the past, or uttered yet more abrupt and +scathing criticisms of the present. For them all, that old-fashioned +house with its gigantic mirrors, pre-Revolution furniture, powdered +footmen, and the stern shrewd old man (himself a relic of the past +century) with his gentle daughter and the pretty Frenchwoman who +were reverently devoted to him presented a majestic and agreeable +spectacle. But the visitors did not reflect that besides the couple of +hours during which they saw their host, there were also twenty-two +hours in the day during which the private and intimate life of the +house continued. + Latterly that private life had become very trying for Princess Mary. +There in Moscow she was deprived of her greatest pleasures- talks with +the pilgrims and the solitude which refreshed her at Bald Hills- and +she had none of the advantages and pleasures of city life. She did not +go out into society; everyone knew that her father would not let her +go anywhere without him, and his failing health prevented his going +out himself, so that she was not invited to dinners and evening +parties. She had quite abandoned the hope of getting married. She +saw the coldness and malevolence with which the old prince received +and dismissed the young men, possible suitors, who sometimes +appeared at their house. She had no friends: during this visit to +Moscow she had been disappointed in the two who had been nearest to +her. Mademoiselle Bourienne, with whom she had never been able to be +quite frank, had now become unpleasant to her, and for various reasons +Princess Mary avoided her. Julie, with whom she had corresponded for +the last five years, was in Moscow, but proved to be quite alien to +her when they met. Just then Julie, who by the death of her brothers +had become one of the richest heiresses in Moscow, was in the full +whirl of society pleasures. She was surrounded by young men who, she +fancied, had suddenly learned to appreciate her worth. Julie was at +that stage in the life of a society woman when she feels that her last +chance of marrying has come and that her fate must be decided now or +never. On Thursdays Princess Mary remembered with a mournful smile +that she now had no one to write to, since Julie- whose presence +gave her no pleasure was here and they met every week. Like the old +emigre who declined to marry the lady with whom he had spent his +evenings for years, she regretted Julie's presence and having no one +to write to. In Moscow Princess Mary had no one to talk to, no one +to whom to confide her sorrow, and much sorrow fell to her lot just +then. The time for Prince Andrew's return and marriage was +approaching, but his request to her to prepare his father for it had +not been carried out; in fact, it seemed as if matters were quite +hopeless, for at every mention of the young Countess Rostova the old +prince (who apart from that was usually in a bad temper) lost +control of himself. Another lately added sorrow arose from the lessons +she gave her six year-old nephew. To her consternation she detected in +herself in relation to little Nicholas some symptoms of her father's +irritability. However often she told herself that she must not get +irritable when teaching her nephew, almost every time that, pointer in +hand, she sat down to show him the French alphabet, she so longed to +pour her own knowledge quickly and easily into the child- who was +already afraid that Auntie might at any moment get angry- that at +his slightest inattention she trembled, became flustered and heated, +raised her voice, and sometimes pulled him by the arm and put him in +the corner. Having put him in the corner she would herself begin to +cry over her cruel, evil nature, and little Nicholas, following her +example, would sob, and without permission would leave his corner, +come to her, pull her wet hands from her face, and comfort her. But +what distressed the princess most of all was her father's +irritability, which was always directed against her and had of late +amounted to cruelty. Had he forced her to prostrate herself to the +ground all night, had he beaten her or made her fetch wood or water, +it would never have entered her mind to think her position hard; but +this loving despot- the more cruel because he loved her and for that +reason tormented himself and her- knew how not merely to hurt and +humiliate her deliberately, but to show her that she was always to +blame for everything. Of late he had exhibited a new trait that +tormented Princess Mary more than anything else; this was his +ever-increasing intimacy with Mademoiselle Bourienne. The idea that at +the first moment of receiving the news of his son's intentions had +occurred to him in jest- that if Andrew got married he himself would +marry Bourienne- had evidently pleased him, and latterly he had +persistently, and as it seemed to Princess Mary merely to offend +her, shown special endearments to the companion and expressed his +dissatisfaction with his daughter by demonstrations of love of +Bourienne. + One day in Moscow in Princess Mary's presence (she thought her +father did it purposely when she was there) the old prince kissed +Mademoiselle Bourienne's hand and, drawing her to him, embraced her +affectionately. Princess Mary flushed and ran out of the room. A few +minutes later Mademoiselle Bourienne came into Princess Mary's room +smiling and making cheerful remarks in her agreeable voice. Princess +Mary hastily wiped away her tears, went resolutely up to +Mademoiselle Bourienne, and evidently unconscious of what she was +doing began shouting in angry haste at the Frenchwoman, her voice +breaking: "It's horrible, vile, inhuman, to take advantage of the +weakness..." She did not finish. "Leave my room," she exclaimed, and +burst into sobs. + Next day the prince did not say a word to his daughter, but she +noticed that at dinner he gave orders that Mademoiselle Bourienne +should be served first. After dinner, when the footman handed coffee +and from habit began with the princess, the prince suddenly grew +furious, threw his stick at Philip, and instantly gave instructions to +have him conscripted for the army. + "He doesn't obey... I said it twice... and he doesn't obey! She is +the first person in this house; she's my best friend," cried the +prince. "And if you allow yourself," he screamed in a fury, addressing +Princess Mary for the first time, "to forget yourself again before her +as you dared to do yesterday, I will show you who is master in this +house. Go! Don't let me set eyes on you; beg her pardon!" + Princess Mary asked Mademoiselle Bourienne's pardon, and also her +father's pardon for herself and for Philip the footman, who had begged +for her intervention. + At such moments something like a pride of sacrifice gathered in +her soul. And suddenly that father whom she had judged would look +for his spectacles in her presence, fumbling near them and not +seeing them, or would forget something that had just occurred, or take +a false step with his failing legs and turn to see if anyone had +noticed his feebleness, or, worst of all, at dinner when there were no +visitors to excite him would suddenly fall asleep, letting his +napkin drop and his shaking head sink over his plate. "He is old and +feeble, and I dare to condemn him!" she thought at such moments, +with a feeling of revulsion against herself. +BK8|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + In 1811 there was living in Moscow a French doctor- Metivier- who +had rapidly become the fashion. He was enormously tall, handsome, +amiable as Frenchmen are, and was, as all Moscow said, an +extraordinarily clever doctor. He was received in the best houses +not merely as a doctor, but as an equal. + Prince Nicholas had always ridiculed medicine, but latterly on +Mademoiselle Bourienne's advice had allowed this doctor to visit him +and had grown accustomed to him. Metivier came to see the prince about +twice a week. + On December 6- St. Nicholas' Day and the prince's name day- all +Moscow came to the prince's front door but he gave orders to admit +no one and to invite to dinner only a small number, a list of whom +he gave to Princess Mary. + Metivier, who came in the morning with his felicitations, considered +it proper in his quality of doctor de forcer la consigne,* as he +told Princess Mary, and went in to see the prince. It happened that on +that morning of his name day the prince was in one of his worst moods. +He had been going about the house all the morning finding fault with +everyone and pretending not to understand what was said to him and not +to be understood himself. Princess Mary well knew this mood of quiet +absorbed querulousness, which generally culminated in a burst of rage, +and she went about all that morning as though facing a cocked and +loaded gun and awaited the inevitable explosion. Until the doctor's +arrival the morning had passed off safely. After admitting the doctor, +Princess Mary sat down with a book in the drawing room near the door +through which she could hear all that passed in the study. + + *To force the guard. + + At first she heard only Metivier's voice, then her father's, then +both voices began speaking at the same time, the door was flung +open, and on the threshold appeared the handsome figure of the +terrified Metivier with his shock of black hair, and the prince in his +dressing gown and fez, his face distorted with fury and the pupils +of his eyes rolled downwards. + "You don't understand?" shouted the prince, "but I do! French spy, +slave of Buonaparte, spy, get out of my house! Be off, I tell you..." + Metivier, shrugging his shoulders, went up to Mademoiselle Bourienne +who at the sound of shouting had run in from an adjoining room. + "The prince is not very well: bile and rush of blood to the head. +Keep calm, I will call again tomorrow," said Metivier; and putting his +fingers to his lips he hastened away. + Through the study door came the sound of slippered feet and the cry: +"Spies, traitors, traitors everywhere! Not a moment's peace in my +own house!" + After Metivier's departure the old prince called his daughter in, +and the whole weight of his wrath fell on her. She was to blame that a +spy had been admitted. Had he not told her, yes, told her to make a +list, and not to admit anyone who was not on that list? Then why was +that scoundrel admitted? She was the cause of it all. With her, he +said, he could not have a moment's peace and could not die quietly. + "No, ma'am! We must part, we must part! Understand that, +understand it! I cannot endure any more," he said, and left the +room. Then, as if afraid she might find some means of consolation, +he returned and trying to appear calm added: "And don't imagine I have +said this in a moment of anger. I am calm. I have thought it over, and +it will be carried out- we must part; so find some place for +yourself...." But he could not restrain himself and with the virulence +of which only one who loves is capable, evidently suffering himself, +he shook his fists at her and screamed: + "If only some fool would marry her!" Then he slammed the door, +sent for Mademoiselle Bourienne, and subsided into his study. + At two o'clock the six chosen guests assembled for dinner. + These guests- the famous Count Rostopchin, Prince Lopukhin with +his nephew, General Chatrov an old war comrade of the prince's, and of +the younger generation Pierre and Boris Drubetskoy- awaited the prince +in the drawing room. + Boris, who had come to Moscow on leave a few days before, had been +anxious to be presented to Prince Nicholas Bolkonski, and had +contrived to ingratiate himself so well that the old prince in his +case made an exception to the rule of not receiving bachelors in his +house. + The prince's house did not belong to what is known as fashionable +society, but his little circle- though not much talked about in +town- was one it was more flattering to be received in than any other. +Boris had realized this the week before when the commander in chief in +his presence invited Rostopchin to dinner on St. Nicholas' Day, and +Rostopchin had replied that he could not come: + "On that day I always go to pay my devotions to the relics of Prince +Nicholas Bolkonski." + "Oh, yes, yes!" replied the commander in chief. "How is he?..." + The small group that assembled before dinner in the lofty +old-fashioned drawing room with its old furniture resembled the solemn +gathering of a court of justice. All were silent or talked in low +tones. Prince Nicholas came in serious and taciturn. Princess Mary +seemed even quieter and more diffident than usual. The guests were +reluctant to address her, feeling that she was in no mood for their +conversation. Count Rostopchin alone kept the conversation going, +now relating the latest town news, and now the latest political +gossip. + Lopukhin and the old general occasionally took part in the +conversation. Prince Bolkonski listened as a presiding judge +receives a report, only now and then, silently or by a brief word, +showing that he took heed of what was being reported to him. The +tone of the conversation was such as indicated that no one approved of +what was being done in the political world. Incidents were related +evidently confirming the opinion that everything was going from bad to +worse, but whether telling a story or giving an opinion the speaker +always stopped, or was stopped, at the point beyond which his +criticism might touch the sovereign himself. + At dinner the talk turned on the latest political news: Napoleon's +seizure of the Duke of Oldenburg's territory, and the Russian Note, +hostile to Napoleon, which had been sent to all the European courts. + "Bonaparte treats Europe as a pirate does a captured vessel," said +Count Rostopchin, repeating a phrase he had uttered several times +before. "One only wonders at the long-suffering or blindness of the +crowned heads. Now the Pope's turn has come and Bonaparte doesn't +scruple to depose the head of the Catholic Church- yet all keep +silent! Our sovereign alone has protested against the seizure of the +Duke of Oldenburg's territory, and even..." Count Rostopchin paused, +feeling that he had reached the limit beyond which censure was +impossible. + "Other territories have been offered in exchange for the Duchy of +Oldenburg," said Prince Bolkonski. "He shifts the Dukes about as I +might move my serfs from Bald Hills to Bogucharovo or my Ryazan +estates." + "The Duke of Oldenburg bears his misfortunes with admirable strength +of character and resignation," remarked Boris, joining in +respectfully. + He said this because on his journey from Petersburg he had had the +honor of being presented to the Duke. Prince Bolkonski glanced at +the young man as if about to say something in reply, but changed his +mind, evidently considering him too young. + "I have read our protests about the Oldenburg affair and was +surprised how badly the Note was worded," remarked Count Rostopchin in +the casual tone of a man dealing with a subject quite familiar to him. + Pierre looked at Rostopchin with naive astonishment, not +understanding why he should be disturbed by the bad composition of the +Note. + "Does it matter, Count, how the Note is worded," he asked, "so +long as its substance is forcible?" + "My dear fellow, with our five hundred thousand troops it should +be easy to have a good style," returned Count Rostopchin. + Pierre now understood the count's dissatisfaction with the wording +of the Note. + "One would have thought quill drivers enough had sprung up," +remarked the old prince. "There in Petersburg they are always writing- +not notes only but even new laws. My Andrew there has written a +whole volume of laws for Russia. Nowadays they are always writing!" +and he laughed unnaturally. + There was a momentary pause in the conversation; the old general +cleared his throat to draw attention. + "Did you hear of the last event at the review in Petersburg? The +figure cut by the new French ambassador." + "Eh? Yes, I heard something: he said something awkward in His +Majesty's presence." + "His Majesty drew attention to the Grenadier division and to the +march past," continued the general, "and it seems the ambassador +took no notice and allowed himself to reply that: 'We in France pay no +attention to such trifles!' The Emperor did not condescend to reply. +At the next review, they say, the Emperor did not once deign to +address him." + All were silent. On this fact relating to the Emperor personally, it +was impossible to pass any judgment. + "Impudent fellows!" said the prince. "You know Metivier? I turned +him out of my house this morning. He was here; they admitted him spite +of my request that they should let no one in," he went on, glancing +angrily at his daughter. + And he narrated his whole conversation with the French doctor and +the reasons that convinced him that Metivier was a spy. Though these +reasons were very insufficient and obscure, no one made any rejoinder. + After the roast, champagne was served. The guests rose to +congratulate the old prince. Princess Mary, too, went round to him. + He gave her a cold, angry look and offered her his wrinkled, +clean-shaven cheek to kiss. The whole expression of his face told +her that he had not forgotten the morning's talk, that his decision +remained in force, and only the presence of visitors hindered his +speaking of it to her now. + When they went into the drawing room where coffee was served, the +old men sat together. + Prince Nicholas grew more animated and expressed his views on the +impending war. + He said that our wars with Bonaparte would be disastrous so long +as we sought alliances with the Germans and thrust ourselves into +European affairs, into which we had been drawn by the Peace of Tilsit. +"We ought not to fight either for or against Austria. Our political +interests are all in the East, and in regard to Bonaparte the only +thing is to have an armed frontier and a firm policy, and he will +never dare to cross the Russian frontier, as was the case in 1807!" + "How can we fight the French, Prince?" said Count Rostopchin. "Can +we arm ourselves against our teachers and divinities? Look at our +youths, look at our ladies! The French are our Gods: Paris is our +Kingdom of Heaven." + He began speaking louder, evidently to be heard by everyone. + "French dresses, French ideas, French feelings! There now, you +turned Metivier out by the scruff of his neck because he is a +Frenchman and a scoundrel, but our ladies crawl after him on their +knees. I went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies +three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope's indulgence for doing +woolwork on Sundays. And they themselves sit there nearly naked, +like the signboards at our Public Baths if I may say so. Ah, when +one looks at our young people, Prince, one would like to take Peter +the Great's old cudgel out of the museum and belabor them in the +Russian way till all the nonsense jumps out of them." + All were silent. The old prince looked at Rostopchin with a smile +and wagged his head approvingly. + "Well, good-by, your excellency, keep well!" said Rostopchin, +getting up with characteristic briskness and holding out his hand to +the prince. + "Good-by, my dear fellow.... His words are music, I never tire of +hearing him!" said the old prince, keeping hold of the hand and +offering his cheek to be kissed. + Following Rostopchin's example the others also rose. +BK8|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Princess Mary as she sat listening to the old men's talk and +faultfinding, understood nothing of what she heard; she only +wondered whether the guests had all observed her father's hostile +attitude toward her. She did not even notice the special attentions +and amiabilities shown her during dinner by Boris Drubetskoy, who +was visiting them for the third time already. + Princess Mary turned with absent-minded questioning look to +Pierre, who hat in hand and with a smile on his face was the last of +the guests to approach her after the old prince had gone out and +they were left alone in the drawing room. + "May I stay a little longer?" he said, letting his stout body sink +into an armchair beside her. + "Oh yes," she answered. "You noticed nothing?" her look asked. + Pierre was in an agreeable after-dinner mood. He looked straight +before him and smiled quietly. + "Have you known that young man long, Princess?" he asked. + "Who?" + "Drubetskoy." + "No, not long..." + "Do you like him?" + "Yes, he is an agreeable young man.... Why do you ask me that?" said +Princess Mary, still thinking of that morning's conversation with +her father. + "Because I have noticed that when a young man comes on leave from +Petersburg to Moscow it is usually with the object of marrying an +heiress." + "You have observed that?" said Princess Mary. + "Yes," returned Pierre with a smile, "and this young man now manages +matters so that where there is a wealthy heiress there he is too. I +can read him like a book. At present he is hesitating whom to lay +siege to- you or Mademoiselle Julie Karagina. He is very attentive +to her." + "He visits them?" + "Yes, very often. And do you know the new way of courting?" said +Pierre with an amused smile, evidently in that cheerful mood of good +humored raillery for which he so often reproached himself in his +diary. + "No," replied Princess Mary. + "To please Moscow girls nowadays one has to be melancholy. He is +very melancholy with Mademoiselle Karagina," said Pierre. + "Really?" asked Princess Mary, looking into Pierre's kindly face and +still thinking of her own sorrow. "It would be a relief," thought she, +"if I ventured to confide what I am feeling to someone. I should +like to tell everything to Pierre. He is kind and generous. It would +be a relief. He would give me advice." + "Would you marry him?" + "Oh, my God, Count, there are moments when I would marry anybody!" +she cried suddenly to her own surprise and with tears in her voice. +"Ah, how bitter it is to love someone near to you and to feel that..." +she went on in a trembling voice, "that you can do nothing for him but +grieve him, and to know that you cannot alter this. Then there is only +one thing left- to go away, but where could I go?" + "What is wrong? What is it, Princess?" + But without finishing what she was saying, Princess Mary burst +into tears. + "I don't know what is the matter with me today. Don't take any +notice- forget what I have said!" + Pierre's gaiety vanished completely. He anxiously questioned the +princess, asked her to speak out fully and confide her grief to him; +but she only repeated that she begged him to forget what she had said, +that she did not remember what she had said, and that she had no +trouble except the one he knew of- that Prince Andrew's marriage +threatened to cause a rupture between father and son. + "Have you any news of the Rostovs?" she asked, to change the +subject. "I was told they are coming soon. I am also expecting +Andrew any day. I should like them to meet here." + "And how does he now regard the matter?" asked Pierre, referring +to the old prince. + Princess Mary shook her head. + "What is to be done? In a few months the year will be up. The +thing is impossible. I only wish I could spare my brother the first +moments. I wish they would come sooner. I hope to be friends with her. +You have known them a long time," said Princess Mary. "Tell me +honestly the whole truth: what sort of girl is she, and what do you +think of her?- The real truth, because you know Andrew is risking so +much doing this against his father's will that I should like to +know..." + An undefined instinct told Pierre that these explanations, and +repeated requests to be told the whole truth, expressed ill-will on +the princess' part toward her future sister-in-law and a wish that +he should disapprove of Andrew's choice; but in reply he said what +he felt rather than what he thought. + "I don't know how to answer your question," he said, blushing +without knowing why. "I really don't know what sort of girl she is; +I can't analyze her at all. She is enchanting, but what makes her so I +don't know. That is all one can say about her." + Princess Mary sighed, and the expression on her face said: "Yes, +that's what I expected and feared." + "Is she clever?" she asked. + Pierre considered. + "I think not," he said, "and yet- yes. She does not deign to be +clever.... Oh no, she is simply enchanting, and that is all." + Princess Mary again shook her head disapprovingly. + "Ah, I so long to like her! Tell her so if you see her before I do." + "I hear they are expected very soon," said Pierre. + Princess Mary told Pierre of her plan to become intimate with her +future sister-in-law as soon as the Rostovs arrived and to try to +accustom the old prince to her. +BK8|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Boris had not succeeded in making a wealthy match in Petersburg, +so with the same object in view he came to Moscow. There he wavered +between the two richest heiresses, Julie and Princess Mary. Though +Princess Mary despite her plainness seemed to him more attractive than +Julie, he, without knowing why, felt awkward about paying court to +her. When they had last met on the old prince's name day, she had +answered at random all his attempts to talk sentimentally, evidently +not listening to what he was saying. + Julie on the contrary accepted his attentions readily, though in a +manner peculiar to herself. + She was twenty-seven. After the death of her brothers she had become +very wealthy. She was by now decidedly plain, but thought herself +not merely as good-looking as before but even far more attractive. She +was confirmed in this delusion by the fact that she had become a +very wealthy heiress and also by the fact that the older she grew +the less dangerous she became to men, and the more freely they could +associate with her and avail themselves of her suppers, soirees, and +the animated company that assembled at her house, without incurring +any obligation. A man who would have been afraid ten years before of +going every day to the house when there was a girl of seventeen there, +for fear of compromising her and committing himself, would now go +boldly every day and treat her not as a marriageable girl but as a +sexless acquaintance. + That winter the Karagins' house was the most agreeable and +hospitable in Moscow. In addition to the formal evening and dinner +parties, a large company, chiefly of men, gathered there every day, +supping at midnight and staying till three in the morning. Julie never +missed a ball, a promenade, or a play. Her dresses were always of +the latest fashion. But in spite of that she seemed to be +disillusioned about everything and told everyone that she did not +believe either in friendship or in love, or any of the joys of life, +and expected peace only "yonder." She adopted the tone of one who +has suffered a great disappointment, like a girl who has either lost +the man she loved or been cruelly deceived by him. Though nothing of +the kind had happened to her she was regarded in that light, and had +even herself come to believe that she had suffered much in life. +This melancholy, which did not prevent her amusing herself, did not +hinder the young people who came to her house from passing the time +pleasantly. Every visitor who came to the house paid his tribute to +the melancholy mood of the hostess, and then amused himself with +society gossip, dancing, intellectual games, and bouts rimes, which +were in vogue at the Karagins'. Only a few of these young men, among +them Boris, entered more deeply into Julie's melancholy, and with +these she had prolonged conversations in private on the vanity of +all worldly things, and to them she showed her albums filled with +mournful sketches, maxims, and verses. + To Boris, Julie was particularly gracious: she regretted his early +disillusionment with life, offered him such consolation of +friendship as she who had herself suffered so much could render, and +showed him her album. Boris sketched two trees in the album and wrote: +"Rustic trees, your dark branches shed gloom and melancholy upon me." + On another page he drew a tomb, and wrote: + + La mort est secourable et la mort est tranquille. + Ah! contre les douleurs il n'y a pas d'autre asile.* + + *Death gives relief and death is peaceful. + Ah! from suffering there is no other refuge. + +Julia said this was charming + "There is something so enchanting in the smile of melancholy," she +said to Boris, repeating word for word a passage she had copied from a +book. "It is a ray of light in the darkness, a shade between sadness +and despair, showing the possibility of consolation." + In reply Boris wrote these lines: + + Aliment de poison d'une ame trop sensible, + Toi, sans qui le bonheur me serait impossible, + Tendre melancholie, ah, viens me consoler, + Viens calmer les tourments de ma sombre retraite, + Et mele une douceur secrete + A ces pleurs que je sens couler.* + + *Poisonous nourishment of a too sensitive soul, + Thou, without whom happiness would for me be impossible, + Tender melancholy, ah, come to console me, + Come to calm the torments of my gloomy retreat, + And mingle a secret sweetness + With these tears that I feel to be flowing. + + For Boris, Julie played most doleful nocturnes on her harp. Boris +read Poor Liza aloud to her, and more than once interrupted the +reading because of the emotions that choked him. Meeting at large +gatherings Julie and Boris looked on one another as the only souls who +understood one another in a world of indifferent people. + Anna Mikhaylovna, who often visited the Karagins, while playing +cards with the mother made careful inquiries as to Julie's dowry +(she was to have two estates in Penza and the Nizhegorod forests). +Anna Mikhaylovna regarded the refined sadness that united her son to +the wealthy Julie with emotion, and resignation to the Divine will. + "You are always charming and melancholy, my dear Julie," she said to +the daughter. "Boris says his soul finds repose at your house. He +has suffered so many disappointments and is so sensitive," said she to +the mother. "Ah, my dear, I can't tell you how fond I have grown of +Julie latterly," she said to her son. "But who could help loving +her? She is an angelic being! Ah, Boris, Boris!"- she paused. "And how +I pity her mother," she went on; "today she showed me her accounts and +letters from Penza (they have enormous estates there), and she, poor +thing, has no one to help her, and they do cheat her so!" + Boris smiled almost imperceptibly while listening to his mother. +He laughed blandly at her naive diplomacy but listened to what she had +to say, and sometimes questioned her carefully about the Penza and +Nizhegorod estates. + Julie had long been expecting a proposal from her melancholy +adorer and was ready to accept it; but some secret feeling of +repulsion for her, for her passionate desire to get married, for her +artificiality, and a feeling of horror at renouncing the possibility +of real love still restrained Boris. His leave was expiring. He +spent every day and whole days at the Karagins', and every day on +thinking the matter over told himself that he would propose +tomorrow. But in Julie's presence, looking at her red face and chin +(nearly always powdered), her moist eyes, and her expression of +continual readiness to pass at once from melancholy to an unnatural +rapture of married bliss, Boris could not utter the decisive words, +though in imagination he had long regarded himself as the possessor of +those Penza and Nizhegorod estates and had apportioned the use of +the income from them. Julie saw Boris' indecision, and sometimes the +thought occurred to her that she was repulsive to him, but her +feminine self-deception immediately supplied her with consolation, and +she told herself that he was only shy from love. Her melancholy, +however, began to turn to irritability, and not long before Boris' +departure she formed a definite plan of action. Just as Boris' leave +of absence was expiring, Anatole Kuragin made his appearance in +Moscow, and of course in the Karagins' drawing room, and Julie, +suddenly abandoning her melancholy, became cheerful and very attentive +to Kuragin. + "My dear," said Anna Mikhaylovna to her son, "I know from a reliable +source that Prince Vasili has sent his son to Moscow to get him +married to Julie. I am so fond of Julie that I should be sorry for +her. What do you think of it, my dear?" + The idea of being made a fool of and of having thrown away that +whole month of arduous melancholy service to Julie, and of seeing +all the revenue from the Penza estates which he had already mentally +apportioned and put to proper use fall into the hands of another, +and especially into the hands of that idiot Anatole, pained Boris. +He drove to the Karagins' with the firm intention of proposing. +Julie met him in a gay, careless manner, spoke casually of how she had +enjoyed yesterday's ball, and asked when he was leaving. Though +Boris had come intentionally to speak of his love and therefore +meant to be tender, he began speaking irritably of feminine +inconstancy, of how easily women can turn from sadness to joy, and how +their moods depend solely on who happens to be paying court to them. +Julie was offended and replied that it was true that a woman needs +variety, and the same thing over and over again would weary anyone. + "Then I should advise you..." Boris began, wishing to sting her; but +at that instant the galling thought occurred to him that he might have +to leave Moscow without having accomplished his aim, and have vainly +wasted his efforts- which was a thing he never allowed to happen. + He checked himself in the middle of the sentence, lowered his eyes +to avoid seeing her unpleasantly irritated and irresolute face, and +said: + "I did not come here at all to quarrel with you. On the contrary..." + He glanced at her to make sure that he might go on. Her irritability +had suddenly quite vanished, and her anxious, imploring eyes were +fixed on him with greedy expectation. "I can always arrange so as +not to see her often," thought Boris. "The affair has been begun and +must be finished!" He blushed hotly, raised his eyes to hers, and +said: + "You know my feelings for you!" + There was no need to say more: Julie's face shone with triumph and +self-satisfaction; but she forced Boris to say all that is said on +such occasions- that he loved her and had never loved any other +woman more than her. She knew that for the Penza estates and +Nizhegorod forests she could demand this, and she received what she +demanded. + The affianced couple, no longer alluding to trees that shed gloom +and melancholy upon them, planned the arrangements of a splendid house +in Petersburg, paid calls, and prepared everything for a brilliant +wedding. +BK8|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + At the end of January old Count Rostov went to Moscow with Natasha +and Sonya. The countess was still unwell and unable to travel but it +was impossible to wait for her recovery. Prince Andrew was expected in +Moscow any day, the trousseau had to be ordered and the estate near +Moscow had to be sold, besides which the opportunity of presenting his +future daughter-in-law to old Prince Bolkonski while he was in +Moscow could not be missed. The Rostovs' Moscow house had not been +heated that winter and, as they had come only for a short time and the +countess was not with them, the count decided to stay with Marya +Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, who had long been pressing her hospitality +on them. + Late one evening the Rostovs' four sleighs drove into Marya +Dmitrievna's courtyard in the old Konyusheny street. Marya +Dmitrievna lived alone. She had already married off her daughter, +and her sons were all in the service. + She held herself as erect, told everyone her opinion as candidly, +loudly, and bluntly as ever, and her whole bearing seemed a reproach +to others for any weakness, passion, or temptation- the possibility of +which she did not admit. From early in the morning, wearing a dressing +jacket, she attended to her household affairs, and then she drove out: +on holy days to church and after the service to jails and prisons on +affairs of which she never spoke to anyone. On ordinary days, after +dressing, she received petitioners of various classes, of whom there +were always some. Then she had dinner, a substantial and appetizing +meal at which there were always three or four guests; after dinner she +played a game of boston, and at night she had the newspapers or a +new book read to her while she knitted. She rarely made an exception +and went out to pay visits, and then only to the most important +persons in the town. + She had not yet gone to bed when the Rostovs arrived and the +pulley of the hall door squeaked from the cold as it let in the +Rostovs and their servants. Marya Dmitrievna, with her spectacles +hanging down on her nose and her head flung back, stood in the hall +doorway looking with a stern, grim face at the new arrivals. One might +have thought she was angry with the travelers and would immediately +turn them out, had she not at the same time been giving careful +instructions to the servants for the accommodation of the visitors and +their belongings. + "The count's things? Bring them here," she said, pointing to the +portmanteaus and not greeting anyone. "The young ladies'? There to the +left. Now what are you dawdling for?" she cried to the maids. "Get the +samovar ready!... You've grown plumper and prettier," she remarked, +drawing Natasha (whose cheeks were glowing from the cold) to her by +the hood. "Foo! You are cold! Now take off your things, quick!" she +shouted to the count who was going to kiss her hand. "You're half +frozen, I'm sure! Bring some rum for tea!... Bonjour, Sonya dear!" she +added, turning to Sonya and indicating by this French greeting her +slightly contemptuous though affectionate attitude toward her. + When they came in to tea, having taken off their outdoor things +and tidied themselves up after their journey, Marya Dmitrievna +kissed them all in due order. + "I'm heartily glad you have come and are staying with me. It was +high time," she said, giving Natasha a significant look. "The old +man is here and his son's expected any day. You'll have to make his +aquaintance. But we'll speak of that later on," she added, glancing at +Sonya with a look that showed she did not want to speak of it in her +presence. "Now listen," she said to the count. "What do you want +tomorrow? Whom will you send for? Shinshin?" she crooked one of her +fingers. "The sniveling Anna Mikhaylovna? That's two. She's here +with her son. The son is getting married! Then Bezukhov, eh? He is +here too, with his wife. He ran away from her and she came galloping +after him. He dined with me on Wednesday. As for them"- and she +pointed to the girls- "tomorrow I'll take them first to the Iberian +shrine of the Mother of God, and then we'll drive to the +Super-Rogue's. I suppose you'll have everything new. Don't judge by +me: sleeves nowadays are this size! The other day young Princess Irina +Vasilevna came to see me; she was an awful sight- looked as if she had +put two barrels on her arms. You know not a day passes now without +some new fashion.... And what have you to do yourself?" she asked +the count sternly. + "One thing has come on top of another: her rags to buy, and now a +purchaser has turned up for the Moscow estate and for the house. If +you will be so kind, I'll fix a time and go down to the estate just +for a day, and leave my lassies with you." + "All right. All right. They'll be safe with me, as safe as in +Chancery! I'll take them where they must go, scold them a bit, and pet +them a bit," said Marya Dmitrievna, touching her goddaughter and +favorite, Natasha, on the cheek with her large hand. + Next morning Marya Dmitrievna took the young ladies to the Iberian +shrine of the Mother of God and to Madame Suppert-Roguet, who was so +afraid of Marya Dmitrievna that she always let her have costumes at +a loss merely to get rid of her. Marya Dmitrievna ordered almost the +whole trousseau. When they got home she turned everybody out of the +room except Nataisha, and then called her pet to her armchair. + "Well, now we'll talk. I congratulate you on your betrothed. +You've hooked a fine fellow! I am glad for your sake and I've known +him since he was so high." She held her hand a couple of feet from the +ground. Natasha blushed happily. "I like him and all his family. Now +listen! You know that old Prince Nicholas much dislikes his son's +marrying. The old fellow's crotchety! Of course Prince Andrew is not a +child and can shift without him, but it's not nice to enter a family +against a father's will. One wants to do it peacefully and lovingly. +You're a clever girl and you'll know how to manage. Be kind, and use +your wits. Then all will be well." + Natasha remained silent, from shyness Marya Dmitrievna supposed, but +really because she disliked anyone interfering in what touched her +love of Prince Andrew, which seemed to her so apart from all human +affairs that no one could understand it. She loved and knew Prince +Andrew, he loved her only, and was to come one of these days and +take her. She wanted nothing more. + "You see I have known him a long time and am also fond of Mary, your +future sister-in-law. 'Husbands' sisters bring up blisters,' but +this one wouldn't hurt a fly. She has asked me to bring you two +together. Tomorrow you'll go with your father to see her. Be very nice +and affectionate to her: you're younger than she. When he comes, he'll +find you already know his sister and father and are liked by them. +Am I right or not? Won't that be best?" + "Yes, it will," Natasha answered reluctantly. +BK8|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Next day, by Marya Dmitrievna's advice, Count Rostov took Natasha to +call on Prince Nicholas Bolkonski. The count did not set out +cheerfully on this visit, at heart he felt afraid. He well +remembered the last interview he had had with the old prince at the +time of the enrollment, when in reply to an invitation to dinner he +had had to listen to an angry reprimand for not having provided his +full quota of men. Natasha, on the other hand, having put on her +best gown, was in the highest spirits. "They can't help liking me," +she thought. "Everybody always has liked me, and I am so willing to do +anything they wish, so ready to be fond of him- for being his +father- and of her- for being his sister- that there is no reason +for them not to like me..." + They drove up to the gloomy old house on the Vozdvizhenka and +entered the vestibule. + "Well, the Lord have mercy on us!" said the count, half in jest, +half in earnest; but Natasha noticed that her father was flurried on +entering the anteroom and inquired timidly and softly whether the +prince and princess were at home. + When they had been announced a perturbation was noticeable among the +servants. The footman who had gone to announce them was stopped by +another in the large hall and they whispered to one another. Then a +maidservant ran into the hall and hurriedly said something, mentioning +the princess. At last an old, cross looking footman came and announced +to the Rostovs that the prince was not receiving, but that the +princess begged them to walk up. The first person who came to meet the +visitors was Mademoiselle Bourienne. She greeted the father and +daughter with special politeness and showed them to the princess' +room. The princess, looking excited and nervous, her face flushed in +patches, ran in to meet the visitors, treading heavily, and vainly +trying to appear cordial and at ease. From the first glance Princess +Mary did not like Natasha. She thought her too fashionably dressed, +frivolously gay and vain. She did not at all realize that before +having seen her future sister-in-law she was prejudiced against her by +involuntary envy of her beauty, youth, and happiness, as well as by +jealousy of her brother's love for her. Apart from this insuperable +antipathy to her, Princess Mary was agitated just then because on +the Rostovs' being announced, the old prince had shouted that he did +not wish to see them, that Princess Mary might do so if she chose, but +they were not to be admitted to him. She had decided to receive +them, but feared lest the prince might at any moment indulge in some +freak, as he seemed much upset by the Rostovs' visit. + "There, my dear princess, I've brought you my songstress," said +the count, bowing and looking round uneasily as if afraid the old +prince might appear. "I am so glad you should get to know one +another... very sorry the prince is still ailing," and after a few +more commonplace remarks he rose. "If you'll allow me to leave my +Natasha in your hands for a quarter of an hour, Princess, I'll drive +round to see Anna Semenovna, it's quite near in the Dogs' Square, +and then I'll come back for her." + The count had devised this diplomatic ruse (as he afterwards told +his daughter) to give the future sisters-in-law an opportunity to talk +to one another freely, but another motive was to avoid the danger of +encountering the old prince, of whom he was afraid. He did not mention +this to his daughter, but Natasha noticed her father's nervousness and +anxiety and felt mortified by it. She blushed for him, grew still +angrier at having blushed, and looked at the princess with a bold +and defiant expression which said that she was not afraid of +anybody. The princess told the count that she would be delighted, +and only begged him to stay longer at Anna Semenovna's, and he +departed. + Despite the uneasy glances thrown at her by Princess Mary- who +wished to have a tete-a-tete with Natasha- Mademoiselle Bourienne +remained in the room and persistently talked about Moscow amusements +and theaters. Natasha felt offended by the hesitation she had +noticed in the anteroom, by her father's nervousness, and by the +unnatural manner of the princess who- she thought- was making a +favor of receiving her, and so everything displeased her. She did +not like Princess Mary, whom she thought very plain, affected, and +dry. Natasha suddenly shrank into herself and involuntarily assumed an +offhand air which alienated Princess Mary still more. After five +minutes of irksome, constrained conversation, they heard the sound +of slippered feet rapidly approaching. Princess Mary looked +frightened. + The door opened and the old prince, in a dress, ing gown and a white +nightcap, came in. + "Ah, madam!" he began. "Madam, Countess... Countess Rostova, if I am +not mistaken... I beg you to excuse me, to excuse me... I did not +know, madam. God is my witness, I did not know you had honored us with +a visit, and I came in such a costume only to see my daughter. I beg +you to excuse me... God is my witness, I didn't know-" he repeated, +stressing the word "God" so unnaturally and so unpleasantly that +Princess Mary stood with downcast eyes not daring to look either at +her father or at Natasha. + Nor did the latter, having risen and curtsied, know what to do. +Mademoiselle Bourienne alone smiled agreeably. + "I beg you to excuse me, excuse me! God is my witness, I did not +know," muttered the old man, and after looking Natasha over from +head to foot he went out. + Mademoiselle Bourienne was the first to recover herself after this +apparition and began speaking about the prince's indisposition. +Natasha and Princess Mary looked at one another in silence, and the +longer they did so without saying what they wanted to say, the greater +grew their antipathy to one another. + When the count returned, Natasha was impolitely pleased and hastened +to get away: at that moment she hated the stiff, elderly princess, who +could place her in such an embarrassing position and had spent half an +hour with her without once mentioning Prince Andrew. "I couldn't begin +talking about him in the presence of that Frenchwoman," thought +Natasha. The same thought was meanwhile tormenting Princess Mary. +She knew what she ought to have said to Natasha, but she had been +unable to say it because Mademoiselle Bourienne was in the way, and +because, without knowing why, she felt it very difficult to speak of +the marriage. When the count was already leaving the room, Princess +Mary went up hurriedly to Natasha, took her by the hand, and said with +a deep sigh: + "Wait, I must..." + Natasha glanced at her ironically without knowing why. + "Dear Natalie," said Princess Mary, "I want you to know that I am +glad my brother has found happiness...." + She paused, feeling that she was not telling the truth. Natasha +noticed this and guessed its reason. + "I think, Princess, it is not convenient to speak of that now," +she said with external dignity and coldness, though she felt the tears +choking her. + "What have I said and what have I done?" thought she, as soon as she +was out of the room. + They waited a long time for Natasha to come to dinner that day. +She sat in her room crying like a child, blowing her nose and sobbing. +Sonya stood beside her, kissing her hair. + "Natasha, what is it about?" she asked. "What do they matter to you? +It will all pass, Natasha." + "But if you only knew how offensive it was... as if I..." + "Don't talk about it, Natasha. It wasn't your fault so why should +you mind? Kiss me," said Sonya. + Natasha raised her head and, kissing her friend on the lips, pressed +her wet face against her. + "I can't tell you, I don't know. No one's to blame," said Natasha- +"It's my fault. But it all hurts terribly. Oh, why doesn't he +come?..." + She came in to dinner with red eyes. Marya Dmitrievna, who knew +how the prince had received the Rostovs, pretended not to notice how +upset Natasha was and jested resolutely and loudly at table with the +count and the other guests. +BK8|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + That evening the Rostovs went to the Opera, for which Marya +Dmitrievna had taken a box. + Natasha did not want to go, but could not refuse Marya +Dmitrievna's kind offer which was intended expressly for her. When she +came ready dressed into the ballroom to await her father, and +looking in the large mirror there saw that she was pretty, very +pretty, she felt even more sad, but it was a sweet, tender sadness. + "O God, if he were here now I would not behave as I did then, but +differently. I would not be silly and afraid of things, I would simply +embrace him, cling to him, and make him look at me with those +searching inquiring eyes with which he has so often looked at me, +and then I would make him laugh as he used to laugh. And his eyes- how +I see those eyes!" thought Natasha. "And what do his father and sister +matter to me? I love him alone, him, him, with that face and those +eyes, with his smile, manly and yet childlike.... No, I had better not +think of him; not think of him but forget him, quite forget him for +the present. I can't bear this waiting and I shall cry in a minute!" +and she turned away from the glass, making an effort not to cry. +"And how can Sonya love Nicholas so calmly and quietly and wait so +long and so patiently?" thought she, looking at Sonya, who also came +in quite ready, with a fan in her hand. "No, she's altogether +different. I can't!" + Natasha at that moment felt so softened and tender that it was not +enough for her to love and know she was beloved, she wanted now, at +once, to embrace the man she loved, to speak and hear from him words +of love such as filled her heart. While she sat in the carriage beside +her father, pensively watching the lights of the street lamps +flickering on the frozen window, she felt still sadder and more in +love, and forgot where she was going and with whom. Having fallen into +the line of carriages, the Rostovs' carriage drove up to the +theater, its wheels squeaking over the snow. Natasha and Sonya, +holding up their dresses, jumped out quickly. The count got out helped +by the footmen, and, passing among men and women who were entering and +the program sellers, they all three went along the corridor to the +first row of boxes. Through the closed doors the music was already +audible. + "Natasha, your hair!..." whispered Sonya. + An attendant deferentially and quickly slipped before the ladies and +opened the door of their box. The music sounded louder and through the +door rows of brightly lit boxes in which ladies sat with bare arms and +shoulders, and noisy stalls brilliant with uniforms, glittered +before their eyes. A lady entering the next box shot a glance of +feminine envy at Natasha. The curtain had not yet risen and the +overture was being played. Natasha, smoothing her gown, went in with +Sonya and sat down, scanning the brilliant tiers of boxes opposite. +A sensation she had not experienced for a long time- that of +hundreds of eyes looking at her bare arms and neck- suddenly +affected her both agreeably and disagreeably and called up a whole +crowd of memories, desires and emotions associated with that feeling. + The two remarkably pretty girls, Natasha and Sonya, with Count +Rostov who had not been seen in Moscow for a long time, attracted +general attention. Moreover, everybody knew vaguely of Natasha's +engagement to Prince Andrew, and knew that the Rostovs had lived in +the country ever since, and all looked with curiosity at a fiancee who +was making one of the best matches in Russia. + Natasha's looks, as everyone told her, had improved in the +country, and that evening thanks to her agitation she was particularly +pretty. She struck those who saw her by her fullness of life and +beauty, combined with her indifference to everything about her. Her +black eyes looked at the crowd without seeking anyone, and her +delicate arm, bare to above the elbow, lay on the velvet edge of the +box, while, evidently unconsciously, she opened and closed her hand in +time to the music, crumpling her program. "Look, there's Alenina," +said Sonya, "with her mother, isn't it?" + "Dear me, Michael Kirilovich has grown still stouter!" remarked +the count. + "Look at our Anna Mikhaylovna- what a headdress she has on!" + "The Karagins, Julie- and Boris with them. One can see at once +that they're engaged...." + "Drubetskoy has proposed?" + "Oh yes, I heard it today," said Shinshin, coming into the +Rostovs' box. + Natasha looked in the direction in which her father's eyes were +turned and saw Julie sitting beside her mother with a happy look on +her face and a string of pearls round her thick red neck- which +Natasha knew was covered with powder. Behind them, wearing a smile and +leaning over with an ear to Julie's mouth, was Boris' handsome +smoothly brushed head. He looked the Rostovs from under his brows +and said something, smiling, to his betrothed. + "They are talking about us, about me and him!" thought Natasha. "And +he no doubt is calming her jealousy of me. They needn't trouble +themselves! If only they knew how little I am concerned about any of +them." + Behind them sat Anna Mikhaylovna wearing a green headdress and +with a happy look of resignation to the will of God on her face. Their +box was pervaded by that atmosphere of an affianced couple which +Natasha knew so well and liked so much. She turned away and suddenly +remembered all that had been so humiliating in her morning's visit. + "What right has he not to wish to receive me into his family? Oh, +better not think of it- not till he comes back!" she told herself, and +began looking at the faces, some strange and some familiar, in the +stalls. In the front, in the very center, leaning back against the +orchestra rail, stood Dolokhov in a Persian dress, his curly hair +brushed up into a huge shock. He stood in full view of the audience, +well aware that he was attracting everyone's attention, yet as much at +ease as though he were in his own room. Around him thronged Moscow's +most brilliant young men, whom he evidently dominated. + The count, laughing, nudged the blushing Sonya and pointed to her +former adorer. + "Do you recognize him?" said he. "And where has he sprung from?" +he asked, turning to Shinshin. "Didn't he vanish somewhere?" + "He did," replied Shinshin. "He was in the Caucasus and ran away +from there. They say he has been acting as minister to some ruling +prince in Persia, where he killed the Shah's brother. Now all the +Moscow ladies are mad about him! It's 'Dolokhov the Persian' that does +it! We never hear a word but Dolokhov is mentioned. They swear by him, +they offer him to you as they would a dish of choice sterlet. Dolokhov +and Anatole Kuragin have turned all our ladies' heads." + A tall, beautiful woman with a mass of plaited hair and much exposed +plump white shoulders and neck, round which she wore a double string +of large pearls, entered the adjoining box rustling her heavy silk +dress and took a long time settling into her place. + Natasha involuntarily gazed at that neck, those shoulders, and +pearls and coiffure, and admired the beauty of the shoulders and the +pearls. While Natasha was fixing her gaze on her for the second time +the lady looked round and, meeting the count's eyes, nodded to him and +smiled. She was the Countess Bezukhova, Pierre's wife, and the +count, who knew everyone in society, leaned over and spoke to her. + "Have you been here long, Countess?" he inquired. "I'll call, I'll +call to kiss your hand. I'm here on business and have brought my girls +with me. They say Semenova acts marvelously. Count Pierre never used +to forget us. Is he here?" + "Yes, he meant to look in," answered Helene, and glanced attentively +at Natasha. + Count Rostov resumed his seat. + "Handsome, isn't she?" he whispered to Natasha. + "Wonderful!" answered Natasha. "She's a woman one could easily +fall in love with." + Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the +conductor tapped with his stick. Some latecomers took their seats in +the stalls, and the curtain rose. + As soon as it rose everyone in the boxes and stalls became silent, +and all the men, old and young, in uniform and evening dress, and +all the women with gems on their bare flesh, turned their whole +attention with eager curiosity to the stage. Natasha too began to look +at it. +BK8|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + The floor of the stage consisted of smooth boards, at the sides +was some painted cardboard representing trees, and at the back was a +cloth stretched over boards. In the center of the stage sat some girls +in red bodices and white skirts. One very fat girl in a white silk +dress sat apart on a low bench, to the back of which a piece of +green cardboard was glued. They all sang something. When they had +finished their song the girl in white went up to the prompter's box +and a man with tight silk trousers over his stout legs, and holding +a plume and a dagger, went up to her and began singing, waving his +arms about. + First the man in the tight trousers sang alone, then she sang, +then they both paused while the orchestra played and the man +fingered the hand of the girl in white, obviously awaiting the beat to +start singing with her. They sang together and everyone in the theater +began clapping and shouting, while the man and woman on the stage- who +represented lovers- began smiling, spreading out their arms, and +bowing. + After her life in the country, and in her present serious mood, +all this seemed grotesque and amazing to Natasha. She could not follow +the opera nor even listen to the music; she saw only the painted +cardboard and the queerly dressed men and women who moved, spoke, +and sang so strangely in that brilliant light. She knew what it was +all meant to represent, but it was so pretentiously false and +unnatural that she first felt ashamed for the actors and then amused +at them. She looked at the faces of the audience, seeking in them +the same sense of ridicule and perplexity she herself experienced, but +they all seemed attentive to what was happening on the stage, and +expressed delight which to Natasha seemed feigned. "I suppose it has +to be like this!" she thought. She kept looking round in turn at the +rows of pomaded heads in the stalls and then at the seminude women +in the boxes, especially at Helene in the next box, who- apparently +quite unclothed- sat with a quiet tranquil smile, not taking her +eyes off the stage. And feeling the bright light that flooded the +whole place and the warm air heated by the crowd, Natasha little by +little began to pass into a state of intoxication she had not +experienced for a long while. She did not realize who and where she +was, nor what was going on before her. As she looked and thought, +the strangest fancies unexpectedly and disconnectedly passed through +her mind: the idea occurred to her of jumping onto the edge of the box +and singing the air the actress was singing, then she wished to +touch with her fan an old gentleman sitting not far from her, then +to lean over to Helene and tickle her. + At a moment when all was quiet before the commencement of a song, +a door leading to the stalls on the side nearest the Rostovs' box +creaked, and the steps of a belated arrival were heard. "There's +Kuragin!" whispered Shinshin. Countess Bezukhova turned smiling to the +newcomer, and Natasha, following the direction of that look, saw an +exceptionally handsome adjutant approaching their box with a +self-assured yet courteous bearing. This was Anatole Kuragin whom +she had seen and noticed long ago at the ball in Petersburg. He was +now in an adjutant's uniform with one epaulet and a shoulder knot. +He moved with a restrained swagger which would have been ridiculous +had he not been so good-looking and had his handsome face not worn +such an expression of good-humored complacency and gaiety. Though +the performance was proceeding, he walked deliberately down the +carpeted gangway, his sword and spurs slightly jingling and his +handsome perfumed head held high. Having looked at Natasha he +approached his sister, laid his well gloved hand on the edge of her +box, nodded to her, and leaning forward asked a question, with a +motion toward Natasha. + "Mais charmante!" said he, evidently referring to Natasha, who did +not exactly hear his words but understood them from the movement of +his lips. Then he took his place in the first row of the stalls and +sat down beside Dolokhov, nudging with his elbow in a friendly and +offhand way that Dolokhov whom others treated so fawningly. He +winked at him gaily, smiled, and rested his foot against the orchestra +screen. + "How like the brother is to the sister," remarked the count. "And +how handsome they both are!" + Shinshin, lowering his voice, began to tell the count of some +intrigue of Kuragin's in Moscow, and Natasha tried to overhear it just +because he had said she was "charmante." + The first act was over. In the stalls everyone began moving about, +going out and coming in. + Boris came to the Rostovs' box, received their congratulations +very simply, and raising his eyebrows with an absent-minded smile +conveyed to Natasha and Sonya his fiancee's invitation to her wedding, +and went away. Natasha with a gay, coquettish smile talked to him, and +congratulated on his approaching wedding that same Boris with whom she +had formerly been in love. In the state of intoxication she was in, +everything seemed simple and natural. + The scantily clad Helene smiled at everyone in the same way, and +Natasha gave Boris a similar smile. + Helene's box was filled and surrounded from the stalls by the most +distinguished and intellectual men, who seemed to vie with one another +in their wish to let everyone see that they knew her. + During the whole of that entr'acte Kuragin stood with Dolokhov in +front of the orchestra partition, looking at the Rostovs' box. Natasha +knew he was talking about her and this afforded her pleasure. She even +turned so that he should see her profile in what she thought was its +most becoming aspect. Before the beginning of the second act Pierre +appeared in the stalls. The Rostovs had not seen him since their +arrival. His face looked sad, and he had grown still stouter since +Natasha last saw him. He passed up to the front rows, not noticing +anyone. Anatole went up to him and began speaking to him, looking at +and indicating the Rostovs' box. On seeing Natasha Pierre grew +animated and, hastily passing between the rows, came toward their box. +When he got there he leaned on his elbows and, smiling, talked to +her for a long time. While conversing with Pierre, Natasha heard a +man's voice in Countess Bezukhova's box and something told her it +was Kuragin. She turned and their eyes met. Almost smiling, he gazed +straight into her eyes with such an enraptured caressing look that +it seemed strange to be so near him, to look at him like that, to be +so sure he admired her, and not to be acquainted with him. + In the second act there was scenery representing tombstones, there +was a round hole in the canvas to represent the moon, shades were +raised over the footlights, and from horns and contrabass came deep +notes while many people appeared from right and left wearing black +cloaks and holding things like daggers in their hands. They began +waving their arms. Then some other people ran in and began dragging +away the maiden who had been in white and was now in light blue. +They did not drag her away at once, but sang with her for a long +time and then at last dragged her off, and behind the scenes something +metallic was struck three times and everyone knelt down and sang a +prayer. All these things were repeatedly interrupted by the +enthusiastic shouts of the audience. + During this act every time Natasha looked toward the stalls she +saw Anatole Kuragin with an arm thrown across the back of his chair, +staring at her. She was pleased to see that he was captivated by her +and it did not occur to her that there was anything wrong in it. + When the second act was over Countess Bezukhova rose, turned to +the Rostovs' box- her whole bosom completely exposed- beckoned the old +count with a gloved finger, and paying no attention to those who had +entered her box began talking to him with an amiable smile. + "Do make me acquainted with your charming daughters," said she. "The +whole town is singing their praises and I don't even know then!" + Natasha rose and curtsied to the splendid countess. She was so +pleased by praise from this brilliant beauty that she blushed with +pleasure. + "I want to become a Moscovite too, now," said Helene. "How is it +you're not ashamed to bury such pearls in the country?" + Countess Bezukhova quite deserved her reputation of being a +fascinating woman. She could say what she did not think- especially +what was flattering- quite simply and naturally. + "Dear count, you must let me look after your daughters! Though I +am not staying here long this time- nor are you- I will try to amuse +them. I have already heard much of you in Petersburg and wanted to get +to know you," said she to Natasha with her stereotyped and lovely +smile. "I had heard about you from my page, Drubetskoy. Have you heard +he is getting married? And also from my husband's friend Bolkonski, +Prince Andrew Bolkonski," she went on with special emphasis, +implying that she knew of his relation to Natasha. To get better +acquainted she asked that one of the young ladies should come into her +box for the rest of the performance, and Natasha moved over to it. + The scene of the third act represented a palace in which many +candles were burning and pictures of knights with short beards hung on +the walls. In the middle stood what were probably a king and a +queen. The king waved his right arm and, evidently nervous, sang +something badly and sat down on a crimson throne. The maiden who had +been first in white and then in light blue, now wore only a smock, and +stood beside the throne with her hair down. She sang something +mournfully, addressing the queen, but the king waved his arm severely, +and men and women with bare legs came in from both sides and began +dancing all together. Then the violins played very shrilly and merrily +and one of the women with thick bare legs and thin arms, separating +from the others, went behind the wings, adjusted her bodice, +returned to the middle of the stage, and began jumping and striking +one foot rapidly against the other. In the stalls everyone clapped and +shouted "bravo!" Then one of the men went into a corner of the +stage. The cymbals and horns in the orchestra struck up more loudly, +and this man with bare legs jumped very high and waved his feet +about very rapidly. (He was Duport, who received sixty thousand rubles +a year for this art.) Everybody in the stalls, boxes, and galleries +began clapping and shouting with all their might, and the man +stopped and began smiling and bowing to all sides. Then other men +and women danced with bare legs. Then the king again shouted to the +sound of music, and they all began singing. But suddenly a storm +came on, chromatic scales and diminished sevenths were heard in the +orchestra, everyone ran off, again dragging one of their number +away, and the curtain dropped. Once more there was a terrible noise +and clatter among the audience, and with rapturous faces everyone +began shouting: "Duport! Duport! Duport!" Natasha no longer thought +this strange. She look about with pleasure, smiling joyfully. + "Isn't Duport delightful?" Helene asked her. + "Oh, yes," replied Natasha. +BK8|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + During the entr'acte a whiff of cold air came into Helene's box, the +door opened, and Anatole entered, stooping and trying not to brush +against anyone. + "Let me introduce my brother to you," said Helene, her eyes shifting +uneasily from Natasha to Anatole. + Natasha turned her pretty little head toward the elegant young +officer and smiled at him over her bare shoulder. Anatole, who was +as handsome at close quarters as at a distance, sat down beside her +and told her he had long wished to have this happiness- ever since the +Naryshkins' ball in fact, at which he had had the well-remembered +pleasure of seeing her. Kuragin was much more sensible and simple with +women than among men. He talked boldly and naturally, and Natasha +was strangely and agreeably struck by the fact that there was +nothing formidable in this man about whom there was so much talk, +but that on the contrary his smile was most naive, cheerful, and +good-natured. + Kuragin asked her opinion of the performance and told her how at a +previous performance Semenova had fallen down on the stage. + "And do you know, Countess," he said, suddenly addressing her as +an old, familiar acquaintance, "we are getting up a costume +tournament; you ought to take part in it! It will be great fun. We +shall all meet at the Karagins'! Please come! No! Really, eh?" said +he. + While saying this he never removed his smiling eyes from her face, +her neck, and her bare arms. Natasha knew for certain that he was +enraptured by her. This pleased her, yet his presence made her feel +constrained and oppressed. When she was not looking at him she felt +that he was looking at her shoulders, and she involuntarily caught his +eye so that he should look into hers rather than this. But looking +into his eyes she was frightened, realizing that there was not that +barrier of modesty she had always felt between herself and other +men. She did not know how it was that within five minutes she had come +to feel herself terribly near to this man. When she turned away she +feared he might seize her from behind by her bare arm and kiss her +on the neck. They spoke of most ordinary things, yet she felt that +they were closer to one another than she had ever been to any man. +Natasha kept turning to Helene and to her father, as if asking what it +all meant, but Helene was engaged in conversation with a general and +did not answer her look, and her father's eyes said nothing but what +they always said: "Having a good time? Well, I'm glad of it!" + During one of these moments of awkward silence when Anatole's +prominent eyes were gazing calmly and fixedly at her, Natasha, to +break the silence, asked him how he liked Moscow. She asked the +question and blushed. She felt all the time that by talking to him she +was doing something improper. Anatole smiled as though to encourage +her. + "At first I did not like it much, because what makes a town pleasant +ce sont les jolies femmes,* isn't that so? But now I like it very much +indeed," he said, looking at her significantly. "You'll come to the +costume tournament, Countess? Do come!" and putting out his hand to +her bouquet and dropping his voice, he added, "You will be the +prettiest there. Do come, dear countess, and give me this flower as +a pledge!" + + *Are the pretty women. + + Natasha did not understand what he was saying any more than he did +himself, but she felt that his incomprehensible words had an +improper intention. She did not know what to say and turned away as if +she had not heard his remark. But as soon as she had turned away she +felt that he was there, behind, so close behind her. + "How is he now? Confused? Angry? Ought I to put it right?" she asked +herself, and she could not refrain from turning round. She looked +straight into his eyes, and his nearness, self-assurance, and the +good-natured tenderness of his smile vanquished her. She smiled just +as he was doing, gazing straight into his eyes. And again she felt +with horror that no barrier lay between him and her. + The curtain rose again. Anatole left the box, serene and gay. +Natasha went back to her father in the other box, now quite submissive +to the world she found herself in. All that was going on before her +now seemed quite natural, but on the other hand all her previous +thoughts of her betrothed, of Princess Mary, or of life in the country +did not once recur to her mind and were as if belonging to a remote +past. + In the fourth act there was some sort of devil who sang waving his +arm about, till the boards were withdrawn from under him and he +disappeared down below. That was the only part of the fourth act +that Natasha saw. She felt agitated and tormented, and the cause of +this was Kuragin whom she could not help watching. As they were +leaving the theater Anatole came up to them, called their carriage, +and helped them in. As he was putting Natasha in he pressed her arm +above the elbow. Agitated and flushed she turned round. He was looking +at her with glittering eyes, smiling tenderly. + + Only after she had reached home was Natasha able clearly to think +over what had happened to her, and suddenly remembering Prince +Andrew she was horrified, and at tea to which all had sat down after +the opera, she gave a loud exclamation, flushed, and ran out of the +room. + "O God! I am lost!" she said to herself. "How could I let him?" +She sat for a long time hiding her flushed face in her hands trying to +realize what had happened to her, but was unable either to +understand what had happened or what she felt. Everything seemed dark, +obscure, and terrible. There in that enormous, illuminated theater +where the bare-legged Duport, in a tinsel-decorated jacket, jumped +about to the music on wet boards, and young girls and old men, and the +nearly naked Helene with her proud, calm smile, rapturously cried +"bravo!"- there in the presence of that Helene it had all seemed clear +and simple; but now, alone by herself, it was incomprehensible. +"What is it? What was that terror I felt of him? What is this +gnawing of conscience I am feeling now?" she thought. + Only to the old countess at night in bed could Natasha have told all +she was feeling. She knew that Sonya with her severe and simple +views would either not understand it at all or would be horrified at +such a confession. So Natasha tried to solve what was torturing her by +herself. + "Am I spoiled for Andrew's love or not?" she asked herself, and with +soothing irony replied: "What a fool I am to ask that! What did happen +to me? Nothing! I have done nothing, I didn't lead him on at all. +Nobody will know and I shall never see him again," she told herself. +"So it is plain that nothing has happened and there is nothing to +repent of, and Andrew can love me still. But why 'still?' O God, why +isn't he here?" Natasha quieted herself for a moment, but again some +instinct told her that though all this was true, and though nothing +had happened, yet the former purity of her love for Prince Andrew +had perished. And again in imagination she went over her whole +conversation with Kuragin, and again saw the face, gestures, and +tender smile of that bold handsome man when he pressed her arm. +BK8|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Anatole Kuragin was staying in Moscow because his father had sent +him away from Petersburg, where he had been spending twenty thousand +rubles a year in cash, besides running up debts for as much more, +which his creditors demanded from his father. + His father announced to him that he would now pay half his debts for +the last time, but only on condition that he went to Moscow as +adjutant to the commander in chief- a post his father had procured for +him- and would at last try to make a good match there. He indicated to +him Princess Mary and Julie Karagina. + Anatole consented and went to Moscow, where he put up at Pierre's +house. Pierre received him unwillingly at first, but got used to him +after a while, sometimes even accompanied him on his carousals, and +gave him money under the guise of loans. + As Shinshin had remarked, from the time of his arrival Anatole had +turned the heads of the Moscow ladies, especially by the fact that +he slighted them and plainly preferred the gypsy girls and French +actresses- with the chief of whom, Mademoiselle George, he was said to +be on intimate relations. He had never missed a carousal at +Danilov's or other Moscow revelers', drank whole nights through, +outvying everyone else, and was at all the balls and parties of the +best society. There was talk of his intrigues with some of the ladies, +and he flirted with a few of them at the balls. But he did not run +after the unmarried girls, especially the rich heiresses who were most +of them plain. There was a special reason for this, as he had got +married two years before- a fact known only to his most intimate +friends. At that time while with his regiment in Poland, a Polish +landowner of small means had forced him to marry his daughter. Anatole +had very soon abandoned his wife and, for a payment which he agreed to +send to his father-in-law, had arranged to be free to pass himself off +as a bachelor. + Anatole was always content with his position, with himself, and with +others. He was instinctively and thoroughly convinced that was +impossible for him to live otherwise than as he did and that he had +never in his life done anything base. He was incapable of +considering how his actions might affect others or what the +consequences of this or that action of his might be. He was +convinced that, as a duck is so made that it must live in water, so +God had made him such that he must spend thirty thousand rubles a year +and always occupy a prominent position in society. He believed this so +firmly that others, looking at him, were persuaded of it too and did +not refuse him either a leading place in society or money, which he +borrowed from anyone and everyone and evidently would not repay. + He was not a gambler, at any rate he did not care about winning. +He was not vain. He did not mind what people thought of him. Still +less could he be accused of ambition. More than once he had vexed +his father by spoiling his own career, and he laughed at +distinctions of all kinds. He was not mean, and did not refuse +anyone who asked of him. All he cared about was gaiety and women, +and as according to his ideas there was nothing dishonorable in +these tastes, and he was incapable of considering what the +gratification of his tastes entailed for others, he honestly +considered himself irreproachable, sincerely despised rogues and bad +people, and with a tranquil conscience carried his head high. + Rakes, those male Magdalenes, have a secret feeling of innocence +similar to that which female Magdalenes have, based on the same hope +of forgiveness. "All will be forgiven her, for she loved much; and all +will be forgiven him, for he enjoyed much." + Dolokhov, who had reappeared that year in Moscow after his exile and +his Persian adventures, and was leading a life of luxury, gambling, +and dissipation, associated with his old Petersburg comrade Kuragin +and made use of him for his own ends. + Anatole was sincerely fond of Dolokhov for his cleverness and +audacity. Dolokhov, who needed Anatole Kuragin's name, position, and +connections as a bait to draw rich young men into his gambling set, +made use of him and amused himself at his expense without letting +the other feel it. Apart from the advantage he derived from Anatole, +the very process of dominating another's will was in itself a +pleasure, a habit, and a necessity to Dolokhov. + Natasha had made a strong impression on Kuragin. At supper after the +opera he described to Dolokhov with the air of a connoisseur the +attractions of her arms, shoulders, feet, and hair and expressed his +intention of making love to her. Anatole had no notion and was +incapable of considering what might come of such love-making, as he +never had any notion of the outcome of any of his actions. + "She's first-rate, my dear fellow, but not for us," replied +Dolokhov. + "I will tell my sister to ask her to dinner," said Anatole. "Eh?" + "You'd better wait till she's married...." + "You know, I adore little girls, they lose their heads at once," +pursued Anatole. + "You have been caught once already by a 'little girl,'" said +Dolokhov who knew of Kuragin's marriage. "Take care!" + "Well, that can't happen twice! Eh?" said Anatole, with a +good-humored laugh. +BK8|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + The day after the opera the Rostovs went nowhere and nobody came +to see them. Marya Dmitrievna talked to the count about something +which they concealed from Natasha. Natasha guessed they were talking +about the old prince and planning something, and this disquieted and +offended her. She was expecting Prince Andrew any moment and twice +that day sent a manservant to the Vozdvizhenka to ascertain whether he +had come. He had not arrived. She suffered more now than during her +first days in Moscow. To her impatience and pining for him were now +added the unpleasant recollection of her interview with Princess +Mary and the old prince, and a fear and anxiety of which she did not +understand the cause. She continually fancied that either he would +never come or that something would happen to her before he came. She +could no longer think of him by herself calmly and continuously as she +had done before. As soon as she began to think of him, the +recollection of the old prince, of Princess Mary, of the theater, +and of Kuragin mingled with her thoughts. The question again presented +itself whether she was not guilty, whether she had not already +broken faith with Prince Andrew, and again she found herself recalling +to the minutest detail every word, every gesture, and every shade in +the play of expression on the face of the man who had been able to +arouse in her such an incomprehensible and terrifying feeling. To +the family Natasha seemed livelier than usual, but she was far less +tranquil and happy than before. + On Sunday morning Marya Dmitrievna invited her visitors to Mass at +her parish church- the Church of the Assumption built over the +graves of victims of the plague. + "I don't like those fashionable churches," she said, evidently +priding herself on her independence of thought. "God is the same every +where. We have an excellent priest, he conducts the service decently +and with dignity, and the deacon is the same. What holiness is there +in giving concerts in the choir? I don't like it, it's just +self-indulgence!" + Marya Dmitrievna liked Sundays and knew how to keep them. Her +whole house was scrubbed and cleaned on Saturdays; neither she nor the +servants worked, and they all wore holiday dress and went to church. +At her table there were extra dishes at dinner, and the servants had +vodka and roast goose or suckling pig. But in nothing in the house was +the holiday so noticeable as in Marya Dmitrievna's broad, stern +face, which on that day wore an invariable look of solemn festivity. + After Mass, when they had finished their coffee in the dining room +where the loose covers had been removed from the furniture, a +servant announced that the carriage was ready, and Marya Dmitrievna +rose with a stern air. She wore her holiday shawl, in which she paid +calls, and announced that she was going to see Prince Nicholas +Bolkonski to have an explanation with him about Natasha. + After she had gone, a dressmaker from Madame Suppert-Roguet waited +on the Rostovs, and Natasha, very glad of this diversion, having +shut herself into a room adjoining the drawing room, occupied +herself trying on the new dresses. Just as she had put on a bodice +without sleeves and only tacked together, and was turning her head +to see in the glass how the back fitted, she heard in the drawing room +the animated sounds of her father's voice and another's- a woman's- +that made her flush. It was Helene. Natasha had not time to take off +the bodice before the door opened and Countess Bezukhova, dressed in a +purple velvet gown with a high collar, came into the room beaming with +good-humored amiable smiles. + "Oh, my enchantress!" she cried to the blushing Natasha. +"Charming! No, this is really beyond anything, my dear count," said +she to Count Rostov who had followed her in. "How can you live in +Moscow and go nowhere? No, I won't let you off! Mademoiselle George +will recite at my house tonight and there'll be some people, and if +you don't bring your lovely girls- who are prettier than +Mademoiselle George- I won't know you! My husband is away in Tver or I +would send him to fetch you. You must come. You positively must! +Between eight and nine." + She nodded to the dressmaker, whom she knew and who had curtsied +respectfully to her, and seated herself in an armchair beside the +looking glass, draping the folds of her velvet dress picturesquely. +She did not cease chattering good-naturedly and gaily, continually +praising Natasha's beauty. She looked at Natasha's dresses and praised +them, as well as a new dress of her own made of "metallic gauze," +which she had received from Paris, and advised Natasha to have one +like it. + "But anything suits you, my charmer!" she remarked. + A smile of pleasure never left Natasha's face. She felt happy and as +if she were blossoming under the praise of this dear Countess +Bezukhova who had formerly seemed to her so unapproachable and +important and was now so kind to her. Natasha brightened up and felt +almost in love with this woman, who was so beautiful and so kind. +Helene for her part was sincerely delighted with Natasha and wished to +give her a good time. Anatole had asked her to bring him and Natasha +together, and she was calling on the Rostovs for that purpose. The +idea of throwing her brother and Natasha together amused her. + Though at one time, in Petersburg, she had been annoyed with Natasha +for drawing Boris away, she did not think of that now, and in her +own way heartily wished Natasha well. As she was leaving the Rostovs +she called her protegee aside. + "My brother dined with me yesterday- we nearly died of laughter- +he ate nothing and kept sighing for you, my charmer! He is madly, +quite madly, in love with you, my dear." + Natasha blushed scarlet when she heard this. + "How she blushes, how she blushes, my pretty!" said Helene. "You +must certainly come. If you love somebody, my charmer, that is not a +reason to shut yourself up. Even if you are engaged, I am sure your +fiance would wish you to go into society rather than be bored to +death." + "So she knows I am engaged, and she and her husband Pierre- that +good Pierre- have talked and laughed about this. So it's all right." +And again, under Helene's influence, what had seemed terrible now +seemed simple and natural. "And she is such a grande dame, so kind, +and evidently likes me so much. And why not enjoy myself?" thought +Natasha, gazing at Helene with wide-open, wondering eyes. + Marya Dmitrievna came back to dinner taciturn and serious, having +evidently suffered a defeat at the old prince's. She was still too +agitated by the encounter to be able to talk of the affair calmly. +In answer to the count's inquiries she replied that things were all +right and that she would tell about it next day. On hearing of +Countess Bezukhova's visit and the invitation for that evening, +Marya Dmitrievna remarked: + "I don't care to have anything to do with Bezukhova and don't advise +you to; however, if you've promised- go. It will divert your +thoughts," she added, addressing Natasha. +BK8|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + Count Rostov took the girls to Countess Bezukhova's. There were a +good many people there, but nearly all strangers to Natasha. Count +Rostov was displeased to see that the company consisted almost +entirely of men and women known for the freedom of their conduct. +Mademoiselle George was standing in a corner of the drawing room +surrounded by young men. There were several Frenchmen present, among +them Metivier who from the time Helene reached Moscow had been an +intimate in her house. The count decided not to sit down to cards or +let his girls out of his sight and to get away as soon as Mademoiselle +George's performance was over. + Anatole was at the door, evidently on the lookout for the Rostovs. +Immediately after greeting the count he went up to Natasha and +followed her. As soon as she saw him she was seized by the same +feeling she had had at the opera- gratified vanity at his admiration +of her and fear at the absence of a moral barrier between them. + Helene welcomed Natasha delightedly and was loud in admiration of +her beauty and her dress. Soon after their arrival Mademoiselle George +went out of the room to change her costume. In the drawing room people +began arranging the chairs and taking their seats. Anatole moved a +chair for Natasha and was about to sit down beside her, but the count, +who never lost sight of her, took the seat himself. Anatole sat down +behind her. + Mademoiselle George, with her bare, fat, dimpled arms, and a red +shawl draped over one shoulder, came into the space left vacant for +her, and assumed an unnatural pose. Enthusiastic whispering was +audible. + Mademoiselle George looked sternly and gloomily at the audience +and began reciting some French verses describing her guilty love for +her son. In some places she raised her voice, in others she whispered, +lifting her head triumphantly; sometimes she paused and uttered hoarse +sounds, rolling her eyes. + "Adorable! divine! delicious!" was heard from every side. + Natasha looked at the fat actress, but neither saw nor heard nor +understood anything of what went on before her. She only felt +herself again completely borne away into this strange senseless world- +so remote from her old world- a world in which it was impossible to +know what was good or bad, reasonable or senseless. Behind her sat +Anatole, and conscious of his proximity she experienced a frightened +sense of expectancy. + After the first monologue the whole company rose and surrounded +Mademoiselle George, expressing their enthusiasm. + "How beautiful she is!" Natasha remarked to her father who had +also risen and was moving through the crowd toward the actress. + "I don't think so when I look at you!" said Anatole, following +Natasha. He said this at a moment when she alone could hear him. +"You are enchanting... from the moment I saw you I have never +ceased..." + "Come, come, Natasha!" said the count, as he turned back for his +daughter. "How beautiful she is!" Natasha without saying anything +stepped up to her father and looked at him with surprised inquiring +eyes. + After giving several recitations, Mademoiselle George left, and +Countess Bezukhova asked her visitors into the ballroom. + The count wished to go home, but Helene entreated him not to spoil +her improvised ball, and the Rostovs stayed on. Anatole asked +Natasha for a valse and as they danced he pressed her waist and hand +and told her she was bewitching and that he loved her. During the +ecossaise, which she also danced with him, Anatole said nothing when +they happened to be by themselves, but merely gazed at her. Natasha +lifted her frightened eyes to him, but there was such confident +tenderness in his affectionate look and smile that she could not, +whilst looking at him, say what she had to say. She lowered her eyes. + "Don't say such things to me. I am betrothed and love another," +she said rapidly.... She glanced at him. + Anatole was not upset or pained by what she had said. + "Don't speak to me of that! What can I do?" said he. "I tell you I +am madly, madly, in love with you! Is it my fault that you are +enchanting?... It's our turn to begin." + Natasha, animated and excited, looked about her with wide-open +frightened eyes and seemed merrier than usual. She understood hardly +anything that went on that evening. They danced the ecossaise and +the Grossvater. Her father asked her to come home, but she begged to +remain. Wherever she went and whomever she was speaking to, she felt +his eyes upon her. Later on she recalled how she had asked her +father to let her go to the dressing room to rearrange her dress, that +Helene had followed her and spoken laughingly of her brother's love, +and that she again met Anatole in the little sitting room. Helene +had disappeared leaving them alone, and Anatole had taken her hand and +said in a tender voice: + "I cannot come to visit you but is it possible that I shall never +see you? I love you madly. Can I never...?" and, blocking her path, he +brought his face close to hers. + His large, glittering, masculine eyes were so close to hers that she +saw nothing but them. + "Natalie?" he whispered inquiringly while she felt her hands being +painfully pressed. "Natalie?" + "I don't understand. I have nothing to say," her eyes replied. + Burning lips were pressed to hers, and at the same instant she +felt herself released, and Helene's footsteps and the rustle of her +dress were heard in the room. Natasha looked round at her, and then, +red and trembling, threw a frightened look of inquiry at Anatole and +moved toward the door. + "One word, just one, for God's sake!" cried Anatole. + She paused. She so wanted a word from him that would explain to +her what had happened and to which she could find no answer. + "Natalie, just a word, only one!" he kept repeating, evidently not +knowing what to say and he repeated it till Helene came up to them. + Helene returned with Natasha to the drawing room. The Rostovs went +away without staying for supper. + After reaching home Natasha did not sleep all night. She was +tormented by the insoluble question whether she loved Anatole or +Prince Andrew. She loved Prince Andrew- she remembered distinctly +how deeply she loved him. But she also loved Anatole, of that there +was no doubt. "Else how could all this have happened?" thought she. +"If, after that, I could return his smile when saying good-by, if I +was able to let it come to that, it means that I loved him from the +first. It means that he is kind, noble, and splendid, and I could +not help loving him. What am I to do if I love him and the other one +too?" she asked herself, unable to find an answer to these terrible +questions. +BK8|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + Morning came with its cares and bustle. Everyone got up and began to +move about and talk, dressmakers came again. Marya Dmitrievna +appeared, and they were called to breakfast. Natasha kept looking +uneasily at everybody with wide-open eyes, as if wishing to +intercept every glance directed toward her, and tried to appear the +same as usual. + After breakfast, which was her best time, Marya Dmitrievna sat +down in her armchair and called Natasha and the count to her. + "Well, friends, I have now thought the whole matter over and this is +my advice," she began. "Yesterday, as you know, I went to see Prince +Bolkonski. Well, I had a talk with him.... He took it into his head to +begin shouting, but I am not one to be shouted down. I said what I had +to say!" + "Well, and he?" asked the count. + "He? He's crazy... he did not want to listen. But what's the use +of talking? As it is we have worn the poor girl out," said Marya +Dmitrievna. "My advice to you is finish your business and go back home +to Otradnoe... and wait there." + "Oh, no!" exclaimed Natasha. + "Yes, go back," said Marya Dmitrievna, "and wait there. If your +betrothed comes here now- there will be no avoiding a quarrel; but +alone with the old man he will talk things over and then come on to +you." + Count Rostov approved of this suggestion, appreciating its +reasonableness. If the old man came round it would be all the better +to visit him in Moscow or at Bald Hills later on; and if not, the +wedding, against his wishes, could only be arranged at Otradnoe. + "That is perfectly true. And I am sorry I went to see him and took +her," said the old count. + "No, why be sorry? Being here, you had to pay your respects. But +if he won't- that's his affair," said Marya Dmitrievna, looking for +something in her reticule. "Besides, the trousseau is ready, so +there is nothing to wait for; and what is not ready I'll send after +you. Though I don't like letting you go, it is the best way. So go, +with God's blessing!" + Having found what she was looking for in the reticule she handed +it to Natasha. It was a letter from Princess Mary. + "She has written to you. How she torments herself, poor thing! She's +afraid you might think that she does not like you." + "But she doesn't like me," said Natasha. + "Don't talk nonsense!" cried Marya Dmitrievna. + "I shan't believe anyone, I know she doesn't like me," replied +Natasha boldly as she took the letter, and her face expressed a cold +and angry resolution that caused Marya Dmitrievna to look at her +more intently and to frown. + "Don't answer like that, my good girl!" she said. "What I say is +true! Write an answer!" Natasha did not reply and went to her own room +to read Princess Mary's letter. + Princess Mary wrote that she was in despair at the +misunderstanding that had occurred between them. Whatever her father's +feelings might be, she begged Natasha to believe that she could not +help loving her as the one chosen by her brother, for whose +happiness she was ready to sacrifice everything. + "Do not think, however," she wrote, "that my father is +ill-disposed toward you. He is an invalid and an old man who must be +forgiven; but he is good and magnanimous and will love her who makes +his son happy." Princess Mary went on to ask Natasha to fix a time +when she could see her again. + After reading the letter Natasha sat down at the writing table to +answer it. "Dear Princess," she wrote in French quickly and +mechanically, and then paused. What more could she write after all +that had happened the evening before? "Yes, yes! All that has +happened, and now all is changed," she thought as she sat with the +letter she had begun before her. "Must I break off with him? Must I +really? That's awful... and to escape from these dreadful thoughts she +went to Sonya and began sorting patterns with her. + After dinner Natasha went to her room and again took up Princess +Mary's letter. "Can it be that it is all over?" she thought. "Can it +be that all this has happened so quickly and has destroyed all that +went before?" She recalled her love for Prince Andrew in all its +former strength, and at the same time felt that she loved Kuragin. She +vividly pictured herself as Prince Andrew's wife, and the scenes of +happiness with him she had so often repeated in her imagination, and +at the same time, aglow with excitement, recalled every detail of +yesterday's interview with Anatole. + "Why could that not be as well?" she sometimes asked herself in +complete bewilderment. "Only so could I be completely happy; but now I +have to choose, and I can't be happy without either of them. Only," +she thought, "to tell Prince Andrew what has happened or to hide it +from him are both equally impossible. But with that one nothing is +spoiled. But am I really to abandon forever the joy of Prince Andrew's +love, in which I have lived so long?" + "Please, Miss!" whispered a maid entering the room with a mysterious +air. "A man told me to give you this-" and she handed Natasha a +letter. + "Only, for Christ's sake..." the girl went on, as Natasha, without +thinking, mechanically broke the seal and read a love letter from +Anatole, of which, without taking in a word, she understood only +that it was a letter from him- from the man she loved. Yes, she +loved him, or else how could that have happened which had happened? +And how could she have a love letter from him in her hand? + With trembling hands Natasha held that passionate love letter +which Dolokhov had composed for Anatole, and as she read it she +found in it an echo of all that she herself imagined she was feeling. + "Since yesterday evening my fate has been sealed; to be loved by you +or to die. There is no other way for me," the letter began. Then he +went on to say that he knew her parents would not give her to him- for +this there were secret reasons he could reveal only to her- but that +if she loved him she need only say the word yes, and no human power +could hinder their bliss. Love would conquer all. He would steal her +away and carry her off to the ends of the earth. + "Yes, yes! I love him!" thought Natasha, reading the letter for +the twentieth time and finding some peculiarly deep meaning in each +word of it. + That evening Marya Dmitrievna was going to the Akharovs' and +proposed to take the girls with her. Natasha, pleading a headache, +remained at home. +BK8|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + On returning late in the evening Sonya went to Natasha's room, and +to her surprise found her still dressed and asleep on the sofa. Open +on the table, beside her lay Anatole's letter. Sonya picked it up +and read it. + As she read she glanced at the sleeping Natasha, trying to find in +her face an explanation of what she was reading, but did not find +it. Her face was calm, gentle, and happy. Clutching her breast to keep +herself from choking, Sonya, pale and trembling with fear and +agitation, sat down in an armchair and burst into tears. + "How was it I noticed nothing? How could it go so far? Can she +have left off loving Prince Andrew? And how could she let Kuragin go +to such lengths? He is a deceiver and a villain, that's plain! What +will Nicholas, dear noble Nicholas, do when he hears of it? So this is +the meaning of her excited, resolute, unnatural look the day before +yesterday, yesterday, and today," thought Sonya. "But it can't be that +she loves him! She probably opened the letter without knowing who it +was from. Probably she is offended by it. She could not do such a +thing!" + Sonya wiped away her tears and went up to Natasha, again scanning +her face. + "Natasha!" she said, just audibly. + Natasha awoke and saw Sonya. + "Ah, you're back?" + And with the decision and tenderness that often come at the moment +of awakening, she embraced her friend, but noticing Sonya's look of +embarrassment, her own face expressed confusion and suspicion. + "Sonya, you've read that letter?" she demanded. + "Yes," answered Sonya softly. + Natasha smiled rapturously. + "No, Sonya, I can't any longer!" she said. "I can't hide it from you +any longer. You know, we love one another! Sonya, darling, he +writes... Sonya..." + Sonya stared open-eyed at Natasha, unable to believe her ears. + "And Bolkonski?" she asked. + "Ah, Sonya, if you only knew how happy I am!" cried Natasha. "You +don't know what love is...." + "But, Natasha, can that be all over?" + Natasha looked at Sonya with wide-open eyes as if she could not +grasp the question. + "Well, then, are you refusing Prince Andrew?" said Sonya. + "Oh, you don't understand anything! Don't talk nonsense, just +listen!" said Natasha, with momentary vexation. + "But I can't believe it," insisted Sonya. "I don't understand. How +is it you have loved a man for a whole year and suddenly... Why, you +have only seen him three times! Natasha, I don't believe you, you're +joking! In three days to forget everything and so..." + "Three days?" said Natasha. "It seems to me I've loved him a hundred +years. It seems to me that I have never loved anyone before. You can't +understand it.... Sonya, wait a bit, sit here," and Natasha embraced +and kissed her. + "I had heard that it happens like this, and you must have heard it +too, but it's only now that I feel such love. It's not the same as +before. As soon as I saw him I felt he was my master and I his +slave, and that I could not help loving him. Yes, his slave! +Whatever he orders I shall do. You don't understand that. What can I +do? What can I do, Sonya?" cried Natasha with a happy yet frightened +expression. + "But think what you are doing," cried Sonya. "I can't leave it +like this. This secret correspondence... How could you let him go so +far?" she went on, with a horror and disgust she could hardly conceal. + "I told you that I have no will," Natasha replied. "Why can't you +understand? I love him!" + "Then I won't let it come to that... I shall tell!" cried Sonya, +bursting into tears. + "What do you mean? For God's sake... If you tell, you are my enemy!" +declared Natasha. "You want me to be miserable, you want us to be +separated...." + When she saw Natasha's fright, Sonya shed tears of shame and pity +for her friend. + "But what has happened between you?" she asked. "What has he said to +you? Why doesn't he come to the house?" + Natasha did not answer her questions. + "For God's sake, Sonya, don't tell anyone, don't torture me," +Natasha entreated. "Remember no one ought to interfere in such +matters! I have confided in you...." + "But why this secrecy? Why doesn't he come to the house?" asked +Sonya. "Why doesn't he openly ask for your hand? You know Prince +Andrew gave you complete freedom- if it is really so; but I don't +believe it! Natasha, have you considered what these secret reasons can +be?" + Natasha looked at Sonya with astonishment. Evidently this question +presented itself to her mind for the first time and she did not know +how to answer it. + "I don't know what the reasons are. But there must be reasons!" + Sonya sighed and shook her head incredulously. + "If there were reasons..." she began. + But Natasha, guessing her doubts, interrupted her in alarm. + "Sonya, one can't doubt him! One can't, one can't! Don't you +understand?" she cried. + "Does he love you?" + "Does he love me?" Natasha repeated with a smile of pity at her +friend's lack of comprehension. "Why, you have read his letter and you +have seen him." + "But if he is dishonorable?" + "He! dishonorable? If you only knew!" exclaimed Natasha. + "If he is an honorable man he should either declare his intentions +or cease seeing you; and if you won't do this, I will. I will write to +him, and I will tell Papa!" said Sonya resolutely. + "But I can't live without him!" cried Natasha. + "Natasha, I don't understand you. And what are you saying! Think +of your father and of Nicholas." + "I don't want anyone, I don't love anyone but him. How dare you +say he is dishonorable? Don't you know that I love him?" screamed +Natasha. "Go away, Sonya! I don't want to quarrel with you, but go, +for God's sake go! You see how I am suffering!" Natasha cried angrily, +in a voice of despair and repressed irritation. Sonya burst into +sobs and ran from the room. + Natasha went to the table and without a moment's reflection wrote +that answer to Princess Mary which she had been unable to write all +the morning. In this letter she said briefly that all their +misunderstandings were at an end; that availing herself of the +magnanimity of Prince Andrew who when he went abroad had given her her +she begged Princess Mary to forget everything and forgive her if she +had been to blame toward her, but that she could not be his wife. At +that moment this all seemed quite easy, simple, and clear to Natasha. + + On Friday the Rostovs were to return to the country, but on +Wednesday the count went with the prospective purchaser to his +estate near Moscow. + On the day the count left, Sonya and Natasha were invited to a big +dinner party at the Karagins', and Marya Dmitrievna took them there. +At that party Natasha again met Anatole, and Sonya noticed that she +spoke to him, trying not to be overheard, and that all through +dinner she was more agitated than ever. When they got home Natasha was +the first to begin the explanation Sonya expected. + "There, Sonya, you were talking all sorts of nonsense about him," +Natasha began in a mild voice such as children use when they wish to +be praised. "We have had an explanation today." + "Well, what happened? What did he say? Natasha, how glad I am you're +not angry with me! Tell me everything- the whole truth. What did he +say?" + Natasha became thoughtful. + "Oh, Sonya, if you knew him as I do! He said... He asked me what I +had promised Bolkonski. He was glad I was free to refuse him." + Sonya sighed sorrowfully. + "But you haven't refused Bolkonski?" said she. + "Perhaps I have. Perhaps all is over between me and Bolkonski. Why +do you think so badly of me?" + "I don't think anything, only I don't understand this..." + "Wait a bit, Sonya, you'll understand everything. You'll see what +a man he is! Now don't think badly of me or of him. I don't think +badly of anyone: I love and pity everybody. But what am I to do?" + Sonya did not succumb to the tender tone Natasha used toward her. +The more emotional and ingratiating the expression of Natasha's face +became, the more serious and stern grew Sonya's. + "Natasha," said she, "you asked me not to speak to you, and I +haven't spoken, but now you yourself have begun. I don't trust him, +Natasha. Why this secrecy?" + "Again, again!" interrupted Natasha. + "Natasha, I am afraid for you!" + "Afraid of what?" + "I am afraid you're going to your ruin," said Sonya resolutely, +and was herself horrified at what she had said. + Anger again showed in Natasha's face. + "And I'll go to my ruin, I will, as soon as possible! It's not +your business! It won't be you, but I, who'll suffer. Leave me +alone, leave me alone! I hate you!" + Natasha!" moaned Sonya, aghast. + "I hate you, I hate you! You're my enemy forever!" And Natasha ran +out of the room. + Natasha did not speak to Sonya again and avoided her. With the +same expression of agitated surprise and guilt she went about the +house, taking up now one occupation, now another, and at once +abandoning them. + Hard as it was for Sonya, she watched her friend and did not let her +out of her sight. + The day before the count was to return, Sonya noticed that Natasha +sat by the drawingroom window all the morning as if expecting +something and that she made a sign to an officer who drove past, +whom Sonya took to be Anatole. + Sonya began watching her friend still more attentively and noticed +that at dinner and all that evening Natasha was in a strange and +unnatural state. She answered questions at random, began sentences she +did not finish, and laughed at everything. + After tea Sonya noticed a housemaid at Natasha's door timidly +waiting to let her pass. She let the girl go in, and then listening at +the door learned that another letter had been delivered. + Then suddenly it became clear to Sonya that Natasha had some +dreadful plan for that evening. Sonya knocked at her door. Natasha did +not let her in. + "She will run away with him!" thought Sonya. "She is capable of +anything. There was something particularly pathetic and resolute in +her face today. She cried as she said good-by to Uncle," Sonya +remembered. "Yes, that's it, she means to elope with him, but what +am I to do?" thought she, recalling all the signs that clearly +indicated that Natasha had some terrible intention. "The count is +away. What am I to do? Write to Kuragin demanding an explanation? +But what is there to oblige him to reply? Write to Pierre, as Prince +Andrew asked me to in case of some misfortune?... But perhaps she +really has already refused Bolkonski- she sent a letter to Princess +Mary yesterday. And Uncle is away...." To tell Marya Dmitrievna who +had such faith in Natasha seemed to Sonya terrible. "Well, anyway," +thought Sonya as she stood in the dark passage, "now or never I must +prove that I remember the family's goodness to me and that I love +Nicholas. Yes! If I don't sleep for three nights I'll not leave this +passage and will hold her back by force and will and not let the +family be disgraced," thought she. +BK8|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Anatole had lately moved to Dolokhov's. The plan for Natalie +Rostova's abduction had been arranged and the preparations made by +Dolokhov a few days before, and on the day that Sonya, after listening +at Natasha's door, resolved to safeguard her, it was to have been +put into execution. Natasha had promised to come out to Kuragin at the +back porch at ten that evening. Kuragin was to put her into a troyka +he would have ready and to drive her forty miles to the village of +Kamenka, where an unfrocked priest was in readiness to perform a +marriage ceremony over them. At Kamenka a relay of horses was to +wait which would take them to the Warsaw highroad, and from there they +would hasten abroad with post horses. + Anatole had a passport, an order for post horses, ten thousand +rubles he had taken from his sister and another ten thousand +borrowed with Dolokhov's help. + Two witnesses for the mock marriage- Khvostikov, a retired petty +official whom Dolokhov made use of in his gambling transactions, and +Makarin, a retired hussar, a kindly, weak fellow who had an +unbounded affection for Kuragin- were sitting at tea in Dolokhov's +front room. + In his large study, the walls of which were hung to the ceiling with +Persian rugs, bearskins, and weapons, sat Dolokhov in a traveling +cloak and high boots, at an open desk on which lay abacus and some +bundles of paper money. Anatole, with uniform unbuttoned, walked to +and fro from the room where the witnesses were sitting, through the +study to the room behind, where his French valet and others were +packing the last of his things. Dolokhov was counting the money and +noting something down. + "Well," he said, "Khvostikov must have two thousand." + "Give it to him, then," said Anatole. + "Makarka" (their name for Makarin) "will go through fire and water +for you for nothing. So here are our accounts all settled," said +Dolokhov, showing him the memorandum. "Is that right?" + "Yes, of course," returned Anatole, evidently not listening to +Dolokhov and looking straight before him with a smile that did not +leave his face. + Dolokhov banged down the or of his and turned to Anatole with an +ironic smile: + "Do you know? You'd really better drop it all. There's still time!" + "Fool," retorted Anatole. "Don't talk nonsense! If you only +knew... it's the devil knows what!" + "No, really, give it up!" said Dolokhov. "I am speaking seriously. +It's no joke, this plot you've hatched." + "What, teasing again? Go to the devil! Eh?" said Anatole, making a +grimace. "Really it's no time for your stupid jokes," and he left +the room. + Dolokhov smiled contemptuously and condescendingly when Anatole +had gone out. + "You wait a bit," he called after him. "I'm not joking, I'm +talking sense. Come here, come here!" + Anatole returned and looked at Dolokhov, trying to give him his +attention and evidently submitting to him involuntarily. + "Now listen to me. I'm telling you this for the last time. Why +should I joke about it? Did I hinder you? Who arranged everything +for you? Who found the priest and got the passport? Who raised the +money? I did it all." + "Well, thank you for it. Do you think I am not grateful?" And +Anatole sighed and embraced Dolokhov. + "I helped you, but all the same I must tell you the truth; it is a +dangerous business, and if you think about it- a stupid business. +Well, you'll carry her off- all right! Will they let it stop at +that? It will come out that you're already married. Why, they'll +have you in the criminal court...." + "Oh, nonsense, nonsense!" Anatole ejaculated and again made a +grimace. "Didn't I explain to you? What?" And Anatole, with the +partiality dull-witted people have for any conclusion they have +reached by their own reasoning, repeated the argument he had already +put to Dolokhov a hundred times. "Didn't I explain to you that I +have come to this conclusion: if this marriage is invalid," he went +on, crooking one finger, "then I have nothing to answer for; but if it +is valid, no matter! Abroad no one will know anything about it. +Isn't that so? And don't talk to me, don't, don't." + "Seriously, you'd better drop it! You'll only get yourself into a +mess!" + "Go to the devil!" cried Anatole and, clutching his hair, left the +room, but returned at once and dropped into an armchair in front of +Dolokhov with his feet turned under him. "It's the very devil! What? +Feel how it beats!" He took Dolokhov's hand and put it on his heart. +"What a foot, my dear fellow! What a glance! A goddess!" he added in +French. "What?" + Dolokhov with a cold smile and a gleam in his handsome insolent eyes +looked at him- evidently wishing to get some more amusement out of +him. + "Well and when the money's gone, what then?" + "What then? Eh?" repeated Anatole, sincerely perplexed by a +thought of the future. "What then?... Then, I don't know.... But why +talk nonsense!" He glanced at his watch. "It's time!" + Anatole went into the back room. + "Now then! Nearly ready? You're dawdling!" he shouted to the +servants. + Dolokhov put away the money, called a footman whom he ordered to +bring something for them to eat and drink before the journey, and went +into the room where Khvostikov and Makarin were sitting. + Anatole lay on the sofa in the study leaning on his elbow and +smiling pensively, while his handsome lips muttered tenderly to +himself. + "Come and eat something. Have a drink!" Dolokhov shouted to him from +the other room. + "I don't want to," answered Anatole continuing to smile. + "Come! Balaga is here." + Anatole rose and went into the dining room. Balaga was a famous +troyka driver who had known Dolokhov and Anatole some six years and +had given them good service with his troykas. More than once when +Anatole's regiment was stationed at Tver he had taken him from Tver in +the evening, brought him to Moscow by daybreak, and driven him back +again the next night. More than once he had enabled Dolokhov to escape +when pursued. More than once he had driven them through the town +with gypsies and "ladykins" as he called the cocottes. More than +once in their service he had run over pedestrians and upset vehicles +in the streets of Moscow and had always been protected from the +consequences by "my gentlemen" as he called them. He had ruined more +than one horse in their service. More than once they had beaten him, +and more than once they had made him drunk on champagne and Madeira, +which he loved; and he knew more than one thing about each of them +which would long ago have sent an ordinary man to Siberia. They +often called Balaga into their orgies and made him drink and dance +at the gypsies', and more than one thousand rubles of their money +had passed through his hands. In their service he risked his skin +and his life twenty times a year, and in their service had lost more +horses than the money he had from them would buy. But he liked them; +liked that mad driving at twelve miles an hour, liked upsetting a +driver or running down a pedestrian, and flying at full gallop through +the Moscow streets. He liked to hear those wild, tipsy shouts behind +him: "Get on! Get on!" when it was impossible to go any faster. He +liked giving a painful lash on the neck to some peasant who, more dead +than alive, was already hurrying out of his way. "Real gentlemen!" +he considered them. + Anatole and Dolokhov liked Balaga too for his masterly driving and +because he liked the things they liked. With others Balaga +bargained, charging twenty-five rubles for a two hours' drive, and +rarely drove himself, generally letting his young men do so. But +with "his gentlemen" he always drove himself and never demanded +anything for his work. Only a couple of times a year- when he knew +from their valets that they had money in hand- he would turn up of a +morning quite sober and with a deep bow would ask them to help him. +The gentlemen always made him sit down. + "Do help me out, Theodore Ivanych, sir," or "your excellency," he +would say. "I am quite out of horses. Let me have what you can to go +to the fair." + And Anatole and Dolokhov, when they had money, would give him a +thousand or a couple of thousand rubles. + Balaga was a fair-haired, short, and snub-nosed peasant of about +twenty-seven; red-faced, with a particularly red thick neck, +glittering little eyes, and a small beard. He wore a fine, +dark-blue, silk-lined cloth coat over a sheepskin. + On entering the room now he crossed himself, turning toward the +front corner of the room, and went up to Dolokhov, holding out a +small, black hand. + "Theodore Ivanych!" he said, bowing. + "How d'you do, friend? Well, here he is!" + "Good day, your excellency!" he said, again holding out his hand +to Anatole who had just come in. + "I say, Balaga," said Anatole, putting his hands on the man's +shoulders, "do you care for me or not? Eh? Now, do me a service.... +What horses have you come with? Eh?" + "As your messenger ordered, your special beasts," replied Balaga. + "Well, listen, Balaga! Drive all three to death but get me there +in three hours. Eh?" + "When they are dead, what shall I drive?" said Balaga with a wink. + "Mind, I'll smash your face in! Don't make jokes!" cried Anatole, +suddenly rolling his eyes. + "Why joke?" said the driver, laughing. "As if I'd grudge my +gentlemen anything! As fast as ever the horses can gallop, so fast +we'll go!" + "Ah!" said Anatole. "Well, sit down." + "Yes, sit down!" said Dolokhov. + "I'll stand, Theodore Ivanych." + "Sit down; nonsense! Have a drink!" said Anatole, and filled a large +glass of Madeira for him. + The driver's eyes sparkled at the sight of the wine. After +refusing it for manners' sake, he drank it and wiped his mouth with +a red silk handkerchief he took out of his cap. + "And when are we to start, your excellency?" + "Well..." Anatole looked at his watch. "We'll start at once. Mind, +Balaga! You'll get there in time? Eh?" + "That depends on our luck in starting, else why shouldn't we be +there in time?" replied Balaga. "Didn't we get you to Tver in seven +hours? I think you remember that, your excellency?" + "Do you know, one Christmas I drove from Tver," said Anatole, +smilingly at the recollection and turning to Makarin who gazed +rapturously at him with wide-open eyes. "Will you believe it, Makarka, +it took one's breath away, the rate we flew. We came across a train of +loaded sleighs and drove right over two of them. Eh?" + "Those were horses!" Balaga continued the tale. "That time I'd +harnessed two young side horses with the bay in the shafts," he went +on, turning to Dolokhov. "Will you believe it, Theodore Ivanych, those +animals flew forty miles? I couldn't hold them in, my hands grew +numb in the sharp frost so that I threw down the reins- 'Catch hold +yourself, your excellency!' says I, and I just tumbled on the bottom +of the sleigh and sprawled there. It wasn't a case of urging them +on, there was no holding them in till we reached the place. The devils +took us there in three hours! Only the near one died of it." +BK8|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later +wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily +set on one side and very becoming to his handsome face. Having +looked in a mirror, and standing before Dolokhov in the same pose he +had assumed before it, he lifted a glass of wine. + "Well, good-by, Theodore. Thank you for everything and farewell!" +said Anatole. "Well, comrades and friends..." he considered for a +moment "...of my youth, farewell!" he said, turning to Makarin and the +others. + Though they were all going with him, Anatole evidently wished to +make something touching and solemn out of this address to his +comrades. He spoke slowly in a loud voice and throwing out his chest +slightly swayed one leg. + "All take glasses; you too, Balaga. Well, comrades and friends of my +youth, we've had our fling and lived and reveled. Eh? And now, when +shall we meet again? I am going abroad. We have had a good time- now +farewell, lads! To our health! Hurrah!..." he cried, and emptying +his glass flung it on the floor. + "To your health!" said Balaga who also emptied his glass, and +wiped his mouth with his handkerchief. + Makarin embraced Anatole with tears in his eyes. + "Ah, Prince, how sorry I am to part from you! + "Let's go. Let's go!" cried Anatole. + Balaga was about to leave the room. + "No, stop!" said Anatole. "Shut the door; we have first to sit down. +That's the way." + They shut the door and all sat down. + "Now, quick march, lads!" said Anatole, rising. + Joseph, his valet, handed him his sabretache and saber, and they all +went out into the vestibule. + "And where's the fur cloak?" asked Dolokhov. "Hey, Ignatka! Go to +Matrena Matrevna and ask her for the sable cloak. I have heard what +elopements are like," continued Dolokhov with a wink. "Why, she'll +rush out more dead than alive just in the things she is wearing; if +you delay at all there'll be tears and 'Papa' and 'Mamma,' and she's +frozen in a minute and must go back- but you wrap the fur cloak +round her first thing and carry her to the sleigh." + The valet brought a woman's fox-lined cloak. + "Fool, I told you the sable one! Hey, Matrena, the sable!" he +shouted so that his voice rang far through the rooms. + A handsome, slim, and pale-faced gypsy girl with glittering black +eyes and curly blue-black hair, wearing a red shawl, ran out with a +sable mantle on her arm. + "Here, I don't grudge it- take it!" she said, evidently afraid of +her master and yet regretful of her cloak. + Dolokhov, without answering, took the cloak, threw it over +Matrena, and wrapped her up in it. + "That's the way," said Dolokhov, "and then so!" and he turned the +collar up round her head, leaving only a little of the face uncovered. +"And then so, do you see?" and he pushed Anatole's head forward to +meet the gap left by the collar, through which Matrena's brilliant +smile was seen. + "Well, good-by, Matrena," said Anatole, kissing her. "Ah, my +revels here are over. Remember me to Steshka. There, good-by! Good-by, +Matrena, wish me luck!" + "Well, Prince, may God give you great luck!" said Matrena in her +gypsy accent. + Two troykas were standing before the porch and two young drivers +were holding the horses. Balaga took his seat in the front one and +holding his elbows high arranged the reins deliberately. Anatole and +Dolokhov got in with him. Makarin, Khvostikov, and a valet seated +themselves in the other sleigh. + "Well, are you ready?" asked Balaga. + "Go!" he cried, twisting the reins round his hands, and the troyka +tore down the Nikitski Boulevard. + "Tproo! Get out of the way! Hi!... Tproo!..." The shouting of Balaga +and of the sturdy young fellow seated on the box was all that could be +heard. On the Arbat Square the troyka caught against a carriage; +something cracked, shouts were heard, and the troyka flew along the +Arbat Street. + After taking a turn along the Podnovinski Boulevard, Balaga began to +rein in, and turning back drew up at the crossing of the old +Konyusheny Street. + The young fellow on the box jumped down to hold the horses and +Anatole and Dolokhov went along the pavement. When they reached the +gate Dolokhov whistled. The whistle was answered, and a maidservant +ran out. + "Come into the courtyard or you'll be seen; she'll come out +directly," said she. + Dolokhov stayed by the gate. Anatole followed the maid into the +courtyard, turned the corner, and ran up into the porch. + He was met by Gabriel, Marya Dmitrievna's gigantic footman. + "Come to the mistress, please," said the footman in his deep bass, +intercepting any retreat. + "To what Mistress? Who are you?" asked Anatole in a breathless +whisper. + "Kindly step in, my orders are to bring you in." + "Kuragin! Come back!" shouted Dolokhov. "Betrayed! Back!" + Dolokhov, after Anatole entered, had remained at the wicket gate and +was struggling with the yard porter who was trying to lock it. With +a last desperate effort Dolokhov pushed the porter aside, and when +Anatole ran back seized him by the arm, pulled him through the wicket, +and ran back with him to the troyka. +BK8|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + Marya Dmitrievna, having found Sonya weeping in the corridor, made +her confess everything, and intercepting the note to Natasha she +read it and went into Natasha's room with it in her hand. + "You shameless good-for-nothing!" said she. "I won't hear a word." + Pushing back Natasha who looked at her with astonished but +tearless eyes, she locked her in; and having given orders to the +yard porter to admit the persons who would be coming that evening, but +not to let them out again, and having told the footman to bring them +up to her, she seated herself in the drawing room to await the +abductors. + When Gabriel came to inform her that the men who had come had run +away again, she rose frowning, and clasping her hands behind her paced +through the rooms a long time considering what she should do. Toward +midnight she went to Natasha's room fingering the key in her pocket. +Sonya was sitting sobbing in the corridor. "Marya Dmitrievna, for +God's sake let me in to her!" she pleaded, but Marya Dmitrievna +unlocked the door and went in without giving her an answer.... +"Disgusting, abominable... In my house... horrid girl, hussy! I'm only +sorry for her father!" thought she, trying to restrain her wrath. +"Hard as it may be, I'll tell them all to hold their tongues and +will hide it from the count." She entered the room with resolute +steps. Natasha lying on the sofa, her head hidden in her hands, and +she did not stir. She was in just the same position in which Marya +Dmitrievna had left her. + "A nice girl! Very nice!" said Marya Dmitrievna. "Arranging meetings +with lovers in my house! It's no use pretending: you listen when I +speak to you!" And Marya Dmitrievna touched her arm. "Listen when when +I speak! You've disgraced yourself like the lowest of hussies. I'd +treat you differently, but I'm sorry for your father, so I will +conceal it." + Natasha did not change her position, but her whole body heaved +with noiseless, convulsive sobs which choked her. Marya Dmitrievna +glanced round at Sonya and seated herself on the sofa beside Natasha. + "It's lucky for him that he escaped me; but I'll find him!" she said +in her rough voice. "Do you hear what I am saying or not?" she added. + She put her large hand under Natasha's face and turned it toward +her. Both Marya Dmitrievna and Sonya were amazed when they saw how +Natasha looked. Her eyes were dry and glistening, her lips compressed, +her cheeks sunken. + "Let me be!... What is it to me?... I shall die!" she muttered, +wrenching herself from Marya Dmitrievna's hands with a vicious +effort and sinking down again into her former position. + "Natalie!" said Marya Dmitrievna. "I wish for your good. Lie +still, stay like that then, I won't touch you. But listen. I won't +tell you how guilty you are. You know that yourself. But when your +father comes back tomorrow what am I to tell him? Eh?" + Again Natasha's body shook with sobs. + "Suppose he finds out, and your brother, and your betrothed?" + "I have no betrothed: I have refused him!" cried Natasha. + "That's all the same," continued Dmitrievna. "If they hear of +this, will they let it pass? He, your father, I know him... if he +challenges him to a duel will that be all right? Eh?" + "Oh, let me be! Why have you interfered at all? Why? Why? Who +asked you to?" shouted Natasha, raising herself on the sofa and +looking malignantly at Marya Dmitrievna. + "But what did you want?" cried Marya Dmitrievna, growing angry +again. "Were you kept under lock and key? Who hindered his coming to +the house? Why carry you off as if you were some gypsy singing +girl?... Well, if he had carried you off... do you think they wouldn't +have found him? Your father, or brother, or your betrothed? And he's a +scoundrel, a wretch- that's a fact!" + "He is better than any of you!" exclaimed Natasha getting up. "If +you hadn't interfered... Oh, my God! What is it all? What is it? +Sonya, why?... Go away!" + And she burst into sobs with the despairing vehemence with which +people bewail disasters they feel they have themselves occasioned. +Marya Dmitrievna was to speak again but Natasha cried out: + "Go away! Go away! You all hate and despise me!" and she threw +herself back on the sofa. + Marya Dmitrievna went on admonishing her for some time, enjoining on +her that it must all be kept from her father and assuring her that +nobody would know anything about it if only Natasha herself would +undertake to forget it all and not let anyone see that something had +happened. Natasha did not reply, nor did she sob any longer, but she +grew cold and had a shivering fit. Marya Dmitrievna put a pillow under +her head, covered her with two quilts, and herself brought her some +lime-flower water, but Natasha did not respond to her. + "Well, let her sleep," said Marya Dmitrievna as she went of the room +supposing Natasha to be asleep. + But Natasha was not asleep; with pale face and fixed wide-open +eyes she looked straight before her. All that night she did not +sleep or weep and did not speak to Sonya who got up and went to her +several times. + Next day Count Rostov returned from his estate near Moscow in time +for lunch as he had promised. He was in very good spirits; the +affair with the purchaser was going on satisfactorily, and there was +nothing to keep him any longer in Moscow, away from the countess +whom he missed. Marya Dmitrievna met him and told him that Natasha had +been very unwell the day before and that they had sent for the doctor, +but that she was better now. Natasha had not left her room that +morning. With compressed and parched lips and dry fixed eyes, she +sat at the window, uneasily watching the people who drove past and +hurriedly glancing round at anyone who entered the room. She was +evidently expecting news of him and that he would come or would +write to her. + When the count came to see her she turned anxiously round at the +sound of a man's footstep, and then her face resumed its cold and +malevolent expression. She did not even get up to greet him. "What +is the matter with you, my angel? Are you ill?" asked the count. + After a moment's silence Natasha answered: "Yes, ill." + In reply to the count's anxious inquiries as to why she was so +dejected and whether anything had happened to her betrothed, she +assured him that nothing had happened and asked him not to worry. +Marya Dmitrievna confirmed Natasha's assurances that nothing had +happened. From the pretense of illness, from his daughter's +distress, and by the embarrassed faces of Sonya and Marya +Dmitrievna, the count saw clearly that something had gone wrong during +his absence, but it was so terrible for him to think that anything +disgraceful had happened to his beloved daughter, and he so prized his +own cheerful tranquillity, that he avoided inquiries and tried to +assure himself that nothing particularly had happened; and he was only +dissatisfied that her indisposition delayed their return to the +country. +BK8|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + From the day his wife arrived in Moscow Pierre had been intending to +go away somewhere, so as not to be near her. Soon after the Rostovs +came to Moscow the effect Natasha had on him made him hasten to +carry out his intention. He went to Tver to see Joseph Alexeevich's +widow, who had long since promised to hand over to him some papers +of her deceased husband's. + When he returned to Moscow Pierre was handed a letter from Marya +Dmitrievna asking him to come and see her on a matter of great +importance relating to Andrew Bolkonski and his betrothed. Pierre +had been avoiding Natasha because it seemed to him that his feeling +for her was stronger than a married man's should be for his friend's +fiancee. Yet some fate constantly threw them together. + "What can have happened? And what can they want with me?" thought he +as he dressed to go to Marya Dmitrievna's. "If only Prince Andrew +would hurry up and come and marry her!" thought he on his way to the +house. + On the Tverskoy Boulevard a familiar voice called to him. + "Pierre! Been back long?" someone shouted. Pierre raised his head. +In a sleigh drawn by two gray trotting-horses that were bespattering +the dashboard with snow, Anatole and his constant companion Makarin +dashed past. Anatole was sitting upright in the classic pose of +military dandies, the lower part of his face hidden by his beaver +collar and his head slightly bent. His face was fresh and rosy, his +white-plumed hat, tilted to one side, disclosed his curled and pomaded +hair besprinkled with powdery snow. + "Yes, indeed, that's a true sage," thought Pierre. "He sees +nothing beyond the pleasure of the moment, nothing troubles him and so +he is always cheerful, satisfied, and serene. What wouldn't I give +to be like him!" he thought enviously. + In Marya Dmitrievna's anteroom the footman who helped him off with +his fur coat said that the mistress asked him to come to her bedroom. + When he opened the ballroom door Pierre saw Natasha sitting at the +window, with a thin, pale, and spiteful face. She glanced round at +him, frowned, and left the room with an expression of cold dignity. + "What has happened?" asked Pierre, entering Marya Dmitrievna's room. + "Fine doings!" answered Dmitrievna. "For fifty-eight years have I +lived in this world and never known anything so disgraceful!" + And having put him on his honor not to repeat anything she told him, +Marya Dmitrievna informed him that Natasha had refused Prince Andrew +without her parents' knowledge and that the cause of this was +Anatole Kuragin into whose society Pierre's wife had thrown her and +with whom Natasha had tried to elope during her father's absence, in +order to be married secretly. + Pierre raised his shoulders and listened open-mouthed to what was +told him, scarcely able to believe his own ears. That Prince +Andrew's deeply loved affianced wife- the same Natasha Rostova who +used to be so charming- should give up Bolkonski for that fool Anatole +who was already secretly married (as Pierre knew), and should be so in +love with him as to agree to run away with him, was something Pierre +could not conceive and could not imagine. + He could not reconcile the charming impression he had of Natasha, +whom he had known from a child, with this new conception of her +baseness, folly, and cruelty. He thought of his wife. "They are all +alike!" he said to himself, reflecting that he was not the only man +unfortunate enough to be tied to a bad woman. But still he pitied +Prince Andrew to the point of tears and sympathized with his wounded +pride, and the more he pitied his friend the more did he think with +contempt and even with disgust of that Natasha who had just passed him +in the ballroom with such a look of cold dignity. He did not know that +Natasha's soul was overflowing with despair, shame, and humiliation, +and that it was not her fault that her face happened to assume an +expression of calm dignity and severity. + "But how get married?" said Pierre, in answer to Marya Dmitrievna. +"He could not marry- he is married!" + "Things get worse from hour to hour!" ejaculated Marya Dmitrievna. +"A nice youth! What a scoundrel! And she's expecting him- expecting +him since yesterday. She must be told! Then at least she won't go on +expecting him." + After hearing the details of Anatole's marriage from Pierre, and +giving vent to her anger against Anatole in words of abuse, Marya +Dmitrievna told Pierre why she had sent for him. She was afraid that +the count or Bolkonski, who might arrive at any moment, if they knew +of this affair (which she hoped to hide from them) might challenge +Anatole to a duel, and she therefore asked Pierre to tell his +brother-in-law in her name to leave Moscow and not dare to let her set +eyes on him again. Pierre- only now realizing the danger to the old +count, Nicholas, and Prince Andrew- promised to do as she wished. +Having briefly and exactly explained her wishes to him, she let him go +to the drawing room. + "Mind, the count knows nothing. Behave as if you know nothing +either," she said. "And I will go and tell her it is no use +expecting him! And stay to dinner if you care to!" she called after +Pierre. + Pierre met the old count, who seemed nervous and upset. That morning +Natasha had told him that she had rejected Bolkonski. + "Troubles, troubles, my dear fellow!" he said to Pierre. "What +troubles one has with these girls without their mother! I do so regret +having come here.... I will be frank with you. Have you heard she +has broken off her engagement without consulting anybody? It's true +this engagement never was much to my liking. Of course he is an +excellent man, but still, with his father's disapproval they +wouldn't have been happy, and Natasha won't lack suitors. Still, it +has been going on so long, and to take such a step without father's or +mother's consent! And now she's ill, and God knows what! It's hard, +Count, hard to manage daughters in their mother's absence...." + Pierre saw that the count was much upset and tried to change the +subject, but the count returned to his troubles. + Sonya entered the room with an agitated face. + "Natasha is not quite well; she's in her room and would like to +see you. Marya Dmitrievna is with her and she too asks you to come." + "Yes, you are a great friend of Bolkonski's, no doubt she wants to +send him a message," said the count. "Oh dear! Oh dear! How happy it +all was!" + And clutching the spare gray locks on his temples the count left the +room. + When Marya Dmitrievna told Natasha that Anatole was married, Natasha +did not wish to believe it and insisted on having it confirmed by +Pierre himself. Sonya told Pierre this as she led him along the +corridor to Natasha's room. + Natasha, pale and stern, was sitting beside Marya Dmitrievna, and +her eyes, glittering feverishly, met Pierre with a questioning look +the moment he entered. She did not smile or nod, but only gazed +fixedly at him, and her look asked only one thing: was he a friend, or +like the others an enemy in regard to Anatole? As for Pierre, he +evidently did not exist for her. + "He knows all about it," said Marya Dmitrievna pointing to Pierre +and addressing Natasha. "Let him tell you whether I have told the +truth." + Natasha looked from one to the other as a hunted and wounded +animal looks at the approaching dogs and sportsmen. + "Natalya Ilynichna," Pierre began, dropping his eyes with a +feeling of pity for her and loathing for the thing he had to do, +"whether it is true or not should make no difference to you, +because..." + "Then it is not true that he's married!" + "Yes, it is true." + "Has he been married long?" she asked. "On your honor?..." + Pierre gave his word of honor. + "Is he still here?" she asked, quickly. + "Yes, I have just seen him." + She was evidently unable to speak and made a sign with her hands +that they should leave her alone. +BK8|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + Pierre did not stay for dinner, but left the room and went away at +once. He drove through the town seeking Anatole Kuragin, at the +thought of whom now the blood rushed to his heart and he felt a +difficulty in breathing. He was not at the ice hills, nor at the +gypsies', nor at Komoneno's. Pierre drove to the Club. In the Club all +was going on as usual. The members who were assembling for dinner were +sitting about in groups; they greeted Pierre and spoke of the town +news. The footman having greeted him, knowing his habits and his +acquaintances, told him there was a place left for him in the small +dining room and that Prince Michael Zakharych was in the library, +but Paul Timofeevich had not yet arrived. One of Pierre's +acquaintances, while they were talking about the weather, asked if +he had heard of Kuragin's abduction of Rostova which was talked of +in the town, and was it true? Pierre laughed and said it was +nonsense for he had just come from the Rostovs'. He asked everyone +about Anatole. One man told him he had not come yet, and another +that he was coming to dinner. Pierre felt it strange to see this calm, +indifferent crowd of people unaware of what was going on in his +soul. He paced through the ballroom, waited till everyone had come, +and as Anatole had not turned up did not stay for dinner but drove +home. + Anatole, for whom Pierre was looking, dined that day with +Dolokhov, consulting him as to how to remedy this unfortunate +affair. It seemed to him essential to see Natasha. In the evening he +drove to his sister's to discuss with her how to arrange a meeting. +When Pierre returned home after vainly hunting all over Moscow, his +valet informed him that Prince Anatole was with the countess. The +countess' drawing room was full of guests. + Pierre without greeting his wife whom he had not seen since his +return- at that moment she was more repulsive to him than ever- +entered the drawing room and seeing Anatole went up to him. + "Ah, Pierre," said the countess going up to her husband. "You +don't know what a plight our Anatole..." + She stopped, seeing in the forward thrust of her husband's head, +in his glowing eyes and his resolute gait, the terrible indications of +that rage and strength which she knew and had herself experienced +after his duel with Dolokhov. + "Where you are, there is vice and evil!" said Pierre to his wife. +"Anatole, come with me! I must speak to you," he added in French. + Anatole glanced round at his sister and rose submissively, ready +to follow Pierre. Pierre, taking him by the arm, pulled him toward +himself and was leading him from the room. + "If you allow yourself in my drawing room..." whispered Helene, +but Pierre did not reply and went out of the room. + Anatole followed him with his usual jaunty step but his face +betrayed anxiety. + Having entered his study Pierre closed the door and addressed +Anatole without looking at him. + "You promised Countess Rostova to marry her and were about to +elope with her, is that so?" + "Mon cher," answered Anatole (their whole conversation was in +French), "I don't consider myself bound to answer questions put to +me in that tone." + Pierre's face, already pale, became distorted by fury. He seized +Anatole by the collar of his uniform with his big hand and shook him +from side to side till Anatole's face showed a sufficient degree of +terror. + "When I tell you that I must talk to you!..." repeated Pierre. + "Come now, this is stupid. What?" said Anatole, fingering a button +of his collar that had been wrenched loose with a bit of the cloth. + "You're a scoundrel and a blackguard, and I don't know what deprives +me from the pleasure of smashing your head with this!" said Pierre, +expressing himself so artificially because he was talking French. + He took a heavy paperweight and lifted it threateningly, but at once +put it back in its place. + "Did you promise to marry her?" + "I... I didn't think of it. I never promised, because..." + Pierre interrupted him. + "Have you any letters of hers? Any letters?" he said, moving +toward Anatole. + Anatole glanced at him and immediately thrust his hand into his +pocket and drew out his pocketbook. + Pierre took the letter Anatole handed him and, pushing aside a table +that stood in his way, threw himself on the sofa. + "I shan't be violent, don't be afraid!" said Pierre in answer to a +frightened gesture of Anatole's. "First, the letters," said he, as +if repeating a lesson to himself. "Secondly," he continued after a +short pause, again rising and again pacing the room, "tomorrow you +must get out of Moscow." + "But how can I?..." + "Thirdly," Pierre continued without listening to him, "you must +never breathe a word of what has passed between you and Countess +Rostova. I know I can't prevent your doing so, but if you have a spark +of conscience..." Pierre paced the room several times in silence. + Anatole sat at a table frowning and biting his lips. + "After all, you must understand that besides your pleasure there +is such a thing as other people's happiness and peace, and that you +are ruining a whole life for the sake of amusing yourself! Amuse +yourself with women like my wife- with them you are within your +rights, for they know what you want of them. They are armed against +you by the same experience of debauchery; but to promise a maid to +marry her... to deceive, to kidnap.... Don't you understand that it is +as mean as beating an old man or a child?..." + Pierre paused and looked at Anatole no longer with an angry but with +a questioning look. + "I don't know about that, eh?" said Anatole, growing more +confident as Pierre mastered his wrath. "I don't know that and don't +want to," he said, not looking at Pierre and with a slight tremor of +his lower jaw, "but you have used such words to me- 'mean' and so +on- which as a man of honor I can't allow anyone to use." + Pierre glanced at him with amazement, unable to understand what he +wanted. + "Though it was tete-a-tete," Anatole continued, "still I can't..." + "Is it satisfaction you want?" said Pierre ironically. + "You could at least take back your words. What? If you want me to do +as you wish, eh?" + "I take them back, I take them back!" said Pierre, "and I ask you to +forgive me." Pierre involuntarily glanced at the loose button. "And if +you require money for your journey..." + Anatole smiled. The expression of that base and cringing smile, +which Pierre knew so well in his wife, revolted him. + "Oh, vile and heartless brood!" he exclaimed, and left the room. + Next day Anatole left for Petersburg. +BK8|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + Pierre drove to Marya Dmitrievna's to tell her of the fulfillment of +her wish that Kuragin should be banished from Moscow. The whole +house was in a state of alarm and commotion. Natasha was very ill, +having, as Marya Dmitrievna told him in secret, poisoned herself the +night after she had been told that Anatole was married, with some +arsenic she had stealthily procured. After swallowing a little she had +been so frightened that she woke Sonya and told her what she had done. +The necessary antidotes had been administered in time and she was +now out of danger, though still so weak that it was out of the +question to move her to the country, and so the countess had been sent +for. Pierre saw the distracted count, and Sonya, who had a +tear-stained face, but he could not see Natasha. + Pierre dined at the club that day and heard on all sides gossip +about the attempted abduction of Rostova. He resolutely denied these +rumors, assuring everyone that nothing had happened except that his +brother-in-law had proposed to her and been refused. It seemed to +Pierre that it was his duty to conceal the whole affair and +re-establish Natasha's reputation. + He was awaiting Prince Andrew's return with dread and went every day +to the old prince's for news of him. + Old Prince Bolkonski heard all the rumors current in the town from +Mademoiselle Bourienne and had read the note to Princess Mary in which +Natasha had broken off her engagement. He seemed in better spirits +than usual and awaited his son with great impatience. + Some days after Anatole's departure Pierre received a note from +Prince Andrew, informing him of his arrival and asking him to come +to see him. + As soon as he reached Moscow, Prince Andrew had received from his +father Natasha's note to Princess Mary breaking off her engagement +(Mademoiselle Bourienne had purloined it from Princess Mary and +given it to the old prince), and he heard from him the story of +Natasha's elopement, with additions. + Prince Andrew had arrived in the evening and Pierre came to see +him next morning. Pierre expected to find Prince Andrew in almost +the same state as Natasha and was therefore surprised on entering +the drawing room to hear him in the study talking in a loud animated +voice about some intrigue going on in Petersburg. The old prince's +voice and another now and then interrupted him. Princess Mary came out +to meet Pierre. She sighed, looking toward the door of the room +where Prince Andrew was, evidently intending to express her sympathy +with his sorrow, but Pierre saw by her face that she was glad both +at what had happened and at the way her brother had taken the news +of Natasha's faithlessness. + "He says he expected it," she remarked. "I know his pride will not +let him express his feelings, but still he has taken it better, far +better, than I expected. Evidently it had to be...." + "But is it possible that all is really ended?" asked Pierre. + Princess Mary looked at him with astonishment. She did not +understand how he could ask such a question. Pierre went into the +study. Prince Andrew, greatly changed and plainly in better health, +but with a fresh horizontal wrinkle between his brows, stood in +civilian dress facing his father and Prince Meshcherski, warmly +disputing and vigorously gesticulating. The conversation was about +Speranski- the news of whose sudden exile and alleged treachery had +just reached Moscow. + "Now he is censured and accused by all who were enthusiastic about +him a month ago," Prince Andrew was saying, "and by those who were +unable to understand his aims. To judge a man who is in disfavor and +to throw on him all the blame of other men's mistakes is very easy, +but I maintain that if anything good has been accomplished in this +reign it was done by him, by him alone." + He paused at the sight of Pierre. His face quivered and +immediately assumed a vindictive expression. + "Posterity will do him justice," he concluded, and at once turned to +Pierre. + "Well, how are you? Still getting stouter?" he said with +animation, but the new wrinkle on his forehead deepened. "Yes, I am +well," he said in answer to Pierre's question, and smiled. + To Pierre that smile said plainly: "I am well, but my health is +now of no use to anyone." + After a few words to Pierre about the awful roads from the Polish +frontier, about people he had met in Switzerland who knew Pierre, +and about M. Dessalles, whom he had brought from abroad to be his +son's tutor, Prince Andrew again joined warmly in the conversation +about Speranski which was still going on between the two old men. + "If there were treason, or proofs of secret relations with Napoleon, +they would have been made public," he said with warmth and haste. "I +do not, and never did, like Speranski personally, but I like justice!" + Pierre now recognized in his friend a need with which he was only +too familiar, to get excited and to have arguments about extraneous +matters in order to stifle thoughts that were too oppressive and too +intimate. When Prince Meshcherski had left, Prince Andrew took +Pierre's arm and asked him into the room that had been assigned him. A +bed had been made up there, and some open portmanteaus and trunks +stood about. Prince Andrew went to one and took out a small casket, +from which he drew a packet wrapped in paper. He did it all silently +and very quickly. He stood up and coughed. His face was gloomy and his +lips compressed. + "Forgive me for troubling you..." + Pierre saw that Prince Andrew was going to speak of Natasha, and his +broad face expressed pity and sympathy. This expression irritated +Prince Andrew, and in a determined, ringing, and unpleasant tone he +continued: + "I have received a refusal from Countess Rostova and have heard +reports of your brother-in-law having sought her hand, or something of +that kind. Is that true?" + "Both true and untrue," Pierre began; but Prince Andrew +interrupted him. + "Here are her letters and her portrait," said he. + He took the packet from the table and handed it to Pierre. + "Give this to the countess... if you see her." + "She is very ill," said Pierre. + "Then she is here still?" said Prince Andrew. "And Prince +Kuragin?" he added quickly. + "He left long ago. She has been at death's door." + "I much regret her illness," said Prince Andrew; and he smiled +like his father, coldly, maliciously, and unpleasantly. + "So Monsieur Kuragin has not honored Countess Rostova with his +hand?" said Prince Andrew, and he snorted several times. + "He could not marry, for he was married already," said Pierre. + Prince Andrew laughed disagreeably, again reminding one of his +father. + "And where is your brother-in-law now, if I may ask?" he said. + "He has gone to Peters... But I don't know," said Pierre. + "Well, it doesn't matter," said Prince Andrew. "Tell Countess +Rostova that she was and is perfectly free and that I wish her all +that is good." + Pierre took the packet. Prince Andrew, as if trying to remember +whether he had something more to say, or waiting to see if Pierre +would say anything, looked fixedly at him. + "I say, do you remember our discussion in Petersburg?" asked Pierre, +"about..." + "Yes," returned Prince Andrew hastily. "I said that a fallen woman +should be forgiven, but I didn't say I could forgive her. I can't." + "But can this be compared...?" said Pierre. + Prince Andrew interrupted him and cried sharply: "Yes, ask her +hand again, be magnanimous, and so on?... Yes, that would be very +noble, but I am unable to follow in that gentleman's footsteps. If you +wish to be my friend never speak to me of that... of all that! Well, +good-by. So you'll give her the packet?" + Pierre left the room and went to the old prince and Princess Mary. + The old man seemed livelier than usual. Princess Mary was the same +as always, but beneath her sympathy for her brother, Pierre noticed +her satisfaction that the engagement had been broken off. Looking at +them Pierre realized what contempt and animosity they all felt for the +Rostovs, and that it was impossible in their presence even to +mention the name of her who could give up Prince Andrew for anyone +else. + At dinner the talk turned on the war, the approach of which was +becoming evident. Prince Andrew talked incessantly, arguing now with +his father, now with the Swiss tutor Dessalles, and showing an +unnatural animation, the cause of which Pierre so well understood. +BK8|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + That same evening Pierre went to the Rostovs' to fulfill the +commission entrusted to him. Natasha was in bed, the count at the +Club, and Pierre, after giving the letters to Sonya, went to Marya +Dmitrievna who was interested to know how Prince Andrew had taken +the news. Ten minutes later Sonya came to Marya Dmitrievna. + "Natasha insists on seeing Count Peter Kirilovich," said she. + "But how? Are we to take him up to her? The room there has not +been tidied up." + "No, she has dressed and gone into the drawing room," said Sonya. + Marya Dmitrievna only shrugged her shoulders. + "When will her mother come? She has worried me to death! Now mind, +don't tell her everything!" said she to Pierre. "One hasn't the +heart to scold her, she is so much to be pitied, so much to be +pitied." + Natasha was standing in the middle of the drawing room, emaciated, +with a pale set face, but not at all shamefaced as Pierre expected +to find her. When he appeared at the door she grew flurried, evidently +undecided whether to go to meet him or to wait till he came up. + Pierre hastened to her. He thought she would give him her hand as +usual; but she, stepping up to him, stopped, breathing heavily, her +arms hanging lifelessly just in the pose she used to stand in when she +went to the middle of the ballroom to sing, but with quite a different +expression of face. + "Peter Kirilovich," she began rapidly, "Prince Bolkonski was your +friend- is your friend," she corrected herself. (It seemed to her that +everything that had once been must now be different.) "He told me once +to apply to you..." + Pierre sniffed as he looked at her, but did not speak. Till then +he had reproached her in his heart and tried to despise her, but he +now felt so sorry for her that there was no room in his soul for +reproach. + "He is here now: tell him... to for... forgive me!" She stopped +and breathed still more quickly, but did not shed tears. + "Yes... I will tell him," answered Pierre; "but..." + He did not know what to say. + Natasha was evidently dismayed at the thought of what he might think +she had meant. + "No, I know all is over," she said hurriedly. "No, that can never +be. I'm only tormented by the wrong I have done him. Tell him only +that I beg him to forgive, forgive, forgive me for everything...." + She trembled all over and sat down on a chair. + A sense of pity he had never before known overflowed Pierre's heart. + "I will tell him, I will tell him everything once more," said +Pierre. "But... I should like to know one thing...." + "Know what?" Natasha's eyes asked. + "I should like to know, did you love..." Pierre did not know how +to refer to Anatole and flushed at the thought of him- "did you love +that bad man?" + "Don't call him bad!" said Natasha. "But I don't know, don't know at +all...." + She began to cry and a still greater sense of pity, tenderness, +and love welled up in Pierre. He felt the tears trickle under his +spectacles and hoped they would not be noticed. + "We won't speak of it any more, my dear," said Pierre, and his +gentle, cordial tone suddenly seemed very strange to Natasha. + "We won't speak of it, my dear- I'll tell him everything; but one +thing I beg of you, consider me your friend and if you want help, +advice, or simply to open your heart to someone- not now, but when +your mind is clearer think of me!" He took her hand and kissed it. +"I shall be happy if it's in my power..." + Pierre grew confused. + "Don't speak to me like that. I am not worth it!" exclaimed +Natasha and turned to leave the room, but Pierre held her hand. + He knew he had something more to say to her. But when he said it +he was amazed at his own words. + "Stop, stop! You have your whole life before you," said he to her. + "Before me? No! All is over for me," she replied with shame and +self-abasement. + "All over?" he repeated. "If I were not myself, but the handsomest, +cleverest, and best man in the world, and were free, I would this +moment ask on my knees for your hand and your love!" + For the first time for many days Natasha wept tears of gratitude and +tenderness, and glancing at Pierre she went out of the room. + Pierre too when she had gone almost ran into the anteroom, +restraining tears of tenderness and joy that choked him, and without +finding the sleeves of his fur cloak threw it on and got into his +sleigh. + "Where to now, your excellency?" asked the coachman. + "Where to?" Pierre asked himself. "Where can I go now? Surely not to +the Club or to pay calls?" All men seemed so pitiful, so poor, in +comparison with this feeling of tenderness and love he experienced: in +comparison with that softened, grateful, last look she had given him +through her tears. + "Home!" said Pierre, and despite twenty-two degrees of frost +Fahrenheit he threw open the bearskin cloak from his broad chest and +inhaled the air with joy. + It was clear and frosty. Above the dirty, ill-lit streets, above the +black roofs, stretched the dark starry sky. Only looking up at the sky +did Pierre cease to feel how sordid and humiliating were all mundane +things compared with the heights to which his soul had just been +raised. At the entrance to the Arbat Square an immense expanse of dark +starry sky presented itself to his eyes. Almost in the center of it, +above the Prechistenka Boulevard, surrounded and sprinkled on all +sides by stars but distinguished from them all by its nearness to +the earth, its white light, and its long uplifted tail, shone the +enormous and brilliant comet of 18l2- the comet which was said to +portend all kinds of woes and the end of the world. In Pierre, +however, that comet with its long luminous tail aroused no feeling +of fear. On the contrary he gazed joyfully, his eyes moist with tears, +at this bright comet which, having traveled in its orbit with +inconceivable velocity through immeasurable space, seemed suddenly- +like an arrow piercing the earth- to remain fixed in a chosen spot, +vigorously holding its tail erect, shining and displaying its white +light amid countless other scintillating stars. It seemed to Pierre +that this comet fully responded to what was passing in his own +softened and uplifted soul, now blossoming into a new life. +BK9 + BOOK NINE: 1812 +BK9|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + From the close of the year 1811 intensified arming and concentrating +of the forces of Western Europe began, and in 1812 these forces- +millions of men, reckoning those transporting and feeding the army- +moved from the west eastwards to the Russian frontier, toward which +since 1811 Russian forces had been similarly drawn. On the twelfth +of June, 1812, the forces of Western Europe crossed the Russian +frontier and war began, that is, an event took place opposed to +human reason and to human nature. Millions of men perpetrated +against one another such innumerable crimes, frauds, treacheries, +thefts, forgeries, issues of false money, burglaries, incendiarisms, +and murders as in whole centuries are not recorded in the annals of +all the law courts of the world, but which those who committed them +did not at the time regard as being crimes. + What produced this extraordinary occurrence? What were its causes? +The historians tell us with naive assurance that its causes were the +wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the +Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of +Alexander, the mistakes of the diplomatists, and so on. + Consequently, it would only have been necessary for Metternich, +Rumyantsev, or Talleyrand, between a levee and an evening party, to +have taken proper pains and written a more adroit note, or for +Napoleon to have written to Alexander: "My respected Brother, I +consent to restore the duchy to the Duke of Oldenburg"- and there +would have been no war. + We can understand that the matter seemed like that to +contemporaries. It naturally seemed to Napoleon that the war was +caused by England's intrigues (as in fact he said on the island of St. +Helena). It naturally seemed to members of the English Parliament that +the cause of the war was Napoleon's ambition; to the Duke of +Oldenburg, that the cause of the war was the violence done to him; +to businessmen that the cause of the way was the Continental System +which was ruining Europe; to the generals and old soldiers that the +chief reason for the war was the necessity of giving them +employment; to the legitimists of that day that it was the need of +re-establishing les bons principes, and to the diplomatists of that +time that it all resulted from the fact that the alliance between +Russia and Austria in 1809 had not been sufficiently well concealed +from Napoleon, and from the awkward wording of Memorandum No. 178. +It is natural that these and a countless and infinite quantity of +other reasons, the number depending on the endless diversity of points +of view, presented themselves to the men of that day; but to us, to +posterity who view the thing that happened in all its magnitude and +perceive its plain and terrible meaning, these causes seem +insufficient. To us it is incomprehensible that millions of +Christian men killed and tortured each other either because Napoleon +was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because England's policy was +astute or the Duke of Oldenburg wronged. We cannot grasp what +connection such circumstances have with the actual fact of slaughter +and violence: why because the Duke was wronged, thousands of men +from the other side of Europe killed and ruined the people of Smolensk +and Moscow and were killed by them. + To us, their descendants, who are not historians and are not carried +away by the process of research and can therefore regard the event +with unclouded common sense, an incalculable number of causes +present themselves. The deeper we delve in search of these causes +the more of them we find; and each separate cause or whole series of +causes appears to us equally valid in itself and equally false by +its insignificance compared to the magnitude of the events, and by its +impotence- apart from the cooperation of all the other coincident +causes- to occasion the event. To us, the wish or objection of this or +that French corporal to serve a second term appears as much a cause as +Napoleon's refusal to withdraw his troops beyond the Vistula and to +restore the duchy of Oldenburg; for had he not wished to serve, and +had a second, a third, and a thousandth corporal and private also +refused, there would have been so many less men in Napoleon's army and +the war could not have occurred. + Had Napoleon not taken offense at the demand that he should withdraw +beyond the Vistula, and not ordered his troops to advance, there would +have been no war; but had all his sergeants objected to serving a +second term then also there could have been no war. Nor could there +have been a war had there been no English intrigues and no Duke of +Oldenburg, and had Alexander not felt insulted, and had there not been +an autocratic government in Russia, or a Revolution in France and a +subsequent dictatorship and Empire, or all the things that produced +the French Revolution, and so on. Without each of these causes nothing +could have happened. So all these causes- myriads of causes- coincided +to bring it about. And so there was no one cause for that +occurrence, but it had to occur because it had to. Millions of men, +renouncing their human feelings and reason, had to go from west to +east to slay their fellows, just as some centuries previously hordes +of men had come from the east to the west, slaying their fellows. + The actions of Napoleon and Alexander, on whose words the event +seemed to hang, were as little voluntary as the actions of any soldier +who was drawn into the campaign by lot or by conscription. This +could not be otherwise, for in order that the will of Napoleon and +Alexander (on whom the event seemed to depend) should be carried +out, the concurrence of innumerable circumstances was needed without +any one of which the event could not have taken place. It was +necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power- +the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns- should +consent to carry out the will of these weak individuals, and should +have been induced to do so by an infinite number of diverse and +complex causes. + We are forced to fall back on fatalism as an explanation of +irrational events (that is to say, events the reasonableness of +which we do not understand). The more we try to explain such events in +history reasonably, the more unreasonable and incomprehensible do they +become to us. + Each man lives for himself, using his freedom to attain his personal +aims, and feels with his whole being that he can now do or abstain +from doing this or that action; but as soon as he has done it, that +action performed at a certain moment in time becomes irrevocable and +belongs to history, in which it has not a free but a predestined +significance. + There are two sides to the life of every man, his individual life, +which is the more free the more abstract its interests, and his +elemental hive life in which he inevitably obeys laws laid down for +him. + Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious +instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of +humanity. A deed done is irrevocable, and its result coinciding in +time with the actions of millions of other men assumes an historic +significance. The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the more +people he is connected with and the more power he has over others, the +more evident is the predestination and inevitability of his every +action. + "The king's heart is in the hands of the Lord." + A king is history's slave. + History, that is, the unconscious, general, hive life of mankind, +uses every moment of the life of kings as a tool for its own purposes. + Though Napoleon at that time, in 1812, was more convinced than +ever that it depended on him, verser (ou ne pas verser) le sang de ses +peuples*- as Alexander expressed it in the last letter he wrote him- +he had never been so much in the grip of inevitable laws, which +compelled him, while thinking that he was acting on his own +volition, to perform for the hive life- that is to say, for history- +whatever had to be performed. + + *"To shed (or not to shed) the blood of his peoples." + + The people of the west moved eastwards to slay their fellow men, and +by the law of coincidence thousands of minute causes fitted in and +co-ordinated to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the +nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of Oldenburg's +wrongs, the movement of troops into Prussia- undertaken (as it +seemed to Napoleon) only for the purpose of securing an armed peace, +the French Emperor's love and habit of war coinciding with his +people's inclinations, allurement by the grandeur of the preparations, +and the expenditure on those preparations and the need of obtaining +advantages to compensate for that expenditure, the intoxicating honors +he received in Dresden, the diplomatic negotiations which, in the +opinion of contemporaries, were carried on with a sincere desire to +attain peace, but which only wounded the self-love of both sides, +and millions and millions of other causes that adapted themselves to +the event that was happening or coincided with it. + When an apple has ripened and falls, why does it fall? Because of +its attraction to the earth, because its stalk withers, because it +is dried by the sun, because it grows heavier, because the wind shakes +it, or because the boy standing below wants to eat it? + Nothing is the cause. All this is only the coincidence of conditions +in which all vital organic and elemental events occur. And the +botanist who finds that the apple falls because the cellular tissue +decays and so forth is equally right with the child who stands under +the tree and says the apple fell because he wanted to eat it and +prayed for it. Equally right or wrong is he who says that Napoleon +went to Moscow because he wanted to, and perished because Alexander +desired his destruction, and he who says that an undermined hill +weighing a million tons fell because the last navvy struck it for +the last time with his mattock. In historic events the so-called great +men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but +the smallest connection with the event itself. + Every act of theirs, which appears to them an act of their own will, +is in an historical sense involuntary and is related to the whole +course of history and predestined from eternity. +BK9|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + On the twenty-ninth of May Napoleon left Dresden, where he had spent +three weeks surrounded by a court that included princes, dukes, kings, +and even an emperor. Before leaving, Napoleon showed favor to the +emperor, kings, and princes who had deserved it, reprimanded the kings +and princes with whom he was dissatisfied, presented pearls and +diamonds of his own- that is, which he had taken from other kings- +to the Empress of Austria, and having, as his historian tells us, +tenderly embraced the Empress Marie Louise- who regarded him as her +husband, though he had left another wife in Paris- left her grieved by +the parting which she seemed hardly able to bear. Though the +diplomatists still firmly believed in the possibility of peace and +worked zealously to that end, and though the Emperor Napoleon +himself wrote a letter to Alexander, calling him Monsieur mon frere, +and sincerely assured him that he did not want war and would always +love and honor him- yet he set off to join his army, and at every +station gave fresh orders to accelerate the movement of his troops +from west to east. He went in a traveling coach with six horses, +surrounded by pages, aides-de-camp, and an escort, along the road to +Posen, Thorn, Danzig, and Konigsberg. At each of these towns thousands +of people met him with excitement and enthusiasm. + The army was moving from west to east, and relays of six horses +carried him in the same direction. On the tenth of June,* coming up +with the army, he spent the night in apartments prepared for him on +the estate of a Polish count in the Vilkavisski forest. + + *Old style. + + Next day, overtaking the army, he went in a carriage to the +Niemen, and, changing into a Polish uniform, he drove to the riverbank +in order to select a place for the crossing. + Seeing, on the other side, some Cossacks (les Cosaques) and the +wide-spreading steppes in the midst of which lay the holy city of +Moscow (Moscou, la ville sainte), the capital of a realm such as the +Scythia into which Alexander the Great had marched- Napoleon +unexpectedly, and contrary alike to strategic and diplomatic +considerations, ordered an advance, and the next day his army began to +cross the Niemen. + Early in the morning of the twelfth of June he came out of his tent, +which was pitched that day on the steep left bank of the Niemen, and +looked through a spyglass at the streams of his troops pouring out +of the Vilkavisski forest and flowing over the three bridges thrown +across the river. The troops, knowing of the Emperor's presence, +were on the lookout for him, and when they caught sight of a figure in +an overcoat and a cocked hat standing apart from his suite in front of +his tent on the hill, they threw up their caps and shouted: "Vive +l'Empereur!" and one after another poured in a ceaseless stream out of +the vast forest that had concealed them and, separating, flowed on and +on by the three bridges to the other side. + "Now we'll go into action. Oh, when he takes it in hand himself, +things get hot... by heaven!... There he is!... Vive l'Empereur! So +these are the steppes of Asia! It's a nasty country all the same. Au +revoir, Beauche; I'll keep the best palace in Moscow for you! Au +revoir. Good luck!... Did you see the Emperor? Vive l'Empereur!... +preur!- If they make me Governor of India, Gerard, I'll make you +Minister of Kashmir- that's settled. Vive l'Empereur! Hurrah! +hurrah! hurrah! The Cossacks- those rascals- see how they run! Vive +l'Empereur! There he is, do you see him? I've seen him twice, as I see +you now. The little corporal... I saw him give the cross to one of the +veterans.... Vive l'Empereur!" came the voices of men, old and +young, of most diverse characters and social positions. On the faces +of all was one common expression of joy at the commencement of the +long-expected campaign and of rapture and devotion to the man in the +gray coat who was standing on the hill. + On the thirteenth of June a rather small, thoroughbred Arab horse +was brought to Napoleon. He mounted it and rode at a gallop to one +of the bridges over the Niemen, deafened continually by incessant +and rapturous acclamations which he evidently endured only because +it was impossible to forbid the soldiers to express their love of +him by such shouting, but the shouting which accompanied him +everywhere disturbed him and distracted him from the military cares +that had occupied him from the time he joined the army. He rode across +one of the swaying pontoon bridges to the farther side, turned sharply +to the left, and galloped in the direction of Kovno, preceded by +enraptured, mounted chasseurs of the Guard who, breathless with +delight, galloped ahead to clear a path for him through the troops. On +reaching the broad river Viliya, he stopped near a regiment of +Polish Uhlans stationed by the river. + "Vivat!" shouted the Poles, ecstatically, breaking their ranks and +pressing against one another to see him. + Napoleon looked up and down the river, dismounted, and sat down on a +log that lay on the bank. At a mute sign from him, a telescope was +handed him which he rested on the back of a happy page who had run +up to him, and he gazed at the opposite bank. Then he became +absorbed in a map laid out on the logs. Without lifting his head he +said something, and two of his aides-de-camp galloped off to the +Polish Uhlans. + "What? What did he say?" was heard in the ranks of the Polish Uhlans +when one of the aides-de-camp rode up to them. + The order was to find a ford and to cross the river. The colonel +of the Polish Uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his +speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be +permitted to swim the river with his Uhlans instead of seeking a ford. +In evident fear of refusal, like a boy asking for permission to get on +a horse, he begged to be allowed to swim across the river before the +Emperor's eyes. The aide-de-camp replied that probably the Emperor +would not be displeased at this excess of zeal. + As soon as the aide-de-camp had said this, the old mustached +officer, with happy face and sparkling eyes, raised his saber, shouted +"Vivat!" and, commanding the Uhlans to follow him, spurred his horse +and galloped into the river. He gave an angry thrust to his horse, +which had grown restive under him, and plunged into the water, heading +for the deepest part where the current was swift. Hundreds of Uhlans +galloped in after him. It was cold and uncanny in the rapid current in +the middle of the stream, and the Uhlans caught hold of one another as +they fell off their horses. Some of the horses were drowned and some +of the men; the others tried to swim on, some in the saddle and some +clinging to their horses' manes. They tried to make their way +forward to the opposite bank and, though there was a ford one third of +a mile away, were proud that they were swimming and drowning in this +river under the eyes of the man who sat on the log and was not even +looking at what they were doing. When the aide-de-camp, having +returned and choosing an opportune moment, ventured to draw the +Emperor's attention to the devotion of the Poles to his person, the +little man in the gray overcoat got up and, having summoned +Berthier, began pacing up and down the bank with him, giving him +instructions and occasionally glancing disapprovingly at the +drowning Uhlans who distracted his attention. + For him it was no new conviction that his presence in any part of +the world, from Africa to the steppes of Muscovy alike, was enough +to dumfound people and impel them to insane self-oblivion. He called +for his horse and rode to his quarters. + Some forty Uhlans were drowned in the river, though boats were +sent to their assistance. The majority struggled back to the bank from +which they had started. The colonel and some of his men got across and +with difficulty clambered out on the further bank. And as soon as they +had got out, in their soaked and streaming clothes, they shouted +"Vivat!" and looked ecstatically at the spot where Napoleon had been +but where he no longer was and at that moment considered themselves +happy. + That evening, between issuing one order that the forged Russian +paper money prepared for use in Russia should be delivered as +quickly as possible and another that a Saxon should be shot, on whom a +letter containing information about the orders to the French army +had been found, Napoleon also gave instructions that the Polish +colonel who had needlessly plunged into the river should be enrolled +in the Legion d'honneur of which Napoleon was himself the head. + Quos vult perdere dementat.* + + *Those whom (God) wishes to destroy he drives mad. +BK9|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + The Emperor of Russia had, meanwhile, been in Vilna for more than +a month. reviewing troops and holding maneuvers. Nothing was ready for +the war that everyone expected and to prepare for which the Emperor +had come from Petersburg. There was no general plan of action. The +vacillation between the various plans that were proposed had even +increased after the Emperor had been at headquarters for a month. Each +of the three armies had its own commander in chief, but there was no +supreme commander of all the forces, and the Emperor did not assume +that responsibility himself. + The longer the Emperor remained in Vilna the less did everybody- +tired of waiting- prepare for the war. All the efforts of those who +surrounded the sovereign seemed directed merely to making him spend +his time pleasantly and forget that war was impending. + In June, after many balls and fetes given by the Polish magnates, by +the courtiers, and by the Emperor himself, it occurred to one of the +Polish aides-de-camp in attendance that a dinner and ball should be +given for the Emperor by his aides-de-camp. This idea was eagerly +received. The Emperor gave his consent. The aides-de-camp collected +money by subscription. The lady who was thought to be most pleasing to +the Emperor was invited to act as hostess. Count Bennigsen, being a +landowner in the Vilna province, offered his country house for the +fete, and the thirteenth of June was fixed for a ball, dinner, +regatta, and fireworks at Zakret, Count Bennigsen's country seat. + The very day that Napoleon issued the order to cross the Niemen, and +his vanguard, driving off the Cossacks, crossed the Russian +frontier, Alexander spent the evening at the entertainment given by +his aides-de-camp at Bennigsen's country house. + It was a gay and brilliant fete. Connoisseurs of such matters +declared that rarely had so many beautiful women been assembled in one +place. Countess Bezukhova was present among other Russian ladies who +had followed the sovereign from Petersburg to Vilna and eclipsed the +refined Polish ladies by her massive, so called Russian type of +beauty. The Emperor noticed her and honored her with a dance. + Boris Drubetskoy, having left his wife in Moscow and being for the +present en garcon (as he phrased it), was also there and, though not +an aide-de-camp, had subscribed a large sum toward the expenses. Boris +was now a rich man who had risen to high honors and no longer sought +patronage but stood on an equal footing with the highest of those of +his own age. He was meeting Helene in Vilna after not having seen +her for a long time and did not recall the past, but as Helene was +enjoying the favors of a very important personage and Boris had only +recently married, they met as good friends of long standing. + At midnight dancing was still going on. Helene, not having a +suitable partner, herself offered to dance the mazurka with Boris. +They were the third couple. Boris, coolly looking at Helene's dazzling +bare shoulders which emerged from a dark, gold-embroidered, gauze +gown, talked to her of old acquaintances and at the same time, unaware +of it himself and unnoticed by others, never for an instant ceased +to observe the Emperor who was in the same room. The Emperor was not +dancing, he stood in the doorway, stopping now one pair and now +another with gracious words which he alone knew how to utter. + As the mazurka began, Boris saw that Adjutant General Balashev, +one of those in closest attendance on the Emperor, went up to him +and contrary to court etiquette stood near him while he was talking to +a Polish lady. Having finished speaking to her, the Emperor looked +inquiringly at Balashev and, evidently understanding that he only +acted thus because there were important reasons for so doing, nodded +slightly to the lady and turned to him. Hardly had Balashev begun to +speak before a look of amazement appeared on the Emperor's face. He +took Balashev by the arm and crossed the room with him, +unconsciously clearing a path seven yards wide as the people on both +sides made way for him. Boris noticed Arakcheev's excited face when +the sovereign went out with Balashev. Arakcheev looked at the +Emperor from under his brow and, sniffing with his red nose, stepped +forward from the crowd as if expecting the Emperor to address him. +(Boris understood that Arakcheev envied Balashev and was displeased +that evidently important news had reached the Emperor otherwise than +through himself.) + But the Emperor and Balashev passed out into the illuminated +garden without noticing Arakcheev who, holding his sword and +glancing wrathfully around, followed some twenty paces behind them. + All the time Boris was going through the figures of the mazurka, +he was worried by the question of what news Balashev had brought and +how he could find it out before others. In the figure in which he +had to choose two ladies, he whispered to Helene that he meant to +choose Countess Potocka who, he thought, had gone out onto the +veranda, and glided over the parquet to the door opening into the +garden, where, seeing Balashev and the Emperor returning to the +veranda, he stood still. They were moving toward the door. Boris, +fluttering as if he had not had time to withdraw, respectfully pressed +close to the doorpost with bowed head. + The Emperor, with the agitation of one who has been personally +affronted, was finishing with these words: + "To enter Russia without declaring war! I will not make peace as +long as a single armed enemy remains in my country!" It seemed to +Boris that it gave the Emperor pleasure to utter these words. He was +satisfied with the form in which he had expressed his thoughts, but +displeased that Boris had overheard it. + "Let no one know of it! " the Emperor added with a frown. + Boris understood that this was meant for him and, closing his +eyes, slightly bowed his head. The Emperor re-entered the ballroom and +remained there about another half-hour. + Boris was thus the first to learn the news that the French army +had crossed the Niemen and, thanks to this, was able to show certain +important personages that much that was concealed from others was +usually known to him, and by this means he rose higher in their +estimation. + + The unexpected news of the French having crossed the Niemen was +particularly startling after a month of unfulfilled expectations, +and at a ball. On first receiving the news, under the influence of +indignation and resentment the Emperor had found a phrase that pleased +him, fully expressed his feelings, and has since become famous. On +returning home at two o'clock that night he sent for his secretary, +Shishkov, and told him to write an order to the troops and a +rescript to Field Marshal Prince Saltykov, in which he insisted on the +words being inserted that he would not make peace so long as a +single armed Frenchman remained on Russian soil. + Next day the following letter was sent to Napoleon: + + Monsieur mon frere, + Yesterday I learned that, despite the loyalty which I have kept my +engagements with Your Majesty, your troops have crossed the Russian +frontier, and I have this moment received from Petersburg a note, in +which Count Lauriston informs me, as a reason for this aggression, +that Your Majesty has considered yourself to be in a state of war with +me from the time Prince Kuragin asked for his passports. The reasons +on which the Duc de Bassano based his refusal to deliver them to him +would never have led me to suppose that that could serve as a +pretext for aggression. In fact, the ambassador, as he himself has +declared, was never authorized to make that demand, and as soon as I +was informed of it I let him know how much I disapproved of it and +ordered him to remain at his post. If Your Majesty does not intend +to shed the blood of our peoples for such a misunderstanding, and +consents to withdraw your troops from Russian territory, I will regard +what has passed as not having occurred and an understanding between us +will be possible. In the contrary case, Your Majesty, I shall see +myself forced to repel an attack that nothing on my part has provoked. +It still depends on Your Majesty to preserve humanity from the +calamity of another war. I am, etc., + (signed) Alexander +BK9|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + At two in the morning of the fourteenth of June, the Emperor, having +sent for Balashev and read him his letter to Napoleon, ordered him +to take it and hand it personally to the French Emperor. When +dispatching Balashev, the Emperor repeated to him the words that he +would not make peace so long as a single armed enemy remained on +Russian soil and told him to transmit those words to Napoleon. +Alexander did not insert them in his letter to Napoleon, because +with his characteristic tact he felt it would be injudicious to use +them at a moment when a last attempt at reconciliation was being made, +but he definitely instructed Balashev to repeat them personally to +Napoleon. + Having set off in the small hours of the fourteenth, accompanied +by a bugler and two Cossacks, Balashev reached the French outposts +at the village of Rykonty, on the Russian side of the Niemen, by dawn. +There he was stopped by French cavalry sentinels. + A French noncommissioned officer of hussars, in crimson uniform +and a shaggy cap, shouted to the approaching Balashev to halt. +Balashev did not do so at once, but continued to advance along the +road at a walking pace. + The noncommissioned officer frowned and, muttering words of abuse, +advanced his horse's chest against Balashev, put his hand to his +saber, and shouted rudely at the Russian general, asking: was he +deaf that he did not do as he was told? Balashev mentioned who he was. +The noncommissioned officer began talking with his comrades about +regimental matters without looking at the Russian general. + After living at the seat of the highest authority and power, after +conversing with the Emperor less than three hours before, and in +general being accustomed to the respect due to his rank in the +service, Balashev found it very strange here on Russian soil to +encounter this hostile, and still more this disrespectful, application +of brute force to himself. + The sun was only just appearing from behind the clouds, the air +was fresh and dewy. A herd of cattle was being driven along the road +from the village, and over the fields the larks rose trilling, one +after another, like bubbles rising in water. + Balashev looked around him, awaiting the arrival of an officer +from the village. The Russian Cossacks and bugler and the French +hussars looked silently at one another from time to time. + A French colonel of hussars, who had evidently just left his bed, +came riding from the village on a handsome sleek gray horse, +accompanied by two hussars. The officer, the soldiers, and their +horses all looked smart and well kept. + It was that first period of a campaign when troops are still in full +trim, almost like that of peacetime maneuvers, but with a shade of +martial swagger in their clothes, and a touch of the gaiety and spirit +of enterprise which always accompany the opening of a campaign. + The French colonel with difficulty repressed a yawn, but was +polite and evidently understood Balashev's importance. He led him past +his soldiers and behind the outposts and told him that his wish to +be presented to the Emperor would most likely be satisfied +immediately, as the Emperor's quarters were, he believed, not far off. + They rode through the village of Rykonty, past tethered French +hussar horses, past sentinels and men who saluted their colonel and +stared with curiosity at a Russian uniform, and came out at the +other end of the village. The colonel said that the commander of the +division was a mile and a quarter away and would receive Balashev +and conduct him to his destination. + The sun had by now risen and shone gaily on the bright verdure. + They had hardly ridden up a hill, past a tavern, before they saw a +group of horsemen coming toward them. In front of the group, on a +black horse with trappings that glittered in the sun, rode a tall +man with plumes in his hat and black hair curling down to his +shoulders. He wore a red mantle, and stretched his long legs forward +in French fashion. This man rode toward Balashev at a gallop, his +plumes flowing and his gems and gold lace glittering in the bright +June sunshine. + Balashev was only two horses' length from the equestrian with the +bracelets, plunies, necklaces, and gold embroidery, who was +galloping toward him with a theatrically solemn countenance, when +Julner, the French colonel, whispered respectfully: "The King of +Naples!" It was, in fact, Murat, now called "King of Naples." Though +it was quite incomprehensible why he should be King of Naples, he +was called so, and was himself convinced that he was so, and therefore +assumed a more solemn and important air than formerly. He was so +sure that he really was the King of Naples that when, on the eve of +his departure from that city, while walking through the streets with +his wife, some Italians called out to him: "Viva il re!"* he turned to +his wife with a pensive smile and said: "Poor fellows, they don't know +that I am leaving them tomorrow!" + + *"Long live the king." + + But though he firmly believed himself to be King of Naples and +pitied the grief felt by the subjects he was abandoning, latterly, +after he had been ordered to return to military service- and +especially since his last interview with Napoleon in Danzig, when +his august brother-in-law had told him: "I made you King that you +should reign in my way, but not in yours!"- he had cheerfully taken up +his familiar business, and- like a well-fed but not overfat horse that +feels himself in harness and grows skittish between the shafts- he +dressed up in clothes as variegated and expensive as possible, and +gaily and contentedly galloped along the roads of Poland, without +himself knowing why or whither. + On seeing the Russian general he threw back his head, with its +long hair curling to his shoulders, in a majestically royal manner, +and looked inquiringly at the French colonel. The colonel respectfully +informed His Majesty of Balashev's mission, whose name he could not +pronounce. + "De Bal-macheve!" said the King (overcoming by his assurance the +difficulty that had presented itself to the colonel). "Charmed to make +your acquaintance, General!" he added, with a gesture of kingly +condescension. + As soon as the King began to speak loud and fast his royal dignity +instantly forsook him, and without noticing it he passed into his +natural tone of good-natured familiarity. He laid his hand on the +withers of Balashev's horse and said: + "Well, General, it all looks like war," as if regretting a +circumstance of which he was unable to judge. + "Your Majesty," replied Balashev, "my master, the Emperor, does +not desire war and as Your Majesty sees..." said Balashev, using the +words Your Majesty at every opportunity, with the affectation +unavoidable in frequently addressing one to whom the title was still a +novelty. + Murat's face beamed with stupid satisfaction as he listened to +"Monsieur de Bal-macheve." But royaute oblige!* and he felt it +incumbent on him, as a king and an ally, to confer on state affairs +with Alexander's envoy. He dismounted, took Balashev's arm, and moving +a few steps away from his suite, which waited respectfully, began to +pace up and down with him, trying to speak significantly. He +referred to the fact that the Emperor Napoleon had resented the demand +that he should withdraw his troops from Prussia, especially when +that demand became generally known and the dignity of France was +thereby offended. + + *"Royalty has its obligations." + + Balashev replied that there was nothing offensive in the demand, +because..." but Murat interrupted him. + "Then you don't consider the Emperor Alexander the aggressor?" he +asked unexpectedly, with a kindly and foolish smile. + Balashev told him why he considered Napoleon to be the originator of +the war. + "Oh, my dear general!" Murat again interrupted him, "with all my +heart I wish the Emperors may arrange the affair between them, and +that the war begun by no wish of mine may finish as quickly as +possible!" said he, in the tone of a servant who wants to remain +good friends with another despite a quarrel between their masters. + And he went on to inquiries about the Grand Duke and the state of +his health, and to reminiscences of the gay and amusing times he had +spent with him in Naples. Then suddenly, as if remembering his royal +dignity, Murat solemnly drew himself up, assumed the pose in which +he had stood at his coronation. and, waving his right arm, said: + "I won't detain you longer, General. I wish success to your +mission," and with his embroidered red mantle, his flowing feathers, +and his glittering ornaments, he rejoined his suite who were +respectfully awaiting him. + Balashev rode on, supposing from Murat's words that he would very +soon be brought before Napoleon himself. But instead of that, at the +next village the sentinels of Davout's infantry corps detained him +as the pickets of the vanguard had done, and an adjutant of the +corps commander, who was fetched, conducted him into the village to +Marshal Davout. +BK9|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Davout was to Napoleon what Arakcheev was to Alexander- though not a +coward like Arakcheev, he was as precise, as cruel, and as unable to +express his devotion to his monarch except by cruelty. + In the organism of states such men are necessary, as wolves are +necessary in the organism of nature, and they always exist, always +appear and hold their own, however incongruous their presence and +their proximity to the head of the government may be. This +inevitability alone can explain how the cruel Arakcheev, who tore +out a grenadier's mustache with his own hands, whose weak nerves +rendered him unable to face danger, and who was neither an educated +man nor a courtier, was able to maintain his powerful position with +Alexander, whose own character was chivalrous, noble, and gentle. + Balashev found Davout seated on a barrel in the shed of a +peasant's hut, writing- he was auditing accounts. Better quarters +could have been found him, but Marshal Davout was one of those men who +purposely put themselves in most depressing conditions to have a +justification for being gloomy. For the same reason they are always +hard at work and in a hurry. "How can I think of the bright side of +life when, as you see, I am sitting on a barrel and working in a dirty +shed?" the expression of his face seemed to say. The chief pleasure +and necessity of such men, when they encounter anyone who shows +animation, is to flaunt their own dreary, persistent activity. +Davout allowed himself that pleasure when Balashev was brought in. +He became still more absorbed in his task when the Russian general +entered, and after glancing over his spectacles at Balashev's face, +which was animated by the beauty of the morning and by his talk with +Murat, he did not rise or even stir, but scowled still more and +sneered malevolently. + When he noticed in Balashev's face the disagreeable impression +this reception produced, Davout raised his head and coldly asked +what he wanted. + Thinking he could have been received in such a manner only because +Davout did not know that he was adjutant general to the Emperor +Alexander and even his envoy to Napoleon, Balashev hastened to +inform him of his rank and mission. Contrary to his expectation, +Davout, after hearing him, became still surlier and ruder. + "Where is your dispatch?" he inquired. "Give it to me. I will send +it to the Emperor." + Balashev replied that he had been ordered to hand it personally to +the Emperor. + "Your Emperor's orders are obeyed in your army, but here," said +Davout, "you must do as you're told." + And, as if to make the Russian general still more conscious of his +dependence on brute force, Davout sent an adjutant to call the officer +on duty. + Balashev took out the packet containing the Emperor's letter and +laid it on the table (made of a door with its hinges still hanging +on it, laid across two barrels). Davout took the packet and read the +inscription. + "You are perfectly at liberty to treat me with respect or not," +protested Balashev, "but permit me to observe that I have the honor to +be adjutant general to His Majesty...." + Davout glanced at him silently and plainly derived pleasure from the +signs of agitation and confusion which appeared on Balashev's face. + "You will be treated as is fitting," said he and, putting the packet +in his pocket, left the shed. + A minute later the marshal's adjutant, de Castres, came in and +conducted Balashev to the quarters assigned him. + That day he dined with the marshal, at the same board on the +barrels. + Next day Davout rode out early and, after asking Balashev to come to +him, peremptorily requested him to remain there, to move on with the +baggage train should orders come for it to move, and to talk to no one +except Monsieur de Castres. + After four days of solitude, ennui, and consciousness of his +impotence and insignificance- particularly acute by contrast with +the sphere of power in which he had so lately moved- and after several +marches with the marshal's baggage and the French army, which occupied +the whole district, Balashev was brought to Vilna- now occupied by the +French- through the very gate by which he had left it four days +previously. + Next day the imperial gentleman-in-waiting, the Comte de Turenne, +came to Balashev and informed him of the Emperor Napoleon's wish to +honor him with an audience. + Four days before, sentinels of the Preobrazhensk regiment had +stood in front of the house to which Balashev was conducted, and now +two French grenadiers stood there in blue uniforms unfastened in front +and with shaggy caps on their heads, and an escort of hussars and +Uhlans and a brilliant suite of aides-de-camp, pages, and generals, +who were waiting for Napoleon to come out, were standing at the porch, +round his saddle horse and his Mameluke, Rustan. Napoleon received +Balashev in the very house in Vilna from which Alexander had +dispatched him on his mission. +BK9|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Though Balashev was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the +luxury and magnificence of Napoleon's court. + The Comte de Turenne showed him into a big reception room where many +generals, gentlemen-in-waiting, and Polish magnates- several of whom +Balashev had seen at the court of the Emperor of Russia- were waiting. +Duroc said that Napoleon would receive the Russian general before +going for his ride. + After some minutes, the gentleman-in-waiting who was on duty came +into the great reception room and, bowing politely, asked Balashev +to follow him. + Balashev went into a small reception room, one door of which led +into a study, the very one from which the Russian Emperor had +dispatched him on his mission. He stood a minute or two, waiting. He +heard hurried footsteps beyond the door, both halves of it were opened +rapidly; all was silent and then from the study the sound was heard of +other steps, firm and resolute- they were those of Napoleon. He had +just finished dressing for his ride, and wore a blue uniform, +opening in front over a white waistcoat so long that it covered his +rotund stomach, white leather breeches tightly fitting the fat +thighs of his short legs, and Hessian boots. His short hair had +evidently just been brushed, but one lock hung down in the middle of +his broad forehead. His plump white neck stood out sharply above the +black collar of his uniform, and he smelled of Eau de Cologne. His +full face, rather young-looking, with its prominent chin, wore a +gracious and majestic expression of imperial welcome. + He entered briskly, with a jerk at every step and his head +slightly thrown back. His whole short corpulent figure with broad +thick shoulders, and chest and stomach involuntarily protruding, had +that imposing and stately appearance one sees in men of forty who live +in comfort. It was evident, too, that he was in the best of spirits +that day. + He nodded in answer to Balashav's low and respectful bow, and coming +up to him at once began speaking like a man who values every moment of +his time and does not condescend to prepare what he has to say but +is sure he will always say the right thing and say it well. + "Good day, General!" said he. "I have received the letter you +brought from the Emperor Alexander and am very glad to see you." He +glanced with his large eyes into Balashav's face and immediately +looked past him. + It was plain that Balashev's personality did not interest him at +all. Evidently only what took place within his own mind interested +him. Nothing outside himself had any significance for him, because +everything in the world, it seemed to him, depended entirely on his +will. + "I do not, and did not, desire war," he continued, "but it has +been forced on me. Even now" (he emphasized the word) "I am ready to +receive any explanations you can give me." + And he began clearly and concisely to explain his reasons for +dissatisfaction with the Russian government. Judging by the calmly +moderate and amicable tone in which the French Emperor spoke, Balashev +was firmly persuaded that he wished for peace and intended to enter +into negotiations. + When Napoleon, having finished speaking, looked inquiringly at the +Russian envoy, Balashev began a speech he had prepared long before: +"Sire! The Emperor, my master..." but the sight of the Emperor's +eyes bent on him confused him. "You are flurried- compose yourself!" +Napoleon seemed to say, as with a scarcely perceptible smile he looked +at Balashev's uniform and sword. + Balashev recovered himself and began to speak. He said that the +Emperor Alexander did not consider Kurakin's demand for his +passports a sufficient cause for war; that Kurakin had acted on his +own initiative and without his sovereign's assent, that the Emperor +Alexander did not desire war, and had no relations with England. + "Not yet!" interposed Napoleon, and, as if fearing to give vent to +his feelings, he frowned and nodded slightly as a sign that Balashev +might proceed. + After saying all he had been instructed to say, Balashev added +that the Emperor Alexander wished for peace, but would not enter +into negotiations except on condition that... Here Balashev hesitated: +he remembered the words the Emperor Alexander had not written in his +letter, but had specially inserted in the rescript to Saltykov and had +told Balashev to repeat to Napoleon. Balashev remembered these +words, "So long as a single armed foe remains on Russian soil," but +some complex feeling restrained him. He could not utter them, though +he wished to do so. He grew confused and said: "On condition that +the French army retires beyond the Niemen." + Napoleon noticed Balashev's embarrassment when uttering these last +words; his face twitched and the calf of his left leg began to +quiver rhythmically. Without moving from where he stood he began +speaking in a louder tone and more hurriedly than before. During the +speech that followed, Balashev, who more than once lowered his eyes, +involuntarily noticed the quivering of Napoleon's left leg which +increased the more Napoleon raised his voice. + "I desire peace, no less than the Emperor Alexander," he began. +"Have I not for eighteen months been doing everything to obtain it? +I have waited eighteen months for explanations. But in order to +begin negotiations, what is demanded of me?" he said, frowning and +making an energetic gesture of inquiry with his small white plump +hand. + "The withdrawal of your army beyond the Niemen, sire," replied +Balashev. + "The Niemen?" repeated Napoleon. "So now you want me to retire +beyond the Niemen- only the Niemen?" repeated Napoleon, looking +straight at Balashev. + The latter bowed his head respectfully. + Instead of the demand of four months earlier to withdraw from +Pomerania, only a withdrawal beyond the Niemen was now demanded. +Napoleon turned quickly and began to pace the room. + "You say the demand now is that I am to withdraw beyond the Niemen +before commencing negotiations, but in just the same way two months +ago the demand was that I should withdraw beyond the Vistula and the +Oder, and yet you are willing to negotiate." + He went in silence from one corner of the room to the other and +again stopped in front of Balashev. Balashev noticed that his left leg +was quivering faster than before and his face seemed petrified in +its stern expression. This quivering of his left leg was a thing +Napoleon was conscious of. "The vibration of my left calf is a great +sign with me," he remarked at a later date. + "Such demands as to retreat beyond the Vistula and Oder may be +made to a Prince of Baden, but not to me!" Napoleon almost screamed, +quite to his own surprise. "If you gave me Petersburg and Moscow I +could not accept such conditions. You say I have begun this war! But +who first joined his army? The Emperor Alexander, not I! And you offer +me negotiations when I have expended millions, when you are in +alliance with England, and when your position is a bad one. You +offer me negotiations! But what is the aim of your alliance with +England? What has she given you?" he continued hurriedly, evidently no +longer trying to show the advantages of peace and discuss its +possibility, but only to prove his own rectitude and power and +Alexander's errors and duplicity. + The commencement of his speech had obviously been made with the +intention of demonstrating the advantages of his position and +showing that he was nevertheless willing to negotiate. But he had +begun talking, and the more he talked the less could he control his +words. + The whole purport of his remarks now was evidently to exalt +himself and insult Alexander- just what he had least desired at the +commencement of the interview. + "I hear you have made peace with Turkey?" + Balashev bowed his head affirmatively. + "Peace has been concluded..." he began. + But Napoleon did not let him speak. He evidently wanted to do all +the talking himself, and continued to talk with the sort of +eloquence and unrestrained irritability to which spoiled people are so +prone. + "Yes, I know you have made peace with the Turks without obtaining +Moldavia and Wallachia; I would have given your sovereign those +provinces as I gave him Finland. Yes," he went on, "I promised and +would have given the Emperor Alexander Moldavia and Wallachia, and now +he won't have those splendid provinces. Yet he might have united +them to his empire and in a single reign would have extended Russia +from the Gulf of Bothnia to the mouths of the Danube. Catherine the +Great could not have done more," said Napoleon, growing more and +more excited as he paced up and down the room, repeating to Balashev +almost the very words he had used to Alexander himself at Tilsit. "All +that, he would have owed to my friendship. Oh, what a splendid reign!" +he repeated several times, then paused, drew from his pocket a gold +snuffbox, lifted it to his nose, and greedily sniffed at it. + "What a splendid reign the Emperor Alexander's might have been!" + He looked compassionately at Balashev, and as soon as the latter +tried to make some rejoinder hastily interrupted him. + "What could he wish or look for that he would not have obtained +through my friendship?" demanded Napoleon, shrugging his shoulders +in perplexity. "But no, he has preferred to surround himself with my +enemies, and with whom? With Steins, Armfeldts, Bennigsens, and +Wintzingerodes! Stein, a traitor expelled from his own country; +Armfeldt, a rake and an intriguer; Wintzingerode, a fugitive French +subject; Bennigsen, rather more of a soldier than the others, but +all the same an incompetent who was unable to do anything in 1807 +and who should awaken terrible memories in the Emperor Alexander's +mind.... Granted that were they competent they might be made use +of," continued Napoleon- hardly able to keep pace in words with the +rush of thoughts that incessantly sprang up, proving how right and +strong he was (in his perception the two were one and the same)- +"but they are not even that! They are neither fit for war nor peace! +Barclay is said to be the most capable of them all, but I cannot say +so, judging by his first movements. And what are they doing, all these +courtiers? Pfuel proposes, Armfeldt disputes, Bennigsen considers, and +Barclay, called on to act, does not know what to decide on, and time +passes bringing no result. Bagration alone is a military man. He's +stupid, but he has experience, a quick eye, and resolution.... And +what role is your young monarch playing in that monstrous crowd? +They compromise him and throw on him the responsibility for all that +happens. A sovereign should not be with the army unless he is a +general!" said Napoleon, evidently uttering these words as a direct +challenge to the Emperor. He knew how Alexander desired to be a +military commander. + "The campaign began only a week ago, and you haven't even been +able to defend Vilna. You are cut in two and have been driven out of +the Polish provinces. Your army is grumbling." + "On the contrary, Your Majesty," said Balashev, hardly able to +remember what had been said to him and following these verbal +fireworks with difficulty, "the troops are burning with eagerness..." + "I know everything!" Napoleon interrupted him. "I know everything. I +know the number of your battalions as exactly as I know my own. You +have not two hundred thousand men, and I have three times that number. +I give you my word of honor," said Napoleon, forgetting that his +word of honor could carry no weight- "I give you my word of honor that +I have five hundred and thirty thousand men this side of the +Vistula. The Turks will be of no use to you; they are worth nothing +and have shown it by making peace with you. As for the Swedes- it is +their fate to be governed by mad kings. Their king was insane and they +changed him for another- Bernadotte, who promptly went mad- for no +Swede would ally himself with Russia unless he were mad." + Napoleon grinned maliciously and again raised his snuffbox to his +nose. + Balashev knew how to reply to each of Napoleon's remarks, and +would have done so; he continually made the gesture of a man wishing +to say something, but Napoleon always interrupted him. To the +alleged insanity of the Swedes, Balashev wished to reply that when +Russia is on her side Sweden is practically an island: but Napoleon +gave an angry exclamation to drown his voice. Napoleon was in that +state of irritability in which a man has to talk, talk, and talk, +merely to convince himself that he is in the right. Balashev began +to feel uncomfortable: as envoy he feared to demean his dignity and +felt the necessity of replying; but, as a man, he shrank before the +transport of groundless wrath that had evidently seized Napoleon. He +knew that none of the words now uttered by Napoleon had any +significance, and that Napoleon himself would be ashamed of them +when he came to his senses. Balashev stood with downcast eyes, looking +at the movements of Napoleon's stout legs and trying to avoid +meeting his eyes. + "But what do I care about your allies?" said Napoleon. "I have +allies- the Poles. There are eighty thousand of them and they fight +like lions. And there will be two hundred thousand of them." + And probably still more perturbed by the fact that he had uttered +this obvious falsehood, and that Balashev still stood silently +before him in the same attitude of submission to fate, Napoleon +abruptly turned round, drew close to Balashev's face, and, +gesticulating rapidly and energetically with his white hands, almost +shouted: + "Know that if you stir up Prussia against me, I'll wipe it off the +map of Europe!" he declared, his face pale and distorted by anger, and +he struck one of his small hands energetically with the other. "Yes, I +will throw you back beyond the Dvina and beyond the Dnieper, and +will re-erect against you that barrier which it was criminal and blind +of Europe to allow to be destroyed. Yes, that is what will happen to +you. That is what you have gained by alienating me!" And he walked +silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders +twitching. + He put his snuffbox into his waistcoat pocket, took it out again, +lifted it several times to his nose, and stopped in front of Balashev. +He paused, looked ironically straight into Balashev's eyes, and said +in a quiet voice: + "And yet what a splendid reign your master might have had!" + Balashev, feeling it incumbent on him to reply, said that from the +Russian side things did not appear in so gloomy a light. Napoleon +was silent, still looking derisively at him and evidently not +listening to him. Balashev said that in Russia the best results were +expected from the war. Napoleon nodded condescendingly, as if to +say, "I know it's your duty to say that, but you don't believe it +yourself. I have convinced you." + When Balashev had ended, Napoleon again took out his snuffbox, +sniffed at it, and stamped his foot twice on the floor as a signal. +The door opened, a gentleman-in-waiting, bending respectfully, +handed the Emperor his hat and gloves; another brought hima pocket +handkerchief. Napoleon, without giving them a glance, turned to +Balashev: + "Assure the Emperor Alexander from me," said he, taking his hat, +"that I am as devoted to him as before: I know him thoroughly and very +highly esteem his lofty qualities. I will detain you no longer, +General; you shall receive my letter to the Emperor." + And Napoleon went quickly to the door. Everyone in the reception +room rushed forward and descended the staircase. +BK9|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + After all that Napoleon had said to him- those bursts of anger and +the last dryly spoken words: "I will detain you no longer, General; +you shall receive my letter," Balashev felt convinced that Napoleon +would not wish to see him, and would even avoid another meeting with +him- an insulted envoy- especially as he had witnessed his unseemly +anger. But, to his surprise, Balashev received, through Duroc, an +invitation to dine with the Emperor that day. + Bessieres, Caulaincourt, and Berthier were present at that dinner. + Napoleon met Balashev cheerfully and amiably. He not only showed +no sign of constraint or self-reproach on account of his outburst that +morning, but, on the contrary, tried to reassure Balashev. It was +evident that he had long been convinced that it was impossible for him +to make a mistake, and that in his perception whatever he did was +right, not because it harmonized with any idea of right and wrong, but +because he did it. + The Emperor was in very good spirits after his ride through Vilna, +where crowds of people had rapturously greeted and followed him. +From all the windows of the streets through which he rode, rugs, +flags, and his monogram were displayed, and the Polish ladies, +welcoming him, waved their handkerchiefs to him. + At dinner, having placed Balashev beside him, Napoleon not only +treated him amiably but behaved as if Balashev were one of his own +courtiers, one of those who sympathized with his plans and ought to +rejoice at his success. In the course of conversation he mentioned +Moscow and questioned Balashev about the Russian capital, not merely +as an interested traveler asks about a new city he intends to visit, +but as if convinced that Balashev, as a Russian, must be flattered +by his curiosity. + "How many inhabitants are there in Moscow? How many houses? Is it +true that Moscow is called 'Holy Moscow'? How many churches are +there in Moscow?" he asked. + And receiving the reply that there were more than two hundred +churches, he remarked: + "Why such a quantity of churches?" + "The Russians are very devout," replied Balashev. + "But a large number of monasteries and churches is always a sign +of the backwardness of a people," said Napoleon, turning to +Caulaincourt for appreciation of this remark. + Balashev respectfully ventured to disagree with the French Emperor. + "Every country has its own character," said he. + "But nowhere in Europe is there anything like that," said Napoleon. + "I beg your Majesty's pardon," returned Balashev, "besides Russia +there is Spain, where there are also many churches and monasteries." + This reply of Balashev's, which hinted at the recent defeats of +the French in Spain, was much appreciated when he related it at +Alexander's court, but it was not much appreciated at Napoleon's +dinner, where it passed unnoticed. + The uninterested and perplexed faces of the marshals showed that +they were puzzled as to what Balashev's tone suggested. "If there is a +point we don't see it, or it is not at all witty," their expressions +seemed to say. So little was his rejoinder appreciated that Napoleon +did not notice it at all and naively asked Balashev through what towns +the direct road from there to Moscow passed. Balashev, who was on +the alert all through the dinner, replied that just as "all roads lead +to Rome," so all roads lead to Moscow: there were many roads, and +"among them the road through Poltava, which Charles XII chose." +Balashev involuntarily flushed with pleasure at the aptitude of this +reply, but hardly had he uttered the word Poltava before +Caulaincourt began speaking of the badness of the road from Petersburg +to Moscow and of his Petersburg reminiscences. + After dinner they went to drink coffee in Napoleon's study, which +four days previously had been that of the Emperor Alexander. +Napoleon sat down, toying with his Sevres coffee cup, and motioned +Balashev to a chair beside him. + Napoleon was in that well-known after-dinner mood which, more than +any reasoned cause, makes a man contented with himself and disposed to +consider everyone his friend. It seemed to him that he was +surrounded by men who adored him: and he felt convinced that, after +his dinner, Balashev too was his friend and worshiper. Napoleon turned +to him with a pleasant, though slightly ironic, smile. + "They tell me this is the room the Emperor Alexander occupied? +Strange, isn't it, General?" he said, evidently not doubting that this +remark would be agreeable to his hearer since it went to prove his, +Napoleon's, superiority to Alexander. + Balashev made no reply and bowed and bowed his head in silence. + "Yes. Four days ago in this room, Wintzingerode and Stein were +deliberating," continued Napoleon with the same derisive and +self-confident smile. "What I can't understand," he went on, "is +that the Emperor Alexander has surrounded himself with my personal +enemies. That I do not... understand. Has he not thought that I may +the same?" and he turned inquiringly to Balashev, and evidently this +thought turned him back on to the track of his morning's anger, +which was still fresh in him. + "And let him know that I will do so!" said Napoleon, rising and +pushing his cup away with his hand. "I'll drive all his Wurttemberg, +Baden, and Weimar relations out of Germany.... Yes. I'll drive them +out. Let him prepare an asylum for them in Russia!" + Balashev bowed his head with an air indicating that he would like to +make his bow and leave, and only listened because he could not help +hearing what was said to him. Napoleon did not notice this expression; +he treated Balashev not as an envoy from his enemy, but as a man now +fully devoted to him and who must rejoice at his former master's +humiliation. + "And why has the Emperor Alexander taken command of the armies? What +is the good of that? War is my profession, but his business is to +reign and not to command armies! Why has he taken on himself such a +responsibility?" + Again Napoleon brought out his snuffbox, paced several times up +and down the room in silence, and then, suddenly and unexpectedly, +went up to Balashev and with a slight smile, as confidently, +quickly, and simply as if he were doing something not merely +important but pleasing to Balashev, he raised his hand to the +forty-year-old Russian general's face and, taking him by the ear, +pulled it gently, smiling with his lips only. + To have one's ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the +greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. + "Well, adorer and courtier of the Emperor Alexander, why don't you +say anything?" said he, as if it was ridiculous, in his presence, to +be the adorer and courtier of anyone but himself, Napoleon. "Are the +horses ready for the general?" he added, with a slight inclination +of his head in reply to Balashev's bow. "Let him have mine, he has a +long way to go!" + The letter taken by Balashev was the last Napoleon sent to +Alexander. Every detail of the interview was communicated to the +Russian monarch, and the war began... +BK9|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + After his interview with Pierre in Moscow, Prince Andrew went to +Petersburg, on business as he told his family, but really to meet +Anatole Kuragin whom he felt it necessary to encounter. On reaching +Petersburg he inquired for Kuragin but the latter had already left the +city. Pierre had warned his brother-in-law that Prince Andrew was on +his track. Anatole Kuragin promptly obtained an appointment from the +Minister of War and went to join the army in Moldavia. While in +Petersburg Prince Andrew met Kutuzov, his former commander who was +always well disposed toward him, and Kutuzov suggested that he +should accompany him to the army in Moldavia, to which the old general +had been appointed commander in chief. So Prince Andrew, having +received an appointment on the headquarters staff, left for Turkey. + Prince Andrew did not think it proper to write and challenge +Kuragin. He thought that if he challenged him without some fresh cause +it might compromise the young Countess Rostova and so he wanted to +meet Kuragin personally in order to find a fresh pretext for a duel. +But he again failed to meet Kuragin in Turkey, for soon after Prince +Andrew arrived, the latter returned to Russia. In a new country, +amid new conditions, Prince Andrew found life easier to bear. After +his betrothed had broken faith with him- which he felt the more +acutely the more he tried to conceal its effects- the surroundings +in which he had been happy became trying to him, and the freedom and +independence he had once prized so highly were still more so. Not only +could he no longer think the thoughts that had first come to him as he +lay gazing at the sky on the field of Austerlitz and had later +enlarged upon with Pierre, and which had filled his solitude at +Bogucharovo and then in Switzerland and Rome, but he even dreaded to +recall them and them and the bright and boundless horizons they had +revealed. He was now concerned only with the nearest practical matters +unrelated to his past interests, and he seized on these the more +eagerly the more those past interests were closed to him. It was as if +that lofty, infinite canopy of heaven that had once towered above +him had suddenly turned into a low, solid vault that weighed him down, +in which all was clear, but nothing eternal or mysterious. + Of the activities that presented themselves to him, army service was +the simplest and most familiar. As a general on duty on Kutuzov's +staff, he applied himself to business with zeal and perseverance and +surprised Kutuzov by his willingness and accuracy in work. Not +having found Kuragin in Turkey, Prince Andrew did not think it +necessary to rush back to Russia after him, but all the same he knew +that however long it might be before he met Kuragin, despite his +contempt for him and despite all the proofs he deduced to convince +himself that it was not worth stooping to a conflict with him- he knew +that when he did meet him he would not be able to resist calling him +out, any more than a ravenous man can help snatching at food. And +the consciousness that the insult was not yet avenged, that his rancor +was still unspent, weighed on his heart and poisoned the artificial +tranquillity which he managed to obtain in Turkey by means of +restless, plodding, and rather vainglorious and ambitious activity. + In the year 1812, when news of the war with Napoleon reached +Bucharest- where Kutuzov had been living for two months, passing his +days and nights with a Wallachian woman- Prince Andrew asked Kutuzov +to transfer him to the Western Army. Kutuzov, who was already weary of +Bolkonski's activity which seemed to reproach his own idleness, very +readily let him go and gave him a mission to Barclay de Tolly. + Before joining the Western Army which was then, in May, encamped +at Drissa, Prince Andrew visited Bald Hills which was directly on +his way, being only two miles off the Smolensk highroad. During the +last three years there had been so many changes in his life, he had +thought, felt, and seen so much (having traveled both in the east +and the west), that on reaching Bald Hills it struck him as strange +and unexpected to find the way of life there unchanged and still the +same in every detail. He entered through the gates with their stone +pillars and drove up the avenue leading to the house as if he were +entering an enchanted, sleeping castle. The same old stateliness, +the same cleanliness, the same stillness reigned there, and inside +there was the same furniture, the same walls, sounds, and smell, and +the same timid faces, only somewhat older. Princess Mary was still the +same timid, plain maiden getting on in years, uselessly and +joylessly passing the best years of her life in fear and constant +suffering. Mademoiselle Bourienne was the same coquettish, +self-satisfied girl, enjoying every moment of her existence and full +of joyous hopes for the future. She had merely become more +self-confident, Prince Andrew thought. Dessalles, the tutor he had +brought from Switzerland, was wearing a coat of Russian cut and +talking broken Russian to the servants, but was still the same +narrowly intelligent, conscientious, and pedantic preceptor. The old +prince had changed in appearance only by the loss of a tooth, which +left a noticeable gap on one side of his mouth; in character he was +the same as ever, only showing still more irritability and +skepticism as to what was happening in the world. Little Nicholas +alone had changed. He had grown, become rosier, had curly dark hair, +and, when merry and laughing, quite unconsciously lifted the upper lip +of his pretty little mouth just as the little princess used to do. +He alone did not obey the law of immutability in the enchanted, +sleeping castle. But though externally all remained as of old, the +inner relations of all these people had changed since Prince Andrew +had seen them last. The household was divided into two alien and +hostile camps, who changed their habits for his sake and only met +because he was there. To the one camp belonged the old prince, +Madmoiselle Bourienne, and the architect; to the other Princess +Mary, Dessalles, little Nicholas, and all the old nurses and maids. + During his stay at Bald Hills all the family dined together, but +they were ill at ease and Prince Andrew felt that he was a visitor for +whose sake an exception was being made and that his presence made them +all feel awkward. Involuntarily feeling this at dinner on the first +day, he was taciturn, and the old prince noticing this also became +morosely dumb and retired to his apartments directly after dinner. +In the evening, when Prince Andrew went to him and, trying to rouse +him, began to tell him of the young Count Kamensky's campaign, the old +prince began unexpectedly to talk about Princess Mary, blaming her for +her superstitions and her dislike of Mademoiselle Bourienne, who, he +said, was the only person really attached to him. + The old prince said that if he was ill it was only because of +Princess Mary: that she purposely worried and irritated him, and +that by indulgence and silly talk she was spoiling little Prince +Nicholas. The old prince knew very well that he tormented his daughter +and that her life was very hard, but he also knew that he could not +help tormenting her and that she deserved it. "Why does Prince Andrew, +who sees this, say nothing to me about his sister? Does he think me +a scoundrel, or an old fool who, without any reason, keeps his own +daughter at a distance and attaches this Frenchwoman to himself? He +doesn't understand, so I must explain it, and he must hear me out," +thought the old prince. And he began explaining why he could not put +up with his daughter's unreasonable character. + "If you ask me," said Prince Andrew, without looking up (he was +censuring his father for the first time in his life), "I did not +wish to speak about it, but as you ask me I will give you my frank +opinion. If there is any misunderstanding and discord between you +and Mary, I can't blame her for it at all. I know how she loves and +respects you. Since you ask me," continued Prince Andrew, becoming +irritable- as he was always liable to do of late- "I can only say that +if there are any misunderstandings they are caused by that worthless +woman, who is not fit to be my sister's companion." + The old man at first stared fixedly at his son, and an unnatural +smile disclosed the fresh gap between his teeth to which Prince Andrew +could not get accustomed. + "What companion, my dear boy? Eh? You've already been talking it +over! Eh?" + "Father, I did not want to judge," said Prince Andrew, in a hard and +bitter tone, "but you challenged me, and I have said, and always shall +say, that Mary is not to blame, but those to blame- the one to +blame- is that Frenchwoman." + "Ah, he has passed judgment... passed judgement!" said the old man +in a low voice and, as it seemed to Prince Andrew, with some +embarrassment, but then he suddenly jumped up and cried: "Be off, be +off! Let not a trace of you remain here!..." + + Prince Andrew wished to leave at once, but Princess Mary persuaded +him to stay another day. That day he did not see his father, who did +not leave his room and admitted no one but Mademoiselle Bourienne +and Tikhon, but asked several times whether his son had gone. Next +day, before leaving, Prince Andrew went to his son's rooms. The boy, +curly-headed like his mother and glowing with health, sat on his knee, +and Prince Andrew began telling him the story of Bluebeard, but fell +into a reverie without finishing the story. He thought not of this +pretty child, his son whom he held on his knee, but of himself. He +sought in himself either remorse for having angered his father or +regret at leaving home for the first time in his life on bad terms +with him, and was horrified to find neither. What meant still more +to him was that he sought and did not find in himself the former +tenderness for his son which he had hoped to reawaken by caressing the +boy and taking him on his knee. + "Well, go on!" said his son. + Prince Andrew, without replying, put him down from his knee and went +out of the room. + As soon as Prince Andrew had given up his daily occupations, and +especially on returning to the old conditions of life amid which he +had been happy, weariness of life overcame him with its former +intensity, and he hastened to escape from these memories and to find +some work as soon as possible. + "So you've decided to go, Andrew?" asked his sister. + "Thank God that I can," replied Prince Andrew. "I am very sorry +you can't." + "Why do you say that?" replied Princess Mary. "Why do you say +that, when you are going to this terrible war, and he is so old? +Mademoiselle Bourienne says he has been asking about you...." + As soon as she began to speak of that, her lips trembled and her +tears began to fall. Prince Andrew turned away and began pacing the +room. + "Ah, my God! my God! When one thinks who and what- what trash- can +cause people misery!" he said with a malignity that alarmed Princess +Mary. + She understood that when speaking of "trash" he referred not only to +Mademoiselle Bourienne, the cause of her misery, but also to the man +who had ruined his own happiness. + "Andrew! One thing I beg, I entreat of you!" she said, touching +his elbow and looking at him with eyes that shone through her tears. +"I understand you" (she looked down). "Don't imagine that sorrow is +the work of men. Men are His tools." She looked a little above +Prince Andrew's head with the confident, accustomed look with which +one looks at the place where a familiar portrait hangs. "Sorrow is +sent by Him, not by men. Men are His instruments, they are not to +blame. If you think someone has wronged you, forget it and forgive! We +have no right to punish. And then you will know the happiness of +forgiving." + "If I were a woman I would do so, Mary. That is a woman's virtue. +But a man should not and cannot forgive and forget," he replied, and +though till that moment he had not been thinking of Kuragin, all his +unexpended anger suddenly swelled up in his heart. + "If Mary is already persuading me forgive, it means that I ought +long ago to have punished him," he thought. And giving her no +further reply, he began thinking of the glad vindictive moment when he +would meet Kuragin who he knew was now in the army. + Princess Mary begged him to stay one day more, saying that she +knew how unhappy her father would be if Andrew left without being +reconciled to him, but Prince Andrew replied that he would probably +soon be back again from the army and would certainly write to his +father, but that the longer he stayed now the more embittered their +differences would become. + "Good-by, Andrew! Remember that misfortunes come from God, and men +are never to blame," were the last words he heard from his sister when +he took leave of her. + "Then it must be so!" thought Prince Andrew as he drove out of the +avenue from the house at Bald Hills. "She, poor innocent creature, +is left to be victimized by an old man who has outlived his wits. +The old man feels he is guilty, but cannot change himself. My boy is +growing up and rejoices in life, in which like everybody else he +will deceive or be deceived. And I am off to the army. Why? I myself +don't know. I want to meet that man whom I despise, so as to give +him a chance to kill and laugh at me! + These conditions of life had been the same before, but then they +were all connected, while now they had all tumbled to pieces. Only +senseless things, lacking coherence, presented themselves one after +another to Prince Andrew's mind. +BK9|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Prince Andrew reached the general headquarters of the army at the +end of June. The first army, with which was the Emperor, occupied +the fortified camp at Drissa; the second army was retreating, trying +to effect a junction with the first one from which it was said to be +cut off by large French forces. Everyone was dissatisfied with the +general course of affairs in the Russian army, but no one +anticipated any danger of invasion of the Russian provinces, and no +one thought the war would extend farther than the western, the Polish, +provinces. + Prince Andrew found Barclay de Tolly, to whom he had been +assigned, on the bank of the Drissa. As there was not a single town or +large village in the vicinity of the camp, the immense number of +generals and courtiers accompanying the army were living in the best +houses of the villages on both sides of the river, over a radius of +six miles. Barclay de Tolly was quartered nearly three miles from +the Emperor. He received Bolkonski stiffly and coldly and told him +in his foreign accent that he would mention him to the Emperor for a +decision as to his employment, but asked him meanwhile to remain on +his staff. Anatole Kuragin, whom Prince Andrew had hoped to find +with the army, was not there. He had gone to Petersburg, but Prince +Andrew was glad to hear this. His mind was occupied by the interests +of the center that was conducting a gigantic war, and he was glad to +be free for a while from the distraction caused by the thought of +Kuragin. During the first four days, while no duties were required +of him, Prince Andrew rode round the whole fortified camp and, by +the aid of his own knowledge and by talks with experts, tried to +form a definite opinion about it. But the question whether the camp +was advantageous or disadvantageous remained for him undecided. +Already from his military experience and what he had seen in the +Austrian campaign, he had come to the conclusion that in war the +most deeply considered plans have no significance and that all depends +on the way unexpected movements of the enemy- that cannot be foreseen- +are met, and on how and by whom the whole matter is handled. To +clear up this last point for himself, Prince Andrew, utilizing his +position and acquaintances, tried to fathom the character of the +control of the army and of the men and parties engaged in it, and he +deduced for himself the following of the state of affairs. + While the Emperor had still been at Vilna, the forces had been +divided into three armies. First, the army under Barclay de Tolly, +secondly, the army under Bagration, and thirdly, the one commanded +by Tormasov. The Emperor was with the first army, but not as commander +in chief. In the orders issued it was stated, not that the Emperor +would take command, but only that he would be with the army. The +Emperor, moreover, had with him not a commander in chief's staff but +the imperial headquarters staff. In attendance on him was the head +of the imperial staff, Quartermaster General Prince Volkonski, as well +as generals, imperial aides-de-camp, diplomatic officials, and a large +number of foreigners, but not the army staff. Besides these, there +were in attendance on the Emperor without any definite appointments: +Arakcheev, the ex-Minister of War; Count Bennigsen, the senior general +in rank; the Grand Duke Tsarevich Constantine Pavlovich; Count +Rumyantsev, the Chancellor; Stein, a former Prussian minister; +Armfeldt, a Swedish general; Pfuel, the chief author of the plan of +campaign; Paulucci, an adjutant general and Sardinian emigre; +Wolzogen- and many others. Though these men had no military +appointment in the army, their position gave them influence, and often +a corps commander, or even the commander in chief, did not know in +what capacity he was questioned by Bennigsen, the Grand Duke, +Arakcheev, or Prince Volkonski, or was given this or that advice and +did not know whether a certain order received in the form of advice +emanated from the man who gave it or from the Emperor and whether it +had to be executed or not. But this was only the external condition; +the essential significance of the presence of the Emperor and of all +these people, from a courtier's point of view (and in an Emperor's +vicinity all became courtiers), was clear to everyone. It was this: +the Emperor did not assume the title of commander in chief, but +disposed of all the armies; the men around him were his assistants. +Arakcheev was a faithful custodian to enforce order and acted as the +sovereign's bodyguard. Bennigsen was a landlord in the Vilna +province who appeared to be doing the honors of the district, but +was in reality a good general, useful as an adviser and ready at +hand to replace Barclay. The Grand Duke was there because it suited +him to be. The ex-Minister Stein was there because his advice was +useful and the Emperor Alexander held him in high esteem personally. +Armfeldt virulently hated Napoleon and was a general full of +self-confidence, a quality that always influenced Alexander. +Paulucci was there because he was bold and decided in speech. The +adjutants general were there because they always accompanied the +Emperor, and lastly and chiefly Pfuel was there because he had drawn +up the plan of campaign against Napoleon and, having induced Alexander +to believe in the efficacy of that plan, was directing the whole +business of the war. With Pfuel was Wolzogen, who expressed Pfuel's +thoughts in a more comprehensible way than Pfuel himself (who was a +harsh, bookish theorist, self-confident to the point of despising +everyone else) was able to do. + Besides these Russians and foreigners who propounded new and +unexpected ideas every day- especially the foreigners, who did so with +a boldness characteristic of people employed in a country not their +own- there were many secondary personages accompanying the army +because their principals were there. + Among the opinions and voices in this immense, restless, +brilliant, and proud sphere, Prince Andrew noticed the following +sharply defined subdivisions of and parties: + The first party consisted of Pfuel and his adherents- military +theorists who believed in a science of war with immutable laws- laws +of oblique movements, outflankings, and so forth. Pfuel and his +adherents demanded a retirement into the depths of the country in +accordance with precise laws defined by a pseudo-theory of war, and +they saw only barbarism, ignorance, or evil intention in every +deviation from that theory. To this party belonged the foreign nobles, +Wolzogen, Wintzingerode, and others, chiefly Germans. + The second party was directly opposed to the first; one extreme, +as always happens, was met by representatives of the other. The +members of this party were those who had demanded an advance from +Vilna into Poland and freedom from all prearranged plans. Besides +being advocates of bold action, this section also represented +nationalism, which made them still more one-sided in the dispute. They +were Russians: Bagration, Ermolov (who was beginning to come to the +front), and others. At that time a famous joke of Ermolov's was +being circulated, that as a great favor he had petitioned the +Emperor to make him a German. The men of that party, remembering +Suvorov, said that what one had to do was not to reason, or stick pins +into maps, but to fight, beat the enemy, keep him out of Russia, and +not let the army get discouraged. + To the third party- in which the Emperor had most confidence- +belonged the courtiers who tried to arrange compromises between the +other two. The members of this party, chiefly civilians and to whom +Arakcheev belonged, thought and said what men who have no +convictions but wish to seem to have some generally say. They said +that undoubtedly war, particularly against such a genius as +Bonaparte (they called him Bonaparte now), needs most deeply devised +plans and profound scientific knowledge and in that respect Pfuel +was a genius, but at the same time it had to be acknowledged that +the theorists are often one sided, and therefore one should not +trust them absolutely, but should also listen to what Pfuel's +opponents and practical men of experience in warfare had to say, and +then choose a middle course. They insisted on the retention of the +camp at Drissa, according to Pfuel's plan, but on changing the +movements of the other armies. Though, by this course, neither one aim +nor the other could be attained, yet it seemed best to the adherents +of this third party. + Of a fourth opinion the most conspicuous representative was the +Tsarevich, who could not forget his disillusionment at Austerlitz, +where he had ridden out at the head of the Guards, in his casque and +cavalry uniform as to a review, expecting to crush the French +gallantly; but unexpectedly finding himself in the front line had +narrowly escaped amid the general confusion. The men of this party had +both the quality and the defect of frankness in their opinions. They +feared Napoleon, recognized his strength and their own weakness, and +frankly said so. They said: "Nothing but sorrow, shame, and ruin +will come of all this! We have abandoned Vilna and Vitebsk and shall +abandon Drissa. The only reasonable thing left to do is to conclude +peace as soon as possible, before we are turned out of Petersburg." + This view was very general in the upper army circles and found +support also in Petersburg and from the chancellor, Rumyantsev, who, +for other reasons of state, was in favor of peace. + The fifth party consisted of those who were adherents of Barclay +de Tolly, not so much as a man but as minister of war and commander in +chief. "Be he what he may" (they always began like that), "he is an +honest, practical man and we have nobody better. Give him real +power, for war cannot be conducted successfully without unity of +command, and he will show what he can do, as he did in Finland. If our +army is well organized and strong and has withdrawn to Drissa +without suffering any defeats, we owe this entirely to Barclay. If +Barclay is now to be superseded by Bennigsen all will be lost, for +Bennigsen showed his incapacity already in 1807." + The sixth party, the Bennigsenites, said, on the contrary, that at +any rate there was no one more active and experienced than +Bennigsen: "and twist about as you may, you will have to come to +Bennigsen eventually. Let the others make mistakes now!" said they, +arguing that our retirement to Drissa was a most shameful reverse +and an unbroken series of blunders. "The more mistakes that are made +the better. It will at any rate be understood all the sooner that +things cannot go on like this. What is wanted is not some Barclay or +other, but a man like Bennigsen, who made his mark in 1807, and to +whom Napoleon himself did justice- a man whose authority would be +willingly recognized, and Bennigsen is the only such man." + The seventh party consisted of the sort of people who are always +to be found, especially around young sovereigns, and of whom there +were particularly many round Alexander- generals and imperial +aides-de-camp passionately devoted to the Emperor, not merely as a +monarch but as a man, adoring him sincerely and disinterestedly, as +Rostov had done in 1805, and who saw in him not only all the virtues +but all human capabilities as well. These men, though enchanted with +the sovereign for refusing the command of the army, yet blamed him for +such excessive modesty, and only desired and insisted that their +adored sovereign should abandon his diffidence and openly announce +that he would place himself at the head of the army, gather round +him a commander in chief's staff, and, consulting experienced +theoreticians and practical men where necessary, would himself lead +the troops, whose spirits would thereby be raised to the highest +pitch. + The eighth and largest group, which in its enormous numbers was to +the others as ninety-nine to one, consisted of men who desired neither +peace nor war, neither an advance nor a defensive camp at the Drissa +or anywhere else, neither Barclay nor the Emperor, neither Pfuel nor +Bennigsen, but only the one most essential thing- as much advantage +and pleasure for themselves as possible. In the troubled waters of +conflicting and intersecting intrigues that eddied about the Emperor's +headquarters, it was possible to succeed in many ways unthinkable at +other times. A man who simply wished to retain his lucrative post +would today agree with Pfuel, tomorrow with his opponent, and the +day after, merely to avoid responsibility or to please the Emperor, +would declare that he had no opinion at all on the matter. Another who +wished to gain some advantage would attract the Emperor's attention by +loudly advocating the very thing the Emperor had hinted at the day +before, and would dispute and shout at the council, beating his breast +and challenging those who did not agree with him to duels, thereby +proving that he was prepared to sacrifice himself for the common good. +A third, in the absence of opponents, between two councils would +simply solicit a special gratuity for his faithful services, well +knowing that at that moment people would be too busy to refuse him. +A fourth while seemingly overwhelmed with work would often come +accidentally under the Emperor's eye. A fifth, to achieve his +long-cherished aim of dining with the Emperor, would stubbornly insist +on the correctness or falsity of some newly emerging opinion and for +this object would produce arguments more or less forcible and correct. + All the men of this party were fishing for rubles, decorations, +and promotions, and in this pursuit watched only the weathercock of +imperial favor, and directly they noticed it turning in any direction, +this whole drone population of the army began blowing hard that way, +so that it was all the harder for the Emperor to turn it elsewhere. +Amid the uncertainties of the position, with the menace of serious +danger giving a peculiarly threatening character to everything, amid +this vortex of intrigue, egotism, conflict of views and feelings, +and the diversity of race among these people- this eighth and +largest party of those preoccupied with personal interests imparted +great confusion and obscurity to the common task. Whatever question +arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their +buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by their hum +drowned and obscured the voices of those who were disputing honestly. + From among all these parties, just at the time Prince Andrew reached +the army, another, a ninth party, was being formed and was beginning +to raise its voice. This was the party of the elders, reasonable men +experienced and capable in state affairs, who, without sharing any +of those conflicting opinions, were able to take a detached view of +what was going on at the staff at headquarters and to consider means +of escape from this muddle, indecision, intricacy, and weakness. + The men of this party said and thought that what was wrong +resulted chiefly from the Emperor's presence in the army with his +military court and from the consequent presence there of an +indefinite, conditional, and unsteady fluctuation of relations, +which is in place at court but harmful in an army; that a sovereign +should reign but not command the army, and that the only way out of +the position would be for the Emperor and his court to leave the army; +that the mere presence of the Emperor paralyzed the action of fifty +thousand men required to secure his personal safety, and that the +worst commander in chief if independent would be better than the +very best one trammeled by the presence and authority of the monarch. + Just at the time Prince Andrew was living unoccupied at Drissa, +Shishkov, the Secretary of State and one of the chief +representatives of this party, wrote a letter to the Emperor which +Arakcheev and Balashev agreed to sign. In this letter, availing +himself of permission given him by the Emperor to discuss the +general course of affairs, he respectfully suggested- on the plea that +it was necessary for the sovereign to arouse a warlike spirit in the +people of the capital- that the Emperor should leave the army. + That arousing of the people by their sovereign and his call to +them to defend their country- the very incitement which was the +chief cause of Russia's triumph in so far as it was produced by the +Tsar's personal presence in Moscow- was suggested to the Emperor, +and accepted by him, as a pretext for quitting the army. +BK9|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + This letter had not yet been presented to the Emperor when +Barclay, one day at dinner, informed Bolkonski that the sovereign +wished to see him personally, to question him about Turkey, and that +Prince Andrew was to present himself at Bennigsen's quarters at six +that evening. + News was received at the Emperor's quarters that very day of a fresh +movement by Napoleon which might endanger the army- news +subsequently found to be false. And that morning Colonel Michaud had +ridden round the Drissa fortifications with the Emperor and had +pointed out to him that this fortified camp constructed by Pfuel, +and till then considered a chef-d'oeuvre of tactical science which +would ensure Napoleon's destruction, was an absurdity, threatening the +destruction of the Russian army. + Prince Andrew arrived at Bennigsen's quarters- a country gentleman's +house of moderate size, situated on the very banks of the river. +Neither Bennigsen nor the Emperor was there, but Chernyshev, the +Emperor's aide-de-camp, received Bolkonski and informed him that the +Emperor, accompanied by General Bennigsen and Marquis Paulucci, had +gone a second time that day to inspect the fortifications of the +Drissa camp, of the suitability of which serious doubts were beginning +to be felt. + Chernyshev was sitting at a window in the first room with a French +novel in his hand. This room had probably been a music room; there was +still an organ in it on which some rugs were piled, and in one +corner stood the folding bedstead of Bennigsen's adjutant. This +adjutant was also there and sat dozing on the rolled-up bedding, +evidently exhausted by work or by feasting. Two doors led from the +room, one straight on into what had been the drawing room, and +another, on the right, to the study. Through the first door came the +sound of voices conversing in German and occasionally in French. In +that drawing room were gathered, by the Emperor's wish, not a military +council (the Emperor preferred indefiniteness), but certain persons +whose opinions he wished to know in view of the impending +difficulties. It was not a council of war, but, as it were, a +council to elucidate certain questions for the Emperor personally. +To this semicouncil had been invited the Swedish General Armfeldt, +Adjutant General Wolzogen, Wintzingerode (whom Napoleon had referred +to as a renegade French subject), Michaud, Toll, Count Stein who was +not a military man at all, and Pfuel himself, who, as Prince Andrew +had heard, was the mainspring of the whole affair. Prince Andrew had +an opportunity of getting a good look at him, for Pfuel arrived soon +after himself and, in passing through to the drawing room, stopped a +minute to speak to Chernyshev. + At first sight, Pfuel, in his ill-made uniform of a Russian general, +which fitted him badly like a fancy costume, seemed familiar to Prince +Andrew, though he saw him now for the first time. There was about +him something of Weyrother, Mack, and Schmidt, and many other German +theorist-generals whom Prince Andrew had seen in 1805, but he was more +typical than any of them. Prince Andrew had never yet seen a German +theorist in whom all the characteristics of those others were united +to such an extent. + Pfuel was short and very thin but broad-boned, of coarse, robust +build, broad in the hips, and with prominent shoulder blades. His face +was much wrinkled and his eyes deep set. His hair had evidently been +hastily brushed smooth in front of the temples, but stuck up behind in +quaint little tufts. He entered the room, looking restlessly and +angrily around, as if afraid of everything in that large apartment. +Awkwardly holding up his sword, he addressed Chernyshev and asked in +German where the Emperor was. One could see that he wished to pass +through the rooms as quickly as possible, finish with the bows and +greetings, and sit down to business in front of a map, where he +would feel at home. He nodded hurriedly in reply to Chernyshev, and +smiled ironically on hearing that the sovereign was inspecting the +fortifications that he, Pfuel, had planned in accord with his +theory. He muttered something to himself abruptly and in a bass voice, +as self-assured Germans do- it might have been "stupid fellow"... or +"the whole affair will be ruined," or "something absurd will come of +it."... Prince Andrew did not catch what he said and would have passed +on, but Chernyshev introduced him to Pfuel, remarking that Prince +Andrew was just back from Turkey where the war had terminated so +fortunately. Pfuel barely glanced- not so much at Prince Andrew as +past him- and said, with a laugh: "That must have been a fine tactical +war"; and, laughing contemptuously, went on into the room from which +the sound of voices was heard. + Pfuel, always inclined to be irritably sarcastic, was particularly +disturbed that day, evidently by the fact that they had dared to +inspect and criticize his camp in his absence. From this short +interview with Pfuel, Prince Andrew, thanks to his Austerlitz +experiences, was able to form a clear conception of the man. Pfuel was +one of those hopelessly and immutably self-confident men, +self-confident to the point of martyrdom as only Germans are, +because only Germans are self-confident on the basis of an abstract +notion- science, that is, the supposed knowledge of absolute truth. +A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally, +both in mind and body, as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An +Englishman is self-assured, as being a citizen of the best-organized +state in the world, and therefore as an Englishman always knows what +he should do and knows that all he does as an Englishman is +undoubtedly correct. An Italian is self-assured because he is +excitable and easily forgets himself and other people. A Russian is +self-assured just because he knows nothing does not want to know +anything, since he does not believe that anything can be known. The +German's self-assurance is worst of all, stronger and more repulsive +than any other, because he imagines that he knows the truth- +science- which he himself has invented but which is for him the +absolute truth. + Pfuel was evidently of that sort. He had a science- the theory of +oblique movements deduced by him from the history of Frederick the +Great's wars, and all he came across in the history of more recent +warfare seemed to him absurd and barbarous- monstrous collisions in +which so many blunders were committed by both sides that these wars +could not be called wars, they did not accord with the theory, and +therefore could not serve as material for science. + In 1806 Pfuel had been one of those responsible, for the plan of +campaign that ended in Jena and Auerstadt, but he did not see the +least proof of the fallibility of his theory in the disasters of +that war. On the contrary, the deviations made from his theory were, +in his opinion, the sole cause of the whole disaster, and with +characteristically gleeful sarcasm he would remark, "There, I said the +whole affair would go to the devil!" Pfuel was one of those +theoreticians who so love their theory that they lose sight of the +theory's object- its practical application. His love of theory made +him hate everything practical, and he would not listen to it. He was +even pleased by failures, for failures resulting from deviations in +practice from the theory only proved to him the accuracy of his +theory. + He said a few words to Prince Andrew and Chernyshev about the +present war, with the air of a man who knows beforehand that all +will go wrong, and who is not displeased that it should be so. The +unbrushed tufts of hair sticking up behind and the hastily brushed +hair on his temples expressed this most eloquently. + He passed into the next room, and the deep, querulous sounds of +his voice were at once heard from there. +BK9|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Prince Andrew's eyes were still following Pfuel out of the room when +Count Bennigsen entered hurriedly, and nodding to Bolkonski, but not +pausing, went into the study, giving instructions to his adjutant as +he went. The Emperor was following him, and Bennigsen had hastened +on to make some preparations and to be ready to receive the sovereign. +Chernyshev and Prince Andrew went out into the porch, where the +Emperor, who looked fatigued, was dismounting. Marquis Paulucci was +talking to him with particular warmth and the Emperor, with his head +bent to the left, was listening with a dissatisfied air. The Emperor +moved forward evidently wishing to end the conversation, but the +flushed and excited Italian, oblivious of decorum, followed him and +continued to speak. + "And as for the man who advised forming this camp- the Drissa camp," +said Paulucci, as the Emperor mounted the steps and noticing Prince +Andrew scanned his unfamiliar face, "as to that person, sire..." +continued Paulucci, desperately, apparently unable to restrain +himself, "the man who advised the Drissa camp- I see no alternative +but the lunatic asylum or the gallows!" + Without heeding the end of the Italian's remarks, and as though +not hearing them, the Emperor, recognizing Bolkonski, addressed him +graciously. + "I am very glad to see you! Go in there where they are meeting, +and wait for me." + The Emperor went into the study. He was followed by Prince Peter +Mikhaylovich Volkonski and Baron Stein, and the door closed behind +them. Prince Andrew, taking advantage of the Emperor's permission, +accompanied Paulucci, whom he had known in Turkey, into the drawing +room where the council was assembled. + Prince Peter Mikhaylovich Volkonski occupied the position, as it +were, of chief of the Emperor's staff. He came out of the study into +the drawing room with some maps which he spread on a table, and put +questions on which he wished to hear the opinion of the gentlemen +present. What had happened was that news (which afterwards proved to +be false) had been received during the night of a movement by the +French to outflank the Drissa camp. + The first to speak was General Armfeldt who, to meet the +difficulty that presented itself, unexpectedly proposed a perfectly +new position away from the Petersburg and Moscow roads. The reason for +this was inexplicable (unless he wished to show that he, too, could +have an opinion), but he urged that at this point the army should +unite and there await the enemy. It was plain that Armfeldt had +thought out that plan long ago and now expounded it not so much to +answer the questions put- which, in fact, his plan did not answer- +as to avail himself of the opportunity to air it. It was one of the +millions of proposals, one as good as another, that could be made as +long as it was quite unknown what character the war would take. Some +disputed his arguments, others defended them. Young Count Toll +objected to the Swedish general's views more warmly than anyone +else, and in the course of the dispute drew from his side pocket a +well-filled notebook, which he asked permission to read to them. In +these voluminous notes Toll suggested another scheme, totally +different from Armfeldt's or Pfuel's plan of campaign. In answer to +Toll, Paulucci suggested an advance and an attack, which, he urged, +could alone extricate us from the present uncertainty and from the +trap (as he called the Drissa camp) in which we were situated. + During all these discussions Pfuel and his interpreter, Wolzogen +(his "bridge" in court relations), were silent. Pfuel only snorted +contemptuously and turned away, to show that he would never demean +himself by replying to such nonsense as he was now hearing. So when +Prince Volkonski, who was in the chair, called on him to give his +opinion, he merely said: + "Why ask me? General Armfeldt has proposed a splendid position +with an exposed rear, or why not this Italian gentleman's attack- very +fine, or a retreat, also good! Why ask me?" said he. "Why, you +yourselves know everything better than I do." + But when Volkonski said, with a frown, that it was in the +Emperor's name that he asked his opinion, Pfuel rose and, suddenly +growing animated, began to speak: + "Everything has been spoiled, everything muddled, everybody +thought they knew better than I did, and now you come to me! How +mend matters? There is nothing to mend! The principles laid down by me +must be strictly adhered to," said he, drumming on the table with +his bony fingers. "What is the difficulty? Nonsense, childishness!" + He went up to the map and speaking rapidly began proving that no +eventuality could alter the efficiency of the Drissa camp, that +everything had been foreseen, and that if the enemy were really +going to outflank it, the enemy would inevitably be destroyed. + Paulucci, who did not know German, began questioning him in +French. Wolzogen came to the assistance of his chief, who spoke French +badly, and began translating for him, hardly able to keep pace with +Pfuel, who was rapidly demonstrating that not only all that had +happened, but all that could happen, had been foreseen in his +scheme, and that if there were now any difficulties the whole fault +lay in the fact that his plan had not been precisely executed. He kept +laughing sarcastically, he demonstrated, and at last contemptuously +ceased to demonstrate, like a mathematician who ceases to prove in +various ways the accuracy of a problem that has already been proved. +Wolzogen took his place and continued to explain his views in +French, every now and then turning to Pfuel and saying, "Is it not so, +your excellency?" But Pfuel, like a man heated in a fight who +strikes those on his own side, shouted angrily at his own supporter, +Wolzogen: + "Well, of course, what more is there to explain?" + Paulucci and Michaud both attacked Wolzogen simultaneously in +French. Armfeldt addressed Pfuel in German. Toll explained to +Volkonski in Russian. Prince Andrew listened and observed in silence. + Of all these men Prince Andrew sympathized most with Pfuel, angry, +determined, and absurdly self-confident as he was. Of all those +present, evidently he alone was not seeking anything for himself, +nursed no hatred against anyone, and only desired that the plan, +formed on a theory arrived at by years of toil, should be carried out. +He was ridiculous, and unpleasantly sarcastic, but yet he inspired +involuntary respect by his boundless devotion to an idea. Besides +this, the remarks of all except Pfuel had one common trait that had +not been noticeable at the council of war in 1805: there was now a +panic fear of Napoleon's genius, which, though concealed, was +noticeable in every rejoinder. Everything was assumed to be possible +for Napoleon, they expected him from every side, and invoked his +terrible name to shatter each other's proposals. Pfuel alone seemed to +consider Napoleon a barbarian like everyone else who opposed his +theory. But besides this feeling of respect, Pfuel evoked pity in +Prince Andrew. From the tone in which the courtiers addressed him +and the way Paulucci had allowed himself to speak of him to the +Emperor, but above all from a certain desperation in Pfuel's own +expressions, it was clear that the others knew, and Pfuel himself +felt, that his fall was at hand. And despite his self-confidence and +grumpy German sarcasm he was pitiable, with his hair smoothly +brushed on the temples and sticking up in tufts behind. Though he +concealed the fact under a show of irritation and contempt, he was +evidently in despair that the sole remaining chance of verifying his +theory by a huge experiment and proving its soundness to the whole +world was slipping away from him. + The discussions continued a long time, and the longer they lasted +the more heated became the disputes, culminating in shouts and +personalities, and the less was it possible to arrive at any general +conclusion from all that had been said. Prince Andrew, listening to +this polyglot talk and to these surmises, plans, refutations, and +shouts, felt nothing but amazement at what they were saying. A thought +that had long since and often occurred to him during his military +activities- the idea that there is not and cannot be any science of +war, and that therefore there can be no such thing as a military +genius- now appeared to him an obvious truth. "What theory and science +is possible about a matter the conditions and circumstances of which +are unknown and cannot be defined, especially when the strength of the +acting forces cannot be ascertained? No one was or is able to +foresee in what condition our or the enemy's armies will be in a day's +time, and no one can gauge the force of this or that detachment. +Sometimes- when there is not a coward at the front to shout, 'We are +cut off!' and start running, but a brave and jolly lad who shouts, +'Hurrah!'- a detachment of five thousand is worth thirty thousand, +as at Schon Grabern, while at times fifty thousand run from eight +thousand, as at Austerlitz. What science can there be in a matter in +which, as in all practical matters, nothing can be defined and +everything depends on innumerable conditions, the significance of +which is determined at a particular moment which arrives no one +knows when? Armfeldt says our army is cut in half, and Paulucci says +we have got the French army between two fires; Michaud says that the +worthlessness of the Drissa camp lies in having the river behind it, +and Pfuel says that is what constitutes its strength; Toll proposes +one plan, Armfeldt another, and they are all good and all bad, and the +advantages of any suggestions can be seen only at the moment of trial. +And why do they all speak of a 'military genius'? Is a man a genius +who can order bread to be brought up at the right time and say who +is to go to the right and who to the left? It is only because military +men are invested with pomp and power and crowds of sychophants flatter +power, attributing to it qualities of genius it does not possess. +The best generals I have known were, on the contrary, stupid or +absent-minded men. Bagration was the best, Napoleon himself admitted +that. And of Bonaparte himself! I remember his limited, self-satisfied +face on the field of Austerlitz. Not only does a good army commander +not need any special qualities, on the contrary he needs the absence +of the highest and best human attributes- love, poetry, tenderness, +and philosophic inquiring doubt. He should be limited, firmly +convinced that what he is doing is very important (otherwise he will +not have sufficient patience), and only then will he be a brave +leader. God forbid that he should be humane, should love, or pity, +or think of what is just and unjust. It is understandable that a +theory of their 'genius' was invented for them long ago because they +have power! The success of a military action depends not on them, +but on the man in the ranks who shouts, 'We are lost!' or who +shouts, 'Hurrah!' And only in the ranks can one serve with assurance +of being useful." + So thought Prince Andrew as he listened to the talking, and he +roused himself only when Paulucci called him and everyone was leaving. + At the review next day the Emperor asked Prince Andrew where he +would like to serve, and Prince Andrew lost his standing in court +circles forever by not asking to remain attached to the sovereign's +person, but for permission to serve in the army. +BK9|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + Before the beginning of the campaign, Rostov had received a letter +from his parents in which they told him briefly of Natasha's illness +and the breaking off of her engagement to Prince Andrew (which they +explained by Natasha's having rejected him) and again asked Nicholas +to retire from the army and return home. On receiving this letter, +Nicholas did not even make any attempt to get leave of absence or to +retire from the army, but wrote to his parents that he was sorry +Natasha was ill and her engagement broken off, and that he would do +all he could to meet their wishes. To Sonya he wrote separately. + "Adored friend of my soul!" he wrote. "Nothing but honor could +keep me from returning to the country. But now, at the commencement of +the campaign, I should feel dishonored, not only in my comrades' +eyes but in my own, if I preferred my own happiness to my love and +duty to the Fatherland. But this shall be our last separation. Believe +me, directly the war is over, if I am still alive and still loved by +you, I will throw up everything and fly to you, to press you forever +to my ardent breast." + It was, in fact, only the commencement of the campaign that +prevented Rostov from returning home as he had promised and marrying +Sonya. The autumn in Otradnoe with the hunting, and the winter with +the Christmas holidays and Sonya's love, had opened out to him a vista +of tranquil rural joys and peace such as he had never known before, +and which now allured him. "A splendid wife, children, a good pack +of hounds, a dozen leashes of smart borzois, agriculture, neighbors, +service by election..." thought he. But now the campaign was +beginning, and he had to remain with his regiment. And since it had to +be so, Nicholas Rostov, as was natural to him, felt contented with the +life he led in the regiment and was able to find pleasure in that +life. + On his return from his furlough Nicholas, having been joyfully +welcomed by his comrades, was sent to obtain remounts and brought back +from the Ukraine excellent horses which pleased him and earned him +commendation from his commanders. During his absence he had been +promoted captain, and when the regiment was put on war footing with an +increase in numbers, he was again allotted his old squadron. + The campaign began, the regiment was moved into Poland on double +pay, new officers arrived, new men and horses, and above all everybody +was infected with the merrily excited mood that goes with the +commencement of a war, and Rostov, conscious of his advantageous +position in the regiment, devoted himself entirely to the pleasures +and interests of military service, though he knew that sooner or later +he would have to relinquish them. + The troops retired from Vilna for various complicated reasons of +state, political and strategic. Each step of the retreat was +accompanied by a complicated interplay of interests, arguments, and +passions at headquarters. For the Pavlograd hussars, however, the +whole of this retreat during the finest period of summer and with +sufficient supplies was a very simple and agreeable business. + It was only at headquarters that there was depression, uneasiness, +and intriguing; in the body of the army they did not ask themselves +where they were going or why. If they regretted having to retreat, +it was only because they had to leave billets they had grown +accustomed to, or some pretty young Polish lady. If the thought that +things looked bad chanced to enter anyone's head, he tried to be as +cheerful as befits a good soldier and not to think of the general +trend of affairs, but only of the task nearest to hand. First they +camped gaily before Vilna, making acquaintance with the Polish +landowners, preparing for reviews and being reviewed by the Emperor +and other high commanders. Then came an order to retreat to Sventsyani +and destroy any provisions they could not carry away with them. +Sventsyani was remembered by the hussars only as the drunken camp, a +name the whole army gave to their encampment there, and because many +complaints were made against the troops, who, taking advantage of +the order to collect provisions, took also horses, carriages, and +carpets from the Polish proprietors. Rostov remembered Sventsyani, +because on the first day of their arrival at that small town he +changed his sergeant major and was unable to manage all the drunken +men of his squadron who, unknown to him, had appropriated five barrels +of old beer. From Sventsyani they retired farther and farther to +Drissa, and thence again beyond Drissa, drawing near to the frontier +of Russia proper. + On the thirteenth of July the Pavlograds took part in a serious +action for the first time. + On the twelfth of July, on the eve of that action, there was a heavy +storm of rain and hail. In general, the summer of 18l2 was +remarkable for its storms. + The two Pavlograd squadrons were bivouacking on a field of rye, +which was already in ear but had been completely trodden down by +cattle and horses. The rain was descending in torrents, and Rostov, +with a young officer named Ilyin, his protege, was sitting in a +hastily constructed shelter. An officer of their regiment, with long +mustaches extending onto his cheeks, who after riding to the staff had +been overtaken by the rain, entered Rostov's shelter. + "I have come from the staff, Count. Have you heard of Raevski's +exploit?" + And the officer gave them details of the Saltanov battle, which he +had heard at the staff. + Rostov, smoking his pipe and turning his head about as the water +trickled down his neck, listened inattentively, with an occasional +glance at Ilyin, who was pressing close to him. This officer, a lad of +sixteen who had recently joined the regiment, was now in the same +relation to Nicholas that Nicholas had been to Denisov seven years +before. Ilyin tried to imitate Rostov in everything and adored him +as a girl might have done. + Zdrzhinski, the officer with the long mustache, spoke +grandiloquently of the Saltanov dam being "a Russian Thermopylae," and +of how a deed worthy of antiquity had been performed by General +Raevski. He recounted how Raevski had led his two sons onto the dam +under terrific fire and had charged with them beside him. Rostov heard +the story and not only said nothing to encourage Zdrzhinski's +enthusiasm but, on the contrary, looked like a man ashamed of what +he was hearing, though with no intention of contradicting it. Since +the campaigns of Austerlitz and of 1807 Rostov knew by experience that +men always lie when describing military exploits, as he himself had +done when recounting them; besides that, he had experience enough to +know that nothing happens in war at all as we can imagine or relate +it. And so he did not like Zdrzhinski's tale, nor did he like +Zdrzhinski himself who, with his mustaches extending over his +cheeks, bent low over the face of his hearer, as was his habit, and +crowded Rostov in the narrow shanty. Rostov looked at him in +silence. "In the first place, there must have been such a confusion +and crowding on the dam that was being attacked that if Raevski did +lead his sons there, it could have had no effect except perhaps on +some dozen men nearest to him," thought he, "the rest could not have +seen how or with whom Raevski came onto the dam. And even those who +did see it would not have been much stimulated by it, for what had +they to do with Raevski's tender paternal feelings when their own +skins were in danger? And besides, the fate of the Fatherland did +not depend on whether they took the Saltanov dam or not, as we are +told was the case at Thermopylae. So why should he have made such a +sacrifice? And why expose his own children in the battle? I would +not have taken my brother Petya there, or even Ilyin, who's a stranger +to me but a nice lad, but would have tried to put them somewhere under +cover," Nicholas continued to think, as he listened to Zdrzhinski. But +he did not express his thoughts, for in such matters, too, he had +gained experience. He knew that this tale redounded to the glory of +our arms and so one had to pretend not to doubt it. And he acted +accordingly. + "I can't stand this any more," said Ilyin, noticing that Rostov +did not relish Zdrzhinski's conversation. "My stockings and shirt... +and the water is running on my seat! I'll go and look for shelter. The +rain seems less heavy." + Ilyin went out and Zdrzhinski rode away. + Five minutes later Ilyin, splashing through the mud, came running +back to the shanty. + "Hurrah! Rostov, come quick! I've found it! About two hundred +yards away there's a tavern where ours have already gathered. We can +at least get dry there, and Mary Hendrikhovna's there." + Mary Hendrikhovna was the wife of the regimental doctor, a pretty +young German woman he had married in Poland. The doctor, whether +from lack of means or because he did not like to part from his young +wife in the early days of their marriage, took her about with him +wherever the hussar regiment went and his jealousy had become a +standing joke among the hussar officers. + Rostov threw his cloak over his shoulders, shouted to Lavrushka to +follow with the things, and- now slipping in the mud, now splashing +right through it- set off with Ilyin in the lessening rain and the +darkness that was occasionally rent by distant lightning. + "Rostov, where are you?" + "Here. What lightning!" they called to one another. +BK9|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + In the tavern, before which stood the doctor's covered cart, there +were already some five officers. Mary Hendrikhovna, a plump little +blonde German, in a dressing jacket and nightcap, was sitting on a +broad bench in the front corner. Her husband, the doctor, lay asleep +behind her. Rostov and Ilyin, on entering the room, were welcomed with +merry shouts and laughter. + "Dear me, how jolly we are!" said Rostov laughing. + "And why do you stand there gaping?" + "What swells they are! Why, the water streams from them! Don't +make our drawing room so wet." + "Don't mess Mary Hendrikhovna's dress!" cried other voices. + Rostov and Ilyin hastened to find a corner where they could change +into dry clothes without offending Mary Hendrikhovna's modesty. They +were going into a tiny recess behind a partition to change, but +found it completely filled by three officers who sat playing cards +by the light of a solitary candle on an empty box, and these +officers would on no account yield their position. Mary Hendrikhovna +obliged them with the loan of a petticoat to be used as a curtain, and +behind that screen Rostov and Ilyin, helped by Lavrushka who had +brought their kits, changed their wet things for dry ones. + A fire was made up in the dilapidated brick stove. A board was +found, fixed on two saddles and covered with a horsecloth, a small +samovar was produced and a cellaret and half a bottle of rum, and +having asked Mary Hendrikhovna to preside, they all crowded round her. +One offered her a clean handkerchief to wipe her charming hands, +another spread a jacket under her little feet to keep them from the +damp, another hung his coat over the window to keep out the draft, and +yet another waved the flies off her husband's face, lest he should +wake up. + "Leave him alone," said Mary Hendrikhovna, smiling timidly and +happily. "He is sleeping well as it is, after a sleepless night." + "Oh, no, Mary Hendrikhovna," replied the officer, "one must look +after the doctor. Perhaps he'll take pity on me someday, when it comes +to cutting off a leg or an arm for me." + There were only three tumblers, the water was so muddy that one +could not make out whether the tea was strong or weak, and the samovar +held only six tumblers of water, but this made it all the pleasanter +to take turns in order of seniority to receive one's tumbler from Mary +Hendrikhovna's plump little hands with their short and not overclean +nails. All the officers appeared to be, and really were, in love +with her that evening. Even those playing cards behind the partition +soon left their game and came over to the samovar, yielding to the +general mood of courting Mary Hendrikhovna. She, seeing herself +surrounded by such brilliant and polite young men, beamed with +satisfaction, try as she might to hide it, and perturbed as she +evidently was each time her husband moved in his sleep behind her. + There was only one spoon, sugar was more plentiful than anything +else, but it took too long to dissolve, so it was decided that Mary +Hendrikhovna should stir the sugar for everyone in turn. Rostov +received his tumbler, and adding some rum to it asked Mary +Hendrikhovna to stir it. + "But you take it without sugar?" she said, smiling all the time, +as if everything she said and everything the others said was very +amusing and had a double meaning. + "It is not the sugar I want, but only that your little hand should +stir my tea." + Mary Hendrikhovna assented and began looking for the spoon which +someone meanwhile had pounced on. + "Use your finger, Mary Hendrikhovna, it will be still nicer," said +Rostov. + "Too hot!" she replied, blushing with pleasure. + Ilyin put a few drops of rum into the bucket of water and brought it +to Mary Hendrikhovna, asking her to stir it with her finger. + "This is my cup," said he. "Only dip your finger in it and I'll +drink it all up." + When they had emptied the samovar, Rostov took a pack of cards and +proposed that they should play "Kings" with Mary Hendrikhovna. They +drew lots to settle who should make up her set. At Rostov's suggestion +it was agreed that whoever became "King" should have the right to kiss +Mary Hendrikhovna's hand, and that the "Booby" should go to refill and +reheat the samovar for the doctor when the latter awoke. + "Well, but supposing Mary Hendrikhovna is 'King'?" asked Ilyin. + "As it is, she is Queen, and her word is law!" + They had hardly begun to play before the doctor's disheveled head +suddenly appeared from behind Mary Hendrikhovna. He had been awake for +some time, listening to what was being said, and evidently found +nothing entertaining or amusing in what was going on. His face was sad +and depressed. Without greeting the officers, he scratched himself and +asked to be allowed to pass as they were blocking the way. As soon +as he had left the room all the officers burst into loud laughter +and Mary Hendrikhovna blushed till her eyes filled with tears and +thereby became still more attractive to them. Returning from the yard, +the doctor told his wife (who had ceased to smile so happily, and +looked at him in alarm, awaiting her sentence) that the rain had +ceased and they must go to sleep in their covered cart, or +everything in it would be stolen. + "But I'll send an orderly.... Two of them!" said Rostov. "What an +idea, doctor!" + "I'll stand guard on it myself!" said Ilyin. + "No, gentlemen, you have had your sleep, but I have not slept for +two nights," replied the doctor, and he sat down morosely beside his +wife, waiting for the game to end. + Seeing his gloomy face as he frowned at his wife, the officers +grew still merrier, and some of them could not refrain from +laughter, for which they hurriedly sought plausible pretexts. When +he had gone, taking his wife with him, and had settled down with her +in their covered cart, the officers lay down in the tavern, covering +themselves with their wet cloaks, but they did not sleep for a long +time; now they exchanged remarks, recalling the doctor's uneasiness +and his wife's delight, now they ran out into the porch and reported +what was taking place in the covered trap. Several times Rostov, +covering his head, tried to go to sleep, but some remark would +arouse him and conversation would be resumed, to the accompaniment +of unreasoning, merry, childlike laughter. +BK9|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + It was nearly three o'clock but no one was yet asleep, when the +quartermaster appeared with an order to move on to the little town +of Ostrovna. Still laughing and talking, the officers began +hurriedly getting ready and again boiled again boiled some muddy water +in the samovar. But Rostov went off to his squadron without waiting +for tea. Day was breaking, the rain had ceased, and the clouds were +dispersing. It felt damp and cold, especially in clothes that were +still moist. As they left the tavern in the twilight of the dawn, +Rostov and Ilyin both glanced under the wet and glistening leather +hood of the doctor's cart, from under the apron of which his feet were +sticking out, and in the middle of which his wife's nightcap was +visible and her sleepy breathing audible. + "She really is a dear little thing," said Rostov to Ilyin, who was +following him. + "A charming woman!" said Ilyin, with all the gravity of a boy of +sixteen. + Half an hour later the squadron was lined up on the road. The +command was heard to "mount" and the soldiers crossed themselves and +mounted. Rostov riding in front gave the order "Forward!" and the +hussars, with clanking sabers and subdued talk, their horses' hoofs +splashing in the mud, defiled in fours and moved along the broad +road planted with birch trees on each side, following the infantry and +a battery that had gone on in front. + Tattered, blue-purple clouds, reddening in the east, were scudding +before the wind. It was growing lighter and lighter. That curly +grass which always grows by country roadsides became clearly +visible, still wet with the night's rain; the drooping branches of the +birches, also wet, swayed in the wind and flung down bright drops of +water to one side. The soldiers' faces were more and more clearly +visible. Rostov, always closely followed by Ilyin, rode along the side +of the road between two rows of birch trees. + When campaigning, Rostov allowed himself the indulgence of riding +not a regimental but a Cossack horse. A judge of horses and a +sportsman, he had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, +Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he +rode it no one could outgallop him. To ride this horse was a +pleasure to him, and he thought of the horse, of the morning, of the +doctor's wife, but not once of the impending danger. + Formerly, when going into action, Rostov had felt afraid; now he had +not the least feeling of fear. He was fearless, not because he had +grown used to being under fire (one cannot grow used to danger), but +because he had learned how to manage his thoughts when in danger. He +had grown accustomed when going into action to think about anything +but what would seem most likely to interest him- the impending danger. +During the first period of his service, hard as he tried and much as +he reproached himself with cowardice, he had not been able to do this, +but with time it had come of itself. Now he rode beside Ilyin under +the birch trees, occasionally plucking leaves from a branch that met +his hand, sometimes touching his horse's side with his foot, or, +without turning round, handing a pipe he had finished to an hussar +riding behind him, with as calm and careless an air as though he +were merely out for a ride. He glanced with pity at the excited face +of Ilyin, who talked much and in great agitation. He knew from +experience the tormenting expectation of terror and death the cornet +was suffering and knew that only time could help him. + As soon as the sun appeared in a clear strip of sky beneath the +clouds, the wind fell, as if it dared not spoil the beauty of the +summer morning after the storm; drops still continued to fall, but +vertically now, and all was still. The whole sun appeared on the +horizon and disappeared behind a long narrow cloud that hung above it. +A few minutes later it reappeared brighter still from behind the top +of the cloud, tearing its edge. Everything grew bright and +glittered. And with that light, and as if in reply to it, came the +sound of guns ahead of them. + Before Rostov had had time to consider and determine the distance of +that firing, Count Ostermann-Tolstoy's adjutant came galloping from +Vitebsk with orders to advance at a trot along the road. + The squadron overtook and passed the infantry and the battery- which +had also quickened their pace- rode down a hill, and passing through +an empty and deserted village again ascended. The horses began to +lather and the men to flush. + "Halt! Dress your ranks!" the order of the regimental commander +was heard ahead. "Forward by the left. Walk, march!" came the order +from in front. + And the hussars, passing along the line of troops on the left +flank of our position, halted behind our Uhlans who were in the +front line. To the right stood our infantry in a dense column: they +were the reserve. Higher up the hill, on the very horizon, our guns +were visible through the wonderfully clear air, brightly illuminated +by slanting morning sunbeams. In front, beyond a hollow dale, could be +seen the enemy's columns and guns. Our advanced line, already in +action, could be heard briskly exchanging shots with the enemy in +the dale. + At these sounds, long unheard, Rostov's spirits rose, as at the +strains of the merriest music. Trap-ta-ta-tap! cracked the shots, +now together, now several quickly one after another. Again all was +silent and then again it sounded as if someone were walking on +detonators and exploding them. + The hussars remained in the same place for about an hour. A +cannonade began. Count Ostermann with his suite rode up behind the +squadron, halted, spoke to the commander of the regiment, and rode +up the hill to the guns. + After Ostermann had gone, a command rang out to the Uhlans. + "Form column! Prepare to charge!" + The infantry in front of them parted into platoons to allow the +cavalry to pass. The Uhlans started, the streamers on their spears +fluttering, and trotted downhill toward the French cavalry which was +seen below to the left. + As soon as the Uhlans descended the hill, the hussars were ordered +up the hill to support the battery. As they took the places vacated by +the Uhlans, bullets came from the front, whining and whistling, but +fell spent without taking effect. + The sounds, which he had not heard for so long, had an even more +pleasurable and exhilarating effect on Rostov than the previous sounds +of firing. Drawing himself up, he viewed the field of battle opening +out before him from the hill, and with his whole soul followed the +movement of the Uhlans. They swooped down close to the French +dragoons, something confused happened there amid the smoke, and five +minutes later our Uhlans were galloping back, not to the place they +had occupied but more to the left, and among the orange-colored Uhlans +on chestnut horses and behind them, in a large group, blue French +dragoons on gray horses could be seen. +BK9|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + Rostov, with his keen sportsman's eye, was one of the first to catch +sight of these blue French dragoons pursuing our Uhlans. Nearer and +nearer in disorderly crowds came the Uhlans and the French dragoons +pursuing them. He could already see how these men, who looked so small +at the foot of the hill, jostled and overtook one another, waving +their arms and their sabers in the air. + Rostov gazed at what was happening before him as at a hunt. He +felt instinctively that if the hussars struck at the French dragoons +now, the latter could not withstand them, but if a charge was to be +made it must be done now, at that very moment, or it would be too +late. He looked around. A captain, standing beside him, was gazing +like himself with eyes fixed on the cavalry below them. + "Andrew Sevastyanych!" said Rostov. "You know, we could crush +them...." + "A fine thing too!" replied the captain, "and really..." + Rostov, without waiting to hear him out, touched his horse, galloped +to the front of his squadron, and before he had time to finish +giving the word of command, the whole squadron, sharing his feeling, +was following him. Rostov himself did not know how or why he did it. +He acted as he did when hunting, without reflecting or considering. He +saw the dragoons near and that they were galloping in disorder; he +knew they could not withstand an attack- knew there was only that +moment and that if he let it slip it would not return. The bullets +were whining and whistling so stimulatingly around him and his horse +was so eager to go that he could not restrain himself. He touched +his horse, gave the word of command, and immediately, hearing behind +him the tramp of the horses of his deployed squadron, rode at full +trot downhill toward the dragoons. Hardly had they reached the +bottom of the hill before their pace instinctively changed to a +gallop, which grew faster and faster as they drew nearer to our Uhlans +and the French dragoons who galloped after them. The dragoons were now +close at hand. On seeing the hussars, the foremost began to turn, +while those behind began to halt. With the same feeling with which +he had galloped across the path of a wolf, Rostov gave rein to his +Donets horse and galloped to intersect the path of the dragoons' +disordered lines. One Uhlan stopped, another who was on foot flung +himself to the ground to avoid being knocked over, and a riderless +horse fell in among the hussars. Nearly all the French dragoons were +galloping back. Rostov, picking out one on a gray horse, dashed +after him. On the way he came upon a bush, his gallant horse cleared +it, and almost before he had righted himself in his saddle he saw that +he would immediately overtake the enemy he had selected. That +Frenchman, by his uniform an officer, was going at a gallop, crouching +on his gray horse and urging it on with his saber. In another moment +Rostov's horse dashed its breast against the hindquarters of the +officer's horse, almost knocking it over, and at the same instant +Rostov, without knowing why, raised his saber and struck the Frenchman +with it. + The instant he had done this, all Rostov's animation vanished. The +officer fell, not so much from the blow- which had but slightly cut +his arm above the elbow- as from the shock to his horse and from +fright. Rostov reined in his horse, and his eyes sought his foe to see +whom he had vanquished. The French dragoon officer was hopping with +one foot on the ground, the other being caught in the stirrup. His +eyes, screwed up with fear as if he every moment expected another +blow, gazed up at Rostov with shrinking terror. His pale and +mud-stained face- fair and young, with a dimple in the chin and +light-blue eyes- was not an enemy's face at all suited to a +battlefield, but a most ordinary, homelike face. Before Rostov had +decided what to do with him, the officer cried, "I surrender!" He +hurriedly but vainly tried to get his foot out of the stirrup and +did not remove his frightened blue eyes from Rostov's face. Some +hussars who galloped up disengaged his foot and helped him into the +saddle. On all sides, the hussars were busy with the dragoons; one was +wounded, but though his face was bleeding, he would not give up his +horse; another was perched up behind an hussar with his arms round +him; a third was being helped by an hussar to mount his horse. In +front, the French infantry were firing as they ran. The hussars +galloped hastily back with their prisoners. Rostov galloped back +with the rest, aware of an unpleasant feeling of depression in his +heart. Something vague and confused, which he could not at all account +for, had come over him with the capture of that officer and the blow +he had dealt him. + Count Ostermann-Tolstoy met the returning hussars, sent for +Rostov, thanked him, and said he would report his gallant deed to +the Emperor and would recommend him for a St. George's Cross. When +sent for by Count Ostermann, Rostov, remembering that he had charged +without orders, felt sure his commander was sending for him to +punish him for breach of discipline. Ostermann's flattering words +and promise of a reward should therefore have struck him all the +more pleasantly, but he still felt that same vaguely disagreeable +feeling of moral nausea. "But what on earth is worrying me?" he +asked himself as he rode back from the general. "Ilyin? No, he's safe. +Have I disgraced myself in any way? No, that's not it." Something +else, resembling remorse, tormented him. "Yes, oh yes, that French +officer with the dimple. And I remember how my arm paused when I +raised it." + Rostov saw the prisoners being led away and galloped after them to +have a look at his Frenchman with the dimple on his chin. He was +sitting in his foreign uniform on an hussar packhorse and looked +anxiously about him; The sword cut on his arm could scarcely be called +a wound. He glanced at Rostov with a feigned smile and waved his +hand in greeting. Rostov still had the same indefinite feeling, as +of shame. + All that day and the next his friends and comrades noticed that +Rostov, without being dull or angry, was silent, thoughtful, and +preoccupied. He drank reluctantly, tried to remain alone, and kept +turning something over in his mind. + Rostov was always thinking about that brilliant exploit of his, +which to his amazement had gained him the St. George's Cross and +even given him a reputation for bravery, and there was something he +could not at all understand. "So others are even more afraid than I +am!" he thought. "So that's all there is in what is called heroism! +And heroism! And did I do it for my country's sake? And how was he +to blame, with his dimple and blue eyes? And how frightened he was! He +thought that I should kill him. Why should I kill him? My hand +trembled. And they have given me a St. George's Cross.... I can't make +it out at all." + But while Nicholas was considering these questions and still could +reach no clear solution of what puzzled him so, the wheel of fortune +in the service, as often happens, turned in his favor. After the +affair at Ostrovna he was brought into notice, received command of +an hussar battalion, and when a brave officer was needed he was +chosen. +BK9|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + On receiving news of Natasha's illness, the countess, though not +quite well yet and still weak, went to Moscow with Petya and the +rest of the household, and the whole family moved from Marya +Dmitrievna's house to their own and settled down in town. + Natasha's illness was so serious that, fortunately for her and for +her parents, the consideration of all that had caused the illness, her +conduct and the breaking off of her engagement, receded into the +background. She was so ill that it was impossible for them to consider +in how far she was to blame for what had happened. She could not eat +or sleep, grew visibly thinner, coughed, and, as the doctors made them +feel, was in danger. They could not think of anything but how to +help her. Doctors came to see her singly and in consultation, talked +much in French, German, and Latin, blamed one another, and +prescribed a great variety of medicines for all the diseases known +to them, but the simple idea never occurred to any of them that they +could not know the disease Natasha was suffering from, as no disease +suffered by a live man can be known, for every living person has his +own peculiarities and always has his own peculiar, personal, novel, +complicated disease, unknown to medicine- not a disease of the +lungs, liver, skin, heart, nerves, and so on mentioned in medical +books, but a disease consisting of one of the innumerable combinations +of the maladies of those organs. This simple thought could not occur +to the doctors (as it cannot occur to a wizard that he is unable to +work his charms) because the business of their lives was to cure, +and they received money for it and had spent the best years of their +lives on that business. But, above all, that thought was kept out of +their minds by the fact that they saw they were really useful, as in +fact they were to the whole Rostov family. Their usefulness did not +depend on making the patient swallow substances for the most part +harmful (the harm was scarcely perceptible, as they were given in +small doses), but they were useful, necessary, and indispensable +because they satisfied a mental need of the invalid and of those who +loved her- and that is why there are, and always will be, +pseudo-healers, wise women, homeopaths, and allopaths. They +satisfied that eternal human need for hope of relief, for sympathy, +and that something should be done, which is felt by those who are +suffering. They satisfied the need seen in its most elementary form in +a child, when it wants to have a place rubbed that has been hurt. A +child knocks itself and runs at once to the arms of its mother or +nurse to have the aching spot rubbed or kissed, and it feels better +when this is done. The child cannot believe that the strongest and +wisest of its people have no remedy for its pain, and the hope of +relief and the expression of its mother's sympathy while she rubs +the bump comforts it. The doctors were of use to Natasha because +they kissed and rubbed her bump, assuring her that it would soon +pass if only the coachman went to the chemist's in the Arbat and got a +powder and some pills in a pretty box of a ruble and seventy kopeks, +and if she took those powders in boiled water at intervals of +precisely two hours, neither more nor less. + What would Sonya and the count and countess have done, how would +they have looked, if nothing had been done, if there had not been +those pills to give by the clock, the warm drinks, the chicken +cutlets, and all the other details of life ordered by the doctors, the +carrying out of which supplied an occupation and consolation to the +family circle? How would the count have borne his dearly loved +daughter's illness had he not known that it was costing him a thousand +rubles, and that he would not grudge thousands more to benefit her, or +had he not known that if her illness continued he would not grudge yet +other thousands and would take her abroad for consultations there, and +had he not been able to explain the details of how Metivier and Feller +had not understood the symptoms, but Frise had, and Mudrov had +diagnosed them even better? What would the countess have done had +she not been able sometimes to scold the invalid for not strictly +obeying the doctor's orders? + "You'll never get well like that," she would say, forgetting her +grief in her vexation, "if you won't obey the doctor and take your +medicine at the right time! You mustn't trifle with it, you know, or +it may turn to pneumonia," she would go on, deriving much comfort from +the utterance of that foreign word, incomprehensible to others as well +as to herself. + What would Sonya have done without the glad consciousness that she +had not undressed during the first three nights, in order to be +ready to carry out all the doctor's injunctions with precision, and +that she still kept awake at night so as not to miss the proper time +when the slightly harmful pills in the little gilt box had to be +administered? Even to Natasha herself it was pleasant to see that so +many sacrifices were being made for her sake, and to know that she had +to take medicine at certain hours, though she declared that no +medicine would cure her and that it was all nonsense. And it was +even pleasant to be able to show, by disregarding the orders, that she +did not believe in medical treatment and did not value her life. + The doctor came every day, felt her pulse, looked at her tongue, and +regardless of her grief-stricken face joked with her. But when he +had gone into another room, to which the countess hurriedly followed +him, he assumed a grave air and thoughtfully shaking his head said +that though there was danger, he had hopes of the effect of this +last medicine and one must wait and see, that the malady was chiefly +mental, but... And the countess, trying to conceal the action from +herself and from him, slipped a gold coin into his hand and always +returned to the patient with a more tranquil mind. + The symptoms of Natasha's illness were that she ate little, slept +little, coughed, and was always low-spirited. The doctors said that +she could not get on without medical treatment, so they kept her in +the stifling atmosphere of the town, and the Rostovs did not move to +the country that summer of 1812. + In spite of the many pills she swallowed and the drops and powders +out of the little bottles and boxes of which Madame Schoss who was +fond of such things made a large collection, and in spite of being +deprived of the country life to which she was accustomed, youth +prevailed. Natasha's grief began to be overlaid by the impressions +of daily life, it ceased to press so painfully on her heart, it +gradually faded into the past, and she began to recover physically. +BK9|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Natasha was calmer but no happier. She not merely avoided all +external forms of pleasure- balls, promenades, concerts, and theaters- +but she never laughed without a sound of tears in her laughter. She +could not sing. As soon as she began to laugh, or tried to sing by +herself, tears choked her: tears of remorse, tears at the recollection +of those pure times which could never return, tears of vexation that +she should so uselessly have ruined her young life which might have +been so happy. Laughter and singing in particular seemed to her like a +blasphemy, in face of her sorrow. Without any need of +self-restraint, no wish to coquet ever entered her head. She said +and felt at that time that no man was more to her than Nastasya +Ivanovna, the buffoon. Something stood sentinel within her and forbade +her every joy. Besides, she had lost all the old interests of her +carefree girlish life that had been so full of hope. The previous +autumn, the hunting, "Uncle," and the Christmas holidays spent with +Nicholas at Otradnoe were what she recalled oftenest and most +painfully. What would she not have given to bring back even a single +day of that time! But it was gone forever. Her presentiment at the +time had not deceived her- that that state of freedom and readiness +for any enjoyment would not return again. Yet it was necessary to live +on. + It comforted her to reflect that she was not better as she had +formerly imagined, but worse, much worse, than anybody else in the +world. But this was not enough. She knew that, and asked herself, +"What next?" But there was nothing to come. There was no joy in +life, yet life was passing. Natasha apparently tried not to be a +burden or a hindrance to anyone, but wanted nothing for herself. She +kept away from everyone in the house and felt at ease only with her +brother Petya. She liked to be with him better than with the others, +and when alone with him she sometimes laughed. She hardly ever left +the house and of those who came to see them was glad to see only one +person, Pierre. It would have been impossible to treat her with more +delicacy, greater care, and at the same time more seriously than did +Count Bezukhov. Natasha unconsciously felt this delicacy and so +found great pleasure in his society. But she was not even grateful +to him for it; nothing good on Pierre's part seemed to her to be an +effort, it seemed so natural for him to be kind to everyone that there +was no merit in his kindness. Sometimes Natasha noticed +embarrassment and awkwardness on his part in her presence, +especially when he wanted to do something to please her, or feared +that something they spoke of would awaken memories distressing to her. +She noticed this and attributed it to his general kindness and +shyness, which she imagined must be the same toward everyone as it was +to her. After those involuntary words- that if he were free he would +have asked on his knees for her hand and her love- uttered at a moment +when she was so strongly agitated, Pierre never spoke to Natasha of +his feelings; and it seemed plain to her that those words, which had +then so comforted her, were spoken as all sorts of meaningless words +are spoken to comfort a crying child. It was not because Pierre was +a married man, but because Natasha felt very strongly with him that +moral barrier the absence of which she had experienced with Kuragin +that it never entered her head that the relations between him and +herself could lead to love on her part, still less on his, or even +to the kind of tender, self-conscious, romantic friendship between a +man and a woman of which she had known several instances. + Before the end of the fast of St. Peter, Agrafena Ivanovna Belova, a +country neighbor of the Rostovs, came to Moscow to pay her devotions +at the shrines of the Moscow saints. She suggested that Natasha should +fast and prepare for Holy Communion, and Natasha gladly welcomed the +idea. Despite the doctor's orders that she should not go out early +in the morning, Natasha insisted on fasting and preparing for the +sacrament, not as they generally prepared for it in the Rostov +family by attending three services in their own house, but as Agrafena +Ivanovna did, by going to church every day for a week and not once +missing Vespers, Matins, or Mass. + The countess was pleased with Natasha's zeal; after the poor results +of the medical treatment, in the depths of her heart she hoped that +prayer might help her daughter more than medicines and, though not +without fear and concealing it from the doctor, she agreed to +Natasha's wish and entrusted her to Belova. Agrafena Ivanovna used +to come to wake Natasha at three in the morning, but generally found +her already awake. She was afraid of being late for Matins. Hastily +washing, and meekly putting on her shabbiest dress and an old +mantilla, Natasha, shivering in the fresh air, went out into the +deserted streets lit by the clear light of dawn. By Agrafena +Ivanovna's advice Natasha prepared herself not in their own parish, +but at a church where, according to the devout Agrafena Ivanovna, +the priest was a man of very severe and lofty life. There were never +many people in the church; Natasha always stood beside Belova in the +customary place before an icon of the Blessed Virgin, let into the +screen before the choir on the left side, and a feeling, new to her, +of humility before something great and incomprehensible, seized her +when at that unusual morning hour, gazing at the dark face of the +Virgin illuminated by the candles burning before it and by the morning +light falling from the window, she listened to the words of the +service which she tried to follow with understanding. When she +understood them her personal feeling became interwoven in the +prayers with shades of its own. When she did not understand, it was +sweeter still to think that the wish to understand everything is +pride, that it is impossible to understand all, that it is only +necessary to believe and to commit oneself to God, whom she felt +guiding her soul at those moments. She crossed herself, bowed low, and +when she did not understand, in horror at her own vileness, simply +asked God to forgive her everything, everything, to have mercy upon +her. The prayers to which she surrendered herself most of all were +those of repentance. On her way home at an early hour when she met +no one but bricklayers going to work or men sweeping the street, and +everybody within the houses was still asleep, Natasha experienced a +feeling new to her, a sense of the possibility of correcting her +faults, the possibility of a new, clean life, and of happiness. + During the whole week she spent in this way, that feeling grew every +day. And the happiness of taking communion, or "communing" as Agrafena +Ivanovna, joyously playing with the word, called it, seemed to Natasha +so great that she felt she should never live till that blessed Sunday. + But the happy day came, and on that memorable Sunday, when, +dressed in white muslin, she returned home after communion, for the +first time for many months she felt calm and not oppressed by the +thought of the life that lay before her. + The doctor who came to see her that day ordered her to continue +the powders he had prescribed a fortnight previously. + "She must certainly go on taking them morning and evening," said he, +evidently sincerely satisfied with his success. "Only, please be +particular about it. + "Be quite easy," he continued playfully, as he adroitly took the +gold coin in his palm. "She will soon be singing and frolicking about. +The last medicine has done her a very great deal of good. She has +freshened up very much." + The countess, with a cheerful expression on her face, looked down at +her nails and spat a little for luck as she returned to the drawing +room. +BK9|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + At the beginning of July more and more disquieting reports about the +war began to spread in Moscow; people spoke of an appeal by the +Emperor to the people, and of his coming himself from the army to +Moscow. And as up to the eleventh of July no manifesto or appeal had +been received, exaggerated reports became current about them and about +the position of Russia. It was said that the Emperor was leaving the +army because it was in danger, it was said that Smolensk had +surrendered, that Napoleon had an army of a million and only a miracle +could save Russia. + On the eleventh of July, which was Saturday, the manifesto was +received but was not yet in print, and Pierre, who was at the +Rostovs', promised to come to dinner next day, Sunday, and bring a +copy of the manifesto and appeal, which he would obtain from Count +Rostopchin. + That Sunday, the Rostovs went to Mass at the Razumovskis' private +chapel as usual. It was a hot July day. Even at ten o'clock, when +the Rostovs got out of their carriage at the chapel, the sultry air, +the shouts of hawkers, the light and gay summer clothes of the +crowd, the dusty leaves of the trees on the boulevard, the sounds of +the band and the white trousers of a battalion marching to parade, the +rattling of wheels on the cobblestones, and the brilliant, hot +sunshine were all full of that summer languor, that content and +discontent with the present, which is most strongly felt on a +bright, hot day in town. All the Moscow notabilities, all the Rostovs' +acquaintances, were at the Razumovskis' chapel, for, as if expecting +something to happen, many wealthy families who usually left town for +their country estates had not gone away that summer. As Natasha, at +her mother's side, passed through the crowd behind a liveried +footman who cleared the way for them, she heard a young man speaking +about her in too loud a whisper. + "That's Rostova, the one who..." + "She's much thinner, but all the same she's pretty!" + She heard, or thought she heard, the names of Kuragin and Bolkonski. +But she was always imagining that. It always seemed to her that +everyone who looked at her was thinking only of what had happened to +her. With a sinking heart, wretched as she always was now when she +found herself in a crowd, Natasha in her lilac silk dress trimmed with +black lace walked- as women can walk- with the more repose and +stateliness the greater the pain and shame in her soul. She knew for +certain that she was pretty, but this no longer gave her +satisfaction as it used to. On the contrary it tormented her more than +anything else of late, and particularly so on this bright, hot +summer day in town. "It's Sunday again- another week past," she +thought, recalling that she had been here the Sunday before, "and +always the same life that is no life, and the same surroundings in +which it used to be so easy to live. I'm pretty, I'm young, and I know +that now I am good. I used to be bad, but now I know I am good," she +thought, "but yet my best years are slipping by and are no good to +anyone." She stood by her mother's side and exchanged nods with +acquaintances near her. From habit she scrutinized the ladies' +dresses, condemned the bearing of a lady standing close by who was not +crossing herself properly but in a cramped manner, and again she +thought with vexation that she was herself being judged and was +judging others, and suddenly, at the sound of the service, she felt +horrified at her own vileness, horrified that the former purity of her +soul was again lost to her. + A comely, fresh-looking old man was conducting the service with that +mild solemnity which has so elevating and soothing an effect on the +souls of the worshipers. The gates of the sanctuary screen were +closed, the curtain was slowly drawn, and from behind it a soft +mysterious voice pronounced some words. Tears, the cause of which +she herself did not understand, made Natasha's breast heave, and a +joyous but oppressive feeling agitated her. + "Teach me what I should do, how to live my life, how I may grow good +forever, forever!" she pleaded. + The deacon came out onto the raised space before the altar screen +and, holding his thumb extended, drew his long hair from under his +dalmatic and, making the sign of the cross on his breast, began in a +loud and solemn voice to recite the words of the prayer... + "In peace let us pray unto the Lord." + "As one community, without distinction of class, without enmity, +united by brotherly love- let us pray!" thought Natasha. + "For the peace that is from above, and for the salvation of our +souls." + "For the world of angels and all the spirits who dwell above us," +prayed Natasha. + When they prayed for the warriors, she thought of her brother and +Denisov. When they prayed for all traveling by land and sea, she +remembered Prince Andrew, prayed for him, and asked God to forgive her +all the wrongs she had done him. When they prayed for those who love +us, she prayed for the members of her own family, her father and +mother and Sonya, realizing for the first time how wrongly she had +acted toward them, and feeling all the strength of her love for +them. When they prayed for those who hate us, she tried to think of +her enemies and people who hated her, in order to pray for them. She +included among her enemies the creditors and all who had business +dealings with her father, and always at the thought of enemies and +those who hated her she remembered Anatole who had done her so much +harm- and though he did not hate her she gladly prayed for him as +for an enemy. Only at prayer did she feel able to think clearly and +calmly of Prince Andrew and Anatole, as men for whom her feelings were +as nothing compared with her awe and devotion to God. When they prayed +for the Imperial family and the Synod, she bowed very low and made the +sign of the cross, saying to herself that even if she did not +understand, still she could not doubt, and at any rate loved the +governing Synod and prayed for it. + When he had finished the Litany the deacon crossed the stole over +his breast and said, "Let us commit ourselves and our whole lives to +Christ the Lord!" + "Commit ourselves to God," Natasha inwardly repeated. "Lord God, I +submit myself to Thy will!" she thought. "I want nothing, wish for +nothing; teach me what to do and how to use my will! Take me, take +me!" prayed Natasha, with impatient emotion in her heart, not crossing +herself but letting her slender arms hang down as if expecting some +invisible power at any moment to take her and deliver her from +herself, from her regrets, desires, remorse, hopes, and sins. + The countess looked round several times at her daughter's softened +face and shining eyes and prayed God to help her. + Unexpectedly, in the middle of the service, and not in the usual +order Natasha knew so well, the deacon brought out a small stool, +the one he knelt on when praying on Trinity Sunday, and placed it +before the doors of the sanctuary screen. The priest came out with his +purple velvet biretta on his head, adjusted his hair, and knelt down +with an effort. Everybody followed his example and they looked at +one another in surprise. Then came the prayer just received from the +Synod- a prayer for the deliverance of Russia from hostile invasion. + "Lord God of might, God of our salvation!" began the priest in +that voice, clear, not grandiloquent but mild, in which only the +Slav clergy read and which acts so irresistibly on a Russian heart. + "Lord God of might, God of our salvation! Look this day in mercy and +blessing on Thy humble people, and graciously hear us, spare us, and +have mercy upon us! This foe confounding Thy land, desiring to lay +waste the whole world, rises against us; these lawless men are +gathered together to overthrow Thy kingdom, to destroy Thy dear +Jerusalem, Thy beloved Russia; to defile Thy temples, to overthrow +Thine altars, and to desecrate our holy shrines. How long, O Lord, how +long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they wield unlawful +power? + "Lord God! Hear us when we pray to Thee; strengthen with Thy might +our most gracious sovereign lord, the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich; +be mindful of his uprightness and meekness, reward him according to +his righteousness, and let it preserve us, Thy chosen Israel! Bless +his counsels, his undertakings, and his work; strengthen his kingdom +by Thine almighty hand, and give him victory over his enemy, even as +Thou gavest Moses the victory over Amalek, Gideon over Midian, and +David over Goliath. Preserve his army, put a bow of brass in the hands +of those who have armed themselves in Thy Name, and gird their loins +with strength for the fight. Take up the spear and shield and arise to +help us; confound and put to shame those who have devised evil against +us, may they be before the faces of Thy faithful warriors as dust +before the wind, and may Thy mighty Angel confound them and put them +to flight; may they be ensnared when they know it not, and may the +plots they have laid in secret be turned against them; let them fall +before Thy servants' feet and be laid low by our hosts! Lord, Thou art +able to save both great and small; Thou art God, and man cannot +prevail against Thee! + "God of our fathers! Remember Thy bounteous mercy and +loving-kindness which are from of old; turn not Thy face from us, +but be gracious to our unworthiness, and in Thy great goodness and Thy +many mercies regard not our transgressions and iniquities! Create in +us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us, strengthen us all +in Thy faith, fortify our hope, inspire us with true love one for +another, arm us with unity of spirit in the righteous defense of the +heritage Thou gavest to us and to our fathers, and let not the scepter +of the wicked be exalted against the destiny of those Thou hast +sanctified. + "O Lord our God, in whom we believe and in whom we put our trust, +let us not be confounded in our hope of Thy mercy, and give us a token +of Thy blessing, that those who hate us and our Orthodox faith may see +it and be put to shame and perish, and may all the nations know that +Thou art the Lord and we are Thy people. Show Thy mercy upon us this +day, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation; make the hearts of Thy +servants to rejoice in Thy mercy; smite down our enemies and destroy +them swiftly beneath the feet of Thy faithful servants! For Thou art +the defense, the succor, and the victory of them that put their +trust in Thee, and to Thee be all glory, to Father, Son, and Holy +Ghost, now and forever, world without end. Amen." + In Natasha's receptive condition of soul this prayer affected her +strongly. She listened to every word about the victory of Moses over +Amalek, of Gideon over Midian, and of David over Goliath, and about +the destruction of "Thy Jerusalem," and she prayed to God with the +tenderness and emotion with which her heart was overflowing, but +without fully understanding what she was asking of God in that prayer. +She shared with all her heart in the prayer for the spirit of +righteousness, for the strengthening of the heart by faith and hope, +and its animation by love. But she could not pray that her enemies +might be trampled under foot when but a few minutes before she had +been wishing she had more of them that she might pray for them. But +neither could she doubt the righteousness of the prayer that was being +read on bended knees. She felt in her heart a devout and tremulous awe +at the thought of the punishment that overtakes men for their sins, +and especially of her own sins, and she prayed to God to forgive +them all, and her too, and to give them all, and her too, peace and +happiness. And it seemed to her that God heard her prayer. +BK9|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + From the day when Pierre, after leaving the Rostovs' with +Natasha's grateful look fresh in his mind, had gazed at the comet that +seemed to be fixed in the sky and felt that something new was +appearing on his own horizon- from that day the problem of the +vanity and uselessness of all earthly things, that had incessantly +tormented him, no longer presented itself. That terrible question +"Why?" "Wherefore?" which had come to him amid every occupation, was +now replaced, not by another question or by a reply to the former +question, but by her image. When he listened to, or himself took +part in, trivial conversations, when he read or heard of human +baseness or folly, he was not horrified as formerly, and did not ask +himself why men struggled so about these things when all is so +transient and incomprehensible- but he remembered her as he had last +seen her, and all his doubts vanished- not because she had answered +the questions that had haunted him, but because his conception of +her transferred him instantly to another, a brighter, realm of +spiritual activity in which no one could be justified or guilty- a +realm of beauty and love which it was worth living for. Whatever +worldly baseness presented itself to him, he said to himself: + "Well, supposing N. N. swindled the country and the Tsar, and the +country and the Tsar confer honors upon him, what does that matter? +She smiled at me yesterday and asked me to come again, and I love her, +and no one will ever know it." And his soul felt calm and peaceful. + Pierre still went into society, drank as much and led the same +idle and dissipated life, because besides the hours he spent at the +Rostovs' there were other hours he had to spend somehow, and the +habits and acquaintances he had made in Moscow formed a current that +bore him along irresistibly. But latterly, when more and more +disquieting reports came from the seat of war and Natasha's health +began to improve and she no longer aroused in him the former feeling +of careful pity, an ever-increasing restlessness, which he could not +explain, took possession of him. He felt that the condition he was +in could not continue long, that a catastrophe was coming which +would change his whole life, and he impatiently sought everywhere +for signs of that approaching catastrophe. One of his brother Masons +had revealed to Pierre the following prophecy concerning Napoleon, +drawn from the Revelation of St. John. + In chapter 13, verse 18, of the Apocalypse, it is said: + + Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number +of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six +hundred threescore and six. + +And in the fifth verse of the same chapter: + + And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and +blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two +months. + + The French alphabet, written out with the same numerical values as +the Hebrew, in which the first nine letters denote units and the +others tens, will have the following significance: + + a b c d e f g h i k + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + l m n o p q r s + 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 + t u v w x y + 100 110 120 130 140 150 + z + 160 + + Writing the words L'Empereur Napoleon in numbers, it appears that +the sum of them is 666, and that Napoleon therefore the beast foretold +in the Apocalypse. Moreover, by applying the same system to the +words quarante-deux,* which was the term allowed to the beast that +"spoke great things and blasphemies," the same number 666 was +obtained; from which it followed that the limit fixed for Napoleon's +power had come in the year 1812 when the French emperor was forty-two. +This prophecy pleased Pierre very much and he often asked himself what +would put an end to the power of the beast, that is, of Napoleon, +and tried by the same system of using letters as numbers and adding +them up, to find an answer to the question that engrossed him. He +wrote the words L'Empereur Alexandre, La nation russe and added up +their numbers, but the sums were either more or less than 666. Once +when making such calculations he wrote down his own name in French, +Comte Pierre Besouhoff, but the sum of the numbers did not come right. +Then he changed the spelling, substituting a z for the s and adding de +and the article le, still without obtaining the desired result. Then +it occurred to him: if the answer to the question were contained in +his name, his nationality would also be given in the answer. So he +wrote Le russe Besuhof and adding up the numbers got 671. This was +only five too much, and five was represented by e, the very letter +elided from the article le before the word Empereur. By omitting the +e, though incorrectly, Pierre got the answer he sought. L'russe +Besuhof made 666. This discovery excited him. How, or by what means, +he was connected with the great event foretold in the Apocalypse he +did not know, but he did not doubt that connection for a moment. His +love for Natasha, Antichrist, Napoleon, the invasion, the comet, +666, L'Empereur Napoleon, and L'russe Besuhof- all this had to +mature and culminate, to lift him out of that spellbound, petty sphere +of Moscow habits in which he felt himself held captive and lead him to +a great achievement and great happiness. + + *Forty-two. + + + On the eve of the Sunday when the special prayer was read, Pierre +had promised the Rostovs to bring them, from Count Rostopchin whom +he knew well, both the appeal to the people and the news from the +army. In the morning, when he went to call at Rostopchin's he met +there a courier fresh from the army, an acquaintance of his own, who +often danced at Moscow balls. + "Do, please, for heaven's sake, relieve me of something!" said the +courier. "I have a sackful of letters to parents." + Among these letters was one from Nicholas Rostov to his father. +Pierre took that letter, and Rostopchin also gave him the Emperor's +appeal to Moscow, which had just been printed, the last army orders, +and his own most recent bulletin. Glancing through the army orders, +Pierre found in one of them, in the lists of killed, wounded, and +rewarded, the name of Nicholas Rostov, awarded a St. George's Cross of +the Fourth Class for courage shown in the Ostrovna affair, and in +the same order the name of Prince Andrew Bolkonski, appointed to the +command of a regiment of Chasseurs. Though he did not want to remind +the Rostovs of Bolkonski, Pierre could not refrain from making them +happy by the news of their son's having received a decoration, so he +sent that printed army order and Nicholas' letter to the Rostovs, +keeping the appeal, the bulletin, and the other orders to take with +him when he went to dinner. + His conversation with Count Rostopchin and the latter's tone of +anxious hurry, the meeting with the courier who talked casually of how +badly things were going in the army, the rumors of the discovery of +spies in Moscow and of a leaflet in circulation stating that +Napoleon promised to be in both the Russian capitals by the autumn, +and the talk of the Emperor's being expected to arrive next day- all +aroused with fresh force that feeling of agitation and expectation +in Pierre which he had been conscious of ever since the appearance +of the comet, and especially since the beginning of the war. + He had long been thinking of entering the army and would have done +so had he not been hindered, first, by his membership of the Society +of Freemasons to which he was bound by oath and which preached +perpetual peace and the abolition of war, and secondly, by the fact +that when he saw the great mass of Muscovites who had donned uniform +and were talking patriotism, he somehow felt ashamed to take the step. +But the chief reason for not carrying out his intention to enter the +army lay in the vague idea that he was L'russe Besuhof who had the +number of the beast, 666; that his part in the great affair of setting +a limit to the power of the beast that spoke great and blasphemous +things had been predestined from eternity, and that therefore he ought +not to undertake anything, but wait for what was bound to come to +pass. +BK9|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + A few intimate friends were dining with the Rostovs that day, as +usual on Sundays. + Pierre came early so as to find them alone. + He had grown so stout this year that he would have been abnormal had +he not been so tall, so broad of limb, and so strong that he carried +his bulk with evident ease. + He went up the stairs, puffing and muttering something. His coachman +did not even ask whether he was to wait. He knew that when his +master was at the Rostovs' he stayed till midnight. The Rostovs' +footman rushed eagerly forward to help him off with his cloak and take +his hat and stick. Pierre, from club habit, always left both hat and +stick in the anteroom. + The first person he saw in the house was Natasha. Even before he saw +her, while taking off his cloak, he heard her. She was practicing +solfa exercises in the music room. He knew that she had not sung since +her illness, and so the sound of her voice surprised and delighted +him. He opened the door softly and saw her, in the lilac dress she had +worn at church, walking about the room singing. She had her back to +him when he opened the door, but when, turning quickly, she saw his +broad, surprised face, she blushed and came rapidly up to him. + "I want to try to sing again," she said, adding as if by way of +excuse, "it is, at least, something to do." + "That's capital!" + "How glad I am you've come! I am so happy today," she said, with the +old animation Pierre had not seen in her for along time. "You know +Nicholas has received a St. George's Cross? I am so proud of him." + "Oh yes, I sent that announcement. But I don't want to interrupt +you," he added, and was about to go to the drawing room. + Natasha stopped him. + "Count, is it wrong of me to sing?" she said blushing, and fixing +her eyes inquiringly on him. + "No... Why should it be? On the contrary... But why do you ask me?" + "I don't know myself," Natasha answered quickly, "but I should not +like to do anything you disapproved of. I believe in you completely. +You don't know how important you are to me, how much you've done for +me...." She spoke rapidly and did not notice how Pierre flushed at her +words. "I saw in that same army order that he, Bolkonski" (she +whispered the name hastily), "is in Russia, and in the army again. +What do you think?"- she was speaking hurriedly, evidently afraid +her strength might fail her- "Will he ever forgive me? Will he not +always have a bitter feeling toward me? What do you think? What do you +think?" + "I think..." Pierre replied, "that he has nothing to forgive.... +If I were in his place..." + By association of ideas, Pierre was at once carried back to the +day when, trying to comfort her, he had said that if he were not +himself but the best man in the world and free, he would ask on his +knees for her hand; and the same feeling of pity, tenderness, and love +took possession of him and the same words rose to his lips. But she +did not give him time to say them. + "Yes, you... you..." she said, uttering the word you rapturously- +"that's a different thing. I know no one kinder, more generous, or +better than you; nobody could be! Had you not been there then, and now +too, I don't know what would have become of me, because..." + Tears suddenly rose in her eyes, she turned away, lifted her music +before her eyes, began singing again, and again began walking up and +down the room. + Just then Petya came running in from the drawing room. + Petya was now a handsome rosy lad of fifteen with full red lips +and resembled Natasha. He was preparing to enter the university, but +he and his friend Obolenski had lately, in secret, agreed to join +the hussars. + Petya had come rushing out to talk to his namesake about this +affair. He had asked Pierre to find out whether he would be accepted +in the hussars. + Pierre walked up and down the drawing room, not listening to what +Petya was saying. + Petya pulled him by the arm to attract his attention. + "Well, what about my plan? Peter Kirilych, for heaven's sake! You +are my only hope " said Petya. + "Oh yes, your plan. To join the hussars? I'll mention it, I'll bring +it all up today." + "Well, mon cher, have you got the manifesto?" asked the old count. +"The countess has been to Mass at the Razumovskis' and heard the new +prayer. She says it's very fine." + "Yes, I've got it," said Pierre. "The Emperor is to be here +tomorrow... there's to be an Extraordinary Meeting of the nobility, +and they are talking of a levy of ten men per thousand. Oh yes, let me +congratulate you!" + "Yes, yes, thank God! Well, and what news from the army?" + "We are again retreating. They say we're already near Smolensk," +replied Pierre. + "O Lord, O Lord!" exclaimed the count. "Where is the manifesto?" + "The Emperor's appeal? Oh yes!" + Pierre began feeling in his pockets for the papers, but could not +find them. Still slapping his pockets, he kissed the hand of the +countess who entered the room and glanced uneasily around, evidently +expecting Natasha, who had left off singing but had not yet come +into the drawing room. + "On my word, I don't know what I've done with it," he said. + "There he is, always losing everything!" remarked the countess. + Natasha entered with a softened and agitated expression of face +and sat down looking silently at Pierre. As soon as she entered, +Pierre's features, which had been gloomy, suddenly lighted up, and +while still searching for the papers he glanced at her several times. + "No, really! I'll drive home, I must have left them there. I'll +certainly..." + "But you'll be late for dinner." + "Oh! And my coachman has gone." + But Sonya, who had gone to look for the papers in the anteroom, +had found them in Pierre's hat, where he had carefully tucked them +under the lining. Pierre was about to begin reading. + "No, after dinner," said the old count, evidently expecting much +enjoyment from that reading. + At dinner, at which champagne was drunk to the health of the new +chevalier of St. George, Shinshin told them the town news, of the +illness of the old Georgian princess, of Metivier's disappearance from +Moscow, and of how some German fellow had been brought to Rostopchin +and accused of being a French "spyer" (so Count Rostopchin had told +the story), and how Rostopchin let him go and assured the people +that he was "not a spire at all, but only an old German ruin." + "People are being arrested..." said the count. "I've told the +countess she should not speak French so much. It's not the time for it +now." + "And have you heard?" Shinshin asked. "Prince Golitsyn has engaged a +master to teach him Russian. It is becoming dangerous to speak +French in the streets." + "And how about you, Count Peter Kirilych? If they call up the +militia, you too will have to mount a horse," remarked the old +count, addressing Pierre. + Pierre had been silent and preoccupied all through dinner, seeming +not to grasp what was said. He looked at the count. + "Oh yes, the war," he said. "No! What sort of warrior should I make? +And yet everything is so strange, so strange! I can't make it out. I +don't know, I am very far from having military tastes, but in these +times no one can answer for himself." + After dinner the count settled himself comfortably in an easy +chair and with a serious face asked Sonya, who was considered an +excellent reader, to read the appeal. + + "To Moscow, our ancient Capital! + "The enemy has entered the borders of Russia with immense forces. He +comes to despoil our beloved country," + + Sonya read painstakingly in her high-pitched voice. The count +listened with closed eyes, heaving abrupt sighs at certain passages. + Natasha sat erect, gazing with a searching look now at her father +and now at Pierre. + Pierre felt her eyes on him and tried not to look round. The +countess shook her head disapprovingly and angrily at every solemn +expression in the manifesto. In all these words she saw only that +the danger threatening her son would not soon be over. Shinshin, +with a sarcastic smile on his lips, was evidently preparing to make +fun of anything that gave him the opportunity: Sonya's reading, any +remark of the count's, or even the manifesto itself should no better +pretext present itself. + After reading about the dangers that threatened Russia, the hopes +the Emperor placed on Moscow and especially on its illustrious +nobility, Sonya, with a quiver in her voice due chiefly to the +attention that was being paid to her, read the last words: + + "We ourselves will not delay to appear among our people in that +Capital and in others parts of our realm for consultation, and for the +direction of all our levies, both those now barring the enemy's path +and those freshly formed to defeat him wherever he may appear. May the +ruin he hopes to bring upon us recoil on his own head, and may +Europe delivered from bondage glorify the name of Russia!" + + "Yes, that's it!" cried the count, opening his moist eyes and +sniffing repeatedly, as if a strong vinaigrette had been held to his +nose; and he added, "Let the Emperor but say the word and we'll +sacrifice everything and begrudge nothing." + Before Shinshin had time to utter the joke he was ready to make on +the count's patriotism, Natasha jumped up from her place and ran to +her father. + "What a darling our Papa is!" she cried, kissing him, and she +again looked at Pierre with the unconscious coquetry that had returned +to her with her better spirits. + "There! Here's a patriot for you!" said Shinshin. + "Not a patriot at all, but simply..." Natasha replied in an +injured tone. "Everything seems funny to you, but this isn't at all +a joke...." + "A joke indeed!" put in the count. "Let him but say the word and +we'll all go.... We're not Germans!" + "But did you notice, it says, 'for consultation'?" said Pierre. + "Never mind what it's for...." + At this moment, Petya, to whom nobody was paying any attention, came +up to his father with a very flushed face and said in his breaking +voice that was now deep and now shrill: + "Well, Papa, I tell you definitely, and Mamma too, it's as you +please, but I say definitely that you must let me enter the army, +because I can't... that's all...." + The countess, in dismay, looked up to heaven, clasped her hands, and +turned angrily to her husband. + "That comes of your talking!" said she. + But the count had already recovered from his excitement. + "Come, come!" said he. "Here's a fine warrior! No! Nonsense! You +must study." + "It's not nonsense, Papa. Fedya Obolenski is younger than I, and +he's going too. Besides, all the same I can't study now when..." Petya +stopped short, flushed till he perspired, but still got out the words, +"when our Fatherland is in danger." + "That'll do, that'll do- nonsense...." + "But you said yourself that we would sacrifice everything." + "Petya! Be quiet, I tell you!" cried the count, with a glance at his +wife, who had turned pale and was staring fixedly at her son. + "And I tell you- Peter Kirilych here will also tell you..." + "Nonsense, I tell you. Your mother's milk has hardly dried on your +lips and you want to go into the army! There, there, I tell you," +and the count moved to go out of the room, taking the papers, probably +to reread them in his study before having a nap. + "Well, Peter Kirilych, let's go and have a smoke," he said. + Pierre was agitated and undecided. Natasha's unwontedly brilliant +eyes, continually glancing at him with a more than cordial look, had +reduced him to this condition. + "No, I think I'll go home." + "Home? Why, you meant to spend the evening with us.... You don't +often come nowadays as it is, and this girl of mine," said the count +good-naturedly, pointing to Natasha, "only brightens up when you're +here." + "Yes, I had forgotten... I really must go home... business..." +said Pierre hurriedly. + "Well, then, au revoir!" said the count, and went out of the room. + "Why are you going? Why are you upset?" asked Natasha, and she +looked challengingly into Pierre's eyes. + "Because I love you!" was what he wanted to say, but he did not +say it, and only blushed till the tears came, and lowered his eyes. + "Because it is better for me to come less often... because... No, +simply I have business...." + "Why? No, tell me!" Natasha began resolutely and suddenly stopped. + They looked at each other with dismayed and embarrassed faces. He +tried to smile but could not: his smile expressed suffering, and he +silently kissed her hand and went out. + Pierre made up his mind not to go to the Rostovs' any more. +BK9|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + After the definite refusal he had received, Petya went to his room +and there locked himself in and wept bitterly. When he came in to tea, +silent, morose, and with tear-stained face, everybody pretended not to +notice anything. + Next day the Emperor arrived in Moscow, and several of the +Rostovs' domestic serfs begged permission to go to have a look at him. +That morning Petya was a long time dressing and arranging his hair and +collar to look like a grown-up man. He frowned before his looking +glass, gesticulated, shrugged his shoulders, and finally, without +saying a word to anyone, took his cap and left the house by the back +door, trying to avoid notice. Petya decided to go straight to where +the Emperor was and to explain frankly to some gentleman-in-waiting +(he imagined the Emperor to be always surrounded by +gentlemen-in-waiting) that he, Count Rostov, in spite of his youth +wished to serve his country; that youth could be no hindrance to +loyalty, and that he was ready to... While dressing, Petya had +prepared many fine things he meant to say to the gentleman-in-waiting. + It was on the very fact of being so young that Petya counted for +success in reaching the Emperor- he even thought how surprised +everyone would be at his youthfulness- and yet in the arrangement of +his collar and hair and by his sedate deliberate walk he wished to +appear a grown-up man. But the farther he went and the more his +attention was diverted by the ever-increasing crowds moving toward the +Kremlin, the less he remembered to walk with the sedateness and +deliberation of a man. As he approached the Kremlin he even began to +avoid being crushed and resolutely stuck out his elbows in a +menacing way. But within the Trinity Gateway he was so pressed to +the wall by people who probably were unaware of the patriotic +intentions with which he had come that in spite of all his +determination he had to give in, and stop while carriages passed in, +rumbling beneath the archway. Beside Petya stood a peasant woman, a +footman, two tradesmen, and a discharged soldier. After standing +some time in the gateway, Petya tried to move forward in front of +the others without waiting for all the carriages to pass, and he began +resolutely working his way with his elbows, but the woman just in +front of him, who was the first against whom he directed his +efforts, angrily shouted at him: + "What are you shoving for, young lordling? Don't you see we're all +standing still? Then why push?" + "Anybody can shove," said the footman, and also began working his +elbows to such effect that he pushed Petya into a very filthy corner +of the gateway. + Petya wiped his perspiring face with his hands and pulled up the +damp collar which he had arranged so well at home to seem like a +man's. + He felt that he no longer looked presentable, and feared that if +he were now to approach the gentlemen-in-waiting in that plight he +would not be admitted to the Emperor. But it was impossible to smarten +oneself up or move to another place, because of the crowd. One of +the generals who drove past was an acquaintance of the Rostovs', and +Petya thought of asking his help, but came to the conclusion that that +would not be a manly thing to do. When the carriages had all passed +in, the crowd, carrying Petya with it, streamed forward into the +Kremlin Square which was already full of people. There were people not +only in the square, but everywhere- on the slopes and on the roofs. As +soon as Petya found himself in the square he clearly heard the sound +of bells and the joyous voices of the crowd that filled the whole +Kremlin. + For a while the crowd was less dense, but suddenly all heads were +bared, and everyone rushed forward in one direction. Petya was being +pressed so that he could scarcely breathe, and everybody shouted, +"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" Petya stood on tiptoe and pushed and +pinched, but could see nothing except the people about him. + All the faces bore the same expression of excitement and enthusiasm. +A tradesman's wife standing beside Petya sobbed, and the tears ran +down her cheeks. + "Father! Angel! Dear one!" she kept repeating, wiping away her tears +with her fingers. + "Hurrah!" was heard on all sides. + For a moment the crowd stood still, but then it made another rush +forward. + Quite beside himself, Petya, clinching his teeth and rolling his +eyes ferociously, pushed forward, elbowing his way and shouting +"hurrah!" as if he were prepared that instant to kill himself and +everyone else, but on both sides of him other people with similarly +ferocious faces pushed forward and everybody shouted "hurrah!" + "So this is what the Emperor is!" thought Petya. "No, I can't +petition him myself- that would be too bold." But in spite of this +he continued to struggle desperately forward, and from between the +backs of those in front he caught glimpses of an open space with a +strip of red cloth spread out on it; but just then the crowd swayed +back- the police in front were pushing back those who had pressed +too close to the procession: the Emperor was passing from the palace +to the Cathedral of the Assumption- and Petya unexpectedly received +such a blow on his side and ribs and was squeezed so hard that +suddenly everything grew dim before his eyes and he lost +consciousness. When he came to himself, a man of clerical appearance +with a tuft of gray hair at the back of his head and wearing a +shabby blue cassock- probably a church clerk and chanter- was +holding him under the arm with one hand while warding off the pressure +of the crowd with the other. + "You've crushed the young gentleman!" said the clerk. "What are +you up to? Gently!... They've crushed him, crushed him!" + The Emperor entered the Cathedral of the Assumption. The crowd +spread out again more evenly, and the clerk led Petya- pale and +breathless- to the Tsar-cannon. Several people were sorry for Petya, +and suddenly a crowd turned toward him and pressed round him. Those +who stood nearest him attended to him, unbuttoned his coat, seated him +on the raised platform of the cannon, and reproached those others +(whoever they might be) who had crushed him. + "One might easily get killed that way! What do they mean by it? +Killing people! Poor dear, he's as white as a sheet!"- various +voices were heard saying. + Petya soon came to himself, the color returned to his face, the pain +had passed, and at the cost of that temporary unpleasantness he had +obtained a place by the cannon from where he hoped to see the +Emperor who would be returning that way. Petya no longer thought of +presenting his petition. If he could only see the Emperor he would +be happy! + While the service was proceeding in the Cathedral of the Assumption- +it was a combined service of prayer on the occasion of the Emperor's +arrival and of thanksgiving for the conclusion of peace with the +Turks- the crowd outside spread out and hawkers appeared, selling +kvas, gingerbread, and poppyseed sweets (of which Petya was +particularly fond), and ordinary conversation could again be heard. +A tradesman's wife was showing a rent in her shawl and telling how +much the shawl had cost; another was saying that all silk goods had +now got dear. The clerk who had rescued Petya was talking to a +functionary about the priests who were officiating that day with the +bishop. The clerk several times used the word "plenary" (of the +service), a word Petya did not understand. Two young citizens were +joking with some serf girls who were cracking nuts. All these +conversations, especially the joking with the girls, were such as +might have had a particular charm for Petya at his age, but they did +not interest him now. He sat on his elevation- the pedestal of the +cannon- still agitated as before by the thought of the Emperor and +by his love for him. The feeling of pain and fear he had experienced +when he was being crushed, together with that of rapture, still +further intensified his sense of the importance of the occasion. + Suddenly the sound of a firing of cannon was heard from the +embankment, to celebrate the signing of peace with the Turks, and +the crowd rushed impetuously toward the embankment to watch the +firing. Petya too would have run there, but the clerk who had taken +the young gentleman under his protection stopped him. The firing was +still proceeding when officers, generals, and gentlemen-in-waiting +came running out of the cathedral, and after them others in a more +leisurely manner: caps were again raised, and those who had run to +look at the cannon ran back again. At last four men in uniforms and +sashes emerged from the cathedral doors. "Hurrah! hurrah!" shouted the +crowd again. + "Which is he? Which?" asked Petya in a tearful voice, of those +around him, but no one answered him, everybody was too excited; and +Petya, fixing on one of those four men, whom he could not clearly +see for the tears of joy that filled his eyes, concentrated all his +enthusiasm on him- though it happened not to be the Emperor- +frantically shouted "Hurrah!" and resolved that tomorrow, come what +might, he would join the army. + The crowd ran after the Emperor, followed him to the palace, and +began to disperse. It was already late, and Petya had not eaten +anything and was drenched with perspiration, yet he did not go home +but stood with that diminishing, but still considerable, crowd +before the palace while the Emperor dined- looking in at the palace +windows, expecting he knew not what, and envying alike the notables he +saw arriving at the entrance to dine with the Emperor and the court +footmen who served at table, glimpses of whom could be seen through +the windows. + While the Emperor was dining, Valuev, looking out of the window, +said: + "The people are still hoping to see Your Majesty again." + The dinner was nearly over, and the Emperor, munching a biscuit, +rose and went out onto the balcony. The people, with Petya among them, +rushed toward the balcony. + "Angel! Dear one! Hurrah! Father!..." cried the crowd, and Petya +with it, and again the women and men of weaker mold, Petya among them, +wept with joy. + A largish piece of the biscuit the Emperor was holding in his hand +broke off, fell on the balcony parapet, and then to the ground. A +coachman in a jerkin, who stood nearest, sprang forward and snatched +it up. Several people in the crowd rushed at the coachman. Seeing this +the Emperor had a plateful of biscuits brought him and began +throwing them down from the balcony. Petya's eyes grew bloodshot, +and still more excited by the danger of being crushed, he rushed at +the biscuits. He did not know why, but he had to have a biscuit from +the Tsar's hand and he felt that he must not give way. He sprang +forward and upset an old woman who was catching at a biscuit; the +old woman did not consider herself defeated though she was lying on +the ground- she grabbed at some biscuits but her hand did not reach +them. Petya pushed her hand away with his knee, seized a biscuit, +and as if fearing to be too late, again shouted "Hurrah!" with a voice +already hoarse. + The Emperor went in, and after that the greater part of the crowd +began to disperse. + "There! I said if only we waited- and so it was!" was being joyfully +said by various people. + Happy as Petya was, he felt sad at having to go home knowing that +all the enjoyment of that day was over. He did not go straight home +from the Kremlin, but called on his friend Obolenski, who was +fifteen and was also entering the regiment. On returning home Petya +announced resolutely and firmly that if he was not allowed to enter +the service he would run away. And next day, Count Ilya Rostov- though +he had not yet quite yielded- went to inquire how he could arrange for +Petya to serve where there would be least danger. +BK9|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + Two days later, on the fifteenth of July, an immense number of +carriages were standing outside the Sloboda Palace. + The great halls were full. In the first were the nobility and gentry +in their uniforms, in the second bearded merchants in full-skirted +coats of blue cloth and wearing medals. in the noblemen's hall there +was an incessant movement and buzz of voices. The chief magnates sat +on high-backed chairs at a large table under the portrait of the +Emperor, but most of the gentry were strolling about the room. + All these nobles, whom Pierre met every day at the Club or in +their own houses, were in uniform- some in that of Catherine's day, +others in that of Emperor Paul, others again in the new uniforms of +Alexander's time or the ordinary uniform of the nobility, and the +general characteristic of being in uniform imparted something +strange and fantastic to these diverse and familiar personalities, +both old and young. The old men, dim-eyed, toothless, bald, sallow, +and bloated, or gaunt and wrinkled, were especially striking. For +the most part they sat quietly in their places and were silent, or, if +they walked about and talked, attached themselves to someone +younger. On all these faces, as on the faces of the crowd Petya had +seen in the Square, there was a striking contradiction: the general +expectation of a solemn event, and at the same time the everyday +interests in a boston card party, Peter the cook, Zinaida Dmitrievna's +health, and so on. + Pierre was there too, buttoned up since early morning in a +nobleman's uniform that had become too tight for him. He was agitated; +this extraordinary gathering not only of nobles but also of the +merchant-class- les etats generaux (States-General)- evoked in him a +whole series of ideas he had long laid aside but which were deeply +graven in his soul: thoughts of the Contrat social and the French +Revolution. The words that had struck him in the Emperor's appeal- +that the sovereign was coming to the capital for consultation with his +people- strengthened this idea. And imagining that in this direction +something important which he had long awaited was drawing near, he +strolled about watching and listening to conversations, but nowhere +finding any confirmation of the ideas that occupied him. + The Emperor's manifesto was read, evoking enthusiasm, and then all +moved about discussing it. Besides the ordinary topics of +conversation, Pierre heard questions of where the marshals of the +nobility were to stand when the Emperor entered, when a ball should be +given in the Emperor's honor, whether they should group themselves +by districts or by whole provinces... and so on; but as soon as the +war was touched on, or what the nobility had been convened for, the +talk became undecided and indefinite. Then all preferred listening +to speaking. + A middle-aged man, handsome and virile, in the uniform of a +retired naval officer, was speaking in one of the rooms, and a small +crowd was pressing round him. Pierre went up to the circle that had +formed round the speaker and listened. Count Ilya Rostov, in a +military uniform of Catherine's time, was sauntering with a pleasant +smile among the crowd, with all of whom he was acquainted. He too +approached that group and listened with a kindly smile and nods of +approval, as he always did, to what the speaker was saying. The +retired naval man was speaking very boldly, as was evident from the +expression on the faces of the listeners and from the fact that some +people Pierre knew as the meekest and quietest of men walked away +disapprovingly or expressed disagreement with him. Pierre pushed his +way into the middle of the group, listened, and convinced himself that +the man was indeed a liberal, but of views quite different from his +own. The naval officer spoke in a particularly sonorous, musical, +and aristocratic baritone voice, pleasantly swallowing his r's and +generally slurring his consonants: the voice of a man calling out to +his servant, "Heah! Bwing me my pipe!" It was indicative of +dissipation and the exercise of authority. + "What if the Smolensk people have offahd to waise militia for the +Empewah? Ah we to take Smolensk as our patte'n? If the noble +awistocwacy of the pwovince of Moscow thinks fit, it can show its +loyalty to our sov'weign the Empewah in other ways. Have we +fo'gotten the waising of the militia in the yeah 'seven? All that +did was to enwich the pwiests' sons and thieves and wobbahs...." + Count Ilya Rostov smiled blandly and nodded approval. + "And was our militia of any use to the Empia? Not at all! It only +wuined our farming! Bettah have another conscwiption... o' ou' men +will wetu'n neithah soldiers no' peasants, and we'll get only +depwavity fwom them. The nobility don't gwudge theah lives- evewy +one of us will go and bwing in more wecwuits, and the sov'weign" (that +was the way he referred to the Emperor) "need only say the word and +we'll all die fo' him!" added the orator with animation. + Count Rostov's mouth watered with pleasure and he nudged Pierre, but +Pierre wanted to speak himself. He pushed forward, feeling stirred, +but not yet sure what stirred him or what he would say. Scarcely had +he opened his mouth when one of the senators, a man without a tooth in +his head, with a shrewd though angry expression, standing near the +first speaker, interrupted him. Evidently accustomed to managing +debates and to maintaining an argument, he began in low but distinct +tones: + "I imagine, sir," said he, mumbling with his toothless mouth, +"that we have been summoned here not to discuss whether it's best +for the empire at the present moment to adopt conscription or to +call out the militia. We have been summoned to reply to the appeal +with which our sovereign the Emperor has honored us. But to judge what +is best- conscription or the militia- we can leave to the supreme +authority...." + Pierre suddenly saw an outlet for his excitement. He hardened his +heart against the senator who was introducing this set and narrow +attitude into the deliberations of the nobility. Pierre stepped +forward and interrupted him. He himself did not yet know what he would +say, but he began to speak eagerly, occasionally lapsing into French +or expressing himself in bookish Russian. + "Excuse me, your excellency," he began. (He was well acquainted with +the senator, but thought it necessary on this occasion to address +him formally.) "Though I don't agree with the gentleman..." (he +hesitated: he wished to say, "Mon tres honorable preopinant"- "My very +honorable opponent") "with the gentleman... whom I have not the +honor of knowing, I suppose that the nobility have been summoned not +merely to express their sympathy and enthusiasm but also to consider +the means by which we can assist our Fatherland! I imagine," he went +on, warming to his subject, "that the Emperor himself would not be +satisfied to find in us merely owners of serfs whom we are willing +to devote to his service, and chair a canon* we are ready to make of +ourselves- and not to obtain from us any co-co-counsel." + + *"Food for cannon." + + Many persons withdrew from the circle, noticing the senator's +sarcastic smile and the freedom of Pierre's remarks. Only Count Rostov +was pleased with them as he had been pleased with those of the naval +officer, the senator, and in general with whatever speech he had +last heard. + "I think that before discussing these questions," Pierre +continued, "we should ask the Emperor- most respectfully ask His +Majesty- to let us know the number of our troops and the position in +which our army and our forces now are, and then..." + But scarcely had Pierre uttered these words before he was attacked +from three sides. The most vigorous attack came from an old +acquaintance, a boston player who had always been well disposed toward +him, Stepan Stepanovich Adraksin. Adraksin was in uniform, and whether +as a result of the uniform or from some other cause Pierre saw +before him quite a different man. With a sudden expression of +malevolence on his aged face, Adraksin shouted at Pierre: + "In the first place, I tell you we have no right to question the +Emperor about that, and secondly, if the Russian nobility had that +right, the Emperor could not answer such a question. The troops are +moved according to the enemy's movements and the number of men +increases and decreases..." + Another voice, that of a nobleman of medium height and about forty +years of age, whom Pierre had formerly met at the gypsies' and knew as +a bad cardplayer, and who, also transformed by his uniform, came up to +Pierre, interrupted Adraksin. + "Yes, and this is not a time for discussing," he continued, "but for +acting: there is war in Russia! The enemy is advancing to destroy +Russia, to desecrate the tombs of our fathers, to carry off our +wives and children." The nobleman smote his breast. "We will all +arise, every one of us will go, for our father the Tsar!" he +shouted, rolling his bloodshot eyes. Several approving voices were +heard in the crowd. "We are Russians and will not grudge our blood +in defense of our faith, the throne, and the Fatherland! We must cease +raving if we are sons of our Fatherland! We will show Europe how +Russia rises to the defense of Russia!" + Pierre wished to reply, but could not get in a word. He felt that +his words, apart from what meaning they conveyed, were less audible +than the sound of his opponent's voice. + Count Rostov at the back of the crowd was expressing approval; +several persons, briskly turning a shoulder to the orator at the end +of a phrase, said: + "That's right, quite right! Just so!" + Pierre wished to say that he was ready to sacrifice his money, his +serfs, or himself, only one ought to know the state of affairs in +order to be able to improve it, but he was unable to speak. Many +voices shouted and talked at the same time, so that Count Rostov had +not time to signify his approval of them all, and the group increased, +dispersed, re-formed, and then moved with a hum of talk into the +largest hall and to the big table. Not only was Pierre's attempt to +speak unsuccessful, but he was rudely interrupted, pushed aside, and +people turned away from him as from a common enemy. This happened +not because they were displeased by the substance of his speech, which +had even been forgotten after the many subsequent speeches, but to +animate it the crowd needed a tangible object to love and a tangible +object to hate. Pierre became the latter. Many other orators spoke +after the excited nobleman, and all in the same tone. Many spoke +eloquently and with originality. + Glinka, the editor of the Russian Messenger, who was recognized +(cries of "author! author!" were heard in the crowd), said that +"hell must be repulsed by hell," and that he had seen a child +smiling at lightning flashes and thunderclaps, but "we will not be +that child." + "Yes, yes, at thunderclaps!" was repeated approvingly in the back +rows of the crowd. + The crowd drew up to the large table, at which sat gray-haired or +bald seventy-year-old magnates, uniformed and besashed almost all of +whom Pierre had seen in their own homes with their buffoons, or +playing boston at the clubs. With an incessant hum of voices the crowd +advanced to the table. Pressed by the throng against the high backs of +the chairs, the orators spoke one after another and sometimes two +together. Those standing behind noticed what a speaker omitted to +say and hastened to supply it. Others in that heat and crush racked +their brains to find some thought and hastened to utter it. The old +magnates, whom Pierre knew, sat and turned to look first at one and +then at another, and their faces for the most part only expressed +the fact that they found it very hot. Pierre, however, felt excited, +and the general desire to show that they were ready to go to all +lengths- which found expression in the tones and looks more than in +the substance of the speeches- infected him too. He did not renounce +his opinions, but felt himself in some way to blame and wished to +justify himself. + "I only said that it would be more to the purpose to make sacrifices +when we know what is needed!" said he, trying to be heard above the +other voices. + One of the old men nearest to him looked round, but his attention +was immediately diverted by an exclamation at the other side of the +table. + "Yes, Moscow will be surrendered! She will be our expiation!" +shouted one man. + "He is the enemy of mankind!" cried another. "Allow me to speak...." +"Gentlemen, you are crushing me!..." +BK9|CH23 + CHAPTER XXIII + + At that moment Count Rostopchin with his protruding chin and alert +eyes, wearing the uniform of a general with sash over his shoulder, +entered the room, stepping briskly to the front of the crowd of +gentry. + "Our sovereign the Emperor will be here in a moment," said +Rostopchin. "I am straight from the palace. Seeing the position we are +in, I think there is little need for discussion. The Emperor has +deigned to summon us and the merchants. Millions will pour forth +from there"- he pointed to the merchants' hall- "but our business is +to supply men and not spare ourselves... That is the least we can do!" + A conference took place confined to the magnates sitting at the +table. The whole consultation passed more than quietly. After all +the preceding noise the sound of their old voices saying one after +another, "I agree," or for variety, "I too am of that opinion," and so +on had even a mournful effect. + The secretary was told to write down the resolution of the Moscow +nobility and gentry, that they would furnish ten men, fully +equipped, out of every thousand serfs, as the Smolensk gentry had +done. Their chairs made a scraping noise as the gentlemen who had +conferred rose with apparent relief, and began walking up and down, +arm in arm, to stretch their legs and converse in couples. + "The Emperor! The Emperor!" a sudden cry resounded through the halls +and the whole throng hurried to the entrance. + The Emperor entered the hall through a broad path between two +lines of nobles. Every face expressed respectful, awe-struck +curiosity. Pierre stood rather far off and could not hear all that the +Emperor said. From what he did hear he understood that the Emperor +spoke of the danger threatening the empire and of the hopes he +placed on the Moscow nobility. He was answered by a voice which +informed him of the resolution just arrived at. + "Gentlemen!" said the Emperor with a quivering voice. + There was a rustling among the crowd and it again subsided, so +that Pierre distinctly heard the pleasantly human voice of the Emperor +saying with emotion: + "I never doubted the devotion of the Russian nobles, but today it +has surpassed my expectations. I thank you in the name of the +Fatherland! Gentlemen, let us act! Time is most precious..." + The Emperor ceased speaking, the crowd began pressing round him, and +rapturous exclamations were heard from all sides. + "Yes, most precious... a royal word," said Count Rostov, with a sob. +He stood at the back, and, though he had heard hardly anything, +understood everything in his own way. + From the hall of the nobility the Emperor went to that of the +merchants. There he remained about ten minutes. Pierre was among those +who saw him come out from the merchants' hall with tears of emotion in +his eyes. As became known later, he had scarcely begun to address +the merchants before tears gushed from his eyes and he concluded in +a trembling voice. When Pierre saw the Emperor he was coming out +accompanied by two merchants, one of whom Pierre knew, a fat +otkupshchik. The other was the mayor, a man with a thin sallow face +and narrow beard. Both were weeping. Tears filled the thin man's eyes, +and the fat otkupshchik sobbed outright like a child and kept +repeating: + "Our lives and property- take them, Your Majesty!" + Pierre's one feeling at the moment was a desire to show that he +was ready to go all lengths and was prepared to sacrifice +everything. He now felt ashamed of his speech with its +constitutional tendency and sought an opportunity of effacing it. +Having heard that Count Mamonov was furnishing a regiment, Bezukhov at +once informed Rostopchin that he would give a thousand men and their +maintenance. + Old Rostov could not tell his wife of what had passed without tears, +and at once consented to Petya's request and went himself to enter his +name. + Next day the Emperor left Moscow. The assembled nobles all took +off their uniforms and settled down again in their homes and clubs, +and not without some groans gave orders to their stewards about the +enrollment, feeling amazed themselves at what they had done. +BK10 + BOOK TEN: 1812 +BK10|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Napoleon began the war with Russia because he could not resist going +to Dresden, could not help having his head turned by the homage he +received, could not help donning a Polish uniform and yielding to +the stimulating influence of a June morning, and could not refrain +from bursts of anger in the presence of Kurakin and then of Balashev. + Alexander refused negotiations because he felt himself to be +personally insulted. Barclay de Tolly tried to command the army in the +best way, because he wished to fulfill his duty and earn fame as a +great commander. Rostov charged the French because he could not +restrain his wish for a gallop across a level field; and in the same +way the innumerable people who took part in the war acted in accord +with their personal characteristics, habits, circumstances, and +aims. They were moved by fear or vanity, rejoiced or were indignant, +reasoned, imagining that they knew what they were doing and did it +of their own free will, but they all were involuntary tools of +history, carrying on a work concealed from them but comprehensible +to us. Such is the inevitable fate of men of action, and the higher +they stand in the social hierarchy the less are they free. + The actors of 1812 have long since left the stage, their personal +interests have vanished leaving no trace, and nothing remains of +that time but its historic results. + Providence compelled all these men, striving to attain personal +aims, to further the accomplishment of a stupendous result no one of +them at all expected- neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor still +less any of those who did the actual fighting. + The cause of the destruction of the French army in 1812 is clear +to us now. No one will deny that that cause was, on the one hand, +its advance into the heart of Russia late in the season without any +preparation for a winter campaign and, on the other, the character +given to the war by the burning of Russian towns and the hatred of the +foe this aroused among the Russian people. But no one at the time +foresaw (what now seems so evident) that this was the only way an army +of eight hundred thousand men- the best in the world and led by the +best general- could be destroyed in conflict with a raw army of half +its numerical strength, and led by inexperienced commanders as the +Russian army was. Not only did no one see this, but on the Russian +side every effort was made to hinder the only thing that could save +Russia, while on the French side, despite Napoleon's experience and +so-called military genius, every effort was directed to pushing on +to Moscow at the end of the summer, that is, to doing the very thing +that was bound to lead to destruction. + In historical works on the year 1812 French writers are very fond of +saying that Napoleon felt the danger of extending his line, that he +sought a battle and that his marshals advised him to stop at Smolensk, +and of making similar statements to show that the danger of the +campaign was even then understood. Russian authors are still fonder of +telling us that from the commencement of the campaign a Scythian war +plan was adopted to lure Napoleon into the depths of Russia, and +this plan some of them attribute to Pfuel, others to a certain +Frenchman, others to Toll, and others again to Alexander himself- +pointing to notes, projects, and letters which contain hints of such a +line of action. But all these hints at what happened, both from the +French side and the Russian, are advanced only because they fit in +with the event. Had that event not occurred these hints would have +been forgotten, as we have forgotten the thousands and millions of +hints and expectations to the contrary which were current then but +have now been forgotten because the event falsified them. There are +always so many conjectures as to the issue of any event that however +it may end there will always be people to say: "I said then that it +would be so," quite forgetting that amid their innumerable conjectures +many were to quite the contrary effect. + Conjectures as to Napoleon's awareness of the danger of extending +his line, and (on the Russian side) as to luring the enemy into the +depths of Russia, are evidently of that kind, and only by much +straining can historians attribute such conceptions to Napoleon and +his marshals, or such plans to the Russian commanders. All the facts +are in flat contradiction to such conjectures. During the whole period +of the war not only was there no wish on the Russian side to draw +the French into the heart of the country, but from their first entry +into Russia everything was done to stop them. And not only was +Napoleon not afraid to extend his line, but he welcomed every step +forward as a triumph and did not seek battle as eagerly as in former +campaigns, but very lazily. + At the very beginning of the war our armies were divided, and our +sole aim was to unite them, though uniting the armies was no advantage +if we meant to retire and lure the enemy into the depths of the +country. Our Emperor joined the army to encourage it to defend every +inch of Russian soil and not to retreat. The enormous Drissa camp +was formed on Pfuel's plan, and there was no intention of retiring +farther. The Emperor reproached the commanders in chief for every step +they retired. He could not bear the idea of letting the enemy even +reach Smolensk, still less could he contemplate the burning of Moscow, +and when our armies did unite he was displeased that Smolensk was +abandoned and burned without a general engagement having been fought +under its walls. + So thought the Emperor, and the Russian commanders and people were +still more provoked at the thought that our forces were retreating +into the depths of the country. + Napoleon having cut our armies apart advanced far into the country +and missed several chances of forcing an engagement. In August he +was at Smolensk and thought only of how to advance farther, though +as we now see that advance was evidently ruinous to him. + The facts clearly show that Napoleon did not foresee the danger of +the advance on Moscow, nor did Alexander and the Russian commanders +then think of luring Napoleon on, but quite the contrary. The luring +of Napoleon into the depths of the country was not the result of any +plan, for no one believed it to be possible; it resulted from a most +complex interplay of intrigues, aims, and wishes among those who +took part in the war and had no perception whatever of the inevitable, +or of the one way of saving Russia. Everything came about +fortuitously. The armies were divided at the commencement of the +campaign. We tried to unite them, with the evident intention of giving +battle and checking the enemy's advance, and by this effort to unite +them while avoiding battle with a much stronger enemy, and necessarily +withdrawing the armies at an acute angle- we led the French on to +Smolensk. But we withdrew at an acute angle not only because the +French advanced between our two armies; the angle became still more +acute and we withdrew still farther, because Barclay de Tolly was an +unpopular foreigner disliked by Bagration (who would come his +command), and Bagration- being in command of the second army- tried to +postpone joining up and coming under Barclay's command as long as he +could. Bagration was slow in effecting the junction- though that was +the chief aim of all at headquarters- because, as he alleged, he +exposed his army to danger on this march, and it was best for him to +retire more to the left and more to the south, worrying the enemy from +flank and rear and securing from the Ukraine recruits for his army; +and it looks as if he planned this in order not to come under the +command of the detested foreigner Barclay, whose rank was inferior +to his own. + The Emperor was with the army to encourage it, but his presence +and ignorance of what steps to take, and the enormous number of +advisers and plans, destroyed the first army's energy and it retired. + The intention was to make a stand at the Drissa camp, but +Paulucci, aiming at becoming commander in chief, unexpectedly employed +his energy to influence Alexander, and Pfuel's whole plan was +abandoned and the command entrusted to Barclay. But as Barclay did not +inspire confidence his power was limited. The armies were divided, +there was no unity of command, and Barclay was unpopular; but from +this confusion, division, and the unpopularity of the foreign +commander in chief, there resulted on the one hand indecision and +the avoidance of a battle (which we could not have refrained from +had the armies been united and had someone else, instead of Barclay, +been in command) and on the other an ever-increasing indignation +against the foreigners and an increase in patriotic zeal. + At last the Emperor left the army, and as the most convenient and +indeed the only pretext for his departure it was decided that it was +necessary for him to inspire the people in the capitals and arouse the +nation in general to a patriotic war. And by this visit of the Emperor +to Moscow the strength of the Russian army was trebled. + He left in order not to obstruct the commander in chief's +undivided control of the army, and hoping that more decisive action +would then be taken, but the command of the armies became still more +confused and enfeebled. Bennigsen, the Tsarevich, and a swarm of +adjutants general remained with the army to keep the commander in +chief under observation and arouse his energy, and Barclay, feeling +less free than ever under the observation of all these "eyes of the +Emperor," became still more cautious of undertaking any decisive +action and avoided giving battle. + Barclay stood for caution. The Tsarevich hinted at treachery and +demanded a general engagement. Lubomirski, Bronnitski, Wlocki, and the +others of that group stirred up so much trouble that Barclay, under +pretext of sending papers to the Emperor, dispatched these Polish +adjutants general to Petersburg and plunged into an open struggle with +Bennigsen and the Tsarevich. + At Smolensk the armies at last reunited, much as Bagration +disliked it. + Bagration drove up in a carriage to to the house occupied by +Barclay. Barclay donned his sash and came out to meet and report to +his senior officer Bagration. + Despite his seniority in rank Bagration, in this contest of +magnanimity, took his orders from Barclay, but, having submitted, +agreed with him less than ever. By the Emperor's orders Bagration +reported direct to him. He wrote to Arakcheev, the Emperor's +confidant: "It must be as my sovereign pleases, but I cannot work with +the Minister (meaning Barclay). For God's sake send me somewhere +else if only in command of a regiment. I cannot stand it here. +Headquarters are so full of Germans that a Russian cannot exist and +there is no sense in anything. I thought I was really serving my +sovereign and the Fatherland, but it turns out that I am serving +Barclay. I confess I do not want to." + The swarm of Bronnitskis and Wintzingerodes and their like still +further embittered the relations between the commanders in chief, +and even less unity resulted. Preparations were made to fight the +French before Smolensk. A general was sent to survey the position. +This general, hating Barclay, rode to visit a friend of his own, a +corps commander, and, having spent the day with him, returned to +Barclay and condemned, as unsuitable from every point of view, the +battleground he had not seen. + While disputes and intrigues were going on about the future field of +battle, and while we were looking for the French- having lost touch +with them- the French stumbled upon Neverovski's division and +reached the walls of Smolensk. + It was necessary to fight an unexpected battle at Smolensk to save +our lines of communication. The battle was fought and thousands were +killed on both sides. + Smolensk was abandoned contrary to the wishes of the Emperor and +of the whole people. But Smolensk was burned by its own +inhabitants-who had been misled by their governor. And these ruined +inhabitants, setting an example to other Russians, went to Moscow +thinking only of their own losses but kindling hatred of the foe. +Napoleon advanced farther and we retired, thus arriving at the very +result which caused his destruction. +BK10|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + The day after his son had left, Prince Nicholas sent for Princess +Mary to come to his study. + "Well? Are you satisfied now?" said he. "You've made me quarrel with +my son! Satisfied, are you? That's all you wanted! Satisfied?... It +hurts me, it hurts. I'm old and weak and this is what you wanted. Well +then, gloat over it! Gloat over it!" + After that Princess Mary did not see her father for a whole week. He +was ill and did not leave his study. + Princess Mary noticed to her surprise that during this illness the +old prince not only excluded her from his room, but did not admit +Mademoiselle Bourienne either. Tikhon alone attended him. + At the end of the week the prince reappeared and resumed his +former way of life, devoting himself with special activity to building +operations and the arrangement of the gardens and completely +breaking off his relations with Mademoiselle Bourienne. His looks +and cold tone to his daughter seemed to say: "There, you see? You +plotted against me, you lied to Prince Andrew about my relations +with that Frenchwoman and made me quarrel with him, but you see I need +neither her nor you!" + Princess Mary spent half of every day with little Nicholas, watching +his lessons, teaching him Russian and music herself, and talking to +Dessalles; the rest of the day she spent over her books, with her +old nurse, or with "God's folk" who sometimes came by the back door to +see her. + Of the war Princess Mary thought as women do think about wars. She +feared for her brother who was in it, was horrified by and amazed at +the strange cruelty that impels men to kill one another, but she did +not understand the significance of this war, which seemed to her +like all previous wars. She did not realize the significance of this +war, though Dessalles with whom she constantly conversed was +passionately interested in its progress and tried to explain his own +conception of it to her, and though the "God's folk" who came to see +her reported, in their own way, the rumors current among the people of +an invasion by Antichrist, and though Julie (now Princess +Drubetskaya), who had resumed correspondence with her, wrote patriotic +letters from Moscow. + "I write you in Russian, my good friend," wrote Julie in her +Frenchified Russian, "because I have a detestation for all the French, +and the same for their language which I cannot support to hear +spoken.... We in Moscow are elated by enthusiasm for our adored +Emperor. + "My poor husband is enduring pains and hunger in Jewish taverns, but +the news which I have inspires me yet more. + "You heard probably of the heroic exploit of Raevski, embracing +his two sons and saying: 'I will perish with them but we will not be +shaken!' And truly though the enemy was twice stronger than we, we +were unshakable. We pass the time as we can, but in war as in war! The +princesses Aline and Sophie sit whole days with me, and we, unhappy +widows of live men, make beautiful conversations over our charpie, +only you, my friend, are missing..." and so on. + The chief reason Princess Mary did not realize the full significance +of this war was that the old prince never spoke of it, did not +recognize it, and laughed at Dessalles when he mentioned it at dinner. +The prince's tone was so calm and confident that Princess Mary +unhesitatingly believed him. + All that July the old prince was exceedingly active and even +animated. He planned another garden and began a new building for the +domestic serfs. The only thing that made Princess Mary anxious about +him was that he slept very little and, instead of sleeping in his +study as usual, changed his sleeping place every day. One day he would +order his camp bed to be set up in the glass gallery, another day he +remained on the couch or on the lounge chair in the drawing room and +dozed there without undressing, while- instead of Mademoiselle +Bourienne- a serf boy read to him. Then again he would spend a night +in the dining room. + On August 1, a second letter was received from Prince Andrew. In his +first letter which came soon after he had left home, Prince Andrew had +dutifully asked his father's forgiveness for what he had allowed +himself to say and begged to be restored to his favor. To this +letter the old prince had replied affectionately, and from that time +had kept the Frenchwoman at at Prince Andrew's second letter, +written near Vitebsk after the French had occupied that town, gave a +brief account of the whole campaign, enclosed for them a plan he had +drawn and forecasts as to the further progress of the war. In this +letter Prince Andrew pointed out to his father the danger of staying +at Bald Hills, so near the theater of war and on the army's direct +line of march, and advised him to move to Moscow. + At dinner that day, on Dessalles' mentioning that the French were +said to have already entered Vitebsk, the old prince remembered his +son's letter. + "There was a letter from Prince Andrew today," he said to Princess +Mary- "Haven't you read it?" + "No, Father," she replied in a frightened voice. + She could not have read the letter as she did not even know it had +arrived. + "He writes about this war," said the prince, with the ironic smile +that had become habitual to him in speaking of the present war. + "That must be very interesting," said Dessalles. "Prince Andrew is +in a position to know..." + "Oh, very interesting!" said Mademoiselle Bourienne. + "Go and get it for me," said the old prince to Mademoiselle +Bourienne. "You know- under the paperweight on the little table." + Mademoiselle Bourienne jumped up eagerly. + "No, don't!" he exclaimed with a frown. "You go, Michael Ivanovich." + Michael Ivanovich rose and went to the study. But as soon as he +had left the room the old prince, looking uneasily round, threw down +his napkin and went himself. + "They can't do anything... always make some muddle," he muttered. + While he was away Princess Mary, Dessalles, Mademoiselle +Bourienne, and even little Nicholas exchanged looks in silence. The +old prince returned with quick steps, accompanied by Michael +Ivanovich, bringing the letter and a plan. These he put down beside +him- not letting anyone read them at dinner. + On moving to the drawing room he handed the letter to Princess +Mary and, spreading out before him the plan of the new building and +fixing his eyes upon it, told her to read the letter aloud. When she +had done so Princess Mary looked inquiringly at her father. He was +examining the plan, evidently engrossed in his own ideas. + "What do you think of it, Prince?" Dessalles ventured to ask. + "I? I?..." said the prince as if unpleasantly awakened, and not +taking his eyes from the plan of the building. + "Very possibly the theater of war will move so near to us that..." + "Ha ha ha! The theater of war!" said the prince. "I have said and +still say that the theater of war is Poland and the enemy will never +get beyond the Niemen." + Dessalles looked in amazement at the prince, who was talking of +the Niemen when the enemy was already at the Dnieper, but Princess +Mary, forgetting the geographical position of the Niemen, thought that +what her father was saying was correct. + "When the snow melts they'll sink in the Polish swamps. Only they +could fail to see it," the prince continued, evidently thinking of the +campaign of 1807 which seemed to him so recent. "Bennigsen should have +advanced into Prussia sooner, then things would have taken a different +turn..." + "But, Prince," Dessalles began timidly, "the letter mentions +Vitebsk...." + "Ah, the letter? Yes..." replied the prince peevishly. "Yes... +yes..." His face suddenly took on a morose expression. He paused. +"Yes, he writes that the French were beaten at... at... what river +is it?" + Dessalles dropped his eyes. + "The prince says nothing about that," he remarked gently. + "Doesn't he? But I didn't invent it myself." + No one spoke for a long time. + "Yes... yes... Well, Michael Ivanovich," he suddenly went on, +raising his head and pointing to the plan of the building, "tell me +how you mean to alter it...." + Michael Ivanovich went up to the plan, and the prince after speaking +to him about the building looked angrily at Princess Mary and +Dessalles and went to his own room. + Princess Mary saw Dessalles' embarrassed and astonished look fixed +on her father, noticed his silence, and was struck by the fact that +her father had forgotten his son's letter on the drawing-room table; +but she was not only afraid to speak of it and ask Dessalles the +reason of his confusion and silence, but was afraid even to think +about it. + In the evening Michael Ivanovich, sent by the prince, came to +Princess Mary for Prince Andrew's letter which had been forgotten in +the drawing room. She gave it to him and, unpleasant as it was to +her to do so, ventured to ask him what her father was doing. + "Always busy," replied Michael Ivanovich with a respectfully +ironic smile which caused Princess Mary to turn pale. "He's worrying +very much about the new building. He has been reading a little, but +now"- Michael Ivanovich went on, lowering his voice- "now he's at +his desk, busy with his will, I expect." (One of the prince's favorite +occupations of late had been the preparation of some papers he meant +to leave at his death and which he called his "will.") + "And Alpatych is being sent to Smolensk?" asked Princess Mary. + "Oh, yes, he has been waiting to start for some time." +BK10|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + When Michael Ivanovich returned to the study with the letter, the +old prince, with spectacles on and a shade over his eyes, was +sitting at his open bureau with screened candles, holding a paper in +his outstretched hand, and in a somewhat dramatic attitude was reading +his manuscript- his "Remarks" as he termed it- which was to be +transmitted to the Emperor after his death. + When Michael Ivanovich went in there were tears in the prince's eyes +evoked by the memory of the time when the paper he was now reading had +been written. He took the letter from Michael Ivanovich's hand, put it +in his pocket, folded up his papers, and called in Alpatych who had +long been waiting. + The prince had a list of things to be bought in Smolensk and, +walking up and down the room past Alpatych who stood by the door, he +gave his instructions. + "First, notepaper- do you hear? Eight quires, like this sample, +gilt-edged... it must be exactly like the sample. Varnish, sealing +wax, as in Michael Ivanovich's list." + He paced up and down for a while and glanced at his notes. + "Then hand to the governor in person a letter about the deed." + Next, bolts for the doors of the new building were wanted and had to +be of a special shape the prince had himself designed, and a leather +case had to be ordered to keep the "will" in. + The instructions to Alpatych took over two hours and still the +prince did not let him go. He sat down, sank into thought, closed +his eyes, and dozed off. Alpatych made a slight movement. + "Well, go, go! If anything more is wanted I'll send after you." + Alpatych went out. The prince again went to his bureau, glanced into +it, fingered his papers, closed the bureau again, and sat down at +the table to write to the governor. + It was already late when he rose after sealing the letter. He wished +to sleep, but he knew he would not be able to and that most depressing +thoughts came to him in bed. So he called Tikhon and went through +the rooms with him to show him where to set up the bed for that night. + He went about looking at every corner. Every place seemed +unsatisfactory, but worst of all was his customary couch in the study. +That couch was dreadful to him, probably because of the oppressive +thoughts he had had when lying there. It was unsatisfactory +everywhere, but the corner behind the piano in the sitting room was +better than other places: he had never slept there yet. + With the help of a footman Tikhon brought in the bedstead and +began putting it up. + "That's not right! That's not right!" cried the prince, and +himself pushed it a few inches from the corner and then closer in +again. + "Well, at last I've finished, now I'll rest," thought the prince, +and let Tikhon undress him. + Frowning with vexation at the effort necessary to divest himself +of his coat and trousers, the prince undressed, sat down heavily on +the bed, and appeared to be meditating as he looked contemptuously +at his withered yellow legs. He was not meditating, but only deferring +the moment of making the effort to lift those legs up and turn over on +the bed. "Ugh, how hard it is! Oh, that this toil might end and you +would release me!" thought he. Pressing his lips together he made that +effort for the twenty-thousandth time and lay down. But hardly had +he done so before he felt the bed rocking backwards and forwards +beneath him as if it were breathing heavily and jolting. This happened +to him almost every night. He opened his eyes as they were closing. + "No peace, damn them!" he muttered, angry he knew not with whom. "Ah +yes, there was something else important, very important, that I was +keeping till I should be in bed. The bolts? No, I told him about them. +No, it was something, something in the drawing room. Princess Mary +talked some nonsense. Dessalles, that fool, said something. +Something in my pocket- can't remember..." + "Tikhon, what did we talk about at dinner?" + "About Prince Michael..." + "Be quiet, quiet!" The prince slapped his hand on the table. "Yes, I +know, Prince Andrew's letter! Princess Mary read it. Dessalles said +something about Vitebsk. Now I'll read it." + He had the letter taken from his pocket and the table- on which +stood a glass of lemonade and a spiral wax candle- moved close to +the bed, and putting on his spectacles he began reading. Only now in +the stillness of the night, reading it by the faint light under the +green shade, did he grasp its meaning for a moment. + "The French at Vitebsk, in four days' march they may be at Smolensk; +perhaps are already there! Tikhon!" Tikhon jumped up. "No, no, I don't +want anything!" he shouted. + He put the letter under the candlestick and closed his eyes. And +there rose before him the Danube at bright noonday: reeds, the Russian +camp, and himself a young general without a wrinkle on his ruddy face, +vigorous and alert, entering Potemkin's gaily colored tent, and a +burning sense of jealousy of "the favorite" agitated him now as +strongly as it had done then. He recalled all the words spoken at that +first meeting with Potemkin. And he saw before him a plump, rather +sallow-faced, short, stout woman, the Empress Mother, with her smile +and her words at her first gracious reception of him, and then that +same face on the catafalque, and the encounter he had with Zubov +over her coffin about his right to kiss her hand. + "Oh, quicker, quicker! To get back to that time and have done with +all the present! Quicker, quicker- and that they should leave me in +peace!" +BK10|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Bald Hills, Prince Nicholas Bolkonski's estate, lay forty miles east +from Smolensk and two miles from the main road to Moscow. + The same evening that the prince gave his instructions to +Alpatych, Dessalles, having asked to see Princess Mary, told her that, +as the prince was not very well and was taking no steps to secure +his safety, though from Prince Andrew's letter it was evident that +to remain at Bald Hills might be dangerous, he respectfully advised +her to send a letter by Alpatych to the Provincial Governor at +Smolensk, asking him to let her know the state of affairs and the +extent of the danger to which Bald Hills was exposed. Dessalles +wrote this letter to the Governor for Princess Mary, she signed it, +and it was given to Alpatych with instructions to hand it to the +Governor and to come back as quickly as possible if there was danger. + Having received all his orders Alpatych, wearing a white beaver hat- +a present from the prince- and carrying a stick as the prince did, +went out accompanied by his family. Three well-fed roans stood ready +harnessed to a small conveyance with a leather hood. + The larger bell was muffled and the little bells on the harness +stuffed with paper. The prince allowed no one at Bald Hills to drive +with ringing bells; but on a long journey Alpatych liked to have them. +His satellites- the senior clerk, a countinghouse clerk, a scullery +maid, a cook, two old women, a little pageboy, the coachman, and +various domestic serfs- were seeing him off. + His daughter placed chintz-covered down cushions for him to sit on +and behind his back. His old sister-in-law popped in a small bundle, +and one of the coachmen helped him into the vehicle. + "There! There! Women's fuss! Women, women!" said Alpatych, puffing +and speaking rapidly just as the prince did, and he climbed into the +trap. + After giving the clerk orders about the work to be done, Alpatych, +not trying to imitate the prince now, lifted the hat from his bald +head and crossed himself three times. + "If there is anything... come back, Yakov Alpatych! For Christ's +sake think of us!" cried his wife, referring to the rumors of war +and the enemy. + "Women, women! Women's fuss!" muttered Alpatych to himself and +started on his journey, looking round at the fields of yellow rye +and the still-green, thickly growing oats, and at other quite black +fields just being plowed a second time. + As he went along he looked with pleasure at the year's splendid crop +of corn, scrutinized the strips of ryefield which here and there +were already being reaped, made his calculations as to the sowing +and the harvest, and asked himself whether he had not forgotten any of +the prince's orders. + Having baited the horses twice on the way, he arrived at the town +toward evening on the fourth of August. + Alpatych kept meeting and overtaking baggage trains and troops on +the road. As he approached Smolensk he heard the sounds of distant +firing, but these did not impress him. What struck him most was the +sight of a splendid field of oats in which a camp had been pitched and +which was being mown down by the soldiers, evidently for fodder. +This fact impressed Alpatych, but in thinking about his own business +he soon forgot it. + All the interests of his life for more than thirty years had been +bounded by the will of the prince, and he never went beyond that +limit. Everything not connected with the execution of the prince's +orders did not interest and did not even exist for Alpatych. + On reaching Smolensk on the evening of the fourth of August he put +up in the Gachina suburb across the Dnieper, at the inn kept by +Ferapontov, where he had been in the habit of putting up for the +last thirty years. Some thirty years ago Ferapontov, by Alpatych's +advice, had bought a wood from the prince, had begun to trade, and now +had a house, an inn, and a corn dealer's shop in that province. He was +a stout, dark, red-faced peasant in the forties, with thick lips, a +broad knob of a nose, similar knobs over his black frowning brows, and +a round belly. + Wearing a waistcoat over his cotton shirt, Ferapontov was standing +before his shop which opened onto the street. On seeing Alpatych he +went up to him. + "You're welcome, Yakov Alpatych. Folks are leaving the town, but you +have come to it," said he. + "Why are they leaving the town?" asked Alpatych. + "That's what I say. Folks are foolish! Always afraid of the French." + "Women's fuss, women's fuss!" said Alpatych. + "Just what I think, Yakov Alpatych. What I say is: orders have +been given not to let them in, so that must be right. And the peasants +are asking three rubles for carting- it isn't Christian!" + Yakov Alpatych heard without heeding. He asked for a samovar and for +hay for his horses, and when he had had his tea he went to bed. + All night long troops were moving past the inn. Next morning +Alpatych donned a jacket he wore only in town and went out on +business. It was a sunny morning and by eight o'clock it was already +hot. "A good day for harvesting," thought Alpatych. + From beyond the town firing had been heard since early morning. At +eight o'clock the booming of cannon was added to the sound of +musketry. Many people were hurrying through the streets and there were +many soldiers, but cabs were still driving about, tradesmen stood at +their shops, and service was being held in the churches as usual. +Alpatych went to the shops, to government offices, to the post office, +and to the Governor's. In the offices and shops and at the post office +everyone was talking about the army and about the enemy who was +already attacking the town, everybody was asking what should be +done, and all were trying to calm one another. + In front of the Governor's house Alpatych found a large number of +people, Cossacks, and a traveling carriage of the Governor's. At the +porch he met two of the landed gentry, one of whom he knew. This +man, an ex-captain of police, was saying angrily: + "It's no joke, you know! It's all very well if you're single. 'One +man though undone is but one,' as the proverb says, but with +thirteen in your family and all the property... They've brought us +to utter ruin! What sort of governors are they to do that? They +ought to be hanged- the brigands!..." + "Oh come, that's enough!" said the other. + "What do I care? Let him hear! We're not dogs," said the +ex-captain of police, and looking round he noticed Alpatych. + "Oh, Yakov Alpatych! What have you come for?" + "To see the Governor by his excellency's order," answered +Alpatych, lifting his head and proudly thrusting his hand into the +bosom of his coat as he always did when he mentioned the prince.... He +has ordered me to inquire into the position of affairs," he added. + "Yes, go and find out!" shouted the angry gentleman. "They've +brought things to such a pass that there are no carts or +anything!... There it is again, do you hear?" said he, pointing in the +direction whence came the sounds of firing. + "They've brought us all to ruin... the brigands!" he repeated, and +descended the porch steps. + Alpatych swayed his head and went upstairs. In the waiting room were +tradesmen, women, and officials, looking silently at one another. +The door of the Governor's room opened and they all rose and moved +forward. An official ran out, said some words to a merchant, called +a stout official with a cross hanging on his neck to follow him, and +vanished again, evidently wishing to avoid the inquiring looks and +questions addressed to him. Alpatych moved forward and next time the +official came out addressed him, one hand placed in the breast of +his buttoned coat, and handed him two letters. + "To his Honor Baron Asch, from General-in-Chief Prince Bolkonski," +he announced with such solemnity and significance that the official +turned to him and took the letters. + A few minutes later the Governor received Alpatych and hurriedly +said to him: + "Inform the prince and princess that I knew nothing: I acted on +the highest instructions- here..." and he handed a paper to +Alpatych. "Still, as the prince is unwell my advice is that they +should go to Moscow. I am just starting myself. Inform them..." + But the Governor did not finish: a dusty perspiring officer ran into +the room and began to say something in French. The Governor's face +expressed terror. + "Go," he said, nodding his head to Alpatych, and began questioning +the officer. + Eager, frightened, helpless glances were turned on Alpatych when +he came out of the Governor's room. Involuntarily listening now to the +firing, which had drawn nearer and was increasing in strength, +Alpatych hurried to his inn. The paper handed to him by the Governor +said this: + + "I assure you that the town of Smolensk is not in the slightest +danger as yet and it is unlikely that it will be threatened with +any. I from the one side and Prince Bagration from the other are +marching to unite our forces before Smolensk, which junction will be +effected on the 22nd instant, and both armies with their united forces +will defend our compatriots of the province entrusted to your care +till our efforts shall have beaten back the enemies of our Fatherland, +or till the last warrior in our valiant ranks has perished. From +this you will see that you have a perfect right to reassure the +inhabitants of Smolensk, for those defended by two such brave armies +may feel assured of victory." (Instructions from Barclay de Tolly to +Baron Asch, the civil governor of Smolensk, 1812.) + + People were anxiously roaming about the streets. + Carts piled high with household utensils, chairs, and cupboards kept +emerging from the gates of the yards and moving along the streets. +Loaded carts stood at the house next to Ferapontov's and women were +wailing and lamenting as they said good-by. A small watchdog ran round +barking in front of the harnessed horses. + Alpatych entered the innyard at a quicker pace than usual and went +straight to the shed where his horses and trap were. The coachman +was asleep. He woke him up, told him to harness, and went into the +passage. From the host's room came the sounds of a child crying, the +despairing sobs of a woman, and the hoarse angry shouting of +Ferapontov. The cook began running hither and thither in the passage +like a frightened hen, just as Alpatych entered. + "He's done her to death. Killed the mistress!... Beat her... dragged +her about so!..." + "What for?" asked Alpatych. + "She kept begging to go away. She's a woman! 'Take me away,' says +she, 'don't let me perish with my little children! Folks,' she says, +'are all gone, so why,' she says, 'don't we go?' And he began +beating and pulling her about so!" + At these words Alpatych nodded as if in approval, and not wishing to +hear more went to the door of the room opposite the innkeeper's, where +he had left his purchases. + "You brute, you murderer!" screamed a thin, pale woman who, with a +baby in her arms and her kerchief torn from her head, burst through +the door at that moment and down the steps into the yard. + Ferapontov came out after her, but on seeing Alpatych adjusted his +waistcoat, smoothed his hair, yawned, and followed Alpatych into the +opposite room. + "Going already?" said he. + Alpatych, without answering or looking at his host, sorted his +packages and asked how much he owed. + "We'll reckon up! Well, have you been to the Governor's?" asked +Ferapontov. "What has been decided?" + Alpatych replied that the Governor had not told him anything +definite. + "With our business, how can we get away?" said Ferapontov. "We'd +have to pay seven rubles a cartload to Dorogobuzh and I tell them +they're not Christians to ask it! Selivanov, now, did a good stroke +last Thursday- sold flour to the army at nine rubles a sack. Will +you have some tea?" he added. + While the horses were being harnessed Alpatych and Ferapontov over +their tea talked of the price of corn, the crops, and the good weather +for harvesting. + "Well, it seems to be getting quieter," remarked Ferapontov, +finishing his third cup of tea and getting up. "Ours must have got the +best of it. The orders were not to let them in. So we're in force, +it seems.... They say the other day Matthew Ivanych Platov drove +them into the river Marina and drowned some eighteen thousand in one +day." + Alpatych collected his parcels, handed them to the coachman who +had come in, and settled up with the innkeeper. The noise of wheels, +hoofs, and bells was heard from the gateway as a little trap passed +out. + It was by now late in the afternoon. Half the street was in +shadow, the other half brightly lit by the sun. Alpatych looked out of +the window and went to the door. Suddenly the strange sound of a +far-off whistling and thud was heard, followed by a boom of cannon +blending into a dull roar that set the windows rattling. + He went out into the street: two men were running past toward the +bridge. From different sides came whistling sounds and the thud of +cannon balls and bursting shells falling on the town. But these sounds +were hardly heard in comparison with the noise of the firing outside +the town and attracted little attention from the inhabitants. The town +was being bombarded by a hundred and thirty guns which Napoleon had +ordered up after four o'clock. The people did not at once realize +the meaning of this bombardment. + At first the noise of the falling bombs and shells only aroused +curiosity. Ferapontov's wife, who till then had not ceased wailing +under the shed, became quiet and with the baby in her arms went to the +gate, listening to the sounds and looking in silence at the people. + The cook and a shop assistant came to the gate. With lively +curiosity everyone tried to get a glimpse of the projectiles as they +flew over their heads. Several people came round the corner talking +eagerly. + "What force!" remarked one. "Knocked the roof and ceiling all to +splinters!" + "Routed up the earth like a pig," said another. + "That's grand, it bucks one up!" laughed the first. "Lucky you +jumped aside, or it would have wiped you out!" + Others joined those men and stopped and told how cannon balls had +fallen on a house close to them. Meanwhile still more projectiles, now +with the swift sinister whistle of a cannon ball, now with the +agreeable intermittent whistle of a shell, flew over people's heads +incessantly, but not one fell close by, they all flew over. Alpatych +was getting into his trap. The innkeeper stood at the gate. + "What are you staring at?" he shouted to the cook, who in her red +skirt, with sleeves rolled up, swinging her bare elbows, had stepped +to the corner to listen to what was being said. + "What marvels!" she exclaimed, but hearing her master's voice she +turned back. pulling down her tucked-up skirt. + Once more something whistled, but this time quite close, swooping +downwards like a little bird; a flame flashed in the middle of the +street, something exploded, and the street was shrouded in smoke. + "Scoundrel, what are you doing?" shouted the innkeeper, rushing to +the cook. + At that moment the pitiful wailing of women was heard from different +sides, the frightened baby began to cry, and people crowded silently +with pale faces round the cook. The loudest sound in that crowd was +her wailing. + "Oh-h-h! Dear souls, dear kind souls! Don't let me die! My good +souls!..." + Five minutes later no one remained in the street. The cook, with her +thigh broken by a shell splinter, had been carried into the kitchen. +Alpatych, his coachman, Ferapontov's wife and children and the house +porter were all sitting in the cellar, listening. The roar of guns, +the whistling of projectiles, and the piteous moaning of the cook, +which rose above the other sounds, did not cease for a moment. The +mistress rocked and hushed her baby and when anyone came into the +cellar asked in a pathetic whisper what had become of her husband +who had remained in the street. A shopman who entered told her that +her husband had gone with others to the cathedral, whence they were +fetching the wonder-working icon of Smolensk. + Toward dusk the cannonade began to subside. Alpatych left the cellar +and stopped in the doorway. The evening sky that had been so clear was +clouded with smoke, through which, high up, the sickle of the new moon +shone strangely. Now that the terrible din of the guns had ceased a +hush seemed to reign over the town, broken only by the rustle of +footsteps, the moaning, the distant cries, and the crackle of fires +which seemed widespread everywhere. The cook's moans had now subsided. +On two sides black curling clouds of smoke rose and spread from the +fires. Through the streets soldiers in various uniforms walked or +ran confusedly in different directions like ants from a ruined +ant-hill. Several of them ran into Ferapontov's yard before Alpatych's +eyes. Alpatych went out to the gate. A retreating regiment, +thronging and hurrying, blocked the street. + Noticing him, an officer said: "The town is being abandoned. Get +away, get away!" and then, turning to the soldiers, shouted: + "I'll teach you to run into the yards!" + Alpatych went back to the house, called the coachman, and told him +to set off. Ferapontov's whole household came out too, following +Alpatych and the coachman. The women, who had been silent till then, +suddenly began to wail as they looked at the fires- the smoke and even +the flames of which could be seen in the failing twilight- and as if +in reply the same kind of lamentation was heard from other parts of +the street. Inside the shed Alpatych and the coachman arranged the +tangled reins and traces of their horses with trembling hands. + As Alpatych was driving out of the gate he saw some ten soldiers +in Ferapontov's open shop, talking loudly and filling their bags and +knapsacks with flour and sunflower seeds. Just then Ferapontov +returned and entered his shop. On seeing the soldiers he was about +to shout at them, but suddenly stopped and, clutching at his hair, +burst into sobs and laughter: + "Loot everything, lads! Don't let those devils get it!" he cried, +taking some bags of flour himself and throwing them into the street. + Some of the soldiers were frightened and ran away, others went on +filling their bags. On seeing Alpatych, Ferapontov turned to him: + "Russia is done for!" he cried. "Alpatych, I'll set the place on +fire myself. We're done for!..." and Ferapontov ran into the yard. + Soldiers were passing in a constant stream along the street blocking +it completely, so that Alpatych could not pass out and had to wait. +Ferapontov's wife and children were also sitting in a cart waiting +till it was it was possible to drive out. + Night had come. There were stars in the sky and the new moon shone +out amid the smoke that screened it. On the sloping descent to the +Dnieper Alpatych's cart and that of the innkeeper's wife, which were +slowly moving amid the rows of soldiers and of other vehicles, had +to stop. In a side street near the crossroads where the vehicles had +stopped, a house and some shops were on fire. This fire was already +burning itself out. The flames now died down and were lost in the +black smoke, now suddenly flared up again brightly, lighting up with +strange distinctness the faces of the people crowding at the +crossroads. Black figures flitted about before the fire, and through +the incessant crackling of the flames talking and shouting could be +heard. Seeing that his trap would not be able to move on for some +time, Alpatych got down and turned into the side street to look at the +fire. Soldiers were continually rushing backwards and forwards near +it, and he saw two of them and a man in a frieze coat dragging burning +beams into another yard across the street, while others carried +bundles of hay. + Alpatych went up to a large crowd standing before a high barn +which was blazing briskly. The walls were all on fire and the back +wall had fallen in, the wooden roof was collapsing, and the rafters +were alight. The crowd was evidently watching for the roof to fall in, +and Alpatych watched for it too. + "Alpatych!" a familiar voice suddenly hailed the old man. + "Mercy on us! Your excellency!" answered Alpatych, immediately +recognizing the voice of his young prince. + Prince Andrew in his riding cloak, mounted on a black horse, was +looking at Alpatych from the back of the crowd. + "Why are you here?" he asked. + "Your... your excellency," stammered Alpatych and broke into sobs. +"Are we really lost? Master!..." + "Why are you here?" Prince Andrew repeated. + At that moment the flames flared up and showed his young master's +pale worn face. Alpatych told how he had been sent there and how +difficult it was to get away. + "Are we really quite lost, your excellency?" he asked again. + Prince Andrew without replying took out a notebook and raising his +knee began writing in pencil on a page he tore out. He wrote to his +sister: + + "Smolensk is being abandoned. Bald Hills will be occupied by the +enemy within a week. Set off immediately for Moscow. Let me know at +once when you will start. Send by special messenger to Usvyazh." + + Having written this and given the paper to Alpatych, he told him how +to arrange for departure of the prince, the princess, his son, and the +boy's tutor, and how and where to let him know immediately. Before +he had had time to finish giving these instructions, a chief of +staff followed by a suite galloped up to him. + "You are a colonel?" shouted the chief of staff with a German +accent, in a voice familiar to Prince Andrew. "Houses are set on +fire in your presence and you stand by! What does this mean? You +will answer for it!" shouted Berg, who was now assistant to the +chief of staff of the commander of the left flank of the infantry of +the first army, a place, as Berg said, "very agreeable and well en +evidence." + Prince Andrew looked at him and without replying went on speaking to +Alpatych. + "So tell them that I shall await a reply till the tenth, and if by +the tenth I don't receive news that they have all got away I shall +have to throw up everything and come myself to Bald Hills." + "Prince," said Berg, recognizing Prince Andrew, "I only spoke +because I have to obey orders, because I always do obey exactly.... +You must please excuse me," he went on apologetically. + Something cracked in the flames. The fire died down for a moment and +wreaths of black smoke rolled from under the roof. There was another +terrible crash and something huge collapsed. + "Ou-rou-rou!" yelled the crowd, echoing the crash of the +collapsing roof of the barn, the burning grain in which diffused a +cakelike aroma all around. The flames flared up again, lighting the +animated, delighted, exhausted faces of the spectators. + The man in the frieze coat raised his arms and shouted: + "It's fine, lads! Now it's raging... It's fine!" + "That's the owner himself," cried several voices. + "Well then," continued Prince Andrew to Alpatych, "report to them as +I have told you"; and not replying a word to Berg who was now mute +beside him, he touched his horse and rode down the side street. +BK10|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + From Smolensk the troops continued to retreat, followed by the +enemy. On the tenth of August the regiment Prince Andrew commanded was +marching along the highroad past the avenue leading to Bald Hills. +Heat and drought had continued for more than three weeks. Each day +fleecy clouds floated across the sky and occasionally veiled the +sun, but toward evening the sky cleared again and the sun set in +reddish-brown mist. Heavy night dews alone refreshed the earth. The +unreaped corn was scorched and shed its grain. The marshes dried up. +The cattle lowed from hunger, finding no food on the sun-parched +meadows. Only at night and in the forests while the dew lasted was +there any freshness. But on the road, the highroad along which the +troops marched, there was no such freshness even at night or when +the road passed through the forest; the dew was imperceptible on the +sandy dust churned up more than six inches deep. As soon as day dawned +the march began. The artillery and baggage wagons moved noiselessly +through the deep dust that rose to the very hubs of the wheels, and +the infantry sank ankle-deep in that soft, choking, hot dust that +never cooled even at night. Some of this dust was kneaded by the +feet and wheels, while the rest rose and hung like a cloud over the +troops, settling in eyes, ears, hair, and nostrils, and worst of all +in the lungs of the men and beasts as they moved along that road. +The higher the sun rose the higher rose that cloud of dust, and +through the screen of its hot fine particles one could look with naked +eye at the sun, which showed like a huge crimson ball in the unclouded +sky. There was no wind, and the men choked in that motionless +atmosphere. They marched with handkerchiefs tied over their noses +and mouths. When they passed through a village they all rushed to +the wells and fought for the water and drank it down to the mud. + Prince Andrew was in command of a regiment, and the management of +that regiment, the welfare of the men and the necessity of receiving +and giving orders, engrossed him. The burning of Smolensk and its +abandonment made an epoch in his life. A novel feeling of anger +against the foe made him forget his own sorrow. He was entirely +devoted to the affairs of his regiment and was considerate and kind to +his men and officers. In the regiment they called him "our prince," +were proud of him and loved him. But he was kind and gentle only to +those of his regiment, to Timokhin and the like- people quite new to +him, belonging to a different world and who could not know and +understand his past. As soon as he came across a former acquaintance +or anyone from the staff, he bristled up immediately and grew +spiteful, ironical, and contemptuous. Everything that reminded him +of his past was repugnant to him, and so in his relations with that +former circle he confined himself to trying to do his duty and not +to be unfair. + In truth everything presented itself in a dark and gloomy light to +Prince Andrew, especially after the abandonment of Smolensk on the +sixth of August (he considered that it could and should have been +defended) and after his sick father had had to flee to Moscow, +abandoning to pillage his dearly beloved Bald Hills which he had built +and peopled. But despite this, thanks to his regiment, Prince Andrew +had something to think about entirely apart from general questions. +Two days previously he had received news that his father, son, and +sister had left for Moscow; and though there was nothing for him to do +at Bald Hills, Prince Andrew with a characteristic desire to foment +his own grief decided that he must ride there. + He ordered his horse to be saddled and, leaving his regiment on +the march, rode to his father's estate where he had been born and +spent his childhood. Riding past the pond where there used always to +be dozens of women chattering as they rinsed their linen or beat it +with wooden beetles, Prince Andrew noticed that there was not a soul +about and that the little washing wharf, torn from its place and +half submerged, was floating on its side in the middle of the pond. He +rode to the keeper's lodge. No one at the stone entrance gates of +the drive and the door stood open. Grass had already begun to grow +on the garden paths, and horses and calves were straying in the +English park. Prince Andrew rode up to the hothouse; some of the glass +panes were broken, and of the trees in tubs some were overturned and +others dried up. He called for Taras the gardener, but no one replied. +Having gone round the corner of the hothouse to the ornamental garden, +he saw that the carved garden fence was broken and branches of the +plum trees had been torn off with the fruit. An old peasant whom +Prince Andrew in his childhood had often seen at the gate was +sitting on a green garden seat, plaiting a bast shoe. + He was deaf and did not hear Prince Andrew ride up. He was sitting +on the seat the old prince used to like to sit on, and beside him +strips of bast were hanging on the broken and withered branch of a +magnolia. + Prince Andrew rode up to the house. Several limes in the old +garden had been cut down and a piebald mare and her foal were +wandering in front of the house among the rosebushes. The shutters +were all closed, except at one window which was open. A little serf +boy, seeing Prince Andrew, ran into the house. Alpatych, having sent +his family away, was alone at Bald Hills and was sitting indoors +reading the Lives of the Saints. On hearing that Prince Andrew had +come, he went out with his spectacles on his nose, buttoning his coat, +and, hastily stepping up, without a word began weeping and kissing +Prince Andrew's knee. + Then, vexed at his own weakness, he turned away and began to +report on the position of affairs. Everything precious and valuable +had been removed to Bogucharovo. Seventy quarters of grain had also +been carted away. The hay and the spring corn, of which Alpatych +said there had been a remarkable crop that year, had been commandeered +by the troops and mown down while still green. The peasants were +ruined; some of them too had gone to Bogucharovo, only a few remained. + Without waiting to hear him out, Prince Andrew asked: + "When did my father and sister leave?" meaning when did they leave +for Moscow. + Alpatych, understanding the question to refer to their departure for +Bogucharovo, replied that they had left on the seventh and again +went into details concerning the estate management, asking for +instructions. + "Am I to let the troops have the oats, and to take a receipt for +them? We have still six hundred quarters left," he inquired. + "What am I to say to him?" thought Prince Andrew, looking down on +the old man's bald head shining in the sun and seeing by the +expression on his face that the old man himself understood how +untimely such questions were and only asked them to allay his grief. + "Yes, let them have it," replied Prince Andrew. + "If you noticed some disorder in the garden," said Alpatych, "it was +impossible to prevent it. Three regiments have been here and spent the +night, dragoons mostly. I took down the name and rank of their +commanding officer, to hand in a complaint about it." + "Well, and what are you going to do? Will you stay here if the enemy +occupies the place?" asked Prince Andrew. + Alpatych turned his face to Prince Andrew, looked at him, and +suddenly with a solemn gesture raised his arm. + "He is my refuge! His will be done!" he exclaimed. + A group of bareheaded peasants was approaching across the meadow +toward the prince. + "Well, good-by!" said Prince Andrew, bending over to Alpatych. +"You must go away too, take away what you can and tell the serfs to go +to the Ryazan estate or to the one near Moscow." + Alpatych clung to Prince Andrew's leg and burst into sobs. Gently +disengaging himself, the prince spurred his horse and rode down the +avenue at a gallop. + The old man was still sitting in the ornamental garden, like a fly +impassive on the face of a loved one who is dead, tapping the last +on which he was making the bast shoe, and two little girls, running +out from the hot house carrying in their skirts plums they had plucked +from the trees there, came upon Prince Andrew. On seeing the young +master, the elder one frightened look clutched her younger companion +by the hand and hid with her behind a birch tree, not stopping to pick +up some green plums they had dropped. + Prince Andrew turned away with startled haste, unwilling to let them +see that they had been observed. He was sorry for the pretty +frightened little girl, was afraid of looking at her, and yet felt +an irresistible desire to do so. A new sensation of comfort and relief +came over him when, seeing these girls, he realized the existence of +other human interests entirely aloof from his own and just as +legitimate as those that occupied him. Evidently these girls +passionately desired one thing- to carry away and eat those green +plums without being caught- and Prince Andrew shared their wish for +the success of their enterprise. He could not resist looking at them +once more. Believing their danger past, they sprang from their +ambush and, chirruping something in their shrill little voices and +holding up their skirts, their bare little sunburned feet scampered +merrily and quickly across the meadow grass. + Prince Andrew was somewhat refreshed by having ridden off the +dusty highroad along which the troops were moving. But not far from +Bald Hills he again came out on the road and overtook his regiment +at its halting place by the dam of a small pond. It was past one +o'clock. The sun, a red ball through the dust, burned and scorched his +back intolerably through his black coat. The dust always hung +motionless above the buzz of talk that came from the resting troops. +There was no wind. As he crossed the dam Prince Andrew smelled the +ooze and freshness of the pond. He longed to get into that water, +however dirty it might be, and he glanced round at the pool from +whence came sounds of shrieks and laughter. The small, muddy, green +pond had risen visibly more than a foot, flooding the dam, because +it was full of the naked white bodies of soldiers with brick-red +hands, necks, and faces, who were splashing about in it. All this +naked white human flesh, laughing and shrieking, floundered about in +that dirty pool like carp stuffed into a watering can, and the +suggestion of merriment in that floundering mass rendered it specially +pathetic. + One fair-haired young soldier of the third company, whom Prince +Andrew knew and who had a strap round the calf of one leg, crossed +himself, stepped back to get a good run, and plunged into the water; +another, a dark noncommissioned officer who was always shaggy, stood +up to his waist in the water joyfully wriggling his muscular figure +and snorted with satisfaction as he poured the water over his head +with hands blackened to the wrists. There were sounds of men +slapping one another, yelling, and puffing. + Everywhere on the bank, on the dam, and in the pond, there was +healthy, white, muscular flesh. The officer, Timokhin, with his red +little nose, standing on the dam wiping himself with a towel, felt +confused at seeing the prince, but made up his mind to address him +nevertheless. + "It's very nice, your excellency! Wouldn't you like to?" said he. + "It's dirty," replied Prince Andrew, making a grimace. + "We'll clear it out for you in a minute," said Timokhin, and, +still undressed, ran off to clear the men out of the pond. + "The prince wants to bathe." + "What prince? Ours?" said many voices, and the men were in such +haste to clear out that the prince could hardly stop them. He +decided that he would rather himself with water in the barn. + "Flesh, bodies, cannon fodder!" he thought, and he looked at his own +naked body and shuddered, not from cold but from a sense of disgust +and horror he did not himself understand, aroused by the sight of that +immense number of bodies splashing about in the dirty pond. + + On the seventh of August Prince Bagration wrote as follows from +his quarters at Mikhaylovna on the Smolensk road: + + Dear Count Alexis Andreevich- (He was writing to Arakcheev but +knew that his letter would be read by the Emperor, and therefore +weighed every word in it to the best of his ability.) + I expect the Minister [Barclay de Tolly] has already reported the +abandonment of Smolensk to the enemy. It is pitiable and sad, and +the whole army is in despair that this most important place has been +wantonly abandoned. I, for my part, begged him personally most +urgently and finally wrote him, but nothing would induce him to +consent. I swear to you on my honor that Napoleon was in such a fix as +never before and might have lost half his army but could not have +taken Smolensk. Our troops fought, and are fighting, as never +before. With fifteen thousand men I held the enemy at bay for +thirty-five hours and beat him; but he would not hold out even for +fourteen hours. It is disgraceful, a stain on our army, and as for +him, he ought, it seems to me, not to live. If he reports that our +losses were great, it is not true; perhaps about four thousand, not +more, and not even that; but even were they ten thousand, that's +war! But the enemy has lost masses... + What would it have cost him to hold out for another two days? They +would have had to retire of their own accord, for they had no water +for men or horses. He gave me his word he would not retreat, but +suddenly sent instructions that he was retiring that night. We +cannot fight in this way, or we may soon bring the enemy to Moscow... + There is a rumor that you are thinking of peace. God forbid that you +should make peace after all our sacrifices and such insane retreats! +You would set all Russia against you and every one of us would feel +ashamed to wear the uniform. If it has come to this- we must fight +as long as Russia can and as long as there are men able to stand... + One man ought to be in command, and not two. Your Minister may +perhaps be good as a Minister, but as a general he is not merely bad +but execrable, yet to him is entrusted the fate of our whole +country.... I am really frantic with vexation; forgive my writing +boldly. It is clear that the man who advocates the conclusion of a +peace, and that the Minister should command the army, does not love +our sovereign and desires the ruin of us all. So I write you +frankly: call out the militia. For the Minister is leading these +visitors after him to Moscow in a most masterly way. The whole army +feels great suspicion of the Imperial aide-de-camp Wolzogen. He is +said to be more Napoleon's man than ours, and he is always advising +the Minister. I am not merely civil to him but obey him like a +corporal, though I am his senior. This is painful, but, loving my +benefactor and sovereign, I submit. Only I am sorry for the Emperor +that he entrusts our fine army to such as he. Consider that on our +retreat we have lost by fatigue and left in the hospital more than +fifteen thousand men, and had we attacked this would not have +happened. Tell me, for God's sake, what will Russia, our mother +Russia, say to our being so frightened, and why are we abandoning +our good and gallant Fatherland to such rabble and implanting feelings +of hatred and shame in all our subjects? What are we scared at and +of whom are we afraid? I am not to blame that the Minister is +vacillating, a coward, dense, dilatory, and has all bad qualities. The +whole army bewails it and calls down curses upon him... +BK10|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Among the innumerable categories applicable to the phenomena of +human life one may discriminate between those in which substance +prevails and those in which form prevails. To the latter- as +distinguished from village, country, provincial, or even Moscow +life- we may allot Petersburg life, and especially the life of its +salons. That life of the salons is unchanging. Since the year 1805 +we had made peace and had again quarreled with Bonaparte and had +made constitutions and unmade them again, but the salons of Anna +Pavlovna Helene remained just as they had been- the one seven and +the other five years before. At Anna Pavlovna's they talked with +perplexity of Bonaparte's successes just as before and saw in them and +in the subservience shown to him by the European sovereigns a +malicious conspiracy, the sole object of which was to cause +unpleasantness and anxiety to the court circle of which Anna +Pavlovna was the representative. And in Helene's salon, which +Rumyantsev himself honored with his visits, regarding Helene as a +remarkably intelligent woman, they talked with the same ecstasy in +1812 as in 1808 of the "great nation" and the "great man," and +regretted our rupture with France, a rupture which, according to them, +ought to be promptly terminated by peace. + Of late, since the Emperor's return from the army, there had been +some excitement in these conflicting salon circles and some +demonstrations of hostility to one another, but each camp retained its +own tendency. In Anna Pavlovna's circle only those Frenchmen were +admitted who were deep-rooted legitimists, and patriotic views were +expressed to the effect that one ought not to go to the French theater +and that to maintain the French troupe was costing the government as +much as a whole army corps. The progress of the war was eagerly +followed, and only the reports most flattering to our army were +circulated. In the French circle of Helene and Rumyantsev the +reports of the cruelty of the enemy and of the war were contradicted +and all Napoleon's attempts at conciliation were discussed. In that +circle they discountenanced those who advised hurried preparations for +a removal to Kazan of the court and the girls' educational +establishments under the patronage of the Dowager Empress. In Helene's +circle the war in general was regarded as a series of formal +demonstrations which would very soon end in peace, and the view +prevailed expressed by Bilibin- who now in Petersburg was quite at +home in Helene's house, which every clever man was obliged to visit- +that not by gunpowder but by those who invented it would matters be +settled. In that circle the Moscow enthusiasm- news of which had +reached Petersburg simultaneously with the Emperor's return- was +ridiculed sarcastically and very cleverly, though with much caution. + Anna Pavlovna's circle on the contrary was enraptured by this +enthusiasm and spoke of it as Plutarch speaks of the deeds of the +ancients. Prince Vasili, who still occupied his former important +posts, formed a connecting link between these two circles. He +visited his "good friend Anna Pavlovna" as well as his daughter's +"diplomatic salon," and often in his constant comings and goings +between the two camps became confused and said at Helene's what he +should have said at Anna Pavlovna's and vice versa. + Soon after the Emperor's return Prince Vasili in a conversation +about the war at Anna Pavlovna's severely condemned Barclay de +Tolly, but was undecided as to who ought to be appointed commander +in chief. One of the visitors, usually spoken of as "a man of great +merit," having described how he had that day seen Kutuzov, the newly +chosen chief of the Petersburg militia, presiding over the +enrollment of recruits at the Treasury, cautiously ventured to suggest +that Kutuzov would be the man to satisfy all requirements. + Anna Pavlovna remarked with a melancholy smile that Kutuzov had done +nothing but cause the Emperor annoyance. + "I have talked and talked at the Assembly of the Nobility," Prince +Vasili interrupted, "but they did not listen to me. I told them his +election as chief of the militia would not please the Emperor. They +did not listen to me. + "It's all this mania for opposition," he went on. "And who for? It +is all because we want to ape the foolish enthusiasm of those +Muscovites," Prince Vasili continued, forgetting for a moment that +though at Helene's one had to ridicule the Moscow enthusiasm, at +Anna Pavlovna's one had to be ecstatic about it. But he retrieved +his mistake at once. "Now, is it suitable that Count Kutuzov, the +oldest general in Russia, should preside at that tribunal? He will get +nothing for his pains! How could they make a man commander in chief +who cannot mount a horse, who drops asleep at a council, and has the +very worst morals! A good reputation he made for himself at Bucharest! +I don't speak of his capacity as a general, but at a time like this +how they appoint they appoint a decrepit, blind old man, positively +blind? A fine idea to have a blind general! He can't see anything. +To play blindman's bluff? He can't see at all!" + No one replied to his remarks. + This was quite correct on the twenty-fourth of July. But on the +twenty-ninth of July Kutuzov received the title of Prince. This +might indicate a wish to get rid of him, and therefore Prince Vasili's +opinion continued to be correct though he was not now in any hurry +to express it. But on the eighth of August a committee, consisting +of Field Marshal Saltykov, Arakcheev, Vyazmitinov, Lopukhin, and +Kochubey met to consider the progress of the war. This committee +came to the conclusion that our failures were due to a want of unity +in the command and though the members of the committee were aware of +the Emperor's dislike of Kutuzov, after a short deliberation they +agreed to advise his appointment as commander in chief. That same +day Kutuzov was appointed commander in chief with full powers over the +armies and over the whole region occupied by them. + On the ninth of August Prince Vasili at Anna Pavlovna's again met +the "man of great merit." The latter was very attentive to Anna +Pavlovna because he wanted to be appointed director of one of the +educational establishments for young ladies. Prince Vasili entered the +room with the air of a happy conqueror who has attained the object +of his desires. + "Well, have you heard the great news? Prince Kutuzov is field +marshal! All dissensions are at an end! I am so glad, so delighted! At +last we have a man!" said he, glancing sternly and significantly round +at everyone in the drawing room. + The "man of great merit," despite his desire to obtain the post of +director, could not refrain from reminding Prince Vasili of his former +opinion. Though this was impolite to Prince Vasili in Anna +Pavlovna's drawing room, and also to Anna Pavlovna herself who had +received the news with delight, he could not resist the temptation. + "But, Prince, they say he is blind!" said he, reminding Prince +Vasili of his own words. + "Eh? Nonsense! He sees well enough," said Prince Vasili rapidly, +in a deep voice and with a slight cough- the voice and cough with +which he was wont to dispose of all difficulties. + "He sees well enough," he added. "And what I am so pleased about," +he went on, "is that our sovereign has given him full powers over +all the armies and the whole region- powers no commander in chief ever +had before. He is a second autocrat," he concluded with a victorious +smile. + "God grant it! God grant it!" said Anna Pavlovna. + The "man of great merit," who was still a novice in court circles, +wishing to flatter Anna Pavlovna by defending her former position on +this question, observed: + "It is said that the Emperor was reluctant to give Kutuzov those +powers. They say he blushed like a girl to whom Joconde is read, +when he said to Kutuzov: 'Your Emperor and the Fatherland award you +this honor.' + "Perhaps the heart took no part in that speech," said Anna Pavlovna. + "Oh, no, no!" warmly rejoined Prince Vasili, who would not now yield +Kutuzov to anyone; in his opinion Kutuzov was not only admirable +himself, but was adored by everybody. "No, that's impossible," said +he, "for our sovereign appreciated him so highly before." + "God grant only that Prince Kutuzov assumes real power and does +not allow anyone to put a spoke in his wheel," observed Anna Pavlovna. + Understanding at once to whom she alluded, Prince Vasili said in a +whisper: + "I know for a fact that Kutuzov made it an absolute condition that +the Tsarevich should not be with the army. Do you know what he said to +the Emperor?" + And Prince Vasili repeated the words supposed to have been spoken by +Kutuzov to the Emperor. "I can neither punish him if he does wrong nor +reward him if he does right." + "Oh, a very wise man is Prince Kutuzov! I have known him a long +time!" + "They even say," remarked the "man of great merit" who did not yet +possess courtly tact, "that his excellency made it an express +condition that the sovereign himself should not be with the army." + As soon as he said this both Prince Vasili and Anna Pavlovna +turned away from him and glanced sadly at one another with a sigh at +his naivete. +BK10|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + While this was taking place in Petersburg the French had already +passed Smolensk and were drawing nearer and nearer to Moscow. +Napoleon's historian Thiers, like other of his historians, trying to +justify his hero says that he was drawn to the walls of Moscow against +his will. He is as right as other historians who look for the +explanation of historic events in the will of one man; he is as +right as the Russian historians who maintain that Napoleon was drawn +to Moscow by the skill of the Russian commanders. Here besides the law +of retrospection, which regards all the past as a preparation for +events that subsequently occur, the law of reciprocity comes in, +confusing the whole matter. A good chessplayer having lost a game is +sincerely convinced that his loss resulted from a mistake he made +and looks for that mistake in the opening, but forgets that at each +stage of the game there were similar mistakes and that none of his +moves were perfect. He only notices the mistake to which he pays +attention, because his opponent took advantage of it. How much more +complex than this is the game of war, which occurs under certain +limits of time, and where it is not one will that manipulates lifeless +objects, but everything results from innumerable conflicts of +various wills! + After Smolensk Napoleon sought a battle beyond Dorogobuzh at Vyazma, +and then at Tsarevo-Zaymishche, but it happened that owing to a +conjunction of innumerable circumstances the Russians could not give +battle till they reached Borodino, seventy miles from Moscow. From +Vyazma Napoleon ordered a direct advance on Moscow. + Moscou, la capitale asiatique de ce grand empire, la ville sacree +des peuples d'Alexandre, Moscou avec ses innombrables eglises en forme +de pagodes chinoises,* this Moscow gave Napoleon's imagination no +rest. On the march from Vyazma to Tsarevo-Zaymishche he rode his light +bay bobtailed ambler accompanied by his Guards, his bodyguard, his +pages, and aides-de-camp. Berthier, his chief of staff, dropped behind +to question a Russian prisoner captured by the cavalry. Followed by +Lelorgne d'Ideville, an interpreter, he overtook Napoleon at a +gallop and reined in his horse with an amused expression. + + *"Moscow, the Asiatic capital of this great empire, the sacred +city of Alexander's people, Moscow with its innumerable churches +shaped like Chinese pagodas." + + "Well?" asked Napoleon. + "One of Platov's Cossacks says that Platov's corps is joining up +with the main army and that Kutuzov has been appointed commander in +chief. He is a very shrewd and garrulous fellow." + Napoleon smiled and told them to give the Cossack a horse and +bring the man to him. He wished to talk to him himself. Several +adjutants galloped off, and an hour later, Lavrushka, the serf Denisov +had handed over to Rostov, rode up to Napoleon in an orderly's +jacket and on a French cavalry saddle, with a merry, and tipsy face. +Napoleon told him to ride by his side and began questioning him. + "You are a Cossack?" + "Yes, a Cossack, your Honor." + "The Cossack, not knowing in what company he was, for Napoleon's +plain appearance had nothing about it that would reveal to an Oriental +mind the presence of a monarch, talked with extreme familiarity of the +incidents of the war," says Thiers, narrating this episode. In reality +Lavrushka, having got drunk the day before and left his master +dinnerless, had been whipped and sent to the village in quest of +chickens, where he engaged in looting till the French took him +prisoner. Lavrushka was one of those coarse, bare-faced lackeys who +have seen all sorts of things, consider it necessary to do +everything in a mean and cunning way, are ready to render any sort +of service to their master, and are keen at guessing their master's +baser impulses, especially those prompted by vanity and pettiness. + Finding himself in the company of Napoleon, whose identity he had +easily and surely recognized, Lavrushka was not in the least abashed +but merely did his utmost to gain his new master's favor. + He knew very well that this was Napoleon, but Napoleon's presence +could no more intimidate him than Rostov's, or a sergeant major's with +the rods, would have done, for he had nothing that either the sergeant +major or Napoleon could deprive him of. + So he rattled on, telling all the gossip he had heard among the +orderlies. Much of it true. But when Napoleon asked him whether the +Russians thought they would beat Bonaparte or not, Lavrushka screwed +up his eyes and considered. + In this question he saw subtle cunning, as men of his type see +cunning in everything, so he frowned and did not answer immediately. + "It's like this," he said thoughtfully, "if there's a battle soon, +yours will win. That's right. But if three days pass, then after that, +well, then that same battle will not soon be over." + Lelorgne d'Ideville smilingly interpreted this speech to Napoleon +thus: "If a battle takes place within the next three days the French +will win, but if later, God knows what will happen." Napoleon did +not smile, though he was evidently in high good humor, and he +ordered these words to be repeated. + Lavrushka noticed this and to entertain him further, pretending +not to know who Napoleon was, added: + "We know that you have Bonaparte and that he has beaten everybody in +the world, but we are a different matter..."- without knowing why or +how this bit of boastful patriotism slipped out at the end. + The interpreter translated these words without the last phrase, +and Bonaparte smiled. "The young Cossack made his mighty +interlocutor smile," says Thiers. After riding a few paces in silence, +Napoleon turned to Berthier and said he wished to see how the news +that he was talking to the Emperor himself, to that very Emperor who +had written his immortally victorious name on the Pyramids, would +affect this enfant du Don.* + + *"Child of the Don." + + The fact was accordingly conveyed to Lavrushka. + Lavrushka, understanding that this was done to perplex him and +that Napoleon expected him to be frightened, to gratify his new +masters promptly pretended to be astonished and awe-struck, opened his +eyes wide, and assumed the expression he usually put on when taken +to be whipped. "As soon as Napoleon's interpreter had spoken," says +Thiers, "the Cossack, seized by amazement, did not utter another word, +but rode on, his eyes fixed on the conqueror whose fame had reached +him across the steppes of the East. All his loquacity was suddenly +arrested and replaced by a naive and silent feeling of admiration. +Napoleon, after making the Cossack a present, had him set free like +a bird restored to its native fields." + Napoleon rode on, dreaming of the Moscow that so appealed to his +imagination, and "the bird restored to its native fields" galloped +to our outposts, inventing on the way all that had not taken place but +that he meant to relate to his comrades. What had really taken place +he did not wish to relate because it seemed to him not worth +telling. He found the Cossacks, inquired for the regiment operating +with Platov's detachment and by evening found his master, Nicholas +Rostov, quartered at Yankovo. Rostov was just mounting to go for a +ride round the neighboring villages with Ilyin; he let Lavrushka +have another horse and took him along with him. +BK10|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Princess Mary was not in Moscow and out of danger as Prince Andrew +supposed. + After the return of Alpatych from Smolensk the old prince suddenly +seemed to awake as from a dream. He ordered the militiamen to be +called up from the villages and armed, and wrote a letter to the +commander in chief informing him that he had resolved to remain at +Bald Hills to the last extremity and to defend it, leaving to the +commander in chief's discretion to take measures or not for the +defense of Bald Hills, where one of Russia's oldest generals would +be captured or killed, and he announced to his household that he would +remain at Bald Hills. + But while himself remaining, he gave instructions for the +departure of the princess and Dessalles with the little prince to +Bogucharovo and thence to Moscow. Princess Mary, alarmed by her +father's feverish and sleepless activity after his previous apathy, +could not bring herself to leave him alone and for the first time in +her life ventured to disobey him. She refused to go away and her +father's fury broke over her in a terrible storm. He repeated every +injustice he had ever inflicted on her. Trying to convict her, he told +her she had worn him out, had caused his quarrel with his son, had +harbored nasty suspicions of him, making it the object of her life +to poison his existence, and he drove her from his study telling her +that if she did not go away it was all the same to him. He declared +that he did not wish to remember her existence and warned her not to +dare to let him see her. The fact that he did not, as she had +feared, order her to be carried away by force but only told her not to +let him see her cheered Princess Mary. She knew it was a proof that in +the depth of his soul he was glad she was remaining at home and had +not gone away. + The morning after little Nicholas had left, the old prince donned +his full uniform and prepared to visit the commander in chief. His +caleche was already at the door. Princess Mary saw him walk out of the +house in his uniform wearing all his orders and go down the garden +to review his armed peasants and domestic serfs. She sat by the window +listening to his voice which reached her from the garden. Suddenly +several men came running up the avenue with frightened faces. + Princess Mary ran out to the porch, down the flower-bordered path, +and into the avenue. A large crowd of militiamen and domestics were +moving toward her, and in their midst several men were supporting by +the armpits and dragging along a little old man in a uniform and +decorations. She ran up to him and, in the play of the sunlight that +fell in small round spots through the shade of the lime-tree avenue, +could not be sure what change there was in his face. All she could see +was that his former stern and determined expression had altered to one +of timidity and submission. On seeing his daughter he moved his +helpless lips and made a hoarse sound. It was impossible to make out +what he wanted. He was lifted up, carried to his study, and laid on +the very couch he had so feared of late. + The doctor, who was fetched that same night, bled him and said +that the prince had had seizure a paralyzing his right side. + It was becoming more and more dangerous to remain at Bald Hills, and +next day they moved the prince to Bogucharovo, the doctor accompanying +him. + By the time they reached Bogucharovo, Dessalles and the little +prince had already left for Moscow. + For three weeks the old prince lay stricken by paralysis in the +new house Prince Andrew had built at Bogucharovo, ever in the same +state, getting neither better nor worse. He was unconscious and lay +like a distorted corpse. He muttered unceasingly, his eyebrows and +lips twitching, and it was impossible to tell whether he understood +what was going on around him or not. One thing was certain- that he +was suffering and wished to say something. But what it was, no one +could tell: it might be some caprice of a sick and half-crazy man, +or it might relate to public affairs, or possibly to family concerns. + The doctor said this restlessness did not mean anything and was +due to physical causes; but Princess Mary thought he wished to tell +her something, and the fact that her presence always increased his +restlessness confirmed her opinion. + He was evidently suffering both physically and mentally. There was +no hope of recovery. It was impossible for him to travel, it would not +do to let him die on the road. "Would it not be better if the end +did come, the very end?" Princess Mary sometimes thought. Night and +day, hardly sleeping at all, she watched him and, terrible to say, +often watched him not with hope of finding signs of improvement but +wishing to find symptoms of the approach of the end. + Strange as it was to her to acknowledge this feeling in herself, yet +there it was. And what seemed still more terrible to her was that +since her father's illness began (perhaps even sooner, when she stayed +with him expecting something to happen), all the personal desires +and hopes that had been forgotten or sleeping within her had awakened. +Thoughts that had not entered her mind for years- thoughts of a life +free from the fear of her father, and even the possibility of love and +of family happiness- floated continually in her imagination like +temptations of the devil. Thrust them aside as she would, questions +continually recurred to her as to how she would order her life now, +after that. These were temptations of the devil and Princess Mary knew +it. She knew that the sole weapon against him was prayer, and she +tried to pray. She assumed an attitude of prayer, looked at the icons, +repeated the words of a prayer, but she could not pray. She felt +that a different world had now taken possession of her- the life of +a world of strenuous and free activity, quite opposed to the spiritual +world in which till now she had been confined and in which her +greatest comfort had been prayer. She could not pray, could not +weep, and worldly cares took possession of her. + It was becoming dangerous to remain in Bogucharovo. News of the +approach of the French came from all sides, and in one village, ten +miles from Bogucharovo, a homestead had been looted by French +marauders. + The doctor insisted on the necessity of moving the prince; the +provincial Marshal of the Nobility sent an official to Princess Mary +to persuade her to get away as quickly as possible, and the head of +the rural police having come to Bogucharovo urged the same thing, +saying that the French were only some twenty-five miles away, that +French proclamations were circulating in the villages, and that if the +princess did not take her father away before the fifteenth, he could +not answer for the consequences. + The princess decided to leave on the fifteenth. The cares of +preparation and giving orders, for which everyone came to her, +occupied her all day. She spent the night of the fourteenth as +usual, without undressing, in the room next to the one where the +prince lay. Several times, waking up, she heard his groans and +muttering, the creak of his bed, and the steps of Tikhon and the +doctor when they turned him over. Several times she listened at the +door, and it seemed to her that his mutterings were louder than +usual and that they turned him over oftener. She could not sleep and +several times went to the door and listened, wishing to enter but +not deciding to do so. Though he did not speak, Princess Mary saw +and knew how unpleasant every sign of anxiety on his account was to +him. She had noticed with what dissatisfaction he turned from the look +she sometimes involuntarily fixed on him. She knew that her going in +during the night at an unusual hour would irritate him. + But never had she felt so grieved for him or so much afraid of +losing him. She recalled all her life with him and in every word and +act of his found an expression of his love of her. Occasionally amid +these memories temptations of the devil would surge into her +imagination: thoughts of how things would be after his death, and +how her new, liberated life would be ordered. But she drove these +thoughts away with disgust. Toward morning he became quiet and she +fell asleep. + She woke late. That sincerity which often comes with waking showed +her clearly what chiefly concerned her about her father's illness. +On waking she listened to what was going on behind the door and, +hearing him groan, said to herself with a sigh that things were +still the same. + "But what could have happened? What did I want? I want his death!" +she cried with a feeling of loathing for herself. + She washed, dressed, said her prayers, and went out to the porch. In +front of it stood carriages without horses and things were being +packed into the vehicles. + It was a warm, gray morning. Princess Mary stopped at the porch, +still horrified by her spiritual baseness and trying to arrange her +thoughts before going to her father. The doctor came downstairs and +went out to her. + "He is a little better today," said he. "I was looking for you. +One can make out something of what he is saying. His head is +clearer. Come in, he is asking for you..." + Princess Mary's heart beat so violently at this news that she grew +pale and leaned against the wall to keep from falling. To see him, +talk to him, feel his eyes on her now that her whole soul was +overflowing with those dreadful, wicked temptations, was a torment +of joy and terror. + "Come," said the doctor. + Princess Mary entered her father's room and went up to his bed. He +was lying on his back propped up high, and his small bony hands with +their knotted purple veins were lying on the quilt; his left eye gazed +straight before him, his right eye was awry, and his brows and lips +motionless. He seemed altogether so thin, small, and pathetic. His +face seemed to have shriveled or melted; his features had grown +smaller. Princess Mary went up and kissed his hand. His left hand +pressed hers so that she understood that he had long been waiting +for her to come. He twitched her hand, and his brows and lips quivered +angrily. + She looked at him in dismay trying to guess what he wanted of her. +When she changed her position so that his left eye could see her +face he calmed down, not taking his eyes off her for some seconds. +Then his lips and tongue moved, sounds came, and he began to speak, +gazing timidly and imploringly at her, evidently afraid that she might +not understand. + Straining all her faculties Princess Mary looked at him. The comic +efforts with which he moved his tongue made her drop her eyes and with +difficulty repress the sobs that rose to her throat. He said +something, repeating the same words several times. She could not +understand them, but tried to guess what he was saying and inquiringly +repeated the words he uttered. + "Mmm...ar...ate...ate..." he repeated several times. + It was quite impossible to understand these sounds. The doctor +thought he had guessed them, and inquiringly repeated: "Mary, are +you afraid?" The prince shook his head, again repeated the same +sounds. + "My mind, my mind aches?" questioned Princess Mary. + He made a mumbling sound in confirmation of this, took her hand, and +began pressing it to different parts of his breast as if trying to +find the right place for it. + "Always thoughts... about you... thoughts..." he then uttered much +more clearly than he had done before, now that he was sure of being +understood. + Princess Mary pressed her head against his hand, trying to hide +her sobs and tears. + He moved his hand over her hair. + "I have been calling you all night..." he brought out. + "If only I had known..." she said through her tears. "I was afraid +to come in." + He pressed her hand. + "Weren't you asleep?" + "No, I did not sleep," said Princess Mary, shaking her head. + Unconsciously imitating her father, she now tried to express herself +as he did, as much as possible by signs, and her tongue too seemed +to move with difficulty. + "Dear one... Dearest..." Princess Mary could not quite make out what +he had said, but from his look it was clear that he had uttered a +tender caressing word such as he had never used to her before. "Why +didn't you come in?" + "And I was wishing for his death!" thought Princess Mary. + He was silent awhile. + "Thank you... daughter dear!... for all, for all... forgive!... +thank you!... forgive!... thank you!..." and tears began to flow +from his eyes. "Call Andrew!" he said suddenly, and a childish, +timid expression of doubt showed itself on his face as he spoke. + He himself seemed aware that his demand was meaningless. So at least +it seemed to Princess Mary. + "I have a letter from him," she replied. + He glanced at her with timid surprise. + "Where is he?" + "He's with the army, Father, at Smolensk." + He closed his eyes and remained silent a long time. Then as if in +answer to his doubts and to confirm the fact that now he understood +and remembered everything, he nodded his head and reopened his eyes. + "Yes," he said, softly and distinctly. "Russia has perished. They've +destroyed her." + And he began to sob, and again tears flowed from his eyes. +Princess Mary could no longer restrain herself and wept while she +gazed at his face. + Again he closed his eyes. His sobs ceased, he pointed to his eyes, +and Tikhon, understanding him, wiped away the tears. + Then he again opened his eyes and said something none of them +could understand for a long time, till at last Tikhon understood and +repeated it. Princess Mary had sought the meaning of his words in +the mood in which he had just been speaking. She thought he was +speaking of Russia, or Prince Andrew, of herself, of his grandson, +or of his own death, and so she could not guess his words. + "Put on your white dress. I like it," was what he said. + Having understood this Princess Mary sobbed still louder, and the +doctor taking her arm led her out to the veranda, soothing her and +trying to persuade her to prepare for her journey. When she had left +the room the prince again began speaking about his son, about the war, +and about the Emperor, angrily twitching his brows and raising his +hoarse voice, and then he had a second and final stroke. + Princess Mary stayed on the veranda. The day had cleared, it was hot +and sunny. She could understand nothing, think of nothing and feel +nothing, except passionate love for her father, love such as she +thought she had never felt till that moment. She ran out sobbing +into the garden and as far as the pond, along the avenues of young +lime trees Prince Andrew had planted. + "Yes... I... I... I wished for his death! Yes, I wanted it to end +quicker.... I wished to be at peace.... And what will become of me? +What use will peace be when he is no longer here?" Princess Mary +murmured, pacing the garden with hurried steps and pressing her +hands to her bosom which heaved with convulsive sobs. + When she had completed the tour of the garden, which brought her +again to the house, she saw Mademoiselle Bourienne- who had remained +at Bogucharovo and did not wish to leave it- coming toward her with +a stranger. This was the Marshal of the Nobility of the district, +who had come personally to point out to the princess the necessity for +her prompt departure. Princess Mary listened without understanding +him; she led him to the house, offered him lunch, and sat down with +him. Then, excusing herself, she went to the door of the old +prince's room. The doctor came out with an agitated face and said +she could not enter. + "Go away, Princess! Go away... go away!" + She returned to the garden and sat down on the grass at the foot +of the slope by the pond, where no one could see her. She did not know +how long she had been there when she was aroused by the sound of a +woman's footsteps running along the path. She rose and saw Dunyasha +her maid, who was evidently looking for her, and who stopped +suddenly as if in alarm on seeing her mistress. + "Please come, Princess... The Prince," said Dunyasha in a breaking +voice. + "Immediately, I'm coming, I'm coming!" replied the princess +hurriedly, not giving Dunyasha time to finish what she was saying, and +trying to avoid seeing the girl she ran toward the house. + "Princess, it's God's will! You must be prepared for everything," +said the Marshal, meeting her at the house door. + "Let me alone; it's not true!" she cried angrily to him. + The doctor tried to stop her. She pushed him aside and ran to her +father's door. "Why are these people with frightened faces stopping +me? I don't want any of them! And what are they doing here?" she +thought. She opened the door and the bright daylight in that +previously darkened room startled her. In the room were her nurse +and other women. They all drew back from the bed, making way for +her. He was still lying on the bed as before, but the stern expression +of his quiet face made Princess Mary stop short on the threshold. + "No, he's not dead- it's impossible!" she told herself and +approached him, and repressing the terror that seized her, she pressed +her lips to his cheek. But she stepped back immediately. All the force +of the tenderness she had been feeling for him vanished instantly +and was replaced by a feeling of horror at what lay there before +her. "No, he is no more! He is not, but here where he was is something +unfamiliar and hostile, some dreadful, terrifying, and repellent +mystery!" And hiding her face in her hands, Princess Mary sank into +the arms of the doctor, who held her up. + + In the presence of Tikhon and the doctor the women washed what had +been the prince, tied his head up with a handkerchief that the mouth +should not stiffen while open, and with another handkerchief tied +together the legs that were already spreading apart. Then they dressed +him in uniform with his decorations and placed his shriveled little +body on a table. Heaven only knows who arranged all this and when, but +it all got done as if of its own accord. Toward night candles were +burning round his coffin, a pall was spread over it, the floor was +strewn with sprays of juniper, a printed band was tucked in under +his shriveled head, and in a corner of the room sat a chanter +reading the psalms. + Just as horses shy and snort and gather about a dead horse, so the +inmates of the house and strangers crowded into the drawing room round +the coffin- the Marshal, the village Elder, peasant women- and all +with fixed and frightened eyes, crossing themselves, bowed and +kissed the old prince's cold and stiffened hand. +BK10|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Until Prince Andrew settled in Bogucharovo its owners had always +been absentees, and its peasants were of quite a different character +from those of Bald Hills. They differed from them in speech, dress, +and disposition. They were called steppe peasants. The old prince used +to approve of them for their endurance at work when they came to +Bald Hills to help with the harvest or to dig ponds, and ditches, +but he disliked them for their boorishness. + Prince Andrew's last stay at Bogucharovo, when he introduced +hospitals and schools and reduced the quitrent the peasants had to +pay, had not softened their disposition but had on the contrary +strengthened in them the traits of character the old prince called +boorishness. Various obscure rumors were always current among them: at +one time a rumor that they would all be enrolled as Cossacks; at +another of a new religion to which they were all to be converted; then +of some proclamation of the Tsar's and of an oath to the Tsar Paul +in 1797 (in connection with which it was rumored that freedom had been +granted them but the landowners had stopped it), then of Peter +Fedorovich's return to the throne in seven years' time, when +everything would be made free and so "simple" that there would be no +restrictions. Rumors of the war with Bonaparte and his invasion were +connected in their minds with the same sort of vague notions of +Antichrist, the end of the world, and "pure freedom." + In the vicinity of Bogucharovo were large villages belonging to +the crown or to owners whose serfs paid quitrent and could work +where they pleased. There were very few resident landlords in the +neighborhood and also very few domestic or literate serfs, and in +the lives of the peasantry of those parts the mysterious undercurrents +in the life of the Russian people, the causes and meaning of which are +so baffling to contemporaries, were more clearly and strongly +noticeable than among others. One instance, which had occurred some +twenty years before, was a movement among the peasants to emigrate +to some unknown "warm rivers." Hundreds of peasants, among them the +Bogucharovo folk, suddenly began selling their cattle and moving in +whole families toward the southeast. As birds migrate to somewhere +beyond the sea, so these men with their wives and children streamed to +the southeast, to parts where none of them had ever been. They set off +in caravans, bought their freedom one by one or ran away, and drove or +walked toward the "warm rivers." Many of them were punished, some sent +to Siberia, many died of cold and hunger on the road, many returned of +their own accord, and the movement died down of itself just as it +had sprung up, without apparent reason. But such undercurrents still +existed among the people and gathered new forces ready to manifest +themselves just as strangely, unexpectedly, and at the same time +simply, naturally, and forcibly. Now in 1812, to anyone living in +close touch with these people it was apparent that these undercurrents +were acting strongly and nearing an eruption. + Alpatych, who had reached Bogucharovo shortly before the old +prince's death, noticed an agitation among the peasants, and that +contrary to what was happening in the Bald Hills district, where +over a radius of forty miles all the peasants were moving away and +leaving their villages to be devastated by the Cossacks, the +peasants in the steppe region round Bogucharovo were, it was +rumored, in touch with the French, received leaflets from them that +passed from hand to hand, and did not migrate. He learned from +domestic serfs loyal to him that the peasant Karp, who possessed great +influence in the village commune and had recently been away driving +a government transport, had returned with news that the Cossacks +were destroying deserted villages, but that the French did not harm +them. Alpatych also knew that on the previous day another peasant +had even brought from the village of Visloukhovo, which was occupied +by the French, a proclamation by a French general that no harm would +be done to the inhabitants, and if they remained they would be paid +for anything taken from them. As proof of this the peasant had brought +from Visloukhovo a hundred rubles in notes (he did not know that +they were false) paid to him in advance for hay. + More important still, Alpatych learned that on the morning of the +very day he gave the village Elder orders to collect carts to move the +princess' luggage from Bogucharovo, there had been a village meeting +at which it had been decided not to move but to wait. Yet there was no +time to waste. On the fifteenth, the day of the old prince's death, +the Marshal had insisted on Princess Mary's leaving at once, as it was +becoming dangerous. He had told her that after the sixteenth he +could not be responsible for what might happen. On the evening of +the day the old prince died the Marshal went away, promising to return +next day for the funeral. But this he was unable to do, for he +received tidings that the French had unexpectedly advanced, and had +barely time to remove his own family and valuables from his estate. + For some thirty years Bogucharovo had been managed by the village +Elder, Dron, whom the old prince called by the diminutive "Dronushka." + Dron was one of those physically and mentally vigorous peasants +who grow big beards as soon as they are of age and go on unchanged +till they are sixty or seventy, without a gray hair or the loss of a +tooth, as straight and strong at sixty as at thirty. + Soon after the migration to the "warm rivers," in which he had taken +part like the rest, Dron was made village Elder and overseer of +Bogucharovo, and had since filled that post irreproachably for +twenty-three years. The peasants feared him more than they did their +master. The masters, both the old prince and the young, and the +steward respected him and jestingly called him "the Minister." +During the whole time of his service Dron had never been drunk or ill, +never after sleepless nights or the hardest tasks had he shown the +least fatigue, and though he could not read he had never forgotten a +single money account or the number of quarters of flour in any of +the endless cartloads he sold for the prince, nor a single shock of +the whole corn crop on any single acre of the Bogucharovo fields. + Alpatych, arriving from the devastated Bald Hills estate, sent for +his Dron on the day of the prince's funeral and told him to have +twelve horses got ready for the princess' carriages and eighteen carts +for the things to be removed from Bogucharovo. Though the peasants +paid quitrent, Alpatych thought no difficulty would be made about +complying with this order, for there were two hundred and thirty +households at work in Bogucharovo and the peasants were well to do. +But on hearing the order Dron lowered his eyes and remained silent. +Alpatych named certain peasants he knew, from whom he told him to take +the carts. + Dron replied that the horses of these peasants were away carting. +Alpatych named others, but they too, according to Dron, had no +horses available: some horses were carting for the government, +others were too weak, and others had died for want of fodder. It +seemed that no horses could be had even for the carriages, much less +for the carting. + Alpatych looked intently at Dron and frowned. Just as Dron was a +model village Elder, so Alpatych had not managed the prince's +estates for twenty years in vain. He a model steward, possessing in +the highest degree the faculty of divining the needs and instincts +of those he dealt with. Having glanced at Dron he at once understood +that his answers did not express his personal views but the general +mood of the Bogucharovo commune, by which the Elder had already been +carried away. But he also knew that Dron, who had acquired property +and was hated by the commune, must be hesitating between the two +camps: the masters' and the serfs'. He noticed this hesitation in +Dron's look and therefore frowned and moved closer up to him. + "Now just listen, Dronushka," said he. "Don't talk nonsense to me. +His excellency Prince Andrew himself gave me orders to move all the +people away and not leave them with the enemy, and there is an order +from the Tsar about it too. Anyone who stays is a traitor to the Tsar. +Do you hear?" + "I hear," Dron answered without lifting his eyes. + Alpatych was not satisfied with this reply. + "Eh, Dron, it will turn out badly!" he said, shaking his head. + "The power is in your hands," Dron rejoined sadly. + "Eh, Dron, drop it!" Alpatych repeated, withdrawing his hand from +his bosom and solemnly pointing to the floor at Dron's feet. "I can +see through you and three yards into the ground under you," he +continued, gazing at the floor in front of Dron. + Dron was disconcerted, glanced furtively at Alpatych and again +lowered his eyes. + "You drop this nonsense and tell the people to get ready to leave +their homes and go to Moscow and to get carts ready for tomorrow +morning for the princess' things. And don't go to any meeting +yourself, do you hear?" + Dron suddenly fell on his knees. + "Yakov Alpatych, discharge me! Take the keys from me and discharge +me, for Christ's sake!" + "Stop that!" cried Alpatych sternly. "I see through you and three +yards under you," he repeated, knowing that his skill in beekeeping, +his knowledge of the right time to sow the oats, and the fact that +he had been able to retain the old prince's favor for twenty years had +long since gained him the reputation of being a wizard, and that the +power of seeing three yards under a man is considered an attribute +of wizards. + Dron got up and was about to say something, but Alpatych interrupted +him. + "What is it you have got into your heads, eh?... What are you +thinking of, eh?" + "What am I to do with the people?" said Dron. "They're quite +beside themselves; I have already told them..." + "'Told them,' I dare say!" said Alpatych. "Are they drinking?" he +asked abruptly. + "Quite beside themselves, Yakov Alpatych; they've fetched another +barrel." + "Well, then, listen! I'll go to the police officer, and you tell +them so, and that they must stop this and the carts must be got +ready." + "I understand." + Alpatych did not insist further. He had managed people for a long +time and knew that the chief way to make them obey is to show no +suspicion that they can possibly disobey. Having wrung a submissive "I +understand" from Dron, Alpatych contented himself with that, though he +not only doubted but felt almost certain that without the help of +troops the carts would not be forthcoming. + And so it was, for when evening came no carts had been provided. +In the village, outside the drink shop, another meeting was being +held, which decided that the horses should be driven out into the +woods and the carts should not be provided. Without saying anything of +this to the princess, Alpatych had his own belongings taken out of the +carts which had arrived from Bald Hills and had those horses got ready +for the princess' carriages. Meanwhile he went himself to the police +authorities. +BK10|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + After her father's funeral Princess Mary shut herself up in her room +and did not admit anyone. A maid came to the door to say that Alpatych +was asking for orders about their departure. (This was before his talk +with Dron.) Princess Mary raised herself on the sofa on which she +had been lying and replied through the closed door that she did not +mean to go away and begged to be left in peace. + The windows of the room in which she was lying looked westward. +She lay on the sofa with her face to the wall, fingering the buttons +of the leather cushion and seeing nothing but that cushion, and her +confused thoughts were centered on one subject- the irrevocability +of death and her own spiritual baseness, which she had not +suspected, but which had shown itself during her father's illness. She +wished to pray but did not dare to, dared not in her present state +of mind address herself to God. She lay for a long time in that +position. + The sun had reached the other side of the house, and its slanting +rays shone into the open window, lighting up the room and part of +the morocco cushion at which Princess Mary was looking. The flow of +her thoughts suddenly stopped. Unconsciously she sat up, smoothed +her hair, got up, and went to the window, involuntarily inhaling the +freshness of the clear but windy evening. + "Yes, you can well enjoy the evening now! He is gone and no one will +hinder you," she said to herself, and sinking into a chair she let her +head fall on the window sill. + Someone spoke her name in a soft and tender voice from the garden +and kissed her head. She looked up. It was Mademoiselle Bourienne in a +black dress and weepers. She softly approached Princess Mary, +sighed, kissed her, and immediately began to cry. The princess +looked up at her. All their former disharmony and her own jealousy +recurred to her mind. But she remembered too how he had changed of +late toward Mademoiselle Bourienne and could not bear to see her, +thereby showing how unjust were the reproaches Princess Mary had +mentally addressed to her. "Besides, is it for me, for me who +desired his death, to condemn anyone?" she thought. + Princess Mary vividly pictured to herself the position of +Mademoiselle Bourienne, whom she had of late kept at a distance, but +who yet was dependent on her and living in her house. She felt sorry +for her and held out her hand with a glance of gentle inquiry. +Mademoiselle Bourienne at once began crying again and kissed that +hand, speaking of the princess' sorrow and making herself a partner in +it. She said her only consolation was the fact that the princess +allowed her to share her sorrow, that all the old misunderstandings +should sink into nothing but this great grief; that she felt herself +blameless in regard to everyone, and that he, from above, saw her +affection and gratitude. The princess heard her, not heeding her words +but occasionally looking up at her and listening to the sound of her +voice. + "Your position is doubly terrible, dear princess," said Mademoiselle +Bourienne after a pause. "I understand that you could not, and cannot, +think of yourself, but with my love for you I must do so.... Has +Alpatych been to you? Has he spoken to you of going away?" she asked. + Princess Mary did not answer. She did not understand who was to go +or where to. "Is it possible to plan or think of anything now? Is it +not all the same?" she thought, and did not reply. + "You know, chere Marie," said Mademoiselle Bourienne, "that we are +in danger- are surrounded by the French. It would be dangerous to move +now. If we go we are almost sure to be taken prisoners, and God +knows..." + Princess Mary looked at her companion without understanding what she +was talking about. + "Oh, if anyone knew how little anything matters to me now," she +said. "Of course I would on no account wish to go away from him.... +Alpatych did say something about going.... Speak to him; I can do +nothing, nothing, and don't want to...." + "I've spoken to him. He hopes we should be in time to get away +tomorrow, but I think it would now be better to stay here," said +Mademoiselle Bourienne. "Because, you will agree, chere Marie, to fall +into the hands of the soldiers or of riotous peasants would be +terrible." + Mademoiselle Bourienne took from her reticule a proclamation (not +printed on ordinary Russian paper) of General Rameau's, telling people +not to leave their homes and that the French authorities would +afford them proper protection. She handed this to the princess. + "I think it would be best to appeal to that general," she continued, +"and and am sure that all due respect would be shown you." + Princess Mary read the paper, and her face began to quiver with +stifled sobs. + "From whom did you get this?" she asked. + "They probably recognized that I am French, by my name," replied +Mademoiselle Bourienne blushing. + Princess Mary, with the paper in her hand, rose from the window +and with a pale face went out of the room and into what had been +Prince Andrew's study. + "Dunyasha, send Alpatych, or Dronushka, or somebody to me!" she +said, "and tell Mademoiselle Bourienne not to come to me," she +added, hearing Mademoiselle Bourienne's voice. "We must go at once, at +once!" she said, appalled at the thought of being left in the hands of +the French. + "If Prince Andrew heard that I was in the power of the French! +That I, the daughter of Prince Nicholas Bolkonski, asked General +Rameau for protection and accepted his favor!" This idea horrified +her, made her shudder, blush, and feel such a rush of anger and +pride as she had never experienced before. All that was distressing, +and especially all that was humiliating, in her position rose +vividly to her mind. "They, the French, would settle in this house: M. +le General Rameau would occupy Prince Andrew's study and amuse himself +by looking through and reading his letters and papers. Mademoiselle +Bourienne would do the honors of Bogucharovo for him. I should be +given a small room as a favor, the soldiers would violate my +father's newly dug grave to steal his crosses and stars, they would +tell me of their victories over the Russians, and would pretend to +sympathize with my sorrow..." thought Princess Mary, not thinking +her own thoughts but feeling bound to think like her father and her +brother. For herself she did not care where she remained or what +happened to her, but she felt herself the representative of her dead +father and of Prince Andrew. Involuntarily she thought their +thoughts and felt their feelings. What they would have said and what +they would have done she felt bound to say and do. She went into +Prince Andrew's study, trying to enter completely into his ideas, +and considered her position. + The demands of life, which had seemed to her annihilated by her +father's death, all at once rose before her with a new, previously +unknown force and took possession of her. + Agitated and flushed she paced the room, sending now for Michael +Ivanovich and now for Tikhon or Dron. Dunyasha, the nurse, and the +other maids could not say in how far Mademoiselle Bourienne's +statement was correct. Alpatych was not at home, he had gone to the +police. Neither could the architect Michael Ivanovich, who on being +sent for came in with sleepy eyes, tell Princess Mary anything. With +just the same smile of agreement with which for fifteen years he had +been accustomed to answer the old prince without expressing views of +his own, he now replied to Princess Mary, so that nothing definite +could be got from his answers. The old valet Tikhon, with sunken, +emaciated face that bore the stamp of inconsolable grief, replied: +"Yes, Princess" to all Princess Mary's questions and hardly +refrained from sobbing as he looked at her. + At length Dron, the village Elder, entered the room and with a +deep bow to Princess Mary came to a halt by the doorpost. + Princess Mary walked up and down the room and stopped in front of +him. + "Dronushka," she said, regarding as a sure friend this Dronushka who +always used to bring a special kind of gingerbread from his visit to +the fair at Vyazma every year and smilingly offer it to her, +"Dronushka, now since our misfortune..." she began, but could not go +on. + "We are all in God's hands," said he, with a sigh. + They were silent for a while. + "Dronushka, Alpatych has gone off somewhere and I have no one to +turn to. Is true, as they tell me, that I can't even go away?" + "Why shouldn't you go away, your excellency? You can go," said Dron. + "I was told it would be dangerous because of the enemy. Dear friend, +I can do nothing. I understand nothing. I have nobody! I want to go +away tonight or early tomorrow morning." + Dron paused. He looked askance at Princess Mary and said: "There are +no horses; I told Yakov Alpatych so." + "Why are there none?" asked the princess. + "It's all God's scourge," said Dron. "What horses we had have been +taken for the army or have died- this is such a year! It's not a +case of feeding horses- we may die of hunger ourselves! As it is, some +go three days without eating. We've nothing, we've been ruined." + Princess Mary listened attentively to what he told her. + "The peasants are ruined? They have no bread?" she asked. + "They're dying of hunger," said Dron. "It's not a case of carting." + "But why didn't you tell me, Dronushka? Isn't it possible to help +them? I'll do all I can...." + To Princess Mary it was strange that now, at a moment when such +sorrow was filling her soul, there could be rich people and poor, +and the rich could refrain from helping the poor. She had heard +vaguely that there was such a thing as "landlord's corn" which was +sometimes given to the peasants. She also knew that neither her father +nor her brother would refuse to help the peasants in need, she only +feared to make some mistake in speaking about the distribution of +the grain she wished to give. She was glad such cares presented +themselves, enabling her without scruple to forget her own grief. +She began asking Dron about the peasants' needs and what there was +in Bogucharovo that belonged to the landlord. + "But we have grain belonging to my brother?" she said. + "The landlord's grain is all safe," replied Dron proudly. "Our +prince did not order it to be sold." + "Give it to the peasants, let them have all they need; I give you +leave in my brother's name," said she. + Dron made no answer but sighed deeply. + "Give them that corn if there is enough of it. Distribute it all. +I give this order in my brother's name; and tell them that what is +ours is theirs. We do not grudge them anything. Tell them so." + " Dron looked intently at the princess while she was speaking. + "Discharge me, little mother, for God's sake! Order the keys to be +taken from me," said he. "I have served twenty-three years and have +done no wrong. Discharge me, for God's sake!" + Princess Mary did not understand what he wanted of her or why he was +asking to be discharged. She replied that she had never doubted his +devotion and that she was ready to do anything for him and for the +peasants. +BK10|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + An hour later Dunyasha came to tell the princess that Dron had come, +and all the peasants had assembled at the barn by the princess' +order and wished to have word with their mistress. + "But I never told them to come," said Princess Mary. "I only told +Dron to let them have the grain." + "Only, for God's sake, Princess dear, have them sent away and +don't go out to them. It's all a trick," said Dunyasha, "and when +Yakov Alpatych returns let us get away... and please don't..." + "What is a trick?" asked Princess Mary in surprise. + "I know it is, only listen to me for God's sake! Ask nurse too. They +say they don't agree to leave Bogucharovo as you ordered." + "You're making some mistake. I never ordered them to go away," +said Princess Mary. "Call Dronushka." + Dron came and confirmed Dunyasha's words; the peasants had come by +the princess' order. + "But I never sent for them," declared the princess. "You must have +given my message wrong. I only said that you were to give them the +grain." + Dron only sighed in reply. + "If you order it they will go away," said he. + "No, no. I'll go out to them," said Princess Mary, and in spite of +the nurse's and Dunyasha's protests she went out into the porch; Dron, +Dunyasha, the nurse, and Michael Ivanovich following her. + "They probably think I am offering them the grain to bribe them to +remain here, while I myself go away leaving them to the mercy of the +French," thought Princess Mary. "I will offer them monthly rations and +housing at our Moscow estate. I am sure Andrew would do even more in +my place," she thought as she went out in the twilight toward the +crowd standing on the pasture by the barn. + The men crowded closer together, stirred, and rapidly took off their +hats. Princess Mary lowered her eyes and, tripping over her skirt, +came close up to them. So many different eyes, old and young, were +fixed on her, and there were so many different faces, that she could +not distinguish any of them and, feeling that she must speak to them +all at once, did not know how to do it. But again the sense that she +represented her father and her brother gave her courage, and she +boldly began her speech. + "I am very glad you have come," she said without raising her eyes, +and feeling her heart beating quickly and violently. "Dronushka +tells me that the war has ruined you. That is our common misfortune, +and I shall grudge nothing to help you. I am myself going away because +it is dangerous here... the enemy is near... because... I am giving +you everything, my friends, and I beg you to take everything, all +our grain, so that you may not suffer want! And if you have been +told that I am giving you the grain to keep you here- that is not +true. On the contrary, I ask you to go with all your belongings to our +estate near Moscow, and I promise you I will see to it that there +you shall want for nothing. You shall be given food and lodging." + The princess stopped. Sighs were the only sound heard in the crowd. + "I am not doing this on my own account," she continued, "I do it +in the name of my dead father, who was a good master to you, and of my +brother and his son." + Again she paused. No one broke the silence. + "Ours is a common misfortune and we will share it together. All that +is mine is yours," she concluded, scanning the faces before her. + All eyes were gazing at her with one and the same expression. She +could not fathom whether it was curiosity, devotion, gratitude, or +apprehension and distrust- but the expression on all the faces was +identical. + "We are all very thankful for your bounty, but it won't do for us to +take the landlord's grain," said a voice at the back of the crowd. + "But why not?" asked the princess. + No one replied and Princess Mary, looking round at the crowd, +found that every eye she met now was immediately dropped. + "But why don't you want to take it?" she asked again. + No one answered. + The silence began to oppress the princess and she tried to catch +someone's eye. + "Why don't you speak?" she inquired of a very old man who stood just +in front of her leaning on his stick. "If you think something more +is wanted, tell me! I will do anything," said she, catching his eye. + But as if this angered him, he bent his head quite low and muttered: + "Why should we agree? We don't want the grain." + "Why should we give up everything? We don't agree. Don't agree.... +We are sorry for you, but we're not willing. Go away yourself, +alone..." came from various sides of the crowd. + And again all the faces in that crowd bore an identical +expression, though now it was certainly not an expression of curiosity +or gratitude, but of angry resolve. + "But you can't have understood me," said Princess Mary with a sad +smile. "Why don't you want to go? I promise to house and feed you, +while here the enemy would ruin you..." + But her voice was drowned by the voices of the crowd. + "We're not willing. Let them ruin us! We won't take your grain. We +don't agree." + Again Princess Mary tried to catch someone's eye, but not a single +eye in the crowd was turned to her; evidently they were all trying +to avoid her look. She felt strange and awkward. + "Oh yes, an artful tale! Follow her into slavery! Pull down your +houses and go into bondage! I dare say! 'I'll give you grain, indeed!' +she says," voices in the crowd were heard saying. + With drooping head Princess Mary left the crowd and went back to the +house. Having repeated her order to Dron to have horses ready for +her departure next morning, she went to her room and remained alone +with her own thoughts. +BK10|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + For a long time that night Princess Mary sat by the open window of +her room hearing the sound of the peasants' voices that reached her +from the village, but it was not of them she was thinking. She felt +that she could not understand them however much she might think +about them. She thought only of one thing, her sorrow, which, after +the break caused by cares for the present, seemed already to belong to +the past. Now she could remember it and weep or pray. + After sunset the wind had dropped. The night was calm and fresh. +Toward midnight the voices began to subside, a cock crowed, the full +moon began to show from behind the lime trees, a fresh white dewy mist +began to rise, and stillness reigned over the village and the house. + Pictures of the near past- her father's illness and last moments- +rose one after another to her memory. With mournful pleasure she now +lingered over these images, repelling with horror only the last one, +the picture of his death, which she felt she could not contemplate +even in imagination at this still and mystic hour of night. And +these pictures presented themselves to her so clearly and in such +detail that they seemed now present, now past, and now future. + She vividly recalled the moment when he had his first stroke and was +being dragged along by his armpits through the garden at Bald Hills, +muttering something with his helpless tongue, twitching his gray +eyebrows and looking uneasily and timidly at her. + "Even then he wanted to tell me what he told me the day he died," +she thought. "He had always thought what he said then." And she +recalled in all its detail the night at Bald Hills before he had the +last stroke, when with a foreboding of disaster she had remained at +home against his will. She had not slept and had stolen downstairs +on tiptoe, and going to the door of the conservatory where he slept +that night had listened at the door. In a suffering and weary voice he +was saying something to Tikhon, speaking of the Crimea and its warm +nights and of the Empress. Evidently he had wanted to talk. "And why +didn't he call me? Why didn't he let me be there instead of Tikhon?" +Princess Mary had thought and thought again now. "Now he will never +tell anyone what he had in his soul. Never will that moment return for +him or for me when he might have said all he longed to say, and not +Tikhon but I might have heard and understood him. Why didn't I enter +the room?" she thought. "Perhaps he would then have said to me what he +said the day he died. While talking to Tikhon he asked about me twice. +He wanted to see me, and I was standing close by, outside the door. It +was sad and painful for him to talk to Tikhon who did not understand +him. I remember how he began speaking to him about Lise as if she were +alive- he had forgotten she was dead- and Tikhon reminded him that she +was no more, and he shouted, 'Fool!' He was greatly depressed. From +behind the door I heard how he lay down on his bed groaning and loudly +exclaimed, 'My God!' Why didn't I go in then? What could he have +done to me? What could I have lost? And perhaps he would then have +been comforted and would have said that word to me." And Princess Mary +uttered aloud the caressing word he had said to her on the day of +his death. "Dear-est!" she repeated, and began sobbing, with tears +that relieved her soul. She now saw his face before her. And not the +face she had known ever since she could remember and had always seen +at a distance, but the timid, feeble face she had seen for the first +time quite closely, with all its wrinkles and details, when she +stooped near to his mouth to catch what he said. + "Dear-est!" she repeated again. + "What was he thinking when he uttered that word? What is he thinking +now?" This question suddenly presented itself to her, and in answer +she saw him before her with the expression that was on his face as +he lay in his coffin with his chin bound up with a white handkerchief. +And the horror that had seized her when she touched him and +convinced herself that that was not he, but something mysterious and +horrible, seized her again. She tried to think of something else and +to pray, but could do neither. With wide-open eyes she gazed at the +moonlight and the shadows, expecting every moment to see his dead +face, and she felt that the silence brooding over the house and within +it held her fast. + "Dunyasha," she whispered. "Dunyasha!" she screamed wildly, and +tearing herself out of this silence she ran to the servants' +quarters to meet her old nurse and the maidservants who came running +toward her. +BK10|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + On the seventeenth of August Rostov and Ilyin, accompanied by +Lavrushka who had just returned from captivity and by an hussar +orderly, left their quarters at Yankovo, ten miles from Bogucharovo, +and went for a ride- to try a new horse Ilyin had bought and to find +out whether there was any hay to be had in the villages. + For the last three days Bogucharovo had lain between the two hostile +armies, so that it was as easy for the Russian rearguard to get to +it as for the French vanguard; Rostov, as a careful squadron +commander, wished to take such provisions as remained at Bogucharovo +before the French could get them. + Rostov and Ilyin were in the merriest of moods. On the way to +Bogucharovo, a princely estate with a dwelling house and farm where +they hoped to find many domestic serfs and pretty girls, they +questioned Lavrushka about Napoleon and laughed at his stories, and +raced one another to try Ilyin's horse. + Rostov had no idea that the village he was entering was the property +of that very Bolkonski who had been engaged to his sister. + Rostov and Ilyin gave rein to their horses for a last race along the +incline before reaching Bogucharovo, and Rostov, outstripping Ilyin, +was the first to gallop into the village street. + "You're first!" cried Ilyin, flushed. + "Yes, always first both on the grassland and here," answered Rostov, +stroking his heated Donets horse. + "And I'd have won on my Frenchy, your excellency," said Lavrushka +from behind, alluding to his shabby cart horse, "only I didn't wish to +mortify you. + They rode at a footpace to the barn, where a large crowd of peasants +was standing. + Some of the men bared their heads, others stared at the new arrivals +without doffing their caps. Two tall old peasants with wrinkled +faces and scanty beards emerged from the tavern, smiling, +staggering, and singing some incoherent song, and approached the +officers. + "Fine fellows!" said Rostov laughing. "Is there any hay here?" + "And how like one another," said Ilyin. + "A mo-o-st me-r-r-y co-o-m-pa...!" sang one of the peasants with a +blissful smile. + One of the men came out of the crowd and went up to Rostov. + "Who do you belong to?" he asked. + "The French," replied Ilyin jestingly, "and here is Napoleon +himself"- and he pointed to Lavrushka. + "Then you are Russians?" the peasant asked again. + "And is there a large force of you here?" said another, a short man, +coming up. + "Very large," answered Rostov. "But why have you collected here?" he +added. "Is it a holiday?" + "The old men have met to talk over the business of the commune," +replied the peasant, moving away. + At that moment, on the road leading from the big house, two women +and a man in a white hat were seen coming toward the officers. + "The one in pink is mine, so keep off!" said Ilyin on seeing +Dunyasha running resolutely toward him. + "She'll be ours!" said Lavrushka to Ilyin, winking. + "What do you want, my pretty?" said Ilyin with a smile. + "The princess ordered me to ask your regiment and your name." + "This is Count Rostov, squadron commander, and I am your humble +servant." + "Co-o-om-pa-ny!" roared the tipsy peasant with a beatific smile as +he looked at Ilyin talking to the girl. Following Dunyasha, Alpatych +advanced to Rostov, having bared his head while still at a distance. + "May I make bold to trouble your honor?" said he respectfully, but +with a shade of contempt for the youthfulness of this officer and with +a hand thrust into his bosom. "My mistress, daughter of General in +Chief Prince Nicholas Bolkonski who died on the fifteenth of this +month, finding herself in difficulties owing to the boorishness of +these people"- he pointed to the peasants- "asks you to come up to the +house.... Won't you, please, ride on a little farther," said +Alpatych with a melancholy smile, "as it is not convenient in the +presence of...?" He pointed to the two peasants who kept as close to +him as horseflies to a horse. + "Ah!... Alpatych... Ah, Yakov Alpatych... Grand! Forgive us for +Christ's sake, eh?" said the peasants, smiling joyfully at him. + Rostov looked at the tipsy peasants and smiled. + "Or perhaps they amuse your honor?" remarked Alpatych with a staid +air, as he pointed at the old men with his free hand. + "No, there's not much to be amused at here," said Rostov, and rode +on a little way. "What's the matter?" he asked. + "I make bold to inform your honor that the rude peasants here +don't wish to let the mistress leave the estate, and threaten to +unharness her horses, so that though everything has been packed up +since morning, her excellency cannot get away." + "Impossible!" exclaimed Rostov. + "I have the honor to report to you the actual truth," said Alpatych. + Rostov dismounted, gave his horse to the orderly, and followed +Alpatych to the house, questioning him as to the state of affairs. +It appeared that the princess' offer of corn to the peasants the +previous day, and her talk with Dron and at the meeting, had +actually had so bad an effect that Dron had finally given up the +keys and joined the peasants and had not appeared when Alpatych sent +for him; and that in the morning when the princess gave orders to +harness for her journey, the peasants had come in a large crowd to the +barn and sent word that they would not let her leave the village: that +there was an order not to move, and that they would unharness the +horses. Alpatych had gone out to admonish them, but was told (it was +chiefly Karp who did the talking, Dron not showing himself in the +crowd) that they could not let the princess go, that there was an +order to the contrary, but that if she stayed they would serve her +as before and obey her in everything. + At the moment when Rostov and Ilyin were galloping along the road, +Princess Mary, despite the dissuasions of Alpatych, her nurse, and the +maids, had given orders to harness and intended to start, but when the +cavalrymen were espied they were taken for Frenchmen, the coachman ran +away, and the women in the house began to wail. + "Father! Benefactor! God has sent you!" exclaimed deeply moved +voices as Rostov passed through the anteroom. + Princess Mary was sitting helpless and bewildered in the large +sitting room, when Rostov was shown in. She could not grasp who he was +and why he had come, or what was happening to her. When she saw his +Russian face, and by his walk and the first words he uttered +recognized him as a man of her own class, she glanced at him with +her deep radiant look and began speaking in a voice that faltered +and trembled with emotion. This meeting immediately struck Rostov as a +romantic event. "A helpless girl overwhelmed with grief, left to the +mercy of coarse, rioting peasants! And what a strange fate sent me +here! What gentleness and nobility there are in her features and +expression!" thought he as he looked at her and listened to her +timid story. + When she began to tell him that all this had happened the day +after her father's funeral, her voiced trembled. She turned away, +and then, as if fearing he might take her words as meant to move him +to pity, looked at him with an apprehensive glance of inquiry. There +were tears in Rostov's eyes. Princess Mary noticed this and glanced +gratefully at him with that radiant look which caused the plainness of +her face to be forgotten. + "I cannot express, Princess, how glad I am that I happened to ride +here and am able to show my readiness to serve you," said Rostov, +rising. "Go when you please, and I give you my word of honor that no +one shall dare to cause you annoyance if only you will allow me to act +as your escort." And bowing respectfully, as if to a lady of royal +blood, he moved toward the door. + Rostov's deferential tone seemed to indicate that though he would +consider himself happy to be acquainted with her, he did not wish to +take advantage of her misfortunes to intrude upon her. + Princess Mary understood this and appreciated his delicacy. + "I am very, very grateful to you," she said in French, "but I hope +it was all a misunderstanding and that no one is to blame for it." She +suddenly began to cry. + "Excuse me!" she said. + Rostov, knitting his brows, left the room with another low bow. +BK10|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + Well, is she pretty? Ah, friend- my pink one is delicious; her +name is Dunyasha...." + But on glancing at Rostov's face Ilyin stopped short. He saw that +his hero and commander was following quite a different train of +thought. + Rostov glanced angrily at Ilyin and without replying strode off with +rapid steps to the village. + "I'll show them; I'll give it to them, the brigands!" said he to +himself. + Alpatych at a gliding trot, only just managing not to run, kept up +with him with difficulty. + "What decision have you been pleased to come to?" said he. + Rostov stopped and, clenching his fists, suddenly and sternly turned +on Alpatych. + "Decision? What decision? Old dotard!..." cried he. "What have you +been about? Eh? The peasants are rioting, and you can't manage them? +You're a traitor youself! I know you. I'll flay you all alive!..." And +as if afraid of wasting his store of anger, he left Alpatych and +went rapidly forward. Alpatych, mastering his offended feelings, +kept pace with Rostov at a gliding gait and continued to impart his +views. He said the peasants were obdurate and that at the present +moment it would be imprudent to "overresist" them without an armed +force, and would it not be better first to send for the military? + "I'll give them armed force... I'll 'overresist' them!" uttered +Rostov meaninglessly, breathless with irrational animal fury and the +need to vent it. + Without considering what he would do he moved unconciously with +quick, resolute steps toward the crowd. And the nearer he drew to it +the more Alpatych felt that this unreasonable action might produce +good results. The peasants in the crowd were similarly impressed +when they saw Rostov's rapid, firm steps and resolute, frowning face. + After the hussars had come to the village and Rostov had gone to see +the princess, a certain confusion and dissension had arisen among +the crowd. Some of the peasants said that these new arrivals were +Russians and might take it amiss that the mistress was being detained. +Dron was of this opinion, but as soon as he expressed it Karp and +others attacked their ex-Elder. + "How many years have you been fattening on the commune?" Karp +shouted at him. "It's all one to you! You'll dig up your pot of +money and take it away with you.... What does it matter to you whether +our homes are ruined or not?" + "We've been told to keep order, and that no one is to leave their +homes or take away a single grain, and that's all about it!" cried +another. + "It was your son's turn to be conscripted, but no fear! You +begrudged your lump of a son," a little old man suddenly began +attacking Dron- "and so they took my Vanka to be shaved for a soldier! +But we all have to die." + "To be sure, we all have to die. I'm not against the commune," +said Dron. + "That's it- not against it! You've filled your belly...." + The two tall peasants had their say. As soon as Rostov, followed +by Ilyin, Lavrushka, and Alpatych, came up to the crowd, Karp, +thrusting his fingers into his belt and smiling a little, walked to +the front. Dron on the contrary retired to the rear and the crowd drew +closer together. + "Who is your Elder here? Hey?" shouted Rostov, coming up to the +crowd with quick steps. + "The Elder? What do you want with him?..." asked Karp. + But before the words were well out of his mouth, his cap flew off +and a fierce blow jerked his head to one side. + "Caps off, traitors!" shouted Rostov in a wrathful voice. "Where's +the Elder?" he cried furiously. + "The Elder.... He wants the Elder!... Dron Zakharych, you!" meek and +flustered voices here and there were heard calling and caps began to +come off their heads. + "We don't riot, we're following the orders," declared Karp, and at +that moment several voices began speaking together. + "It's as the old men have decided- there's too many of you giving +orders." + "Arguing? Mutiny!... Brigands! Traitors!" cried Rostov unmeaningly +in a voice not his own, gripping Karp by the collar. "Bind him, bind +him!" he shouted, though there was no one to bind him but Lavrushka +and Alpatych. + Lavrushka, however, ran up to Karp and seized him by the arms from +behind. + "Shall I call up our men from beyond the hill?" he called out. + Alpatych turned to the peasants and ordered two of them by name to +come and bind Karp. The men obediently came out of the crowd and began +taking off their belts. + "Where's the Elder?" demanded Rostov in a loud voice. + With a pale and frowning face Dron stepped out of the crowd. + "Are you the Elder? Bind him, Lavrushka!" shouted Rostov, as if that +order, too, could not possibly meet with any opposition. + And in fact two more peasants began binding Dron, who took off his +own belt and handed it to them, as if to aid them. + "And you all listen to me!" said Rostov to the peasants. "Be off +to your houses at once, and don't let one of your voices be heard!" + "Why, we've not done any harm! We did it just out of foolishness. +It's all nonsense... I said then that it was not in order," voices +were heard bickering with one another. + "There! What did I say?" said Alpatych, coming into his own again. +"It's wrong, lads!" + "All our stupidity, Yakov Alpatych," came the answers, and the +crowd began at once to disperse through the village. + The two bound men were led off to the master's house. The two +drunken peasants followed them. + "Aye, when I look at you!..." said one of them to Karp. + "How can one talk to the masters like that? What were you thinking +of, you fool?" added the other- "A real fool!" + Two hours later the carts were standing in the courtyard of the +Bogucharovo house. The peasants were briskly carrying out the +proprietor's goods and packing them on the carts, and Dron, +liberated at Princess Mary's wish from the cupboard where he had +been confined, was standing in the yard directing the men. + "Don't put it in so carelessly," said one of the peasants, a man +with a round smiling face, taking a casket from a housemaid. "You know +it has cost money! How can you chuck it in like that or shove it under +the cord where it'll get rubbed? I don't like that way of doing +things. Let it all be done properly, according to rule. Look here, put +it under the bast matting and cover it with hay- that's the way!" + "Eh, books, books!" said another peasant, bringing out Prince +Andrew's library cupboards. "Don't catch up against it! It's heavy, +lads- solid books." + "Yes, they worked all day and didn't play!" remarked the tall, +round-faced peasant gravely, pointing with a significant wink at the +dictionaries that were on the top. + + Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostov did not go back +to the house but remained in the village awaiting her departure. +When her carriage drove out of the house, he mounted and accompanied +her eight miles from Bogucharovo to where the road was occupied by our +troops. At the inn at Yankovo he respectfully took leave of her, for +the first time permitting himself to kiss her hand. + "How can you speak so!" he blushingly replied to Princess Mary's +expressions of gratitude for her deliverance, as she termed what had +occurred. "Any police officer would have done as much! If we had had +only peasants to fight, we should not have let the enemy come so far," +said he with a sense of shame and wishing to change the subject. "I am +only happy to have had the opportunity of making your acquaintance. +Good-by, Princess. I wish you happiness and consolation and hope to +meet you again in happier circumstances. If you don't want to make +me blush, please don't thank me!" + But the princess, if she did not again thank him in words, thanked +him with the whole expression of her face, radiant with gratitude +and tenderness. She could not believe that there was nothing to +thank him for. On the contrary, it seemed to her certain that had he +not been there she would have perished at the hands of the mutineers +and of the French, and that he had exposed himself to terrible and +obvious danger to save her, and even more certain was it that he was a +man of lofty and noble soul, able to understand her position and her +sorrow. His kind, honest eyes, with the tears rising in them when +she herself had begun to cry as she spoke of her loss, did leave her +memory. + When she had taken leave of him and remained alone she suddenly felt +her eyes filling with tears, and then not for the first time the +strange question presented itself to her: did she love him? + On the rest of the way to Moscow, though the princess' position +was not a cheerful one, Dunyasha, who went with her in the carriage, +more than once noticed that her mistress leaned out of the window +and smiled at something with an expression of mingled joy and sorrow. + "Well, supposing I do love him?" thought Princess Mary. + Ashamed as she was of acknowledging to herself that she had fallen +in love with a man who would perhaps never love her, she comforted +herself with the thought that no one would ever know it and that she +would not be to blame if, without ever speaking of it to anyone, she +continued to the end of her life to love the man with whom she had +fallen in love for the first and last time in her life. + Sometimes when she recalled his looks, his sympathy, and his +words, happiness did not appear impossible to her. It was at those +moments that Dunyasha noticed her smiling as she looked out of the +carriage window. + "Was it not fate that brought him to Bogucharovo, and at that very +moment?" thought Princess Mary. "And that caused his sister to +refuse my brother?" And in all this Princess Mary saw the hand of +Providence. + The impression the princess made on Rostov was a very agreeable one. +To remember her gave him pleasure, and when his comrades, hearing of +his adventure at Bogucharovo, rallied him on having gone to look for +hay and having picked up one of the wealthiest heiresses in Russia, he +grew angry. It made him angry just because the idea of marrying the +gentle Princess Mary, who was attractive to him and had an enormous +fortune, had against his will more than once entered his head. For +himself personally Nicholas could not wish for a better wife: by +marrying her he would make the countess his mother happy, would be +able to put his father's affairs in order, and would even- he felt it- +ensure Princess Mary's happiness. + But Sonya? And his plighted word? That was why Rostov grew angry +when he was rallied about Princess Bolkonskaya. +BK10|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + On receiving command of the armies Kutuzov remembered Prince +Andrew and sent an order for him to report at headquarters. + Prince Andrew arrived at Tsarevo-Zaymishche on the very day and at +the very hour that Kutuzov was reviewing the troops for the first +time. He stopped in the village at the priest's house in front of +which stood the commander in chief's carriage, and he sat down on +the bench at the gate awaiting his Serene Highness, as everyone now +called Kutuzov. From the field beyond the village came now sounds of +regimental music and now the roar of many voices shouting "Hurrah!" to +the new commander in chief. Two orderlies, a courier and a major-domo, +stood near by, some ten paces from Prince Andrew, availing +themselves of Kutuzov's absence and of the fine weather. A short, +swarthy lieutenant colonel of hussars with thick mustaches and +whiskers rode up to the gate and, glancing at Prince Andrew, +inquired whether his Serene Highness was putting up there and +whether he would soon be back. + Prince Andrew replied that he was not on his Serene Highness' +staff but was himself a new arrival. The lieutenant colonel turned +to a smart orderly, who, with the peculiar contempt with which a +commander in chief's orderly speaks to officers, replied: + "What? His Serene Highness? I expect he'll be here soon. What do you +want?" + The lieutenant colonel of hussars smiled beneath his mustache at the +orderly's tone, dismounted, gave his horse to a dispatch runner, and +approached Bolkonski with a slight bow. Bolkonski made room for him on +the bench and the lieutenant colonel sat down beside him. + "You're also waiting for the commander in chief?" said he. "They say +he weceives evewyone, thank God!... It's awful with those sausage +eaters! Ermolov had weason to ask to be pwomoted to be a German! Now +p'waps Wussians will get a look in. As it was, devil only knows what +was happening. We kept wetweating and wetweating. Did you take part in +the campaign?" he asked. + "I had the pleasure," replied Prince Andrew, "not only of taking +part in the retreat but of losing in that retreat all I held dear- not +to mention the estate and home of my birth- my father, who died of +grief. I belong to the province of Smolensk." + "Ah? You're Pwince Bolkonski? Vewy glad to make your acquaintance! +I'm Lieutenant Colonel Denisov, better known as 'Vaska,'" said +Denisov, pressing Prince Andrew's hand and looking into his face +with a particularly kindly attention. "Yes, I heard," said he +sympathetically, and after a short pause added: "Yes, it's Scythian +warfare. It's all vewy well- only not for those who get it in the +neck. So you are Pwince Andwew Bolkonski?" He swayed his head. "Vewy +pleased, Pwince, to make your acquaintance!" he repeated again, +smiling sadly, and he again pressed Prince Andrew's hand. + Prince Andrew knew Denisov from what Natasha had told him of her +first suitor. This memory carried him sadly and sweetly back to +those painful feelings of which he had not thought lately, but which +still found place in his soul. Of late he had received so many new and +very serious impressions- such as the retreat from Smolensk, his visit +to Bald Hills, and the recent news of his father's death- and had +experienced so many emotions, that for a long time past those memories +had not entered his mind, and now that they did, they did not act on +him with nearly their former strength. For Denisov, too, the +memories awakened by the name of Bolkonski belonged to a distant, +romantic past, when after supper and after Natasha's singing he had +proposed to a little girl of fifteen without realizing what he was +doing. He smiled at the recollection of that time and of his love +for Natasha, and passed at once to what now interested him +passionately and exclusively. This was a plan of campaign he had +devised while serving at the outposts during the retreat. He had +proposed that plan to Barclay de Tolly and now wished to propose it to +Kutuzov. The plan was based on the fact that the French line of +operation was to extended, and it proposed that instead of, or +concurrently with, action on the front to bar the advance of the +French, we should attack their line of communication. He began +explaining his plan to Prince Andrew. + "They can't hold all that line. It's impossible. I will undertake to +bweak thwough. Give me five hundwed men and I will bweak the line, +that's certain! There's only one way- guewilla warfare!" + Denisov rose and began gesticulating as he explained his plan to +Bolkonski. In the midst of his explanation shouts were heard from +the army, growing more incoherent and more diffused, mingling with +music and songs and coming from the field where the review was held. +Sounds of hoofs and shouts were nearing the village. + "He's coming! He's coming!" shouted a Cossack standing at the gate. + Bolkonski and Denisov moved to the gate, at which a knot of soldiers +(a guard of honor) was standing, and they saw Kutuzov coming down +the street mounted on a rather small sorrel horse. A huge suite of +generals rode behind him. Barclay was riding almost beside him, and +a crowd of officers ran after and around them shouting, "Hurrah!" + His adjutants galloped into the yard before him. Kutuzov was +impatiently urging on his horse, which ambled smoothly under his +weight, and he raised his hand to his white Horse Guard's cap with a +red band and no peak, nodding his head continually. When he came up to +the guard of honor, a fine set of Grenadiers mostly wearing +decorations, who were giving him the salute, he looked at them +silently and attentively for nearly a minute with the steady gaze of a +commander and then turned to the crowd of generals and officers +surrounding him. Suddenly his face assumed a subtle expression, he +shrugged his shoulders with an air of perplexity. + "And with such fine fellows to retreat and retreat! Well, good-by, +General," he added, and rode into the yard past Prince Andrew and +Denisov. + "Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" shouted those behind him. + Since Prince Andrew had last seen him Kutuzov had grown still more +corpulent, flaccid, and fat. But the bleached eyeball, the scar, and +the familiar weariness of his expression were still the same. He was +wearing the white Horse Guard's cap and a military overcoat with a +whip hanging over his shoulder by a thin strap. He sat heavily and +swayed limply on his brisk little horse. + "Whew... whew... whew!" he whistled just audibly as he rode into the +yard. His face expressed the relief of relaxed strain felt by a man +who means to rest after a ceremony. He drew his left foot out of the +stirrup and, lurching with his whole body and puckering his face +with the effort, raised it with difficulty onto the saddle, leaned +on his knee, groaned, and slipped down into the arms of the Cossacks +and adjutants who stood ready to assist him. + He pulled himself together, looked round, screwing up his eyes, +glanced at Prince Andrew, and, evidently not recognizing him, moved +with his waddling gait to the porch. "Whew... whew... whew!" he +whistled, and again glanced at Prince Andrew. As often occurs with old +men, it was only after some seconds that the impression produced by +Prince Andrew's face linked itself up with Kutuzov's remembrance of +his personality. + "Ah, how do you do, my dear prince? How do you do, my dear boy? Come +along..." said he, glancing wearily round, and he stepped onto the +porch which creaked under his weight. + He unbuttoned his coat and sat down on a bench in the porch. + "And how's your father?" + "I received news of his death, yesterday," replied Prince Andrew +abruptly. + Kutuzov looked at him with eyes wide open with dismay and then +took off his cap and crossed himself: + "May the kingdom of Heaven be his! God's will be done to us all!" He +sighed deeply, his whole chest heaving, and was silent for a while. "I +loved him and respected him, and sympathize with you with all my +heart." + He embraced Prince Andrew, pressing him to his fat breast, and for +some time did not let him go. When he released him Prince Andrew saw +that Kutuzov's flabby lips were trembling and that tears were in his +eyes. He sighed and pressed on the bench with both hands to raise +himself. + "Come! Come with me, we'll have a talk," said he. + But at that moment Denisov, no more intimidated by his superiors +than by the enemy, came with jingling spurs up the steps of the porch, +despite the angry whispers of the adjutants who tried to stop him. +Kutuzov, his hands still pressed on the seat, glanced at him glumly. +Denisov, having given his name, announced that he had to communicate +to his Serene Highness a matter of great importance for their +country's welfare. Kutuzov looked wearily at him and, lifting his +hands with a gesture of annoyance, folded them across his stomach, +repeating the words: "For our country's welfare? Well, what is it? +Speak!" Denisov blushed like a girl (it was strange to see the color +rise in that shaggy, bibulous, time-worn face) and boldly began to +expound his plan of cutting the enemy's lines of communication between +Smolensk and Vyazma. Denisov came from those parts and knew the +country well. His plan seemed decidedly a good one, especially from +the strength of conviction with which he spoke. Kutuzov looked down at +his own legs, occasionally glancing at the door of the adjoining hut +as if expecting something unpleasant to emerge from it. And from +that hut, while Denisov was speaking, a general with a portfolio under +his arm really did appear. + "What?" said Kutuzov, in the midst of Denisov's explanations, "are +you ready so soon?" + "Ready, your Serene Highness," replied the general. + Kutuzov swayed his head, as much as to say: "How is one man to +deal with it all?" and again listened to Denisov. + "I give my word of honor as a Wussian officer," said Denisov, +"that I can bweak Napoleon's line of communication!" + "What relation are you to Intendant General Kiril Andreevich +Denisov?" asked Kutuzov, interrupting him. + "He is my uncle, your Sewene Highness." + "Ah, we were friends," said Kutuzov cheerfully. "All right, all +right, friend, stay here at the staff and tomorrow we'll have a talk." + With a nod to Denisov he turned away and put out his hand for the +papers Konovnitsyn had brought him. + "Would not your Serene Highness like to come inside?" said the +general on duty in a discontented voice, "the plans must be examined +and several papers have to be signed." + An adjutant came out and announced that everything was in +readiness within. But Kutuzov evidently did not wish to enter that +room till he was disengaged. He made a grimace... + "No, tell them to bring a small table out here, my dear boy. I'll +look at them here," said he. "Don't go away," he added, turning to +Prince Andrew, who remained in the porch and listened to the general's +report. + While this was being given, Prince Andrew heard the whisper of a +woman's voice and the rustle of a silk dress behind the door. +Several times on glancing that way he noticed behind that door a +plump, rosy, handsome woman in a pink dress with a lilac silk kerchief +on her head, holding a dish and evidently awaiting the entrance of the +commander in chief. Kutiizov's adjutant whispered to Prince Andrew +that this was the wife of the priest whose home it was, and that she +intended to offer his Serene Highness bread and salt. "Her husband has +welcomed his Serene Highness with the cross at the church, and she +intends to welcome him in the house.... She's very pretty," added +the adjutant with a smile. At those words Kutuzov looked round. He was +listening to the general's report- which consisted chiefly of a +criticism of the position at Tsarevo-Zaymishche- as he had listened to +Denisov, and seven years previously had listened to the discussion +at the Austerlitz council of war. He evidently listened only because +he had ears which, though there was a piece of tow in one of them, +could not help hearing; but it was evident that nothing the general +could say would surprise or even interest him, that he knew all that +would be said beforehand, and heard it all only because he had to, +as one has to listen to the chanting of a service of prayer. All +that Denisov had said was clever and to the point. What the general +was saying was even more clever and to the point, but it was evident +that Kutuzov despised knowledge and cleverness, and knew of +something else that would decide the matter- something independent +of clever. ness and knowledge. Prince Andrew watched the commander +in chief's face attentively, and the only expression he could see +there was one of boredom, curiosity as to the meaning of the +feminine whispering behind the door, and a desire to observe +propriety. It was evident that Kutuzov despised cleverness and +learning and even the patriotic feeling shown by Denisov, but despised +them not because of his own intellect, feelings, or knowledge- he +did not try to display any of these- but because of something else. He +despised them because of his old age and experience of life. The +only instruction Kutuzov gave of his own accord during that report +referred to looting by the Russian troops. At the end of the report +the general put before him for signature a paper relating to the +recovery of payment from army commanders for green oats mown down by +the soldiers, when landowners lodged petitions for compensation. + After hearing the matter, Kutuzov smacked his lips together and +shook his head. + "Into the stove... into the fire with it! I tell you once for all, +my dear fellow," said he, "into the fire with all such things! Let +them cut the crops and burn wood to their hearts' content. I don't +order it or allow it, but I don't exact compensation either. One can't +get on without it. 'When wood is chopped the chips will fly.'" He +looked at the paper again. "Oh, this German precision!" he muttered, +shaking his head. +BK10|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + "Well, that's all!" said Kutuzov as he signed the last of the +documents, and rising heavily and smoothing out the folds in his fat +white neck he moved toward the door with a more cheerful expression. + The priest's wife, flushing rosy red, caught up the dish she had +after all not managed to present at the right moment, though she had +so long been preparing for it, and with a low bow offered it to +Kutuzov. + He screwed up his eyes, smiled, lifted her chin with his hand, and +said: + "Ah, what a beauty! Thank you, sweetheart!" + He took some gold pieces from his trouser pocket and put them on the +dish for her. "Well, my dear, and how are we getting on?" he asked, +moving to the door of the room assigned to him. The priest's wife +smiled, and with dimples in her rosy cheeks followed him into the +room. The adjutant came out to the porch and asked Prince Andrew to +lunch with him. Half an hour later Prince Andrew was again called to +Kutuzov. He found him reclining in an armchair, still in the same +unbuttoned overcoat. He had in his hand a French book which he +closed as Prince Andrew entered, marking the place with a knife. +Prince Andrew saw by the cover that it was Les Chevaliers du Cygne +by Madame de Genlis. + "Well, sit down, sit down here. Let's have a talk," said Kutuzov. +"It's sad, very sad. But remember, my dear fellow, that I am a +father to you, a second father...." + Prince Andrew told Kutuzov all he knew of his father's death, and +what he had seen at Bald Hills when he passed through it. + "What... what they have brought us to!" Kutuzov suddenly cried in an +agitated voice, evidently picturing vividly to himself from Prince +Andrew's story the condition Russia was in. "But give me time, give me +time!" he said with a grim look, evidently not wishing to continue +this agitating conversation, and added: "I sent for you to keep you +with me." + "I thank your Serene Highness, but I fear I am longer fit for the +staff," replied Prince Andrew with a smile which Kutuzov noticed. + Kutuzov glanced inquiringly at him. + "But above all," added Prince Andrew, "I have grown used to my +regiment, am fond of the officers, and I fancy the men also like me. I +should be sorry to leave the regiment. If I decline the honor of being +with you, believe me..." + A shrewd, kindly, yet subtly derisive expression lit up Kutuzov's +podgy face. He cut Bolkonski short. + "I am sorry, for I need you. But you're right, you're right! It's +not here that men are needed. Advisers are always plentiful, but men +are not. The regiments would not be what they are if the would-be +advisers served there as you do. I remember you at Austerlitz.... I +remember, yes, I remember you with the standard!" said Kutuzov, and +a flush of pleasure suffused Prince Andrew's face at this +recollection. + Taking his hand and drawing him downwards, Kutuzov offered his cheek +to be kissed, and again Prince Andrew noticed tears in the old man's +eyes. Though Prince Andrew knew that Kutuzov's tears came easily, +and that he was particularly tender to and considerate of him from a +wish to show sympathy with his loss, yet this reminder of Austerlitz +was both pleasant and flattering to him. + "Go your way and God be with you. I know your path is the path of +honor!" He paused. "I missed you at Bucharest, but I needed someone to +send." And changing the subject, Kutuzov began to speak of the Turkish +war and the peace that had been concluded. "Yes, I have been much +blamed," he said, "both for that war and the peace... but everything +came at the right time. Tout vient a point a celui qui sait attendre.* +And there were as many advisers there as here..." he went on, +returning to the subject of "advisers" which evidently occupied him. +"Ah, those advisers!" said he. "If we had listened to them all we +should not have made peace with Turkey and should not have been +through with that war. Everything in haste, but more haste, less +speed. Kamenski would have been lost if he had not died. He stormed +fortresses with thirty thousand men. It is not difficult to capture +a fortress but it is difficult to win a campaign. For that, storming +and attacking but patience and time are wanted. Kamenski sent soldiers +to Rustchuk, but I only employed these two things and took more +fortresses than Kamenski and made the but eat horseflesh!" He swayed +his head. "And the French shall too, believe me," he went on, +growing warmer and beating his chest, "I'll make them eat horseflesh!" +And tears again dimmed his eyes. + + *"Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait." + + "But shan't we have to accept battle?" remarked Prince Andrew. + "We shall if everybody wants it; it can't be helped.... But +believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: +patience and time, they will do it all. But the advisers n'entendent +pas de cette oreille, voila le mal.* Some want a thing- others +don't. What's one to do?" he asked, evidently expecting an answer. +"Well, what do you want us to do?" he repeated and his eye shone +with a deep, shrewd look. "I'll tell you what to do," he continued, as +Prince Andrew still did not reply: "I will tell you what to do, and +what I do. Dans le doute, mon cher," he paused, "abstiens-toi"*[2]- he +articulated the French proverb deliberately. + + *"Don't see it that way, that's the trouble." + *[2] "When in doubt, my dear fellow, do nothing." + + "Well, good-by, my dear fellow; remember that with all my heart I +share your sorrow, and that for you I am not a Serene Highness, nor +a prince, nor a commander in chief, but a father! If you want anything +come straight to me. Good-by, my dear boy." + Again he embraced and kissed Prince Andrew, but before the latter +had left the room Kutuzov gave a sigh of relief and went on with his +unfinished novel, Les Chevaliers du Cygne by Madame de Genlis. + Prince Andrew could not have explained how or why it was, but +after that interview with Kutuzov he went back to his regiment +reassured as to the general course of affairs and as to the man to +whom it had been entrusted. The more he realized the absence of all +personal motive in that old man- in whom there seemed to remain only +the habit of passions, and in place of an intellect (grouping events +and drawing conclusions) only the capacity calmly to contemplate the +course of events- the more reassured he was that everything would be +as it should. "He will not bring in any plan of his own. He will not +devise or undertake anything," thought Prince Andrew, "but he will +hear everything, remember everything, and put everything in its place. +He will not hinder anything useful nor allow anything harmful. He +understands that there is something stronger and more important than +his own will- the inevitable course of events, and he can see them and +grasp their significance, and seeing that significance can refrain +from meddling and renounce his personal wish directed to something +else. And above all," thought Prince Andrew, "one believes in him +because he's Russian, despite the novel by Genlis and the French +proverbs, and because his voice shook when he said: 'What they have +brought us to!' and had a sob in it when he said he would 'make them +eat horseflesh!'" + On such feelings, more or less dimly shared by all, the unanimity +and general approval were founded with which, despite court +influences, the popular choice of Kutuzov as commander in chief was +received. +BK10|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + After the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual +course, and its course was so very usual that it was difficult to +remember the recent days of patriotic elation and ardor, hard to +believe that Russia was really in danger and that the members of the +English Club were also sons of the Fatherland ready to sacrifice +everything for it. The one thing that recalled the patriotic fervor +everyone had displayed during the Emperor's stay was the call for +contributions of men and money, a necessity that as soon as the +promises had been made assumed a legal, official form and became +unavoidable. + With the enemy's approach to Moscow, the Moscovites' view of their +situation did not grow more serious but on the contrary became even +more frivolous, as always happens with people who see a great danger +approaching. At the approach of danger there are always two voices +that speak with equal power in the human soul: one very reasonably +tells a man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of +escaping it; the other, still more reasonably, says that it is too +depressing and painful to think of the danger, since it is not in +man's power to foresee everything and avert the general course of +events, and it is therefore better to disregard what is painful till +it comes, and to think about what is pleasant. In solitude a man +generally listens to the first voice, but in society to the second. So +it was now with the inhabitants of Moscow. It was long since people +had been as gay in Moscow as that year. + Rostopchin's broadsheets, headed by woodcuts of a drink shop, a +potman, and a Moscow burgher called Karpushka Chigirin, "who- having +been a militiaman and having had rather too much at the pub- heard +that Napoleon wished to come to Moscow, grew angry, abused the +French in very bad language, came out of the drink shop, and, under +the sign of the eagle, began to address the assembled people," were +read and discussed, together with the latest of Vasili Lvovich +Pushkin's bouts rimes. + In the corner room at the Club, members gathered to read these +broadsheets, and some liked the way Karpushka jeered at the French, +saying: "They will swell up with Russian cabbage, burst with our +buckwheat porridge, and choke themselves with cabbage soup. They are +all dwarfs and one peasant woman will toss three of them with a +hayfork." Others did not like that tone and said it was stupid and +vulgar. It was said that Rostopchin had expelled all Frenchmen and +even all foreigners from Moscow, and that there had been some spies +and agents of Napoleon among them; but this was told chiefly to +introduce Rostopchin's witty remark on that occasion. The foreigners +were deported to Nizhni by boat, and Rostopchin had said to them in +French: "Rentrez en vousmemes; entrez dans la barque, et n'en faites +pas une barque de Charon."* There was talk of all the government +offices having been already removed from Moscow, and to this +Shinshin's witticism was added- that for that alone Moscow ought to be +grateful to Napoleon. It was said that Mamonov's regiment would cost +him eight hundred thousand rubles, and that Bezukhov had spent even +more on his, but that the best thing about Bezukhov's action was +that he himself was going to don a uniform and ride at the head of his +regiment without charging anything for the show. + + *"Think it over; get into the barque, and take care not to make it a +barque of Charon." + + "You don't spare anyone," said Julie Drubetskaya as she collected +and pressed together a bunch of raveled lint with her thin, beringed +fingers. + Julie was preparing to leave Moscow next day and was giving a +farewell soiree. + "Bezukhov est ridicule, but he is so kind and good-natured. What +pleasure is there to be so caustique?" + "A forfeit!" cried a young man in militia uniform whom Julie +called "mon chevalier," and who was going with her to Nizhni. + In Julie's set, as in many other circles in Moscow, it had been +agreed that they would speak nothing but Russian and that those who +made a slip and spoke French should pay fines to the Committee of +Voluntary Contributions. + "Another forfeit for a Gallicism," said a Russian writer who was +present. "'What pleasure is there to be' is not Russian!" + "You spare no one," continued Julie to the young man without heeding +the author's remark. + "For caustique- I am guilty and will pay, and I am prepared to pay +again for the pleasure of telling you the truth. For Gallicisms I +won't be responsible," she remarked, turning to the author: "I have +neither the money nor the time, like Prince Galitsyn, to engage a +master to teach me Russian!" + "Ah, here he is!" she added. "Quand on... No, no," she said to the +militia officer, "you won't catch me. Speak of the sun and you see its +rays!" and she smiled amiably at Pierre. "We were just talking of +you," she said with the facility in lying natural to a society +woman. "We were saying that your regiment would be sure to be better +than Mamonov's." + "Oh, don't talk to me of my regiment," replied Pierre, kissing his +hostess' hand and taking a seat beside her. "I am so sick of it." + "You will, of course, command it yourself?" said Julie, directing +a sly, sarcastic glance toward the militia officer. + The latter in Pierre's presence had ceased to be caustic, and his +face expressed perplexity as to what Julie's smile might mean. In +spite of his absent-mindedness and good nature, Pierre's personality +immediately checked any attempt to ridicule him to his face. + "No," said Pierre, with a laughing glance at his big, stout body. "I +should make too good a target for the French, besides I am afraid I +should hardly be able to climb onto a horse." + Among those whom Julie's guests happened to choose to gossip about +were the Rostovs. + "I hear that their affairs are in a very bad way," said Julie. +"And he is so unreasonable, the count himself I mean. The +Razumovskis wanted to buy his house and his estate near Moscow, but it +drags on and on. He asks too much." + "No, I think the sale will come off in a few days," said someone. +"Though it is madness to buy anything in Moscow now." + "Why?" asked Julie. "You don't think Moscow is in danger?" + "Then why are you leaving?" + "I? What a question! I am going because... well, because everyone is +going: and besides- I am not Joan of Arc or an Amazon." + "Well, of course, of course! Let me have some more strips of linen." + "If he manages the business properly he will be able to pay off +all his debts," said the militia officer, speaking of Rostov. + "A kindly old man but not up to much. And why do they stay on so +long in Moscow? They meant to leave for the country long ago. +Natalie is quite well again now, isn't she?" Julie asked Pierre with a +knowing smile. + "They are waiting for their younger son," Pierre replied. "He joined +Obolenski's Cossacks and went to Belaya Tserkov where the regiment +is being formed. But now they have had him transferred to my +regiment and are expecting him every day. The count wanted to leave +long ago, but the countess won't on any account leave Moscow till +her son returns." + "I met them the day before yesterday at the Arkharovs'. Natalie +has recovered her looks and is brighter. She sang a song. How easily +some people get over everything!" + "Get over what?" inquired Pierre, looking displeased. + Julie smiled. + "You know, Count, such knights as you are only found in Madame de +Souza's novels." + "What knights? What do you mean?" demanded Pierre, blushing. + "Oh, come, my dear count! C'est la fable de tout Moscou. Je vous +admire, ma parole d'honneur!"* + + *"It is the talk of all Moscow. My word, I admire you!" + + "Forfeit, forfeit!" cried the militia officer. + "All right, one can't talk- how tiresome!" + "What is 'the talk of all Moscow'?" Pierre asked angrily, rising +to his feet. + "Come now, Count, you know!" + "I don't know anything about it," said Pierre. + "I know you were friendly with Natalie, and so... but I was always +more friendly with Vera- that dear Vera." + "No, madame!" Pierre continued in a tone of displeasure, "I have not +taken on myself the role of Natalie Rostova's knight at all, and +have not been their house for nearly a month. But I cannot +understand the cruelty..." + "Qui s'excuse s'accuse,"* said Julie, smiling and waving the lint +triumphantly, and to have the last word she promptly changed the +subject. "Do you know what I heard today? Poor Mary Bolkonskaya +arrived in Moscow yesterday. Do you know that she has lost her +father?" + + *"Who excuses himself, accuses himself." + + "Really? Where is she? I should like very much to see her," said +Pierre. + "I spent the evening with her yesterday. She is going to their +estate near Moscow either today or tomorrow morning, with her nephew." + "Well, and how is she?" asked Pierre. + "She is well, but sad. But do you know who rescued her? It is +quite a romance. Nicholas Rostov! She was surrounded, and they +wanted to kill her and had wounded some of her people. He rushed in +and saved her...." + "Another romance," said the militia officer. "Really, this general +flight has been arranged to get all the old maids married off. Catiche +is one and Princess Bolkonskaya another." + "Do you know, I really believe she is un petit peu amoureuse du +jeune homme."* + + *"A little bit in love with the young man." + + "Forfeit, forfeit, forfeit!" + "But how could one say that in Russian?" +BK10|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + When Pierre returned home he was handed two of Rostopchin's +broadsheets that had been brought that day. + The first declared that the report that Count Rostopchin had +forbidden people to leave Moscow was false; on the contrary he was +glad that ladies and tradesmen's wives were leaving the city. "There +will be less panic and less gossip," ran the broadsheet "but I will +stake my life on it that that will not enter Moscow." These words +showed Pierre clearly for the first time that the French would enter +Moscow. The second broadsheet stated that our headquarters were at +Vyazma, that Count Wittgenstein had defeated the French, but that as +many of the inhabitants of Moscow wished to be armed, weapons were +ready for them at the arsenal: sabers, pistols, and muskets which +could be had at a low price. The tone of the proclamation was not as +jocose as in the former Chigirin talks. Pierre pondered over these +broadsheets. Evidently the terrible stormcloud he had desired with the +whole strength of his soul but which yet aroused involuntary horror in +him was drawing near. + "Shall I join the army and enter the service, or wait?" he asked +himself for the hundredth time. He took a pack of cards that lay on +the table and began to lay them out for a game of patience. + "If this patience comes out," he said to himself after shuffling the +cards, holding them in his hand, and lifting his head, "if it comes +out, it means... what does it mean?" + He had not decided what it should mean when he heard the voice of +the eldest princess at the door asking whether she might come in. + "Then it will mean that I must go to the army," said Pierre to +himself. "Come in, come in!" he added to the princess. + Only the eldest princess, the one with the stony face and long +waist, was still living in Pierre's house. The two younger ones had +both married. + "Excuse my coming to you, cousin," she said in a reproachful and +agitated voice. "You know some decision must be come to. What is going +to happen? Everyone has left Moscow and the people are rioting. How is +it that we are staying on?" + "On the contrary, things seem satisfactory, ma cousine," said Pierre +in the bantering tone he habitually adopted toward her, always feeling +uncomfortable in the role of her benefactor. + "Satisfactory, indeed! Very satisfactory! Barbara Ivanovna told me +today how our troops are distinguishing themselves. It certainly +does them credit! And the people too are quite mutinous- they no +longer obey, even my maid has taken to being rude. At this rate they +will soon begin beating us. One can't walk in the streets. But, +above all, the French will be here any day now, so what are we waiting +for? I ask just one thing of you, cousin," she went on, "arrange for +me to be taken to Petersburg. Whatever I may be, I can't live under +Bonaparte's rule." + "Oh, come, ma cousine! Where do you get your information from? On +the contrary..." + "I won't submit to your Napoleon! Others may if they please.... If +you don't want to do this..." + "But I will, I'll give the order at once." + The princess was apparently vexed at not having anyone to be angry +with. Muttering to herself, she sat down on a chair. + "But you have been misinformed," said Pierre. "Everything is quiet +in the city and there is not the slightest danger. See! I've just been +reading..." He showed her the broadsheet. "Count Rostopchin writes +that he will stake his life on it that the enemy will not enter +Moscow." + "Oh, that count of yours!" said the princess malevolently. "He is +a hypocrite, a rascal who has himself roused the people to riot. +Didn't he write in those idiotic broadsheets that anyone, 'whoever +it might be, should be dragged to the lockup by his hair'? (How +silly!) 'And honor and glory to whoever captures him,' he says. This +is what his cajolery has brought us to! Barbara Ivanovna told me the +mob near killed her because she said something in French." + "Oh, but it's so... You take everything so to heart," said Pierre, +and began laying out his cards for patience. + Although that patience did come out, Pierre did not join the army, +but remained in deserted Moscow ever in the same state of agitation, +irresolution, and alarm, yet at the same time joyfully expecting +something terrible. + Next day toward evening the princess set off, and Pierre's head +steward came to inform him that the money needed for the equipment +of his regiment could not be found without selling one of the estates. +In general the head steward made out to Pierre that his project of +raising a regiment would ruin him. Pierre listened to him, scarcely +able to repress a smile. + "Well then, sell it," said he. "What's to be done? I can't draw back +now!" + The worse everything became, especially his own affairs, the +better was Pierre pleased and the more evident was it that the +catastrophe he expected was approaching. Hardly anyone he knew was +left in town. Julie had gone, and so had Princess Mary. Of his +intimate friends only the Rostovs remained, but he did not go to see +them. + To distract his thoughts he drove that day to the village of +Vorontsovo to see the great balloon Leppich was constructing to +destroy the foe, and a trial balloon that was to go up next day. The +balloon was not yet ready, but Pierre learned that it was being +constructed by the Emperor's desire. The Emperor had written to +Count Rostopchin as follows: + + As soon as Leppich is ready, get together a crew of reliable and +intelligent men for his car and send a courier to General Kutuzov to +let him know. I have informed him of the matter. + Please impress upon Leppich to be very careful where he descends for +the first time, that he may not make a mistake and fall into the +enemy's hands. It is essential for him to combine his movements with +those of the commander in chief. + + On his way home from Vorontsovo, as he was passing the Bolotnoe +Place Pierre, seeing a large crowd round the Lobnoe Place, stopped and +got out of his trap. A French cook accused of being a spy was being +flogged. The flogging was only just over, and the executioner was +releasing from the flogging bench a stout man with red whiskers, in +blue stockings and a green jacket, who was moaning piteously. +Another criminal, thin and pale, stood near. Judging by their faces +they were both Frenchmen. With a frightened and suffering look +resembling that on the thin Frenchman's face, Pierre pushed his way in +through the crowd. + "What is it? Who is it? What is it for?" he kept asking. + But the attention of the crowd- officials, burghers, shopkeepers, +peasants, and women in cloaks and in pelisses- was so eagerly centered +on what was passing in Lobnoe Place that no one answered him. The +stout man rose, frowned, shrugged his shoulders, and evidently +trying to appear firm began to pull on his jacket without looking +about him, but suddenly his lips trembled and he began to cry, in +the way full-blooded grown-up men cry, though angry with himself for +doing so. In the crowd people began talking loudly, to stifle their +feelings of pity as it seemed to Pierre. + "He's cook to some prince." + "Eh, mounseer, Russian sauce seems to be sour to a Frenchman... sets +his teeth on edge!" said a wrinkled clerk who was standing behind +Pierre, when the Frenchman began to cry. + The clerk glanced round, evidently hoping that his joke would be +appreciated. Some people began to laugh, others continued to watch +in dismay the executioner who was undressing the other man. + Pierre choked, his face puckered, and he turned hastily away, went +back to his trap muttering something to himself as he went, and took +his seat. As they drove along he shuddered and exclaimed several times +so audibly that the coachman asked him: + "What is your pleasure?" + "Where are you going?" shouted Pierre to the man, who was driving to +Lubyanka Street. + "To the Governor's, as you ordered," answered the coachman. + "Fool! Idiot!" shouted Pierre, abusing his coachman- a thing he +rarely did. "Home, I told you! And drive faster, blockhead!" "I must +get away this very day," he murmured to himself. + At the sight of the tortured Frenchman and the crowd surrounding the +Lobnoe Place, Pierre had so definitely made up his mind that he +could no longer remain in Moscow and would leave for the army that +very day that it seemed to him that either he had told the coachman +this or that the man ought to have known it for himself. + On reaching home Pierre gave orders to Evstafey- his head coachman +who knew everything, could do anything, and was known to all Moscow- +that he would leave that night for the army at Mozhaysk, and that +his saddle horses should be sent there. This could not all be arranged +that day, so on Evstafey's representation Pierre had to put off his +departure till next day to allow time for the relay horses to be +sent on in advance. + On the twenty-fourth the weather cleared up after a spell of rain, +and after dinner Pierre left Moscow. When changing horses that night +in Perkhushkovo, he learned that there had been a great battle that +evening. (This was the battle of Shevardino.) He was told that there +in Perkhushkovo the earth trembled from the firing, but nobody could +answer his questions as to who had won. At dawn next day Pierre was +approaching Mozhaysk. + Every house in Mozhaysk had soldiers quartered in it, and at the +hostel where Pierre was met by his groom and coachman there was no +room to be had. It was full of officers. + Everywhere in Mozhaysk and beyond it, troops were stationed or on +the march. Cossacks, foot and horse soldiers, wagons, caissons, and +cannon were everywhere. Pierre pushed forward as fast as he could, and +the farther he left Moscow behind and the deeper he plunged into +that sea of troops the more was he overcome by restless agitation +and a new and joyful feeling he had not experienced before. It was a +feeling akin to what he had felt at the Sloboda Palace during the +Emperor's visit- a sense of the necessity of undertaking something and +sacrificing something. He now experienced a glad consciousness that +everything that constitutes men's happiness- the comforts of life, +wealth, even life itself- is rubbish it is pleasant to throw away, +compared with something... With what? Pierre could not say, and he did +not try to determine for whom and for what he felt such particular +delight in sacrificing everything. He was not occupied with the +question of what to sacrifice for; the fact of sacrificing in itself +afforded him a new and joyous sensation. +BK10|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino +Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth not a shot was fired by either +side, and on the twenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself took +place. + Why and how were the battles of Shevardino and Borodino given and +accepted? Why was the battle of Borodino fought? There was not the +least sense in it for either the French or the Russians. Its immediate +result for the Russians was, and was bound to be, that we were brought +nearer to the destruction of Moscow- which we feared more than +anything in the world; and for the French its immediate result was +that they were brought nearer to the destruction of their whole +army- which they feared more than anything in the world. What the +result must be was quite obvious, and yet Napoleon offered and Kutuzov +accepted that battle. + If the commanders had been guided by reason, it would seem that it +must have been obvious to Napoleon that by advancing thirteen +hundred miles and giving battle with a probability of losing a quarter +of his army, he was advancing to certain destruction, and it must have +been equally clear to Kutuzov that by accepting battle and risking the +loss of a quarter of his army he would certainly lose Moscow. For +Kutuzov this was mathematically clear, as it is that if when playing +draughts I have one man less and go on exchanging, I shall certainly +lose, and therefore should not exchange. When my opponent has +sixteen men and I have fourteen, I am only one eighth weaker than +he, but when I have exchanged thirteen more men he will be three times +as strong as I am. + Before the battle of Borodino our strength in proportion to the +French was about as five to six, but after that battle it was little +more than one to two: previously we had a hundred thousand against a +hundred and twenty thousand; afterwards little more than fifty +thousand against a hundred thousand. Yet the shrewd and experienced +Kutuzov accepted the battle, while Napoleon, who was said to be a +commander of genius, gave it, losing a quarter of his army and +lengthening his lines of communication still more. If it is said +that he expected to end the campaign by occupying Moscow as he had +ended a previous campaign by occupying Vienna, there is much +evidence to the contrary. Napoleon's historians themselves tell us +that from Smolensk onwards he wished to stop, knew the danger of his +extended position, and knew that the occupation of Moscow would not be +the end of the campaign, for he had seen at Smolensk the state in +which Russian towns were left to him, and had not received a single +reply to his repeated announcements of his wish to negotiate. + In giving and accepting battle at Borodino, Kutuzov acted +involuntarily and irrationally. But later on, to fit what had +occurred, the historians provided cunningly devised evidence of the +foresight and genius the generals who, of all the blind tools of +history were the most enslaved and involuntary. + The ancients have left us model heroic poems in which the heroes +furnish the whole interest of the story, and we are still unable to +accustom ourselves to the fact that for our epoch histories of that +kind are meaningless. + On the other question, how the battle of Borodino and the +preceding battle of Shevardino were fought, there also exists a +definite and well-known, but quite false, conception. All the +historians describe the affair as follows: + The Russian army, they say, in its retreat from Smolensk sought +out for itself the best position for a general engagement and found +such a position at Borodino. + The Russians, they say, fortified this position in advance on the +left of the highroad (from Moscow to Smolensk) and almost at a right +angle to it, from Borodino to Utitsa, at the very place where the +battle was fought. + In front of this position, they say, a fortified outpost was set +up on the Shevardino mound to observe the enemy. On the twenty-fourth, +we are told, Napoleon attacked this advanced post and took it, and, on +the twenty-sixth, attacked the whole Russian army, which was in +position on the field of Borodino. + So the histories say, and it is all quite wrong, as anyone who cares +to look into the matter can easily convince himself. + The Russians did not seek out the best position but, on the +contrary, during the retreat passed many positions better than +Borodino. They did not stop at any one of these positions because +Kutuzov did not wish to occupy a position he had not himself chosen, +because the popular demand for a battle had not yet expressed itself +strongly enough, and because Miloradovich had not yet arrived with the +militia, and for many other reasons. The fact is that other +positions they had passed were stronger, and that the position at +Borodino (the one where the battle was fought), far from being strong, +was no more a position than any other spot one might find in the +Russian Empire by sticking a pin into the map at hazard. + Not only did the Russians not fortify the position on the field of +Borodino to the left of, and at a right angle to, the highroad (that +is, the position on which the battle took place), but never till the +twenty-fifth of August, 1812, did they think that a battle might be +fought there. This was shown first by the fact that there were no +entrenchments there by the twenty fifth and that those begun on the +twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth were not completed, and secondly, by the +position of the Shevardino Redoubt. That redoubt was quite senseless +in front of the position where the battle was accepted. Why was it +more strongly fortified than any other post? And why were all +efforts exhausted and six thousand men sacrificed to defend it till +late at night on the twenty-fourth? A Cossack patrol would have +sufficed to observe the enemy. Thirdly, as proof that the position +on which the battle was fought had not been foreseen and that the +Shevardino Redoubt was not an advanced post of that position, we +have the fact that up to the twenty-fifth, Barclay de Tolly and +Bagration were convinced that the Shevardino Redoubt was the left +flank of the position, and that Kutuzov himself in his report, written +in hot haste after the battle, speaks of the Shevardino Redoubt as the +left flank of the position. It was much later, when reports on the +battle of Borodino were written at leisure, that the incorrect and +extraordinary statement was invented (probably to justify the mistakes +of a commander in chief who had to be represented as infallible) +that the Shevardino Redoubt was an advanced post- whereas in reality +it was simply a fortified point on the left flank- and that the battle +of Borodino was fought by us on an entrenched position previously +selected, where as it was fought on a quite unexpected spot which +was almost unentrenched. + The case was evidently this: a position was selected along the river +Kolocha- which crosses the highroad not at a right angle but at an +acute angle- so that the left flank was at Shevardino, the right flank +near the village of Novoe, and the center at Borodino at the +confluence of the rivers Kolocha and Voyna. + To anyone who looks at the field of Borodino without thinking of how +the battle was actually fought, this position, protected by the +river Kolocha, presents itself as obvious for an army whose object was +to prevent an enemy from advancing along the Smolensk road to Moscow. + Napoleon, riding to Valuevo on the twenty-fourth, did not see (as +the history books say he did) the position of the Russians from Utitsa +to Borodino (he could not have seen that position because it did not +exist), nor did he see an advanced post of the Russian army, but while +pursuing the Russian rearguard he came upon the left flank of the +Russian position- at the Shevardino Redoubt- and unexpectedly for +the Russians moved his army across the Kolocha. And the Russians, +not having time to begin a general engagement, withdrew their left +wing from the position they had intended to occupy and took up a new +position which had not been foreseen and was not fortified. By +crossing to the other side of the Kolocha to the left of the highroad, +Napoleon shifted the whole forthcoming battle from right to left +(looking from the Russian side) and transferred it to the plain +between Utitsa, Semenovsk, and Borodino- a plain no more +advantageous as a position than any other plain in Russia- and there +the whole battle of the twenty-sixth of August took place. + Had Napoleon not ridden out on the evening of the twenty-fourth to +the Kolocha, and had he not then ordered an immediate attack on the +redoubt but had begun the attack next morning, no one would have +doubted that the Shevardino Redoubt was the left flank of our and +the battle would have taken place where we expected it. In that case +we should probably have defended the Shevardino Redoubt- our left +flank- still more obstinately. We should have attacked Napoleon in the +center or on the right, and the engagement would have taken place on +the twenty-fifth, in the position we intended and had fortified. But +as the attack on our left flank took place in the evening after the +retreat of our rea guard (that is, immediately after the fight at +Gridneva), and as the Russian commanders did not wish, or were not +in time, to begin a general engagement then on the evening of the +twenty-fourth, the first and chief action of the battle of Borodino +was already lost on the twenty-fourth, and obviously led to the loss +of the one fought on the twenty-sixth. + After the loss of the Shevardino Redoubt, we found ourselves on +the morning of the twenty-fifth without a position for our left flank, +and were forced to bend it back and hastily entrench it where it +chanced to be. + Not only was the Russian army on the twenty-sixth defended by +weak, unfinished entrenchments, but the disadvantage of that +position was increased by the fact that the Russian commanders- not +having fully realized what had happened, namely the loss of our +position on the left flank and the shifting of the whole field of +the forthcoming battle from right to left- maintained their extended +position from the village of Novoe to Utitsa, and consequently had +to move their forces from right to left during the battle. So it +happened that throughout the whole battle the Russians opposed the +entire French army launched against our left flank with but half as +many men. (Poniatowski's action against Utitsa, and Uvarov's on the +right flank against the French, were actions distinct from the main +course of the battle.) So the battle of Borodino did not take place at +all as (in an effort to conceal our commanders' mistakes even at the +cost of diminishing the glory due to the Russian army and people) it +has been described. The battle of Borodino was not fought on a +chosen and entrenched position with forces only slightly weaker than +those of the enemy, but, as a result of the loss of the Shevardino +Redoubt, the Russians fought the battle of Borodino on an open and +almost unentrenched position, with forces only half as numerous as the +French; that is to say, under conditions in which it was not merely +unthinkable to fight for ten hours and secure an indecisive result, +but unthinkable to keep an army even from complete disintegration +and flight. +BK10|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + On the morning of the twenty-fifth Pierre was leaving Mozhaysk. At +the descent of the high steep hill, down which a winding road led +out of the town past the cathedral on the right, where a service was +being held and the bells were ringing, Pierre got out of his vehicle +and proceeded on foot. Behind him a cavalry regiment was coming down +the hill preceded by its singers. Coming up toward him was a train +of carts carrying men who had been wounded in the engagement the day +before. The peasant drivers, shouting and lashing their horses, kept +crossing from side to side. The carts, in each of which three or +four wounded soldiers were lying or sitting, jolted over the stones +that had been thrown on the steep incline to make it something like +a road. The wounded, bandaged with rags, with pale cheeks, +compressed lips, and knitted brows, held on to the sides of the +carts as they were jolted against one another. Almost all of them +stared with naive, childlike curiosity at Pierre's white hat and green +swallow-tail coat. + Pierre's coachman shouted angrily at the convoy of wounded to keep +to one side of the road. The cavalry regiment, as it descended the +hill with its singers, surrounded Pierre's carriage and blocked the +road. Pierre stopped, being pressed against the side of the cutting in +which the road ran. The sunshine from behind the hill did not +penetrate into the cutting and there it was cold and damp, but above +Pierre's head was the bright August sunshine and the bells sounded +merrily. One of the carts with wounded stopped by the side of the road +close to Pierre. The driver in his bast shoes ran panting up to it, +placed a stone under one of its tireless hind wheels, and began +arranging the breech-band on his little horse. + One of the wounded, an old soldier with a bandaged arm who was +following the cart on foot, caught hold of it with his sound hand +and turned to look at Pierre. + "I say, fellow countryman! Will they set us down here or take us +on to Moscow?" he asked. + Pierre was so deep in thought that he did not hear the question. +He was looking now at the cavalry regiment that had met the convoy +of wounded, now at the cart by which he was standing, in which two +wounded men were sitting and one was lying. One of those sitting up in +the cart had probably been wounded in the cheek. His whole head was +wrapped in rags and one cheek was swollen to the size of a baby's +head. His nose and mouth were twisted to one side. This soldier was +looking at the cathedral and crossing himself. Another, a young lad, a +fair-haired recruit as white as though there was no blood in his +thin face, looked at Pierre kindly, with a fixed smile. The third +lay prone so that his face was not visible. The cavalry singers were +passing close by: + + Ah lost, quite lost... is my head so keen, + Living in a foreign land. + +they sang their soldiers' dance song. + As if responding to them but with a different sort of merriment, the +metallic sound of the bells reverberated high above and the hot rays +of the sun bathed the top of the opposite slope with yet another +sort of merriment. But beneath the slope, by the cart with the wounded +near the panting little nag where Pierre stood, it was damp, somber, +and sad. + The soldier with the swollen cheek looked angrily at the cavalry +singers. + "Oh, the coxcombs!" he muttered reproachfully. + "It's not the soldiers only, but I've seen peasants today, too.... +The peasants- even they have to go," said the soldier behind the cart, +addressing Pierre with a sad smile. "No distinctions made nowadays.... +They want the whole nation to fall on them- in a word, it's Moscow! +They want to make an end of it." + In spite of the obscurity of the soldier's words Pierre understood +what he wanted to say and nodded approval. + The road was clear again; Pierre descended the hill and drove on. + He kept looking to either side of the road for familiar faces, but +only saw everywhere the unfamiliar faces of various military men of +different branches of the service, who all looked with astonishment at +his white hat and green tail coat. + Having gone nearly three miles he at last met an acquaintance and +eagerly addressed him. This was one of the head army doctors. He was +driving toward Pierre in a covered gig, sitting beside a young +surgeon, and on recognizing Pierre he told the Cossack who occupied +the driver's seat to pull up. + "Count! Your excellency, how come you to be here?" asked the doctor. + "Well, you know, I wanted to see..." + "Yes, yes, there will be something to see...." + Pierre got out and talked to the doctor, explaining his intention of +taking part in a battle. + The doctor advised him to apply direct to Kutuzov. + "Why should you be God knows where out of sight, during the battle?" +he said, exchanging glances with his young companion. "Anyhow his +Serene Highness knows you and will receive you graciously. That's what +you must do." + The doctor seemed tired and in a hurry. + "You think so?... Ah, I also wanted to ask you where our position is +exactly?" said Pierre. + "The position?" repeated the doctor. "Well, that's not my line. +Drive past Tatarinova, a lot of digging is going on there. Go up the +hillock and you'll see." + "Can one see from there?... If you would..." + But the doctor interrupted him and moved toward his gig. + "I would go with you but on my honor I'm up to here"- and he pointed +to his throat. "I'm galloping to the commander of the corps. How do +matters stand?... You know, Count, there'll be a battle tomorrow. +Out of an army of a hundred thousand we must expect at least twenty +thousand wounded, and we haven't stretchers, or bunks, or dressers, or +doctors enough for six thousand. We have ten thousand carts, but we +need other things as well- we must manage as best we can!" + The strange thought that of the thousands of men, young and old, who +had stared with merry surprise at his hat (perhaps the very men he had +noticed), twenty thousand were inevitably doomed to wounds and death +amazed Pierre. + "They may die tomorrow; why are they thinking of anything but +death?" And by some latent sequence of thought the descent of the +Mozhaysk hill, the carts with the wounded, the ringing bells, the +slanting rays of the sun, and the songs of the cavalrymen vividly +recurred to his mind. + "The cavalry ride to battle and meet the wounded and do not for a +moment think of what awaits them, but pass by, winking at the wounded. +Yet from among these men twenty thousand are doomed to die, and they +wonder at my hat! Strange!" thought Pierre, continuing his way to +Tatarinova. + In front of a landowner's house to the left of the road stood +carriages, wagons, and crowds of orderlies and sentinels. The +commander in chief was putting up there, but just when Pierre +arrived he was not in and hardly any of the staff were there- they had +gone to the church service. Pierre drove on toward Gorki. + When he had ascended the hill and reached the little village street, +he saw for the first time peasant militiamen in their white shirts and +with crosses on their caps, who, talking and laughing loudly, animated +and perspiring, were at work on a huge knoll overgrown with grass to +the right of the road. + Some of them were digging, others were wheeling barrowloads of earth +along planks, while others stood about doing nothing. + Two officers were standing on the knoll, directing the men. On +seeing these peasants, who were evidently still amused by the +novelty of their position as soldiers, Pierre once more thought of the +wounded men at Mozhaysk and understood what the soldier had meant when +he said: "They want the whole nation to fall on them." The sight of +these bearded peasants at work on the battlefield, with their queer, +clumsy boots and perspiring necks, and their shirts opening from the +left toward the middle, unfastened, exposing their sunburned +collarbones, impressed Pierre more strongly with the solemnity and +importance of the moment than anything he had yet seen or heard. +BK10|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + Pierre stepped out of his carriage and, passing the toiling +militiamen, ascended the knoll from which, according to the doctor, +the battlefield could be seen. + It was about eleven o'clock. The sun shone somewhat to the left +and behind him and brightly lit up the enormous panorama which, rising +like an amphitheater, extended before him in the clear rarefied +atmosphere. + From above on the left, bisecting that amphitheater, wound the +Smolensk highroad, passing through a village with a white church +some five hundred paces in front of the knoll and below it. This was +Borodino. Below the village the road crossed the river by a bridge +and, winding down and up, rose higher and higher to the village of +Valuevo visible about four miles away, where Napoleon was then +stationed. Beyond Valuevo the road disappeared into a yellowing forest +on the horizon. Far in the distance in that birch and fir forest to +the right of the road, the cross and belfry of the Kolocha Monastery +gleamed in the sun. Here and there over the whole of that blue +expanse, to right and left of the forest and the road, smoking +campfires could be seen and indefinite masses of troops- ours and +the enemy's. The ground to the right- along the course of the +Kolocha and Moskva rivers- was broken and hilly. Between the hollows +the villages of Bezubova and Zakharino showed in the distance. On +the left the ground was more level; there were fields of grain, and +the smoking ruins of Semenovsk, which had been burned down, could be +seen. + All that Pierre saw was so indefinite that neither the left nor +the right side of the field fully satisfied his expectations. +Nowhere could he see the battlefield he had expected to find, but only +fields, meadows, troops, woods, the smoke of campfires, villages, +mounds, and streams; and try as he would he could descry no military +"position" in this place which teemed with life, nor could he even +distinguish our troops from the enemy's. + "I must ask someone who knows," he thought, and addressed an officer +who was looking with curiosity at his huge unmilitary figure. + "May I ask you," said Pierre, "what village that is in front?" + "Burdino, isn't it?" said the officer, turning to his companion. + "Borodino," the other corrected him. + The officer, evidently glad of an opportunity for a talk, moved up +to Pierre. + "Are those our men there?" Pierre inquired. + "Yes, and there, further on, are the French," said the officer. +"There they are, there... you can see them." + "Where? Where?" asked Pierre. + "One can see them with the naked eye... Why, there!" + The officer pointed with his hand to the smoke visible on the left +beyond the river, and the same stern and serious expression that +Pierre had noticed on many of the faces he had met came into his face. + "Ah, those are the French! And over there?..." Pierre pointed to a +knoll on the left, near which some troops could be seen. + "Those are ours." + "Ah, ours! And there?..." Pierre pointed to another knoll in the +distance with a big tree on it, near a village that lay in a hollow +where also some campfires were smoking and something black was +visible. + "That's his again," said the officer. (It was the Shevardino +Redoubt.) "It was ours yesterday, but now it is his." + "Then how about our position?" + "Our position?" replied the officer with a smile of satisfaction. "I +can tell you quite clearly, because I constructed nearly all our +entrenchments. There, you see? There's our center, at Borodino, just +there," and he pointed to the village in front of them with the +white church. "That's where one crosses the Kolocha. You see down +there where the rows of hay are lying in the hollow, there's the +bridge. That's our center. Our right flank is over there"- he +pointed sharply to the right, far away in the broken ground- "That's +where the Moskva River is, and we have thrown up three redoubts there, +very strong ones. The left flank..." here the officer paused. "Well, +you see, that's difficult to explain.... Yesterday our left flank +was there at Shevardino, you see, where the oak is, but now we have +withdrawn our left wing- now it is over there, do you see that village +and the smoke? That's Semenovsk, yes, there," he pointed to +Raevski's knoll. "But the battle will hardly be there. His having +moved his troops there is only a ruse; he will probably pass round +to the right of the Moskva. But wherever it may be, many a man will be +missing tomorrow!" he remarked. + An elderly sergeant who had approached the officer while he was +giving these explanations had waited in silence for him to finish +speaking, but at this point, evidently not liking the officer's +remark, interrupted him. + "Gabions must be sent for," said he sternly. + The officer appeared abashed, as though he understood that one might +think of how many men would be missing tomorrow but ought not to speak +to speak of it. + "Well, send number three company again," the officer replied +hurriedly. + "And you, are you one of the doctors?" + "No, I've come on my own," answered Pierre, and he went down the +hill again, passing the militiamen. + "Oh, those damned fellows!" muttered the officer who followed him, +holding his nose as he ran past the men at work. + "There they are... bringing her, coming... There they are... They'll +be here in a minute..." voices were suddenly heard saying; and +officers, soldiers, and militiamen began running forward along the +road. + A church procession was coming up the hill from Borodino. First +along the dusty road came the infantry in ranks, bareheaded and with +arms reversed. From behind them came the sound of church singing. + Soldiers and militiamen ran bareheaded past Pierre toward the +procession. + "They are bringing her, our Protectress!... The Iberian Mother of +God!" someone cried. + "The Smolensk Mother of God," another corrected him. + The militiamen, both those who had been in the village and those who +had been at work on the battery, threw down their spades and ran to +meet the church procession. Following the battalion that marched along +the dusty road came priests in their vestments- one little old man +in a hood with attendants and singers. Behind them soldiers and +officers bore a large, dark-faced icon with an embossed metal cover. +This was the icon that had been brought from and had since accompanied +the army. Behind, before, and on both sides, crowds of militiamen with +bared heads walked, ran, and bowed to the ground. + At the summit of the hill they stopped with the icon; the men who +had been holding it up by the linen bands attached to it were relieved +by others, the chanters relit their censers, and service began. The +hot rays of the sun beat down vertically and a fresh soft wind +played with the hair of the bared heads and with the ribbons +decorating the icon. The singing did not sound loud under the open +sky. An immense crowd of bareheaded officers, soldiers, and militiamen +surrounded the icon. Behind the priest and a chanter stood the +notabilities on a spot reserved for them. A bald general with +general with a St. George's Cross on his neck stood just behind the +priest's back, and without crossing himself (he was evidently a +German) patiently awaited the end of the service, which he +considered it necessary to hear to the end, probably to arouse the +patriotism of the Russian people. Another general stood in a martial +pose, crossing himself by shaking his hand in front of his chest while +looking about him. Standing among the crowd of peasants, Pierre +recognized several acquaintances among these notables, but did not +look at them- his whole attention was absorbed in watching the serious +expression on the faces of the crowd of soldiers and militiamen who +were all gazing eagerly at the icon. As soon as the tired chanters, +who were singing the service for the twentieth time that day, began +lazily and mechanically to sing: "Save from calamity Thy servants, O +Mother of God," and the priest and deacon chimed in: "For to Thee +under God we all flee as to an inviolable bulwark and protection," +there again kindled in all those faces the same expression of +consciousness of the solemnity of the impending moment that Pierre had +seen on the faces at the foot of the hill at Mozhaysk and +momentarily on many and many faces he had met that morning; and +heads were bowed more frequently and hair tossed back, and sighs and +the sound men made as they crossed themselves were heard. + The crowd round the icon suddenly parted and pressed against Pierre. +Someone, a very important personage judging by the haste with which +way was made for him, was approaching the icon. + It was Kutuzov, who had been riding round the position and on his +way back to Tatarinova had stopped where the service was being held. +Pierre recognized him at once by his peculiar figure, which +distinguished him from everybody else. + With a long overcoat on his his exceedingly stout, +round-shouldered body, with uncovered white head and puffy face +showing the white ball of the eye he had lost, Kutuzov walked with +plunging, swaying gait into the crowd and stopped behind the priest. +He crossed himself with an accustomed movement, bent till he touched +the ground with his hand, and bowed his white head with a deep sigh. +Behind Kutuzov was Bennigsen and the suite. Despite the presence of +the commander in chief, who attracted the attention of all the +superior officers, the militiamen and soldiers continued their prayers +without looking at him. + When the service was over, Kutuzov stepped up to the icon, sank +heavily to his knees, bowed to the ground, and for a long time tried +vainly to rise, but could not do so on account of his weakness and +weight. His white head twitched with the effort. At last he rose, +kissed the icon as a child does with naively pouting lips, and again +bowed till he touched the ground with his hand. The other generals +followed his example, then the officers, and after them with excited +faces, pressing on one another, crowding, panting, and pushing, +scrambled the soldiers and militiamen. +BK10|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + Staggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him. + "Count Peter Kirilovich! How did you get here?" said a voice. + Pierre looked round. Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his +hand (he had probably soiled them when he, too, had knelt before the +icon), came up to him smiling. Boris was elegantly dressed, with a +slightly martial touch appropriate to a campaign. He wore a long +coat and like Kutuzov had a whip slung across his shoulder. + Meanwhile Kutuzov had reached the village and seated himself in +the shade of the nearest house, on a bench which one Cossack had run +to fetch and another had hastily covered with a rug. An immense and +brilliant suite surrounded him. + The icon was carried further, accompanied by the throng. Pierre +stopped some thirty paces from Kutuzov, talking to Boris. + He explained his wish to be present at the battle and to see the +position. + "This is what you must do," said Boris. "I will do the honors of the +camp to you. You will see everything best from where Count Bennigsen +will be. I am in attendance on him, you know; I'll mention it to +him. But if you want to ride round the position, come along with us. +We are just going to the left flank. Then when we get back, do spend +the night with me and we'll arrange a game of cards. Of course you +know Dmitri Sergeevich? Those are his quarters," and he pointed to the +third house in the village of Gorki. + "But I should like to see the right flank. They say it's very +strong," said Pierre. "I should like to start from the Moskva River +and ride round the whole position." + "Well, you can do that later, but the chief thing is the left +flank." + "Yes, yes. But where is Prince Bolkonski's regiment? Can you point +it out to me?" + "Prince Andrew's? We shall pass it and I'll take you to him." + What about the left flank?" asked Pierre + "To tell you the truth, between ourselves, God only knows what state +our left flank is in," said Boris confidentially lowering his voice. +"It is not at all what Count Bennigsen intended. He meant to fortify +that knoll quite differently, but..." Boris shrugged his shoulders, +"his Serene Highness would not have it, or someone persuaded him. +You see..." but Boris did not finish, for at that moment Kaysarov, +Kutuzov's adjutant, came up to Pierre. "Ah, Kaysarov!" said Boris, +addressing him with an unembarrassed smile, "I was just trying to +explain our position to the count. It is amazing how his Serene +Highness could so the intentions of the French!" + "You mean the left flank?" asked Kaysarov. + "Yes, exactly; the left flank is now extremely strong." + Though Kutuzov had dismissed all unnecessary men from the staff, +Boris had contrived to remain at headquarters after the changes. He +had established himself with Count Bennigsen, who, like all on whom +Boris had been in attendance, considered young Prince Drubetskoy an +invaluable man. + In the higher command there were two sharply defined parties: +Kutuzov's party and that of Bennigsen, the chief of staff. Boris +belonged to the latter and no one else, while showing servile +respect to Kutuzov, could so create an impression that the old +fellow was not much good and that Bennigsen managed everything. Now +the decisive moment of battle had come when Kutuzov would be destroyed +and the power pass to Bennigsen, or even if Kutuzov won the battle +it would be felt that everything was done by Bennigsen. In any case +many great rewards would have to be given for tomorrow's action, and +new men would come to the front. So Boris was full of nervous vivacity +all day. + After Kaysarov, others whom Pierre knew came up to him, and he had +not time to reply to all the questions about Moscow that were showered +upon him, or to listen to all that was told him. The faces all +expressed animation and apprehension, but it seemed to Pierre that the +cause of the excitement shown in some of these faces lay chiefly in +questions of personal success; his mind, however, was occupied by +the different expression he saw on other faces- an expression that +spoke not of personal matters but of the universal questions of life +and death. Kutuzov noticed Pierre's figure and the group gathered +round him. + "Call him to me," said Kutuzov. + An adjutant told Pierre of his Serene Highness' wish, and Pierre +went toward Kutuzov's bench. But a militiaman got there before him. It +was Dolokhov. + "How did that fellow get here?" asked Pierre. + "He's a creature that wriggles in anywhere!" was the answer. "He has +been degraded, you know. Now he wants to bob up again. He's been +proposing some scheme or other and has crawled into the enemy's picket +line at night.... He's a brave fellow." + Pierre took off his hat and bowed respectfully to Kutuzov. + "I concluded that if I reported to your Serene Highness you might +send me away or say that you knew what I was reporting, but then I +shouldn't lose anything..." Dolokhov was saying. + "Yes, yes." + "But if I were right, I should be rendering a service to my +Fatherland for which I am ready to die." + "Yes, yes." + "And should your Serene Highness require a man who will not spare +his skin, please think of me.... Perhaps I may prove useful to your +Serene Highness." + "Yes... Yes..." Kutuzov repeated, his laughing eye narrowing more +and more as he looked at Pierre. + Just then Boris, with his courtierlike adroitness, stepped up to +Pierre's side near Kutuzov and in a most natural manner, without +raising his voice, said to Pierre, as though continuing an interrupted +conversation: + "The militia have put on clean white shirts to be ready to die. What +heroism, Count!" + Boris evidently said this to Pierre in order to be overheard by +his Serene Highness. He knew Kutuzov's attention would be caught by +those words, and so it was. + "What are you saying about the militia?" he asked Boris. + "Preparing for tomorrow, your Serene Highness- for death- they +have put on clean shirts." + "Ah... a wonderful, a matchless people!" said Kutuzov; and he closed +his eyes and swayed his head. "A matchless people!" he repeated with a +sigh. + "So you want to smell gunpowder?" he said to Pierre. "Yes, it's a +pleasant smell. I have the honor to be one of your wife's adorers. +Is she well? My quarters are at your service." + And as often happens with old people, Kutuzov began looking about +absent-mindedly as if forgetting all he wanted to say or do. + Then, evidently remembering what he wanted, he beckoned to Andrew +Kaysarov, his adjutant's brother. + "Those verses... those verses of Marin's... how do they go, eh? +Those he wrote about Gerakov: 'Lectures for the corps inditing'... +Recite them, recite them!" said he, evidently preparing to laugh. + Kaysarov recited.... Kutuzov smilingly nodded his head to the rhythm +of the verses. + When Pierre had left Kutuzov, Dolokhov came up to him and took his +hand. + "I am very glad to meet you here, Count," he said aloud, +regardless of the presence of strangers and in a particularly resolute +and solemn tone. "On the eve of a day when God alone knows who of us +is fated to survive, I am glad of this opportunity to tell you that +I regret the misunderstandings that occurred between us and should +wish you not to have any ill feeling for me. I beg you to forgive me." + Pierre looked at Dolokhov with a smile, not knowing what to say to +him. With tears in his eyes Dolokhov embraced Pierre and kissed him. + Boris said a few words to his general, and Count Bennigsen turned to +Pierre and proposed that he should ride with him along the line. + "It will interest you," said he. + "Yes, very much," replied Pierre. + Half an hour later Kutuzov left for Tatarinova, and Bennigsen and +his suite, with Pierre among them, set out on their ride along the +line. +BK10|CH23 + CHAPTER XXIII + + From Gorki, Bennigsen descended the highroad to the bridge which, +when they had looked it from the hill, the officer had pointed out +as being the center of our position and where rows of fragrant +new-mown hay lay by the riverside. They rode across that bridge into +the village of Borodino and thence turned to the left, passing an +enormous number of troops and guns, and came to a high knoll where +militiamen were digging. This was the redoubt, as yet unnamed, which +afterwards became known as the Raevski Redoubt, or the Knoll +Battery, but Pierre paid no special attention to it. He did not know +that it would become more memorable to him than any other spot on +the plain of Borodino. + They then crossed the hollow to Semenovsk, where the soldiers were +dragging away the last logs from the huts and barns. Then they rode +downhill and uphill, across a ryefield trodden and beaten down as if +by hail, following a track freshly made by the artillery over the +furrows of the plowed land, and reached some fleches* which were still +being dug. + + *A kind of entrenchment. + + At the fleches Bennigsen stopped and began looking at the Shevardino +Redoubt opposite, which had been ours the day before and where several +horsemen could be descried. The officers said that either Napoleon +or Murat was there, and they all gazed eagerly at this little group of +horsemen. Pierre also looked at them, trying to guess which of the +scarcely discernible figures was Napoleon. At last those mounted men +rode away from the mound and disappeared. + Bennigsen spoke to a general who approached him, and began +explaining the whole position of our troops. Pierre listened to him, +straining each faculty to understand the essential points of the +impending battle, but was mortified to feel that his mental capacity +was inadequate for the task. He could make nothing of it. Bennigsen +stopped speaking and, noticing that Pierre was listening, suddenly +said to him: + "I don't think this interests you?" + "On the contrary it's very interesting!" replied Pierre not quite +truthfully. + From the fleches they rode still farther to the left, along a road +winding through a thick, low-growing birch wood. In the middle of +the wood a brown hare with white feet sprang out and, scared by the +tramp of the many horses, grew so confused that it leaped along the +road in front of them for some time, arousing general attention and +laughter, and only when several voices shouted at it did it dart to +one side and disappear in the thicket. After going through the wood +for about a mile and a half they came out on a glade where troops of +Tuchkov's corps were stationed to defend the left flank. + Here, at the extreme left flank, Bennigsen talked a great deal and +with much heat, and, as it seemed to Pierre, gave orders of great +military importance. In front of Tuchkov's troops was some high ground +not occupied by troops. Bennigsen loudly criticized this mistake, +saying that it was madness to leave a height which commanded the +country around unoccupied and to place troops below it. Some of the +generals expressed the same opinion. One in particular declared with +martial heat that they were put there to be slaughtered. Bennigsen +on his own authority ordered the troops to occupy the high ground. +This disposition on the left flank increased Pierre's doubt of his own +capacity to understand military matters. Listening to Bennigsen and +the generals criticizing the position of the troops behind the hill, +he quite understood them and shared their opinion, but for that very +reason he could not understand how the man who put them there behind +the hill could have made so gross and palpable a blunder. + Pierre did not know that these troops were not, as Bennigsen +supposed, put there to defend the position, but were in a concealed +position as an ambush, that they should not be seen and might be +able to strike an approaching enemy unexpectedly. Bennigsen did not +know this and moved the troops forward according to his own ideas +without mentioning the matter to the commander in chief. +BK10|CH24 + CHAPTER XXIV + + On that bright evening of August 25, Prince Andrew lay leaning on +his elbow in a broken-down shed in the village of Knyazkovo at the +further end of his regiment's encampment. Through a gap in the +broken wall he could see, beside the wooden fence, a row of thirty +year-old birches with their lower branches lopped off, a field on +which shocks of oats were standing, and some bushes near which rose +the smoke of campfires- the soldiers' kitchens. + Narrow and burdensome and useless to anyone as his life now seemed +to him, Prince Andrew on the eve of battle felt agitated and irritable +as he had done seven years before at Austerlitz. + He had received and given the orders for next day's battle and had +nothing more to do. But his thoughts- the simplest, clearest, and +therefore most terrible thoughts- would give him no peace. He knew +that tomorrow's battle would be the most terrible of all he had +taken part in, and for the first time in his life the possibility of +death presented itself to him- not in relation to any worldly matter +or with reference to its effect on others, but simply in relation to +himself, to his own soul- vividly, plainly, terribly, and almost as +a certainty. And from the height of this perception all that had +previously tormented and preoccupied him suddenly became illumined +by a cold white light without shadows, without perspective, without +distinction of outline. All life appeared to him like magic-lantern +pictures at which he had long been gazing by artificial light +through a glass. Now he suddenly saw those badly daubed pictures in +clear daylight and without a glass. "Yes, yes! There they are, those +false images that agitated, enraptured, and tormented me," said he +to himself, passing in review the principal pictures of the magic +lantern of life and regarding them now in the cold white daylight of +his clear perception of death. "There they are, those rudely painted +figures that once seemed splendid and mysterious. Glory, the good of +society, love of a woman, the Fatherland itself- how important these +pictures appeared to me, with what profound meaning they seemed to +be filled! And it is all so simple, pale, and crude in the cold +white light of this morning which I feel is dawning for me." The three +great sorrows of his life held his attention in particular: his love +for a woman, his father's death, and the French invasion which had +overrun half Russia. "Love... that little girl who seemed to me +brimming over with mystic forces! Yes, indeed, I loved her. I made +romantic plans of love and happiness with her! Oh, what a boy I +was!" he said aloud bitterly. "Ah me! I believed in some ideal love +which was to keep her faithful to me for the whole year of my absence! +Like the gentle dove in the fable she was to pine apart from me.... +But it was much simpler really.... It was all very simple and +horrible." + "When my father built Bald Hills he thought the place was his: his +land, his air, his peasants. But Napoleon came and swept him aside, +unconscious of his existence, as he might brush a chip from his +path, and his Bald Hills and his whole life fell to pieces. Princess +Mary says it is a trial sent from above. What is the trial for, when +he is not here and will never return? He is not here! For whom then is +the trial intended? The Fatherland, the destruction of Moscow! And +tomorrow I shall be killed, perhaps not even by a Frenchman but by one +of our own men, by a soldier discharging a musket close to my ear as +one of them did yesterday, and the French will come and take me by +head and heels and fling me into a hole that I may not stink under +their noses, and new conditions of life will arise, which will seem +quite ordinary to others and about which I shall know nothing. I shall +not exist..." + He looked at the row of birches shining in the sunshine, with +their motionless green and yellow foliage and white bark. "To die... +to be killed tomorrow... That I should not exist... That all this +should still be, but no me...." + And the birches with their light and shade, the curly clouds, the +smoke of the campfires, and all that was around him changed and seemed +terrible and menacing. A cold shiver ran down his spine. He rose +quickly, went out of the shed, and began to walk about. + After he had returned, voices were heard outside the shed. "Who's +that?" he cried. + The red-nosed Captain Timokhin, formerly Dolokhov's squadron +commander, but now from lack of officers a battalion commander, +shyly entered the shed followed by an adjutant and the regimental +paymaster. + Prince Andrew rose hastily, listened to the business they had come +about, gave them some further instructions, and was about to dismiss +them when he heard a familiar, lisping, voice behind the shed. + "Devil take it!" said the voice of a man stumbling over something. + Prince Andrew looked out of the shed and saw Pierre, who had tripped +over a pole on the ground and had nearly fallen, coming his way. It +was unpleasant to Prince Andrew to meet people of his own set in +general, and Pierre especially, for he reminded him of all the painful +moments of his last visit to Moscow. + "You? What a surprise!" said he. "What brings you here? This is +unexpected!" + As he said this his eyes and face expressed more than coldness- they +expressed hostility, which Pierre noticed at once. He had approached +the shed full of animation, but on seeing Prince Andrew's face he felt +constrained and ill at ease. + "I have come... simply... you know... come... it interests me," said +Pierre, who had so often that day senselessly repeated that word +"interesting." "I wish to see the battle." + "Oh yes, and what do the Masonic brothers say about war? How would +they stop it?" said Prince Andrew sarcastically. "Well, and how's +Moscow? And my people? Have they reached Moscow at last?" he asked +seriously. + "Yes, they have. Julie Drubetskaya told me so. I went to see them, +but missed them. They have gone to your estate near Moscow." +BK10|CH25 + CHAPTER XXV + + The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrew, apparently +reluctant to be left alone with his friend, asked them to stay and +have tea. Seats were brought in and so was the tea. The officers gazed +with surprise at Pierre's huge stout figure and listened to his talk +of Moscow and the position of our army, round which he had ridden. +Prince Andrew remained silent, and his expression was so forbidding +that Pierre addressed his remarks chiefly to the good-natured +battalion commander. + "So you understand the whole position of our troops?" Prince +Andrew interrupted him. + "Yes- that is, how do you mean?" said Pierre. "Not being a +military man I can't say I have understood it fully, but I +understand the general position." + "Well, then, you know more than anyone else, be it who it may," said +Prince Andrew. + "Oh!" said Pierre, looking over his spectacles in perplexity at +Prince Andrew. "Well, and what do think of Kutuzov's appointment?" +he asked. + "I was very glad of his appointment, that's all I know," replied +Prince Andrew. + "And tell me your opinion of Barclay de Tolly. In Moscow they are +saying heaven knows what about him.... What do you think of him?" + "Ask them," replied Prince Andrew, indicating the officers. + Pierre looked at Timokhin with the condescendingly interrogative +smile with which everybody involuntarily addressed that officer. + "We see light again, since his Serenity has been appointed, your +excellency," said Timokhin timidly, and continually turning to +glance at his colonel. + "Why so?" asked Pierre. + "Well, to mention only firewood and fodder, let me inform you. +Why, when we were retreating from Sventsyani we dare not touch a stick +or a wisp of hay or anything. You see, we were going away, so he would +get it all; wasn't it so, your excellency?" and again Timokhin +turned to the prince. "But we daren't. In our regiment two officers +were court-martialed for that kind of thing. But when his Serenity +took command everything became straight forward. Now we see light..." + "Then why was it forbidden?" + Timokhin looked about in confusion, not knowing what or how to +answer such a question. Pierre put the same question to Prince Andrew. + "Why, so as not to lay waste the country we were abandoning to the +enemy," said Prince Andrew with venomous irony. "It is very sound: one +can't permit the land to be pillaged and accustom the troops to +marauding. At Smolensk too he judged correctly that the French might +outflank us, as they had larger forces. But he could not understand +this," cried Prince Andrew in a shrill voice that seemed to escape him +involuntarily: "he could not understand that there, for the first +time, we were fighting for Russian soil, and that there was a spirit +in the men such as I had never seen before, that we had held the +French for two days, and that that success had increased our +strength tenfold. He ordered us to retreat, and all our efforts and +losses went for nothing. He had no thought of betraying us, he tried +to do the best he could, he thought out everything, and that is why he +is unsuitable. He is unsuitable now, just because he plans out +everything very thoroughly and accurately as every German has to. +How can I explain?... Well, say your father has a German valet, and he +is a splendid valet and satisfies your father's requirements better +than you could, then it's all right to let him serve. But if your +father is mortally sick you'll send the valet away and attend to +your father with your own unpracticed, awkward hands, and will +soothe him better than a skilled man who is a stranger could. So it +has been with Barclay. While Russia was well, a foreigner could +serve her and be a splendid minister; but as soon as she is in +danger she needs one of her own kin. But in your Club they have been +making him out a traitor! They slander him as a traitor, and the +only result will be that afterwards, ashamed of their false +accusations, they will make him out a hero or a genius instead of a +traitor, and that will be still more unjust. He is an honest and +very punctilious German." + "And they say he's a skillful commander," rejoined Pierre. + "I don't understand what is meant by 'a skillful commander,'" +replied Prince Andrew ironically. + "A skillful commander?" replied Pierre. "Why, one who foresees all +contingencies... and foresees the adversary's intentions." + "But that's impossible," said Prince Andrew as if it were a matter +settled long ago. + Pierre looked at him in surprise. + "And yet they say that war is like a game of chess?" he remarked. + "Yes," replied Prince Andrew, "but with this little difference, that +in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are +not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is +always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than +one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division +and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies +of troops can never be known to anyone. Believe me," he went on, "if +things depended on arrangements made by the staff, I should be there +making arrangements, but instead of that I have the honor to serve +here in the regiment with these gentlemen, and I consider that on us +tomorrow's battle will depend and not on those others.... Success +never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or +even on numbers, and least of all on position." + "But on what then?" + "On the feeling that is in me and in him," he pointed to Timokhin, +"and in each soldier." + Prince Andrew glanced at Timokhin, who looked at his commander in +alarm and bewilderment. In contrast to his former reticent taciturnity +Prince Andrew now seemed excited. He could apparently not refrain from +expressing the thoughts that had suddenly occurred to him. + "A battle is won by those who firmly resolve to win it! Why did we +lose the battle at Austerlitz? The French losses were almost equal +to ours, but very early we said to ourselves that we were losing the +battle, and we did lose it. And we said so because we had nothing to +fight for there, we wanted to get away from the battlefield as soon as +we could. 'We've lost, so let us run,' and we ran. If we had not +said that till the evening, heaven knows what might not have happened. +But tomorrow we shan't say it! You talk about our position, the left +flank weak and the right flank too extended," he went on. "That's +all nonsense, there's nothing of the kind. But what awaits us +tomorrow? A hundred million most diverse chances which will be decided +on the instant by the fact that our men or theirs run or do not run, +and that this man or that man is killed, but all that is being done at +present is only play. The fact is that those men with whom you have +ridden round the position not only do not help matters, but hinder. +They are only concerned with their own petty interests." + "At such a moment?" said Pierre reproachfully. + "At such a moment!" Prince Andrew repeated. "To them it is only a +moment affording opportunities to undermine a rival and obtain an +extra cross or ribbon. For me tomorrow means this: a Russian army of a +hundred thousand and a French army of a hundred thousand have met to +fight, and the thing is that these two hundred thousand men will fight +and the side that fights more fiercely and spares itself least will +win. And if you like I will tell you that whatever happens and +whatever muddles those at the top may make, we shall win tomorrow's +battle. Tomorrow, happen what may, we shall win!" + "There now, your excellency! That's the truth, the real truth," said +Timokhin. "Who would spare himself now? The soldiers in my +battalion, believe me, wouldn't drink their vodka! 'It's not the day +for that!' they say." + All were silent. The officers rose. Prince Andrew went out of the +shed with them, giving final orders to the adjutant. After they had +gone Pierre approached Prince Andrew and was about to start a +conversation when they heard the clatter of three horses' hoofs on the +road not far from the shed, and looking in that direction Prince +Andrew recognized Wolzogen and Clausewitz accompanied by a Cossack. +They rode close by continuing to converse, and Prince Andrew +involuntarily heard these words: + "Der Krieg muss in Raum verlegt werden. Der Ansicht kann ich nicht +genug Preis geben,"* said one of them. + + *"The war must be extended widely. I cannot sufficiently commend +that view." + + "Oh, ja," said the other, "der Zweck ist nur den Feind zu schwachen, +so kann man gewiss nicht den Verlust der Privat-Personen in Achtung +nehmen."* + + *"Oh, yes, the only aim is to weaken the enemy, so of course one +cannot take into account the loss of private individuals." + + "Oh, no," agreed the other. + "Extend widely!" said Prince Andrew with an angry snort, when they +had ridden past. "In that 'extend' were my father, son, and sister, at +Bald Hills. That's all the same to him! That's what I was saying to +you- those German gentlemen won't win the battle tomorrow but will +only make all the mess they can, because they have nothing in their +German heads but theories not worth an empty eggshell and haven't in +their hearts the one thing needed tomorrow- that which Timokhin has. +They have yielded up all Europe to him, and have now come to teach us. +Fine teachers!" and again his voice grew shrill. + "So you think we shall win tomorrow's battle?" asked Pierre. + "Yes, yes," answered Prince Andrew absently. "One thing I would do +if I had the power," he began again, "I would not take prisoners. +Why take prisoners? It's chivalry! The French have destroyed my home +and are on their way to destroy Moscow, they have outraged and are +outraging me every moment. They are my enemies. In my opinion they are +all criminals. And so thinks Timokhin and the whole army. They +should be executed! Since they are my foes they cannot be my +friends, whatever may have been said at Tilsit." + "Yes, yes," muttered Pierre, looking with shining eyes at Prince +Andrew. "I quite agree with you!" + The question that had perturbed Pierre on the Mozhaysk hill and +all that day now seemed to him quite clear and completely solved. He +now understood the whole meaning and importance of this war and of the +impending battle. All he had seen that day, all the significant and +stern expressions on the faces he had seen in passing, were lit up for +him by a new light. He understood that latent heat (as they say in +physics) of patriotism which was present in all these men he had seen, +and this explained to him why they all prepared for death calmly, +and as it were lightheartedly. + "Not take prisoners," Prince Andrew continued: "That by itself would +quite change the whole war and make it less cruel. As it is we have +played at war- that's what's vile! We play at magnanimity and all that +stuff. Such magnanimity and sensibility are like the magnanimity and +sensibility of a lady who faints when she sees a calf being killed: +she is so kind-hearted that she can't look at blood, but enjoys eating +the calf served up with sauce. They talk to us of the rules of war, of +chivalry, of flags of truce, of mercy to the unfortunate and so on. +It's all rubbish! I saw chivalry and flags of truce in 1805; they +humbugged us and we humbugged them. They plunder other people's +houses, issue false paper money, and worst of all they kill my +children and my father, and then talk of rules of war and +magnanimity to foes! Take no prisoners, but kill and be killed! He who +has come to this as I have through the same sufferings..." + Prince Andrew, who had thought it was all the same to him whether or +not Moscow was taken as Smolensk had been, was suddenly checked in his +speech by an unexpected cramp in his throat. He paced up and down a +few times in silence, but his eyes glittered feverishly and his lips +quivered as he began speaking. + "If there was none of this magnanimity in war, we should go to war +only when it was worth while going to certain death, as now. Then +there would not be war because Paul Ivanovich had offended Michael +Ivanovich. And when there was a war, like this one, it would be war! +And then the determination of the troops would be quite different. +Then all these Westphalians and Hessians whom Napoleon is leading +would not follow him into Russia, and we should not go to fight in +Austria and Prussia without knowing why. War is not courtesy but the +most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that and not +play at war. We ought to accept this terrible necessity sternly and +seriously. It all lies in that: get rid of falsehood and let war be +war and not a game. As it is now, war is the favorite pastime of the +idle and frivolous. The military calling is the most highly honored. + "But what is war? What is needed for success in warfare? What are +the habits of the military? The aim of war is murder; the methods of +war are spying, treachery, and their encouragement, the ruin of a +country's inhabitants, robbing them or stealing to provision the army, +and fraud and falsehood termed military craft. The habits of the +military class are the absence of freedom, that is, discipline, +idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, and drunkenness. And in +spite of all this it is the highest class, respected by everyone. +All the kings, except the Chinese, wear military uniforms, and he +who kills most people receives the highest rewards. + "They meet, as we shall meet tomorrow, to murder one another; they +kill and maim tens of thousands, and then have thanksgiving services +for having killed so many people (they even exaggerate the number), +and they announce a victory, supposing that the more people they +have killed the greater their achievement. How does God above look +at them and hear them?" exclaimed Prince Andrew in a shrill, +piercing voice. "Ah, my friend, it has of late become hard for me to +live. I see that I have begun to understand too much. And it doesn't +do for man to taste of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.... +Ah, well, it's not for long!" he added. + "However, you're sleepy, and it's time for me to sleep. Go back to +Gorki!" said Prince Andrew suddenly. + "Oh no!" Pierre replied, looking at Prince Andrew with frightened, +compassionate eyes. + "Go, go! Before a battle one must have one's sleep out," repeated +Prince Andrew. + He came quickly up to Pierre and embraced and kissed him. + "Good-by, be off!" he shouted. "Whether we meet again or not..." +and turning away hurriedly he entered the shed. + It was already dark, and Pierre could not make out whether the +expression of Prince Andrew's face was angry or tender. + For some time he stood in silence considering whether he should +follow him or go away. "No, he does not want it!" Pierre concluded. +"And I know that this is our last meeting!" He sighed deeply and +rode back to Gorki. + On re-entering the shed Prince Andrew lay down on a rug, but he +could not sleep. + He closed his eyes. One picture succeeded another in his +imagination. On one of them he dwelt long and joyfully. He vividly +recalled an evening in Petersburg. Natasha with animated and excited +face was telling him how she had gone to look for mushrooms the +previous summer and had lost her way in the big forest. She +incoherently described the depths of the forest, her feelings, and a +talk with a beekeeper she met, and constantly interrupted her story to +say: "No, I can't! I'm not telling it right; no, you don't +understand," though he encouraged her by saying that he did +understand, and he really had understood all she wanted to say. But +Natasha was not satisfied with her own words: she felt that they did +not convey the passionately poetic feeling she had experienced that +day and wished to convey. "He was such a delightful old man, and it +was so dark in the forest... and he had such kind... No, I can't +describe it," she had said, flushed and excited. Prince Andrew +smiled now the same happy smile as then when he had looked into her +eyes. "I understood her," he thought. "I not only understood her, +but it was just that inner, spiritual force, that sincerity, that +frankness of soul- that very soul of hers which seemed to be +fettered by her body- it was that soul I loved in her... loved so +strongly and happily..." and suddenly he remembered how his love had +ended. "He did not need anything of that kind. He neither saw nor +understood anything of the sort. He only saw in her a pretty and fresh +young girl, with whom he did not deign to unite his fate. And I?... +and he is still alive and gay!" + Prince Andrew jumped up as if someone had burned him, and again +began pacing up and down in front of the shed. +BK10|CH26 + CHAPTER XXVI + + On August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodino, M. de Beausset, +prefect of the French Emperor's palace, arrived at Napoleon's quarters +at Valuevo with Colonel Fabvier, the former from Paris and the +latter from Madrid. + Donning his court uniform, M. de Beausset ordered a box he had +brought for the Emperor to be carried before him and entered the first +compartment of Napoleon's tent, where he began opening the box while +conversing with Napoleon's aides-de-camp who surrounded him. + Fabvier, not entering the tent, remained at the entrance talking +to some generals of his acquaintance. + The Emperor Napoleon had not yet left his bedroom and was +finishing his toilet. Slightly snorting and grunting, he presented now +his back and now his plump hairy chest to the brush with which his +valet was rubbing him down. Another valet, with his finger over the +mouth of a bottle, was sprinkling Eau de Cologne on the Emperor's +pampered body with an expression which seemed to say that he alone +knew where and how much Eau de Cologne should be sprinkled. Napoleon's +short hair was wet and matted on the forehead, but his face, though +puffy and yellow, expressed physical satisfaction. "Go on, harder, +go on!" he muttered to the valet who was rubbing him, slightly +twitching and grunting. An aide-de-camp, who had entered the bedroom +to report to the Emperor the number of prisoners taken in +yesterday's action, was standing by the door after delivering his +message, awaiting permission to withdraw. Napoleon, frowning, looked +at him from under his brows. + "No prisoners!" said he, repeating the aide-de-camp's words. "They +are forcing us to exterminate them. So much the worse for the +Russian army.... Go on... harder, harder!" he muttered, hunching his +back and presenting his fat shoulders. + "All right. Let Monsieur de Beausset enter, and Fabvier too," he +said, nodding to the aide-de-camp. + "Yes, sire," and the aide-de-camp disappeared through the door of +the tent. + Two valets rapidly dressed His Majesty, and wearing the blue uniform +of the Guards he went with firm quick steps to the reception room. + De Beausset's hands meanwhile were busily engaged arranging the +present he had brought from the Empress, on two chairs directly in +front of the entrance. But Napoleon had dressed and come out with such +unexpected rapidity that he had not time to finish arranging the +surprise. + Napoleon noticed at once what they were about and guessed that +they were not ready. He did not wish to deprive them of the pleasure +of giving him a surprise, so he pretended not to see de Beausset and +called Fabvier to him, listening silently and with a stern frown to +what Fabvier told him of the heroism and devotion of his troops +fighting at Salamanca, at the other end of Europe, with but one +thought- to be worthy of their Emperor- and but one fear- to fail to +please him. The result of that battle had been deplorable. Napoleon +made ironic remarks during Fabvier's account, as if he had not +expected that matters could go otherwise in his absence. + "I must make up for that in Moscow," said Napoleon. "I'll see you +later," he added, and summoned de Beausset, who by that time had +prepared the surprise, having placed something on the chairs and +covered it with a cloth. + De Beausset bowed low, with that courtly French bow which only the +old retainers of the Bourbons knew how to make, and approached him, +presenting an envelope. + Napoleon turned to him gaily and pulled his ear. + "You have hurried here. I am very glad. Well, what is Paris saying?" +he asked, suddenly changing his former stern expression for a most +cordial tone. + "Sire, all Paris regrets your absence," replied de Beausset as was +proper. + But though Napoleon knew that de Beausset had to say something of +this kind, and though in his lucid moments he knew it was untrue, he +was pleased to hear it from him. Again he honored him by touching +his ear. + "I am very sorry to have made you travel so far," said he. + "Sire, I expected nothing less than to find you at the gates of +Moscow," replied de Beausset. + Napoleon smiled and, lifting his head absentmindedly, glanced to the +right. An aide-de-camp approached with gliding steps and offered him a +gold snuffbox, which he took. + "Yes, it has happened luckily for you," he said, raising the open +snuffbox to his nose. "You are fond of travel, and in three days you +will see Moscow. You surely did not expect to see that Asiatic +capital. You will have a pleasant journey." + De Beausset bowed gratefully at this regard for his taste for travel +(of which he had not till then been aware). + "Ha, what's this?" asked Napoleon, noticing that all the courtiers +were looking at something concealed under a cloth. + With courtly adroitness de Beausset half turned and without +turning his back to the Emperor retired two steps, twitching off the +cloth at the same time, and said: + "A present to Your Majesty from the Empress." + It was a portrait, painted in bright colors by Gerard, of the son +borne to Napoleon by the daughter of the Emperor of Austria, the boy +whom for some reason everyone called "The King of Rome." + A very pretty curly-headed boy with a look of the Christ in the +Sistine Madonna was depicted playing at stick and ball. The ball +represented the terrestrial globe and the stick in his other hand a +scepter. + Though it was not clear what the artist meant to express by +depicting the so-called King of Rome spiking the earth with a stick, +the allegory apparently seemed to Napoleon, as it had done to all +who had seen it in Paris, quite clear and very pleasing. + "The King of Rome!" he said, pointing to the portrait with a +graceful gesture. "Admirable!" + With the natural capacity of an Italian for changing the +expression of his face at will, he drew nearer to the portrait and +assumed a look of pensive tenderness. He felt that what he now said +and did would be historical, and it seemed to him that it would now be +best for him- whose grandeur enabled his son to play stick and ball +with the terrestrial globe- to show, in contrast to that grandeur, the +simplest paternal tenderness. His eyes grew dim, he moved forward, +glanced round at a chair (which seemed to place itself under him), and +sat down on it before the portrait. At a single gesture from him +everyone went out on tiptoe, leaving the great man to himself and +his emotion. + Having sat still for a while he touched- himself not knowing why- +the thick spot of paint representing the highest light in the +portrait, rose, and recalled de Beausset and the officer on duty. He +ordered the portrait to be carried outside his tent, that the Old +Guard, stationed round it, might not be deprived of the pleasure of +seeing the King of Rome, the son and heir of their adored monarch. + And while he was doing M. de Beausset the honor of breakfasting with +him, they heard, as Napoleon had anticipated, the rapturous cries of +the officers and men of the Old Guard who had run up to see the +portrait. + "Vive l'Empereur! Vive le roi de Rome! Vive l'Empereur!" came +those ecstatic cries. + After breakfast Napoleon in de Beausset's presence dictated his +order of the day to the army. + "Short and energetic!" he remarked when he had read over the +proclamation which he had dictated straight off without corrections. +It ran: + + Soldiers! This is the battle you have so longed for. Victory depends +on you. It is essential for us; it will give us all we need: +comfortable quarters and a speedy return to our country. Behave as you +did at Austerlitz, Friedland, Vitebsk, and Smolensk. Let our +remotest posterity recall your achievements this day with pride. Let +it be said of each of you: "He was in the great battle before Moscow!" + + "Before Moscow!" repeated Napoleon, and inviting M. de Beausset, who +was so fond of travel, to accompany him on his ride, he went out of +the tent to where the horses stood saddled. + "Your Majesty is too kind!" replied de Beausset to the invitation to +accompany the Emperor; he wanted to sleep, did not know how to ride +and was afraid of doing so. + But Napoleon nodded to the traveler, and de Beausset had to mount. +When Napoleon came out of the tent the shouting of the Guards before +his son's portrait grew still louder. Napoleon frowned. + "Take him away!" he said, pointing with a gracefully majestic +gesture to the portrait. "It is too soon for him to see a field of +battle." + De Beausset closed his eyes, bowed his head, and sighed deeply, to +indicate how profoundly he valued and comprehended the Emperor's +words. +BK10|CH27 + CHAPTER XXVII + + On the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon +spent the whole day on horseback inspecting the locality, +considering plans submitted to him by his marshals, and personally +giving commands to his generals. + The original line of the Russian forces along the river Kolocha +had been dislocated by the capture of the Shevardino Redoubt on the +twenty-fourth, and part of the line- the left flank- had been drawn +back. That part of the line was not entrenched and in front of it +the ground was more open and level than elsewhere. It was evident to +anyone, military or not, that it was here the French should attack. It +would seem that not much consideration was needed to reach this +conclusion, nor any particular care or trouble on the part of the +Emperor and his marshals, nor was there any need of that special and +supreme quality called genius that people are so apt to ascribe to +Napoleon; yet the historians who described the event later and the men +who then surrounded Napoleon, and he himself, thought otherwise. + Napoleon rode over the plain and surveyed the locality with a +profound air and in silence, nodded with approval or shook his head +dubiously, and without communicating to the generals around him the +profound course of ideas which guided his decisions merely gave them +his final conclusions in the form of commands. Having listened to a +suggestion from Davout, who was now called Prince d'Eckmuhl, to turn +the Russian left wing, Napoleon said it should not be done, without +explaining why not. To a proposal made by General Campan (who was to +attack the fleches) to lead his division through the woods, Napoleon +agreed, though the so-called Duke of Elchingen (Ney) ventured to +remark that a movement through the woods was dangerous and might +disorder the division. + Having inspected the country opposite the Shevardino Redoubt, +Napoleon pondered a little in silence and then indicated the spots +where two batteries should be set up by the morrow to act against +the Russian entrenchments, and the places where, in line with them, +the field artillery should be placed. + After giving these and other commands he returned to his tent, and +the dispositions for the battle were written down from his dictation. + These dispositions, of which the French historians write with +enthusiasm and other historians with profound respect, were as +follows: + + At dawn the two new batteries established during the night on the +plain occupied by the Prince d'Eckmuhl will open fire on the +opposing batteries of the enemy. + At the same time the commander of the artillery of the 1st Corps, +General Pernetti, with thirty cannon of Campan's division and all +the howitzers of Dessaix's and Friant's divisions, will move +forward, open fire, and overwhelm with shellfire the enemy's +battery, against which will operate: + + 24 guns of the artillery of the Guards + 30 guns of Campan's division + and 8 guns of Friant's and Dessaix's divisions + -- + in all 62 guns. + + The commander of the artillery of the 3rd Corps, General Fouche, +will place the howitzers of the 3rd and 8th Corps, sixteen in all, +on the flanks of the battery that is to bombard the entrenchment on +the left, which will have forty guns in all directed against it. + General Sorbier must be ready at the first order to advance with all +the howitzers of the Guard's artillery against either one or other +of the entrenchments. + During the cannonade Prince Poniatowski is to advance through the +wood on the village and turn the enemy's position. + General Campan will move through the wood to seize the first +fortification. + After the advance has begun in this manner, orders will be given +in accordance with the enemy's movements. + The cannonade on the left flank will begin as soon as the guns of +the right wing are heard. The sharpshooters of Morand's division and +of the vice-King's division will open a heavy fire on seeing the +attack commence on the right wing. + The vice-King will occupy the village and cross by its three +bridges, advancing to the same heights as Morand's and Gibrard's +divisions, which under his leadership will be directed against the +redoubt and come into line with the rest of the forces. + All this must be done in good order (le tout se fera avec ordre et +methode) as far as possible retaining troops in reserve. + The Imperial Camp near Mozhaysk, + September, 6, 1812. + + These dispositions, which are very obscure and confused if one +allows oneself to regard the arrangements without religious awe of his +genius, related to Napoleon's orders to deal with four points- four +different orders. Not one of these was, or could be, carried out. + In the disposition it is said first that the batteries placed on the +spot chosen by Napoleon, with the guns of Pernetti and Fouche; which +were to come in line with them, 102 guns in all, were to open fire and +shower shells on the Russian fleches and redoubts. This could not be +done, as from the spots selected by Napoleon the projectiles did not +carry to the Russian works, and those 102 guns shot into the air until +the nearest commander, contrary to Napoleon's instructions, moved them +forward. + The second order was that Poniatowski, moving to the village through +the wood, should turn the Russian left flank. This could not be done +and was not done, because Poniatowski, advancing on the village +through the wood, met Tuchkov there barring his way, and could not and +did not turn the Russian position. + The third order was: General Campan will move through the wood to +seize the first fortification. General Campan's division did not seize +the first fortification but was driven back, for on emerging from +the wood it had to reform under grapeshot, of which Napoleon was +unaware. + The fourth order was: The vice-King will occupy the village +(Borodino) and cross by its three bridges, advancing to the same +heights as Morand's and Gdrard's divisions (for whose movements no +directions are given), which under his leadership will be directed +against the redoubt and come into line with the rest of the forces. + As far as one can make out, not so much from this unintelligible +sentence as from the attempts the vice-King made to execute the orders +given him, he was to advance from the left through Borodino to the +redoubt while the divisions of Morand and Gerard were to advance +simultaneously from the front. + All this, like the other parts of the disposition, was not and could +not be executed. After passing through Borodino the vice-King was +driven back to the Kolocha and could get no farther; while the +divisions of Morand and Gerard did not take the redoubt but were +driven back, and the redoubt was only taken at the end of the battle +by the cavalry (a thing probably unforeseen and not heard of by +Napoleon). So not one of the orders in the disposition was, or could +be, executed. But in the disposition it is said that, after the +fight has commenced in this manner, orders will be given in accordance +with the enemy's movements, and so it might be supposed that all +necessary arrangements would be made by Napoleon during the battle. +But this was not and could not be done, for during the whole battle +Napoleon was so far away that, as appeared later, he could not know +the course of the battle and not one of his orders during the fight +could be executed. +BK10|CH28 + CHAPTER XXVIII + + Many historians say that the French did not win the battle of +Borodino because Napoleon had a cold, and that if he had not had a +cold the orders he gave before and during the battle would have been +still more full of genius and Russia would have been lost and the face +of the world have been changed. To historians who believe that +Russia was shaped by the will of one man- Peter the Great- and that +France from a republic became an empire and French armies went to +Russia at the will of one man- Napoleon- to say that Russia remained a +power because Napoleon had a bad cold on the twenty-fourth of August +may seem logical and convincing. + If it had depended on Napoleon's will to fight or not to fight the +battle of Borodino, and if this or that other arrangement depended +on his will, then evidently a cold affecting the manifestation of +his will might have saved Russia, and consequently the valet who +omitted to bring Napoleon his waterproof boots on the twenty-fourth +would have been the savior of Russia. Along that line of thought +such a deduction is indubitable, as indubitable as the deduction +Voltaire made in jest (without knowing what he was jesting at) when he +saw that the Massacre of St. Bartholomew was due to Charles IX's +stomach being deranged. But to men who do not admit that Russia was +formed by the will of one man, Peter I, or that the French Empire +was formed and the war with Russia begun by the will of one man, +Napoleon, that argument seems not merely untrue and irrational, but +contrary to all human reality. To the question of what causes historic +events another answer presents itself, namely, that the course of +human events is predetermined from on high- depends on the coincidence +of the wills of all who take part in the events, and that a Napoleon's +influence on the course of these events is purely external and +fictitious. + Strange as at first glance it may seem to suppose that the +Massacre of St. Bartholomew was not due to Charles IX's will, though +he gave the order for it and thought it was done as a result of that +order; and strange as it may seem to suppose that the slaughter of +eighty thousand men at Borodino was not due to Napoleon's will, though +he ordered the commencement and conduct of the battle and thought it +was done because he ordered it; strange as these suppositions +appear, yet human dignity- which tells me that each of us is, if not +more at least not less a man than the great Napoleon- demands the +acceptance of that solution of the question, and historic +investigation abundantly confirms it. + At the battle of Borodino Napoleon shot at no one and killed no one. +That was all done by the soldiers. Therefore it was not he who +killed people. + The French soldiers went to kill and be killed at the battle of +Borodino not because of Napoleon's orders but by their own volition. +The whole army- French, Italian, German, Polish, and Dutch- hungry, +ragged, and weary of the campaign, felt at the sight of an army +blocking their road to Moscow that the wine was drawn and must be +drunk. Had Napoleon then forbidden them to fight the Russians, they +would have killed him and have proceeded to fight the Russians because +it was inevitable. + When they heard Napoleon's proclamation offering them, as +compensation for mutilation and death, the words of posterity about +their having been in the battle before Moscow, they cried "Vive +l'Empereur!" just as they had cried "Vive l'Empereur!" at the sight of +the portrait of the boy piercing the terrestrial globe with a toy +stick, and just as they would have cried "Vive l'Empereur!" at any +nonsense that might be told them. There was nothing left for them to +do but cry "Vive l'Empereur!" and go to fight, in order to get food +and rest as conquerors in Moscow. So it was not because of +Napoleon's commands that they killed their fellow men. + And it was not Napoleon who directed the course of the battle, for +none of his orders were executed and during the battle he did not know +what was going on before him. So the way in which these people +killed one another was not decided by Napoleon's will but occurred +independently of him, in accord with the will of hundreds of thousands +of people who took part in the common action. It only seemed to +Napoleon that it all took place by his will. And so the question +whether he had or had not a cold has no more historic interest than +the cold of the least of the transport soldiers. + Moreover, the assertion made by various writers that his cold was +the cause of his dispositions not being as well planned as on former +occasions, and of his orders during the battle not being as good as +previously, is quite baseless, which again shows that Napoleon's +cold on the twenty-sixth of August was unimportant. + The dispositions cited above are not at all worse, but are even +better, than previous dispositions by which he had won victories. +His pseudo-orders during the battle were also no worse than +formerly, but much the same as usual. These dispositions and orders +only seem worse than previous ones because the battle of Borodino +was the first Napoleon did not win. The profoundest and most excellent +dispositions and orders seem very bad, and every learned militarist +criticizes them with looks oks importance, when they relate to a +battle that has been lost, and the very worst dispositions and +orders seem very good, and serious people fill whole volumes to +demonstrate their merits, when they relate to a battle that has been +won. + The dispositions drawn up by Weyrother for the battle of +Austerlitz were a model of perfection for that kind of composition, +but still they were criticized- criticized for their very +perfection, for their excessive minuteness. + Napoleon at the battle of Borodino fulfilled his office as +representative of authority as well as, and even better than, at other +battles. He did nothing harmful to the progress of the battle; he +inclined to the most reasonable opinions, he made no confusion, did +not contradict himself, did not get frightened or run away from the +field of battle, but with his great tact and military experience +carried out his role of appearing to command, calmly and with dignity. +BK10|CH29 + CHAPTER XXIX + + On returning from a second inspection of the lines, Napoleon +remarked: + "The chessmen are set up, the game will begin tomorrow!" + Having ordered punch and summoned de Beausset, he began to talk to +him about Paris and about some changes he meant to make the Empress' +household, surprising the prefect by his memory of minute details +relating to the court. + He showed an interest in trifles, joked about de Beausset's love +of travel, and chatted carelessly, as a famous, self-confident surgeon +who knows his job does when turning up his sleeves and putting on +his apron while a patient is being strapped to the operating table. +"The matter is in my hands and is clear and definite in my head. +When the times comes to set to work I shall do it as no one else +could, but now I can jest, and the more I jest and the calmer I am the +more tranquil and confident you ought to be, and the more amazed at my +genius." + Having finished his second glass of punch, Napoleon went to rest +before the serious business which, he considered, awaited him next +day. He was so much interested in that task that he was unable to +sleep, and in spite of his cold which had grown worse from the +dampness of the evening, he went into the large division of the tent +at three o'clock in the morning, loudly blowing his nose. He asked +whether the Russians had not withdrawn, and was told that the +enemy's fires were still in the same places. He nodded approval. + The adjutant in attendance came into the tent. + "Well, Rapp, do you think we shall do good business today?" Napoleon +asked him. + "Without doubt, sire," replied Rapp. + Napoleon looked at him. + "Do you remember, sire, what you did me the honor to say at +Smolensk?" continued Rapp. "The wine is drawn and must be drunk." + Napoleon frowned and sat silent for a long time leaning his head +on his hand. + "This poor army!" he suddenly remarked. "It has diminished greatly +since Smolensk. Fortune is frankly a courtesan, Rapp. I have always +said so and I am beginning to experience it. But the Guards, Rapp, the +Guards are intact?" he remarked interrogatively. + "Yes, sire," replied Rapp. + Napoleon took a lozenge, put it in his mouth, and glanced at his +watch. He was not sleepy and it was still not nearly morning. It was +impossible to give further orders for the sake of killing time, for +the orders had all been given and were now being executed. + "Have the biscuits and rice been served out to the regiments of +the Guards?" asked Napoleon sternly. + "Yes, sire." + "The rice too?" + Rapp replied that he had given the Emperor's order about the rice, +but Napoleon shook his head in dissatisfaction as if not believing +that his order had been executed. An attendant came in with punch. +Napoleon ordered another glass to be brought for Rapp, and silently +sipped his own. + "I have neither taste nor smell," he remarked, sniffing at his +glass. "This cold is tiresome. They talk about medicine- what is the +good of medicine when it can't cure a cold! Corvisart gave me these +lozenges but they don't help at all. What can doctors cure? One +can't cure anything. Our body is a machine for living. It is organized +for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it +defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by +encumbering it with remedies. Our body is like a perfect watch that +should go for a certain time; watchmaker cannot open it, he can only +adjust it by fumbling, and that blindfold.... Yes, our body is just +a machine for living, that is all." + And having entered on the path of definition, of which he was +fond, Napoleon suddenly and unexpectedly gave a new one. + "Do you know, Rapp, what military art is?" asked he. "It is the +art of being stronger than the enemy at a given moment. That's all." + Rapp made no reply. + "Tomorrow we shall have to deal with Kutuzov!" said Napoleon. "We +shall see! Do you remember at Braunau he commanded an army for three +weeks and did not once mount a horse to inspect his +entrenchments.... We shall see!" + He looked at his watch. It was still only four o'clock. He did not +feel sleepy. The punch was finished and there was still nothing to do. +He rose, walked to and fro, put on a warm overcoat and a hat, and went +out of the tent. The night was dark and damp, a scarcely perceptible +moisture was descending from above. Near by, the campfires were +dimly burning among the French Guards, and in the distance those of +the Russian line shone through the smoke. The weather was calm, and +the rustle and tramp of the French troops already beginning to move to +take up their positions were clearly audible. + Napoleon walked about in front of his tent, looked at the fires +and listened to these sounds, and as he was passing a tall guardsman +in a shaggy cap, who was standing sentinel before his tent and had +drawn himself up like a black pillar at sight of the Emperor, Napoleon +stopped in front of him. + "What year did you enter the service?" he asked with that +affectation of military bluntness and geniality with which he always +addressed the soldiers. + The man answered the question. + "Ah! One of the old ones! Has your regiment had its rice?" + "It has, Your Majesty." + Napoleon nodded and walked away. + + At half-past five Napoleon rode to the village of Shevardino. + It was growing light, the sky was clearing, only a single cloud +lay in the east. The abandoned campfires were burning themselves out +in the faint morning light. + On the right a single deep report of a cannon resounded and died +away in the prevailing silence. Some minutes passed. A second and a +third report shook the air, then a fourth and a fifth boomed +solemnly near by on the right. + The first shots had not yet ceased to reverberate before others rang +out and yet more were heard mingling with and overtaking one another. + Napoleon with his suite rode up to the Shevardino Redoubt where he +dismounted. The game had begun. +BK10|CH30 + CHAPTER XXX + + On returning to Gorki after having seen Prince Andrew, Pierre +ordered his groom to get the horses ready and to call him early in the +morning, and then immediately fell asleep behind a partition in a +corner Boris had given up to him. + Before he was thoroughly awake next morning everybody had already +left the hut. The panes were rattling in the little windows and his +groom was shaking him. + "Your excellency! Your excellency! Your excellency!" he kept +repeating pertinaciously while he shook Pierre by the shoulder without +looking at him, having apparently lost hope of getting him to wake up. + "What? Has it begun? Is it time?" Pierre asked, waking up. + "Hear the firing," said the groom, a discharged soldier. "All the +gentlemen have gone out, and his Serene Highness himself rode past +long ago." + Pierre dressed hastily and ran out to the porch. Outside all was +bright, fresh, dewy, and cheerful. The sun, just bursting forth from +behind a cloud that had concealed it, was shining, with rays still +half broken by the clouds, over the roofs of the street opposite, on +the dew-besprinkled dust of the road, on the walls of the houses, on +the windows, the fence, and on Pierre's horses standing before the +hut. The roar of guns sounded more distinct outside. An adjutant +accompanied by a Cossack passed by at a sharp trot. + "It's time, Count; it's time!" cried the adjutant. + Telling the groom to follow him with the horses, Pierre went down +the street to the knoll from which he had looked at the field of +battle the day before. A crowd of military men was assembled there, +members of the staff could be heard conversing in French, and +Kutuzov's gray head in a white cap with a red band was visible, his +gray nape sunk between his shoulders. He was looking through a field +glass down the highroad before him. + Mounting the steps to the knoll Pierre looked at the scene before +him, spellbound by beauty. It was the same panorama he had admired +from that spot the day before, but now the whole place was full of +troops and covered by smoke clouds from the guns, and the slanting +rays of the bright sun, rising slightly to the left behind Pierre, +cast upon it through the clear morning air penetrating streaks of +rosy, golden tinted light and long dark shadows. The forest at the +farthest extremity of the panorama seemed carved in some precious +stone of a yellowish-green color; its undulating outline was +silhouetted against the horizon and was pierced beyond Valuevo by +the Smolensk highroad crowded with troops. Nearer at hand glittered +golden cornfields interspersed with copses. There were troops to be +seen everywhere, in front and to the right and left. All this was +vivid, majestic, and unexpected; but what impressed Pierre most of all +was the view of the battlefield itself, of Borodino and the hollows on +both sides of the Kolocha. + Above the Kolocha, in Borodino and on both sides of it, especially +to the left where the Voyna flowing between its marshy banks falls +into the Kolocha, a mist had spread which seemed to melt, to dissolve, +and to become translucent when the brilliant sun appeared and +magically colored and outlined everything. The smoke of the guns +mingled with this mist, and over the whole expanse and through that +mist the rays of the morning sun were reflected, flashing back like +lightning from the water, from the dew, and from the bayonets of the +troops crowded together by the riverbanks and in Borodino. A white +church could be seen through the mist, and here and there the roofs of +huts in Borodino as well as dense masses of soldiers, or green +ammunition chests and ordnance. And all this moved, or seemed to move, +as the smoke and mist spread out over the whole space. Just as in +the mist-enveloped hollow near Borodino, so along the entire line +outside and above it and especially in the woods and fields to the +left, in the valleys and on the summits of the high ground, clouds +of powder smoke seemed continually to spring up out of nothing, now +singly, now several at a time, some translucent, others dense, +which, swelling, growing, rolling, and blending, extended over the +whole expanse. + These puffs of smoke and (strange to say) the sound of sound of +the firing produced the chief beauty of the spectacle. + "Puff!"- suddenly a round compact cloud of smoke was seen merging +from violet into gray and milky white, and "boom!" came the report a +second later. + "Puff! puff!"- and two clouds arose pushing one another and blending +together; and "boom, boom!" came the sounds confirming what the eye +had seen. + Pierre glanced round at the first cloud, which he had seen as a +round compact ball, and in its place already were balloons of smoke +floating to one side, and- "puff" (with a pause)- "puff, puff!" +three and then four more appeared and then from each, with the same +interval- "boom- boom, boom!" came the fine, firm, precise sounds in +reply. It seemed as if those smoke clouds sometimes ran and +sometimes stood still while woods, fields, and glittering bayonets ran +past them. From the left, over fields and bushes, those large balls of +smoke were continually appearing followed by their solemn reports, +while nearer still, in the hollows and woods, there burst from the +muskets small cloudlets that had no time to become balls, but had +their little echoes in just the same way. "Trakh-ta-ta-takh!" came the +frequent crackle of musketry, but it was irregular and feeble in +comparison with the reports of the cannon. + Pierre wished to be there with that smoke, those shining bayonets, +that movement, and those sounds. He turned to look at Kutuzov and +his suite, to compare his impressions with those of others. They +were all looking at the field of battle as he was, and, as it seemed +to him, with the same feelings. All their faces were now shining +with that latent warmth of feeling Pierre had noticed the day before +and had fully understood after his talk with Prince Andrew. + "Go, my dear fellow, go... and Christ be with you!" Kutuzov was +saying to a general who stood beside him, not taking his eye from +the battlefield. + Having received this order the general passed by Pierre on his way +down the knoll. + "To the crossing!" said the general coldly and sternly in reply to +one of the staff who asked where he was going. + "I'll go there too, I too!" thought Pierre, and followed the +general. + The general mounted a horse a Cossack had brought him. Pierre went +to his groom who was holding his horses and, asking which was the +quietest, clambered onto it, seized it by the mane, and turning out +his toes pressed his heels against its sides and, feeling that his +spectacles were slipping off but unable to let go of the mane and +reins, he galloped after the general, causing the staff officers to +smile as they watched him from the knoll. +BK10|CH31 + CHAPTER XXXI + + Having descended the hill the general after whom Pierre was +galloping turned sharply to the left, and Pierre, losing sight of him, +galloped in among some ranks of infantry marching ahead of him. He +tried to pass either in front of them or to the right or left, but +there were soldiers everywhere, all with expression and busy with some +unseen but evidently important task. They all gazed with the same +dissatisfied and inquiring expression at this stout man in a white +hat, who for some unknown reason threatened to trample them under +his horse's hoofs. + "Why ride into the middle of the battalion?" one of them shouted +at him. + Another prodded his horse with the butt end of a musket, and Pierre, +bending over his saddlebow and hardly able to control his shying +horse, galloped ahead of the soldiers where there was a free space. + There was a bridge ahead of him, where other soldiers stood +firing. Pierre rode up to them. Without being aware of it he had +come to the bridge across the Kolocha between Gorki and Borodino, +which the French (having occupied Borodino) were attacking in the +first phase of the battle. Pierre saw that there was a bridge in front +of him and that soldiers were doing something on both sides of it +and in the meadow, among the rows of new-mown hay which he had taken +no notice of amid the smoke of the campfires the day before; but +despite the incessant firing going on there he had no idea that this +was the field of battle. He did not notice the sound of the bullets +whistling from every side, or the projectiles that flew over him, +did not see the enemy on the other side of the river, and for a long +time did not notice the killed and wounded, though many fell near him. +He looked about him with a smile which did not leave his face. + "Why's that fellow in front of the line?" shouted somebody at him +again. + "To the left!... Keep to the right!" the men shouted to him. + Pierre went to the right, and unexpectedly encountered one of +Raevski's adjutants whom he knew. The adjutant looked angrily at +him, evidently also intending to shout at him, but on recognizing +him he nodded. + "How have you got here?" he said, and galloped on. + Pierre, feeling out of place there, having nothing to do, and afraid +of getting in someone's way again, galloped after the adjutant. + "What's happening here? May I come with you?" he asked. + "One moment, one moment!" replied the adjutant, and riding up to a +stout colonel who was standing in the meadow, he gave him some message +and then addressed Pierre. + "Why have you come here, Count?" he asked with a smile. "Still +inquisitive?" + "Yes, yes," assented Pierre. + But the adjutant turned his horse about and rode on. + "Here it's tolerable," said he, "but with Bagration on the left +flank they're getting it frightfully hot." + "Really?" said Pierre. "Where is that?" + "Come along with me to our knoll. We can get a view from there and +in our battery it is still bearable," said the adjutant. "Will you +come?" + "Yes, I'll come with you," replied Pierre, looking round for his +groom. + It was only now that he noticed wounded men staggering along or +being carried on stretchers. On that very meadow he had ridden over +the day before, a soldier was lying athwart the rows of scented hay, +with his head thrown awkwardly back and his shako off. + "Why haven't they carried him away?" Pierre was about to ask, but +seeing the stern expression of the adjutant who was also looking +that way, he checked himself. + Pierre did not find his groom and rode along the hollow with the +adjutant to Raevski's Redoubt. His horse lagged behind the +adjutant's and jolted him at every step. + "You don't seem to be used to riding, Count?" remarked the adjutant. + "No it's not that, but her action seems so jerky," said Pierre in +a puzzled tone. + "Why... she's wounded!" said the adjutant. "In the off foreleg above +the knee. A bullet, no doubt. I congratulate you, Count, on your +baptism of fire!" + Having ridden in the smoke past the Sixth Corps, behind the +artillery which had been moved forward and was in action, deafening +them with the noise of firing, they came to a small wood. There it was +cool and quiet, with a scent of autumn. Pierre and the adjutant +dismounted and walked up the hill on foot. + "Is the general here?" asked the adjutant on reaching the knoll. + "He was here a minute ago but has just gone that way," someone +told him, pointing to the right. + The adjutant looked at Pierre as if puzzled what to do with him now. + "Don't trouble about me," said Pierre. "I'll go up onto the knoll if +I may?" + "Yes, do. You'll see everything from there and it's less +dangerous, and I'll come for you." + Pierre went to the battery and the adjutant rode on. They did not +meet again, and only much later did Pierre learn that he lost an arm +that day. + The knoll to which Pierre ascended was that famous one afterwards +known to the Russians as the Knoll Battery or Raevski's Redoubt, and +to the French as la grande redoute, la fatale redoute, la redoute du +centre, around which tens of thousands fell, and which the French +regarded as the key to the whole position. + This redoubt consisted of a knoll, on three sides of which +trenches had been dug. Within the entrenchment stood ten guns that +were being fired through openings in the earthwork. + In line with the knoll on both sides stood other guns which also +fired incessantly. A little behind the guns stood infantry. When +ascending that knoll Pierre had no notion that this spot, on which +small trenches had been dug and from which a few guns were firing, was +the most important point of the battle. + On the contrary, just because he happened to be there he thought +it one of the least significant parts of the field. + Having reached the knoll, Pierre sat down at one end of a trench +surrounding the battery and gazed at what was going on around him with +an unconsciously happy smile. Occasionally he rose and walked about +the battery still with that same smile, trying not to obstruct the +soldiers who were loading, hauling the guns, and continually running +past him with bags and charges. The guns of that battery were being +fired continually one after another with a deafening roar, +enveloping the whole neighborhood in powder smoke. + In contrast with the dread felt by the infantrymen placed in +support, here in the battery where a small number of men busy at their +work were separated from the rest by a trench, everyone experienced +a common and as it were family feeling of animation. + The intrusion of Pierre's nonmilitary figure in a white hat made +an unpleasant impression at first. The soldiers looked askance at +him with surprise and even alarm as they went past him. The senior +artillery officer, a tall, long-legged, pockmarked man, moved over +to Pierre as if to see the action of the farthest gun and looked at +him with curiosity. + A young round-faced officer, quite a boy still and evidently only +just out of the Cadet College, who was zealously commanding the two +guns entrusted to him, addressed Pierre sternly. + "Sir," he said, "permit me to ask you to stand aside. You must not +be here." + The soldiers shook their heads disapprovingly as they looked at +Pierre. But when they had convinced themselves that this man in the +white hat was doing no harm, but either sat quietly on the slope of +the trench with a shy smile or, politely making way for the +soldiers, paced up and down the battery under fire as calmly as if +he were on a boulevard, their feeling of hostile distrust gradually +began to change into a kindly and bantering sympathy, such as soldiers +feel for their dogs, cocks, goats, and in general for the animals that +live with the regiment. The men soon accepted Pierre into their +family, adopted him, gave him a nickname ("our gentleman"), and made +kindly fun of him among themselves. + A shell tore up the earth two paces from Pierre and he looked around +with a smile as he brushed from his clothes some earth it had thrown +up. + "And how's it you're not afraid, sir, really now?" a red-faced, +broad-shouldered soldier asked Pierre, with a grin that disclosed a +set of sound, white teeth. + "Are you afraid, then?" said Pierre. + "What else do you expect?" answered the soldier. "She has no +mercy, you know! When she comes spluttering down, out go your innards. +One can't help being afraid," he said laughing. + Several of the men, with bright kindly faces, stopped beside Pierre. +They seemed not to have expected him to talk like anybody else, and +the discovery that he did so delighted them. + "It's the business of us soldiers. But in a gentleman it's +wonderful! There's a gentleman for you!" + "To your places!" cried the young officer to the men gathered +round Pierre. + The young officer was evidently exercising his duties for the +first or second time and therefore treated both his superiors and +the men with great precision and formality. + The booming cannonade and the fusillade of musketry were growing +more intense over the whole field, especially to the left where +Bagration's fleches were, but where Pierre was the smoke of the firing +made it almost impossible to distinguish anything. Moreover, his whole +attention was engrossed by watching the family circle- separated +from all else- formed by the men in the battery. His first unconscious +feeling of joyful animation produced by the sights and sounds of the +battlefield was now replaced by another, especially since he had +seen that soldier lying alone in the hayfield. Now, seated on the +slope of the trench, he observed the faces of those around him. + By ten o'clock some twenty men had already been carried away from +the battery; two guns were smashed and cannon balls fell more and more +frequently on the battery and spent bullets buzzed and whistled +around. But the men in the battery seemed not to notice this, and +merry voices and jokes were heard on all sides. + "A live one!" shouted a man as a whistling shell approached. + "Not this way! To the infantry!" added another with loud laughter, +seeing the shell fly past and fall into the ranks of the supports. + "Are you bowing to a friend, eh?" remarked another, chaffing a +peasant who ducked low as a cannon ball flew over. + Several soldiers gathered by the wall of the trench, looking out +to see what was happening in front. + "They've withdrawn the front line, it has retired," said they, +pointing over the earthwork. + "Mind your own business," an old sergeant shouted at them. "If +they've retired it's because there's work for them to do farther +back." + And the sergeant, taking one of the men by the shoulders, gave him a +shove with his knee. This was followed by a burst of laughter. + "To the fifth gun, wheel it up!" came shouts from one side. + "Now then, all together, like bargees!" rose the merry voices of +those who were moving the gun. + "Oh, she nearly knocked our gentleman's hat off!" cried the +red-faced humorist, showing his teeth chaffing Pierre. "Awkward +baggage!" he added reproachfully to a cannon ball that struck a cannon +wheel and a man's leg. + "Now then, you foxes!" said another, laughing at some militiamen +who, stooping low, entered the battery to carry away the wounded man. + "So this gruel isn't to your taste? Oh, you crows! You're scared!" +they shouted at the militiamen who stood hesitating before the man +whose leg had been torn off. + "There, lads... oh, oh!" they mimicked the peasants, "they don't +like it at all!" + Pierre noticed that after every ball that hit the redoubt, and after +every loss, the liveliness increased more and more. + As the flames of the fire hidden within come more and more vividly +and rapidly from an approaching thundercloud, so, as if in +opposition to what was taking place, the lightning of hidden fire +growing more and more intense glowed in the faces of these men. + Pierre did not look out at the battlefield and was not concerned +to know what was happening there; he was entirely absorbed in watching +this fire which burned ever more brightly and which he felt was +flaming up in the same way in his own soul. + At ten o'clock the infantry that had been among the bushes in +front of the battery and along the Kamenka streamlet retreated. From +the battery they could be seen running back past it carrying their +wounded on their muskets. A general with his suite came to the +battery, and after speaking to the colonel gave Pierre an angry look +and went away again having ordered the infantry supports behind the +battery to lie down, so as to be less exposed to fire. After this from +amid the ranks of infantry to the right of the battery came the +sound of a drum and shouts of command, and from the battery one saw +how those ranks of infantry moved forward. + Pierre looked over the wall of the trench and was particularly +struck by a pale young officer who, letting his sword hang down, was +walking backwards and kept glancing uneasily around. + The ranks of the infantry disappeared amid the smoke but their +long-drawn shout and rapid musketry firing could still be heard. A few +minutes later crowds of wounded men and stretcher-bearers came back +from that direction. Projectiles began to fall still more frequently +in the battery. Several men were lying about who had not been removed. +Around the cannon the men moved still more briskly and busily. No +one any longer took notice of Pierre. Once or twice he was shouted +at for being in the way. The senior officer moved with big, rapid +strides from one gun to another with a frowning face. The young +officer, with his face still more flushed, commanded the men more +scrupulously than ever. The soldiers handed up the charges, turned, +loaded, and did their business with strained smartness. They gave +little jumps as they walked, as though they were on springs. + The stormcloud had come upon them, and in every face the fire +which Pierre had watched kindle burned up brightly. Pierre standing +beside the commanding officer. The young officer, his hand to his +shako, ran up to his superior. + "I have the honor to report, sir, that only eight rounds are left. +Are we to continue firing?" he asked. + "Grapeshot!" the senior shouted, without answering the question, +looking over the wall of the trench. + Suddenly something happened: the young officer gave a gasp and +bending double sat down on the ground like a bird shot on the wing. +Everything became strange, confused, and misty in Pierre's eyes. + One cannon ball after another whistled by and struck the +earthwork, a soldier, or a gun. Pierre, who had not noticed these +sounds before, now heard nothing else. On the right of the battery +soldiers shouting "Hurrah!" were running not forwards but backwards, +it seemed to Pierre. + A cannon ball struck the very end of the earth work by which he +was standing, crumbling down the earth; a black ball flashed before +his eyes and at the same instant plumped into something. Some +militiamen who were entering the battery ran back. + "All with grapeshot!" shouted the officer. + The sergeant ran up to the officer and in a frightened whisper +informed him (as a butler at dinner informs his master that there is +no more of some wine asked for) that there were no more charges. + "The scoundrels! What are they doing?" shouted the officer, +turning to Pierre. + The officer's face was red and perspiring and his eyes glittered +under his frowning brow. + "Run to the reserves and bring up the ammunition boxes!" he +yelled, angrily avoiding Pierre with his eyes and speaking to his men. + "I'll go," said Pierre. + The officer, without answering him, strode across to the opposite +side. + "Don't fire.... Wait!" he shouted. + The man who had been ordered to go for ammunition stumbled against +Pierre. + "Eh, sir, this is no place for you," said he, and ran down the +slope. + Pierre ran after him, avoiding the spot where the young officer +was sitting. + One cannon ball, another, and a third flew over him, falling in +front, beside, and behind him. Pierre ran down the slope. "Where am +I going?" he suddenly asked himself when he was already near the green +ammunition wagons. He halted irresolutely, not knowing whether to +return or go on. Suddenly a terrible concussion threw him backwards to +the ground. At the same instant he was dazzled by a great flash of +flame, and immediately a deafening roar, crackling, and whistling made +his ears tingle. + When he came to himself he was sitting on the ground leaning on +his hands; the ammunition wagons he had been approaching no longer +existed, only charred green boards and rags littered the scorched +grass, and a horse, dangling fragments of its shaft behind it, +galloped past, while another horse lay, like Pierre, on the ground, +uttering prolonged and piercing cries. +BK10|CH32 + CHAPTER XXXII + + Beside himself with terror Pierre jumped up and ran back to the +battery, as to the only refuge from the horrors that surrounded him. + On entering the earthwork he noticed that there were men doing +something there but that no shots were being fired from the battery. +He had no time to realize who these men were. He saw the senior +officer lying on the earth wall with his back turned as if he were +examining something down below and that one of the soldiers he had +noticed before was struggling forward shouting "Brothers!" and +trying to free himself from some men who were holding him by the +arm. He also saw something else that was strange. + But he had not time to realize that the colonel had been killed, +that the soldier shouting "Brothers!" was a prisoner, and that another +man had been bayoneted in the back before his eyes, for hardly had +he run into the redoubt before a thin, sallow-faced, perspiring man in +a blue uniform rushed on him sword in hand, shouting something. +Instinctively guarding against the shock- for they had been running +together at full speed before they saw one another- Pierre put out his +hands and seized the man (a French officer) by the shoulder with one +hand and by the throat with the other. The officer, dropping his +sword, seized Pierre by his collar. + For some seconds they gazed with frightened eyes at one another's +unfamiliar faces and both were perplexed at what they had done and +what they were to do next. "Am I taken prisoner or have I taken him +prisoner?" each was thinking. But the French officer was evidently +more inclined to think he had been taken prisoner because Pierre's +strong hand, impelled by instinctive fear, squeezed his throat ever +tighter and tighter. The Frenchman was about to say something, when +just above their heads, terrible and low, a cannon ball whistled, +and it seemed to Pierre that the French officer's head had been torn +off, so swiftly had he ducked it. + Pierre too bent his head and let his hands fall. Without further +thought as to who had taken whom prisoner, the Frenchman ran back to +the battery and Pierre ran down the slope stumbling over the dead +and wounded who, it seemed to him, caught at his feet. But before he +reached the foot of the knoll he was met by a dense crowd of Russian +soldiers who, stumbling, tripping up, and shouting, ran merrily and +wildly toward the battery. (This was the attack for which Ermolov +claimed the credit, declaring that only his courage and good luck made +such a feat possible: it was the attack in which he was said to have +thrown some St. George's Crosses he had in his pocket into the battery +for the first soldiers to take who got there.) + The French who had occupied the battery fled, and our troops +shouting "Hurrah!" pursued them so far beyond the battery that it +was difficult to call them back. + The prisoners were brought down from the battery and among them +was a wounded French general, whom the officers surrounded. Crowds +of wounded- some known to Pierre and some unknown- Russians and +French, with faces distorted by suffering, walked, crawled, and were +carried on stretchers from the battery. Pierre again went up onto +the knoll where he had spent over an hour, and of that family circle +which had received him as a member he did not find a single one. There +were many dead whom he did not know, but some he recognized. The young +officer still sat in the same way, bent double, in a pool of blood +at the edge of the earth wall. The red-faced man was still +twitching, but they did not carry him away. + Pierre ran down the slope once more. + "Now they will stop it, now they will be horrified at what they have +done!" he thought, aimlessly going toward a crowd of stretcher bearers +moving from the battlefield. + But behind the veil of smoke the sun was still high, and in front +and especially to the left, near Semenovsk, something seemed to be +seething in the smoke, and the roar of cannon and musketry did not +diminish, but even increased to desperation like a man who, +straining himself, shrieks with all his remaining strength. +BK10|CH33 + CHAPTER XXXIII + + The chief action of the battle of Borodino was fought within the +seven thousand feet between Borodino and Bagration's fleches. Beyond +that space there was, on the one side, a demonstration made by the +Russians with Uvarov's cavalry at midday, and on the other side, +beyond Utitsa, Poniatowski's collision with Tuchkov; but these two +were detached and feeble actions in comparison with what took place in +the center of the battlefield. On the field between Borodino and the +fleches, beside the wood, the chief action of the day took place on an +open space visible from both sides and was fought in the simplest +and most artless way. + The battle began on both sides with a cannonade from several hundred +guns. + Then when the whole field was covered with smoke, two divisions, +Campan's and Dessaix's, advanced from the French right, while +Murat's troops advanced on Borodino from their left. + From the Shevardino Redoubt where Napoleon was standing the +fleches were two thirds of a mile away, and it was more than a mile as +the crow flies to Borodino, so that Napoleon could not see what was +happening there, especially as the smoke mingling with the mist hid +the whole locality. The soldiers of Dessaix's division advancing +against the fleches could only be seen till they had entered the +hollow that lay between them and the fleches. As soon as they had +descended into that hollow, the smoke of the guns and musketry on +the fleches grew so dense that it covered the whole approach on that +side of it. Through the smoke glimpses could be caught of something +black- probably men- and at times the glint of bayonets. But whether +they were moving or stationary, whether they were French or Russian, +could not be discovered from the Shevardino Redoubt. + The sun had risen brightly and its slanting rays struck straight +into Napoleon's face as, shading his eyes with his hand, he looked +at the fleches. The smoke spread out before them, and at times it +looked as if the smoke were moving, at times as if the troops moved. +Sometimes shouts were heard through the firing, but it was +impossible to tell what was being done there. + Napoleon, standing on the knoll, looked through a field glass, and +in its small circlet saw smoke and men, sometimes his own and +sometimes Russians, but when he looked again with the naked eye, he +could not tell where what he had seen was. + He descended the knoll and began walking up and down before it. + Occasionally he stopped, listened to the firing, and gazed +intently at the battlefield. + But not only was it impossible to make out what was happening from +where he was standing down below, or from the knoll above on which +some of his generals had taken their stand, but even from the +fleches themselves- in which by this time there were now Russian and +now French soldiers, alternately or together, dead, wounded, alive, +frightened, or maddened- even at those fleches themselves it was +impossible to make out what was taking place. There for several +hours amid incessant cannon and musketry fire, now Russians were +seen alone, now Frenchmen alone, now infantry, and now cavalry: they +appeared, fired, fell, collided, not knowing what to do with one +another, screamed, and ran back again. + From the battlefield adjutants he had sent out, and orderlies from +his marshals, kept galloping up to Napoleon with reports of the +progress of the action, but all these reports were false, both because +it was impossible in the heat of battle to say what was happening at +any given moment and because many of the adjutants did not go to the +actual place of conflict but reported what they had heard from others; +and also because while an adjutant was riding more than a mile to +Napoleon circumstances changed and the news he brought was already +becoming false. Thus an adjutant galloped up from Murat with tidings +that Borodino had been occupied and the bridge over the Kolocha was in +the hands of the French. The adjutant asked whether Napoleon wished +the troops to cross it? Napoleon gave orders that the troops should +form up on the farther side and wait. But before that order was given- +almost as soon in fact as the adjutant had left Borodino- the bridge +had been retaken by the Russians and burned, in the very skirmish at +which Pierre had been present at the beginning of the battle. + An adjutant galloped up from the fleches with a pale and +frightened face and reported to Napoleon that their attack had been +repulsed, Campan wounded, and Davout killed; yet at the very time +the adjutant had been told that the French had been repulsed, the +fleches had in fact been recaptured by other French troops, and Davout +was alive and only slightly bruised. On the basis of these necessarily +untrustworthy reports Napoleon gave his orders, which had either +been executed before he gave them or could not be and were not +executed. + The marshals and generals, who were nearer to the field of battle +but, like Napoleon, did not take part in the actual fighting and +only occasionally went within musket range, made their own +arrangements without asking Napoleon and issued orders where and in +what direction to fire and where cavalry should gallop and infantry +should run. But even their orders, like Napoleon's, were seldom +carried out, and then but partially. For the most part things happened +contrary to their orders. Soldiers ordered to advance ran back on +meeting grapeshot; soldiers ordered to remain where they were, +suddenly, seeing Russians unexpectedly before them, sometimes rushed +back and sometimes forward, and the cavalry dashed without orders in +pursuit of the flying Russians. In this way two cavalry regiments +galloped through the Semenovsk hollow and as soon as they reached +the top of the incline turned round and galloped full speed back +again. The infantry moved in the same way, sometimes running to +quite other places than those they were ordered to go to. All orders +as to where and when to move the guns, when to send infantry to +shoot or horsemen to ride down the Russian infantry- all such orders +were given by the officers on the spot nearest to the units concerned, +without asking either Ney, Davout, or Murat, much less Napoleon. +They did not fear getting into trouble for not fulfilling orders or +for acting on their own initiative, for in battle what is at stake +is what is dearest to man- his own life- and it sometimes seems that +safety lies in running back, sometimes in running forward; and these +men who were right in the heat of the battle acted according to the +mood of the moment. In reality, however, all these movements forward +and backward did not improve or alter the position of the troops. +All their rushing and galloping at one another did little harm, the +harm of disablement and death was caused by the balls and bullets that +flew over the fields on which these men were floundering about. As +soon as they left the place where the balls and bullets were flying +about, their superiors, located in the background, re-formed them +and brought them under discipline and under the influence of that +discipline led them back to the zone of fire, where under the +influence of fear of death they lost their discipline and rushed about +according to the chance promptings of the throng. +BK10|CH34 + CHAPTER XXXIV + + Napoleon's generals- Davout, Ney, and Murat, who were near that +region of fire and sometimes even entered it- repeatedly led into it +huge masses of well-ordered troops. But contrary to what had always +happened in their former battles, instead of the news they expected of +the enemy's flight, these orderly masses returned thence as +disorganized and terrified mobs. The generals re-formed them, but +their numbers constantly decreased. In the middle of the day Murat +sent his adjutant to Napoleon to demand reinforcements. + Napoleon sat at the foot of the knoll, drinking punch, when +Murat's adjutant galloped up with an assurance that the Russians would +be routed if His Majesty would let him have another division. + "Reinforcements?" said Napoleon in a tone of stern surprise, looking +at the adjutant- a handsome lad with long black curls arranged like +Murat's own- as though he did not understand his words. + "Reinforcements!" thought Napoleon to himself. "How can they need +reinforcements when they already have half the army directed against a +weak, unentrenched Russian wing?" + "Tell the King of Naples," said he sternly, "that it is not noon +yet, and I don't yet see my chessboard clearly. Go!..." + The handsome boy adjutant with the long hair sighed deeply without +removing his hand from his hat and galloped back to where men were +being slaughtered. + Napoleon rose and having summoned Caulaincourt and Berthier began +talking to them about matters unconnected with the battle. + In the midst of this conversation, which was beginning to interest +Napoleon, Berthier's eyes turned to look at a general with a suite, +who was galloping toward the knoll on a lathering horse. It was +Belliard. Having dismounted he went up to the Emperor with rapid +strides and in a loud voice began boldly demonstrating the necessity +of sending reinforcements. He swore on his honor that the Russians +were lost if the Emperor would give another division. + Napoleon shrugged his shoulders and continued to pace up and down +without replying. Belliard began talking loudly and eagerly to the +generals of the suite around him. + "You are very fiery, Belliard," said Napoleon, when he again came up +to the general. "In the heat of a battle it is easy to make a mistake. +Go and have another look and then come back to me." + Before Belliard was out of sight, a messenger from another part of +the battlefield galloped up. + "Now then, what do you want?" asked Napoleon in the tone of a man +irritated at being continually disturbed. + "Sire, the prince..." began the adjutant. + "Asks for reinforcements?" said Napoleon with an angry gesture. + The adjutant bent his head affirmatively and began to report, but +the Emperor turned from him, took a couple of steps, stopped, came +back, and called Berthier. + "We must give reserves," he said, moving his arms slightly apart. +"Who do you think should be sent there?" he asked of Berthier (whom he +subsequently termed "that gosling I have made an eagle"). + "Send Claparede's division, sire," replied Berthier, who knew all +the divisions regiments, and battalions by heart. + Napoleon nodded assent. + The adjutant galloped to Claparede's division and a few minutes +later the Young Guards stationed behind the knoll moved forward. +Napoleon gazed silently in that direction. + "No!" he suddenly said to Berthier. "I can't send Claparede. Send +Friant's division." + Though there was no advantage in sending Friant's division instead +of Claparede's, and even in obvious inconvenience and delay in +stopping Claparede and sending Friant now, the order was carried out +exactly. Napoleon did not notice that in regard to his army he was +playing the part of a doctor who hinders by his medicines- a role he +so justly understood and condemned. + Friant's division disappeared as the others had done into the +smoke of the battlefield. From all sides adjutants continued to arrive +at a gallop and as if by agreement all said the same thing. They all +asked for reinforcements and all said that the Russians were holding +their positions and maintaining a hellish fire under which the +French army was melting away. + Napoleon sat on a campstool, wrapped in thought. + M. de Beausset, the man so fond of travel, having fasted since +morning, came up to the Emperor and ventured respectfully to suggest +lunch to His Majesty. + "I hope I may now congratulate Your Majesty on a victory?" said he. + Napoleon silently shook his head in negation. Assuming the +negation to refer only to the victory and not to the lunch, M. de +Beausset ventured with respectful jocularity to remark that there is +no reason for not having lunch when one can get it. + "Go away..." exclaimed Napoleon suddenly and morosely, and turned +aside. + A beatific smile of regret, repentance, and ecstasy beamed on M. +de Beausset's face and he glided away to the other generals. + Napoleon was experiencing a feeling of depression like that of an +ever-lucky gambler who, after recklessly flinging money about and +always winning, suddenly just when he has calculated all the chances +of the game, finds that the more he considers his play the more surely +he loses. + His troops were the same, his generals the same, the same +preparations had been made, the same dispositions, and the same +proclamation courte et energique, he himself was still the same: he +knew that and knew that he was now even more experienced and +skillful than before. Even the enemy was the same as at Austerlitz and +Friedland- yet the terrible stroke of his arm had supernaturally +become impotent. + All the old methods that had been unfailingly crowned with +success: the concentration of batteries on one point, an attack by +reserves to break the enemy's line, and a cavalry attack by "the men +of iron," all these methods had already been employed, yet not only +was there no victory, but from all sides came the same news of +generals killed and wounded, of reinforcements needed, of the +impossibility of driving back the Russians, and of disorganization +among his own troops. + Formerly, after he had given two or three orders and uttered a few +phrases, marshals and adjutants had come galloping up with +congratulations and happy faces, announcing the trophies taken, the +corps of prisoners, bundles of enemy eagles and standards, cannon +and stores, and Murat had only begged leave to loose the cavalry to +gather in the baggage wagons. So it had been at Lodi, Marengo, Arcola, +Jena, Austerlitz, Wagram, and so on. But now something strange was +happening to his troops. + Despite news of the capture of the fleches, Napoleon saw that this +was not the same, not at all the same, as what had happened in his +former battles. He saw that what he was feeling was felt by all the +men about him experienced in the art of war. All their faces looked +dejected, and they all shunned one another's eyes- only a de +Beausset could fail to grasp the meaning of what was happening. + But Napoleon with his long experience of war well knew the meaning +of a battle not gained by the attacking side in eight hours, after all +efforts had been expended. He knew that it was a lost battle and +that the least accident might now- with the fight balanced on such a +strained center- destroy him and his army. + When he ran his mind over the whole of this strange Russian campaign +in which not one battle had been won, and in which not a flag, or +cannon, or army corps had been captured in two months, when he +looked at the concealed depression on the faces around him and heard +reports of the Russians still holding their ground- a terrible feeling +like a nightmare took possession of him, and all the unlucky accidents +that might destroy him occurred to his mind. The Russians might fall +on his left wing, might break through his center, he himself might +be killed by a stray cannon ball. All this was possible. In former +battles he had only considered the possibilities of success, but now +innumerable unlucky chances presented themselves, and he expected them +all. Yes, it was like a dream in which a man fancies that a ruffian is +coming to attack him, and raises his arm to strike that ruffian a +terrible blow which he knows should annihilate him, but then feels +that his arm drops powerless and limp like a rag, and the horror of +unavoidable destruction seizes him in his helplessness. + The news that the Russians were attacking the left flank of the +French army aroused that horror in Napoleon. He sat silently on a +campstool below the knoll, with head bowed and elbows on his knees. +Berthier approached and suggested that they should ride along the line +to ascertain the position of affairs. + "What? What do you say?" asked Napoleon. "Yes, tell them to bring me +my horse." + He mounted and rode toward Semenovsk. + Amid the powder smoke, slowly dispersing over the whole space +through which Napoleon rode, horses and men were lying in pools of +blood, singly or in heaps. Neither Napoleon nor any of his generals +had ever before seen such horrors or so many slain in such a small +area. The roar of guns, that had not ceased for ten hours, wearied the +ear and gave a peculiar significance to the spectacle, as music does +to tableaux vivants. Napoleon rode up the high ground at Semenovsk, +and through the smoke saw ranks of men in uniforms of a color +unfamiliar to him. They were Russians. + The Russians stood in serried ranks behind Semenovsk village and its +knoll, and their guns boomed incessantly along their line and sent +forth clouds of smoke. It was no longer a battle: it was a +continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French +or the Russians. Napoleon stopped his horse and again fell into the +reverie from which Berthier had aroused him. He could not stop what +was going on before him and around him and was supposed to be directed +by him and to depend on him, and from its lack of success this affair, +for the first time, seemed to him unnecessary and horrible. + One of the generals rode up to Napoleon and ventured to offer to +lead the Old Guard into action. Ney and Berthier, standing near +Napoleon, exchanged looks and smiled contemptuously at this +general's senseless offer. + Napoleon bowed his head and remained silent a long time. + "At eight hundred leagues from France, I will not have my Guard +destroyed!" he said, and turning his horse rode back to Shevardino. +BK10|CH35 + CHAPTER XXXV + + On the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning +sat Kutuzov, his gray head hanging, his heavy body relaxed. He gave no +orders, but only assented to or dissented from what others suggested. + "Yes, yes, do that," he replied to various proposals. "Yes, yes: go, +dear boy, and have a look," he would say to one or another of those +about him; or, "No, don't, we'd better wait!" He listened to the +reports that were brought him and gave directions when his +subordinates demanded that of him; but when listening to the reports +it seemed as if he were not interested in the import of the words +spoken, but rather in something else- in the expression of face and +tone of voice of those who were reporting. By long years of military +experience he knew, and with the wisdom of age understood, that it +is impossible for one man to direct hundreds of thousands of others +struggling with death, and he knew that the result of a battle is +decided not by the orders of a commander in chief, nor the place where +the troops are stationed, nor by the number of cannon or of +slaughtered men, but by that intangible force called the spirit of the +army, and he watched this force and guided it in as far as that was in +his power. + Kutuzov's general expression was one of concentrated quiet +attention, and his face wore a strained look as if he found it +difficult to master the fatigue of his old and feeble body. + At eleven o'clock they brought him news that the fleches captured by +the French had been retaken, but that Prince Bagration was wounded. +Kutuzov groaned and swayed his head. + "Ride over to Prince Peter Ivanovich and find out about it exactly," +he said to one of his adjutants, and then turned to the Duke of +Wurttemberg who was standing behind him. + "Will Your Highness please take command of the first army?" + Soon after the duke's departure- before he could possibly have +reached Semenovsk- his adjutant came back from him and told Kutuzov +that the duke asked for more troops. + Kutuzov made a grimace and sent an order to Dokhturov to take over +the command of the first army, and a request to the duke- whom he said +he could not spare at such an important moment- to return to him. When +they brought him news that Murat had been taken prisoner, and the +staff officers congratulated him, Kutuzov smiled. + "Wait a little, gentlemen," said he. "The battle is won, and there +is nothing extraordinary in the capture of Murat. Still, it is +better to wait before we rejoice." + But he sent an adjutant to take the news round the army. + When Scherbinin came galloping from the left flank with news that +the French had captured the fleches and the village of Semenovsk, +Kutuzov, guessing by the sounds of the battle and by Scherbinin's +looks that the news was bad, rose as if to stretch his legs and, +taking Scherbinin's arm, led him aside. + "Go, my dear fellow," he said to Ermolov, "and see whether something +can't be done." + Kutuzov was in Gorki, near the center of the Russian position. The +attack directed by Napoleon against our left flank had been several +times repulsed. In the center the French had not got beyond +Borodino, and on their left flank Uvarov's cavalry had put the +French to flight. + Toward three o'clock the French attacks ceased. On the faces of +all who came from the field of battle, and of those who stood around +him, Kutuzov noticed an expression of extreme tension. He was +satisfied with the day's success- a success exceeding his +expectations, but the old man's strength was failing him. Several +times his head dropped low as if it were falling and he dozed off. +Dinner was brought him. + Adjutant General Wolzogen, the man who when riding past Prince +Andrew had said, "the war should be extended widely," and whom +Bagration so detested, rode up while Kutuzov was at dinner. Wolzogen +had come from Barclay de Tolly to report on the progress of affairs on +the left flank. The sagacious Barclay de Tolly, seeing crowds of +wounded men running back and the disordered rear of the army, +weighed all the circumstances, concluded that the battle was lost, and +sent his favorite officer to the commander in chief with that news. + Kutuzov was chewing a piece of roast chicken with difficulty and +glanced at Wolzogen with eyes that brightened under their puckering +lids. + Wolzogen, nonchalantly stretching his legs, approached Kutuzov +with a half-contemptuous smile on his lips, scarcely touching the peak +of his cap. + He treated his Serene Highness with a somewhat affected +nonchalance intended to show that, as a highly trained military man, +he left it to Russians to make an idol of this useless old man, but +that he knew whom he was dealing with. "Der alte Herr" (as in their +own set the Germans called Kutuzov) "is making himself very +comfortable," thought Wolzogen, and looking severely at the dishes +in front of Kutuzov he began to report to "the old gentleman" the +position of affairs on the left flank as Barclay had ordered him to +and as he himself had seen and understood it. + "All the points of our position are in the enemy's hands and we +cannot dislodge them for lack of troops, the men are running away +and it is impossible to stop them," he reported. + Kutuzov ceased chewing and fixed an astonished gaze on Wolzogen, +as if not understand what was said to him. Wolzogen, noticing "the old +gentleman's" agitation, said with a smile: + "I have not considered it right to conceal from your Serene Highness +what I have seen. The troops are in complete disorder..." + "You have seen? You have seen?..." Kutuzov shouted frowning, and +rising quickly he went up to Wolzogen. + "How... how dare you!..." he shouted, choking and making a +threatening gesture with his trembling arms: "How dare you, sir, say +that to me? You know nothing about it. Tell General Barclay from me +that his information is incorrect and that the real course of the +battle is better known to me, the commander in chief, than to him." + Wolzogen was about to make a rejoinder, but Kutuzov interrupted him. + "The enemy has been repulsed on the left and defeated on the right +flank. If you have seen amiss, sir, do not allow yourself to say +what you don't know! Be so good as to ride to General Barclay and +inform him of my firm intention to attack the enemy tomorrow," said +Kutuzov sternly. + All were silent, and the only sound audible was the heavy +breathing of the panting old general. + "They are repulsed everywhere, for which I thank God and our brave +army! The enemy is beaten, and tomorrow we shall drive him from the +sacred soil of Russia," said Kutuzov crossing himself, and he suddenly +sobbed as his eyes filled with tears. + Wolzogen, shrugging his shoulders and curling his lips, stepped +silently aside, marveling at "the old gentleman's" conceited +stupidity. + "Ah, here he is, my hero!" said Kutuzov to a portly, handsome, +dark-haired general who was just ascending the knoll. + This was Raevski, who had spent the whole day at the most +important part of the field of Borodino. + Raevski reported that the troops were firmly holding their ground +and that the French no longer ventured to attack. + After hearing him, Kutuzov said in French: + "Then you do not think, like some others, that we must retreat?" + "On the contrary, your Highness, in indecisive actions it is +always the most stubborn who remain victors," replied Raevski, "and in +my opinion..." + "Kaysarov!" Kutuzov called to his adjutant. "Sit down and write +out the order of the day for tomorrow. And you," he continued, +addressing another, "ride along the line and that tomorrow we attack." + While Kutuzov was talking to Raevski and dictating the order of +the day, Wolzogen returned from Barclay and said that General +Barclay wished to have written confirmation of the order the field +marshal had given. + Kutuzov, without looking at Wolzogen, gave directions for the +order to be written out which the former commander in chief, to +avoid personal responsibility, very judiciously wished to receive. + And by means of that mysterious indefinable bond which maintains +throughout an army one and the same temper, known as "the spirit of +the army," and which constitutes the sinew of war, Kutuzov's words, +his order for a battle next day, immediately became known from one end +of the army to the other. + It was far from being the same words or the same order that +reached the farthest links of that chain. The tales passing from mouth +to mouth at different ends of the army did not even resemble what +Kutuzov had said, but the sense of his words spread everywhere because +what he said was not the outcome of cunning calculations, but of a +feeling that lay in the commander in chief's soul as in that of +every Russian. + And on learning that tomorrow they were to attack the enemy, and +hearing from the highest quarters a confirmation of what they wanted +to believe, the exhausted, wavering men felt comforted and inspirited. +BK10|CH36 + CHAPTER XXXVI + + Prince Andrew's regiment was among the reserves which till after one +o'clock were stationed inactive behind Semenovsk, under heavy +artillery fire. Toward two o'clock the regiment, having already lost +more than two hundred men, was moved forward into a trampled +oatfield in the gap between Semenovsk and the Knoll Battery, where +thousands of men perished that day and on which an intense, +concentrated fire from several hundred enemy guns was directed between +one and two o'clock. + Without moving from that spot or firing a single shot the regiment +here lost another third of its men. From in front and especially +from the right, in the unlifting smoke the guns boomed, and out of the +mysterious domain of smoke that overlay the whole space in front, +quick hissing cannon balls and slow whistling shells flew unceasingly. +At times, as if to allow them a respite, a quarter of an hour passed +during which the cannon balls and shells all flew overhead, but +sometimes several men were torn from the regiment in a minute and +the slain were continually being dragged away and the wounded +carried off. + With each fresh blow less and less chance of life remained for those +not yet killed. The regiment stood in columns of battalion, three +hundred paces apart, but nevertheless the men were always in one and +the same mood. All alike were taciturn and morose. Talk was rarely +heard in the ranks, and it ceased altogether every time the thud of +a successful shot and the cry of "stretchers!" was heard. Most of +the time, by their officers' order, the men sat on the ground. One, +having taken off his shako, carefully loosened the gathers of its +lining and drew them tight again; another, rubbing some dry clay +between his palms, polished his bayonet; another fingered the strap +and pulled the buckle of his bandolier, while another smoothed and +refolded his leg bands and put his boots on again. Some built little +houses of the tufts in the plowed ground, or plaited baskets from +the straw in the cornfield. All seemed fully absorbed in these +pursuits. When men were killed or wounded, when rows of stretchers +went past, when some troops retreated, and when great masses of the +enemy came into view through the smoke, no one paid any attention to +these things. But when our artillery or cavalry advanced or some of +our infantry were seen to move forward, words of approval were heard +on all sides. But the liveliest attention was attracted by occurrences +quite apart from, and unconnected with, the battle. It was as if the +minds of these morally exhausted men found relief in everyday, +commonplace occurrences. A battery of artillery was passing in front +of the regiment. The horse of an ammunition cart put its leg over a +trace. "Hey, look at the trace horse!... Get her leg out! She'll +fall.... Ah, they don't see it!" came identical shouts from the +ranks all along the regiment. Another time, general attention was +attracted by a small brown dog, coming heaven knows whence, which +trotted in a preoccupied manner in front of the ranks with tail +stiffly erect till suddenly a shell fell close by, when it yelped, +tucked its tail between its legs, and darted aside. Yells and +shrieks of laughter rose from the whole regiment. But such +distractions lasted only a moment, and for eight hours the men had +been inactive, without food, in constant fear of death, and their pale +and gloomy faces grew ever paler and gloomier. + Prince Andrew, pale and gloomy like everyone in the regiment, +paced up and down from the border of one patch to another, at the edge +of the meadow beside an oatfield, with head bowed and arms behind +his back. There was nothing for him to do and no orders to be given. +Everything went on of itself. The killed were dragged from the +front, the wounded carried away, and the ranks closed up. If any +soldiers ran to the rear they returned immediately and hastily. At +first Prince Andrew, considering it his duty to rouse the courage of +the men and to set them an example, walked about among the ranks, +but he soon became convinced that this was unnecessary and that +there was nothing he could teach them. All the powers of his soul, +as of every soldier there, were unconsciously bent on avoiding the +contemplation of the horrors of their situation. He walked along the +meadow, dragging his feet, rustling the grass, and gazing at the +dust that covered his boots; now he took big strides trying to keep to +the footprints left on the meadow by the mowers, then he counted his +steps, calculating how often he must walk from one strip to another to +walk a mile, then he stripped the flowers from the wormwood that +grew along a boundary rut, rubbed them in his palms, and smelled their +pungent, sweetly bitter scent. Nothing remained of the previous +day's thoughts. He thought of nothing. He listened with weary ears +to the ever-recurring sounds, distinguishing the whistle of flying +projectiles from the booming of the reports, glanced at the tiresomely +familiar faces of the men of the first battalion, and waited. "Here it +comes... this one is coming our way again!" he thought, listening to +an approaching whistle in the hidden region of smoke. "One, another! +Again! It has hit...." He stopped and looked at the ranks. "No, it has +gone over. But this one has hit!" And again he started trying to reach +the boundary strip in sixteen paces. A whizz and a thud! Five paces +from him, a cannon ball tore up the dry earth and disappeared. A chill +ran down his back. Again he glanced at the ranks. Probably many had +been hit- a large crowd had gathered near the second battalion. + "Adjutant!" he shouted. "Order them not to crowd together." + The adjutant, having obeyed this instruction, approached Prince +Andrew. From the other side a battalion commander rode up. + "Look out!" came a frightened cry from a soldier and, like a bird +whirring in rapid flight and alighting on the ground, a shell +dropped with little noise within two steps of Prince Andrew and +close to the battalion commander's horse. The horse first, +regardless of whether it was right or wrong to show fear, snorted, +reared almost throwing the major, and galloped aside. The horse's +terror infected the men. + "Lie down!" cried the adjutant, throwing himself flat on the ground. + Prince Andrew hesitated. The smoking shell spun like a top between +him and the prostrate adjutant, near a wormwood plant between the +field and the meadow. + "Can this be death?" thought Prince Andrew, looking with a quite +new, envious glance at the grass, the wormwood, and the streamlet of +smoke that curled up from the rotating black ball. "I cannot, I do not +wish to die. I love life- I love this grass, this earth, this air...." +He thought this, and at the same time remembered that people were +looking at him. + "It's shameful, sir!" he said to the adjutant. "What..." + He did not finish speaking. At one and the same moment came the +sound of an explosion, a whistle of splinters as from a breaking +window frame, a suffocating smell of powder, and Prince Andrew started +to one side, raising his arm, and fell on his chest. Several +officers ran up to him. From the right side of his abdomen, blood +was welling out making a large stain on the grass. + The militiamen with stretchers who were called up stood behind the +officers. Prince Andrew lay on his chest with his face in the grass, +breathing heavily and noisily. + "What are you waiting for? Come along!" + The peasants went up and took him by his shoulders and legs, but +he moaned piteously and, exchanging looks, they set him down again. + "Pick him up, lift him, it's all the same!" cried someone. + They again took him by the shoulders and laid him on the stretcher. + "Ah, God! My God! What is it? The stomach? That means death! My +God!"- voices among the officers were heard saying. + "It flew a hair's breadth past my ear," said the adjutant. + The peasants, adjusting the stretcher to their shoulders, started +hurriedly along the path they had trodden down, to the dressing +station. + "Keep in step! Ah... those peasants!" shouted an officer, seizing by +their shoulders and checking the peasants, who were walking unevenly +and jolting the stretcher. + "Get into step, Fedor... I say, Fedor!" said the foremost peasant. + "Now that's right!" said the one behind joyfully, when he had got +into step. + "Your excellency! Eh, Prince!" said the trembling voice of Timokhin, +who had run up and was looking down on the stretcher. + Prince Andrew opened his eyes and looked up at the speaker from +the stretcher into which his head had sunk deep and again his +eyelids drooped. + + The militiamen carried Prince Andrew to dressing station by the +wood, where wagons were stationed. The dressing station consisted of +three tents with flaps turned back, pitched at the edge of a birch +wood. In the wood, wagons and horses were standing. The horses were +eating oats from their movable troughs and sparrows flew down and +pecked the grains that fell. Some crows, scenting blood, flew among +the birch trees cawing impatiently. Around the tents, over more than +five acres, bloodstained men in various garbs stood, sat, or lay. +Around the wounded stood crowds of soldier stretcher-bearers with +dismal and attentive faces, whom the officers keeping order tried in +vain to drive from the spot. Disregarding the officers' orders, the +soldiers stood leaning against their stretchers and gazing intently, +as if trying to comprehend the difficult problem of what was taking +place before them. From the tents came now loud angry cries and now +plaintive groans. Occasionally dressers ran out to fetch water, or +to point out those who were to be brought in next. The wounded men +awaiting their turn outside the tents groaned, sighed, wept, screamed, +swore, or asked for vodka. Some were delirious. Prince Andrew's +bearers, stepping over the wounded who had not yet been bandaged, took +him, as a regimental commander, close up to one of the tents and there +stopped, awaiting instructions. Prince Andrew opened his eyes and +for a long time could not make out what was going on around him. He +remembered the meadow, the wormwood, the field, the whirling black +ball, and his sudden rush of passionate love of life. Two steps from +him, leaning against a branch and talking loudly and attracting +general attention, stood a tall, handsome, black-haired +noncommissioned officer with a bandaged head. He had been wounded in +the head and leg by bullets. Around him, eagerly listening to his +talk, a crowd of wounded and stretcher-bearers was gathered. + "We kicked him out from there so that he chucked everything, we +grabbed the King himself!" cried he, looking around him with eyes that +glittered with fever. "If only reserves had come up just then, lads, +there wouldn't have been nothing left of him! I tell you surely..." + Like all the others near the speaker, Prince Andrew looked at him +with shining eyes and experienced a sense of comfort. "But isn't it +all the same now?" thought he. "And what will be there, and what has +there been here? Why was I so reluctant to part with life? There was +something in this life I did not and do not understand." +BK10|CH37 + CHAPTER XXXVII + + One of the doctors came out of the tent in a bloodstained apron, +holding a cigar between the thumb and little finger of one of his +small bloodstained hands, so as not to smear it. He raised his head +and looked about him, but above the level of the wounded men. He +evidently wanted a little respite. After turning his head from right +to left for some time, he sighed and looked down. + "All right, immediately," he replied to a dresser who pointed Prince +Andrew out to him, and he told them to carry him into the tent. + Murmurs arose among the wounded who were waiting. + "It seems that even in the next world only the gentry are to have +a chance!" remarked one. + Prince Andrew was carried in and laid on a table that had only +just been cleared and which a dresser was washing down. Prince +Andrew could not make out distinctly what was in that tent. The +pitiful groans from all sides and the torturing pain in his thigh, +stomach, and back distracted him. All he saw about him merged into a +general impression of naked, bleeding human bodies that seemed to fill +the whole of the low tent, as a few weeks previously, on that hot +August day, such bodies had filled the dirty pond beside the +Smolensk road. Yes, it was the same flesh, the same chair a canon, the +sight of which had even then filled him with horror, as by a +presentiment. + There were three operating tables in the tent. Two were occupied, +and on the third they placed Prince Andrew. For a little while he +was left alone and involuntarily witnessed what was taking place on +the other two tables. On the nearest one sat a Tartar, probably a +Cossack, judging by the uniform thrown down beside him. Four +soldiers were holding him, and a spectacled doctor was cutting into +his muscular brown back. + "Ooh, ooh, ooh!" grunted the Tartar, and suddenly lifting up his +swarthy snub-nosed face with its high cheekbones, and baring his white +teeth, he began to wriggle and twitch his body and utter piercing, +ringing, and prolonged yells. On the other table, round which many +people were crowding, a tall well-fed man lay on his back with his +head thrown back. His curly hair, its color, and the shape of his head +seemed strangely familiar to Prince Andrew. Several dressers were +pressing on his chest to hold him down. One large, white, plump leg +twitched rapidly all the time with a feverish tremor. The man was +sobbing and choking convulsively. Two doctors- one of whom was pale +and trembling- were silently doing something to this man's other, gory +leg. When he had finished with the Tartar, whom they covered with an +overcoat, the spectacled doctor came up to Prince Andrew, wiping his +hands. + He glanced at Prince Andrew's face and quickly turned away. + "Undress him! What are you waiting for?" he cried angrily to the +dressers. + His very first, remotest recollections of childhood came back to +Prince Andrew's mind when the dresser with sleeves rolled up began +hastily to undo the buttons of his clothes and undressed him. The +doctor bent down over the wound, felt it, and sighed deeply. Then he +made a sign to someone, and the torturing pain in his abdomen caused +Prince Andrew to lose consciousness. When he came to himself the +splintered portions of his thighbone had been extracted, the torn +flesh cut away, and the wound bandaged. Water was being sprinkled on +his face. As soon as Prince Andrew opened his eyes, the doctor bent +over, kissed him silently on the lips, and hurried away. + After the sufferings he had been enduring, Prince Andrew enjoyed a +blissful feeling such as he had not experienced for a long time. All +the best and happiest moments of his life- especially his earliest +childhood, when he used to be undressed and put to bed, and when +leaning over him his nurse sang him to sleep and he, burying his +head in the pillow, felt happy in the mere consciousness of life- +returned to his memory, not merely as something past but as +something present. + The doctors were busily engaged with the wounded man the shape of +whose head seemed familiar to Prince Andrew: they were lifting him +up and trying to quiet him. + "Show it to me.... Oh, ooh... Oh! Oh, ooh!" his frightened moans +could be heard, subdued by suffering and broken by sobs. + Hearing those moans Prince Andrew wanted Andrew wanted to weep. +Whether because he was dying without glory, or because he was sorry to +part with life, or because of those memories of a childhood that could +not return, or because he was suffering and others were suffering +and that man near him was groaning so piteously- he felt like +weeping childlike, kindly, and almost happy tears. + The wounded man was shown his amputated leg stained with clotted +blood and with the boot still on. + "Oh! Oh, ooh!" he sobbed, like a woman. + The doctor who had been standing beside him, preventing Prince +Andrew from seeing his face, moved away. + "My God! What is this? Why is he here?" said Prince Andrew to +himself. + In the miserable, sobbing, enfeebled man whose leg had just been +amputated, he recognized Anatole Kuragin. Men were supporting him in +their arms and offering him a glass of water, but his trembling, +swollen lips could not grasp its rim. Anatole was sobbing painfully. +"Yes, it is he! Yes, that man is somehow closely and painfully +connected with me," thought Prince Andrew, not yet clearly grasping +what he saw before him. "What is the connection of that man with my +childhood and life?" he asked himself without finding an answer. And +suddenly a new unexpected memory from that realm of pure and loving +childhood presented itself to him. He remembered Natasha as he had +seen her for the first time at the ball in 1810, with her slender neck +and arms and with a frightened happy face ready for rapture, and +love and tenderness for her, stronger and more vivid than ever, +awoke in his soul. He now remembered the connection that existed +between himself and this man who was dimly gazing at him through tears +that filled his swollen eyes. He remembered everything, and ecstatic +pity and love for that man overflowed his happy heart. + Prince Andrew could no longer restrain himself and wept tender +loving tears for his fellow men, for himself, and for his own and +their errors. + "Compassion, love of our brothers, for those who love us and for +those who hate us, love of our enemies; yes, that love which God +preached on earth and which Princess Mary taught me and I did not +understand- that is what made me sorry to part with life, that is what +remained for me had I lived. But now it is too late. I know it!" +BK10|CH38 + CHAPTER XXXVIII + + The terrible spectacle of the battlefield covered with dead and +wounded, together with the heaviness of his head and the news that +some twenty generals he knew personally had been killed or wounded, +and the consciousness of the impotence of his once mighty arm, +produced an unexpected impression on Napoleon who usually liked to +look at the killed and wounded, thereby, he considered, testing his +strength of mind. This day the horrible appearance of the +battlefield overcame that strength of mind which he thought +constituted his merit and his greatness. He rode hurriedly from the +battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on +his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his +nose red, and his voice hoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast +eyes, to the sounds of firing. With painful dejection he awaited the +end of this action, in which he regarded himself as a participant +and which he was unable to arrest. A personal, human feeling for a +brief moment got the better of the artificial phantasm of life he +had served so long. He felt in his own person the sufferings and death +he had witnessed on the battlefield. The heaviness of his head and +chest reminded him of the possibility of suffering and death for +himself. At that moment he did not desire Moscow, or victory, or glory +(what need had he for any more glory?). The one thing he wished for +was rest, tranquillity, and freedom. But when he had been on the +Semenovsk heights the artillery commander had proposed to him to bring +several batteries of artillery up to those heights to strengthen the +fire on the Russian troops crowded in front of Knyazkovo. Napoleon had +assented and had given orders that news should be brought to him of +the effect those batteries produced. + An adjutant came now to inform him that the fire of two hundred guns +had been concentrated on the Russians, as he had ordered, but that +they still held their ground. + "Our fire is mowing them down by rows, but still they hold on," said +the adjutant. + "They want more!..." said Napoleon in a hoarse voice. + "Sire?" asked the adjutant who had not heard the remark. + "They want more!" croaked Napoleon frowning. "Let them have it!" + Even before he gave that order the thing he did not desire, and +for which he gave the order only because he thought it was expected of +him, was being done. And he fell back into that artificial realm of +imaginary greatness, and again- as a horse walking a treadmill +thinks it is doing something for itself- he submissively fulfilled the +cruel, sad, gloomy, and inhuman role predestined for him. + And not for that day and hour alone were the mind and conscience +darkened of this man on whom the responsibility for what was happening +lay more than on all the others who took part in it. Never to the +end of his life could he understand goodness, beauty, or truth, or the +significance of his actions which were too contrary to goodness and +truth, too remote from everything human, for him ever to be able to +grasp their meaning. He could not disavow his actions, belauded as +they were by half the world, and so he had to repudiate truth, +goodness, and all humanity. + Not only on that day, as he rode over the battlefield strewn with +men killed and maimed (by his will as he believed), did he reckon as +he looked at them how many Russians there were for each Frenchman and, +deceiving himself, find reason for rejoicing in the calculation that +there were five Russians for every Frenchman. Not on that day alone +did he write in a letter to Paris that "the battle field was +superb," because fifty thousand corpses lay there, but even on the +island of St. Helena in the peaceful solitude where he said he +intended to devote his leisure to an account of the great deeds he had +done, he wrote: + + The Russian war should have been the most popular war of modern +times: it was a war of good sense, for real interests, for the +tranquillity and security of all; it was purely pacific and +conservative. + It was a war for a great cause, the end of uncertainties and the +beginning of security. A new horizon and new labors were opening +out, full of well-being and prosperity for all. The European system +was already founded; all that remained was to organize it. + Satisfied on these great points and with tranquility everywhere, I +too should have had my Congress and my Holy Alliance. Those ideas were +stolen from me. In that reunion of great sovereigns we should have +discussed our interests like one family, and have rendered account +to the peoples as clerk to master. + Europe would in this way soon have been, in fact, but one people, +and anyone who traveled anywhere would have found himself always in +the common fatherland. I should have demanded the freedom of all +navigable rivers for everybody, that the seas should be common to all, +and that the great standing armies should be reduced henceforth to +mere guards for the sovereigns. + On returning to France, to the bosom of the great, strong, +magnificent, peaceful, and glorious fatherland, I should have +proclaimed her frontiers immutable; all future wars purely +defensive, all aggrandizement antinational. I should have associated +my son in the Empire; my dictatorship would have been finished, and +his constitutional reign would have begun. + Paris would have been the capital of the world, and the French the +envy of the nations! + My leisure then, and my old age, would have been devoted, in company +with the Empress and during the royal apprenticeship of my son, to +leisurely visiting, with our own horses and like a true country +couple, every corner of the Empire, receiving complaints, redressing +wrongs, and scattering public buildings and benefactions on all +sides and everywhere. + + Napoleon, predestined by Providence for the gloomy role of +executioner of the peoples, assured himself that the aim of his +actions had been the peoples' welfare and that he could control the +fate of millions and by the employment of power confer benefactions. + + "Of four hundred thousand who crossed the Vistula," he wrote further +of the Russian war, "half were Austrians, Prussians, Saxons, Poles, +Bavarians, Wurttembergers, Mecklenburgers, Spaniards, Italians, and +Neapolitans. The Imperial army, strictly speaking, was one third +composed of Dutch, Belgians, men from the borders of the Rhine, +Piedmontese, Swiss, Genevese, Tuscans, Romans, inhabitants of the +Thirty-second Military Division, of Bremen, of Hamburg, and so on: +it included scarcely a hundred and forty thousand who spoke French. +The Russian expedition actually cost France less than fifty thousand +men; the Russian army in its retreat from Vilna to Moscow lost in +the various battles four times more men than the French army; the +burning of Moscow cost the lives of a hundred thousand Russians who +died of cold and want in the woods; finally, in its march from +Moscow to the Oder the Russian army also suffered from the severity of +the season; so that by the the time it reached Vilna it numbered +only fifty thousand, and at Kalisch less than eighteen thousand." + + He imagined that the war with Russia came about by his will, and the +horrors that occurred did not stagger his soul. He boldly took the +whole responsibility for what happened, and his darkened mind found +justification in the belief that among the hundreds of thousands who +perished there were fewer Frenchmen than Hessians and Bavarians. +BK10|CH39 + CHAPTER XXXIX + + Several tens of thousands of the slain lay in diverse postures and +various uniforms on the fields and meadows belonging to the Davydov +family and to the crown serfs- those fields and meadows where for +hundreds of years the peasants of Borodino, Gorki, Shevardino, and +Semenovsk had reaped their harvests and pastured their cattle. At +the dressing stations the grass and earth were soaked with blood for a +space of some three acres around. Crowds of men of various arms, +wounded and unwounded, with frightened faces, dragged themselves +back to Mozhaysk from the one army and back to Valuevo from the other. +Other crowds, exhausted and hungry, went forward led by their +officers. Others held their ground and continued to fire. + Over the whole field, previously so gaily beautiful with the glitter +of bayonets and cloudlets of smoke in the morning sun, there now +spread a mist of damp and smoke and a strange acid smell of +saltpeter and blood. Clouds gathered and drops of rain began to fall +on the dead and wounded, on the frightened, exhausted, and +hesitating men, as if to say: "Enough, men! Enough! Cease... bethink +yourselves! What are you doing?" + To the men of both sides alike, worn out by want of food and rest, +it began equally to appear doubtful whether they should continue to +slaughter one another; all the faces expressed hesitation, and the +question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and +be killed?... You may go and kill whom you please, but I don't want to +do so anymore!" By evening this thought had ripened in every soul. +At any moment these men might have been seized with horror at what +they were doing and might have thrown up everything and run away +anywhere. + But though toward the end of the battle the men felt all the +horror of what they were doing, though they would have been glad to +leave off, some incomprehensible, mysterious power continued to +control them, and they still brought up the charges, loaded, aimed, +and applied the match, though only one artilleryman survived out of +every three, and though they stumbled and panted with fatigue, +perspiring and stained with blood and powder. The cannon balls flew +just as swiftly and cruelly from both sides, crushing human bodies, +and that terrible work which was not done by the will of a man but +at the will of Him who governs men and worlds continued. + Anyone looking at the disorganized rear of the Russian army would +have said that, if only the French made one more slight effort, it +would disappear; and anyone looking at the rear of the French army +would have said that the Russians need only make one more slight +effort and the French would be destroyed. But neither the French nor +the Russians made that effort, and the flame of battle burned slowly +out. + The Russians did not make that effort because they were not +attacking the French. At the beginning of the battle they stood +blocking the way to Moscow and they still did so at the end of the +battle as at the beginning. But even had the aim of the Russians +been to drive the French from their positions, they could not have +made this last effort, for all the Russian troops had been broken +up, there was no part of the Russian army that had not suffered in the +battle, and though still holding their positions they had lost ONE +HALF of their army. + The French, with the memory of all their former victories during +fifteen years, with the assurance of Napoleon's invincibility, with +the consciousness that they had captured part of the battlefield and +had lost only a quarter of their men and still had their Guards +intact, twenty thousand strong, might easily have made that effort. +The French had attacked the Russian army in order to drive it from its +position ought to have made that effort, for as long as the Russians +continued to block the road to Moscow as before, the aim of the French +had not been attained and all their efforts and losses were in vain. +But the French did not make that effort. Some historians say that +Napoleon need only have used his Old Guards, who were intact, and +the battle would have been won. To speak of what would have happened +had Napoleon sent his Guards is like talking of what would happen if +autumn became spring. It could not be. Napoleon did not give his +Guards, not because he did not want to, but because it could not be +done. All the generals, officers. and soldiers of the French army knew +it could not be done, because the flagging spirit of the troops +would not permitit. + It was not Napoleon alone who had experienced that nightmare feeling +of the mighty arm being stricken powerless, but all the generals and +soldiers of his army whether they had taken part in the battle or not, +after all their experience of previous battles- when after one tenth +of such efforts the enemy had fled- experienced a similar feeling of +terror before an enemy who, after losing HALF his men, stood as +threateningly at the end as at the beginning of the battle. The +moral force of the attacking French army was exhausted. Not that +sort of victory which is defined by the capture of pieces of +material fastened to sticks, called standards, and of the ground on +which the troops had stood and were standing, but a moral victory that +convinces the enemy of the moral superiority of his opponent and of +his own impotence was gained by the Russians at Borodino. The French +invaders, like an infuriated animal that has in its onslaught received +a mortal wound, felt that they were perishing, but could not stop, any +more than the Russian army, weaker by one half, could help swerving. +By impetus gained, the French army was still able to roll forward to +Moscow, but there, without further effort on the part of the Russians, +it had to perish, bleeding from the mortal wound it had received at +Borodino. The direct consequence of the battle of Borodino was +Napoleon's senseless flight from Moscow, his retreat along the old +Smolensk road, the destruction of the invading army of five hundred +thousand men, and the downfall of Napoleonic France, on which at +Borodino for the first time the hand of an opponent of stronger spirit +had been laid. +BK11 + BOOK ELEVEN: 1812 +BK11|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human +mind. Laws of motion of any kind become comprehensible to man only +when he examines arbitrarily selected elements of that motion; but +at the same time, a large proportion of human error comes from the +arbitrary division of continuous motion into discontinuous elements. +There is a well known, so-called sophism of the ancients consisting in +this, that Achilles could never catch up with a tortoise he was +following, in spite of the fact that he traveled ten times as fast +as the tortoise. By the time Achilles has covered the distance that +separated him from the tortoise, the tortoise has covered one tenth of +that distance ahead of him: when Achilles has covered that tenth, +the tortoise has covered another one hundredth, and so on forever. +This problem seemed to the ancients insoluble. The absurd answer (that +Achilles could never overtake the tortoise) resulted from this: that +motion was arbitrarily divided into discontinuous elements, whereas +the motion both of Achilles and of the tortoise was continuous. + By adopting smaller and smaller elements of motion we only +approach a solution of the problem, but never reach it. Only when we +have admitted the conception of the infinitely small, and the +resulting geometrical progression with a common ratio of one tenth, +and have found the sum of this progression to infinity, do we reach +a solution of the problem. + A modern branch of mathematics having achieved the art of dealing +with the infinitely small can now yield solutions in other more +complex problems of motion which used to appear insoluble. + This modern branch of mathematics, unknown to the ancients, when +dealing with problems of motion admits the conception of the +infinitely small, and so conforms to the chief condition of motion +(absolute continuity) and thereby corrects the inevitable error +which the human mind cannot avoid when it deals with separate elements +of motion instead of examining continuous motion. + In seeking the laws of historical movement just the same thing +happens. The movement of humanity, arising as it does from innumerable +arbitrary human wills, is continuous. + To understand the laws of this continuous movement is the aim of +history. But to arrive at these laws, resulting from the sum of all +those human wills, man's mind postulates arbitrary and disconnected +units. The first method of history is to take an arbitrarily +selected series of continuous events and examine it apart from others, +though there is and can be no beginning to any event, for one event +always flows uninterruptedly from another. + The second method is to consider the actions of some one man- a king +or a commander- as equivalent to the sum of many individual wills; +whereas the sum of individual wills is never expressed by the activity +of a single historic personage. + Historical science in its endeavor to draw nearer to truth +continually takes smaller and smaller units for examination. But +however small the units it takes, we feel that to take any unit +disconnected from others, or to assume a beginning of any +phenomenon, or to say that the will of many men is expressed by the +actions of any one historic personage, is in itself false. + It needs no critical exertion to reduce utterly to dust any +deductions drawn from history. It is merely necessary to select some +larger or smaller unit as the subject of observation- as criticism has +every right to do, seeing that whatever unit history observes must +always be arbitrarily selected. + Only by taking infinitesimally small units for observation (the +differential of history, that is, the individual tendencies of men) +and attaining to the art of integrating them (that is, finding the sum +of these infinitesimals) can we hope to arrive at the laws of history. + The first fifteen years of the nineteenth century in Europe +present an extraordinary movement of millions of people. Men leave +their customary pursuits, hasten from one side of Europe to the other, +plunder and slaughter one another, triumph and are plunged in despair, +and for some years the whole course of life is altered and presents an +intensive movement which first increases and then slackens. What was +the cause of this movement, by what laws was it governed? asks the +mind of man. + The historians, replying to this question, lay before us the sayings +and doings of a few dozen men in a building in the city of Paris, +calling these sayings and doings "the Revolution"; then they give a +detailed biography of Napoleon and of certain people favorable or +hostile to him; tell of the influence some of these people had on +others, and say: that is why this movement took place and those are +its laws. + But the mind of man not only refuses to believe this explanation, +but plainly says that this method of explanation is fallacious, +because in it a weaker phenomenon is taken as the cause of a stronger. +The sum of human wills produced the Revolution and Napoleon, and +only the sum of those wills first tolerated and then destroyed them. + "But every time there have been conquests there have been +conquerors; every time there has been a revolution in any state +there have been great men," says history. And, indeed, human reason +replies: every time conquerors appear there have been wars, but this +does not prove that the conquerors caused the wars and that it is +possible to find the laws of a war in the personal activity of a +single man. Whenever I look at my watch and its hands point to ten, +I hear the bells of the neighboring church; but because the bells +begin to ring when the hands of the clock reach ten, I have no right +to assume that the movement of the bells is caused by the position +of the hands of the watch. + Whenever I see the movement of a locomotive I hear the whistle and +see the valves opening and wheels turning; but I have no right to +conclude that the whistling and the turning of wheels are the cause of +the movement of the engine. + The peasants say that a cold wind blows in late spring because the +oaks are budding, and really every spring cold winds do blow when +the oak is budding. But though I do not know what causes the cold +winds to blow when the oak buds unfold, I cannot agree with the +peasants that the unfolding of the oak buds is the cause of the cold +wind, for the force of the wind is beyond the influence of the buds. I +see only a coincidence of occurrences such as happens with all the +phenomena of life, and I see that however much and however carefully I +observe the hands of the watch, and the valves and wheels of the +engine, and the oak, I shall not discover the cause of the bells +ringing, the engine moving, or of the winds of spring. To that I +must entirely change my point of view and study the laws of the +movement of steam, of the bells, and of the wind. History must do +the same. And attempts in this direction have already been made. + To study the laws of history we must completely change the subject +of our observation, must leave aside kings, ministers, and generals, +and the common, infinitesimally small elements by which the masses are +moved. No one can say in how far it is possible for man to advance +in this way toward an understanding of the laws of history; but it +is evident that only along that path does the possibility of +discovering the laws of history lie, and that as yet not a millionth +part as much mental effort has been applied in this direction by +historians as has been devoted to describing the actions of various +kings, commanders, and ministers and propounding the historians' own +reflections concerning these actions. +BK11|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + The forces of a dozen European nations burst into Russia. The +Russian army and people avoided a collision till Smolensk was reached, +and again from Smolensk to Borodino. The French army pushed on to +Moscow, its goal, its impetus ever increasing as it neared its aim, +just as the velocity of a falling body increases as it approaches +the earth. Behind it were seven hundred miles of hunger-stricken, +hostile country; ahead were a few dozen miles separating it from its +goal. Every soldier in Napoleon's army felt this and the invasion +moved on by its own momentum. + The more the Russian army retreated the more fiercely a spirit of +hatred of the enemy flared up, and while it retreated the army +increased and consolidated. At Borodino a collision took place. +Neither army was broken up, but the Russian army retreated immediately +after the collision as inevitably as a ball recoils after colliding +with another having a greater momentum, and with equal inevitability +the ball of invasion that had advanced with such momentum rolled on +for some distance, though the collision had deprived it of all its +force. + The Russians retreated eighty miles- to beyond Moscow- and the +French reached Moscow and there came to a standstill. For five weeks +after that there was not a single battle. The French did not move. +As a bleeding, mortally wounded animal licks its wounds, they remained +inert in Moscow for five weeks, and then suddenly, with no fresh +reason, fled back: they made a dash for the Kaluga road, and (after +a victory- for at Malo-Yaroslavets the field of conflict again +remained theirs) without undertaking a single serious battle, they +fled still more rapidly back to Smolensk, beyond Smolensk, beyond +the Berezina, beyond Vilna, and farther still. + On the evening of the twenty-sixth of August, Kutuzov and the +whole Russian army were convinced that the battle of Borodino was a +victory. Kutuzov reported so to the Emperor. He gave orders to prepare +for a fresh conflict to finish the enemy and did this not to deceive +anyone, but because he knew that the enemy was beaten, as everyone who +had taken part in the battle knew it. + But all that evening and next day reports came in one after +another of unheard-of losses, of the loss of half the army, and a +fresh battle proved physically impossible. + It was impossible to give battle before information had been +collected, the wounded gathered in, the supplies of ammunition +replenished, the slain reckoned up, new officers appointed to +replace those who had been killed, and before the men had had food and +sleep. And meanwhile, the very next morning after the battle, the +French army advanced of itself upon the Russians, carried forward by +the force of its own momentum now seemingly increased in inverse +proportion to the square of the distance from its aim. Kutuzov's +wish was to attack next day, and the whole army desired to do so. +But to make an attack the wish to do so is not sufficient, there +must also be a possibility of doing it, and that possibility did not +exist. It was impossible not to retreat a day's march, and then in the +same way it was impossible not to retreat another and a third day's +march, and at last, on the first of September when the army drew +near Moscow- despite the strength of the feeling that had arisen in +all ranks- the force of circumstances compelled it to retire beyond +Moscow. And the troops retired one more, last, day's march, and +abandoned Moscow to the enemy. + For people accustomed to think that plans of campaign and battles +are made by generals- as any one of us sitting over a map in his study +may imagine how he would have arranged things in this or that +battle- the questions present themselves: Why did Kutuzov during the +retreat not do this or that? Why did he not take up a position +before reaching Fili? Why did he not retire at once by the Kaluga +road, abandoning Moscow? and so on. People accustomed to think in that +way forget, or do not know, the inevitable conditions which always +limit the activities of any commander in chief. The activity of a +commander in chief does not all resemble the activity we imagine to +ourselves when we sit at case in our studies examining some campaign +on the map, with a certain number of troops on this and that side in a +certain known locality, and begin our plans from some given moment. +A commander in chief is never dealing with the beginning of any event- +the position from which we always contemplate it. The commander in +chief is always in the midst of a series of shifting events and so +he never can at any moment consider the whole import of an event +that is occurring. Moment by moment the event is imperceptibly shaping +itself, and at every moment of this continuous, uninterrupted +shaping of events the commander in chief is in the midst of a most +complex play of intrigues, worries, contingencies, authorities, +projects, counsels, threats, and deceptions and is continually obliged +to reply to innumerable questions addressed to him, which constantly +conflict with one another. + Learned military authorities quite seriously tell us that Kutuzov +should have moved his army to the Kaluga road long before reaching +Fili, and that somebody actually submitted such a proposal to him. But +a commander in chief, especially at a difficult moment, has always +before him not one proposal but dozens simultaneously. And all these +proposals, based on strategics and tactics, contradict each other. + A commander in chief's business, it would seem, is simply to +choose one of these projects. But even that he cannot do. Events and +time do not wait. For instance, on the twenty-eighth it is suggested +to him to cross to the Kaluga road, but just then an adjutant +gallops up from Miloradovich asking whether he is to engage the French +or retire. An order must be given him at once, that instant. And the +order to retreat carries us past the turn to the Kaluga road. And +after the adjutant comes the commissary general asking where the +stores are to be taken, and the chief of the hospitals asks where +the wounded are to go, and a courier from Petersburg brings a letter +from the sovereign which does not admit of the possibility of +abandoning Moscow, and the commander in chief's rival, the man who +is undermining him (and there are always not merely one but several +such), presents a new project diametrically opposed to that of turning +to the Kaluga road, and the commander in chief himself needs sleep and +refreshment to maintain his energy and a respectable general who has +been overlooked in the distribution of rewards comes to complain, +and the inhabitants of the district pray to be defended, and an +officer sent to inspect the locality comes in and gives a report quite +contrary to what was said by the officer previously sent; and a spy, a +prisoner, and a general who has been on reconnaissance, all describe +the position of the enemy's army differently. People accustomed to +misunderstand or to forget these inevitable conditions of a +commander in chief's actions describe to us, for instance, the +position of the army at Fili and assume that the commander in chief +could, on the first of September, quite freely decide whether to +abandon Moscow or defend it; whereas, with the Russian army less +than four miles from Moscow, no such question existed. When had that +question been settled? At Drissa and at Smolensk and most palpably +of all on the twenty-fourth of August at Shevardino and on the +twenty-sixth at Borodino, and each day and hour and minute of the +retreat from Borodino to Fili. +BK11|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + When Ermolov, having been sent by Kutuzov to inspect the position, +told the field marshal that it was impossible to fight there before +Moscow and that they must retreat, Kutuzov looked at him in silence. + "Give me your hand," said he and, turning it over so as to feel +the pulse, added: "You are not well, my dear fellow. Think what you +are saying!" + Kutuzov could not yet admit the possibility of retreating beyond +Moscow without a battle. + On the Poklonny Hill, four miles from the Dorogomilov gate of +Moscow, Kutuzov got out of his carriage and sat down on a bench by the +roadside. A great crowd of generals gathered round him, and Count +Rostopchin, who had come out from Moscow, joined them. This +brilliant company separated into several groups who all discussed +the advantages and disadvantages of the position, the state of the +army, the plans suggested, the situation of Moscow, and military +questions generally. Though they had not been summoned for the +purpose, and though it was not so called, they all felt that this +was really a council of war. The conversations all dealt with public +questions. If anyone gave or asked for personal news, it was done in a +whisper and they immediately reverted to general matters. No jokes, or +laughter, or smiles even, were seen among all these men. They +evidently all made an effort to hold themselves at the height the +situation demanded. And all these groups, while talking among +themselves, tried to keep near the commander in chief (whose bench +formed the center of the gathering) and to speak so that he might +overhear them. The commander in chief listened to what was being +said and sometimes asked them to repeat their remarks, but did not +himself take part in the conversations or express any opinion. After +hearing what was being said by one or other of these groups he +generally turned away with an air of disappointment, as though they +were not speaking of anything he wished to hear. Some discussed the +position that had been chosen, criticizing not the position itself +so much as the mental capacity of those who had chosen it. Others +argued that a mistake had been made earlier and that a battle should +have been fought two days before. Others again spoke of the battle +of Salamanca, which was described by Crosart, a newly arrived +Frenchman in a Spanish uniform. (This Frenchman and one of the +German princes serving with the Russian army were discussing the siege +of Saragossa and considering the possibility of defending Moscow in +a similar manner.) Count Rostopchin was telling a fourth group that he +was prepared to die with the city train bands under the walls of the +capital, but that he still could not help regretting having been +left in ignorance of what was happening, and that had he known it +sooner things would have been different.... A fifth group, +displaying the profundity of their strategic perceptions, discussed +the direction the troops would now have to take. A sixth group was +talking absolute nonsense. Kutuzov's expression grew more and more +preoccupied and gloomy. From all this talk he saw only one thing: that +to defend Moscow was a physical impossibility in the full meaning of +those words, that is to say, so utterly impossible that if any +senseless commander were to give orders to fight, confusion would +result but the battle would still not take place. It would not take +place because the commanders not merely all recognized the position to +be impossible, but in their conversations were only discussing what +would happen after its inevitable abandonment. How could the +commanders lead their troops to a field of battle they considered it +impossible to hold? The lower-grade officers and even the soldiers +(who too reason) also considered the position impossible and therefore +could not go to fight, fully convinced as they were of defeat. If +Bennigsen insisted on the position being defended and others still +discussed it, the question was no longer important in itself but +only as a pretext for disputes and intrigue. This Kutuzov knew well. + Bennigsen, who had chosen the position, warmly displayed his Russian +patriotism (Kutuzov could not listen to this without wincing) by +insisting that Moscow must be defended. His aim was as clear as +daylight to Kutuzov: if the defense failed, to throw the blame on +Kutuzov who had brought the army as far as the Sparrow Hills without +giving battle; if it succeeded, to claim the success as his own; or if +battle were not given, to clear himself of the crime of abandoning +Moscow. But this intrigue did not now occupy the old man's mind. One +terrible question absorbed him and to that question he heard no +reply from anyone. The question for him now was: "Have I really +allowed Napoleon to reach Moscow, and when did I do so? When was it +decided? Can it have been yesterday when I ordered Platov to +retreat, or was it the evening before, when I had a nap and told +Bennigsen to issue orders? Or was it earlier still?... When, when +was this terrible affair decided? Moscow must be abandoned. The army +must retreat and the order to do so must be given." To give that +terrible order seemed to him equivalent to resigning the command of +the army. And not only did he love power to which he was accustomed +(the honours awarded to Prince Prozorovski, under whom he had served +in Turkey, galled him), but he was convinced that he was destined to +save Russia and that that was why, against the Emperor's wish and by +the will of the people, he had been chosen commander in chief. He +was convinced that he alone could maintain command of the army in +these difficult circumstances, and that in all the world he alone +could encounter the invincible Napoleon without fear, and he was +horrified at the thought of the order he had to issue. But something +had to be decided, and these conversations around him which were +assuming too free a character must be stopped. + He called the most important generals to him. + "My head, be it good or bad, must depend on itself," said he, rising +from the bench, and he rode to Fili where his carriages were waiting. +BK11|CH4 + CHAPTERIV IV + + The Council of War began to assemble at two in the afternoon in +the better and roomier part of Andrew Savostyanov's hut. The men, +women, and children of the large peasant family crowded into the +back room across the passage. Only Malasha, Andrew's six-year-old +granddaughter whom his Serene Highness had petted and to whom he had +given a lump of sugar while drinking his tea, remained on the top of +the brick oven in the larger room. Malasha looked down from the oven +with shy delight at the faces, uniforms, and decorations of the +generals, who one after another came into the room and sat down on the +broad benches in the corner under the icons. "Granddad" himself, as +Malasha in her own mind called Kutuzov, sat apart in a dark corner +behind the oven. He sat, sunk deep in a folding armchair, and +continually cleared his throat and pulled at the collar of his coat +which, though it was unbuttoned, still seemed to pinch his neck. Those +who entered went up one by one to the field marshal; he pressed the +hands of some and nodded to others. His adjutant Kaysarov was about to +draw back the curtain of the window facing Kutuzov, but the latter +moved his hand angrily and Kaysarov understood that his Serene +Highness did not wish his face to be seen. + Round the peasant's deal table, on which lay maps, plans, pencils, +and papers, so many people gathered that the orderlies brought in +another bench and put it beside the table. Ermolov, Kaysarov, and +Toll, who had just arrived, sat down on this bench. In the foremost +place, immediately under the icons, sat Barclay de Tolly, his high +forehead merging into his bald crown. He had a St. George's Cross +round his neck and looked pale and ill. He had been feverish for two +days and was now shivering and in pain. Beside him sat Uvarov, who +with rapid gesticulations was giving him some information, speaking in +low tones as they all did. Chubby little Dokhturov was listening +attentively with eyebrows raised and arms folded on his stomach. On +the other side sat Count Ostermann-Tolstoy, seemingly absorbed in +his own thoughts. His broad head with its bold features and glittering +eyes was resting on his hand. Raevski, twitching forward the black +hair on his temples as was his habit, glanced now at Kutuzov and now +at the door with a look of impatience. Konovnitsyn's firm, handsome, +and kindly face was lit up by a tender, sly smile. His glance met +Malasha's, and the expression of his eyes caused the little girl to +smile. + They were all waiting for Bennigsen, who on the pretext of +inspecting the position was finishing his savory dinner. They waited +for him from four till six o'clock and did not begin their +deliberations all that time talked in low tones of other matters. + Only when Bennigsen had entered the hut did Kutuzov leave his corner +and draw toward the table, but not near enough for the candles that +had been placed there to light up his face. + Bennigsen opened the council with the question: "Are we to abandon +Russia's ancient and sacred capital without a struggle, or are we to +defend it?" A prolonged and general silence followed. There was a +frown on every face and only Kutuzov's angry grunts and occasional +cough broke the silence. All eyes were gazing at him. Malasha too +looked at "Granddad." She was nearest to him and saw how his face +puckered; he seemed about to cry, but this did not last long. + "Russia's ancient and sacred capital!" he suddenly said, repeating +Bennigsen's words in an angry voice and thereby drawing attention to +the false note in them. "Allow me to tell you, your excellency, that +that question has no meaning for a Russian." (He lurched his heavy +body forward.) "Such a question cannot be put; it is senseless! The +question I have asked these gentlemen to meet to discuss is a military +one. The question is that of saving Russia. Is it better to give up +Moscow without a battle, or by accepting battle to risk losing the +army as well as Moscow? That is the question on which I want your +opinion," and he sank back in his chair. + The discussion began. Bennigsen did not yet consider his game +lost. Admitting the view of Barclay and others that a defensive battle +at Fili was impossible, but imbued with Russian patriotism and the +love of Moscow, he proposed to move troops from the right to the +left flank during the night and attack the French right flank the +following day. Opinions were divided, and arguments were advanced +for and against that project. Ermolov, Dokhturov, and Raevski agreed +with Bennigsen. Whether feeling it necessary to make a sacrifice +before abandoning the capital or guided by other, personal +considerations, these generals seemed not to understand that this +council could not alter the inevitable course of events and that +Moscow was in effect already abandoned. The other generals, however, +understood it and, leaving aside the question of Moscow, of the +direction the army should take in its retreat. Malasha, who kept her +eyes fixed on what was going on before her, understood the meaning +of the council differently. It seemed to her that it was only a +personal struggle between "Granddad" and "Long-coat" as she termed +Bennigsen. She saw that they grew spiteful when they spoke to one +another, and in her heart she sided with "Granddad." In the midst of +the conversation she noticed "Granddad" give Bennigsen a quick, subtle +glance, and then to her joys he saw that "Granddad" said something +to "Long-coat" which settled him. Bennigsen suddenly reddened and +paced angrily up and down the room. What so affected him was Kutuzov's +calm and quiet comment on the advantage or disadvantage of Bennigsen's +proposal to move troops by night from the right to the left flank to +attack the French right wing. + "Gentlemen," said Kutuzov, "I cannot approve of the count's plan. +Moving troops in close proximity to an enemy is always dangerous, +and military history supports that view. For instance..." Kutuzov +seemed to reflect, searching for an example, then with a clear, +naive look at Bennigsen he added: "Oh yes; take the battle of +Friedland, which I think the count well remembers, and which was... +not fully successful, only because our troops were rearranged too near +the enemy..." + There followed a momentary pause, which seemed very long to them +all. + The discussion recommenced, but pauses frequently occurred and +they all felt that there was no more to be said. + During one of these pauses Kutuzov heaved a deep sigh as if +preparing to speak. They all looked at him. + "Well, gentlemen, I see that it is I who will have to pay for the +broken crockery," said he, and rising slowly he moved to the table. +"Gentlemen, I have heard your views. Some of you will not agree with +me. But I," he paused, "by the authority entrusted to me by my +Sovereign and country, order a retreat." + After that the generals began to disperse with the solemnity and +circumspect silence of people who are leaving, after a funeral. + Some of the generals, in low tones and in a strain very different +from the way they had spoken during the council, communicated +something to their commander in chief. + Malasha, who had long been expected for supper, climbed carefully +backwards down from the oven, her bare little feet catching at its +projections, and slipping between the legs of the generals she +darted out of the room. + When he had dismissed the generals Kutuzov sat a long time with +his elbows on the table, thinking always of the same terrible +question: "When, when did the abandonment of Moscow become inevitable? +When was that done which settled the matter? And who was to blame +for it?" + "I did not expect this," said he to his adjutant Schneider when +the latter came in late that night. "I did not expect this! I did +not think this would happen." + "You should take some rest, your Serene Highness," replied +Schneider. + "But no! They shall eat horseflesh yet, like the Turks!" exclaimed +Kutuzov without replying, striking the table with his podgy fist. +"They shall too, if only..." +BK11|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + At that very time, in circumstances even more important than +retreating without a battle, namely the evacuation and burning of +Moscow, Rostopchin, who is usually represented as being the instigator +of that event, acted in an altogether different manner from Kutuzov. + After the battle of Borodino the abandonment and burning of Moscow +was as inevitable as the retreat of the army beyond Moscow without +fighting. + Every Russian might have predicted it, not by reasoning but by the +feeling implanted in each of us and in our fathers. + The same thing that took place in Moscow had happened in all the +towns and villages on Russian soil beginning with Smolensk, without +the participation of Count Rostopchin and his broadsheets. The +people awaited the enemy unconcernedly, did not riot or become excited +or tear anyone to pieces, but faced its fate, feeling within it the +strength to find what it should do at that most difficult moment. +And as soon as the enemy drew near the wealthy classes went away +abandoning their property, while the poorer remained and burned and +destroyed what was left. + The consciousness that this would be so and would always be so was +and is present in the heart of every Russian. And a consciousness of +this, and a foreboding that Moscow would be taken, was present in +Russian Moscow society in 1812. Those who had quitted Moscow already +in July and at the beginning of August showed that they expected this. +Those who went away, taking what they could and abandoning their +houses and half their belongings, did so from the latent patriotism +which expresses itself not by phrases or by giving one's children to +save the fatherland and similar unnatural exploits, but unobtrusively, +simply, organically, and therefore in the way that always produces the +most powerful results. + "It is disgraceful to run away from danger; only cowards are running +away from Moscow," they were told. In his broadsheets Rostopchin +impressed on them that to leave Moscow was shameful. They were ashamed +to be called cowards, ashamed to leave, but still they left, knowing +it had to be done. Why did they go? It is impossible to suppose that +Rostopchin had scared them by his accounts of horrors Napoleon had +committed in conquered countries. The first people to go away were the +rich educated people who knew quite well that Vienna and Berlin had +remained intact and that during Napoleon's occupation the +inhabitants had spent their time pleasantly in the company of the +charming Frenchmen whom the Russians, and especially the Russian +ladies, then liked so much. + They went away because for Russians there could be no question as to +whether things would go well or ill under French rule in Moscow. It +was out of the question to be under French rule, it would be the worst +thing that could happen. They went away even before the battle of +Borodino and still more rapidly after it, despite Rostopchin's calls +to defend Moscow or the announcement of his intention to take the +wonder-working icon of the Iberian Mother of God and go to fight, or +of the balloons that were to destroy the French, and despite all the +nonsense Rostopchin wrote in his broadsheets. They knew that it was +for the army to fight, and that if it could not succeed it would not +do to take young ladies and house serfs to the Three Hills quarter +of Moscow to fight Napoleon, and that they must go away, sorry as they +were to abandon their property to destruction. They went away +without thinking of the tremendous significance of that immense and +wealthy city being given over to destruction, for a great city with +wooden buildings was certain when abandoned by its inhabitants to be +burned. They went away each on his own account, and yet it was only in +consequence of their going away that the momentous event was +accomplished that will always remain the greatest glory of the Russian +people. The lady who, afraid of being stopped by Count Rostopchin's +orders, had already in June moved with her Negroes and her women +jesters from Moscow to her Saratov estate, with a vague +consciousness that she was not Bonaparte's servant, was really, +simply, and truly carrying out the great work which saved Russia. +But Count Rostopchin, who now taunted those who left Moscow and now +had the government offices removed; now distributed quite useless +weapons to the drunken rabble; now had processions displaying the +icons, and now forbade Father Augustin to remove icons or the relics +of saints; now seized all the private carts in Moscow and on one +hundred and thirty-six of them removed the balloon that was being +constructed by Leppich; now hinted that he would burn Moscow and +related how he had set fire to his own house; now wrote a proclamation +to the French solemnly upbraiding them for having destroyed his +Orphanage; now claimed the glory of having hinted that he would burn +Moscow and now repudiated the deed; now ordered the people to catch +all spies and bring them to him, and now reproached them for doing so; +now expelled all the French residents from Moscow, and now allowed +Madame Aubert-Chalme (the center of the whole French colony in Moscow) +to remain, but ordered the venerable old postmaster Klyucharev to be +arrested and exiled for no particular offense; now assembled the +people at the Three Hills to fight the French and now, to get rid of +them, handed over to them a man to be killed and himself drove away by +a back gate; now declared that he would not survive the fall of +Moscow, and now wrote French verses in albums concerning his share +in the affair- this man did not understand the meaning of what was +happening but merely wanted to do something himself that would +astonish people, to perform some patriotically heroic feat; and like a +child he made sport of the momentous, and unavoidable event- the +abandonment and burning of Moscow- and tried with his puny hand now to +speed and now to stay the enormous, popular tide that bore him along +with it. +BK11|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Helene, having returned with the court from Vilna to Petersburg, +found herself in a difficult position. + In Petersburg she had enjoyed the special protection of a grandee +who occupied one of the highest posts in the Empire. In Vilna she +had formed an intimacy with a young foreign prince. When she +returned to Petersburg both the magnate and the prince were there, and +both claimed their rights. Helene was faced by a new problem- how to +preserve her intimacy with both without offending either. + What would have seemed difficult or even impossible to another woman +did not cause the least embarrassment to Countess Bezukhova, who +evidently deserved her reputation of being a very clever woman. Had +she attempted concealment, or tried to extricate herself from her +awkward position by cunning, she would have spoiled her case by +acknowledging herself guilty. But Helene, like a really great man +who can do whatever he pleases, at once assumed her own position to be +correct, as she sincerely believed it to be, and that everyone else +was to blame. + The first time the young foreigner allowed himself to reproach +her, she lifted her beautiful head and, half turning to him, said +firmly: "That's just like a man- selfish and cruel! I expected nothing +else. A woman sacrifices herself for you, she suffers, and this is her +reward! What right have you, monseigneur, to demand an account of my +attachments and friendships? He is a man who has been more than a +father to me!" The prince was about to say something, but Helene +interrupted him. + "Well, yes," said she, "it may be that he has other sentiments for +me than those of a father, but that is not a reason for me to shut +my door on him. I am not a man, that I should repay kindness with +ingratitude! Know, monseigneur, that in all that relates to my +intimate feelings I render account only to God and to my +conscience," she concluded, laying her hand on her beautiful, fully +expanded bosom and looking up to heaven. + "But for heaven's sake listen to me!" + "Marry me, and I will be your slave!" + "But that's impossible." + "You won't deign to demean yourself by marrying me, you..." said +Helene, beginning to cry. + The prince tried to comfort her, but Helene, as if quite distraught, +said through her tears that there was nothing to prevent her marrying, +that there were precedents (there were up to that time very few, but +she mentioned Napoleon and some other exalted personages), that she +had never been her husband's wife, and that she had been sacrificed. + "But the law, religion..." said the prince, already yielding. + "The law, religion... What have they been invented for if they can't +arrange that?" said Helene. + The prince was surprised that so simple an idea had not occurred +to him, and he applied for advice to the holy brethren of the +Society of Jesus, with whom he was on intimate terms. + A few days later at one of those enchanting fetes which Helene +gave at her country house on the Stone Island, the charming Monsieur +de Jobert, a man no longer young, with snow white hair and brilliant +black eyes, a Jesuit a robe courte* was presented to her, and in the +garden by the light of the illuminations and to the sound of music +talked to her for a long time of the love of God, of Christ, of the +Sacred Heart, and of the consolations the one true Catholic religion +affords in this world and the next. Helene was touched, and more +than once tears rose to her eyes and to those of Monsieur de Jobert +and their voices trembled. A dance, for which her partner came to seek +her, put an end to her discourse with her future directeur de +conscience, but the next evening Monsieur de Jobert came to see Helene +when she was alone, and after that often came again. + + *Lay member of the Society of Jesus. + + One day he took the countess to a Roman Catholic church, where she +knelt down before the altar to which she was led. The enchanting, +middle-aged Frenchman laid his hands on her head and, as she herself +afterward described it, she felt something like a fresh breeze +wafted into her soul. It was explained to her that this was la grace. + After that a long-frocked abbe was brought to her. She confessed +to him, and he absolved her from her sins. Next day she received a box +containing the Sacred Host, which was left at her house for her to +partake of. A few days later Helene learned with pleasure that she had +now been admitted to the true Catholic Church and that in a few days +the Pope himself would hear of her and would send her a certain +document. + All that was done around her and to her at this time, all the +attention devoted to her by so many clever men and expressed in such +pleasant, refined ways, and the state of dove-like purity she was +now in (she wore only white dresses and white ribbons all that time) +gave her pleasure, but her pleasure did not cause her for a moment +to forget her aim. And as it always happens in contests of cunning +that a stupid person gets the better of cleverer ones, Helene- +having realized that the main object of all these words and all this +trouble was, after converting her to Catholicism, to obtain money from +her for Jesuit institutions (as to which she received indications)- +before parting with her money insisted that the various operations +necessary to free her from her husband should be performed. In her +view the aim of every religion was merely to preserve certain +proprieties while affording satisfaction to human desires. And with +this aim, in one of her talks with her Father Confessor, she +insisted on an answer to the question, in how far was she bound by her +marriage? + They were sitting in the twilight by a window in the drawing room. +The scent of flowers came in at the window. Helene was wearing a white +dress, transparent over her shoulders and bosom. The abbe, a +well-fed man with a plump, clean-shaven chin, a pleasant firm mouth, +and white hands meekly folded on his knees, sat close to Helene and, +with a subtle smile on his lips and a peaceful look of delight at +her beauty, occasionally glanced at her face as he explained his +opinion on the subject. Helene with an uneasy smile looked at his +curly hair and his plump, clean-shaven, blackish cheeks and every +moment expected the conversation to take a fresh turn. But the abbe, +though he evidently enjoyed the beauty of his companion, was +absorbed in his mastery of the matter. + The course of the Father Confessor's arguments ran as follows: +"Ignorant of the import of what you were undertaking, you made a vow +of conjugal fidelity to a man who on his part, by entering the married +state without faith in the religious significance of marriage, +committed an act of sacrilege. That marriage lacked the dual +significance it should have had. Yet in spite of this your vow was +binding. You swerved from it. What did you commit by so acting? A +venial, or a mortal, sin? A venial sin, for you acted without evil +intention. If now you married again with the object of bearing +children, your sin might be forgiven. But the question is again a +twofold one: firstly..." + But suddenly Helene, who was getting bored, said with one of her +bewitching smiles: "But I think that having espoused the true religion +I cannot be bound by what a false religion laid upon me." + The director of her conscience was astounded at having the case +presented to him thus with the simplicity of Columbus' egg. He was +delighted at the unexpected rapidity of his pupil's progress, but +could not abandon the edifice of argument he had laboriously +constructed. + "Let us understand one another, Countess," said he with a smile, and +began refuting his spiritual daughter's arguments. +BK11|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Helene understood that the question was very simple and easy from +the ecclesiastical point of view, and that her directors were making +difficulties only because they were apprehensive as to how the +matter would be regarded by the secular authorities. + So she decided that it was necessary to prepare the opinion of +society. She provoked the jealousy of the elderly magnate and told him +what she had told her other suitor; that is, she put the matter so +that the only way for him to obtain a right over her was to marry her. +The elderly magnate was at first as much taken aback by this +suggestion of marriage with a woman whose husband was alive, as the +younger man had been, but Helene's imperturbable conviction that it +was as simple and natural as marrying a maiden had its effect on him +too. Had Helene herself shown the least sign of hesitation, shame, +or secrecy, her cause would certainly have been lost; but not only did +she show no signs of secrecy or shame, on the contrary, with +good-natured naivete she told her intimate friends (and these were all +Petersburg) that both the prince and the magnate had proposed to her +and that she loved both and was afraid of grieving either. + A rumor immediately spread in Petersburg, not that Helene wanted +to be divorced from her husband (had such a report spread many would +have opposed so illegal an intention) but simply that the +unfortunate and interesting Helene was in doubt which of the two men +she should marry. The question was no longer whether this was +possible, but only which was the better match and how the matter would +be regarded at court. There were, it is true, some rigid individuals +unable to rise to the height of such a question, who saw in the +project a desecration of the sacrament of marriage, but there were not +many such and they remained silent, while the majority were interested +in Helene's good fortune and in the question which match would be +the more advantageous. Whether it was right or wrong to remarry +while one had a husband living they did not discuss, for that question +had evidently been settled by people "wiser than you or me," as they +said, and to doubt the correctness of that decision would be to risk +exposing one's stupidity and incapacity to live in society. + Only Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, had come to Petersburg that +summer to see one of her sons, allowed herself plainly to express an +opinion contrary to the general one. Meeting Helene at a ball she +stopped her in the middle of the room and, amid general silence, +said in her gruff voice: "So wives of living men have started marrying +again! Perhaps you think you have invented a novelty? You have been +forestalled, my dear! It was thought of long ago. It is done in all +the brothels," and with these words Marya Dmitrievna, turning up her +wide sleeves with her usual threatening gesture and glancing sternly +round, moved across the room. + Though people were afraid of Marya Dmitrievna she was regarded in +Petersburg as a buffoon, and so of what she had said they only +noticed, and repeated in a whisper, the one coarse word she had +used, supposing the whole sting of her remark to lie in that word. + Prince Vasili, who of late very often forgot what he had said and +repeated one and the same thing a hundred times, remarked to his +daughter whenever he chanced to see her: + "Helene, I have a word to say to you," and he would lead her +aside, drawing her hand downward. "I have heard of certain projects +concerning... you know. Well my dear child, you know how your father's +heart rejoices to know that you... You have suffered so much.... +But, my dear child, consult only your own heart. That is all I have to +say," and concealing his unvarying emotion he would press his cheek +against his daughter's and move away. + Bilibin, who had not lost his reputation of an exceedingly clever +man, and who was one of one of the disinterested friends so +brilliant a woman as Helene always has- men friends who can never +change into lovers- once gave her his view of the matter at a small +and intimate gathering. + "Listen, Bilibin," said Helene (she always called friends of that +sort by their surnames), and she touched his coat sleeve with her +white, beringed fingers. "Tell me, as you would a sister, what I ought +to do. Which of the two?" + Bilibin wrinkled up the skin over his eyebrows and pondered, with +a smile on his lips. + "You are not taking me unawares, you know," said he. "As a true +friend, I have thought and thought again about your affair. You see, +if you marry the prince"- he meant the younger man- and he crooked one +finger, "you forever lose the chance of marrying the other, and you +will displease the court besides. (You know there is some kind of +connection.) But if you marry the old count you will make his last +days happy, and as widow of the Grand... the prince would no longer be +making a mesalliance by marrying you," and Bilibin smoothed out his +forehead. + "That's a true friend!" said Helene beaming, and again touching +Bilibin's sleeve. "But I love them, you know, and don't want to +distress either of them. I would give my life for the happiness of +them both." + Bilibin shrugged his shoulders, as much as to say that not even he +could help in that difficulty. + "Une maitresse-femme!* That's what is called putting things +squarely. She would like to be married to all three at the same time," +thought he. + + *A masterly woman. + + "But tell me, how will your husband look at the matter?" Bilibin +asked, his reputation being so well established that he did not fear +to ask so naive a question. "Will he agree?" + "Oh, he loves me so!" said Helene, who for some reason imagined that +Pierre too loved her. "He will do anything for me." + Bilibin puckered his skin in preparation for something witty. + "Even divorce you?" said he. + Helene laughed. + Among those who ventured to doubt the justifiability of the proposed +marriage was Helene's mother, Princess Kuragina. She was continually +tormented by jealousy of her daughter, and now that jealousy concerned +a subject near to her own heart, she could not reconcile herself to +the idea. She consulted a Russian priest as to the possibility of +divorce and remarriage during a husband's lifetime, and the priest +told her that it was impossible, and to her delight showed her a +text in the Gospel which (as it seemed to him) plainly remarriage +while the husband is alive. + Armed with these arguments, which appeared to her unanswerable, +she drove to her daughter's early one morning so as to find her alone. + Having listened to her mother's objections, Helene smiled blandly +and ironically. + "But it says plainly: 'Whosoever shall marry her that is +divorced...'" said the old princess. + "Ah, Maman, ne dites pas de betises. Vous ne comprenez rein. Dans ma +position j'ai des devoirs,"* said Helene changing from Russian, in +which language she always felt that her case did not sound quite +clear, into French which suited it better. + + *"Oh, Mamma, don't talk nonsense! You don't understand anything. +In my position I have obligations. + + "But, my dear...." + "Oh, Mamma, how is it you don't understand that the Holy Father, who +has the right to grant dispensations..." + Just then the lady companion who lived with Helene came in to +announce that His Highness was in the ballroom and wished to see her. + "Non, dites-lui que je ne veux pas le voir, que je suis furieuse +contre lui, parce qu'il m' a manque parole."* + + *"No, tell him I don't wish to see him, I am furious with him for +not keeping his word to me." + + "Comtesse, a tout peche misericorde,"* said a fair-haired young +man with a long face and nose, as he entered the room. + + *"Countess, there is mercy for every sin." + + The old princess rose respectfully and curtsied. The young man who +had entered took no notice of her. The princess nodded to her daughter +and sidled out of the room. + "Yes, she is right," thought the old princess, all her convictions +dissipated by the appearance of His Highness. "She is right, but how +is it that we in our irrecoverable youth did not know it? Yet it is so +simple," she thought as she got into her carriage. + + By the beginning of August Helene's affairs were clearly defined and +she wrote a letter to her husband- who, as she imagined, loved her +very much- informing him of her intention to marry N.N. and of her +having embraced the one true faith, and asking him to carry out all +the formalities necessary for a divorce, which would be explained to +him by the bearer of the letter. + + And so I pray God to have you, my friend, in His holy and powerful +keeping- Your friend Helene. + + This letter was brought to Pierre's house when he was on the field +of Borodino. +BK11|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Toward the end of the battle of Borodino, Pierre, having run down +from Raevski's battery a second time, made his way through a gully +to Knyazkovo with a crowd of soldiers, reached the dressing station, +and seeing blood and hearing cries and groans hurried on, still +entangled in the crowds of soldiers. + The one thing he now desired with his whole soul was to get away +quickly from the terrible sensations amid which he had lived that +day and return to ordinary conditions of life and sleep quietly in a +room in his own bed. He felt that only in the ordinary conditions of +life would he be able to understand himself and all he had seen and +felt. But such ordinary conditions of life were nowhere to be found. + Though shells and bullets did not whistle over the road along +which he was going, still on all sides there was what there had been +on the field of battle. There were still the same suffering, +exhausted, and sometimes strangely indifferent faces, the same +blood, the same soldiers' overcoats, the same sounds of firing +which, though distant now, still aroused terror, and besides this +there were the foul air and the dust. + Having gone a couple of miles along the Mozhaysk road, Pierre sat +down by the roadside. + Dusk had fallen, and the roar of guns died away. Pierre lay +leaning on his elbow for a long time, gazing at the shadows that moved +past him in the darkness. He was continually imagining that a cannon +ball was flying toward him with a terrific whizz, and then he +shuddered and sat up. He had no idea how long he had been there. In +the middle of the night three soldiers, having brought some +firewood, settled down near him and began lighting a fire. + The soldiers, who threw sidelong glances at Pierre, got the fire +to burn and placed an iron pot on it into which they broke some +dried bread and put a little dripping. The pleasant odor of greasy +viands mingled with the smell of smoke. Pierre sat up and sighed. +The three soldiers were eating and talking among themselves, taking no +notice of him. + "And who may you be?" one of them suddenly asked Pierre, evidently +meaning what Pierre himself had in mind, namely: "If you want to eat +we'll give you some food, only let us know whether you are an honest +man." + "I, I..." said Pierre, feeling it necessary to minimize his social +position as much as possible so as to be nearer to the soldiers and +better understood by them. "By rights I am a militia officer, but my +men are not here. I came to the battle and have lost them." + "There now!" said one of the soldiers. + Another shook his head. + "Would you like a little mash?" the first soldier asked, and +handed Pierre a wooden spoon after licking it clean. + Pierre sat down by the fire and began eating the mash, as they +called the food in the cauldron, and he thought it more delicious than +any food he had ever tasted. As he sat bending greedily over it, +helping himself to large spoonfuls and chewing one after another, +his was lit up by the fire and the soldiers looked at him in silence. + "Where have you to go to? Tell us!" said one of them. + "To Mozhaysk." + "You're a gentleman, aren't you?" + "Yes." + "And what's your name?" + "Peter Kirilych." + "Well then, Peter Kirilych, come along with us, we'll take you +there." + In the total darkness the soldiers walked with Pierre to Mozhaysk. + By the time they got near Mozhaysk and began ascending the steep +hill into the town, the cocks were already crowing. Pierre went on +with the soldiers, quite forgetting that his inn was at the bottom +of the hill and that he had already passed it. He would not soon +have remembered this, such was his state of forgetfulness, had he +not halfway up the hill stumbled upon his groom, who had been to +look for him in the town and was returning to the inn. The groom +recognized Pierre in the darkness by his white hat. + "Your excellency!" he said. "Why, we were beginning to despair! +How is it you are on foot? And where are you going, please?" + "Oh, yes!" said Pierre. + The soldiers stopped. + "So you've found your folk?" said one of them. "Well, good-by, Peter +Kirilych- isn't it?" + "Good-by, Peter Kirilych!" Pierre heard the other voices repeat. + "Good-by!" he said and turned with his groom toward the inn. + "I ought to give them something!" he thought, and felt in his +pocket. "No, better not!" said another, inner voice. + There was not a room to be had at the inn, they were all occupied. +Pierre went out into the yard and, covering himself up head and all, +lay down in his carriage. +BK11|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt +himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness +of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of +projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a +feeling of horror and dread of death seized him. Filled with fright he +opened his eyes and lifted his head from under his cloak. All was +tranquil in the yard. Only someone's orderly passed through the +gateway, splashing through the mud, and talked to the innkeeper. Above +Pierre's head some pigeons, disturbed by the movement he had made in +sitting up, fluttered under the dark roof of the penthouse. The +whole courtyard was permeated by a strong peaceful smell of stable +yards, delightful to Pierre at that moment. He could see the clear +starry sky between the dark roofs of two penthouses. + "Thank God, there is no more of that!" he thought, covering up his +head again. "Oh, what a terrible thing is fear, and how shamefully I +yielded to it! But they... they were steady and calm all the time, +to the end..." thought he. + They, in Pierre's mind, were the soldiers, those who had been at the +battery, those who had given him food, and those who had prayed before +the icon. They, those strange men he had not previously known, stood +out clearly and sharply from everyone else. + "To be a soldier, just a soldier!" thought Pierre as he fell asleep, +"to enter communal life completely, to be imbued by what makes them +what they are. But how cast off all the superfluous, devilish burden +of my outer man? There was a time when I could have done it. I could +have run away from my father, as I wanted to. Or I might have been +sent to serve as a soldier after the duel with Dolokhov." And the +memory of the dinner at the English Club when he had challenged +Dolokhov flashed through Pierre's mind, and then he remembered his +benefactor at Torzhok. And now a picture of a solemn meeting of the +lodge presented itself to his mind. It was taking place at the English +Club and someone near and dear to him sat at the end of the table. +"Yes, that is he! It is my benefactor. But he died!" thought Pierre. +"Yes, he died, and I did not know he was alive. How sorry I am that he +died, and how glad I am that he is alive again!" On one side of the +table sat Anatole, Dolokhov, Nesvitski, Denisov, and others like +them (in his dream the category to which these men belonged was as +clearly defined in his mind as the category of those he termed +they), and he heard those people, Anatole and Dolokhov, shouting and +singing loudly; yet through their shouting the voice of his benefactor +was heard speaking all the time and the sound of his words was as +weighty and uninterrupted as the booming on the battlefield, but +pleasant and comforting. Pierre did not understand what his benefactor +was saying, but he knew (the categories of thoughts were also quite +distinct in his dream) that he was talking of goodness and the +possibility of being what they were. And they with their simple, kind, +firm faces surrounded his benefactor on all sides. But though they +were kindly they did not look at Pierre and did not know him. +Wishing to speak and to attract their attention, he got up, but at +that moment his legs grew cold and bare. + He felt ashamed, and with one arm covered his legs from which his +cloak had in fact slipped. For a moment as he was rearranging his +cloak Pierre opened his eyes and saw the same penthouse roofs, +posts, and yard, but now they were all bluish, lit up, and +glittering with frost or dew. + "It is dawn," thought Pierre. "But that's not what I want. I want to +hear and understand my benefactor's words." Again he covered himself +up with his cloak, but now neither the lodge nor his benefactor was +there. There were only thoughts clearly expressed in words, thoughts +that someone was uttering or that he himself was formulating. + Afterwards when he recalled those thoughts Pierre was convinced that +someone outside himself had spoken them, though the impressions of +that day had evoked them. He had never, it seemed to him, been able to +think and express his thoughts like that when awake. + "To endure war is the most difficult subordination of man's +freedom to the law of God," the voice had said. "Simplicity is +submission to the will of God; you cannot escape from Him. And they +are simple. They do not talk, but act. The spoken word is silver but +the unspoken is golden. Man can be master of nothing while he fears +death, but he who does not fear it possesses all. If there were no +suffering, man would not know his limitations, would not know himself. +The hardest thing [Pierre went on thinking, or hearing, in his +dream] is to be able in your soul to unite the meaning of all. To +unite all?" he asked himself. "No, not to unite. Thoughts cannot be +united, but to harness all these thoughts together is what we need! +Yes, one must harness them, must harness them!" he repeated to himself +with inward rapture, feeling that these words and they alone expressed +what he wanted to say and solved the question that tormented him. + "Yes, one must harness, it is time to harness." + "Time to harness, time to harness, your excellency! Your +excellency!" some voice was repeating. "We must harness, it is time to +harness...." + It was the voice of the groom, trying to wake him. The sun shone +straight into Pierre's face. He glanced at the dirty innyard in the +middle of which soldiers were watering their lean horses at the pump +while carts were passing out of the gate. Pierre turned away with +repugnance, and closing his eyes quickly fell back on the carriage +seat. "No, I don't want that, I don't want to see and understand that. +I want to understand what was revealing itself to me in my dream. +One second more and I should have understood it all! But what am I +to do? Harness, but how can I harness everything?" and Pierre felt +with horror that the meaning of all he had seen and thought in the +dream had been destroyed. + The groom, the coachman, and the innkeeper told Pierre that an +officer had come with news that the French were already near +Mozhaysk and that our men were leaving it. + Pierre got up and, having told them to harness and overtake him, +went on foot through the town. + The troops were moving on, leaving about ten thousand wounded behind +them. There were wounded in the yards, at the windows of the houses, +and the streets were crowded with them. In the streets, around carts +that were to take some of the wounded away, shouts, curses, and +blows could be heard. Pierre offered the use of his carriage, which +had overtaken him, to a wounded general he knew, and drove with him to +Moscow. On the way Pierre was told of the death of his +brother-in-law Anatole and of that of Prince Andrew. +BK11|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + On the thirteenth of August Pierre reached Moscow. Close to the +gates of the city he was met by Count Rostopchin's adjutant. + "We have been looking for you everywhere," said the adjutant. "The +count wants to see you particularly. He asks you to come to him at +once on a very important matter." + Without going home, Pierre took a cab and drove to see the Moscow +commander in chief. + Count Rostopchin had only that morning returned to town from his +summer villa at Sokolniki. The anteroom and reception room of his +house were full of officials who had been summoned or had come for +orders. Vasilchikov and Platov had already seen the count and +explained to him that it was impossible to defend Moscow and that it +would have to be surrendered. Though this news was being concealed +from the inhabitants, the officials- the heads of the various +government departments- knew that Moscow would soon be in the +enemy's hands, just as Count Rostopchin himself knew it, and to escape +personal responsibility they had all come to the governor to ask how +they were to deal with their various departments. + As Pierre was entering the reception room a courier from the army +came out of Rostopchin's private room. + In answer to questions with which he was greeted, the courier made a +despairing gesture with his hand and passed through the room. + While waiting in the reception room Pierre with weary eyes watched +the various officials, old and young, military and civilian, who +were there. They all seemed dissatisfied and uneasy. Pierre went up to +a group of men, one of whom he knew. After greeting Pierre they +continued their conversation. + "If they're sent out and brought back again later on it will do no +harm, but as things are now one can't answer for anything." + "But you see what he writes..." said another, pointing to a +printed sheet he held in his hand. + "That's another matter. That's necessary for the people," said the +first. + "What is it?" asked Pierre. + "Oh, it's a fresh broadsheet." + Pierre took it and began reading. + + His Serene Highness has passed through Mozhaysk in order to join +up with the troops moving toward him and has taken up a strong +position where the enemy will not soon attack him. Forty eight guns +with ammunition have been sent him from here, and his Serene +Highness says he will defend Moscow to the last drop of blood and is +even ready to fight in the streets. Do not be upset, brothers, that +the law courts are closed; things have to be put in order, and we will +deal with villains in our own way! When the time comes I shall want +both town and peasant lads and will raise the cry a day or two +beforehand, but they are not wanted yet so I hold my peace. An ax will +be useful, a hunting spear not bad, but a three-pronged fork will be +best of all: a Frenchman is no heavier than a sheaf of rye. Tomorrow +after dinner I shall take the Iberian icon of the Mother of God to the +wounded in the Catherine Hospital where we will have some water +blessed. That will help them to get well quicker. I, too, am well now: +one of my eyes was sore but now I am on the lookout with both. + + "But military men have told me that it is impossible to fight in the +town," said Pierre, "and that the position..." + "Well, of course! That's what we were saying," replied the first +speaker. + "And what does he mean by 'One of my eyes was sore but now I am on +the lookout with both'?" asked Pierre. + "The count had a sty," replied the adjutant smiling, "and was very +much upset when I told him people had come to ask what was the +matter with him. By the by, Count," he added suddenly, addressing +Pierre with a smile, "we heard that you have family troubles and +that the countess, your wife..." + "I have heard nothing," Pierre replied unconcernedly. "But what have +you heard?" + "Oh, well, you know people often invent things. I only say what I +heard." + "But what did you hear?" + "Well, they say," continued the adjutant with the same smile, +"that the countess, your wife, is preparing to go abroad. I expect +it's nonsense...." + "Possibly," remarked Pierre, looking about him absent-mindedly. "And +who is that?" he asked, indicating a short old man in a clean blue +peasant overcoat, with a big snow-white beard and eyebrows and a ruddy +face. + "He? That's a tradesman, that is to say, he's the restaurant keeper, +Vereshchagin. Perhaps you have heard of that affair with the +proclamation." + "Oh, so that is Vereshchagin!" said Pierre, looking at the firm, +calm face of the old man and seeking any indication of his being a +traitor. + "That's not he himself, that's the father of the fellow who wrote +the proclamation," said the adjutant. "The young man is in prison +and I expect it will go hard with him." + An old gentleman wearing a star and another official, a German +wearing a cross round his neck, approached the speaker. + "It's a complicated story, you know," said the adjutant. "That +proclamation appeared about two months ago. The count was informed +of it. He gave orders to investigate the matter. Gabriel Ivanovich +here made the inquiries. The proclamation had passed through exactly +sixty-three hands. He asked one, 'From whom did you get it?' 'From +so-and-so.' He went to the next one. 'From whom did you get it?' and +so on till he reached Vereshchagin, a half educated tradesman, you +know, 'a pet of a trader,'" said the adjutant smiling. "They asked +him, 'Who gave it you?' And the point is that we knew whom he had it +from. He could only have had it from the Postmaster. But evidently +they had come to some understanding. He replied: 'From no one; I +made it up myself.' They threatened and questioned him, but he stuck +to that: 'I made it up myself.' And so it was reported to the count, +who sent for the man. 'From whom did you get the proclamation?' 'I +wrote it myself.' Well, you know the count," said the adjutant +cheerfully, with a smile of pride, "he flared up dreadfully- and +just think of the fellow's audacity, lying, and obstinacy!" + "And the count wanted him to say it was from Klyucharev? I +understand!" said Pierre. + "Not at all," rejoined the adjutant in dismay. "Klyucharev had his +own sins to answer for without that and that is why he has been +banished. But the point is that the count was much annoyed. 'How could +you have written it yourself?' said he, and he took up the Hamburg +Gazette that was lying on the table. 'Here it is! You did not write it +yourself but translated it, and translated it abominably, because +you don't even know French, you fool.' And what do you think? 'No,' +said he, 'I have not read any papers, I made it up myself.' 'If that's +so, you're a traitor and I'll have you tried, and you'll be hanged! +Say from whom you had it.' 'I have seen no papers, I made it up +myself.' And that was the end of it. The count had the father fetched, +but the fellow stuck to it. He was sent for trial and condemned to +hard labor, I believe. Now the father has come to intercede for him. +But he's a good-for-nothing lad! You know that sort of tradesman's +son, a dandy and lady-killer. He attended some lectures somewhere +and imagines that the devil is no match for him. That's the sort of +fellow he is. His father keeps a cookshop here by the Stone Bridge, +and you know there was a large icon of God Almighty painted with a +scepter in one hand and an orb in the other. Well, he took that icon +home with him for a few days and what did he do? He found some +scoundrel of a painter..." +BK11|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + In the middle of this fresh tale Pierre was summoned to the +commander in chief. + When he entered the private room Count Rostopchin, puckering his +face, was rubbing his forehead and eyes with his hand. A short man was +saying something, but when Pierre entered he stopped speaking and went +out. + "Ah, how do you do, great warrior?" said Rostopchin as soon as the +short man had left the room. "We have heard of your prowess. But +that's not the point. Between ourselves, mon cher, do you belong to +the Masons?" he went on severely, as though there were something wrong +about it which he nevertheless intended to pardon. Pierre remained +silent. "I am well informed, my friend, but I am aware that there +are Masons and Masons and I hope that you are not one of those who +on pretense of saving mankind wish to ruin Russia." + "Yes, I am a Mason," Pierre replied. + "There, you see, mon cher! I expect you know that Messrs. +Speranski and Magnitski have been deported to their proper place. +Mr. Klyucharev has been treated in the same way, and so have others +who on the plea of building up the temple of Solomon have tried to +destroy the temple of their fatherland. You can understand that +there are reasons for this and that I could not have exiled the +Postmaster had he not been a harmful person. It has now come to my +knowledge that you lent him your carriage for his removal from town, +and that you have even accepted papers from him for safe custody. I +like you and don't wish you any harm and- as you are only half my age- +I advise you, as a father would, to cease all communication with men +of that stamp and to leave here as soon as possible." + "But what did Klyucharev do wrong, Count?" asked Pierre. + "That is for me to know, but not for you to ask," shouted +Rostopchin. + "If he is accused of circulating Napoleon's proclamation it is not +proved that he did so," said Pierre without looking at Rostopchin, +"and Vereshchagin..." + "There we are!" Rostopchin shouted at Pierre louder than before, +frowning suddenly. "Vereshchagin is a renegade and a traitor who +will be punished as he deserves," said he with the vindictive heat +with which people speak when recalling an insult. "But I did not +summon you to discuss my actions, but to give you advice- or an +order if you prefer it. I beg you to leave the town and break off +all communication with such men as Klyucharev. And I will knock the +nonsense out of anybody"- but probably realizing that he was +shouting at Bezukhov who so far was not guilty of anything, he +added, taking Pierre's hand in a friendly manner, "We are on the eve +of a public disaster and I haven't time to be polite to everybody +who has business with me. My head is sometimes in a whirl. Well, mon +cher, what are you doing personally?" + "Why, nothing," answered Pierre without raising his eyes or changing +the thoughtful expression of his face. + The count frowned. + "A word of friendly advice, mon cher. Be off as soon as you can, +that's all I have to tell you. Happy he who has ears to hear. Good-by, +my dear fellow. Oh, by the by!" he shouted through the doorway after +Pierre, "is it true that the countess has fallen into the clutches +of the holy fathers of the Society of Jesus?" + Pierre did not answer and left Rostopchin's room more sullen and +angry than he had ever before shown himself. + When he reached home it was already getting dark. Some eight +people had come to see him that evening: the secretary of a committee, +the colonel of his battalion, his steward, his major-domo, and various +petitioners. They all had business with Pierre and wanted decisions +from him. Pierre did not understand and was not interested in any of +these questions and only answered them in order to get rid of these +people. When left alone at last he opened and read his wife's letter. + "They, the soldiers at the battery, Prince Andrew killed... that old +man... Simplicity is submission to God. Suffering is necessary... +the meaning of all... one must harness... my wife is getting +married... One must forget and understand..." And going to his bed +he threw himself on it without undressing and immediately fell asleep. + When he awoke next morning the major-domo came to inform him that +a special messenger, a police officer, had come from Count +Rostopchin to know whether Count Bezukhov had left or was leaving +the town. + A dozen persons who had business with Pierre were awaiting him in +the drawing room. Pierre dressed hurriedly and, instead of going to +see them, went to the back porch and out through the gate. + From that time till the end of the destruction of Moscow no one of +Bezukhov's household, despite all the search they made, saw Pierre +again or knew where he was. +BK11|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + The Rostovs remained in Moscow till the first of September, that is, +till the eve of the enemy's entry into the city. + After Petya had joined Obolenski's regiment of Cossacks and left for +Belaya Tserkov where that regiment was forming, the countess was +seized with terror. The thought that both her sons were at the war, +had both gone from under her wing, that today or tomorrow either or +both of them might be killed like the three sons of one of her +acquaintances, struck her that summer for the first time with cruel +clearness. She tried to get Nicholas back and wished to go herself +to join Petya, or to get him an appointment somewhere in Petersburg, +but neither of these proved possible. Petya could not return unless +his regiment did so or unless he was transferred to another regiment +on active service. Nicholas was somewhere with the army and had not +sent a word since his last letter, in which he had given a detailed +account of his meeting with Princess Mary. The countess did not +sleep at night, or when she did fall asleep dreamed that she saw her +sons lying dead. After many consultations and conversations, the count +at last devised means to tranquillize her. He got Petya transferred +from Obolenski's regiment to Bezukhov's, which was in training near +Moscow. Though Petya would remain in the service, this transfer +would give the countess the consolation of seeing at least one of +her sons under her wing, and she hoped to arrange matters for her +Petya so as not to let him go again, but always get him appointed to +places where he could not possibly take part in a battle. As long as +Nicholas alone was in danger the countess imagined that she loved +her first-born more than all her other children and even reproached +herself for it; but when her youngest: the scapegrace who had been bad +at lessons, was always breaking things in the house and making himself +a nuisance to everybody, that snub-nosed Petya with his merry black +eyes and fresh rosy cheeks where soft down was just beginning to show- +when he was thrown amid those big, dreadful, cruel men who were +fighting somewhere about something and apparently finding pleasure +in it- then his mother thought she loved him more, much more, than all +her other children. The nearer the time came for Petya to return, +the more uneasy grew the countess. She began to think she would +never live to see such happiness. The presence of Sonya, of her +beloved Natasha, or even of her husband irritated her. "What do I want +with them? I want no one but Petya," she thought. + At the end of August the Rostovs received another letter from +Nicholas. He wrote from the province of Voronezh where he had been +sent to procure remounts, but that letter did not set the countess +at ease. Knowing that one son was out of danger she became the more +anxious about Petya. + Though by the twentieth of August nearly all the Rostovs' +acquaintances had left Moscow, and though everybody tried to +persuade the countess to get away as quickly as possible, she would +not bear of leaving before her treasure, her adored Petya, returned. +On the twenty-eighth of August he arrived. The passionate tenderness +with which his mother received him did not please the sixteen-year-old +officer. Though she concealed from him her intention of keeping him +under her wing, Petya guessed her designs, and instinctively fearing +that he might give way to emotion when with her- might "become +womanish" as he termed it to himself- he treated her coldly, avoided +her, and during his stay in Moscow attached himself exclusively to +Natasha for whom he had always had a particularly brotherly +tenderness, almost lover-like. + Owing to the count's customary carelessness nothing was ready for +their departure by the twenty-eighth of August and the carts that were +to come from their Ryazan and Moscow estates to remove their household +belongings did not arrive till the thirtieth. + From the twenty-eighth till the thirty-first all Moscow was in a +bustle and commotion. Every day thousands of men wounded at Borodino +were brought in by the Dorogomilov gate and taken to various parts +of Moscow, and thousands of carts conveyed the inhabitants and their +possessions out by the other gates. In spite of Rostopchin's +broadsheets, or because of them or independently of them, the +strangest and most contradictory rumors were current in the town. Some +said that no one was to be allowed to leave the city, others on the +contrary said that all the icons had been taken out of the churches +and everybody was to be ordered to leave. Some said there had been +another battle after Borodino at which the French had been routed, +while others on the contrary reported that the Russian army bad been +destroyed. Some talked about the Moscow militia which, preceded by the +clergy, would go to the Three Hills; others whispered that Augustin +had been forbidden to leave, that traitors had been seized, that the +peasants were rioting and robbing people on their way from Moscow, and +so on. But all this was only talk; in reality (though the Council of +Fili, at which it was decided to abandon Moscow, had not yet been +held) both those who went away and those who remained behind felt, +though they did not show it, that Moscow would certainly be abandoned, +and that they ought to get away as quickly as possible and save +their belongings. It was felt that everything would suddenly break +up and change, but up to the first of September nothing had done so. +As a criminal who is being led to execution knows that he must die +immediately, but yet looks about him and straightens the cap that is +awry on his head, so Moscow involuntarily continued its wonted life, +though it knew that the time of its destruction was near when the +conditions of life to which its people were accustomed to submit would +be completely upset. + During the three days preceding the occupation of Moscow the whole +Rostov family was absorbed in various activities. The head of the +family, Count Ilya Rostov, continually drove about the city collecting +the current rumors from all sides and gave superficial and hasty +orders at home about the preparations for their departure. + The countess watched the things being packed, was dissatisfied +with everything, was constantly in pursuit of Petya who was always +running away from her, and was jealous of Natasha with whom he spent +all his time. Sonya alone directed the practical side of matters by +getting things packed. But of late Sonya had been particularly sad and +silent. Nicholas' letter in which he mentioned Princess Mary had +elicited, in her presence, joyous comments from the countess, who +saw an intervention of Providence in this meeting of the princess +and Nicholas. + "I was never pleased at Bolkonski's engagement to Natasha," said the +countess, "but I always wanted Nicholas to marry the princess, and had +a presentiment that it would happen. What a good thing it would be!" + Sonya felt that this was true: that the only possibility of +retrieving the Rostovs' affairs was by Nicholas marrying a rich woman, +and that the princess was a good match. It was very bitter for her. +But despite her grief, or perhaps just because of it, she took on +herself all the difficult work of directing the storing and packing of +their things and was busy for whole days. The count and countess +turned to her when they had any orders to give. Petya and Natasha on +the contrary, far from helping their parents, were generally a +nuisance and a hindrance to everyone. Almost all day long the house +resounded with their running feet, their cries, and their +spontaneous laughter. They laughed and were gay not because there +was any reason to laugh, but because gaiety and mirth were in their +hearts and so everything that happened was a cause for gaiety and +laughter to them. Petya was in high spirits because having left home a +boy he had returned (as everybody told him) a fine young man, +because he was at home, because he had left Belaya Tserkov where there +was no hope of soon taking part in a battle and had come to Moscow +where there was to be fighting in a few days, and chiefly because +Natasha, whose lead he always followed, was in high spirits. Natasha +was gay because she had been sad too long and now nothing reminded her +of the cause of her sadness, and because she was feeling well. She was +also happy because she had someone to adore her: the adoration of +others was a lubricant the wheels of her machine needed to make them +run freely- and Petya adored her. Above all, they were gay because +there was a war near Moscow, there would be fighting at the town +gates, arms were being given out, everybody was escaping- going away +somewhere, and in general something extraordinary was happening, and +that is always exciting, especially to the young. +BK11|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + On Saturday, the thirty-first of August, everything in the +Rostovs' house seemed topsy-turvy. All the doors were open, all the +furniture was being carried out or moved about, and the mirrors and +pictures had been taken down. There were trunks in the rooms, and hay, +wrapping paper, and ropes were scattered about. The peasants and house +serfs carrying out the things were treading heavily on the parquet +floors. The yard was crowded with peasant carts, some loaded high +and already corded up, others still empty. + The voices and footsteps of the many servants and of the peasants +who had come with the carts resounded as they shouted to one another +in the yard and in the house. The count bad been out since morning. +The countess had a headache brought on by all the noise and turmoil +and was lying down in the new sitting room with a vinegar compress +on her head. Petya was not at home, he had gone to visit a friend with +whom he meant to obtain a transfer from the militia to the active +army. Sonya was in the ballroom looking after the packing of the glass +and china. Natasha was sitting on the floor of her dismantled room +with dresses, ribbons, and scarves strewn all about her, gazing +fixedly at the floor and holding in her hands the old ball dress +(already out of fashion) which she had worn at her first Petersburg +ball. + Natasha was ashamed of doing nothing when everyone else was so busy, +and several times that morning had tried to set to work, but her heart +was not in it, and she could not and did not know how to do anything +except with all her heart and all her might. For a while she had stood +beside Sonya while the china was being packed and tried to help, but +soon gave it up and went to her room to pack her own things. At +first she found it amusing to give away dresses and ribbons to the +maids, but when that was done and what was left had still to be +packed, she found it dull. + "Dunyasha, you pack! You will, won't you, dear?" And when Dunyasha +willingly promised to do it all for her, Natasha sat down on the +floor, took her old ball dress, and fell into a reverie quite +unrelated to what ought to have occupied her thoughts now. She was +roused from her reverie by the talk of the maids in the next room +(which was theirs) and by the sound of their hurried footsteps going +to the back porch. Natasha got up and looked out of the window. An +enormously long row of carts full of wounded men had stopped in the +street. + The housekeeper, the old nurse, the cooks, coachmen, maids, footmen, +postilions, and scullions stood at the gate, staring at the wounded. + Natasha, throwing a clean pocket handkerchief over her hair and +holding an end of it in each hand, went out into the street. + The former housekeeper, old Mavra Kuzminichna, had stepped out of +the crowd by the gate, gone up to a cart with a hood constructed of +bast mats, and was speaking to a pale young officer who lay inside. +Natasha moved a few steps forward and stopped shyly, still holding her +handkerchief, and listened to what the housekeeper was saying. + "Then you have nobody in Moscow?" she was saying. "You would be more +comfortable somewhere in a house... in ours, for instance... the +family are leaving." + "I don't know if it would be allowed," replied the officer in a weak +voice. "Here is our commanding officer... ask him," and he pointed +to a stout major who was walking back along the street past the row of +carts. + Natasha glanced with frightened eyes at the face of the wounded +officer and at once went to meet the major. + "May the wounded men stay in our house?" she asked. + The major raised his hand to his cap with a smile. + "Which one do you want, Ma'am'selle?" said he, screwing up his +eyes and smiling. + Natasha quietly repeated her question, and her face and whole manner +were so serious, though she was still holding the ends of her +handkerchief, that the major ceased smiling and after some reflection- +as if considering in how far the thing was possible- replied in the +affirmative. + "Oh yes, why not? They may," he said. + With a slight inclination of her head, Natasha stepped back +quickly to Mavra Kuzminichna, who stood talking compassionately to the +officer. + "They may. He says they may!" whispered Natasha. + The cart in which the officer lay was turned into the Rostovs' yard, +and dozens of carts with wounded men began at the invitation of the +townsfolk to turn into the yards and to draw up at the entrances of +the houses in Povarskaya Street. Natasha was evidently pleased to be +dealing with new people outside the ordinary routine of her life. +She and Mavra Kuzminichna tried to get as many of the wounded as +possible into their yard. + "Your Papa must be told, though," said Mavra Kuzminichna. + "Never mind, never mind, what does it matter? For one day we can +move into the drawing room. They can have all our half of the house." + "There now, young lady, you do take things into your head! Even if +we put them into the wing, the men's room, or the nurse's room, we +must ask permission." + "Well, I'll ask." + Natasha ran into the house and went on tiptoe through the +half-open door into the sitting room, where there was a smell of +vinegar and Hoffman's drops. + "Are you asleep, Mamma?" + "Oh, what sleep-?" said the countess, waking up just as she was +dropping into a doze. + "Mamma darling!" said Natasha, kneeling by her mother and bringing +her face close to her mother's, "I am sorry, forgive me, I'll never do +it again; I woke you up! Mavra Kuzminichna has sent me: they have +brought some wounded here- officers. Will you let them come? They have +nowhere to go. I knew you'd let them come!" she said quickly all in +one breath. + "What officers? Whom have they brought? I don't understand +anything about it," said the countess. + Natasha laughed, and the countess too smiled slightly. + "I knew you'd give permission... so I'll tell them," and, having +kissed her mother, Natasha got up and went to the door. + In the hall she met her father, who had returned with bad news. + "We've stayed too long!" said the count with involuntary vexation. +"The Club is closed and the police are leaving." + "Papa, is it all right- I've invited some of the wounded into the +house?" said Natasha. + "Of course it is," he answered absently. "That's not the point. I +beg you not to indulge in trifles now, but to help to pack, and +tomorrow we must go, go, go!...." + And the count gave a similar order to the major-domo and the +servants. + At dinner Petya having returned home told them the news he had +heard. He said the people had been getting arms in the Kremlin, and +that though Rostopchin's broadsheet had said that he would sound a +call two or three days in advance, the order had certainly already +been given for everyone to go armed to the Three Hills tomorrow, and +that there would be a big battle there. + The countess looked with timid horror at her son's eager, excited +face as he said this. She realized that if she said a word about his +not going to the battle (she knew he enjoyed the thought of the +impending engagement) he would say something about men, honor, and the +fatherland- something senseless, masculine, and obstinate which +there would be no contradicting, and her plans would be spoiled; and +so, hoping to arrange to leave before then and take Petya with her +as their protector and defender, she did not answer him, but after +dinner called the count aside and implored him with tears to take +her away quickly, that very night if possible. With a woman's +involuntary loving cunning she, who till then had not shown any alarm, +said that she would die of fright if they did not leave that very +night. Without any pretense she was now afraid of everything. +BK11|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + Madame Schoss, who had been out to visit her daughter, increased the +countess' fears still more by telling what she had seen at a spirit +dealer's in Myasnitski Street. When returning by that street she had +been unable to pass because of a drunken crowd rioting in front of the +shop. She had taken a cab and driven home by a side street and the +cabman had told her that the people were breaking open the barrels +at the drink store, having received orders to do so. + After dinner the whole Rostov household set to work with +enthusiastic haste packing their belongings and preparing for their +departure. The old count, suddenly setting to work, kept passing +from the yard to the house and back again, shouting confused +instructions to the hurrying people, and flurrying them still more. +Petya directed things in the yard. Sonya, owing to the count's +contradictory orders, lost her head and did not know what to do. The +servants ran noisily about the house and yard, shouting and disputing. +Natasha, with the ardor characteristic of all she did suddenly set +to work too. At first her intervention in the business of packing +was received skeptically. Everybody expected some prank from her and +did not wish to obey her; but she resolutely and passionately demanded +obedience, grew angry and nearly cried because they did not heed +her, and at last succeeded in making them believe her. Her first +exploit, which cost her immense effort and established her +authority, was the packing of the carpets. The count had valuable +Gobelin tapestries and Persian carpets in the house. When Natasha +set to work two cases were standing open in the ballroom, one almost +full up with crockery, the other with carpets. There was also much +china standing on the tables, and still more was being brought in from +the storeroom. A third case was needed and servants had gone to +fetch it. + "Sonya, wait a bit- we'll pack everything into these," said Natasha. + "You can't, Miss, we have tried to," said the butler's assistant. + "No, wait a minute, please." + And Natasha began rapidly taking out of the case dishes and plates +wrapped in paper. + "The dishes must go in here among the carpets," said she. + "Why, it's a mercy if we can get the carpets alone into three +cases," said the butler's assistant. + "Oh, wait, please!" And Natasha began rapidly and deftly sorting out +the things. "These aren't needed," said she, putting aside some plates +of Kiev ware. "These- yes, these must go among the carpets," she said, +referring to the Saxony china dishes. + "Don't, Natasha! Leave it alone! We'll get it all packed," urged +Sonya reproachfully. + "What a young lady she is!" remarked the major-domo. + But Natasha would not give in. She turned everything out and began +quickly repacking, deciding that the inferior Russian carpets and +unnecessary crockery should not be taken at all. When everything had +been taken out of the cases, they recommenced packing, and it turned +out that when the cheaper things not worth taking had nearly all +been rejected, the valuable ones really did all go into the two cases. +Only the lid of the case containing the carpets would not shut down. A +few more things might have been taken out, but Natasha insisted on +having her own way. She packed, repacked, pressed, made the butler's +assistant and Petya- whom she had drawn into the business of +packing- press on the lid, and made desperate efforts herself. + "That's enough, Natasha," said Sonya. "I see you were right, but +just take out the top one." + "I won't!" cried Natasha, with one hand bolding back the hair that +hung over her perspiring face, while with the other she pressed down +the carpets. "Now press, Petya! Press, Vasilich, press hard!" she +cried. + The carpets yielded and the lid closed; Natasha, clapping her hands, +screamed with delight and tears fell from her eyes. But this only +lasted a moment. She at once set to work afresh and they now trusted +her completely. The count was not angry even when they told him that +Natasha had countermanded an order of his, and the servants now came +to her to ask whether a cart was sufficiently loaded, and whether it +might be corded up. Thanks to Natasha's directions the work now went +on expeditiously, unnecessary things were left, and the most +valuable packed as compactly as possible. + But hard as they all worked till quite late that night, they could +not get everything packed. The countess had fallen asleep and the +count, having put off their departure till next morning, went to bed. + Sonya and Natasha slept in the sitting room without undressing. + That night another wounded man was driven down the Povarskaya, and +Mavra Kuzminichna, who was standing at the gate, had him brought +into the Rostovs' yard. Mavra Kuzminichna concluded that he was a very +important man. He was being conveyed in a caleche with a raised +hood, and was quite covered by an apron. On the box beside the +driver sat a venerable old attendant. A doctor and two soldiers +followed the carriage in a cart. + "Please come in here. The masters are going away and the whole house +will be empty," said the old woman to the old attendant. + "Well, perhaps," said he with a sigh. "We don't expect to get him +home alive! We have a house of our own in Moscow, but it's a long +way from here, and there's nobody living in it." + "Do us the honor to come in, there's plenty of everything in the +master's house. Come in," said Mavra Kuzminichna. "Is he very ill?" +she asked. + The attendant made a hopeless gesture. + "We don't expect to get him home! We must ask the doctor." + And the old servant got down from the box and went up to the cart. + "All right!" said the doctor. + The old servant returned to the caleche, looked into it, shook his +head disconsolately, told the driver to turn into the yard, and +stopped beside Mavra Kuzminichna. + "O, Lord Jesus Christ!" she murmured. + She invited them to take the wounded man into the house. + "The masters won't object..." she said. + But they had to avoid carrying the man upstairs, and so they took +him into the wing and put him in the room that had been Madame +Schoss'. + This wounded man was Prince Andrew Bolkonski. +BK11|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + Moscow's last day had come. It was a clear bright autumn day, a +Sunday. The church bells everywhere were ringing for service, just +as usual on Sundays. Nobody seemed yet to realize what awaited the +city. + Only two things indicated the social condition of Moscow- the +rabble, that is the poor people, and the price of commodities. An +enormous crowd of factory hands, house serfs, and peasants, with +whom some officials, seminarists, and gentry were mingled, had gone +early that morning to the Three Hills. Having waited there for +Rostopchin who did not turn up, they became convinced that Moscow +would be surrendered, and then dispersed all about the town to the +public houses and cookshops. Prices too that day indicated the state +of affairs. The price of weapons, of gold, of carts and horses, kept +rising, but the value of paper money and city articles kept falling, +so that by midday there were instances of carters removing valuable +goods, such as cloth, and receiving in payment a half of what they +carted, while peasant horses were fetching five hundred rubles each, +and furniture, mirrors, and bronzes were being given away for nothing. + In the Rostovs' staid old-fashioned house the dissolution of +former conditions of life was but little noticeable. As to the serfs +the only indication was that three out of their huge retinue +disappeared during the night, but nothing was stolen; and as to the +value of their possessions, the thirty peasant carts that had come +in from their estates and which many people envied proved to be +extremely valuable and they were offered enormous sums of money for +them. Not only were huge sums offered for the horses and carts, but on +the previous evening and early in the morning of the first of +September, orderlies and servants sent by wounded officers came to the +Rostovs' and wounded men dragged themselves there from the Rostovs' +and from neighboring houses where they were accommodated, entreating +the servants to try to get them a lift out of Moscow. The major-domo +to whom these entreaties were addressed, though he was sorry for the +wounded, resolutely refused, saying that he dare not even mention +the matter to the count. Pity these wounded men as one might, it was +evident that if they were given one cart there would be no reason to +refuse another, or all the carts and one's own carriages as well. +Thirty carts could not save all the wounded and in the general +catastrophe one could not disregard oneself and one's own family. So +thought the major-domo on his master's behalf. + On waking up that morning Count Ilya Rostov left his bedroom softly, +so as not to wake the countess who had fallen asleep only toward +morning, and came out to the porch in his lilac silk dressing gown. In +the yard stood the carts ready corded. The carriages were at the front +porch. The major-domo stood at the porch talking to an elderly orderly +and to a pale young officer with a bandaged arm. On seeing the count +the major-domo made a significant and stern gesture to them both to go +away. + "Well, Vasilich, is everything ready?" asked the count, and stroking +his bald head he looked good-naturedly at the officer and the +orderly and nodded to them. (He liked to see new faces.) + "We can harness at once, your excellency." + "Well, that's right. As soon as the countess wakes we'll be off, God +willing! What is it, gentlemen?" he added, turning to the officer. +"Are you staying in my house?" + The officer came nearer and suddenly his face flushed crimson. + "Count, be so good as to allow me... for God's sake, to get into +some corner of one of your carts! I have nothing here with me.... I +shall be all right on a loaded cart..." + Before the officer had finished speaking the orderly made the same +request on behalf of his master. + "Oh, yes, yes,yes!" said the count hastily. "I shall be very +pleased, very pleased. Vasilich, you'll see to it. Just unload one +or two carts. Well, what of it... do what's necessary..." said the +count, muttering some indefinite order. + But at the same moment an expression of warm gratitude on the +officer's face had already sealed the order. The count looked around +him. In the yard, at the gates, at the window of the wings, wounded +officers and their orderlies were to be seen. They were all looking at +the count and moving toward the porch. + "Please step into the gallery, your excellency," said the +major-domo. "What are your orders about the pictures?" + The count went into the house with him, repeating his order not to +refuse the wounded who asked for a lift. + "Well, never mind, some of the things can be unloaded," he added +in a soft, confidential voice, as though afraid of being overheard. + At nine o'clock the countess woke up, and Matrena Timofeevna, who +had been her lady's maid before her marriage and now performed a +sort of chief gendarme's duty for her, came to say that Madame +Schoss was much offended and the young ladies' summer dresses could +not be left behind. On inquiry, the countess learned that Madame +Schoss was offended because her trunk had been taken down from its +cart, and all the loads were being uncorded and the luggage taken +out of the carts to make room for wounded men whom the count in the +simplicity of his heart had ordered that they should take with them. +The countess sent for her husband. + "What is this, my dear? I hear that the luggage is being unloaded." + "You know, love, I wanted to tell you... Countess dear... an officer +came to me to ask for a few carts for the wounded. After all, ours are +things that can be bought but think what being left behind means to +them!... Really now, in our own yard- we asked them in ourselves and +there are officers among them.... You know, I think, my dear... let +them be taken... where's the hurry?" + The count spoke timidly, as he always did when talking of money +matters. The countess was accustomed to this tone as a precursor of +news of something detrimental to the children's interests, such as the +building of a new gallery or conservatory, the inauguration of a +private theater or an orchestra. She was accustomed always to oppose +anything announced in that timid tone and considered it her duty to do +so. + She assumed her dolefully submissive manner and said to her husband: +"Listen to me, Count, you have managed matters so that we are +getting nothing for the house, and now you wish to throw away all our- +all the children's property! You said yourself that we have a +hundred thousand rubles' worth of things in the house. I don't +consent, my dear, I don't! Do as you please! It's the government's +business to look after the wounded; they know that. Look at the +Lopukhins opposite, they cleared out everything two days ago. That's +what other people do. It's only we who are such fools. If you have +no pity on me, have some for the children." + Flourishing his arms in despair the count left the room without +replying. + "Papa, what are you doing that for?" asked Natasha, who had followed +him into her mother's room. + "Nothing! What business is it of yours?" muttered the count angrily. + "But I heard," said Natasha. "Why does Mamma object?" + "What business is it of yours?" cried the count. + Natasha stepped up to the window and pondered. + "Papa! Here's Berg coming to see us," said she, looking out of the +window. +BK11|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Berg, the Rostovs' son-in-law, was already a colonel wearing the +orders of Vladimir and Anna, and he still filled the quiet and +agreeable post of assistant to the head of the staff of the +assistant commander of the first division of the Second Army. + On the first of September he had come to Moscow from the army. + He had nothing to do in Moscow, but he had noticed that everyone +in the army was asking for leave to visit Moscow and had something +to do there. So he considered it necessary to ask for leave of absence +for family and domestic reasons. + Berg drove up to his father-in-law's house in his spruce little trap +with a pair of sleek roans, exactly like those of a certain prince. He +looked attentively at the carts in the yard and while going up to +the porch took out a clean pocket handkerchief and tied a knot in it. + From the anteroom Berg ran with smooth though impatient steps into +the drawing room, where he embraced the count, kissed the hands of +Natasha and Sonya, and hastened to inquire after "Mamma's" health. + "Health, at a time like this?" said the count. "Come, tell us the +news! Is the army retreating or will there be another battle?" + "God Almighty alone can decide the fate of our fatherland, Papa," +said Berg. "The army is burning with a spirit of heroism and the +leaders, so to say, have now assembled in council. No one knows what +is coming. But in general I can tell you, Papa, that such a heroic +spirit, the truly antique valor of the Russian army, which they- which +it" (he corrected himself) "has shown or displayed in the battle of +the twenty-sixth- there are no words worthy to do it justice! I tell +you, Papa" (he smote himself on the breast as a general he had heard +speaking had done, but Berg did it a trifle late for he should have +struck his breast at the words "Russian army"), "I tell you frankly +that we, the commanders, far from having to urge the men on or +anything of that kind, could hardly restrain those... those... yes, +those exploits of antique valor," he went on rapidly. "General Barclay +de Tolly risked his life everywhere at the head of the troops, I can +assure you. Our corps was stationed on a hillside. You can imagine!" + And Berg related all that he remembered of the various tales he +had heard those days. Natasha watched him with an intent gaze that +confused him, as if she were trying to find in his face the answer +to some question. + "Altogether such heroism as was displayed by the Russian warriors +cannot be imagined or adequately praised!" said Berg, glancing round +at Natasha, and as if anxious to conciliate her, replying to her +intent look with a smile. "'Russia is not in Moscow, she lives in +the hearts of her sons!' Isn't it so, Papa?" said he. + Just then the countess came in from the sitting room with a weary +and dissatisfied expression. Berg hurriedly jumped up, kissed her +hand, asked about her health, and, swaying his head from side to +side to express sympathy, remained standing beside her. + "Yes, Mamma, I tell you sincerely that these are hard and sad +times for every Russian. But why are you so anxious? You have still +time to get away...." + "I can't think what the servants are about," said the countess, +turning to her husband. "I have just been told that nothing is ready +yet. Somebody after all must see to things. One misses Mitenka at such +times. There won't be any end to it." + The count was about to say something, but evidently restrained +himself. He got up from his chair and went to the door. + At that moment Berg drew out his handkerchief as if to blow his nose +and, seeing the knot in it, pondered, shaking his head sadly and +significantly. + "And I have a great favor to ask of you, Papa," said he. + "Hm..." said the count, and stopped. + "I was driving past Yusupov's house just now," said Berg with a +laugh, "when the steward, a man I know, ran out and asked me whether I +wouldn't buy something. I went in out of curiosity, you know, and +there is a small chiffonier and a dressing table. You know how dear +Vera wanted a chiffonier like that and how we had a dispute about it." +(At the mention of the chiffonier and dressing table Berg +involuntarily changed his tone to one of pleasure at his admirable +domestic arrangements.) "And it's such a beauty! It pulls out and +has a secret English drawer, you know! And dear Vera has long wanted +one. I wish to give her a surprise, you see. I saw so many of those +peasant carts in your yard. Please let me have one, I will pay the man +well, and..." + The count frowned and coughed. + "Ask the countess, I don't give orders." + "If it's inconvenient, please don't," said Berg. "Only I so wanted +it, for dear Vera's sake." + "Oh, go to the devil, all of you! To the devil, the devil, the +devil..." cried the old count. "My head's in a whirl!" + And he left the room. The countess began to cry. + "Yes, Mamma! Yes, these are very hard times!" said Berg. + Natasha left the room with her father and, as if finding it +difficult to reach some decision, first followed him and then ran +downstairs. + Petya was in the porch, engaged in giving out weapons to the +servants who were to leave Moscow. The loaded carts were still +standing in the yard. Two of them had been uncorded and a wounded +officer was climbing into one of them helped by an orderly. + "Do you know what it's about?" Petya asked Natasha. + She understood that he meant what were their parents quarreling +about. She did not answer. + "It's because Papa wanted to give up all the carts to the +wounded," said Petya. "Vasilich told me. I consider..." + "I consider," Natasha suddenly almost shouted, turning her angry +face to Petya, "I consider it so horrid, so abominable, so... I +don't know what. Are we despicable Germans?" + Her throat quivered with convulsive sobs and, afraid of weakening +and letting the force of her anger run to waste, she turned and rushed +headlong up the stairs. + Berg was sitting beside the countess consoling her with the +respectful attention of a relative. The count, pipe in hand, was +pacing up and down the room, when Natasha, her face distorted by +anger, burst in like a tempest and approached her mother with rapid +steps. + "It's horrid! It's abominable! she screamed. "You can't possibly +have ordered it!" + Berg and the countess looked at her, perplexed and frightened. The +count stood still at the window and listened. + "Mamma, it's impossible: see what is going on in the yard!" she +cried. "They will be left!..." + "What's the matter with you? Who are 'they'? What do you want?" + "Why, the wounded! It's impossible, Mamma. It's monstrous!... No, +Mamma darling, it's not the thing. Please forgive me, darling.... +Mamma, what does it matter what we take away? Only look what is +going on in the yard... Mamma!... It's impossible!" + The count stood by the window and listened without turning round. +Suddenly he sniffed and put his face closer to the window. + The countess glanced at her daughter, saw her face full of shame for +her mother, saw her agitation, and understood why her husband did +not turn to look at her now, and she glanced round quite disconcerted. + "Oh, do as you like! Am I hindering anyone?" she said, not +surrendering at once. + "Mamma, darling, forgive me!" + But the countess pushed her daughter away and went up to her +husband. + "My dear, you order what is right.... You know I don't understand +about it," said she, dropping her eyes shamefacedly. + "The eggs... the eggs are teaching the hen," muttered the count +through tears of joy, and he embraced his wife who was glad to hide +her look of shame on his breast. + "Papa! Mamma! May I see to it? May I?..." asked Natasha. "We will +still take all the most necessary things." + The count nodded affirmatively, and Natasha, at the rapid pace at +which she used to run when playing at tag, ran through the ballroom to +the anteroom and downstairs into the yard. + The servants gathered round Natasha, but could not believe the +strange order she brought them until the count himself, in his +wife's name, confirmed the order to give up all the carts to the +wounded and take the trunks to the storerooms. When they understood +that order the servants set to work at this new task with pleasure and +zeal. It no longer seemed strange to them but on the contrary it +seemed the only thing that could be done, just as a quarter of an hour +before it had not seemed strange to anyone that the wounded should +be left behind and the goods carted away but that had seemed the +only thing to do. + The whole household, as if to atone for not having done it sooner, +set eagerly to work at the new task of placing the wounded in the +carts. The wounded dragged themselves out of their rooms and stood +with pale but happy faces round the carts. The news that carts were to +be had spread to the neighboring houses, from which wounded men +began to come into the Rostovs' yard. Many of the wounded asked them +not to unload the carts but only to let them sit on the top of the +things. But the work of unloading, once started, could not be +arrested. It seemed not to matter whether all or only half the +things were left behind. Cases full of china, bronzes, pictures, and +mirrors that had been so carefully packed the night before now lay +about the yard, and still they went on searching for and finding +possibilities of unloading this or that and letting the wounded have +another and yet another cart. + "We can take four more men," said the steward. "They can have my +trap, or else what is to become of them?" + "Let them have my wardrobe cart," said the countess. "Dunyasha can +go with me in the carriage." + They unloaded the wardrobe cart and sent it to take wounded men from +a house two doors off. The whole household, servants included, was +bright and animated. Natasha was in a state of rapturous excitement +such as she had not known for a long time. + "What could we fasten this onto?" asked the servants, trying to +fix a trunk on the narrow footboard behind a carriage. "We must keep +at least one cart." + "What's in it?" asked Natasha. + "The count's books." + "Leave it, Vasilich will put it away. It's not wanted." + The phaeton was full of people and there was a doubt as to where +Count Peter could sit. + "On the box. You'll sit on the box, won't you, Petya?" cried +Natasha. + Sonya too was busy all this time, but the aim of her efforts was +quite different from Natasha's. She was putting away the things that +had to be left behind and making a list of them as the countess +wished, and she tried to get as much taken away with them as possible. +BK11|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Before two o'clock in the afternoon the Rostovs' four carriages, +packed full and with the horses harnessed, stood at the front door. +One by one the carts with the wounded had moved out of the yard. + The caleche in which Prince Andrew was being taken attracted Sonya's +attention as it passed the front porch. With the help of a maid she +was arranging a seat for the countess in the huge high coach that +stood at the entrance. + "Whose caleche is that?" she inquired, leaning out of the carriage +window. + "Why, didn't you know, Miss?" replied the maid. "The wounded prince: +he spent the night in our house and is going with us." + "But who is it? What's his name?" + "It's our intended that was- Prince Bolkonski himself! They say he +is dying," replied the maid with a sigh. + Sonya jumped out of the coach and ran to the countess. The countess, +tired out and already dressed in shawl and bonnet for her journey, was +pacing up and down the drawing room, waiting for the household to +assemble for the usual silent prayer with closed doors before +starting. Natasha was not in the room. + "Mamma," said Sonya, "Prince Andrew is here, mortally wounded. He is +going with us." + The countess opened her eyes in dismay and, seizing Sonya's arm, +glanced around. + "Natasha?" she murmured. + At that moment this news had only one significance for both of them. +They knew their Natasha, and alarm as to what would happen if she +heard this news stifled all sympathy for the man they both liked. + "Natasha does not know yet, but he is going with us," said Sonya. + "You say he is dying?" + Sonya nodded. + The countess put her arms around Sonya and began to cry. + "The ways of God are past finding out!" she thought, feeling that +the Almighty Hand, hitherto unseen, was becoming manifest in all +that was now taking place. + "Well, Mamma? Everything is ready. What's the matter?" asked +Natasha, as with animated face she ran into the room. + "Nothing," answered the countess. "If everything is ready let us +start." + And the countess bent over her reticule to hide her agitated face. +Sonya embraced Natasha and kissed her. + Natasha looked at her inquiringly. + "What is it? What has happened?" + "Nothing... No..." + "Is it something very bad for me? What is it?" persisted Natasha +with her quick intuition. + Sonya sighed and made no reply. The count, Petya, Madame Schoss, +Mavra Kuzminichna, and Vasilich came into the drawing room and, having +closed the doors, they all sat down and remained for some moments +silently seated without looking at one another. + The count was the first to rise, and with a loud sigh crossed +himself before the icon. All the others did the same. Then the count +embraced Mavra Kuzminichna and Vasilich, who were to remain in Moscow, +and while they caught at his hand and kissed his shoulder he patted +their backs lightly with some vaguely affectionate and comforting +words. The countess went into the oratory and there Sonya found her on +her knees before the icons that had been left here and there hanging +on the wall. (The most precious ones, with which some family tradition +was connected, were being taken with them.) + In the porch and in the yard the men whom Petya had armed with +swords and daggers, with trousers tucked inside their high boots and +with belts and girdles tightened, were taking leave of those remaining +behind. + As is always the case at a departure, much had been forgotten or put +in the wrong place, and for a long time two menservants stood one on +each side of the open door and the carriage steps waiting to help +the countess in, while maids rushed with cushions and bundles from the +house to the carriages, the caleche, the phaeton, and back again. + "They always will forget everything!" said the countess. "Don't +you know I can't sit like that?" + And Dunyasha, with clenched teeth, without replying but with an +aggrieved look on her face, hastily got into the coach to rearrange +the seat. + "Oh, those servants!" said the count, swaying his head. + Efim, the old coachman, who was the only one the countess trusted to +drive her, sat perched up high on the box and did not so much as +glance round at what was going on behind him. From thirty years' +experience he knew it would be some time yet before the order, "Be +off, in God's name!" would be given him: and he knew that even when it +was said he would be stopped once or twice more while they sent back +to fetch something that had been forgotten, and even after that he +would again be stopped and the countess herself would lean out of +the window and beg him for the love of heaven to drive carefully +down the hill. He knew all this and therefore waited calmly for what +would happen, with more patience than the horses, especially the +near one, the chestnut Falcon, who was pawing the ground and +champing his bit. At last all were seated, the carriage steps were +folded and pulled up, the door was shut, somebody was sent for a +traveling case, and the countess leaned out and said what she had to +say. Then Efim deliberately doffed his hat and began crossing himself. +The postilion and all the other servants did the same. "Off, in +God's name!" said Efim, putting on his hat. "Start!" The postilion +started the horses, the off pole horse tugged at his collar, the +high springs creaked, and the body of the coach swayed. The footman +sprang onto the box of the moving coach which jolted as it passed +out of the yard onto the uneven roadway; the other vehicles jolted +in their turn, and the procession of carriages moved up the street. In +the carriages, the caleche, and the phaeton, all crossed themselves as +they passed the church opposite the house. Those who were to remain in +Moscow walked on either side of the vehicles seeing the travelers off. + Rarely had Natasha experienced so joyful a feeling as now, sitting +in the carriage beside the countess and gazing at the slowly +receding walls of forsaken, agitated Moscow. Occasionally she leaned +out of the carriage window and looked back and then forward at the +long train of wounded in front of them. Almost at the head of the line +she could see the raised hood of Prince Andrew's caleche. She did +not know who was in it, but each time she looked at the procession her +eyes sought that caleche. She knew it was right in front. + In Kudrino, from the Nikitski, Presnya, and Podnovinsk Streets +came several other trains of vehicles similar to the Rostovs', and +as they passed along the Sadovaya Street the carriages and carts +formed two rows abreast. + As they were going round the Sukharev water tower Natasha, who was +inquisitively and alertly scrutinizing the people driving or walking +past, suddenly cried out in joyful surprise: + "Dear me! Mamma, Sonya, look, it's he!" + "Who? Who?" + "Look! Yes, on my word, it's Bezukhov!" said Natasha, putting her +head out of the carriage and staring at a tall, stout man in a +coachman's long coat, who from his manner of walking and moving was +evidently a gentleman in disguise, and who was passing under the +arch of the Sukharev tower accompanied by a small, sallow-faced, +beardless old man in a frieze coat. + "Yes, it really is Bezukhov in a coachman's coat, with a +queer-looking old boy. Really," said Natasha, "look, look!" + "No, it's not he. How can you talk such nonsense?" + "Mamma," screamed Natasha, "I'll stake my head it's he! I assure +you! Stop, stop!" she cried to the coachman. + But the coachman could not stop, for from the Meshchanski Street +came more carts and carriages, and the Rostovs were being shouted at +to move on and not block the way. + In fact, however, though now much farther off than before, the +Rostovs all saw Pierre- or someone extraordinarily like him- in a +coachman's coat, going down the street with head bent and a serious +face beside a small, beardless old man who looked like a footman. That +old man noticed a face thrust out of the carriage window gazing at +them, and respectfully touching Pierre's elbow said something to him +and pointed to the carriage. Pierre, evidently engrossed in thought, +could not at first understand him. At length when he had understood +and looked in the direction the old man indicated, he recognized +Natasha, and following his first impulse stepped instantly and rapidly +toward the coach. But having taken a dozen steps he seemed to remember +something and stopped. + Natasha's face, leaning out of the window, beamed with quizzical +kindliness. + "Peter Kirilovich, come here! We have recognized you! This is +wonderful!" she cried, holding out her hand to him. "What are you +doing? Why are you like this?" + Pierre took her outstretched hand and kissed it awkwardly as he +walked along beside her while the coach still moved on. + "What is the matter, Count?" asked the countess in a surprised and +commiserating tone. + "What? What? Why? Don't ask me," said Pierre, and looked round at +Natasha whose radiant, happy expression- of which he was conscious +without looking at her- filled him with enchantment. + "Are you remaining in Moscow, then?" + Pierre hesitated. + "In Moscow?" he said in a questioning tone. "Yes, in Moscow. +Goodby!" + "Ah, if only I were a man? I'd certainly stay with you. How +splendid!" said Natasha. "Mamma, if you'll let me, I'll stay!" + Pierre glanced absently at Natasha and was about to say something, +but the countess interrupted him. + "You were at the battle, we heard." + "Yes, I was," Pierre answered. "There will be another battle +tomorrow..." he began, but Natasha interrupted him. + "But what is the matter with you, Count? You are not like +yourself...." + "Oh, don't ask me, don't ask me! I don't know myself. Tomorrow... +But no! Good-by, good-by!" he muttered. "It's an awful time!" and +dropping behind the carriage he stepped onto the pavement. + Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming +at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile. +BK11|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + For the last two days, ever since leaving home, Pierre had been +living in the empty house of his deceased benefactor, Bazdeev. This is +how it happened. + When he woke up on the morning after his return to Moscow and his +interview with Count Rostopchin, he could not for some time make out +where he was and what was expected of him. When he was informed that +among others awaiting him in his reception room there was a +Frenchman who had brought a letter from his wife, the Countess Helene, +he felt suddenly overcome by that sense of confusion and +hopelessness to which he was apt to succumb. He felt that everything +was now at an end, all was in confusion and crumbling to pieces, +that nobody was right or wrong, the future held nothing, and there was +no escape from this position. Smiling unnaturally and muttering to +himself, he first sat down on the sofa in an attitude of despair, then +rose, went to the door of the reception room and peeped through the +crack, returned flourishing his arms, and took up a book. His +major-domo came in a second time to say that the Frenchman who had +brought the letter from the countess was very anxious to see him if +only for a minute, and that someone from Bazdeev's widow had called to +ask Pierre to take charge of her husband's books, as she herself was +leaving for the country. + "Oh, yes, in a minute; wait... or no! No, of course... go and say +I will come directly," Pierre replied to the major-domo. + But as soon as the man had left the room Pierre took up his hat +which was lying on the table and went out of his study by the other +door. There was no one in the passage. He went along the whole +length of this passage to the stairs and, frowning and rubbing his +forehead with both hands, went down as far as the first landing. The +hall porter was standing at the front door. From the landing where +Pierre stood there was a second staircase leading to the back +entrance. He went down that staircase and out into the yard. No one +had seen him. But there were some carriages waiting, and as soon as +Pierre stepped out of the gate the coachmen and the yard porter +noticed him and raised their caps to him. When he felt he was being +looked at he behaved like an ostrich which hides its head in a bush in +order not to be seen: he hung his head and quickening his pace went +down the street. + Of all the affairs awaiting Pierre that day the sorting of Joseph +Bazdeev's books and papers appeared to him the most necessary. + He hired the first cab he met and told the driver to go to the +Patriarch's Ponds, where the widow Bazdeev's house was. + Continually turning round to look at the rows of loaded carts that +were making their way from all sides out of Moscow, and balancing +his bulky body so as not to slip out of the ramshackle old vehicle, +Pierre, experiencing the joyful feeling of a boy escaping from school, +began to talk to his driver. + The man told him that arms were being distributed today at the +Kremlin and that tomorrow everyone would be sent out beyond the +Three Hills gates and a great battle would be fought there. + Having reached the Patriarch's Ponds Pierre found the Bazdeevs' +house, where he had not been for a long time past. He went up to the +gate. Gerasim, that sallow beardless old man Pierre had seen at +Torzhok five years before with Joseph Bazdeev, came out in answer to +his knock. + "At home?" asked Pierre. + "Owing to the present state of things Sophia Danilovna has gone to +the Torzhok estate with the children, your excellency." + "I will come in all the same, I have to look through the books," +said Pierre. + "Be so good as to step in. Makar Alexeevich, the brother of my +late master- may the kingdom of heaven be his- has remained here, +but he is in a weak state as you know," said the old servant. + Pierre knew that Makar Alexeevich was Joseph Bazdeev's half-insane +brother and a hard drinker. + "Yes, yes, I know. Let us go in..." said Pierre and entered the +house. + A tall, bald-headed old man with a red nose, wearing a dressing gown +and with galoshes on his bare feet, stood in the anteroom. On seeing +Pierre he muttered something angrily and went away along the passage. + "He was a very clever man but has now grown quite feeble, as your +honor sees," said Gerasim. "Will you step into the study?" Pierre +nodded. "As it was sealed up so it has remained, but Sophia +Danilovna gave orders that if anyone should come from you they were to +have the books." + Pierre went into that gloomy study which he had entered with such +trepidation in his benefactor's lifetime. The room, dusty and +untouched since the death of Joseph Bazdeev was now even gloomier. + Gerasim opened one of the shutters and left the room on tiptoe. +Pierre went round the study, approached the cupboard in which the +manuscripts were kept, and took out what had once been one of the most +important, the holy of holies of the order. This was the authentic +Scotch Acts with Bazdeev's notes and explanations. He sat down at +the dusty writing table, and, having laid the manuscripts before +him, opened them out, closed them, finally pushed them away, and +resting his head on his hand sank into meditation. + Gerasim looked cautiously into the study several times and saw +Pierre always sitting in the same attitude. + More than two hours passed and Gerasim took the liberty of making +a slight noise at the door to attract his attention, but Pierre did +not hear him. + "Is the cabman to be discharged, your honor?" + "Oh yes!" said Pierre, rousing himself and rising hurriedly. "Look +here," he added, taking Gerasim by a button of his coat and looking +down at the old man with moist, shining, and ecstatic eyes, "I say, do +you know that there is going to be a battle tomorrow?" + "We heard so," replied the man. + "I beg you not to tell anyone who I am, and to do what I ask you." + "Yes, your excellency," replied Gerasim. "Will you have something to +eat?" + "No, but I want something else. I want peasant clothes and a +pistol," said Pierre, unexpectedly blushing. + "Yes, your excellency," said Gerasim after thinking for a moment. + All the rest of that day Pierre spent alone in his benefactor's +study, and Gerasim heard him pacing restlessly from one corner to +another and talking to himself. And he spent the night on a bed made +up for him there. + Gerasim, being a servant who in his time had seen many strange +things, accepted Pierre's taking up his residence in the house without +surprise, and seemed pleased to have someone to wait on. That same +evening- without even asking himself what they were wanted for- he +procured a coachman's coat and cap for Pierre, and promised to get him +the pistol next day. Makar Alexeevich came twice that evening +shuffling along in his galoshes as far as the door and stopped and +looked ingratiatingly at Pierre. But as soon as Pierre turned toward +him he wrapped his dressing gown around him with a shamefaced and +angry look and hurried away. It was when Pierre (wearing the +coachman's coat which Gerasim had procured for him and had disinfected +by steam) was on his way with the old man to buy the pistol at the +Sukharev market that he met the Rostovs. +BK11|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + Kutuzov's order to retreat through Moscow to the Ryazan road was +issued at night on the first of September. + The first troops started at once, and during the night they +marched slowly and steadily without hurry. At daybreak, however, those +nearing the town at the Dorogomilov bridge saw ahead of them masses of +soldiers crowding and hurrying across the bridge, ascending on the +opposite side and blocking the streets and alleys, while endless +masses of troops were bearing down on them from behind, and an +unreasoning hurry and alarm overcame them. They all rushed forward +to the bridge, onto it, and to the fords and the boats. Kutuzov +himself had driven round by side streets to the other side of Moscow. + By ten o'clock in the morning of the second of September, only the +rear guard remained in the Dorogomilov suburb, where they had ample +room. The main army was on the other side of Moscow or beyond it. + At that very time, at ten in the morning of the second of September, +Napoleon was standing among his troops on the Poklonny Hill looking at +the panorama spread out before him. From the twenty-sixth of August to +the second of September, that is from the battle of Borodino to the +entry of the French into Moscow, during the whole of that agitating, +memorable week, there had been the extraordinary autumn weather that +always comes as a surprise, when the sun hangs low and gives more heat +than in spring, when everything shines so brightly in the rare clear +atmosphere that the eyes smart, when the lungs are strengthened and +refreshed by inhaling the aromatic autumn air, when even the nights +are warm, and when in those dark warm nights, golden stars startle and +delight us continually by falling from the sky. + At ten in the morning of the second of September this weather +still held. + The brightness of the morning was magical. Moscow seen from the +Poklonny Hill lay spaciously spread out with her river, her gardens, +and her churches, and she seemed to be living her usual life, her +cupolas glittering like stars in the sunlight. + The view of the strange city with its peculiar architecture, such as +he had never seen before, filled Napoleon with the rather envious +and uneasy curiosity men feel when they see an alien form of life that +has no knowledge of them. This city was evidently living with the full +force of its own life. By the indefinite signs which, even at a +distance, distinguish a living body from a dead one, Napoleon from the +Poklonny Hill perceived the throb of life in the town and felt, as +it were, the breathing of that great and beautiful body. + Every Russian looking at Moscow feels her to be a mother; every +foreigner who sees her, even if ignorant of her significance as the +mother city, must feel her feminine character, and Napoleon felt it. + "Cette ville asiatique aux innombrables eglises, Moscou la sainte. +La voila done enfin, cette fameuse ville! Il etait temps,"* said he, +and dismounting he ordered a plan of Moscow to be spread out before +him, and summoned Lelorgne d'Ideville, the interpreter. + + *"That Asiatic city of the innumerable churches, holy Moscow! Here +it is then at last, that famous city. It was high time." + + "A town captured by the enemy is like a maid who has lost her +honor," thought he (he had said so to Tuchkov at Smolensk). From +that point of view he gazed at the Oriental beauty he had not seen +before. It seemed strange to him that his long-felt wish, which had +seemed unattainable, had at last been realized. In the clear morning +light he gazed now at the city and now at the plan, considering its +details, and the assurance of possessing it agitated and awed him. + "But could it be otherwise?" he thought. "Here is this capital at my +feet. Where is Alexander now, and of what is he thinking? A strange, +beautiful, and majestic city; and a strange and majestic moment! In +what light must I appear to them!" thought he, thinking of his troops. +"Here she is, the reward for all those fainthearted men," he +reflected, glancing at those near him and at the troops who were +approaching and forming up. "One word from me, one movement of my +hand, and that ancient capital of the Tsars would perish. But my +clemency is always ready to descend upon the vanquished. I must be +magnanimous and truly great. But no, it can't be true that I am in +Moscow," he suddenly thought. "Yet here she is lying at my feet, +with her golden domes and crosses scintillating and twinkling in the +sunshine. But I shall spare her. On the ancient monuments of barbarism +and despotism I will inscribe great words of justice and mercy.... +It is just this which Alexander will feel most painfully, I know him." +(It seemed to Napoleon that the chief import of what was taking +place lay in the personal struggle between himself and Alexander.) +"From the height of the Kremlin- yes, there is the Kremlin, yes- I +will give them just laws; I will teach them the meaning of true +civilization, I will make generations of boyars remember their +conqueror with love. I will tell the deputation that I did not, and do +not, desire war, that I have waged war only against the false policy +of their court; that I love and respect Alexander and that in Moscow I +will accept terms of peace worthy of myself and of my people. I do not +wish to utilize the fortunes of war to humiliate an honored monarch. +'Boyars,' I will say to them, 'I do not desire war, I desire the peace +and welfare of all my subjects.' However, I know their presence will +inspire me, and I shall speak to them as I always do: clearly, +impressively, and majestically. But can it be true that I am in +Moscow? Yes, there she lies." + "Qu'on m'amene les boyars,"* said he to his suite. + + *"Bring the boyars to me." + + A general with a brilliant suite galloped off at once to fetch the +boyars. + Two hours passed. Napoleon had lunched and was again standing in the +same place on the Poklonny Hill awaiting the deputation. His speech to +the boyars had already taken definite shape in his imagination. That +speech was full of dignity and greatness as Napoleon understood it. + He was himself carried away by the tone of magnanimity he intended +to adopt toward Moscow. In his imagination he appointed days for +assemblies at the palace of the Tsars, at which Russian notables and +his own would mingle. He mentally appointed a governor, one who +would win the hearts of the people. Having learned that there were +many charitable institutions in Moscow he mentally decided that he +would shower favors on them all. He thought that, as in Africa he +had to put on a burnoose and sit in a mosque, so in Moscow he must +be beneficent like the Tsars. And in order finally to touch the hearts +of the Russians- and being like all Frenchmen unable to imagine +anything sentimental without a reference to ma chere, ma tendre, ma +pauvre mere* - he decided that he would place an inscription on all +these establishments in large letters: "This establishment is +dedicated to my dear mother." Or no, it should be simply: Maison de ma +Mere,*[2] he concluded. "But am I really in Moscow? Yes, here it +lies before me, but why is the deputation from the city so long in +appearing?" he wondered. + + *"My dear, my tender, my poor mother." + *[2] "House of my Mother." + + Meanwhile an agitated consultation was being carried on in +whispers among his generals and marshals at the rear of his suite. +Those sent to fetch the deputation had returned with the news that +Moscow was empty, that everyone had left it. The faces of those who +were not conferring together were pale and perturbed. They were not +alarmed by the fact that Moscow had been abandoned by its +inhabitants (grave as that fact seemed), but by the question how to +tell the Emperor- without putting him in the terrible position of +appearing ridiculous- that he had been awaiting the boyars so long +in vain: that there were drunken mobs left in Moscow but no one +else. Some said that a deputation of some sort must be scraped +together, others disputed that opinion and maintained that the Emperor +should first be carefully and skillfully prepared, and then told the +truth. + "He will have to be told, all the same," said some gentlemen of +the suite. "But, gentlemen..." + The position was the more awkward because the Emperor, meditating +upon his magnanimous plans, was pacing patiently up and down before +the outspread map, occasionally glancing along the road to Moscow from +under his lifted hand with a bright and proud smile. + "But it's impossible..." declared the gentlemen of the suite, +shrugging their shoulders but not venturing to utter the implied word- +le ridicule... + At last the Emperor, tired of futile expectation, his actor's +instinct suggesting to him that the sublime moment having been too +long drawn out was beginning to lose its sublimity, gave a sign with +his hand. A single report of a signaling gun followed, and the troops, +who were already spread out on different sides of Moscow, moved into +the city through Tver, Kaluga, and Dorogomilov gates. Faster and +faster, vying with one another, they moved at the double or at a trot, +vanishing amid the clouds of dust they raised and making the air +ring with a deafening roar of mingling shouts. + Drawn on by the movement of his troops Napoleon rode with them as +far as the Dorogomilov gate, but there again stopped and, +dismounting from his horse, paced for a long time by the +Kammer-Kollezski rampart, awaiting the deputation. +BK11|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + Meanwhile Moscow was empty. There were still people in it, perhaps a +fiftieth part of its former inhabitants had remained, but it was +empty. It was empty in the sense that a dying queenless hive is empty. + In a queenless hive no life is left though to a superficial glance +it seems as much alive as other hives. + The bees circle round a queenless hive in the hot beams of the +midday sun as gaily as around the living hives; from a distance it +smells of honey like the others, and bees fly in and out in the same +way. But one has only to observe that hive to realize that there is no +longer any life in it. The bees do not fly in the same way, the +smell and the sound that meet the beekeeper are not the same. To the +beekeeper's tap on the wall of the sick hive, instead of the former +instant unanimous humming of tens of thousands of bees with their +abdomens threateningly compressed, and producing by the rapid +vibration of their wings an aerial living sound, the only reply is a +disconnected buzzing from different parts of the deserted hive. From +the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell +of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor +of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey. There are +no longer sentinels sounding the alarm with their abdomens raised, and +ready to die in defense of the hive. There is no longer the measured +quiet sound of throbbing activity, like the sound of boiling water, +but diverse discordant sounds of disorder. In and out of the hive long +black robber bees smeared with honey fly timidly and shiftily. They do +not sting, but crawl away from danger. Formerly only bees laden with +honey flew into the hive, and they flew out empty; now they fly out +laden. The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in. +Instead of black, glossy bees- tamed by toil, clinging to one +another's legs and drawing out the wax, with a ceaseless hum of labor- +that used to hang in long clusters down to the floor of the hive, +drowsy shriveled bees crawl about separately in various directions +on the floor and walls of the hive. Instead of a neatly glued floor, +swept by the bees with the fanning of their wings, there is a floor +littered with bits of wax, excrement, dying bees scarcely moving their +legs, and dead ones that have not been cleared away. + The beekeeper opens the upper part of the hive and examines the +super. Instead of serried rows of bees sealing up every gap in the +combs and keeping the brood warm, he sees the skillful complex +structures of the combs, but no longer in their former state of +purity. All is neglected and foul. Black robber bees are swiftly and +stealthily prowling about the combs, and the short home bees, +shriveled and listless as if they were old, creep slowly about without +trying to hinder the robbers, having lost all motive and all sense +of life. Drones, bumblebees, wasps, and butterflies knock awkwardly +against the walls of the hive in their flight. Here and there among +the cells containing dead brood and honey an angry buzzing can +sometimes be heard. Here and there a couple of bees, by force of habit +and custom cleaning out the brood cells, with efforts beyond their +strength laboriously drag away a dead bee or bumblebee without knowing +why they do it. In another corner two old bees are languidly fighting, +or cleaning themselves, or feeding one another, without themselves +knowing whether they do it with friendly or hostile intent. In a third +place a crowd of bees, crushing one another, attack some victim and +fight and smother it, and the victim, enfeebled or killed, drops +from above slowly and lightly as a feather, among the heap of corpses. +The keeper opens the two center partitions to examine the brood cells. +In place of the former close dark circles formed by thousands of +bees sitting back to back and guarding the high mystery of generation, +he sees hundreds of dull, listless, and sleepy shells of bees. They +have almost all died unawares, sitting in the sanctuary they had +guarded and which is now no more. They reek of decay and death. Only a +few of them still move, rise, and feebly fly to settle on the +enemy's hand, lacking the spirit to die stinging him; the rest are +dead and fall as lightly as fish scales. The beekeeper closes the +hive, chalks a mark on it, and when he has time tears out its contents +and burns it clean. + So in the same way Moscow was empty when Napoleon, weary, uneasy, +and morose, paced up and down in front of the Kammer-Kollezski +rampart, awaiting what to his mind was a necessary, if but formal, +observance of the proprieties- a deputation. + In various corners of Moscow there still remained a few people +aimlessly moving about, following their old habits and hardly aware of +what they were doing. + When with due circumspection Napoleon was informed that Moscow was +empty, he looked angrily at his informant, turned away, and silently +continued to walk to and fro. + "My carriage!" he said. + He took his seat beside the aide-de-camp on duty and drove into +the suburb. "Moscow deserted!" he said to himself. "What an incredible +event!" + He did not drive into the town, but put up at an inn in the +Dorogomilov suburb. + The coup de theatre had not come off. +BK11|CH21 + CHAPTER XXI + + The Russian troops were passing through Moscow from two o'clock at +night till two in the afternoon and bore away with them the wounded +and the last of the inhabitants who were leaving. + The greatest crush during the movement of the troops took place at +the Stone, Moskva, and Yauza bridges. + While the troops, dividing into two parts when passing around the +Kremlin, were thronging the Moskva and the Stone bridges, a great many +soldiers, taking advantage of the stoppage and congestion, turned back +from the bridges and slipped stealthily and silently past the church +of Vasili the Beatified and under the Borovitski gate, back up the +hill to the Red Square where some instinct told them they could easily +take things not belonging to them. Crowds of the kind seen at cheap +sales filled all the passages and alleys of the Bazaar. But there were +no dealers with voices of ingratiating affability inviting customers +to enter; there were no hawkers, nor the usual motley crowd of +female purchasers- but only soldiers, in uniforms and overcoats though +without muskets, entering the Bazaar empty-handed and silently +making their way out through its passages with bundles. Tradesmen +and their assistants (of whom there were but few) moved about among +the soldiers quite bewildered. They unlocked their shops and locked +them up again, and themselves carried goods away with the help their +assistants. On the square in front of the Bazaar were drummers beating +the muster call. But the roll of the drums did not make the looting +soldiers run in the direction of the drum as formerly, but made +them, on the contrary, run farther away. Among the soldiers in the +shops and passages some men were to be seen in gray coats, with +closely shaven heads. Two officers, one with a scarf over his +uniform and mounted on a lean, dark-gray horse, the other in an +overcoat and on foot, stood at the corner of Ilyinka Street, +talking. A third officer galloped up to them. + "The general orders them all to be driven out at once, without fail. +This is outrageous! Half the men have dispersed." + "Where are you off to?... Where?..." he shouted to three infantrymen +without muskets who, holding up the skirts of their overcoats, were +slipping past him into the Bazaar passage. "Stop, you rascals!" + "But how are you going to stop them?" replied another officer. +"There is no getting them together. The army should push on before the +rest bolt, that's all!" + "How can one push on? They are stuck there, wedged on the bridge, +and don't move. Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest +from running away?" + "Come, go in there and drive them out!" shouted the senior officer. + The officer in the scarf dismounted, called up a drummer, and went +with him into the arcade. Some soldiers started running away in a +group. A shopkeeper with red pimples on his cheeks near the nose, +and a calm, persistent, calculating expression on his plump face, +hurriedly and ostentatiously approached the officer, swinging his +arms. + "Your honor!" said he. "Be so good as to protect us! We won't grudge +trifles, you are welcome to anything- we shall be delighted! +Pray!... I'll fetch a piece of cloth at once for such an honorable +gentleman, or even two pieces with pleasure. For we feel how it is; +but what's all this- sheer robbery! If you please, could not guards be +placed if only to let us close the shop...." + Several shopkeepers crowded round the officer. + "Eh, what twaddle!" said one of them, a thin, stern-looking man. +"When one's head is gone one doesn't weep for one's hair! Take what +any of you like!" And flourishing his arm energetically he turned +sideways to the officer. + "It's all very well for you, Ivan Sidorych, to talk," said the first +tradesman angrily. "Please step inside, your honor!" + "Talk indeed!" cried the thin one. "In my three shops here I have +a hundred thousand rubles' worth of goods. Can they be saved when +the army has gone? Eh, what people! 'Against God's might our hands +can't fight.'" + "Come inside, your honor!" repeated the tradesman, bowing. + The officer stood perplexed and his face showed indecision. + "It's not my business!" he exclaimed, and strode on quickly down one +of the passages. + From one open shop came the sound of blows and vituperation, and +just as the officer came up to it a man in a gray coat with a shaven +head was flung out violently. + This man, bent double, rushed past the tradesman and the officer. +The officer pounced on the soldiers who were in the shops, but at that +moment fearful screams reached them from the huge crowd on the +Moskva bridge and the officer ran out into the square. + "What is it? What is it?" he asked, but his comrade was already +galloping off past Vasili the Beatified in the direction from which +the screams came. + The officer mounted his horse and rode after him. When he reached +the bridge he saw two unlimbered guns, the infantry crossing the +bridge, several overturned carts, and frightened and laughing faces +among the troops. Beside the cannon a cart was standing to which two +horses were harnessed. Four borzois with collars were pressing close +to the wheels. The cart was loaded high, and at the very top, beside a +child's chair with its legs in the air, sat a peasant woman uttering +piercing and desperate shrieks. He was told by his fellow officers +that the screams of the crowd and the shrieks of the woman were due to +the fact that General Ermolov, coming up to the crowd and learning +that soldiers were dispersing among the shops while crowds of +civilians blocked the bridge, had ordered two guns to be unlimbered +and made a show of firing at the bridge. The crowd, crushing one +another, upsetting carts, and shouting and squeezing desperately, +had cleared off the bridge and the troops were now moving forward. +BK11|CH22 + CHAPTER XXII + + Meanwhile, the city itself was deserted. There was hardly anyone +in the streets. The gates and shops were all closed, only here and +there round the taverns solitary shouts or drunken songs could be +heard. Nobody drove through the streets and footsteps were rarely +heard. The Povarskaya was quite still and deserted. The huge courtyard +of the Rostovs' house was littered with wisps of hay and with dung +from the horses, and not a soul was to be seen there. In the great +drawing room of the house, which had been left with all it +contained, were two people. They were the yard porter Ignat, and the +page boy Mishka, Vasilich's grandson who had stayed in Moscow with his +grandfather. Mishka had opened the clavichord and was strumming on +it with one finger. The yard porter, his arms akimbo, stood smiling +with satisfaction before the large mirror. + "Isn't it fine, eh, Uncle Ignat?" said the boy, suddenly beginning +to strike the keyboard with both hands. + "Only fancy!" answered Ignat, surprised at the broadening grin on +his face in the mirror. + "Impudence! Impudence!" they heard behind them the voice of Mavra +Kuzminichna who had entered silently. "How he's grinning, the fat mug! +Is that what you're here for? Nothing's cleared away down there and +Vasilich is worn out. Just you wait a bit!" + Ignat left off smiling, adjusted his belt, and went out of the +room with meekly downcast eyes. + "Aunt, I did it gently," said the boy. + "I'll give you something gently, you monkey you!" cried Mavra +Kuzminichna, raising her arm threateningly. "Go and get the samovar to +boil for your grandfather." + Mavra Kuzminichna flicked the dust off the clavichord and closed it, +and with a deep sigh left the drawing room and locked its main door. + Going out into the yard she paused to consider where she should go +next- to drink tea in the servants' wing with Vasilich, or into the +storeroom to put away what still lay about. + She heard the sound of quick footsteps in the quiet street. +Someone stopped at the gate, and the latch rattled as someone tried to +open it. Mavra Kuzminichna went to the gate. + "Who do you want?" + "The count- Count Ilya Andreevich Rostov." + "And who are you?" + "An officer, I have to see him," came the reply in a pleasant, +well-bred Russian voice. + Mavra Kuzminichna opened the gate and an officer of eighteen, with +the round face of a Rostov, entered the yard. + "They have gone away, sir. Went away yesterday at vespertime," +said Mavra Kuzminichna cordially. + The young officer standing in the gateway, as if hesitating +whether to enter or not, clicked his tongue. + "Ah, how annoying!" he muttered. "I should have come yesterday.... +Ah, what a pity." + Meanwhile, Mavra Kuzminichna was attentively and sympathetically +examining the familiar Rostov features of the young man's face, his +tattered coat and trodden-down boots. + "What did you want to see the count for?" she asked. + "Oh well... it can't be helped!" said he in a tone of vexation and +placed his hand on the gate as if to leave. + He again paused in indecision. + "You see," he suddenly said, "I am a kinsman of the count's and he +has been very kind to me. As you see" (he glanced with an amused air +and good-natured smile at his coat and boots) "my things are worn +out and I have no money, so I was going to ask the count..." + Mavra Kuzminichna did not let him finish. + "Just wait a minute, sir. One little moment," said she. + And as soon as the officer let go of the gate handle she turned and, +hurrying away on her old legs, went through the back yard to the +servants' quarters. + While Mavra Kuzminichna was running to her room the officer walked +about the yard gazing at his worn-out boots with lowered head and a +faint smile on his lips. "What a pity I've missed Uncle! What a nice +old woman! Where has she run off to? And how am I to find the +nearest way to overtake my regiment, which must by now be getting near +the Rogozhski gate?" thought he. Just then Mavra Kuzminichna +appeared from behind the corner of the house with a frightened yet +resolute look, carrying a rolled-up check kerchief in her hand. +While still a few steps from the officer she unfolded the kerchief and +took out of it a white twenty-five-ruble assignat and hastily handed +it to him. + "If his excellency had been at home, as a kinsman he would of +course... but as it is..." + Mavra Kuzminichna grew abashed and confused. The officer did not +decline, but took the note quietly and thanked her. + "If the count had been at home..." Mavra Kuzminichna went on +apologetically. "Christ be with you, sir! May God preserve you!" +said she, bowing as she saw him out. + Swaying his head and smiling as if amused at himself, the officer +ran almost at a trot through the deserted streets toward the Yauza +bridge to overtake his regiment. + But Mavra Kuzminichna stood at the closed gate for some time with +moist eyes, pensively swaying her head and feeling an unexpected +flow of motherly tenderness and pity for the unknown young officer. +BK11|CH23 + CHAPTER XXIII + + From an unfinished house on the Varvarka, the ground floor of +which was a dramshop, came drunken shouts and songs. On benches +round the tables in a dirty little room sat some ten factory hands. +Tipsy and perspiring, with dim eyes and wide-open mouths, they were +all laboriously singing some song or other. They were singing +discordantly, arduously, and with great effort, evidently not +because they wished to sing, but because they wanted to show they were +drunk and on a spree. One, a tall, fair-haired lad in a clean blue +coat, was standing over the others. His face with its fine straight +nose would have been handsome had it not been for his thin, +compressed, twitching lips and dull, gloomy, fixed eyes. Evidently +possessed by some idea, he stood over those who were singing, and +solemnly and jerkily flourished above their heads his white arm with +the sleeve turned up to the elbow, trying unnaturally to spread out +his dirty fingers. The sleeve of his coat kept slipping down and he +always carefully rolled it up again with his left hand, as if it +were most important that the sinewy white arm he was flourishing +should be bare. In the midst of the song cries were heard, and +fighting and blows in the passage and porch. The tall lad waved his +arm. + "Stop it!" he exclaimed peremptorily. "There's a fight, lads!" +And, still rolling up his sleeve, he went out to the porch. + The factory hands followed him. These men, who under the +leadership of the tall lad were drinking in the dramshop that morning, +had brought the publican some skins from the factory and for this +had had drink served them. The blacksmiths from a neighboring +smithy, hearing the sounds of revelry in the tavern and supposing it +to have been broken into, wished to force their way in too and a fight +in the porch had resulted. + The publican was fighting one of the smiths at the door, and when +the workmen came out the smith, wrenching himself free from the tavern +keeper, fell face downward on the pavement. + Another smith tried to enter the doorway, pressing against the +publican with his chest. + The lad with the turned-up sleeve gave the smith a blow in the +face and cried wildly: "They're fighting us, lads!" + At that moment the first smith got up and, scratching his bruised +face to make it bleed, shouted in a tearful voice: "Police! Murder!... +They've killed a man, lads!" + "Oh, gracious me, a man beaten to death- killed!..." screamed a +woman coming out of a gate close by. + A crowd gathered round the bloodstained smith. + "Haven't you robbed people enough- taking their last shirts?" said a +voice addressing the publican. "What have you killed a man for, you +thief?" + The tall lad, standing in the porch, turned his bleared eyes from +the publican to the smith and back again as if considering whom he +ought to fight now. + "Murderer!" he shouted suddenly to the publican. "Bind him, lads!" + "I daresay you would like to bind me!" shouted the publican, pushing +away the men advancing on him, and snatching his cap from his head +he flung it on the ground. + As if this action had some mysterious and menacing significance, the +workmen surrounding the publican paused in indecision. + "I know the law very well, mates! I'll take the matter to the +captain of police. You think I won't get to him? Robbery is not +permitted to anybody now a days!" shouted the publican, picking up his +cap. + "Come along then! Come along then!" the publican and the tall +young fellow repeated one after the other, and they moved up the +street together. + The bloodstained smith went beside them. The factory hands and +others followed behind, talking and shouting. + At the corner of the Moroseyka, opposite a large house with closed +shutters and bearing a bootmaker's signboard, stood a score of thin, +worn-out, gloomy-faced bootmakers, wearing overalls and long +tattered coats. + "He should pay folks off properly," a thin workingman, with frowning +brows and a straggly beard, was saying. + "But he's sucked our blood and now he thinks he's quit of us. He's +been misleading us all the week and now that he's brought us to this +pass he's made off." + On seeing the crowd and the bloodstained man the workman ceased +speaking, and with eager curiosity all the bootmakers joined the +moving crowd. + "Where are all the folks going?" + "Why, to the police, of course!" + "I say, is it true that we have been beaten?" "And what did you +think? Look what folks are saying." + Questions and answers were heard. The publican, taking advantage +of the increased crowd, dropped behind and returned to his tavern. + The tall youth, not noticing the disappearance of his foe, waved his +bare arm and went on talking incessantly, attracting general attention +to himself. It was around him that the people chiefly crowded, +expecting answers from him to the questions that occupied all their +minds. + "He must keep order, keep the law, that's what the government is +there for. Am I not right, good Christians?" said the tall youth, with +a scarcely perceptible smile. "He thinks there's no government! How +can one do without government? Or else there would be plenty who'd rob +us." + "Why talk nonsense?" rejoined voices in the crowd. "Will they give +up Moscow like this? They told you that for fun, and you believed +it! Aren't there plenty of troops on the march? Let him in, indeed! +That's what the government is for. You'd better listen to what +people are saying," said some of the mob pointing to the tall youth. + By the wall of China-Town a smaller group of people were gathered +round a man in a frieze coat who held a paper in his hand. + "An ukase, they are reading an ukase! Reading an ukase!" cried +voices in the crowd, and the people rushed toward the reader. + The man in the frieze coat was reading the broadsheet of August 31 +When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the +demand of the tall lad who had pushed his way up to him, he began in a +rather tremulous voice to read the sheet from the beginning. + "Early tomorrow I shall go to his Serene Highness," he read +("Sirin Highness," said the tall fellow with a triumphant smile on his +lips and a frown on his brow), "to consult with him to act, and to aid +the army to exterminate these scoundrels. We too will take part..." +the reader went on, and then paused ("Do you see," shouted the youth +victoriously, "he's going to clear up the whole affair for +you...."), "in destroying them, and will send these visitors to the +devil. I will come back to dinner, and we'll set to work. We will +do, completely do, and undo these scoundrels." + The last words were read out in the midst of complete silence. The +tall lad hung his head gloomily. It was evident that no one had +understood the last part. In particular, the words "I will come back +to dinner," evidently displeased both reader and audience. The +people's minds were tuned to a high pitch and this was too simple +and needlessly comprehensible- it was what any one of them might +have said and therefore was what an ukase emanating from the highest +authority should not say. + They all stood despondent and silent. The tall youth moved his +lips and swayed from side to side. + "We should ask him... that's he himself?"... "Yes, ask him +indeed!... Why not? He'll explain"... voices in the rear of the +crowd were suddenly heard saying, and the general attention turned +to the police superintendent's trap which drove into the square +attended by two mounted dragoons. + The superintendent of police, who had that morning by Count +Rostopchin's orders to burn the barges and had in connection with that +matter acquired a large sum of money which was at that moment in his +pocket, on seeing a crowd bearing down upon him told his coachman to +stop. + "What people are these?" he shouted to the men, who were moving +singly and timidly in the direction of his trap. + "What people are these?" he shouted again, receiving no answer. + "Your honor..." replied the shopman in the frieze coat, "your honor, +in accord with the proclamation of his highest excellency the count, +they desire to serve, not sparing their lives, and it is not any +kind of riot, but as his highest excellence said..." + "The count has not left, he is here, and an order will be issued +concerning you," said the superintendent of police. "Go on!" he +ordered his coachman. + The crowd halted, pressing around those who had heard what the +superintendent had said, and looking at the departing trap. + The superintendent of police turned round at that moment with a +scared look, said something to his coachman, and his horses +increased their speed. + "It's a fraud, lads! Lead the way to him, himself!" shouted the tall +youth. "Don't let him go, lads! Let him answer us! Keep him!" +shouted different people and the people dashed in pursuit of the trap. + Following the superintendent of police and talking loudly the +crowd went in the direction of the Lubyanka Street. + "There now, the gentry and merchants have gone away and left us to +perish. Do they think we're dogs?" voices in the crowd were heard +saying more and more frequently. +BK11|CH24 + CHAPTER XXIV + + On the evening of the first of September, after his interview with +Kutuzov, Count Rostopchin had returned to Moscow mortified and +offended because he had not been invited to attend the council of war, +and because Kutuzov had paid no attention to his offer to take part in +the defense of the city; amazed also at the novel outlook revealed +to him at the camp, which treated the tranquillity of the capital +and its patriotic fervor as not merely secondary but quite +irrelevant and unimportant matters. Distressed, offended, and +surprised by all this, Rostopchin had returned to Moscow. After supper +he lay down on a sofa without undressing, and was awakened soon +after midnight by a courier bringing him a letter from Kutuzov. This +letter requested the count to send police officers to guide the troops +through the town, as the army was retreating to the Ryazan road beyond +Moscow. This was not news to Rostopchin. He had known that Moscow +would be abandoned not merely since his interview the previous day +with Kutuzov on the Poklonny Hill but ever since the battle of +Borodino, for all the generals who came to Moscow after that battle +had said unanimously that it was impossible to fight another battle, +and since then the government property had been removed every night, +and half the inhabitants had left the city with Rostopchin's own +permission. Yet all the same this information astonished and irritated +the count, coming as it did in the form of a simple note with an order +from Kutuzov, and received at night, breaking in on his beauty sleep. + When later on in his memoirs Count Rostopchin explained his +actions at this time, he repeatedly says that he was then actuated +by two important considerations: to maintain tranquillity in Moscow +and expedite the departure of the inhabitants. If one accepts this +twofold aim all Rostopchin's actions appear irreproachable. "Why +were the holy relics, the arms, ammunition, gunpowder, and stores of +corn not removed? Why were thousands of inhabitants deceived into +believing that Moscow would not be given up- and thereby ruined?" +"To presence the tranquillity of the city," explains Count Rostopchin. +"Why were bundles of useless papers from the government offices, and +Leppich's balloon and other articles removed?" "To leave the town +empty," explains Count Rostopchin. One need only admit that public +tranquillity is in danger and any action finds a justification. + All the horrors of the reign of terror were based only on solicitude +for public tranquillity. + On what, then, was Count Rostopchin's fear for the tranquillity of +Moscow based in 1812? What reason was there for assuming any +probability of an uprising in the city? The inhabitants were leaving +it and the retreating troops were filling it. Why should that cause +the masses to riot? + Neither in Moscow nor anywhere in Russia did anything resembling +an insurrection ever occur when the enemy entered a town. More than +ten thousand people were still in Moscow on the first and second of +September, and except for a mob in the governor's courtyard, assembled +there at his bidding, nothing happened. It is obvious that there would +have been even less reason to expect a disturbance among the people if +after the battle of Borodino, when the surrender of Moscow became +certain or at least probable, Rostopchin instead of exciting the +people by distributing arms and broadsheets had taken steps to +remove all the holy relics, the gunpowder, munitions, and money, and +had told the population plainly that the town would be abandoned. + Rostopchin, though he had patriotic sentiments, was a sanguine and +impulsive man who had always moved in the highest administrative +circles and had no understanding at all of the people he supposed +himself to be guiding. Ever since the enemy's entry into Smolensk he +had in imagination been playing the role of director of the popular +feeling of "the heart of Russia." Not only did it seem to him (as to +all administrators) that he controlled the external actions of +Moscow's inhabitants, but he also thought he controlled their mental +attitude by means of his broadsheets and posters, written in a +coarse tone which the people despise in their own class and do not +understand from those in authority. Rostopchin was so pleased with the +fine role of leader of popular feeling, and had grown so used to it, +that the necessity of relinquishing that role and abandoning Moscow +without any heroic display took him unawares and he suddenly felt +the ground slip away from under his feet, so that he positively did +not know what to do. Though he knew it was coming, he did not till the +last moment wholeheartedly believe that Moscow would be abandoned, and +did not prepare for it. The inhabitants left against his wishes. If +the government offices were removed, this was only done on the +demand of officials to whom the count yielded reluctantly. He was +absorbed in the role he had created for himself. As is often the +case with those gifted with an ardent imagination, though he had +long known that Moscow would be abandoned he knew it only with his +intellect, he did not believe it in his heart and did not adapt +himself mentally to this new position of affairs. + All his painstaking and energetic activity (in how far it was useful +and had any effect on the people is another question) had been +simply directed toward arousing in the masses his own feeling of +patriotic hatred of the French. + But when events assumed their true historical character, when +expressing hatred for the French in words proved insufficient, when it +was not even possible to express that hatred by fighting a battle, +when self-confidence was of no avail in relation to the one question +before Moscow, when the whole population streamed out of Moscow as one +man, abandoning their belongings and proving by that negative action +all the depth of their national feeling, then the role chosen by +Rostopchin suddenly appeared senseless. He unexpectedly felt himself +ridiculous, weak, and alone, with no ground to stand on. + When, awakened from his sleep, he received that cold, peremptory +note from Kutuzov, he felt the more irritated the more he felt himself +to blame. All that he had been specially put in charge of, the state +property which he should have removed, was still in Moscow and it +was no longer possible to take the whole of it away. + "Who is to blame for it? Who has let things come to such a pass?" he +ruminated. "Not I, of course. I had everything ready. I had Moscow +firmly in hand. And this is what they have let it come to! Villains! +Traitors!" he thought, without clearly defining who the villains and +traitors were, but feeling it necessary to hate those traitors whoever +they might be who were to blame for the false and ridiculous +position in which he found himself. + All that night Count Rostopchin issued orders, for which people came +to him from all parts of Moscow. Those about him had never seen the +count so morose and irritable. + "Your excellency, the Director of the Registrar's Department has +sent for instructions... From the Consistory, from the Senate, from +the University, from the Foundling Hospital, the Suffragan has sent... +asking for information.... What are your orders about the Fire +Brigade? From the governor of the prison... from the superintendent of +the lunatic asylum..." All night long such announcements were +continually being received by the count. + To all these inquiries he gave brief and angry replies indicating +that orders from him were not now needed, that the whole affair, +carefully prepared by him, had now been ruined by somebody, and that +that somebody would have to bear the whole responsibility for all that +might happen. + "Oh, tell that blockhead," he said in reply to the question from the +Registrar's Department, "that he should remain to guard his documents. +Now why are you asking silly questions about the Fire Brigade? They +have horses, let them be off to Vladimir, and not leave them to the +French." + "Your excellency, the superintendent of the lunatic asylum has come: +what are your commands?" + "My commands? Let them go away, that's all.... And let the +lunatics out into the town. When lunatics command our armies God +evidently means these other madmen to be free." + In reply to an inquiry about the convicts in the prison, Count +Rostopchin shouted angrily at the governor: + "Do you expect me to give you two battalions- which we have not got- +for a convoy? Release them, that's all about it!" + "Your excellency, there are some political prisoners, Meshkov, +Vereshchagin..." + "Vereshchagin! Hasn't he been hanged yet?" shouted Rostopchin. +"Bring him to me!" +BK11|CH25 + CHAPTER XXV + + Toward nine o'clock in the morning, when the troops were already +moving through Moscow, nobody came to the count any more for +instructions. Those who were able to get away were going of their +own accord, those who remained behind decided for themselves what they +must do. + The count ordered his carriage that he might drive to Sokolniki, and +sat in his study with folded hands, morose, sallow, and taciturn. + In quiet and untroubled times it seems to every administrator that +it is only by his efforts that the whole population under his rule +is kept going, and in this consciousness of being indispensable +every administrator finds the chief reward of his labor and efforts. +While the sea of history remains calm the ruler-administrator in his +frail bark, holding on with a boat hook to the ship of the people +and himself moving, naturally imagines that his efforts move the +ship he is holding on to. But as soon as a storm arises and the sea +begins to heave and the ship to move, such a delusion is no longer +possible. The ship moves independently with its own enormous motion, +the boat hook no longer reaches the moving vessel, and suddenly the +administrator, instead of appearing a ruler and a source of power, +becomes an insignificant, useless, feeble man. + Rostopchin felt this, and it was this which exasperated him. + The superintendent of police, whom the crowd had stopped, went in to +see him at the same time as an adjutant who informed the count that +the horses were harnessed. They were both pale, and the superintendent +of police, after reporting that he had executed the instructions he +had received, informed the count that an immense crowd had collected +in the courtyard and wished to see him. + Without saying a word Rostopchin rose and walked hastily to his +light, luxurious drawing room, went to the balcony door, took hold +of the handle, let it go again, and went to the window from which he +had a better view of the whole crowd. The tall lad was standing in +front, flourishing his arm and saying something with a stern look. The +blood stained smith stood beside him with a gloomy face. A drone of +voices was audible through the closed window. + "Is my carriage ready?" asked Rostopchin, stepping back from the +window. + "It is, your excellency," replied the adjutant. + Rostopchin went again to the balcony door. + "But what do they want?" he asked the superintendent of police. + "Your excellency, they say they have got ready, according to your +orders, to go against the French, and they shouted something about +treachery. But it is a turbulent crowd, your excellency- I hardly +managed to get away from it. Your excellency, I venture to suggest..." + "You may go. I don't need you to tell me what to do!" exclaimed +Rostopchin angrily. + He stood by the balcony door looking at the crowd. + "This is what they have done with Russia! This is what they have +done with me!" thought he, full of an irrepressible fury that welled +up within him against the someone to whom what was happening might +be attributed. As often happens with passionate people, he was +mastered by anger but was still seeking an object on which to vent it. +"Here is that mob, the dregs of the people," he thought as he gazed at +the crowd: "this rabble they have roused by their folly! They want a +victim," he thought as he looked at the tall lad flourishing his +arm. And this thought occurred to him just because he himself +desired a victim, something on which to vent his rage. + "Is the carriage ready?" he asked again. + "Yes, your excellency. What are your orders about Vereshchagin? He +is waiting at the porch," said the adjutant. + "Ah!" exclaimed Rostopchin, as if struck by an unexpected +recollection. + And rapidly opening the door he went resolutely out onto the +balcony. The talking instantly ceased, hats and caps were doffed, +and all eyes were raised to the count. + "Good morning, lads!" said the count briskly and loudly. "Thank +you for coming. I'll come out to you in a moment, but we must first +settle with the villain. We must punish the villain who has caused the +ruin of Moscow. Wait for me!" + And the count stepped as briskly back into the room and slammed +the door behind him. + A murmur of approbation and satisfaction ran through the crowd. +"He'll settle with all the villains, you'll see! And you said the +French... He'll show you what law is!" the mob were saying as if +reproving one another for their lack of confidence. + A few minutes later an officer came hurriedly out of the front door, +gave an order, and the dragoons formed up in line. The crowd moved +eagerly from the balcony toward the porch. Rostopchin, coming out +there with quick angry steps, looked hastily around as if seeking +someone. + "Where is he?" he inquired. And as he spoke he saw a young man +coming round the corner of the house between two dragoons. He had a +long thin neck, and his head, that had been half shaved, was again +covered by short hair. This young man was dressed in a threadbare blue +cloth coat lined with fox fur, that had once been smart, and dirty +hempen convict trousers, over which were pulled his thin, dirty, +trodden-down boots. On his thin, weak legs were heavy chains which +hampered his irresolute movements. + "Ah!" said Rostopchin, hurriedly turning away his eyes from the +young man in the fur-lined coat and pointing to the bottom step of the +porch. "Put him there." + The young man in his clattering chains stepped clumsily to the +spot indicated, holding away with one finger the coat collar which +chafed his neck, turned his long neck twice this way and that, sighed, +and submissively folded before him his thin hands, unused to work. + For several seconds while the young man was taking his place on +the step the silence continued. Only among the back rows of the +people, who were all pressing toward the one spot, could sighs, +groans, and the shuffling of feet be heard. + While waiting for the young man to take his place on the step +Rostopchin stood frowning and rubbing his face with his hand. + "Lads!" said he, with a metallic ring in his voice. "This man, +Vereshchagin, is the scoundrel by whose doing Moscow is perishing." + The young man in the fur-lined coat, stooping a little, stood in a +submissive attitude, his fingers clasped before him. His emaciated +young face, disfigured by the half-shaven head, hung down +hopelessly. At the count's first words he raised it slowly and +looked up at him as if wishing to say something or at least to meet +his eye. But Rostopchin did not look at him. A vein in the young man's +long thin neck swelled like a cord and went blue behind the ear, and +suddenly his face flushed. + All eyes were fixed on him. He looked at the crowd, and rendered +more hopeful by the expression he read on the faces there, he smiled +sadly and timidly, and lowering his head shifted his feet on the step. + "He has betrayed his Tsar and his country, he had gone over to +Bonaparte. He alone of all the Russians has disgraced the Russian +name, he has caused Moscow to perish," said Rostopchin in a sharp, +even voice, but suddenly he glanced down at Vereshchagin who continued +to stand in the same submissive attitude. As if inflamed by the sight, +he raised his arm and addressed the people, almost shouting: + "Deal with him as you think fit! I hand him over to you." + The crowd remained silent and only pressed closer and closer to +one another. To keep one another back, to breathe in that stifling +atmosphere, to be unable to stir, and to await something unknown, +uncomprehended, and terrible, was becoming unbearable. Those +standing in front, who had seen and heard what had taken place +before them, all stood with wide open eyes and mouths, straining +with all their strength, and held back the crowd that was pushing +behind them. + "Beat him!... Let the traitor perish and not disgrace the Russian +name!" shouted Rostopchin. "Cut him down. I command it." + Hearing not so much the words as the angry tone of Rostopchin's +voice, the crowd moaned and heaved forward, but again paused. + "Count!" exclaimed the timid yet theatrical voice of Vereshchagin in +the midst of the momentary silence that ensued, "Count! One God is +above us both...." He lifted his head and again the thick vein in +his thin neck filled with blood and the color rapidly came and went in +his face. + He did not finish what he wished to say. + "Cut him down! I command it..." shouted Rostopchin, suddenly growing +pale like Vereshchagin. + "Draw sabers!" cried the dragoon officer, drawing his own. + Another still stronger wave flowed through the crowd and reaching +the front ranks carried it swaying to the very steps of the porch. The +tall youth, with a stony look on his face, and rigid and uplifted arm, +stood beside Vereshchagin. + "Saber him!" the dragoon officer almost whispered. + And one of the soldiers, his face all at once distorted with fury, +struck Vereshchagin on the head with the blunt side of his saber. + "Ah!" cried Vereshchagin in meek surprise, looking round with a +frightened glance as if not understanding why this was done to him. +A similar moan of surprise and horror ran through the crowd. "O Lord!" +exclaimed a sorrowful voice. + But after the exclamation of surprise that had escaped from +Vereshchagin he uttered a plaintive cry of pain, and that cry was +fatal. The barrier of human feeling, strained to the utmost, that +had held the crowd in check suddenly broke. The crime had begun and +must now be completed. The plaintive moan of reproach was drowned by +the threatening and angry roar of the crowd. Like the seventh and last +wave that shatters a ship, that last irresistible wave burst from +the rear and reached the front ranks, carrying them off their feet and +engulfing them all. The dragoon was about to repeat his blow. +Vereshchagin with a cry of horror, covering his head with his hands, +rushed toward the crowd. The tall youth, against whom he stumbled, +seized his thin neck with his hands and, yelling wildly, fell with him +under the feet of the pressing, struggling crowd. + Some beat and tore at Vereshchagin, others at the tall youth. And +the screams of those that were being trampled on and of those who +tried to rescue the tall lad only increased the fury of the crowd. +It was a long time before the dragoons could extricate the bleeding +youth, beaten almost to death. And for a long time, despite the +feverish haste with which the mob tried to end the work that had +been begun, those who were hitting, throttling, and tearing at +Vereshchagin were unable to kill him, for the crowd pressed from all +sides, swaying as one mass with them in the center and rendering it +impossible for them either to kill him or let him go. + "Hit him with an ax, eh!... Crushed?... Traitor, he sold +Christ.... Still alive... tenacious... serves him right! Torture +serves a thief right. Use the hatchet!... What- still alive?" + Only when the victim ceased to struggle and his cries changed to a +long-drawn, measured death rattle did the crowd around his +prostrate, bleeding corpse begin rapidly to change places. Each one +came up, glanced at what had been done, and with horror, reproach, and +astonishment pushed back again. + "O Lord! The people are like wild beasts! How could he be alive?" +voices in the crowd could be heard saying. "Quite a young fellow +too... must have been a merchant's son. What men!... and they say he's +not the right one.... How not the right one?... O Lord! And there's +another has been beaten too- they say he's nearly done for.... Oh, the +people... Aren't they afraid of sinning?..." said the same mob now, +looking with pained distress at the dead body with its long, thin, +half-severed neck and its livid face stained with blood and dust. + A painstaking police officer, considering the presence of a corpse +in his excellency's courtyard unseemly, told the dragoons to take it +away. Two dragoons took it by its distorted legs and dragged it +along the ground. The gory, dust-stained, half-shaven head with its +long neck trailed twisting along the ground. The crowd shrank back +from it. + At the moment when Vereshchagin fell and the crowd closed in with +savage yells and swayed about him, Rostopchin suddenly turned pale +and, instead of going to the back entrance where his carriage +awaited him, went with hurried steps and bent head, not knowing +where and why, along the passage leading to the rooms on the ground +floor. The count's face was white and he could not control the +feverish twitching of his lower jaw. + "This way, your excellency... Where are you going?... This way, +please..." said a trembling, frightened voice behind him. + Count Rostopchin was unable to reply and, turning obediently, went +in the direction indicated. At the back entrance stood his caleche. +The distant roar of the yelling crowd was audible even there. He +hastily took his seat and told the coachman to drive him to his +country house in Sokolniki. + When they reached the Myasnitski Street and could no longer hear the +shouts of the mob, the count began to repent. He remembered with +dissatisfaction the agitation and fear he had betrayed before his +subordinates. "The mob is terrible- disgusting," he said to himself in +French. "They are like wolves whom nothing but flesh can appease." +"Count! One God is above us both!"- Vereshchagin's words suddenly +recurred to him, and a disagreeable shiver ran down his back. But this +was only a momentary feeling and Count Rostopchin smiled +disdainfully at himself. "I had other duties," thought he. "The people +had to be appeased. Many other victims have perished and are perishing +for the public good"- and he began thinking of his social duties to +his family and to the city entrusted to him, and of himself- not +himself as Theodore Vasilyevich Rostopchin (he fancied that Theodore +Vasilyevich Rostopchin was sacrificing himself for the public good) +but himself as governor, the representative of authority and of the +Tsar. "Had I been simply Theodore Vasilyevich my course of action +would have been quite different, but it was my duty to safeguard my +life and dignity as commander in chief." + Lightly swaying on the flexible springs of his carriage and no +longer hearing the terrible sounds of the crowd, Rostopchin grew +physically calm and, as always happens, as soon as he became +physically tranquil his mind devised reasons why he should be mentally +tranquil too. The thought which tranquillized Rostopchin was not a new +one. Since the world began and men have killed one another no one +has ever committed such a crime against his fellow man without +comforting himself with this same idea. This idea is le bien public, +the hypothetical welfare of other people. + To a man not swayed by passion that welfare is never certain, but he +who commits such a crime always knows just where that welfare lies. +And Rostopchin now knew it. + Not only did his reason not reproach him for what he had done, but +he even found cause for self-satisfaction in having so successfully +contrived to avail himself of a convenient opportunity to punish a +criminal and at the same time pacify the mob. + "Vereshchagin was tried and condemned to death," thought +Rostopchin (though the Senate had only condemned Vereshchagin to +hard labor), "he was a traitor and a spy. I could not let him go +unpunished and so I have killed two birds with one stone: to appease +the mob I gave them a victim and at the same time punished a +miscreant." + Having reached his country house and begun to give orders about +domestic arrangements, the count grew quite tranquil. + Half an hour later he was driving with his fast horses across the +Sokolniki field, no longer thinking of what had occurred but +considering what was to come. He was driving to the Yauza bridge where +he had heard that Kutuzov was. Count Rostopchin was mentally preparing +the angry and stinging reproaches he meant to address to Kutuzov for +his deception. He would make that foxy old courtier feel that the +responsibility for all the calamities that would follow the +abandonment of the city and the ruin of Russia (as Rostopchin regarded +it) would fall upon his doting old head. Planning beforehand what he +would say to Kutuzov, Rostopchin turned angrily in his caleche and +gazed sternly from side to side. + The Sokolniki field was deserted. Only at the end of it, in front of +the almshouse and the lunatic asylum, could be seen some people in +white and others like them walking singly across the field shouting +and gesticulating. + One of these was running to cross the path of Count Rostopchin's +carriage, and the count himself, his coachman, and his dragoons looked +with vague horror and curiosity at these released lunatics and +especially at the one running toward them. + Swaying from side to side on his long, thin legs in his fluttering +dressing gown, this lunatic was running impetuously, his gaze fixed on +Rostopchin, shouting something in a hoarse voice and making signs to +him to stop. The lunatic's solemn, gloomy face was thin and yellow, +with its beard growing in uneven tufts. His black, agate pupils with +saffron-yellow whites moved restlessly near the lower eyelids. + "Stop! Pull up, I tell you!" he cried in a piercing voice, and again +shouted something breathlessly with emphatic intonations and gestures. + Coming abreast of the caleche he ran beside it. + "Thrice have they slain me, thrice have I risen from the dead. +They stoned me, crucified me... I shall rise... shall rise... shall +rise. They have torn my body. The kingdom of God will be overthrown... +Thrice will I overthrow it and thrice re-establish it!" he cried, +raising his voice higher and higher. + Count Rostopchin suddenly grew pale as he had done when the crowd +closed in on Vereshchagin. He turned away. "Go fas... faster!" he +cried in a trembling voice to his coachman. The caleche flew over +the ground as fast as the horses could draw it, but for a long time +Count Rostopchin still heard the insane despairing screams growing +fainter in the distance, while his eyes saw nothing but the +astonished, frightened, bloodstained face of "the traitor" in the +fur-lined coat. + Recent as that mental picture was, Rostopchin already felt that it +had cut deep into his heart and drawn blood. Even now he felt +clearly that the gory trace of that recollection would not pass with +time, but that the terrible memory would, on the contrary, dwell in +his heart ever more cruelly and painfully to the end of his life. He +seemed still to hear the sound of his own words: "Cut him down! I +command it...." + "Why did I utter those words? It was by some accident I said +them.... I need not have said them," he thought. "And then nothing +would have happened." He saw the frightened and then infuriated face +of the dragoon who dealt the blow, the look of silent, timid +reproach that boy in the fur-lined coat had turned upon him. "But I +did not do it for my own sake. I was bound to act that way.... The +mob, the traitor... the public welfare," thought he. + Troops were still crowding at the Yauza bridge. It was hot. Kutuzov, +dejected and frowning, sat on a bench by the bridge toying with his +whip in the sand when a caleche dashed up noisily. A man in a +general's uniform with plumes in his hat went up to Kutuzov and said +something in French. It was Count Rostopchin. He told Kutuzov that +he had come because Moscow, the capital, was no more and only the army +remained. + "Things would have been different if your Serene Highness had not +told me that you would not abandon Moscow without another battle; +all this would not have happened," he said. + Kutuzov looked at Rostopchin as if, not grasping what was said to +him, he was trying to read something peculiar written at that moment +on the face of the man addressing him. Rostopchin grew confused and +became silent. Kutuzov slightly shook his head and not taking his +penetrating gaze from Rostopchin's face muttered softly: + "No! I shall not give up Moscow without a battle!" + Whether Kutuzov was thinking of something entirely different when he +spoke those words, or uttered them purposely, knowing them to be +meaningless, at any rate Rostopchin made no reply and hastily left +him. And strange to say, the Governor of Moscow, the proud Count +Rostopchin, took up a Cossack whip and went to the bridge where he +began with shouts to drive on the carts that blocked the way. +BK11|CH26 + CHAPTER XXVI + + Toward four o'clock in the afternoon Murat's troops were entering +Moscow. In front rode a detachment of Wurttemberg hussars and behind +them rode the King of Naples himself accompanied by a numerous suite. + About the middle of the Arbat Street, near the Church of the +Miraculous Icon of St. Nicholas, Murat halted to await news from the +advanced detachment as to the condition in which they had found the +citadel, le Kremlin. + Around Murat gathered a group of those who had remained in Moscow. +They all stared in timid bewilderment at the strange, long-haired +commander dressed up in feathers and gold. + "Is that their Tsar himself? He's not bad!" low voices could be +heard saying. + An interpreter rode up to the group. + "Take off your cap... your caps!" These words went from one to +another in the crowd. The interpreter addressed an old porter and +asked if it was far to the Kremlin. The porter, listening in +perplexity to the unfamiliar Polish accent and not realizing that +the interpreter was speaking Russian, did not understand what was +being said to him and slipped behind the others. + Murat approached the interpreter and told him to ask where the +Russian army was. One of the Russians understood what was asked and +several voices at once began answering the interpreter. A French +officer, returning from the advanced detachment, rode up to Murat +and reported that the gates of the citadel had been barricaded and +that there was probably an ambuscade there. + "Good!" said Murat and, turning to one of the gentlemen in his +suite, ordered four light guns to be moved forward to fire at the +gates. + The guns emerged at a trot from the column following Murat and +advanced up the Arbat. When they reached the end of the Vozdvizhenka +Street they halted and drew in the Square. Several French officers +superintended the placing of the guns and looked at the Kremlin +through field glasses. + The bells in the Kremlin were ringing for vespers, and this sound +troubled the French. They imagined it to be a call to arms. A few +infantrymen ran to the Kutafyev Gate. Beams and wooden screens had +been put there, and two musket shots rang out from under the gate as +soon as an officer and men began to run toward it. A general who was +standing by the guns shouted some words of command to the officer, and +the latter ran back again with his men. + The sound of three more shots came from the gate. + One shot struck a French soldier's foot, and from behind the screens +came the strange sound of a few voices shouting. Instantly as at a +word of command the expression of cheerful serenity on the faces of +the French general, officers, and men changed to one of determined +concentrated readiness for strife and suffering. To all of them from +the marshal to the least soldier, that place was not the Vozdvizhenka, +Mokhavaya, or Kutafyev Street, nor the Troitsa Gate (places familiar +in Moscow), but a new battlefield which would probably prove +sanguinary. And all made ready for that battle. The cries from the +gates ceased. The guns were advanced, the artillerymen blew the ash +off their linstocks, and an officer gave the word "Fire!" This was +followed by two whistling sounds of canister shot, one after +another. The shot rattled against the stone of the gate and upon the +wooden beams and screens, and two wavering clouds of smoke rose over +the Square. + A few instants after the echo of the reports resounding over the +stone-built Kremlin had died away the French heard a strange sound +above their head. Thousands of crows rose above the walls and +circled in the air, cawing and noisily flapping their wings. +Together with that sound came a solitary human cry from the gateway +and amid the smoke appeared the figure of a bareheaded man in a +peasant's coat. He grasped a musket and took aim at the French. +"Fire!" repeated the officer once more, and the reports of a musket +and of two cannon shots were heard simultaneously. The gate again +hidden by smoke. + Nothing more stirred behind the screens and the French infantry +soldiers and officers advanced to the gate. In the gateway lay three +wounded and four dead. Two men in peasant coats ran away at the foot +of the wall, toward the Znamenka. + "Clear that away!" said the officer, pointing to the beams and the +corpses, and the French soldiers, after dispatching the wounded, threw +the corpses over the parapet. + Who these men were nobody knew. "Clear that away!" was all that +was said of them, and they were thrown over the parapet and removed +later on that they might not stink. Thiers alone dedicates a few +eloquent lines to their memory: "These wretches had occupied the +sacred citadel, having supplied themselves with guns from the arsenal, +and fired" (the wretches) "at the French. Some of them were sabered +and the Kremlin was purged of their presence." + Murat was informed that the way had been cleared. The French entered +the gates and began pitching their camp in the Senate Square. Out of +the windows of the Senate House the soldiers threw chairs into the +Square for fuel and kindled fires there. + Other detachments passed through the Kremlin and encamped along +the Moroseyka, the Lubyanka, and Pokrovka Streets. Others quartered +themselves along the Vozdvizhenka, the Nikolski, and the Tverskoy +Streets. No masters of the houses being found anywhere, the French +were not billeted on the inhabitants as is usual in towns but lived in +it as in a camp. + Though tattered, hungry, worn out, and reduced to a third of their +original number, the French entered Moscow in good marching order. +It was a weary and famished, but still a fighting and menacing army. +But it remained an army only until its soldiers had dispersed into +their different lodgings. As soon as the men of the various +regiments began to disperse among the wealthy and deserted houses, the +army was lost forever and there came into being something nondescript, +neither citizens nor soldiers but what are known as marauders. When +five weeks later these same men left Moscow, they no longer formed +an army. They were a mob of marauders, each carrying a quantity of +articles which seemed to him valuable or useful. The aim of each man +when he left Moscow was no longer, as it had been, to conquer, but +merely to keep what he had acquired. Like a monkey which puts its +paw into the narrow neck of a jug, and having seized a handful of nuts +will not open its fist for fear of losing what it holds, and therefore +perishes, the French when they left Moscow had inevitably to perish +because they carried their loot with them, yet to abandon what they +had stolen was as impossible for them as it is for the monkey to +open its paw and let go of its nuts. Ten minutes after each regiment +had entered a Moscow district, not a soldier or officer was left. +Men in military uniforms and Hessian boots could be seen through the +windows, laughing and walking through the rooms. In cellars and +storerooms similar men were busy among the provisions, and in the +yards unlocking or breaking open coach house and stable doors, +lighting fires in kitchens and kneading and baking bread with +rolled-up sleeves, and cooking; or frightening, amusing, or +caressing women and children. There were many such men both in the +shops and houses- but there was no army. + Order after order was issued by the French commanders that day +forbidding the men to disperse about the town, sternly forbidding +any violence to the inhabitants or any looting, and announcing a +roll call for that very evening. But despite all these measures the +men, who had till then constituted an army, flowed all over the +wealthy, deserted city with its comforts and plentiful supplies. As +a hungry herd of cattle keeps well together when crossing a barren +field, but gets out of hand and at once disperses uncontrollably as +soon as it reaches rich pastures, so did the army disperse all over +the wealthy city. + No residents were left in Moscow, and the soldiers- like water +percolating through sand- spread irresistibly through the city in +all directions from the Kremlin into which they had first marched. The +cavalry, on entering a merchant's house that had been abandoned and +finding there stabling more than sufficient for their horses, went on, +all the same, to the next house which seemed to them better. Many of +them appropriated several houses, chalked their names on them, and +quarreled and even fought with other companies for them. Before they +had had time to secure quarters the soldiers ran out into the +streets to see the city and, hearing that everything had been +abandoned, rushed to places where valuables were to be had for the +taking. The officers followed to check the soldiers and were +involuntarily drawn into doing the same. In Carriage Row carriages had +been left in the shops, and generals flocked there to select +caleches and coaches for themselves. The few inhabitants who had +remained invited commanding officers to their houses, hoping thereby +to secure themselves from being plundered. There were masses of wealth +and there seemed no end to it. All around the quarters occupied by the +French were other regions still unexplored and unoccupied where, +they thought, yet greater riches might be found. And Moscow engulfed +the army ever deeper and deeper. When water is spilled on dry ground +both the dry ground and the water disappear and mud results; and in +the same way the entry of the famished army into the rich and deserted +city resulted in fires and looting and the destruction of both the +army and the wealthy city. + + The French attributed the Fire of Moscow au patriotisme feroce de +Rostopchine,* the Russians to the barbarity of the French. In reality, +however, it was not, and could not be, possible to explain the burning +of Moscow by making any individual, or any group of people, +responsible for it. Moscow was burned because it found itself in a +position in which any town built of wood was bound to burn, quite +apart from whether it had, or had not, a hundred and thirty inferior +fire engines. Deserted Moscow had to burn as inevitably as a heap of +shavings has to burn on which sparks continually fall for several +days. A town built of wood, where scarcely a day passes without +conflagrations when the house owners are in residence and a police +force is present, cannot help burning when its inhabitants have left +it and it is occupied by soldiers who smoke pipes, make campfires of +the Senate chairs in the Senate Square, and cook themselves meals +twice a day. In peacetime it is only necessary to billet troops in the +villages of any district and the number of fires in that district +immediately increases. How much then must the probability of fire be +increased in an abandoned, wooden town where foreign troops are +quartered. "Le patriotisme feroce de Rostopchine" and the barbarity of +the French were not to blame in the matter. Moscow was set on fire +by the soldiers' pipes, kitchens, and campfires, and by the +carelessness of enemy soldiers occupying houses they did not own. Even +if there was any arson (which is very doubtful, for no one had any +reason to burn the houses- in any case a troublesome and dangerous +thing to do), arson cannot be regarded as the cause, for the same +thing would have happened without any incendiarism. + + *To Rostopchin's ferocious patriotism. + + However tempting it might be for the French to blame Rostopchin's +ferocity and for Russians to blame the scoundrel Bonaparte, or later +on to place an heroic torch in the hands of their own people, it is +impossible not to see that there could be no such direct cause of +the fire, for Moscow had to burn as every village, factory, or house +must burn which is left by its owners and in which strangers are +allowed to live and cook their porridge. Moscow was burned by its +inhabitants, it is true, but by those who had abandoned it and not +by those who remained in it. Moscow when occupied by the enemy did not +remain intact like Berlin, Vienna, and other towns, simply because its +inhabitants abandoned it and did not welcome the French with bread and +salt, nor bring them the keys of the city. +BK11|CH27 + CHAPTER XXVII + + The absorption of the French by Moscow, radiating starwise as it +did, only reached the quarter where Pierre was staying by the +evening of the second of September. + After the last two days spent in solitude and unusual circumstances, +Pierre was in a state bordering on insanity. He was completely +obsessed by one persistent thought. He did not know how or when this +thought had taken such possession of him, but he remembered nothing of +the past, understood nothing of the present, and all he saw and +heard appeared to him like a dream. + He had left home only to escape the intricate tangle of life's +demands that enmeshed him, and which in his present condition he was +unable to unravel. He had gone to Joseph Alexeevich's house, on the +plea of sorting the deceased's books and papers, only in search of +rest from life's turmoil, for in his mind the memory of Joseph +Alexeevich was connected with a world of eternal, solemn, and calm +thoughts, quite contrary to the restless confusion into which he +felt himself being drawn. He sought a quiet refuge, and in Joseph +Alexeevich's study he really found it. When he sat with his elbows +on the dusty writing table in the deathlike stillness of the study, +calm and significant memories of the last few days rose one after +another in his imagination, particularly of the battle of Borodino and +of that vague sense of his own insignificance and insincerity compared +with the truth, simplicity, and strength of the class of men he +mentally classed as they. When Gerasim roused him from his reverie the +idea occurred to him of taking part in the popular defense of Moscow +which he knew was projected. And with that object he had asked Gerasim +to get him a peasant's coat and a pistol, confiding to him his +intentions of remaining in Joseph Alexeevich's house and keeping his +name secret. Then during the first day spent in inaction and +solitude (he tried several times to fix his attention on the Masonic +manuscripts, but was unable to do so) the idea that had previously +occurred to him of the cabalistic significance of his name in +connection with Bonaparte's more than once vaguely presented itself. +But the idea that he, L'russe Besuhof, was destined to set a limit +to the power of the Beast was as yet only one of the fancies that +often passed through his mind and left no trace behind. + When, having bought the coat merely with the object of taking part +among the people in the defense of Moscow, Pierre had met the +Rostovs and Natasha had said to him: "Are you remaining in +Moscow?... How splendid!" the thought flashed into his mind that it +really would be a good thing, even if Moscow were taken, for him to +remain there and do what he was predestined to do. + Next day, with the sole idea of not sparing himself and not +lagging in any way behind them, Pierre went to the Three Hills gate. +But when he returned to the house convinced that Moscow would not be +defended, he suddenly felt that what before had seemed to him merely a +possibility had now become absolutely necessary and inevitable. He +must remain in Moscow, concealing his name, and must meet Napoleon and +kill him, and either perish or put an end to the misery of all Europe- +which it seemed to him was solely due to Napoleon. + Pierre knew all the details of the attempt on Bonaparte's life in +1809 by a German student in Vienna, and knew that the student had been +shot. And the risk to which he would expose his life by carrying out +his design excited him still more. + Two equally strong feelings drew Pierre irresistibly to this +purpose. The first was a feeling of the necessity of sacrifice and +suffering in view of the common calamity, the same feeling that had +caused him to go to Mozhaysk on the twenty-fifth and to make his way +to the very thick of the battle and had now caused him to run away +from his home and, in place of the luxury and comfort to which he +was accustomed, to sleep on a hard sofa without undressing and eat the +same food as Gerasim. The other was that vague and quite Russian +feeling of contempt for everything conventional, artificial, and +human- for everything the majority of men regard as the greatest +good in the world. Pierre had first experienced this strange and +fascinating feeling at the Sloboda Palace, when he had suddenly felt +that wealth, power, and life- all that men so painstakingly acquire +and guard- if it has any worth has so only by reason the joy with +which it can all be renounced. + It was the feeling that induces a volunteer recruit to spend his +last penny on drink, and a drunken man to smash mirrors or glasses for +no apparent reason and knowing that it will cost him all the money +he possesses: the feeling which causes a man to perform actions +which from an ordinary point of view are insane, to test, as it +were, his personal power and strength, affirming the existence of a +higher, nonhuman criterion of life. + From the very day Pierre had experienced this feeling for the +first time at the Sloboda Palace he had been continuously under its +influence, but only now found full satisfaction for it. Moreover, at +this moment Pierre was supported in his design and prevented from +renouncing it by what he had already done in that direction. If he +were now to leave Moscow like everyone else, his flight from home, the +peasant coat, the pistol, and his announcement to the Rostovs that +he would remain in Moscow would all become not merely meaningless +but contemptible and ridiculous, and to this Pierre was very +sensitive. + Pierre's physical condition, as is always the case, corresponded +to his mental state. The unaccustomed coarse food, the vodka he +drank during those days, the absence of wine and cigars, his dirty +unchanged linen, two almost sleepless nights passed on a short sofa +without bedding- all this kept him in a state of excitement +bordering on insanity. + It was two o'clock in the afternoon. The French had already +entered Moscow. Pierre knew this, but instead of acting he only +thought about his undertaking, going over its minutest details in +his mind. In his fancy he did not clearly picture to himself either +the striking of the blow or the death of Napoleon, but with +extraordinary vividness and melancholy enjoyment imagined his own +destruction and heroic endurance. + "Yes, alone, for the sake of all, I must do it or perish!" he +thought. "Yes, I will approach... and then suddenly... with pistol +or dagger? But that is all the same! 'It is not I but the hand of +Providence that punishes thee,' I shall say," thought he, imagining +what he would say when killing Napoleon. "Well then, take me and +execute me!" he went on, speaking to himself and bowing his head +with a sad but firm expression. + While Pierre, standing in the middle of the room, was talking to +himself in this way, the study door opened and on the threshold +appeared the figure of Makar Alexeevich, always so timid before but +now quite transformed. + His dressing gown was unfastened, his face red and distorted. He was +obviously drunk. On seeing Pierre he grew confused at first, but +noticing embarrassment on Pierre's face immediately grew bold and, +staggering on his thin legs, advanced into the middle of the room. + "They're frightened," he said confidentially in a hoarse voice. "I +say I won't surrender, I say... Am I not right, sir?" + He paused and then suddenly seeing the pistol on the table seized it +with unexpected rapidity and ran out into the corridor. + Gerasim and the porter, who had followed Makar Alexeevich, stopped +him in the vestibule and tried to take the pistol from him. Pierre, +coming out into the corridor, looked with pity and repulsion at the +half-crazy old man. Makar Alexeevich, frowning with exertion, held +on to the pistol and screamed hoarsely, evidently with some heroic +fancy in his head. + "To arms! Board them! No, you shan't get it," he yelled. + "That will do, please, that will do. Have the goodness- please, sir, +to let go! Please, sir..." pleaded Gerasim, trying carefully to +steer Makar Alexeevich by the elbows back to the door. + "Who are you? Bonaparte!..." shouted Makar Alexeevich. + "That's not right, sir. Come to your room, please, and rest. Allow +me to have the pistol." + "Be off, thou base slave! Touch me not! See this?" shouted Makar +Alexeevich, brandishing the pistol. "Board them!" + "Catch hold!" whispered Gerasim to the porter. + They seized Makar Alexeevich by the arms and dragged him to the +door. + The vestibule was filled with the discordant sounds of a struggle +and of a tipsy, hoarse voice. + Suddenly a fresh sound, a piercing feminine scream, reverberated +from the porch and the cook came running into the vestibule. + "It's them! Gracious heavens! O Lord, four of them, horsemen!" she +cried. + Gerasim and the porter let Makar Alexeevich go, and in the now +silent corridor the sound of several hands knocking at the front +door could be heard. +BK11|CH28 + CHAPTER XXVIII + + Pierre, having decided that until he had carried out his design he +would disclose neither his identity nor his knowledge of French, stood +at the half-open door of the corridor, intending to conceal himself as +soon as the French entered. But the French entered and still Pierre +did not retire- an irresistible curiosity kept him there. + There were two of them. One was an officer- a tall, soldierly, +handsome man- the other evidently a private or an orderly, +sunburned, short, and thin, with sunken cheeks and a dull +expression. The officer walked in front, leaning on a stick and +slightly limping. When he had advanced a few steps he stopped, +having apparently decided that these were good quarters, turned +round to the soldiers standing at the entrance, and in a loud voice of +command ordered them to put up the horses. Having done that, the +officer, lifting his elbow with a smart gesture, stroked his +mustache and lightly touched his hat. + "Bonjour, la compagnie!"* said he gaily, smiling and looking about +him. + + *"Good day, everybody!" + + No one gave any reply. + "Vous etes le bourgeois?"* the officer asked Gerasim. + + *"Are you the master here?" + + Gerasim gazed at the officer with an alarmed and inquiring look. + "Quartier, quartier, logement!" said the officer, looking down at +the little man with a condescending and good-natured smile. "Les +francais sont de bons enfants. Que diable! Voyons! Ne nous fachons +pas, mon vieux!"* added he, clapping the scared and silent Gerasim +on the shoulder. "Well, does no one speak French in this +establishment?" he asked again in French, looking around and meeting +Pierre's eyes. Pierre moved away from the door. + + *"Quarters, quarters, lodgings! The French are good fellows. What +the devil! There, don't let us be cross, old fellow!" + + Again the officer turned to Gerasim and asked him to show him the +rooms in the house. + "Master, not here- don't understand... me, you..." said Gerasim, +trying to render his words more comprehensible by contorting them. + Still smiling, the French officer spread out his hands before +Gerasim's nose, intimating that he did not understand him either, +and moved, limping, to the door at which Pierre was standing. Pierre +wished to go away and conceal himself, but at that moment he saw Makar +Alexeevich appearing at the open kitchen door with the pistol in his +hand. With a madman's cunning, Makar Alexeevich eyed the Frenchman, +raised his pistol, and took aim. + "Board them!" yelled the tipsy man, trying to press the trigger. +Hearing the yell the officer turned round, and at the same moment +Pierre threw himself on the drunkard. Just when Pierre snatched at and +struck up the pistol Makar Alexeevich at last got his fingers on the +trigger, there was a deafening report, and all were enveloped in a +cloud of smoke. The Frenchman turned pale and rushed to the door. + Forgetting his intention of concealing his knowledge of French, +Pierre, snatching away the pistol and throwing it down, ran up to +the officer and addressed him in French. + "You are not wounded?" he asked. + "I think not," answered the Frenchman, feeling himself over. "But +I have had a lucky escape this time," he added, pointing to the +damaged plaster of the wall. "Who is that man?" said he, looking +sternly at Pierre. + "Oh, I am really in despair at what has occurred," said Pierre +rapidly, quite forgetting the part he had intended to play. "He is +an unfortunate madman who did not know what he was doing." + The officer went up to Makar Alexeevich and took him by the collar. + Makar Alexeevich was standing with parted lips, swaying, as if about +to fall asleep, as he leaned against the wall. + "Brigand! You shall pay for this," said the Frenchman, letting go of +him. "We French are merciful after victory, but we do not pardon +traitors," he added, with a look of gloomy dignity and a fine +energetic gesture. + Pierre continued, in French, to persuade the officer not to hold +that drunken imbecile to account. The Frenchman listened in silence +with the same gloomy expression, but suddenly turned to Pierre with +a smile. For a few seconds he looked at him in silence. His handsome +face assumed a melodramatically gentle expression and he held out +his hand. + "You have saved my life. You are French," said he. + For a Frenchman that deduction was indubitable. Only a Frenchman +could perform a great deed, and to save his life- the life of M. +Ramballe, captain of the 13th Light Regiment- was undoubtedly a very +great deed. + But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction +based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him. + "I am Russian," he said quickly. + "Tut, tut, tut! Tell that to others," said the officer, waving his +finger before his nose and smiling. "You shall tell me all about +that presently. I am delighted to meet a compatriot. Well, and what +are we to do with this man?" he added, addressing himself to Pierre as +to a brother. + Even if Pierre were not a Frenchman, having once received that +loftiest of human appellations he could not renounce it, said the +officer's look and tone. In reply to his last question Pierre again +explained who Makar Alexeevich was and how just before their arrival +that drunken imbecile had seized the loaded pistol which they had +not had time to recover from him, and begged the officer to let the +deed go unpunished. + The Frenchman expanded his chest and made a majestic gesture with +his arm. + "You have saved my life! You are French. You ask his pardon? I grant +it you. Lead that man away!" said he quickly and energetically, and +taking the arm of Pierre whom he had promoted to be a Frenchman for +saving his life, he went with him into the room. + The soldiers in the yard, hearing the shot, came into the passage +asking what had happened, and expressed their readiness to punish +the culprits, but the officer sternly checked them. + "You will be called in when you are wanted," he said. + The soldiers went out again, and the orderly, who had meanwhile +had time to visit the kitchen, came up to his officer. + "Captain, there is soup and a leg of mutton in the kitchen," said +he. "Shall I serve them up?" + "Yes, and some wine," answered the captain. +BK11|CH29 + CHAPTER XXIX + + When the French officer went into the room with Pierre the latter +again thought it his duty to assure him that he was not French and +wished to go away, but the officer would not hear of it. He was so +very polite, amiable, good-natured, and genuinely grateful to Pierre +for saving his life that Pierre had not the heart to refuse, and sat +down with him in the parlor- the first room they entered. To +Pierre's assurances that he was not a Frenchman, the captain, +evidently not understanding how anyone could decline so flattering +an appellation, shrugged his shoulders and said that if Pierre +absolutely insisted on passing for a Russian let it be so, but for all +that he would be forever bound to Pierre by gratitude for saving his +life. + Had this man been endowed with the slightest capacity for perceiving +the feelings of others, and had he at all understood what Pierre's +feelings were, the latter would probably have left him, but the +man's animated obtuseness to everything other than himself disarmed +Pierre. + "A Frenchman or a Russian prince incognito," said the officer, +looking at Pierre's fine though dirty linen and at the ring on his +finger. "I owe my life to you and offer you my friendship. A Frenchman +never forgets either an insult or a service. I offer you my +friendship. That is all I can say." + There was so much good nature and nobility (in the French sense of +the word) in the officer's voice, in the expression of his face and in +his gestures, that Pierre, unconsciously smiling in response to the +Frenchman's smile, pressed the hand held out to him. + "Captain Ramballe, of the 13th Light Regiment, Chevalier of the +Legion of Honor for the affair on the seventh of September," he +introduced himself, a self-satisfied irrepressible smile puckering his +lips under his mustache. "Will you now be so good as to tell me with +whom I have the honor of conversing so pleasantly, instead of being in +the ambulance with that maniac's bullet in my body?" + Pierre replied that he could not tell him his name and, blushing, +began to try to invent a name and to say something about his reason +for concealing it, but the Frenchman hastily interrupted him. + "Oh, please!" said he. "I understand your reasons. You are an +officer... a superior officer perhaps. You have borne arms against us. +That's not my business. I owe you my life. That is enough for me. I am +quite at your service. You belong to the gentry?" he concluded with +a shade of inquiry in his tone. Pierre bent his head. "Your +baptismal name, if you please. That is all I ask. Monsieur Pierre, you +say.... That's all I want to know." + When the mutton and an omelet had been served and a samovar and +vodka brought, with some wine which the French had taken from a +Russian cellar and brought with them, Ramballe invited Pierre to share +his dinner, and himself began to eat greedily and quickly like a +healthy and hungry man, munching his food rapidly with his strong +teeth, continually smacking his lips, and repeating- "Excellent! +Delicious!" His face grew red and was covered with perspiration. +Pierre was hungry and shared the dinner with pleasure. Morel, the +orderly, brought some hot water in a saucepan and placed a bottle of +claret in it. He also brought a bottle of kvass, taken from the +kitchen for them to try. That beverage was already known to the French +and had been given a special name. They called it limonade de cochon +(pig's lemonade), and Morel spoke well of the limonade de cochon he +had found in the kitchen. But as the captain had the wine they had +taken while passing through Moscow, he left the kvass to Morel and +applied himself to the bottle of Bordeaux. He wrapped the bottle up to +its neck in a table napkin and poured out wine for himself and for +Pierre. The satisfaction of his hunger and the wine rendered the +captain still more lively and he chatted incessantly all through +dinner. + "Yes, my dear Monsieur Pierre, I owe you a fine votive candle for +saving me from that maniac.... You see, I have bullets enough in my +body already. Here is one I got at Wagram" (he touched his side) +"and a second at Smolensk"- he showed a scar on his cheek- "and this +leg which as you see does not want to march, I got that on the seventh +at the great battle of la Moskowa. Sacre Dieu! It was splendid! That +deluge of fire was worth seeing. It was a tough job you set us +there, my word! You may be proud of it! And on my honor, in spite of +the cough I caught there, I should be ready to begin again. I pity +those who did not see it." + "I was there," said Pierre. + "Bah, really? So much the better! You are certainly brave foes. +The great redoubt held out well, by my pipe!" continued the Frenchman. +"And you made us pay dear for it. I was at it three times- sure as I +sit here. Three times we reached the guns and three times we were +thrown back like cardboard figures. Oh, it was beautiful, Monsieur +Pierre! Your grenadiers were splendid, by heaven! I saw them close +up their ranks six times in succession and march as if on parade. Fine +fellows! Our King of Naples, who knows what's what, cried 'Bravo!' Ha, +ha! So you are one of us soldiers!" he added, smiling, after a +momentary pause. "So much the better, so much the better, Monsieur +Pierre! Terrible in battle... gallant... with the fair" (he winked and +smiled), "that's what the French are, Monsieur Pierre, aren't they?" + The captain was so naively and good-humoredly gay, so real, and so +pleased with himself that Pierre almost winked back as he looked +merrily at him. Probably the word "gallant" turned the captain's +thoughts to the state of Moscow. + "Apropos, tell me please, is it true that the women have all left +Moscow? What a queer idea! What had they to be afraid of?" + "Would not the French ladies leave Paris if the Russians entered +it?" asked Pierre. + "Ha, ha, ha!" The Frenchman emitted a merry, sanguine chuckle, +patting Pierre on the shoulder. "What a thing to say!" he exclaimed. +"Paris?... But Paris, Paris..." + "Paris- the capital of the world," Pierre finished his remark for +him. + The captain looked at Pierre. He had a habit of stopping short in +the middle of his talk and gazing intently with his laughing, kindly +eyes. + "Well, if you hadn't told me you were Russian, I should have wagered +that you were Parisian! You have that... I don't know what, that..." +and having uttered this compliment, he again gazed at him in silence. + "I have been in Paris. I spent years there," said Pierre. + "Oh yes, one sees that plainly. Paris!... A man who doesn't know +Paris is a savage. You can tell a Parisian two leagues off. Paris is +Talma, la Duchenois, Potier, the Sorbonne, the boulevards," and +noticing that his conclusion was weaker than what had gone before, +he added quickly: "There is only one Paris in the world. You have been +to Paris and have remained Russian. Well, I don't esteem you the +less for it." + Under the influence of the wine he had drunk, and after the days +he had spent alone with his depressing thoughts, Pierre +involuntarily enjoyed talking with this cheerful and good-natured man. + "To return to your ladies- I hear they are lovely. What a wretched +idea to go and bury themselves in the steppes when the French army +is in Moscow. What a chance those girls have missed! Your peasants, +now- that's another thing; but you civilized people, you ought to know +us better than that. We took Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Naples, Rome, +Warsaw, all the world's capitals.... We are feared, but we are +loved. We are nice to know. And then the Emperor..." he began, but +Pierre interrupted him. + "The Emperor," Pierre repeated, and his face suddenly became sad and +embarrassed, "is the Emperor...?" + "The Emperor? He is generosity, mercy, justice, order, genius- +that's what the Emperor is! It is I, Ramballe, who tell you so.... I +assure you I was his enemy eight years ago. My father was an +emigrant count.... But that man has vanquished me. He has taken hold +of me. I could not resist the sight of the grandeur and glory with +which he has covered France. When I understood what he wanted- when +I saw that he was preparing a bed of laurels for us, you know, I +said to myself: 'That is a monarch,' and I devoted myself to him! So +there! Oh yes, mon cher, he is the greatest man of the ages past or +future." + "Is he in Moscow?" Pierre stammered with a guilty look. + The Frenchman looked at his guilty face and smiled. + "No, he will make his entry tomorrow," he replied, and continued his +talk. + Their conversation was interrupted by the cries of several voices at +the gate and by Morel, who came to say that some Wurttemberg hussars +had come and wanted to put up their horses in the yard where the +captain's horses were. This difficulty had arisen chiefly because +the hussars did not understand what was said to them in French. + The captain had their senior sergeant called in, and in a stern +voice asked him to what regiment he belonged, who was his commanding +officer, and by what right he allowed himself to claim quarters that +were already occupied. The German who knew little French, answered the +two first questions by giving the names of his regiment and of his +commanding officer, but in reply to the third question which he did +not understand said, introducing broken French into his own German, +that he was the quartermaster of the regiment and his commander had +ordered him to occupy all the houses one after another. Pierre, who +knew German, translated what the German said to the captain and gave +the captain's reply to the Wurttemberg hussar in German. When he had +understood what was said to him, the German submitted and took his men +elsewhere. The captain went out into the porch and gave some orders in +a loud voice. + When he returned to the room Pierre was sitting in the same place as +before, with his head in his hands. His face expressed suffering. He +really was suffering at that moment. When the captain went out and +he was left alone, suddenly he came to himself and realized the +position he was in. It was not that Moscow had been taken or that +the happy conquerors were masters in it and were patronizing him. +Painful as that was it was not that which tormented Pierre at the +moment. He was tormented by the consciousness of his own weakness. The +few glasses of wine he had drunk and the conversation with this +good-natured man had destroyed the mood of concentrated gloom in which +he had spent the last few days and which was essential for the +execution of his design. The pistol, dagger, and peasant coat were +ready. Napoleon was to enter the town next day. Pierre still +considered that it would be a useful and worthy action to slay the +evildoer, but now he felt that he would not do it. He did not know +why, but he felt a foreboding that he would not carry out his +intention. He struggled against the confession of his weakness but +dimly felt that he could not overcome it and that his former gloomy +frame of mind, concerning vengeance, killing, and self-sacrifice, +had been dispersed like dust by contact with the first man he met. + The captain returned to the room, limping slightly and whistling a +tune. + The Frenchman's chatter which had previously amused Pierre now +repelled him. The tune he was whistling, his gait, and the gesture +with which he twirled his mustache, all now seemed offensive. "I +will go away immediately. I won't say another word to him," thought +Pierre. He thought this, but still sat in the same place. A strange +feeling of weakness tied him to the spot; he wished to get up and go +away, but could not do so. + The captain, on the other hand, seemed very cheerful. He paced up +and down the room twice. His eyes shone and his mustache twitched as +if he were smiling to himself at some amusing thought. + "The colonel of those Wurttembergers is delightful," he suddenly +said. "He's a German, but a nice fellow all the same.... But he's a +German." He sat down facing Pierre. "By the way, you know German, +then?" + Pierre looked at him in silence. + "What is the German for 'shelter'?" + "Shelter?" Pierre repeated. "The German for shelter is Unterkunft." + "How do you say it?" the captain asked quickly and doubtfully. + "Unterkunft," Pierre repeated. + "Onterkoff," said the captain and looked at Pierre for some +seconds with laughing eyes. "These Germans are first-rate fools, don't +you think so, Monsieur Pierre?" he concluded. + "Well, let's have another bottle of this Moscow Bordeaux, shall +we? Morel will warm us up another little bottle. Morel!" he called out +gaily. + Morel brought candles and a bottle of wine. The captain looked at +Pierre by the candlelight and was evidently struck by the troubled +expression on his companion's face. Ramballe, with genuine distress +and sympathy in his face, went up to Pierre and bent over him. + "There now, we're sad," said he, touching Pierre's hand. "Have I +upset you? No, really, have you anything against me?" he asked Pierre. +"Perhaps it's the state of affairs?" + Pierre did not answer, but looked cordially into the Frenchman's +eyes whose expression of sympathy was pleasing to him. + "Honestly, without speaking of what I owe you, I feel friendship for +you. Can I do anything for you? Dispose of me. It is for life and +death. I say it with my hand on my heart!" said he, striking his +chest. + "Thank you," said Pierre. + The captain gazed intently at him as he had done when he learned +that "shelter" was Unterkunft in German, and his face suddenly +brightened. + "Well, in that case, I drink to our friendship!" he cried gaily, +filling two glasses with wine. + Pierre took one of the glasses and emptied it. Ramballe emptied +his too, again pressed Pierre's hand, and leaned his elbows on the +table in a pensive attitude. + "Yes, my dear friend," he began, "such is fortune's caprice. Who +would have said that I should be a soldier and a captain of dragoons +in the service of Bonaparte, as we used to call him? Yet here I am +in Moscow with him. I must tell you, mon cher," he continued in the +sad and measured tones of a man who intends to tell a long story, +"that our name is one of the most ancient in France." + And with a Frenchman's easy and naive frankness the captain told +Pierre the story of his ancestors, his childhood, youth, and +manhood, and all about his relations and his financial and family +affairs, "ma pauvre mere" playing of course an important part in the +story. + "But all that is only life's setting, the real thing is love- +love! Am I not right, Monsieur Pierre?" said he, growing animated. +"Another glass?" + Pierre again emptied his glass and poured himself out a third. + "Oh, women, women!" and the captain, looking with glistening eyes at +Pierre, began talking of love and of his love affairs. + There were very many of these, as one could easily believe, +looking at the officer's handsome, self-satisfied face, and noting the +eager enthusiasm with which he spoke of women. Though all Ramballe's +love stories had the sensual character which Frenchmen regard as the +special charm and poetry of love, yet he told his story with such +sincere conviction that he alone had experienced and known all the +charm of love and he described women so alluringly that Pierre +listened to him with curiosity. + It was plain that l'amour which the Frenchman was so fond of was not +that low and simple kind that Pierre had once felt for his wife, nor +was it the romantic love stimulated by himself that he experienced for +Natasha. (Ramballe despised both these kinds of love equally: the +one he considered the "love of clodhoppers" and the other the "love of +simpletons.") L'amour which the Frenchman worshiped consisted +principally in the unnaturalness of his relation to the woman and in a +combination of incongruities giving the chief charm to the feeling. + Thus the captain touchingly recounted the story of his love for a +fascinating marquise of thirty-five and at the same time for a +charming, innocent child of seventeen, daughter of the bewitching +marquise. The conflict of magnanimity between the mother and the +daughter, ending in the mother's sacrificing herself and offering +her daughter in marriage to her lover, even now agitated the +captain, though it was the memory of a distant past. Then he recounted +an episode in which the husband played the part of the lover, and +he- the lover- assumed the role of the husband, as well as several +droll incidents from his recollections of Germany, where "shelter" +is called Unterkunft and where the husbands eat sauerkraut and the +young girls are "too blonde." + Finally, the latest episode in Poland still fresh in the captain's +memory, and which he narrated with rapid gestures and glowing face, +was of how he had saved the life of a Pole (in general, the saving +of life continually occurred in the captain's stories) and the Pole +had entrusted to him his enchanting wife (parisienne de coeur) while +himself entering the French service. The captain was happy, the +enchanting Polish lady wished to elope with him, but, prompted by +magnanimity, the captain restored the wife to the husband, saying as +he did so: "I have saved your life, and I save your honor!" Having +repeated these words the captain wiped his eyes and gave himself a +shake, as if driving away the weakness which assailed him at this +touching recollection. + Listening to the captain's tales, Pierre- as often happens late in +the evening and under the influence of wine- followed all that was +told him, understood it all, and at the same time followed a train +of personal memories which, he knew not why, suddenly arose in his +mind. While listening to these love stories his own love for Natasha +unexpectedly rose to his mind, and going over the pictures of that +love in his imagination he mentally compared them with Ramballe's +tales. Listening to the story of the struggle between love and duty, +Pierre saw before his eyes every minutest detail of his last meeting +with the object of his love at the Sukharev water tower. At the time +of that meeting it had not produced an effect upon him- he had not +even once recalled it. But now it seemed to him that that meeting +had had in it something very important and poetic. + "Peter Kirilovich, come here! We have recognized you," he now seemed +to hear the words she had uttered and to see before him her eyes, +her smile, her traveling hood, and a stray lock of her hair... and +there seemed to him something pathetic and touching in all this. + Having finished his tale about the enchanting Polish lady, the +captain asked Pierre if he had ever experienced a similar impulse to +sacrifice himself for love and a feeling of envy of the legitimate +husband. + Challenged by this question Pierre raised his head and felt a need +to express the thoughts that filled his mind. He began to explain that +he understood love for a women somewhat differently. He said that in +all his life he had loved and still loved only one woman, and that she +could never be his. + "Tiens!" said the captain. + Pierre then explained that he had loved this woman from his earliest +years, but that he had not dared to think of her because she was too +young, and because he had been an illegitimate son without a name. +Afterwards when he had received a name and wealth he dared not think +of her because he loved her too well, placing her far above everything +in the world, and especially therefore above himself. + When he had reached this point, Pierre asked the captain whether +he understood that. + The captain made a gesture signifying that even if he did not +understand it he begged Pierre to continue. + "Platonic love, clouds..." he muttered. + Whether it was the wine he had drunk, or an impulse of frankness, or +the thought that this man did not, and never would, know any of +those who played a part in his story, or whether it was all these +things together, something loosened Pierre's tongue. Speaking +thickly and with a faraway look in his shining eyes, he told the whole +story of his life: his marriage, Natasha's love for his best friend, +her betrayal of him, and all his own simple relations with her. +Urged on by Ramballe's questions he also told what he had at first +concealed- his own position and even his name. + More than anything else in Pierre's story the captain was +impressed by the fact that Pierre was very rich, had two mansions in +Moscow, and that he had abandoned everything and not left the city, +but remained there concealing his name and station. + When it was late at night they went out together into the street. +The night was warm and light. To the left of the house on the Pokrovka +a fire glowed- the first of those that were beginning in Moscow. To +the right and high up in the sky was the sickle of the waning moon and +opposite to it hung that bright comet which was connected in +Pierre's heart with his love. At the gate stood Gerasim, the cook, and +two Frenchmen. Their laughter and their mutually incomprehensible +remarks in two languages could be heard. They were looking at the glow +seen in the town. + There was nothing terrible in the one small, distant fire in the +immense city. + Gazing at the high starry sky, at the moon, at the comet, and at the +glow from the fire, Pierre experienced a joyful emotion. "There now, +how good it is, what more does one need?" thought he. And suddenly +remembering his intention he grew dizzy and felt so faint that he +leaned against the fence to save himself from falling. + Without taking leave of his new friend, Pierre left the gate with +unsteady steps and returning to his room lay down on the sofa and +immediately fell asleep. +BK11|CH30 + CHAPTER XXX + + The glow of the first fire that began on the second of September was +watched from the various roads by the fugitive Muscovites and by the +retreating troops, with many different feelings. + The Rostov party spent the night at Mytishchi, fourteen miles from +Moscow. They had started so late on the first of September, the road +had been so blocked by vehicles and troops, so many things had been +forgotten for which servants were sent back, that they had decided +to spend that night at a place three miles out of Moscow. The next +morning they woke late and were again delayed so often that they +only got as far as Great Mytishchi. At ten o'clock that evening the +Rostov family and the wounded traveling with them were all distributed +in the yards and huts of that large village. The Rostovs' servants and +coachmen and the orderlies of the wounded officers, after attending to +their masters, had supper, fed the horses, and came out into the +porches. + In a neighboring hut lay Raevski's adjutant with a fractured +wrist. The awful pain he suffered made him moan incessantly and +piteously, and his moaning sounded terrible in the darkness of the +autumn night. He had spent the first night in the same yard as the +Rostovs. The countess said she had been unable to close her eyes on +account of his moaning, and at Mytishchi she moved into a worse hut +simply to be farther away from the wounded man. + In the darkness of the night one of the servants noticed, above +the high body of a coach standing before the porch, the small glow +of another fire. One glow had long been visible and everybody knew +that it was Little Mytishchi burning- set on fire by Mamonov's +Cossacks. + "But look here, brothers, there's another fire!" remarked an +orderly. + All turned their attention to the glow. + "But they told us Little Mytishchi had been set on fire by Mamonov's +Cossacks." + "But that's not Mytishchi, it's farther away." + "Look, it must be in Moscow!" + Two of the gazers went round to the other side of the coach and +sat down on its steps. + "It's more to the left, why, Little Mytishchi is over there, and +this is right on the other side." + Several men joined the first two. + "See how it's flaring," said one. "That's a fire in Moscow: either +in the Sushchevski or the Rogozhski quarter." + No one replied to this remark and for some time they all gazed +silently at the spreading flames of the second fire in the distance. + Old Daniel Terentich, the count's valet (as he was called), came +up to the group and shouted at Mishka. + "What are you staring at, you good-for-nothing?... The count will be +calling and there's nobody there; go and gather the clothes together." + "I only ran out to get some water," said Mishka. + "But what do you think, Daniel Terentich? Doesn't it look as if that +glow were in Moscow?" remarked one of the footmen. + Daniel Terentich made no reply, and again for a long time they +were all silent. The glow spread, rising and failing, farther and +farther still. + "God have mercy.... It's windy and dry..." said another voice. + "Just look! See what it's doing now. O Lord! You can even see the +crows flying. Lord have mercy on us sinners!" + "They'll put it out, no fear!" + "Who's to put it out?" Daniel Terentich, who had hitherto been +silent, was heard to say. His voice was calm and deliberate. "Moscow +it is, brothers," said he. "Mother Moscow, the white..." his voice +faltered, and he gave way to an old man's sob. + And it was as if they had all only waited for this to realize the +significance for them of the glow they were watching. Sighs were +heard, words of prayer, and the sobbing of the count's old valet. +BK11|CH31 + CHAPTER XXXI + + The valet, returning to the cottage, informed the count that +Moscow was burning. The count donned his dressing gown and went out to +look. Sonya and Madame Schoss, who had not yet undressed, went out +with him. Only Natasha and the countess remained in the room. Petya +was no longer with the family, he had gone on with his regiment +which was making for Troitsa. + The countess, on hearing that Moscow was on fire, began to cry. +Natasha, pale, with a fixed look, was sitting on the bench under the +icons just where she had sat down on arriving and paid no attention to +her father's words. She was listening to the ceaseless moaning of +the adjutant, three houses off. + "Oh, how terrible," said Sonya returning from the yard chilled and +frightened. "I believe the whole of Moscow will burn, there's an awful +glow! Natasha, do look! You can see it from the window," she said to +her cousin, evidently wishing to distract her mind. + But Natasha looked at her as if not understanding what was said to +her and again fixed her eyes on the corner of the stove. She had +been in this condition of stupor since the morning, when Sonya, to the +surprise and annoyance of the countess, had for some unaccountable +reason found it necessary to tell Natasha of Prince Andrew's wound and +of his being with their party. The countess had seldom been so angry +with anyone as she was with Sonya. Sonya had cried and begged to be +forgiven and now, as if trying to atone for her fault, paid +unceasing attention to her cousin. + "Look, Natasha, how dreadfully it is burning!" said she. + "What's burning?" asked Natasha. "Oh, yes, Moscow." + And as if in order not to offend Sonya and to get rid of her, she +turned her face to the window, looked out in such a way that it was +evident that she could not see anything, and again settled down in her +former attitude. + "But you didn't see it!" + "Yes, really I did," Natasha replied in a voice that pleaded to be +left in peace. + Both the countess and Sonya understood that, naturally, neither +Moscow nor the burning of Moscow nor anything else could seem of +importance to Natasha. + The count returned and lay down behind the partition. The countess +went up to her daughter and touched her head with the back of her hand +as she was wont to do when Natasha was ill, then touched her +forehead with her lips as if to feel whether she was feverish, and +finally kissed her. + "You are cold. You are trembling all over. You'd better lie down," +said the countess. + "Lie down? All right, I will. I'll lie down at once," said Natasha. + When Natasha had been told that morning that Prince Andrew was +seriously wounded and was traveling with their party, she had at first +asked many questions: Where was he going? How was he wounded? Was it +serious? And could she see him? But after she had been told that she +could not see him, that he was seriously wounded but that his life was +not in danger, she ceased to ask questions or to speak at all, +evidently disbelieving what they told her, and convinced that say what +she might she would still be told the same. All the way she had sat +motionless in a corner of the coach with wide open eyes, and the +expression in them which the countess knew so well and feared so much, +and now she sat in the same way on the bench where she had seated +herself on arriving. She was planning something and either deciding or +had already decided something in her mind. The countess knew this, but +what it might be she did not know, and this alarmed and tormented her. + "Natasha, undress, darling; lie down on my bed." + A bed had been made on a bedstead for the countess only. Madame +Schoss and the two girls were to sleep on some hay on the floor. + "No, Mamma, I will lie down here on the floor," Natasha replied +irritably and she went to the window and opened it. Through the open +window the moans of the adjutant could be heard more distinctly. She +put her head out into the damp night air, and the countess saw her +slim neck shaking with sobs and throbbing against the window frame. +Natasha knew it was not Prince Andrew who was moaning. She knew Prince +Andrew was in the same yard as themselves and in a part of the hut +across the passage; but this dreadful incessant moaning made her +sob. The countess exchanged a look with Sonya. + "Lie down, darling; lie down, my pet," said the countess, softly +touching Natasha's shoulders. "Come, lie down." + "Oh, yes... I'll lie down at once," said Natasha, and began +hurriedly undressing, tugging at the tapes of her petticoat. + When she had thrown off her dress and put on a dressing jacket, +she sat down with her foot under her on the bed that had been made +up on the floor, jerked her thin and rather short plait of hair to the +front, and began replaiting it. Her long, thin, practiced fingers +rapidly unplaited, replaited, and tied up her plait. Her head moved +from side to side from habit, but her eyes, feverishly wide, looked +fixedly before her. When her toilet for the night was finished she +sank gently onto the sheet spread over the hay on the side nearest the +door. + "Natasha, you'd better lie in the middle," said Sonya. + "I'll stay here," muttered Natasha. "Do lie down," she added +crossly, and buried her face in the pillow. + The countess, Madame Schoss, and Sonya undressed hastily and lay +down. The small lamp in front of the icons was the only light left +in the room. But in the yard there was a light from the fire at Little +Mytishchi a mile and a half away, and through the night came the noise +of people shouting at a tavern Mamonov's Cossacks had set up across +the street, and the adjutant's unceasing moans could still be heard. + For a long time Natasha listened attentively to the sounds that +reached her from inside and outside the room and did not move. First +she heard her mother praying and sighing and the creaking of her bed +under her, then Madame Schoss' familiar whistling snore and Sonya's +gentle breathing. Then the countess called to Natasha. Natasha did not +answer. + "I think she's asleep, Mamma," said Sonya softly. + After short silence the countess spoke again but this time no one +replied. + Soon after that Natasha heard her mother's even breathing. Natasha +did not move, though her little bare foot, thrust out from under the +quilt, was growing cold on the bare floor. + As if to celebrate a victory over everybody, a cricket chirped in +a crack in the wall. A cock crowed far off and another replied near +by. The shouting in the tavern had died down; only the moaning of +the adjutant was heard. Natasha sat up. + "Sonya, are you asleep? Mamma?" she whispered. + No one replied. Natasha rose slowly and carefully, crossed +herself, and stepped cautiously on the cold and dirty floor with her +slim, supple, bare feet. The boards of the floor creaked. Stepping +cautiously from one foot to the other she ran like a kitten the few +steps to the door and grasped the cold door handle. + It seemed to her that something heavy was beating rhythmically +against all the walls of the room: it was her own heart, sinking +with alarm and terror and overflowing with love. + She opened the door and stepped across the threshold and onto the +cold, damp earthen floor of the passage. The cold she felt refreshed +her. With her bare feet she touched a sleeping man, stepped over +him, and opened the door into the part of the hut where Prince +Andrew lay. It was dark in there. In the farthest corner, on a bench +beside a bed on which something was lying, stood a tallow candle +with a long, thick, and smoldering wick. + From the moment she had been told that of Prince Andrew's wound +and his presence there, Natasha had resolved to see him. She did not +know why she had to, she knew the meeting would be painful, but felt +the more convinced that it was necessary. + All day she had lived only in hope of seeing him that night. But now +that the moment had come she was filled with dread of what she might +see. How was he maimed? What was left of him? Was he like that +incessant moaning of the adjutant's? Yes, he was altogether like that. +In her imagination he was that terrible moaning personified. When +she saw an indistinct shape in the corner, and mistook his knees +raised under the quilt for his shoulders, she imagined a horrible body +there, and stood still in terror. But an irresistible impulse drew her +forward. She cautiously took one step and then another, and found +herself in the middle of a small room containing baggage. Another man- +Timokhin- was lying in a corner on the benches beneath the icons, +and two others- the doctor and a valet- lay on the floor. + The valet sat up and whispered something. Timokhin, kept awake by +the pain in his wounded leg, gazed with wide-open eyes at this strange +apparition of a girl in a white chemise, dressing jacket, and +nightcap. The valet's sleepy, frightened exclamation, "What do you +want? What's the matter?" made Natasha approach more swiftly to what +was lying in the corner. Horribly unlike a man as that body looked, +she must see him. She passed the valet, the snuff fell from the candle +wick, and she saw Prince Andrew clearly with his arms outside the +quilt, and such as she had always seen him. + He was the same as ever, but the feverish color of his face, his +glittering eyes rapturously turned toward her, and especially his +neck, delicate as a child's, revealed by the turn-down collar of his +shirt, gave him a peculiarly innocent, childlike look, such as she had +never seen on him before. She went up to him and with a swift, +flexible, youthful movement dropped on her knees. + He smiled and held out his hand to her. +BK11|CH32 + CHAPTER XXXII + + Seven days had passed since Prince Andrew found himself in the +ambulance station on the field of Borodino. His feverish state and the +inflammation of his bowels, which were injured, were in the doctor's +opinion sure to carry him off. But on the seventh day he ate with +pleasure a piece of bread with some tea, and the doctor noticed that +his temperature was lower. He had regained consciousness that morning. +The first night after they left Moscow had been fairly warm and he had +remained in the caleche, but at Mytishchi the wounded man himself +asked to be taken out and given some tea. The pain caused by his +removal into the hut had made him groan aloud and again lose +consciousness. When he had been placed on his camp bed he lay for a +long time motionless with closed eyes. Then he opened them and +whispered softly: "And the tea?" His remembering such a small detail +of everyday life astonished the doctor. He felt Prince Andrew's pulse, +and to his surprise and dissatisfaction found it had improved. He +was dissatisfied because he knew by experience that if his patient did +not die now, he would do so a little later with greater suffering. +Timokhin, the red-nosed major of Prince Andrew's regiment, had +joined him in Moscow and was being taken along with him, having been +wounded in the leg at the battle of Borodino. They were accompanied by +a doctor, Prince Andrew's valet, his coach. man, and two orderlies. + They gave Prince Andrew some tea. He drank it eagerly, looking +with feverish eyes at the door in front of him as if trying to +understand and remember something. + "I don't want any more. Is Timokhin here?" he asked. + Timokhin crept along the bench to him. + "I am here, your excellency." + "How's your wound?" + "Mine, sir? All right. But how about you?" + Prince Andrew again pondered as if trying to remember something. + "Couldn't one get a book?" he asked. + "What book?" + "The Gospels. I haven't one." + The doctor promised to procure it for him and began to ask how he +was feeling. Prince Andrew answered all his questions reluctantly +but reasonably, and then said he wanted a bolster placed under him +as he was uncomfortable and in great pain. The doctor and valet lifted +the cloak with which he was covered and, making wry faces at the +noisome smell of mortifying flesh that came from the wound, began +examining that dreadful place. The doctor was very much displeased +about something and made a change in the dressings, turning the +wounded man over so that he groaned again and grew unconscious and +delirious from the agony. He kept asking them to get him the book +and put it under him. + "What trouble would it be to you?" he said. "I have not got one. +Please get it for me and put it under for a moment," he pleaded in a +piteous voice. + The doctor went into the passage to wash his hands. + "You fellows have no conscience," said he to the valet who was +pouring water over his hands. "For just one moment I didn't look after +you... It's such pain, you know, that I wonder how he can bear it." + "By the Lord Jesus Christ, I thought we had put something under +him!" said the valet. + The first time Prince Andrew understood where he was and what was +the matter with him and remembered being wounded and how was when he +asked to be carried into the hut after his caleche had stopped at +Mytishchi. After growing confused from pain while being carried into +the hut he again regained consciousness, and while drinking tea once +more recalled all that had happened to him, and above all vividly +remembered the moment at the ambulance station when, at the sight of +the sufferings of a man he disliked, those new thoughts had come to +him which promised him happiness. And those thoughts, though now vague +and indefinite, again possessed his soul. He remembered that he had +now a new source of happiness and that this happiness had something to +do with the Gospels. That was why he asked for a copy of them. The +uncomfortable position in which they had put him and turned him over +again confused his thoughts, and when he came to himself a third +time it was in the complete stillness of the night. Everybody near him +was sleeping. A cricket chirped from across the passage; someone was +shouting and singing in the street; cockroaches rustled on the +table, on the icons, and on the walls, and a big fly flopped at the +head of the bed and around the candle beside him, the wick of which +was charred and had shaped itself like a mushroom. + His mind was not in a normal state. A healthy man usually thinks of, +feels, and remembers innumerable things simultaneously, but has the +power and will to select one sequence of thoughts or events on which +to fix his whole attention. A healthy man can tear himself away from +the deepest reflections to say a civil word to someone who comes in +and can then return again to his own thoughts. But Prince Andrew's +mind was not in a normal state in that respect. All the powers of +his mind were more active and clearer than ever, but they acted +apart from his will. Most diverse thoughts and images occupied him +simultaneously. At times his brain suddenly began to work with a +vigor, clearness, and depth it had never reached when he was in +health, but suddenly in the midst of its work it would turn to some +unexpected idea and he had not the strength to turn it back again. + "Yes, a new happiness was revealed to me of which man cannot be +deprived," he thought as he lay in the semi-darkness of the quiet hut, +gazing fixedly before him with feverish wide open eyes. "A happiness +lying beyond material forces, outside the material influences that act +on man- a happiness of the soul alone, the happiness of loving. +Every man can understand it, but to conceive it and enjoin it was +possible only for God. But how did God enjoin that law? And why was +the Son...?" + And suddenly the sequence of these thoughts broke off, and Prince +Andrew heard (without knowing whether it was a delusion or reality) +a soft whispering voice incessantly and rhythmically repeating +"piti-piti-piti," and then "titi," and then again "piti-piti-piti," +and "ti-ti" once more. At the same time he felt that above his face, +above the very middle of it, some strange airy structure was being +erected out of slender needles or splinters, to the sound of this +whispered music. He felt that he had to balance carefully (though it +was difficult) so that this airy structure should not collapse; but +nevertheless it kept collapsing and again slowly rising to the sound +of whispered rhythmic music- "it stretches, stretches, spreading out +and stretching," said Prince Andrew to himself. While listening to +this whispering and feeling the sensation of this drawing out and +the construction of this edifice of needles, he also saw by glimpses a +red halo round the candle, and heard the rustle of the cockroaches and +the buzzing of the fly that flopped against his pillow and his face. +Each time the fly touched his face it gave him a burning sensation and +yet to his surprise it did not destroy the structure, though it +knocked against the very region of his face where it was rising. But +besides this there was something else of importance. It was +something white by the door- the statue of a sphinx, which also +oppressed him. + "But perhaps that's my shirt on the table," he thought, "and +that's my legs, and that is the door, but why is it always +stretching and drawing itself out, and 'piti-piti-piti' and 'ti-ti' +and 'piti-piti-piti'...? That's enough, please leave off!" Prince +Andrew painfully entreated someone. And suddenly thoughts and feelings +again swam to the surface of his mind with peculiar clearness and +force. + "Yes- love," he thought again quite clearly. "But not love which +loves for something, for some quality, for some purpose, or for some +reason, but the love which I- while dying- first experienced when I +saw my enemy and yet loved him. I experienced that feeling of love +which is the very essence of the soul and does not require an +object. Now again I feel that bliss. To love one's neighbors, to +love one's enemies, to love everything, to love God in all His +manifestations. It is possible to love someone dear to you with +human love, but an enemy can only be loved by divine love. That is why +I experienced such joy when I felt that I loved that man. What has +become of him? Is he alive?... + "When loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but +divine love cannot change. No, neither death nor anything else can +destroy it. It is the very essence of the soul. Yet how many people +have I hated in my life? And of them all, I loved and hated none as +I did her." And he vividly pictured to himself Natasha, not as he +had done in the past with nothing but her charms which gave him +delight, but for the first time picturing to himself her soul. And +he understood her feelings, her sufferings, shame, and remorse. He now +understood for the first time all the cruelty of his rejection of her, +the cruelty of his rupture with her. "If only it were possible for +me to see her once more! Just once, looking into those eyes to say..." + + "Piti-piti-piti and ti-ti and piti-piti-piti boom!" flopped the +fly... And his attention was suddenly carried into another world, a +world of reality and delirium in which something particular was +happening. In that world some structure was still being erected and +did not fall, something was still stretching out, and the candle +with its red halo was still burning, and the same shirtlike sphinx lay +near the door; but besides all this something creaked, there was a +whiff of fresh air, and a new white sphinx appeared, standing at the +door. And that sphinx had the pale face and shining eyes of the very +Natasha of whom he had just been thinking. + "Oh, how oppressive this continual delirium is," thought Prince +Andrew, trying to drive that face from his imagination. But the face +remained before him with the force of reality and drew nearer. +Prince Andrew wished to return that former world of pure thought, +but he could not, and delirium drew him back into its domain. The soft +whispering voice continued its rhythmic murmur, something oppressed +him and stretched out, and the strange face was before him. Prince +Andrew collected all his strength in an effort to recover his +senses, he moved a little, and suddenly there was a ringing in his +ears, a dimness in his eyes, and like a man plunged into water he lost +consciousness. When he came to himself, Natasha, that same living +Natasha whom of all people he most longed to love with this new pure +divine love that had been revealed to him, was kneeling before him. He +realized that it was the real living Natasha, and he was not surprised +but quietly happy. Natasha, motionless on her knees (she was unable to +stir), with frightened eyes riveted on him, was restraining her +sobs. Her face was pale and rigid. Only in the lower part of it +something quivered. + Prince Andrew sighed with relief, smiled, and held out his hand. + "You?" he said. "How fortunate!" + With a rapid but careful movement Natasha drew nearer to him on +her knees and, taking his hand carefully, bent her face over it and +began kissing it, just touching it lightly with her lips. + "Forgive me!" she whispered, raising her head and glancing at him. +"Forgive me!" + "I love you," said Prince Andrew. + "Forgive...!" + "Forgive what?" he asked. + "Forgive me for what I ha-ve do-ne!" faltered Natasha in a +scarcely audible, broken whisper, and began kissing his hand more +rapidly, just touching it with her lips. + "I love you more, better than before," said Prince Andrew, lifting +her face with his hand so as to look into her eyes. + Those eyes, filled with happy tears, gazed at him timidly, +compassionately, and with joyous love. Natasha's thin pale face, +with its swollen lips, was more than plain- it was dreadful. But +Prince Andrew did not see that, he saw her shining eyes which were +beautiful. They heard the sound of voices behind them. + Peter the valet, who was now wide awake, had roused the doctor. +Timokhin, who had not slept at all because of the pain in his leg, had +long been watching all that was going on, carefully covering his +bare body with the sheet as he huddled up on his bench. + "What's this?" said the doctor, rising from his bed. "Please go +away, madam!" + At that moment a maid sent by the countess, who had noticed her +daughter's absence, knocked at the door. + Like a somnambulist aroused from her sleep Natasha went out of the +room and, returning to her hut, fell sobbing on her bed. + + From that time, during all the rest of the Rostovs' journey, at +every halting place and wherever they spent a night, Natasha never +left the wounded Bolkonski, and the doctor had to admit that he had +not expected from a young girl either such firmness or such skill in +nursing a wounded man. + Dreadful as the countess imagined it would be should Prince Andrew +die in her daughter's arms during the journey- as, judging by what the +doctor said, it seemed might easily happen- she could not oppose +Natasha. Though with the intimacy now established between the +wounded man and Natasha the thought occurred that should he recover +their former engagement would be renewed, no one- least of all Natasha +and Prince Andrew- spoke of this: the unsettled question of life and +death, which hung not only over Bolkonski but over all Russia, shut +out all other considerations. +BK11|CH33 + CHAPTER XXXIII + + On the third of September Pierre awoke late. His head was aching, +the clothes in which he had slept without undressing felt +uncomfortable on his body, and his mind had a dim consciousness of +something shameful he had done the day before. That something shameful +was his yesterday's conversation with Captain Ramballe. + It was eleven by the clock, but it seemed peculiarly dark out of +doors. Pierre rose, rubbed his eyes, and seeing the pistol with an +engraved stock which Gerasim had replaced on the writing table, he +remembered where he was and what lay before him that very day. + "Am I not too late?" he thought. "No, probably he won't make his +entry into Moscow before noon." + Pierre did not allow himself to reflect on what lay before him, +but hastened to act. + After arranging his clothes, he took the pistol and was about to +go out. But it then occurred to him for the first time that he +certainly could not carry the weapon in his hand through the +streets. It was difficult to hide such a big pistol even under his +wide coat. He could not carry it unnoticed in his belt or under his +arm. Besides, it had been discharged, and he had not had time to +reload it. "No matter, dagger will do," he said to himself, though +when planning his design he had more than once come to the +conclusion that the chief mistake made by the student in 1809 had been +to try to kill Napoleon with a dagger. But as his chief aim +consisted not in carrying out his design, but in proving to himself +that he would not abandon his intention and was doing all he could +to achieve it, Pierre hastily took the blunt jagged dagger in a +green sheath which he had bought at the Sukharev market with the +pistol, and hid it under his waistcoat. + Having tied a girdle over his coat and pulled his cap low on his +head, Pierre went down the corridor, trying to avoid making a noise or +meeting the captain, and passed out into the street. + The conflagration, at which he had looked with so much +indifference the evening before, had greatly increased during the +night. Moscow was on fire in several places. The buildings in Carriage +Row, across the river, in the Bazaar and the Povarskoy, as well as the +barges on the Moskva River and the timber yards by the Dorogomilov +Bridge, were all ablaze. + Pierre's way led through side streets to the Povarskoy and from +there to the church of St. Nicholas on the Arbat, where he had long +before decided that the deed should should be done. The gates of +most of the houses were locked and the shutters up. The streets and +lanes were deserted. The air was full of smoke and the smell of +burning. Now and then he met Russians with anxious and timid faces, +and Frenchmen with an air not of the city but of the camp, walking +in the middle of the streets. Both the Russians and the French +looked at Pierre with surprise. Besides his height and stoutness, +and the strange morose look of suffering in his face and whole figure, +the Russians stared at Pierre because they could not make out to +what class he could belong. The French followed him with +astonishment in their eyes chiefly because Pierre, unlike all the +other Russians who gazed at the French with fear and curiosity, paid +no attention to them. At the gate of one house three Frenchmen, who +were explaining something to some Russians who did not understand +them, stopped Pierre asking if he did not know French. + Pierre shook his head and went on. In another side street a sentinel +standing beside a green caisson shouted at him, but only when the +shout was threateningly repeated and he heard the click of the man's +musket as he raised it did Pierre understand that he had to pass on +the other side of the street. He heard nothing and saw nothing of what +went on around him. He carried his resolution within himself in terror +and haste, like something dreadful and alien to him, for, after the +previous night's experience, he was afraid of losing it. But he was +not destined to bring his mood safely to his destination. And even had +he not been hindered by anything on the way, his intention could not +now have been carried out, for Napoleon had passed the Arbat more than +four hours previously on his way from the Dorogomilov suburb to the +Kremlin, and was now sitting in a very gloomy frame of mind in a royal +study in the Kremlin, giving detailed and exact orders as to +measures to be taken immediately to extinguish the fire, to prevent +looting, and to reassure the inhabitants. But Pierre did not know +this; he was entirely absorbed in what lay before him, and was +tortured- as those are who obstinately undertake a task that is +impossible for them not because of its difficulty but because of its +incompatibility with their natures- by the fear of weakening at the +decisive moment and so losing his self-esteem. + Though he heard and saw nothing around him he found his way by +instinct and did not go wrong in the side streets that led to the +Povarskoy. + As Pierre approached that street the smoke became denser and denser- +he even felt the heat of the fire. Occasionally curly tongues of flame +rose from under the roofs of the houses. He met more people in the +streets and they were more excited. But Pierre, though he felt that +something unusual was happening around him, did not realize that he +was approaching the fire. As he was going along a foot path across a +wide-open space adjoining the Povarskoy on one side and the gardens of +Prince Gruzinski's house on the other, Pierre suddenly heard the +desperate weeping of a woman close to him. He stopped as if +awakening from a dream and lifted his head. + By the side of the path, on the dusty dry grass, all sorts of +household goods lay in a heap: featherbeds, a samovar, icons, and +trunks. On the ground, beside the trunks, sat a thin woman no longer +young, with long, prominent upper teeth, and wearing a black cloak and +cap. This woman, swaying to and fro and muttering something, was +choking with sobs. Two girls of about ten and twelve, dressed in dirty +short frocks and cloaks, were staring at their mother with a look of +stupefaction on their pale frightened faces. The youngest child, a boy +of about seven, who wore an overcoat and an immense cap evidently +not his own, was crying in his old nurse's arms. A dirty, barefooted +maid was sitting on a trunk, and, having undone her pale-colored +plait, was pulling it straight and sniffing at her singed hair. The +woman's husband, a short, round-shouldered man in the undress +uniform of a civilian official, with sausage-shaped whiskers and +showing under his square-set cap the hair smoothly brushed forward +over his temples, with expressionless face was moving the trunks, +which were placed one on another, and was dragging some garments +from under them. + As soon as she saw Pierre, the woman almost threw herself at his +feet. + "Dear people, good Christians, save me, help me, dear friends... +help us, somebody," she muttered between her sobs. "My girl... My +daughter! My youngest daughter is left behind. She's burned! Ooh! +Was it for this I nursed you.... Ooh!" + "Don't, Mary Nikolievna!" said her husband to her in a low voice, +evidently only to justify himself before the stranger. "Sister must +have taken her, or else where can she be?" he added. + "Monster! Villain!" shouted the woman angrily, suddenly ceasing to +weep. "You have no heart, you don't feel for your own child! Another +man would have rescued her from the fire. But this is a monster and +neither a man nor a father! You, honored sir, are a noble man," she +went on, addressing Pierre rapidly between her sobs. "The fire broke +out alongside, and blew our way, the maid called out 'Fire!' and we +rushed to collect our things. We ran out just as we were.... This is +what we have brought away.... The icons, and my dowry bed, all the +rest is lost. We seized the children. But not Katie! Ooh! O +Lord!..." and again she began to sob. "My child, my dear one! +Burned, burned!" + "But where was she left?" asked Pierre. + From the expression of his animated face the woman saw that this man +might help her. + "Oh, dear sir!" she cried, seizing him by the legs. "My +benefactor, set my heart at ease.... Aniska, go, you horrid girl, show +him the way!" she cried to the maid, angrily opening her mouth and +still farther exposing her long teeth. + "Show me the way, show me, I... I'll do it," gasped Pierre rapidly. + The dirty maidservant stepped from behind the trunk, put up her +plait, sighed, and went on her short, bare feet along the path. Pierre +felt as if he had come back to life after a heavy swoon. He held his +head higher, his eyes shone with the light of life, and with swift +steps he followed the maid, overtook her, and came out on the +Povarskoy. The whole street was full of clouds of black smoke. Tongues +of flame here and there broke through that cloud. A great number of +people crowded in front of the conflagration. In the middle of the +street stood a French general saying something to those around him. +Pierre, accompanied by the maid, was advancing to the spot where the +general stood, but the French soldiers stopped him. + "On ne passe pas!"* cried a voice. + + *"You can't pass! + + "This way, uncle," cried the girl. "We'll pass through the side +street, by the Nikulins'!" + Pierre turned back, giving a spring now and then to keep up with +her. She ran across the street, turned down a side street to the left, +and, passing three houses, turned into a yard on the right. + "It's here, close by," said she and, running across the yard, opened +a gate in a wooden fence and, stopping, pointed out to him a small +wooden wing of the house, which was burning brightly and fiercely. One +of its sides had fallen in, another was on fire, and bright flames +issued from the openings of the windows and from under the roof. + As Pierre passed through the fence gate, he was enveloped by hot air +and involuntarily stopped. + "Which is it? Which is your house?" he asked. + "Ooh!" wailed the girl, pointing to the wing. "That's it, that was +our lodging. You've burned to death, our treasure, Katie, my +precious little missy! Ooh!" lamented Aniska, who at the sight of +the fire felt that she too must give expression to her feelings. + Pierre rushed to the wing, but the heat was so great that he +involuntarily passed round in a curve and came upon the large house +that was as yet burning only at one end, just below the roof, and +around which swarmed a crowd of Frenchmen. At first Pierre did not +realize what these men, who were dragging something out, were about; +but seeing before him a Frenchman hitting a peasant with a blunt saber +and trying to take from him a fox-fur coat, he vaguely understood that +looting was going on there, but he had no time to dwell on that idea. + The sounds of crackling and the din of falling walls and ceilings, +the whistle and hiss of the flames, the excited shouts of the +people, and the sight of the swaying smoke, now gathering into thick +black clouds and now soaring up with glittering sparks, with here +and there dense sheaves of flame (now red and now like golden fish +scales creeping along the walls), and the heat and smoke and +rapidity of motion, produced on Pierre the usual animating effects +of a conflagration. It had a peculiarly strong effect on him because +at the sight of the fire he felt himself suddenly freed from the ideas +that had weighed him down. He felt young, bright, adroit, and +resolute. He ran round to the other side of the lodge and was about to +dash into that part of it which was still standing, when just above +his head he heard several voices shouting and then a cracking sound +and the ring of something heavy falling close beside him. + Pierre looked up and saw at a window of the large house some +Frenchmen who had just thrown out the drawer of a chest, filled with +metal articles. Other French soldiers standing below went up to the +drawer. + "What does this fellow want?" shouted one of them referring to +Pierre. + "There's a child in that house. Haven't you seen a child?" cried +Pierre. + "What's he talking about? Get along!" said several voices, and one +of the soldiers, evidently afraid that Pierre might want to take +from them some of the plate and bronzes that were in the drawer, moved +threateningly toward him. + "A child?" shouted a Frenchman from above. "I did hear something +squealing in the garden. Perhaps it's his brat that the fellow is +looking for. After all, one must be human, you know...." + "Where is it? Where?" said Pierre. + "There! There!" shouted the Frenchman at the window, pointing to the +garden at the back of the house. "Wait a bit- I'm coming down." + And a minute or two later the Frenchman, a black-eyed fellow with +a spot on his cheek, in shirt sleeves, really did jump out of a window +on the ground floor, and clapping Pierre on the shoulder ran with +him into the garden. + "Hurry up, you others!" he called out to his comrades. "It's getting +hot." + When they reached a gravel path behind the house the Frenchman +pulled Pierre by the arm and pointed to a round, graveled space +where a three-year-old girl in a pink dress was lying under a seat. + "There is your child! Oh, a girl, so much the better!" said the +Frenchman. "Good-by, Fatty. We must be human, we are all mortal you +know!" and the Frenchman with the spot on his cheek ran back to his +comrades. + Breathless with joy, Pierre ran to the little girl and was going +to take her in his arms. But seeing a stranger the sickly, +scrofulous-looking child, unattractively like her mother, began to +yell and run away. Pierre, however, seized her and lifted her in his +arms. She screamed desperately and angrily and tried with her little +hands to pull Pierre's hands away and to bite them with her slobbering +mouth. Pierre was seized by a sense of horror and repulsion such as he +had experienced when touching some nasty little animal. But he made an +effort not to throw the child down and ran with her to the large +house. It was now, however, impossible to get back the way he had +come; the maid, Aniska, was no longer there, and Pierre with a feeling +of pity and disgust pressed the wet, painfully sobbing child to +himself as tenderly as he could and ran with her through the garden +seeking another way out. +BK11|CH34 + CHAPTER XXXIV + + Having run through different yards and side streets, Pierre got back +with his little burden to the Gruzinski garden at the corner of the +Povarskoy. He did not at first recognize the place from which he had +set out to look for the child, so crowded was it now with people and +goods that had been dragged out of the houses. Besides Russian +families who had taken refuge here from the fire with their +belongings, there were several French soldiers in a variety of +clothing. Pierre took no notice of them. He hurried to find the family +of that civil servant in order to restore the daughter to her mother +and go to save someone else. Pierre felt that he had still much to +do and to do quickly. Glowing with the heat and from running, he +felt at that moment more strongly than ever the sense of youth, +animation, and determination that had come on him when he ran to +save the child. She had now become quiet and, clinging with her little +hands to Pierre's coat, sat on his arm gazing about her like some +little wild animal. He glanced at her occasionally with a slight +smile. He fancied he saw something pathetically innocent in that +frightened, sickly little face. + He did not find the civil servant or his wife where he had left +them. He walked among the crowd with rapid steps, scanning the various +faces he met. Involuntarily he noticed a Georgian or Armenian family +consisting of a very handsome old man of Oriental type, wearing a new, +cloth-covered, sheepskin coat and new boots, an old woman of similar +type, and a young woman. That very young woman seemed to Pierre the +perfection of Oriental beauty, with her sharply outlined, arched, +black eyebrows and the extraordinarily soft, bright color of her long, +beautiful, expressionless face. Amid the scattered property and the +crowd on the open space, she, in her rich satin cloak with a bright +lilac shawl on her head, suggested a delicate exotic plant thrown +out onto the snow. She was sitting on some bundles a little behind the +old woman, and looked from under her long lashes with motionless, +large, almond-shaped eyes at the ground before her. Evidently she +was aware of her beauty and fearful because of it. Her face struck +Pierre and, hurrying along by the fence, he turned several times to +look at her. When he had reached the fence, still without finding +those he sought, he stopped and looked about him. + With the child in his arms his figure was now more conspicuous +than before, and a group of Russians, both men and women, gathered +about him. + "Have you lost anyone, my dear fellow? You're of the gentry +yourself, aren't you? Whose child is it?" they asked him. + Pierre replied that the child belonged to a woman in a black coat +who had been sitting there with her other children, and he asked +whether anyone knew where she had gone. + "Why, that must be the Anferovs," said an old deacon, addressing a +pockmarked peasant woman. "Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy!" he added +in his customary bass. + "The Anferovs? No," said the woman. "They left in the morning. +That must be either Mary Nikolievna's or the Ivanovs'!" + "He says 'a woman,' and Mary Nikolievna is a lady," remarked a house +serf. + "Do you know her? She's thin, with long teeth," said Pierre. + "That's Mary Nikolievna! They went inside the garden when these +wolves swooped down," said the woman, pointing to the French soldiers. + "O Lord, have mercy!" added the deacon. + "Go over that way, they're there. It's she! She kept on lamenting +and crying," continued the woman. "It's she. Here, this way!" + But Pierre was not listening to the woman. He had for some seconds +been intently watching what was going on a few steps away. He was +looking at the Armenian family and at two French soldiers who had gone +up to them. One of these, a nimble little man, was wearing a blue coat +tied round the waist with a rope. He had a nightcap on his head and +his feet were bare. The other, whose appearance particularly struck +Pierre, was a long, lank, round-shouldered, fair-haired man, slow in +his movements and with an idiotic expression of face. He wore a +woman's loose gown of frieze, blue trousers, and large torn Hessian +boots. The little barefooted Frenchman in the blue coat went up to the +Armenians and, saying something, immediately seized the old man by his +legs and the old man at once began pulling off his boots. The other in +the frieze gown stopped in front of the beautiful Armenian girl and +with his hands in his pockets stood staring at her, motionless and +silent. + "Here, take the child!" said Pierre peremptorily and hurriedly to +the woman, handing the little girl to her. "Give her back to them, +give her back!" he almost shouted, putting the child, who began +screaming, on the ground, and again looking at the Frenchman and the +Armenian family. + The old man was already sitting barefoot. The little Frenchman had +secured his second boot and was slapping one boot against the other. +The old man was saying something in a voice broken by sobs, but Pierre +caught but a glimpse of this, his whole attention was directed to +the Frenchman in the frieze gown who meanwhile, swaying slowly from +side to side, had drawn nearer to the young woman and taking his hands +from his pockets had seized her by the neck. + The beautiful Armenian still sat motionless and in the same +attitude, with her long lashes drooping as if she did not see or +feel what the soldier was doing to her. + While Pierre was running the few steps that separated him from the +Frenchman, the tall marauder in the frieze gown was already tearing +from her neck the necklace the young Armenian was wearing, and the +young woman, clutching at her neck, screamed piercingly. + "Let that woman alone!" exclaimed Pierre hoarsely in a furious +voice, seizing the soldier by his round shoulders and throwing him +aside. + The soldier fell, got up, and ran away. But his comrade, throwing +down the boots and drawing his sword, moved threateningly toward +Pierre. + "Voyons, Pas de betises!"* he cried. + + *"Look here, no nonsense!" + + Pierre was in such a transport of rage that he remembered nothing +and his strength increased tenfold. He rushed at the barefooted +Frenchman and, before the latter had time to draw his sword, knocked +him off his feet and hammered him with his fists. Shouts of approval +were heard from the crowd around, and at the same moment a mounted +patrol of French Uhlans appeared from round the corner. The Uhlans +came up at a trot to Pierre and the Frenchman and surrounded them. +Pierre remembered nothing of what happened after that. He only +remembered beating someone and being beaten and finally feeling that +his hands were bound and that a crowd of French soldiers stood +around him and were searching him. + "Lieutenant, he has a dagger," were the first words Pierre +understood. + "Ah, a weapon?" said the officer and turned to the barefooted +soldier who had been arrested with Pierre. "All right, you can tell +all about it at the court-martial." Then he turned to Pierre. "Do +you speak French?" + Pierre looked around him with bloodshot eyes and did not reply. +His face probably looked very terrible, for the officer said something +in a whisper and four more Uhlans left the ranks and placed themselves +on both sides of Pierre. + "Do you speak French?" the officer asked again, keeping at a +distance from Pierre. "Call the interpreter." + A little man in Russian civilian clothes rode out from the ranks, +and by his clothes and manner of speaking Pierre at once knew him to +be a French salesman from one of the Moscow shops. + "He does not look like a common man," said the interpreter, after +a searching look at Pierre. + "Ah, he looks very much like an incendiary," remarked the officer. +"And ask him who he is," he added. + "Who are you?" asked the interpreter in poor Russian. "You must +answer the chief." + "I will not tell you who I am. I am your prisoner- take me!" +Pierre suddenly replied in French. + "Ah, ah!" muttered the officer with a frown. "Well then, march!" + A crowd had collected round the Uhlans. Nearest to Pierre stood +the pockmarked peasant woman with the little girl, and when the patrol +started she moved forward. + "Where are they taking you to, you poor dear?" said she. "And the +little girl, the little girl, what am I to do with her if she's not +theirs?" said the woman. + "What does that woman want?" asked the officer. + Pierre was as if intoxicated. His elation increased at the sight +of the little girl he had saved. + "What does she want?" he murmured. "She is bringing me my daughter +whom I have just saved from the flames," said he. "Good-by!" And +without knowing how this aimless lie had escaped him, he went along +with resolute and triumphant steps between the French soldiers. + The French patrol was one of those sent out through the various +streets of Moscow by Durosnel's order to put a stop to the pillage, +and especially to catch the incendiaries who, according to the general +opinion which had that day originated among the higher French +officers, were the cause of the conflagrations. After marching through +a number of streets the patrol arrested five more Russian suspects: +a small shopkeeper, two seminary students, a peasant, and a house +serf, besides several looters. But of all these various suspected +characters, Pierre was considered to be the most suspicious of all. +When they had all been brought for the night to a large house on the +Zubov Rampart that was being used as a guardhouse, Pierre was placed +apart under strict guard. +BK12 + BOOK TWELVE: 1812 +BK12|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + In Petersburg at that time a complicated struggle was being +carried on with greater heat than ever in the highest circles, between +the parties of Rumyantsev, the French, Marya Fedorovna, the Tsarevich, +and others, drowned as usual by the buzzing of the court drones. But +the calm, luxurious life of Petersburg, concerned only about +phantoms and reflections of real life, went on in its old way and made +it hard, except by a great effort, to realize the danger and the +difficult position of the Russian people. There were the same +receptions and balls, the same French theater, the same court +interests and service interests and intrigues as usual. Only in the +very highest circles were attempts made to keep in mind the +difficulties of the actual position. Stories were whispered of how +differently the two Empresses behaved in these difficult +circumstances. The Empress Marya, concerned for the welfare of the +charitable and educational institutions under her patronage, had given +directions that they should all be removed to Kazan, and the things +belonging to these institutions had already been packed up. The +Empress Elisabeth, however, when asked what instructions she would +be pleased to give- with her characteristic Russian patriotism had +replied that she could give no directions about state institutions for +that was the affair of the sovereign, but as far as she personally was +concerned she would be the last to quit Petersburg. + At Anna Pavlovna's on the twenty-sixth of August, the very day of +the battle of Borodino, there was a soiree, the chief feature of which +was to be the reading of a letter from His Lordship the Bishop when +sending the Emperor an icon of the Venerable Sergius. It was +regarded as a model of ecclesiastical, patriotic eloquence. Prince +Vasili himself, famed for his elocution, was to read it. (He used to +read at the Empress'.) The art of his reading was supposed to lie in +rolling out the words, quite independently of their meaning, in a loud +and singsong voice alternating between a despairing wail and a +tender murmur, so that the wail fell quite at random on one word and +the murmur on another. This reading, as was always the case at Anna +Pavlovna's soirees, had a political significance. That evening she +expected several important personages who had to be made ashamed of +their visits to the French theater and aroused to a patriotic +temper. A good many people had already arrived, but Anna Pavlovna, not +yet seeing all those whom she wanted in her drawing room, did not +let the reading begin but wound up the springs of a general +conversation. + The news of the day in Petersburg was the illness of Countess +Bezukhova. She had fallen ill unexpectedly a few days previously, +had missed several gatherings of which she was usually ornament, and +was said to be receiving no one, and instead of the celebrated +Petersburg doctors who usually attended her had entrusted herself to +some Italian doctor who was treating her in some new and unusual way. + They all knew very well that the enchanting countess' illness +arose from an inconvenience resulting from marrying two husbands at +the same time, and that the Italian's cure consisted in removing +such inconvenience; but in Anna Pavlovna's presence no one dared to +think of this or even appear to know it. + "They say the poor countess is very ill. The doctor says it is +angina pectoris." + "Angina? Oh, that's a terrible illness!" + "They say that the rivals are reconciled, thanks to the angina..." +and the word angina was repeated with great satisfaction. + "The count is pathetic, they say. He cried like a child when the +doctor told him the case was dangerous." + "Oh, it would be a terrible loss, she is an enchanting woman." + "You are speaking of the poor countess?" said Anna Pavlovna, +coming up just then. "I sent to ask for news, and hear that she is a +little better. Oh, she is certainly the most charming woman in the +world," she went on, with a smile at her own enthusiasm. "We belong to +different camps, but that does not prevent my esteeming her as she +deserves. She is very unfortunate!" added Anna Pavlovna. + Supposing that by these words Anna Pavlovna was somewhat lifting the +veil from the secret of the countess' malady, an unwary young man +ventured to express surprise that well known doctors had not been +called in and that the countess was being attended by a charlatan +who might employ dangerous remedies. + "Your information maybe better than mine," Anna Pavlovna suddenly +and venomously retorted on the inexperienced young man, "but I know on +good authority that this doctor is a very learned and able man. He +is private physician to the Queen of Spain." + And having thus demolished the young man, Anna Pavlovna turned to +another group where Bilibin was talking about the Austrians: having +wrinkled up his face he was evidently preparing to smooth it out again +and utter one of his mots. + "I think it is delightful," he said, referring to a diplomatic +note that had been sent to Vienna with some Austrian banners +captured from the French by Wittgenstein, "the hero of Petropol" as he +was then called in Petersburg. + "What? What's that?" asked Anna Pavlovna, securing silence for the +mot, which she had heard before. + And Bilibin repeated the actual words of the diplomatic dispatch, +which he had himself composed. + "The Emperor returns these Austrian banners," said Bilibin, +"friendly banners gone astray and found on a wrong path," and his brow +became smooth again. + "Charming, charming!" observed Prince Vasili. + "The path to Warsaw, perhaps," Prince Hippolyte remarked loudly +and unexpectedly. Everybody looked at him, understanding what he +meant. Prince Hippolyte himself glanced around with amused surprise. +He knew no more than the others what his words meant. During his +diplomatic career he had more than once noticed that such utterances +were received as very witty, and at every opportunity he uttered in +that way the first words that entered his head. "It may turn out +very well," he thought, "but if not, they'll know how to arrange +matters." And really, during the awkward silence that ensued, that +insufficiently patriotic person entered whom Anna Pavlovna had been +waiting for and wished to convert, and she, smiling and shaking a +finger at Hippolyte, invited Prince Vasili to the table and bringing +him two candles and the manuscript begged him to begin. Everyone +became silent. + + "Most Gracious Sovereign and Emperor! " Prince Vasili sternly +declaimed, looking round at his audience as if to inquire whether +anyone had anything to say to the contrary. But no one said +anything. "Moscow, our ancient capital, the New Jerusalem, receives +her Christ"- he placed a sudden emphasis on the word her- "as a mother +receives her zealous sons into her arms, and through the gathering +mists, foreseeing the brilliant glory of thy rule, sings in +exultation, 'Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh!'" + + Prince Vasili pronounced these last words in a tearful voice. + Bilibin attentively examined his nails, and many of those present +appeared intimidated, as if asking in what they were to blame. Anna +Pavlovna whispered the next words in advance, like an old woman +muttering the prayer at Communion: "Let the bold and insolent +Goliath..." she whispered. + Prince Vasili continued. + + "Let the bold and insolent Goliath from the borders of France +encompass the realms of Russia with death-bearing terrors; humble +Faith, the sling of the Russian David, shall suddenly smite his head +in his blood-thirsty pride. This icon of the Venerable Sergius, the +servant of God and zealous champion of old of our country's weal, is +offered to Your Imperial Majesty. I grieve that my waning strength +prevents rejoicing in the sight of your most gracious presence. I +raise fervent prayers to Heaven that the Almighty may exalt the race +of the just, and mercifully fulfill the desires of Your Majesty." + + "What force! What a style!" was uttered in approval both of reader +and of author. + Animated by that address Anna Pavlovna's guests talked for a long +time of the state of the fatherland and offered various conjectures as +to the result of the battle to be fought in a few days. + "You will see," said Anna Pavlovna, "that tomorrow, on the Emperor's +birthday, we shall receive news. I have a favorable presentiment!" +BK12|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled. Next day +during the service at the palace church in honor of the Emperor's +birthday, Prince Volkonski was called out of the church and received a +dispatch from Prince Kutuzov. It was Kutuzov's report, written from +Tatarinova on the day of the battle. Kutuzov wrote that the Russians +had not retreated a step, that the French losses were much heavier +than ours, and that he was writing in haste from the field of battle +before collecting full information. It followed that there must have +been a victory. And at once, without leaving the church, thanks were +rendered to the Creator for His help and for the victory. + Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was justified, and all that morning a +joyously festive mood reigned in the city. Everyone believed the +victory to have been complete, and some even spoke of Napoleon's +having been captured, of his deposition, and of the choice of a new +ruler for France. + It is very difficult for events to be reflected in their real +strength and completeness amid the conditions of court life and far +from the scene of action. General events involuntarily group +themselves around some particular incident. So now the courtiers' +pleasure was based as much on the fact that the news had arrived on +the Emperor's birthday as on the fact of the victory itself. It was +like a successfully arranged surprise. Mention was made in Kutuzov's +report of the Russian losses, among which figured the names of +Tuchkov, Bagration, and Kutaysov. In the Petersburg world this sad +side of the affair again involuntarily centered round a single +incident: Kutaysov's death. Everybody knew him, the Emperor liked him, +and he was young and interesting. That day everyone met with the +words: + "What a wonderful coincidence! Just during the service. But what a +loss Kutaysov is! How sorry I am!" + "What did I tell about Kutuzov?" Prince Vasili now said with a +prophet's pride. "I always said he was the only man capable of +defeating Napoleon." + But next day no news arrived from the army and the public mood +grew anxious. The courtiers suffered because of the suffering the +suspense occasioned the Emperor. + "Fancy the Emperor's position!" said they, and instead of +extolling Kutuzov as they had done the day before, they condemned +him as the cause of the Emperor's anxiety. That day Prince Vasili no +longer boasted of his protege Kutuzov, but remained silent when the +commander in chief was mentioned. Moreover, toward evening, as if +everything conspired to make Petersburg society anxious and uneasy, +a terrible piece of news was added. Countess Helene Bezukhova had +suddenly died of that terrible malady it had been so agreeable to +mention. Officially, at large gatherings, everyone said that +Countess Bezukhova had died of a terrible attack of angina pectoris, +but in intimate circles details were mentioned of how the private +physician of the Queen of Spain had prescribed small doses of a +certain drug to produce a certain effect; but Helene, tortured by +the fact that the old count suspected her and that her husband to whom +she had written (that wretched, profligate Pierre) had not replied, +had suddenly taken a very large dose of the drug, and had died in +agony before assistance could be rendered her. It was said that Prince +Vasili and the old count had turned upon the Italian, but the latter +had produced such letters from the unfortunate deceased that they +had immediately let the matter drop. + Talk in general centered round three melancholy facts: the Emperor's +lack of news, the loss of Kutuzov, and the death of Helene. + On the third day after Kutuzov's report a country gentleman +arrived from Moscow, and news of the surrender of Moscow to the French +spread through the whole town. This was terrible! What a position +for the Emperor to be in! Kutuzov was a traitor, and Prince Vasili +during the visits of condolence paid to him on the occasion of his +daughter's death said of Kutuzov, whom he had formerly praised (it was +excusable for him in his grief to forget what he had said), that it +was impossible to expect anything else from a blind and depraved old +man. + "I only wonder that the fate of Russia could have been entrusted +to such a man." + As long as this news remained unofficial it was possible to doubt +it, but the next day the following communication was received from +Count Rostopchin: + + Prince Kutuzov's adjutant has brought me a letter in which he +demands police officers to guide the army to the Ryazan road. He +writes that he is regretfully abandoning Moscow. Sire! Kutuzov's +action decides the fate of the capital and of your empire! Russia will +shudder to learn of the abandonment of the city in which her greatness +is centered and in which lie the ashes of your ancestors! I shall +follow the army. I have had everything removed, and it only remains +for me to weep over the fate of my fatherland. + + On receiving this dispatch the Emperor sent Prince Volkonski to +Kutuzov with the following rescript: + + Prince Michael Ilarionovich! Since the twenty-ninth of August I have +received no communication from you, yet on the first of September I +received from the commander in chief of Moscow, via Yaroslavl, the sad +news that you, with the army, have decided to abandon Moscow. You +can yourself imagine the effect this news has had on me, and your +silence increases my astonishment. I am sending this by +Adjutant-General Prince Volkonski, to hear from you the situation of +the army and the reasons that have induced you to take this melancholy +decision. +BK12|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + Nine days after the abandonment of Moscow, a messenger from +Kutuzov reached Petersburg with the official announcement of that +event. This messenger was Michaud, a Frenchman who did not know +Russian, but who was quoique etranger, russe de coeur et d'ame,* as he +said of himself. + + *Though a foreigner, Russian in heart and soul. + + The Emperor at once received this messenger in his study at the +palace on Stone Island. Michaud, who had never seen Moscow before +the campaign and who did not know Russian, yet felt deeply moved (as +he wrote) when he appeared before notre tres gracieux souverain* +with the news of the burning of Moscow, dont les flammes eclairaient +sa route.*[2] + + *Our most gracious sovereign. + *[2] Whose flames illumined his route. + + Though the source of M. Michaud's chagrin must have been different +from that which caused Russians to grieve, he had such a sad face when +shown into the Emperor's study that the latter at once asked: + "Have you brought me sad news, Colonel?" + "Very sad, sire," replied Michaud, lowering his eyes with a sigh. +"The abandonment of Moscow." + "Have they surrendered my ancient capital without a battle?" asked +the Emperor quickly, his face suddenly flushing. + Michaud respectfully delivered the message Kutuzov had entrusted +to him, which was that it had been impossible to fight before +Moscow, and that as the only remaining choice was between losing the +army as well as Moscow, or losing Moscow alone, the field marshal +had to choose the latter. + The Emperor listened in silence, not looking at Michaud. + "Has the enemy entered the city?" he asked. + "Yes, sire, and Moscow is now in ashes. I left it all in flames," +replied Michaud in a decided tone, but glancing at the Emperor he +was frightened by what he had done. + The Emperor began to breathe heavily and rapidly, his lower lip +trembled, and tears instantly appeared in his fine blue eyes. + But this lasted only a moment. He suddenly frowned, as if blaming +himself for his weakness, and raising his head addressed Michaud in +a firm voice: + "I see, Colonel, from all that is happening, that Providence +requires great sacrifices of us... I am ready to submit myself in +all things to His will; but tell me, Michaud, how did you leave the +army when it saw my ancient capital abandoned without a battle? Did +you not notice discouragement?..." + Seeing that his most gracious ruler was calm once more, Michaud also +grew calm, but was not immediately ready to reply to the Emperor's +direct and relevant question which required a direct answer. + "Sire, will you allow me to speak frankly as befits a loyal +soldier?" he asked to gain time. + "Colonel, I always require it," replied the Emperor. "Conceal +nothing from me, I wish to know absolutely how things are." + "Sire!" said Michaud with a subtle, scarcely perceptible smile on +his lips, having now prepared a well-phrased reply, "sire, I left +the whole army, from its chiefs to the lowest soldier, without +exception in desperate and agonized terror..." + "How is that?" the Emperor interrupted him, frowning sternly. "Would +misfortune make my Russians lose heart?... Never!" + Michaud had only waited for this to bring out the phrase he had +prepared. + "Sire," he said, with respectful playfulness, "they are only +afraid lest Your Majesty, in the goodness of your heart, should +allow yourself to be persuaded to make peace. They are burning for the +combat," declared this representative of the Russian nation, "and to +prove to Your Majesty by the sacrifice of their lives how devoted they +are...." + "Ah!" said the Emperor reassured, and with a kindly gleam in his +eyes, he patted Michaud on the shoulder. "You set me at ease, +Colonel." + He bent his head and was silent for some time. + "Well, then, go back to the army," he said, drawing himself up to +his full height and addressing Michaud with a gracious and majestic +gesture, "and tell our brave men and all my good subjects wherever you +go that when I have not a soldier left I shall put myself at the +head of my beloved nobility and my good peasants and so use the last +resources of my empire. It still offers me more than my enemies +suppose," said the Emperor growing more and more animated; "but should +it ever be ordained by Divine Providence," he continued, raising to +heaven his fine eyes shining with emotion, "that my dynasty should +cease to reign on the throne of my ancestors, then after exhausting +all the means at my command, I shall let my beard grow to here" (he +pointed halfway down his chest) "and go and eat potatoes with the +meanest of my peasants, rather than sign the disgrace of my country +and of my beloved people whose sacrifices I know how to appreciate." + Having uttered these words in an agitated voice the Emperor suddenly +turned away as if to hide from Michaud the tears that rose to his +eyes, and went to the further end of his study. Having stood there a +few moments, he strode back to Michaud and pressed his arm below the +elbow with a vigorous movement. The Emperor's mild and handsome face +was flushed and his eyes gleamed with resolution and anger. + "Colonel Michaud, do not forget what I say to you here, perhaps we +may recall it with pleasure someday... Napoleon or I," said the +Emperor, touching his breast. "We can no longer both reign together. I +have learned to know him, and he will not deceive me any more...." + And the Emperor paused, with a frown. + When he heard these words and saw the expression of firm +resolution in the Emperor's eyes, Michaud- quoique etranger, russe +de coeur et d'ame- at that solemn moment felt himself enraptured by +all that he had heard (as he used afterwards to say), and gave +expression to his own feelings and those of the Russian people whose +representative he considered himself to be, in the following words: + "Sire!" said he, "Your Majesty is at this moment signing the glory +of the nation and the salvation of Europe!" + With an inclination of the head the Emperor dismissed him. +BK12|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + It is natural for us who were not living in those days to imagine +that when half Russia had been conquered and the inhabitants were +ficeing to distant provinces, and one levy after another was being +raised for the defense of the fatherland, all Russians from the +greatest to the least were solely engaged in sacrificing themselves, +saving their fatherland, or weeping over its downfall. The tales and +descriptions of that time without exception speak only of the +self-sacrifice, patriotic devotion, despair, grief, and the heroism of +the Russians. But it was not really so. It appears so to us because we +see only the general historic interest of that time and do not see all +the personal human interests that people had. Yet in reality those +personal interests of the moment so much transcend the general +interests that they always prevent the public interest from being felt +or even noticed. Most of the people at that time paid no attention +to the general progress of events but were guided only by their +private interests, and they were the very people whose activities at +that period were most useful. + Those who tried to understand the general course of events and to +take part in it by self-sacrifice and heroism were the most useless +members of society, they saw everything upside down, and all they +did for the common good turned out to be useless and foolish- like +Pierre's and Mamonov's regiments which looted Russian villages, and +the lint the young ladies prepared and that never reached the wounded, +and so on. Even those, fond of intellectual talk and of expressing +their feelings, who discussed Russia's position at the time +involuntarily introduced into their conversation either a shade of +pretense and falsehood or useless condemnation and anger directed +against people accused of actions no one could possibly be guilty +of. In historic events the rule forbidding us to eat of the fruit of +the Tree of Knowledge is specially applicable. Only unconscious action +bears fruit, and he who plays a part in an historic event never +understands its significance. If he tries to realize it his efforts +are fruitless. + The more closely a man was engaged in the events then taking place +in Russia the less did he realize their significance. In Petersburg +and in the provinces at a distance from Moscow, ladies, and +gentlemen in militia uniforms, wept for Russia and its ancient capital +and talked of self-sacrifice and so on; but in the army which +retired beyond Moscow there was little talk or thought of Moscow, +and when they caught sight of its burned ruins no one swore to be +avenged on the French, but they thought about their next pay, their +next quarters, of Matreshka the vivandiere, and like matters. + As the war had caught him in the service, Nicholas Rostov took a +close and prolonged part in the defense of his country, but did so +casually, without any aim at self-sacrifice, and he therefore looked +at what was going on in Russia without despair and without dismally +racking his brains over it. Had he been asked what he thought of the +state of Russia, he would have said that it was not his business to +think about it, that Kutuzov and others were there for that purpose, +but that he had heard that the regiments were to be made up to their +full strength, that fighting would probably go on for a long time yet, +and that things being so it was quite likely he might be in command of +a regiment in a couple of years' time. + As he looked at the matter in this way, he learned that he was being +sent to Voronezh to buy remounts for his division, not only without +regret at being prevented from taking part in the coming battle, but +with the greatest pleasure- which he did not conceal and which his +comrades fully understood. + A few days before the battle of Borodino, Nicholas received the +necessary money and warrants, and having sent some hussars on in +advance, he set out with post horses for Voronezh. + Only a man who has experienced it- that is, has passed some months +continuously in an atmosphere of campaigning and war- can understand +the delight Nicholas felt when he escaped from the region covered by +the army's foraging operations, provision trains, and hospitals. When- +free from soldiers, wagons, and the filthy traces of a camp- he saw +villages with peasants and peasant women, gentlemen's country +houses, fields where cattle were grazing, posthouses with +stationmasters asleep in them, he rejoiced as though seeing all this +for the first time. What for a long while specially surprised and +delighted him were the women, young and healthy, without a dozen +officers making up to each of them; women, too, who were pleased and +flattered that a passing officer should joke with them. + In the highest spirits Nicholas arrived at night at a hotel in +Voronezh, ordered things he had long been deprived of in camp, and +next day, very clean-shaven and in a full-dress uniform he had not +worn for a long time, went to present himself to the authorities. + The commander of the militia was a civilian general, an old man +who was evidently pleased with his military designation and rank. He +received Nicholas brusquely (imagining this to be characteristically +military) and questioned him with an important air, as if +considering the general progress of affairs and approving and +disapproving with full right to do so. Nicholas was in such good +spirits that this merely amused him. + From the commander of the militia he drove to the governor. The +governor was a brisk little man, very simple and affable. He indicated +the stud farms at which Nicholas might procure horses, recommended +to him a horse dealer in the town and a landowner fourteen miles out +of town who had the best horses, and promised to assist him in every +way. + "You are Count Ilya Rostov's son? My wife was a great friend of your +mother's. We are at home on Thursdays- today is Thursday, so please +come and see us quite informally," said the governor, taking leave +of him. + Immediately on leaving the governor's, Nicholas hired post horses +and, taking his squadron quartermaster with him, drove at a gallop +to the landowner, fourteen miles away, who had the stud. Everything +seemed to him pleasant and easy during that first part of his stay +in Voronezh and, as usually happens when a man is in a pleasant +state of mind, everything went well and easily. + The landowner to whom Nicholas went was a bachelor, an old +cavalryman, a horse fancier, a sportsman, the possessor of some +century-old brandy and some old Hungarian wine, who had a snuggery +where he smoked, and who owned some splendid horses. + In very few words Nicholas bought seventeen picked stallions for six +thousand rubles- to serve, as he said, as samples of his remounts. +After dining and taking rather too much of the Hungarian wine, +Nicholas- having exchanged kisses with the landowner, with whom he was +already on the friendliest terms- galloped back over abominable roads, +in the brightest frame of mind, continually urging on the driver so as +to be in time for the governor's party. + When he had changed, poured water over his head, and scented +himself, Nicholas arrived at the governor's rather late, but with +the phrase "better late than never" on his lips. + It was not a ball, nor had dancing been announced, but everyone knew +that Catherine Petrovna would play valses and the ecossaise on the +clavichord and that there would be dancing, and so everyone had come +as to a ball. + Provincial life in 1812 went on very much as usual, but with this +difference, that it was livelier in the towns in consequence of the +arrival of many wealthy families from Moscow, and as in everything +that went on in Russia at that time a special recklessness was +noticeable, an "in for a penny, in for a pound- who cares?" spirit, +and the inevitable small talk, instead of turning on the weather and +mutual acquaintances, now turned on Moscow, the army, and Napoleon. + The society gathered together at the governor's was the best in +Voronezh. + There were a great many ladies and some of Nicholas' Moscow +acquaintances, but there were no men who could at all vie with the +cavalier of St. George, the hussar remount officer, the good-natured +and well-bred Count Rostov. Among the men was an Italian prisoner, +an officer of the French army; and Nicholas felt that the presence +of that prisoner enhanced his own importance as a Russian hero. The +Italian was, as it were, a war trophy. Nicholas felt this, it seemed +to him that everyone regarded the Italian in the same light, and he +treated him cordially though with dignity and restraint. + As soon as Nicholas entered in his hussar uniform, diffusing +around him a fragrance of perfume and wine, and had uttered the +words "better late than never" and heard them repeated several times +by others, people clustered around him; all eyes turned on him, and he +felt at once that he had entered into his proper position in the +province- that of a universal favorite: a very pleasant position, +and intoxicatingly so after his long privations. At posting +stations, at inns, and in the landowner's snuggery, maidservants had +been flattered by his notice, and here too at the governor's party +there were (as it seemed to Nicholas) an inexhaustible number of +pretty young women, married and unmarried, impatiently awaiting his +notice. The women and girls flirted with him and, from the first +day, the people concerned themselves to get this fine young +daredevil of an hussar married and settled down. Among these was the +governor's wife herself, who welcomed Rostov as a near relative and +called him "Nicholas." + Catherine Petrovna did actually play valses and the ecossaise, and +dancing began in which Nicholas still further captivated the +provincial society by his agility. His particularly free manner of +dancing even surprised them all. Nicholas was himself rather surprised +at the way he danced that evening. He had never danced like that in +Moscow and would even have considered such a very free and easy manner +improper and in bad form, but here he felt it incumbent on him to +astonish them all by something unusual, something they would have to +accept as the regular thing in the capital though new to them in the +provinces. + All the evening Nicholas paid attention to a blue-eyed, plump and +pleasing little blonde, the wife of one of the provincial officials. +With the naive conviction of young men in a merry mood that other +men's wives were created for them, Rostov did not leave the lady's +side and treated her husband in a friendly and conspiratorial style, +as if, without speaking of it, they knew how capitally Nicholas and +the lady would get on together. The husband, however, did not seem +to share that conviction and tried to behave morosely with Rostov. But +the latter's good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even +he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas' good humor. Toward the end of +the evening, however, as the wife's face grew more flushed and +animated, the husband's became more and more melancholy and solemn, as +though there were but a given amount of animation between them and +as the wife's share increased the husband's diminished. +BK12|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Nicholas sat leaning slightly forward in an armchair, bending +closely over the blonde lady and paying her mythological compliments +with a smile that never left his face. Jauntily shifting the +position of his legs in their tight riding breeches, diffusing an odor +of perfume, and admiring his partner, himself, and the fine outlines +of his legs in their well-fitting Hessian boots, Nicholas told the +blonde lady that he wished to run away with a certain lady here in +Voronezh. + "Which lady?" + "A charming lady, a divine one. Her eyes" (Nicholas looked at his +partner) "are blue, her mouth coral and ivory; her figure" (he glanced +at her shoulders) "like Diana's...." + The husband came up and sullenly asked his wife what she was talking +about. + "Ah, Nikita Ivanych!" cried Nicholas, rising politely, and as if +wishing Nikita Ivanych to share his joke, he began to tell him of +his intention to elope with a blonde lady. + The husband smiled gloomily, the wife gaily. The governor's +good-natured wife came up with a look of disapproval. + "Anna Ignatyevna wants to see you, Nicholas," said she, +pronouncing the name so that Nicholas at once understood that Anna +Ignatyevna was a very important person. "Come, Nicholas! You know +you let me call you so?" + "Oh, yes, Aunt. Who is she?" + "Anna Ignatyevna Malvintseva. She has heard from her niece how you +rescued her... Can you guess?" + "I rescued such a lot of them!" said Nicholas. + "Her niece, Princess Bolkonskaya. She is here in Voronezh with her +aunt. Oho! How you blush. Why, are...?" + "Not a bit! Please don't, Aunt!" + "Very well, very well!... Oh, what a fellow you are!" + The governor's wife led him up to a tall and very stout old lady +with a blue headdress, who had just finished her game of cards with +the most important personages of the town. This was Malvintseva, +Princess Mary's aunt on her mother's side, a rich, childless widow who +always lived in Voronezh. When Rostov approached her she was +standing settling up for the game. She looked at him and, screwing +up her eyes sternly, continued to upbraid the general who had won from +her. + "Very pleased, mon cher," she then said, holding out her hand to +Nicholas. "Pray come and see me." + After a few words about Princess Mary and her late father, whom +Malvintseva had evidently not liked, and having asked what Nicholas +knew of Prince Andrew, who also was evidently no favorite of hers, the +important old lady dismissed Nicholas after repeating her invitation +to come to see her. + Nicholas promised to come and blushed again as he bowed. At the +mention of Princess Mary he experienced a feeling of shyness and +even of fear, which he himself did not understand. + When he had parted from Malvintseva Nicholas wished to return to the +dancing, but the governor's little wife placed her plump hand on his +sleeve and, saying that she wanted to have a talk with him, led him to +her sitting room, from which those who were there immediately withdrew +so as not to be in her way. + "Do you know, dear boy," began the governor's wife with a serious +expression on her kind little face, "that really would be the match +for you: would you like me to arrange it?" + "Whom do you mean, Aunt?" asked Nicholas. + "I will make a match for you with the princess. Catherine Petrovna +speaks of Lily, but I say, no- the princess! Do you want me to do +it? I am sure your mother will be grateful to me. What a charming girl +she is, really! And she is not at all so plain, either." + "Not at all," replied Nicholas as if offended at the idea. "As +befits a soldier, Aunt, I don't force myself on anyone or refuse +anything," he said before he had time to consider what he was saying. + "Well then, remember, this is not a joke!" + "Of course not!" + "Yes, yes," the governor's wife said as if talking to herself. "But, +my dear boy, among other things you are too attentive to the other, +the blonde. One is sorry for the husband, really...." + "Oh no, we are good friends with him," said Nicholas in the +simplicity of his heart; it did not enter his head that a pastime so +pleasant to himself might not be pleasant to someone else. + "But what nonsense I have been saying to the governor's wife!" +thought Nicholas suddenly at supper. "She will really begin to arrange +a match... and Soyna...?" And on taking leave of the governor's +wife, when she again smilingly said to him, "Well then, remember!" +he drew her aside. + "But see here, to tell the truth, Aunt..." + "What is it, my dear? Come, let's sit down here," said she. + Nicholas suddenly felt a desire and need to tell his most intimate +thoughts (which he would not have told to his mother, his sister, or +his friend) to this woman who was almost a stranger. When he +afterwards recalled that impulse to unsolicited and inexplicable +frankness which had very important results for him, it seemed to +him- as it seems to everyone in such cases- that it was merely some +silly whim that seized him: yet that burst of frankness, together with +other trifling events, had immense consequences for him and for all +his family. + "You see, Aunt, Mamma has long wanted me to marry an heiress, but +the very idea of marrying for money is repugnant to me." + "Oh yes, I understand," said the governor's wife. + "But Princess Bolkonskaya- that's another matter. I will tell you +the truth. In the first place I like her very much, I feel drawn to +her; and then, after I met her under such circumstances- so strangely, +the idea often occurred to me: 'This is fate.' Especially if you +remember that Mamma had long been thinking of it; but I had never +happened to meet her before, somehow it had always happened that we +did not meet. And as long as my sister Natasha was engaged to her +brother it was of course out of the question for me to think of +marrying her. And it must needs happen that I should meet her just +when Natasha's engagement had been broken off... and then +everything... So you see... I never told this to anyone and never +will, only to you." + The governor's wife pressed his elbow gratefully. + "You know Sonya, my cousin? I love her, and promised to marry her, +and will do so.... So you see there can be no question about-" said +Nicholas incoherently and blushing. + "My dear boy, what a way to look at it! You know Sonya has nothing +and you yourself say your Papa's affairs are in a very bad way. And +what about your mother? It would kill her, that's one thing. And +what sort of life would it be for Sonya- if she's a girl with a heart? +Your mother in despair, and you all ruined.... No, my dear, you and +Sonya ought to understand that." + Nicholas remained silent. It comforted him to hear these arguments. + "All the same, Aunt, it is impossible," he rejoined with a sigh, +after a short pause. "Besides, would the princess have me? And +besides, she is now in mourning. How can one think of it!" + "But you don't suppose I'm going to get you married at once? There +is always a right way of doing things," replied the governor's wife. + "What a matchmaker you are, Aunt..." said Nicholas, kissing her +plump little hand. +BK12|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + On reaching Moscow after her meeting with Rostov, Princess Mary +had found her nephew there with his tutor, and a letter from Prince +Andrew giving her instructions how to get to her Aunt Malvintseva at +Voronezh. That feeling akin to temptation which had tormented her +during her father's illness, since his death, and especially since her +meeting with Rostov was smothered by arrangements for the journey, +anxiety about her brother, settling in a new house, meeting new +people, and attending to her nephew's education. She was sad. Now, +after a month passed in quiet surroundings, she felt more and more +deeply the loss of her father which was associated in her mind with +the ruin of Russia. She was agitated and incessantly tortured by the +thought of the dangers to which her brother, the only intimate +person now remaining to her, was exposed. She was worried too about +her nephew's education for which she had always felt herself +incompetent, but in the depths of her soul she felt at peace- a +peace arising from consciousness of having stifled those personal +dreams and hopes that had been on the point of awakening within her +and were related to her meeting with Rostov. + The day after her party the governor's wife came to see +Malvintseva and, after discussing her plan with the aunt, remarked +that though under present circumstances a formal betrothal was, of +course, not to be thought of, all the same the young people might be +brought together and could get to know one another. Malvintseva +expressed approval, and the governor's wife began to speak of Rostov +in Mary's presence, praising him and telling how he had blushed when +Princess Mary's name was mentioned. But Princess Mary experienced a +painful rather than a joyful feeling- her mental tranquillity was +destroyed, and desires, doubts, self-reproach, and hopes reawoke. + During the two days that elapsed before Rostov called, Princess Mary +continually thought of how she ought to behave to him. First she +decided not to come to the drawing room when he called to see her +aunt- that it would not be proper for her, in her deep mourning, to +receive visitors; then she thought this would be rude after what he +had done for her; then it occurred to her that her aunt and the +governor's wife had intentions concerning herself and Rostov- their +looks and words at times seemed to confirm this supposition- then +she told herself that only she, with her sinful nature, could think +this of them: they could not forget that situated as she was, while +still wearing deep mourning, such matchmaking would be an insult to +her and to her father's memory. Assuming that she did go down to see +him, Princess Mary imagined the words he would say to her and what she +would say to him, and these words sometimes seemed undeservedly cold +and then to mean too much. More than anything she feared lest the +confusion she felt might overwhelm her and betray her as soon as she +saw him. + But when on Sunday after church the footman announced in the drawing +room that Count Rostov had called, the princess showed no confusion, +only a slight blush suffused her cheeks and her eyes lit up with a new +and radiant light. + "You have met him, Aunt?" said she in a calm voice, unable herself +to understand that she could be outwardly so calm and natural. + When Rostov entered the room, the princess dropped her eyes for an +instant, as if to give the visitor time to greet her aunt, and then +just as Nicholas turned to her she raised her head and met his look +with shining eyes. With a movement full of dignity and grace she +half rose with a smile of pleasure, held out her slender, delicate +hand to him, and began to speak in a voice in which for the first time +new deep womanly notes vibrated. Mademoiselle Bourienne, who was in +the drawing room, looked at Princess Mary in bewildered surprise. +Herself a consummate coquette, she could not have maneuvered better on +meeting a man she wished to attract. + "Either black is particularly becoming to her or she really has +greatly improved without my having noticed it. And above all, what +tact and grace!" thought Mademoiselle Bourienne. + Had Princess Mary been capable of reflection at that moment, she +would have been more surprised than Mademoiselle Bourienne at the +change that had taken place in herself. From the moment she recognized +that dear, loved face, a new life force took possession of her and +compelled her to speak and act apart from her own will. From the +time Rostov entered, her face became suddenly transformed. It was as +if a light had been kindled in a carved and painted lantern and the +intricate, skillful, artistic work on its sides, that previously +seemed dark, coarse, and meaningless, was suddenly shown up in +unexpected and striking beauty. For the first time all that pure, +spiritual, inward travail through which she had lived appeared on +the surface. All her inward labor, her dissatisfaction with herself, +her sufferings, her strivings after goodness, her meekness, love, +and self-sacrifice- all this now shone in those radiant eyes, in her +delicate smile, and in every trait of her gentle face. + Rostov saw all this as clearly as if he had known her whole life. He +felt that the being before him was quite different from, and better +than, anyone he had met before, and above all better than himself. + Their conversation was very simple and unimportant. They spoke of +the war, and like everyone else unconsciously exaggerated their sorrow +about it; they spoke of their last meeting- Nicholas trying to +change the subject- they talked of the governor's kind wife, of +Nicholas' relations, and of Princess Mary's. + She did not talk about her brother, diverting the conversation as +soon as her aunt mentioned Andrew. Evidently she could speak of +Russia's misfortunes with a certain artificiality, but her brother was +too near her heart and she neither could nor would speak lightly of +him. Nicholas noticed this, as he noticed every shade of Princess +Mary's character with an observation unusual to him, and everything +confirmed his conviction that she was a quite unusual and +extraordinary being. Nicholas blushed and was confused when people +spoke to him about the princess (as she did when he was mentioned) and +even when he thought of her, but in her presence he felt quite at +ease, and said not at all what he had prepared, but what, quite +appropriately, occurred to him at the moment. + When a pause occurred during his short visit, Nicholas, as is +usual when there are children, turned to Prince Andrew's little son, +caressing him and asking whether he would like to be an hussar. He +took the boy on his knee, played with him, and looked round at +Princess Mary. With a softened, happy, timid look she watched the +boy she loved in the arms of the man she loved. Nicholas also +noticed that look and, as if understanding it, flushed with pleasure +and began to kiss the boy with good natured playfulness. + As she was in mourning Princess Mary did not go out into society, +and Nicholas did not think it the proper thing to visit her again; but +all the same the governor's wife went on with her matchmaking, passing +on to Nicholas the flattering things Princess Mary said of him and +vice versa, and insisting on his declaring himself to Princess Mary. +For this purpose she arranged a meeting between the young people at +the bishop's house before Mass. + Though Rostov told the governeor's wife that he would not make any +declaration to Princess Mary, he promised to go. + As at Tilsit Rostov had not allowed himself to doubt that what +everybody considered right was right, so now, after a short but +sincere struggle between his effort to arrange his life by his own +sense of justice, and in obedient submission to circumstances, he +chose the latter and yielded to the power he felt irresistibly +carrying him he knew not where. He knew that after his promise to +Sonya it would be what he deemed base to declare his feelings to +Princess Mary. And he knew that he would never act basely. But he also +knew (or rather felt at the bottom of his heart) that by resigning +himself now to the force of circumstances and to those who were +guiding him, he was not only doing nothing wrong, but was doing +something very important- more important than anything he had ever +done in his life. + After meeting Princess Mary, though the course of his life went on +externally as before, all his former amusements lost their charm for +him and he often thought about her. But he never thought about her +as he had thought of all the young ladies without exception whom he +had met in society, nor as he had for a long time, and at one time +rapturously, thought about Sonya. He had pictured each of those +young ladies as almost all honest-hearted young men do, that is, as +a possible wife, adapting her in his imagination to all the conditions +of married life: a white dressing gown, his wife at the tea table, his +wife's carriage, little ones, Mamma and Papa, their relations to +her, and so on- and these pictures of the future had given him +pleasure. But with Princess Mary, to whom they were trying to get +him engaged, he could never picture anything of future married life. +If he tried, his pictures seemed incongruous and false. It made him +afraid. +BK12|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + The dreadful news of the battle of Borodino, of our losses in killed +and wounded, and the still more terrible news of the loss of Moscow +reached Voronezh in the middle of September. Princess Mary, having +learned of her brother's wound only from the Gazette and having no +definite news of him, prepared (so Nicholas heard, he had not seen her +again himself) to set off in search of Prince Andrew. + When he received the news of the battle of Borodino and the +abandonment of Moscow, Rostov was not seized with despair, anger, +the desire for vengeance, or any feeling of that kind, but +everything in Voronezh suddenly seemed to him dull and tiresome, and +he experienced an indefinite feeling of shame and awkwardness. The +conversations he heard seemed to him insincere; he did not know how to +judge all these affairs and felt that only in the regiment would +everything again become clear to him. He made haste to finish buying +the horses, and often became unreasonably angry with his servant and +squadron quartermaster. + A few days before his departure a special thanksgiving, at which +Nicholas was present, was held in the cathedral for the Russian +victory. He stood a little behind the governor and held himself with +military decorum through the service, meditating on a great variety of +subjects. When the service was over the governor's wife beckoned him +to her. + "Have you seen the princess?" she asked, indicating with a +movement of her head a lady standing on the opposite side, beyond +the choir. + Nicholas immediately recognized Princess Mary not so much by the +profile he saw under her bonnet as by the feeling of solicitude, +timidity, and pity that immediately overcame him. Princess Mary, +evidently engrossed by her thoughts, was crossing herself for the last +time before leaving the church. + Nicholas looked at her face with surprise. It was the same face he +had seen before, there was the same general expression of refined, +inner, spiritual labor, but now it was quite differently lit up. There +was a pathetic expression of sorrow, prayer, and hope in it. As had +occurred before when she was present, Nicholas went up to her +without waiting to be prompted by the governor's wife and not asking +himself whether or not it was right and proper to address her here +in church, and told her he had heard of her trouble and sympathized +with his whole soul. As soon as she heard his voice a vivid glow +kindled in her face, lighting up both her sorrow and her joy. + "There is one thing I wanted to tell you, Princess," said Rostov. +"It is that if your brother, Prince Andrew Nikolievich, were not +living, it would have been at once announced in the Gazette, as he +is a colonel." + The princess looked at him, not grasping what he was saying, but +cheered by the expression of regretful sympathy on his face. + "And I have known so many cases of a splinter wound" (the Gazette +said it was a shell) "either proving fatal at once or being very +slight," continued Nicholas. "We must hope for the best, and I am +sure..." + Princess Mary interrupted him. + "Oh, that would be so dread..." she began and, prevented by +agitation from finishing, she bent her head with a movement as +graceful as everything she did in his presence and, looking up at +him gratefully, went out, following her aunt. + That evening Nicholas did not go out, but stayed at home to settle +some accounts with the horse dealers. When he had finished that +business it was already too late to go anywhere but still too early to +go to bed, and for a long time he paced up and down the room, +reflecting on his life, a thing he rarely did. + Princess Mary had made an agreeable impression on him when he had +met her in Smolensk province. His having encountered her in such +exceptional circumstances, and his mother having at one time mentioned +her to him as a good match, had drawn his particular attention to her. +When he met her again in Voronezh the impression she made on him was +not merely pleasing but powerful. Nicholas had been struck by the +peculiar moral beauty he observed in her at this time. He was, +however, preparing to go away and it had not entered his head to +regret that he was thus depriving himself of chances of meeting her. +But that day's encounter in church had, he felt, sunk deeper than +was desirable for his peace of mind. That pale, sad, refined face, +that radiant look, those gentle graceful gestures, and especially +the deep and tender sorrow expressed in all her features agitated +him and evoked his sympathy. In men Rostov could not bear to see the +expression of a higher spiritual life (that was why he did not like +Prince Andrew) and he referred to it contemptuously as philosophy +and dreaminess, but in Princess Mary that very sorrow which revealed +the depth of a whole spiritual world foreign to him was an +irresistible attraction. + "She must be a wonderful woman. A real angel!" he said to himself. +"Why am I not free? Why was I in such a hurry with Sonya?" And he +involuntarily compared the two: the lack of spirituality in the one +and the abundance of it in the other- a spirituality he himself lacked +and therefore valued most highly. He tried to picture what would +happen were he free. How he would propose to her and how she would +become his wife. But no, he could not imagine that. He felt awed, +and no clear picture presented itself to his mind. He had long ago +pictured to himself a future with Sonya, and that was all clear and +simple just because it had all been thought out and he knew all +there was in Sonya, but it was impossible to picture a future with +Princess Mary, because he did not understand her but simply loved her. + Reveries about Sonya had had something merry and playful in them, +but to dream of Princess Mary was always difficult and a little +frightening. + "How she prayed!" he thought. "It was plain that her whole soul +was in her prayer. Yes, that was the prayer that moves mountains, +and I am sure her prayer will be answered. Why don't I pray for what I +want?" he suddenly thought. "What do I want? To be free, released from +Sonya... She was right," he thought, remembering what the governor's +wife had said: "Nothing but misfortune can come of marrying Sonya. +Muddles, grief for Mamma... business difficulties... muddles, terrible +muddles! Besides, I don't love her- not as I should. O, God! release +me from this dreadful, inextricable position!" he suddenly began to +pray. "Yes, prayer can move mountains, but one must have faith and not +pray as Natasha and I used to as children, that the snow might turn +into sugar- and then run out into the yard to see whether it had +done so. No, but I am not praying for trifles now," he thought as he +put his pipe down in a corner, and folding his hands placed himself +before the icon. Softened by memories of Princess Mary he began to +pray as he had not done for a long time. Tears were in his eyes and in +his throat when the door opened and Lavrushka came in with some +papers. + "Blockhead! Why do you come in without being called?" cried +Nicholas, quickly changing his attitude. + "From the governor," said Lavrushka in a sleepy voice. "A courier +has arrived and there's a letter for you." + "Well, all right, thanks. You can go!" + Nicholas took the two letters, one of which was from his mother +and the other from Sonya. He recognized them by the handwriting and +opened Sonya's first. He had read only a few lines when he turned pale +and his eyes opened wide with fear and joy. + "No, it's not possible!" he cried aloud. + Unable to sit still he paced up and down the room holding the letter +and reading it. He glanced through it, then read it again, and then +again, and standing still in the middle of the room he raised his +shoulders, stretching out his hands, with his mouth wide open and +his eyes fixed. What he had just been praying for with confidence that +God would hear him had come to pass; but Nicholas was as much +astonished as if it were something extraordinary and unexpected, and +as if the very fact that it had happened so quickly proved that it had +not come from God to whom he had prayed, but by some ordinary +coincidence. + This unexpected and, as it seemed to Nicholas, quite voluntary +letter from Sonya freed him from the knot that fettered him and from +which there had seemed no escape. She wrote that the last +unfortunate events- the loss of almost the whole of the Rostovs' +Moscow property- and the countess' repeatedly expressed wish that +Nicholas should marry Princess Bolkonskaya, together with his +silence and coldness of late, had all combined to make her decide to +release him from his promise and set him completely free. + + It would be too painful to me to think that I might be a cause of +sorrow or discord in the family that has been so good to me (she +wrote), and my love has no aim but the happiness of those I love; +so, Nicholas, I beg you to consider yourself free, and to be assured +that, in spite of everything, no one can love you more than does + Your Sonya + + Both letters were written from Troitsa. The other, from the +countess, described their last days in Moscow, their departure, the +fire, and the destruction of all their property. In this letter the +countess also mentioned that Prince Andrew was among the wounded +traveling with them; his state was very critical, but the doctor +said there was now more hope. Sonya and Natasha were nursing him. + Next day Nicholas took his mother's letter and went to see +Princess Mary. Neither he nor she said a word about what "Natasha +nursing him" might mean, but thanks to this letter Nicholas suddenly +became almost as intimate with the princess as if they were relations. + The following day he saw Princess Mary off on her journey to +Yaroslavl, and a few days later left to rejoin his regiment. +BK12|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Sonya's letter written from Troitsa, which had come as an answer +to Nicholas' prayer, was prompted by this: the thought of getting +Nicholas married to an heiress occupied the old countess' mind more +and more. She knew that Sonya was the chief obstacle to this +happening, and Sonya's life in the countess' house had grown harder +and harder, especially after they had received a letter from +Nicholas telling of his meeting with Princess Mary in Bogucharovo. The +countess let no occasion slip of making humiliating or cruel allusions +to Sonya. + But a few days before they left Moscow, moved and excited by all +that was going on, she called Sonya to her and, instead of reproaching +and making demands on her, tearfully implored her to sacrifice herself +and repay all that the family had done for her by breaking off her +engagement with Nicholas. + "I shall not be at peace till you promise me this." + Sonya burst into hysterical tears and replied through her sobs +that she would do anything and was prepared for anything, but gave +no actual promise and could not bring herself to decide to do what was +demanded of her. She must sacrifice herself for the family that had +reared and brought her up. To sacrifice herself for others was Sonya's +habit. Her position in the house was such that only by sacrifice could +she show her worth, and she was accustomed to this and loved doing it. +But in all her former acts of self-sacrifice she had been happily +conscious that they raised her in her own esteem and in that of +others, and so made her more worthy of Nicholas whom she loved more +than anything in the world. But now they wanted her to sacrifice the +very thing that constituted the whole reward for her self-sacrifice +and the whole meaning of her life. And for the first time she felt +bitterness against those who had been her benefactors only to +torture her the more painfully; she felt jealous of Natasha who had +never experienced anything of this sort, had never needed to sacrifice +herself, but made others sacrifice themselves for her and yet was +beloved by everybody. And for the first time Sonya felt that out of +her pure, quiet love for Nicholas a passionate feeling was beginning +to grow up which was stronger than principle, virtue, or religion. +Under the influence of this feeling Sonya, whose life of dependence +had taught her involuntarily to be secretive, having answered the +countess in vague general terms, avoided talking with her and resolved +to wait till she should see Nicholas, not in order to set him free but +on the contrary at that meeting to bind him to her forever. + The bustle and terror of the Rostovs' last days in Moscow stifled +the gloomy thoughts that oppressed Sonya. She was glad to find +escape from them in practical activity. But when she heard of Prince +Andrew's presence in their house, despite her sincere pity for him and +for Natasha, she was seized by a joyful and superstitious feeling that +God did not intend her to be separated from Nicholas. She knew that +Natasha loved no one but Prince Andrew and had never ceased to love +him. She knew that being thrown together again under such terrible +circumstances they would again fall in love with one another, and that +Nicholas would then not be able to marry Princess Mary as they would +be within the prohibited degrees of affinity. Despite all the terror +of what had happened during those last days and during the first +days of their journey, this feeling that Providence was intervening in +her personal affairs cheered Sonya. + At the Troitsa monastery the Rostovs first broke their journey for a +whole day. + Three large rooms were assigned to them in the monastery hostelry, +one of which was occupied by Prince Andrew. The wounded man was much +better that day and Natasha was sitting with him. In the next room sat +the count and countess respectfully conversing with the prior, who was +calling on them as old acquaintances and benefactors of the monastery. +Sonya was there too, tormented by curiosity as to what Prince Andrew +and Natasha were talking about. She heard the sound of their voices +through the door. That door opened and Natasha came out, looking +excited. Not noticing the monk, who had risen to greet her and was +drawing back the wide sleeve on his right arm, she went up to Sonya +and took her hand. + "Natasha, what are you about? Come here!" said the countess. + Natasha went up to the monk for his blessing, and advised her to +pray for aid to God and His saint. + As soon as the prior withdrew, Natasha took her friend by the hand +and went with her into the unoccupied room. + "Sonya, will he live?" she asked. "Sonya, how happy I am, and how +unhappy!... Sonya, dovey, everything is as it used to be. If only he +lives! He cannot... because... because... of" and Natasha burst into +tears. + "Yes! I knew it! Thank God!" murmured Sonya. "He will live." + Sonya was not less agitated than her friend by the latter's fear and +grief and by her own personal feelings which she shared with no one. +Sobbing, she kissed and comforted Natasha. "If only he lives!" she +thought. Having wept, talked, and wiped away their tears, the two +friends went together to Prince Andrew's door. Natasha opened it +cautiously and glanced into the room, Sonya standing beside her at the +half-open door. + Prince Andrew was lying raised high on three pillows. His pale +face was calm, his eyes closed, and they could see his regular +breathing. + "O, Natasha!" Sonya suddenly almost screamed, catching her +companion's arm and stepping back from the door. + "What? What is it?" asked Natasha. + "It's that, that..." said Sonya, with a white face and trembling +lips. + Natasha softly closed the door and went with Sonya to the window, +not yet understanding what the latter was telling her. + "You remember," said Sonya with a solemn and frightened +expression. "You remember when I looked in the mirror for you... at +Otradnoe at Christmas? Do you remember what I saw?" + "Yes, yes!" cried Natasha opening her eyes wide, and vaguely +recalling that Sonya had told her something about Prince Andrew whom +she had seen lying down. + "You remember?" Sonya went on. "I saw it then and told everybody, +you and Dunyasha. I saw him lying on a bed," said she, making a +gesture with her hand and a lifted finger at each detail, "and that he +had his eyes closed and was covered just with a pink quilt, and that +his hands were folded," she concluded, convincing herself that the +details she had just seen were exactly what she had seen in the +mirror. + She had in fact seen nothing then but had mentioned the first +thing that came into her head, but what she had invented then seemed +to her now as real as any other recollection. She not only +remembered what she had then said- that he turned to look at her and +smiled and was covered with something red- but was firmly convinced +that she had then seen and said that he was covered with a pink +quilt and that his eyes were closed. + "Yes, yes, it really was pink!" cried Natasha, who now thought she +too remembered the word pink being used, and saw in this the most +extraordinary and mysterious part of the prediction. + "But what does it mean?" she added meditatively. + "Oh, I don't know, it is all so strange," replied Sonya, clutching +at her head. + A few minutes later Prince Andrew rang and Natasha went to him, +but Sonya, feeling unusually excited and touched, remained at the +window thinking about the strangeness of what had occurred. + + They had an opportunity that day to send letters to the army, and +the countess was writing to her son. + "Sonya!" said the countess, raising her eyes from her letter as +her niece passed, "Sonya, won't you write to Nicholas?" She spoke in a +soft, tremulous voice, and in the weary eyes that looked over her +spectacles Sonya read all that the countess meant to convey with these +words. Those eyes expressed entreaty, shame at having to ask, fear +of a refusal, and readiness for relentless hatred in case of such +refusal. + Sonya went up to the countess and, kneeling down, kissed her hand. + "Yes, Mamma, I will write," said she. + Sonya was softened, excited, and touched by all that had occurred +that day, especially by the mysterious fulfillment she had just seen +of her vision. Now that she knew that the renewal of Natasha's +relations with Prince Andrew would prevent Nicholas from marrying +Princess Mary, she was joyfully conscious of a return of that +self-sacrificing spirit in which she was accustomed to live and +loved to live. So with a joyful consciousness of performing a +magnanimous deed- interrupted several times by the tears that dimmed +her velvety black eyes- she wrote that touching letter the arrival +of which had so amazed Nicholas. +BK12|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + The officer and soldiers who had arrested Pierre treated him with +hostility but yet with respect, in the guardhouse to which he was +taken. In their attitude toward him could still be felt both +uncertainty as to who he might be- perhaps a very important person- +and hostility as a result of their recent personal conflict with him. + But when the guard was relieved next morning, Pierre felt that for +the new guard- both officers and men- he was not as interesting as +he had been to his captors; and in fact the guard of the second day +did not recognize in this big, stout man in a peasant coat the +vigorous person who had fought so desperately with the marauder and +the convoy and had uttered those solemn words about saving a child; +they saw in him only No. 17 of the captured Russians, arrested and +detained for some reason by order of the Higher Command. If they +noticed anything remarkable about Pierre, it was only his unabashed, +meditative concentration and thoughtfulness, and the way he spoke +French, which struck them as surprisingly good. In spite of this he +was placed that day with the other arrested suspects, as the +separate room he had occupied was required by an officer. + All the Russians confined with Pierre were men of the lowest class +and, recognizing him as a gentleman, they all avoided him, more +especially as he spoke French. Pierre felt sad at hearing them +making fun of him. + That evening he learned that all these prisoners (he, probably, +among them) were to be tried for incendiarism. On the third day he was +taken with the others to a house where a French general with a white +mustache sat with two colonels and other Frenchmen with scarves on +their arms. With the precision and definiteness customary in +addressing prisoners, and which is supposed to preclude human frailty, +Pierre like the others was questioned as to who he was, where he had +been, with what object, and so on. + These questions, like questions put at trials generally, left the +essence of the matter aside, shut out the possibility of that +essence's being revealed, and were designed only to form a channel +through which the judges wished the answers of the accused to flow +so as to lead to the desired result, namely a conviction. As soon as +Pierre began to say anything that did not fit in with that aim, the +channel was removed and the water could flow to waste. Pierre felt, +moreover, what the accused always feel at their trial, perplexity as +to why these questions were put to him. He had a feeling that it was +only out of condescension or a kind of civility that this device of +placing a channel was employed. He knew he was in these men's power, +that only by force had they brought him there, that force alone gave +them the right to demand answers to their questions, and that the sole +object of that assembly was to inculpate him. And so, as they had +the power and wish to inculpate him, this expedient of an inquiry +and trial seemed unnecessary. It was evident that any answer would +lead to conviction. When asked what he was doing when he was arrested, +Pierre replied in a rather tragic manner that he was restoring to +its parents a child he had saved from the flames. Why had he fought +the marauder? Pierre answered that he "was protecting a woman," and +that "to protect a woman who was being insulted was the duty of +every man; that..." They interrupted him, for this was not to the +point. Why was he in the yard of a burning house where witnesses had +seen him? He replied that he had gone out to see what was happening in +Moscow. Again they interrupted him: they had not asked where he was +going, but why he was found near the fire? Who was he? they asked, +repeating their first question, which he had declined to answer. Again +he replied that he could not answer it. + "Put that down, that's bad... very bad," sternly remarked the +general with the white mustache and red flushed face. + + On the fourth day fires broke out on the Zubovski rampart. + Pierre and thirteen others were moved to the coach house of a +merchant's house near the Crimean bridge. On his way through the +streets Pierre felt stifled by the smoke which seemed to hang over the +whole city. Fires were visible on all sides. He did not then realize +the significance of the burning of Moscow, and looked at the fires +with horror. + He passed four days in the coach house near the Crimean bridge and +during that time learned, from the talk of the French soldiers, that +all those confined there were awaiting a decision which might come any +day from the marshal. What marshal this was, Pierre could not learn +from the soldiers. Evidently for them "the marshal" represented a very +high and rather mysterious power. + These first days, before the eighth of September when the +prisoners were had up for a second examination, were the hardest of +all for Pierre. +BK12|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + On the eighth of September an officer- a very important one +judging by the respect the guards showed him- entered the coach +house where the prisoners were. This officer, probably someone on +the staff, was holding a paper in his hand, and called over all the +Russians there, naming Pierre as "the man who does not give his name." +Glancing indolently and indifferently at all the prisoners, he ordered +the officer in charge to have them decently dressed and tidied up +before taking them to the marshal. An hour later a squad of soldiers +arrived and Pierre with thirteen others was led to the Virgin's Field. +It was a fine day, sunny after rain, and the air was unusually pure. +The smoke did not hang low as on the day when Pierre had been taken +from the guardhouse on the Zubovski rampart, but rose through the pure +air in columns. No flames were seen, but columns of smoke rose on +all sides, and all Moscow as far as Pierre could see was one vast +charred ruin. On all sides there were waste spaces with only stoves +and chimney stacks still standing, and here and there the blackened +walls of some brick houses. Pierre gazed at the ruins and did not +recognize districts he had known well. Here and there he could see +churches that had not been burned. The Kremlin, which was not +destroyed, gleamed white in the distance with its towers and the +belfry of Ivan the Great. The domes of the New Convent of the Virgin +glittered brightly and its bells were ringing particularly clearly. +These bells reminded Pierre that it was Sunday and the feast of the +Nativity of the Virgin. But there seemed to be no one to celebrate +this holiday: everywhere were blackened ruins, and the few Russians to +be seen were tattered and frightened people who tried to hide when +they saw the French. + It was plain that the Russian nest was ruined and destroyed, but +in place of the Russian order of life that had been destroyed, +Pierre unconsciously felt that a quite different, firm, French order +had been established over this ruined nest. He felt this in the +looks of the soldiers who, marching in regular ranks briskly and +gaily, were escorting him and the other criminals; he felt it in the +looks of an important French official in a carriage and pair driven by +a soldier, whom they met on the way. He felt it in the merry sounds of +regimental music he heard from the left side of the field, and felt +and realized it especially from the list of prisoners the French +officer had read out when he came that morning. Pierre had been +taken by one set of soldiers and led first to one and then to +another place with dozens of other men, and it seemed that they +might have forgotten him, or confused him with the others. But no: the +answers he had given when questioned had come back to him in his +designation as "the man who does not give his name," and under that +appellation, which to Pierre seemed terrible, they were now leading +him somewhere with unhesitating assurance on their faces that he and +all the other prisoners were exactly the ones they wanted and that +they were being taken to the proper place. Pierre felt himself to be +an insignificant chip fallen among the wheels of a machine whose +action he did not understand but which was working well. + He and the other prisoners were taken to the right side of the +Virgin's Field, to a large white house with an immense garden not +far from the convent. This was Prince Shcherbitov's house, where +Pierre had often been in other days, and which, as he learned from the +talk of the soldiers, was now occupied by the marshal, the Duke of +Eckmuhl (Davout). + They were taken to the entrance and led into the house one by one. +Pierre was the sixth to enter. He was conducted through a glass +gallery, an anteroom, and a hall, which were familiar to him, into a +long low study at the door of which stood an adjutant. + Davout, spectacles on nose, sat bent over a table at the further end +of the room. Pierre went close up to him, but Davout, evidently +consulting a paper that lay before him, did not look up. Without +raising his eyes, he said in a low voice: + "Who are you?" + Pierre was silent because he was incapable of uttering a word. To +him Davout was not merely a French general, but a man notorious for +his cruelty. Looking at his cold face, as he sat like a stern +schoolmaster who was prepared to wait awhile for an answer, Pierre +felt that every instant of delay might cost him his life; but he did +not know what to say. He did not venture to repeat what he had said at +his first examination, yet to disclose his rank and position was +dangerous and embarrassing. So he was silent. But before he had +decided what to do, Davout raised his head, pushed his spectacles back +on his forehead, screwed up his eyes, and looked intently at him. + "I know that man," he said in a cold, measured tone, evidently +calculated to frighten Pierre. + The chill that had been running down Pierre's back now seized his +head as in a vise. + "You cannot know me, General, I have never seen you..." + "He is a Russian spy," Davout interrupted, addressing another +general who was present, but whom Pierre had not noticed. + Davout turned away. With an unexpected reverberation in his voice +Pierre rapidly began: + "No, monseigneur," he said, suddenly remembering that Davout was a +duke. "No, monseigneur, you cannot have known me. I am a militia +officer and have not quitted Moscow." + "Your name?" asked Davout. + "Bezukhov." + "What proof have I that you are not lying?" + "Monseigneur!" exclaimed Pierre, not in an offended but in a +pleading voice. + Davout looked up and gazed intently at him. For some seconds they +looked at one another, and that look saved Pierre. Apart from +conditions of war and law, that look established human relations +between the two men. At that moment an immense number of things passed +dimly through both their minds, and they realized that they were +both children of humanity and were brothers. + At the first glance, when Davout had only raised his head from the +papers where human affairs and lives were indicated by numbers, Pierre +was merely a circumstance, and Davout could have shot him without +burdening his conscience with an evil deed, but now he saw in him a +human being. He reflected for a moment. + "How can you show me that you are telling the truth?" said Davout +coldly. + Pierre remembered Ramballe, and named him and his regiment and the +street where the house was. + "You are not what you say," returned Davout. + In a trembling, faltering voice Pierre began adducing proofs of +the truth of his statements. + But at that moment an adjutant entered and reported something to +Davout. + Davout brightened up at the news the adjutant brought, and began +buttoning up his uniform. It seemed that he had quite forgotten +Pierre. + When the adjutant reminded him of the prisoner, he jerked his head +in Pierre's direction with a frown and ordered him to be led away. But +where they were to take him Pierre did not know: back to the coach +house or to the place of execution his companions had pointed out to +him as they crossed the Virgin's Field. + He turned his head and saw that the adjutant was putting another +question to Davout. + "Yes, of course!" replied Davout, but what this "yes" meant, +Pierre did not know. + Pierre could not afterwards remember how he went, whether it was +far, or in which direction. His faculties were quite numbed, he was +stupefied, and noticing nothing around him went on moving his legs +as the others did till they all stopped and he stopped too. The only +thought in his mind at that time was: who was it that had really +sentenced him to death? Not the men on the commission that had first +examined him- not one of them wished to or, evidently, could have done +it. It was not Davout, who had looked at him in so human a way. In +another moment Davout would have realized that he was doing wrong, but +just then the adjutant had come in and interrupted him. The +adjutant, also, had evidently had no evil intent though he might +have refrained from coming in. Then who was executing him, killing +him, depriving him of life- him, Pierre, with all his memories, +aspirations, hopes, and thoughts? Who was doing this? And Pierre +felt that it was no one. + It was a system- a concurrence of circumstances. + A system of some sort was killing him- Pierre- depriving him of +life, of everything, annihilating him. +BK12|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + From Prince Shcherbatov's house the prisoners were led straight down +the Virgin's Field, to the left of the nunnery, as far as a kitchen +garden in which a post had been set up. Beyond that post a fresh pit +had been dug in the ground, and near the post and the pit a large +crowd stood in a semicircle. The crowd consisted of a few Russians and +many of Napoleon's soldiers who were not on duty- Germans, Italians, +and Frenchmen, in a variety of uniforms. To the right and left of +the post stood rows of French troops in blue uniforms with red +epaulets and high boots and shakos. + The prisoners were placed in a certain order, according to the +list (Pierre was sixth), and were led to the post. Several drums +suddenly began to beat on both sides of them, and at that sound Pierre +felt as if part of his soul had been torn away. He lost the power of +thinking or understanding. He could only hear and see. And he had only +one wish- that the frightful thing that had to happen should happen +quickly. Pierre looked round at his fellow prisoners and scrutinized +them. + The two first were convicts with shaven heads. One was tall and +thin, the other dark, shaggy, and sinewy, with a flat nose. The +third was a domestic serf, about forty-five years old, with grizzled +hair and a plump, well-nourished body. The fourth was a peasant, a +very handsome man with a broad, light-brown beard and black eyes. +The fifth was a factory hand, a thin, sallow-faced lad of eighteen +in a loose coat. + Pierre heard the French consulting whether to shoot them +separately or two at a time. "In couples," replied the officer in +command in a calm voice. There was a stir in the ranks of the soldiers +and it was evident that they were all hurrying- not as men hurry to do +something they understand, but as people hurry to finish a necessary +but unpleasant and incomprehensible task. + A French official wearing a scarf came up to the right of the row of +prisoners and read out the sentence in Russian and in French. + Then two pairs of Frenchmen approached the criminals and at the +officer's command took the two convicts who stood first in the row. +The convicts stopped when they reached the post and, while sacks +were being brought, looked dumbly around as a wounded beast looks at +an approaching huntsman. One crossed himself continually, the other +scratched his back and made a movement of the lips resembling a smile. +With hurried hands the soldiers blindfolded them, drawing the sacks +over their heads, and bound them to the post. + Twelve sharpshooters with muskets stepped out of the ranks with a +firm regular tread and halted eight paces from the post. Pierre turned +away to avoid seeing what was going to happen. Suddenly a crackling, +rolling noise was heard which seemed to him louder than the most +terrific thunder, and he looked round. There was some smoke, and the +Frenchmen were doing something near the pit, with pale faces and +trembling hands. Two more prisoners were led up. In the same way and +with similar looks, these two glanced vainly at the onlookers with +only a silent appeal for protection in their eyes, evidently unable to +understand or believe what was going to happen to them. They could not +believe it because they alone knew what their life meant to them, +and so they neither understood nor believed that it could be taken +from them. + Again Pierre did not wish to look and again turned away; but again +the sound as of a frightful explosion struck his ear, and at the +same moment he saw smoke, blood, and the pale, scared faces of the +Frenchmen who were again doing something by the post, their +trembling hands impeding one another. Pierre, breathing heavily, +looked around as if asking what it meant. The same question was +expressed in all the looks that met his. + On the faces of all the Russians and of the French soldiers and +officers without exception, he read the same dismay, horror, and +conflict that were in his own heart. "But who, after all, is doing +this? They are all suffering as I am. Who then is it? Who?" flashed +for an instant through his mind. + "Sharpshooters of the 86th, forward!" shouted someone. The fifth +prisoner, the one next to Pierre, was led away- alone. Pierre did +not understand that he was saved, that he and the rest had been +brought there only to witness the execution. With ever-growing horror, +and no sense of joy or relief, he gazed at what was taking place. +The fifth man was the factory lad in the loose cloak. The moment +they laid hands on him he sprang aside in terror and clutched at +Pierre. (Pierre shuddered and shook himself free.) The lad was +unable to walk. They dragged him along, holding him up under the arms, +and he screamed. When they got him to the post he grew quiet, as if he +suddenly understood something. Whether he understood that screaming +was useless or whether he thought it incredible that men should kill +him, at any rate he took his stand at the post, waiting to be +blindfolded like the others, and like a wounded animal looked around +him with glittering eyes. + Pierre was no longer able to turn away and close his eyes. His +curiosity and agitation, like that of the whole crowd, reached the +highest pitch at this fifth murder. Like the others this fifth man +seemed calm; he wrapped his loose cloak closer and rubbed one bare +foot with the other. + When they began to blindfold him he himself adjusted the knot +which hurt the back of his head; then when they propped him against +the bloodstained post, he leaned back and, not being comfortable in +that position, straightened himself, adjusted his feet, and leaned +back again more comfortably. Pierre did not take his eyes from him and +did not miss his slightest movement. + Probably a word of command was given and was followed by the reports +of eight muskets; but try as he would Pierre could not afterwards +remember having heard the slightest sound of the shots. He only saw +how the workman suddenly sank down on the cords that held him, how +blood showed itself in two places, how the ropes slackened under the +weight of the hanging body, and how the workman sat down, his head +hanging unnaturally and one leg bent under him. Pierre ran up to the +post. No one hindered him. Pale, frightened people were doing +something around the workman. The lower jaw of an old Frenchman with a +thick mustache trembled as he untied the ropes. The body collapsed. +The soldiers dragged it awkwardly from the post and began pushing it +into the pit. + They all plainly and certainly knew that they were criminals who +must hide the traces of their guilt as quickly as possible. + Pierre glanced into the pit and saw that the factory lad was lying +with his knees close up to his head and one shoulder higher than the +other. That shoulder rose and fell rhythmically and convulsively, +but spadefuls of earth were already being thrown over the whole +body. One of the soldiers, evidently suffering, shouted gruffly and +angrily at Pierre to go back. But Pierre did not understand him and +remained near the post, and no one drove him away. + When the pit had been filled up a command was given. Pierre was +taken back to his place, and the rows of troops on both sides of the +post made a half turn and went past it at a measured pace. The +twenty-four sharpshooters with discharged muskets, standing in the +center of the circle, ran back to their places as the companies passed +by. + Pierre gazed now with dazed eyes at these sharpshooters who ran in +couples out of the circle. All but one rejoined their companies. +This one, a young soldier, his face deadly pale, his shako pushed +back, and his musket resting on the ground, still stood near the pit +at the spot from which he had fired. He swayed like a drunken man, +taking some steps forward and back to save himself from falling. An +old, noncommissioned officer ran out of the ranks and taking him by +the elbow dragged him to his company. The crowd of Russians and +Frenchmen began to disperse. They all went away silently and with +drooping heads. + "That will teach them to start fires," said one of the Frenchmen. + Pierre glanced round at the speaker and saw that it was a soldier +who was trying to find some relief after what had been done, but was +not able to do so. Without finishing what he had begun to say he +made a hopeless movement with his arm and went away. +BK12|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + After the execution Pierre was separated from the rest of the +prisoners and placed alone in a small, ruined, and befouled church. + Toward evening a noncommissioned officer entered with two soldiers +and told him that he had been pardoned and would now go to the +barracks for the prisoners of war. Without understanding what was said +to him, Pierre got up and went with the soldiers. They took him to the +upper end of the field, where there were some sheds built of charred +planks, beams, and battens, and led him into one of them. In the +darkness some twenty different men surrounded Pierre. He looked at +them without understanding who they were, why they were there, or what +they wanted of him. He heard what they said, but did not understand +the meaning of the words and made no kind of deduction from or +application of them. He replied to questions they put to him, but +did not consider who was listening to his replies, nor how they +would understand them. He looked at their faces and figures, but +they all seemed to him equally meaningless. + From the moment Pierre had witnessed those terrible murders +committed by men who did not wish to commit them, it was as if the +mainspring of his life, on which everything depended and which made +everything appear alive, had suddenly been wrenched out and everything +had collapsed into a heap of meaningless rubbish. Though he did not +acknowledge it to himself, his faith in the right ordering of the +universe, in humanity, in his own soul, and in God, had been +destroyed. He had experienced this before, but never so strongly as +now. When similar doubts had assailed him before, they had been the +result of his own wrongdoing, and at the bottom of his heart he had +felt that relief from his despair and from those doubts was to be +found within himself. But now he felt that the universe had crumbled +before his eyes and only meaningless ruins remained, and this not by +any fault of his own. He felt that it was not in his power to regain +faith in the meaning of life. + Around him in the darkness men were standing and evidently something +about him interested them greatly. They were telling him something and +asking him something. Then they led him away somewhere, and at last he +found himself in a corner of the shed among men who were laughing +and talking on all sides. + "Well, then, mates... that very prince who..." some voice at the +other end of the shed was saying, with a strong emphasis on the word +who. + Sitting silent and motionless on a heap of straw against the wall, +Pierre sometimes opened and sometimes closed his eyes. But as soon +as he closed them he saw before him the dreadful face of the factory +lad- especially dreadful because of its simplicity- and the faces of +the murderers, even more dreadful because of their disquiet. And he +opened his eyes again and stared vacantly into the darkness around +him. + Beside him in a stooping position sat a small man of whose +presence he was first made aware by a strong smell of perspiration +which came from him every time he moved. This man was doing +something to his legs in the darkness, and though Pierre could not see +his face he felt that the man continually glanced at him. On growing +used to the darkness Pierre saw that the man was taking off his leg +bands, and the way he did it aroused Pierre's interest. + Having unwound the string that tied the band on one leg, he +carefully coiled it up and immediately set to work on the other leg, +glancing up at Pierre. While one hand hung up the first string the +other was already unwinding the band on the second leg. In this way, +having carefully removed the leg bands by deft circular motions of his +arm following one another uninterruptedly, the man hung the leg +bands up on some pegs fixed above his head. Then he took out a +knife, cut something, closed the knife, placed it under the head of +his bed, and, seating himself comfortably, clasped his arms round +his lifted knees and fixed his eyes on Pierre. The latter was +conscious of something pleasant, comforting, and well rounded in these +deft movements, in the man's well-ordered arrangements in his +corner, and even in his very smell, and he looked at the man without +taking his eyes from him. + "You've seen a lot of trouble, sir, eh?" the little man suddenly +said. + And there was so much kindliness and simplicity in his singsong +voice that Pierre tried to reply, but his jaw trembled and he felt +tears rising to his eyes. The little fellow, giving Pierre no time +to betray his confusion, instantly continued in the same pleasant +tones: + "Eh, lad, don't fret!" said he, in the tender singsong caressing +voice old Russian peasant women employ. "Don't fret, friend- 'suffer +an hour, live for an age!' that's how it is, my dear fellow. And +here we live, thank heaven, without offense. Among these folk, too, +there are good men as well as bad," said he, and still speaking, he +turned on his knees with a supple movement, got up, coughed, and +went off to another part of the shed. + "Eh, you rascal!" Pierre heard the same kind voice saying at the +other end of the shed. "So you've come, you rascal? She remembers... +Now, now, that'll do!" + And the soldier, pushing away a little dog that was jumping up at +him, returned to his place and sat down. In his hands he had something +wrapped in a rag. + "Here, eat a bit, sir," said he, resuming his former respectful tone +as he unwrapped and offered Pierre some baked potatoes. "We had soup +for dinner and the potatoes are grand!" + Pierre had not eaten all day and the smell of the potatoes seemed +extremely pleasant to him. He thanked the soldier and began to eat. + "Well, are they all right?" said the soldier with a smile. "You +should do like this." + He took a potato, drew out his clasp knife, cut the potato into +two equal halves on the palm of his hand, sprinkled some salt on it +from the rag, and handed it to Pierre. + "The potatoes are grand!" he said once more. "Eat some like that!" + Pierre thought he had never eaten anything that tasted better. + "Oh, I'm all right," said he, "but why did they shoot those poor +fellows? The last one was hardly twenty." + "Tss, tt...!" said the little man. "Ah, what a sin... what a sin!" +he added quickly, and as if his words were always waiting ready in his +mouth and flew out involuntarily he went on: "How was it, sir, that +you stayed in Moscow?" + "I didn't think they would come so soon. I stayed accidentally," +replied Pierre. + "And how did they arrest you, dear lad? At your house?" + "No, I went to look at the fire, and they arrested me there, and +tried me as an incendiary." + "Where there's law there's injustice," put in the little man. + "And have you been here long?" Pierre asked as he munched the last +of the potato. + "I? It was last Sunday they took me, out of a hospital in Moscow." + "Why, are you a soldier then?" + "Yes, we are soldiers of the Apsheron regiment. I was dying of +fever. We weren't told anything. There were some twenty of us lying +there. We had no idea, never guessed at all." + "And do you feel sad here?" Pierre inquired. + "How can one help it, lad? My name is Platon, and the surname is +Karataev," he added, evidently wishing to make it easier for Pierre to +address him. "They call me 'little falcon' in the regiment. How is one +to help feeling sad? Moscow- she's the mother of cities. How can one +see all this and not feel sad? But 'the maggot gnaws the cabbage, +yet dies first'; that's what the old folks used to tell us," he +added rapidly. + "What? What did you say?" asked Pierre. + "Who? I?" said Karataev. "I say things happen not as we plan but +as God judges," he replied, thinking that he was repeating what he had +said before, and immediately continued: + "Well, and you, have you a family estate, sir? And a house? So you +have abundance, then? And a housewife? And your old parents, are +they still living?" he asked. + And though it was too dark for Pierre to see, he felt that a +suppressed smile of kindliness puckered the soldier's lips as he put +these questions. He seemed grieved that Pierre had no parents, +especially that he had no mother. + "A wife for counsel, a mother-in-law for welcome, but there's none +as dear as one's own mother!" said he. "Well, and have you little +ones?" he went on asking. + Again Pierre's negative answer seemed to distress him, and he +hastened to add: + "Never mind! You're young folks yet, and please God may still have +some. The great thing is to live in harmony...." + "But it's all the same now," Pierre could not help saying. + "Ah, my dear fellow!" rejoined Karataev, "never decline a prison +or a beggar's sack!" + He seated himself more comfortably and coughed, evidently +preparing to tell a long story. + "Well, my dear fellow, I was still living at home," he began. "We +had a well-to-do homestead, plenty of land, we peasants lived well and +our house was one to thank God for. When Father and we went out mowing +there were seven of us. We lived well. We were real peasants. It so +happened..." + And Platon Karataev told a long story of how he had gone into +someone's copse to take wood, how he had been caught by the keeper, +had been tried, flogged, and sent to serve as a soldier. + "Well, lad," and a smile changed the tone of his voice "we thought +it was a misfortune but it turned out a blessing! If it had not been +for my sin, my brother would have had to go as a soldier. But he, my +younger brother, had five little ones, while I, you see, only left a +wife behind. We had a little girl, but God took her before I went as a +soldier. I come home on leave and I'll tell you how it was, I look and +see that they are living better than before. The yard full of +cattle, the women at home, two brothers away earning wages, and only +Michael the youngest, at home. Father, he says, 'All my children are +the same to me: it hurts the same whichever finger gets bitten. But if +Platon hadn't been shaved for a soldier, Michael would have had to +go.' called us all to him and, will you believe it, placed us in front +of the icons. 'Michael,' he says, 'come here and bow down to his feet; +and you, young woman, you bow down too; and you, grandchildren, also +bow down before him! Do you understand?' he says. That's how it is, +dear fellow. Fate looks for a head. But we are always judging, 'that's +not well- that's not right!' Our luck is like water in a dragnet: +you pull at it and it bulges, but when you've drawn it out it's empty! +That's how it is." + And Platon shifted his seat on the straw. + After a short silence he rose. + "Well, I think you must be sleepy," said he, and began rapidly +crossing himself and repeating: + "Lord Jesus Christ, holy Saint Nicholas, Frola and Lavra! Lord Jesus +Christ, holy Saint Nicholas, Frola and Lavra! Lord Jesus Christ, +have mercy on us and save us!" he concluded, then bowed to the ground, +got up, sighed, and sat down again on his heap of straw. "That's the +way. Lay me down like a stone, O God, and raise me up like a loaf," he +muttered as he lay down, pulling his coat over him. + "What prayer was that you were saying?" asked Pierre. + "Eh?" murmured Platon, who had almost fallen asleep. "What was I +saying? I was praying. Don't you pray?" + "Yes, I do," said Pierre. "But what was that you said: Frola and +Lavra?" + "Well, of course," replied Platon quickly, "the horses' saints. +One must pity the animals too. Eh, the rascal! Now you've curled up +and got warm, you daughter of a bitch!" said Karataev, touching the +dog that lay at his feet, and again turning over he fell asleep +immediately. + Sounds of crying and screaming came from somewhere in the distance +outside, and flames were visible through the cracks of the shed, but +inside it was quiet and dark. For a long time Pierre did not sleep, +but lay with eyes open in the darkness, listening to the regular +snoring of Platon who lay beside him, and he felt that the world +that had been shattered was once more stirring in his soul with a +new beauty and on new and unshakable foundations. +BK12|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + Twenty-three soldiers, three officers, and two officials were +confined in the shed in which Pierre had been placed and where he +remained for four weeks. + When Pierre remembered them afterwards they all seemed misty figures +to him except Platon Karataev, who always remained in his mind a +most vivid and precious memory and the personification of everything +Russian, kindly, and round. When Pierre saw his neighbor next +morning at dawn the first impression of him, as of something round, +was fully confirmed: Platon's whole figure- in a French overcoat +girdled with a cord, a soldier's cap, and bast shoes- was round. His +head was quite round, his back, chest, shoulders, and even his arms, +which he held as if ever ready to embrace something, were rounded, his +pleasant smile and his large, gentle brown eyes were also round. + Platon Karataev must have been fifty, judging by his stories of +campaigns he had been in, told as by an old soldier. He did not +himself know his age and was quite unable to determine it. But his +brilliantly white, strong teeth which showed in two unbroken +semicircles when he laughed- as he often did- were all sound and good, +there was not a gray hair in his beard or on his head, and his whole +body gave an impression of suppleness and especially of firmness and +endurance. + His face, despite its fine, rounded wrinkles, had an expression of +innocence and youth, his voice was pleasant and musical. But the chief +peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness. It +was evident that he never considered what he had said or was going +to say, and consequently the rapidity and justice of his intonation +had an irresistible persuasiveness. + His physical strength and agility during the first days of his +imprisonment were such that he seemed not to know what fatigue and +sickness meant. Every night before lying down, he said: "Lord, lay +me down as a stone and raise me up as a loaf!" and every morning on +getting up, he said: "I lay down and curled up, I get up and shake +myself." And indeed he only had to lie down, to fall asleep like a +stone, and he only had to shake himself, to be ready without a +moment's delay for some work, just as children are ready to play +directly they awake. He could do everything, not very well but not +badly. He baked, cooked, sewed, planed, and mended boots. He was +always busy, and only at night allowed himself conversation- of +which he was fond- and songs. He did not sing like a trained singer +who knows he is listened to, but like the birds, evidently giving vent +to the sounds in the same way that one stretches oneself or walks +about to get rid of stiffness, and the sounds were always +high-pitched, mournful, delicate, and almost feminine, and his face at +such times was very serious. + Having been taken prisoner and allowed his beard to grow, he +seemed to have thrown off all that had been forced upon him- +everything military and alien to himself- and had returned to his +former peasant habits. + "A soldier on leave- a shirt outside breeches," he would say. + He did not like talking about his life as a soldier, though he did +not complain, and often mentioned that he had not been flogged once +during the whole of his army service. When he related anything it +was generally some old and evidently precious memory of his +"Christian" life, as he called his peasant existence. The proverbs, of +which his talk was full, were for the most part not the coarse and +indecent saws soldiers employ, but those folk sayings which taken +without a context seem so insignificant, but when used appositely +suddenly acquire a significance of profound wisdom. + He would often say the exact opposite of what he had said on a +previous occasion, yet both would be right. He liked to talk and he +talked well, adorning his speech with terms of endearment and with +folk sayings which Pierre thought he invented himself, but the chief +charm of his talk lay in the fact that the commonest events- sometimes +just such as Pierre had witnessed without taking notice of them- +assumed in Karataev's a character of solemn fitness. He liked to +hear the folk tales one of the soldiers used to tell of an evening +(they were always the same), but most of all he liked to hear +stories of real life. He would smile joyfully when listening to such +stories, now and then putting in a word or asking a question to make +the moral beauty of what he was told clear to himself. Karataev had no +attachments, friendships, or love, as Pierre understood them, but +loved and lived affectionately with everything life brought him in +contact with, particularly with man- not any particular man, but those +with whom he happened to be. He loved his dog, his comrades, the +French, and Pierre who was his neighbor, but Pierre felt that in spite +of Karataev's affectionate tenderness for him (by which he +unconsciously gave Pierre's spiritual life its due) he would not +have grieved for a moment at parting from him. And Pierre began to +feel in the same way toward Karataev. + To all the other prisoners Platon Karataev seemed a most ordinary +soldier. They called him "little falcon" or "Platosha," chaffed him +good-naturedly, and sent him on errands. But to Pierre he always +remained what he had seemed that first night: an unfathomable, +rounded, eternal personification of the spirit of simplicity and +truth. + Platon Karataev knew nothing by heart except his prayers. When he +began to speak he seemed not to know how he would conclude. + Sometimes Pierre, struck by the meaning of his words, would ask +him to repeat them, but Platon could never recall what he had said a +moment before, just as he never could repeat to Pierre the words of +his favorite song: native and birch tree and my heart is sick occurred +in it, but when spoken and not sung, no meaning could be got out of +it. He did not, and could not, understand the meaning of words apart +from their context. Every word and action of his was the manifestation +of an activity unknown to him, which was his life. But his life, as he +regarded it, had no meaning as a separate thing. It had meaning only +as part of a whole of which he was always conscious. His words and +actions flowed from him as evenly, inevitably, and spontaneously as +fragrance exhales from a flower. He could not understand the value +or significance of any word or deed taken separately. +BK12|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + When Princess Mary heard from Nicholas that her brother was with the +Rostovs at Yaroslavl she at once prepared to go there, in spite of her +aunt's efforts to dissuade her- and not merely to go herself but to +take her nephew with her. Whether it were difficult or easy, +possible or impossible, she did not ask and did not want to know: it +was her duty not only herself to be near her brother who was perhaps +dying, but to do everything possible to take his son to him, and so +she prepared to set off. That she had not heard from Prince Andrew +himself, Princess Mary attributed to his being too weak to write or to +his considering the long journey too hard and too dangerous for her +and his son. + In a few days Princess Mary was ready to start. Her equipages were +the huge family coach in which she had traveled to Voronezh, a +semiopen trap, and a baggage cart. With her traveled Mademoiselle +Bourienne, little Nicholas and his tutor, her old nurse, three +maids, Tikhon, and a young footman and courier her aunt had sent to +accompany her. + The usual route through Moscow could not be thought of, and the +roundabout way Princess Mary was obliged to take through Lipetsk, +Ryazan, Vladimir, and Shuya was very long and, as post horses were not +everywhere obtainable, very difficult, and near Ryazan where the +French were said to have shown themselves was even dangerous. + During this difficult journey Mademoiselle Bourienne, Dessalles, and +Princess Mary's servants were astonished at her energy and firmness of +spirit. She went to bed later and rose earlier than any of them, and +no difficulties daunted her. Thanks to her activity and energy, +which infected her fellow travelers, they approached Yaroslavl by +the end of the second week. + The last days of her stay in Voronezh had been the happiest of her +life. Her love for Rostov no longer tormented or agitated her. It +filled her whole soul, had become an integral part of herself, and she +no longer struggled against it. Latterly she had become convinced that +she loved and was beloved, though she never said this definitely to +herself in words. She had become convinced of it at her last interview +with Nicholas, when he had come to tell her that her brother was +with the Rostovs. Not by a single word had Nicholas alluded to the +fact that Prince Andrew's relations with Natasha might, if he +recovered, be renewed, but Princess Mary saw by his face that he +knew and thought of this. + Yet in spite of that, his relation to her- considerate, delicate, +and loving- not only remained unchanged, but it sometimes seemed to +Princess Mary that he was even glad that the family connection between +them allowed him to express his friendship more freely. She knew +that she loved for the first and only time in her life and felt that +she was beloved, and was happy in regard to it. + But this happiness on one side of her spiritual nature did not +prevent her feeling grief for her brother with full force; on the +contrary, that spiritual tranquility on the one side made it the +more possible for her to give full play to her feeling for her +brother. That feeling was so strong at the moment of leaving +Voronezh that those who saw her off, as they looked at her careworn, +despairing face, felt sure she would fall ill on the journey. But +the very difficulties and preoccupations of the journey, which she +took so actively in hand, saved her for a while from her grief and +gave her strength. + As always happens when traveling, Princess Mary thought only of +the journey itself, forgetting its object. But as she approached +Yaroslavl the thought of what might await her there- not after many +days, but that very evening- again presented itself to her and her +agitation increased to its utmost limit. + The courier who had been sent on in advance to find out where the +Rostovs were staying in Yaroslavl, and in what condition Prince Andrew +was, when he met the big coach just entering the town gates was +appalled by the terrible pallor of the princess' face that looked +out at him from the window. + "I have found out everything, your excellency: the Rostovs are +staying at the merchant Bronnikov's house, in the Square not far +from here, right above the Volga," said the courier. + Princess Mary looked at him with frightened inquiry, not +understanding why he did not reply to what she chiefly wanted to know: +how was her brother? Mademoiselle Bourienne put that question for her. + "How is the prince?" she asked. + "His excellency is staying in the same house with them." + "Then he is alive," thought Princess Mary, and asked in a low voice: +"How is he?" + "The servants say he is still the same." + What "still the same" might mean Princess Mary did not ask, but with +an unnoticed glance at little seven-year-old Nicholas, who was sitting +in front of her looking with pleasure at the town, she bowed her +head and did not raise it again till the heavy coach, rumbling, +shaking and swaying, came to a stop. The carriage steps clattered as +they were let down. + The carriage door was opened. On the left there was water- a great +river- and on the right a porch. There were people at the entrance: +servants, and a rosy girl with a large plait of black hair, smiling as +it seemed to Princess Mary in an unpleasantly affected way. (This +was Sonya.) Princess Mary ran up the steps. "This way, this way!" said +the girl, with the same artificial smile, and the princess found +herself in the hall facing an elderly woman of Oriental type, who came +rapidly to meet her with a look of emotion. This was the countess. She +embraced Princess Mary and kissed her. + "Mon enfant!" she muttered, "je vous aime et vous connais depuis +longtemps."* + + *"My child! I love you and have known you a long time." + + Despite her excitement, Princess Mary realized that this was the +countess and that it was necessary to say something to her. Hardly +knowing how she did it, she contrived to utter a few polite phrases in +French in the same tone as those that had been addressed to her, and +asked: "How is he?" + "The doctor says that he is not in danger," said the countess, but +as she spoke she raised her eyes with a sigh, and her gesture conveyed +a contradiction of her words. + "Where is he? Can I see him- can I?" asked the princess. + "One moment, Princess, one moment, my dear! Is this his son?" said +the countess, turning to little Nicholas who was coming in with +Dessalles. "There will be room for everybody, this is a big house. Oh, +what a lovely boy!" + The countess took Princess Mary into the drawing room, where Sonya +was talking to Mademoiselle Bourienne. The countess caressed the +boy, and the old count came in and welcomed the princess. He had +changed very much since Princess Mary had last seen him. Then he had +been a brisk, cheerful, self-assured old man; now he seemed a pitiful, +bewildered person. While talking to Princess Mary he continually +looked round as if asking everyone whether he was doing the right +thing. After the destruction of Moscow and of his property, thrown out +of his accustomed groove he seemed to have lost the sense of his own +significance and to feel that there was no longer a place for him in +life. + In spite of her one desire to see her brother as soon as possible, +and her vexation that at the moment when all she wanted was to see him +they should be trying to entertain her and pretending to admire her +nephew, the princess noticed all that was going on around her and felt +the necessity of submitting, for a time, to this new order of things +which she had entered. She knew it to be necessary, and though it +was hard for her she was not vexed with these people. + "This is my niece," said the count, introducing Sonya- "You don't +know her, Princess?" + Princess Mary turned to Sonya and, trying to stifle the hostile +feeling that arose in her toward the girl, she kissed her. But she +felt oppressed by the fact that the mood of everyone around her was so +far from what was in her own heart. + "Where is he?" she asked again, addressing them all. + "He is downstairs. Natasha is with him," answered Sonya, flushing. +"We have sent to ask. I think you must be tired, Princess." + Tears of vexation showed themselves in Princess Mary's eyes. She +turned away and was about to ask the countess again how to go to +him, when light, impetuous, and seemingly buoyant steps were heard +at the door. The princess looked round and saw Natasha coming in, +almost running- that Natasha whom she had liked so little at their +meeting in Moscow long since. + But hardly had the princess looked at Natasha's face before she +realized that here was a real comrade in her grief, and consequently a +friend. She ran to meet her, embraced her, and began to cry on her +shoulder. + As soon as Natasha, sitting at the head of Prince Andrew's bed, +heard of Princess Mary's arrival, she softly left his room and +hastened to her with those swift steps that had sounded buoyant to +Princess Mary. + There was only one expression on her agitated face when she ran into +the drawing room- that of love- boundless love for him, for her, and +for all that was near to the man she loved; and of pity, suffering for +others, and passionate desire to give herself entirely to helping +them. It was plain that at that moment there was in Natasha's heart no +thought of herself or of her own relations with Prince Andrew. + Princess Mary, with her acute sensibility, understood all this at +the first glance at Natasha's face, and wept on her shoulder with +sorrowful pleasure. + "Come, come to him, Mary," said Natasha, leading her into the +other room. + Princess Mary raised her head, dried her eyes, and turned to +Natasha. She felt that from her she would be able to understand and +learn everything. + "How..." she began her question but stopped short. + She felt that it was impossible to ask, or to answer, in words. +Natasha's face eyes would eyes would have to tell her all more clearly +and profoundly. + Natasha was gazing at her, but seemed afraid and in doubt whether to +say all she knew or not; she seemed to feel that before those luminous +eyes which penetrated into the very depths of her heart, it was +impossible not to tell the whole truth which she saw. And suddenly, +Natasha's lips twitched, ugly wrinkles gathered round her mouth, and +covering her face with her hands she burst into sobs. + Princess Mary understood. + But she still hoped, and asked, in words she herself did not trust: + "But how is his wound? What is his general condition?" + "You, you... will see," was all Natasha could say. + They sat a little while downstairs near his room till they had +left off crying and were able to go to him with calm faces. + "How has his whole illness gone? Is it long since he grew worse? +When did this happen?" Princess Mary inquired. + Natasha told her that at first there had been danger from his +feverish condition and the pain he suffered, but at Troitsa that had +passed and the doctor had only been afraid of gangrene. That danger +had also passed. When they reached Yaroslavl the wound had begun to +fester (Natasha knew all about such things as festering) and the +doctor had said that the festering might take a normal course. Then +fever set in, but the doctor had said the fever was not very serious. + "But two days ago this suddenly happened," said Natasha, +struggling with her sobs. "I don't know why, but you will see what +he is like." + "Is he weaker? Thinner?" asked the princess. + "No, it's not that, but worse. You will see. O, Mary, he is too +good, he cannot, cannot live, because..." +BK12|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + When Natasha opened Prince Andrew's door with a familiar movement +and let Princess Mary pass into the room before her, the princess felt +the sobs in her throat. Hard as she had tried to prepare herself, +and now tried to remain tranquil, she knew that she would be unable to +look at him without tears. + The princess understood what Natasha had meant by the words: "two +days ago this suddenly happened." She understood those words to mean +that he had suddenly softened and that this softening and gentleness +were signs of approaching death. As she stepped to the door she +already saw in imagination Andrew's face as she remembered it in +childhood, a gentle, mild, sympathetic face which he had rarely shown, +and which therefore affected her very strongly. She was sure he +would speak soft, tender words to her such as her father had uttered +before his death, and that she would not be able to bear it and +would burst into sobs in his presence. Yet sooner or later it had to +be, and she went in. The sobs rose higher and higher in her throat +as she more and more clearly distinguished his form and her +shortsighted eyes tried to make out his features, and then she saw his +face and met his gaze. + He was lying in a squirrel-fur dressing gown on a divan, +surrounded by pillows. He was thin and pale. In one thin, +translucently white hand he held a handkerchief, while with the +other he stroked the delicate mustache he had grown, moving his +fingers slowly. His eyes gazed at them as they entered. + On seeing his face and meeting his eyes Princess Mary's pace +suddenly slackened, she felt her tears dry up and her sobs ceased. She +suddenly felt guilty and grew timid on catching the expression of +his face and eyes. + "But in what am I to blame?" she asked herself. And his cold, +stern look replied: "Because you are alive and thinking of the living, +while I..." + In the deep the deep gaze that seemed to look not outwards but +inwards there was an almost hostile expression as he slowly regarded +his sister and Natasha. + He kissed his sister, holding her hand in his as was their wont. + "How are you, Mary? How did you manage to get here?" said he in a +voice as calm and aloof as his look. + Had he screamed in agony, that scream would not have struck such +horror into Princess Mary's heart as the tone of his voice. + "And have you brought little Nicholas?" he asked in the same slow, +quiet manner and with an obvious effort to remember. + "How are you now?" said Princess Mary, herself surprised at what she +was saying. + "That, my dear, you must ask the doctor," he replied, and again +making an evident effort to be affectionate, he said with his lips +only (his words clearly did not correspond to his thoughts): + "Merci, chere amie, d'etre venue."* + + *"Thank you for coming, my dear." + + Princess Mary pressed his hand. The pressure made him wince just +perceptibly. He was silent, and she did not know what to say. She +now understood what had happened to him two days before. In his words, +his tone, and especially in that calm, almost antagonistic look +could be felt an estrangement from everything belonging to this world, +terrible in one who is alive. Evidently only with an effort did he +understand anything living; but it was obvious that he failed to +understand, not because he lacked the power to do so but because he +understood something else- something the living did not and could +not understand- and which wholly occupied his mind. + "There, you see how strangely fate has brought us together," said +he, breaking the silence and pointing to Natasha. "She looks after +me all the time." + Princess Mary heard him and did not understand how he could say such +a thing. He, the sensitive, tender Prince Andrew, how could he say +that, before her whom he loved and who loved him? Had he expected to +live he could not have said those words in that offensively cold tone. +If he had not known that he was dying, how could he have failed to +pity her and how could he speak like that in her presence? The only +explanation was that he was indifferent, because something else, +much more important, had been revealed to him. + The conversation was cold and disconnected and continually broke +off. + "Mary came by way of Ryazan," said Natasha. + Prince Andrew did not notice that she called his sister Mary, and +only after calling her so in his presence did Natasha notice it +herself. + "Really?" he asked. + "They told her that all Moscow has been burned down, and that..." + Natasha stopped. It was impossible to talk. It was plain that he was +making an effort to listen, but could not do so. + "Yes, they say it's burned," he said. "It's a great pity," and he +gazed straight before him, absently stroking his mustache with his +fingers. + "And so you have met Count Nicholas, Mary?" Prince Andrew suddenly +said, evidently wishing to speak pleasantly to them. "He wrote here +that he took a great liking to you," he went on simply and calmly, +evidently unable to understand all the complex significance his +words had for living people. "If you liked him too, it would be a good +thing for you to get married," he added rather more quickly, as if +pleased at having found words he had long been seeking. + Princess Mary heard his words but they had no meaning for her, +except as a proof of how far away he now was from everything living. + "Why talk of me?" she said quietly and glanced at Natasha. + Natasha, who felt her glance, did not look at her. All three were +again silent. + "Andrew, would you like..." Princess Mary suddenly said in a +trembling voice, "would you like to see little Nicholas? He is +always talking about you!" + Prince Andrew smiled just perceptibly and for the first time, but +Princess Mary, who knew his face so well, saw with horror that he +did not smile with pleasure or affection for his son, but with +quiet, gentle irony because he thought she was trying what she +believed to be the last means of arousing him. + "Yes, I shall be very glad to see him. Is he quite well?" + When little Nicholas was brought into Prince Andrew's room he looked +at his father with frightened eyes, but did not cry, because no one +else was crying. Prince Andrew kissed him and evidently did not know +what to say to him. + When Nicholas had been led away, Princess Mary again went up to +her brother, kissed him, and unable to restrain her tears any longer +began to cry. + He looked at her attentively. + "Is it about Nicholas?" he asked. + Princess Mary nodded her head, weeping. + "Mary, you know the Gosp..." but he broke off. + "What did you say?" + "Nothing. You mustn't cry here," he said, looking at her with the +same cold expression. + + When Princess Mary began to cry, he understood that she was crying +at the thought that little Nicholas would be left without a father. +With a great effort he tried to return to life and to see things +from their point of view. + "Yes, to them it must seem sad!" he thought. "But how simple it is. + "The fowls of the air sow not, neither do they reap, yet your Father +feedeth them," he said to himself and wished to say to Princess +Mary; "but no, they will take it their own way, they won't understand! +They can't understand that all those feelings they prize so- all our +feelings, all those ideas that seem so important to us, are +unnecessary. We cannot understand one another," and he remained +silent. + + Prince Andrew's little son was seven. He could scarcely read, and +knew nothing. After that day he lived through many things, gaining +knowledge, observation, and experience, but had he possessed all the +faculties he afterwards acquired, he could not have had a better or +more profound understanding of the meaning of the scene he had +witnessed between his father, Mary, and Natasha, than he had then. +He understood it completely, and, leaving the room without crying, +went silently up to Natasha who had come out with him and looked shyly +at her with his beautiful, thoughtful eyes, then his uplifted, rosy +upper lip trembled and leaning his head against her he began to cry. + After that he avoided Dessalles and the countess who caressed him +and either sat alone or came timidly to Princess Mary, or to Natasha +of whom he seemed even fonder than of his aunt, and clung to them +quietly and shyly. + When Princess Mary had left Prince Andrew she fully understood +what Natasha's face had told her. She did not speak any more to +Natasha of hopes of saving his life. She took turns with her beside +his sofa, and did not cry any more, but prayed continually, turning in +soul to that Eternal and Unfathomable, whose presence above the +dying man was now so evident. +BK12|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Not only did Prince Andrew know he would die, but he felt that he +was dying and was already half dead. He was conscious of an +aloofness from everything earthly and a strange and joyous lightness +of existence. Without haste or agitation he awaited what was coming. +That inexorable, eternal, distant, and unknown the presence of which +he had felt continually all his life- was now near to him and, by +the strange lightness he experienced, almost comprehensible and +palpable... + + Formerly he had feared the end. He had twice experienced that +terribly tormenting fear of death- the end- but now he no longer +understood that fear. + He had felt it for the first time when the shell spun like a top +before him, and he looked at the fallow field, the bushes, and the +sky, and knew that he was face to face with death. When he came to +himself after being wounded and the flower of eternal, unfettered love +had instantly unfolded itself in his soul as if freed from the bondage +of life that had restrained it, he no longer feared death and ceased +to think about it. + During the hours of solitude, suffering, and partial delirium he +spent after he was wounded, the more deeply he penetrated into the new +principle of eternal love revealed to him, the more he unconsciously +detached himself from earthly life. To love everything and everybody +and always to sacrifice oneself for love meant not to love anyone, not +to live this earthly life. And the more imbued he became with that +principle of love, the more he renounced life and the more +completely he destroyed that dreadful barrier which- in the absence of +such love- stands between life and death. When during those first days +he remembered that he would have to die, he said to himself: "Well, +what of it? So much the better!" + But after the night in Mytishchi when, half delirious, he had seen +her for whom he longed appear before him and, having pressed her +hand to his lips, had shed gentle, happy tears, love for a +particular woman again crept unobserved into his heart and once more +bound him to life. And joyful and agitating thoughts began to occupy +his mind. Recalling the moment at the ambulance station when he had +seen Kuragin, he could not now regain the feeling he then had, but was +tormented by the question whether Kuragin was alive. And he dared +not inquire. + His illness pursued its normal physical course, but what Natasha +referred to when she said: "This suddenly happened," had occurred +two days before Princess Mary arrived. It was the last spiritual +struggle between life and death, in which death gained the victory. It +was the unexpected realization of the fact that he still valued life +as presented to him in the form of his love for Natasha, and a last, +though ultimately vanquished, attack of terror before the unknown. + It was evening. As usual after dinner he was slightly feverish, +and his thoughts were preternaturally clear. Sonya was sitting by +the table. He began to doze. Suddenly a feeling of happiness seized +him. + "Ah, she has come!" thought he. + And so it was: in Sonya's place sat Natasha who had just come in +noiselessly. + Since she had begun looking after him, he had always experienced +this physical consciousness of her nearness. She was sitting in an +armchair placed sideways, screening the light of the candle from +him, and was knitting a stocking. She had learned to knit stockings +since Prince Andrew had casually mentioned that no one nursed the sick +so well as old nurses who knit stockings, and that there is +something soothing in the knitting of stockings. The needles clicked +lightly in her slender, rapidly moving hands, and he could clearly see +the thoughtful profile of her drooping face. She moved, and the ball +rolled off her knees. She started, glanced round at him, and screening +the candle with her hand stooped carefully with a supple and exact +movement, picked up the ball, and regained her former position. + He looked at her without moving and saw that she wanted to draw a +deep breath after stooping, but refrained from doing so and breathed +cautiously. + At the Troitsa monastery they had spoken of the past, and he had +told her that if he lived he would always thank God for his wound +which had brought them together again, but after that they never spoke +of the future. + "Can it or can it not be?" he now thought as he looked at her and +listened to the light click of the steel needles. "Can fate have +brought me to her so strangely only for me to die?... Is it possible +that the truth of life has been revealed to me only to show me that +I have spent my life in falsity? I love her more than anything in +the world! But what am I to do if I love her?" he thought, and he +involuntarily groaned, from a habit acquired during his sufferings. + On hearing that sound Natasha put down the stocking, leaned nearer +to him, and suddenly, noticing his shining eyes, stepped lightly up to +him and bent over him. + "You are not asleep?" + "No, I have been looking at you a long time. I felt you come in. +No one else gives me that sense of soft tranquillity that you do... +that light. I want to weep for joy." + Natasha drew closer to him. Her face shone with rapturous joy. + "Natasha, I love you too much! More than anything in the world." + "And I!"- She turned away for an instant. "Why too much?" she asked. + "Why too much?... Well, what do you, what do you feel in your +soul, your whole soul- shall I live? What do you think?" + "I am sure of it, sure!" Natasha almost shouted, taking hold of both +his hands with a passionate movement. + He remained silent awhile. + "How good it would be!" and taking her hand he kissed it. + Natasha felt happy and agitated, but at once remembered that this +would not do and that he had to be quiet. + "But you have not slept," she said, repressing her joy. "Try to +sleep... please!" + He pressed her hand and released it, and she went back to the candle +and sat down again in her former position. Twice she turned and looked +at him, and her eyes met his beaming at her. She set herself a task on +her stocking and resolved not to turn round till it was finished. + Soon he really shut his eyes and fell asleep. He did not sleep +long and suddenly awoke with a start and in a cold perspiration. + As he fell asleep he had still been thinking of the subject that now +always occupied his mind- about life and death, and chiefly about +death. He felt himself nearer to it. + "Love? What is love?" he thought. + "Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I +understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, +everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it +alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall +return to the general and eternal source." These thoughts seemed to +him comforting. But they were only thoughts. Something was lacking +in them, they were not clear, they were too one-sidedly personal and +brain-spun. And there was the former agitation and obscurity. He +fell asleep. + He dreamed that he was lying in the room he really was in, but +that he was quite well and unwounded. Many various, indifferent, and +insignificant people appeared before him. He talked to them and +discussed something trivial. They were preparing to go away somewhere. +Prince Andrew dimly realized that all this was trivial and that he had +more important cares, but he continued to speak, surprising them by +empty witticisms. Gradually, unnoticed, all these persons began to +disappear and a single question, that of the closed door, superseded +all else. He rose and went to the door to bolt and lock it. Everything +depended on whether he was, or was not, in time to lock it. He went, +and tried to hurry, but his legs refused to move and he knew he +would not be in time to lock the door though he painfully strained all +his powers. He was seized by an agonizing fear. And that fear was +the fear of death. It stood behind the door. But just when he was +clumsily creeping toward the door, that dreadful something on the +other side was already pressing against it and forcing its way in. +Something not human- death- was breaking in through that door, and had +to be kept out. He seized the door, making a final effort to hold it +back- to lock it was no longer possible- but his efforts were weak and +clumsy and the door, pushed from behind by that terror, opened and +closed again. + Once again it pushed from outside. His last superhuman efforts +were vain and both halves of the door noiselessly opened. It +entered, and it was death, and Prince Andrew died. + But at the instant he died, Prince Andrew remembered that he was +asleep, and at the very instant he died, having made an effort, he +awoke. + "Yes, it was death! I died- and woke up. Yes, death is an +awakening!" And all at once it grew light in his soul and the veil +that had till then concealed the unknown was lifted from his spiritual +vision. He felt as if powers till then confined within him had been +liberated, and that strange lightness did not again leave him. + When, waking in a cold perspiration, he moved on the divan, +Natasha went up and asked him what was the matter. He did not answer +and looked at her strangely, not understanding. + That was what had happened to him two days before Princess Mary's +arrival. From that day, as the doctor expressed it, the wasting +fever assumed a malignant character, but what the doctor said did +not interest Natasha, she saw the terrible moral symptoms which to her +were more convincing. + From that day an awakening from life came to Prince Andrew +together with his awakening from sleep. And compared to the duration +of life it did not seem to him slower than an awakening from sleep +compared to the duration of a dream. + There was nothing terrible or violent in this comparatively slow +awakening. + His last days and hours passed in an ordinary and simple way. Both +Princess Mary and Natasha, who did not leave him, felt this. They +did not weep or shudder and during these last days they themselves +felt that they were not attending on him (he was no longer there, he +had left them) but on what reminded them most closely of him- his +body. Both felt this so strongly that the outward and terrible side of +death did not affect them and they did not feel it necessary to foment +their grief. Neither in his presence nor out of it did they weep, +nor did they ever talk to one another about him. They felt that they +could not express in words what they understood. + They both saw that he was sinking slowly and quietly, deeper and +deeper, away from them, and they both knew that this had to be so +and that it was right. + He confessed, and received communion: everyone came to take leave of +him. When they brought his son to him, he pressed his lips to the +boy's and turned away, not because he felt it hard and sad (Princess +Mary and Natasha understood that) but simply because he thought it was +all that was required of him, but when they told him to bless the boy, +he did what was demanded and looked round as if asking whether there +was anything else he should do. + When the last convulsions of the body, which the spirit was leaving, +occurred, Princess Mary and Natasha were present. + "Is it over?" said Princess Mary when his body had for a few minutes +lain motionless, growing cold before them. Natasha went up, looked +at the dead eyes, and hastened to close them. She closed them but +did not kiss them, but clung to that which reminded her most nearly of +him- his body. + "Where has he gone? Where is he now?..." + When the body, washed and dressed, lay in the coffin on a table, +everyone came to take leave of him and they all wept. + Little Nicholas cried because his heart was rent by painful +perplexity. The countess and Sonya cried from pity for Natasha and +because he was no more. The old count cried because he felt that +before long, he, too, must take the same terrible step. + Natasha and Princess Mary also wept now, but not because of their +own personal grief; they wept with a reverent and softening emotion +which had taken possession of their souls at the consciousness of +the simple and solemn mystery of death that had been accomplished in +their presence. +BK13 + BOOK THIRTEEN: 1812 +BK13|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their +completeness, but the desire to find those causes is implanted in +man's soul. And without considering the multiplicity and complexity of +the conditions any one of which taken separately may seem to be the +cause, he snatches at the first approximation to a cause that seems to +him intelligible and says: "This is the cause!" In historical events +(where the actions of men are the subject of observation) the first +and most primitive approximation to present itself was the will of the +gods and, after that, the will of those who stood in the most +prominent position- the heroes of history. But we need only +penetrate to the essence of any historic event- which lies in the +activity of the general mass of men who take part in it- to be +convinced that the will of the historic hero does not control the +actions of the mass but is itself continually controlled. It may +seem to be a matter of indifference whether we understand the +meaning of historical events this way or that; yet there is the same +difference between a man who says that the people of the West moved on +the East because Napoleon wished it and a man who says that this +happened because it had to happen, as there is between those who +declared that the earth was stationary and that the planets moved +round it and those who admitted that they did not know what upheld the +earth, but knew there were laws directing its movement and that of the +other planets. There is, and can be, no cause of an historical event +except the one cause of all causes. But there are laws directing +events, and some of these laws are known to us while we are +conscious of others we cannot comprehend. The discovery of these +laws is only possible when possible when we have quite abandoned the +attempt to find the cause in the will of some one man, just as the +discovery of the laws of the motion of the planets was possible only +when men abandoned the conception of the fixity of the earth. + The historians consider that, next to the battle of Borodino and the +occupation of Moscow by the enemy and its destruction by fire, the +most important episode of the war of 1812 was the movement of the +Russian army from the Ryazana to the Kaluga road and to the Tarutino +camp- the so-called flank march across the Krasnaya Pakhra River. They +ascribe the glory of that achievement of genius to different men and +dispute as to whom the honor is due. Even foreign historians, +including the French, acknowledge the genius of the Russian commanders +when they speak of that flank march. But it is hard to understand +why military writers, and following them others, consider this flank +march to be the profound conception of some one man who saved Russia +and destroyed Napoleon. In the first place it is hard to understand +where the profundity and genius of this movement lay, for not much +mental effort was needed to see that the best position for an army +when it is not being attacked is where there are most provisions; +and even a dull boy of thirteen could have guessed that the best +position for an army after its retreat from Moscow in 1812 was on +the Kaluga road. So it is impossible to understand by what reasoning +the historians reach the conclusion that this maneuver was a +profound one. And it is even more difficult to understand just why +they think that this maneuver was calculated to save Russia and +destroy the French; for this flank march, had it been preceded, +accompanied, or followed by other circumstances, might have proved +ruinous to the Russians and salutary for the French. If the position +of the Russian army really began to improve from the time of that +march, it does not at all follow that the march was the cause of it. + That flank march might not only have failed to give any advantage to +the Russian army, but might in other circumstances have led to its +destruction. What would have happened had Moscow not burned down? If +Murat had not lost sight of the Russians? If Napoleon had not remained +inactive? If the Russian army at Krasnaya Pakhra had given battle as +Bennigsen and Barclay advised? What would have happened had the French +attacked the Russians while they were marching beyond the Pakhra? What +would have happened if on approaching Tarutino, Napoleon had +attacked the Russians with but a tenth of the energy he had shown when +he attacked them at Smolensk? What would have happened had the +French moved on Petersburg?... In any of these eventualities the flank +march that brought salvation might have proved disastrous. + The third and most incomprehensible thing is that people studying +history deliberately avoid seeing that this flank march cannot be +attributed to any one man, that no one ever foresaw it, and that in +reality, like the retreat from Fili, it did not suggest itself to +anyone in its entirety, but resulted- moment by moment, step by +step, event by event- from an endless number of most diverse +circumstances and was only seen in its entirety when it had been +accomplished and belonged to the past. + At the council at Fili the prevailing thought in the minds of the +Russian commanders was the one naturally suggesting itself, namely, +a direct retreat by the Nizhni road. In proof of this there is the +fact that the majority of the council voted for such a retreat, and +above all there is the well-known conversation after the council, +between the commander in chief and Lanskoy, who was in charge of the +commissariat department. Lanskoy informed the commander in chief +that the army supplies were for the most part stored along the Oka +in the Tula and Ryazan provinces, and that if they retreated on Nizhni +the army would be separated from its supplies by the broad river +Oka, which cannot be crossed early in winter. This was the first +indication of the necessity of deviating from what had previously +seemed the most natural course- a direct retreat on Nizhni-Novgorod. +The army turned more to the south, along the Ryazan road and nearer to +its supplies. Subsequently the in activity of the French (who even +lost sight of the Russian army), concern for the safety of the arsenal +at Tula, and especially the advantages of drawing nearer to its +supplies caused the army to turn still further south to the Tula road. +Having crossed over, by a forced march, to the Tula road beyond the +Pakhra, the Russian commanders intended to remain at Podolsk and had +no thought of the Tarutino position; but innumerable circumstances and +the reappearance of French troops who had for a time lost touch with +the Russians, and projects of giving battle, and above all the +abundance of provisions in Kaluga province, obliged our army to turn +still more to the south and to cross from the Tula to the Kaluga +road and go to Tarutino, which was between the roads along which those +supplies lay. Just as it is impossible to say when it was decided to +abandon Moscow, so it is impossible to say precisely when, or by whom, +it was decided to move to Tarutino. Only when the army had got +there, as the result of innumerable and varying forces, did people +begin to assure themselves that they had desired this movement and +long ago foreseen its result. +BK13|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + The famous flank movement merely consisted in this: after the +advance of the French had ceased, the Russian army, which had been +continually retreating straight back from the invaders, deviated +from that direct course and, not finding itself pursued, was naturally +drawn toward the district where supplies were abundant. + If instead of imagining to ourselves commanders of genius leading +the Russian army, we picture that army without any leaders, it could +not have done anything but make a return movement toward Moscow, +describing an arc in the direction where most provisions were to be +found and where the country was richest. + That movement from the Nizhni to the Ryazan, Tula, and Kaluga +roads was so natural that even the Russian marauders moved in that +direction, and demands were sent from Petersburg for Kutuzov to take +his army that way. At Tarutino Kutuzov received what was almost a +reprimand from the Emperor for having moved his army along the +Ryazan road, and the Emperor's letter indicated to him the very +position he had already occupied near Kaluga. + Having rolled like a ball in the direction of the impetus given by +the whole campaign and by the battle of Borodino, the Russian army- +when the strength of that impetus was exhausted and no fresh push +was received- assumed the position natural to it. + Kutuzov's merit lay, not in any strategic maneuver of genius, as +it is called, but in the fact that he alone understood the +significance of what had happened. He alone then understood the +meaning of the French army's inactivity, he alone continued to +assert that the battle of Borodino had been a victory, he alone- who +as commander in chief might have been expected to be eager to +attack- employed his whole strength to restrain the Russian army +from useless engagements. + The beast wounded at Borodino was lying where the fleeing hunter had +left him; but whether he was still alive, whether he was strong and +merely lying low, the hunter did not know. Suddenly the beast was +heard to moan. + The moan of that wounded beast (the French army) which betrayed +its calamitous condition was the sending of Lauriston to Kutuzov's +camp with overtures for peace. + Napoleon, with his usual assurance that whatever entered his head +was right, wrote to Kutuzov the first words that occurred to him, +though they were meaningless. + + MONSIEUR LE PRINCE KOUTOUZOV: I am sending one of my +adjutants-general to discuss several interesting questions with you. I +beg your Highness to credit what he says to you, especially when he +expresses the sentiment of esteem and special regard I have long +entertained for your person. This letter having no other object, I +pray God, monsieur le Prince Koutouzov, to keep you in His holy and +gracious protection! + NAPOLEON + MOSCOW, OCTOBER 30, 1812 + + Kutuzov replied: "I should be cursed by posterity were I looked on +as the initiator of a settlement of any sort. Such is the present +spirit of my nation." But he continued to exert all his powers to +restrain his troops from attacking. + During the month that the French troops were pillaging in Moscow and +the Russian troops were quietly encamped at Tarutino, a change had +taken place in the relative strength of the two armies- both in spirit +and in number- as a result of which the superiority had passed to +the Russian side. Though the condition and numbers of the French +army were unknown to the Russians, as soon as that change occurred the +need of attacking at once showed itself by countless signs. These +signs were: Lauriston's mission; the abundance of provisions at +Tarutino; the reports coming in from all sides of the inactivity and +disorder of the French; the flow of recruits to our regiments; the +fine weather; the long rest the Russian soldiers had enjoyed, and +the impatience to do what they had been assembled for, which usually +shows itself in an army that has been resting; curiosity as to what +the French army, so long lost sight of, was doing; the boldness with +which our outposts now scouted close up to the French stationed at +Tarutino; the news of easy successes gained by peasants and +guerrilla troops over the French, the envy aroused by this; the desire +for revenge that lay in the heart of every Russian as long as the +French were in Moscow, and (above all) a dim consciousness in every +soldier's mind that the relative strength of the armies had changed +and that the advantage was now on our side. There was a substantial +change in the relative strength, and an advance had become inevitable. +And at once, as a clock begins to strike and chime as soon as the +minute hand has completed a full circle, this change was shown by an +increased activity, whirring, and chiming in the higher spheres. +BK13|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + The Russian army was commanded by Kutuzov and his staff, and also by +the Emperor from Petersburg. Before the news of the abandonment of +Moscow had been received in Petersburg, a detailed plan of the whole +campaign had been drawn up and sent to Kutuzov for his guidance. +Though this plan had been drawn up on the supposition that Moscow +was still in our hands, it was approved by the staff and accepted as a +basis for action. Kutuzov only replied that movements arranged from +a distance were always difficult to execute. So fresh instructions +were sent for the solution of difficulties that might be +encountered, as well as fresh people who were to watch Kutuzov's +actions and report upon them. + Besides this, the whole staff of the Russian army was now +reorganized. The posts left vacant by Bagration, who had been +killed, and by Barclay, who had gone away in dudgeon, had to be +filled. Very serious consideration was given to the question whether +it would be better to put A in B's place and B in D's, or on the +contrary to put D in A's place, and so on- as if anything more than +A's or B's satisfaction depended on this. + As a result of the hostility between Kutuzov and Bennigsen, his +Chief of Staff, the presence of confidential representatives of the +Emperor, and these transfers, a more than usually complicated play +of parties was going on among the staff of the army. A was undermining +B, D was undermining C, and so on in all possible combinations and +permutations. In all these plottings the subject of intrigue was +generally the conduct of the war, which all these men believed they +were directing; but this affair of the war went on independently of +them, as it had to go: that is, never in the way people devised, but +flowing always from the essential attitude of the masses. Only in +the highest spheres did all these schemes, crossings, and +interminglings appear to be a true reflection of what had to happen. + + Prince Michael Ilarionovich! (wrote the Emperor on the second of +October in a letter that reached Kutuzov after the battle at Tarutino) +Since September 2 Moscow has been in the hands of the enemy. Your last +reports were written on the twentieth, and during all this time not +only has no action been taken against the enemy or for the relief of +the ancient capital, but according to your last report you have even +retreated farther. Serpukhov is already occupied by an enemy +detachment and Tula with its famous arsenal so indispensable to the +army, is in danger. From General Wintzingerode's reports, I see that +an enemy corps of ten thousand men is moving on the Petersburg road. +Another corps of several thousand men is moving on Dmitrov. A third +has advanced along the Vladimir road, and a fourth, rather +considerable detachment is stationed between Ruza and Mozhaysk. +Napoleon himself was in Moscow as late as the twenty-fifth. In view of +all this information, when the enemy has scattered his forces in large +detachments, and with Napoleon and his Guards in Moscow, is it +possible that the enemy's forces confronting you are so considerable +as not to allow of your taking the offensive? On the contrary, he is +probably pursuing you with detachments, or at most with an army +corps much weaker than the army entrusted to you. It would seem +that, availing yourself of these circumstances, you might +advantageously attack a weaker one and annihilate him, or at least +oblige him to retreat, retaining in our hands an important part of the +provinces now occupied by the enemy, and thereby averting danger +from Tula and other towns in the interior. You will be responsible +if the enemy is able to direct a force of any size against +Petersburg to threaten this capital in which it has not been +possible to retain many troops; for with the army entrusted to you, +and acting with resolution and energy, you have ample means to avert +this fresh calamity. Remember that you have still to answer to our +offended country for the loss of Moscow. You have experienced my +readiness to reward you. That readiness will not weaken in me, but I +and Russia have a right to expect from you all the zeal, firmness, and +success which your intellect, military talent, and the courage of +the troops you command justify us in expecting. + + But by the time this letter, which proved that the real relation +of the forces had already made itself felt in Petersburg, was +dispatched, Kutuzov had found himself unable any longer to restrain +the army he commanded from attacking and a battle had taken place. + On the second of October a Cossack, Shapovalov, who was out +scouting, killed one hare and wounded another. Following the wounded +hare he made his way far into the forest and came upon the left +flank of Murat's army, encamped there without any precautions. The +Cossack laughingly told his comrades how he had almost fallen into the +hands of the French. A cornet, hearing the story, informed his +commander. + The Cossack was sent for and questioned. The Cossack officers wished +to take advantage of this chance to capture some horses, but one of +the superior officers, who was acquainted with the higher authorities, +reported the incident to a general on the staff. The state of +things on the staff had of late been exceedingly strained. Ermolov had +been to see Bennigsen a few days previously and had entreated him to +use his influence with the commander in chief to induce him to take +the offensive. + "If I did not know you I should think you did not want what you +are asking for. I need only advise anything and his Highness is sure +to do the opposite," replied Bennigsen. + The Cossack's report, confirmed by horse patrols who were sent +out, was the final proof that events had matured. The tightly coiled +spring was released, the clock began to whirr and the chimes to +play. Despite all his supposed power, his intellect, his experience, +and his knowledge of men, Kutuzov- having taken into consideration the +Cossack's report, a note from Bennigsen who sent personal reports to +the Emperor, the wishes he supposed the Emperor to hold, and the +fact that all the generals expressed the same wish- could no longer +check the inevitable movement, and gave the order to do what he +regarded as useless and harmful- gave his approval, that is, to the +accomplished fact. +BK13|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Bennigsen's note and the Cossack's information that the left flank +of the French was unguarded were merely final indications that it +was necessary to order an attack, and it was fixed for the fifth of +October. + On the morning of the fourth of October Kutuzov signed the +dispositions. Toll read them to Ermolov, asking him to attend to the +further arrangements. + "All right- all right. I haven't time just now," replied Ermolov, +and left the hut. + The dispositions drawn up by Toll were very good. As in the +Austerlitz dispositions, it was written- though not in German this +time: + "The First Column will march here and here," "the Second Column will +march there and there," and so on; and on paper, all these columns +arrived at their places at the appointed time and destroyed the enemy. +Everything had been admirably thought out as is usual in dispositions, +and as is always the case, not a single column reached its place at +the appointed time. + When the necessary number of copies of the dispositions had been +prepared, an officer was summoned and sent to deliver them to +Ermolov to deal with. A young officer of the Horse Guards, Kutuzov's +orderly, pleased at the importance of the mission entrusted to him, +went to Ermolov's quarters. + "Gone away," said Ermolov's orderly. + The officer of the Horse Guards went to a general with whom +Ermolov was often to be found. + "No, and the general's out too." + The officer, mounting his horse, rode off to someone else. + "No, he's gone out." + "If only they don't make me responsible for this delay! What a +nuisance it is!" thought the officer, and he rode round the whole +camp. One man said he had seen Ermolov ride past with some other +generals, others said he must have returned home. The officer searched +till six o'clock in the evening without even stopping to eat. +Ermolov was nowhere to be found and no one knew where he was. The +officer snatched a little food at a comrade's, and rode again to the +vanguard to find Miloradovich. Miloradovich too was away, but here +he was told that he had gone to a ball at General Kikin's and that +Ermolov was probably there too. + "But where is it?" + "Why, there, over at Echkino," said a Cossack officer, pointing to a +country house in the far distance. + "What, outside our line?" + "They've put two regiments as outposts, and they're having such a +spree there, it's awful! Two bands and three sets of singers!" + The officer rode out beyond our lines to Echkino. While still at a +distance he heard as he rode the merry sounds of a soldier's dance +song proceeding from the house. + "In the meadows... in the meadows!" he heard, accompanied by +whistling and the sound of a torban, drowned every now and then by +shouts. These sounds made his spirits rise, but at the same time he +was afraid that he would be blamed for not having executed sooner +the important order entrusted to him. It was already past eight +o'clock. He dismounted and went up into the porch of a large country +house which had remained intact between the Russian and French forces. +In the refreshment room and the hall, footmen were bustling about with +wine and viands. Groups of singers stood outside the windows. The +officer was admitted and immediately saw all the chief generals of the +army together, and among them Ermolov's big imposing figure. They +all had their coats unbuttoned and were standing in a semicircle +with flushed and animated faces, laughing loudly. In the middle of the +room a short handsome general with a red face was dancing the trepak +with much spirit and agility. + "Ha, ha, ha! Bravo, Nicholas Ivanych! Ha, ha, ha!" + The officer felt that by arriving with important orders at such a +moment he was doubly to blame, and he would have preferred to wait; +but one of the generals espied him and, hearing what he had come +about, informed Ermolov. + Ermolov came forward with a frown on his face and, hearing what +the officer had to say, took the papers from him without a word. + + "You think he went off just by chance?" said a comrade, who was on +the staff that evening, to the officer of the Horse Guards, +referring to Ermolov. "It was a trick. It was done on purpose to get +Konovnitsyn into trouble. You'll see what a mess there'll be +tomorrow." +BK13|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Next day the decrepit Kutuzov, having given orders to be called +early, said his prayers, dressed, and, with an unpleasant +consciousness of having to direct a battle he did not approve of, +got into his caleche and drove from Letashovka (a village three and +a half miles from Tarutino) to the place where the attacking columns +were to meet. He sat in the caleche, dozing and waking up by turns, +and listening for any sound of firing on the right as an indication +that the action had begun. But all was still quiet. A damp dull autumn +morning was just dawning. On approaching Tarutino Kutuzov noticed +cavalrymen leading their horses to water across the road along which +he was driving. Kutuzov looked at them searchingly, stopped his +carriage, and inquired what regiment they belonged to. They belonged +to a column that should have been far in front and in ambush long +before then. "It may be a mistake," thought the old commander in +chief. But a little further on he saw infantry regiments with their +arms piled and the soldiers, only partly dressed, eating their rye +porridge and carrying fuel. He sent for an officer. The officer +reported that no order to advance had been received. + "How! Not rec..." Kutuzov began, but checked himself immediately and +sent for a senior officer. Getting out of his caleche, he waited +with drooping head and breathing heavily, pacing silently up and down. +When Eykhen, the officer of the general staff whom he had summoned, +appeared, Kutuzov went purple in the face, not because that officer +was to blame for the mistake, but because he was an object of +sufficient importance for him to vent his wrath on. Trembling and +panting the old man fell into that state of fury in which he sometimes +used to roll on the ground, and he fell upon Eykhen, threatening him +with his hands, shouting and loading him with gross abuse. Another +man, Captain Brozin, who happened to turn up and who was not at all to +blame, suffered the same fate. + "What sort of another blackguard are you? I'll have you shot! +Scoundrels!" yelled Kutuzov in a hoarse voice, waving his arms and +reeling. + He was suffering physically. He, the commander in chief, a Serene +Highness who everybody said possessed powers such as no man had ever +had in Russia, to be placed in this position- made the laughingstock +of the whole army! "I needn't have been in such a hurry to pray +about today, or have kept awake thinking everything over all night," +thought he to himself. "When I was a chit of an officer no one would +have dared to mock me so... and now!" He was in a state of physical +suffering as if from corporal punishment, and could not avoid +expressing it by cries of anger and distress. But his strength soon +began to fail him, and looking about him, conscious of having said +much that was amiss, he again got into his caleche and drove back in +silence. + His wrath, once expended, did not return, and blinking feebly he +listened to excuses and self-justifications (Ermolov did not come to +see him till the next day) and to the insistence of Bennigsen, +Konovnitsyn, and Toll that the movement that had miscarried should +be executed next day. And once more Kutuzov had to consent. +BK13|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Next day the troops assembled in their appointed places in the +evening and advanced during the night. It was an autumn night with +dark purple clouds, but no rain. The ground was damp but not muddy, +and the troops advanced noiselessly, only occasionally a jingling of +the artillery could be faintly heard. The men were forbidden to talk +out loud, to smoke their pipes, or to strike a light, and they tried +to prevent their horses neighing. The secrecy of the undertaking +heightened its charm and they marched gaily. Some columns, +supposing. they had reached their destination, halted, piled arms, and +settled down on the cold ground, but the majority marched all night +and arrived at places where they evidently should not have been. + Only Count Orlov-Denisov with his Cossacks (the least important +detachment of all) got to his appointed place at the right time. +This detachment halted at the outskirts of a forest, on the path +leading from the village of Stromilova to Dmitrovsk. + Toward dawn, Count Orlov-Denisov, who had dozed off, was awakened by +a deserter from the French army being brought to him. This was a +Polish sergeant of Poniatowski's corps, who explained in Polish that +he had come over because he had been slighted in the service: that +he ought long ago to have been made an officer, that he was braver +than any of them, and so he had left them and wished to pay them +out. He said that Murat was spending the night less than a mile from +where they were, and that if they would let him have a convoy of a +hundred men he would capture him alive. Count Orlov-Denisov +consulted his fellow officers. + The offer was too tempting to be refused. Everyone volunteered to go +and everybody advised making the attempt. After much disputing and +arguing, Major-General Grekov with two Cossack regiments decided to go +with the Polish sergeant. + "Now, remember," said Count Orlov-Denisov to the sergeant at +parting, "if you have been lying I'll have you hanged like a dog; +but if it's true you shall have a hundred gold pieces!" + Without replying, the sergeant, with a resolute air, mounted and +rode away with Grekov whose men had quickly assembled. They +disappeared into the forest, and Count Orlov-Denisov, having seen +Grekov off, returned, shivering from the freshness of the early dawn +and excited by what he had undertaken on his own responsibility, and +began looking at the enemy camp, now just visible in the deceptive +light of dawn and the dying campfires. Our columns ought to have begun +to appear on an open declivity to his right. He looked in that +direction, but though the columns would have been visible quite far +off, they were not to be seen. It seemed to the count that things were +beginning to stir in the French camp, and his keen-sighted adjutant +confirmed this. + "Oh, it is really too late," said Count Orlov, looking at the camp. + As often happens when someone we have trusted is no longer before +our eyes, it suddenly seemed quite clear and obvious to him that the +sergeant was an impostor, that he had lied, and that the whole Russian +attack would be ruined by the absence of those two regiments, which he +would lead away heaven only knew where. How could one capture a +commander in chief from among such a mass of troops! + "I am sure that rascal was lying," said the count. + "They can still be called back," said one of his suite, who like +Count Orlov felt distrustful of the adventure when he looked at the +enemy's camp. + "Eh? Really... what do you think? Should we let them go on or not?" + "Will you have them fetched back?" + "Fetch them back, fetch them back!" said Count Orlov with sudden +determination, looking at his watch. "It will be too late. It is quite +light." + And the adjutant galloped through the forest after Grekov. When +Grekov returned, Count Orlov-Denisov, excited both by the abandoned +attempt and by vainly awaiting the infantry columns that still did not +appear, as well as by the proximity of the enemy, resolved to advance. +All his men felt the same excitement. + "Mount!" he commanded in a whisper. The men took their places and +crossed themselves.... "Forward, with God's aid!" + "Hurrah-ah-ah!" reverberated in the forest, and the Cossack +companies, trailing their lances and advancing one after another as if +poured out of a sack, dashed gaily across the brook toward the camp. + One desperate, frightened yell from the first French soldier who saw +the Cossacks, and all who were in the camp, undressed and only just +waking up, ran off in all directions, abandoning cannons, muskets, and +horses. + Had the Cossacks pursued the French, without heeding what was behind +and around them, they would have captured Murat and everything +there. That was what the officers desired. But it was impossible to +make the Cossacks budge when once they had got booty and prisoners. +None of them listened to orders. Fifteen hundred prisoners and +thirty-eight guns were taken on the spot, besides standards and +(what seemed most important to the Cossacks) horses, saddles, +horsecloths, and the like. All this had to be dealt with, the +prisoners and guns secured, the booty divided- not without some +shouting and even a little themselves- and it was on this that the +Cossacks all busied themselves. + The French, not being farther pursued, began to recover +themselves: they formed into detachments and began firing. +Orlov-Denisov, still waiting for the other columns to arrive, advanced +no further. + Meantime, according to the dispositions which said that "the First +Column will march" and so on, the infantry of the belated columns, +commanded by Bennigsen and directed by Toll, had started in due +order and, as always happens, had got somewhere, but not to their +appointed places. As always happens the men, starting cheerfully, +began to halt; murmurs were heard, there was a sense of confusion, and +finally a backward movement. Adjutants and generals galloped about, +shouted, grew angry, quarreled, said they had come quite wrong and +were late, gave vent to a little abuse, and at last gave it all up and +went forward, simply to get somewhere. "We shall get somewhere or +other!" And they did indeed get somewhere, though not to their right +places; a few eventually even got to their right place, but too late +to be of any use and only in time to be fired at. Toll, who in this +battle played the part of Weyrother at Austerlitz, galloped +assiduously from place to place, finding everything upside down +everywhere. Thus he stumbled on Bagovut's corps in a wood when it +was already broad daylight, though the corps should long before have +joined Orlov-Denisov. Excited and vexed by the failure and supposing +that someone must be responsible for it, Toll galloped up to the +commander of the corps and began upbraiding him severely, saying +that he ought to be shot. General Bagovut, a fighting old soldier of +placid temperament, being also upset by all the delay, confusion, +and cross-purposes, fell into a rage to everybody's surprise and quite +contrary to his usual character and said disagreeable things to Toll. + "I prefer not to take lessons from anyone, but I can die with my men +as well as anybody," he said, and advanced with a single division. + Coming out onto a field under the enemy's fire, this brave general +went straight ahead, leading his men under fire, without considering +in his agitation whether going into action now, with a single +division, would be of any use or no. Danger, cannon balls, and bullets +were just what he needed in his angry mood. One of the first bullets +killed him, and other bullets killed many of his men. And his division +remained under fire for some time quite uselessly. +BK13|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Meanwhile another column was to have attacked the French from the +front, but Kutuzov accompanied that column. He well knew that +nothing but confusion would come of this battle undertaken against his +will, and as far as was in his power held the troops back. He did +not advance. + He rode silently on his small gray horse, indolently answering +suggestions that they should attack. + "The word attack is always on your tongue, but you don't see that we +are unable to execute complicated maneuvers," said he to +Miloradovich who asked permission to advance. + "We couldn't take Murat prisoner this morning or get to the place in +time, and nothing can be done now!" he replied to someone else. + When Kutuzov was informed that at the French rear- where according +to the reports of the Cossacks there had previously been nobody- there +were now two battalions of Poles, he gave a sidelong glance at Ermolov +who was behind him and to whom he had not spoken since the previous +day. + "You see! They are asking to attack and making plans of all kinds, +but as soon as one gets to business nothing is ready, and the enemy, +forewarned, takes measures accordingly." + Ermolov screwed up his eyes and smiled faintly on hearing these +words. He understood that for him the storm had blown over, and that +Kutuzov would content himself with that hint. + "He's having a little fun at my expense," said Ermolov softly, +nudging with his knee Raevski who was at his side. + Soon after this, Ermolov moved up to Kutuzov and respectfully +remarked: + "It is not too late yet, your Highness- the enemy has not gone away- +if you were to order an attack! If not, the Guards will not so much as +see a little smoke." + Kutuzov did not reply, but when they reported to him that Murat's +troops were in retreat he ordered an advance, though at every +hundred paces he halted for three quarters of an hour. + The whole battle consisted in what Orlov-Denisov's Cossacks had +done: the rest of the army merely lost some hundreds of men uselessly. + In consequence of this battle Kutuzov received a diamond decoration, +and Bennigsen some diamonds and a hundred thousand rubles, others also +received pleasant recognitions corresponding to their various +grades, and following the battle fresh changes were made in the staff. + "That's how everything is done with us, all topsy-turvy!" said the +Russian officers and generals after the Tarutino battle, letting it be +understood that some fool there is doing things all wrong but that +we ourselves should not have done so, just as people speak today. +But people who talk like that either do not know what they are talking +about or deliberately deceive themselves. No battle- Tarutino, +Borodino, or Austerlitz- takes place as those who planned it +anticipated. That is an essential condition. + A countless number of free forces (for nowhere is man freer than +during a battle, where it is a question of life and death) influence +the course taken by the fight, and that course never can be known in +advance and never coincides with the direction of any one force. + If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a +given body, the direction of its motion cannot coincide with any one +of those forces, but will always be a mean- what in mechanics is +represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces. + If in the descriptions given by historians, especially French +ones, we find their wars and battles carried out in accordance with +previously formed plans, the only conclusion to be drawn is that those +descriptions are false. + The battle of Tarutino obviously did not attain the aim Toll had +in view- to lead the troops into action in the order prescribed by the +dispositions; nor that which Count Orlov-Denisov may have had in view- +to take Murat prisoner; nor the result of immediately destroying the +whole corps, which Bennigsen and others may have had in view; nor +the aim of the officer who wished to go into action to distinguish +himself; nor that of the Cossack who wanted more booty than he got, +and so on. But if the aim of the battle was what actually resulted and +what all the Russians of that day desired- to drive the French out +of Russia and destroy their army- it is quite clear that the battle of +Tarutino, just because of its incongruities, was exactly what was +wanted at that stage of the campaign. It would be difficult and even +impossible to imagine any result more opportune than the actual +outcome of this battle. With a minimum of effort and insignificant +losses, despite the greatest confusion, the most important results +of the whole campaign were attained: the transition from retreat to +advance, an exposure of the weakness of the French, and the +administration of that shock which Napoleon's army had only awaited to +begin its flight. +BK13|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + Napoleon enters Moscow after the brilliant victory de la Moskowa; +there can be no doubt about the victory for the battlefield remains in +the hands of the French. The Russians retreat and abandon their +ancient capital. Moscow, abounding in provisions, arms, munitions, and +incalculable wealth, is in Napoleon's hands. The Russian army, only +half the strength of the French, does not make a single attempt to +attack for a whole month. Napoleon's position is most brilliant. He +can either fall on the Russian army with double its strength and +destroy it; negotiate an advantageous peace, or in case of a refusal +make a menacing move on Petersburg, or even, in the case of a reverse, +return to Smolensk or Vilna; or remain in Moscow; in short, no special +genius would seem to be required to retain the brilliant position +the French held at that time. For that, only very simple and easy +steps were necessary: not to allow the troops to loot, to prepare +winter clothing- of which there was sufficient in Moscow for the whole +army- and methodically to collect the provisions, of which +(according to the French historians) there were enough in Moscow to +supply the whole army for six months. Yet Napoleon, that greatest of +all geniuses, who the historians declare had control of the army, took +none of these steps. + He not merely did nothing of the kind, but on the contrary he used +his power to select the most foolish and ruinous of all the courses +open to him. Of all that Napoleon might have done: wintering in +Moscow, advancing on Petersburg or on Nizhni-Novgorod, or retiring +by a more northerly or more southerly route (say by the road Kutuzov +afterwards took), nothing more stupid or disastrous can be imagined +than what he actually did. He remained in Moscow till October, letting +the troops plunder the city; then, hesitating whether to leave a +garrison behind him, he quitted Moscow, approached Kutuzov without +joining battle, turned to the right and reached Malo-Yaroslavets, +again without attempting to break through and take the road Kutuzov +took, but retiring instead to Mozhaysk along the devastated Smolensk +road. Nothing more stupid than that could have been devised, or more +disastrous for the army, as the sequel showed. Had Napoleon's aim been +to destroy his army, the most skillful strategist could hardly have +devised any series of actions that would so completely have +accomplished that purpose, independently of anything the Russian +army might do. + Napoleon, the man of genius, did this! But to say that he +destroyed his army because he wished to, or because he was very +stupid, would be as unjust as to say that he had brought his troops to +Moscow because he wished to and because he was very clever and a +genius. + In both cases his personal activity, having no more force than the +personal activity of any soldier, merely coincided with the laws +that guided the event. + The historians quite falsely represent Napoleon's faculties as +having weakened in Moscow, and do so only because the results did +not justify his actions. He employed all his ability and strength to +do the best he could for himself and his army, as he had done +previously and as he did subsequently in 1813. His activity at that +time was no less astounding than it was in Egypt, in Italy, in +Austria, and in Prussia. We do not know for certain in how far his +genius was genuine in Egypt- where forty centuries looked down upon +his grandeur- for his great exploits there are all told us by +Frenchmen. We cannot accurately estimate his genius in Austria or +Prussia, for we have to draw our information from French or German +sources, and the incomprehensible surrender of whole corps without +fighting and of fortresses without a siege must incline Germans to +recognize his genius as the only explanation of the war carried on +in Germany. But we, thank God, have no need to recognize his genius in +order to hide our shame. We have paid for the right to look at the +matter plainly and simply, and we will not abandon that right. + His activity in Moscow was as amazing and as full of genius as +elsewhere. Order after order order and plan after plan were issued +by him from the time he entered Moscow till the time he left it. The +absence of citizens and of a deputation, and even the burning of +Moscow, did not disconcert him. He did not lose sight either of the +welfare of his army or of the doings of the enemy, or of the welfare +of the people of Russia, or of the direction of affairs in Paris, or +of diplomatic considerations concerning the terms of the anticipated +peace. +BK13|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + With regard to military matters, Napoleon immediately on his entry +into Moscow gave General Sabastiani strict orders to observe the +movements of the Russian army, sent army corps out along the different +roads, and charged Murat to find Kutuzov. Then he gave careful +directions about the fortification of the Kremlin, and drew up a +brilliant plan for a future campaign over the whole map of Russia. + With regard to diplomatic questions, Napoleon summoned Captain +Yakovlev, who had been robbed and was in rags and did not know how +to get out of Moscow, minutely explained to him his whole policy and +his magnanimity, and having written a letter to the Emperor +Alexander in which he considered it his duty to inform his Friend +and Brother that Rostopchin had managed affairs badly in Moscow, he +dispatched Yakovlev to Petersburg. + Having similarly explained his views and his magnanimity to +Tutolmin, he dispatched that old man also to Petersburg to negotiate. + With regard to legal matters, immediately after the fires he gave +orders to find and execute the incendiaries. And the scoundrel +Rostopchin was punished by an order to burn down his houses. + With regard to administrative matters, Moscow was granted a +constitution. A municipality was established and the following +announcement issued: + + INHABITANTS OF MOSCOW! + Your misfortunes are cruel, but His Majesty the Emperor and King +desires to arrest their course. Terrible examples have taught you +how he punishes disobedience and crime. Strict measures have been +taken to put an end to disorder and to re-establish public security. A +paternal administration, chosen from among yourselves, will form +your municipality or city government. It will take care of you, of +your needs, and of your welfare. Its members will be distinguished +by a red ribbon worn across the shoulder, and the mayor of the city +will wear a white belt as well. But when not on duty they will only +wear a red ribbon round the left arm. + The city police is established on its former footing, and better +order already prevails in consequence of its activity. The +government has appointed two commissaries general, or chiefs of +police, and twenty commissaries or captains of wards have been +appointed to the different wards of the city. You will recognize +them by the white ribbon they will wear on the left arm. Several +churches of different denominations are open, and divine service is +performed in them unhindered. Your fellow citizens are returning every +day to their homes. and orders have been given that they should find +in them the help and protection due to their misfortunes. These are +the measures the government has adopted to re-establish order and +relieve youp condition. But to achieve this aim it is necessary that +you should add your efforts and should, if possible, forget the +misfortunes you have suffered, should entertain the hope of a less +cruel fate, should be certain that inevitable and ignominious death +awaits those who make any attempt on your persons or on what remains +of your property, and finally that you should not doubt that these +will be safeguarded, since such is the will of the greatest and most +just of monarchs. Soldiers and citizens, of whatever nation you may +be, re-establish public confidence, the source of the welfare of a +state, live like brothers, render mutual aid and protection one to +another, unite to defeat the intentions of the evil-minded, obey the +military and civil authorities, and your tears will soon cease to +flow! + + With regard to supplies for the army, Napoleon decreed that all +the troops in turn should enter Moscow a la maraude* to obtain +provisions for themselves, so that the army might have its future +provided for. + + *As looters. + + With regard to religion, Napoleon ordered the priests to be +brought back and services to be again performed in the churches. + With regard to commerce and to provisioning the army, the +following was placarded everywhere: + + PROCLAMATION! + You, peaceful inhabitants of Moscow, artisans and workmen whom +misfortune has driven from the city, and you scattered tillers of +the soil, still kept out in the fields by groundless fear, listen! +Tranquillity is returning to this capital and order is being +restored in it. Your fellow countrymen are emerging boldly from +their hiding places on finding that they are respected. Any violence +to them or to their property is promptly punished. His Majesty the +Emperor and King protects them, and considers no one among you his +enemy except those who disobey his orders. He desires to end your +misfortunes and restore you to your homes and families. Respond, +therefore, to his benevolent intentions and come to us without fear. +Inhabitants, return with confidence to your abodes! You will soon find +means of satisfying your needs. Craftsmen and industrious artisans, +return to your work, your houses, your shops, where the protection +of guards awaits you! You shall receive proper pay for your work. +And lastly you too, peasants, come from the forests where you are +hiding in terror, return to your huts without fear, in full +assurance that you will find protection! Markets are established in +the city where peasants can bring their surplus supplies and the +products of the soil. The government has taken the following steps +to ensure freedom of sale for them: (1) From today, peasants, +husbandmen, and those living in the neighborhood of Moscow may without +any danger bring their supplies of all kinds to two appointed markets, +of which one is on the Mokhovaya Street and the other at the Provision +Market. (2) Such supplies will be bought from them at such prices as +seller and buyer may agree on, and if a seller is unable to obtain a +fair price he will be free to take his goods back to his village and +no one may hinder him under any pretense. (3) Sunday and Wednesday +of each week are appointed as the chief market days and to that end +a sufficient number of troops will be stationed along the highroads on +Tuesdays and Saturdays at such distances from the town as to protect +the carts. (4) Similar measures will be taken that peasants with their +carts and horses may meet with no hindrance on their return journey. +(5) Steps will immediately be taken to re-establish ordinary trading. + Inhabitants of the city and villages, and you, workingmen and +artisans, to whatever nation you belong, you are called on to carry +out the paternal intentions of His Majesty the Emperor and King and to +co-operate with him for the public welfare! Lay your respect and +confidence at his feet and do not delay to unite with us! + + With the object of raising the spirits of the troops and of the +people, reviews were constantly held and rewards distributed. The +Emperor rode through the streets to comfort the inhabitants, and, +despite his preoccupation with state affairs, himself visited the +theaters that were established by his order. + In regard to philanthropy, the greatest virtue of crowned heads, +Napoleon also did all in his power. He caused the words Maison de ma +Mere to be inscribed on the charitable institutions, thereby combining +tender filial affection with the majestic benevolence of a monarch. He +visited the Foundling Hospital and, allowing the orphans saved by +him to kiss his white hands, graciously conversed with Tutolmin. Then, +as Thiers eloquently recounts, he ordered his soldiers to be paid in +forged Russian money which he had prepared: "Raising the use of +these means by an act worthy of himself and of the French army, he let +relief be distributed to those who had been burned out. But as food +was too precious to be given to foreigners, who were for the most part +enemies, Napoleon preferred to supply them with money with which to +purchase food from outside, and had paper rubles distributed to them." + With reference to army discipline, orders were continually being +issued to inflict severe punishment for the nonperformance of military +duties and to suppress robbery. +BK13|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + But strange to say, all these measures, efforts, and plans- which +were not at all worse than others issued in similar circumstances- did +not affect the essence of the matter but, like the hands of a clock +detached from the mechanism, swung about in an arbitrary and aimless +way without engaging the cogwheels. + With reference to the military side- the plan of campaign- that work +of genius of which Thiers remarks that, "His genius never devised +anything more profound, more skillful, or more admirable," and +enters into a polemic with M. Fain to prove that this work of genius +must be referred not to the fourth but to the fifteenth of October- +that plan never was or could be executed, for it was quite out of +touch with the facts of the case. The fortifying of the Kremlin, for +which la Mosquee (as Napoleon termed the church of Basil the +Beatified) was to have been razed to the ground, proved quite useless. +The mining of the Kremlin only helped toward fulfilling Napoleon's +wish that it should be blown up when he left Moscow- as a child +wants the floor on which he has hurt himself to be beaten. The pursuit +of the Russian army, about which Napoleon was so concerned, produced +an unheard-of result. The French generals lost touch with the +Russian army of sixty thousand men, and according to Thiers it was +only eventually found, like a lost pin, by the skill- and apparently +the genius- of Murat. + With reference to diplomacy, all Napoleon's arguments as to his +magnanimity and justice, both to Tutolmin and to Yakovlev (whose chief +concern was to obtain a greatcoat and a conveyance), proved useless; +Alexander did not receive these envoys and did not reply to their +embassage. + With regard to legal matters, after the execution of the supposed +incendiaries the rest of Moscow burned down. + With regard to administrative matters, the establishment of a +municipality did not stop the robberies and was only of use to certain +people who formed part of that municipality and under pretext of +preserving order looted Moscow or saved their own property from +being looted. + With regard to religion, as to which in Egypt matters had so +easily been settled by Napoleon's visit to a mosque, no results were +achieved. Two or three priests who were found in Moscow did try to +carry out Napoleon's wish, but one of them was slapped in the face +by a French soldier while conducting service, and a French official +reported of another that: "The priest whom I found and invited to +say Mass cleaned and locked up the church. That night the doors were +again broken open, the padlocks smashed, the books mutilated, and +other disorders perpetrated." + With reference to commerce, the proclamation to industrious +workmen and to peasants evoked no response. There were no +industrious workmen, and the peasants caught the commissaries who +ventured too far out of town with the proclamation and killed them. + As to the theaters for the entertainment of the people and the +troops, these did not meet with success either. The theaters set up in +the Kremlin and in Posnyakov's house were closed again at once because +the actors and actresses were robbed. + Even philanthropy did not have the desired effect. The genuine as +well as the false paper money which flooded Moscow lost its value. The +French, collecting booty, cared only for gold. Not only was the +paper money valueless which Napoleon so graciously distributed to +the unfortunate, but even silver lost its value in relation to gold. + But the most amazing example of the ineffectiveness of the orders +given by the authorities at that time was Napoleon's attempt to stop +the looting and re-establish discipline. + This is what the army authorities were reporting: + "Looting continues in the city despite the decrees against it. Order +is not yet restored and not a single merchant is carrying on trade +in a lawful manner. The sutlers alone venture to trade, and they +sell stolen goods." + "The neighborhood of my ward continues to be pillaged by soldiers of +the 3rd Corps who, not satisfied with taking from the unfortunate +inhabitants hiding in the cellars the little they have left, even have +the ferocity to wound them with their sabers, as I have repeatedly +witnessed." + "Nothing new, except that the soldiers are robbing and pillaging- +October 9." + "Robbery and pillaging continue. There is a band of thieves in our +district who ought to be arrested by a strong force- October 11." + "The Emperor is extremely displeased that despite the strict +orders to stop pillage, parties of marauding Guards are continually +seen returning to the Kremlin. Among the Old Guard disorder and +pillage were renewed more violently than ever yesterday evening, +last night, and today. The Emperor sees with regret that the picked +soldiers appointed to guard his person, who should set an example of +discipline, carry disobedience to such a point that they break into +the cellars and stores containing army supplies. Others have disgraced +themselves to the extent of disobeying sentinels and officers, and +have abused and beaten them." + "The Grand Marshal of the palace," wrote the governor, "complains +bitterly that in spite of repeated orders, the soldiers continue to +commit nuisances in all the courtyards and even under the very windows +of the Emperor." + That army, like a herd of cattle run wild and trampling underfoot +the provender which might have saved it from starvation, disintegrated +and perished with each additional day it remained in Moscow. But it +did not go away. + It began to run away only when suddenly seized by a panic caused +by the capture of transport trains on the Smolensk road, and by the +battle of Tarutino. The news of that battle of Tarutino, +unexpectedly received by Napoleon at a review, evoked in him a +desire to punish the Russians (Thiers says), and he issued the order +for departure which the whole army was demanding. + Fleeing from Moscow the soldiers took with them everything they +had stolen. Napoleon, too, carried away his own personal tresor, but +on seeing the baggage trains that impeded the army, he was (Thiers +says) horror-struck. And yet with his experience of war he did not +order all the superfluous vehicles to be burned, as he had done with +those of a certain marshal when approaching Moscow. He gazed at the +caleches and carriages in which soldiers were riding and remarked that +it was a very good thing, as those vehicles could be used to carry +provisions, the sick, and the wounded. + The plight of the whole army resembled that of a wounded animal +which feels it is perishing and does not know what it is doing. To +study the skillful tactics and aims of Napoleon and his army from +the time it entered Moscow till it was destroyed is like studying +the dying leaps and shudders of a mortally wounded animal. Very +often a wounded animal, hearing a rustle, rushes straight at the +hunter's gun, runs forward and back again, and hastens its own end. +Napoleon, under pressure from his whole army, did the same thing. +The rustle of the battle of Tarutino frightened the beast, and it +rushed forward onto the hunter's gun, reached him, turned back, and +finally- like any wild beast- ran back along the most +disadvantageous and dangerous path, where the old scent was familiar. + During the whole of that period Napoleon, who seems to us to have +been the leader of all these movements- as the figurehead of a ship +may seem to a savage to guide the vessel- acted like a child who, +holding a couple of strings inside a carriage, thinks he is driving +it. +BK13|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Early in the morning of the sixth of October Pierre went out of +the shed, and on returning stopped by the door to play with a little +blue-gray dog, with a long body and short bandy legs, that jumped +about him. This little dog lived in their shed, sleeping beside +Karataev at night; it sometimes made excursions into the town but +always returned again. Probably it had never had an owner, and it +still belonged to nobody and had no name. The French called it Azor; +the soldier who told stories called it Femgalka; Karataev and others +called it Gray, or sometimes Flabby. Its lack of a master, a name, +or even of a breed or any definite color did not seem to trouble the +blue-gray dog in the least. Its furry tail stood up firm and round +as a plume, its bandy legs served it so well that it would often +gracefully lift a hind leg and run very easily and quickly on three +legs, as if disdaining to use all four. Everything pleased it. Now +it would roll on its back, yelping with delight, now bask in the sun +with a thoughtful air of importance, and now frolic about playing with +a chip of wood or a straw. + Pierre's attire by now consisted of a dirty torn shirt (the only +remnant of his former clothing), a pair of soldier's trousers which by +Karataev's advice he tied with string round the ankles for warmth, and +a peasant coat and cap. Physically he had changed much during this +time. He no longer seemed stout, though he still had the appearance of +solidity and strength hereditary in his family. A beard and mustache +covered the lower part of his face, and a tangle of hair, infested +with lice, curled round his head like a cap. The look of his eyes +was resolute, calm, and animatedly alert, as never before. The +former slackness which had shown itself even in his eyes was now +replaced by an energetic readiness for action and resistance. His feet +were bare. + Pierre first looked down the field across which vehicles and +horsemen were passing that morning, then into the distance across +the river, then at the dog who was pretending to be in earnest about +biting him, and then at his bare feet which he placed with pleasure in +various positions, moving his dirty thick big toes. Every time he +looked at his bare feet a smile of animated self-satisfaction +flitted across his face. The sight of them reminded him of all he +had experienced and learned during these weeks and this recollection +was pleasant to him. + For some days the weather had been calm and clear with slight frosts +in the mornings- what is called an "old wives' summer." + In the sunshine the air was warm, and that warmth was particularly +pleasant with the invigorating freshness of the morning frost still in +the air. + On everything- far and near- lay the magic crystal glitter seen only +at that time autumn. The Sparrow Hills were visible in the distance, +with the village, the church, and the large white house. The bare +trees, the sand, the bricks and roofs of the houses, the green +church spire, and the corners of the white house in the distance, +all stood out in the transparent air in most delicate outline and with +unnatural clearness. Near by could be seen the familiar ruins of a +half-burned mansion occupied by the French, with lilac bushes still +showing dark green beside the fence. And even that ruined and befouled +house- which in dull weather was repulsively ugly- seemed quietly +beautiful now, in the clear, motionless brilliance. + A French corporal, with coat unbuttoned in a homely way, a +skullcap on his head, and a short pipe in his mouth, came from +behind a corner of the shed and approached Pierre with a friendly +wink. + "What sunshine, Monsieur Kiril!" (Their name for Pierre.) "Eh? +Just like spring!" + And the corporal leaned against the door and offered Pierre his +pipe, though whenever he offered it Pierre always declined it. + "To be on the march in such weather..." he began. + Pierre inquired what was being said about leaving, and the +corporal told him that nearly all the troops were starting and there +ought to be an order about the prisoners that day. Sokolov, one of the +soldiers in the shed with Pierre, was dying, and Pierre told the +corporal that something should be done about him. The corporal replied +that Pierre need not worry about that as they had an ambulance and a +permanent hospital and arrangements would be made for the sick, and +that in general everything that could happen had been foreseen by +the authorities. + "Besides, Monsieur Kiril, you have only to say a word to the +captain, you know. He is a man who never forgets anything. Speak to +the captain when he makes his round, he will do anything for you." + (The captain of whom the corporal spoke often had long chats with +Pierre and showed him all sorts of favors.) + "'You see, St. Thomas,' he said to me the other day. 'Monsieur Kiril +is a man of education, who speaks French. He is a Russian seigneur who +has had misfortunes, but he is a man. He knows what's what.... If he +wants anything and asks me, he won't get a refusal. When one has +studied, you see, one likes education and well-bred people.' It is for +your sake I mention it, Monsieur Kiril. The other day if it had not +been for you that affair would have ended ill." + And after chatting a while longer, the corporal went away. (The +affair he had alluded to had happened a few days before- a fight +between the prisoners and the French soldiers, in which Pierre had +succeeded in pacifying his comrades.) Some of the prisoners who had +heard Pierre talking to the corporal immediately asked what the +Frenchman had said. While Pierre was repeating what he had been told +about the army leaving Moscow, a thin, sallow, tattered French soldier +came up to the door of the shed. Rapidly and timidly raising his +fingers to his forehead by way of greeting, he asked Pierre whether +the soldier Platoche to whom he had given a shirt to sew was in that +shed. + A week before the French had had boot leather and linen issued to +them, which they had given out to the prisoners to make up into +boots and shirts for them. + "Ready, ready, dear fellow!" said Karataev, coming out with a neatly +folded shirt. + Karataev, on account of the warm weather and for convenience at +work, was wearing only trousers and a tattered shirt as black as soot. +His hair was bound round, workman fashion, with a wisp of lime-tree +bast, and his round face seemed rounder and pleasanter than ever. + "A promise is own brother to performance! I said Friday and here +it is, ready," said Platon, smiling and unfolding the shirt he had +sewn. + The Frenchman glanced around uneasily and then, as if overcoming his +hesitation, rapidly threw off his uniform and put on the shirt. He had +a long, greasy, flowered silk waistcoat next to his sallow, thin +bare body, but no shirt. He was evidently afraid the prisoners looking +on would laugh at him, and thrust his head into the shirt hurriedly. +None of the prisoners said a word. + "See, it fits well!" Platon kept repeating, pulling the shirt +straight. + The Frenchman, having pushed his head and hands through, without +raising his eyes, looked down at the shirt and examined the seams. + "You see, dear man, this is not a sewing shop, and I had no proper +tools; and, as they say, one needs a tool even to kill a louse," +said Platon with one of his round smiles, obviously pleased with his +work. + "It's good, quite good, thank you," said the Frenchman, in French, +"but there must be some linen left over. + "It will fit better still when it sets to your body," said Karataev, +still admiring his handiwork. "You'll be nice and comfortable...." + "Thanks, thanks, old fellow.... But the bits left over?" said the +Frenchman again and smiled. He took out an assignation ruble note +and gave it to Karataev. "But give me the pieces that are over." + Pierre saw that Platon did not want to understand what the Frenchman +was saying, and he looked on without interfering. Karataev thanked the +Frenchman for the money and went on admiring his own work. The +Frenchman insisted on having the pieces returned that were left over +and asked Pierre to translate what he said. + "What does he want the bits for?" said Karataev. "They'd make fine +leg bands for us. Well, never mind." + And Karataev, with a suddenly changed and saddened expression, +took a small bundle of scraps from inside his shirt and gave it to the +Frenchman without looking at him. "Oh dear!" muttered Karataev and +went away. The Frenchman looked at the linen, considered for a moment, +then looked inquiringly at Pierre and, as if Pierre's look had told +him something, suddenly blushed and shouted in a squeaky voice: + "Platoche! Eh, Platoche! Keep them yourself!" And handing back the +odd bits he turned and went out. + "There, look at that," said Karataev, swaying his head. "People said +they were not Christians, but they too have souls. It's what the old +folk used to say: 'A sweating hand's an open hand, a dry hand's +close.' He's naked, but yet he's given it back." + Karataev smiled thoughtfully and was silent awhile looking at the +pieces. + "But they'll make grand leg bands, dear friend," he said, and went +back into the shed. +BK13|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + Four weeks had passed since Pierre had been taken prisoner and +though the French had offered to move him from the men's to the +officers' shed, he had stayed in the shed where he was first put. + In burned and devastated Moscow Pierre experienced almost the +extreme limits of privation a man can endure; but thanks to his +physical strength and health, of which he had till then been +unconscious, and thanks especially to the fact that the privations +came so gradually that it was impossible to say when they began, he +endured his position not only lightly but joyfully. And just at this +time he obtained the tranquillity and ease of mind he had formerly +striven in vain to reach. He had long sought in different ways that +tranquillity of mind, that inner harmony which had so impressed him in +the soldiers at the battle of Borodino. He had sought it in +philanthropy, in Freemasonry, in the dissipations of town life, in +wine, in heroic feats of self-sacrifice, and in romantic love for +Natasha; he had sought it by reasoning- and all these quests and +experiments had failed him. And now without thinking about it he had +found that peace and inner harmony only through the horror of death, +through privation, and through what he recognized in Karataev. + Those dreadful moments he had lived through at the executions had as +it were forever washed away from his imagination and memory the +agitating thoughts and feelings that had formerly seemed so important. +It did not now occur to him to think of Russia, or the war, or +politics, or Napoleon. It was plain to him that all these things +were no business of his, and that he was not called on to judge +concerning them and therefore could not do so. "Russia and summer +weather are not bound together," he thought, repeating words of +Karataev's which he found strangely consoling. His intention of +killing Napoleon and his calculations of the cabalistic number of +the beast of the Apocalypse now seemed to him meaningless and even +ridiculous. His anger with his wife and anxiety that his name should +not be smirched now seemed not merely trivial but even amusing. What +concern was it of his that somewhere or other that woman was leading +the life she preferred? What did it matter to anybody, and +especially to him, whether or not they found out that their prisoner's +name was Count Bezukhov? + He now often remembered his conversation with Prince Andrew and +quite agreed with him, though he understood Prince Andrew's thoughts +somewhat differently. Prince Andrew had thought and said that +happiness could only be negative, but had said it with a shade of +bitterness and irony as though he was really saying that all desire +for positive happiness is implanted in us merely to torment us and +never be satisfied. But Pierre believed it without any mental +reservation. The absence of suffering, the satisfaction of one's needs +and consequent freedom in the choice of one's occupation, that is, +of one's way of life, now seemed to Pierre to be indubitably man's +highest happiness. Here and now for the first time he fully +appreciated the enjoyment of eating when he wanted to eat, drinking +when he wanted to drink, sleeping when he wanted to sleep, of warmth +when he was cold, of talking to a fellow man when he wished to talk +and to hear a human voice. The satisfaction of one's needs- good food, +cleanliness, and freedom- now that he was deprived of all this, seemed +to Pierre to constitute perfect happiness; and the choice of +occupation, that is, of his way of life- now that that was so +restricted- seemed to him such an easy matter that he forgot that a +superfluity of the comforts of life destroys all joy in satisfying +one's needs, while great freedom in the choice of occupation- such +freedom as his wealth, his education, and his social position had +given him in his own life- is just what makes the choice of occupation +insolubly difficult and destroys the desire and possibility of +having an occupation. + All Pierre's daydreams now turned on the time when he would be free. +Yet subsequently, and for the rest of his life, he thought and spoke +with enthusiasm of that month of captivity, of those irrecoverable, +strong, joyful sensations, and chiefly of the complete peace of mind +and inner freedom which he experienced only during those weeks. + When on the first day he got up early, went out of the shed at dawn, +and saw the cupolas and crosses of the New Convent of the Virgin still +dark at first, the hoarfrost on the dusty grass, the Sparrow Hills, +and the wooded banks above the winding river vanishing in the purple +distance, when he felt the contact of the fresh air and heard the +noise of the crows flying from Moscow across the field, and when +afterwards light gleamed from the east and the sun's rim appeared +solemnly from behind a cloud, and the cupolas and crosses, the +hoarfrost, the distance and the river, all began to sparkle in the +glad light- Pierre felt a new joy and strength in life such as he +had never before known. And this not only stayed with him during the +whole of his imprisonment, but even grew in strength as the +hardships of his position increased. + That feeling of alertness and of readiness for anything was still +further strengthened in him by the high opinion his fellow prisoners +formed of him soon after his arrival at the shed. With his knowledge +of languages, the respect shown him by the French, his simplicity, his +readiness to give anything asked of him (he received the allowance +of three rubles a week made to officers); with his strength, which +he showed to the soldiers by pressing nails into the walls of the hut; +his gentleness to his companions, and his capacity for sitting still +and thinking without doing anything (which seemed to them +incomprehensible), he appeared to them a rather mysterious and +superior being. The very qualities that had been a hindrance, if not +actually harmful, to him in the world he had lived in- his strength, +his disdain for the comforts of life, his absent-mindedness and +simplicity- here among these people gave him almost the status of a +hero. And Pierre felt that their opinion placed responsibilities +upon him. +BK13|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + The French evacuation began on the night between the sixth and +seventh of October: kitchens and sheds were dismantled, carts +loaded, and troops and baggage trains started. + At seven in the morning a French convoy in marching trim, wearing +shakos and carrying muskets, knapsacks, and enormous sacks, stood in +front of the sheds, and animated French talk mingled with curses +sounded all along the lines. + In the shed everyone was ready, dressed, belted, shod, and only +awaited the order to start. The sick soldier, Sokolov, pale and thin +with dark shadows round his eyes, alone sat in his place barefoot +and not dressed. His eyes, prominent from the emaciation of his +face, gazed inquiringly at his comrades who were paying no attention +to him, and he moaned regularly and quietly. It was evidently not so +much his sufferings that caused him to moan (he had dysentery) as +his fear and grief at being left alone. + Pierre, girt with a rope round his waist and wearing shoes +Karataev had made for him from some leather a French soldier had +torn off a tea chest and brought to have his boots mended with, went +up to the sick man and squatted down beside him. + "You know, Sokolov, they are not all going away! They have a +hospital here. You may be better off than we others," said Pierre. + "O Lord! Oh, it will be the death of me! O Lord!" moaned the man +in a louder voice. + "I'll go and ask them again directly," said Pierre, rising and going +to the door of the shed. + Just as Pierre reached the door, the corporal who had offered him +a pipe the day before came up to it with two soldiers. The corporal +and soldiers were in marching kit with knapsacks and shakos that had +metal straps, and these changed their familiar faces. + The corporal came, according to orders, to shut the door. The +prisoners had to be counted before being let out. + "Corporal, what will they do with the sick man?..." Pierre began. + But even as he spoke he began to doubt whether this was the corporal +he knew or a stranger, so unlike himself did the corporal seem at that +moment. Moreover, just as Pierre was speaking a sharp rattle of +drums was suddenly heard from both sides. The corporal frowned at +Pierre's words and, uttering some meaningless oaths, slammed the door. +The shed became semidark, and the sharp rattle of the drums on two +sides drowned the sick man's groans. + "There it is!... It again!..." said Pierre to himself, and an +involuntary shudder ran down his spine. In the corporal's changed +face, in the sound of his voice, in the stirring and deafening noise +of the drums, he recognized that mysterious, callous force which +compelled people against their will to kill their fellow men- that +force the effect of which he had witnessed during the executions. To +fear or to try to escape that force, to address entreaties or +exhortations to those who served as its tools, was useless. Pierre +knew this now. One had to wait and endure. He did not again go to +the sick man, nor turn to look at him, but stood frowning by the +door of the hut. + When that door was opened and the prisoners, crowding against one +another like a flock of sheep, squeezed into the exit, Pierre pushed +his way forward and approached that very captain who as the corporal +had assured him was ready to do anything for him. The captain was also +in marching kit, and on his cold face appeared that same it which +Pierre had recognized in the corporal's words and in the roll of the +drums. + "Pass on, pass on!" the captain reiterated, frowning sternly, and +looking at the prisoners who thronged past him. + Pierre went up to him, though he knew his attempt would be vain. + "What now?" the officer asked with a cold look as if not recognizing +Pierre. + Pierre told him about the sick man. + "He'll manage to walk, devil take him!" said the captain. "Pass +on, pass on!" he continued without looking at Pierre. + "But he is dying," Pierre again began. + "Be so good..." shouted the captain, frowning angrily. + "Dram-da-da-dam, dam-dam..." rattled the drums, and Pierre +understood that this mysterious force completely controlled these +men and that it was now useless to say any more. + The officer prisoners were separated from the soldiers and told to +march in front. There were about thirty officers, with Pierre among +them, and about three hundred men. + The officers, who had come from the other sheds, were all +strangers to Pierre and much better dressed than he. They looked at +him and at his shoes mistrustfully, as at an alien. Not far from him +walked a fat major with a sallow, bloated, angry face, who was wearing +a Kazan dressing grown tied round with a towel, and who evidently +enjoyed the respect of his fellow prisoners. He kept one hand, in +which he clasped his tobacco pouch, inside the bosom of his dressing +gown and held the stem of his pipe firmly with the other. Panting +and puffing, the major grumbled and growled at everybody because he +thought he was being pushed and that they were all hurrying when +they had nowhere to hurry to and were all surprised at something +when there was nothing to be surprised at. Another, a thin little +officer, was speaking to everyone, conjecturing where they were now +being taken and how far they would get that day. An official in felt +boots and wearing a commissariat uniform ran round from side to side +and gazed at the ruins of Moscow, loudly announcing his observations +as to what had been burned down and what this or that part of the city +was that they could see. A third officer, who by his accent was a +Pole, disputed with the commissariat officer, arguing that he was +mistaken in his identification of the different wards of Moscow. + "What are you disputing about?" said the major angrily. "What does +it matter whether it is St. Nicholas or St. Blasius? You see it's +burned down, and there's an end of it.... What are you pushing for? +Isn't the road wide enough?" said he, turning to a man behind him +who was not pushing him at all. + "Oh, oh, oh! What have they done?" the prisoners on one side and +another were heard saying as they gazed on the charred ruins. "All +beyond the river, and Zubova, and in the Kremlin.... Just look! +There's not half of it left. Yes, I told you- the whole quarter beyond +the river, and so it is." + "Well, you know it's burned, so what's the use of talking?" said the +major. + As they passed near a church in the Khamovniki (one of the few +unburned quarters of Moscow) the whole mass of prisoners suddenly +started to one side and exclamations of horror and disgust were heard. + "Ah, the villains! What heathens! Yes; dead, dead, so he is... And +smeared with something!" + Pierre too drew near the church where the thing was that evoked +these exclamations, and dimly made out something leaning against the +palings surrounding the church. From the words of his comrades who saw +better than he did, he found that this was the body of a man, set +upright against the palings with its face smeared with soot. + "Go on! What the devil... Go on! Thirty thousand devils!..." the +convoy guards began cursing and the French soldiers, with fresh +virulence, drove away with their swords the crowd of prisoners who +were gazing at the dead man. +BK13|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + Through the cross streets of the Khamovniki quarter the prisoners +marched, followed only by their escort and the vehicles and wagons +belonging to that escort, but when they reached the supply stores they +came among a huge and closely packed train of artillery mingled with +private vehicles. + At the bridge they all halted, waiting for those in front to get +across. From the bridge they had a view of endless lines of moving +baggage trains before and behind them. To the right, where the +Kaluga road turns near Neskuchny, endless rows of troops and carts +stretched away into the distance. These were troops of Beauharnais' +corps which had started before any of the others. Behind, along the +riverside and across the Stone Bridge, were Ney's troops and +transport. + Davout's troops, in whose charge were the prisoners, were crossing +the Crimean bridge and some were already debouching into the Kaluga +road. But the baggage trains stretched out so that the last of +Beauharnais' train had not yet got out of Moscow and reached the +Kaluga road when the vanguard of Ney's army was already emerging +from the Great Ordynka Street. + When they had crossed the Crimean bridge the prisoners moved a few +steps forward, halted, and again moved on, and from all sides vehicles +and men crowded closer and closer together. They advanced the few +hundred paces that separated the bridge from the Kaluga road, taking +more than an hour to do so, and came out upon the square where the +streets of the Transmoskva ward and the Kaluga road converge, and +the prisoners jammed close together had to stand for some hours at +that crossway. From all sides, like the roar of the sea, were heard +the rattle of wheels, the tramp of feet, and incessant shouts of anger +and abuse. Pierre stood pressed against the wall of a charred house, +listening to that noise which mingled in his imagination with the roll +of the drums. + To get a better view, several officer prisoners climbed onto the +wall of the half-burned house against which Pierre was leaning. + "What crowds! Just look at the crowds!... They've loaded goods +even on the cannon! Look there, those are furs!" they exclaimed. "Just +see what the blackguards have looted.... There! See what that one +has behind in the cart.... Why, those are settings taken from some +icons, by heaven!... Oh, the rascals!... See how that fellow has +loaded himself up, he can hardly walk! Good lord, they've even grabbed +those chaises!... See that fellow there sitting on the trunks.... +Heavens! They're fighting." + "That's right, hit him on the snout- on his snout! Like this, we +shan't get away before evening. Look, look there.... Why, that must be +Napoleon's own. See what horses! And the monograms with a crown! +It's like a portable house.... That fellow's dropped his sack and +doesn't see it. Fighting again... A woman with a baby, and not +bad-looking either! Yes, I dare say, that's the way they'll let you +pass... Just look, there's no end to it. Russian wenches, by heaven, +so they are! In carriages- see how comfortably they've settled +themselves!" + Again, as at the church in Khamovniki, a wave of general curiosity +bore all the prisoners forward onto the road, and Pierre, thanks to +his stature, saw over the heads of the others what so attracted +their curiosity. In three carriages involved among the munition carts, +closely squeezed together, sat women with rouged faces, dressed in +glaring colors, who were shouting something in shrill voices. + From the moment Pierre had recognized the appearance of the +mysterious force nothing had seemed to him strange or dreadful: +neither the corpse smeared with soot for fun nor these women +hurrying away nor the burned ruins of Moscow. All that he now +witnessed scarcely made an impression on him- as if his soul, making +ready for a hard struggle, refused to receive impressions that might +weaken it. + The women's vehicles drove by. Behind them came more carts, +soldiers, wagons, soldiers, gun carriages, carriages, soldiers, +ammunition carts, more soldiers, and now and then women. + Pierre did not see the people as individuals but saw their movement. + All these people and horses seemed driven forward by some +invisible power. During the hour Pierre watched them they all came +flowing from the different streets with one and the same desire to get +on quickly; they all jostled one another, began to grow angry and to +fight, white teeth gleamed, brows frowned, ever the same words of +abuse flew from side to side, and all the faces bore the same +swaggeringly resolute and coldly cruel expression that had struck +Pierre that morning on the corporal's face when the drums were +beating. + It was not till nearly evening that the officer commanding the +escort collected his men and with shouts and quarrels forced his way +in among the baggage trains, and the prisoners, hemmed in on all +sides, emerged onto the Kaluga road. + They marched very quickly, without resting, and halted only when the +sun began to set. The baggage carts drew up close together and the men +began to prepare for their night's rest. They all appeared angry and +dissatisfied. For a long time, oaths, angry shouts, and fighting could +be heard from all sides. A carriage that followed the escort ran +into one of the carts and knocked a hole in it with its pole. +Several soldiers ran toward the cart from different sides: some beat +the carriage horses on their heads, turning them aside, others +fought among themselves, and Pierre saw that one German was badly +wounded on the head by a sword. + It seemed that all these men, now that they had stopped amid +fields in the chill dusk of the autumn evening, experienced one and +the same feeling of unpleasant awakening from the hurry and +eagerness to push on that had seized them at the start. Once at a +standstill they all seemed to understand that they did not yet know +where they were going, and that much that was painful and difficult +awaited them on this journey. + During this halt the escort treated the prisoners even worse than +they had done at the start. It was here that the prisoners for the +first time received horseflesh for their meat ration. + From the officer down to the lowest soldier they showed what +seemed like personal spite against each of the prisoners, in +unexpected contrast to their former friendly relations. + This spite increased still more when, on calling over the roll of +prisoners, it was found that in the bustle of leaving Moscow one +Russian soldier, who had pretended to suffer from colic, had +escaped. Pierre saw a Frenchman beat a Russian soldier cruelly for +straying too far from the road, and heard his friend the captain +reprimand and threaten to court-martial a noncommissioned officer on +account of the escape of the Russian. To the noncommissioned officer's +excuse that the prisoner was ill and could not walk, the officer +replied that the order was to shoot those who lagged behind. Pierre +felt that that fatal force which had crushed him during the +executions, but which be had not felt during his imprisonment, now +again controlled his existence. It was terrible, but he felt that in +proportion to the efforts of that fatal force to crush him, there grew +and strengthened in his soul a power of life independent of it. + He ate his supper of buckwheat soup with horseflesh and chatted with +his comrades. + Neither Pierre nor any of the others spoke of what they had seen +in Moscow, or of the roughness of their treatment by the French, or of +the order to shoot them which had been announced to them. As if in +reaction against the worsening of their position they were all +particularly animated and gay. They spoke of personal reminiscences, +of amusing scenes they had witnessed during the campaign, and +avoided all talk of their present situation. + The sun had set long since. Bright stars shone out here and there in +the sky. A red glow as of a conflagration spread above the horizon +from the rising full moon, and that vast red ball swayed strangely +in the gray haze. It grew light. The evening was ending, but the night +had not yet come. Pierre got up and left his new companions, +crossing between the campfires to the other side of the road where +he had been told the common soldier prisoners were stationed. He +wanted to talk to them. On the road he was stopped by a French +sentinel who ordered him back. + Pierre turned back, not to his companions by the campfire, but to an +unharnessed cart where there was nobody. Tucking his legs under him +and dropping his head he sat down on the cold ground by the wheel of +the cart and remained motionless a long while sunk in thought. +Suddenly he burst out into a fit of his broad, good-natured +laughter, so loud that men from various sides turned with surprise +to see what this strange and evidently solitary laughter could mean. + "Ha-ha-ha!" laughed Pierre. And he said aloud to himself: "The +soldier did not let me pass. They took me and shut me up. They hold me +captive. What, me? Me? My immortal soul? Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha!..." and +he laughed till tears started to his eyes. + A man got up and came to see what this queer big fellow was laughing +at all by himself. Pierre stopped laughing, got up, went farther +away from the inquisitive man, and looked around him. + The huge, endless bivouac that had previously resounded with the +crackling of campfires and the voices of many men had grown quiet, the +red campfires were growing paler and dying down. High up in the +light sky hung the full moon. Forests and fields beyond the camp, +unseen before, were now visible in the distance. And farther still, +beyond those forests and fields, the bright, oscillating, limitless +distance lured one to itself. Pierre glanced up at the sky and the +twinkling stars in its faraway depths. "And all that is me, all that +is within me, and it is all I!" thought Pierre. "And they caught all +that and put it into a shed boarded up with planks!" He smiled, and +went and lay down to sleep beside his companions. +BK13|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + In the early days of October another envoy came to Kutuzov with a +letter from Napoleon proposing peace and falsely dated from Moscow, +though Napoleon was already not far from Kutuzov on the old Kaluga +road. Kutuzov replied to this letter as he had done to the one +formerly brought by Lauriston, saying that there could be no +question of peace. + Soon after that a report was received from Dorokhov's guerrilla +detachment operating to the left of Tarutino that troops of +Broussier's division had been seen at Forminsk and that being +separated from the rest of the French army they might easily be +destroyed. The soldiers and officers again demanded action. Generals +on the staff, excited by the memory of the easy victory at Tarutino, +urged Kutuzov to carry out Dorokhov's suggestion. Kutuzov did not +consider any offensive necessary. The result was a compromise which +was inevitable: a small detachment was sent to Forminsk to attack +Broussier. + By a strange coincidence, this task, which turned out to be a most +difficult and important one, was entrusted to Dokhturov- that same +modest little Dokhturov whom no one had described to us as drawing +up plans of battles, dashing about in front of regiments, showering +crosses on batteries, and so on, and who was thought to be and was +spoken of as undecided and undiscerning- but whom we find commanding +wherever the position was most difficult all through the +Russo-French wars from Austerlitz to the year 1813. At Austerlitz he +remained last at the Augezd dam, rallying the regiments, saving what +was possible when all were flying and perishing and not a single +general was left in the rear guard. Ill with fever he went to Smolensk +with twenty thousand men to defend the town against Napoleon's whole +army. In Smolensk, at the Malakhov Gate, he had hardly dozed off in +a paroxysm of fever before he was awakened by the bombardment of the +town- and Smolensk held out all day long. At the battle of Borodino, +when Bagration was killed and nine tenths of the men of our left flank +had fallen and the full force of the French artillery fire was +directed against it, the man sent there was this same irresolute and +undiscerning Dokhturov- Kutuzov hastening to rectify a mistake he +had made by sending someone else there first. And the quiet little +Dokhturov rode thither, and Borodino became the greatest glory of +the Russian army. Many heroes have been described to us in verse and +prose, but of Dokhturov scarcely a word has been said. + It was Dokhturov again whom they sent to Forminsk and from there +to Malo-Yaroslavets, the place where the last battle with the French +was fought and where the obvious disintegration of the French army +began; and we are told of many geniuses and heroes of that period of +the campaign, but of Dokhturov nothing or very little is said and that +dubiously. And this silence about Dokhturov is the clearest +testimony to his merit. + It is natural for a man who does not understand the workings of a +machine to imagine that a shaving that has fallen into it by chance +and is interfering with its action and tossing about in it is its most +important part. The man who does not understand the construction of +the machine cannot conceive that the small connecting cogwheel which +revolves quietly is one of the most essential parts of the machine, +and not the shaving which merely harms and hinders the working. + On the tenth of October when Dokhturov had gone halfway to +Forminsk and stopped at the village of Aristovo, preparing +faithfully to execute the orders he had received, the whole French +army having, in its convulsive movement, reached Murat's position +apparently in order to give battle- suddenly without any reason turned +off to the left onto the new Kaluga road and began to enter +Forminsk, where only Broussier had been till then. At that time +Dokhturov had under his command, besides Dorokhov's detachment, the +two small guerrilla detachments of Figner and Seslavin. + On the evening of October 11 Seslavin came to the Aristovo +headquarters with a French guardsman he had captured. The prisoner +said that the troops that had entered Forminsk that day were the +vanguard of the whole army, that Napoleon was there and the whole army +had left Moscow four days previously. That same evening a house serf +who had come from Borovsk said he had seen an immense army entering +the town. Some Cossacks of Dokhturov's detachment reported having +sighted the French Guards marching along the road to Borovsk. From all +these reports it was evident that where they had expected to meet a +single division there was now the whole French army marching from +Moscow in an unexpected direction- along the Kaluga road. Dokhturov +was unwilling to undertake any action, as it was not clear to him +now what he ought to do. He had been ordered to attack Forminsk. But +only Broussier had been there at that time and now the whole French +army was there. Ermolov wished to act on his own judgment, but +Dokhturov insisted that he must have Kutuzov's instructions. So it was +decided to send a dispatch to the staff. + For this purpose a capable officer, Bolkhovitinov, was chosen, who +was to explain the whole affair by word of mouth, besides delivering a +written report. Toward midnight Bolkhovitinov, having received the +dispatch and verbal instructions, galloped off to the General Staff +accompanied by a Cossack with spare horses. +BK13|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + It was a warm, dark, autumn night. It had been raining for four +days. Having changed horses twice and galloped twenty miles in an hour +and a half over a sticky, muddy road, Bolkhovitinov reached Litashevka +after one o'clock at night. Dismounting at a cottage on whose wattle +fence hung a signboard, GENERAL STAFF, and throwing down his reins, he +entered a dark passage. + "The general on duty, quick! It's very important!" said he to +someone who had risen and was sniffing in the dark passage. + "He has been very unwell since the evening and this is the third +night he has not slept," said the orderly pleadingly in a whisper. +"You should wake the captain first." + "But this is very important, from General Dokhturov," said +Bolkhovitinov, entering the open door which he had found by feeling in +the dark. + The orderly had gone in before him and began waking somebody. + "Your honor, your honor! A courier." + "What? What's that? From whom?" came a sleepy voice. + "From Dokhturov and from Alexey Petrovich. Napoleon is at Forminsk," +said Bolkhovitinov, unable to see in the dark who was speaking but +guessing by the voice that it was not Konovnitsyn. + The man who had wakened yawned and stretched himself. + "I don't like waking him," he said, fumbling for something. "He is +very ill. Perhaps this is only a rumor." + "Here is the dispatch," said Bolkhovitinov. "My orders are to give +it at once to the general on duty." + "Wait a moment, I'll light a candle. You damned rascal, where do you +always hide it?" said the voice of the man who was stretching himself, +to the orderly. (This was Shcherbinin, Konovnitsyn's adjutant.) +"I've found it, I've found it!" he added. + The orderly was striking a light and Shcherbinin was fumbling for +something on the candlestick. + "Oh, the nasty beasts!" said he with disgust. + By the light of the sparks Bolkhovitinov saw Shcherbinin's +youthful face as he held the candle, and the face of another man who +was still asleep. This was Konovnitsyn. + When the flame of the sulphur splinters kindled by the tinder burned +up, first blue and then red, Shcherbinin lit the tallow candle, from +the candlestick of which the cockroaches that had been gnawing it were +running away, and looked at the messenger. Bolkhovitinov was +bespattered all over with mud and had smeared his face by wiping it +with his sleeve. + "Who gave the report?" inquired Shcherbinin, taking the envelope. + "The news is reliable," said Bolkhovitinov. "Prisoners, Cossacks, +and the scouts all say the same thing." + "There's nothing to be done, we'll have to wake him," said +Shcherbinin, rising and going up to the man in the nightcap who lay +covered by a greatcoat. "Peter Petrovich!" said he. (Konovnitsyn did +not stir.) "To the General Staff!" he said with a smile, knowing +that those words would be sure to arouse him. + And in fact the head in the nightcap was lifted at once. On +Konovnitsyn's handsome, resolute face with cheeks flushed by fever, +there still remained for an instant a faraway dreamy expression remote +from present affairs, but then he suddenly started and his face +assumed its habitual calm and firm appearance. + "Well, what is it? From whom?" he asked immediately but without +hurry, blinking at the light. + While listening to the officer's report Konovnitsyn broke the seal +and read the dispatch. Hardly had he done so before he lowered his +legs in their woolen stockings to the earthen floor and began +putting on his boots. Then he took off his nightcap, combed his hair +over his temples, and donned his cap. + "Did you get here quickly? Let us go to his Highness." + Konovnitsyn had understood at once that the news brought was of +great importance and that no time must be lost. He did not consider or +ask himself whether the news was good or bad. That did not interest +him. He regarded the whole business of the war not with his +intelligence or his reason but by something else. There was within him +a deep unexpressed conviction that all would be well, but that one +must not trust to this and still less speak about it, but must only +attend to one's own work. And he did his work, giving his whole +strength to the task. + Peter Petrovich Konovnitsyn, like Dokhturov, seems to have been +included merely for propriety's sake in the list of the so-called +heroes of 1812- the Barclays, Raevskis, Ermolovs, Platovs, and +Miloradoviches. Like Dokhturov he had the reputation of being a man of +very limited capacity and information, and like Dokhturov he never +made plans of battle but was always found where the situation was most +difficult. Since his appointment as general on duty he had always +slept with his door open, giving orders that every messenger should be +allowed to wake him up. In battle he was always under fire, so that +Kutuzov reproved him for it and feared to send him to the front, and +like Dokhturov he was one of those unnoticed cogwheels that, without +clatter or noise, constitute the most essential part of the machine. + Coming out of the hut into the damp, dark night Konovnitsyn frowned- +partly from an increased pain in his head and partly at the unpleasant +thought that occurred to him, of how all that nest of influential +men on the staff would be stirred up by this news, especially +Bennigsen, who ever since Tarutino had been at daggers drawn with +Kutuzov; and how they would make suggestions, quarrel, issue orders, +and rescind them. And this premonition was disagreeable to him +though he knew it could not be helped. + And in fact Toll, to whom he went to communicate the news, +immediately began to expound his plans to a general sharing his +quarters, until Konovnitsyn, who listened in weary silence, reminded +him that they must go to see his Highness. +BK13|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Kutuzov like all old people did not sleep much at night. He often +fell asleep unexpectedly in the daytime, but at night, lying on his +bed without undressing, he generally remained awake thinking. + So he lay now on his bed, supporting his large, heavy, scarred +head on his plump hand, with his one eye open, meditating and +peering into the darkness. + Since Bennigsen, who corresponded with the Emperor and had more +influence than anyone else on the staff, had begun to avoid him, +Kutuzov was more at ease as to the possibility of himself and his +troops being obliged to take part in useless aggressive movements. The +lesson of the Tarutino battle and of the day before it, which +Kutuzov remembered with pain, must, he thought, have some effect on +others too. + "They must understand that we can only lose by taking the offensive. +Patience and time are my warriors, my champions," thought Kutuzov. +He knew that an apple should not be plucked while it is green. It will +fall of itself when ripe, but if picked unripe the apple is spoiled, +the tree is harmed, and your teeth are set on edge. Like an +experienced sportsman he knew that the beast was wounded, and +wounded as only the whole strength of Russia could have wounded it, +but whether it was mortally wounded or not was still an undecided +question. Now by the fact of Lauriston and Barthelemi having been +sent, and by the reports of the guerrillas, Kutuzov was almost sure +that the wound was mortal. But he needed further proofs and it was +necessary to wait. + "They want to run to see how they have wounded it. Wait and we shall +see! Continual maneuvers, continual advances!" thought he. "What +for? Only to distinguish themselves! As if fighting were fun. They are +like children from whom one can't get any sensible account of what has +happened because they all want to show how well they can fight. But +that's not what is needed now. + "And what ingenious maneuvers they all propose to me! It seems to +them that when they have thought of two or three contingencies" (he +remembered the general plan sent him from Petersburg) "they have +foreseen everything. But the contingencies are endless." + The undecided question as to whether the wound inflicted at Borodino +was mortal or not had hung over Kutuzov's head for a whole month. On +the one hand the French had occupied Moscow. On the other Kutuzov felt +assured with all his being that the terrible blow into which he and +all the Russians had put their whole strength must have been mortal. +But in any case proofs were needed; he had waited a whole month for +them and grew more impatient the longer he waited. Lying on his bed +during those sleepless nights he did just what he reproached those +younger generals for doing. He imagined all sorts of possible +contingencies, just like the younger men, but with this difference, +that he saw thousands of contingencies instead of two or three and +based nothing on them. The longer he thought the more contingencies +presented themselves. He imagined all sorts of movements of the +Napoleonic army as a whole or in sections- against Petersburg, or +against him, or to outflank him. He thought too of the possibility +(which he feared most of all) that Napoleon might fight him with his +own weapon and remain in Moscow awaiting him. Kutuzov even imagined +that Napoleon's army might turn back through Medyn and Yukhnov, but +the one thing he could not foresee was what happened- the insane, +convulsive stampede of Napoleon's army during its first eleven days +after leaving Moscow: a stampede which made possible what Kutuzov +had not yet even dared to think of- the complete extermination of +the French. Dorokhov's report about Broussier's division, the +guerrillas' reports of distress in Napoleon's army, rumors of +preparations for leaving Moscow, all confirmed the supposition that +the French army was beaten and preparing for flight. But these were +only suppositions, which seemed important to the younger men but not +to Kutuzov. With his sixty years' experience he knew what value to +attach to rumors, knew how apt people who desire anything are to group +all news so that it appears to confirm what they desire, and he knew +how readily in such cases they omit all that makes for the contrary. +And the more he desired it the less he allowed himself to believe +it. This question absorbed all his mental powers. All else was to +him only life's customary routine. To such customary routine +belonged his conversations with the staff, the letters he wrote from +Tarutino to Madame de Stael, the reading of novels, the distribution +of awards, his correspondence with Petersburg, and so on. But the +destruction of the French, which he alone foresaw, was his heart's one +desire. + On the night of the eleventh of October he lay leaning on his arm +and thinking of that. + There was a stir in the next room and he heard the steps of Toll, +Konovnitsyn, and Bolkhovitinov. + "Eh, who's there? Come in, come in! What news?" the field marshal +called out to them. + While a footman was lighting a candle, Toll communicated the +substance of the news. + "Who brought it?" asked Kutuzov with a look which, when the candle +was lit, struck Toll by its cold severity. + "There can be no doubt about it, your Highness." + "Call him in, call him here." + Kutuzov sat up with one leg hanging down from the bed and his big +paunch resting against the other which was doubled under him. He +screwed up his seeing eye to scrutinize the messenger more +carefully, as if wishing to read in his face what preoccupied his +own mind. + "Tell me, tell me, friend," said he to Bolkhovitinov in his low, +aged voice, as he pulled together the shirt which gaped open on his +chest, "come nearer- nearer. What news have you brought me? Eh? That +Napoleon has left Moscow? Are you sure? Eh?" + Bolkhovitinov gave a detailed account from the beginning of all he +had been told to report. + "Speak quicker, quicker! Don't torture me!" Kutuzov interrupted him. + Bolkhovitinov told him everything and was then silent, awaiting +instructions. Toll was beginning to say something but Kutuzov +checked him. He tried to say something, but his face suddenly puckered +and wrinkled; he waved his arm at Toll and turned to the opposite side +of the room, to the corner darkened by the icons that hung there. + "O Lord, my Creator, Thou has heard our prayer..." said he in a +tremulous voice with folded hands. "Russia is saved. I thank Thee, O +Lord!" and he wept. +BK13|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + From the time he received this news to the end of the campaign all +Kutuzov's activity was directed toward restraining his troops, by +authority, by guile, and by entreaty, from useless attacks, maneuvers, +or encounters with the perishing enemy. Dokhturov went to +Malo-Yaroslavets, but Kutuzov lingered with the main army and gave +orders for the evacuation of Kaluga- a retreat beyond which town +seemed to him quite possible. + Everywhere Kutuzov retreated, but the enemy without waiting for +his retreat fled in the opposite direction. + Napoleon's historians describe to us his skilled maneuvers at +Tarutino and Malo-Yaroslavets, and make conjectures as to what would +have happened had Napoleon been in time to penetrate into the rich +southern provinces. + But not to speak of the fact that nothing prevented him from +advancing into those southern provinces (for the Russian army did +not bar his way), the historians forget that nothing could have +saved his army, for then already it bore within itself the germs of +inevitable ruin. How could that army- which had found abundant +supplies in Moscow and had trampled them underfoot instead of +keeping them, and on arriving at Smolensk had looted provisions +instead of storing them- how could that army recuperate in Kaluga +province, which was inhabited by Russians such as those who lived in +Moscow, and where fire had the same property of consuming what was set +ablaze? + That army could not recover anywhere. Since the battle of Borodino +and the pillage of Moscow it had borne within itself, as it were, +the chemical elements of dissolution. + The members of what had once been an army- Napoleon himself and +all his soldiers fled- without knowing whither, each concerned only to +make his escape as quickly as possible from this position, of the +hopelessness of which they were all more or less vaguely conscious. + So it came about that at the council at Malo-Yaroslavets, when the +generals pretending to confer together expressed various opinions, all +mouths were closed by the opinion uttered by the simple-minded soldier +Mouton who, speaking last, said what they all felt: that the one thing +needful was to get away as quickly as possible; and no one, not even +Napoleon, could say anything against that truth which they all +recognized. + But though they all realized that it was necessary to get away, +there still remained a feeling of shame at admitting that they must +flee. An external shock was needed to overcome that shame, and this +shock came in due time. It was what the French called "le hourra de +l'Empereur." + The day after the council at Malo-Yaroslavets Napoleon rode out +early in the morning amid the lines of his army with his suite of +marshals and an escort, on the pretext of inspecting the army and +the scene of the previous and of the impending battle. Some Cossacks +on the prowl for booty fell in with the Emperor and very nearly +captured him. If the Cossacks did not capture Napoleon then, what +saved him was the very thing that was destroying the French army, +the booty on which the Cossacks fell. Here as at Tarutino they went +after plunder, leaving the men. Disregarding Napoleon they rushed +after the plunder and Napoleon managed to escape. + When les enfants du Don might so easily have taken the Emperor +himself in the midst of his army, it was clear that there was +nothing for it but to fly as fast as possible along the nearest, +familiar road. Napoleon with his forty-year-old stomach understood +that hint, not feeling his former agility and boldness, and under +the influence of the fright the Cossacks had given him he at once +agreed with Mouton and issued orders- as the historians tell us- to +retreat by the Smolensk road. + That Napoleon agreed with Mouton, and that the army retreated, +does not prove that Napoleon caused it to retreat, but that the forces +which influenced the whole army and directed it along the Mozhaysk +(that is, the Smolensk) road acted simultaneously on him also. +BK13|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to +go a thousand miles he must imagine that something good awaits him +at the end of those thousand miles. One must have the prospect of a +promised land to have the strength to move. + The promised land for the French during their advance had been +Moscow, during their retreat it was their native land. But that native +land was too far off, and for a man going a thousand miles it is +absolutely necessary to set aside his final goal and to say to +himself: "Today I shall get to a place twenty-five miles off where I +shall rest and spend the night," and during the first day's journey +that resting place eclipses his ultimate goal and attracts all his +hopes and desires. And the impulses felt by a single person are always +magnified in a crowd. + For the French retreating along the old Smolensk road, the final +goal- their native land- was too remote, and their immediate goal +was Smolensk, toward which all their desires and hopes, enormously +intensified in the mass, urged them on. It was not that they knew that +much food and fresh troops awaited them in Smolensk, nor that they +were told so (on the contrary their superior officers, and Napoleon +himself, knew that provisions were scarce there), but because this +alone could give them strength to move on and endure their present +privations. So both those who knew and those who did not know deceived +themselves, and pushed on to Smolensk as to a promised land. + Coming out onto the highroad the French fled with surprising +energy and unheard-of rapidity toward the goal they had fixed on. +Besides the common impulse which bound the whole crowd of French +into one mass and supplied them with a certain energy, there was +another cause binding them together- their great numbers. As with +the physical law of gravity, their enormous mass drew the individual +human atoms to itself. In their hundreds of thousands they moved +like a whole nation. + Each of them desired nothing more than to give himself up as a +prisoner to escape from all this horror and misery; but on the one +hand the force of this common attraction to Smolensk, their goal, drew +each of them in the same direction; on the other hand an army corps +could not surrender to a company, and though the French availed +themselves of every convenient opportunity to detach themselves and to +surrender on the slightest decent pretext, such pretexts did not +always occur. Their very numbers and their crowded and swift +movement deprived them of that possibility and rendered it not only +difficult but impossible for the Russians to stop this movement, to +which the French were directing all their energies. Beyond a certain +limit no mechanical disruption of the body could hasten the process of +decomposition. + A lump of snow cannot be melted instantaneously. There is a +certain limit of time in less than which no amount of heat can melt +the snow. On the contrary the greater the heat the more solidified the +remaining snow becomes. + Of the Russian commanders Kutuzov alone understood this. When the +flight of the French army along the Smolensk road became well defined, +what Konovnitsyn had foreseen on the night of the eleventh of +October began to occur. The superior officers all wanted to +distinguish themselves, to cut off, to seize, to capture, and to +overthrow the French, and all clamored for action. + Kutuzov alone used all his power (and such power is very limited +in the case of any commander in chief) to prevent an attack. + He could not tell them what we say now: "Why fight, why block the +road, losing our own men and inhumanly slaughtering unfortunate +wretches? What is the use of that, when a third of their army has +melted away on the road from Moscow to Vyazma without any battle?" But +drawing from his aged wisdom what they could understand, he told +them of the golden bridge, and they laughed at and slandered him, +flinging themselves on, rending and exulting over the dying beast. + Ermolov, Miloradovich, Platov, and others in proximity to the French +near Vyazma could not resist their desire to cut off and break up +two French corps, and by way of reporting their intention to Kutuzov +they sent him a blank sheet of paper in an envelope. + And try as Kutuzov might to restrain the troops, our men attacked, +trying to bar the road. Infantry regiments, we are told, advanced to +the attack with music and with drums beating, and killed and lost +thousands of men. + But they did not cut off or overthrow anybody and the French army, +closing up more firmly at the danger, continued, while steadily +melting away, to pursue its fatal path to Smolensk. +BK14 + BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812 +BK14|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + The Battle of Borodino, with the occupation of Moscow that +followed it and the flight of the French without further conflicts, is +one of the most instructive phenomena in history. + All historians agree that the external activity of states and +nations in their conflicts with one another is expressed in wars, +and that as a direct result of greater or less success in war the +political strength of states and nations increases or decreases. + Strange as may be the historical account of how some king or +emperor, having quarreled with another, collects an army, fights his +enemy's army, gains a victory by killing three, five, or ten +thousand men, and subjugates a kingdom and an entire nation of several +millions, all the facts of history (as far as we know it) confirm +the truth of the statement that the greater or lesser success of one +army against another is the cause, or at least an essential +indication, of an increase or decrease in the strength of the +nation- even though it is unintelligible why the defeat of an army- +a hundredth part of a nation- should oblige that whole nation to +submit. An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the +conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated. +An army has suffered defeat, and at once a people loses its rights +in proportion to the severity of the reverse, and if its army +suffers a complete defeat the nation is quite subjugated. + So according to history it has been found from the most ancient +times, and so it is to our own day. All Napoleon's wars serve to +confirm this rule. In proportion to the defeat of the Austrian army +Austria loses its rights, and the rights and the strength of France +increase. The victories of the French at Jena and Auerstadt destroy +the independent existence of Prussia. + But then, in 1812, the French gain a victory near Moscow. Moscow +is taken and after that, with no further battles, it is not Russia +that ceases to exist, but the French army of six hundred thousand, and +then Napoleonic France itself. To strain the facts to fit the rules of +history: to say that the field of battle at Borodino remained in the +hands of the Russians, or that after Moscow there were other battles +that destroyed Napoleon's army, is impossible. + After the French victory at Borodino there was no general engagement +nor any that were at all serious, yet the French army ceased to exist. +What does this mean? If it were an example taken from the history of +China, we might say that it was not an historic phenomenon (which is +the historians' usual expedient when anything does not fit their +standards); if the matter concerned some brief conflict in which +only a small number of troops took part, we might treat it as an +exception; but this event occurred before our fathers' eyes, and for +them it was a question of the life or death of their fatherland, and +it happened in the greatest of all known wars. + The period of the campaign of 1812 from the battle of Borodino to +the expulsion of the French proved that the winning of a battle does +not produce a conquest and is not even an invariable indication of +conquest; it proved that the force which decides the fate of peoples +lies not in the conquerors, nor even in armies and battles, but in +something else. + The French historians, describing the condition of the French army +before it left Moscow, affirm that all was in order in the Grand Army, +except the cavalry, the artillery, and the transport- there was no +forage for the horses or the cattle. That was a misfortune no one +could remedy, for the peasants of the district burned their hay rather +than let the French have it. + The victory gained did not bring the usual results because the +peasants Karp and Vlas (who after the French had evacuated Moscow +drove in their carts to pillage the town, and in general personally +failed to manifest any heroic feelings), and the whole innumerable +multitude of such peasants, did not bring their hay to Moscow for +the high price offered them, but burned it instead. + Let us imagine two men who have come out to fight a duel with +rapiers according to all the rules of the art of fencing. The +fencing has gone on for some time; suddenly one of the combatants, +feeling himself wounded and understanding that the matter is no joke +but concerns his life, throws down his rapier, and seizing the first +cudgel that comes to hand begins to brandish it. Then let us imagine +that the combatant who so sensibly employed the best and simplest +means to attain his end was at the same time influenced by +traditions of chivalry and, desiring to conceal the facts of the case, +insisted that he had gained his victory with the rapier according to +all the rules of art. One can imagine what confusion and obscurity +would result from such an account of the duel. + The fencer who demanded a contest according to the rules of +fencing was the French army; his opponent who threw away the rapier +and snatched up the cudgel was the Russian people; those who try to +explain the matter according to the rules of fencing are the +historians who have described the event. + After the burning of Smolensk a war began which did not follow any +previous traditions of war. The burning of towns and villages, the +retreats after battles, the blow dealt at Borodino and the renewed +retreat, the burning of Moscow, the capture of marauders, the +seizure of transports, and the guerrilla war were all departures +from the rules. + Napoleon felt this, and from the time he took up the correct fencing +attitude in Moscow and instead of his opponent's rapier saw a cudgel +raised above his head, he did not cease to complain to Kutuzov and +to the Emperor Alexander that the war was being carried on contrary to +all the rules- as if there were any rules for killing people. In spite +of the complaints of the French as to the nonobservance of the +rules, in spite of the fact that to some highly placed Russians it +seemed rather disgraceful to fight with a cudgel and they wanted to +assume a pose en quarte or en tierce according to all the rules, and +to make an adroit thrust en prime, and so on- the cudgel of the +people's war was lifted with all its menacing and majestic strength, +and without consulting anyone's tastes or rules and regardless of +anything else, it rose and fell with stupid simplicity, but +consistently, and belabored the French till the whole invasion had +perished. + And it is well for a people who do not- as the French did in 1813- +salute according to all the rules of art, and, presenting the hilt +of their rapier gracefully and politely, hand it to their +magnanimous conqueror, but at the moment of trial, without asking what +rules others have adopted in similar cases, simply and easily pick +up the first cudgel that comes to hand and strike with it till the +feeling of resentment and revenge in their soul yields to a feeling of +contempt and compassion. +BK14|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + One of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the +so-called laws of war is the action of scattered groups against men +pressed together in a mass. Such action always occurs in wars that +take on a national character. In such actions, instead of two crowds +opposing each other, the men disperse, attack singly, run away when +attacked by stronger forces, but again attack when opportunity offers. +This was done by the guerrillas in Spain, by the mountain tribes in +the Caucasus, and by the Russians in 1812. + People have called this kind of war "guerrilla warfare" and assume +that by so calling it they have explained its meaning. But such a +war does not fit in under any rule and is directly opposed to a +well-known rule of tactics which is accepted as infallible. That +rule says that an attacker should concentrate his forces in order to +be stronger than his opponent at the moment of conflict. + Guerrilla war (always successful, as history shows) directly +infringes that rule. + This contradiction arises from the fact that military science +assumes the strength of an army to be identical with its numbers. +Military science says that the more troops the greater the strength. +Les gros bataillons ont toujours raison.* + + *Large battalions are always victorious. + + For military science to say this is like defining momentum in +mechanics by reference to the mass only: stating that momenta are +equal or unequal to each other simply because the masses involved +are equal or unequal. + Momentum (quantity of motion) is the product of mass and velocity. + In military affairs the strength of an army is the product of its +mass and some unknown x. + Military science, seeing in history innumerable instances of the +fact that the size of any army does not coincide with its strength and +that small detachments defeat larger ones, obscurely admits the +existence of this unknown factor and tries to discover it- now in a +geometric formation, now in the equipment employed, now, and most +usually, in the genius of the commanders. But the assignment of +these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which +accord with the historic facts. + Yet it is only necessary to abandon the false view (adopted to +gratify the "heroes") of the efficacy of the directions issued in +wartime by commanders, in order to find this unknown quantity. + That unknown quantity is the spirit of the army, that is to say, the +greater or lesser readiness to fight and face danger felt by all the +men composing an army, quite independently of whether they are, or are +not, fighting under the command of a genius, in two- or three-line +formation, with cudgels or with rifles that repeat thirty times a +minute. Men who want to fight will always put themselves in the most +advantageous conditions for fighting. + The spirit of an army is the factor which multiplied by the mass +gives the resulting force. To define and express the significance of +this unknown factor- the spirit of an army- is a problem for science. + This problem is only solvable if we cease arbitrarily to +substitute for the unknown x itself the conditions under which that +force becomes apparent- such as the commands of the general, the +equipment employed, and so on- mistaking these for the real +significance of the factor, and if we recognize this unknown +quantity in its entirety as being the greater or lesser desire to +fight and to face danger. Only then, expressing known historic facts +by equations and comparing the relative significance of this factor, +can we hope to define the unknown. + Ten men, battalions, or divisions, fighting fifteen men, battalions, +or divisions, conquer- that is, kill or take captive- all the +others, while themselves losing four, so that on the one side four and +on the other fifteen were lost. Consequently the four were equal to +the fifteen, and therefore 4x = 15y. Consequently x/y = 15/4. This +equation does not give us the value of the unknown factor but gives us +a ratio between two unknowns. And by bringing variously selected +historic units (battles, campaigns, periods of war) into such +equations, a series of numbers could be obtained in which certain laws +should exist and might be discovered. + The tactical rule that an army should act in masses when +attacking, and in smaller groups in retreat, unconsciously confirms +the truth that the strength of an army depends on its spirit. To +lead men forward under fire more discipline (obtainable only by +movement in masses) is needed than is needed to resist attacks. But +this rule which leaves out of account the spirit of the army +continually proves incorrect and is in particularly striking +contrast to the facts when some strong rise or fall in the spirit of +the troops occurs, as in all national wars. + The French, retreating in 1812- though according to tactics they +should have separated into detachments to defend themselves- +congregated into a mass because the spirit of the army had so fallen +that only the mass held the army together. The Russians, on the +contrary, ought according to tactics to have attacked in mass, but +in fact they split up into small units, because their spirit had so +risen that separate individuals, without orders, dealt blows at the +French without needing any compulsion to induce them to expose +themselves to hardships and dangers. +BK14|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + The so-called partisan war began with the entry of the French into +Smolensk. + Before partisan warfare had been officially recognized by the +government, thousands of enemy stragglers, marauders, and foragers had +been destroyed by the Cossacks and the peasants, who killed them off +as instinctively as dogs worry a stray mad dog to death. Denis +Davydov, with his Russian instinct, was the first to recognize the +value of this terrible cudgel which regardless of the rules of +military science destroyed the French, and to him belongs the credit +for taking the first step toward regularizing this method of warfare. + On August 24 Davydov's first partisan detachment was formed and then +others were recognized. The further the campaign progressed the more +numerous these detachments became. + The irregulars destroyed the great army piecemeal. They gathered the +fallen leaves that dropped of themselves from that withered tree- +the French army- and sometimes shook that tree itself. By October, +when the French were fleeing toward Smolensk, there were hundreds of +such companies, of various sizes and characters. There were some +that adopted all the army methods and had infantry, artillery, staffs, +and the comforts of life. Others consisted solely of Cossack +cavalry. There were also small scratch groups of foot and horse, and +groups of peasants and landowners that remained unknown. A sacristan +commanded one party which captured several hundred prisoners in the +course of a month; and there was Vasilisa, the wife of a village +elder, who slew hundreds of the French. + The partisan warfare flamed up most fiercely in the latter days of +October. Its first period had passed: when the partisans themselves, +amazed at their own boldness, feared every minute to be surrounded and +captured by the French, and hid in the forests without unsaddling, +hardly daring to dismount and always expecting to be pursued. By the +end of October this kind of warfare had taken definite shape: it had +become clear to all what could be ventured against the French and what +could not. Now only the commanders of detachments with staffs, and +moving according to rules at a distance from the French, still +regarded many things as impossible. The small bands that had started +their activities long before and had already observed the French +closely considered things possible which the commanders of the big +detachments did not dare to contemplate. The Cossacks and peasants who +crept in among the French now considered everything possible. + On October 22, Denisov (who was one of the irregulars) was with +his group at the height of the guerrilla enthusiasm. Since early +morning he and his party had been on the move. All day long he had +been watching from the forest that skirted the highroad a large French +convoy of cavalry baggage and Russian prisoners separated from the +rest of the army, which- as was learned from spies and prisoners- +was moving under a strong escort to Smolensk. Besides Denisov and +Dolokhov (who also led a small party and moved in Denisov's vicinity), +the commanders of some large divisions with staffs also knew of this +convoy and, as Denisov expressed it, were sharpening their teeth for +it. Two of the commanders of large parties- one a Pole and the other a +German- sent invitations to Denisov almost simultaneously, +requesting him to join up with their divisions to attack the convoy. + "No, bwother, I have gwown mustaches myself," said Denisov on +reading these documents, and he wrote to the German that, despite +his heartfelt desire to serve under so valiant and renowned a general, +he had to forgo that pleasure because he was already under the command +of the Polish general. To the Polish general he replied to the same +effect, informing him that he was already under the command of the +German. + Having arranged matters thus, Denisov and Dolokhov intended, without +reporting matters to the higher command, to attack and seize that +convoy with their own small forces. On October 22 it was moving from +the village of Mikulino to that of Shamshevo. To the left of the +road between Mikulino and Shamshevo there were large forests, +extending in some places up to the road itself though in others a mile +or more back from it. Through these forests Denisov and his party rode +all day, sometimes keeping well back in them and sometimes coming to +the very edge, but never losing sight of the moving French. That +morning, Cossacks of Denisov's party had seized and carried off into +the forest two wagons loaded with cavalry saddles, which had stuck +in the mud not far from Mikulino where the forest ran close to the +road. Since then, and until evening, the party had the movements of +the French without attacking. It was necessary to let the French reach +Shamshevo quietly without alarming them and then, after joining +Dolokhov who was to come that evening to a consultation at a +watchman's hut in the forest less than a mile from Shamshevo, to +surprise the French at dawn, falling like an avalanche on their +heads from two sides, and rout and capture them all at one blow. + In their rear, more than a mile from Mikulino where the forest +came right up to the road, six Cossacks were posted to report if any +fresh columns of French should show themselves. + Beyond Shamshevo, Dolokhov was to observe the road in the same +way, to find out at what distance there were other French troops. They +reckoned that the convoy had fifteen hundred men. Denisov had two +hundred, and Dolokhov might have as many more, but the disparity of +numbers did not deter Denisov. All that he now wanted to know was what +troops these were and to learn that he had to capture a "tongue"- that +is, a man from the enemy column. That morning's attack on the wagons +had been made so hastily that the Frenchmen with the wagons had all +been killed; only a little drummer boy had been taken alive, and as he +was a straggler he could tell them nothing definite about the troops +in that column. + Denisov considered it dangerous to make a second attack for fear +of putting the whole column on the alert, so he sent Tikhon +Shcherbaty, a peasant of his party, to Shamshevo to try and seize at +least one of the French quartermasters who had been sent on in +advance. +BK14|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + It was a warm rainy autumn day. The sky and the horizon were both +the color of muddy water. At times a sort of mist descended, and +then suddenly heavy slanting rain came down. + Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain +ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides. +Like his horse, which turned its head and laid its ears back, he +shrank from the driving rain and gazed anxiously before him. His +thin face with its short, thick black beard looked angry. + Beside Denisov rode an esaul,* Denisov's fellow worker, also in felt +cloak and sheepskin cap, and riding a large sleek Don horse. + + *A captain of Cossacks. + + Esaul Lovayski the Third was a tall man as straight as an arrow, +pale-faced, fair-haired, with narrow light eyes and with calm +self-satisfaction in his face and bearing. Though it was impossible to +say in what the peculiarity of the horse and rider lay, yet at first +glance at the esaul and Denisov one saw that the latter was wet and +uncomfortable and was a man mounted on a horse, while looking at the +esaul one saw that he was as comfortable and as much at ease as always +and that he was not a man who had mounted a horse, but a man who was +one with his horse, a being consequently possessed of twofold +strength. + A little ahead of them walked a peasant guide, wet to the skin and +wearing a gray peasant coat and a white knitted cap. + A little behind, on a poor, small, lean Kirghiz mount with an +enormous tail and mane and a bleeding mouth, rode a young officer in a +blue French overcoat. + Beside him rode an hussar, with a boy in a tattered French uniform +and blue cap behind him on the crupper of his horse. The boy held on +to the hussar with cold, red hands, and raising his eyebrows gazed +about him with surprise. This was the French drummer boy captured that +morning. + Behind them along the narrow, sodden, cutup forest road came hussars +in threes and fours, and then Cossacks: some in felt cloaks, some in +French greatcoats, and some with horsecloths over their heads. The +horses, being drenched by the rain, all looked black whether +chestnut or bay. Their necks, with their wet, close-clinging manes, +looked strangely thin. Steam rose from them. Clothes, saddles, +reins, were all wet, slippery, and sodden, like the ground and the +fallen leaves that strewed the road. The men sat huddled up trying not +to stir, so as to warm the water that had trickled to their bodies and +not admit the fresh cold water that was leaking in under their +seats, their knees, and at the back of their necks. In the midst of +the outspread line of Cossacks two wagons, drawn by French horses +and by saddled Cossack horses that had been hitched on in front, +rumbled over the tree stumps and branches and splashed through the +water that lay in the ruts. + Denisov's horse swerved aside to avoid a pool in the track and +bumped his rider's knee against a tree. + "Oh, the devil!" exclaimed Denisov angrily, and showing his teeth he +struck his horse three times with his whip, splashing himself and +his comrades with mud. + Denisov was out of sorts both because of the rain and also from +hunger (none of them had eaten anything since morning), and yet more +because he still had no news from Dolokhov and the man sent to capture +a "tongue" had not returned. + "There'll hardly be another such chance to fall on a transport as +today. It's too risky to attack them by oneself, and if we put it +off till another day one of the big guerrilla detachments will +snatch the prey from under our noses," thought Denisov, continually +peering forward, hoping to see a messenger from Dolokhov. + On coming to a path in the forest along which he could see far to +the right, Denisov stopped. + "There's someone coming," said he. + The esaul looked in the direction Denisov indicated. + "There are two, an officer and a Cossack. But it is not +presupposable that it is the lieutenant colonel himself," said the +esaul, who was fond of using words the Cossacks did not know. + The approaching riders having descended a decline were no longer +visible, but they reappeared a few minutes later. In front, at a weary +gallop and using his leather whip, rode an officer, disheveled and +drenched, whose trousers had worked up to above his knees. Behind him, +standing in the stirrups, trotted a Cossack. The officer, a very young +lad with a broad rosy face and keen merry eyes, galloped up to Denisov +and handed him a sodden envelope. + "From the general," said the officer. "Please excuse its not being +quite dry." + Denisov, frowning, took the envelope and opened it. + "There, they kept telling us: 'It's dangerous, it's dangerous,'" +said the officer, addressing the esaul while Denisov was reading the +dispatch. "But Komarov and I"- he pointed to the Cossack- "were +prepared. We have each of us two pistols.... But what's this?" he +asked, noticing the French drummer boy. "A prisoner? You've already +been in action? May I speak to him?" + "Wostov! Petya!" exclaimed Denisov, having run through the dispatch. +"Why didn't you say who you were?" and turning with a smile he held +out his hand to the lad. + The officer was Petya Rostov. + All the way Petya had been preparing himself to behave with +Denisov as befitted a grownup man and an officer- without hinting at +their previous acquaintance. But as soon as Denisov smiled at him +Petya brightened up, blushed with pleasure, forgot the official manner +he had been rehearsing, and began telling him how he had already +been in a battle near Vyazma and how a certain hussar had +distinguished himself there. + "Well, I am glad to see you," Denisov interrupted him, and his +face again assumed its anxious expression. + "Michael Feoklitych," said he to the esaul, "this is again fwom that +German, you know. He"- he indicated Petya- "is serving under him." + And Denisov told the esaul that the dispatch just delivered was a +repetition of the German general's demand that he should join forces +with him for an attack on the transport. + "If we don't take it tomowwow, he'll snatch it fwom under our +noses," he added. + While Denisov was talking to the esaul, Petya- abashed by +Denisov's cold tone and supposing that it was due to the condition +of his trousers- furtively tried to pull them down under his greatcoat +so that no one should notice it, while maintaining as martial an air +as possible. + "Will there be any orders, your honor?" he asked Denisov, holding +his hand at the salute and resuming the game of adjutant and general +for which he had prepared himself, "or shall I remain with your +honor?" + "Orders?" Denisov repeated thoughtfully. "But can you stay till +tomowwow?" + "Oh, please... May I stay with you?" cried Petya. + "But, just what did the genewal tell you? To weturn at once?" +asked Denisov. + Petya blushed. + "He gave me no instructions. I think I could?" he returned, +inquiringly. + "Well, all wight," said Denisov. + And turning to his men he directed a party to go on to the halting +place arranged near the watchman's hut in the forest, and told the +officer on the Kirghiz horse (who performed the duties of an adjutant) +to go and find out where Dolokhov was and whether he would come that +evening. Denisov himself intended going with the esaul and Petya to +the edge of the forest where it reached out to Shamshevo, to have a +look at the part of the French bivouac they were to attack next day. + "Well, old fellow," said he to the peasant guide, "lead us to +Shamshevo." + Denisov, Petya, and the esaul, accompanied by some Cossacks and +the hussar who had the prisoner, rode to the left across a ravine to +the edge of the forest. +BK14|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + The rain had stopped, and only the mist was falling and drops from +the trees. Denisov, the esaul, and Petya rode silently, following +the peasant in the knitted cap who, stepping lightly with outturned +toes and moving noiselessly in his bast shoes over the roots and wet +leaves, silently led them to the edge of the forest. + He ascended an incline, stopped, looked about him, and advanced to +where the screen of trees was less dense. On reaching a large oak tree +that had not yet shed its leaves, he stopped and beckoned mysteriously +to them with his hand. + Denisov and Petya rode up to him. From the spot where the peasant +was standing they could see the French. Immediately beyond the forest, +on a downward slope, lay a field of spring rye. To the right, beyond a +steep ravine, was a small village and a landowner's house with a +broken roof. In the village, in the house, in the garden, by the well, +by the pond, over all the rising ground, and all along the road uphill +from the bridge leading to the village, not more than five hundred +yards away, crowds of men could be seen through the shimmering mist. +Their un-Russian shouting at their horses which were straining +uphill with the carts, and their calls to one another, could be +clearly heard. + "Bwing the prisoner here," said Denisov in a low voice, not taking +his eyes off the French. + A Cossack dismounted, lifted the boy down, and took him to +Denisov. Pointing to the French troops, Denisov asked him what these +and those of them were. The boy, thrusting his cold hands into his +pockets and lifting his eyebrows, looked at Denisov in affright, but +in spite of an evident desire to say all he knew gave confused +answers, merely assenting to everything Denisov asked him. Denisov +turned away from him frowning and addressed the esaul, conveying his +own conjectures to him. + Petya, rapidly turning his head, looked now at the drummer boy, +now at Denisov, now at the esaul, and now at the French in the village +and along the road, trying not to miss anything of importance. + "Whether Dolokhov comes or not, we must seize it, eh?" said +Denisov with a merry sparkle in his eyes. + "It is a very suitable spot," said the esaul. + "We'll send the infantwy down by the swamps," Denisov continued. +"They'll cweep up to the garden; you'll wide up fwom there with the +Cossacks"- he pointed to a spot in the forest beyond the village- "and +I with my hussars fwom here. And at the signal shot..." + "The hollow is impassable- there's a swamp there," said the esaul. +"The horses would sink. We must ride round more to the left...." + While they were talking in undertones the crack of a shot sounded +from the low ground by the pond, a puff of white smoke appeared, +then another, and the sound of hundreds of seemingly merry French +voices shouting together came up from the slope. For a moment +Denisov and the esaul drew back. They were so near that they thought +they were the cause of the firing and shouting. But the firing and +shouting did not relate to them. Down below, a man wearing something +red was running through the marsh. The French were evidently firing +and shouting at him. + "Why, that's our Tikhon," said the esaul. + "So it is! It is!" + "The wascal!" said Denisov. + "He'll get away!" said the esaul, screwing up his eyes. + The man whom they called Tikhon, having run to the stream, plunged +in so that the water splashed in the air, and, having disappeared +for an instant, scrambled out on all fours, all black with the wet, +and ran on. The French who had been pursuing him stopped. + "Smart, that!" said the esaul. + "What a beast!" said Denisov with his former look of vexation. "What +has he been doing all this time?" + "Who is he?" asked Petya. + "He's our plastun. I sent him to capture a 'tongue.'" + "Oh, yes," said Petya, nodding at the first words Denisov uttered as +if he understood it all, though he really did not understand +anything of it. + Tikhon Shcherbaty was one of the most indispensable men in their +band. He was a peasant from Pokrovsk, near the river Gzhat. When +Denisov had come to Pokrovsk at the beginning of his operations and +had as usual summoned the village elder and asked him what he knew +about the French, the elder, as though shielding himself, had replied, +as all village elders did, that he had neither seen nor heard anything +of them. But when Denisov explained that his purpose was to kill the +French, and asked if no French had strayed that way, the elder replied +that some "more-orderers" had really been at their village, but that +Tikhon Shcherbaty was the only man who dealt with such matters. +Denisov had Tikhon called and, having praised him for his activity, +said a few words in the elder's presence about loyalty to the Tsar and +the country and the hatred of the French that all sons of the +fatherland should cherish. + "We don't do the French any harm," said Tikhon, evidently frightened +by Denisov's words. "We only fooled about with the lads for fun, you +know! We killed a score or so of 'more-orderers,' but we did no harm +else..." + Next day when Denisov had left Pokrovsk, having quite forgotten +about this peasant, it was reported to him that Tikhon had attached +himself to their party and asked to be allowed to remain with it. +Denisov gave orders to let him do so. + Tikhon, who at first did rough work, laying campfires, fetching +water, flaying dead horses, and so on, soon showed a great liking +and aptitude for partisan warfare. At night he would go out for +booty and always brought back French clothing and weapons, and when +told to would bring in French captives also. Denisov then relieved him +from drudgery and began taking him with him when he went out on +expeditions and had him enrolled among the Cossacks. + Tikhon did not like riding, and always went on foot, never lagging +behind the cavalry. He was armed with a musketoon (which he carried +rather as a joke), a pike and an ax, which latter he used as a wolf +uses its teeth, with equal case picking fleas out of its fur or +crunching thick bones. Tikhon with equal accuracy would split logs +with blows at arm's length, or holding the head of the ax would cut +thin little pegs or carve spoons. In Denisov's party he held a +peculiar and exceptional position. When anything particularly +difficult or nasty had to be done- to push a cart out of the mud +with one's shoulders, pull a horse out of a swamp by its tail, skin +it, slink in among the French, or walk more than thirty miles in a +day- everybody pointed laughingly at Tikhon. + "It won't hurt that devil- he's as strong as a horse!" they said +of him. + Once a Frenchman Tikhon was trying to capture fired a pistol at +him and shot him in the fleshy part of the back. That wound (which +Tikhon treated only with internal and external applications of +vodka) was the subject of the liveliest jokes by the whole detachment- +jokes in which Tikhon readily joined. + "Hallo, mate! Never again? Gave you a twist?" the Cossacks would +banter him. And Tikhon, purposely writhing and making faces, pretended +to be angry and swore at the French with the funniest curses. The only +effect of this incident on Tikhon was that after being wounded he +seldom brought in prisoners. + He was the bravest and most useful man in the party. No one found +more opportunities for attacking, no one captured or killed more +Frenchmen, and consequently he was made the buffoon of all the +Cossacks and hussars and willingly accepted that role. Now he had been +sent by Denisov overnight to Shamshevo to capture a "tongue." But +whether because he had not been content to take only one Frenchman +or because he had slept through the night, he had crept by day into +some bushes right among the French and, as Denisov had witnessed +from above, had been detected by them. +BK14|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + After talking for some time with the esaul about next day's +attack, which now, seeing how near they were to the French, he +seemed to have definitely decided on, Denisov turned his horse and +rode back. + "Now, my lad, we'll go and get dwy," he said to Petya. + As they approached the watchhouse Denisov stopped, peering into +the forest. Among the trees a man with long legs and long, swinging +arms, wearing a short jacket, bast shoes, and a Kazan hat, was +approaching with long, light steps. He had a musketoon over his +shoulder and an ax stuck in his girdle. When he espied Denisov he +hastily threw something into the bushes, removed his sodden hat by its +floppy brim, and approached his commander. It was Tikhon. His wrinkled +and pockmarked face and narrow little eyes beamed with +self-satisfied merriment. He lifted his head high and gazed at Denisov +as if repressing a laugh. + "Well, where did you disappear to?" inquired Denisov. + "Where did I disappear to? I went to get Frenchmen," answered Tikhon +boldly and hurriedly, in a husky but melodious bass voice. + "Why did you push yourself in there by daylight? You ass! Well, +why haven't you taken one?" + "Oh, I took one all right," said Tikhon. + "Where is he?" + "You see, I took him first thing at dawn," Tikhon continued, +spreading out his flat feet with outturned toes in their bast shoes. +"I took him into the forest. Then I see he's no good and think I'll go +and fetch a likelier one." + "You see?... What a wogue- it's just as I thought," said Denisov +to the esaul. "Why didn't you bwing that one?" + "What was the good of bringing him?" Tikhon interrupted hastily +and angrily- "that one wouldn't have done for you. As if I don't +know what sort you want!" + "What a bwute you are!... Well?" + "I went for another one," Tikhon continued, "and I crept like this +through the wood and lay down." (He suddenly lay down on his stomach +with a supple movement to show how he had done it.) "One turned up and +I grabbed him, like this." (He jumped up quickly and lightly.) +"'Come along to the colonel,' I said. He starts yelling, and +suddenly there were four of them. They rushed at me with their +little swords. So I went for them with my ax, this way: 'What are +you up to?' says I. 'Christ be with you!'" shouted Tikhon, waving +his arms with an angry scowl and throwing out his chest. + "Yes, we saw from the hill how you took to your heels through the +puddles!" said the esaul, screwing up his glittering eyes. + Petya badly wanted to laugh, but noticed that they all refrained +from laughing. He turned his eyes rapidly from Tikhon's face to the +esaul's and Denisov's, unable to make out what it all meant. + "Don't play the fool!" said Denisov, coughing angrily. "Why didn't +you bwing the first one?" + Tikhon scratched his back with one hand and his head with the other, +then suddenly his whole face expanded into a beaming, foolish grin, +disclosing a gap where he had lost a tooth (that was why he was called +Shcherbaty- the gap-toothed). Denisov smiled, and Petya burst into a +peal of merry laughter in which Tikhon himself joined. + "Oh, but he was a regular good-for-nothing," said Tikhon. "The +clothes on him- poor stuff! How could I bring him? And so rude, your +honor! Why, he says: 'I'm a general's son myself, I won't go!' he +says." + "You are a bwute!" said Denisov. "I wanted to question..." + "But I questioned him," said Tikhon. "He said he didn't know much. +'There are a lot of us,' he says, 'but all poor stuff- only soldiers +in name,' he says. 'Shout loud at them,' he says, 'and you'll take +them all,'" Tikhon concluded, looking cheerfully and resolutely into +Denisov's eyes. + "I'll give you a hundwed sharp lashes- that'll teach you to play the +fool!" said Denisov severely. + "But why are you angry?" remonstrated Tikhon, "just as if I'd +never seen your Frenchmen! Only wait till it gets dark and I'll +fetch you any of them you want- three if you like." + "Well, let's go," said Denisov, and rode all the way to the +watchhouse in silence and frowning angrily. + Tikhon followed behind and Petya heard the Cossacks laughing with +him and at him, about some pair of boots he had thrown into the +bushes. + When the fit of laughter that had seized him at Tikhon's words and +smile had passed and Petya realized for a moment that this Tikhon +had killed a man, he felt uneasy. He looked round at the captive +drummer boy and felt a pang in his heart. But this uneasiness lasted +only a moment. He felt it necessary to hold his head higher, to +brace himself, and to question the esaul with an air of importance +about tomorrow's undertaking, that he might not be unworthy of the +company in which he found himself. + The officer who had been sent to inquire met Denisov on the way with +the news that Dolokhov was soon coming and that all was well with him. + Denisov at once cheered up and, calling Petya to him, said: "Well, +tell me about yourself." +BK14|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + Petya, having left his people after their departure from Moscow, +joined his regiment and was soon taken as orderly by a general +commanding a large guerrilla detachment. From the time he received his +commission, and especially since he had joined the active army and +taken part in the battle of Vyazma, Petya had been in a constant state +of blissful excitement at being grown-up and in a perpetual ecstatic +hurry not to miss any chance to do something really heroic. He was +highly delighted with what he saw and experienced in the army, but +at the same time it always seemed to him that the really heroic +exploits were being performed just where he did not happen to be. +And he was always in a hurry to get where he was not. + When on the twenty-first of October his general expressed a wish +to send somebody to Denisov's detachment, Petya begged so piteously to +be sent that the general could not refuse. But when dispatching him he +recalled Petya's mad action at the battle of Vyazma, where instead +of riding by the road to the place to which he had been sent, he had +galloped to the advanced line under the fire of the French and had +there twice fired his pistol. So now the general explicitly forbade +his taking part in any action whatever of Denisov's. That was why +Petya had blushed and grown confused when Denisov asked him whether he +could stay. Before they had ridden to the outskirts of the forest +Petya had considered he must carry out his instructions strictly and +return at once. But when he saw the French and saw Tikhon and +learned that there would certainly be an attack that night, he +decided, with the rapidity with which young people change their views, +that the general, whom he had greatly respected till then, was a +rubbishy German, that Denisov was a hero, the esaul a hero, and Tikhon +a hero too, and that it would be shameful for him to leave them at a +moment of difficulty. + It was already growing dusk when Denisov, Petya, and the esaul +rode up to the watchhouse. In the twilight saddled horses could be +seen, and Cossacks and hussars who had rigged up rough shelters in the +glade and were kindling glowing fires in a hollow of the forest +where the French could not see the smoke. In the passage of the +small watchhouse a Cossack with sleeves rolled up was chopping some +mutton. In the room three officers of Denisov's band were converting a +door into a tabletop. Petya took off his wet clothes, gave them to +be dried, and at once began helping the officers to fix up the +dinner table. + In ten minutes the table was ready and a napkin spread on it. On the +table were vodka, a flask of rum, white bread, roast mutton, and salt. + Sitting at table with the officers and tearing the fat savory mutton +with his hands, down which the grease trickled, Petya was in an +ecstatic childish state of love for all men, and consequently of +confidence that others loved him in the same way. + "So then what do you think, Vasili Dmitrich?" said he to Denisov. +"It's all right my staying a day with you?" And not waiting for a +reply he answered his own question: "You see I was told to find out- +well, I am finding out.... Only do let me into the very... into the +chief... I don't want a reward... But I want..." + Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, throwing back his head +and flourishing his arms. + "Into the vewy chief..." Denisov repeated with a smile. + "Only, please let me command something, so that I may really +command..." Petya went on. "What would it be to you?... Oh, you want a +knife?" he said, turning to an officer who wished to cut himself a +piece of mutton. + And he handed him his clasp knife. The officer admired it. + "Please keep it. I have several like it," said Petya, blushing. +"Heavens! I was quite forgetting!" he suddenly cried. "I have some +raisins, fine ones; you know, seedless ones. We have a new sutler +and he has such capital things. I bought ten pounds. I am used to +something sweet. Would you like some?..." and Petya ran out into the +passage to his Cossack and brought back some bags which contained +about five pounds of raisins. "Have some, gentlemen, have some!" + "You want a coffeepot, don't you?" he asked the esaul. "I bought a +capital one from our sutler! He has splendid things. And he's very +honest, that's the chief thing. I'll be sure to send it to you. Or +perhaps your flints are giving out, or are worn out- that happens +sometimes, you know. I have brought some with me, here they are"- +and he showed a bag- "a hundred flints. I bought them very cheap. +Please take as many as you want, or all if you like...." + Then suddenly, dismayed lest he had said too much, Petya stopped and +blushed. + He tried to remember whether he had not done anything else that +was foolish. And running over the events of the day he remembered +the French drummer boy. "It's capital for us here, but what of him? +Where have they put him? Have they fed him? Haven't they hurt his +feelings?" he thought. But having caught himself saying too much about +the flints, he was now afraid to speak out. + "I might ask," he thought, "but they'll say: 'He's a boy himself and +so he pities the boy.' I'll show them tomorrow whether I'm a boy. Will +it seem odd if I ask?" Petya thought. "Well, never mind!" and +immediately, blushing and looking anxiously at the officers to see +if they appeared ironical, he said: + "May I call in that boy who was taken prisoner and give him +something to eat?... Perhaps..." + "Yes, he's a poor little fellow," said Denisov, who evidently saw +nothing shameful in this reminder. "Call him in. His name is Vincent +Bosse. Have him fetched." + "I'll call him," said Petya. + "Yes, yes, call him. A poor little fellow," Denisov repeated. + Petya was standing at the door when Denisov said this. He slipped in +between the officers, came close to Denisov, and said: + "Let me kiss you, dear old fellow! Oh, how fine, how splendid!" + And having kissed Denisov he ran out of the hut. + "Bosse! Vincent!" Petya cried, stopping outside the door. + "Who do you want, sir?" asked a voice in the darkness. + Petya replied that he wanted the French lad who had been captured +that day. + "Ah, Vesenny?" said a Cossack. + Vincent, the boy's name, had already been changed by the Cossacks +into Vesenny (vernal) and into Vesenya by the peasants and soldiers. +In both these adaptations the reference to spring (vesna) matched +the impression made by the young lad. + "He is warming himself there by the bonfire. Ho, Vesenya! +Vesenya!- Vesenny!" laughing voices were heard calling to one +another in the darkness. + "He's a smart lad," said an hussar standing near Petya. "We gave him +something to eat a while ago. He was awfully hungry!" + The sound of bare feet splashing through the mud was heard in the +darkness, and the drummer boy came to the door. + "Ah, c'est vous!" said Petya. "Voulez-vous manger? N'ayez pas +peur, on ne vous fera pas de mal,"* he added shyly and affectionately, +touching the boy's hand. "Entrez, entrez."*[2] + + *"Ah, it's you! Do you want something to eat? Don't be afraid, +they won't hurt you." + *[2] "Come in, come in." + + "Merci, monsieur,"* said the drummer boy in a trembling almost +childish voice, and he began scraping his dirty feet on the threshold. + + *"Thank you, sir." + + There were many things Petya wanted to say to the drummer boy, but +did not dare to. He stood irresolutely beside him in the passage. Then +in the darkness he took the boy's hand and pressed it. + "Come in, come in!" he repeated in a gentle whisper. "Oh, what can I +do for him?" he thought, and opening the door he let the boy pass in +first. + When the boy had entered the hut, Petya sat down at a distance +from him, considering it beneath his dignity to pay attention to +him. But he fingered the money in his pocket and wondered whether it +would seem ridiculous to give some to the drummer boy. +BK14|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + The arrival of Dolokhov diverted Petya's attention from the +drummer boy, to whom Denisov had had some mutton and vodka given, +and whom he had had dressed in a Russian coat so that he might be kept +with their band and not sent away with the other prisoners. Petya +had heard in the army many stories of Dolokhov's extraordinary bravery +and of his cruelty to the French, so from the moment he entered the +hut Petya did not take his eyes from him, but braced himself up more +and more and held his head high, that he might not be unworthy even of +such company. + Dolokhov's appearance amazed Petya by its simplicity. + Denisov wore a Cossack coat, had a beard, had an icon of Nicholas +the Wonder-Worker on his breast, and his way of speaking and +everything he did indicated his unusual position. But Dolokhov, who in +Moscow had worn a Persian costume, had now the appearance of a most +correct officer of the Guards. He was clean-shaven and wore a +Guardsman's padded coat with an Order of St. George at his +buttonhole and a plain forage cap set straight on his head. He took +off his wet felt cloak in a corner of the room, and without greeting +anyone went up to Denisov and began questioning him about the matter +in hand. Denisov told him of the designs the large detachments had +on the transport, of the message Petya had brought, and his own +replies to both generals. Then he told him all he knew of the French +detachment. + "That's so. But we must know what troops they are and their +numbers," said Dolokhov. "It will be necessary to go there. We can't +start the affair without knowing for certain how many there are. I +like to work accurately. Here now- wouldn't one of these gentlemen +like to ride over to the French camp with me? I have brought a spare +uniform." + "I, I... I'll go with you!" cried Petya. + "There's no need for you to go at all," said Denisov, addressing +Dolokhov, "and as for him, I won't let him go on any account." + "I like that!" exclaimed Petya. "Why shouldn't I go?" + "Because it's useless." + "Well, you must excuse me, because... because... I shall go, and +that's all. You'll take me, won't you?" he said, turning to Dolokhov. + "Why not?" Dolokhov answered absently, scrutinizing the face of +the French drummer boy. "Have you had that youngster with you long?" +he asked Denisov. + "He was taken today but he knows nothing. I'm keeping him with me." + "Yes, and where do you put the others?" inquired Dolokhov. + "Where? I send them away and take a weceipt for them," shouted +Denisov, suddenly flushing. "And I say boldly that I have not a single +man's life on my conscience. Would it be difficult for you to send +thirty or thwee hundwed men to town under escort, instead of staining- +I speak bluntly- staining the honor of a soldier?" + "That kind of amiable talk would be suitable from this young count +of sixteen," said Dolokhov with cold irony, "but it's time for you +to drop it." + "Why, I've not said anything! I only say that I'll certainly go with +you," said Petya shyly. + "But for you and me, old fellow, it's time to drop these amenities," +continued Dolokhov, as if he found particular pleasure in speaking +of this subject which irritated Denisov. "Now, why have you kept +this lad?" he went on, swaying his head. "Because you are sorry for +him! Don't we know those 'receipts' of yours? You send a hundred men +away, and thirty get there. The rest either starve or get killed. So +isn't it all the same not to send them?" + The esaul, screwing up his light-colored eyes, nodded approvingly. + "That's not the point. I'm not going to discuss the matter. I do not +wish to take it on my conscience. You say they'll die. All wight. Only +not by my fault!" + Dolokhov began laughing. + "Who has told them not to capture me these twenty times over? But if +they did catch me they'd string me up to an aspen tree, and with all +your chivalry just the same." He paused. "However, we must get to +work. Tell the Cossack to fetch my kit. I have two French uniforms +in it. Well, are you coming with me?" he asked Petya. + "I? Yes, yes, certainly!" cried Petya, blushing almost to tears +and glancing at Denisov. + While Dolokhov had been disputing with Denisov what should be done +with prisoners, Petya had once more felt awkward and restless; but +again he had no time to grasp fully what they were talking about. +"If grown-up, distinguished men think so, it must be necessary and +right," thought he. "But above all Denisov must not dare to imagine +that I'll obey him and that he can order me about. I will certainly go +to the French camp with Dolokhov. If he can, so can I!" + And to all Denisov's persuasions, Petya replied that he too was +accustomed to do everything accurately and not just anyhow, and that +he never considered personal danger. + "For you'll admit that if we don't know for sure how many of them +there are... hundreds of lives may depend on it, while there are +only two of us. Besides, I want to go very much and certainly will go, +so don't hinder me," said he. "It will only make things worse..." +BK14|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + Having put on French greatcoats and shakos, Petya and Dolokhov +rode to the clearing from which Denisov had reconnoitered the French +camp, and emerging from the forest in pitch darkness they descended +into the hollow. On reaching the bottom, Dolokhov told the Cossacks +accompanying him to await him there and rode on at a quick trot +along the road to the bridge. Petya, his heart in his mouth with +excitement, rode by his side. + "If we're caught, I won't be taken alive! I have a pistol," +whispered he. + "Don't talk Russian," said Dolokhov in a hurried whisper, and at +that very moment they heard through the darkness the challenge: "Qui +vive?"* and the click of a musket. + + *"Who goes there?" + + The blood rushed to Petya's face and he grasped his pistol. + "Lanciers du 6-me,"* replied Dolokhov, neither hastening nor +slackening his horse's pace. + + *"Lancers of the 6th Regiment." + + The black figure of a sentinel stood on the bridge. + "Mot d'ordre."* + + *"Password." + + Dolokhov reined in his horse and advanced at a walk. + "Dites donc, le colonel Gerard est ici?"* he asked. + + *"Tell me, is Colonel Gerard here?" + + "Mot d'ordre," repeated the sentinel, barring the way and not +replying. + "Quand un officier fait sa ronde, les sentinelles ne demandent pas +le mot d'ordre..." cried Dolokhov suddenly flaring up and riding +straight at the sentinel. "Je vous demande si le colonel est ici."* + + *"When an officer is making his round, sentinels don't ask him for +the password.... I am asking you if the colonel is here." + + And without waiting for an answer from the sentinel, who had stepped +aside, Dolokhov rode up the incline at a walk. + Noticing the black outline of a man crossing the road, Dolokhov +stopped him and inquired where the commander and officers were. The +man, a soldier with a sack over his shoulder, stopped, came close up +to Dolokhov's horse, touched it with his hand, and explained simply +and in a friendly way that the commander and the officers were +higher up the hill to the right in the courtyard of the farm, as he +called the landowner's house. + Having ridden up the road, on both sides of which French talk +could be heard around the campfires, Dolokhov turned into the +courtyard of the landowner's house. Having ridden in, he dismounted +and approached a big blazing campfire, around which sat several men +talking noisily. Something was boiling in a small cauldron at the edge +of the fire and a soldier in a peaked cap and blue overcoat, lit up by +the fire, was kneeling beside it stirring its contents with a ramrod. + "Oh, he's a hard nut to crack," said one of the officers who was +sitting in the shadow at the other side of the fire. + "He'll make them get a move on, those fellows!" said another, +laughing. + Both fell silent, peering out through the darkness at the sound of +Dolokhov's and Petya's steps as they advanced to the fire leading +their horses. + "Bonjour, messieurs!"* said Dolokhov loudly and clearly. + + *"Good day, gentlemen." + + There was a stir among the officers in the shadow beyond the fire, +and one tall, long-necked officer, walking round the fire, came up +to Dolokhov. + "Is that you, Clement?" he asked. "Where the devil...? But, noticing +his mistake, he broke off short and, with a frown, greeted Dolokhov as +a stranger, asking what he could do for him. + Dolokhov said that he and his companion were trying to overtake +their regiment, and addressing the company in general asked whether +they knew anything of the 6th Regiment. None of them knew anything, +and Petya thought the officers were beginning to look at him and +Dolokhov with hostility and suspicion. For some seconds all were +silent. + "If you were counting on the evening soup, you have come too +late," said a voice from behind the fire with a repressed laugh. + Dolokhov replied that they were not hungry and must push on +farther that night. + He handed the horses over to the soldier who was stirring the pot +and squatted down on his heels by the fire beside the officer with the +long neck. That officer did not take his eyes from Dolokhov and +again asked to what regiment he belonged. Dolokhov, as if he had not +heard the question, did not reply, but lighting a short French pipe +which he took from his pocket began asking the officer in how far +the road before them was safe from Cossacks. + "Those brigands are everywhere," replied an officer from behind +the fire. + Dolokhov remarked that the Cossacks were a danger only to stragglers +such as his companion and himself, "but probably they would not dare +to attack large detachments?" he added inquiringly. No one replied. + "Well, now he'll come away," Petya thought every moment as he +stood by the campfire listening to the talk. + But Dolokhov restarted the conversation which had dropped and +began putting direct questions as to how many men there were in the +battalion, how many battalions, and how many prisoners. Asking about +the Russian prisoners with that detachment, Dolokhov said: + "A horrid business dragging these corpses about with one! It would +be better to shoot such rabble," and burst into loud laughter, so +strange that Petya thought the French would immediately detect their +disguise, and involuntarily took a step back from the campfire. + No one replied a word to Dolokhov's laughter, and a French officer +whom they could not see (he lay wrapped in a greatcoat) rose and +whispered something to a companion. Dolokhov got up and called to +the soldier who was holding their horses. + "Will they bring our horses or not?" thought Petya, instinctively +drawing nearer to Dolokhov. + The horses were brought. + "Good evening, gentlemen," said Dolokhov. + Petya wished to say "Good night" but could not utter a word. The +officers were whispering together. Dolokhov was a long time mounting +his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at +a footpace. Petya rode beside him, longing to look round to see +whether or no the French were running after them, but not daring to. + Coming out onto the road Dolokhov did not ride back across the +open country, but through the village. At one spot he stopped and +listened. "Do you hear?" he asked. Petya recognized the sound of +Russian voices and saw the dark figures of Russian prisoners round +their campfires. When they had descended to the bridge Petya and +Dolokhov rode past the sentinel, who without saying a word paced +morosely up and down it, then they descended into the hollow where the +Cossacks awaited them. + "Well now, good-by. Tell Denisov, 'at the first shot at +daybreak,'" said Dolokhov and was about to ride away, but Petya seized +hold of him. + "Really!" he cried, "you are such a hero! Oh, how fine, how +splendid! How I love you!" + "All right, all right!" said Dolokhov. But Petya did not let go of +him and Dolokhov saw through the gloom that Petya was bending toward +him and wanted to kiss him. Dolokhov kissed him, laughed, turned his +horse, and vanished into the darkness. +BK14|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Having returned to the watchman's hut, Petya found Denisov in the +passage. He was awaiting Petya's return in a state of agitation, +anxiety, and self-reproach for having let him go. + "Thank God!" he exclaimed. "Yes, thank God!" he repeated, +listening to Petya's rapturous account. "But, devil take you, I +haven't slept because of you! Well, thank God. Now lie down. We can +still get a nap before morning." + "But... no," said Petya, "I don't want to sleep yet. Besides I +know myself, if I fall asleep it's finished. And then I am used to not +sleeping before a battle." + He sat awhile in the hut joyfully recalling the details of his +expedition and vividly picturing to himself what would happen next +day. + Then, noticing that Denisov was asleep, he rose and went out of +doors. + It was still quite dark outside. The rain was over, but drops were +still falling from the trees. Near the watchman's hut the black shapes +of the Cossacks' shanties and of horses tethered together could be +seen. Behind the hut the dark shapes of the two wagons with their +horses beside them were discernible, and in the hollow the dying +campfire gleamed red. Not all the Cossacks and hussars were asleep; +here and there, amid the sounds of falling drops and the munching of +the horses near by, could be heard low voices which seemed to be +whispering. + Petya came out, peered into the darkness, and went up to the wagons. +Someone was snoring under them, and around them stood saddled horses +munching their oats. In the dark Petya recognized his own horse, which +he called "Karabakh" though it was of Ukranian breed, and went up to +it. + "Well, Karabakh! We'll do some service tomorrow," said he, +sniffing its nostrils and kissing it. + "Why aren't you asleep, sir?" said a Cossack who was sitting under a +wagon. + "No, ah... Likhachev- isn't that your name? Do you know I have +only just come back! We've been into the French camp." + And Petya gave the Cossack a detailed account not only of his ride +but also of his object, and why he considered it better to risk his +life than to act "just anyhow." + "Well, you should get some sleep now," said the Cossack. + "No, I am used to this," said Petya. "I say, aren't the flints in +your pistols worn out? I brought some with me. Don't you want any? You +can have some." + The Cossack bent forward from under the wagon to get a closer look +at Petya. + "Because I am accustomed to doing everything accurately," said +Petya. "Some fellows do things just anyhow, without preparation, and +then they're sorry for it afterwards. I don't like that." + "Just so," said the Cossack. + "Oh yes, another thing! Please, my dear fellow, will you sharpen +my saber for me? It's got bl..." (Petya feared to tell a lie, and +the saber never had been sharpened.) "Can you do it?" + "Of course I can." + Likhachev got up, rummaged in his pack, and soon Petya heard the +warlike sound of steel on whetstone. He climbed onto the wagon and sat +on its edge. The Cossack was sharpening the saber under the wagon. + "I say! Are the lads asleep?" asked Petya. + "Some are, and some aren't- like us." + "Well, and that boy?" + "Vesenny? Oh, he's thrown himself down there in the passage. Fast +asleep after his fright. He was that glad!" + After that Petya remained silent for a long time, listening to the +sounds. He heard footsteps in the darkness and a black figure +appeared. + "What are you sharpening?" asked a man coming up to the wagon. + "Why, this gentleman's saber." + "That's right," said the man, whom Petya took to be an hussar. +"Was the cup left here?" + "There, by the wheel!" + The hussar took the cup. + "It must be daylight soon," said he, yawning, and went away. + Petya ought to have known that he was in a forest with Denisov's +guerrilla band, less than a mile from the road, sitting on a wagon +captured from the French beside which horses were tethered, that under +it Likhachev was sitting sharpening a saber for him, that the big dark +blotch to the right was the watchman's hut, and the red blotch below +to the left was the dying embers of a campfire, that the man who had +come for the cup was an hussar who wanted a drink; but he neither knew +nor waited to know anything of all this. He was in a fairy kingdom +where nothing resembled reality. The big dark blotch might really be +the watchman's hut or it might be a cavern leading to the very +depths of the earth. Perhaps the red spot was a fire, or it might be +the eye of an enormous monster. Perhaps he was really sitting on a +wagon, but it might very well be that he was not sitting on a wagon +but on a terribly high tower from which, if he fell, he would have +to fall for a whole day or a whole month, or go on falling and never +reach the bottom. Perhaps it was just the Cossack, Likhachev, who +was sitting under the wagon, but it might be the kindest, bravest, +most wonderful, most splendid man in the world, whom no one knew of. +It might really have been that the hussar came for water and went back +into the hollow, but perhaps he had simply vanished- disappeared +altogether and dissolved into nothingness. + Nothing Petya could have seen now would have surprised him. He was +in a fairy kingdom where everything was possible. + He looked up at the sky. And the sky was a fairy realm like the +earth. It was clearing, and over the tops of the trees clouds were +swiftly sailing as if unveiling the stars. Sometimes it looked as if +the clouds were passing, and a clear black sky appeared. Sometimes +it seemed as if the black spaces were clouds. Sometimes the sky seemed +to be rising high, high overhead, and then it seemed to sink so low +that one could touch it with one's hand. + Petya's eyes began to close and he swayed a little. + The trees were dripping. Quiet talking was heard. The horses neighed +and jostled one another. Someone snored. + "Ozheg-zheg, Ozheg-zheg..." hissed the saber against the +whetstone, and suddenly Petya heard an harmonious orchestra playing +some unknown, sweetly solemn hymn. Petya was as musical as Natasha and +more so than Nicholas, but had never learned music or thought about +it, and so the melody that unexpectedly came to his mind seemed to him +particularly fresh and attractive. The music became more and more +audible. The melody grew and passed from one instrument to another. +And what was played was a fugue- though Petya had not the least +conception of what a fugue is. Each instrument- now resembling a +violin and now a horn, but better and clearer than violin or horn- +played its own part, and before it had finished the melody merged with +another instrument that began almost the same air, and then with a +third and a fourth; and they all blended into one and again became +separate and again blended, now into solemn church music, now into +something dazzlingly brilliant and triumphant. + "Oh- why, that was in a dream!" Petya said to himself, as he lurched +forward. "It's in my ears. But perhaps it's music of my own. Well, +go on, my music! Now!..." + He closed his eyes, and, from all sides as if from a distance, +sounds fluttered, grew into harmonies, separated, blended, and again +all mingled into the same sweet and solemn hymn. "Oh, this is +delightful! As much as I like and as I like!" said Petya to himself. +He tried to conduct that enormous orchestra. + "Now softly, softly die away!" and the sounds obeyed him. "Now +fuller, more joyful. Still more and more joyful!" And from an +unknown depth rose increasingly triumphant sounds. "Now voices join +in!" ordered Petya. And at first from afar he heard men's voices and +then women's. The voices grew in harmonious triumphant strength, and +Petya listened to their surpassing beauty in awe and joy. + With a solemn triumphal march there mingled a song, the drip from +the trees, and the hissing of the saber, "Ozheg-zheg-zheg..." and +again the horses jostled one another and neighed, not disturbing the +choir but joining in it. + Petya did not know how long this lasted: he enjoyed himself all +the time, wondered at his enjoyment and regretted that there was no +one to share it. He was awakened by Likhachev's kindly voice. + "It's ready, your honor; you can split a Frenchman in half with it!" + Petya woke up. + "It's getting light, it's really getting light!" he exclaimed. + The horses that had previously been invisible could now be seen to +their very tails, and a watery light showed itself through the bare +branches. Petya shook himself, jumped up, took a ruble from his pocket +and gave it to Likhachev; then he flourished the saber, tested it, and +sheathed it. The Cossacks were untying their horses and tightening +their saddle girths. + "And here's the commander," said Likhachev. + Denisov came out of the watchman's hut and, having called Petya, +gave orders to get ready. +BK14|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, +tightened their saddle girths, and formed companies. Denisov stood +by the watchman's hut giving final orders. The infantry of the +detachment passed along the road and quickly disappeared amid the +trees in the mist of early dawn, hundreds of feet splashing through +the mud. The esaul gave some orders to his men. Petya held his horse +by the bridle, impatiently awaiting the order to mount. His face, +having been bathed in cold water, was all aglow, and his eyes were +particularly brilliant. Cold shivers ran down his spine and his +whole body pulsed rhythmically. + "Well, is ev'wything weady?" asked Denisov. "Bwing the horses." + The horses were brought. Denisov was angry with the Cossack +because the saddle girths were too slack, reproved him, and mounted. +Petya put his foot in the stirrup. His horse by habit made as if to +nip his leg, but Petya leaped quickly into the saddle unconscious of +his own weight and, turning to look at the hussars starting in the +darkness behind him, rode up to Denisov. + "Vasili Dmitrich, entrust me with some commission! Please... for +God's sake...!" said he. + Denisov seemed to have forgotten Petya's very existence. He turned +to glance at him. + "I ask one thing of you," he said sternly, "to obey me and not shove +yourself forward anywhere." + He did not say another word to Petya but rode in silence all the +way. When they had come to the edge of the forest it was noticeably +growing light over the field. Denisov talked in whispers with the +esaul and the Cossacks rode past Petya and Denisov. When they had +all ridden by, Denisov touched his horse and rode down the hill. +Slipping onto their haunches and sliding, the horses descended with +their riders into the ravine. Petya rode beside Denisov, the pulsation +of his body constantly increasing. It was getting lighter and lighter, +but the mist still hid distant objects. Having reached the valley, +Denisov looked back and nodded to a Cossack beside him. + "The signal!" said he. + The Cossack raised his arm and a shot rang out. In an instant the +tramp of horses galloping forward was heard, shouts came from +various sides, and then more shots. + At the first sound of trampling hoofs and shouting, Petya lashed his +horse and loosening his rein galloped forward, not heeding Denisov who +shouted at him. It seemed to Petya that at the moment the shot was +fired it suddenly became as bright as noon. He galloped to the bridge. +Cossacks were galloping along the road in front of him. On the +bridge he collided with a Cossack who had fallen behind, but he +galloped on. In front of him soldiers, probably Frenchmen, were +running from right to left across the road. One of them fell in the +mud under his horse's feet. + Cossacks were crowding about a hut, busy with something. From the +midst of that crowd terrible screams arose. Petya galloped up, and the +first thing he saw was the pale face and trembling jaw of a Frenchman, +clutching the handle of a lance that had been aimed at him. + "Hurrah!... Lads!... ours!" shouted Petya, and giving rein to his +excited horse he galloped forward along the village street. + He could hear shooting ahead of him. Cossacks, hussars, and ragged +Russian prisoners, who had come running from both sides of the road, +were shouting something loudly and incoherently. A gallant-looking +Frenchman, in a blue overcoat, capless, and with a frowning red +face, had been defending himself against the hussars. When Petya +galloped up the Frenchman had already fallen. "Too late again!" +flashed through Petya's mind and he galloped on to the place from +which the rapid firing could be heard. The shots came from the yard of +the landowner's house he had visited the night before with Dolokhov. +The French were making a stand there behind a wattle fence in a garden +thickly overgrown with bushes and were firing at the Cossacks who +crowded at the gateway. Through the smoke, as he approached the +gate, Petya saw Dolokhov, whose face was of a pale-greenish tint, +shouting to his men. "Go round! Wait for the infantry!" he exclaimed +as Petya rode up to him. + "Wait?... Hurrah-ah-ah!" shouted Petya, and without pausing a moment +galloped to the place whence came the sounds of firing and where the +smoke was thickest. + A volley was heard, and some bullets whistled past, while others +plashed against something. The Cossacks and Dolokhov galloped after +Petya into the gateway of the courtyard. In the dense wavering smoke +some of the French threw down their arms and ran out of the bushes +to meet the Cossacks, while others ran down the hill toward the +pond. Petya was galloping along the courtyard, but instead of +holding the reins he waved both his arms about rapidly and +strangely, slipping farther and farther to one side in his saddle. His +horse, having galloped up to a campfire that was smoldering in the +morning light, stopped suddenly, and Petya fell heavily on to the +wet ground. The Cossacks saw that his arms and legs jerked rapidly +though his head was quite motionless. A bullet had pierced his skull. + After speaking to the senior French officer, who came out of the +house with a white handkerchief tied to his sword and announced that +they surrendered, Dolokhov dismounted and went up to Petya, who lay +motionless with outstretched arms. + "Done for!" he said with a frown, and went to the gate to meet +Denisov who was riding toward him. + "Killed?" cried Denisov, recognizing from a distance the +unmistakably lifeless attitude- very familiar to him- in which Petya's +body was lying. + "Done for!" repeated Dolokhov as if the utterance of these words +afforded him pleasure, and he went quickly up to the prisoners, who +were surrounded by Cossacks who had hurried up. "We won't take +them!" he called out to Denisov. + Denisov did not reply; he rode up to Petya, dismounted, and with +trembling hands turned toward himself the bloodstained, +mud-bespattered face which had already gone white. + "I am used to something sweet. Raisins, fine ones... take them all!" +he recalled Petya's words. And the Cossacks looked round in surprise +at the sound, like the yelp of a dog, with which Denisov turned +away, walked to the wattle fence, and seized hold of it. + Among the Russian prisoners rescued by Denisov and Dolokhov was +Pierre Bezukhov. +BK14|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + During the whole of their march from Moscow no fresh orders had been +issued by the French authorities concerning the party of prisoners +among whom was Pierre. On the twenty-second of October that party +was no longer with the same troops and baggage trains with which it +had left Moscow. Half the wagons laden with hardtack that had traveled +the first stages with them had been captured by Cossacks, the other +half had gone on ahead. Not one of those dismounted cavalrymen who had +marched in front of the prisoners was left; they had all +disappeared. The artillery the prisoners had seen in front of them +during the first days was now replaced by Marshal Junot's enormous +baggage train, convoyed by Westphalians. Behind the prisoners came a +cavalry baggage train. + From Vyazma onwards the French army, which had till then moved in +three columns, went on as a single group. The symptoms of disorder +that Pierre had noticed at their first halting place after leaving +Moscow had now reached the utmost limit. + The road along which they moved was bordered on both sides by dead +horses; ragged men who had fallen behind from various regiments +continually changed about, now joining the moving column, now again +lagging behind it. + Several times during the march false alarms had been given and the +soldiers of the escort had raised their muskets, fired, and run +headlong, crushing one another, but had afterwards reassembled and +abused each other for their causeless panic. + These three groups traveling together- the cavalry stores, the +convoy of prisoners, and Junot's baggage train- still constituted a +separate and united whole, though each of the groups was rapidly +melting away. + Of the artillery baggage train which had consisted of a hundred +and twenty wagons, not more than sixty now remained; the rest had been +captured or left behind. Some of Junot's wagons also had been captured +or abandoned. Three wagons had been raided and robbed by stragglers +from Davout's corps. From the talk of the Germans Pierre learned +that a larger guard had been allotted to that baggage train than to +the prisoners, and that one of their comrades, a German soldier, had +been shot by the marshal's own order because a silver spoon +belonging to the marshal had been found in his possession. + The group of prisoners had melted away most of all. Of the three +hundred and thirty men who had set out from Moscow fewer than a +hundred now remained. The prisoners were more burdensome to the escort +than even the cavalry saddles or Junot's baggage. They understood that +the saddles and Junot's spoon might be of some use, but that cold +and hungry soldiers should have to stand and guard equally cold and +hungry Russians who froze and lagged behind on the road (in which case +the order was to shoot them) was not merely incomprehensible but +revolting. And the escort, as if afraid, in the grievous condition +they themselves were in, of giving way to the pity they felt for the +prisoners and so rendering their own plight still worse, treated +them with particular moroseness and severity. + At Dorogobuzh while the soldiers of the convoy, after locking the +prisoners in a stable, had gone off to pillage their own stores, +several of the soldier prisoners tunneled under the wall and ran away, +but were recaptured by the French and shot. + The arrangement adopted when they started, that the officer +prisoners should be kept separate from the rest, had long since been +abandoned. All who could walk went together, and after the third stage +Pierre had rejoined Karataev and the gray-blue bandy-legged dog that +had chosen Karataev for its master. + On the third day after leaving Moscow Karataev again fell ill with +the fever he had suffered from in the hospital in Moscow, and as he +grew gradually weaker Pierre kept away from him. Pierre did not know +why, but since Karataev had begun to grow weaker it had cost him an +effort to go near him. When he did so and heard the subdued moaning +with which Karataev generally lay down at the halting places, and when +he smelled the odor emanating from him which was now stronger than +before, Pierre moved farther away and did not think about him. + While imprisoned in the shed Pierre had learned not with his +intellect but with his whole being, by life itself, that man is +created for happiness, that happiness is within him, in the +satisfaction of simple human needs, and that all unhappiness arises +not from privation but from superfluity. And now during these last +three weeks of the march he had learned still another new, consolatory +truth- that nothing in this world is terrible. He had learned that +as there is no condition in which man can be happy and entirely +free, so there is no condition in which he need be unhappy and lack +freedom. He learned that suffering and freedom have their limits and +that those limits are very near together; that the person in a bed +of roses with one crumpled petal suffered as keenly as he now, +sleeping on the bare damp earth with one side growing chilled while +the other was warming; and that when he had put on tight dancing shoes +he had suffered just as he did now when he walked with bare feet +that were covered with sores- his footgear having long since fallen to +pieces. He discovered that when he had married his wife- of his own +free will as it had seemed to him- he had been no more free than now +when they locked him up at night in a stable. Of all that he himself +subsequently termed his sufferings, but which at the time he +scarcely felt, the worst was the state of his bare, raw, and +scab-covered feet. (The horseflesh was appetizing and nourishing, +the saltpeter flavor of the gunpowder they used instead of salt was +even pleasant; there was no great cold, it was always warm walking +in the daytime, and at night there were the campfires; the lice that +devoured him warmed his body.) The one thing that was at first hard to +bear was his feet. + After the second day's march Pierre, having examined his feet by the +campfire, thought it would be impossible to walk on them; but when +everybody got up he went along, limping, and, when he had warmed up, +walked without feeling the pain, though at night his feet were more +terrible to look at than before. However, he did not look at them now, +but thought of other things. + Only now did Pierre realize the full strength of life in man and the +saving power he has of transferring his attention from one thing to +another, which is like the safety valve of a boiler that allows +superfluous steam to blow off when the pressure exceeds a certain +limit. + He did not see and did not hear how they shot the prisoners who +lagged behind, though more than a hundred perished in that way. He did +not think of Karataev who grew weaker every day and evidently would +soon have to share that fate. Still less did Pierre think about +himself. The harder his position became and the more terrible the +future, the more independent of that position in which he found +himself were the joyful and comforting thoughts, memories, and +imaginings that came to him. +BK14|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + At midday on the twenty-second of October Pierre was going uphill +along the muddy, slippery road, looking at his feet and at the +roughness of the way. Occasionally he glanced at the familiar crowd +around him and then again at his feet. The former and the latter +were alike familiar and his own. The blue-gray bandy legged dog ran +merrily along the side of the road, sometimes in proof of its +agility and self-satisfaction lifting one hind leg and hopping along +on three, and then again going on all four and rushing to bark at +the crows that sat on the carrion. The dog was merrier and sleeker +than it had been in Moscow. All around lay the flesh of different +animals- from men to horses- in various stages of decomposition; and +as the wolves were kept off by the passing men the dog could eat all +it wanted. + It had been raining since morning and had seemed as if at any moment +it might cease and the sky clear, but after a short break it began +raining harder than before. The saturated road no longer absorbed +the water, which ran along the ruts in streams. + Pierre walked along, looking from side to side, counting his steps +in threes, and reckoning them off on his fingers. Mentally +addressing the rain, he repeated: "Now then, now then, go on! Pelt +harder!" + It seemed to him that he was thinking of nothing, but far down and +deep within him his soul was occupied with something important and +comforting. This something was a most subtle spiritual deduction +from a conversation with Karataev the day before. + At their yesterday's halting place, feeling chilly by a dying +campfire, Pierre had got up and gone to the next one, which was +burning better. There Platon Karataev was sitting covered up- head and +all- with his greatcoat as if it were a vestment, telling the soldiers +in his effective and pleasant though now feeble voice a story Pierre +knew. It was already past midnight, the hour when Karataev was usually +free of his fever and particularly lively. When Pierre reached the +fire and heard Platon's voice enfeebled by illness, and saw his +pathetic face brightly lit up by the blaze, he felt a painful prick at +his heart. His feeling of pity for this man frightened him and he +wished to go away, but there was no other fire, and Pierre sat down, +trying not to look at Platon. + "Well, how are you?" he asked. + "How am I? If we grumble at sickness, God won't grant us death," +replied Platon, and at once resumed the story he had begun. + "And so, brother," he continued, with a smile on his pale +emaciated face and a particularly happy light in his eyes, " you +see, brother..." + Pierre had long been familiar with that story. Karataev had told +it to him alone some half-dozen times and always with a specially +joyful emotion. But well as he knew it, Pierre now listened to that +tale as to something new, and the quiet rapture Karataev evidently +felt as he told it communicated itself also to Pierre. The story was +of an old merchant who lived a good and God-fearing life with his +family, and who went once to the Nizhni fair with a companion- a +rich merchant. + Having put up at an inn they both went to sleep, and next morning +his companion was found robbed and with his throat cut. A bloodstained +knife was found under the old merchant's pillow. He was tried, +knouted, and his nostrils having been torn off, "all in due form" as +Karataev put it, he was sent to hard labor in Siberia. + "And so, brother" (it was at this point that Pierre came up), "ten +years or more passed by. The old man was living as a convict, +submitting as he should and doing no wrong. Only he prayed to God +for death. Well, one night the convicts were gathered just as we +are, with the old man among them. And they began telling what each was +suffering for, and how they had sinned against God. One told how he +had taken a life, another had taken two, a third had set a house on +fire, while another had simply been a vagrant and had done nothing. So +they asked the old man: 'What are you being punished for, Daddy?'- 'I, +my dear brothers,' said he, 'am being punished for my own and other +men's sins. But I have not killed anyone or taken anything that was +not mine, but have only helped my poorer brothers. I was a merchant, +my dear brothers, and had much property. 'And he went on to tell +them all about it in due order. 'I don't grieve for myself,' he +says, 'God, it seems, has chastened me. Only I am sorry for my old +wife and the children,' and the old man began to weep. Now it happened +that in the group was the very man who had killed the other +merchant. 'Where did it happen, Daddy?' he said. 'When, and in what +month?' He asked all about it and his heart began to ache. So he comes +up to the old man like this, and falls down at his feet! 'You are +perishing because of me, Daddy,' he says. 'It's quite true, lads, that +this man,' he says, 'is being tortured innocently and for nothing! I,' +he says, 'did that deed, and I put the knife under your head while you +were asleep. Forgive me, Daddy,' he says, 'for Christ's sake!'" + Karataev paused, smiling joyously as he gazed into the fire, and +he drew the logs together. + "And the old man said, 'God will forgive you, we are all sinners +in His sight. I suffer for my own sins,' and he wept bitter tears. +Well, and what do you think, dear friends?" Karataev continued, his +face brightening more and more with a rapturous smile as if what he +now had to tell contained the chief charm and the whole meaning of his +story: "What do you think, dear fellows? That murderer confessed to +the authorities. 'I have taken six lives,' he says (he was a great +sinner), 'but what I am most sorry for is this old man. Don't let +him suffer because of me.' So he confessed and it was all written down +and the papers sent off in due form. The place was a long way off, and +while they were judging, what with one thing and another, filling in +the papers all in due form- the authorities I mean- time passed. The +affair reached the Tsar. After a while the Tsar's decree came: to +set the merchant free and give him a compensation that had been +awarded. The paper arrived and they began to look for the old man. +'Where is the old man who has been suffering innocently and in vain? A +paper has come from the Tsar!' so they began looking for him," here +Karataev's lower jaw trembled, "but God had already forgiven him- he +was dead! That's how it was, dear fellows!" Karataev concluded and sat +for a long time silent, gazing before him with a smile. + And Pierre's soul was dimly but joyfully filled not by the story +itself but by its mysterious significance: by the rapturous joy that +lit up Karataev's face as he told it, and the mystic significance of +that joy. +BK14|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + "A vos places!"* suddenly cried a voice. + + *"To your places." + + A pleasant feeling of excitement and an expectation of something +joyful and solemn was aroused among the soldiers of the convoy and the +prisoners. From all sides came shouts of command, and from the left +came smartly dressed cavalrymen on good horses, passing the +prisoners at a trot. The expression on all faces showed the tension +people feel at the approach of those in authority. The prisoners +thronged together and were pushed off the road. The convoy formed up. + "The Emperor! The Emperor! The Marshal! The Duke!" and hardly had +the sleek cavalry passed, before a carriage drawn by six gray horses +rattled by. Pierre caught a glimpse of a man in a three-cornered hat +with a tranquil look on his handsome, plump, white face. It was one of +the marshals. His eye fell on Pierre's large and striking figure, +and in the expression with which he frowned and looked away Pierre +thought he detected sympathy and a desire to conceal that sympathy. + The general in charge of the stores galloped after the carriage with +a red and frightened face, whipping up his skinny horse. Several +officers formed a group and some soldiers crowded round them. Their +faces all looked excited and worried. + "What did he say? What did he say?" Pierre heard them ask. + While the marshal was passing, the prisoners had huddled together in +a crowd, and Pierre saw Karataev whom he had not yet seen that +morning. He sat in his short overcoat leaning against a birch tree. On +his face, besides the look of joyful emotion it had worn yesterday +while telling the tale of the merchant who suffered innocently, +there was now an expression of quiet solemnity. + Karataev looked at Pierre with his kindly round eyes now filled with +tears, evidently wishing him to come near that he might say +something to him. But Pierre was not sufficiently sure of himself. +He made as if he did not notice that look and moved hastily away. + When the prisoners again went forward Pierre looked round. +Karataev was still sitting at the side of the road under the birch +tree and two Frenchmen were talking over his head. Pierre did not look +round again but went limping up the hill. + From behind, where Karataev had been sitting, came the sound of a +shot. Pierre heard it plainly, but at that moment he remembered that +he had not yet finished reckoning up how many stages still remained to +Smolensk- a calculation he had begun before the marshal went by. And +he again started reckoning. Two French soldiers ran past Pierre, one +of whom carried a lowered and smoking gun. They both looked pale, +and in the expression on their faces- one of them glanced timidly at +Pierre- there was something resembling what he had seen on the face of +the young soldier at the execution. Pierre looked at the soldier and +remembered that, two days before, that man had burned his shirt +while drying it at the fire and how they had laughed at him. + Behind him, where Karataev had been sitting, the dog began to +howl. "What a stupid beast! Why is it howling?" thought Pierre. + His comrades, the prisoner soldiers walking beside him, avoided +looking back at the place where the shot had been fired and the dog +was howling, just as Pierre did, but there was a set look on all their +faces. +BK14|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + The stores, the prisoners, and the marshal's baggage train stopped +at the village of Shamshevo. The men crowded together round the +campfires. Pierre went up to the fire, ate some roast horseflesh, +lay down with his back to the fire, and immediately fell asleep. He +again slept as he had done at Mozhaysk after the battle of Borodino. + Again real events mingled with dreams and again someone, he or +another, gave expression to his thoughts, and even to the same +thoughts that had been expressed in his dream at Mozhaysk. + "Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and +that movement is God. And while there is life there is joy in +consciousness of the divine. To love life is to love God. Harder and +more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, +in innocent sufferings." + "Karataev!" came to Pierre's mind. + And suddenly he saw vividly before him a long-forgotten, kindly +old man who had given him geography lessons in Switzerland. "Wait a +bit," said the old man, and showed Pierre a globe. This globe was +alive- a vibrating ball without fixed dimensions. Its whole surface +consisted of drops closely pressed together, and all these drops moved +and changed places, sometimes several of them merging into one, +sometimes one dividing into many. Each drop tried to spread out and +occupy as much space as possible, but others striving to do the same +compressed it, sometimes destroyed it, and sometimes merged with it. + "That is life," said the old teacher. + "How simple and clear it is," thought Pierre. "How is it I did not +know it before?" + "God is in the midst, and each drop tries to expand so as to reflect +Him to the greatest extent. And it grows, merges, disappears from +the surface, sinks to the depths, and again emerges. There now, +Karataev has spread out and disappeared. Do you understand, my child?" +said the teacher. + "Do you understand, damn you?" shouted a voice, and Pierre woke up. + He lifted himself and sat up. A Frenchman who had just pushed a +Russian soldier away was squatting by the fire, engaged in roasting +a piece of meat stuck on a ramrod. His sleeves were rolled up and +his sinewy, hairy, red hands with their short fingers deftly turned +the ramrod. His brown morose face with frowning brows was clearly +visible by the glow of the charcoal. + "It's all the same to him," he muttered, turning quickly to a +soldier who stood behind him. "Brigand! Get away!" + And twisting the ramrod he looked gloomily at Pierre, who turned +away and gazed into the darkness. A prisoner, the Russian soldier +the Frenchman had pushed away, was sitting near the fire patting +something with his hand. Looking more closely Pierre recognized the +blue-gray dog, sitting beside the soldier, wagging its tail. + "Ah, he's come?" said Pierre. "And Plat-" he began, but did not +finish. + Suddenly and simultaneously a crowd of memories awoke in his +fancy- of the look Platon had given him as he sat under the tree, of +the shot heard from that spot, of the dog's howl, of the guilty +faces of the two Frenchmen as they ran past him, of the lowered and +smoking gun, and of Karataev's absence at this halt- and he was on the +point of realizing that Karataev had been killed, but just at that +instant, he knew not why, the recollection came to his mind of a +summer evening he had spent with a beautiful Polish lady on the +veranda of his house in Kiev. And without linking up the events of the +day or drawing a conclusion from them, Pierre closed his eyes, +seeing a vision of the country in summertime mingled with memories +of bathing and of the liquid, vibrating globe, and he sank into +water so that it closed over his head. + Before sunrise he was awakened by shouts and loud and rapid +firing. French soldiers were running past him. + "The Cossacks!" one of them shouted, and a moment later a crowd of +Russians surrounded Pierre. + For a long time he could not understand what was happening to him. +All around he heard his comrades sobbing with joy. + "Brothers! Dear fellows! Darlings!" old soldiers exclaimed, weeping, +as they embraced Cossacks and hussars. + The hussars and Cossacks crowded round the prisoners; one offered +them clothes, another boots, and a third bread. Pierre sobbed as he +sat among them and could not utter a word. He hugged the first soldier +who approached him, and kissed him, weeping. + Dolokhov stood at the gate of the ruined house, letting a crowd of +disarmed Frenchmen pass by. The French, excited by all that had +happened, were talking loudly among themselves, but as they passed +Dolokhov who gently switched his boots with his whip and watched +them with cold glassy eyes that boded no good, they became silent. +On the opposite side stood Dolokhov's Cossack, counting the +prisoners and marking off each hundred with a chalk line on the gate. + "How many?" Dolokhov asked the Cossack. + "The second hundred," replied the Cossack. + "Filez, filez!"* Dolokhov kept saying, having adopted this +expression from the French, and when his eyes met those of the +prisoners they flashed with a cruel light. + + *"Get along, get along!" + + Denisov, bareheaded and with a gloomy face, walked behind some +Cossacks who were carrying the body of Petya Rostov to a hole that had +been dug in the garden. +BK14|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + After the twenty-eighth of October when the frosts began, the flight +of the French assumed a still more tragic character, with men +freezing, or roasting themselves to death at the campfires, while +carriages with people dressed in furs continued to drive past, +carrying away the property that had been stolen by the Emperor, kings, +and dukes; but the process of the flight and disintegration of the +French army went on essentially as before. + From Moscow to Vyazma the French army of seventy-three thousand +men not reckoning the Guards (who did nothing during the whole war but +pillage) was reduced to thirty-six thousand, though not more than five +thousand had fallen in battle. From this beginning the succeeding +terms of the progression could be determined mathematically. The +French army melted away and perished at the same rate from Moscow to +Vyazma, from Vyazma to Smolensk, from Smolensk to the Berezina, and +from the Berezina to Vilna- independently of the greater or lesser +intensity of the cold, the pursuit, the barring of the way, or any +other particular conditions. Beyond Vyazma the French army instead +of moving in three columns huddled together into one mass, and so went +on to the end. Berthier wrote to his Emperor (we know how far +commanding officers allow themselves to diverge from the truth in +describing the condition of an army) and this is what he said: + + I deem it my duty to report to Your Majesty the condition of the +various corps I have had occasion to observe during different stages +of the last two or three days' march. They are almost disbanded. +Scarcely a quarter of the soldiers remain with the standards of +their regiments, the others go off by themselves in different +directions hoping to find food and escape discipline. In general +they regard Smolensk as the place where they hope to recover. During +the last few days many of the men have been seen to throw away their +cartridges and their arms. In such a state of affairs, whatever your +ultimate plans may be, the interest of Your Majesty's service +demands that the army should be rallied at Smolensk and should first +of all be freed from ineffectives, such as dismounted cavalry, +unnecessary baggage, and artillery material that is no longer in +proportion to the present forces. The soldiers, who are worn out +with hunger and fatigue, need these supplies as well as a few days' +rest. Many have died last days on the road or at the bivouacs. This +state of things is continually becoming worse and makes one fear +that unless a prompt remedy is applied the troops will no longer be +under control in case of an engagement. + November 9: twenty miles from Smolensk. + + After staggering into Smolensk which seemed to them a promised land, +the French, searching for food, killed one another, sacked their own +stores, and when everything had been plundered fled farther. + They all went without knowing whither or why they were going. +Still less did that genius, Napoleon, know it, for no one issued any +orders to him. But still he and those about him retained their old +habits: wrote commands, letters, reports, and orders of the day; +called one another sire, mon cousin, prince d'Eckmuhl, roi de +Naples, and so on. But these orders and reports were only on paper, +nothing in them was acted upon for they could not be carried out, +and though they entitled one another Majesties, Highnesses, or +Cousins, they all felt that they were miserable wretches who had +done much evil for which they had now to pay. And though they +pretended to be concerned about the army, each was thinking only of +himself and of how to get away quickly and save himself. +BK14|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + The movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign +from Moscow back to the Niemen were like those in a game of Russian +blindman's bluff, in which two players are blindfolded and one of them +occasionally rings a little bell to inform the catcher of his +whereabouts. First he rings his bell fearlessly, but when he gets into +a tight place he runs away as quietly as he can, and often thinking to +escape runs straight into his opponent's arms. + At first while they were still moving along the Kaluga road, +Napoleon's armies made their presence known, but later when they +reached the Smolensk road they ran holding the clapper of their bell +tight- and often thinking they were escaping ran right into the +Russians. + Owing to the rapidity of the French flight and the Russian pursuit +and the consequent exhaustion of the horses, the chief means of +approximately ascertaining the enemy's position- by cavalry +scouting- was not available. Besides, as a result of the frequent +and rapid change of position by each army, even what information was +obtained could not be delivered in time. If news was received one +day that the enemy had been in a certain position the day before, by +the third day when something could have been done, that army was +already two days' march farther on and in quite another position. + One army fled and the other pursued. Beyond Smolensk there were +several different roads available for the French, and one would have +thought that during their stay of four days they might have learned +where the enemy was, might have arranged some more advantageous plan +and undertaken something new. But after a four days' halt the mob, +with no maneuvers or plans, again began running along the beaten +track, neither to the right nor to the left but along the old- the +worst- road, through Krasnoe and Orsha. + Expecting the enemy from behind and not in front, the French +separated in their flight and spread out over a distance of +twenty-four hours. In front of them all fled the Emperor, then the +kings, then the dukes. The Russian army, expecting Napoleon to take +the road to the right beyond the Dnieper- which was the only +reasonable thing for him to do- themselves turned to the right and +came out onto the highroad at Krasnoe. And here as in a game of +blindman's buff the French ran into our vanguard. Seeing their enemy +unexpectedly the French fell into confusion and stopped short from the +sudden fright, but then they resumed their flight, abandoning their +comrades who were farther behind. Then for three days separate +portions of the French army- first Murat's (the vice-king's), then +Davout's, and then Ney's- ran, as it were, the gauntlet of the Russian +army. They abandoned one another, abandoned all their heavy baggage, +their artillery, and half their men, and fled, getting past the +Russians by night by making semicircles to the right. + Ney, who came last, had been busying himself blowing up the walls of +Smolensk which were in nobody's way, because despite the unfortunate +plight of the French or because of it, they wished to punish the floor +against which they had hurt themselves. Ney, who had had a corps of +ten thousand men, reached Napoleon at Orsha with only one thousand men +left, having abandoned all the rest and all his cannon, and having +crossed the Dnieper at night by stealth at a wooded spot. + From Orsha they fled farther along the road to Vilna, still +playing at blindman's buff with the pursuing army. At the Berezina +they again became disorganized, many were drowned and many +surrendered, but those who got across the river fled farther. Their +supreme chief donned a fur coat and, having seated himself in a +sleigh, galloped on alone, abandoning his companions. The others who +could do so drove away too, leaving those who could not to surrender +or die. +BK14|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + This campaign consisted in a flight of the French during which +they did all they could to destroy themselves. From the time they +turned onto the Kaluga road to the day their leader fled from the +army, none of the movements of the crowd had any sense. So one might +have thought that regarding this period of the campaign the +historians, who attributed the actions of the mass to the will of +one man, would have found it impossible to make the story of the +retreat fit their theory. But no! Mountains of books have been written +by the historians about this campaign, and everywhere are described +Napoleon's arrangements, the maneuvers, and his profound plans which +guided the army, as well as the military genius shown by his marshals. + The retreat from Malo-Yaroslavets when he had a free road into a +well-supplied district and the parallel road was open to him along +which Kutuzov afterwards pursued him- this unnecessary retreat along a +devastated road- is explained to us as being due to profound +considerations. Similarly profound considerations are given for his +retreat from Smolensk to Orsha. Then his heroism at Krasnoe is +described, where he is reported to have been prepared to accept battle +and take personal command, and to have walked about with a birch stick +and said: + "J'ai assez fait l'empereur; il est temps de faire le general,"* but +nevertheless immediately ran away again, abandoning to its fate the +scattered fragments of the army he left behind. + + *"I have acted the Emperor long enough; it is time to act the +general." + + Then we are told of the greatness of soul of the marshals, +especially of Ney- a greatness of soul consisting in this: that he +made his way by night around through the forest and across the Dnieper +and escaped to Orsha, abandoning standards, artillery, and nine tenths +of his men. + And lastly, the final departure of the great Emperor from his heroic +army is presented to us by the historians as something great and +characteristic of genius. Even that final running away, described in +ordinary language as the lowest depth of baseness which every child is +taught to be ashamed of- even that act finds justification in the +historians' language. + When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of +historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly +contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians +produce a saving conception of "greatness." "Greatness," it seems, +excludes the standards of right and wrong. For the "great" man nothing +is wrong, there is no atrocity for which a "great" man can be blamed. + "C'est grand!"* say the historians, and there no longer exists +either good or evil but only "grand" and "not grand." Grand is good, +not grand is bad. Grand is the characteristic, in their conception, of +some special animals called "heroes." And Napoleon, escaping home in a +warm fur coat and leaving to perish those who were not merely his +comrades but were (in his opinion) men he had brought there, feels que +c'est grand,*[2] and his soul is tranquil. + + *"It is great." + *[2] That it is great. + + "Du sublime (he saw something sublime in himself) au ridicule il n'y +a qu'un pas,"* said he. And the whole world for fifty years has been +repeating: "Sublime! Grand! Napoleon le Grand!" Du sublime au ridicule +il n'y a qu'un pas. + + *"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." + + And it occurs to no one that to admit a greatness not +commensurable with the standard of right and wrong is merely to +admit one's own nothingness and immeasurable meanness. + For us with the standard of good and evil given us by Christ, no +human actions are incommensurable. And there is no greatness where +simplicity, goodness, and truth are absent. +BK14|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + What Russian, reading the account of the last part of the campaign +of 1812, has not experienced an uncomfortable feeling of regret, +dissatisfaction, and perplexity? Who has not asked himself how it is +that the French were not all captured or destroyed when our three +armies surrounded them in superior numbers, when the disordered +French, hungry and freezing, surrendered in crowds, and when (as the +historians relate) the aim of the Russians was to stop the French, +to cut them off, and capture them all? + How was it that the Russian army, which when numerically weaker than +the French had given battle at Borodino, did not achieve its purpose +when it had surrounded the French on three sides and when its aim +was to capture them? Can the French be so enormously superior to us +that when we had surrounded them with superior forces we could not +beat them? How could that happen? + History (or what is called by that name) replying to these questions +says that this occurred because Kutuzov and Tormasov and Chichagov, +and this man and that man, did not execute such and such maneuvers... + But why did they not execute those maneuvers? And why if they were +guilty of not carrying out a prearranged plan were they not tried +and punished? But even if we admitted that Kutuzov, Chichagov, and +others were the cause of the Russian failures, it is still +incomprehensible why, the position of the Russian army being what it +was at Krasnoe and at the Berezina (in both cases we had superior +forces), the French army with its marshals, kings, and Emperor was not +captured, if that was what the Russians aimed at. + The explanation of this strange fact given by Russian military +historians (to the effect that Kutuzov hindered an attack) is +unfounded, for we know that he could not restrain the troops from +attacking at Vyazma and Tarutino. + Why was the Russian army- which with inferior forces had withstood +the enemy in full strength at Borodino- defeated at Krasnoe and the +Berezina by the disorganized crowds of the French when it was +numerically superior? + If the aim of the Russians consisted in cutting off and capturing +Napoleon and his marshals- and that aim was not merely frustrated +but all attempts to attain it were most shamefully baffled- then +this last period of the campaign is quite rightly considered by the +French to be a series of victories, and quite wrongly considered +victorious by Russian historians. + The Russian military historians in so far as they submit to claims +of logic must admit that conclusion, and in spite of their lyrical +rhapsodies about valor, devotion, and so forth, must reluctantly admit +that the French retreat from Moscow was a series of victories for +Napoleon and defeats for Kutuzov. + But putting national vanity entirely aside one feels that such a +conclusion involves a contradiction, since the series of French +victories brought the French complete destruction, while the series of +Russian defeats led to the total destruction of their enemy and the +liberation of their country. + The source of this contradiction lies in the fact that the +historians studying the events from the letters of the sovereigns +and the generals, from memoirs, reports, projects, and so forth, +have attributed to this last period of the war of 1812 an aim that +never existed, namely that of cutting off and capturing Napoleon +with his marshals and his army. + There never was or could have been such an aim, for it would have +been senseless and its attainment quite impossible. + It would have been senseless, first because Napoleon's +disorganized army was flying from Russia with all possible speed, that +is to say, was doing just what every Russian desired. So what was +the use of performing various operations on the French who were +running away as fast as they possibly could? + Secondly, it would have been senseless to block the passage of men +whose whole energy was directed to flight. + Thirdly, it would have been senseless to sacrifice one's own +troops in order to destroy the French army, which without external +interference was destroying itself at such a rate that, though its +path was not blocked, it could not carry across the frontier more than +it actually did in December, namely a hundredth part of the original +army. + Fourthly, it would have been senseless to wish to take captive the +Emperor, kings, and dukes- whose capture would have been in the +highest degree embarrassing for the Russians, as the most adroit +diplomatists of the time (Joseph de Maistre and others) recognized. +Still more senseless would have been the wish to capture army corps of +the French, when our own army had melted away to half before +reaching Krasnoe and a whole division would have been needed to convoy +the corps of prisoners, and when our men were not always getting +full rations and the prisoners already taken were perishing of hunger. + All the profound plans about cutting off and capturing Napoleon +and his army were like the plan of a market gardener who, when driving +out of his garden a cow that had trampled down the beds he had +planted, should run to the gate and hit the cow on the head. The +only thing to be said in excuse of that gardener would be that he +was very angry. But not even that could be said for those who drew +up this project, for it was not they who had suffered from the +trampled beds. + But besides the fact that cutting off Napoleon with his army would +have been senseless, it was impossible. + It was impossible first because- as experience shows that a +three-mile movement of columns on a battlefield never coincides with +the plans- the probability of Chichagov, Kutuzov, and Wittgenstein +effecting a junction on time at an appointed place was so remote as to +be tantamount to impossibility, as in fact thought Kutuzov, who when +he received the plan remarked that diversions planned over great +distances do not yield the desired results. + Secondly it was impossible, because to paralyze the momentum with +which Napoleon's army was retiring, incomparably greater forces than +the Russians possessed would have been required. + Thirdly it was impossible, because the military term "to cut off" +has no meaning. One can cut off a slice of bread, but not an army. +To cut off an army- to bar its road- is quite impossible, for there is +always plenty of room to avoid capture and there is the night when +nothing can be seen, as the military scientists might convince +themselves by the example of Krasnoe and of the Berezina. It is only +possible to capture prisoners if they agree to be captured, just as it +is only possible to catch a swallow if it settles on one's hand. Men +can only be taken prisoners if they surrender according to the rules +of strategy and tactics, as the Germans did. But the French troops +quite rightly did not consider that this suited them, since death by +hunger and cold awaited them in flight or captivity alike. + Fourthly and chiefly it was impossible, because never since the +world began has a war been fought under such conditions as those +that obtained in 1812, and the Russian army in its pursuit of the +French strained its strength to the utmost and could not have done +more without destroying itself. + During the movement of the Russian army from Tarutino to Krasnoe +it lost fifty thousand sick or stragglers, that is a number equal to +the population of a large provincial town. Half the men fell out of +the army without a battle. + And it is of this period of the campaign- when the army lacked boots +and sheepskin coats, was short of provisions and without vodka, and +was camping out at night for months in the snow with fifteen degrees +of frost, when there were only seven or eight hours of daylight and +the rest was night in which the influence of discipline cannot be +maintained, when men were taken into that region of death where +discipline fails, not for a few hours only as in a battle, but for +months, where they were every moment fighting death from hunger and +cold, when half the army perished in a single month- it is of this +period of the campaign that the historians tell us how Miloradovich +should have made a flank march to such and such a place, Tormasov to +another place, and Chichagov should have crossed (more than +knee-deep in snow) to somewhere else, and how so-and-so "routed" and +"cut off" the French and so on and so on. + The Russians, half of whom died, did all that could and should +have been done to attain an end worthy of the nation, and they are not +to blame because other Russians, sitting in warm rooms, proposed +that they should do what was impossible. + All that strange contradiction now difficult to understand between +the facts and the historical accounts only arises because the +historians dealing with the matter have written the history of the +beautiful words and sentiments of various generals, and not the +history of the events. + To them the words of Miloradovich seem very interesting, and so do +their surmises and the rewards this or that general received; but +the question of those fifty thousand men who were left in hospitals +and in graves does not even interest them, for it does not come within +the range of their investigation. + Yet one need only discard the study of the reports and general plans +and consider the movement of those hundreds of thousands of men who +took a direct part in the events, and all the questions that seemed +insoluble easily and simply receive an immediate and certain solution. + The aim of cutting off Napoleon and his army never existed except in +the imaginations of a dozen people. It could not exist because it +was senseless and unattainable. + The people had a single aim: to free their land from invasion. +That aim was attained in the first place of itself, as the French +ran away, and so it was only necessary not to stop their flight. +Secondly it was attained by the guerrilla warfare which was destroying +the French, and thirdly by the fact that a large Russian army was +following the French, ready to use its strength in case their movement +stopped. + The Russian army had to act like a whip to a running animal. And the +experienced driver knew it was better to hold the whip raised as a +menace than to strike the running animal on the head. +BK15 + BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 13 +BK15|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + When seeing a dying animal a man feels a sense of horror: +substance similar to his own is perishing before his eyes. But when it +is a beloved and intimate human being that is dying, besides this +horror at the extinction of life there is a severance, a spiritual +wound, which like a physical wound is sometimes fatal and sometimes +heals, but always aches and shrinks at any external irritating touch. + After Prince Andrew's death Natasha and Princess Mary alike felt +this. Drooping in spirit and closing their eyes before the menacing +cloud of death that overhung them, they dared not look life in the +face. They carefully guarded their open wounds from any rough and +painful contact. Everything: a carriage passing rapidly in the street, +a summons to dinner, the maid's inquiry what dress to prepare, or +worse still any word of insincere or feeble sympathy, seemed an +insult, painfully irritated the wound, interrupting that necessary +quiet in which they both tried to listen to the stern and dreadful +choir that still resounded in their imagination, and hindered their +gazing into those mysterious limitless vistas that for an instant +had opened out before them. + Only when alone together were they free from such outrage and +pain. They spoke little even to one another, and when they did it +was of very unimportant matters. + Both avoided any allusion to the future. To admit the possibility of +a future seemed to them to insult his memory. Still more carefully did +they avoid anything relating to him who was dead. It seemed to them +that what they had lived through and experienced could not be +expressed in words, and that any reference to the details of his +life infringed the majesty and sacredness of the mystery that had been +accomplished before their eyes. + Continued abstention from speech, and constant avoidance of +everything that might lead up to the subject- this halting on all +sides at the boundary of what they might not mention- brought before +their minds with still greater purity and clearness what they were +both feeling. + But pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete +joy. Princess Mary, in her position as absolute and independent +arbiter of her own fate and guardian and instructor of her nephew, was +the first to be called back to life from that realm of sorrow in which +she had dwelt for the first fortnight. She received letters from her +relations to which she had to reply; the room in which little Nicholas +had been put was damp and he began to cough; Alpatych came to +Yaroslavl with reports on the state of their affairs and with advice +and suggestions that they should return to Moscow to the house on +the Vozdvizhenka Street, which had remained uninjured and needed +only slight repairs. Life did not stand still and it was necessary +to live. Hard as it was for Princess Mary to emerge from the realm +of secluded contemplation in which she had lived till then, and +sorry and almost ashamed as she felt to leave Natasha alone, yet the +cares of life demanded her attention and she involuntarily yielded +to them. She went through the accounts with Alpatych, conferred with +Dessalles about her nephew, and gave orders and made preparations +for the journey to Moscow. + Natasha remained alone and, from the time Princess Mary began making +preparations for departure, held aloof from her too. + Princess Mary asked the countess to let Natasha go with her to +Moscow, and both parents gladly accepted this offer, for they saw +their daughter losing strength every day and thought that a change +of scene and the advice of Moscow doctors would be good for her. + "I am not going anywhere," Natasha replied when this was proposed to +her. "Do please just leave me alone!" And she ran out of the room, +with difficulty refraining from tears of vexation and irritation +rather than of sorrow. + After she felt herself deserted by Princes Mary and alone in her +grief, Natasha spent most of the time in her room by herself, +sitting huddled up feet and all in the corner of the sofa, tearing and +twisting something with her slender nervous fingers and gazing +intently and fixedly at whatever her eyes chanced to fall on. This +solitude exhausted and tormented her but she was in absolute need of +it. As soon as anyone entered she got up quickly, changed her position +and expression, and picked up a book or some sewing, evidently waiting +impatiently for the intruder to go. + She felt all the time as if she might at any moment penetrate that +on which- with a terrible questioning too great for her strength- +her spiritual gaze was fixed. + One day toward the end of December Natasha, pale and thin, dressed +in a black woolen gown, her plaited hair negligently twisted into a +knot, was crouched feet and all in the corner of her sofa, nervously +crumpling and smoothing out the end of her sash while she looked at +a corner of the door. + She was gazing in the direction in which he had gone- to the other +side of life. And that other side of life, of which she had never +before thought and which had formerly seemed to her so far away and +improbable, was now nearer and more akin and more comprehensible +than this side of life, where everything was either emptiness and +desolation or suffering and indignity. + She was gazing where she knew him to be; but she could not imagine +him otherwise than as he had been here. She now saw him again as he +had been at Mytishchi, at Troitsa, and at Yaroslavl. + She saw his face, heard his voice, repeated his words and her own, +and sometimes devised other words they might have spoken. + There he is lying back in an armchair in his velvet cloak, leaning +his head on his thin pale hand. His chest is dreadfully hollow and his +shoulders raised. His lips are firmly closed, his eyes glitter, and +a wrinkle comes and goes on his pale forehead. One of his legs +twitches just perceptibly, but rapidly. Natasha knows that he is +struggling with terrible pain. "What is that pain like? Why does he +have that pain? What does he feel? How does it hurt him?" thought +Natasha. He noticed her watching him, raised his eyes, and began to +speak seriously: + "One thing would be terrible," said he: "to bind oneself forever +to a suffering man. It would be continual torture." And he looked +searchingly at her. Natasha as usual answered before she had time to +think what she would say. She said: "This can't go on- it won't. You +will get well- quite well." + She now saw him from the commencement of that scene and relived what +she had then felt. She recalled his long sad and severe look at +those words and understood the meaning of the rebuke and despair in +that protracted gaze. + "I agreed," Natasha now said to herself, "that it would be +dreadful if he always continued to suffer. I said it then only because +it would have been dreadful for him, but he understood it differently. +He thought it would be dreadful for me. He then still wished to live +and feared death. And I said it so awkwardly and stupidly! I did not +say what I meant. I thought quite differently. Had I said what I +thought, I should have said: even if he had to go on dying, to die +continually before my eyes, I should have been happy compared with +what I am now. Now there is nothing... nobody. Did he know that? No, +he did not and never will know it. And now it will never, never be +possible to put it right." And now he again seemed to be saying the +same words to her, only in her imagination Natasha this time gave +him a different answer. She stopped him and said: "Terrible for you, +but not for me! You know that for me there is nothing in life but you, +and to suffer with you is the greatest happiness for me," and he +took her hand and pressed it as he had pressed it that terrible +evening four days before his death. And in her imagination she said +other tender and loving words which she might have said then but +only spoke now: "I love thee!... thee! I love, love..." she said, +convulsively pressing her hands and setting her teeth with a desperate +effort... + She was overcome by sweet sorrow and tears were already rising in +her eyes; then she suddenly asked herself to whom she was saying this. +Again everything was shrouded in hard, dry perplexity, and again +with a strained frown she peered toward the world where he was. And +now, now it seemed to her she was penetrating the mystery.... But at +the instant when it seemed that the incomprehensible was revealing +itself to her a loud rattle of the door handle struck painfully on her +ears. Dunyasha, her maid, entered the room quickly and abruptly with a +frightened look on her face and showing no concern for her mistress. + "Come to your Papa at once, please!" said she with a strange, +excited look. "A misfortune... about Peter Ilynich... a letter," she +finished with a sob. +BK15|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + Besides a feeling of aloofness from everybody Natasha was feeling +a special estrangement from the members of her own family. All of +them- her father, mother, and Sonya- were so near to her, so familiar, +so commonplace, that all their words and feelings seemed an insult +to the world in which she had been living of late, and she felt not +merely indifferent to them but regarded them with hostility. She heard +Dunyasha's words about Peter Ilynich and a misfortune, but did not +grasp them. + "What misfortune? What misfortune can happen to them? They just live +their own old, quiet, and commonplace life," thought Natasha. + As she entered the ballroom her father was hurriedly coming out of +her mother's room. His face was puckered up and wet with tears. He had +evidently run out of that room to give vent to the sobs that were +choking him. When he saw Natasha he waved his arms despairingly and +burst into convulsively painful sobs that distorted his soft round +face. + "Pe... Petya... Go, go, she... is calling..." and weeping like a +child and quickly shuffling on his feeble legs to a chair, he almost +fell into it, covering his face with his hands. + Suddenly an electric shock seemed to run through Natasha's whole +being. Terrible anguish struck her heart, she felt a dreadful ache +as if something was being torn inside her and she were dying. But +the pain was immediately followed by a feeling of release from the +oppressive constraint that had prevented her taking part in life. +The sight of her father, the terribly wild cries of her mother that +she heard through the door, made her immediately forget herself and +her own grief. + She ran to her father, but he feebly waved his arm, pointing to +her mother's door. Princess Mary, pale and with quivering chin, came +out from that room and taking Natasha by the arm said something to +her. Natasha neither saw nor heard her. She went in with rapid +steps, pausing at the door for an instant as if struggling with +herself, and then ran to her mother. + The countess was lying in an armchair in a strange and awkward +position, stretching out and beating her head against the wall. +Sonya and the maids were holding her arms. + "Natasha! Natasha!..." cried the countess. "It's not true... it's +not true... He's lying... Natasha!" she shrieked, pushing those around +her away. "Go away, all of you; it's not true! Killed!... ha, ha, +ha!... It's not true!" + Natasha put one knee on the armchair, stooped over her mother, +embraced her, and with unexpected strength raised her, turned her face +toward herself, and clung to her. + "Mummy!... darling!... I am here, my dearest Mummy," she kept on +whispering, not pausing an instant. + She did not let go of her mother but struggled tenderly with her, +demanded a pillow and hot water, and unfastened and tore open her +mother's dress. + "My dearest darling... Mummy, my precious!..." she whispered +incessantly, kissing her head, her hands, her face, and feeling her +own irrepressible and streaming tears tickling her nose and cheeks. + The countess pressed her daughter's hand, closed her eyes, and +became quiet for a moment. Suddenly she sat up with unaccustomed +swiftness, glanced vacantly around her, and seeing Natasha began to +press her daughter's head with all her strength. Then she turned +toward her daughter's face which was wincing with pain and gazed +long at it. + "Natasha, you love me?" she said in a soft trustful whisper. +"Natasha, you would not deceive me? You'll tell me the whole truth?" + Natasha looked at her with eyes full of tears and in her look +there was nothing but love and an entreaty for forgiveness. + "My darling Mummy!" she repeated, straining all the power of her +love to find some way of taking on herself the excess of grief that +crushed her mother. + And again in a futile struggle with reality her mother, refusing +to believe that she could live when her beloved boy was killed in +the bloom of life, escaped from reality into a world of delirium. + Natasha did not remember how that day passed nor that night, nor the +next day and night. She did not sleep and did not leave her mother. +Her persevering and patient love seemed completely to surround the +countess every moment, not explaining or consoling, but recalling +her to life. + During the third night the countess kept very quiet for a few +minutes, and Natasha rested her head on the arm of her chair and +closed her eyes, but opened them again on hearing the bedstead +creak. The countess was sitting up in bed and speaking softly. + "How glad I am you have come. You are tired. Won't you have some +tea?" Natasha went up to her. "You have improved in looks and grown +more manly," continued the countess, taking her daughter's hand. + "Mamma! What are you saying..." + "Natasha, he is no more, no more!" + And embracing her daughter, the countess began to weep for the first +time. +BK15|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + Princess Mary postponed her departure. Sonya and the count tried +to replace Natasha but could not. They saw that she alone was able +to restrain her mother from unreasoning despair. For three weeks +Natasha remained constantly at her mother's side, sleeping on a lounge +chair in her room, making her eat and drink, and talking to her +incessantly because the mere sound of her tender, caressing tones +soothed her mother. + The mother's wounded spirit could not could not heal. Petya's +death had torn from her half her life. When the news of Petya's +death had come she had been a fresh and vigorous woman of fifty, but a +month later she left her room a listless old woman taking no +interest in life. But the same blow that almost killed the countess, +this second blow, restored Natasha to life. + A spiritual wound produced by a rending of the spiritual body is +like a physical wound and, strange as it may seem, just as a deep +wound may heal and its edges join, physical and spiritual wounds alike +can yet heal completely only as the result of a vital force from +within. + Natasha's wound healed in that way. She thought her life was +ended, but her love for her mother unexpectedly showed her that the +essence of life- love- was still active within her. Love awoke and +so did life. + Prince Andrew's last days had bound Princess Mary and Natasha +together; this new sorrow brought them still closer to one another. +Princess Mary put off her departure, and for three weeks looked +after Natasha as if she had been a sick child. The last weeks passed +in her mother's bedroom had strained Natasha's physical strength. + One afternoon noticing Natasha shivering with fever, Princess Mary +took her to her own room and made her lie down on the bed. Natasha lay +down, but when Princess Mary had drawn the blinds and was going away +she called her back. + "I don't want to sleep, Mary, sit by me a little." + "You are tired- try to sleep." + "No, no. Why did you bring me away? She will be asking for me." + "She is much better. She spoke so well today," said Princess Mary. + Natasha lay on the bed and in the semidarkness of the room scanned +Princess Mary's face. + "Is she like him?" thought Natasha. "Yes, like and yet not like. But +she is quite original, strange, new, and unknown. And she loves me. +What is in her heart? All that is good. But how? What is her mind +like? What does she think about me? Yes, she is splendid!" + "Mary," she said timidly, drawing Princess Mary's hand to herself, +"Mary, you mustn't think me wicked. No? Mary darling, how I love +you! Let us be quite, quite friends." + And Natasha, embracing her, began kissing her face and hands, making +Princess Mary feel shy but happy by this demonstration of her +feelings. + From that day a tender and passionate friendship such as exists only +between women was established between Princess Mary and Natasha. +They were continually kissing and saying tender things to one +another and spent most of their time together. When one went out the +other became restless and hastened to rejoin her. Together they felt +more in harmony with one another than either of them felt with herself +when alone. A feeling stronger than friendship sprang up between them; +an exclusive feeling of life being possible only in each other's +presence. + Sometimes they were silent for hours; sometimes after they were +already in bed they would begin talking and go on till morning. They +spoke most of what was long past. Princess Mary spoke of her +childhood, of her mother, her father, and her daydreams; and +Natasha, who with a passive lack of understanding had formerly +turned away from that life of devotion, submission, and the poetry +of Christian self-sacrifice, now feeling herself bound to Princess +Mary by affection, learned to love her past too and to understand a +side of life previously incomprehensible to her. She did not think +of applying submission and self-abnegation to her own life, for she +was accustomed to seek other joys, but she understood and loved in +another those previously incomprehensible virtues. For Princess +Mary, listening to Natasha's tales of childhood and early youth, there +also opened out a new and hitherto uncomprehended side of life: belief +in life and its enjoyment. + Just as before, they never mentioned him so as not to lower (as they +thought) their exalted feelings by words; but this silence about him +had the effect of making them gradually begin to forget him without +being conscious of it. + Natasha had grown thin and pale and physically so weak that they all +talked about her health, and this pleased her. But sometimes she was +suddenly overcome by fear not only of death but of sickness, weakness, +and loss of good looks, and involuntarily she examined her bare arm +carefully, surprised at its thinness, and in the morning noticed her +drawn and, as it seemed to her, piteous face in her glass. It seemed +to her that things must be so, and yet it was dreadfully sad. + One day she went quickly upstairs and found herself out of breath. +Unconsciously she immediately invented a reason for going down, and +then, testing her strength, ran upstairs again, observing the result. + Another time when she called Dunyasha her voice trembled, so she +called again- though she could hear Dunyasha coming- called her in the +deep chest tones in which she had been wont to sing, sing, and +listened attentively to herself. + She did not know and would not have believed it, but beneath the +layer of slime that covered her soul and seemed to her impenetrable, +delicate young shoots of grass were already sprouting, which taking +root would so cover with their living verdure the grief that weighed +her down that it would soon no longer be seen or noticed. The wound +had begun to heal from within. + At the end of January Princess Mary left for Moscow, and the count +insisted on Natasha's going with her to consult the doctors. +BK15|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + After the encounter at Vyazma, where Kutuzov had been unable to hold +back his troops in their anxiety to overwhelm and cut off the enemy +and so on, the farther movement of the fleeing French, and of the +Russians who pursued them, continued as far as Krasnoe without a +battle. The flight was so rapid that the Russian army pursuing the +French could not keep up with them; cavalry and artillery horses broke +down, and the information received of the movements of the French +was never reliable. + The men in the Russian army were so worn out by this continuous +marching at the rate of twenty-seven miles a day that they could not +go any faster. + To realize the degree of exhaustion of the Russian army it is only +necessary to grasp clearly the meaning of the fact that, while not +losing more than five thousand killed and wounded after Tarutino and +less than a hundred prisoners, the Russian army which left that +place a hundred thousand strong reached Krasnoe with only fifty +thousand. + The rapidity of the Russian pursuit was just as destructive to our +army as the flight of the French was to theirs. The only difference +was that the Russian army moved voluntarily, with no such threat of +destruction as hung over the French, and that the sick Frenchmen +were left behind in enemy hands while the sick Russians left behind +were among their own people. The chief cause of the wastage of +Napoleon's army was the rapidity of its movement, and a convincing +proof of this is the corresponding decrease of the Russian army. + Kutuzov as far as was in his power, instead of trying to check the +movement of the French as was desired in Petersburg and by the Russian +army generals, directed his whole activity here, as he had done at +Tarutino and Vyazma, to hastening it on while easing the movement of +our army. + But besides this, since the exhaustion and enormous diminution of +the army caused by the rapidity of the advance had become evident, +another reason for slackening the pace and delaying presented itself +to Kutuzov. The aim of the Russian army was to pursue the French. +The road the French would take was unknown, and so the closer our +troops trod on their heels the greater distance they had to cover. +Only by following at some distance could one cut across the zigzag +path of the French. All the artful maneuvers suggested by our generals +meant fresh movements of the army and a lengthening of its marches, +whereas the only reasonable aim was to shorten those marches. To +that end Kutuzov's activity was directed during the whole campaign +from Moscow to Vilna- not casually or intermittently but so +consistently that he never once deviated from it. + Kutuzov felt and knew- not by reasoning or science but with the +whole of his Russian being- what every Russian soldier felt: that +the French were beaten, that the enemy was flying and must be driven +out; but at the same time he like the soldiers realized all the +hardship of this march, the rapidity of which was unparalleled for +such a time of the year. + But to the generals, especially the foreign ones in the Russian +army, who wished to distinguish themselves, to astonish somebody, +and for some reason to capture a king or a duke- it seemed that now- +when any battle must be horrible and senseless- was the very time to +fight and conquer somebody. Kutuzov merely shrugged his shoulders when +one after another they presented projects of maneuvers to be made with +those soldiers- ill-shod, insufficiently clad, and half starved- who +within a month and without fighting a battle had dwindled to half +their number, and who at the best if the flight continued would have +to go a greater distance than they had already traversed, before +they reached the frontier. + This longing to distinguish themselves, to maneuver, to overthrow, +and to cut off showed itself particularly whenever the Russians +stumbled on the French army. + So it was at Krasnoe, where they expected to find one of the three +French columns and stumbled instead on Napoleon himself with sixteen +thousand men. Despite all Kutuzov's efforts to avoid that ruinous +encounter and to preserve his troops, the massacre of the broken mob +of French soldiers by worn-out Russians continued at Krasnoe for three +days. + Toll wrote a disposition: "The first column will march to so and +so," etc. And as usual nothing happened in accord with the +disposition. Prince Eugene of Wurttemberg fired from a hill over the +French crowds that were running past, and demanded reinforcements +which did not arrive. The French, avoiding the Russians, dispersed and +hid themselves in the forest by night, making their way round as +best they could, and continued their flight. + Miloradovich, who said he did not want to know anything about the +commissariat affairs of his detachment, and could never be found +when he was wanted- that chevalier sans peur et sans reproche* as he +styled himself- who was fond of parleys with the French, sent envoys +demanding their surrender, wasted time, and did not do what he was +ordered to do. + + *Knight without fear and without reproach. + + "I give you that column, lads," he said, riding up to the troops and +pointing out the French to the cavalry. + And the cavalry, with spurs and sabers urging on horses that could +scarcely move, trotted with much effort to the column presented to +them- that is to say, to a crowd of Frenchmen stark with cold, +frost-bitten, and starving- and the column that had been presented +to them threw down its arms and surrendered as it had long been +anxious to do. + At Krasnoe they took twenty-six thousand prisoners, several +hundred cannon, and a stick called a "marshal's staff," and disputed +as to who had distinguished himself and were pleased with their +achievement- though they much regretted not having taken Napoleon, +or at least a marshal or a hero of some sort, and reproached one +another and especially Kutuzov for having failed to do so. + These men, carried away by their passions, were but blind tools of +the most melancholy law of necessity, but considered themselves heroes +and imagined that they were accomplishing a most noble and honorable +deed. They blamed Kutuzov and said that from the very beginning of the +campaign he had prevented their vanquishing Napoleon, that he +thought nothing but satisfying his passions and would not advance from +the Linen Factories because he was comfortable there, that at +Krasnoe he checked the advance because on learning that Napoleon was +there he had quite lost his head, and that it was probable that he had +an understanding with Napoleon and had been bribed by him, and so +on, and so on. + Not only did his contempories, carried away by their passions, +talk in this way, but posterity and history have acclaimed Napoleon as +grand, while Kutuzov is described by foreigners as a crafty, +dissolute, weak old courtier, and by Russians as something indefinite- +a sort of puppet useful only because he had a Russian name. +BK15|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + In 1812 and 1813 Kutuzov was openly accused of blundering. The +Emperor was dissatisfied with him. And in a history recently written +by order of the Highest Authorities it is said that Kutuzov was a +cunning court liar, frightened of the name of Napoleon, and that by +his blunders at Krasnoe and the Berezina he deprived the Russian +army of the glory of complete victory over the French.* + + *History of the year 1812. The character of Kutuzov and +reflections on the unsatisfactory results of the battles at Krasnoe, +by Bogdanovich. + + Such is the fate not of great men (grands hommes) whom the Russian +mind does not acknowledge, but of those rare and always solitary +individuals who, discerning the will of Providence, submit their +personal will to it. The hatred and contempt of the crowd punish +such men for discerning the higher laws. + For Russian historians, strange and terrible to say, Napoleon- +that most insignificant tool of history who never anywhere, even in +exile, showed human dignity- Napoleon is the object of adulation and +enthusiasm; he is grand. But Kutuzov- the man who from the beginning +to the end of his activity in 1812, never once swerving by word or +deed from Borodino to Vilna, presented an example exceptional in +history of self-sacrifice and a present conciousness of the future +importance of what was happening- Kutuzov seems to them something +indefinite and pitiful, and when speaking of him and of the year +1812 they always seem a little ashamed. + And yet it is difficult to imagine an historical character whose +activity was so unswervingly directed to a single aim; and it would be +difficult to imagine any aim more worthy or more consonant with the +will of the whole people. Still more difficult would it be to find +an instance in history of the aim of an historical personage being +so completely accomplished as that to which all Kutuzov's efforts were +directed in 1812. + Kutuzov never talked of "forty centuries looking down from the +Pyramids," of the sacrifices he offered for the fatherland, or of what +he intended to accomplish or had accomplished; in general he said +nothing about himself, adopted no prose, always appeared to be the +simplest and most ordinary of men, and said the simplest and most +ordinary things. He wrote letters to his daughters and to Madame de +Stael, read novels, liked the society of pretty women, jested with +generals, officers, and soldiers, and never contradicted those who +tried to prove anything to him. When Count Rostopchin at the Yauza +bridge galloped up to Kutuzov with personal reproaches for having +caused the destruction of Moscow, and said: "How was it you promised +not to abandon Moscow without a battle?" Kutuzov replied: "And I shall +not abandon Moscow without a battle," though Moscow was then already +abandoned. When Arakcheev, coming to him from the Emperor, said that +Ermolov ought to be appointed chief of the artillery, Kutuzov replied: +"Yes, I was just saying so myself," though a moment before he had said +quite the contrary. What did it matter to him- who then alone amid a +senseless crowd understood the whole tremendous significance of what +was happening- what did it matter to him whether Rostopchin attributed +the calamities of Moscow to him or to himself? Still less could it +matter to him who was appointed chief of the artillery. + Not merely in these cases but continually did that old man- who by +experience of life had reached the conviction that thoughts and the +words serving as their expression are not what move people- use +quite meaningless words that happened to enter his head. + But that man, so heedless of his words, did not once during the +whole time of his activity utter one word inconsistent with the single +aim toward which he moved throughout the whole war. Obviously in spite +of himself, in very diverse circumstances, he repeatedly expressed his +real thoughts with the bitter conviction that he would not be +understood. Beginning with the battle of Borodino, from which time his +disagreement with those about him began, he alone said that the battle +of Borodino was a victory, and repeated this both verbally and in +his dispatches and reports up to the time of his death. He alone +said that the loss of Moscow is not the loss of Russia. In reply to +Lauriston's proposal of peace, he said: There can be no peace, for +such is the people's will. He alone during the retreat of the French +said that all our maneuvers are useless, everything is being +accomplished of itself better than we could desire; that the enemy +must be offered "a golden bridge"; that neither the Tarutino, the +Vyazma, nor the Krasnoe battles were necessary; that we must keep some +force to reach the frontier with, and that he would not sacrifice a +single Russian for ten Frenchmen. + And this courtier, as he is described to us, who lies to Arakcheev +to please the Emperor, he alone- incurring thereby the Emperor's +displeasure- said in Vilna that to carry the war beyond the frontier +is useless and harmful. + Nor do words alone prove that only he understood the meaning of +the events. His actions- without the smallest deviation- were all +directed to one and the same threefold end: (1) to brace all his +strength for conflict with the French, (2) to defeat them, and (3) +to drive them out of Russia, minimizing as far as possible the +sufferings of our people and of our army. + This procrastinator Kutuzov, whose motto was "Patience and Time," +this enemy of decisive action, gave battle at Borodino, investing +the preparations for it with unparalleled solemnity. This Kutuzov +who before the battle of Austerlitz began said that it would be +lost, he alone, in contradiction to everyone else, declared till his +death that Borodino was a victory, despite the assurance of generals +that the battle was lost and despite the fact that for an army to have +to retire after winning a battle was unprecedented. He alone during +the whole retreat insisted that battles, which were useless then, +should not be fought, and that a new war should not be begun nor the +frontiers of Russia crossed. + It is easy now to understand the significance of these events- if +only we abstain from attributing to the activity of the mass aims that +existed only in the heads of a dozen individuals- for the events and +results now lie before us. + But how did that old man, alone, in opposition to the general +opinion, so truly discern the importance of the people's view of the +events that in all his activity he was never once untrue to it? + The source of that extraordinary power of penetrating the meaning of +the events then occuring lay in the national feeling which he +possessed in full purity and strength. + Only the recognition of the fact that he possessed this feeling +caused the people in so strange a manner, contrary to the Tsar's wish, +to select him- an old man in disfavor- to be their representative in +the national war. And only that feeling placed him on that highest +human pedestal from which he, the commander in chief, devoted all +his powers not to slaying and destroying men but to saving and showing +pity on them. + That simple, modest, and therefore truly great, figure could not +be cast in the false mold of a European hero- the supposed ruler of +men- that history has invented. + To a lackey no man can be great, for a lackey has his own conception +of greatness. +BK15|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + The fifth of November was the first day of what is called the battle +of Krasnoe. Toward evening- after much disputing and many mistakes +made by generals who did not go to their proper places, and after +adjutants had been sent about with counterorders- when it had become +plain that the enemy was everywhere in flight and that there could and +would be no battle, Kutuzov left Krasnoe and went to Dobroe whither +his headquarters had that day been transferred. + The day was clear and frosty. Kutuzov rode to Dobroe on his plump +little white horse, followed by an enormous suite of discontented +generals who whispered among themselves behind his back. All along the +road groups of French prisoners captured that day (there were seven +thousand of them) were crowding to warm themselves at campfires. +Near Dobroe an immense crowd of tattered prisoners, buzzing with +talk and wrapped and bandaged in anything they had been able to get +hold of, were standing in the road beside a long row of unharnessed +French guns. At the approach of the commander in chief the buzz of +talk ceased and all eyes were fixed on Kutuzov who, wearing a white +cap with a red band and a padded overcoat that bulged on his round +shoulders, moved slowly along the road on his white horse. One of +the generals was reporting to him where the guns and prisoners had +been captured. + Kutuzov seemed preoccupied and did not listen to what the general +was saying. He screwed up his eyes with a dissatisfied look as he +gazed attentively and fixedly at these prisoners, who presented a +specially wretched appearance. Most of them were disfigured by +frost-bitten noses and cheeks, and nearly all had red, swollen and +festering eyes. + One group of the French stood close to the road, and two of them, +one of whom had his face covered with sores, were tearing a piece of +raw flesh with their hands. There was something horrible and bestial +in the fleeting glance they threw at the riders and in the +malevolent expression with which, after a glance at Kutuzov, the +soldier with the sores immediately turned away and went on with what +he was doing. + Kutuzov looked long and intently at these two soldiers. He +puckered his face, screwed up his eyes, and pensively swayed his head. +At another spot he noticed a Russian soldier laughingly patting a +Frenchman on the shoulder, saying something to him in a friendly +manner, and Kutuzov with the same expression on his face again +swayed his head. + "What were you saying?" he asked the general, who continuing his +report directed the commander in chief's attention to some standards +captured from the French and standing in front of the Preobrazhensk +regiment. + "Ah, the standards!" said Kutuzov, evidently detaching himself +with difficulty from the thoughts that preoccupied him. + He looked about him absently. Thousands of eyes were looking at +him from all sides awaiting a word from him. + He stopped in front of the Preobrazhensk regiment, sighed deeply, +and closed his eyes. One of his suite beckoned to the soldiers +carrying the standards to advance and surround the commander in +chief with them. Kutuzov was silent for a few seconds and then, +submitting with evident reluctance to the duty imposed by his +position, raised his head and began to speak. A throng of officers +surrounded him. He looked attentively around at the circle of +officers, recognizing several of them. + "I thank you all!" he said, addressing the soldiers and then again +the officers. In the stillness around him his slowly uttered words +were distinctly heard. "I thank you all for your hard and faithful +service. The victory is complete and Russia will not forget you! Honor +to you forever." + He paused and looked around. + "Lower its head, lower it!" he said to a soldier who had +accidentally lowered the French eagle he was holding before the +Preobrazhensk standards. "Lower, lower, that's it. Hurrah lads!" he +added, addressing the men with a rapid movement of his chin. + "Hur-r-rah!" roared thousands of voices. + While the soldiers were shouting Kutuzov leaned forward in his +saddle and bowed his head, and his eye lit up with a mild and +apparently ironic gleam. + "You see, brothers..." said he when the shouts had ceased... and all +at once his voice and the expression of his face changed. It was no +longer the commander in chief speaking but an ordinary old man who +wanted to tell his comrades something very important. + There was a stir among the throng of officers and in the ranks of +the soldiers, who moved that they might hear better what he was +going to say. + "You see, brothers, I know it's hard for you, but it can't be +helped! Bear up; it won't be for long now! We'll see our visitors +off and then we'll rest. The Tsar won't forget your service. It is +hard for you, but still you are at home while they- you see what +they have come to," said he, pointing to the prisoners. "Worse off +than our poorest beggars. While they were strong we didn't spare +ourselves, but now we may even pity them. They are human beings too. +Isn't it so, lads?" + He looked around, and in the direct, respectful, wondering gaze +fixed upon him he read sympathy with what he had said. His face grew +brighter and brighter with an old man's mild smile, which drew the +corners of his lips and eyes into a cluster of wrinkles. He ceased +speaking and bowed his head as if in perplexity. + "But after all who asked them here? Serves them right, the bloody +bastards!" he cried, suddenly lifting his head. + And flourishing his whip he rode off at a gallop for the first +time during the whole campaign, and left the broken ranks of the +soldiers laughing joyfully and shouting "Hurrah!" + Kutuzov's words were hardly understood by the troops. No one could +have repeated the field marshal's address, begun solemnly and then +changing into an old man's simplehearted talk; but the hearty +sincerity of that speech, the feeling of majestic triumph combined +with pity for the foe and consciousness of the justice of our cause, +exactly expressed by that old man's good-natured expletives, was not +merely understood but lay in the soul of every soldier and found +expression in their joyous and long-sustained shouts. Afterwards +when one of the generals addressed Kutuzov asking whether he wished +his caleche to be sent for, Kutuzov in answering unexpectedly gave a +sob, being evidently greatly moved. +BK15|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + When the troops reached their night's halting place on the eighth of +November, the last day of the Krasnoe battles, it was already +growing dusk. All day it had been calm and frosty with occasional +lightly falling snow and toward evening it began to clear. Through the +falling snow a purple-black and starry sky showed itself and the frost +grew keener. + An infantry regiment which had left Tarutino three thousand strong +but now numbered only nine hundred was one of the first to arrive that +night at its halting place- a village on the highroad. The +quartermasters who met the regiment announced that all the huts were +full of sick and dead Frenchmen, cavalrymen, and members of the staff. +There was only one hut available for the regimental commander. + The commander rode up to his hut. The regiment passed through the +village and stacked its arms in front of the last huts. + Like some huge many-limbed animal, the regiment began to prepare its +lair and its food. One part of it dispersed and waded knee-deep +through the snow into a birch forest to the right of the village, +and immediately the sound of axes and swords, the crashing of +branches, and merry voices could be heard from there. Another +section amid the regimental wagons and horses which were standing in a +group was busy getting out caldrons and rye biscuit, and feeding the +horses. A third section scattered through the village arranging +quarters for the staff officers, carrying out the French corpses +that were in the huts, and dragging away boards, dry wood, and +thatch from the roofs, for the campfires, or wattle fences to serve +for shelter. + Some fifteen men with merry shouts were shaking down the high wattle +wall of a shed, the roof of which had already been removed. + "Now then, all together- shove!" cried the voices, and the huge +surface of the wall, sprinkled with snow and creaking with frost, +was seen swaying in the gloom of the night. The lower stakes cracked +more and more and at last the wall fell, and with it the men who had +been pushing it. Loud, coarse laughter and joyous shouts ensued. + "Now then, catch hold in twos! Hand up the lever! That's it... Where +are you shoving to?" + "Now, all together! But wait a moment, boys... With a song!" + All stood silent, and a soft, pleasant velvety voice began to +sing. At the end of the third verse as the last note died away, twenty +voices roared out at once: "Oo-oo-oo-oo! That's it. All together! +Heave away, boys!..." but despite their united efforts the wattle +hardly moved, and in the silence that followed the heavy breathing +of the men was audible. + "Here, you of the Sixth Company! Devils that you are! Lend a hand... +will you? You may want us one of these days." + Some twenty men of the Sixth Company who were on their way into +the village joined the haulers, and the wattle wall, which was about +thirty-five feet long an seven feet high, moved forward along the +village street, swaying, pressing upon and cutting the shoulders of +the gasping men. + "Get along... Falling? What are you stopping for? There now..." + Merry senseless words of abuse flowed freely. + "What are you up to?" suddenly came the authoritative voice of a +sergeant major who came upon the men who were hauling their burden. +"There are gentry here; the general himself is in that hut, and you +foul-mouthed devils, you brutes, I'll give it to you!" shouted he, +hitting the first man who came in his way a swinging blow on the back. +"Can't you make less noise?" + The men became silent. The soldier who had been struck groaned and +wiped his face, which had been scratched till it bled by his falling +against the wattle. + "There, how that devil hits out! He's made my face all bloody," said +he in a frightened whisper when the sergeant major had passed on. + "Don't you like it?" said a laughing voice, and moderating their +tones the men moved forward. + When they were out of the village they began talking again as loud +as before, interlarding their talk with the same aimless expletives. + In the hut which the men had passed, the chief officers had gathered +and were in animated talk over their tea about the events of the day +and the maneuvers suggested for tomorrow. It was proposed to make a +flank march to the left, cut off the Vice-King (Murat) and capture +him. + By the time the soldiers had dragged the wattle fence to its place +the campfires were blazing on all sides ready for cooking, the wood +crackled, the snow was melting, and black shadows of soldiers +flitted to and fro all over the occupied space where the snow had been +trodden down. + Axes and choppers were plied all around. Everything was done without +any orders being given. Stores of wood were brought for the night, +shelters were rigged up for the officers, caldrons were being +boiled, and muskets and accouterments put in order. + The wattle wall the men had brought was set up in a semicircle by +the Eighth Company as a shelter from the north, propped up by musket +rests, and a campfire was built before it. They beat the tattoo, +called the roll, had supper, and settled down round the fires for +the night- some repairing their footgear, some smoking pipes, and some +stripping themselves naked to steam the lice out of their shirts. +BK15|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + One would have thought that under the almost incredibly wretched +conditions the Russian soldiers were in at that time- lacking warm +boots and sheepskin coats, without a roof over their heads, in the +snow with eighteen degrees of frost, and without even full rations +(the commissariat did not always keep up with the troops)- they +would have presented a very sad and depressing spectacle. + On the contrary, the army had never under the best material +conditions presented a more cheerful and animated aspect. This was +because all who began to grow depressed or who lost strength were +sifted out of the army day by day. All the physically or morally +weak had long since been left behind and only the flower of the +army- physically and mentally- remained. + More men collected behind the wattle fence of the Eighth Company +than anywhere else. Two sergeants major were sitting with them and +their campfire blazed brighter than others. For leave to sit by +their wattle they demanded contributions of fuel. + "Eh, Makeev! What has become of you, you son of a bitch? Are you +lost or have the wolves eaten you? Fetch some more wood!" shouted a +red-haired and red-faced man, screwing up his eyes and blinking +because of the smoke but not moving back from the fire. "And you, +Jackdaw, go and fetch some wood!" said he to another soldier. + This red-haired man was neither a sergeant nor a corporal, but being +robust he ordered about those weaker than himself. The soldier they +called "Jackdaw," a thin little fellow with a sharp nose, rose +obediently and was about to go but at that instant there came into the +light of the fire the slender, handsome figure of a young soldier +carrying a load of wood. + "Bring it here- that's fine!" + They split up the wood, pressed it down on the fire, blew at it with +their mouths, and fanned it with the skirts of their greatcoats, +making the flames hiss and crackle. The men drew nearer and lit +their pipes. The handsome young soldier who had brought the wood, +setting his arms akimbo, began stamping his cold feet rapidly and +deftly on the spot where he stood. + "Mother! The dew is cold but clear.... It's well that I'm a +musketeer..." he sang, pretending to hiccough after each syllable. + "Look out, your soles will fly off!" shouted the red-haired man, +noticing that the sole of the dancer's boot was hanging loose. "What a +fellow you are for dancing!" + The dancer stopped, pulled off the loose piece of leather, and threw +it on the fire. + "Right enough, friend," said he, and, having sat down, took out of +his knapsack a scrap of blue French cloth, and wrapped it round his +foot. "It's the steam that spoils them," he added, stretching out +his feet toward the fire. + "They'll soon be issuing us new ones. They say that when we've +finished hammering them, we're to receive double kits!" + "And that son of a bitch Petrov has lagged behind after all, it +seems," said one sergeant major. + "I've had an eye on him this long while," said the other. + "Well, he's a poor sort of soldier..." + "But in the Third Company they say nine men were missing yesterday." + "Yes, it's all very well, but when a man's feet are frozen how can +he walk?" + "Eh? Don't talk nonsense!" said a sergeant major. + "Do you want to be doing the same?" said an old soldier, turning +reproachfully to the man who had spoken of frozen feet. + "Well, you know," said the sharp-nosed man they called Jackdaw in +a squeaky and unsteady voice, raising himself at the other side of the +fire, "a plump man gets thin, but for a thin one it's death. Take +me, now! I've got no strength left," he added, with sudden +resolution turning to the sergeant major. "Tell them to send me to +hospital; I'm aching all over; anyway I shan't be able to keep up." + "That'll do, that'll do!" replied the sergeant major quietly. + The soldier said no more and the talk went on. + "What a lot of those Frenchies were taken today, and the fact is +that not one of them had what you might call real boots on," said a +soldier, starting a new theme. "They were no more than make-believes." + "The Cossacks have taken their boots. They were clearing the hut for +the colonel and carried them out. It was pitiful to see them, boys," +put in the dancer. "As they turned them over one seemed still alive +and, would you believe it, he jabbered something in their lingo." + "But they're a clean folk, lads," the first man went on; "he was +white- as white as birchbark- and some of them are such fine +fellows, you might think they were nobles." + "Well, what do you think? They make soldiers of all classes there." + "But they don't understand our talk at all," said the dancer with +a puzzled smile. "I asked him whose subject he was, and he jabbered in +his own way. A queer lot!" + "But it's strange, friends," continued the man who had wondered at +their whiteness, "the peasants at Mozhaysk were saying that when +they began burying the dead- where the battle was you know- well, +those dead had been lying there for nearly a month, and says the +peasant, 'they lie as white as paper, clean, and not as much smell +as a puff of powder smoke.'" + "Was it from the cold?" asked someone. + "You're a clever fellow! From the cold indeed! Why, it was hot. If +it had been from the cold, ours would not have rotted either. 'But,' +he says, 'go up to ours and they are all rotten and maggoty. So,' he +says, 'we tie our faces up with kerchiefs and turn our heads away as +we drag them off: we can hardly do it. But theirs,' he says, 'are +white as paper and not so much smell as a whiff of gunpowder.'" + All were silent. + "It must be from their food," said the sergeant major. "They used to +gobble the same food as the gentry." + No one contradicted him. + "That peasant near Mozhaysk where the battle was said the men were +all called up from ten villages around and they carted for twenty days +and still didn't finish carting the dead away. And as for the +wolves, he says..." + "That was a real battle," said an old soldier. "It's the only one +worth remembering; but since that... it's only been tormenting folk." + "And do you know, Daddy, the day before yesterday we ran at them +and, my word, they didn't let us get near before they just threw +down their muskets and went on their knees. 'Pardon!' they say. That's +only one case. They say Platov took 'Poleon himself twice. But he +didn't know the right charm. He catches him and catches him- no +good! He turns into a bird in his hands and flies away. And there's no +way of killing him either." + "You're a first-class liar, Kiselev, when I come to look at you!" + "Liar, indeed! It's the real truth." + "If he fell into my hands, when I'd caught him I'd bury him in the +ground with an aspen stake to fix him down. What a lot of men he's +ruined!" + "Well, anyhow we're going to end it. He won't come here again," +remarked the old soldier, yawning. + The conversation flagged, and the soldiers began settling down to +sleep. + "Look at the stars. It's wonderful how they shine! You would think +the women had spread out their linen," said one of the men, gazing +with admiration at the Milky Way. + "That's a sign of a good harvest next year." + "We shall want some more wood." + "You warm your back and your belly gets frozen. That's queer." + "O Lord!" + "What are you pushing for? Is the fire only for you? Look how he's +sprawling!" + In the silence that ensued, the snoring of those who had fallen +asleep could be heard. Others turned over and warmed themselves, now +and again exchanging a few words. From a campfire a hundred paces +off came a sound of general, merry laughter. + "Hark at them roaring there in the Fifth Company!" said one of the +soldiers, and what a lot of them there are!" + One of the men got up and went over to the Fifth Company. + "They're having such fun," said he, coming back. "Two Frenchies have +turned up. One's quite frozen and the other's an awful swaggerer. He's +singing songs...." + "Oh, I'll go across and have a look...." + And several of the men went over to the Fifth Company. +BK15|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + The fifth company was bivouacking at the very edge of the forest. +A huge campfire was blazing brightly in the midst of the snow, +lighting up the branches of trees heavy with hoarfrost. + About midnight they heard the sound of steps in the snow of the +forest, and the crackling of dry branches. + "A bear, lads," said one of the men. + They all raised their heads to listen, and out of the forest into +the bright firelight stepped two strangely clad human figures clinging +to one another. + These were two Frenchmen who had been hiding in the forest. They +came up to the fire, hoarsely uttering something in a language our +soldiers did not understand. One was taller than the other; he wore an +officer's hat and seemed quite exhausted. On approaching the fire he +had been going to sit down, but fell. The other, a short sturdy +soldier with a shawl tied round his head, was stronger. He raised +his companion and said something, pointing to his mouth. The +soldiers surrounded the Frenchmen, spread a greatcoat on the ground +for the sick man, and brought some buckwheat porridge and vodka for +both of them. + The exhausted French officer was Ramballe and the man with his +head wrapped in the shawl was Morel, his orderly. + When Morel had drunk some vodka and finished his bowl of porridge he +suddenly became unnaturally merry and chattered incessantly to the +soldiers, who could not understand him. Ramballe refused food and +resting his head on his elbow lay silent beside the campfire, +looking at the Russian soldiers with red and vacant eyes. Occasionally +he emitted a long-drawn groan and then again became silent. Morel, +pointing to his shoulders, tried to impress on the soldiers the fact +that Ramballe was an officer and ought to be warmed. A Russian officer +who had come up to the fire sent to ask his colonel whether he would +not take a French officer into his hut to warm him, and when the +messenger returned and said that the colonel wished the officer to +be brought to him, Ramballe was told to go. He rose and tried to walk, +but staggered and would have fallen had not a soldier standing by held +him up. + "You won't do it again, eh?" said one of the soldiers, winking and +turning mockingly to Ramballe. + "Oh, you fool! Why talk rubbish, lout that you are- a real peasant!" +came rebukes from all sides addressed to the jesting soldier. + They surrounded Ramballe, lifted him on the crossed arms of two +soldiers, and carried him to the hut. Ramballe put his arms around +their necks while they carried him and began wailing plaintively: + "Oh, you fine fellows, my kind, kind friends! These are men! Oh, +my brave, kind friends," and he leaned his head against the shoulder +of one of the men like a child. + Meanwhile Morel was sitting in the best place by the fire, +surrounded by the soldiers. + Morel, a short sturdy Frenchman with inflamed and streaming eyes, +was wearing a woman's cloak and had a shawl tied woman fashion round +his head over his cap. He was evidently tipsy, and was singing a +French song in a hoarse broken voice, with an arm thrown round the +nearest soldier. The soldiers simply held their sides as they +watched him. + "Now then, now then, teach us how it goes! I'll soon pick it up. How +is it?" said the man- a singer and a wag- whom Morel was embracing. + "Vive Henri Quatre! Vive ce roi valiant!" sang Morel, winking. "Ce +diable a quatre..."* + + *"Long live Henry the Fourth, that valiant king! That rowdy devil." + + "Vivarika! Vif-seruvaru! Sedyablyaka!" repeated the soldier, +flourishing his arm and really catching the tune. + "Bravo! Ha, ha, ha!" rose their rough, joyous laughter from all +sides. + Morel, wrinkling up his face, laughed too. + "Well, go on, go on!" + + "Qui eut le triple talent, + De boire, de battre, + Et d'etre un vert galant."* + + *Who had a triple talent + For drinking, for fighting, + And for being a gallant old boy... + + "It goes smoothly, too. Well, now, Zaletaev!" + "Ke..." Zaletaev, brought out with effort: "ke-e-e-e," he drawled, +laboriously pursing his lips, "le-trip-ta-la-de-bu-de-ba, e +de-tra-va-ga-la " he sang. + "Fine! Just like the Frenchie! Oh, ho ho! Do you want some more to +eat?" + "Give him some porridge: it takes a long time to get filled up after +starving." + They gave him some more porridge and Morel with a laugh set to +work on his third bowl. All the young soldiers smiled gaily as they +watched him. The older men, who thought it undignified to amuse +themselves with such nonsense, continued to lie at the opposite side +of the fire, but one would occasionally raise himself on an elbow +and glance at Morel with a smile. + "They are men too," said one of them as he wrapped himself up in his +coat. "Even wormwood grows on its own root." + "O Lord, O Lord! How starry it is! Tremendous! That means a hard +frost...." + They all grew silent. The stars, as if knowing that no one was +looking at them, began to disport themselves in the dark sky: now +flaring up, now vanishing, now trembling, they were busy whispering +something gladsome and mysterious to one another. +BK15|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + The French army melted away at the uniform rate of a mathematical +progression; and that crossing of the Berezina about which so much has +been written was only one intermediate stage in its destruction, and +not at all the decisive episode of the campaign. If so much has been +and still is written about the Berezina, on the French side this is +only because at the broken bridge across that river the calamities +their army had been previously enduring were suddenly concentrated +at one moment into a tragic spectacle that remained in every memory, +and on the Russian side merely because in Petersburg- far from the +seat of war- a plan (again one of Pfuel's) had been devised to catch +Napoleon in a strategic trap at the Berezina River. Everyone assured +himself that all would happen according to plan, and therefore +insisted that it was just the crossing of the Berezina that +destroyed the French army. In reality the results of the crossing were +much less disastrous to the French- in guns and men lost- than Krasnoe +had been, as the figures show. + The sole importance of the crossing of the Berezina lies in the fact +that it plainly and indubitably proved the fallacy of all the plans +for cutting off the enemy's retreat and the soundness of the only +possible line of action- the one Kutuzov and the general mass of the +army demanded- namely, simply to follow the enemy up. The French crowd +fled at a continually increasing speed and all its energy was directed +to reaching its goal. It fled like a wounded animal and it was +impossible to block its path. This was shown not so much by the +arrangements it made for crossing as by what took place at the +bridges. When the bridges broke down, unarmed soldiers, people from +Moscow and women with children who were with the French transport, +all- carried on by vis inertiae- pressed forward into boats and into +the ice-covered water and did not, surrender. + That impulse was reasonable. The condition of fugitives and of +pursuers was equally bad. As long as they remained with their own +people each might hope for help from his fellows and the definite +place he held among them. But those who surrendered, while remaining +in the same pitiful plight, would be on a lower level to claim a share +in the necessities of life. The French did not need to be informed +of the fact that half the prisoners- with whom the Russians did not +know what to do- perished of cold and hunger despite their captors' +desire to save them; they felt that it could not be otherwise. The +most compassionate Russian commanders, those favorable to the +French- and even the Frenchmen in the Russian service- could do +nothing for the prisoners. The French perished from the conditions +to which the Russian army was itself exposed. It was impossible to +take bread and clothes from our hungry and indispensable soldiers to +give to the French who, though not harmful, or hated, or guilty, +were simply unnecessary. Some Russians even did that, but they were +exceptions. + Certain destruction lay behind the French but in front there was +hope. Their ships had been burned, there was no salvation save in +collective flight, and on that the whole strength of the French was +concentrated. + The farther they fled the more wretched became the plight of the +remnant, especially after the Berezina, on which (in consequence of +the Petersburg plan) special hopes had been placed by the Russians, +and the keener grew the passions of the Russian commanders, blamed one +another and Kutuzov most of all. Anticipation that the failure of +the Petersburg Berezina plan would be attributed to Kutuzov led to +dissatisfaction, contempt, and ridicule, more and more strongly +expressed. The ridicule and contempt were of course expressed in a +respectful form, making it impossible for him to ask wherein he was to +blame. They did not talk seriously to him; when reporting to him or +asking for his sanction they appeared to be fulfilling a regrettable +formality, but they winked behind his back and tried to mislead him at +every turn. + Because they could not understand him all these people assumed +that it was useless to talk to the old man; that he would never +grasp the profundity of their plans, that he would answer with his +phrases (which they thought were mere phrases) about a "golden +bridge," about the impossibility of crossing the frontier with a crowd +of tatterdemalions, and so forth. They had heard all that before. +And all he said- that it was necessary to await provisions, or that +the men had no boots- was so simple, while what they proposed was so +complicated and clever, that it was evident that he was old and stupid +and that they, though not in power, were commanders of genius. + After the junction with the army of the brilliant admiral and +Petersburg hero Wittgenstein, this mood and the gossip of the staff +reached their maximum. Kutuzov saw this and merely sighed and shrugged +his shoulders. Only once, after the affair of the Berezina, did he get +angry and write to Bennigsen (who reported separately to the +Emperor) the following letter: + "On account of your spells of ill health, will your excellency +please be so good as to set off for Kaluga on receipt of this, and +there await further commands and appointments from His Imperial +Majesty." + But after Bennigsen's departure, the Grand Duke Tsarevich +Constantine Pavlovich joined the army. He had taken part in the +beginning of the campaign but had subsequently been removed from the +army by Kutuzov. Now having come to the army, he informed Kutuzov of +the Emperor's displeasure at the poor success of our forces and the +slowness of their advance. The Emperor intended to join the army +personally in a few days' time. + The old man, experienced in court as well as in military affairs- +this same Kutuzov who in August had been chosen commander in chief +against the sovereign's wishes and who had removed the Grand Duke +and heir- apparent from the army- who on his own authority and +contrary to the Emperor's will had decided on the abandonment of +Moscow, now realized at once that his day was over, that his part +was played, and that the power he was supposed to hold was no longer +his. And he understood this not merely from the attitude of the court. +He saw on the one hand that the military business in which he had +played his part was ended and felt that his mission was +accomplished; and at the same time he began to be conscious of the +physical weariness of his aged body and of the necessity of physical +rest. + On the twenty-ninth of November Kutuzov entered Vilna- his "dear +Vilna" as he called it. Twice during his career Kutuzov had been +governor of Vilna. In that wealthy town, which had not been injured, +he found old friends and associations, besides the comforts of life of +which he had so long been deprived. And he suddenly turned from the +cares of army and state and, as far as the passions that seethed +around him allowed, immersed himself in the quiet life to which he had +formerly been accustomed, as if all that was taking place and all that +had still to be done in the realm of history did not concern him at +all. + Chichagov, one of the most zealous "cutters-off" and +"breakers-up," who had first wanted to effect a diversion in Greece +and then in Warsaw but never wished to go where he was sent: +Chichagov, noted for the boldness with which he spoke to the +Emperor, and who considered Kutuzov to be under an obligation to him +because when he was sent to make peace with Turkey in 1811 +independently of Kutuzov, and found that peace had already been +concluded, he admitted to the Emperor that the merit of securing +that peace was really Kutuzov's; this Chichagov was the first to +meet Kutuzov at the castle where the latter was to stay. In undress +naval uniform, with a dirk, and holding his cap under his arm, he +handed Kutuzov a garrison report and the keys of the town. The +contemptuously respectful attitude of the younger men to the old man +in his dotage was expressed in the highest degree by the behavior of +Chichagov, who knew of the accusations that were being directed +against Kutuzov. + When speaking to Chichagov, Kutuzov incidentally mentioned that +the vehicles packed with china that had been captured from him at +Borisov had been recovered and would be restored to him. + "You mean to imply that I have nothing to eat out of.... On the +contrary, I can supply you with everything even if you want to give +dinner parties," warmly replied Chichagov, who tried by every word +he spoke to prove his own rectitude and therefore imagined Kutuzov +to be animated by the same desire. + Kutuzov, shrugging his shoulders, replied with his subtle +penetrating smile: "I meant merely to say what I said." + Contrary to the Emperor's wish Kutuzov detained the greater part +of the army at Vilna. Those about him said that he became +extraordinarily slack and physically feeble during his stay in that +town. He attended to army affairs reluctantly, left everything to +his generals, and while awaiting the Emperor's arrival led a +dissipated life. + Having left Petersburg on the seventh of December with his suite- +Count Tolstoy, Prince Volkonski, Arakcheev, and others- the Emperor +reached Vilna on the eleventh, and in his traveling sleigh drove +straight to the castle. In spite of the severe frost some hundred +generals and staff officers in full parade uniform stood in front of +the castle, as well as a guard of honor of the Semenov regiment. + A courier who galloped to the castle in advance, in a troyka with +three foam-flecked horses, shouted "Coming!" and Konovnitsyn rushed +into the vestibule to inform Kutuzov, who was waiting in the hall +porter's little lodge. + A minute later the old man's large stout figure in full-dress +uniform, his chest covered with orders and a scarf drawn round his +stomach, waddled out into the porch. He put on his hat with its +peaks to the sides and, holding his gloves in his hand and walking +with an effort sideways down the steps to the level of the street, +took in his hand the report he had prepared for the Emperor. + There was running to and fro and whispering; another troyka +furiously up, and then all eyes were turned on an approaching sleigh +in which the figures of the Emperor and Volkonski could already be +descried. + From the habit of fifty years all this had a physically agitating +effect on the old general. He carefully and hastily felt himself all +over, readjusted his hat, and pulling himself together drew himself up +and, at the very moment when the Emperor, having alighted from the +sleigh, lifted his eyes to him, handed him the report and began +speaking in his smooth, ingratiating voice. + The Emperor with a rapid glance scanned Kutuzov from head to foot, +frowned for an instant, but immediately mastering himself went up to +the old man, extended his arms and embraced him. And this embrace too, +owing to a long-standing impression related to his innermost feelings, +had its usual effect on Kutuzov and he gave a sob. + The Emperor greeted the officers and the Semenov guard, and again +pressing the old man's hand went with him into the castle. + When alone with the field marshal the Emperor expressed his +dissatisfaction at the slowness of the pursuit and at the mistakes +made at Krasnoe and the Berezina, and informed him of his intentions +for a future campaign abroad. Kutuzov made no rejoinder or remark. The +same submissive, expressionless look with which he had listened to the +Emperor's commands on the field of Austerlitz seven years before +settled on his face now. + When Kutuzov came out of the study and with lowered head was +crossing the ballroom with his heavy waddling gait, he was arrested by +someone's voice saying: + "Your Serene Highness!" + Kutuzov raised his head and looked for a long while into the eyes of +Count Tolstoy, who stood before him holding a silver salver on which +lay a small object. Kutuzov seemed not to understand what was expected +of him. + Suddenly he seemed to remember; a scarcely perceptible smile flashed +across his puffy face, and bowing low and respectfully he took the +object that lay on the salver. It was the Order of St. George of the +First Class. +BK15|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Next day the field marshal gave a dinner and ball which the +Emperor honored by his presence. Kutuzov had received the Order of St. +George of the First Class and the Emperor showed him the highest +honors, but everyone knew of the imperial dissatisfaction with him. +The proprieties were observed and the Emperor was the first to set +that example, but everybody understood that the old man was +blameworthy and good-for-nothing. When Kutuzov, conforming to a custom +of Catherine's day, ordered the standards that had been captured to be +lowered at the Emperor's feet on his entering the ballroom, the +Emperor made a wry face and muttered something in which some people +caught the words, "the old comedian." + The Emperor's displeasure with Kutuzov was specially increased at +Vilna by the fact that Kutuzov evidently could not or would not +understand the importance of the coming campaign. + When on the following morning the Emperor said to the officers +assembled about him: "You have not only saved Russia, you have saved +Europe!" they all understood that the war was not ended. + Kutuzov alone would not see this and openly expressed his opinion +that no fresh war could improve the position or add to the glory of +Russia, but could only spoil and lower the glorious position that +Russia had gained. He tried to prove to the Emperor the +impossibility of levying fresh troops, spoke of the hardships +already endured by the people, of the possibility of failure and so +forth. + This being the field marshal's frame of mind he was naturally +regarded as merely a hindrance and obstacle to the impending war. + To avoid unpleasant encounters with the old man, the natural +method was to do what had been done with him at Austerlitz and with +Barclay at the beginning of the Russian campaign- to transfer the +authority to the Emperor himself, thus cutting the ground from under +the commander in chief's feet without upsetting the old man by +informing him of the change. + With this object his staff was gradually reconstructed and its +real strength removed and transferred to the Emperor. Toll, +Konovnitsyn, and Ermolov received fresh appointments. Everyone spoke +loudly of the field marshal's great weakness and failing health. + His health had to be bad for his place to be taken away and given to +another. And in fact his health was poor. + So naturally, simply, and gradually- just as he had come from Turkey +to the Treasury in Petersburg to recruit the militia, and then to +the army when he was needed there- now when his part was played out, +Kutuzov's place was taken by a new and necessary performer. + The war 1812, besides its national significance dear to every +Russian heart, was now to assume another, a European, significance. + The movement of peoples from west to east was to be succeeded by a +movement of peoples from east to west, and for this fresh war +another leader was necessary, having qualities and views differing +from Kutuzov's and animated by different motives. + Alexander I was as necessary for the movement of the peoples from +east to west and for the refixing of national frontiers as Kutuzov had +been for the salvation and glory of Russia. + Kutuzov did not understand what Europe, the balance of power, or +Napoleon meant. He could not understand it. For the representative +of the Russian people, after the enemy had been destroyed and Russia +had been liberated and raised to the summit of her glory, there was +nothing left to do as a Russian. Nothing remained for the +representative of the national war but to die, and Kutuzov died. +BK15|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + As generally happens, Pierre did not feel the full effects of the +physical privation and strain he had suffered as prisoner until +after they were over. After his liberation he reached Orel, and on the +third day there, when preparing to go to Kiev, he fell ill and was +laid up for three months. He had what the doctors termed "bilious +fever." But despite the fact that the doctors treated him, bled him, +and gave him medicines to drink, he recovered. + Scarcely any impression was left on Pierre's mind by all that +happened to him from the time of his rescue till his illness. He +remembered only the dull gray weather now rainy and now snowy, +internal physical distress, and pains in his feet and side. He +remembered a general impression of the misfortunes and sufferings of +people and of being worried by the curiosity of officers and +generals who questioned him, he also remembered his difficulty in +procuring a conveyance and horses, and above all he remembered his +incapacity to think and feel all that time. On the day of his rescue +he had seen the body of Petya Rostov. That same day he had learned +that Prince Andrew, after surviving the battle of Borodino for more +than a month had recently died in the Rostovs' house at Yaroslavl, and +Denisov who told him this news also mentioned Helene's death, +supposing that Pierre had heard of it long before. All this at the +time seemed merely strange to Pierre: he felt he could not grasp its +significance. Just then he was only anxious to get away as quickly +as possible from places where people were killing one another, to some +peaceful refuge where he could recover himself, rest, and think over +all the strange new facts he had learned; but on reaching Orel he +immediately fell ill. When he came to himself after his illness he saw +in attendance on him two of his servants, Terenty and Vaska, who had +come from Moscow; and also his cousin the eldest princess, who had +been living on his estate at Elets and hearing of his rescue and +illness had come to look after him. + It was only gradually during his convalescence that Pierre lost +the impressions he had become accustomed to during the last few months +and got used to the idea that no one would oblige him to go anywhere +tomorrow, that no one would deprive him of his warm bed, and that he +would be sure to get his dinner, tea, and supper. But for a long +time in his dreams he still saw himself in the conditions of +captivity. In the same way little by little he came to understand +the news he had been told after his rescue, about the death of +Prince Andrew, the death of his wife, and the destruction of the +French. + A joyous feeling of freedom- that complete inalienable freedom +natural to man which he had first experienced at the first halt +outside Moscow- filled Pierre's soul during his convalescence. He +was surprised to find that this inner freedom, which was independent +of external conditions, now had as it were an additional setting of +external liberty. He was alone in a strange town, without +acquaintances. No one demanded anything of him or sent him anywhere. +He had all he wanted: the thought of his wife which had been a +continual torment to him was no longer there, since she was no more. + "Oh, how good! How splendid!" said he to himself when a cleanly laid +table was moved up to him with savory beef tea, or when he lay down +for the night on a soft clean bed, or when he remembered that the +French had gone and that his wife was no more. "Oh, how good, how +splendid!" + And by old habit he asked himself the question: "Well, and what +then? What am I going to do?" And he immediately gave himself the +answer: "Well, I shall live. Ah, how splendid!" + The very question that had formerly tormented him, the thing he +had continually sought to find- the aim of life- no longer existed for +him now. That search for the aim of life had not merely disappeared +temporarily- he felt that it no longer existed for him and could not +present itself again. And this very absence of an aim gave him the +complete, joyous sense of freedom which constituted his happiness at +this time. + He could not see an aim, for he now had faith- not faith in any kind +of rule, or words, or ideas, but faith in an ever-living, +ever-manifest God. Formerly he had sought Him in aims he set +himself. That search for an aim had been simply a search for God, +and suddenly in his captivity he had learned not by words or reasoning +but by direct feeling what his nurse had told him long ago: that God +is here and everywhere. In his captivity he had learned that in +Karataev God was greater, more infinite and unfathomable than in the +Architect of the Universe recognized by the Freemasons. He felt like a +man who after straining his eyes to see into the far distance finds +what he sought at his very feet. All his life he had looked over the +heads of the men around him, when he should have merely looked in +front of him without straining his eyes. + In the past he had never been able to find that great inscrutable +infinite something. He had only felt that it must exist somewhere +and had looked for it. In everything near and comprehensible he had +only what was limited, petty, commonplace, and senseless. He had +equipped himself with a mental telescope and looked into remote space, +where petty worldliness hiding itself in misty distance had seemed +to him great and infinite merely because it was not clearly seen. +And such had European life, politics, Freemasonry, philosophy, and +philanthropy seemed to him. But even then, at moments of weakness as +he had accounted them, his mind had penetrated to those distances +and he had there seen the same pettiness, worldliness, and +senselessness. Now, however, he had learned to see the great, eternal, +and infinite in everything, and therefore- to see it and enjoy its +contemplation- he naturally threw away the telescope through which +he had till now gazed over men's heads, and gladly regarded the +ever-changing, eternally great, unfathomable, and infinite life around +him. And the closer he looked the more tranquil and happy he became. +That dreadful question, "What for?" which had formerly destroyed all +his mental edifices, no longer existed for him. To that question, +"What for?" a simple answer was now always ready in his soul: "Because +there is a God, that God without whose will not one hair falls from +a man's head." +BK15|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + In external ways Pierre had hardly changed at all. In appearance +he was just what he used to be. As before he was absent-minded and +seemed occupied not with what was before his eyes but with something +special of his own. The difference between his former and present self +was that formerly when he did not grasp what lay before him or was +said to him, he had puckered his forehead painfully as if vainly +seeking to distinguish something at a distance. At present he still +forgot what was said to him and still did not see what was before +his eyes, but he now looked with a scarcely perceptible and +seemingly ironic smile at what was before him and listened to what was +said, though evidently seeing and hearing something quite different. +Formerly he had appeared to be a kindhearted but unhappy man, and so +people had been inclined to avoid him. Now a smile at the joy of +life always played round his lips, and sympathy for others, shone in +his eyes with a questioning look as to whether they were as +contented as he was, and people felt pleased by his presence. + Previously he had talked a great deal, grew excited when he +talked, and seldom listened; now he was seldom carried away in +conversation and knew how to listen so that people readily told him +their most intimate secrets. + The princess, who had never liked Pierre and had been particularly +hostile to him since she had felt herself under obligations to him +after the old count's death, now after staying a short time in Orel- +where she had come intending to show Pierre that in spite of his +ingratitude she considered it her duty to nurse him- felt to her +surprise and vexation that she had become fond of him. Pierre did +not in any way seek her approval, he merely studied her with interest. +Formerly she had felt that he regarded her with indifference and +irony, and so had shrunk into herself as she did with others and had +shown him only the combative side of her nature; but now he seemed +to be trying to understand the most intimate places of her heart, and, +mistrustfully at first but afterwards gratefully, she let him see +the hidden, kindly sides of her character. + The most cunning man could not have crept into her confidence more +successfully, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and +showing sympathy with them. Yet Pierre's cunning consisted simply in +finding pleasure in drawing out the human qualities of the embittered, +hard, and (in her own way) proud princess. + "Yes, he is a very, very kind man when he is not under the influence +of bad people but of people such as myself," thought she. + His servants too- Terenty and Vaska- in their own way noticed the +change that had taken place in Pierre. They considered that he had +become much "simpler." Terenty, when he had helped him undress and +wished him good night, often lingered with his master's boots in his +hands and clothes over his arm, to see whether he would not start a +talk. And Pierre, noticing that Terenty wanted a chat, generally +kept him there. + "Well, tell me... now, how did you get food?" he would ask. + And Terenty would begin talking of the destruction of Moscow, and of +the old count, and would stand for a long time holding the clothes and +talking, or sometimes listening to Pierre's stories, and then would go +out into the hall with a pleasant sense of intimacy with his master +and affection for him. + The doctor who attended Pierre and visited him every day, though +he considered it his duty as a doctor to pose as a man whose every +moment was of value to suffering humanity, would sit for hours with +Pierre telling him his favorite anecdotes and his observations on +the characters of his patients in general, and especially of the +ladies. + "It's a pleasure to talk to a man like that; he is not like our +provincials," he would say. + There were several prisoners from the French army in Orel, and the +doctor brought one of them, a young Italian, to see Pierre. + This officer began visiting Pierre, and the princess used to make +fun of the tenderness the Italian expressed for him. + The Italian seemed happy only when he could come to see Pierre, talk +with him, tell him about his past, his life at home, and his love, and +pour out to him his indignation against the French and especially +against Napoleon. + "If all Russians are in the least like you, it is sacrilege to fight +such a nation," he said to Pierre. "You, who have suffered so from the +French, do not even feel animosity toward them." + Pierre had evoked the passionate affection of the Italian merely +by evoking the best side of his nature and taking a pleasure in so +doing. + During the last days of Pierre's stay in Orel his old Masonic +acquaintance Count Willarski, who had introduced him to the lodge in +1807, came to see him. Willarski was married to a Russian heiress +who had a large estate in Orel province, and he occupied a temporary +post in the commissariat department in that town. + Hearing that Bezukhov was in Orel, Willarski, though they had +never been intimate, came to him with the professions of friendship +and intimacy that people who meet in a desert generally express for +one another. Willarski felt dull in Orel and was pleased to meet a man +of his own circle and, as he supposed, of similar interests. + But to his surprise Willarski soon noticed that Pierre had lagged +much behind the times, and had sunk, as he expressed it to himself, +into apathy and egotism. + "You are letting yourself go, my dear fellow," he said. + But for all that Willarski found it pleasanter now than it had +been formerly to be with Pierre, and came to see him every day. To +Pierre as he looked at and listened to Willarski, it seemed strange to +think that he had been like that himself but a short time before. + Willarski was a married man with a family, busy with his family +affairs, his wife's affairs, and his official duties. He regarded +all these occupations as hindrances to life, and considered that +they were all contemptible because their aim was the welfare of +himself and his family. Military, administrative, political, and +Masonic interests continually absorbed his attention. And Pierre, +without trying to change the other's views and without condemning him, +but with the quiet, joyful, and amused smile now habitual to him, +was interested in this strange though very familiar phenomenon. + There was a new feature in Pierre's relations with Willarski, with +the princess, with the doctor, and with all the people he now met, +which gained for him the general good will. This was his +acknowledgment of the impossibility of changing a man's convictions by +words, and his recognition of the possibility of everyone thinking, +feeling, and seeing things each from his own point of view. This +legitimate peculiarity of each individual which used to excite and +irritate Pierre now became a basis of the sympathy he felt for, and +the interest he took in, other people. The difference, and sometimes +complete contradiction, between men's opinions and their lives, and +between one man and another, pleased him and drew from him an amused +and gentle smile. + In practical matters Pierre unexpectedly felt within himself a +center of gravity he had previously lacked. Formerly all pecuniary +questions, especially requests for money to which, as an extremely +wealthy man, he was very exposed, produced in him a state of +hopeless agitation and perplexity. "To give or not to give?" he had +asked himself. "I have it and he needs it. But someone else needs it +still more. Who needs it most? And perhaps they are both impostors?" +In the old days he had been unable to find a way out of all these +surmises and had given to all who asked as long as he had anything +to give. Formerly he had been in a similar state of perplexity with +regard to every question concerning his property, when one person +advised one thing and another something else. + Now to his surprise he found that he no longer felt either doubt +or perplexity about these questions. There was now within him a +judge who by some rule unknown to him decided what should or should +not be done. + He was as indifferent as heretofore to money matters, but now he +felt certain of what ought and what ought not to be done. The first +time he had recourse to his new judge was when a French prisoner, a +colonel, came to him and, after talking a great deal about his +exploits, concluded by making what amounted to a demand that Pierre +should give him four thousand francs to send to his wife and children. +Pierre refused without the least difficulty or effort, and was +afterwards surprised how simple and easy had been what used to +appear so insurmountably difficult. At the same time that he refused +the colonel's demand he made up his mind that he must have recourse to +artifice when leaving Orel, to induce the Italian officer to accept +some money of which he was evidently in need. A further proof to +Pierre of his own more settled outlook on practical matters was +furnished by his decision with regard to his wife's debts and to the +rebuilding of his houses in and near Moscow. + His head steward came to him at Orel and Pierre reckoned up with him +his diminished income. The burning of Moscow had cost him, according +to the head steward's calculation, about two million rubles. + To console Pierre for these losses the head steward gave him an +estimate showing that despite these losses his income would not be +diminished but would even be increased if he refused to pay his wife's +debts which he was under no obligation to meet, and did not rebuild +his Moscow house and the country house on his Moscow estate, which had +cost him eighty thousand rubles a year and brought in nothing. + "Yes, of course that's true," said Pierre with a cheerful smile. +"I don't need all that at all. By being ruined I have become much +richer." + But in January Savelich came from Moscow and gave him an account +of the state of things there, and spoke of the estimate an architect +had made of the cost of rebuilding the town and country houses, +speaking of this as of a settled matter. About the same time he +received letters from Prince Vasili and other Petersburg acquaintances +speaking of his wife's debts. And Pierre decided that the steward's +proposals which had so pleased him were wrong and that he must go to +Petersburg and settle his wife's affairs and must rebuild in Moscow. +Why this was necessary he did not know, but he knew for certain that +it was necessary. His income would be reduced by three fourths, but he +felt it must be done. + Willarski was going to Moscow and they agreed to travel together. + During the whole time of his convalescence in Orel Pierre had +experienced a feeling of joy, freedom, and life; but when during his +journey he found himself in the open world and saw hundreds of new +faces, that feeling was intensified. Throughout his journey he felt +like a schoolboy on holiday. Everyone- the stagecoach driver, the +post-house overseers, the peasants on the roads and in the villages- +had a new significance for him. The presence and remarks of +Willarski who continually deplored the ignorance and poverty of Russia +and its backwardness compared with Europe only heightened Pierre's +pleasure. Where Willarski saw deadness Pierre saw an extraordinary +strength and vitality- the strength which in that vast space amid +the snows maintained the life of this original, peculiar, and unique +people. He did not contradict Willarski and even seemed to agree +with him- an apparent agreement being the simplest way to avoid +discussions that could lead to nothing- and he smiled joyfully as he +listened to him. +BK15|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + It would be difficult to explain why and whither ants whose heap has +been destroyed are hurrying: some from the heap dragging bits of +rubbish, larvae, and corpses, others back to the heap, or why they +jostle, overtake one another, and fight, and it would be equally +difficult to explain what caused the Russians after the departure of +the French to throng to the place that had formerly been Moscow. But +when we watch the ants round their ruined heap, the tenacity, +energy, and immense number of the delving insects prove that despite +the destruction of the heap, something indestructible, which though +intangible is the real strength of the colony, still exists; and +similarly, though in Moscow in the month of October there was no +government no churches, shrines, riches, or houses- it was still the +Moscow it had been in August. All was destroyed, except something +intangible yet powerful and indestructible. + The motives of those who thronged from all sides to Moscow after +it had been cleared of the enemy were most diverse and personal, and +at first for the most part savage and brutal. One motive only they all +had in common: a desire to get to the place that had been called +Moscow, to apply their activities there. + Within a week Moscow already had fifteen thousand inhabitants, in +a fortnight twenty-five thousand, and so on. By the autumn of 1813 the +number, ever increasing and increasing, exceeded what it had been in +1812. + The first Russians to enter Moscow were the Cossacks of +Wintzingerode's detachment, peasants from the adjacent villages, and +residents who had fled from Moscow and had been hiding in its +vicinity. The Russians who entered Moscow, finding it plundered, +plundered it in their turn. They continued what the French had +begun. Trains of peasant carts came to Moscow to carry off to the +villages what had been abandoned in the ruined houses and the streets. +The Cossacks carried off what they could to their camps, and the +householders seized all they could find in other houses and moved it +to their own, pretending that it was their property. + But the first plunderers were followed by a second and a third +contingent, and with increasing numbers plundering became more and +more difficult and assumed more definite forms. + The French found Moscow abandoned but with all the organizations +of regular life, with diverse branches of commerce and +craftsmanship, with luxury, and governmental and religious +institutions. These forms were lifeless but still existed. There +were bazaars, shops, warehouses, market stalls, granaries- for the +most part still stocked with goods- and there were factories and +workshops, palaces and wealthy houses filled with luxuries, hospitals, +prisons, government offices, churches, and cathedrals. The longer +the French remained the more these forms of town life perished, +until finally all was merged into one confused, lifeless scene of +plunder. + The more the plundering by the French continued, the more both the +wealth of Moscow and the strength of its plunderers was destroyed. But +plundering by the Russians, with which the reoccupation of the city +began, had an opposite effect: the longer it continued and the greater +the number of people taking part in it the more rapidly was the wealth +of the city and its regular life restored. + Besides the plunderers, very various people, some drawn by +curiosity, some by official duties, some by self-interest- house +owners, clergy, officials of all kinds, tradesmen, artisans, and +peasants- streamed into Moscow as blood flows to the heart. + Within a week the peasants who came with empty carts to carry off +plunder were stopped by the authorities and made to cart the corpses +out of the town. Other peasants, having heard of their comrades' +discomfiture, came to town bringing rye, oats, and hay, and beat +down one another's prices to below what they had been in former +days. Gangs of carpenters hoping for high pay arrived in Moscow +every day, and on all sides logs were being hewn, new houses built, +and old, charred ones repaired. Tradesmen began trading in booths. +Cookshops and taverns were opened in partially burned houses. The +clergy resumed the services in many churches that had not been burned. +Donors contributed Church property that had been stolen. Government +clerks set up their baize-covered tables and their pigeonholes of +documents in small rooms. The higher authorities and the police +organized the distribution of goods left behind by the French. The +owners of houses in which much property had been left, brought there +from other houses, complained of the injustice of taking everything to +the Faceted Palace in the Kremlin; others insisted that as the +French had gathered things from different houses into this or that +house, it would be unfair to allow its owner to keep all that was +found there. They abused the police and bribed them, made out +estimates at ten times their value for government stores that had +perished in the fire, and demanded relief. And Count Rostopchin +wrote proclamations. +BK15|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + At the end of January Pierre went to Moscow and stayed in an annex +of his house which had not been burned. He called on Count +Rostopchin and on some acquaintances who were back in Moscow, and he +intended to leave for Petersburg two days later. Everybody was +celebrating the victory, everything was bubbling with life in the +ruined but reviving city. Everyone was pleased to see Pierre, everyone +wished to meet him, and everyone questioned him about what he had +seen. Pierre felt particularly well disposed toward them all, but +was now instinctively on his guard for fear of binding himself in +any way. To all questions put to him- whether important or quite +trifling- such as: Where would he live? Was he going to rebuild? +When was he going to Petersburg and would he mind taking a parcel +for someone?- he replied: "Yes, perhaps," or, "I think so," and so on. + He had heard that the Rostovs were at Kostroma but the thought of +Natasha seldom occurred to him. If it did it was only as a pleasant +memory of the distant past. He felt himself not only free from +social obligations but also from that feeling which, it seemed to him, +he had aroused in himself. + On the third day after his arrival he heard from the Drubetskoys +that Princess Mary was in Moscow. The death, sufferings, and last days +of Prince Andrew had often occupied Pierre's thoughts and now recurred +to him with fresh vividness. Having heard at dinner that Princess Mary +was in Moscow and living in her house- which had not been burned- in +Vozdvizhenka Street, he drove that same evening to see her. + On his way to the house Pierre kept thinking of Prince Andrew, of +their friendship, of his various meetings with him, and especially +of the last one at Borodino. + "Is it possible that he died in the bitter frame of mind he was then +in? Is it possible that the meaning of life was not disclosed to him +before he died?" thought Pierre. He recalled Karataev and his death +and involuntarily began to compare these two men, so different, and +yet so similar in that they had both lived and both died and in the +love he felt for both of them. + Pierre drove up to the house of the old prince in a most serious +mood. The house had escaped the fire; it showed signs of damage but +its general aspect was unchanged. The old footman, who met Pierre with +a stern face as if wishing to make the visitor feel that the absence +of the old prince had not disturbed the order of things in the +house, informed him that the princess had gone to her own +apartments, and that she received on Sundays. + "Announce me. Perhaps she will see me," said Pierre. + "Yes, sir," said the man. "Please step into the portrait gallery." + A few minutes later the footman returned with Dessalles, who brought +word from the princess that she would be very glad to see Pierre if he +would excuse her want of ceremony and come upstairs to her apartment. + In a rather low room lit by one candle sat the princess and with her +another person dressed in black. Pierre remembered that the princess +always had lady companions, but who they were and what they were +like he never knew or remembered. "This must be one of her +companions," he thought, glancing at the lady in the black dress. + The princess rose quickly to meet him and held out her hand. + "Yes," she said, looking at his altered face after he had kissed her +hand, "so this is how we meet again. He of spoke of you even at the +very last," she went on, turning her eyes from Pierre to her companion +with a shyness that surprised him for an instant. + "I was so glad to hear of your safety. It was the first piece of +good news we had received for a long time." + Again the princess glanced round at her companion with even more +uneasiness in her manner and was about to add something, but Pierre +interrupted her. + "Just imagine- I knew nothing about him!" said he. "I thought he had +been killed. All I know I heard at second hand from others. I only +know that he fell in with the Rostovs.... What a strange coincidence!" + Pierre spoke rapidly and with animation. He glanced once at the +companion's face, saw her attentive and kindly gaze fixed on him, and, +as often happens when one is talking, felt somehow that this companion +in the black dress was a good, kind, excellent creature who would +not hinder his conversing freely with Princess Mary. + But when he mentioned the Rostovs, Princess Mary's face expressed +still greater embarrassment. She again glanced rapidly from Pierre's +face to that of the lady in the black dress and said: + "Do you really not recognize her?" + Pierre looked again at the companion's pale, delicate face with +its black eyes and peculiar mouth, and something near to him, long +forgotten and more than sweet, looked at him from those attentive +eyes. + "But no, it can't be!" he thought. "This stern, thin, pale face that +looks so much older! It cannot be she. It merely reminds me of her." +But at that moment Princess Mary said, "Natasha!" And with difficulty, +effort, and stress, like the opening of a door grown rusty on its +hinges, a smile appeared on the face with the attentive eyes, and from +that opening door came a breath of fragrance which suffused Pierre +with a happiness he had long forgotten and of which he had not even +been thinking- especially at that moment. It suffused him, seized him, +and enveloped him completely. When she smiled doubt was no longer +possible, it was Natasha and he loved her. + At that moment Pierre involuntarily betrayed to her, to Princess +Mary, and above all to himself, a secret of which he himself had +been unaware. He flushed joyfully yet with painful distress. He +tried to hide his agitation. But the more he tried to hide it the more +clearly- clearer than any words could have done- did he betray to +himself, to her, and to Princess Mary that he loved her. + "No, it's only the unexpectedness of it," thought Pierre. But as +soon as he tried to continue the conversation he had begun with +Princess Mary he again glanced at Natasha, and a still-deeper flush +suffused his face and a still-stronger agitation of mingled joy and +fear seized his soul. He became confused in his speech and stopped +in the middle of what he was saying. + Pierre had failed to notice Natasha because he did not at all expect +to see her there, but he had failed to recognize her because the +change in her since he last saw her was immense. She had grown thin +and pale, but that was not what made her unrecognizable; she was +unrecognizable at the moment he entered because on that face whose +eyes had always shone with a suppressed smile of the joy of life, +now when he first entered and glanced at her there was not the least +shadow of a smile: only her eyes were kindly attentive and sadly +interrogative. + Pierre's confusion was not reflected by any confusion on Natasha's +part, but only by the pleasure that just perceptibly lit up her +whole face. +BK15|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + "She has come to stay with me," said Princess Mary. "The count and +countess will be here in a few days. The countess is in a dreadful +state; but it was necessary for Natasha herself to see a doctor. +They insisted on her coming with me." + "Yes, is there a family free from sorrow now?" said Pierre, +addressing Natasha. "You know it happened the very day we were +rescued. I saw him. What a delightful boy he was!" + Natasha looked at him, and by way of answer to his words her eyes +widened and lit up. + "What can one say or think of as a consolation?" said Pierre. +"Nothing! Why had such a splendid boy, so full of life, to die?" + "Yes, in these days it would be hard to live without faith..." +remarked Princess Mary. + "Yes, yes, that is really true," Pierre hastily interrupted her. + "Why is it true?" Natasha asked, looking attentively into Pierre's +eyes. + "How can you ask why?" said Princess Mary. "The thought alone of +what awaits..." + Natasha without waiting for Princess Mary to finish again looked +inquiringly at Pierre. + "And because," Pierre continued, "only one who believes that there +is a God ruling us can bear a loss such as hers and... yours." + Natasha had already opened her mouth to speak but suddenly +stopped. Pierre hurriedly turned away from her and again addressed +Princess Mary, asking about his friend's last days. + Pierre's confusion had now almost vanished, but at the same time +he felt that his freedom had also completely gone. He felt that +there was now a judge of his every word and action whose judgment +mattered more to him than that of all the rest of the world. As he +spoke now he was considering what impression his words would make on +Natasha. He did not purposely say things to please her, but whatever +he was saying he regarded from her standpoint. + Princess Mary- reluctantly as is usual in such cases- began +telling of the condition in which she had found Prince Andrew. But +Pierre's face quivering with emotion, his questions and his eager +restless expression, gradually compelled her to go into details +which she feared to recall for her own sake. + "Yes, yes, and so...? " Pierre kept saying as he leaned toward her +with his whole body and eagerly listened to her story. "Yes, yes... so +he grew tranquil and softened? With all his soul he had always +sought one thing- to be perfectly good- so he could not be afraid of +death. The faults he had- if he had any- were not of his making. So he +did soften?... What a happy thing that he saw you again," he added, +suddenly turning to Natasha and looking at her with eyes full of +tears. + Natasha's face twitched. She frowned and lowered her eyes for a +moment. She hesitated for an instant whether to speak or not. + "Yes, that was happiness," she then said in her quiet voice with its +deep chest notes. "For me it certainly was happiness." She paused. +"And he... he... he said he was wishing for it at the very moment I +entered the room...." + Natasha's voice broke. She blushed, pressed her clasped hands on her +knees, and then controlling herself with an evident effort lifted +her head and began to speak rapidly. + "We knew nothing of it when we started from Moscow. I did not dare +to ask about him. Then suddenly Sonya told me he was traveling with +us. I had no idea and could not imagine what state he was in, all I +wanted was to see him and be with him," she said, trembling, and +breathing quickly. + And not letting them interrupt her she went on to tell what she +had never yet mentioned to anyone- all she had lived through during +those three weeks of their journey and life at Yaroslavl. + Pierre listened to her with lips parted and eyes fixed upon her full +of tears. As he listened he did not think of Prince Andrew, nor of +death, nor of what she was telling. He listened to her and felt only +pity for her, for what she was suffering now while she was speaking. + Princess Mary, frowning in her effort to hold back her tears, sat +beside Natasha, and heard for the first time the story of those last +days of her brother's and Natasha's love. + Evidently Natasha needed to tell that painful yet joyful tale. + She spoke, mingling most trifling details with the intimate +secrets of her soul, and it seemed as if she could never finish. +Several times she repeated the same thing twice. + Dessalles' voice was heard outside the door asking whether little +Nicholas might come in to say good night. + "Well, that's all- everything," said Natasha. + She got up quickly just as Nicholas entered, almost ran to the +door which was hidden by curtains, struck her head against it, and +rushed from the room with a moan either of pain or sorrow. + Pierre gazed at the door through which she had disappeared and did +not understand why he suddenly felt all alone in the world. + Princess Mary roused him from his abstraction by drawing his +attention to her nephew who had entered the room. + At that moment of emotional tenderness young Nicholas' face, which +resembled his father's, affected Pierre so much that when he had +kissed the boy he got up quickly, took out his handkerchief, and +went to the window. He wished to take leave of Princess Mary, but +she would not let him go. + "No, Natasha and I sometimes don't go to sleep till after two, so +please don't go. I will order supper. Go downstairs, we will come +immediately." + Before Pierre left the room Princess Mary told him: "This is the +first time she has talked of him like that." +BK15|CH17 + CHAPTER XVII + + Pierre was shown into the large, brightly lit dining room; a few +minutes later he heard footsteps and Princess Mary entered with +Natasha. Natasha was calm, though a severe and grave expression had +again settled on her face. They all three of them now experienced that +feeling of awkwardness which usually follows after a serious and +heartfelt talk. It is impossible to go back to the same +conversation, to talk of trifles is awkward, and yet the desire to +speak is there and silence seems like affectation. They went +silently to table. The footmen drew back the chairs and pushed them up +again. Pierre unfolded his cold table napkin and, resolving to break +the silence, looked at Natasha and at Princess Mary. They had +evidently both formed the same resolution; the eyes of both shone with +satisfaction and a confession that besides sorrow life also has joy. + "Do you take vodka, Count?" asked Princess Mary, and those words +suddenly banished the shadows of the past. "Now tell us about +yourself," said she. "One hears such improbable wonders about you." + "Yes," replied Pierre with the smile of mild irony now habitual to +him. "They even tell me wonders I myself never dreamed of! Mary +Abramovna invited me to her house and kept telling me what had +happened, or ought to have happened, to me. Stepan Stepanych also +instructed me how I ought to tell of my experiences. In general I have +noticed that it is very easy to be an interesting man (I am an +interesting man now); people invite me out and tell me all about +myself." + Natasha smiled and was on the point of speaking. + "We have been told," Princess Mary interrupted her, "that you lost +two millions in Moscow. Is that true?" + "But I am three times as rich as before," returned Pierre. + Though the position was now altered by his decision to pay his +wife's debts and to rebuild his houses, Pierre still maintained that +he had become three times as rich as before. + "What I have certainly gained is freedom," he began seriously, but +did not continue, noticing that this theme was too egotistic. + "And are you building?" + "Yes. Savelich says I must!" + "Tell me, you did not know of the countess' death when you decided +to remain in Moscow?" asked Princess Mary and immediately blushed, +noticing that her question, following his mention of freedom, ascribed +to his words a meaning he had perhaps not intended. + "No," answered Pierre, evidently not considering awkward the meaning +Princess Mary had given to his words. "I heard of it in Orel and you +cannot imagine how it shocked me. We were not an exemplary couple," he +added quickly, glancing at Natasha and noticing on her face +curiosity as to how he would speak of his wife, "but her death shocked +me terribly. When two people quarrel they are always both in fault, +and one's own guilt suddenly becomes terribly serious when the other +is no longer alive. And then such a death... without friends and +without consolation! I am very, very sorry for her," he concluded, and +was pleased to notice a look of glad approval on Natasha's face. + "Yes, and so you are once more an eligible bachelor," said +Princess Mary. + Pierre suddenly flushed crimson and for a long time tried not to +look at Natasha. When he ventured to glance her way again her face was +cold, stern, and he fancied even contemptuous. + "And did you really see and speak to Napoleon, as we have been +told?" said Princess Mary. + Pierre laughed. + "No, not once! Everybody seems to imagine that being taken +prisoner means being Napoleon's guest. Not only did I never see him +but I heard nothing about him- I was in much lower company!" + Supper was over, and Pierre who at first declined to speak about his +captivity was gradually led on to do so. + "But it's true that you remained in Moscow to kill Napoleon?" +Natasha asked with a slight smile. "I guessed it then when we met at +the Sukharev tower, do you remember?" + Pierre admitted that it was true, and from that was gradually led by +Princess Mary's questions and especially by Natasha's into giving a +detailed account of his adventures. + At first he spoke with the amused and mild irony now customary +with him toward everybody and especially toward himself, but when he +came to describe the horrors and sufferings he had witnessed he was +unconsciously carried away and began speaking with the suppressed +emotion of a man re-experiencing in recollection strong impressions he +has lived through. + Princess Mary with a gentle smile looked now at Pierre and now at +Natasha. In the whole narrative she saw only Pierre and his +goodness. Natasha, leaning on her elbow, the expression of her face +constantly changing with the narrative, watched Pierre with an +attention that never wandered- evidently herself experiencing all that +he described. Not only her look, but her exclamations and the brief +questions she put, showed Pierre that she understood just what he +wished to convey. It was clear that she understood not only what he +said but also what he wished to, but could not, express in words. +The account Pierre gave of the incident with the child and the woman +for protecting whom he was arrested was this: "It was an awful +sight- children abandoned, some in the flames... One was snatched +out before my eyes... and there were women who had their things +snatched off and their earrings torn out..." he flushed and grew +confused. "Then a patrol arrived and all the men- all those who were +not looting, that is- were arrested, and I among them." + "I am sure you're not telling us everything; I am sure you did +something..." said Natasha and pausing added, "something fine?" + Pierre continued. When he spoke of the execution he wanted to pass +over the horrible details, but Natasha insisted that he should not +omit anything. + Pierre began to tell about Karataev, but paused. By this time he had +risen from the table and was pacing the room, Natasha following him +with her eyes. Then he added: + "No, you can't understand what I learned from that illiterate man- +that simple fellow." + "Yes, yes, go on!" said Natasha. "Where is he?" + "They killed him almost before my eyes." + And Pierre, his voice trembling continually, went on to tell of +the last days of their retreat, of Karataev's illness and his death. + He told of his adventures as he had never yet recalled them. He now, +as it were, saw a new meaning in all he had gone through. Now that +he was telling it all to Natasha he experienced that pleasure which +a man has when women listen to him- not clever women who when +listening either try to remember what they hear to enrich their +minds and when opportunity offers to retell it, or who wish to adopt +it to some thought of their own and promptly contribute their own +clever comments prepared in their little mental workshop- but the +pleasure given by real women gifted with a capacity to select and +absorb the very best a man shows of himself. Natasha without knowing +it was all attention: she did not lose a word, no single quiver in +Pierre's voice, no look, no twitch of a muscle in his face, nor a +single gesture. She caught the unfinished word in its flight and +took it straight into her open heart, divining the secret meaning of +all Pierre's mental travail. + Princess Mary understood his story and sympathized with him, but she +now saw something else that absorbed all her attention. She saw the +possibility of love and happiness between Natasha and Pierre, and +the first thought of this filled her heart with gladness. + It was three o'clock in the morning. The footmen came in with sad +and stern faces to change the candles, but no one noticed them. + Pierre finished his story. Natasha continued to look at him intently +with bright, attentive, and animated eyes, as if trying to +understand something more which he had perhaps left untold. Pierre +in shamefaced and happy confusion glanced occasionally at her, and +tried to think what to say next to introduce a fresh subject. Princess +Mary was silent. It occurred to none of them that it was three o'clock +and time to go to bed. + "People speak of misfortunes and sufferings," remarked Pierre, +"but if at this moment I were asked: 'Would you rather be what you +were before you were taken prisoner, or go through all this again?' +then for heaven's sake let me again have captivity and horseflesh! +We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is +lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While +there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us. I say +this to you," he added, turning to Natasha. + "Yes, yes," she said, answering something quite different. "I too +should wish nothing but to relive it all from the beginning." + Pierre looked intently at her. + "Yes, and nothing more." said Natasha. + "It's not true, not true!" cried Pierre. "I am not to blame for +being alive and wishing to live- nor you either." + Suddenly Natasha bent her head, covered her face with her hands, and +began to cry. + "What is it, Natasha?" said Princess Mary. + "Nothing, nothing." She smiled at Pierre through her tears. "Good +night! It is time for bed." + Pierre rose and took his leave. + + Princess Mary and Natasha met as usual in the bedroom. They talked +of what Pierre had told them. Princess Mary did not express her +opinion of Pierre nor did Natasha speak of him. + "Well, good night, Mary!" said Natasha. "Do you know, I am often +afraid that by not speaking of him" (she meant Prince Andrew) "for +fear of not doing justice to our feelings, we forget him." + Princess Mary sighed deeply and thereby acknowledged the justice +of Natasha's remark, but she did not express agreement in words. + "Is it possible to forget?" said she. + "It did me so much good to tell all about it today. It was hard +and painful, but good, very good!" said Natasha. "I am sure he +really loved him. That is why I told him... Was it all right?" she +added, suddenly blushing. + "To tell Pierre? Oh, yes. What a splendid man he is!" said +Princess Mary. + "Do you know, Mary..." Natasha suddenly said with a mischievous +smile such as Princess Mary had not seen on her face for a long +time, "he has somehow grown so clean, smooth, and fresh- as if he +had just come out of a Russian bath; do you understand? Out of a moral +bath. Isn't it true?" + "Yes," replied Princess Mary. "He has greatly improved." + "With a short coat and his hair cropped; just as if, well, just as +if he had come straight from the bath... Papa used to..." + "I understand why he" (Prince Andrew) "liked no one so much as him," +said Princess Mary. + "Yes, and yet he is quite different. They say men are friends when +they are quite different. That must be true. Really he is quite unlike +him- in everything." + "Yes, but he's wonderful." + "Well, good night," said Natasha. + And the same mischievous smile lingered for a long time on her +face as if it had been forgotten there. +BK15|CH18 + CHAPTER XVIII + + It was a long time before Pierre could fall asleep that night. He +paced up and down his room, now turning his thoughts on a difficult +problem and frowning, now suddenly shrugging his shoulders and +wincing, and now smiling happily. + He was thinking of Prince Andrew, of Natasha, and of their love, +at one moment jealous of her past, then reproaching himself for that +feeling. It was already six in the morning and he still paced up and +down the room. + "Well, what's to be done if it cannot be avoided? What's to be done? +Evidently it has to be so," said he to himself, and hastily undressing +he got into bed, happy and agitated but free from hesitation or +indecision. + "Strange and impossible as such happiness seems, I must do +everything that she and I may be man and wife," he told himself. + A few days previously Pierre had decided to go to Petersburg on +the Friday. When he awoke on the Thursday, Savelich came to ask him +about packing for the journey. + "What, to Petersburg? What is Petersburg? Who is there in +Petersburg?" he asked involuntarily, though only to himself. "Oh, yes, +long ago before this happened I did for some reason mean to go to +Petersburg," he reflected. "Why? But perhaps I shall go. What a good +fellow he is and how attentive, and how he remembers everything," he +thought, looking at Savelich's old face, "and what a pleasant smile he +has!" + "Well, Savelich, do you still not wish to accept your freedom?" +Pierre asked him. + "What's the good of freedom to me, your excellency? We lived under +the late count- the kingdom of heaven be his!- and we have lived under +you too, without ever being wronged." + "And your children?" + "The children will live just the same. With such masters one can +live." + "But what about my heirs?" said Pierre. "Supposing I suddenly +marry... it might happen," he added with an involuntary smile. + "If I may take the liberty, your excellency, it would be a good +thing." + "How easy he thinks it," thought Pierre. "He doesn't know how +terrible it is and how dangerous. Too soon or too late... it is +terrible!" + "So what are your orders? Are you starting tomorrow?" asked +Savelich. + "No, I'll put it off for a bit. I'll tell you later. You must +forgive the trouble I have put you to," said Pierre, and seeing +Savelich smile, he thought: "But how strange it is that he should +not know that now there is no Petersburg for me, and that that must be +settled first of all! But probably he knows it well enough and is only +pretending. Shall I have a talk with him and see what he thinks?" +Pierre reflected. "No, another time." + At breakfast Pierre told the princess, his cousin, that he had +been to see Princess Mary the day before and had there met- "Whom do +you think? Natasha Rostova!" + The princess seemed to see nothing more extraordinary in that than +if he had seen Anna Semenovna. + "Do you know her?" asked Pierre. + "I have seen the princess," she replied. "I heard that they were +arranging a match for her with young Rostov. It would be a very good +thing for the Rostovs, they are said to be utterly ruined." + "No; I mean do you know Natasha Rostova?" + "I heard about that affair of hers at the time. It was a great +pity." + "No, she either doesn't understand or is pretending," thought +Pierre. "Better not say anything to her either." + The princess too had prepared provisions for Pierre's journey. + "How kind they all are," thought Pierre. "What is surprising is that +they should trouble about these things now when it can no longer be of +interest to them. And all for me!" + On the same day the Chief of Police came to Pierre, inviting him +to send a representative to the Faceted Palace to recover things +that were to be returned to their owners that day. + "And this man too," thought Pierre, looking into the face of the +Chief of Police. "What a fine, good-looking officer and how kind. +Fancy bothering about such trifies now! And they actually say he is +not honest and takes bribes. What nonsense! Besides, why shouldn't +he take bribes? That's the way he was brought up, and everybody does +it. But what a kind, pleasant face and how he smiles as he looks at +me." + Pierre went to Princess Mary's to dinner. + As he drove through the streets past the houses that had been burned +down, he was surprised by the beauty of those ruins. The +picturesqueness of the chimney stacks and tumble-down walls of the +burned-out quarters of the town, stretching out and concealing one +another, reminded him of the Rhine and the Colosseum. The cabmen he +met and their passengers, the carpenters cutting the timber for new +houses with axes, the women hawkers, and the shopkeepers, all looked +at him with cheerful beaming eyes that seemed to say: "Ah, there he +is! Let's see what will come of it!" + At the entrance to Princess Mary's house Pierre felt doubtful +whether he had really been there the night before and really seen +Natasha and talked to her. "Perhaps I imagined it; perhaps I shall +go in and find no one there." But he had hardly entered the room +before he felt her presence with his whole being by the loss of his +sense of freedom. She was in the same black dress with soft folds +and her hair was done the same way as the day before, yet she was +quite different. Had she been like this when he entered the day before +he could not for a moment have failed to recognize her. + She was as he had known her almost as a child and later on as Prince +Andrew's fiancee. A bright questioning light shone in her eyes, and on +her face was a friendly and strangely roguish expression. + Pierre dined with them and would have spent the whole evening there, +but Princess Mary was going to vespers and Pierre left the house +with her. + Next day he came early, dined, and stayed the whole evening. +Though Princess Mary and Natasha were evidently glad to see their +visitor and though all Pierre's interest was now centered in that +house, by the evening they had talked over everything and the +conversation passed from one trivial topic to another and repeatedly +broke off. He stayed so long that Princess Mary and Natasha +exchanged glances, evidently wondering when he would go. Pierre +noticed this but could not go. He felt uneasy and embarrassed, but sat +on because he simply could not get up and take his leave. + Princess Mary, foreseeing no end to this, rose first, and +complaining of a headache began to say good night. + "So you are going to Petersburg tomorrow?" she asked. + "No, I am not going," Pierre replied hastily, in a surprised tone +and as though offended. "Yes... no... to Petersburg? Tomorrow- but I +won't say good-by yet. I will call round in case you have any +commissions for me," said he, standing before Princess Mary and +turning red, but not taking his departure. + Natasha gave him her hand and went out. Princess Mary on the other +hand instead of going away sank into an armchair, and looked sternly +and intently at him with her deep, radiant eyes. The weariness she had +plainly shown before had now quite passed off. With a deep and +long-drawn sigh she seemed to be prepared for a lengthy talk. + When Natasha left the room Pierre's confusion and awkwardness +immediately vanished and were replaced by eager excitement. He quickly +moved an armchair toward Princess Mary. + "Yes, I wanted to tell you," said he, answering her look as if she +had spoken. "Princess, help me! What am I to do? Can I hope? Princess, +my dear friend, listen! I know it all. I know I am not worthy of +her, I know it's impossible to speak of it now. But I want to be a +brother to her. No, not that, I don't, I can't..." + He paused and rubbed his face and eyes with his hands. + "Well," he went on with an evident effort at self-control and +coherence. "I don't know when I began to love her, but I have loved +her and her alone all my life, and I love her so that I cannot imagine +life without her. I cannot propose to her at present, but the +thought that perhaps she might someday be my wife and that I may be +missing that possibility... that possibility... is terrible. Tell +me, can I hope? Tell me what I am to do, dear princess!" he added +after a pause, and touched her hand as she did not reply. + "I am thinking of what you have told me," answered Princess Mary. +"This is what I will say. You are right that to speak to her of love +at present..." + Princess Mary stopped. She was going to say that to speak of love +was impossible, but she stopped because she had seen by the sudden +change in Natasha two days before that she would not only not be +hurt if Pierre spoke of his love, but that it was the very thing she +wished for. + "To speak to her now wouldn't do," said the princess all the same. + "But what am I to do? + "Leave it to me," said Princess Mary. "I know..." + Pierre was looking into Princess Mary's eyes. + "Well?... Well?..." he said. + "I know that she loves... will love you," Princess Mary corrected +herself. + Before her words were out, Pierre had sprung up and with a +frightened expression seized Princess Mary's hand. + "What makes you think so? You think I may hope? You think...?" + "Yes, I think so," said Princess Mary with a smile. "Write to her +parents, and leave it to me. I will tell her when I can. I wish it +to happen and my heart tells me it will." + "No, it cannot be! How happy I am! But it can't be.... How happy I +am! No, it can't be!" Pierre kept saying as he kissed Princess +Mary's hands. + "Go to Petersburg, that will be best. And I will write to you," +she said. + "To Petersburg? Go there? Very well, I'll go. But I may come again +tomorrow?" + Next day Pierre came to say good-by. Natasha was less animated +than she had been the day before; but that day as he looked at her +Pierre sometimes felt as if he was vanishing and that neither he nor +she existed any longer, that nothing existed but happiness. "Is it +possible? No, it can't be," he told himself at every look, gesture, +and word that filled his soul with joy. + When on saying good-by he took her thin, slender hand, he could +not help holding it a little longer in his own. + "Is it possible that this hand, that face, those eyes, all this +treasure of feminine charm so strange to me now, is it possible that +it will one day be mine forever, as familiar to me as I am to +myself?... No, that's impossible!..." + "Good-by, Count," she said aloud. "I shall look forward very much to +your return," she added in a whisper. + And these simple words, her look, and the expression on her face +which accompanied them, formed for two months the subject of +inexhaustible memories, interpretations, and happy meditations for +Pierre. "'I shall look forward very much to your return....' Yes, yes, +how did she say it? Yes, 'I shall look forward very much to your +return.' Oh, how happy I am! What is happening to me? How happy I am!" +said Pierre to himself. +BK15|CH19 + CHAPTER XIX + + There was nothing in Pierre's soul now at all like what had troubled +it during his courtship of Helene. + He did not repeat to himself with a sickening feeling of shame the +words he had spoken, or say: "Oh, why did I not say that?" and, +"Whatever made me say 'Je vous aime'?" On the contrary, he now +repeated in imagination every word that he or Natasha had spoken and +pictured every detail of her face and smile, and did not wish to +diminish or add anything, but only to repeat it again and again. There +was now not a shadow of doubt in his mind as to whether what he had +undertaken was right or wrong. Only one terrible doubt sometimes +crossed his mind: "Wasn't it all a dream? Isn't Princess Mary +mistaken? Am I not too conceited and self-confident? I believe all +this- and suddenly Princess Mary will tell her, and she will be sure +to smile and say: 'How strange! He must be deluding himself. Doesn't +he know that he is a man, just a man, while I...? I am something +altogether different and higher.'" + That was the only doubt often troubling Pierre. He did not now +make any plans. The happiness before him appeared so inconceivable +that if only he could attain it, it would be the end of all things. +Everything ended with that. + A joyful, unexpected frenzy, of which he had thought himself +incapable, possessed him. The whole meaning of life- not for him alone +but for the whole world- seemed to him centered in his love and the +possibility of being loved by her. At times everybody seemed to him to +be occupied with one thing only- his future happiness. Sometimes it +seemed to him that other people were all as pleased as he was +himself and merely tried to hide that pleasure by pretending to be +busy with other interests. In every word and gesture he saw +allusions to his happiness. He often surprised those he met by his +significantly happy looks and smiles which seemed to express a +secret understanding between him and them. And when he realized that +people might not be aware of his happiness, he pitied them with his +whole heart and felt a desire somehow to explain to them that all that +occupied them was a mere frivolous trifle unworthy of attention. + When it was suggested to him that he should enter the civil service, +or when the war or any general political affairs were discussed on the +assumption that everybody's welfare depended on this or that issue +of events, he would listen with a mild and pitying smile and +surprise people by his strange comments. But at this time he saw +everybody- both those who, as he imagined, understood the real meaning +of life (that is, what he was feeling) and those unfortunates who +evidently did not understand it- in the bright light of the emotion +that shone within himself, and at once without any effort saw in +everyone he met everything that was good and worthy of being loved. + When dealing with the affairs and papers of his dead wife, her +memory aroused in him no feeling but pity that she had not known the +bliss he now knew. Prince Vasili, who having obtained a new post and +some fresh decorations was particularly proud at this time, seemed +to him a pathetic, kindly old man much to be pitied. + Often in afterlife Pierre recalled this period of blissful insanity. +All the views he formed of men and circumstances at this time remained +true for him always. He not only did not renounce them subsequently, +but when he was in doubt or inwardly at variance, he referred to the +views he had held at this time of his madness and they always proved +correct. + "I may have appeared strange and queer then," he thought, "but I was +not so mad as I seemed. On the contrary I was then wiser and had +more insight than at any other time, and understood all that is +worth understanding in life, because... because I was happy." + Pierre's insanity consisted in not waiting, as he used to do, to +discover personal attributes which he termed "good qualities" in +people before loving them; his heart was now overflowing with love, +and by loving people without cause he discovered indubitable causes +for loving them. +BK15|CH20 + CHAPTER XX + + After Pierre's departure that first evening, when Natasha had said +to Princess Mary with a gaily mocking smile: "He looks just, yes, just +as if he had come out of a Russian bath- in a short coat and with +his hair cropped," something hidden and unknown to herself, but +irrepressible, awoke in Natasha's soul. + Everything: her face, walk, look, and voice, was suddenly altered. +To her own surprise a power of life and hope of happiness rose to +the surface and demanded satisfaction. From that evening she seemed to +have forgotten all that had happened to her. She no longer +complained of her position, did not say a word about the past, and +no longer feared to make happy plans for the future. She spoke +little of Pierre, but when Princess Mary mentioned him a +long-extinguished light once more kindled in her eyes and her lips +curved with a strange smile. + The change that took place in Natasha at first surprised Princess +Mary; but when she understood its meaning it grieved her. "Can she +have loved my brother so little as to be able to forget him so +soon?" she thought when she reflected on the change. But when she +was with Natasha she was not vexed with her and did not reproach +her. The reawakened power of life that had seized Natasha was so +evidently irrepressible and unexpected by her that in her presence +Princess Mary felt that she had no right to reproach her even in her +heart. + Natasha gave herself up so fully and frankly to this new feeling +that she did not try to hide the fact that she was no longer sad, +but bright and cheerful. + When Princess Mary returned to her room after her nocturnal talk +with Pierre, Natasha met her on the threshold. + "He has spoken? Yes? He has spoken?" she repeated. + And a joyful yet pathetic expression which seemed to beg forgiveness +for her joy settled on Natasha's face. + "I wanted to listen at the door, but I knew you would tell me." + Understandable and touching as the look with which Natasha gazed +at her seemed to Princess Mary, and sorry as she was to see her +agitation, these words pained her for a moment. She remembered her +brother and his love. + "But what's to be done? She can't help it," thought the princess. + And with a sad and rather stern look she told Natasha all that +Pierre had said. On hearing that he was going to Petersburg Natasha +was astounded. + "To Petersburg!" she repeated as if unable to understand. + But noticing the grieved expression on Princess Mary's face she +guessed the reason of that sadness and suddenly began to cry. + "Mary," said she, "tell me what I should do! I am afraid of being +bad. Whatever you tell me, I will do. Tell me...." + "You love him?" + "Yes," whispered Natasha. + "Then why are you crying? I am happy for your sake," said Princess +Mary, who because of those tears quite forgave Natasha's joy. + "It won't be just yet- someday. Think what fun it will be when I +am his wife and you marry Nicholas!" + "Natasha, I have asked you not to speak of that. Let us talk about +you." + They were silent awhile. + "But why go to Petersburg?" Natasha suddenly asked, and hastily +replied to her own question. "But no, no, he must... Yes, Mary, He +must...." +EP1 + FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20 +EP1|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + Seven years had passed. The storm-tossed sea of European history had +subsided within its shores and seemed to have become calm. But the +mysterious forces that move humanity (mysterious because the laws of +their motion are unknown to us) continued to operate. + Though the surface of the sea of history seemed motionless, the +movement of humanity went on as unceasingly as the flow of time. +Various groups of people formed and dissolved, the coming formation +and dissolution of kingdoms and displacement of peoples was in +course of preparation. + The sea of history was not driven spasmodically from shore to +shore as previously. It was seething in its depths. Historic figures +were not borne by the waves from one shore to another as before. +They now seemed to rotate on one spot. The historical figures at the +head of armies, who formerly reflected the movement of the masses by +ordering wars, campaigns, and battles, now reflected the restless +movement by political and diplomatic combinations, laws, and treaties. + The historians call this activity of the historical figures "the +reaction." + In dealing with this period they sternly condemn the historical +personages who, in their opinion, caused what they describe as the +reaction. All the well-known people of that period, from Alexander and +Napoleon to Madame de Stael, Photius, Schelling, Fichte, +Chateaubriand, and the rest, pass before their stern judgment seat and +are acquitted or condemned according to whether they conduced to +progress or to reaction. + According to their accounts a reaction took place at that time in +Russia also, and the chief culprit was Alexander I, the same man who +according to them was the chief cause of the liberal movement at the +commencement of his reign, being the savior of Russia. + There is no one in Russian literature now, from schoolboy essayist +to learned historian, who does not throw his little stone at Alexander +for things he did wrong at this period of his reign. + "He ought to have acted in this way and in that way. In this case he +did well and in that case badly. He behaved admirably at the beginning +of his reign and during 1812, but acted badly by giving a constitution +to Poland, forming the Holy Alliance, entrusting power to Arakcheev, +favoring Golitsyn and mysticism, and afterwards Shishkov and +Photius. He also acted badly by concerning himself with the active +army and disbanding the Semenov regiment." + It would take a dozen pages to enumerate all the reproaches the +historians address to him, based on their knowledge of what is good +for humanity. + What do these reproaches mean? + Do not the very actions for which the historians praise Alexander +I (the liberal attempts at the beginning of his reign, his struggle +with Napoleon, the firmness he displayed in 1812 and the campaign of +1813) flow from the same sources- the circumstances of his birth, +education, and life- that made his personality what it was and from +which the actions for which they blame him (the Holy Alliance, the +restoration of Poland, and the reaction of 1820 and later) also +flowed? + In what does the substance of those reproaches lie? + It lies in the fact that an historic character like Alexander I, +standing on the highest possible pinnacle of human power with the +blinding light of history focused upon him; a character exposed to +those strongest of all influences: the intrigues, flattery, and +self-deception inseparable from power; a character who at every moment +of his life felt a responsibility for all that was happening in +Europe; and not a fictitious but a live character who like every man +had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, +beauty, and truth- that this character- though not lacking in virtue +(the historians do not accuse him of that)- had not the same +conception of the welfare of humanity fifty years ago as a present-day +professor who from his youth upwards has been occupied with +learning: that is, with books and lectures and with taking notes +from them. + But even if we assume that fifty years ago Alexander I was +mistaken in his view of what was good for the people, we must +inevitably assume that the historian who judges Alexander will also +after the lapse of some time turn out to be mistaken in his view of +what is good for humanity. This assumption is all the more natural and +inevitable because, watching the movement of history, we see that +every year and with each new writer, opinion as to what is good for +mankind changes; so that what once seemed good, ten years later +seems bad, and vice versa. And what is more, we find at one and the +same time quite contradictory views as to what is bad and what is good +in history: some people regard giving a constitution to Poland and +forming the Holy Alliance as praiseworthy in Alexander, while others +regard it as blameworthy. + The activity of Alexander or of Napoleon cannot be called useful +or harmful, for it is impossible to say for what it was useful or +harmful. If that activity displeases somebody, this is only because it +does not agree with his limited understanding of what is good. Whether +the preservation of my father's house in Moscow, or the glory of the +Russian arms, or the prosperity of the Petersburg and other +universities, or the freedom of Poland or the greatness of Russia, +or the balance of power in Europe, or a certain kind of European +culture called "progress" appear to me to be good or bad, I must admit +that besides these things the action of every historic character has +other more general purposes inaccessible to me. + But let us assume that what is called science can harmonize all +contradictions and possesses an unchanging standard of good and bad by +which to try historic characters and events; let us say that Alexander +could have done everything differently; let us say that with +guidance from those who blame him and who profess to know the ultimate +aim of the movement of humanity, he might have arranged matters +according to the program his present accusers would have given him- of +nationality, freedom, equality, and progress (these, I think, cover +the ground). Let us assume that this program was possible and had then +been formulated, and that Alexander had acted on it. What would then +have become of the activity of all those who opposed the tendency that +then prevailed in the government- an activity that in the opinion of +the historians was good and beneficent? Their activity would not +have existed: there would have been no life, there would have been +nothing. + If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the +possibility of life is destroyed. +EP1|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + If we assume as the historians do that great men lead humanity to +the attainment of certain ends- the greatness of Russia or of +France, the balance of power in Europe, the diffusion of the ideas +of the Revolution general progress or anything else- then it is +impossible to explain the facts of history without introducing the +conceptions of chance and genius. + If the aim of the European wars at the beginning of the nineteenth +century had been the aggrandizement of Russia, that aim might have +been accomplished without all the preceding wars and without the +invasion. If the aim wag the aggrandizement of France, that might have +been attained without the Revolution and without the Empire. If the +aim was the dissemination of ideas, the printing press could have +accomplished that much better than warfare. If the aim was the +progress of civilization, it is easy to see that there are other +ways of diffusing civilization more expedient than by the +destruction of wealth and of human lives. + Why did it happen in this and not in some other way? + Because it happened so! "Chance created the situation; genius +utilized it," says history. + But what is chance? What is genius? + The words chance and genius do not denote any really existing +thing and therefore cannot be defined. Those words only denote a +certain stage of understanding of phenomena. I do not know why a +certain event occurs; I think that I cannot know it; so I do not try +to know it and I talk about chance. I see a force producing effects +beyond the scope of ordinary human agencies; I do not understand why +this occurs and I talk of genius. + To a herd of rams, the ram the herdsman drives each evening into a +special enclosure to feed and that becomes twice as fat as the +others must seem to be a genius. And it must appear an astonishing +conjunction of genius with a whole series of extraordinary chances +that this ram, who instead of getting into the general fold every +evening goes into a special enclosure where there are oats- that +this very ram, swelling with fat, is killed for meat. + But the rams need only cease to suppose that all that happens to +them happens solely for the attainment of their sheepish aims; they +need only admit that what happens to them may also have purposes +beyond their ken, and they will at once perceive a unity and coherence +in what happened to the ram that was fattened. Even if they do not +know for what purpose they are fattened, they will at least know +that all that happened to the ram did not happen accidentally, and +will no longer need the conceptions of chance or genius. + Only by renouncing our claim to discern a purpose immediately +intelligible to us, and admitting the ultimate purpose to be beyond +our ken, may we discern the sequence of experiences in the lives of +historic characters and perceive the cause of the effect they +produce (incommensurable with ordinary human capabilities), and then +the words chance and genius become superfluous. + We need only confess that we do not know the purpose of the European +convulsions and that we know only the facts- that is, the murders, +first in France, then in Italy, in Africa, in Prussia, in Austria, +in Spain, and in Russia- and that the movements from the west to the +east and from the east to the west form the essence and purpose of +these events, and not only shall we have no need to see exceptional +ability and genius in Napoleon and Alexander, but we shall be unable +to consider them to be anything but like other men, and we shall not +be obliged to have recourse to chance for an explanation of those +small events which made these people what they were, but it will be +clear that all those small events were inevitable. + By discarding a claim to knowledge of the ultimate purpose, we shall +clearly perceive that just as one cannot imagine a blossom or seed for +any single plant better suited to it than those it produces, so it +is impossible to imagine any two people more completely adapted down +to the smallest detail for the purpose they had to fulfill, than +Napoleon and Alexander with all their antecedents. +EP1|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + The fundamental and essential significance of the European events of +the beginning of the nineteenth century lies in the movement of the +mass of the European peoples from west to east and afterwards from +east to west. The commencement of that movement was the movement +from west to east. For the peoples of the west to be able to make +their warlike movement to Moscow it was necessary: (1) that they +should form themselves into a military group of a size able to +endure a collision with the warlike military group of the east, (2) +that they should abandon all established traditions and customs, and +(3) that during their military movement they should have at their head +a man who could justify to himself and to them the deceptions, +robberies, and murders which would have to be committed during that +movement. + And beginning with the French Revolution the old inadequately +large group was destroyed, as well as the old habits and traditions, +and step by step a group was formed of larger dimensions with new +customs and traditions, and a man was produced who would stand at +the head of the coming movement and bear the responsibility for all +that had to be done. + A man without convictions, without habits, without traditions, +without a name, and not even a Frenchman, emerges- by what seem the +strangest chances- from among all the seething French parties, and +without joining any one of them is borne forward to a prominent +position. + The ignorance of his colleagues, the weakness and insignificance +of his opponents, the frankness of his falsehoods, and the dazzling +and self-confident limitations of this man raise him to the head of +the army. The brilliant qualities of the soldiers of the army sent +to Italy, his opponents' reluctance to fight, and his own childish +audacity and self-confidence secure him military fame. Innumerable +so called chances accompany him everywhere. The disfavor into which he +falls with the rulers of France turns to his advantage. His attempts +to avoid his predestined path are unsuccessful: he is not received +into the Russian service, and the appointment he seeks in Turkey comes +to nothing. During the war in Italy he is several times on the verge +of destruction and each time is saved in an unexpected manner. Owing +to various diplomatic considerations the Russian armies- just those +which might have destroyed his prestige- do not appear upon the +scene till he is no longer there. + On his return from Italy he finds the government in Paris in a +process of dissolution in which all those who are in it are inevitably +wiped out and destroyed. And by chance an escape from this dangerous +position presents itself in the form of an aimless and senseless +expedition to Africa. Again so-called chance accompanies him. +Impregnable Malta surrenders without a shot; his most reckless schemes +are crowned with success. The enemy's fleet, which subsequently did +not let a single boat pass, allows his entire army to elude it. In +Africa a whole series of outrages are committed against the almost +unarmed inhabitants. And the men who commit these crimes, especially +their leader, assure themselves that this is admirable, this is glory- +it resembles Caesar and Alexander the Great and is therefore good. + This ideal of glory and grandeur- which consists not merely in +considering nothing wrong that one does but in priding oneself on +every crime one commits, ascribing to it an incomprehensible +supernatural significance- that ideal, destined to guide this man +and his associates, had scope for its development in Africa. +Whatever he does succeeds. The plague does not touch him. The +cruelty of murdering prisoners is not imputed to him as a fault. His +childishly rash, uncalled-for, and ignoble departure from Africa, +leaving his comrades in distress, is set down to his credit, and again +the enemy's fleet twice lets him slip past. When, intoxicated by the +crimes he has committed so successfully, he reaches Paris, the +dissolution of the republican government, which a year earlier might +have ruined him, has reached its extreme limit, and his presence there +now as a newcomer free from party entanglements can only serve to +exalt him- and though he himself has no plan, he is quite ready for +his new role. + He had no plan, he was afraid of everything, but the parties +snatched at him and demanded his participation. + He alone- with his ideal of glory and grandeur developed in Italy +and Egypt, his insane self-adulation, his boldness in crime and +frankness in lying- he alone could justify what had to be done. + He is needed for the place that awaits him, and so almost apart from +his will and despite his indecision, his lack of a plan, and all his +mistakes, he is drawn into a conspiracy that aims at seizing power and +the conspiracy is crowned with success. + He is pushed into a meeting of the legislature. In alarm he wishes +to flee, considering himself lost. He pretends to fall into a swoon +and says senseless things that should have ruined him. But the once +proud and shrewd rulers of France, feeling that their part is played +out, are even more bewildered than he, and do not say the words they +should have said to destroy him and retain their power. + Chance, millions of chances, give him power, and all men as if by +agreement co-operate to confirm that power. Chance forms the +characters of the rulers of France, who submit to him; chance forms +the character of Paul I of Russia who recognizes his government; +chance contrives a plot against him which not only fails to harm him +but confirms his power. Chance puts the Duc d'Enghien in his hands and +unexpectedly causes him to kill him- thereby convincing the mob more +forcibly than in any other way that he had the right, since he had the +might. Chance contrives that though he directs all his efforts to +prepare an expedition against England (which would inevitably have +ruined him) he never carries out that intention, but unexpectedly +falls upon Mack and the Austrians, who surrender without a battle. +Chance and genius give him the victory at Austerlitz; and by chance +all men, not only the French but all Europe- except England which does +not take part in the events about to happen- despite their former +horror and detestation of his crimes, now recognize his authority, the +title he has given himself, and his ideal of grandeur and glory, which +seems excellent and reasonable to them all. + As if measuring themselves and preparing for the coming movement, +the western forces push toward the east several times in 1805, 1806, +1807, and 1809, gaining strength and growing. In 1811 the group of +people that had formed in France unites into one group with the +peoples of Central Europe. The strength of the justification of the +man who stands at the head of the movement grows with the increased +size of the group. During the ten-year preparatory period this man had +formed relations with all the crowned heads of Europe. The discredited +rulers of the world can oppose no reasonable ideal to the insensate +Napoleonic ideal of glory and grandeur. One after another they +hasten to display their insignificance before him. The King of Prussia +sends his wife to seek the great man's mercy; the Emperor of Austria +considers it a favor that this man receives a daughter the Caesars +into his bed; the Pope, the guardian of all that the nations hold +sacred, utilizes religion for the aggrandizement of the great man. +It is not Napoleon who prepares himself for the accomplishment of +his role, so much as all those round him who prepare him to take on +himself the whole responsibility for what is happening and has to +happen. There is no step, no crime or petty fraud he commits, which in +the mouths of those around him is not at once represented as a great +deed. The most suitable fete the Germans can devise for him is a +celebration of Jena and Auerstadt. Not only is he great, but so are +his ancestors, his brothers, his stepsons, and his brothers-in-law. +Everything is done to deprive him of the remains of his reason and +to prepare him for his terrible part. And when he is ready so too +are the forces. + The invasion pushes eastward and reaches its final goal- Moscow. +That city is taken; the Russian army suffers heavier losses than the +opposing armies had suffered in the former war from Austerlitz to +Wagram. But suddenly instead of those chances and that genius which +hitherto had so consistently led him by an uninterrupted series of +successes to the predestined goal, an innumerable sequence of +inverse chances occur- from the cold in his head at Borodino to the +sparks which set Moscow on fire, and the frosts- and instead of +genius, stupidity and immeasurable baseness become evident. + The invaders flee, turn back, flee again, and all the chances are +now not for Napoleon but always against him. + A countermovement is then accomplished from east to west with a +remarkable resemblance to the preceding movement from west to east. +Attempted drives from east to west- similar to the contrary +movements of 1805, 1807, and 1809- precede the great westward +movement; there is the same coalescence into a group of enormous +dimensions; the same adhesion of the people of Central Europe to the +movement; the same hesitation midway, and the same increasing rapidity +as the goal is approached. + Paris, the ultimate goal, is reached. The Napoleonic government +and army are destroyed. Napoleon himself is no longer of any +account; all his actions are evidently pitiful and mean, but again +an inexplicable chance occurs. The allies detest Napoleon whom they +regard as the cause of their sufferings. Deprived of power and +authority, his crimes and his craft exposed, he should have appeared +to them what he appeared ten years previously and one year later- an +outlawed brigand. But by some strange chance no one perceives this. +His part is not yet ended. The man who ten years before and a year +later was considered an outlawed brigand is sent to an island two +days' sail from France, which for some reason is presented to him as +his dominion, and guards are given to him and millions of money are +paid him. +EP1|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + The flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels. The +waves of the great movement abate, and on the calm surface eddies +are formed in which float the diplomatists, who imagine that they have +caused the floods to abate. + But the smooth sea again suddenly becomes disturbed. The +diplomatists think that their disagreements are the cause of this +fresh pressure of natural forces; they anticipate war between their +sovereigns; the position seems to them insoluble. But the wave they +feel to be rising does not come from the quarter they expect. It rises +again from the same point as before- Paris. The last backwash of the +movement from the west occurs: a backwash which serves to solve the +apparently insuperable diplomatic difficulties and ends the military +movement of that period of history. + The man who had devastated France returns to France alone, without +any conspiracy and without soldiers. Any guard might arrest him, but +by strange chance no one does so and all rapturously greet the man +they cursed the day before and will curse again a month later. + This man is still needed to justify the final collective act. + That act is performed. + The last role is played. The actor is bidden to disrobe and wash off +his powder and paint: he will not be wanted any more. + And some years pass during which he plays a pitiful comedy to +himself in solitude on his island, justifying his actions by intrigues +and lies when the justification is no longer needed, and displaying to +the whole world what it was that people had mistaken for strength as +long as an unseen hand directed his actions. + The manager having brought the drama to a close and stripped the +actor shows him to us. + "See what you believed in! This is he! Do you now see that it was +not he but I who moved you?" + But dazed by the force of the movement, it was long before people +understood this. + Still greater coherence and inevitability is seen in the life of +Alexander I, the man who stood at the head of the countermovement from +east to west. + What was needed for him who, overshadowing others, stood at the head +of that movement from east to west? + What was needed was a sense of justice and a sympathy with +European affairs, but a remote sympathy not dulled by petty interests; +a moral superiority over those sovereigns of the day who co-operated +with him; a mild and attractive personality; and a personal +grievance against Napoleon. And all this was found in Alexander I; all +this had been prepared by innumerable so-called chances in his life: +his education, his early liberalism, the advisers who surrounded +him, and by Austerlitz, and Tilsit, and Erfurt. + During the national war he was inactive because he was not needed. +But as soon as the necessity for a general European war presented +itself he appeared in his place at the given moment and, uniting the +nations of Europe, led them to the goal. + The goal is reached. After the final war of 1815 Alexander possesses +all possible power. How does he use it? + Alexander I- the pacifier of Europe, the man who from his early +years had striven only for his people's welfare, the originator of the +liberal innovations in his fatherland- now that he seemed to possess +the utmost power and therefore to have the possibility of bringing +about the welfare of his peoples- at the time when Napoleon in exile +was drawing up childish and mendacious plans of how he would have made +mankind happy had he retained power- Alexander I, having fulfilled his +mission and feeling the hand of God upon him, suddenly recognizes +the insignificance of that supposed power, turns away from it, and +gives it into the hands of contemptible men whom he despises, saying +only: + "Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy Name!... I too am a man like +the rest of you. Let me live like a man and think of my soul and of +God." + As the sun and each atom of ether is a sphere complete in itself, +and yet at the same time only a part of a whole too immense for man to +comprehend, so each individual has within himself his own aims and yet +has them to serve a general purpose incomprehensible to man. + A bee settling on a flower has stung a child. And the child is +afraid of bees and declares that bees exist to sting people. A poet +admires the bee sucking from the chalice of a flower and says it +exists to suck the fragrance of flowers. A beekeeper, seeing the bee +collect pollen from flowers and carry it to the hive, says that it +exists to gather honey. Another beekeeper who has studied the life +of the hive more closely says that the bee gathers pollen dust to feed +the young bees and rear a queen, and that it exists to perpetuate +its race. A botanist notices that the bee flying with the pollen of +a male flower to a pistil fertilizes the latter, and sees in this +the purpose of the bee's existence. Another, observing the migration +of plants, notices that the bee helps in this work, and may say that +in this lies the purpose of the bee. But the ultimate purpose of the +bee is not exhausted by the first, the second, or any of the processes +the human mind can discern. The higher the human intellect rises in +the discovery of these purposes, the more obvious it becomes, that the +ultimate purpose is beyond our comprehension. + All that is accessible to man is the relation of the life of the bee +to other manifestations of life. And so it is with the purpose of +historic characters and nations. +EP1|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + Natasha's wedding to Bezukhov, which took place in 1813, was the +last happy event in the family of the old Rostovs. Count Ilya Rostov +died that same year and, as always happens, after the father's death +the family group broke up. + The events of the previous year: the burning of Moscow and the +flight from it, the death of Prince Andrew, Natasha's despair, Petya's +death, and the old countess' grief fell blow after blow on the old +count's head. He seemed to be unable to understand the meaning of +all these events, and bowed his old head in a spiritual sense as if +expecting and inviting further blows which would finish him. He seemed +now frightened and distraught and now unnaturally animated and +enterprising. + The arrangements for Natasha's marriage occupied him for a while. He +ordered dinners and suppers and obviously tried to appear cheerful, +but his cheerfulness was not infectious as it used to be: on the +contrary it evoked the compassion of those who knew and liked him. + When Pierre and his wife had left, he grew very quiet and began to +complain of depression. A few days later he fell ill and took to his +bed. He realized from the first that he would not get up again, +despite the doctor's encouragement. The countess passed a fortnight in +an armchair by his pillow without undressing. Every time she gave +him his medicine he sobbed and silently kissed her hand. On his last +day, sobbing, he asked her and his absent son to forgive him for +having dissipated their property- that being the chief fault of +which he was conscious. After receiving communion and unction he +quietly died; and next day a throng of acquaintances who came to pay +their last respects to the deceased filled the house rented by the +Rostovs. All these acquaintances, who had so often dined and danced at +his house and had so often laughed at him, now said, with a common +feeling of self-reproach and emotion, as if justifying themselves: +"Well, whatever he may have been he was a most worthy man. You don't +meet such men nowadays.... And which of us has not weaknesses of his +own?" + It was just when the count's affairs had become so involved that +it was impossible to say what would happen if he lived another year +that he unexpectedly died. + Nicholas was with the Russian army in Paris when the news of his +father's death reached him. He at once resigned his commission, and +without waiting for it to be accepted took leave of absence and went +to Moscow. The state of the count's affairs became quite obvious a +month after his death, surprising everyone by the immense total of +small debts the existence of which no one had suspected. The debts +amounted to double the value of the property. + Friends and relations advised Nicholas to decline the inheritance. +But he regarded such a refusal as a slur on his father's memory, which +he held sacred, and therefore would not hear of refusing and +accepted the inheritance together with the obligation to pay the +debts. + The creditors who had so long been silent, restrained by a vague but +powerful influence exerted on them while he lived by the count's +careless good nature, all proceeded to enforce their claims at once. +As always happens in such cases rivalry sprang up as to which should +get paid first, and those who like Mitenka held promissory notes given +them as presents now became the most exacting of the creditors. +Nicholas was allowed no respite and no peace, and those who had seemed +to pity the old man- the cause of their losses (if they were +losses)- now remorselessly pursued the young heir who had +voluntarily undertaken the debts and was obviously not guilty of +contracting them. + Not one of the plans Nicholas tried succeeded; the estate was sold +by auction for half its value, and half the debts still remained +unpaid. Nicholas accepted thirty thousand rubles offered him by his +brother-in-law Bezukhov to pay off debts he regarded as genuinely +due for value received. And to avoid being imprisoned for the +remainder, as the creditors threatened, he re-entered the government +service. + He could not rejoin the army where he would have been made colonel +at the next vacancy, for his mother now clung to him as her one hold +on life; and so despite his reluctant to remain in Moscow among people +who had known him before, and despite his abhorrence of the civil +service, he accepted a post in Moscow in that service, doffed the +uniform of which he was so fond, and moved with his mother and Sonya +to a small house on the Sivtsev Vrazhek. + Natasha and Pierre were living in Petersburg at the time and had +no clear idea of Nicholas' circumstances. Having borrowed money from +his brother-in-law, Nicholas tried to hide his wretched condition from +him. His position was the more difficult because with his salary of +twelve hundred rubles he had not only to keep himself, his mother, and +Sonya, but had to shield his mother from knowledge of their poverty. +The countess could not conceive of life without the luxurious +conditions she had been used to from childhood and, unable to +realize how hard it was for her son, kept demanding now a carriage +(which they did not keep) to send for a friend, now some expensive +article of food for herself, or wine for her son, or money to buy a +present as a surprise for Natasha or Sonya, or for Nicholas himself. + Sonya kept house, attended on her aunt, read to her, put up with her +whims and secret ill-will, and helped Nicholas to conceal their +poverty from the old countess. Nicholas felt himself irredeemably +indebted to Sonya for all she was doing for his mother and greatly +admired her patience and devotion, but tried to keep aloof from her. + He seemed in his heart to reproach her for being too perfect, and +because there was nothing to reproach her with. She had all that +people are valued for, but little that could have made him love her. +He felt that the more he valued her the less he loved her. He had +taken her at her word when she wrote giving him his freedom and now +behaved as if all that had passed between them had been long forgotten +and could never in any case be renewed. + Nicholas' position became worse and worse. The idea of putting +something aside out of his salary proved a dream. Not only did he +not save anything, but to comply with his mother's demands he even +incurred some small debts. He could see no way out of this +situation. The idea of marrying some rich woman, which was suggested +to him by his female relations, was repugnant to him. The other way +out- his mother's death- never entered his head. He wished for nothing +and hoped for nothing, and deep in his heart experienced a gloomy +and stern satisfaction in an uncomplaining endurance of his +position. He tried to avoid his old acquaintances with their +commiseration and offensive offers of assistance; he avoided all +distraction and recreation, and even at home did nothing but play +cards with his mother, pace silently up and down the room, and smoke +one pipe after another. He seemed carefully to cherish within +himself the gloomy mood which alone enabled him to endure his +position. +EP1|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + At the beginning of winter Princess Mary came to Moscow. From +reports current in town she learned how the Rostovs were situated, and +how "the son has sacrificed himself for his mother," as people were +saying. + "I never expected anything else of him," said Princess Mary to +herself, feeling a joyous sense of her love for him. Remembering her +friendly relations with all the Rostovs which had made her almost a +member of the family, she thought it her duty to go to see them. But +remembering her relations with Nicholas in Voronezh she was shy +about doing so. Making a great effort she did however go to call on +them a few weeks after her arrival in Moscow. + Nicholas was the first to meet her, as the countess' room could only +be reached through his. But instead of being greeted with pleasure +as she had expected, at his first glance at her his face assumed a +cold, stiff, proud expression she had not seen on it before. He +inquired about her health, led the way to his mother, and having sat +there for five minutes left the room. + When the princess came out of the countess' room Nicholas met her +again, and with marked solemnity and stiffness accompanied her to +the anteroom. To her remarks about his mother's health he made no +reply. "What's that to you? Leave me in peace," his looks seemed to +say. + "Why does she come prowling here? What does she want? I can't bear +these ladies and all these civilities!" said he aloud in Sonya's +presence, evidently unable to repress his vexation, after the +princess' carriage had disappeared. + "Oh, Nicholas, how can you talk like that?" cried Sonya, hardly able +to conceal her delight. "She is so kind and Mamma is so fond of her!" + Nicholas did not reply and tried to avoid speaking of the princess +any more. But after her visit the old countess spoke of her several +times a day. + She sang her praises, insisted that her son must call on her, +expressed a wish to see her often, but yet always became ill-humored +when she began to talk about her. + Nicholas tried to keep silence when his mother spoke of the +princess, but his silence irritated her. + "She is a very admirable and excellent young woman," said she, +"and you must go and call on her. You would at least be seeing +somebody, and I think it must be dull for you only seeing us." + "But I don't in the least want to, Mamma." + "You used to want to, and now you don't. Really I don't understand +you, my dear. One day you are dull, and the next you refuse to see +anyone." + "But I never said I was dull." + "Why, you said yourself you don't want even to see her. She is a +very admirable young woman and you always liked her, but now +suddenly you have got some notion or other in your head. You hide +everything from me." + "Not at all, Mamma." + "If I were asking you to do something disagreeable now- but I only +ask you to return a call. One would think mere politeness required +it.... Well, I have asked you, and now I won't interfere any more +since you have secrets from your mother." + "Well, then, I'll go if you wish it." + "It doesn't matter to me. I only wish it for your sake." + Nicholas sighed, bit his mustache, and laid out the cards for a +patience, trying to divert his mother's attention to another topic. + The same conversation was repeated next day and the day after, and +the day after that. + After her visit to the Rostovs and her unexpectedly chilly reception +by Nicholas, Princess Mary confessed to herself that she had been +right in not wishing to be the first to call. + "I expected nothing else," she told herself, calling her pride to +her aid. "I have nothing to do with him and I only wanted to see the +old lady, who was always kind to me and to whom I am under many +obligations." + But she could not pacify herself with these reflections; a feeling +akin to remorse troubled her when she thought of her visit. Though she +had firmly resolved not to call on the Rostovs again and to forget the +whole matter, she felt herself all the time in an awkward position. +And when she asked herself what distressed her, she had to admit +that it was her relation to Rostov. His cold, polite manner did not +express his feeling for her (she knew that) but it concealed +something, and until she could discover what that something was, she +felt that she could not be at ease. + One day in midwinter when sitting in the schoolroom attending to her +nephew's lessons, she was informed that Rostov had called. With a firm +resolution not to betray herself and not show her agitation, she +sent for Mademoiselle Bourienne and went with her to the drawing room. + Her first glance at Nicholas' face told her that he had only come to +fulfill the demands of politeness, and she firmly resolved to maintain +the tone in which he addressed her. + They spoke of the countess' health, of their mutual friends, of +the latest war news, and when the ten minutes required by propriety +had elapsed after which a visitor may rise, Nicholas got up to say +good-by. + With Mademoiselle Bourienne's help the princess had maintained the +conversation very well, but at the very last moment, just when he +rose, she was so tired of talking of what did not interest her, and +her mind was so full of the question why she alone was granted so +little happiness in life, that in a fit of absent-mindedness she sat +still, her luminous eyes gazing fixedly before her, not noticing +that he had risen. + Nicholas glanced at her and, wishing to appear not to notice her +abstraction, made some remark to Mademoiselle Bourienne and then again +looked at the princess. She still sat motionless with a look of +suffering on her gentle face. He suddenly felt sorry for her and was +vaguely conscious that he might be the cause of the sadness her face +expressed. He wished to help her and say something pleasant, but could +think of nothing to say. + "Good-by, Princess!" said he. + She started, flushed, and sighed deeply. + "Oh, I beg your pardon," she said as if waking up. "Are you going +already, Count? Well then, good-by! Oh, but the cushion for the +countess!" + "Wait a moment, I'll fetch it," said Mademoiselle Bourienne, and she +left the room. + They both sat silent, with an occasional glance at one another. + "Yes, Princess," said Nicholas at last with a sad smile, "it doesn't +seem long ago since we first met at Bogucharovo, but how much water +has flowed since then! In what distress we all seemed to be then, +yet I would give much to bring back that time... but there's no +bringing it back." + Princess Mary gazed intently into his eyes with her own luminous +ones as he said this. She seemed to be trying to fathom the hidden +meaning of his words which would explain his feeling for her. + "Yes, yes," said she, "but you have no reason to regret the past, +Count. As I understand your present life, I think you will always +recall it with satisfaction, because the self-sacrifice that fills +it now..." + "I cannot accept your praise," he interrupted her hurriedly. "On the +contrary I continually reproach myself.... But this is not at all an +interesting or cheerful subject." + His face again resumed its former stiff and cold expression. But the +princess had caught a glimpse of the man she had known and loved, +and it was to him that she now spoke. + "I thought you would allow me to tell you this," she said. "I had +come so near to you... and to all your family that I thought you would +not consider my sympathy misplaced, but I was mistaken," and +suddenly her voice trembled. "I don't know why," she continued, +recovering herself, "but you used to be different, and..." + "There are a thousand reasons why," laying special emphasis on the +why. "Thank you, Princess," he added softly. "Sometimes it is hard." + "So that's why! That's why!" a voice whispered in Princess Mary's +soul. "No, it was not only that gay, kind, and frank look, not only +that handsome exterior, that I loved in him. I divined his noble, +resolute, self-sacrificing spirit too," she said to herself. "Yes, +he is poor now and I am rich.... Yes, that's the only reason.... +Yes, were it not for that..." And remembering his former tenderness, +and looking now at his kind, sorrowful face, she suddenly understood +the cause of his coldness. + "But why, Count, why?" she almost cried, unconsciously moving closer +to him. "Why? Tell me. You must tell me!" + He was silent. + "I don't understand your why, Count," she continued, "but it's +hard for me... I confess it. For some reason you wish to deprive me of +our former friendship. And that hurts me." There were tears in her +eyes and in her voice. "I have had so little happiness in life that +every loss is hard for me to bear.... Excuse me, good-by!" and +suddenly she began to cry and was hurrying from the room. + "Princess, for God's sake!" he exclaimed, trying to stop her. +"Princess!" + She turned round. For a few seconds they gazed silently into one +another's eyes- and what had seemed impossible and remote suddenly +became possible, inevitable, and very near. +EP1|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + In the winter of 1813 Nicholas married Princess Mary and moved to +Bald Hills with his wife, his mother, and Sonya. + Within four years he had paid off all his remaining debts without +selling any of his wife's property, and having received a small +inheritance on the death of a cousin he paid his debt to Pierre as +well. + In another three years, by 1820, he had so managed his affairs +that he was able to buy a small estate adjoining Bald Hills and was +negotiating to buy back Otradnoe- that being his pet dream. + Having started farming from necessity, he soon grew so devoted to it +that it became his favorite and almost his sole occupation. Nicholas +was a plain farmer: he did not like innovations, especially the +English ones then coming into vogue. He laughed at theoretical +treatises on estate management, disliked factories, the raising of +expensive products, and the buying of expensive seed corn, and did not +make a hobby of any particular part of the work on his estate. He +always had before his mind's eye the estate as a whole and not any +particular part of it. The chief thing in his eyes was not the +nitrogen in the soil, nor the oxygen in the air, nor manures, nor +special plows, but that most important agent by which nitrogen, +oxygen, manure, and plow were made effective- the peasant laborer. +When Nicholas first began farming and began to understand its +different branches, it was the serf who especially attracted his +attention. The peasant seemed to him not merely a tool, but also a +judge of farming and an end in himself. At first he watched the serfs, +trying to understand their aims and what they considered good and bad, +and only pretended to direct them and give orders while in reality +learning from them their methods, their manner of speech, and their +judgment of what was good and bad. Only when he had understood the +peasants' tastes and aspirations, had learned to talk their +language, to grasp the hidden meaning of their words, and felt akin to +them did he begin boldly to manage his serfs, that is, to perform +toward them the duties demanded of him. And Nicholas' management +produced very brilliant results. + Guided by some gift of insight, on taking up the management of the +estates he at once unerringly appointed as bailiff, village elder, and +delegate, the very men the serfs would themselves have chosen had they +had the right to choose, and these posts never changed hands. Before +analyzing the properties of manure, before entering into the debit and +credit (as he ironically called it), he found out how many cattle +the peasants had and increased the number by all possible means. He +kept the peasant families together in the largest groups possible, not +allowing the family groups to divide into separate households. He +was hard alike on the lazy, the depraved, and the weak, and tried to +get them expelled from the commune. + He was as careful of the sowing and reaping of the peasants' hay and +corn as of his own, and few landowners had their crops sown and +harvested so early and so well, or got so good a return, as did +Nicholas. + He disliked having anything to do with the domestic serfs- the +"drones" as he called them- and everyone said he spoiled them by his +laxity. When a decision had to be taken regarding a domestic serf, +especially if one had to be punished, he always felt undecided and +consulted everybody in the house; but when it was possible to have a +domestic serf conscripted instead of a land worker he did so without +the least hesitation. He never felt any hesitation in dealing with the +peasants. He knew that his every decision would be approved by them +all with very few exceptions. + He did not allow himself either to be hard on or punish a man, or to +make things easy for or reward anyone, merely because he felt inclined +to do so. He could not have said by what standard he judged what he +should or should not do, but the standard was quite firm and +definite in his own mind. + Often, speaking with vexation of some failure or irregularity, he +would say: "What can one do with our Russian peasants?" and imagined +that he could not bear them. + Yet he loved "our Russian peasants" and their way of life with his +whole soul, and for that very reason had understood and assimilated +the one way and manner of farming which produced good results. + Countess Mary was jealous of this passion of her husband's and +regretted that she could not share it; but she could not understand +the joys and vexations he derived from that world, to her so remote +and alien. She could not understand why he was so particularly +animated and happy when, after getting up at daybreak and spending the +whole morning in the fields or on the threshing floor, he returned +from the sowing or mowing or reaping to have tea with her. She did not +understand why he spoke with such admiration and delight of the +farming of the thrifty and well-to-do peasant Matthew Ermishin, who +with his family had carted corn all night; or of the fact that his +(Nicholas') sheaves were already stacked before anyone else had his +harvest in. She did not understand why he stepped out from the +window to the veranda and smiled under his mustache and winked so +joyfully, when warm steady rain began to fall on the dry and thirsty +shoots of the young oats, or why when the wind carried away a +threatening cloud during the hay harvest he would return from the +barn, flushed, sunburned, and perspiring, with a smell of wormwood and +gentian in his hair and, gleefully rubbing his hands, would say: +"Well, one more day and my grain and the peasants' will all be under +cover." + Still less did she understand why he, kindhearted and always ready +to anticipate her wishes, should become almost desperate when she +brought him a petition from some peasant men or women who had appealed +to her to be excused some work; why he, that kind Nicholas, should +obstinately refuse her, angrily asking her not to interfere in what +was not her business. She felt he had a world apart, which he loved +passionately and which had laws she had not fathomed. + Sometimes when, trying to understand him, she spoke of the good work +he was doing for his serfs, he would be vexed and reply: "Not in the +least; it never entered my head and I wouldn't do that for their good! +That's all poetry and old wives' talk- all that doing good to one's +neighbor! What I want is that our children should not have to go +begging. I must put our affairs in order while I am alive, that's all. +And to do that, order and strictness are essential.... That's all +about it!" said he, clenching his vigorous fist. "And fairness, of +course," he added, "for if the peasant is naked and hungry and has +only one miserable horse, he can do no good either for himself or +for me." + And all Nicholas did was fruitful- probably just because he +refused to allow himself to think that he was doing good to others for +virtue's sake. His means increased rapidly; serfs from neighboring +estates came to beg him to buy them, and long after his death the +memory of his administration was devoutly preserved among the serfs. +"He was a master... the peasants' affairs first and then his own. Of +course he was not to be trifled with either- in a word, he was a +real master!" +EP1|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + One matter connected with his management sometimes worried Nicholas, +and that was his quick temper together with his old hussar habit of +making free use of his fists. At first he saw nothing reprehensible in +this, but in the second year of his marriage his view of that form +of punishment suddenly changed. + Once in summer he had sent for the village elder from Bogucharovo, a +man who had succeeded to the post when Dron died and who was accused +of dishonesty and various irregularities. Nicholas went out into the +porch to question him, and immediately after the elder had given a few +replies the sound of cries and blows were heard. On returning to lunch +Nicholas went up to his wife, who sat with her head bent low over +her embroidery frame, and as usual began to tell her what he had +been doing that morning. Among other things he spoke of the +Bogucharovo elder. Countess Mary turned red and then pale, but +continued to sit with head bowed and lips compressed and gave her +husband no reply. + "Such an insolent scoundrel!" he cried, growing hot again at the +mere recollection of him. "If he had told me he was drunk and did +not see... But what is the matter with you, Mary?" he suddenly asked. + Countess Mary raised her head and tried to speak, but hastily looked +down again and her lips puckered. + "Why, whatever is the matter, my dearest?" + The looks of the plain Countess Mary always improved when she was in +tears. She never cried from pain or vexation, but always from sorrow +or pity, and when she wept her radiant eyes acquired an irresistible +charm. + The moment Nicholas took her hand she could no longer restrain +herself and began to cry. + "Nicholas, I saw it... he was to blame, but why do you... Nicholas!" +and she covered her face with her hands. + Nicholas said nothing. He flushed crimson, left her side, and +paced up and down the room. He understood what she was weeping +about, but could not in his heart at once agree with her that what +he had regarded from childhood as quite an everyday event was wrong. +"Is it just sentimentality, old wives' tales, or is she right?" he +asked himself. Before he had solved that point he glanced again at her +face filled with love and pain, and he suddenly realized that she +was right and that he had long been sinning against himself. + "Mary," he said softly, going up to her, "it will never happen +again; I give you my word. Never," he repeated in a trembling voice +like a boy asking for forgiveness. + The tears flowed faster still from the countess' eyes. She took +his hand and kissed it. + "Nicholas, when when did you break your cameo?" she asked to +change the subject, looking at his finger on which he wore a ring with +a cameo of Laocoon's head. + "Today- it was the same affair. Oh, Mary, don't remind me of it!" +and again he flushed. "I give you my word of honor it shan't occur +again, and let this always be a reminder to me," and he pointed to the +broken ring. + After that, when in discussions with his village elders or +stewards the blood rushed to his face and his fists began to clench, +Nicholas would turn the broken ring on his finger and would drop his +eyes before the man who was making him angry. But he did forget +himself once or twice within a twelvemonth, and then he would go and +confess to his wife, and would again promise that this should really +be the very last time. + "Mary, you must despise me!" he would say. "I deserve it." + "You should go, go away at once, if you don't feel strong enough +to control yourself," she would reply sadly, trying to comfort her +husband. + Among the gentry of the province Nicholas was respected but not +liked. He did not concern himself with the interests of his own class, +and consequently some thought him proud and others thought him stupid. +The whole summer, from spring sowing to harvest, he was busy with +the work on his farm. In autumn he gave himself up to hunting with the +same business like seriousness- leaving home for a month, or even two, +with his hunt. In winter he visited his other villages or spent his +time reading. The books he read were chiefly historical, and on +these he spent a certain sum every year. He was collecting, as he +said, a serious library, and he made it a rule to read through all the +books he bought. He would sit in his study with a grave air, +reading- a task he first imposed upon himself as a duty, but which +afterwards became a habit affording him a special kind of pleasure and +a consciousness of being occupied with serious matters. In winter, +except for business excursions, he spent most of his time at home +making himself one with his family and entering into all the details +of his children's relations with their mother. The harmony between him +and his wife grew closer and closer and he daily discovered fresh +spiritual treasures in her. + From the time of his marriage Sonya had lived in his house. Before +that, Nicholas had told his wife all that had passed between himself +and Sonya, blaming himself and commending her. He had asked Princess +Mary to be gentle and kind to his cousin. She thoroughly realized +the wrong he had done Sonya, felt herself to blame toward her, and +imagined that her wealth had influenced Nicholas' choice. She could +not find fault with Sonya in any way and tried to be fond of her, +but often felt ill-will toward her which she could not overcome. + Once she had a talk with her friend Natasha about Sonya and about +her own injustice toward her. + "You know," said Natasha, "you have read the Gospels a great deal- +there is a passage in them that just fits Sonya." + "What?" asked Countess Mary, surprised. + "'To him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not +shall be taken away.' You remember? She is one that hath not; why, I +don't know. Perhaps she lacks egotism, I don't know, but from her is +taken away, and everything has been taken away. Sometimes I am +dreadfully sorry for her. Formerly I very much wanted Nicholas to +marry her, but I always had a sort of presentiment that it would not +come off. She is a sterile flower, you know- like some strawberry +blossoms. Sometimes I am sorry for her, and sometimes I think she +doesn't feel it as you or I would." + Though Countess Mary told Natasha that those words in the Gospel +must be understood differently, yet looking at Sonya she agreed with +Natasha's explanation. It really seemed that Sonya did not feel her +position trying, and had grown quite reconciled to her lot as a +sterile flower. She seemed to be fond not so much of individuals as of +the family as a whole. Like a cat, she had attached herself not to the +people but to the home. She waited on the old countess, petted and +spoiled the children, was always ready to render the small services +for which she had a gift, and all this was unconsciously accepted from +her with insufficient gratitude. + The country seat at Bald Hills had been rebuilt, though not on the +same scale as under the old prince. + The buildings, begun under straitened circumstances, were more +than simple. The immense house on the old stone foundations was of +wood, plastered only inside. It had bare deal floors and was furnished +with very simple hard sofas, armchairs, tables, and chairs made by +their own serf carpenters out of their own birchwood. The house was +spacious and had rooms for the house serfs and apartments for +visitors. Whole families of the Rostovs' and Bolkonskis' relations +sometimes came to Bald Hills with sixteen horses and dozens of +servants and stayed for months. Besides that, four times a year, on +the name days and birthdays of the hosts, as many as a hundred +visitors would gather there for a day or two. The rest of the year +life pursued its unbroken routine with its ordinary occupations, and +its breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and suppers, provided out of the +produce of the estate. +EP1|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + It was the eve of St. Nicholas, the fifth of December, 1820. Natasha +had been staying at her brother's with her husband and children +since early autumn. Pierre had gone to Petersburg on business of his +own for three weeks as he said, but had remained there nearly seven +weeks and was expected back every minute. + Besides the Bezukhov family, Nicholas' old friend the retired +General Vasili Dmitrich Denisov was staying with the Rostovs this +fifth of December. + On the sixth, which was his name day when the house would be full of +visitors, Nicholas knew he would have to exchange his Tartar tunic for +a tail coat, and put on narrow boots with pointed toes, and drive to +the new church he had built, and then receive visitors who would +come to congratulate him, offer them refreshments, and talk about +the elections of the nobility; but he considered himself entitled to +spend the eve of that day in his usual way. He examined the +bailiff's accounts of the village in Ryazan which belonged to his +wife's nephew, wrote two business letters, and walked over to the +granaries, cattle yards and stables before dinner. Having taken +precautions against the general drunkenness to be expected on the +morrow because it was a great saint's day, he returned to dinner, +and without having time for a private talk with his wife sat down at +the long table laid for twenty persons, at which the whole household +had assembled. At that table were his mother, his mother's old lady +companion Belova, his wife, their three children with their +governess and tutor, his wife's nephew with his tutor, Sonya, Denisov, +Natasha, her three children, their governess, and old Michael +Ivanovich, the late prince's architect, who was living on in +retirement at Bald Hills. + Countess Mary sat at the other end of the table. When her husband +took his place she concluded, from the rapid manner in which after +taking up his table napkin he pushed back the tumbler and wineglass +standing before him, that he was out of humor, as was sometimes the +case when he came in to dinner straight from the farm- especially +before the soup. Countess Mary well knew that mood of his, and when +she herself was in a good frame of mind quietly waited till he had had +his soup and then began to talk to him and make him admit that there +was no cause for his ill-humor. But today she quite forgot that and +was hurt that he should be angry with her without any reason, and +she felt unhappy. She asked him where he had been. He replied. She +again inquired whether everything was going well on the farm. Her +unnatural tone made him wince unpleasantly and he replied hastily. + "Then I'm not mistaken," thought Countess Mary. "Why is he cross +with me?" She concluded from his tone that he was vexed with her and +wished to end the conversation. She knew her remarks sounded +unnatural, but could not refrain from asking some more questions. + Thanks to Denisov the conversation at table soon became general +and lively, and she did not talk to her husband. When they left the +table and went as usual to thank the old countess, Countess Mary +held out her hand and kissed her husband, and asked him why he was +angry with her. + "You always have such strange fancies! I didn't even think of +being angry," he replied. + But the word always seemed to her to imply: "Yes, I am angry but I +won't tell you why." + Nicholas and his wife lived together so happily that even Sonya +and the old countess, who felt jealous and would have liked them to +disagree, could find nothing to reproach them with; but even they +had their moments of antagonism. Occasionally, and it was always +just after they had been happiest together, they suddenly had a +feeling of estrangement and hostility, which occurred most +frequently during Countess Mary's pregnancies, and this was such a +time. + "Well, messieurs et mesdames," said Nicholas loudly and with +apparent cheerfulness (it seemed to Countess Mary that he did it on +purpose to vex her), "I have been on my feet since six this morning. +Tomorrow I shall have to suffer, so today I'll go and rest." + And without a word to his wife he went to the little sitting room +and lay down on the sofa. + "That's always the way," thought Countess Mary. "He talks to +everyone except me. I see... I see that I am repulsive to him, +especially when I am in this condition." She looked down at her +expanded figure and in the glass at her pale, sallow, emaciated face +in which her eyes now looked larger than ever. + And everything annoyed her- Denisov's shouting and laughter, +Natasha's talk, and especially a quick glance Sonya gave her. + Sonya was always the first excuse Countess Mary found for feeling +irritated. + Having sat awhile with her visitors without understanding anything +of what they were saying, she softly left the room and went to the +nursery. + The children were playing at "going to Moscow" in a carriage made of +chairs and invited her to go with them. She sat down and played with +them a little, but the thought of her husband and his unreasonable +crossness worried her. She got up and, walking on tiptoe with +difficulty, went to the small sitting room. + "Perhaps he is not asleep; I'll have an explanation with him," she +said to herself. Little Andrew, her eldest boy, imitating his +mother, followed her on tiptoe. She not notice him. + "Mary, dear, I think he is asleep- he was so tired," said Sonya, +meeting her in the large sitting room (it seemed to Countess Mary that +she crossed her path everywhere). "Andrew may wake him." + Countess Mary looked round, saw little Andrew following her, felt +that Sonya was right, and for that very reason flushed and with +evident difficulty refrained from saying something harsh. She made +no reply, but to avoid obeying Sonya beckoned to Andrew to follow +her quietly and went to the door. Sonya went away by another door. +From the room in which Nicholas was sleeping came the sound of his +even breathing, every slightest tone of which was familiar to his +wife. As she listened to it she saw before her his smooth handsome +forehead, his mustache, and his whole face, as she had so often seen +it in the stillness of the night when he slept. Nicholas suddenly +moved and cleared his throat. And at that moment little Andrew shouted +from outside the door: "Papa! Mamma's standing here!" Countess Mary +turned pale with fright and made signs to the boy. He grew silent, and +quiet ensued for a moment, terrible to Countess Mary. She knew how +Nicholas disliked being waked. Then through the door she heard +Nicholas clearing his throat again and stirring, and his voice said +crossly: + "I can't get a moment's peace.... Mary, is that you? Why did you +bring him here?" + "I only came in to look and did not notice... forgive me..." + Nicholas coughed and said no more. Countess Mary moved away from the +door and took the boy back to the nursery. Five minutes later little +black-eyed three-year-old Natasha, her father's pet, having learned +from her brother that Papa was asleep and Mamma was in the sitting +room, ran to her father unobserved by her mother. The dark-eyed little +girl boldly opened the creaking door, went up to the sofa with +energetic steps of her sturdy little legs, and having examined the +position of her father, who was asleep with his back to her, rose on +tiptoe and kissed the hand which lay under his head. Nicholas turned +with a tender smile on his face. + "Natasha, Natasha!" came Countess Mary's frightened whisper from the +door. "Papa wants to sleep." + "No, Mamma, he doesn't want to sleep," said little Natasha with +conviction. "He's laughing." + Nicholas lowered his legs, rose, and took his daughter in his arms. + "Come in, Mary," he said to his wife. + She went in and sat down by her husband. + "I did not notice him following me," she said timidly. "I just +looked in." + Holding his little girl with one arm, Nicholas glanced at his wife +and, seeing her guilty expression, put his other arm around her and +kissed her hair. + "May I kiss Mamma?" he asked Natasha. + Natasha smiled bashfully. + "Again!" she commanded, pointing with a peremptory gesture to the +spot where Nicholas had placed the kiss. + "I don't know why you think I am cross," said Nicholas, replying +to the question he knew was in his wife's mind. + "You have no idea how unhappy, how lonely, I feel when you are +like that. It always seems to me... " + "Mary, don't talk nonsense. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" he +said gaily. + "It seems to be that you can't love me, that I am so plain... +always... and now... in this cond..." + "Oh, how absurd you are! It is not beauty that endears, it's love +that makes us see beauty. It is only Malvinas and women of that kind +who are loved for their beauty. But do I love my wife? I don't love +her, but... I don't know how to put it. Without you, or when something +comes between us like this, I seem lost and can't do anything. Now +do I love my finger? I don't love it, but just try to cut it off! + "I'm not like that myself, but I understand. So you're not angry +with me?" + "Awfully angry!" he said, smiling and getting up. And smoothing +his hair he began to pace the room. + "Do you know, Mary, what I've been thinking?" he began, +immediately thinking aloud in his wife's presence now that they had +made it up. + He did not ask if she was ready to listen to him. He did not care. A +thought had occurred to him and so it belonged to her also. And he +told her of his intention to persuade Pierre to stay with them till +spring. + Countess Mary listened till he had finished, made some remark, and +in her turn began thinking aloud. Her thoughts were about the +children. + "You can see the woman in her already," she said in French, pointing +to little Natasha. "You reproach us women with being illogical. Here +is our logic. I say: 'Papa wants to sleep!' but she says, 'No, he's +laughing.' And she was right," said Countess Mary with a happy smile. + "Yes, yes." And Nicholas, taking his little daughter in his strong +hand, lifted her high, placed her on his shoulder, held her by the +legs, and paced the room with her. There was an expression of carefree +happiness on the faces of both father and daughter. + "But you know you may be unfair. You are too fond of this one," +his wife whispered in French. + "Yes, but what am I to do?... I try not to show..." + At that moment they heard the sound of the door pulley and footsteps +in the hall and anteroom, as if someone had arrived. + "Somebody has come." + "I am sure it is Pierre. I will go and see," said Countess Mary +and left the room. + In her absence Nicholas allowed himself to give his little +daughter a gallop round the room. Out of breath, he took the +laughing child quickly from his shoulder and pressed her to his heart. +His capers reminded him of dancing, and looking at the child's round +happy little face he thought of what she would be like when he was +an old man, taking her into society and dancing the mazurka with her +as his old father had danced Daniel Cooper with his daughter. + "It is he, it is he, Nicholas!" said Countess Mary, re-entering +the room a few minutes later. "Now our Natasha has come to life. You +should have seen her ecstasy, and how he caught it for having stayed +away so long. Well, come along now, quick, quick! It's time you two +were parted," she added, looking smilingly at the little girl who +clung to her father. + Nicholas went out holding the child by the hand. + Countess Mary remained in the sitting room. + "I should never, never have believed that one could be so happy," +she whispered to herself. A smile lit up her face but at the same time +she sighed, and her deep eyes expressed a quiet sadness as though +she felt, through her happiness, that there is another sort of +happiness unattainable in this life and of which she involuntarily +thought at that instant. +EP1|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Natasha had married in the early spring of 1813, and in 1820 already +had three daughters besides a son for whom she had longed and whom she +was now nursing. She had grown stouter and broader, so that it was +difficult to recognize in this robust, motherly woman the slim, lively +Natasha of former days. Her features were more defined and had a calm, +soft, and serene expression. In her face there was none of the +ever-glowing animation that had formerly burned there and +constituted its charm. Now her face and body were of all that one saw, +and her soul was not visible at all. All that struck the eye was a +strong, handsome, and fertile woman. The old fire very rarely +kindled in her face now. That happened only when, as was the case that +day, her husband returned home, or a sick child was convalescent, or +when she and Countess Mary spoke of Prince Andrew (she never mentioned +him to her husband, who she imagined was jealous of Prince Andrew's +memory), or on the rare occasions when something happened to induce +her to sing, a practice she had quite abandoned since her marriage. At +the rare moments when the old fire did kindle in her handsome, fully +developed body she was even more attractive than in former days. + Since their marriage Natasha and her husband had lived in Moscow, in +Petersburg, on their estate near Moscow, or with her mother, that is +to say, in Nicholas' house. The young Countess Bezukhova was not often +seen in society, and those who met her there were not pleased with her +and found her neither attractive nor amiable. Not that Natasha liked +solitude- she did not know whether she liked it or not, she even +thought that she did not- but with her pregnancies, her +confinements, the nursing of her children, and sharing every moment of +her husband's life, she had demands on her time which could be +satisfied only by renouncing society. All who had known Natasha before +her marriage wondered at the change in her as at something +extraordinary. Only the old countess with her maternal instinct had +realized that all Natasha's outbursts had been due to her need of +children and a husband- as she herself had once exclaimed at +Otradnoe not so much in fun as in earnest- and her mother was now +surprised at the surprise expressed by those who had never +understood Natasha, and she kept saying that she had always known that +Natasha would make an exemplary wife and mother. + "Only she lets her love of her husband and children overflow all +bounds," said the countess, "so that it even becomes absurd." + Natasha did not follow the golden rule advocated by clever folk, +especially by the French, which says that a girl should not let +herself go when she marries, should not neglect her accomplishments, +should be even more careful of her appearance than when she was +unmarried, and should fascinate her husband as much as she did +before he became her husband. Natasha on the contrary had at once +abandoned all her witchery, of which her singing had been an unusually +powerful part. She gave it up just because it was so powerfully +seductive. She took no pains with her manners or with of speech, or +with her toilet, or to show herself to her husband in her most +becoming attitudes, or to avoid inconveniencing him by being too +exacting. She acted in contradiction to all those rules. She felt that +the allurements instinct had formerly taught her to use would now be +merely ridiculous in the eyes of her husband, to whom she had from the +first moment given herself up entirely- that is, with her whole +soul, leaving no corner of it hidden from him. She felt that her unity +with her husband was not maintained by the poetic feelings that had +attracted him to her, but by something else- indefinite but firm as +the bond between her own body and soul. + To fluff out her curls, put on fashionable dresses, and sing +romantic songs to fascinate her husband would have seemed as strange +as to adorn herself to attract herself. To adorn herself for others +might perhaps have been agreeable- she did not know- but she had no +time at all for it. The chief reason for devoting no time either to +singing, to dress, or to choosing her words was that she really had no +time to spare for these things. + We know that man has the faculty of becoming completely absorbed +in a subject however trivial it may be, and that there is no subject +so trivial that it will not grow to infinite proportions if one's +entire attention is devoted to it. + The subject which wholly engrossed Natasha's attention was her +family: that is, her husband whom she had to keep so that he should +belong entirely to her and to the home, and the children whom she +had to bear, bring into the world, nurse, and bring up. + And the deeper she penetrated, not with her mind only but with her +whole soul, her whole being, into the subject that absorbed her, the +larger did that subject grow and the weaker and more inadequate did +her powers appear, so that she concentrated them wholly on that one +thing and yet was unable to accomplish all that she considered +necessary. + There were then as now conversations and discussions about women's +rights, the relations of husband and wife and their freedom and +rights, though these themes were not yet termed questions as they +are now; but these topics were not merely uninteresting to Natasha, +she positively did not understand them. + These questions, then as now, existed only for those who see nothing +in marriage but the pleasure married people get from one another, that +is, only the beginnings of marriage and not its whole significance, +which lies in the family. + Discussions and questions of that kind, which are like the +question of how to get the greatest gratification from one's dinner, +did not then and do not now exist for those for whom the purpose of +a dinner is the nourishment it affords; and the purpose of marriage is +the family. + If the purpose of dinner is to nourish the body, a man who eats +two dinners at once may perhaps get more enjoyment but will not attain +his purpose, for his stomach will not digest the two dinners. + If the purpose of marriage is the family, the person who wishes to +have many wives or husbands may perhaps obtain much pleasure, but in +that case will not have a family. + If the purpose of food is nourishment and the purpose of marriage is +the family, the whole question resolves itself into not eating more +than one can digest, and not having more wives or husbands than are +needed for the family- that is, one wife or one husband. Natasha +needed a husband. A husband was given her and he gave her a family. +And she not only saw no need of any other or better husband, but as +all the powers of her soul were intent on serving that husband and +family, she could not imagine and saw no interest in imagining how +it would be if things were different. + Natasha did not care for society in general, but prized the more the +society of her relatives- Countess Mary, and her brother, her +mother, and Sonya. She valued the company of those to whom she could +come striding disheveled from the nursery in her dressing gown, and +with joyful face show a yellow instead of a green stain on baby's +napkin, and from whom she could hear reassuring words to the effect +that baby was much better. + To such an extent had Natasha let herself go that the way she +dressed and did her hair, her ill-chosen words, and her jealousy- +she was jealous of Sonya, of the governess, and of every woman, pretty +or plain- were habitual subjects of jest to those about her. The +general opinion was that Pierre was under his wife's thumb, which +was really true. From the very first days of their married life +Natasha had announced her demands. Pierre was greatly surprised by his +wife's view, to him a perfectly novel one, that every moment of his +life belonged to her and to the family. His wife's demands +astonished him, but they also flattered him, and he submitted to them. + Pierre's subjection consisted in the fact that he not only dared not +flirt with, but dared not even speak smilingly to, any other woman; +did not dare dine at the Club as a pastime, did not dare spend money a +whim, and did not dare absent himself for any length of time, except +on business- in which his wife included his intellectual pursuits, +which she did not in the least understand but to which she +attributed great importance. To make up for this, at home Pierre had +the right to regulate his life and that of the whole family exactly as +he chose. At home Natasha placed herself in the position of a slave to +her husband, and the whole household went on tiptoe when he was +occupied- that is, was reading or writing in his study. Pierre had but +to show a partiality for anything to get just what he liked done +always. He had only to express a wish and Natasha would jump up and +run to fulfill it. + The entire household was governed according to Pierre's supposed +orders, that is, by his wishes which Natasha tried to guess. Their way +of life and place of residence, their acquaintances and ties, +Natasha's occupations, the children's upbringing, were all selected +not merely with regard to Pierre's expressed wishes, but to what +Natasha from the thoughts he expressed in conversation supposed his +wishes to be. And she deduced the essentials of his wishes quite +correctly, and having once arrived at them clung to them +tenaciously. When Pierre himself wanted to change his mind she would +fight him with his own weapons. + Thus in a time of trouble ever memorable to him after the birth of +their first child who was delicate, when they had to change the wet +nurse three times and Natasha fell ill from despair, Pierre one day +told her of Rousseau's view, with which he quite agreed, that to +have a wet nurse is unnatural and harmful. When her next baby was +born, despite the opposition of her mother, the doctors, and even of +her husband himself- who were all vigorously opposed to her nursing +her baby herself, a thing then unheard of and considered injurious- +she insisted on having her own way, and after that nursed all her +babies herself. + It very often happened that in a moment of irritation husband and +wife would have a dispute, but long afterwards Pierre to his +surprise and delight would find in his wife's ideas and actions the +very thought against which she had argued, but divested of +everything superfluous that in the excitement of the dispute he had +added when expressing his opinion. + After seven years of marriage Pierre had the joyous and firm +consciousness that he was not a bad man, and he felt this because he +saw himself reflected in his wife. He felt the good and bad within +himself inextricably mingled and overlapping. But only what was really +good in him was reflected in his wife, all that was not quite good was +rejected. And this was not the result of logical reasoning but was a +direct and mysterious reflection. +EP1|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + Two months previously when Pierre was already staying with the +Rostovs he had received a letter from Prince Theodore, asking him to +come to Petersburg to confer on some important questions that were +being discussed there by a society of which Pierre was one of the +principal founders. + On reading that letter (she always read her husband's letters) +Natasha herself suggested that he should go to Petersburg, though +she would feel his absence very acutely. She attributed immense +importance to all her husband's intellectual and abstract interests +though she did not understand them, and she always dreaded being a +hindrance to him in such matters. To Pierre's timid look of inquiry +after reading the letter she replied by asking him to go, but to fix a +definite date for his return. He was given four weeks' leave of +absence. + Ever since that leave of absence had expired, more than a +fortnight before, Natasha had been in a constant state of alarm, +depression, and irritability. + Denisov, now a general on the retired list and much dissatisfied +with the present state of affairs, had arrived during that +fortnight. He looked at Natasha with sorrow and surprise as at a bad +likeness of a person once dear. A dull, dejected look, random replies, +and talk about the nursery was all he saw and heard from his former +enchantress. + Natasha was sad and irritable all that time, especially when her +mother, her brother, Sonya, or Countess Mary in their efforts to +console her tried to excuse Pierre and suggested reasons for his delay +in returning. + "It's all nonsense, all rubbish- those discussions which lead to +nothing and all those idiotic societies!" Natasha declared of the very +affairs in the immense importance of which she firmly believed. + And she would go to the nursery to nurse Petya, her only boy. No one +else could tell her anything so comforting or so reasonable as this +little three-month-old creature when he lay at her breast and she +was conscious of the movement of his lips and the snuffling of his +little nose. That creature said: "You are angry, you are jealous, +you would like to pay him out, you are afraid- but here am I! And I am +he..." and that was unanswerable. It was more than true. + During that fortnight of anxiety Natasha resorted to the baby for +comfort so often, and fussed over him so much, that she overfed him +and he fell ill. She was terrified by his illness, and yet that was +just what she needed. While attending to him she bore the anxiety +about her husband more easily. + She was nursing her boy when the sound of Pierre's sleigh was +heard at the front door, and the old nurse- knowing how to please +her mistress- entered the room inaudibly but hurriedly and with a +beaming face. + "Has he come?" Natasha asked quickly in a whisper, afraid to move +lest she should rouse the dozing baby. + "He's come, ma'am," whispered the nurse. + The blood rushed to Natasha's face and her feet involuntarily moved, +but she could not jump up and run out. The baby again opened his +eyes and looked at her. "You're here?" he seemed to be saying, and +again lazily smacked his lips. + Cautiously withdrawing her breast, Natasha rocked him a little, +handed him to the nurse, and went with rapid steps toward the door. +But at the door she stopped as if her conscience reproached her for +having in her joy left the child too soon, and she glanced round. +The nurse with raised elbows was lifting the infant over the rail of +his cot. + "Go, ma'am! Don't worry, go!" she whispered, smiling, with the +kind of familiarity that grows up between a nurse and her mistress. + Natasha ran with light footsteps to the anteroom. + Denisov, who had come out of the study into the dancing room with +his pipe, now for the first time recognized the old Natasha. A flood +of brilliant, joyful light poured from her transfigured face. + "He's come!" she exclaimed as she ran past, and Denisov felt that he +too was delighted that Pierre, whom he did not much care for, had +returned. + On reaching the vestibule Natasha saw a tall figure in a fur coat +unwinding his scarf. "It's he! It's really he! He has come!" she +said to herself, and rushing at him embraced him, pressed his head +to her breast, and then pushed him back and gazed at his ruddy, +happy face, covered with hoarfrost. "Yes, it is he, happy and +contented..." + Then all at once she remembered the tortures of suspense she had +experienced for the last fortnight, and the joy that had lit up her +face vanished; she frowned and overwhelmed Pierre with a torrent of +reproaches and angry words. + "Yes, it's all very well for you. You are pleased, you've had a good +time.... But what about me? You might at least have shown +consideration for the children. I am nursing and my milk was +spoiled.... Petya was at death's door. But you were enjoying yourself. +Yes, enjoying..." + Pierre knew he was not to blame, for he could not have come +sooner; he knew this outburst was unseemly and would blow over in a +minute or two; above all he knew that he himself was bright and happy. +He wanted to smile but dared not even think of doing so. He made a +piteous, frightened face and bent down. + "I could not, on my honor. But how is Petya?" + "All right now. Come along! I wonder you're not ashamed! If only you +could see what I was like without you, how I suffered!" + "You are well?" + "Come, come!" she said, not letting go of his arm. And they went +to their rooms. + When Nicholas and his wife came to look for Pierre he was in the +nursery holding his baby son, who was again awake, on his huge right +palm and dandling him. A blissful bright smile was fixed on the baby's +broad face with its toothless open mouth. The storm was long since +over and there was bright, joyous sunshine on Natasha's face as she +gazed tenderly at her husband and child. + "And have you talked everything well over with Prince Theodore?" she +asked. + "Yes, capitally." + "You see, he holds it up." (She meant the baby's head.) "But how +he did frighten me... You've seen the princess? Is it true she's in +love with that..." + "Yes, just fancy..." + At that moment Nicholas and Countess Mary came in. Pierre with the +baby on his hand stooped, kissed them, and replied to their inquiries. +But in spite of much that was interesting and had to be discussed, the +baby with the little cap on its unsteady head evidently absorbed all +his attention. + "How sweet!" said Countess Mary, looking at and playing with the +baby. "Now, Nicholas," she added, turning to her husband, "I can't +understand how it is you don't see the charm of these delicious +marvels." + "I don't and can't," replied Nicholas, looking coldly at the baby. +"A lump of flesh. Come along, Pierre!" + "And yet he's such an affectionate father," said Countess Mary, +vindicating her husband, "but only after they are a year old or so..." + "Now, Pierre nurses them splendidly," said Natasha. "He says his +hand is just made for a baby's seat. Just look!" + "Only not for this..." Pierre suddenly exclaimed with a laugh, and +shifting the baby he gave him to the nurse. +EP1|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + As in every large household, there were at Bald Hills several +perfectly distinct worlds which merged into one harmonious whole, +though each retained its own peculiarities and made concessions to the +others. Every event, joyful or sad, that took place in that house +was important to all these worlds, but each had its own special +reasons to rejoice or grieve over that occurrence independently of the +others. + For instance, Pierre's return was a joyful and important event and +they all felt it to be so. + The servants- the most reliable judges of their masters because they +judge not by their conversation or expressions of feeling but by their +acts and way of life- were glad of Pierre's return because they knew +that when he was there Count Nicholas would cease going every day +attend to the estate, and would would be in better spirits and temper, +and also because they would all receive handsome presents for the +holidays. + The children and their governesses were glad of Pierre's return +because no one else drew them into the social life of the household as +he did. He alone could play on the clavichord that ecossaise (his only +piece) to which, as he said, all possible dances could be danced, +and they felt sure he had brought presents for them all. + Young Nicholas, now a slim lad of fifteen, delicate and intelligent, +with curly light-brown hair and beautiful eyes, was delighted +because Uncle Pierre as he called him was the object of his +rapturous and passionate affection. No one had instilled into him this +love for Pierre whom he saw only occasionally. Countess Mary who had +brought him up had done her utmost to make him love her husband as she +loved him, and little Nicholas did love his uncle, but loved him +with just a shade of contempt. Pierre, however, he adored. He did +not want to be an hussar or a Knight of St. George like his uncle +Nicholas; he wanted to be learned, wise, and kind like Pierre. In +Pierre's presence his face always shone with pleasure and he flushed +and was breathless when Pierre spoke to him. He did not miss a +single word he uttered, and would afterwards, with Dessalles or by +himself, recall and reconsider the meaning of everything Pierre had +said. Pierre's past life and his unhappiness prior to 1812 (of which +young Nicholas had formed a vague poetic picture from some words he +had overheard), his adventures in Moscow, his captivity, Platon +Karataev (of whom he had heard from Pierre), his love for Natasha +(of whom the lad was also particularly fond), and especially +Pierre's friendship with the father whom Nicholas could not +remember- all this made Pierre in his eyes a hero and a saint. + From broken remarks about Natasha and his father, from the emotion +with which Pierre spoke of that dead father, and from the careful, +reverent tenderness with which Natasha spoke of him, the boy, who +was only just beginning to guess what love is, derived the notion that +his father had loved Natasha and when dying had left her to his +friend. But the father whom the boy did not remember appeared to him a +divinity who could not be pictured, and of whom he never thought +without a swelling heart and tears of sadness and rapture. So the +boy also was happy that Pierre had arrived. + The guests welcomed Pierre because he always helped to enliven and +unite any company he was in. + The grown-up members of the family, not to mention his wife, were +pleased to have back a friend whose presence made life run more +smoothly and peacefully. + The old ladies were pleased with the presents he brought them, and +especially that Natasha would now be herself again. + Pierre felt the different outlooks of these various worlds and +made haste to satisfy all their expectations. + Though the most absent-minded and forgetful of men, Pierre, with the +aid of a list his wife drew up, had now bought everything, not +forgetting his mother- and brother-in-law's commissions, nor the dress +material for a present to Belova, nor toys for his wife's nephews. +In the early days of his marriage it had seemed strange to him that +his wife should expect him not to forget to procure all the things +he undertook to buy, and he had been taken aback by her serious +annoyance when on his first trip he forgot everything. But in time +he grew used to this demand. Knowing that Natasha asked nothing for +herself, and gave him commissions for others only when he himself +had offered to undertake them, he now found an unexpected and +childlike pleasure in this purchase of presents for everyone in the +house, and never forgot anything. If he now incurred Natasha's censure +it was only for buying too many and too expensive things. To her other +defects (as most people thought them, but which to Pierre were +qualities) of untidiness and neglect of herself, she now added +stinginess. + From the time that Pierre began life as a family man on a footing +entailing heavy expenditure, he had noticed to his surprise that he +spent only half as much as before, and that his affairs- which had +been in disorder of late, chiefly because of his first wife's debts- +had begun to improve. + Life was cheaper because it was circumscribed: that most expensive +luxury, the kind of life that can be changed at any moment, was no +longer his nor did he wish for it. He felt that his way of life had +now been settled once for all till death and that to change it was not +in his power, and so that way of life proved economical. + With a merry, smiling face Pierre was sorting his purchases. + "What do you think of this?" said he, unrolling a piece of stuff +like a shopman. + Natasha, who was sitting opposite to him with her eldest daughter on +her lap, turned her sparkling eyes swiftly from her husband to the +things he showed her. + "That's for Belova? Excellent!" She felt the quality of the +material. "It was a ruble an arshin, I suppose?" + Pierre told her the price. + "Too dear!" Natasha remarked. "How pleased the children will be +and Mamma too! Only you need not have bought me this," she added, +unable to suppress a smile as she gazed admiringly at a gold comb +set with pearls, of a kind then just coming into fashion. + "Adele tempted me: she kept on telling me to buy it," returned +Pierre. + "When am I to wear it?" and Natasha stuck it in her coil of hair. +"When I take little Masha into society? Perhaps they will be +fashionable again by then. Well, let's go now." + And collecting the presents they went first to the nursery and +then to the old countess' rooms. + The countess was sitting with her companion Belova, playing +grand-patience as usual, when Pierre and Natasha came into the drawing +room with parcels under their arms. + The countess was now over sixty, was quite gray, and wore a cap with +a frill that surrounded her face. Her face had shriveled, her upper +lip had sunk in, and her eyes were dim. + After the deaths of her son and husband in such rapid succession, +she felt herself a being accidentally forgotten in this world and left +without aim or object for her existence. She ate, drank, slept, or +kept awake, but did not live. Life gave her no new impressions. She +wanted nothing from life but tranquillity, and that tranquillity +only death could give her. But until death came she had to go on +living, that is, to use her vital forces. A peculiarity one sees in +very young children and very old people was particularly evident in +her. Her life had no external aims- only a need to exercise her +various functions and inclinations was apparent. She had to eat, +sleep, think, speak, weep, work, give vent to her anger, and so on, +merely because she had a stomach, a brain, muscles, nerves, and a +liver. She did these things not under any external impulse as people +in the full vigor of life do, when behind the purpose for which they +strive that of exercising their functions remains unnoticed. She +talked only because she physically needed to exercise her tongue and +lungs. She cried as a child does, because her nose had to be +cleared, and so on. What for people in their full vigor is an aim +was for her evidently merely a pretext. + Thus in the morning- especially if she had eaten anything rich the +day before- she felt a need of being angry and would choose as the +handiest pretext Belova's deafness. + She would begin to say something to her in a low tone from the other +end of the room. + "It seems a little warmer today, my dear," she would murmur. + And when Belova replied: "Oh yes, they've come," she would mutter +angrily: "O Lord! How stupid and deaf she is!" + Another pretext would be her snuff, which would seem too dry or +too damp or not rubbed fine enough. After these fits of irritability +her face would grow yellow, and her maids knew by infallible +symptoms when Belova would again be deaf, the snuff damp, and the +countess' face yellow. Just as she needed to work off her spleen so +she had sometimes to exercise her still-existing faculty of +thinking- and the pretext for that was a game of patience. When she +needed to cry, the deceased count would be the pretext. When she +wanted to be agitated, Nicholas and his health would be the pretext, +and when she felt a need to speak spitefully, the pretext would be +Countess Mary. When her vocal organs needed exercise, which was +usually toward seven o'clock when she had had an after-dinner rest +in a darkened room, the pretext would be the retelling of the same +stories over and over again to the same audience. + The old lady's condition was understood by the whole household +though no one ever spoke of it, and they all made every possible +effort to satisfy her needs. Only by a rare glance exchanged with a +sad smile between Nicholas, Pierre, Natasha, and Countess Mary was the +common understanding of her condition expressed. + But those glances expressed something more: they said that she had +played her part in life, that what they now saw was not her whole +self, that we must all become like her, and that they were glad to +yield to her, to restrain themselves for this once precious being +formerly as full of life as themselves, but now so much to be +pitied. "Memento mori," said these glances. + Only the really heartless, the stupid ones of that household, and +the little children failed to understand this and avoided her. +EP1|CH13 + CHAPTER XIII + + When Pierre and his wife entered the drawing room the countess was +in one of her customary states in which she needed the mental exertion +of playing patience, and so- though by force of habit she greeted +him with the words she always used when Pierre or her son returned +after an absence: "High time, my dear, high time! We were all weary of +waiting for you. Well, thank God!" and received her presents with +another customary remark: "It's not the gift that's precious, my dear, +but that you give it to me, an old woman..."- yet it was evident +that she was not pleased by Pierre's arrival at that moment when it +diverted her attention from the unfinished game. + She finished her game of patience and only then examined the +presents. They consisted of a box for cards, of splendid +workmanship, a bright-blue Sevres tea cup with shepherdesses +depicted on it and with a lid, and a gold snuffbox with the count's +portrait on the lid which Pierre had had done by a miniaturist in +Petersburg. The countess had long wished for such a box, but as she +did not want to cry just then she glanced indifferently at the +portrait and gave her attention chiefly to the box for cards. + "Thank you, my dear, you have cheered me up," said she as she always +did. "But best of all you have brought yourself back- for I never +saw anything like it, you ought to give your wife a scolding! What are +we to do with her? She is like a mad woman when you are away. +Doesn't see anything, doesn't remember anything," she went on, +repeating her usual phrases. "Look, Anna Timofeevna," she added to her +companion, "see what a box for cards my son has brought us!" + Belova admired the presents and was delighted with her dress +material. + Though Pierre, Natasha, Nicholas, Countess Mary, and Denisov had +much to talk about that they could not discuss before the old +countess- not that anything was hidden from her, but because she had +dropped so far behindhand in many things that had they begun to +converse in her presence they would have had to answer inopportune +questions and to repeat what they had already told her many times: +that so-and-so was dead and so-and-so was married, which she would +again be unable to remember- yet they sat at tea round the samovar +in the drawing room from habit, and Pierre answered the countess' +questions as to whether Prince Vasili had aged and whether Countess +Mary Alexeevna had sent greetings and still thought of them, and other +matters that interested no one and to which she herself was +indifferent. + Conversation of this kind, interesting to no one yet unavoidable, +continued all through teatime. All the grown-up members of the +family were assembled near the round tea table at which Sonya presided +beside the samovar. The children with their tutors and governesses had +had tea and their voices were audible from the next room. At tea all +sat in their accustomed places: Nicholas beside the stove at a small +table where his tea was handed to him; Milka, the old gray borzoi +bitch (daughter of the first Milka), with a quite gray face and +large black eyes that seemed more prominent than ever, lay on the +armchair beside him; Denisov, whose curly hair, mustache, and whiskers +had turned half gray, sat beside countess Mary with his general's +tunic unbuttoned; Pierre sat between his wife and the old countess. He +spoke of what he knew might interest the old lady and that she could +understand. He told her of external social events and of the people +who had formed the circle of her contemporaries and had once been a +real, living, and distinct group, but who were now for the most part +scattered about the world and like herself were garnering the last +ears of the harvests they had sown in earlier years. But to the old +countess those contemporaries of hers seemed to be the only serious +and real society. Natasha saw by Pierre's animation that his visit had +been interesting and that he had much to tell them but dare not say it +before the old countess. Denisov, not being a member of the family, +did not understand Pierre's caution and being, as a malcontent, much +interested in what was occurring in Petersburg, kept urging Pierre +to tell them about what had happened in the Semenovsk regiment, then +about Arakcheev, and then about the Bible Society. Once or twice +Pierre was carried away and began to speak of these things, but +Nicholas and Natasha always brought him back to the health of Prince +Ivan and Countess Mary Alexeevna. + "Well, and all this idiocy- Gossner and Tatawinova?" Denisov +asked. "Is that weally still going on?" + "Going on?" Pierre exclaimed. "Why more than ever! The Bible Society +is the whole government now!" + "What is that, mon cher ami?" asked the countess, who had +finished her tea and evidently needed a pretext for being angry +after her meal. "What are you saying about the government? I don't +understand." + "Well, you know, Maman," Nicholas interposed, knowing how to +translate things into his mother's language, "Prince Alexander +Golitsyn has founded a society and in consequence has great influence, +they say." + "Arakcheev and Golitsyn," incautiously remarked Pierre, "are now the +whole government! And what a government! They see treason everywhere +and are afraid of everything." + "Well, and how is Prince Alexander to blame? He is a most +estimable man. I used to meet him at Mary Antonovna's," said the +countess in an offended tone; and still more offended that they all +remained silent, she went on: "Nowadays everyone finds fault. A Gospel +Society! Well, and what harm is there in that?" and she rose +(everybody else got up too) and with a severe expression sailed back +to her table in the sitting room. + The melancholy silence that followed was broken by the sounds of the +children's voices and laughter from the next room. Evidently some +jolly excitement was going on there. + "Finished, finished!" little Natasha's gleeful yell rose above +them all. + Pierre exchanged glances with Countess Mary and Nicholas (Natasha he +never lost sight of) and smiled happily. + "That's delightful music!" said he. + "It means that Anna Makarovna has finished her stocking," said +Countess Mary. + "Oh, I'll go and see," said Pierre, jumping up. "You know," he +added, stopping at the door, "why I'm especially fond of that music? +It is always the first thing that tells me all is well. When I was +driving here today, the nearer I got to the house the more anxious I +grew. As I entered the anteroom I heard Andrusha's peals of laughter +and that meant that all was well." + "I know! I know that feeling," said Nicholas. "But I mustn't go +there- those stockings are to be a surprise for me." + Pierre went to the children, and the shouting and laughter grew +still louder. + "Come, Anna Makarovna," Pierre's voice was heard saying, "come +here into the middle of the room and at the word of command, 'One, +two,' and when I say 'three'... You stand here, and you in my arms- +well now! One, two!..." said Pierre, and a silence followed: +"three!" and a rapturously breathless cry of children's voices +filled the room. "Two, two!" they shouted. + This meant two stockings, which by a secret process known only to +herself Anna Makarovna used to knit at the same time on the same +needles, and which, when they were ready, she always triumphantly +drew, one out of the other, in the children's presence. +EP1|CH14 + CHAPTER XIV + + Soon after this the children came in to say good night. They +kissed everyone, the tutors and governesses made their bows, and +they went out. Only young Nicholas and his tutor remained. Dessalles +whispered to the boy to come downstairs. + "No, Monsieur Dessalles, I will ask my aunt to let me stay," replied +Nicholas Bolkonski also in a whisper. + "Ma tante, please let me stay," said he, going up to his aunt. + His face expressed entreaty, agitation, and ecstasy. Countess Mary +glanced at him and turned to Pierre. + "When you are here he can't tear himself away," she said. + "I will bring him to you directly, Monsieur Dessalles. Good +night!" said Pierre, giving his hand to the Swiss tutor, and he turned +to young Nicholas with a smile. "You and I haven't seen anything of +one another yet... How like he is growing, Mary!" he added, addressing +Countess Mary. + "Like my father?" asked the boy, flushing crimson and looking up +at Pierre with bright, ecstatic eyes. + Pierre nodded, and went on with what he had been saying when the +children had interrupted. Countess Mary sat down doing woolwork; +Natasha did not take her eyes off her husband. Nicholas and Denisov +rose, asked for their pipes, smoked, went to fetch more tea from +Sonya- who sat weary but resolute at the samovar- and questioned +Pierre. The curly-headed, delicate boy sat with shining eyes unnoticed +in a corner, starting every now and then and muttering something to +himself, and evidently experiencing a new and powerful emotion as he +turned his curly head, with his thin neck exposed by his turn-down +collar, toward the place where Pierre sat. + The conversation turned on the contemporary gossip about those in +power, in which most people see the chief interest of home politics. +Denisov, dissatisfied with the government on account of his own +disappointments in the service, heard with pleasure of the things done +in Petersburg which seemed to him stupid, and made forcible and +sharp comments on what Pierre told them. + "One used to have to be a German- now one must dance with Tatawinova +and Madame Kwudener, and wead Ecka'tshausen and the bwethwen. Oh, they +should let that fine fellow Bonaparte lose- he'd knock all this +nonsense out of them! Fancy giving the command of the Semenov wegiment +to a fellow like that Schwa'tz!" he cried. + Nicholas, though free from Denisov's readiness to find fault with +everything, also thought that discussion of the government was a +very serious and weighty matter, and the fact that A had been +appointed Minister of This and B Governor General of That, and that +the Emperor had said so-and-so and this minister so-and-so, seemed +to him very important. And so he thought it necessary to take an +interest in these things and to question Pierre. The questions put +by these two kept the conversation from changing its ordinary +character of gossip about the higher government circles. + But Natasha, knowing all her husband's ways and ideas, saw that he +had long been wishing but had been unable to divert the conversation +to another channel and express his own deeply felt idea for the sake +of which he had gone to Petersburg to consult with his new friend +Prince Theodore, and she helped him by asking how his affairs with +Prince Theodore had gone. + "What was it about?" asked Nicholas. + "Always the same thing," said Pierre, looking round at his +listeners. "Everybody sees that things are going so badly that they +cannot be allowed to go on so and that it is the duty of all decent +men to counteract it as far as they can." + "What can decent men do?" Nicholas inquired, frowning slightly. +"What can be done?" + "Why, this..." + "Come into my study," said Nicholas. + Natasha, who had long expected to be fetched to nurse her baby, +now heard the nurse calling her and went to the nursery. Countess Mary +followed her. The men went into the study and little Nicholas +Bolkonski followed them unnoticed by his uncle and sat down at the +writing table in a shady corner by the window. + "Well, what would you do?" asked Denisov. + "Always some fantastic schemes," said Nicholas. + "Why this," began Pierre, not sitting down but pacing the room, +sometimes stopping short, gesticulating, and lisping: "the position in +Petersburg is this: the Emperor does not look into anything. He has +abandoned himself altogether to this mysticism" (Pierre could not +tolerate mysticism in anyone now). "He seeks only for peace, and +only these people sans foi ni loi* can give it him- people who +recklessly hack at and strangle everything- Magnitski, Arakcheev, +and tutti quanti.... You will agree that if you did not look after +your estates yourself but only wanted a quiet life, the harsher your +steward was the more readily your object might be attained," he said +to Nicholas. + + *Without faith or law. + + "Well, what does that lead up to?" said Nicholas. + "Well, everything is going to ruin! Robbery in the law courts, in +the army nothing but flogging, drilling, and Military Settlements; the +people are tortured, enlightenment is suppressed. All that is young +and honest is crushed! Everyone sees that this cannot go on. +Everything is strained to such a degree that it will certainly break," +said Pierre (as those who examine the actions of any government have +always said since governments began). "I told them just one thing in +Petersburg." + "Told whom?" + "Well, you know whom," said Pierre, with a meaning glance from under +his brows. "Prince Theodore and all those. To encourage culture and +philanthropy is all very well of course. The aim is excellent but in +the present circumstances something else is needed." + At that moment Nicholas noticed the presence of his nephew. His face +darkened and he went up to the boy. + "Why are you here?" + "Why? Let him be," said Pierre, taking Nicholas by the arm and +continuing. "That is not enough, I told them. Something else is +needed. When you stand expecting the overstrained string to snap at +any moment, when everyone is expecting the inevitable catastrophe, +as many as possible must join hands as closely as they can to +withstand the general calamity. Everything that is young and strong is +being enticed away and depraved. One is lured by women, another by +honors, a third by ambition or money, and they go over to that camp. +No independent men, such as you or I, are left. What I say is widen +the scope of our society, let the mot d'ordre be not virtue alone +but independence and action as well!" + Nicholas, who had left his nephew, irritably pushed up an +armchair, sat down in it, and listened to Pierre, coughing +discontentedly and frowning more and more. + "But action with what aim?" he cried. "And what position will you +adopt toward the government?" + "Why, the position of assistants. The society need not be secret +if the government allows it. Not merely is it not hostile to +government, but it is a society of true conservatives- a society of +gentlemen in the full meaning of that word. It is only to prevent some +Pugachev or other from killing my children and yours, and Arakcheev +from sending me off to some Military Settlement. We join hands only +for the public welfare and the general safety." + "Yes, but it's a secret society and therefore a hostile and +harmful one which can only cause harm." + "Why? Did the Tugendbund which saved Europe" (they did not then +venture to suggest that Russia had saved Europe) "do any harm? The +Tugendbund is an alliance of virtue: it is love, mutual help... it +is what Christ preached on the Cross." + Natasha, who had come in during the conversation, looked joyfully at +her husband. It was not what he was saying that pleased her- that +did not even interest her, for it seemed to her that was all extremely +simple and that she had known it a long time (it seemed so to her +because she knew that it sprang from Pierre's whole soul), but it +was his animated and enthusiastic appearance that made her glad. + The boy with the thin neck stretching out from the turn-down collar- +whom everyone had forgotten- gazed at Pierre with even greater and +more rapturous joy. Every word of Pierre's burned into his heart, +and with a nervous movement of his fingers he unconsciously broke +the sealing wax and quill pens his hands came upon on his uncle's +table. + "It is not at all what you suppose; but that is what the German +Tugendbund was, and what I am proposing." + "No, my fwiend! The Tugendbund is all vewy well for the sausage +eaters, but I don't understand it and can't even pwonounce it," +interposed Denisov in a loud and resolute voice. "I agwee that +evewything here is wotten and howwible, but the Tugendbund I don't +understand. If we're not satisfied, let us have a bunt of our own. +That's all wight. Je suis vot'e homme!"* + + *"I'm your man." + + Pierre smiled, Natasha began to laugh, but Nicholas knitted his +brows still more and began proving to Pierre that there was no +prospect of any great change and that all the danger he spoke of +existed only in his imagination. Pierre maintained the contrary, and +as his mental faculties were greater and more resourceful, Nicholas +felt himself cornered. This made him still angrier, for he was fully +convinced, not by reasoning but by something within him stronger +than reason, of the justice of his opinion. + "I will tell you this," he said, rising and trying with nervously +twitching fingers to prop up his pipe in a corner, but finally +abandoning the attempt. "I can't prove it to you. You say that +everything here is rotten and that an overthrow is coming: I don't see +it. But you also say that our oath of allegiance is a conditional +matter, and to that I reply: 'You are my best friend, as you know, but +if you formed a secret society and began working against the +government- be it what it may- I know it is my duty to obey the +government. And if Arakcheev ordered me to lead a squadron against you +and cut you down, I should not hesitate an instant, but should do it.' +And you may argue about that as you like!" + An awkward silence followed these words. Natasha was the first to +speak, defending her husband and attacking her brother. Her defense +was weak and inapt but she attained her object. The conversation was +resumed, and no longer in the unpleasantly hostile tone of Nicholas' +last remark. + When they all got up to go in to supper, little Nicholas Bolkonski +went up to Pierre, pale and with shining, radiant eyes. + "Uncle Pierre, you... no... If Papa were alive... would he agree +with you?" he asked. + And Pierre suddenly realized what a special, independent, complex, +and powerful process of thought and feeling must have been going on in +this boy during that conversation, and remembering all he had said +he regretted that the lad should have heard him. He had, however, to +give him an answer. + "Yes, I think so," he said reluctantly, and left the study. + The lad looked down and seemed now for the first time to notice what +he had done to the things on the table. He flushed and went up to +Nicholas. + "Uncle, forgive me, I did that... unintentionally," he said, +pointing to the broken sealing wax and pens. + Nicholas started angrily. + "All right, all right," he said, throwing the bits under the table. + And evidently suppressing his vexation with difficulty, he turned +away from the boy. + "You ought not to have been here at all," he said. +EP1|CH15 + CHAPTER XV + + The conversation at supper was not about politics or societies, +but turned on the subject Nicholas liked best- recollections of +1812. Denisov started these and Pierre was particularly agreeable +and amusing about them. The family separated on the most friendly +terms. + After supper Nicholas, having undressed in his study and given +instructions to the steward who had been waiting for him, went to +the bedroom in his dressing gown, where he found his wife still at her +table, writing. + "What are you writing, Mary?" Nicholas asked. + Countess Mary blushed. She was afraid that what she was writing +would not be understood or approved by her husband. + She had wanted to conceal what she was writing from him, but at +the same time was glad he had surprised her at it and that she would +now have to tell him. + "A diary, Nicholas," she replied, handing him a blue exercise book +filled with her firm, bold writing. + "A diary?" Nicholas repeated with a shade of irony, and he took up +the book. + It was in French. + + December 4. Today when Andrusha (her eldest boy) woke up he did +not wish to dress and Mademoiselle Louise sent for me. He was +naughty and obstinate. I tried threats, but he only grew angrier. Then +I took the matter in hand: I left him alone and began with nurse's +help to get the other children up, telling him that I did not love +him. For a long time he was silent, as if astonished, then he jumped +out of bed, ran to me in his shirt, and sobbed so that I could not +calm him for a long time. It was plain that what troubled him most was +that he had grieved me. Afterwards in the evening when I gave him +his ticket, he again began crying piteously and kissing me. One can do +anything with him by tenderness. + + "What is a 'ticket'?" Nicholas inquired. + "I have begun giving the elder ones marks every evening, showing how +they have behaved." + Nicholas looked into the radiant eyes that were gazing at him, and +continued to turn over the pages and read. In the diary was set down +everything in the children's lives that seemed noteworthy to their +mother as showing their characters or suggesting general reflections +on educational methods. They were for the most part quite +insignificant trifles, but did not seem so to the mother or to the +father either, now that he read this diary about his children for +the first time. + Under the date "5" was entered: + + Mitya was naughty at table. Papa said he was to have no pudding. +He had none, but looked so unhappily and greedily at the others +while they were eating! I think that punishment by depriving +children of sweets only develops their greediness. Must tell +Nicholas this. + + Nicholas put down the book and looked at his wife. The radiant +eyes gazed at him questioningly: would he approve or disapprove of her +diary? There could be no doubt not only of his approval but also of +his admiration for his wife. + Perhaps it need not be done so pedantically, thought Nicholas, or +even done at all, but this untiring, continual spiritual effort of +which the sole aim was the children's moral welfare delighted him. Had +Nicholas been able to analyze his feelings he would have found that +his steady, tender, and proud love of his wife rested on his feeling +of wonder at her spirituality and at the lofty moral world, almost +beyond his reach, in which she had her being. + He was proud of her intelligence and goodness, recognized his own +insignificance beside her in the spiritual world, and rejoiced all the +more that she with such a soul not only belonged to him but was part +of himself. + "I quite, quite approve, my dearest!" said he with a significant +look, and after a short pause he added: "And I behaved badly today. +You weren't in the study. We began disputing- Pierre and I- and I lost +my temper. But he is impossible: such a child! I don't know what would +become of him if Natasha didn't keep him in hand.... Have you any idea +why he went to Petersburg? They have formed..." + "Yes, I know," said Countess Mary. "Natasha told me." + "Well, then, you know," Nicholas went on, growing hot at the mere +recollection of their discussion, "he wanted to convince me that it is +every honest man's duty to go against the government, and that the +oath of allegiance and duty... I am sorry you weren't there. They +all fell on me- Denisov and Natasha... Natasha is absurd. How she +rules over him! And yet there need only be a discussion and she has no +words of her own but only repeats his sayings..." added Nicholas, +yielding to that irresistible inclination which tempts us to judge +those nearest and dearest to us. He forgot that what he was saying +about Natasha could have been applied word for word to himself in +relation to his wife. + "Yes, I have noticed that," said Countess Mary. + "When I told him that duty and the oath were above everything, he +started proving goodness knows what! A pity you were not there- what +would you have said?" + "As I see it you were quite right, and I told Natasha so. Pierre +says everybody is suffering, tortured, and being corrupted, and that +it is our duty to help our neighbor. Of course he is right there," +said Countess Mary, "but he forgets that we have other duties nearer +to us, duties indicated to us by God Himself, and that though we might +expose ourselves to risks we must not risk our children." + "Yes, that's it! That's just what I said to him," put in Nicholas, +who fancied he really had said it. "But they insisted on their own +view: love of one's neighbor and Christianity- and all this in the +presence of young Nicholas, who had gone into my study and broke all +my things." + "Ah, Nicholas, do you know I am often troubled about little +Nicholas," said Countess Mary. "He is such an exceptional boy. I am +afraid I neglect him in favor of my own: we all have children and +relations while he has no one. He is constantly alone with his +thoughts." + "Well, I don't think you need reproach yourself on his account. +All that the fondest mother could do for her son you have done and are +doing for him, and of course I am glad of it. He is a fine lad, a fine +lad! This evening he listened to Pierre in a sort of trance, and +fancy- as we were going in to supper I looked and he had broken +everything on my table to bits, and he told me of it himself at +once! I never knew him to tell an untruth. A fine lad, a fine lad!" +repeated Nicholas, who at heart was not fond of Nicholas Bolkonski but +was always anxious to recognize that he was a fine lad. + "Still, I am not the same as his own mother," said Countess Mary. "I +feel I am not the same and it troubles me. A wonderful boy, but I am +dreadfully afraid for him. It would be good for him to have +companions." + "Well it won't be for long. Next summer I'll take him to +Petersburg," said Nicholas. "Yes, Pierre always was a dreamer and +always will be," he continued, returning to the talk in the study +which had evidently disturbed him. "Well, what business is it of +mine what goes on there- whether Arakcheev is bad, and all that? +What business was it of mine when I married and was so deep in debt +that I was threatened with prison, and had a mother who could not +see or understand it? And then there are you and the children and +our affairs. Is it for my own pleasure that I am at the farm or in the +office from morning to night? No, but I know I must work to comfort my +mother, to repay you, and not to leave the children such beggars as +I was." + Countess Mary wanted to tell him that man does not live by bread +alone and that he attached too much importance to these matters. But +she knew she must not say this and that it would be useless to do +so. She only took his hand and kissed it. He took this as a sign of +approval and a confirmation of his thoughts, and after a few +minutes' reflection continued to think aloud. + "You know, Mary, today Elias Mitrofanych" (this was his overseer) +"came back from the Tambov estate and told me they are already +offering eighty thousand rubles for the forest." + And with an eager face Nicholas began to speak of the possibility of +repurchasing Otradnoe before long, and added: "Another ten years of +life and I shall leave the children... in an excellent position." + Countess Mary listened to her husband and understood all that he +told her. She knew that when he thought aloud in this way he would +sometimes ask her what he had been saying, and be vexed if he +noticed that she had been thinking about something else. But she had +to force herself to attend, for what he was saying did not interest +her at all. She looked at him and did not think, but felt, about +something different. She felt a submissive tender love for this man +who would never understand all that she understood, and this seemed to +make her love for him still stronger and added a touch of passionate +tenderness. Besides this feeling which absorbed her altogether and +hindered her from following the details of her husband's plans, +thoughts that had no connection with what he was saying flitted +through her mind. She thought of her nephew. Her husband's account +of the boy's agitation while Pierre was speaking struck her +forcibly, and various traits of his gentle, sensitive character +recurred to her mind; and while thinking of her nephew she thought +also of her own children. She did not compare them with him, but +compared her feeling for them with her feeling for him, and felt +with regret that there was something lacking in her feeling for +young Nicholas. + Sometimes it seemed to her that this difference arose from the +difference in their ages, but she felt herself to blame toward him and +promised in her heart to do better and to accomplish the impossible- +in this life to love her husband, her children, little Nicholas, and +all her neighbors, as Christ loved mankind. Countess Mary's soul +always strove toward the infinite, the eternal, and the absolute, +and could therefore never be at peace. A stern expression of the +lofty, secret suffering of a soul burdened by the body appeared on her +face. Nicholas gazed at her. "O God! What will become of us if she +dies, as I always fear when her face is like that?" thought he, and +placing himself before the icon he began to say his evening prayers. +EP1|CH16 + CHAPTER XVI + + Natasha and Pierre, left alone, also began to talk as only a husband +and wife can talk, that is, with extraordinary clearness and rapidity, +understanding and expressing each other's thoughts in ways contrary to +all rules of logic, without premises, deductions, or conclusions, +and in a quite peculiar way. Natasha was so used to this kind of +talk with her husband that for her it was the surest sign of something +being wrong between them if Pierre followed a line of logical +reasoning. When he began proving anything, or talking +argumentatively and calmly and she, led on by his example, began to do +the same, she knew that they were on the verge of a quarrel. + From the moment they were alone and Natasha came up to him with +wide-open happy eyes, and quickly seizing his head pressed it to her +bosom, saying: "Now you are all mine, mine! You won't escape!"- from +that moment this conversation began, contrary to all the laws of logic +and contrary to them because quite different subjects were talked +about at one and the same time. This simultaneous discussion of many +topics did not prevent a clear understanding but on the contrary was +the surest sign that they fully understood one another. + Just as in a dream when all is uncertain, unreasoning, and +contradictory, except the feeling that guides the dream, so in this +intercourse contrary to all laws of reason, the words themselves +were not consecutive and clear but only the feeling that prompted +them. + Natasha spoke to Pierre about her brother's life and doings, of +how she had suffered and lacked life during his own absence, and of +how she was fonder than ever of Mary, and how Mary was in every way +better than herself. In saying this Natasha was sincere in +acknowledging Mary's superiority, but at the same time by saying it +she made a demand on Pierre that he should, all the same, prefer her +to Mary and to all other women, and that now, especially after +having seen many women in Petersburg, he should tell her so afresh. + Pierre, answering Natasha's words, told her how intolerable it had +been for him to meet ladies at dinners and balls in Petersburg. + "I have quite lost the knack of talking to ladies," he said. "It was +simply dull. Besides, I was very busy." + Natasha looked intently at him and went on: + "Mary is so splendid," she said. "How she understands children! It +is as if she saw straight into their souls. Yesterday, for instance, +Mitya was naughty..." + "How like his father he is," Pierre interjected. + Natasha knew why he mentioned Mitya's likeness to Nicholas: the +recollection of his dispute with his brother-in-law was unpleasant and +he wanted to know what Natasha thought of it. + "Nicholas has the weakness of never agreeing with anything not +generally accepted. But I understand that you value what opens up a +fresh line," said she, repeating words Pierre had once uttered. + "No, the chief point is that to Nicholas ideas and discussions are +an amusement- almost a pastime," said Pierre. "For instance, he is +collecting a library and has made it a rule not to buy a new book till +he has read what he had already bought- Sismondi and Rousseau and +Montesquieu," he added with a smile. "You know how much I..." he began +to soften down what he had said; but Natasha interrupted him to show +that this was unnecessary. + "So you say ideas are an amusement to him...." + "Yes, and for me nothing else is serious. All the time in Petersburg +I saw everyone as in a dream. When I am taken up by a thought, all +else is mere amusement." + "Ah, I'm so sorry I wasn't there when you met the children," said +Natasha. "Which was most delighted? Lisa, I'm sure." + "Yes," Pierre replied, and went on with what was in his mind. +"Nicholas says we ought not to think. But I can't help it. Besides, +when I was in Petersburg I felt (I can this to you) that the whole +affair would go to pieces without me- everyone was pulling his own +way. But I succeeded in uniting them all; and then my idea is so clear +and simple. You see, I don't say that we ought to oppose this and +that. We may be mistaken. What I say is: 'Join hands, you who love the +right, and let there be but one banner- that of active virtue.' Prince +Sergey is a fine fellow and clever." + Natasha would have had no doubt as to the greatness of Pierre's +idea, but one thing disconcerted her. "Can a man so important and +necessary to society be also my husband? How did this happen?" She +wished to express this doubt to him. "Now who could decide whether +he is really cleverer than all the others?" she asked herself, and +passed in review all those whom Pierre most respected. Judging by what +he had said there was no one he had respected so highly as Platon +Karataev. + "Do you know what I am thinking about?" she asked. "About Platon +Karataev. Would he have approved of you now, do you think?" + Pierre was not at all surprised at this question. He understood +his wife's line of thought. + "Platon Karataev?" he repeated, and pondered, evidently sincerely +trying to imagine Karataev's opinion on the subject. "He would not +have understood... yet perhaps he would." + "I love you awfully!" Natasha suddenly said. "Awfully, awfully!" + "No, he would not have approved," said Pierre, after reflection. +"What he would have approved of is our family life. He was always so +anxious to find seemliness, happiness, and peace in everything, and +I should have been proud to let him see us. There now- you talk of +my absence, but you wouldn't believe what a special feeling I have for +you after a separation...." + "Yes, I should think..." Natasha began. + "No, it's not that. I never leave off loving you. And one couldn't +love more, but this is something special.... Yes, of course-" he did +not finish because their eyes meeting said the rest. + "What nonsense it is," Natasha suddenly exclaimed, "about +honeymoons, and that the greatest happiness is at first! On the +contrary, now is the best of all. If only you did not go away! Do +you remember how we quarreled? And it was always my fault. Always +mine. And what we quarreled about- I don't even remember!" + "Always about the same thing," said Pierre with a smile. "Jealo..." + "Don't say it! I can't bear it!" Natasha cried, and her eyes +glittered coldly and vindictively. "Did you see her?" she added, after +a pause. + "No, and if I had I shouldn't have recognized her." + They were silent for a while. + "Oh, do you know? While you were talking in the study I was +looking at you," Natasha began, evidently anxious to disperse the +cloud that had come over them. "You are as like him as two peas- +like the boy." (She meant her little son.) "Oh, it's time to go to +him.... The milk's come.... But I'm sorry to leave you." + They were silent for a few seconds. Then suddenly turning to one +another at the same time they both began to speak. Pierre began with +self-satisfaction and enthusiasm, Natasha with a quiet, happy smile. +Having interrupted one another they both stopped to let the other +continue. + "No. What did you say? Go on, go on." + "No, you go on, I was talking nonsense," said Natasha. + Pierre finished what he had begun. It was the sequel to his +complacent reflections on his success in Petersburg. At that moment it +seemed to him that he was chosen to give a new direction to the +whole of Russian society and to the whole world. + "I only wished to say that ideas that have great results are +always simple ones. My whole idea is that if vicious people are united +and constitute a power, then honest folk must do the same. Now +that's simple enough." + "Yes." + "And what were you going to say?" + "I? Only nonsense." + "But all the same?" + "Oh nothing, only a trifle," said Natasha, smilingly still more +brightly. "I only wanted to tell you about Petya: today nurse was +coming to take him from me, and he laughed, shut his eyes, and clung +to me. I'm sure he thought he was hiding. Awfully sweet! There, now +he's crying. Well, good-by!" and she left the room. + + Meanwhile downstairs in young Nicholas Bolkonski's bedroom a +little lamp was burning as usual. (The boy was afraid of the dark +and they could not cure him of it.) Dessalles slept propped up on four +pillows and his Roman nose emitted sounds of rhythmic snoring. +Little Nicholas, who had just waked up in a cold perspiration, sat +up in bed and gazed before him with wide-open eyes. He had awaked from +a terrible dream. He had dreamed that he and Uncle Pierre, wearing +helmets such as were depicted in his Plutarch, were leading a huge +army. The army was made up of white slanting lines that filled the air +like the cobwebs that float about in autumn and which Dessalles called +les fils de la Vierge. In front was Glory, which was similar to +those threads but rather thicker. He and Pierre were borne along +lightly and joyously, nearer and nearer to their goal. Suddenly the +threads that moved them began to slacken and become entangled and it +grew difficult to move. And Uncle Nicholas stood before them in a +stern and threatening attitude. + "Have you done this?" he said, pointing to some broken sealing wax +and pens. "I loved you, but I have orders from Arakcheev and will kill +the first of you who moves forward." Little Nicholas turned to look at +Pierre but Pierre was no longer there. In his place was his father- +Prince Andrew- and his father had neither shape nor form, but he +existed, and when little Nicholas perceived him he grew faint with +love: he felt himself powerless, limp, and formless. His father +caressed and pitied him. But Uncle Nicholas came nearer and nearer +to them. Terror seized young Nicholas and he awoke. + "My father!" he thought. (Though there were two good portraits of +Prince Andrew in the house, Nicholas never imagined him in human +form.) "My father has been with me and caressed me. He approved of +me and of Uncle Pierre. Whatever he may tell me, I will do it. +Mucius Scaevola burned his hand. Why should not the same sort of thing +happen to me? I know they want me to learn. And I will learn. But +someday I shall have finished learning, and then I will do +something. I only pray God that something may happen to me such as +happened to Plutarch's men, and I will act as they did. I will do +better. Everyone shall know me, love me, and be delighted with me!" +And suddenly his bosom heaved with sobs and he began to cry. + "Are you ill?" he heard Dessalles' voice asking. + "No," answered Nicholas, and lay back on his pillow. + "He is good and kind and I am fond of him!" he thought of Dessalles. +"But Uncle Pierre! Oh, what a wonderful man he is! And my father? +Oh, Father, Father! Yes, I will do something with which even he +would be satisfied...." +EP2 + SECOND EPILOGUE +EP2|CH1 + CHAPTER I + + History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put +into words, to describe directly the life of humanity or even of a +single nation, appears impossible. + The ancient historians all employed one and the same method to +describe and seize the apparently elusive- the life of a people. +They described the activity of individuals who ruled the people, and +regarded the activity of those men as representing the activity of the +whole nation. + The question: how did individuals make nations act as they wished +and by what was the will of these individuals themselves guided? the +ancients met by recognizing a divinity which subjected the nations +to the will of a chosen man, and guided the will of that chosen man so +as to accomplish ends that were predestined. + For the ancients these questions were solved by a belief in the +direct participation of the Deity in human affairs. + Modern history, in theory, rejects both these principles. + It would seem that having rejected the belief of the ancients in +man's subjection to the Deity and in a predetermined aim toward +which nations are led, modern history should study not the +manifestations of power but the causes that produce it. But modern +history has not done this. Having in theory rejected the view held +by the ancients, it still follows them in practice. + Instead of men endowed with divine authority and directly guided +by the will of God, modern history has given us either heroes +endowed with extraordinary, superhuman capacities, or simply men of +very various kinds, from monarchs to journalists, who lead the masses. +Instead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jewish, Greek, or +Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing the +progress of humanity, modern history has postulated its own aims- +the welfare of the French, German, or English people, or, in its +highest abstraction, the welfare and civilization of humanity in +general, by which is usually meant that of the peoples occupying a +small northwesterly portion of a large continent. + Modern history has rejected the beliefs of the ancients without +replacing them by a new conception, and the logic of the situation has +obliged the historians, after they had apparently rejected the +divine authority of the kings and the "fate" of the ancients, to reach +the same conclusion by another road, that is, to recognize (1) nations +guided by individual men, and (2) the existence of a known aim to +which these nations and humanity at large are tending. + At the basis of the works of all the modern historians from Gibbon +to Buckle, despite their seeming disagreements and the apparent +novelty of their outlooks, lie those two old, unavoidable assumptions. + In the first place the historian describes the activity of +individuals who in his opinion have directed humanity (one historian +considers only monarchs, generals, and ministers as being such men, +while another includes also orators, learned men, reformers, +philosophers, and poets). Secondly, it is assumed that the goal toward +which humanity is being led is known to the historians: to one of them +this goal is the greatness of the Roman, Spanish, or French realm; +to another it is liberty, equality, and a certain kind of civilization +of a small corner of the world called Europe. + In 1789 a ferment arises in Paris; it grows, spreads, and is +expressed by a movement of peoples from west to east. Several times it +moves eastward and collides with a countermovement from the east +westward. In 1812 it reaches its extreme limit, Moscow, and then, with +remarkable symmetry, a countermovement occurs from east to west, +attracting to it, as the first movement had done, the nations of +middle Europe. The counter movement reaches the starting point of +the first movement in the west- Paris- and subsides. + During that twenty-year period an immense number of fields were left +untilled, houses were burned, trade changed its direction, millions of +men migrated, were impoverished, or were enriched, and millions of +Christian men professing the law of love of their fellows slew one +another. + What does all this mean? Why did it happen? What made those people +burn houses and slay their fellow men? What were the causes of these +events? What force made men act so? These are the instinctive, +plain, and most legitimate questions humanity asks itself when it +encounters the monuments and tradition of that period. + For a reply to these questions the common sense of mankind turns +to the science of history, whose aim is to enable nations and humanity +to know themselves. + If history had retained the conception of the ancients it would have +said that God, to reward or punish his people, gave Napoleon power and +directed his will to the fulfillment of the divine ends, and that +reply, would have been clear and complete. One might believe or +disbelieve in the divine significance of Napoleon, but for anyone +believing in it there would have been nothing unintelligible in the +history of that period, nor would there have been any contradictions. + But modern history cannot give that reply. Science does not admit +the conception of the ancients as to the direct participation of the +Deity in human affairs, and therefore history ought to give other +answers. + Modern history replying to these questions says: you want to know +what this movement means, what caused it, and what force produced +these events? Then listen: + "Louis XIV was a very proud and self-confident man; he had such +and such mistresses and such and such ministers and he ruled France +badly. His descendants were weak men and they too ruled France +badly. And they had such and such favorites and such and such +mistresses. Moreover, certain men wrote some books at that time. At +the end of the eighteenth century there were a couple of dozen men +in Paris who began to talk about all men being free and equal. This +caused people all over France to begin to slash at and drown one +another. They killed the king and many other people. At that time +there was in France a man of genius- Napoleon. He conquered +everybody everywhere- that is, he killed many people because he was +a great genius. And for some reason he went to kill Africans, and +killed them so well and was so cunning and wise that when he +returned to France he ordered everybody to obey him, and they all +obeyed him. Having become an Emperor he again went out to kill +people in Italy, Austria, and Prussia. And there too he killed a great +many. In Russia there was an Emperor, Alexander, who decided to +restore order in Europe and therefore fought against Napoleon. In 1807 +he suddenly made friends with him, but in 1811 they again quarreled +and again began killing many people. Napoleon led six hundred thousand +men into Russia and captured Moscow; then he suddenly ran away from +Moscow, and the Emperor Alexander, helped by the advice of Stein and +others, united Europe to arm against the disturber of its peace. All +Napoleon's allies suddenly became his enemies and their forces +advanced against the fresh forces he raised. The Allies defeated +Napoleon, entered Paris, forced Napoleon to abdicate, and sent him +to the island of Elba, not depriving him of the title of Emperor and +showing him every respect, though five years before and one year later +they all regarded him as an outlaw and a brigand. Then Louis XVIII, +who till then had been the laughingstock both of the French and the +Allies, began to reign. And Napoleon, shedding tears before his Old +Guards, renounced the throne and went into exile. Then the skillful +statesmen and diplomatists (especially Talleyrand, who managed to +sit down in a particular chair before anyone else and thereby extended +the frontiers of France) talked in Vienna and by these conversations +made the nations happy or unhappy. Suddenly the diplomatists and +monarchs nearly quarreled and were on the point of again ordering +their armies to kill one another, but just then Napoleon arrived in +France with a battalion, and the French, who had been hating him, +immediately all submitted to him. But the Allied monarchs were angry +at this and went to fight the French once more. And they defeated +the genius Napoleon and, suddenly recognizing him as a brigand, sent +him to the island of St. Helena. And the exile, separated from the +beloved France so dear to his heart, died a lingering death on that +rock and bequeathed his great deeds to posterity. But in Europe a +reaction occurred and the sovereigns once again all began to oppress +their subjects." + It would be a mistake to think that this is ironic- a caricature +of the historical accounts. On the contrary it is a very mild +expression of the contradictory replies, not meeting the questions, +which all the historians give, from the compilers of memoirs and the +histories of separate states to the writers of general histories and +the new histories of the culture of that period. + The strangeness and absurdity of these replies arise from the fact +that modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one has +asked. + If the purpose of history be to give a description of the movement +of humanity and of the peoples, the first question- in the absence +of a reply to which all the rest will be incomprehensible- is: what is +the power that moves peoples? To this, modern history laboriously +replies either that Napoleon was a great genius, or that Louis XIV was +very proud, or that certain writers wrote certain books. + All that may be so and mankind is ready to agree with it, but it +is not what was asked. All that would be interesting if we +recognized a divine power based on itself and always consistently +directing its nations through Napoleons, Louis-es, and writers; but we +do not acknowledge such a power, and therefore before speaking about +Napoleons, Louis-es, and authors, we ought to be shown the +connection existing between these men and the movement of the nations. + If instead of a divine power some other force has appeared, it +should be explained in what this new force consists, for the whole +interest of history lies precisely in that force. + History seems to assume that this force is self-evident and known to +everyone. But in spite of every desire to regard it as known, anyone +reading many historical works cannot help doubting whether this new +force, so variously understood by the historians themselves, is really +quite well known to everybody. +EP2|CH2 + CHAPTER II + + What force moves the nations? + Biographical historians and historians of separate nations +understand this force as a power inherent in heroes and rulers. In +their narration events occur solely by the will of a Napoleon, and +Alexander, or in general of the persons they describe. The answers +given by this kind of historian to the question of what force causes +events to happen are satisfactory only as long as there is but one +historian to each event. As soon as historians of different +nationalities and tendencies begin to describe the same event, the +replies they give immediately lose all meaning, for this force is +understood by them all not only differently but often in quite +contradictory ways. One historian says that an event was produced by +Napoleon's power, another that it was produced by Alexander's, a third +that it was due to the power of some other person. Besides this, +historians of that kind contradict each other even in their +statement as to the force on which the authority of some particular +person was based. Thiers, a Bonapartist, says that Napoleon's power +was based on his virtue and genius. Lanfrey, a Republican, says it was +based on his trickery and deception of the people. So the historians +of this class, by mutually destroying one another's positions, destroy +the understanding of the force which produces events, and furnish no +reply to history's essential question. + Writers of universal history who deal with all the nations seem to +recognize how erroneous is the specialist historians' view of the +force which produces events. They do not recognize it as a power +inherent in heroes and rulers, but as the resultant of a +multiplicity of variously directed forces. In describing a war or +the subjugation of a people, a general historian looks for the cause +of the event not in the power of one man, but in the interaction of +many persons connected with the event. + According to this view the power of historical personages, +represented as the product of many forces, can no longer, it would +seem, be regarded as a force that itself produces events. Yet in +most cases universal historians still employ the conception of power +as a force that itself produces events, and treat it as their cause. +In their exposition, an historic character is first the product of his +time, and his power only the resultant of various forces, and then his +power is itself a force producing events. Gervinus, Schlosser, and +others, for instance, at one time prove Napoleon to be a product of +the Revolution, of the ideas of 1789 and so forth, and at another +plainly say that the campaign of 1812 and other things they do not +like were simply the product of Napoleon's misdirected will, and +that the very ideas of 1789 were arrested in their development by +Napoleon's caprice. The ideas of the Revolution and the general temper +of the age produced Napoleon's power. But Napoleon's power +suppressed the ideas of the Revolution and the general temper of the +age. + This curious contradiction is not accidental. Not only does it occur +at every step, but the universal historians' accounts are all made +up of a chain of such contradictions. This contradiction occurs +because after entering the field of analysis the universal +historians stop halfway. + To find component forces equal to the composite or resultant +force, the sum of the components must equal the resultant. This +condition is never observed by the universal historians, and so to +explain the resultant forces they are obliged to admit, in addition to +the insufficient components, another unexplained force affecting the +resultant action. + Specialist historians describing the campaign of 1813 or the +restoration of the Bourbons plainly assert that these events were +produced by the will of Alexander. But the universal historian +Gervinus, refuting this opinion of the specialist historian, tries +to prove that the campaign of 1813 and the restoration of the Bourbons +were due to other things beside Alexander's will- such as the activity +of Stein, Metternich, Madame de Stael, Talleyrand, Fichte +Chateaubriand, and others. The historian evidently decomposes +Alexander's power into the components: Talleyrand, Chateaubriand, +and the rest- but the sum of the components, that is, the interactions +of Chateaubriand, Talleyrand, Madame de Stael, and the others, +evidently does not equal the resultant, namely the phenomenon of +millions of Frenchmen submitting to the Bourbons. That +Chateaubriand, Madame de Stael, and others spoke certain words to +one another only affected their mutual relations but does not +account for the submission of millions. And therefore to explain how +from these relations of theirs the submission of millions of people +resulted- that is, how component forces equal to one A gave a +resultant equal to a thousand times A- the historian is again +obliged to fall back on power- the force he had denied- and to +recognize it as the resultant of the forces, that is, he has to +admit an unexplained force acting on the resultant. And that is just +what the universal historians do, and consequently they not only +contradict the specialist historians but contradict themselves. + Peasants having no clear idea of the cause of rain, say, according +to whether they want rain or fine weather: "The wind has blown the +clouds away," or, "The wind has brought up the clouds." And in the +same way the universal historians sometimes, when it pleases them +and fits in with their theory, say that power is the result of events, +and sometimes, when they want to prove something else, say that +power produces events. + A third class of historians- the so-called historians of culture- +following the path laid down by the universal historians who sometimes +accept writers and ladies as forces producing events- again take +that force to be something quite different. They see it in what is +called culture- in mental activity. + The historians of culture are quite consistent in regard to their +progenitors, the writers of universal histories, for if historical +events may be explained by the fact that certain persons treated one +another in such and such ways, why not explain them by the fact that +such and such people wrote such and such books? Of the immense +number of indications accompanying every vital phenomenon, these +historians select the indication of intellectual activity and say that +this indication is the cause. But despite their endeavors to prove +that the cause of events lies in intellectual activity, only by a +great stretch can one admit that there is any connection between +intellectual activity and the movement of peoples, and in no case +can one admit that intellectual activity controls people's actions, +for that view is not confirmed by such facts as the very cruel murders +of the French Revolution resulting from the doctrine of the equality +of man, or the very cruel wars and executions resulting from the +preaching of love. + But even admitting as correct all the cunningly devised arguments +with which these histories are filled- admitting that nations are +governed by some undefined force called an idea- history's essential +question still remains unanswered, and to the former power of monarchs +and to the influence of advisers and other people introduced by the +universal historians, another, newer force- the idea- is added, the +connection of which with the masses needs explanation. It is +possible to understand that Napoleon had power and so events occurred; +with some effort one may even conceive that Napoleon together with +other influences was the cause of an event; but how a book, Le Contrat +social, had the effect of making Frenchmen begin to drown one +another cannot be understood without an explanation of the causal +nexus of this new force with the event. + Undoubtedly some relation exists between all who live +contemporaneously, and so it is possible to find some connection +between the intellectual activity of men and their historical +movements, just as such a connection may be found between the +movements of humanity and commerce, handicraft, gardening, or anything +else you please. But why intellectual activity is considered by the +historians of culture to be the cause or expression of the whole +historical movement is hard to understand. Only the following +considerations can have led the historians to such a conclusion: (1) +that history is written by learned men, and so it is natural and +agreeable for them to think that the activity of their class +supplies the basis of the movement of all humanity, just as a +similar belief is natural and agreeable to traders, agriculturists, +and soldiers (if they do not express it, that is merely because +traders and soldiers do not write history), and (2) that spiritual +activity, enlightenment, civilization, culture, ideas, are all +indistinct, indefinite conceptions under whose banner it is very +easy to use words having a still less definite meaning, and which +can therefore be readily introduced into any theory. + But not to speak of the intrinsic quality of histories of this +kind (which may possibly even be of use to someone for something) +the histories of culture, to which all general histories tend more and +more to approximate, are significant from the fact that after +seriously and minutely examining various religious, philosophic, and +political doctrines as causes of events, as soon as they have to +describe an actual historic event such as the campaign of 1812 for +instance, they involuntarily describe it as resulting from an exercise +of power- and say plainly that that was the result of Napoleon's will. +Speaking so, the historians of culture involuntarily contradict +themselves, and show that the new force they have devised does not +account for what happens in history, and that history can only be +explained by introducing a power which they apparently do not +recognize. +EP2|CH3 + CHAPTER III + + A locomotive is moving. Someone asks: "What moves it?" A peasant +says the devil moves it. Another man says the locomotive moves because +its wheels go round. A third asserts that the cause of its movement +lies in the smoke which the wind carries away. + The peasant is irrefutable. He has devised a complete explanation. +To refute him someone would have to prove to him that there is no +devil, or another peasant would have to explain to him that it is +not the devil but a German, who moves the locomotive. Only then, as +a result of the contradiction, will they see that they are both wrong. +But the man who says that the movement of the wheels is the cause +refutes himself, for having once begun to analyze he ought to go on +and explain further why the wheels go round; and till he has reached +the ultimate cause of the movement of the locomotive in the pressure +of steam in the boiler, he has no right to stop in his search for +the cause. The man who explains the movement of the locomotive by +the smoke that is carried back has noticed that the wheels do not +supply an explanation and has taken the first sign that occurs to +him and in his turn has offered that as an explanation. + The only conception that can explain the movement of the +locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed. + The only conception that can explain the movement of the peoples +is that of some force commensurate with the whole movement of the +peoples. + Yet to supply this conception various historians take forces of +different kinds, all of which are incommensurate with the movement +observed. Some see it as a force directly inherent in heroes, as the +peasant sees the devil in the locomotive; others as a force +resulting from several other forces, like the movement of the +wheels; others again as an intellectual influence, like the smoke that +is blown away. + So long as histories are written of separate individuals, whether +Caesars, Alexanders, Luthers, or Voltaires, and not the histories of +all, absolutely all those who take part in an event, it is quite +impossible to describe the movement of humanity without the conception +of a force compelling men to direct their activity toward a certain +end. And the only such conception known to historians is that of +power. + This conception is the one handle by means of which the material +of history, as at present expounded, can be dealt with, and anyone who +breaks that handle off, as Buckle did, without finding some other +method of treating historical material, merely deprives himself of the +one possible way of dealing with it. The necessity of the conception +of power as an explanation of historical events is best demonstrated +by the universal historians and historians of culture themselves, +for they professedly reject that conception but inevitably have +recourse to it at every step. + In dealing with humanity's inquiry, the science of history up to now +is like money in circulation- paper money and coin. The biographies +and special national histories are like paper money. They can be +used and can circulate and fulfill their purpose without harm to +anyone and even advantageously, as long as no one asks what is the +security behind them. You need only forget to ask how the will of +heroes produces events, and such histories as Thiers' will be +interesting and instructive and may perhaps even possess a tinge of +poetry. But just as doubts of the real value of paper money arise +either because, being easy to make, too much of it gets made or +because people try to exchange it for gold, so also doubts +concerning the real value of such histories arise either because too +many of them are written or because in his simplicity of heart someone +inquires: by what force did Napoleon do this?- that is, wants to +exchange the current paper money for the real gold of actual +comprehension. + The writers of universal histories and of the history of culture are +like people who, recognizing the defects of paper money, decide to +substitute for it money made of metal that has not the specific +gravity of gold. It may indeed make jingling coin, but will do no more +than that. Paper money may deceive the ignorant, but nobody is +deceived by tokens of base metal that have no value but merely jingle. +As gold is gold only if it is serviceable not merely for exchange +but also for use, so universal historians will be valuable only when +they can reply to history's essential question: what is power? The +universal historians give contradictory replies to that question, +while the historians of culture evade it and answer something quite +different. And as counters of imitation gold can be used only among +a group of people who agree to accept them as gold, or among those who +do not know the nature of gold, so universal historians and historians +of culture, not answering humanity's essential question, serve as +currency for some purposes of their own, only in universities and +among the mass of readers who have a taste for what they call "serious +reading." +EP2|CH4 + CHAPTER IV + + Having abandoned the conception of the ancients as to the divine +subjection of the will of a nation to some chosen man and the +subjection of that man's will to the Deity, history cannot without +contradictions take a single step till it has chosen one of two +things: either a return to the former belief in the direct +intervention of the Deity in human affairs or a definite explanation +of the meaning of the force producing historical events and termed +"power." + A return to the first is impossible, the belief has been +destroyed; and so it is essential to explain what is meant by power. + Napoleon ordered an army to be raised and go to war. We are so +accustomed to that idea and have become so used to it that the +question: why did six hundred thousand men go to fight when Napoleon +uttered certain words, seems to us senseless. He had the power and +so what he ordered was done. + This reply is quite satisfactory if we believe that the power was +given him by God. But as soon as we do not admit that, it becomes +essential to determine what is this power of one man over others. + It cannot be the direct physical power of a strong man over a weak +one- a domination based on the application or threat of physical +force, like the power of Hercules; nor can it be based on the effect +of moral force, as in their simplicity some historians think who say +that the leading figures in history are heroes, that is, men gifted +with a special strength of soul and mind called genius. This power +cannot be based on the predominance of moral strength, for, not to +mention heroes such as Napoleon about whose moral qualities opinions +differ widely, history shows us that neither a Louis XI nor a +Metternich, who ruled over millions of people, had any particular +moral qualities, but on the contrary were generally morally weaker +than any of the millions they ruled over. + If the source of power lies neither in the physical nor in the moral +qualities of him who possesses it, it must evidently be looked for +elsewhere- in the relation to the people of the man who wields the +power. + And that is how power is understood by the science of jurisprudence, +that exchange bank of history which offers to exchange history's +understanding of power for true gold. + Power is the collective will of the people transferred, by expressed +or tacit consent, to their chosen rulers. + In the domain of jurisprudence, which consists of discussions of how +a state and power might be arranged were it possible for all that to +be arranged, it is all very clear; but when applied to history that +definition of power needs explanation. + The science of jurisprudence regards the state and power as the +ancients regarded fire- namely, as something existing absolutely. +But for history, the state and power are merely phenomena, just as for +modern physics fire is not an element but a phenomenon. + From this fundamental difference between the view held by history +and that held by jurisprudence, it follows that jurisprudence can tell +minutely how in its opinion power should be constituted and what +power- existing immutably outside time- is, but to history's questions +about the meaning of the mutations of power in time it can answer +nothing. + If power be the collective will of the people transferred to their +ruler, was Pugachev a representative of the will of the people? If +not, then why was Napoleon I? Why was Napoleon III a criminal when +he was taken prisoner at Boulogne, and why, later on, were those +criminals whom he arrested? + Do palace revolutions- in which sometimes only two or three people +take part- transfer the will of the people to a new ruler? In +international relations, is the will of the people also transferred to +their conqueror? Was the will of the Confederation of the Rhine +transferred to Napoleon in 1806? Was the will of the Russian people +transferred to Napoleon in 1809, when our army in alliance with the +French went to fight the Austrians? + To these questions three answers are possible: + Either to assume (1) that the will of the people is always +unconditionally transferred to the ruler or rulers they have chosen, +and that therefore every emergence of a new power, every struggle +against the power once appointed, should be absolutely regarded as +an infringement of the real power; or (2) that the will of the +people is transferred to the rulers conditionally, under definite +and known conditions, and to show that all limitations, conflicts, and +even destructions of power result from a nonobservance by the rulers +of the conditions under which their power was entrusted to them; or +(3) that the will of the people is delegated to the rulers +conditionally, but that the conditions are unknown and indefinite, and +that the appearance of several authorities, their struggles and +their falls, result solely from the greater or lesser fulfillment by +the rulers of these unknown conditions on which the will of the people +is transferred from some people to others. + And these are the three ways in which the historians do explain +the relation of the people to their rulers. + Some historians- those biographical and specialist historians +already referred to- in their simplicity failing to understand the +question of the meaning of power, seem to consider that the collective +will of the people is unconditionally transferred to historical +persons, and therefore when describing some single state they assume +that particular power to be the one absolute and real power, and +that any other force opposing this is not a power but a violation of +power- mere violence. + Their theory, suitable for primitive and peaceful periods of +history, has the inconvenience- in application to complex and stormy +periods in the life of nations during which various powers arise +simultaneously and struggle with one another- that a Legitimist +historian will prove that the National Convention, the Directory, +and Bonaparte were mere infringers of the true power, while a +Republican and a Bonapartist will prove: the one that the Convention +and the other that the Empire was the real power, and that all the +others were violations of power. Evidently the explanations +furnished by these historians being mutually contradictory can only +satisfy young children. + Recognizing the falsity of this view of history, another set of +historians say that power rests on a conditional delegation of the +will of the people to their rulers, and that historical leaders have +power only conditionally on carrying out the program that the will +of the people has by tacit agreement prescribed to them. But what this +program consists in these historians do not say, or if they do they +continually contradict one another. + Each historian, according to his view of what constitutes a nation's +progress, looks for these conditions in the greatness, wealth, +freedom, or enlightenment of citizens of France or some other country. +But not to mention the historians' contradictions as to the nature +of this program- or even admitting that some one general program of +these conditions exists- the facts of history almost always contradict +that theory. If the conditions under which power is entrusted +consist in the wealth, freedom, and enlightenment of the people, how +is it that Louis XIV and Ivan the Terrible end their reigns +tranquilly, while Louis XVI and Charles I are executed by their +people? To this question historians reply that Louis XIV's activity, +contrary to the program, reacted on Louis XVI. But why did it not +react on Louis XIV or on Louis XV- why should it react just on Louis +XVI? And what is the time limit for such reactions? To these questions +there are and can be no answers. Equally little does this view explain +why for several centuries the collective will is not withdrawn from +certain rulers and their heirs, and then suddenly during a period of +fifty years is transferred to the Convention, to the Directory, to +Napoleon, to Alexander, to Louis XVIII, to Napoleon again, to +Charles X, to Louis Philippe, to a Republican government, and to +Napoleon III. When explaining these rapid transfers of the people's +will from from one individual to another, especially in view of +international relations, conquests, and alliances, the historians +are obliged to admit that some of these transfers are not normal +delegations of the people's will but are accidents dependent on +cunning, on mistakes, on craft, or on the weakness of a diplomatist, a +ruler, or a party leader. So that the greater part of the events of +history- civil wars, revolutions, and conquests- are presented by +these historians not as the results of free transferences of the +people's will, but as results of the ill-directed will of one or +more individuals, that is, once again, as usurpations of power. And so +these historians also see and admit historical events which are +exceptions to the theory. + These historians resemble a botanist who, having noticed that some +plants grow from seeds producing two cotyledons, should insist that +all that grows does so by sprouting into two leaves, and that the +palm, the mushroom, and even the oak, which blossom into full growth +and no longer resemble two leaves, are deviations from the theory. + Historians of the third class assume that the will of the people +is transferred to historic personages conditionally, but that the +conditions are unknown to us. They say that historical personages have +power only because they fulfill the will of the people which has +been delegated to them. + But in that case, if the force that moves nations lies not in the +historic leaders but in the nations themselves, what significance have +those leaders? + The leaders, these historians tell us, express the will of the +people: the activity of the leaders represents the activity of the +people. + But in that case the question arises whether all the activity of the +leaders serves as an expression of the people's will or only some part +of it. If the whole activity of the leaders serves as the expression +of the people's will, as some historians suppose, then all the details +of the court scandals contained in the biographies of a Napoleon or +a Catherine serve to express the life of the nation, which is +evident nonsense; but if it is only some particular side of the +activity of an historical leader which serves to express the +people's life, as other so-called "philosophical" historians +believe, then to determine which side of the activity of a leader +expresses the nation's life, we have first of all to know in what +the nation's life consists. + Met by this difficulty historians of that class devise some most +obscure, impalpable, and general abstraction which can cover all +conceivable occurrences, and declare this abstraction to be the aim of +humanity's movement. The most usual generalizations adopted by +almost all the historians are: freedom, equality, enlightenment, +progress, civilization, and culture. Postulating some generalization +as the goal of the movement of humanity, the historians study the +men of whom the greatest number of monuments have remained: kings, +ministers, generals, authors, reformers, popes, and journalists, to +the extent to which in their opinion these persons have promoted or +hindered that abstraction. But as it is in no way proved that the +aim of humanity does consist in freedom, equality, enlightenment, or +civilization, and as the connection of the people with the rulers +and enlighteners of humanity is only based on the arbitrary assumption +that the collective will of the people is always transferred to the +men whom we have noticed, it happens that the activity of the millions +who migrate, burn houses, abandon agriculture, and destroy one another +never is expressed in the account of the activity of some dozen people +who did not burn houses, practice agriculture, or slay their fellow +creatures. + History proves this at every turn. Is the ferment of the peoples +of the west at the end of the eighteenth century and their drive +eastward explained by the activity of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI, their +mistresses and ministers, and by the lives of Napoleon, Rousseau, +Diderot, Beaumarchais, and others? + Is the movement of the Russian people eastward to Kazan and +Siberia expressed by details of the morbid character of Ivan the +Terrible and by his correspondence with Kurbski? + Is the movement of the peoples at the time of the Crusades explained +by the life and activity of the Godfreys and the Louis-es and their +ladies? For us that movement of the peoples from west to east, without +leaders, with a crowd of vagrants, and with Peter the Hermit, +remains incomprehensible. And yet more incomprehensible is the +cessation of that movement when a rational and sacred aim for the +Crusade- the deliverance of Jerusalem- had been clearly defined by +historic leaders. Popes, kings, and knights incited the peoples to +free the Holy Land; but the people did not go, for the unknown cause +which had previously impelled them to go no longer existed. The +history of the Godfreys and the Minnesingers can evidently not cover +the life of the peoples. And the history of the Godfreys and the +Minnesingers has remained the history of Godfreys and Minnesingers, +but the history of the life of the peoples and their impulses has +remained unknown. + Still less does the history of authors and reformers explain to us +the life of the peoples. + The history of culture explains to us the impulses and conditions of +life and thought of a writer or a reformer. We learn that Luther had a +hot temper and said such and such things; we learn that Rousseau was +suspicious and wrote such and such books; but we do not learn why +after the Reformation the peoples massacred one another, nor why +during the French Revolution they guillotined one another. + If we unite both these kinds of history, as is done by the newest +historians, we shall have the history of monarchs and writers, but not +the history of the life of the peoples. +EP2|CH5 + CHAPTER V + + The life of the nations is not contained in the lives of a few +men, for the connection between those men and the nations has not been +found. The theory that this connection is based on the transference of +the collective will of a people to certain historical personages is an +hypothesis unconfirmed by the experience of history. + The theory of the transference of the collective will of the +people to historic persons may perhaps explain much in the domain of +jurisprudence and be essential for its purposes, but in its +application to history, as soon as revolutions, conquests, or civil +wars occur- that is, as soon as history begins- that theory explains +nothing. + The theory seems irrefutable just because the act of transference of +the people's will cannot be verified, for it never occurred. + Whatever happens and whoever may stand at the head of affairs, the +theory can always say that such and such a person took the lead +because the collective will was transferred to him. + The replies this theory gives to historical questions are like the +replies of a man who, watching the movements of a herd of cattle and +paying no attention to the varying quality of the pasturage in +different parts of the field, or to the driving of the herdsman, +should attribute the direction the herd takes to what animal happens +to be at its head. + "The herd goes in that direction because the animal in front leads +it and the collective will of all the other animals is vested in +that leader." This is what historians of the first class say- those +who assume the unconditional transference of the people's will. + "If the animals leading the herd change, this happens because the +collective will of all the animals is transferred from one leader to +another, according to whether the animal is or is not leading them +in the direction selected by the whole herd." Such is the reply +historians who assume that the collective will of the people is +delegated to rulers under conditions which they regard as known. (With +this method of observation it often happens that the observer, +influenced by the direction he himself prefers, regards those as +leaders who, owing to the people's change of direction, are no +longer in front, but on one side, or even in the rear.) + "If the animals in front are continually changing and the +direction of the whole herd is constantly altered, this is because +in order to follow a given direction the animals transfer their will +to the animals that have attracted our attention, and to study the +movements of the herd we must watch the movements of all the prominent +animals moving on all sides of the herd." So say the third class of +historians who regard all historical persons, from monarchs to +journalists, as the expression of their age. + The theory of the transference of the will of the people to historic +persons is merely a paraphrase- a restatement of the question in other +words. + What causes historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the +collective will of the people transferred to one person. Under what +condition is the will of the people delegated to one person? On +condition that that person expresses the will of the whole people. +That is, power is power: in other words, power is a word the meaning +of which we do not understand. + + If the realm of human knowledge were confined to abstract reasoning, +then having subjected to criticism the explanation of "power" that +juridical science gives us, humanity would conclude that power is +merely a word and has no real existence. But to understand phenomena +man has, besides abstract reasoning, experience by which he verifies +his reflections. And experience tells us that power is not merely a +word but an actually existing phenomenon. + Not to speak of the fact that no description of the collective +activity of men can do without the conception of power, the +existence of power is proved both by history and by observing +contemporary events. + Whenever an event occurs a man appears or men appear, by whose +will the event seems to have taken place. Napoleon III issues a decree +and the French go to Mexico. The King of Prussia and Bismarck issue +decrees and an army enters Bohemia. Napoleon I issues a decree and +an army enters Russia. Alexander I gives a command and the French +submit to the Bourbons. Experience shows us that whatever event occurs +it is always related to the will of one or of several men who have +decreed it. + The historians, in accord with the old habit of acknowledging divine +intervention in human affairs, want to see the cause of events in +the expression of the will of someone endowed with power, but that +supposition is not confirmed either by reason or by experience. + On the one side reflection shows that the expression of a man's +will- his words- are only part of the general activity expressed in an +event, as for instance in a war or a revolution, and so without +assuming an incomprehensible, supernatural force- a miracle- one +cannot admit that words can be the immediate cause of the movements of +millions of men. On the other hand, even if we admitted that words +could be the cause of events, history shows that the expression of the +will of historical personages does not in most cases produce any +effect, that is to say, their commands are often not executed, and +sometimes the very opposite of what they order occurs. + Without admitting divine intervention in the affairs of humanity +we cannot regard "power" as the cause of events. + Power, from the standpoint of experience, is merely the relation +that exists between the expression of someone's will and the execution +of that will by others. + To explain the conditions of that relationship we must first +establish a conception of the expression of will, referring it to +man and not to the Deity. + If the Deity issues a command, expresses His will, as ancient +history tells us, the expression of that will is independent of time +and is not caused by anything, for the Divinity is not controlled by +an event. But speaking of commands that are the expression of the will +of men acting in time and in relation to one another, to explain the +connection of commands with events we must restore: (1) the +condition of all that takes place: the continuity of movement in +time both of the events and of the person who commands, and (2) the +inevitability of the connection between the person commanding and +those who execute his command. +EP2|CH6 + CHAPTER VI + + Only the expression of the will of the Deity, not dependent on time, +can relate to a whole series of events occurring over a period of +years or centuries, and only the Deity, independent of everything, can +by His sole will determine the direction of humanity's movement; but +man acts in time and himself takes part in what occurs. + Reinstating the first condition omitted, that of time, we see that +no command can be executed without some preceding order having been +given rendering the execution of the last command possible. + No command ever appears spontaneously, or itself covers a whole +series of occurrences; but each command follows from another, and +never refers to a whole series of events but always to one moment only +of an event. + When, for instance, we say that Napoleon ordered armies to go to +war, we combine in one simultaneous expression a whole series of +consecutive commands dependent one on another. Napoleon could not have +commanded an invasion of Russia and never did so. Today he ordered +such and such papers to be written to Vienna, to Berlin, and to +Petersburg; tomorrow such and such decrees and orders to the army, the +fleet, the commissariat, and so on and so on- millions of commands, +which formed a whole series corresponding to a series of events +which brought the French armies into Russia. + If throughout his reign Napoleon gave commands concerning an +invasion of England and expended on no other undertaking so much +time and effort, and yet during his whole reign never once attempted +to execute that design but undertook an expedition into Russia, with +which country he considered it desirable to be in alliance (a +conviction he repeatedly expressed)- this came about because his +commands did not correspond to the course of events in the first case, +but did so correspond in the latter. + For an order to be certainly executed, it is necessary that a man +should order what can be executed. But to know what can and what +cannot be executed is impossible, not only in the case of Napoleon's +invasion of Russia in which millions participated, but even in the +simplest event, for in either case millions of obstacles may arise +to prevent its execution. Every order executed is always one of an +immense number unexecuted. All the impossible orders inconsistent with +the course of events remain unexecuted. Only the possible ones get +linked up with a consecutive series of commands corresponding to a +series of events, and are executed. + Our false conception that an event is caused by a command which +precedes it is due to the fact that when the event has taken place and +out of thousands of others those few commands which were consistent +with that event have been executed, we forget about the others that +were not executed because they could not be. Apart from that, the +chief source of our error in this matter is due to the fact that in +the historical accounts a whole series of innumerable, diverse, and +petty events, such for instance as all those which led the French +armies to Russia, is generalized into one event in accord with the +result produced by that series of events, and corresponding with +this generalization the whole series of commands is also generalized +into a single expression of will. + We say that Napoleon wished to invade Russia and invaded it. In +reality in all Napoleon's activity we never find anything resembling +an expression of that wish, but find a series of orders, or +expressions of his will, very variously and indefinitely directed. +Amid a long series of unexecuted orders of Napoleon's one series, +for the campaign of 1812, was carried out- not because those orders +differed in any way from the other, unexecuted orders but because they +coincided with the course of events that led the French army into +Russia; just as in stencil work this or that figure comes out not +because the color was laid on from this side or in that way, but +because it was laid on from all sides over the figure cut in the +stencil. + So that examining the relation in time of the commands to the +events, we find that a command can never be the cause of the event, +but that a certain definite dependence exists between the two. + To understand in what this dependence consists it is necessary to +reinstate another omitted condition of every command proceeding not +from the Deity but from a man, which is, that the man who gives the +command himself takes part in + This relation of the commander to those he commands is just what +is called power. This relation consists in the following: + For common action people always unite in certain combinations, in +which regardless of the difference of the aims set for the common +action, the relation between those taking part in it is always the +same. + Men uniting in these combinations always assume such relations +toward one another that the larger number take a more direct share, +and the smaller number a less direct share, in the collective action +for which they have combined. + Of all the combinations in which men unite for collective action one +of the most striking and definite examples is an army. + Every army is composed of lower grades of the service- the rank +and file- of whom there are always the greatest number; of the next +higher military rank- corporals and noncommissioned officers of whom +there are fewer, and of still-higher officers of whom there are +still fewer, and so on to the highest military command which is +concentrated in one person. + A military organization may be quite correctly compared to a cone, +of which the base with the largest diameter consists of the rank and +file; the next higher and smaller section of the cone consists of +the next higher grades of the army, and so on to the apex, the point +of which will represent the commander in chief. + The soldiers, of whom there are the most, form the lower section +of the cone and its base. The soldier himself does the stabbing, +hacking, burning, and pillaging, and always receives orders for +these actions from men above him; he himself never gives an order. The +noncommissioned officers (of whom there are fewer) perform the +action itself less frequently than the soldiers, but they already give +commands. An officer still less often acts directly himself, but +commands still more frequently. A general does nothing but command the +troops, indicates the objective, and hardly ever uses a weapon +himself. The commander in chief never takes direct part in the +action itself, but only gives general orders concerning the movement +of the mass of the troops. A similar relation of people to one another +is seen in every combination of men for common activity- in +agriculture, trade, and every administration. + And so without particularly analyzing all the contiguous sections of +a cone and of the ranks of an army, or the ranks and positions in +any administrative or public business whatever from the lowest to +the highest, we see a law by which men, to take associated action, +combine in such relations that the more directly they participate in +performing the action the less they can command and the more +numerous they are, while the less their direct participation in the +action itself, the more they command and the fewer of them there +are; rising in this way from the lowest ranks to the man at the top, +who takes the least direct share in the action and directs his +activity chiefly to commanding. + This relation of the men who command to those they command is what +constitutes the essence of the conception called power. + Having restored the condition of time under which all events +occur, find that a command is executed only when it is related to a +corresponding series of events. Restoring the essential condition of +relation between those who command and those who execute, we find that +by the very nature of the case those who command take the smallest +part in the action itself and that their activity is exclusively +directed to commanding. +EP2|CH7 + CHAPTER VII + + When an event is taking place people express their opinions and +wishes about it, and as the event results from the collective activity +of many people, some one of the opinions or wishes expressed is sure +to be fulfilled if but approximately. When one of the opinions +expressed is fulfilled, that opinion gets connected with the event +as a command preceding it. + Men are hauling a log. Each of them expresses his opinion as to +how and where to haul it. They haul the log away, and it happens +that this is done as one of them said. He ordered it. There we have +command and power in their primary form. The man who worked most +with his hands could not think so much about what he was doing, or +reflect on or command what would result from the common activity; +while the man who commanded more would evidently work less with his +hands on account of his greater verbal activity. + When some larger concourse of men direct their activity to a +common aim there is a yet sharper division of those who, because their +activity is given to directing and commanding, take less less part +in the direct work. + When a man works alone he always has a certain set of reflections +which as it seems to him directed his past activity, justify his +present activity, and guide him in planning his future actions. Just +the same is done by a concourse of people, allowing those who do not +take a direct part in the activity to devise considerations, +justifications, and surmises concerning their collective activity. + For reasons known or unknown to us the French began to drown and +kill one another. And corresponding to the event its justification +appears in people's belief that this was necessary for the welfare +of France, for liberty, and for equality. People ceased to kill one +another, and this event was accompanied by its justification in the +necessity for a centralization of power, resistance to Europe, and +so on. Men went from the west to the east killing their fellow men, +and the event was accompanied by phrases about the glory of France, +the baseness of England, and so on. History shows us that these +justifications of the events have no common sense and are all +contradictory, as in the case of killing a man as the result of +recognizing his rights, and the killing of millions in Russia for +the humiliation of England. But these justifications have a very +necessary significance in their own day. + These justifications release those who produce the events from moral +responsibility. These temporary aims are like the broom fixed in front +of a locomotive to clear the snow from the rails in front: they +clear men's moral responsibilities from their path. + Without such justification there would be no reply to the simplest +question that presents itself when examining each historical event. +How is it that millions of men commit collective crimes- make war, +commit murder, and so on? + With the present complex forms of political and social life in +Europe can any event that is not prescribed, decreed, or ordered by +monarchs, ministers, parliaments, or newspapers be imagined? Is +there any collective action which cannot find its justification in +political unity, in patriotism, in the balance of power, or in +civilization? So that every event that occurs inevitably coincides +with some expressed wish and, receiving a justification, presents +itself as the result of the will of one man or of several men. + In whatever direction a ship moves, the flow of the waves it cuts +will always be noticeable ahead of it. To those on board the ship +the movement of those waves will be the only perceptible motion. + Only by watching closely moment by moment the movement of that +flow and comparing it with the movement of the ship do we convince +ourselves that every bit of it is occasioned by the forward movement +of the ship, and that we were led into error by the fact that we +ourselves were imperceptibly moving. + We see the same if we watch moment by moment the movement of +historical characters (that is, re-establish the inevitable +condition of all that occurs- the continuity of movement in time) +and do not lose sight of the essential connection of historical +persons with the masses. + When the ship moves in one direction there is one and the same +wave ahead of it, when it turns frequently the wave ahead of it also +turns frequently. But wherever it may turn there always will be the +wave anticipating its movement. + Whatever happens it always appears that just that event was foreseen +and decreed. Wherever the ship may go, the rush of water which neither +directs nor increases its movement foams ahead of it, and at a +distance seems to us not merely to move of itself but to govern the +ship's movement also. + + Examining only those expressions of the will of historical persons +which, as commands, were related to events, historians have assumed +that the events depended on those commands. But examining the events +themselves and the connection in which the historical persons stood to +the people, we have found that they and their orders were dependent on +events. The incontestable proof of this deduction is that, however +many commands were issued, the event does not take place unless +there are other causes for it, but as soon as an event occurs- be it +what it may- then out of all the continually expressed wishes of +different people some will always be found which by their meaning +and their time of utterance are related as commands to the events. + Arriving at this conclusion we can reply directly and positively +to these two essential questions of history: + (1) What is power? + (2) What force produces the movement of the nations? + (1) Power is the relation of a given person to other individuals, in +which the more this person expresses opinions, predictions, and +justifications of the collective action that is performed, the less is +his participation in that action. + (2) The movement of nations is caused not by power, nor by +intellectual activity, nor even by a combination of the two as +historians have supposed, but by the activity of all the people who +participate in the events, and who always combine in such a way that +those taking the largest direct share in the event take on +themselves the least responsibility and vice versa. + Morally the wielder of power appears to cause the event; +physically it is those who submit to the power. But as the moral +activity is inconceivable without the physical, the cause of the event +is neither in the one nor in the other but in the union of the two. + Or in other words, the conception of a cause is inapplicable to +the phenomena we are examining. + In the last analysis we reach the circle of infinity- that final +limit to which in every domain of thought man's reason arrives if it +is not playing with the subject. Electricity produces heat, heat +produces electricity. Atoms attract each other and atoms repel one +another. + Speaking of the interaction of heat and electricity and of atoms, we +cannot say why this occurs, and we say that it is so because it is +inconceivable otherwise, because it must be so and that it is a law. +The same applies to historical events. Why war and revolution occur we +do not know. We only know that to produce the one or the other action, +people combine in a certain formation in which they all take part, and +we say that this is so because it is unthinkable otherwise, or in +other words that it is a law. +EP2|CH8 + CHAPTER VIII + + If history dealt only with external phenomena, the establishment +of this simple and obvious law would suffice and we should have +finished our argument. But the law of history relates to man. A +particle of matter cannot tell us that it does not feel the law of +attraction or repulsion and that that law is untrue, but man, who is +the subject of history, says plainly: I am free and am therefore not +subject to the law. + The presence of the problem of man's free will, though +unexpressed, is felt at every step of history. + All seriously thinking historians have involuntarily encountered +this question. All the contradictions and obscurities of history and +the false path historical science has followed are due solely to the +lack of a solution of that question. + If the will of every man were free, that is, if each man could act +as he pleased, all history would be a series of disconnected +incidents. + If in a thousand years even one man in a million could act freely, +that is, as he chose, it is evident that one single free act of that +man's in violation of the laws governing human action would destroy +the possibility of the existence of any laws for the whole of +humanity. + If there be a single law governing the actions of men, free will +cannot exist, for then man's will is subject to that law. + In this contradiction lies the problem of free will, which from most +ancient times has occupied the best human minds and from most +ancient times has been presented in its whole tremendous significance. + The problem is that regarding man as a subject of observation from +whatever point of view- theological, historical, ethical, or +philosophic- we find a general law of necessity to which he (like +all that exists) is subject. But regarding him from within ourselves +as what we are conscious of, we feel ourselves to be free. + This consciousness is a source of self-cognition quite apart from +and independent of reason. Through his reason man observes himself, +but only through consciousness does he know himself. + Apart from consciousness of self no observation or application of +reason is conceivable. + To understand, observe, and draw conclusions, man must first of +all be conscious of himself as living. A man is only conscious of +himself as a living being by the fact that he wills, that is, is +conscious of his volition. But his will- which forms the essence of +his life- man recognizes (and can but recognize) as free. + If, observing himself, man sees that his will is always directed +by one and the same law (whether he observes the necessity of taking +food, using his brain, or anything else) he cannot recognize this +never-varying direction of his will otherwise than as a limitation +of it. Were it not free it could not be limited. A man's will seems to +him to be limited just because he is not conscious of it except as +free. + You say: I am not and am not free. But I have lifted my hand and let +it fall. Everyone understands that this illogical reply is an +irrefutable demonstration of freedom. + That reply is the expression of a consciousness that is not +subject to reason. + If the consciousness of freedom were not a separate and +independent source of self-consciousness it would be subject to +reasoning and to experience, but in fact such subjection does not +exist and is inconceivable. + A series of experiments and arguments proves to every man that he, +as an object of observation, is subject to certain laws, and man +submits to them and never resists the laws of gravity or +impermeability once he has become acquainted with them. But the same +series of experiments and arguments proves to him that the complete +freedom of which he is conscious in himself is impossible, and that +his every action depends on his organization, his character, and the +motives acting upon him; yet man never submits to the deductions of +these experiments and arguments. Having learned from experiment and +argument that a stone falls downwards, a man indubitably believes this +and always expects the law that he has learned to be fulfilled. + But learning just as certainly that his will is subject to laws, +he does not and cannot believe this. + However often experiment and reasoning may show a man that under the +same conditions and with the same character he will do the same +thing as before, yet when under the same conditions and with the +same character he approaches for the thousandth time the action that +always ends in the same way, he feels as certainly convinced as before +the experiment that he can act as he pleases. Every man, savage or +sage, however incontestably reason and experiment may prove to him +that it is impossible to imagine two different courses of action in +precisely the same conditions, feels that without this irrational +conception (which constitutes the essence of freedom) he cannot +imagine life. He feels that however impossible it may be, it is so, +for without this conception of freedom not only would he be unable +to understand life, but he would be unable to live for a single +moment. + He could not live, because all man's efforts, all his impulses to +life, are only efforts to increase freedom. Wealth and poverty, fame +and obscurity, power and subordination, strength and weakness, +health and disease, culture and ignorance, work and leisure, repletion +and hunger, virtue and vice, are only greater or lesser degrees of +freedom. + A man having no freedom cannot be conceived of except as deprived of +life. + If the conception of freedom appears to reason to be a senseless +contradiction like the possibility of performing two actions at one +and the same instant of time, or of an effect without a cause, that +only proves that consciousness is not subject to reason. + This unshakable, irrefutable consciousness of freedom, +uncontrolled by experiment or argument, recognized by all thinkers and +felt by everyone without exception, this consciousness without which +no conception of man is possible constitutes the other side of the +question. + Man is the creation of an all-powerful, all-good, and all-seeing +God. What is sin, the conception of which arises from the +consciousness of man's freedom? That is a question for theology. + The actions of men are subject to general immutable laws expressed +in statistics. What is man's responsibility to society, the conception +of which results from the conception of freedom? That is a question +for jurisprudence. + Man's actions proceed from his innate character and the motives +acting upon him. What is conscience and the perception of right and +wrong in actions that follows from the consciousness of freedom? +That is a question for ethics. + Man in connection with the general life of humanity appears +subject to laws which determine that life. But the same man apart from +that connection appears to free. How should the past life of nations +and of humanity be regarded- as the result of the free, or as the +result of the constrained, activity of man? That is a question for +history. + Only in our self-confident day of the popularization of knowledge- +thanks to that most powerful engine of ignorance, the diffusion of +printed matter- has the question of the freedom of will been put on +a level on which the question itself cannot exist. In our time the +majority of so-called advanced people- that is, the crowd of +ignoramuses- have taken the work of the naturalists who deal with +one side of the question for a solution of the whole problem. + They say and write and print that the soul and freedom do not exist, +for the life of man is expressed by muscular movements and muscular +movements are conditioned by the activity of the nerves; the soul +and free will do not exist because at an unknown period of time we +sprang from the apes. They say this, not at all suspecting that +thousands of years ago that same law of necessity which with such +ardor they are now trying to prove by physiology and comparative +zoology was not merely acknowledged by all the religions and all the +thinkers, but has never been denied. They do not see that the role +of the natural sciences in this matter is merely to serve as an +instrument for the illumination of one side of it. For the fact +that, from the point of view of observation, reason and the will are +merely secretions of the brain, and that man following the general law +may have developed from lower animals at some unknown period of +time, only explains from a fresh side the truth admitted thousands +of years ago by all the religious and philosophic theories- that +from the point of view of reason man is subject to the law of +necessity; but it does not advance by a hair's breadth the solution of +the question, which has another, opposite, side, based on the +consciousness of freedom. + If men descended from the apes at an unknown period of time, that is +as comprehensible as that they were made from a handful of earth at +a certain period of time (in the first case the unknown quantity is +the time, in the second case it is the origin); and the question of +how man's consciousness of freedom is to be reconciled with the law of +necessity to which he is subject cannot be solved by comparative +physiology and zoology, for in a frog, a rabbit, or an ape, we can +observe only the muscular nervous activity, but in man we observe +consciousness as well as the muscular and nervous activity. + The naturalists and their followers, thinking they can solve this +question, are like plasterers set to plaster one side of the walls +of a church who, availing themselves of the absence of the chief +superintendent of the work, should in an access of zeal plaster over +the windows, icons, woodwork, and still unbuttressed walls, and should +be delighted that from their point of view as plasterers, everything +is now so smooth and regular. +EP2|CH9 + CHAPTER IX + + For the solution of the question of free will or inevitability, +history has this advantage over other branches of knowledge in which +the question is dealt with, that for history this question does not +refer to the essence of man's free will but its manifestation in the +past and under certain conditions. + In regard to this question, history stands to the other sciences +as experimental science stands to abstract science. + The subject for history is not man's will itself but our +presentation of it. + And so for history, the insoluble mystery presented by the +incompatibility of free will and inevitability does not exist as it +does for theology, ethics, and philosophy. History surveys a +presentation of man's life in which the union of these two +contradictions has already taken place. + In actual life each historic event, each human action, is very +clearly and definitely understood without any sense of +contradiction, although each event presents itself as partly free +and partly compulsory. + To solve the question of how freedom and necessity are combined +and what constitutes the essence of these two conceptions, the +philosophy of history can and should follow a path contrary to that +taken by other sciences. Instead of first defining the conceptions +of freedom and inevitability in themselves, and then ranging the +phenomena of life under those definitions, history should deduce a +definition of the conception of freedom and inevitability themselves +from the immense quantity of phenomena of which it is cognizant and +that always appear dependent on these two elements. + Whatever presentation of the activity of many men or of an +individual we may consider, we always regard it as the result partly +of man's free will and partly of the law of inevitability. + Whether we speak of the migration of the peoples and the +incursions of the barbarians, or of the decrees of Napoleon III, or of +someone's action an hour ago in choosing one direction out of +several for his walk, we are unconscious of any contradiction. The +degree of freedom and inevitability governing the actions of these +people is clearly defined for us. + Our conception of the degree of freedom often varies according to +differences in the point of view from which we regard the event, but +every human action appears to us as a certain combination of freedom +and inevitability. In every action we examine we see a certain measure +of freedom and a certain measure of inevitability. And always the more +freedom we see in any action the less inevitability do we perceive, +and the more inevitability the less freedom. + The proportion of freedom to inevitability decreases and increases +according to the point of view from which the action is regarded, +but their relation is always one of inverse proportion. + A sinking man who clutches at another and drowns him; or a hungry +mother exhausted by feeding her baby, who steals some food; or a man +trained to discipline who on duty at the word of command kills a +defenseless man- seem less guilty, that is, less free and more subject +to the law of necessity, to one who knows the circumstances in which +these people were placed, and more free to one who does not know +that the man was himself drowning, that the mother was hungry, that +the soldier was in the ranks, and so on. Similarly a man who committed +a murder twenty years ago and has since lived peaceably and harmlessly +in society seems less guilty and his action more due to the law of +inevitability, to someone who considers his action after twenty +years have elapsed than to one who examined it the day after it was +committed. And in the same way every action of an insane, intoxicated, +or highly excited man appears less free and more inevitable to one who +knows the mental condition of him who committed the action, and +seems more free and less inevitable to one who does not know it. In +all these cases the conception of freedom is increased or diminished +and the conception of compulsion is correspondingly decreased or +increased, according to the point of view from which the action is +regarded. So that the greater the conception of necessity the +smaller the conception of freedom and vice versa. + Religion, the common sense of mankind, the science of jurisprudence, +and history itself understand alike this relation between necessity +and freedom. + All cases without exception in which our conception of freedom and +necessity is increased and diminished depend on three considerations: + (1) The relation to the external world of the man who commits the +deeds. + (2) His relation to time. + (3) His relation to the causes leading to the action. + The first consideration is the clearness of our perception of the +man's relation to the external world and the greater or lesser +clearness of our understanding of the definite position occupied by +the man in relation to everything coexisting with him. This is what +makes it evident that a drowning man is less free and more subject +to necessity than one standing on dry ground, and that makes the +actions of a man closely connected with others in a thickly +populated district, or of one bound by family, official, or business +duties, seem certainly less free and more subject to necessity than +those of a man living in solitude and seclusion. + If we consider a man alone, apart from his relation to everything +around him, each action of his seems to us free. But if we see his +relation to anything around him, if we see his connection with +anything whatever- with a man who speaks to him, a book he reads, +the work on which he is engaged, even with the air he breathes or +the light that falls on the things about him- we see that each of +these circumstances has an influence on him and controls at least some +side of his activity. And the more we perceive of these influences the +more our conception of his freedom diminishes and the more our +conception of the necessity that weighs on him increases. + The second consideration is the more or less evident time relation +of the man to the world and the clearness of our perception of the +place the man's action occupies in time. That is the ground which +makes the fall of the first man, resulting in the production of the +human race, appear evidently less free than a man's entry into +marriage today. It is the reason why the life and activity of people +who lived centuries ago and are connected with me in time cannot +seem to me as free as the life of a contemporary, the consequences +of which are still unknown to me. + The degree of our conception of freedom or inevitability depends +in this respect on the greater or lesser lapse of time between the +performance of the action and our judgment of it. + If I examine an act I performed a moment ago in approximately the +same circumstances as those I am in now, my action appears to me +undoubtedly free. But if I examine an act performed a month ago, +then being in different circumstances, I cannot help recognizing +that if that act had not been committed much that resulted from it- +good, agreeable, and even essential- would not have taken place. If +I reflect on an action still more remote, ten years ago or more, +then the consequences of my action are still plainer to me and I +find it hard to imagine what would have happened had that action not +been performed. The farther I go back in memory, or what is the same +thing the farther I go forward in my judgment, the more doubtful +becomes my belief in the freedom of my action. + In history we find a very similar progress of conviction +concerning the part played by free will in the general affairs of +humanity. A contemporary event seems to us to be indubitably the doing +of all the known participants, but with a more remote event we already +see its inevitable results which prevent our considering anything else +possible. And the farther we go back in examining events the less +arbitrary do they appear. + The Austro-Prussian war appears to us undoubtedly the result of +the crafty conduct of Bismarck, and so on. The Napoleonic wars still +seem to us, though already questionably, to be the outcome of their +heroes' will. But in the Crusades we already see an event occupying +its definite place in history and without which we cannot imagine +the modern history of Europe, though to the chroniclers of the +Crusades that event appeared as merely due to the will of certain +people. In regard to the migration of the peoples it does not enter +anyone's head today to suppose that the renovation of the European +world depended on Attila's caprice. The farther back in history the +object of our observation lies, the more doubtful does the free will +of those concerned in the event become and the more manifest the law +of inevitability. + The third consideration is the degree to which we apprehend that +endless chain of causation inevitably demanded by reason, in which +each phenomenon comprehended, and therefore man's every action, must +have its definite place as a result of what has gone before and as a +cause of what will follow. + The better we are acquainted with the physiological, +psychological, and historical laws deduced by observation and by which +man is controlled, and the more correctly we perceive the +physiological, psychological, and historical causes of the action, and +the simpler the action we are observing and the less complex the +character and mind of the man in question, the more subject to +inevitability and the less free do our actions and those of others +appear. + When we do not at all understand the cause of an action, whether a +crime, a good action, or even one that is simply nonmoral, we +ascribe a greater amount of freedom to it. In the case of a crime we +most urgently demand the punishment for such an act; in the case of +a virtuous act we rate its merit most highly. In an indifferent case +we recognize in it more individuality, originality, and +independence. But if even one of the innumerable causes of the act +is known to us we recognize a certain element of necessity and are +less insistent on punishment for the crime, or the acknowledgment of +the merit of the virtuous act, or the freedom of the apparently +original action. That a criminal was reared among male factors +mitigates his fault in our eyes. The self-sacrifice of a father or +mother, or self-sacrifice with the possibility of a reward, is more +comprehensible than gratuitous self-sacrifice, and therefore seems +less deserving of sympathy and less the result of free will. The +founder of a sect or party, or an inventor, impresses us less when +we know how or by what the way was prepared for his activity. If we +have a large range of examples, if our observation is constantly +directed to seeking the correlation of cause and effect in people's +actions, their actions appear to us more under compulsion and less +free the more correctly we connect the effects with the causes. If +we examined simple actions and had a vast number of such actions under +observation, our conception of their inevitability would be still +greater. The dishonest conduct of the son of a dishonest father, the +misconduct of a woman who had fallen into bad company, a drunkard's +relapse into drunkenness, and so on are actions that seem to us less +free the better we understand their cause. If the man whose actions we +are considering is on a very low stage of mental development, like a +child, a madman, or a simpleton- then, knowing the causes of the act +and the simplicity of the character and intelligence in question, we +see so large an element of necessity and so little free will that as +soon as we know the cause prompting the action we can foretell the +result. + On these three considerations alone is based the conception of +irresponsibility for crimes and the extenuating circumstances admitted +by all legislative codes. The responsibility appears greater or less +according to our greater or lesser knowledge of the circumstances in +which the man was placed whose action is being judged, and according +to the greater or lesser interval of time between the commission of +the action and its investigation, and according to the greater or +lesser understanding of the causes that led to the action. +EP2|CH10 + CHAPTER X + + Thus our conception of free will and inevitability gradually +diminishes or increases according to the greater or lesser +connection with the external world, the greater or lesser remoteness +of time, and the greater or lesser dependence on the causes in +relation to which we contemplate a man's life. + So that if we examine the case of a man whose connection with the +external world is well known, where the time between the action and +its examination is great, and where the causes of the action are +most accessible, we get the conception of a maximum of inevitability +and a minimum of free will. If we examine a man little dependent on +external conditions, whose action was performed very recently, and the +causes of whose action are beyond our ken, we get the conception of +a minimum of inevitability and a maximum of freedom. + In neither case- however we may change our point of view, however +plain we may make to ourselves the connection between the man and +the external world, however inaccessible it may be to us, however long +or short the period of time, however intelligible or +incomprehensible the causes of the action may be- can we ever conceive +either complete freedom or complete necessity. + (1) To whatever degree we may imagine a man to be exempt from the +influence of the external world, we never get a conception of +freedom in space. Every human action is inevitably conditioned by what +surrounds him and by his own body. I lift my arm and let it fall. My +action seems to me free; but asking myself whether I could raise my +arm in every direction, I see that I raised it in the direction in +which there was least obstruction to that action either from things +around me or from the construction of my own body. I chose one out +of all the possible directions because in it there were fewest +obstacles. For my action to be free it was necessary that it should +encounter no obstacles. To conceive of a man being free we must +imagine him outside space, which is evidently impossible. + (2) However much we approximate the time of judgment to the time +of the deed, we never get a conception of freedom in time. For if I +examine an action committed a second ago I must still recognize it +as not being free, for it is irrevocably linked to the moment at which +it was committed. Can I lift my arm? I lift it, but ask myself: +could I have abstained from lifting my arm at the moment that has +already passed? To convince myself of this I do not lift it the next +moment. But I am not now abstaining from doing so at the first +moment when I asked the question. Time has gone by which I could not +detain, the arm I then lifted is no longer the same as the arm I now +refrain from lifting, nor is the air in which I lifted it the same +that now surrounds me. The moment in which the first movement was made +is irrevocable, and at that moment I could make only one movement, and +whatever movement I made would be the only one. That I did not lift my +arm a moment later does not prove that I could have abstained from +lifting it then. And since I could make only one movement at that +single moment of time, it could not have been any other. To imagine it +as free, it is necessary to imagine it in the present, on the boundary +between the past and the future- that is, outside time, which is +impossible. + (3) However much the difficulty of understanding the causes may be +increased, we never reach a conception of complete freedom, that is, +an absence of cause. However inaccessible to us may be the cause of +the expression of will in any action, our own or another's, the +first demand of reason is the assumption of and search for a cause, +for without a cause no phenomenon is conceivable. I raise my arm to +perform an action independently of any cause, but my wish to perform +an action without a cause is the cause of my action. + But even if- imagining a man quite exempt from all influences, +examining only his momentary action in the present, unevoked by any +cause- we were to admit so infinitely small a remainder of +inevitability as equaled zero, we should even then not have arrived at +the conception of complete freedom in man, for a being uninfluenced by +the external world, standing outside of time and independent of cause, +is no longer a man. + In the same way we can never imagine the action of a man quite +devoid of freedom and entirely subject to the law of inevitability. + (1) However we may increase our knowledge of the conditions of space +in which man is situated, that knowledge can never be complete, for +the number of those conditions is as infinite as the infinity of +space. And therefore so long as not all the conditions influencing men +are defined, there is no complete inevitability but a certain +measure of freedom remains. + (2) However we may prolong the period of time between the action +we are examining and the judgment upon it, that period will be finite, +while time is infinite, and so in this respect too there can never +be absolute inevitability. + (3) However accessible may be the chain of causation of any +action, we shall never know the whole chain since it is endless, and +so again we never reach absolute inevitability. + But besides this, even if, admitting the remaining minimum of +freedom to equal zero, we assumed in some given case- as for +instance in that of a dying man, an unborn babe, or an idiot- complete +absence of freedom, by so doing we should destroy the very +conception of man in the case we are examining, for as soon as there +is no freedom there is also no man. And so the conception of the +action of a man subject solely to the law of inevitability without any +element of freedom is just as impossible as the conception of a +man's completely free action. + And so to imagine the action of a man entirely subject to the law of +inevitability without any freedom, we must assume the knowledge of +an infinite number of space relations, an infinitely long period of +time, and an infinite series of causes. + To imagine a man perfectly free and not subject to the law of +inevitability, we must imagine him all alone, beyond space, beyond +time, and free from dependence on cause. + In the first case, if inevitability were possible without freedom we +should have reached a definition of inevitability by the laws of +inevitability itself, that is, a mere form without content. + In the second case, if freedom were possible without inevitability +we should have arrived at unconditioned freedom beyond space, time, +and cause, which by the fact of its being unconditioned and +unlimited would be nothing, or mere content without form. + We should in fact have reached those two fundamentals of which man's +whole outlook on the universe is constructed- the incomprehensible +essence of life, and the laws defining that essence. + Reason says: (1) space with all the forms of matter that give it +visibility is infinite, and cannot be imagined otherwise. (2) Time +is infinite motion without a moment of rest and is unthinkable +otherwise. (3) The connection between cause and effect has no +beginning and can have no end. + Consciousness says: (1) I alone am, and all that exists is but me, +consequently I include space. (2) I measure flowing time by the +fixed moment of the present in which alone I am conscious of myself as +living, consequently I am outside time. (3) I am beyond cause, for I +feel myself to be the cause of every manifestation of my life. + Reason gives expression to the laws of inevitability. +Consciousness gives expression to the essence of freedom. + Freedom not limited by anything is the essence of life, in man's +consciousness. Inevitability without content is man's reason in its +three forms. + Freedom is the thing examined. Inevitability is what examines. +Freedom is the content. Inevitability is the form. + Only by separating the two sources of cognition, related to one +another as form to content, do we get the mutually exclusive and +separately incomprehensible conceptions of freedom and inevitability. + Only by uniting them do we get a clear conception of man's life. + Apart from these two concepts which in their union mutually define +one another as form and content, no conception of life is possible. + All that we know of the life of man is merely a certain relation +of free will to inevitability, that is, of consciousness to the laws +of reason. + All that we know of the external world of nature is only a certain +relation of the forces of nature to inevitability, or of the essence +of life to the laws of reason. + The great natural forces lie outside us and we are not conscious +of them; we call those forces gravitation, inertia, electricity, +animal force, and so on, but we are conscious of the force of life +in man and we call that freedom. + But just as the force of gravitation, incomprehensible in itself but +felt by every man, is understood by us only to the extent to which +we know the laws of inevitability to which it is subject (from the +first knowledge that all bodies have weight, up to Newton's law), so +too the force of free will, incomprehensible in itself but of which +everyone is conscious, is intelligible to us only in as far as we know +the laws of inevitability to which it is subject (from the fact that +every man dies, up to the knowledge of the most complex economic and +historic laws). + All knowledge is merely a bringing of this essence of life under the +laws of reason. + Man's free will differs from every other force in that man is +directly conscious of it, but in the eyes of reason it in no way +differs from any other force. The forces of gravitation, +electricity, or chemical affinity are only distinguished from one +another in that they are differently defined by reason. Just so the +force of man's free will is distinguished by reason from the other +forces of nature only by the definition reason gives it. Freedom, +apart from necessity, that is, apart from the laws of reason that +define it, differs in no way from gravitation, or heat, or the force +that makes things grow; for reason, it is only a momentary undefinable +sensation of life. + And as the undefinable essence of the force moving the heavenly +bodies, the undefinable essence of the forces of heat and electricity, +or of chemical affinity, or of the vital force, forms the content of +astronomy, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, and so on, just in the +same way does the force of free will form the content of history. +But just as the subject of every science is the manifestation of +this unknown essence of life while that essence itself can only be the +subject of metaphysics, even the manifestation of the force of free +will in human beings in space, in time, and in dependence on cause +forms the subject of history, while free will itself is the subject of +metaphysics. + In the experimental sciences what we know we call the laws of +inevitability, what is unknown to us we call vital force. Vital +force is only an expression for the unknown remainder over and above +what we know of the essence of life. + So also in history what is known to us we call laws of +inevitability, what is unknown we call free will. Free will is for +history only an expression for the unknown remainder of what we know +about the laws of human life. +EP2|CH11 + CHAPTER XI + + History examines the manifestations of man's free will in connection +with the external world in time and in dependence on cause, that is, +it defines this freedom by the laws of reason, and so history is a +science only in so far as this free will is defined by those laws. + The recognition of man's free will as something capable of +influencing historical events, that is, as not subject to laws, is the +same for history as the recognition of a free force moving the +heavenly bodies would be for astronomy. + That assumption would destroy the possibility of the existence of +laws, that is, of any science whatever. If there is even a single body +moving freely, then the laws of Kepler and Newton are negatived and no +conception of the movement of the heavenly bodies any longer exists. +If any single action is due to free will, then not a single historical +law can exist, nor any conception of historical events. + For history, lines exist of the movement of human wills, one end +of which is hidden in the unknown but at the other end of which a +consciousness of man's will in the present moves in space, time, and +dependence on cause. + The more this field of motion spreads out before our eyes, the +more evident are the laws of that movement. To discover and define +those laws is the problem of history. + From the standpoint from which the science of history now regards +its subject on the path it now follows, seeking the causes of events +in man's freewill, a scientific enunciation of those laws is +impossible, for however man's free will may be restricted, as soon +as we recognize it as a force not subject to law, the existence of law +becomes impossible. + Only by reducing this element of free will to the infinitesimal, +that is, by regarding it as an infinitely small quantity, can we +convince ourselves of the absolute inaccessibility of the causes, +and then instead of seeking causes, history will take the discovery of +laws as its problem. + The search for these laws has long been begun and the new methods of +thought which history must adopt are being worked out simultaneously +with the self-destruction toward which- ever dissecting and dissecting +the causes of phenomena- the old method of history is moving. + All human sciences have traveled along that path. Arriving at +infinitesimals, mathematics, the most exact of sciences, abandons +the process of analysis and enters on the new process of the +integration of unknown, infinitely small, quantities. Abandoning the +conception of cause, mathematics seeks law, that is, the property +common to all unknown, infinitely small, elements. + In another form but along the same path of reflection the other +sciences have proceeded. When Newton enunciated the law of gravity +he did not say that the sun or the earth had a property of attraction; +he said that all bodies from the largest to the smallest have the +property of attracting one another, that is, leaving aside the +question of the cause of the movement of the bodies, he expressed +the property common to all bodies from the infinitely large to the +infinitely small. The same is done by the natural sciences: leaving +aside the question of cause, they seek for laws. History stands on the +same path. And if history has for its object the study of the movement +of the nations and of humanity and not the narration of episodes in +the lives of individuals, it too, setting aside the conception of +cause, should seek the laws common to all the inseparably +interconnected infinitesimal elements of free will. +EP2|CH12 + CHAPTER XII + + From the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the +mere recognition of the fact that it was not the sun but the earth +that moves sufficed to destroy the whole cosmography of the +ancients. By disproving that law it might have been possible to retain +the old conception of the movements of the bodies, but without +disproving it, it would seem impossible to continue studying the +Ptolemaic worlds. But even after the discovery of the law of +Copernicus the Ptolemaic worlds were still studied for a long time. + From the time the first person said and proved that the number of +births or of crimes is subject to mathematical laws, and that this +or that mode of government is determined by certain geographical and +economic conditions, and that certain relations of population to +soil produce migrations of peoples, the foundations on which history +had been built were destroyed in their essence. + By refuting these new laws the former view of history might have +been retained; but without refuting them it would seem impossible to +continue studying historic events as the results of man's free will. +For if a certain mode of government was established or certain +migrations of peoples took place in consequence of such and such +geographic, ethnographic, or economic conditions, then the free will +of those individuals who appear to us to have established that mode of +government or occasioned the migrations can no longer be regarded as +the cause. + And yet the former history continues to be studied side by side with +the laws of statistics, geography, political economy, comparative +philology, and geology, which directly contradict its assumptions. + The struggle between the old views and the new was long and +stubbornly fought out in physical philosophy. Theology stood on +guard for the old views and accused the new of violating revelation. +But when truth conquered, theology established itself just as firmly +on the new foundation. + Just as prolonged and stubborn is the struggle now proceeding +between the old and the new conception of history, and theology in the +same way stands on guard for the old view, and accuses the new view of +subverting revelation. + In the one case as in the other, on both sides the struggle provokes +passion and stifles truth. On the one hand there is fear and regret +for the loss of the whole edifice constructed through the ages, on the +other is the passion for destruction. + To the men who fought against the rising truths of physical +philosophy, it seemed that if they admitted that truth it would +destroy faith in God, in the creation of the firmament, and in the +miracle of Joshua the son of Nun. To the defenders of the laws of +Copernicus and Newton, to Voltaire for example, it seemed that the +laws of astronomy destroyed religion, and he utilized the law of +gravitation as a weapon against religion. + Just so it now seems as if we have only to admit the law of +inevitability, to destroy the conception of the soul, of good and +evil, and all the institutions of state and church that have been +built up on those conceptions. + So too, like Voltaire in his time, uninvited defenders of the law of +inevitability today use that law as a weapon against religion, +though the law of inevitability in history, like the law of Copernicus +in astronomy, far from destroying, even strengthens the foundation +on which the institutions of state and church are erected. + As in the question of astronomy then, so in the question of +history now, the whole difference of opinion is based on the +recognition or nonrecognition of something absolute, serving as the +measure of visible phenomena. In astronomy it was the immovability +of the earth, in history it is the independence of personality- free +will. + As with astronomy the difficulty of recognizing the motion of the +earth lay in abandoning the immediate sensation of the earth's +fixity and of the motion of the planets, so in history the +difficulty of recognizing the subjection of personality to the laws of +space, time, and cause lies in renouncing the direct feeling of the +independence of one's own personality. But as in astronomy the new +view said: "It is true that we do not feel the movement of the +earth, but by admitting its immobility we arrive at absurdity, while +by admitting its motion (which we do not feel) we arrive at laws," +so also in history the new view says: "It is true that we are not +conscious of our dependence, but by admitting our free will we +arrive at absurdity, while by admitting our dependence on the external +world, on time, and on cause, we arrive at laws." + In the first case it was necessary to renounce the consciousness +of an unreal immobility in space and to recognize a motion we did +not feel; in the present case it is similarly necessary to renounce +a freedom that does not exist, and to recognize a dependence of +which we are not conscious. + + + -THE END-